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is. >> a potential terrorist attack in jerusalem. the israeli foreign ministry reports a shooting targeting a bus if israel's capital city, wounding at least eight people. good morning everybody. it's sunday august 14th, i'm liz kreutz. more on the news in a moment, let's get a look at our weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> the marine layer is compressed at the shoreline this morning, so we're looking at a warmer day. fog, there isn't a whole lot of it if you get away from the coast. 55 cooper tino. 60 alameda with low 50's in santa rosa. a few degrees warmer, a few degrees cooler if spots.
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looking outside here towards the bay bridge and a lot of sunshine as we get going early this morning. it's going to be a warmer day and by noontime, 70's and 80's bayside and inland. the coast will stay breezy and comfortable. while we climb to the mid 90's inland with 80's around the bay. so a warm one today. we are getting set for several warm days coming up. with heat and humidity coming our way. my full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> lisa, thank you. back to the breaking news. at least eight people are wounded including five americans in a shooting attack if jerusalem. police say a gunman started shooting at a bus in a parking lot near the western wall if the old city. emergency crews say six of the victims are moderately injured. israel's foreign ministry tweeted two of the victims, include a pregnant 30-year-old woman, and a 60-year-old man. they are in critical care. according to cnn, the suspect is an israeli citizen from east jerusalem who turned himself in
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after fleeing the scene. the u.s. ambassador to israel and the u.s. office of palestinian affairs both have strongly condemned what we call a terrorist attack and this shooting comes after a flareup in violence in gaza last weekend this killed dozens of palestinians. all right. locally here, san francisco police and the mother of a cold case murder victim are seeking the public's help to find justice for her son. 17-year-old aubrey was gunned down at the intersection of grove and baker street in 2006. his mother-in-law in law enforcement held a small gathering this weekend in hopes that people with information of his death will come forward. since aubrey's death, paulette has become an advocate for children of murdered victims. >> i want mothers and fathers to know, don't give up on your children. i don't care what they did. no one has the right to take their lives. >> a $250,000 reward is being
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offered for information leading to the arrest of aubrey's killer. happening tomorrow, the san francisco police department is holding a virtual town hall meeting addressing last weekend's shootout in the mission district. this happened on shot well between 16th and 17 17th street. officers say they returned fire towards a map in his 50's who was running away while shooting at them. that person was hit and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the town hall will provide updates on the investigation and take questions from viewers. it will be live streamed tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. on the city's youtube page as well as sfpd's facebook page. new this morning in the north bay, a 70-year-old man was critically injured after being hit by a car in nevada. the accident was first reported to police just before 7:00 p.m. last night. officials say the man was found in the street after getting hit on bowling drive between knob and marin valley drives. police don't believe alcohol or drugs were involved in the accident. the man was rushed to a local hospital and there's no update
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right now on his condition. new developments in a raid of mar-a-lago. one of former president donald trump's lawyers signed a statement in june saying all classified documents at his palm beach home had been turned over to federal investigators. it now appears that wasn't the case. abc news reporter mitchell has the new developments. >> the reporter: the f.b.i. raid at mar-a-lago is raising questions about the handling of some of the flags's most sensitive document. the warrant revealing f.b.i. agents were searching for evidence of three potential crimes, violations of the espionage ability, unlawful removal of public records and obstruction of justice by concealing, altering or destroying records to impede an investigation. agents raiding the president's residence only after they were unable to retrieve the documents following two subpoenaes and a visit by f.b.i. agents in june. in a story first reported in the "new york times" sources telling abc news, that a lawyer for trump signed a statement in june, after that f.b.i. visit,
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saying all classified documents at mar-a-lago had been turned over to federal investigators, but agents say they seized 11 sets of classified documents on monday, including four marked top secret an one marked, sci. a classification for some of the most sensitive national security information. normally viewed in a highly secured location. >> when you have information that's so sensitive, who else has had access to it, but maybe more importantly, what has he done with it. >> the reporter: in his defense, trump claiming he did declassify all the documents, but he did not offer any proof following the f.b.i.'s search of mar-a-lago, republicans were quick to accuse the justice department of playing politics. but no word from republican congressional leaders since the warrant was made public. and now, growing concerns over threats of violence. abc news getting a look at a joint intelligence bulletin from the f.b.i., and homeland security. >> there has been an increase in
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threats and acts of violence against law enforcement, and government officials ever 16 the raid at former president donald former preformer president dona. >> the reporter: meanwhile, house intelligence committee chair adam schiff and house oversight chair carolyn maloney requested an estimate of damages from u.s. officials? >> following the search at march leg, jonathan -- mar-a-lago jonathan hogan will go one-on-one about the future of the g.o.p. you can watch that full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos on abc 7. the effort to get people vaccinated for monkeypox expanded this weekend in san francisco for the first time, two clinics had enough vaccines to take walk-ins. abc 7 news reporter bernard
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visited the two clinics and found there were no lines like we're accustomed to seeing. >> stating what you might be able to expect as far as the side effect, to the vaccine. the reporter: dan just got his monkeypox vaccine at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. he's been searching and waiting for weeks. >> i know others who have tried very hard to even go outside the city flop to marin and even canada to try to get the vaccine, so i feel very, very fortunate. the reporter: the hospital hosted its first weekend monkeypox clinic for walk-ins and those with appointments, improving access and equity to the vaccine. >> we realized that some patients may not be able to take off time from work or come during the sort hours that we had during the week. >> yeah, it was really smooth. >> the reporter: we saw no long lines compared to earlier clinics, where people waited for hours. hospital officials say they've streamlined the registration process for eligible patients. san francisco received about 10,000 monkeypox vaccine doses earlier this week from the federal government. making this weekend clinic possible. >> we've been averaging this
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week, about 600 to close to a thousand vaccinations a day. we have not been -- we have not turned anyone away. >> we are using the vaccine as quickly as we get it. the reporter: kaiser-permanente opened the first monkeypox walk-in clinic on monday. >> we want people to get vaccinated so we can do our part in ending the disease. >> it's about protection and it's about taking care of everybody. the reporter: san francisco remains the hot spot in the bay area with over 500 confirmed cases. santa clara and alameda counties have over 50 each. >> we actually are seeing increasing numbers of people coming in to get evaluated, treated. we've also even our hospitalizations and monkeypox increase over the last couple of days so this really speaks to the need to really try to get vaccinations out there to the community especially those who are at risk or potentially who have been exposed to monkeypox. the reporter: zuckerberg san francisco general gave 822 monkeypox vaccines on saturday. kaiser gave 1500.
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both providers plan more vaccine clinics in the future as long as there is enough vaccine supply. in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> we have everything you need to know about monkeypox, including vaccines, treatment and symptoms, find it all at our web site, abc7.com. in truckee, a community concert was held to raise awareness about the disappearance of 16-year-old killy rodney. rodney. yesterday's concert was organized by friends as a way to highlight rodney's lifelong love of music. rodney played the guitar and several other instruments. she vandenburgish seven days ago after campground party. a massive search has been launched to find the teenager. >> we are playing her songs and we are playing things that we hope she can hear so she knows we're going to find her soon. >> investigators are frustrated by the lack of leads in this case. they believe someone who attended the party has information about what happened to this teen.
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a bay area attorney who became a giant if the legal world has died. dennis reardon gained a reputation for freeing the wrongly convicted. one of his beggest cases was in 2002 when he argued for a new trial for marjorie noler, convicted second degree murder after her dogs attacked and killed a neighborhood in san francisco. in 1986, he won a long battle for johnny spain, a black panther convicted of a murder in connection with the deadly 1971 attempt. riordan died on thursday, he was 73 years old. in marin county, more than 1,000 residents are trained on how to properly administer narcan. that's the treatment for a drug overdose. the county holds first aid preparedness events every year and yesterday there was a new component, how to save the life of someone experiencing a drug overdose. it's all in response to the alarming rise if overdoses not just in marin, but in other communities as well. >> it is so important, narcan saves lives very quickly and with the opiate epidemic and so
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many overdoses everywhere, this is a desperate -- [inaudible] >> the county distributed narcan doses to people who stopped by. participants also learned how to perform cpr and stop bleeding after traumatic injuries. lisa, 5:11 a.m. this morning. let's take a look outside. >> it is 58 degrees. sun coming up at 6:24 a.m. you can see the nice view of the city here. the fog confined to the coast. we'll have a warmer day, but the breeze will stay with us. 74 downtown, stay tuned, by accuweather seven-day forecast is next. >> also ahead, making a difference, an east bay program helping low income students reaching new heights. >> i'm very excited to see marcus. >> super cool to see all the old teammates, catch up on the stories, see how everyone is doing. >> a giant reunion to commemorate the team's incredible 2012 run to the world series champions
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liz: welcome back. here's a live look outside this morning. time this morning, 5:13 a.m. look how far pretty that is there. rainbow lighting up the skyline. happening today, parents protesting the closure of opens parker elementary school are holding a town hall. the meeting starts at 2:00 p.m. at the school. organizers say they would like to continue the conversation and school closures, privatization, and gentrification if the city. parker is one of several schools the school board recently voted to close due to budget concerns. on friday, people gathered outside parker to hold a vigil in solidarity with those occupying the school building. education is one way to help build a better bay area. in antioch, there's a push to help low income students get the tutoring they need. the program was born out of a pandemic and has helped dozens of students. as abc news reporter campbell tells us, the communities is stepping up to make sure nobody gets left behind. >> hello. the site and sound of
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bravery, bruno perez sharing his story, helping to raise money for the r & r learning center in antioch. >> i really like this place, and it makes me really happy that i learned a lot of stuff, and people help me with stuff that i don't get. the reporter: bruno is referring to the center's tutoring program. he's one of dozens of low income students it's helped out. >> the interesting thing i've learned here was doing my homework and staying focused. >> i'm going into the second grade. i'm kind of nervous because i'm getting new friends and stuff. the reporter: elijah is getting the support he needs right here. >> i learned fight worked and all that kind stuff. the reporter: born out of the pandemic, the program started as a pilot last summer. >> we did it for three months. it was a huge success. we had like 99% of the kids complete it. the reporter: the focus is on getting students caught up in
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reading comprehension and math. >> we have kids that, you know, are in third -- i mean, like fourth grade, reading at like a second grade level. that's been one of the challenges. >> the reporter: and building off the success of the program, the goal is to now offer it year-round. >> to run this program, we need about $50,000, that's what we need -- for the year -- what we need for the year. >> and the communities getting behind them. antioch's very own math teacher making an appearance. this video of him, going viral. now lending his voice. >> kids need one-on-one tutoring. as a teacher i know that. it can be really expensive when they said it was free and for low income students, i said absolutely what can i do to help. bruno hopes his words can motivate more students. >> they'll be inspired and do their work, and i hope people
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get a lot of good grades, and be happy where they are. >> the reporter: tara campbell, abc n 7 news. >> new school year, new guidelines, new norms, download the abc 7 news app, it's available on roku and other streaming deversuses. a trip down oracle lane as the 2012 world series team was honored, one of three world series winning teams for the giants in a span of five years. we'll have a full breakdown of that special ceremony coming up in sports, but first, here's abc 7 news reporter tim johns with what fans and players are saying. >> go giants! >> the reporter: it was one of the golden eras if the history of giants baseball. the team taking home a whopping three world series titles between the 2010 and 2014 seasons. on saturday, the 2012 championship team was honored during a special ceremony at oracle park, one decade later. >> feels like yesterday, for sure.
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i know, it's been 10 years. the reporter: for many of the players, it's a reunion a long time in the making. a chance to see each other again after all this time. >> getting back together with this group of guys is so special. it makes me go back and remember beautiful things. the reporter: it's also a chance for the team to reconnect with local giants fans, fans they say are the best in the league. >> they're pat passionate, extraordinarily passionate and every giants fan is unique and different ofms mind.e aithild in have the opportunity not just to cheer on the current team at this weekend's game, but also to welcome the old players back home. >> i'm very excited. i'm very excited. i'm very excited to see marcus, barry zito and all the other players. >> i really miss the game. but when i get out there on the
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field and the fans i'm like i miss it now. the reporter: the giants are more than a baseball team to the fans. they're also a sense of pride in the city that they love. >> i think it's absolutely priceless and in my lifetime, to see my team win three times, it's just absolutely unbelievable. >> the reporter: in san francisco, tim johns, abc 7 news. liz: all right lisa. what a nice day too it was as well yesterday. i was walking around the city and it just felt warm and you said it would be and it was, it was nice. lisa: it was great. i love the giants and i remember that fondly, those wins, they were amazing. yeah, i love that story and we also, yes, the warm weather is with us, if you're in the peninsula though, that sea breeze has certainly kept you cool and we'll still have that breeze again today, but things are definitely heating up. today, warmer than yesterday. and here's a look at the big picture where you notice the fog, right around the bay area and points south there. it is compressed, so we are looking at the fog, right close
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to the highway there. so be careful, if you're along the shoreline. temperatures really dropping this morning in parts of the north bay, we've got that strong upwelding, the northwesterly winds. the temperature off the coast, cool, and so notice, we've got some cooler numbers up in the north bay, that's right, 46 in nevado with cooling there and a couple degrees of cooling there. napa, warmer by 8 degrees. forecast headlines, we have the coastal morning fog. warm to hot today and more heat and humidity in your future, beginning today. we do have an excessive heat watch that goes into effect for the delta, the strait, not until tuesday though. 11:00 a.m. tuesday until 10:00 p.m. thursday night. so this area here will have highs anywhere from 95 to 109 potentially. with overnight lows well into the 70's. so the risk of heat related
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illnesses remains a potential here especially if you're outdoors working or spending time outside. keep that in mind as we take a look at the rest of the forecast for the bay area on monday. we'll be hot as well. 100-degree heat in concord. 101 fairfield. 80's in the east bay and looking at upper 60's san francisco. so we'll have that sea breeze, but even so, numbers coming up 2 to 6 degrees along the coast with 8 to 12 degrees inland for highs on the hottest day on tuesday up to 105 for fairfield, antioch and live more. 103. look at the north bay, from clear lake, clover dale, well over 100 degrees, and 90's arriving in the south bay. on wednesday, not a lot of change. not only do we have the heat, we'll get subtropical moisture, dewpoints coming up through the upper 50's, that means it's going to feel pretty sticky out there. that happens midweek to the end of the week. the temperatures are going to try to cool off, but with that change in the atmosphere, it's going to be a warm week ahead.
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highs today anywhere from the low 70's to the upper 70's, san francisco and oakland. 93 santa rosa, livermore, mid 80's in the south bay with about 80 in santa cruz. the accuweather seven-day forecast 60's coast, 80's around the bay, mid 90's inland and the next couple days summer sizzle with our hottest day on tuesday. upper 90's to near 100 for our interior valleys. low to mid 80's bayside and the coast will warm just a few degrees. it's going to stay warm all week long, but the warmest days should be tuesday and wednesday, liz, so that's your heads up. liz: all right. good to know. thanks. we'll get ready for that. ok. just ahead, could it be one of the solutions to the bay area's housing crisis? we'll tell you about the affordable housing option that's also allowing multigenerational families to live in close proximity
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liz: liz: we are one month away from
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the primetime emmy awards. are you caught up with your faith shows? george pennacchio has a look as some of the favorites. from true crime thrillers to the breakout comedy of the year. >> forgive me, i thought one of my colleagues hired a stripper for me. >> ok. >> the reporter: on the red carpet as a preview of tv's biggest night, plus actress nicole brown's plea to clinton brenson. >> come on, you know me some a good person, i'm a professional, i have no lines. >> the reporter: and we're one-on-one with sarah paulson, andrew garfield and al fanning. >> it's almost that kind of checkiness and wink that we have with the audience is what i think they respond to. liz: get ready to do binging, if you haven't watched all those shows on the red carpet has all the emmy buzz today at 2:30 p.m. right here on abc 7. a distinguished guest with bay area roots helped commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
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u.s. navy's aircraft carrier. yesterday alameda vice admiral dan dwyer was a guest of lone for at the u.s.s. hornet museum in his hometown. the u.s.s. hornet put on a big tribute to recognize the importance these displays have played in history. >> 1998 she opened as a museum ship. liz: the advise at mayoral was greeted to another flyover of navy f-18's, a pair buzzed by the hornet and lunchtime as part of yesterday's commemoration. happy 100. still to come on abc 7, charged with attempted murder. the man accused of stabbing author salmon rushdie makes its first court appearance.
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the musical hamilton, the creator is coming after a church for what he's calling an illegal performance. we'll explain.
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liz: good morning everyone. thanks for joining us here. we're going to start this half-hour with another check of the forecast. let's get back over to lisa. lisa: good morning. we have fog it is at the coast, it's dense in spots, but otherwise, pretty cool in some of our north bay locations on novato dropping into the 40's this morning, but on the peninsula, we're if the upper 50's san bruno. redwood city, good morning, 52. 60 in napa. so really wide ranging from cooler to warmer in parts of the north bay and east bay. 9:00 a.m., boy, a lot sunshine, upper 60's, and 70's. noontime, we're in the low 80's inland. low 70's for oakland. remember, that's where you were all month long in july.
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80 up in santa rosa and by the afternoon, look at the mid 90's coming into play, well up into the north bay, the east bay and san jose warming up to the mid 80's. fog comes back, keeping the coast comfortable but boy we are cranking up the heat for the week ahead. liz: lisa thanks. this morning, famed author salman rushdie remains hospitalized with serious injuries while he was stabbed preparing to give a lecture in upstate new york. the man accused of attacking him aperiod in court yesterday. abc news reporter carene mitchell. the reporter: salman rushdie was visually stabbed while giving a lecture in upstate new york. detectives calling the attack an attempted assassination attempt. the 24-year-old man who allegedly stabbed him, investigators found on his phone a photo of iranian general who was killed in a u.s. drone strike. the suspect allegedly stabbing
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rushdie multiple times friday morning, at the chautauqua first responders airlifting him to an erie, pennsylvania, hospital, where he underwent surgery and is now being treated. his agent says the author was taken off a ventilator and is now able to speak. mata is charged with second degree murder and second degree assault. his attorney pleading not guilty on his behalf. residents in the community where the attack took place concerned. >> unfortunately, it wasn't a surprising incident overall, that it happened, but definitely surprising that it happened here. >> that act of violence wasn't an accident. it was purposeful, willful, and horrifying. >> the reporter: more than 30 years ago, iran's atoe a l la komen knee called for rushdie's death, his book is considered insulting to islam. in teheran, this man says he's
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glad because the unsolved rushdie made against our prophet finally worked. investigators do not know where the ayatollah's prior call to assassinate rushdie was a motivating factor in friday's attack. the abc news, new york. liz: the governor of new york is sending a health warning to residents after polio was detected in the wastewater in new york city. health officials are worried the virus is silently spread egg. the 1950's polio epidemic impacted over 50,000 americans causing over 3,000 deaths. at least 20,000 were left with paralyzing disabilities. recently, a 20-year-old man experienced paralysis in his legs and was diagnosed with the virus. americans vaccinated decades ago are wondering if they're still protected. >> if you're vaccinated, it's not something you have to worry about, but in communities where vaccine coverage is low, we have to worry about spread. liz: health officials are warning people who are unvaccinated to get up-to-date on vaccines right away.
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a delta jet backed into another delta jet at boston's logan airport on friday. a passenger on the los angeles-bound flight shared photos of the damage. you can see it there on the winglet of the boeing 757. it clipped the tail of a regional jet as it clipped back from the gate. both flights were cancelled because of this mishap. nobody was injured thankfully. the flyer who took the photo said it was like get willing to a fender bender in rush hour traffic. glad everyone is safe. actor lindeman miranda is suing a church in texas after it put on an unauthorized version of hamilton. saying it added an unauthorized christian pla spin on the play. the church does have exemptions, but for copyright laws that does not -- but does not have the right to distribute perform ans outside the church hand that includes video and streaming.
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creating more affordable housing is one of the challenges of building a better bay area. adu's or accessory dwelling units are addressing this. however as abc 7 news reporter louis shows us, these low cost homes are helping multigenerational families stay close and near their loved ones. >> it turned out to be great. the reporter: barbara and chris clark couldn't be happier, with retirement on the horizon, they wanted to live close to the children and the grandkids. >> they were trying to figure out a way we could stay in san jose. they found a house in san jose where they coupled an adu, accessory dwelling unit where their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter live. a two bedroom house just shy of 1200 square feet. >> this was a huge solution, both for them and for us, because now it appears that we can live in one house, they can live in the orientation and it's all, you know, i don't know, it all works. the numbers work. the adu is bear in mind by san francisco based villa homes
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for $350,000. it's prefabricated and brought to the site in two sections. the clark loves the 9-foot ceilings. it also came with most of the appliances. >> we were able to build the vast majority of the home offsite, allowing us to build the home and disrupt the backyard for a very short period of time. again a matter of two, three, sometimes four months as opposed to years. adu's are a way to expand the supply of housing. in the clark's case it provides a way for them to age in place. in time, they will swap houses as their daughter's family expands. more room for families, is the reason why tom kern is adding an adu in his backyard. this man is one of 10 living here. >> we like having the family around us and now some of the nieces an nephews will be coming here for parties because they live in apartments. >> california made great strides with adu laws and every single family home in the state can build a house which is amazing, but there's still a lot of progress to be made. the supply chain issues
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caused by the pandemic have eased up and for villa, they hope next year to be able to produce two to three times as many adu's as they are now. in san jose, david louis, abc 7 news. liz: still ahead on abc 7 mornings, an attempt to solve a notorious traffic spot while creating green infrastructure. what scientists are saying about proposed improvements to highway 37. here is a live look outside this morning. time is 5:36 a.m. we will check in with lisa on what we can expect for our sunday and week ahead. the warmup coming when we get
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zoo, carnival rides and a lot vendors. the new festival has no plans of replacing the garlic festival, but wanted to give ventura dorsey in the communities a place to sell goods and enjoy some good food. a loud boom startled residents across the southern idaho and northern utah area yesterday. take a listen. residents add date church's salt lake city house definitely heard those low rumble over their heads. kind of hard to hear in that video. you could also see it though too. look at the top part of your screen here. there it is. you may have missed it. you can see a streak of light zip across it. it's believed to be a streaking meteor. the national weather service says this is likely the trailer flash from the meteor. lisa, that's pretty cool. but clearly it startled a lot of people. lisa: yeah. the perseids, that meteor shower, you had to be in the right spot at the right time, but very cool. good morning, as we look outside, you can get a good view of the city this morning,
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because the fog, well, not here. pretty much the peninsula, south of us, the coast, mid 70's today downtown. keeping our sea breeze very pleasant here, but cranking up the heat. 90's return inland. i'll have your forecast next. liz: thanks lisa. also next a giant celebration 10 years in the making. the team honors the 2012 world series champs. we'll have more about that coming up in sports. it's time for the biggest sale of the year, on the sleep number 360 smart bed. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because proven quality sleep is vital to our health and wellness, only the sleep number 360 smart bed keeps you cool, then senses and effortlessly adjusts for your best sleep. and tells you exactly how well you slept. your sleepiq score. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. so, you can be your best for yourself and those you care about most. don't miss our weekend special. all smart beds are on sale. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. ends monday.
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and provides steady morning energy liz: welcome back. here is a live look outside this morning. at the golden gate bridge. time right now, 5:42 a.m. all right. this morning, local debate over building a better bay area by building a better highway. at stake, not just traffic but potentially vast stretches of wetlands. >> and so this whole flatland here was a mosaic of tidal wetlands. the reporter: when kendall
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webster gazes across the levies and farmland in southern sonoma county, she can envision the tidal marshes that once flushed water back and forth from meandering waterways to san pablo bay. a vast expanse of wetlands that the sonoma land trust and their partners is working to restore. >> california is investing in climate the way no other state in the country is right now, so we think this is the natural infrastructure project that the state should be highlighting. the reporter: to make that vision a reality, the trust has joined with save the bay, and more than a dozen environmental and land management groups urging caltrans and the state to remove the one barrier that could open up natural marshland across the entire north bay. highway 37. first it helps to understand that the highway is essentially a 21-mile levy with bridges and other openings spaced in between. with two lanes, it's also one of the most notorious bottlenecks in the bay area, prone to flooding, engineers expect even
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more challenges as sea level rise expands across the north bay shoreline. the san francisco estuary institute. >> everyone agrees the solution for highway 37 is to build a four lane elevated causeway that raises the four-lane freeway. >> the reporter: but there's an it creasingly intense debate over when and what to build, estimates for an elevated causeway which would allow open marshes to flow naturally, run from 6 to $8 billion. meanwhile, caltrans is studying a less costly interim plan that would widen a stretch of the current highway while potentially pushing an elevated replacement years down the road. sonoma resident greg has clear sailing once he reaches a marina located flex to the highway. but often fights the heavy traffic to get there. he supports a quick are fix, with phased-in upgrades. >> and not have to build the mega project all at once. but then those pieces of
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infrastructure could be added on to it as sea levels rise. but critics are concerned that the widening plan would still cost hundreds of millions of dollars and could be anything but short term. north bay congressman jared huffman is especially skeptical. >> you really have to look critically at that. no one in their right mind is going to tear out a brand new four lane freeway that costs half a billion dollars 15 years after it's built. it's just not going to happen. the reporter: and with the recent passage of major natural climate legislation, huffman and other supporters also see the raised causeway project as a historic opportunity. not just to solve a traffic nightmare, but to build green infrastructure, combating sea level rise by giving bay tides space to expand, creating new habitats for wildlife, and sequestering carbon in a marsh environment. >> about 30,000 metric tons of carbon, which is the equivalent of about taking 6,000 cars off
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the road each year e. the reporter: for kendall webster it would help restore miles of natural bay habitat, on a scale that would also be historic. >> this is a huge area. and if we can get it right with transportation infrastructure, wetland restoration and public access, then we can attract attention for this project as a project of national importance. >> the reporter: and perhaps, help lead the nation into a better future in the fight against climate change. dan ashley, abc 7 news. liz: whatever the configuration, planners estimate that widening highway 37 would save commuters nearly half an hour during the peak commute, and cut down accidents significantly. all right lisa. let's get a check of the forecast right now. it's going to heat up later this week. lisa: it certainly is. i felt it yesterday. not everyone feeling it. certainly on the peninsula, you had that healthy sea breeze, but still in the 80's redwood city and 70's downtown. so certainly warmer than it's
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been. as we go in for a chose are look, you'll -- closer look, you'll notice there is fog along the coast here and it gets dense along the shoreline, down through monterey, salinas, san mateo. 58 in union city. a few cooler pockets up in the north bay, with 50 novato. 53 santa rosa. this most of these, we are milder in the north bay, not a whole lot of change out there and we've been having the subtle change yesterday, the day before, more dramatic today. a nice look outside. the coastal morning fog, warm to hot today. more heat and humidity on the way, and the best part of the day, not only the morning, but i think the giants forecast where we're going to get into some comfortable numbers. 1:05 p.m., 72 degrees, breezy, but warm in the sun. the next seven days, here comes the heat for the east bay. in the 90's. triple digits monday, tuesday, looks like wednesday, potentially cooling, but then remember, some high clouds
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increasing humidity, so it's going to feel warmer than the upper 80's to around 90 degrees. in the south bay today, look for 85 in san jose, as well as cooper tino. 90 in gilroy. 91, more low 80's to mid 80's from red wood city to palo alto. 84 84 for los altos. 73 downtown. south city, 75. and up in the north bay, look at all that warmth, from low to mid 90's from calistoga and lakeport up through the upper 90's in clover dale. 89 san rafael and as you read over into the east bay, you've been enjoying 70's, more upper 70's here with low 80's union city and fremont. certainly the warmth coming your way here. nothing too extreme yet and as we head inland, 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. low 90's concord, livermore airport. today, more like mid 90's for
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you in concord today. 93 in livermore. 96 in pittsburgh and remember, this area gets into an excessive heat advisory from the delta, the strait, in to tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. for the rest of us, the accuweather seven-day forecast shows thatted to, certainly warming up, with 80 around the the bay. upper 60's breezy coast. we'll see sun there. the monday, tuesday, wednesday, summer sizzle with the hottest day on tuesday. still hot on wednesday, even the bay feeling it. the coast, up about 2 to 4 degrees, and as the heat eases, we'll see more increasing clouds, and the wide range with little change through the rest of the week. so you've been warned. it's going to be toasty out there. liz: good to know. all right, lisa, thank you. let's talk sports. later this morning, a's will try to snap a seven game losing streak. oakland takes on the astros at minute maid park. first pitch 11:10 a.m. and this
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afternoon the giants will try to sweep the giants, 1:05 p.m. the first pitch at oracle park. last night the giants held a special reunion before shutting out pittsburgh. ears abc 7 news sports anchor chris alvarez with this morning's sports and the highlights. the reporter: the boys, they were back in town last night. the giants honoring the 2012 world series champions. remember, they won six elimination games en route to a second title in three seasons, where they swept the tigers in the fall classic to win that 2012 title. barry zito pitched great that post-season. vogelsong, a beast and bochy, a master ate work. the final pitcher was casio, who said he can still give the giants a couple of innings. >> i asked marshy, are you ready for two innings? >> two? >> oh yeah. always ready. >> you were the winning pitcher in game four, the clinch game of
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the world series. >> three pitches. >> three pitches and the win. >> so easy. >> i love it. >> the reporter: that is great. giving the giants recent bullpen some fans may want to take him up on that offer. bruce bochy throwing out the first pitch ceremonial and of course, he threw a strike. as for the game, facing the pirates and former giant tyler beady, bottom one, the junior hit a leadoff double. next batter jock pederson, trades places. 1-0, san francisco. logan webb, on the hill for the giants. kevin newman, the comebacker, and this is what we call a webb gem. grabs it and then tags the bag for the out. made sure newman was ok. gave him a tap. so nice, we show it twice. look at this. glovely attempt. so good. the senior wade celebrating his birthday and his son, junior with the sixth homer of the season, a nice birthday gift.
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the junior scored both giants runs. webb struck out nine in eight innings, gets ben gamel with the bases loaded. giants win 2-0. they won five of the last seven. a's if houston. these young fans were ready. bottom one, a's rookie on the hill. bregman, two run shot to left center, 2-0 astros. oakland hit into three inning ending double plays. brown's groundout in the sixth, and the astros blank the a's, 8-0. oakland will look to avoid ethnicity three game sweep later today. the nba released some special game schedules next week. the warriors will receive their championship rings on opening night against the lakers, october 18th, and it looks like the warriors will host the memphis grizzlies on christmas day, again. memphis star john rhett has been pushing for it. he tweeted to damon green, we got what we wanted andrea monday replied, that's great, bring the
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family over for dinner afterwards. the christmas game will more than likely be right here on abc 7. that is your look at sports. have a great sunday. back to you. liz: next, bring the aloha spirit to the bay area. the annual aloha festival is back after a two year high
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>> here are the winning numbers from last night $48 million powerball drawing. 19, 24, 35, 43, 62, the powerball number 2. nobody picked all six numbers. tomorrow night's jackpot increases to $56 million. and the winning numbers from last night's $15 million super lotto plus drawing, 1, 12, 25, 42, 45, the mega number 9. nobody matched all six numbers in that drawing either, so wednesday's jackpot goes to $16 million. happening today on peninsula, a day long festival celebrating
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culture and music. after a two year hiatus, the pacific islanders cultural association is bringing back the annual aloha fess raley field. it includes a full lineup of live hawaiian music and dancing, booths, arts and crafts, including lei making as well as a lot of food, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the san mateo event center. tickets cost $25. next on abc 7 mornings at 6:00 a.m. breaking news, israeli police investigating a possible terrorist attack in jerusalem after a suspect opens fire on a bus injuring at least eight people, including five americans. we'll have the latest. also, a mother's desperate plea. a quarter million dollars reward, police need your help solving a 16-year-old cold case.
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