you building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. growing concerns about the monkeypox outbreak is san francisco is about to hold a major event today. good morning everybody. it's sunday, july 31st. i'm liz scored. thanks for joining us. let's over the quick. look at the weather with meteorologist lisa arjun. hey, lisa. hi liz. well, we're starting now with the entire radar for state of california because there's a lot going on moisture moving up from the southwest. we'll be influencing our day today in the form of extra cloud cover and you see some of those showers in the atmosphere. reaching the ground but many layers of clouds. it is 72 on top of mount tam where it is 60 in oakland 63 in san jose and i'll look at emeryville we can see how cloudy it is 58 in santa rosa 61 by the delta visibility about a mile at the coast and here is a look at

santa cruz where temperatures today will be a little cooler more cloud cover and looking at 60s and 70s for most of the day by the afternoon. we'll see a few 80s, but it's gonna be mostly cloudy shower activity increases be a thunderstorm potential tonight into monday more likely in the mountains. we'll talk about that in a little bit sticky out there with more humidity for the next few days liz. alright lisa. thanks developing news in the east bay. the chp is investigating another freeway shooting. it was first reported as an accident just after 10 last night in san leandro on interstate 880 just south of the marina exit to victims inside a white suv. we're taken to the hospital investig. the suspects ran from the scene before officers arrived, but they left the green toyota that they were driving. they say shell casings were found in both the suspects car and the victim's vehicle officers also recovered two guns, which were carried away in a brown paper bag. no word on the conditions of the

victims today marks the return of the up your alley fair in san francisco, which is drawing people from across the bay area. it comes as there's concern growing about the monkey pox outbreak, but abc 7 news reporter tara campbell. us there's also growing frustration. is the scene saturday in san francisco soma district home to sunday's up your alley event also known as doreali and top of mind is monkeypox. the challenge is about not having a quick response from our government agencies in order to supply the vaccine lex montiel is the owner of the san francisco. eagle bar and eagle plaza, and g we're definitely i feel like this could have been taking care of really easily. steve floyd and larry jackson are visiting from portland maine. i contacted my doctor about a month ago and said we were coming to san francisco. is there any possibility we get

a monkey pox vaccination? he said now it wasn't it wasn't option. so couples been together for miss out on this year's event. we've always wanted to go to folsom or doriality. you know, it's a fun event and they're already putting the safety precautions into action. it's really trying to avoid contact with other people, you know, i mean that we're at was fun and stuff, but we stayed up in the outer skirts of that if you heard but the angel adeoha is the awesome street the non-profit putting on the event and they've been working closely with the department. print of public health. we are putting informational banners at all of our entry points that have a qr code that takes you to the department of public health information website. they've also been filling their social media feeds with messaging letting people know va won't be we're gonna be

offering monkeypox sticks in right here at the eagle plaza a little relief for those trying to stay safe, but say it's not enough calling again for the vaccine. it's frustrating. i mean, you know, it seems like a simple solution. i hope they ramp it up really quickly tara campbell abc 7 news san francisco health officials have requested 35,000 doses 4500 of those are expected this week, which will bring the total number of shots to roughly. 12,000 new york city meantime is declared monkeypox a public health emergency as positive cases. continue to soar there the city is over 1200 cases right now most were found in men. it comes just two days after san francisco became the first city in the country to declare an emergency because of the outbreak new york city. mayor eric adams is approximately 150,000 residents are at risk of becoming infected new york state has received over a hundred thousand doses of the

vaccine and we have everything you need to know about monkey pox including vaccines and treatments. just head to our website abc 7. news.com okay developing news out of northern california. now where another wildfire has erupted and is burning out of control this morning. it's the mckinney fire. it'r. it's burned more than 30,000 acres and destroyed many homes containment numbers improved from zero to one percent last night evacuations are currently in place and the popular pacific crest trail has also been closed in some areas abc 7 news reporter jr. stone talked with a hiker from san francisco who was stranded in aetna, california. yeah last night. devastating fire images coming from far northern california close to the oregon border where the mckinney fire has exploded in size and is now the largest fire in california this year really erratic wins from the start of the incident. all still pretty breezy homes have been destroyed and evacuations are in place in

siskiyou county, but it's not just homeowners being put in life-threatening situations are looking pretty not great. it's very smoky here. you can smell it. you can see it catherine dibbed. all of san francisco is hiking the pacific crest trail and was stranded in aetna, california with dozens of other hikers when we spoke with her on the phone saturday evening. a big blue smoke and i was like, oh that's pretty scary because of these flames and the intense smoke the pacific crest trail. closed near aetna all the way to ashland oregon as flames tear through parts of the klamath national forest nearly 47 square miles make up the current fire zone as crews try to get a handle on the situation people are having to turn around and come back to the highway where i hitched off of just because the smoke was so bad we started to

see the smoke and it was kind of settling in the valleys in the mountains and we were like, yep. it's time to get to a road and get out of here when we learned of dib dolls situation. we posted about it on our abc 7 news facebook page dozens of viewers responded with recommendations and possible solutions jr. stone abc 7 news. the oak fire in mariposa county has been the largest wildfire in the state this year. it's burned over 19,000 acres and starting last friday containment continues to edge up cal fire reporting is now 59% contained this morning. this fire has been destructive though destroying over a hundred fifty buildings including several homes cal fire hopes to have the oak fire fully contained by next weekend and this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the yearly california firefighters memorial ceremony in sacramento last night. ceremony was the first time and had been held there for three years because of the pandemic today. we're renewing this emotional

but noble tradition. of recognizing those who gave their lives in the service of california. fallen firefighters were honored of the convention center nearly half of the firefighters died due to fire related cancer two were lost to violence their names were added to the memorial wall in sacramento's historic capital park. jason andrew cortez, san francisco after the ceremony, there was a procession to the memorial wall it pays tribute to more than 1,400 firefighters who have died in the line of duty. this morning at least five people are under arrest for a smash and grab robbery at the apple store in walnut creek. the theft happened yesterday morning. the suspects were caught all the way down in los gatos police say there were two vehicles involved one had stolen laptops iphones and ipads in it. they found two guns in the other one of which they say was a ghost gun. uc berkeley has the green light

now to break ground on housing for students and those in need at people's park a superior court judge in alameda county said that inattentive ruling on friday the university could move forward with its controversial plan work on the 2.8 acre site can begin when the judge issues a written order that's expected. this week preservation is sued to stop uc berkeley from building a dorm for more than 1100 students and 125 on housed people. they say the university has other properties it could use for student housing and they plan to appeal the ruling. building a better bay area with a focus on the environment. there was a call for action in san francisco yesterday against plastic in e-commerce state senator, scott wiener joined a group of environmentalists and community leaders who gathered to highlight the local impacts of plastic packaging from online retailers the group spoke out in support of state bill ab 2026 that requires online retailers to reduce plastic packaging materials.

and not recycle our way out of this problem. you're drowning in plastic and it's time to turn off the tap. to bill awaits a vote in the senate appropriations committee and if it passes california would become the first state in the country to limit e-commerce plastic packaging. alright lisa listen to check outside now. alright good morning to you. here's a live look outside here. wow, can't see much at all where there is plenty of fog temperatures upper 50s coolest locations with low 60s elsewhere. so we're gonna talk about a mostly cloudy day today and how warm you're gonna get in our east bay valleys that's gonna clear. so we'll see some suns say to my accuweather. 7-day forecast is next. thank you. lisa. also had a community on the comeback one of the oldest chinatowns in the country celebrates its history and resilience. and there's still rolling in the east bay how a community stepped up to save a popular roller skating rink.

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project. in the east bay a show of solidarity in oakland's chinatown this weekend where a new summer festival celebrating strength against covid and anti-asian violence abc 7 news reporter cornell. bernard has the story of a community's effort to overcome challenges a new drum beat echoing through oakland's chinatown signaling safety and resilience. so this event is to help revitalize oakland. chinatown to bring visitors back in stuart chen from oakland chinatown improvement council help organize the oakland chinatown summer festival as a way to hit the reset button and welcome people back after the pandemic and numerous anti-asian violent crimes rock this neighborhood. you know that chinatown has been inundated with a lot of crimes most recently uber driver patrick fong was murdered july 17th as he started work near little saigon how working asian driver tragically shot and

killed in a senseless act of violence on sunday oakland police have committed to increasing patrols in chinatown, but a lot of the safety is not just because of the police department. it's because the community has gotten together and joined forces with the police department to have a bigger presence some business owners, like maywe are now feeling safer. and the men yeah many people come here. so very good. been with an increased police presence on the street oakland police say some acts of violence and vandalism are still going unreported in chinatown, but there's always a certain percentage of crimes that go on reported and we try to encourage those to be reported more often. we still have to say vigilant more than 50 chinatown food vendors and businesses were all in for this festival signaling a new start for a resilient neighborhood that's experienced so much events. like this is the green crowd in that. hey, we're here.

chinatown is open for business. welcome. please come back. in oakland cornell bernard abc 7 news in west oakland a block party was held with the purpose of reconnecting residents to resources and local organizations city council member carol fife spoke at the event to talk about her plans to invest in local black communities through the black new deal the deal is going to focus its investments in arts culture education public safety and more this event outside the west oakland youth center also featured food music and activities and building a better bay. area really takes all of us after being slated to close this weekend. last roller skating rinks in the bay area is going to stay open. thanks to an outpouring of support from the community abc 7 news reporter. tim johns lace-up escapes to try it out himself and he bring look at it from the outside and the golden skate in san ramon. looks like it's seen better days. but go inside and you'll discover that one of the last

remaining roller skating rinks in the bay area is having a renaissance. we're really happy manuel duarte has been the golden skates general. manager for the last 25 years. he says the boost in attendance is a recent phenomenon starting the business rolled down every single year until the last cup before the pandemic. we are really think it's to close down because we're not really busy at all. the rink was scheduled to close down at the end of july and be transformed into housing units, but after the proposal fell through news of the rings closure spread throughout the community there was such a surge in attendance that now the set to stay open for the foreseeable future. i just finished lacing up my shoes here. i haven't done this in about 20 years or so, but according to duarte. i'm exactly the type of person that golden state is trying to get to come on back. it's also people like william haynes who came out to skate with family and friends for the first time in decades. let's say 40, 45 years ago pain

says establishments like the golden skate are more than just somewhere to have a good time. they're also places to eight memories with loved ones grow a sense of community and pass down traditions generation to generation someplace else for kids to go and just enjoy themselves somewhere safe indoors. and be together list some music have some food. so for now the golden skate will remain open and if the people out here have any say it will stay that way for a long time to come save the ranks, man. in san ramon tim johns ab 7 news. well, i'm glad to see it back open and people having a good time last night. it's a good thing to do lisa when the rain is here is a little dreary little gray. yeah, absolutely, and we're going to see that for the next 24 hours or so. so yeah some different plans not potentially the best day for outdoor activities, although you won't be getting wet. we just have a slight chance of

showers. it's more that we won't have the sun that we're so used to having as the low deck of clouds. because we have high and mid-level clouds. here's a look at live doppler 7 and you can see the activity. it's been to the south of us, but as we go in closer, you can see it offshore and this is moving up from the east south east and then we'll see more of it as we get into later on today a little bit more moisture-headed our way and then into monday so a couple opportunities for a few showers. there is an outside chance of a thunderstorm and that would lead to the potential for lightning which is not what we want to see because that course could start a wildfire lots of fog here though in san francisco. it is 59.16 oakland 62 in palo alto. so with all those extra layers of clouds, we are slightly milder this morning. there still is some patchy fog and drizzle at the coast. there's a look at the cloudy south bay 58 santa rosa 57 in petaluma. it's 60 by the delta. those southwest winds keeping it breezy once again throughout the day today.

so not only is our typical on shore flow with us today, but we the layers of clouds moist. moving up from the south and the possibility of a few showers out there. the humidity will be higher maybe even a thunderstorm. the chance is low, but we have to put it in there because we're looking at some of the elements coming together that could make this more likely a tg mechanism he coast and then that moisture coming in from the south. so here's a look at the next several hours and you notice the green represents the possibility of moisture out there, but then throughout the afternoon, we'll get some clearing not totally clear though. we'll partly cloudy and then here's the better chance of those rain showers and thunderstorm activity coming into the east of us the sacramento valley the san joaquin valley the foothills the sierra, nevada and then into monday notice. we still have moisture off the coast. and so we're keeping that chance of a slight chance of a thunderstorm right on through the day on monday, and then there is the cloud cover even

into tuesday. so we do see this this time of year, but rainfall amounts notice as we get closer meal notice that not a mounting too much but that's the interesting part of a thunderstorm. you really don't know where it's going to sit and put down that rain so we'll look for that chance throughout the next 24 to 48 hours. in the meantime. we've got a lot of cloud cover locally here with temperatures from the lodeman 60s downtown 70 in oakland 75 in fremont looking at mid 80s a little more sun inland with those hazy conditions the accuweather seven day forecasts slightly humid chance of of a shower or thunderstorm today. tomorrow then we'll get a mix of clouds and suns slightly warmer and we get back into the middle of the week. our usual weather pattern is with us, and we're going to crank up the heat especially inland for those mid-90s and a little bit warmer around the bay. alright lisa. sounds good. thank you a british mathematician belief. she has come up with the perfect formula to wake up in a positive mood and marie emefidin focused on 2,000 people and says that

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inspire the next generation to fill those spaces abc 7 news reporters. dentist has the story from the south bay. from an introduction to ultrasound technology to learning how to suture up a banana these south bay high school students have gotten an insight into medicine that they'll never forget. i wanted to be a doctor since i could talk and walk student rachel. robert is one of 42 chosen out of more than 200 to be part of this kaiser permanente program giving students hands-on experience in medicine the goal. is that the week-long program will encourage you students to enter the healthcare field. the pandemic not only highlighted the need for health. workers it's also shined a light on how challenging their jobs can be despite it all though, dr. francis. chu says it's still a rewarding career. you're very privileged to be able to be there with people in a very different time in their life and you're able to help them and do something that's actually a positive impact on their lives now one big challenge for the healthcare community is getting the next generation to realize that the

us bureau of labor statistics reports that nearly 200,000 openings for registered nurses are projected each year over. next decade their report sites reasons like workers transferring to other fields leaving the workforce all together or retiring but professionals like dr. chu are working hard to recruit the good doctor even donating his body to science and the students soaking up every minute of the hands-on experience. that's my first time ever doing an ultrasound. loan like one that's a connected to a phone. i thought it was really really cool. and for what students this week of shared with me the goal of this week-long program looks like it's being accomplished before coming to this program. i was like hesitant on the medical like profession because i wasn't sure there's a lot of stigma and everything around it. but after this program, i think my pathway is way more leaning towards the medical field in san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news the world's oldest living black olympian was honored in philadelphia this weekend yesterday. there was a innovation for a hundred year old herbert douglas jr.

the street where he's lived for 69 years was named after him douglas won a bronze medal in 1948 for the long jump at 24 feet 9 inches. he's a civil rights pioneer and one of the first african-americans to help lead a major corporation a friend said he's responsible for the popularity of hennessy cognac during his tenure. so to come on abc 7 mornings tales of survival. probably people who managed to escape the devastating flooding that is hit kentucky are sharing their stories also close calls with covid we hear from some people who say they've never had the virus more than two years into the pandemic what they're doing just to stay healthy. meet ron. that man is always on. and he's on it with jardiance for type 2 diabetes. his underhand sky serve? on fire. his grilling game? on point. and his a1c? ron is on it. with the once-daily pill,

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arjen. good morning, lisa. good morning liz with the sun coming up and those layered clouds gorgeous view from mount tam looking at some of that sun and the higher clouds here temperatures have been mild with all the cloud cover. it is 5 san francisco with some low 60s from palo alto to san jose half moon bay has had some fog and this is the view from vollmer peak. you can see the lower levels with the fog and the mid-level clouds coming in about 58 napa. it is 60 with breezy winds through the delta now and throughout the day low 60s cloudy skies and our inland valleys and by nine o'clock. we'll warm through the upper 60s a little bit more moisture coming our way. so that means an uptick in the relative humidity so mid and upper 70s by noon time. we'll get the 80s with partly cloudy skies, but that cloud cover hanging on around the bay and at the coast, so we're slightly cooler slightly mogier and we do have the possibility of some showers. so we'll bring in that possibility and plot it out for the next couple of days when we

see youe see you in a few minutes with. all right, lisa. thank you. kentucky's governor now says at least 26 people have died and many more. i'm missing in the disastrous flooding in eastern kentucky first responders are working around the clock right now to res. and recover flood victims as residents try to pull together. what's left heavy rain is now forecasted to move into these devastated areas starting today abc news reporter. dave packer has the story. kentucky governor andy beshear got a first-hand look at some of the devastation on friday from the air hundreds of people have been rescued from the floodwaters many of those rescues had to be carried out by air paul francis and his wife were rescued on a jet. ski, we came out the house and it was so swift. that even a jet ski was hard to hard for him to handle and he took us out one at a time first responders continue to search for those still ■missing contine to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss. please also pray for first responders.

mission has been especially challenging and what their experiencing firsthand is tremendously stressful and difficult thousands are without power but service should be restored to most areas by sunday. everybody needs power, but as it gets hot this last week we could we could be. it could create its own emergency many residents are now staying in shelters. i don't know what we're going to do. we don't have no place to live now or anything. i'd have been mayor tracy niece and several members of his family all lost their homes. i live in the first house my son lives in the second my mother-in-law following on the third. my wife ain't in the fourth. this town is economically depressed right hard time, not the kind of place where people lose something they just go out and buy it again. no, we were we were a cold booming town and it's all went away. i've talked with multiple people in the town and that's what they say. they say, you know, what do we do? the president has approved a disaster declaration for the region paving the way for federal aid and support to start to help these communities. meanwhile, kentucky governor.

andy bashir is asking for donations water cleaning supplies anything anyone can spare dave packer abc news, new york. take a look at this video. it appears to show images of a chinese rocket booster burning up in the atmosphere over malaysia. it was taken from sarah walk at around 12:50 am local time us space command confirms that the remnants of a massive chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere over the indian ocean at that time. this is space to breathe falling from the sky and uncontrolled descent after delivering a new module to its space station, and that's led to accusations now that china is mishandling. debris from the rocket stage for the third time now. coming up on this week ahead of the upcoming. primary in arizona, jonathan karl goes one on one with arizona house leader rusty bowers about how his bombshell january 6 testimony has affected his race and former president trump's hold on the republican party. you can watch that full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight

this morning right here on abc 7. just three days after president biden was clear to exit his coronavirus isolation. he is now tested positive. once again abc's christine sloan has the latest on his condition. after days of testing negative for covid-19 president joe biden is isolating once again, he tested positive saturday morning just deposit is wearing. and working from home for next couple days. film fine biden said in a tweet that he has no symptoms and his doctor says in a memo that he continues to do quite well and there is no reason to re-initiate treatment at this time biden initially tested. it for covid on july 21st. he later tested negative for four days before ending his five-day isolation on wednesday this latest positive test result is considered a rebound case which refers to a relapse of covid-19's some patients deal with after taking pax levid an

antiviral given to those with mild to moderate symptoms who are considered high risk for severe illness that group includes biden since he's 79 years old. it's still unclear people who have a rebound positive tests after taking paxilvid are contagious, but the cdc does recommend that as a precaution people assume that they're contagious and go back into isolation the white house coronavirus responds coordinator was asked how long the president could have immunity as a result of his covid infection what we know because be a five is so immunovasive that we have seen lots of people get reinfected within 90 days. meanwhile first lady jill biden is spending the weekend in delaware. she is tested negative for covid-19 consistently since she last saw the president on july 20th christine, sloan abc news, new york with the ba-5 variant running wild in california. it seems like nearly everybody has had a brush with covid, but there are exceptions abc 7 news

reporter leslie brinkley caught up with some people who never got the virus despite some very close calls is getting covid inevitable not according to those who have somehow walked through the covid mine. build unscathed you could call them covid virgins like this woman who took care of her mom and sister unmasked. i was lysoling the house. i locked them in a room. i put like a towel under the door. everything was getting sprayed and disinfected, but i didn't catch it was i don't know how i didn't like a miracle. yeah. it was a miracle for sure. just a few weeks ago. my dad actually had it and i'm living at home for the summer with him. so he just wore a mask and went upstairs to his room and i just negative these two friends have avoided covid despite a college roommate testing positive. somehow. i have just always managed to test negative which has been pretty lucky i'd say for people out there who have still not gotten covid. i think it's a combination of what their community looks like

including their close contacts. they're working environment their level of protection and luck and there is some research out there to suggest that it might also be genetics, but there's nothing definitive about that yet somehow man says he didn't get covid despite sitting next to someone recently on a plane who had it if i were to speculate i would credit it to overall lifestyle and health. just going to the gym watching what i eat things of that nature. so if you're asking me i would say the split is probably 80 20 80% due to my lifestyle and then 20% probably just due to luck for anyone out there who is not yet. covid-19 number one. please know that it sucks and assume that you're going to run into it. so whether you credit asks vaccines luck or genetics getting the ba-5 variant is likely but not inevitable in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. my husband's one of those people still hasn't gotten it don't know how. all right so ahead on abc 7 mornings making movie magic and

some of it starts right right here in the bay area. visual effects create the magic that makes people want to go to the movies meet the rock stars the visual effects behind the scenes. masters at ilm and here's a live look outside this morning. oh, look at that like no visibility out there on the golden gate bridge a lot a lot of fog. we'll check in with lisa when we get back.

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green lawns are not a thing or really shouldn't be a thing. however, small sustainable drought friendly gardens can be and have done smartly. they could not only enhance your home but the world around you abc's ginger zee shows us how our garden is an extension of us. your garden is part of a broader whole as your garden grows in health. you're actually helping the environment. that's if you follow some simple rules number one buy from local nurseries and choose native plants. so native plants also then often need or require. no extra water. no. yeah, no chemicals. no extra water. they're suited to climate they can take the sunlight. it's just a far better choice less maintenance for you also. number two reduce your lawn make your space productive. why have grass when you can have food when you can have this thing that is doing things for other elements instead of a white picket fence with just a green grass lawn. it's now a pollinator garden number three share and conserve don't let that rainwater go

another simple switch composting you can even do it on a countertop and then put that into your tabletop garden, but two and a half times the water saved and if we all did it it would be like taking 7.8. million cars off the roads every year. there's such great power that we have even in our garden ginger zee abc news, philadelphia alright lisa. let's go to check outside now. it's whoa. look at that cloud cover out there. it's not the nicest clearest start to this morning. yeah, this is from our east bay hills camera top bomber peak where it's in the low 60s around concord and livermore. so certainly waking up to a gray sky this afternoon mid 80s partly to mostly cloudy today more clouds and moisture moving up from southern california possibly bringing us a few showers, maybe a thunderstorm of my full accuather. 7-day forecast is next. thanks, lisa. also next will was thrilled how the giants honored the one of the franchises greats both on and off the field. chris. alvarez will have the highlights

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here's a live look from our santa cruz camera this morning. quiet start to this morning there time right now 6:45. let's talk sports now late this afternoon. the giants are gonna try to get their record back to 500 with a win over the cubs san francisco faces chicago at oracle park at 4pm if you're not going to the game, you can watch it on our sister network espn. well last night giants fans had a couple of things to celebrate. here's abc 7 sports anchor chris chris alvarez with the details in this morning. good morning. number 22 will never be worn again by a san francisco giant will clark's number was retired as he becomes a 13th player in franchise history to earn that distinctive honor will clark what election he was let's go to the ball game on saturday night here. it is giants. what a great sign that his father and son will clark is still dad's favorite the giants open sring in the third

austin slater nearly goes deep to left center instead. it's an rbi double darren rough scores, and it's one nothing giants. how about very next? pitch your mean mercedes base hit to left later scores easily to nothing san francisco bottom of the fourth runner on for luis gonzalez, and he takes drew smiley the cubs deep to right two-run shot making it for nothing and look at will having a great time. very next pitch joey bart and you are there solo shot to left his 7th of the season five. nothing giants clark loving what he sees but scary moment here in the fifth tyra strata. hit in the head by this marked lighter jr. pitch. he would stay down for a bit before being helped the field cubs did rally late, but the giants hang on five to four a's in white sox from the south side all smiles for this one top the third a's up one nothing seth brown taking former. giant johnny cueto deep to write his 15th of the season. it's to nothing oakland bottom of the seventh runner on for

gavin sheets, and that ball is long long to write tied at two after that swing. top of the ninth former a liam hendrix trying to keep it tied sky bolt looking so we go to the bottom of the ninth winning run on third for the white sch jac'd that's the bal l io two. situick hosting. ll salt lake and she wins best fan awards frustration building for the quakes christian espinoza kicking the ball into the coca-cola sign that did some damage to the nest but knows it's still upset. got a yellow card jt marston's cowski trying to calm him down jackson you'll what was happening game was tied at one at the half 47th minute sergio cordova golden opportunity, but nathan with an amazing save to help out his goalie. look at that saving a goal for sure kept tied at one 60 second minute. espinos a great passage jeremy of boba see and that's a goal. it's two one quakes but in stoppage time salt lake breaking

san jose's hearts, jefferson sabarino scores, and this ends in a two two tie. that is your look at sports. let's send things back to you. all right, lisa. let's go check out the weather. is it gonna clear up at all today a little bit? yeah a little bit inland. we're gonna see partly cloudy skies. we can see live doppler 7 all the layers of moisture there. you just see a lot of cloud cover right in the green represents the moisture, but when we break it all down show you some live cameras you're able to see the layers of clouds. we have moisture offshore. and right now it is mostly cloudy all around the bay area put this into a loop and you could see this all is moving from the south to the north. and this is going to be the trend not only for your sunday into monday tuesday things get a little bit more like we're used to this time of year as we get into august. so there's a look at the low cloud deck. here are the mid-level clouds and there's high level clouds as well. 59 downtown. it is 60 in oakland with 62 in

palo alto 63, san jose. so numbers are up a little bit. it feels muggy out there. the relative humidity is up. it'll stay up with all the cloud cover and layers of moisture headed our way and from vollmer peak you can see the low clouds there 58 santa rosa 60 by the delta 62 with the clouds in concord and a gray sky here in emeryville. so mostly cloudy with the humidity up and some of the moisture moving up from the south. we'll call it mostly to partly cloudy today chance of some showers a couple 100s and then maybe even a thunderstorm. so there's a look at the 24-hour temperature change. you can see that we are milder out there. so throughout the morning hours. see how this forecast wants to plot then as get into late in the day into monday,es and you'll notice that the green overspreading the bay area. this is early monday morning and then as we get into the afternoon, we'll be partly

cloudy again and the main activity the better likelihood of the shower activity and hopefully not the lightning. be in the sierra nevada. so that's what we're looking at for the next step 48 hours and closer to home. you notice this model paints us with a little bit of precip as we get into your monday afternoon today 81 with the clouds hazy in the south bay few peaks of sun 79 redwood city looking at low 70s in millbrae the sea breeze intact for low 60s in the clouds from the sunset district up in the north bay. you'll feel muggy from upper 70s to low 80s today partly to mostly cloudy there for oakland 70 degrees mid-70s for you on the east bay as you get into castro valley and newark with lower 80s from san ramon and pleasanton. so the accuweather seven-day forecast we have the humidity the esther cloud cover the slight chance of a thunderstorm, maybe a few sprinkles today into your monday by tuesday. the system is leaving us and we'll begin to warm up a little bit but as we get through

wednesday and thursday, it's high pressure that builds back by the end of the work week where mid-90s turn inland feeling more like summer was alright looking forward to that lisa. thank you. the folks at san francisco-based ilm industrial light and magic are considered special effects superstars. well now the story of how this company came to life is being played out in a new six episode series on disney plus reporter george panaccio has a look behind the scenes. visual effects create the magic that makes people want to go to the movies movies are special effects. george lucas certainly knows that industrial light magic or ilm is a division of lucasfilm director. lawrence castan takes us behind the curtain to capture its history for the disney plus series light and magic. how did it happen? who was behind it who stirred them on? what directors made what demands and then how are they able to fulfill those demands in ways that no one had ever imagined

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50 and 5758 range. we are feeling muggy. so that's going to be true today and into your monday as well even adding maybe a few showers and possibility of a thunderstorm partly cloudy inland with low to mid 80s and more clouds closer to the bay the shoreline and we're going to keep this going through tomorrow then by tuesday. we'll see a mix of clouds and sun with temperatures slowly coming back to where they should be for early august which would be 60s at the coast upper 70's bayside low to mid 90s inland. so we'll watch that for you. but certainly we don't want to see any lightning strikes liz now, we definitely don't want that. all right, lisa. thank you. and thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. i'm liz croeds along with lisa argen abc 7 news continues at 9am. we hope to see you then gma is next followed by this week with george stephanopoulos. have a great day.

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