with flex alerts, the power is ours. learn more at powersaverrewards.org. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> right now at 6:00, uc berkeley's housing battle heating -- hitting heating levels. early morning crowds hoping to block a surprise construction. >> house speaker nancy pelosi now out of taiwan overnight after the controversial visit to the area. at the live desk with her agenda and the reaction from china. >> a dream job up from -- upward -- up for grabs. good morning. it is wednesday, august 3. kumasi: we want to check in with drew for a look at our forecast.

drew: it is cloudy. down to a mile and a quarter visibility and a half bay. numbers a couple degrees cooler this morning compared to this time yesterday. most of us waking up to temperatures in the 50's and 60's. muggy feeling continues for another day. here is a live look from sutro tower. fog. we will keep the humidity elevated with us today. today is a warmer afternoon. we will take a closer look at high temperatures coming up. kumasi: developing this morning. construction equipment is now surrounding historic people's partner uc berkeley and this is the latest step in the fierce battle over the future of that piece in the city. the controversial plan to change this to new housing for the university. and alameda county judge gave the green light to break ground last week. reporter: the protesters who

were at this location have since left the area. all that remains our police. and construction crews and a few other officials on site. that is all that happened. it has been a very long night of clashes between protesters, as well as other people in the area. construction crews as they were loading gear and other officials in the area. to our knowledge, this happened without the opposition. -- the opposition knowing about it. they showed up shortly after midnight and started putting up barricades and fences and inserted construction without those who opposed the plan knowing about it. they arrived after midnight. we had a berkeley reporter on scene who provided as video of what happened. many clashes between protesters and individuals. this site has a long history with it.

people's park has been a site of protest going back to the 1960's. very recently, it has been used in the last few years as a major homeless site for the berkeley homeless population. berkeley has moved to the homeless to temporary housing with the plans to hopefully move them into long-term housing to they can pave the way for uc berkeley to go ahead and build this new student housing plan, which they say will help their student housing issue. as the morning has gone on, we have only seen a few remaining protesters. the big group that was here overnight has since left. we now also have a law of police on site as construction crews are still -- a lot of police on site as construction crews are still working. that is all we can say right now isis continues to develop throughout the morning. it has calmed down. there are still a lot of people here not happy with the situation. what we can tell you is there are high fences, and lots of

barricades, security and police while they go about the construction. reggie: house speaker nancy pelosi's on her way to seoul after a controversial visit to taiwan. overnight she met with taiwan's leaders and placed -- praised the values of self-government, saying this could further escalate tensions with beijing. kumasi: the former speaker call this a serious violation of the one speaker -- one china policy. china announced military exercises will take place in the air space waters surrounding taiwan. although taiwan is a self-governing island, the chinese government views it as part of china. they have not ruled out action to reclaim the territory, some the republicans and democrats agree should not happen. >> we have three purposes. one is security, for our people and global security.

two is economics, to spread as much prosperity as possible. three is government. kumasi: white house officials urged china to not turn the visit into a crisis. spokesman john kirby said "nothing has changed about our one china policy. we said we do not support taiwan independence." when speaker pelosi visits south korea, she will meet with high-ranking members of the government. the country's president will not be in attendance because he is on vacation. >> to the controversy over a san francisco school members racist comments. this descended into chaos. >> [overlapping voices] jobina: before the vote took place, audience members began fighting with each other. the meeting had to be recessed. the argument stems from comments she made about the black and

brown from a members. some called her to resign and she refused. >> i am a spoke while trying to address series issues. in doing so, i said some things that unintentionally perpetuated harmful stereotypes. jobina: in the end, the board voted to admonish hsu. she will face voters in this novembers coming election. we sent out this notification on our abc 7 news app moments after the board voted. if you want breaking news in the future, download our app. church abc 7 news bay area the app store. reggie: the suspect accused of kidnapping a baby boy from his grandmother's home have pleaded guilty. cameras were not allowed inside the courtroom but this is video of the new baby coming out of the courthouse. they be brandon was taken in april and found unhurt within a day.

by pleading guilty to all charges, the suspects avoided the maximum sentence. rose portillo faces up to five years in prison and was believed to be in a romantic relationship with your siniakova ramirez. >> our belief is she was going to kidnap brandon to raise him as her own. reggie: ramirez faces 14 years in prison. she and portillo will be sentenced october 28. kumasi: kumasi: nearly every bay area celebrated national night out. abc 7 news was in fremont where people came to get to know their first responders and neighbors. told her were able to take out police -- check out police vehicles and take pictures with officers. >> you get to meet the police but also in a way that you are going to work together to help solve crime. he more we can share information with our law enforcement and make it a safer community. kumasi: national night out is

celebrated in 38 million neighborhoods across the country. reggie: more at 6:00. a report card underwater use. the data on california's drought. plus, a walking tour of transgender history. the mayor taking us along one of san francisco's historic districts. it is the catch into bay area sports history. this one of the many being celebrity this morning as we remember this man. drew: taking a live look outside. here is our camera this morning showing us a marine layer is with us b

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reggie: new developments in california's severe drought. new data shows californians are cutting back, especially in the bay area. the moran minnis post -- drew: that is encouraging news as we will not see the drought numbers improve until we get into the winter storm season. live doppler seven showing us we are tracking a few returns off our coastline. this is still what was left over from tropical storm frank. we'll see high clouds streaming this morning and we will watch

for the chance of one of these isolated showers to the north bay over the next 4-5 hours. we have brighter skies south of the golden gate. we'll see high clouds in the north bay and there is a chance of isolated showers this morning in the north bay. as we head into the afternoon, the chance statement -- diminishes a lot of today. mid-90's in our hottest spot today. 94 in fairfield, 90 in santa rosa. humidity remains elevated. you will feel the mugginess over the next 24 hours. let's get it checked in traffic with jobina. jobina: we are going to get an update on traffic. a graphic has blitzed a little bit but traffic itself is on northbound 101 before oak glen road. i do not know why it does that sometimes. get the just. the good news is the crash has cleared.

the chp has not issued a fog advisory but be aware of low visibility in and out of the north bay. lights came on extra early at 5:34, giving us -- no major blocking issues and it is not slow. tracy to dublin, 45 minutes. antioch to concorde, 25 minutes and everything else is on time. an urgent recall -- reggie: an urgent recall for a baby bottle. plus in san francisco, take a closer look at the water. and a terrifying plan for this and a terrifying plan for this living with metastatic breast cancer means being relentless. because every day matters. and having more of them is possible with verzenio. the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant, regardless of menopause status. verzenio + fulvestrant is for hr+,

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for vince kelly. a long time -- vin scully. the longtime dodgers announcer. >> montana, looking, looking, going to the end zone. reggie: a huge football moment but scully was known for voicing baseball. he was a dodgers broadcaster for 67 years. he called 25 world series, three perfect games and 20 no-hitters. scully retired in 2016. his viral broadcast right here against the giants in san francisco. >> you and i have been friends for a long time. i know in my heart that i have always needed you more than you have ever needed me. this is then scully wishing you a very pleasant afternoon wherever you may be. reggie: scully passed away yesterday at the age of 94 at

his home in the hidden hill section of lam do not know the cause of death. if you want to show your memories of vin scully, you can share them on social media on our abc 7 news facebook page. kumasi: first choice glass baby bottles have been recalled. they are sold exclusively on amazon and have led extant to the outer markings which exceeds the legal limit. they were sold from january 2018 to may 2022 in the u.s. and canada. if you have any, stop using them immediately. reggie: august is transgender history month and san francisco mayor london breed got a closer look. the mayor did a walking tour of the city's transgender cultural district. it was founded in 2017 and encompasses several blocks. while it has been known for his role in the lgbtq+ history since the 60's. >> transgender people have been

living in this neighborhood of the tenderloin as early as documented as the 1920's. we actually have the dentist transgender population of any neighborhood in san francisco but any other city in the united states. reggie: san francisco became the first city to recognize transgender history. kumasi: a hotel booking website wants to hire a retro beach hotel year. spend the rest of the summer traveling to the best retro beach hotels across the u.s., including pearl hotel in san diego and vagabond hotel in miami. it comes with a $10,000 stipend that would help her your expenses. it would have $5,000 to spend on beach snacks and get a polaroid camera to document your trip, a cooler, a solar power radio and other old-school freebies. applications are being accepted

online through friday. kumasi: website -- reggie: what i am hearing is they are paying you in the hotel stays. i do not hear about salary. kumasi: the 10k is not enough. reggie: new 86:00, swing with the turtles. it based on the k good idea until you do it. >> [shouting] [laughter] reggie: swimming with the turtles in real life and seeing and tail social media is a different thing. the tours who share this video set i tried to do this or the graham. she was on a trip to tanzania when she decided to tanzania when she decided to jump into a lagoon. she tried to get in as far away from the turtles as possible. [laughter] kumasi: is actively they are terrorizing her and they are just sitting there.

they are circling her a little bit. reggie: but it does not look like they are coming necessarily towards her. drew: that is my favorite. [laughter] reggie: have you done the stingrays? that does get a little -- drew: i was nervous. outside, let's go to our sutro tower camera showing our marine layers. we have drizzle along the coast this morning and an isolated showers chance in the north bay. it is going to be hot and lead the next few days. here is a live doppler seven along with satellite. if you look off our coastline, if you shower turns all associated with what was tropical storm frank off our coastline. for weather pattern is still being influenced by high clouds and there is a chance that one of these may move into the north bay over the next three or four hours. we will remain dry today but it will be muggy for another day.

also sunshine in south bay. 80's and 90's along the peninsula, 60's at the coastline. downtown, we will get afternoon sunshine. it is breezy this afternoon. south city going to 70. the marine county coastline will see --. 80's and 90's for most areas of the north bay. 92 calistoga, 89 nevada area we see afternoon sunshine. 77 leandra, 79. 95 brentwood, 93 concordnd 92 e gh in lirmore.have in drizzlet and humidity remains elevated along the 50's and 60's as we head into thursday. tomorrow, humidity will gradually lower. not as humid tomorrow but the heat -- and the heat on sunday. reggie: we are -- kumasi: we are

going to a reporter in dallas, texas with a look of what is coming up on good morning america. reporter: it is wednesday on gma. i am in dallas not just because of heat and drought but because of dog adoption. but let us start with the other headlines we have to talk about. it would be the reaction to the big boat in kansas on abortion rights, the first big test of the issues and see supreme court overturned roe v. wade read -- roe v. wade. i know you were talking about the paraglider. i paraglider before and never thought that was possible that this guy does stunts and is cool with having one second to live. but he made it. he is going to talk to us about how he got tangled midair and got out of it. at day three on the dog days of summer, we are adding to the list of dogs that are adopted. shelter gets up to 60 dogs coming in every day so we need a

lotta folks to get motivated and adopt a dog. that and more right here on good morning america. reggie: i love that. what a great idea. there is a lot going on in texas right now. sirens going off, traffic everywhere and dogs that need adopting. [laughter] ginger will see you at 7:00. kumasi: wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. through project up, comcast is committing $1 billion dollars so millions more students can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities.

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what we have learned in the past and just living through these events. kumasi: the utility began turning out power in high-risk areas to reduce wildfire risk across the state. they have continued efforts to use underground power lines to reduce the use even more. reggie: shocking video from the helmet cam of a pair alert glider -- of a paraglider. the man says turbulent winds made him lose control and sent him flying into his own parachute which meant this became a free fall. he was penned as he plummeted towards the ground from thousands of feet in the air. at the last second, he was able to free himself enough to free himself enough to open his backup parachute. >> i was really surprised that i still was calm. i just wanted or just needed to function so i had not enough time to really freak out or to scream or whatever. reggie: anti-no see dangers.

he had an accident five years ago that left him paralyzed in a wheelchair for months. he is fine now and says he is not through with the sport, saying he will be going back out there again tomorrow. reggie: tomorrow? at what point do you take the signs? kumasi: i don't know. reggie: the third time. kumasi: i am not going to judge anybody on this day. you should just watch the water if you are going to be near bark at dara because he might catch a group of racers on water bikes. spent out fitness is hosting its first ever water bike race with water bikes produced by mill valley bite company. spinouts fitness's mission is to make the bay area -- the home for water biking around the world and you might have seen them on an episode of abc's localish. >> it allows you to move to the

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: top stories at 6:30, early morning protest at people's park. police standing guard as excavators and construction crews move in overnight. a controversial housing plan at berkeley underway. kumasi: executive action on abortion. president biden's expected move for services coming later today after the vote in kansas in favor of abortion rights. reggie: back-to-school is a tricky assignment with higher costs this year but there is a sneaky workaround. it is a very mickey christmas all the law. the magical plans coming in the most magical place in earth. usually, i would say why are we talking about christmas in august but this is an exception i will make. let's check in with our accuweather forecast. drew: if you love far, you will

love today. that is what we have out there. august is living up to its standard of a foggy morning out there. we have dense fog along the coast. elsewhere we are doing much better when it comes to visibility. we are waking up to numbers generally in the 50's so take the light layer with theo. there is a live look from sutro towers showing you the beautiful sunrise. we are going to keep icloud for much of the morning. it is still a humid day and the high clouds have a potential to step up isolated showers this morning in the north bay. reggie: an intense neighborhood battle over housing at uc berkeley. the heavy construction machinery is moving into people's part. the historic park has been chosen for a new cal and city housing. many neighbors at the park is a critical piece of history. abc 7 news reporter ryan curry live with the early protests. reporter: but we can tell you is

there is still a few number of protesters inside the parks. they are remaining very peaceful so there is no confrontation with police which is a good sign because earlier in the evening that was not the case. you still have a very large police presence and there are still a good number of police and construction crews that straightened very tense moments throughout the night as they moved in without protesters knowing what was going on. this is a very tense situation between people who are for this and people who are against this. the protesters in the middle of the park over there. we did learn moments ago from uc berkeley in a statement that they confirmed theprior to thatr about when they were actually going to begin construction. they kept saying hopefully the end of the summer but here we are august 3 and now seeing the construction crews move in and that is creating tense moments

between people who did not want to see the park go anywhere else. know this has been a big piece of history in years past. a lot of protest happened in the 1960's and this has been a very big center for berkeley's homeless population. overnight we got video sent to us robber berkeley side reporter who captured moments between protesters and police, clashing over construction of this project. very tense moments as we mentioned here. uc berkeley had this planned for a while and they were teaming up with berkeley to get this project underway. the city of berkeley had a plan to move the homeless were in this area over to temporary housing and then hopefully move them into long-term housing that would involve them leaving people's park so uc berkeley can get construction crews in here. that is exactly what we are seeing today. they had a long battle recently in court where a judge ruled in favor of the university and that paved the way for them to start construction happened rapidly.

of course, we are still seeing some protesters who are refusing to leave. they do not want to see the part go anywhere but the tense moments of overnight have since gone and now it is just a matter of getting the remaining protesters out in peaceful fashion. this is a very delicate situation for many. kumasi: turning to the spread of monkeypox. the san francisco public health departments has more than 10,000 vaccine doses are coming to the city. it is not clear when they will be available but it is within double what they received in previous allotments. 600 50 doses were administered yesterday. the clinic zuckerberg will be open again today and will stay open until noon or until they give out the rest of the current amount of vaccines. reggie: this comes as california's second pediatric case of monkeypox has been confirmed in long beach. data shows men who have sex with men have made up the majority of

monkeypox cases nationwide but now a small number of women and children have become infected. while showing bedding with someone who has monkeypox blisters could be a danger, and trying on back-to-school clothes -- but trying on back-to-school close is low risk. dr. winslow says parents should not panic over the news of another pediatric case. >> i have children and grandchildren and i am not concerned about going back to school because of monkeypox. i really would like to reassure the viewers that their children really are not at particularly high risk for this disease. reggie: while the monkeypox vaccine is not regularly available for kids, it will be made available in certain situations where a young person may have come into contact with monkeypox. kumasi: president biden appointed an official to oversee the nation's monkeypox response. fema official robert fenton has been named the monkeypox codinator. this comes as more than 6300

cases have been confirmed in the u.s.. every state except montana and wyoming have now confirmed cases. reggie: an outbreak of legionnaires' disease has left one person dead and several others hospitalized in napa county. it is a type of pneumonia caused by a bacteria that grows in warm water. the county says 12 people have been sickened since july at desk since july 11. it is not transmitted person-to-person and can only begotten from breathing in water vapor containing the bacteria. kumasi: nancy pelosi's husband is scheduled to be arraigned on drunk driving trust that charges. he is facing misdemeanor charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher. this stems from a two vehicle crash near his home. it is not clear if pelosi will appear in person but the dnr office says he can be represented by his attorney. reggie: election results are

still being calculated in primary elections in some states. the stage is set for pivotal contests in november. jobina: in michigan, the stage is set for a race that will put a trump-backed candidate against the state's current democrat governor. door dixon won the republican primary last night. he is against abortion rights and gain popularity for attacking governor gretchen whitmer boards covid policies. governor whitmer says the stakes are high. >> there is a lot at stake in this election. no matter who comes out of this primary, we are going to have someone who is an election denier and does not believe in efforts to kids in school, it is not an bridge women's reproductive rights. kumasi: in major win for abortion rights, kansas voters rejected a proposal to remove rights from abortion access from

the state constitution. it is the first state to put abortion rights on the ballot since roe v. wade was overturned. president biden is expected to sign an executive order for medicaid to pay for abortion services or people who have to travel to states where abortions are illegal. reggie: there is a major milestone in washburn fire burning near yosemite. mariposa grove will reopen. that is the growth home to ancient where -- redwoods. they washburn fire is now 97% contained and has burned nearly 4900 acres. the fire started july 7. all the mariposa grove will reopen, several trills in a the area are still closed. kumasi: the number of people who died from the mckinney fire has double to four. victims were found in separate homes by crews searching through the rubble along a highway. the cooler weather and rain helped to slow down the fires growth. it has burned more than 56,000

acres since friday. even with the break in the weather, containment is still at 0%. developing news, a state superior court judge has shut down plans for a massive expansion for a major tahoe resort for now. the chronicle is reporting the judge rejected the plan to create an expensive full season vacation destination at a palisades tahoe valley. he rolled the move was not in compliance with the state act. palisades tahoe told the chronicle the judgment was procedural and they are working with the county to go through the issues identified and reworked the plan. another armed truck robbery in the bay area, the second in as many months. the latest attempt at heist. this is a live look at the fifth floor of the u.s. stock exchange. now stacked up 250 point. an electric bike company bolting

from one bay area city. one of the problems left hundreds of bikes behind. you can watch us for a whole extra hour now. abc 7 at 7:00 from 7-8:00 on the abc 7 streaming out. you can download it right now on your phone, roku, amazon tv and more. drew: you can see the sunrise sandwiched between two layers of cloud cover. we have our marine layer down below so certainly a foggy morning. and above, you can see high clouds. these clouds are streaming in from what was tropical storm frank. that is continuing to keep our humidity elevate g mgine f dew points which elevated moisture. they are in the mid to upper 50's so you can tell it is muggy outside for this time of the year. here is live doppler 7 along with the satellite. you can see high clouds from

tropical storm frank. he left over so to speak as the storm lost its tropical status. we're are also bringing showers offshore. one of these showers could try to move into north bay later on, otherwise a lot of sunshine outside the north bay. future weather showing us high clouds continue to live through the north. all in all, today is a warmer day than yesterday. we go into the 80's and 90's later on today. jobina: good morning drew. we are really going to hold off on traffic right now because we have a press conference underway in berkeley. this is the people's park issue that ryan curry has been covering this morning. >> so, hoping that people will leave voluntarily. at the moment, work has been able to proceed without clearing the park. because we are beginning construction today, that will need to change. if things do not go as fast as we originally hoped, so be it.

safety is what matters right now. >> why did crews move in the middle of the night? >> i just told you. obviously, a time of the park is least populated and there are fewer people there that minimizes the transfer confrontation and maximizes transfer progress. >> what you sent out said there were a few people sleeping? >> there were two separate groups here sleeping. we had some homeless people. a few months ago, the states, city, and campus spent millions of dollars to provide transitional housing to the un-housed that had been here. also constructed a new daytime center at the first presbyterian church. there were two or three unhoused people who had refused all offers of shelter. there were contacted again today by the city of berkeley's homeless response team and offers shelter and transportation. they were offered storage of

their personal items. we'll need to check with the city, peter is due and the city manager's office as to whether any of those two or three people accepted the offer of shelter. there were also activists in the park and these are people who have houses. that is a separate group who were here as part of their opposition, long-standing opposition, of the project. >> this comes out right after the recent court case between the groups. what -- was the plan to move forward as soon as possible with the construction once the court case got finished? >> we have a urgent student housing crisis at this university. a provide fewer beds than students at any of the uc campuses. we want the storm to be open and ready to roll two years from now. that is a tight construction schedule for a building of this size. students we got the green light from the court, but were going to be ready to roll. >> there were about 46 people

who took you up on the roadway in? >> actually more because the university, as you guys may or may not know, we have a social worker whose sole job is to help connect people on the south side of campus with services. unhoused people. he on his own has found permanent housing for 60 people and there were another 40 or so who went to the roadway inn and some are already moving to permanent housing. >> in the event going forward that to see some protesters around the project, what is the plan with that to ensure the project continues to be built? >> i am sorry? >> if you continue building this and protesters show up throughout the construction process, do you have a plan? >> we do. >> what is it? [laughter] >> i can't say that. security plans are kept

confidential for a reason, to prioritize safety. if we were going to broadcast exactly whatever plans are, that would contradict everything i said earlier. >> just so we know, because there are a lot of different uniforms here, can you explain who is here? >> it is not really officially mutual aid but we brought in officers who were specially trained from california state university's system from the uc system and the highway patrol. these are agencies that we have worked with who understand that policing in university context is different than the normal urban contexts or even a rural or suburban context. again, to prioritize safety, we brought in law enforcement officers from around the state, particularly for universities and colleges were well-trained when it comes to handling in peaceful and respectful way, civil disobedience. >> i am just curious about the

timeline for today. the park be completely cleared of people by the end of the day? >> you will see. everything is contentious. if we decide we cannot proceed in a safe manner, we will step back and slow down. you have an objective and that is to have urgently needed student housing ready to roll two years from now. if we have a date here, day there, it will not make too much of a difference. nothing is worth people being injured. this that make sense? anything else for the moment? >> anything you would want to tell the people in berkeley about this? >> people are really well aware. it is obviously been a straightener the local community. we are very appreciative to the mayor and the city council. the business community and our neighbors. jobina: we are hearing from the associate -- assistant vice chancellor talking about the decision to move forward with

construction at people's park overnight. no one was there and this is a very contentious issue. it is really about prioritizing safety in getting this done as soon as possible with the goal of having student housing ready for-- for in two h bpdat 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.

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kumasi: vallejo police are investigating the armed robbery of an armed truck. ann play was robbed at gunpoint outside the wells fargo branch. investigators have not said if any money was taken but said nobody was injured. suspect information has not been released. reggie:. sure morning money report.

parents are starting to make the back-to-school savings decisions but how can people save on these high-tech products? you can go secondhand. things like laptops and phones can be bought with sizable discounts both are things you should look out for. dma's becky worley dives in on what to avoid when shopping. >> a couple things to avoid. we have ava here and on he. what they have our hard drives and printers because no one returns those for cosmetic reasons. if there is a defect, you did not want to be stuck with something like that so be cautious. reggie: you can watch becky and mike: segment on school savings coming up on good morning america. here's a look at the stock exchange this morning. we are in positive territory up 30 -- 236 points. kumasi: a stock tech firm in hong kong has gone up 20,000% in a month. if you invested thousands of

dollars in the chinese company last month, you would have more than $200,000 now. the company has not done anything remarkable since then. they traders using online forums on reddit and twitter apparently just like the company. at 6:00, tito's vodka is making fun of the seltzer trend by selling an empty can for $20. the company share this video saying there comes a time when every alcohol branch must ask, to remake a seltzer and our answer is "no". the video goes on to encourage people to make their own can't seltzer. peters says it will donate all the proceeds to charity. reggie: i don't get it. kumasi: how my supposed to make my own? is it very easy? reggie: ways tito's vodka being salty? kumasi: everyone is popping out with a seltzer. reggie: writes.

and so what? i'd like those are two very different things. vodka and a seltzer but what do i know. drew: i don't get it. $20 for any empty can. we will take you to the airport where we have cloudy skies above. there is a chance of an accident shower in the north bay and then we are hot and lynn the next few days. we are tracking live topper seven showing you overnight land. we do have a couple returns off our coastline associated with what was tropical storm frank still influencing our weather. one or two of the showers may try and work their way to the north bay but elsewhere we rule -- we will remain dry. warr sts inland, 6 aroe ill eleved and fee cover surging inland in the 50's and 60's and even coastal drizzle as

well. so muggy today. tomorrow not as humid. the heat eases friday and the early call for the weekend will have the morning cloud cover for abundant sunshine in the afternoon. reggie: hundreds of useless bikes have been abandoned in the east bay. both mobility dig their eve bikes in richmond after -- both mobility ditched their electric bikes in richmond. they recently responded -- stopped responding to client. it is on clear why bolt has shut down operations. officials are trying to figure out how to remove the bikes are scattered around the city now. this departs announced the return of the holiday season. not halloween. we are talking about the holiday holidays. this he will transform into the merriest place on earth in a few months. his video from last year when the decorations started going up. starting november 11, disney's california adventure will celebrate a number of holidays

including christmas, kwanzaa, hanukkah and diwali. disney is a print company of abc7news. -- parent company of abc7news. kumasi: a new outdoor movie theater is coming to san francisco's soma. it plans to host two screenings and night on fridays, saturdays, and sundays kicking off this weekend. it starts off with sf river ash -- sf favorites. anyway, they have chairs, hand warmers, blankets and a bar. now, the tickets will range from $22-30 three dollars. reggie: you brought me all the way back to love jones. i bought the soundtrack to that from the blockbuster music which

was in the way. during my university. i listened to a song called "penny with a hole in it" over and over. kumasi: you should go relive that at the movies.

kumasi: your are seven things to know this morning. developing news as we are live in berkeley. a protest to stop construction at people's park. crews moved in with fences and construction equipment moved out. some people are upset with uc berkeley's plan to build a new housing at that park. reggie: nancy pelosi has departed to skill -- to seoul, south korea. overnight, she met with taiwan's leaders, praising the values of self-government. the chinese government because the visit a serious violation of the one china principle. kumasi: a major win for abortion rights in kansas. people voted to keep the right to abortion in the state constitution. reggie: 10,000 700 monkeypox

vaccine doses are coming to san francisco. delivery data has not been announced. today, zuckerberg sf general will hold another walk in vaccine clinic that starts at 8:00 until they run out or noon. drew: a warming trend gets underway today with the elevated humidity so it does not feel muggy out there. we will see temperatures 70's and 80's around the bay shoreline, low and mid 90's inland. jobina: bringing you live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza. this is our busiest spot. kumasi: this woman from minnesota now holds the guinness world record for the longest fingernails ever. they have a combined length of more than 42 feet. lockard and the school bus. she has been growing these nails for more than 25 years. reggie: that is disgusting, i am so sorry. not this at 7:00 in the morning. kumasi: you all didn't see the

video of the person painting them. somebody was painting them. good morning, america. for our viewers in the west on this wednesday morning, voters in kansas making a statement about abortion rights. overnight, abortion rights upheld in kansas. voters rejecting a change to the state's constitution that would remove protections. the first voters are weighing in on the issue after the supreme court ruling overturning roe versus wade. as primaries in five states set up key showdowns in november's midterm elections. breaking overnight, a major development in the criminal investigation of donald trump. former white house counsel pallet cipollone subpoenaed by the federal grand jury investigating the january 6th insurrection. the highest ranking official with trump that day.