dan a.: he is sharing his story in hopes of motivating more action from the community and community leaders. ama: this is a story you will only see on 7. >> that is a parking lot. >> reporter: greg knows about the area he calls home. >> where i live, 33 years. >> reporter: his knowledge comes from decades of public servant, most recently, the arts and culture commission by then-governor newsom. he faced one of the challenges living in the city. 7:30, as he walked home, out of nowhere, approached by a man. >> he was riding his bike, but he dropped his bike and assaulted me. i got punched in the face, and kicked, beaten. >> reporter: greg who is in his 70's can no longer use his berof

his hospital gown. >> he hit me so hard.n on the g, facing, i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: it is this assault coupled with the assault that i did with mrs. wrenn kicked in the face that prompted community leaders to rally for change. >> it hits home that this is a serious issue. >> reporter: co-founder of stand with asian americans, along with the coalition of seven other groups are gathering sunday in washington square park with a new message. >> this is the first time we're using the hashtag and phrase fight asian hate. we are demanding specifics from our city, from our government on changes we would like to see and demand. >> reporter: greg can't say for certain he was targeted for his race, he does have suspicions. >> i was singled out.

>> reporter: and hopes with his comekses in the city and beyond to use this experience, so those in power use lasting change to stop the attacks. >> people already asked me and i plan to voice. >> reporter: for now greg musters the strength to go back outside. >> anything i do know, i have to be hyperalert. >> reporter: focus on the long road of healing ahead. >> thank god it wasn't worse. i'm lucky. dan dion: dion lim, abc7news. dan a.: cain va velasquez pled t guilty. he shotted a a mat accused of molesting his 4-year-old son. the man's stepfather was wounded in the february shooting. he is being held without bail. his preliminary hearing is set for september 26. ama: an appeals court has stayed construction and demolition at

people's park. they will be allowed to put up a fence. they want to redevelop a portion of the park for students and people experiencing homelessness. protests over the plan ended with dramatic clashes between people and police officers. sent people were arrested and two officers were hurt. u.c. berkeley adding while this will add delay and additional cost to the project, we are pleased that the court agreed to an expedited process. dan a.: yesterday, a clash broke out at parkland elementary between activists and district officials. community members have been occupying this school in an effort to keep it from being closed. we learned that parents are calling on the district to investigate. >> you are not in the power to arrest people. >> reporter: parents occupying parker elementary captured the moment that o.s.d. security

guards attempted to clear out the school. >> stop brutalizing him. >> that is a hostage situation. no one would know unless you're seeing it with five, six big guys around him. that is terrible. this is a school. this is a school. two mothers and some parents and community members are trying to keep open. >> reporter: one of the parents on campus for the past two months to protest the school's closure. thursday night's incident is the first confrontation between community members and the district. >> let us go. >> sorry, if i'm not too loud. my chest still hurts. i was held against my will, handcuffed against my will. >> reporter: in a written statement to abc7news, the school district said that everyone left the school, the staff changed the locks and set the alarm. somehow, people got back in. parker k-8 school has been

closed. they continue to trespass. we continue to demand they find other ways to safely and peacefully compress their concerns. >> this is not trespassing. this is a community building. everyone you see standing around here, this is what it is inthe ended for. let's be clear, osc says closing school, they are replacing them with charter schools. >> reporter: community activists refuter the claims on what happened on thursday and the district is closing schools to cut costs. they argue that the district has money, especially with surplus funding from the state. the district is calling on the state to investigate. >> i think it is critical that we call out the board members who have not spoken out against what happened yesterday. >> abc7news. ama: city college reopened its mission campus. this comes as the school

struggles with enrollment numbers. lena explains what is being done to bring the campus back to life. >> this is a special day. i would like to call it august 5, mission day. lena: free tuition to all san francisco residents. the mission center opens up recess for those in arrest around the mission district instead of traveling across town to their main campus. >> this is what we need and there is nothing, nothing better that you can give to a community than education. because the future is ours. lena: but the campus faces an uphill battle. before the pandemic, they had around 8,000 registered students compared to today with just 300. something interim dean of students jorge bell blames the pandemic on. >> the fact that we closed the doors for two and a half years,

the pandemic, and then prior to that, i think the enrollment has been going down in california. lena: because of that, the founding dean says there were dozen of teachers layed off. >> in order to balance the budget, there was a layoff of teachers, you don't have teachers, you don't have classes, et cetera. >> reporter: a trustee says a majority of his peers weren't willing to adapt to the digital atmosphere. >> having to adapt to the technology, having to adapt to not being hands on took a long time to do. i know a lot of students felt that wasn't their approach, so they took a step back and focused on life and not school. lena: the campus is ramping up recruitment and marketing efforts, including dual enrollment to high schoolers to fill their classrooms up once again. >> the focus is to bring those students back to make sure they

know the campus is open. lena: in san francisco, lenna how land, abc7news. dan a.: new developments between elon musk and twitter. the legal saga heating up with lawsuits, counterlawsuits, subpoenas. musk and twitter are scheduled to face off in an october trial to determine if musk is legally able to walk away from the deal to buy the san francisco-based company for $44 billion. twitter sued to force the agreement. musk has filed counterclaims accusing twitter of trying to distract from what he calls its many misrepresentations. ama: new numbers today shows that the u.s. job market surpassed expectations as americans cope with the cost of living increases. as justin finch tells us, senate democrats are moving forward with a measure they say will

help. justin: senate democrats are on track to vote on the inflation reduction act. >> this is a very, very big deal. justin: last on board, moderate democrat kyrsten sinema seen talking to j joe manchin on the floor tuesday. manchin also slow to confirm the motion. now senate republicans are slamming them both. >> they are empowering legislation that will make the average person's life more difficult. >> the democrats are trying to raise taxings at a time of high inflation and recession. justin: the president says it will help ease the burden that many americans face. > pres. biden: this will help the economy. justin: it is expected to help lower health care premiums and

prescription costs and increase taxes on the most wealthy. >> put simply, this legislation will save lives, create jobs, reduce costs, and reduce inflation. just what the american people want. justin: sinema's sign on comes after strike agreements for her home state arizona and scaling back some of the inflation tax proposals, including a $14 billion tax increase on wealthy hedge fund managers and a new tax minimum for corporations. the senate parliament yarn is reviewing the bill verifying it meets qualifications for a simple majority vote requiring all democrats and the vice president to vote in favor. justin finch, abc news, washington. dan a.: still ahead, the russian government now commenting about the u.s.'s offer to swap prisoners. the details and the warning from president putin's spokesman.

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topic." later, a spokesperson for putin warned washington about publicizing this issue. >> what the foreign minister said this morning and said publicly that they are prepared to engage through channels we have established to do just that, and we'll be pursuing that. ama: the u.s. proposed a swap involving brittney griner and paul whelan, another u.s. jailed in the russia. it comes a day after a judge sentenced brittney griner to nine years in prison. dan a.: president biden signed two bipartisan laws to crackdown on individuals who committed fraud to receive pandemic relief funds. pres. biden: my message to those cheats, we're going to find you and we're going to make you pay

back what you stole. dan a.: biden extended the statute of limitations to charge those who fraudulently used the services. the secret service has seized $1 billion from fraudsters. ama: the county jail reported its first case of suspected monkeypox. according to our media parts, the inmate was booked in the 7th street jail today. the standard and the person any other incarcerated person with a suspected or confirmed case will be housed in isolation. there are 144 monkeypox cases citywide. dan a.: people are gather egg in the golden gate park for the arts and music festival. this is a live look from sky. we're going to tell you what to

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ama: a tragic day on highway 92 today. two fatal crashes resulting in the death of three people. the first took place in the westbound lanes off of the san mateo bridge. two women were killed when their ford severed off of the road. a third woman in the car suffered major injuries. dan a.: the second accident took place minutes later on the east side of the freeway. a person was killed in a crash involving five vehicles where it merges with northbound interstate 880. authorities have yet to release any information about the person killed in that crash. ama: happening now, it is day one of outside lands in san francisco's golden gate park. this is a live look from sky7. the three-day music festival include big headliners like post malone and green day. 220,000 people are expected to

flock to the festival this weekend. nearly 100 restaurant, wineries and breweries are to attend this year's event. you can expect dumplings to pizza and much more. >> they have something for everyone, as far as music genre and things to do and there is a lot of food options. it is a great place to come. ama: if you're not able to attend this year's festival, check out the live stream on the outside lands website. dan a.: you won't miss a thing. the question is what will the weather do. ama: do you have an answer? >> reporter: it will be a little bit warmer. let's take a look at the forecast. 57 at night with the fog rolling in. sunshine breaking out in the afternoon and hitting 66 degrees. so, pretty typical, if not a degree or two warmer. here is a look at the other side of san francisco looking from the exploratorium back to the west.

a sunny sunset on the way, but the clouds are coming back bringing areas of fog and drizzle. the weekend in the afternoon is looking sunnier. nothing too hot. that creeps in the extended forecast as we head into next week. heading up to t the sierra. you can see the clouds there. the eastern side of tahoe looking back to the west at this particular storm as developing north of twin bridges. these are outside of the flash flood watch, but they are still the potential of any burn scar from flooding from the storms. now, if you're traveling out of our airports, mostly sunny skies, breezy in the afternoon. temperatures 72 to 82. if you're heading to honolulu, 88 with a chance of a thunderstorm. better chance in new york and some of that can be heavy.

l.a., 87. back her at home, look at the absence sense of the 90's. a few as around morgan hill. 84 in brentwood and you have to go up to close every dale. -- cr dale. the ocean temperature, 59. so, these breezes are mild coming off of the ocean. they are up to 30 to 35 miles an hour. they will back off from the golden gate bridge to the delta where they will remain the fastest. you can see the glistening sun on this area. let's talk about your activity planner. if you're going on the bay, small craft advisor. advisory. going for a walk, clean air in the 60's and 70's. if you're doing outdoor dining, catching a bite outside, it is going to be a little bit cool, but not until after the sunsets when we will fall into the 60's. we will fall into the mid 50's to the low 60's tonight. it is a degree or two milder

than average. tomorrow, how about temperatures jumping up to the 60's along the coast. 70's around the bay and 80's inland. here is my accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll keep the mild temperatures through monday. we will see an inland warming trend. upper 70's and low 80's around the bay. mid 60's along the coast. what a great weekend. ama and dan? dan a.: the palace of fine arts in san francisco has been designated an historical landmark. the historical commission made it official today. the designation will help preserve the site for future generations. the commission also con cented in nominating the shipwreck to the register of shipwreck. the norlena sank back in 1926.

ama: a rare glimpse into egypt's golden age. when and where people in the bay area will see

for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's attacking prop 27? wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27.

dan a.: a reminder that you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our streaming tv app on apple tv, fire tv and roku. just search abc7 bay area and download it when you have a moment. ama: finally, tonight. if you remember the excitement when the king tut exhibit opened, you will not want to miss this. dan a.: we have another egyptian king about to hold court here in the bay area. >> reporter: for now, you have to be indiana jones to slide past the door of the gold of the pharaohs, but as workers put the finishing touches on this exhibit, curators gave us an only on abc7 royal audience. >> we start with the image of ramsess himself. >> reporter: she says the

incredible collection is a reflection of egypt's golden age when pharaohs cashed in on their power and almost no one held on it to longer than ramseys the great. >> you see the story of a king of egypt who had much more time to create his own legend. it's one of a pair of bracelets that is made primarily of gold. >> reporter: she says some of the pieces are recently discovered and many never left egypt before. golden jewelry, along with coffins, and funeral masks crafted to match their owner's status. teams in egypt worked to transport these priceless artifacts. >> we try to come to your country to show you what we have in our country. >> reporter: rene dreyfus is hoping ramsey can show another

king, tut. >> when the boy king came, i was the curator and 30 months after that, i was the curator of the second tut exhibition. >> reporter: they left distinctly different legacies. the boy king was known for building monuments and families. >> he fathered about 100 sons and daughters. he was pretty good at that. >> reporter: an ancient and colorful legacy about to be reborn in the bay area. dan a.: just fantastic stuff. the exhibit includes 180 objects and it will run august 20 through mid-february. we should check that out, ama, very impressive. ama: that is so cool. ""world news" tonight" is coming up next. i'm ama daetz. dan a.: i'm dan ashley. we will see you in half an hour.

ama, let's go. ama: we will be back by 6:00. dan a.: outside lands large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27, to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless. but read prop 27's fine print. 90% of profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever.

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