doppler 7 a lot of activity to look at today independent where you live you saw the results. take a look you can hear and see the rain falling in east oakland. ama: you see some blue skies in the background, windshield wipers were needed for drivers on one-to-one in petaluma this -- 101 in petaluma this morning. >> sandy, just yesterday it was all about the story? >> the story is, we went from hot weather to the monsoon moisture the typical desert southwest experiences. it was brought into the bay area, that is why we saw a couple of thousand struggles along cloverdale we saw showers this morning, multiple any

strikes in the santa cruz mountains heading towards north bay. you may have noticed the humidity in the air feeling sticky, fortunately with the thunderstorms there was rain, there was a dry sublayer that caused some of the rain to evaporate. as we look at statewide and essential sierra we are seeing thunderstorms up around northern california. still the possibility why the web -- why the red flag warning is in effect until tonight. it is for lake county, thunderstorms with abundant lining and very little to no rain is the biggest concern here. any fires sparked by dry lightning will cause them to read -- rapidly spread. a heat advisory remains up for lake and mendocino counties. we're still looking at triple digit temperatures, risk of heat illnesses, here in parts of the bay area. beautiful view right now from

our pier 39 camera i will let you know about a quieter weather pattern ahead. dan: that sounds nice. a five hour flex alert is implied chris -- is in progress. we are at peak of forecasted energy demand, this chart shows how actual demand compares to predictions. people are asked to voluntarily conserve energy so the grid does not get overwhelmed, this last until 9 p.m.. ama: part of building a better bay area is looking at our climate, right now a toxic algae bloom is spreading across the bay, while it is not harmful to humans it is impacting the ecosystem. >> looking out across the san francisco bay you might notice it is looking a little murky. expert say to see potentially harmful algae bloom spreading in waters throughout the bay area. reporter: it is literally turning the bay brown. >> it is something scientist at san francisco bay keeper are

stating closely -- studying closely. >> we followed their team as they went on the bay. staff scientist says there's not been an algae bloom like this kind since 2004, there are a lot of unknowns about why it is growing now, but the nutrients polluting the bay is a major factor. >> there are 40 wastewater treatment plants discharging a lot of phosphorus and nitrogen into the water. that is a building block for algae such as this. reporter: here in the bay you can see the algae everywhere, there have been reports from oakland to san francisco, even now richmond. scientist say will get worse before it gets better. >> we will go in and grab some of this. water. reporter: samples of the water are being gathered and sent to a lab in richmond. >> and then we will write on here where the sample was taken. reporter: expert say the algae can kill shellfish and other

marine life, is not believed to be toxic to humans are pet. >> the cities of alameda, east bay parts have issued warning postings have advised against recreating in the water. >> to prevent future outbreaks is to reduce the amount of nutrients flowing into the bay, if not the current conditions combined with climate change can lead to even more common and potentially worse algae outbreaks. >> is quite conceivable in other years a different type of species could take off with much more harmful consequent is. -- consequences. >> check the tempter's coming of the forecast, and learn more about bay area whether any time the weather on demand section of the abc 7 streaming tv app. download for roku, apple tv, amazon fire, apple tv. >> all financial and accommodation support and for san francisco's luxury high-rise 33,, they have not been able to

go home for two months ever since a broken water pipe made the entire 35 story building uninhabitable. we have brought you exclusive video of that inside of a unit and other incidents as well. today abc 7 news reporter spoke with when the developers that owns the building about what is going on here. this is a story you only see on abc 7 news. reporter: today is a pivotal day for hundreds of residents who have been displaced. their housing and financial support expires. residents from over 200 units are on their own, the focus is on the group a below market rates residents and those that have their belongings inside the building the concern is safety. 25 hours ago we broke the city -- a story of a contractor stealing from inside a vacant apartment. today paul, the heinz senior managing director agreed to speak to us. >> all the people that agree to

do the work are insured, bonded, and are professionals. that is the best course to have legitimate added contractors and employees to come into the building. >> the one those fibers also vented and he was also stealing -- the one that was fired was also vetted and he was stealing. >> unfortunately he slipped to the system and it was unfortunate. we have terminated the person. reporter: they say they keep records of every person that goes inside each unit, and statement they said they have temporarily removed all contractor access to residential units while they work on a solution increase security measures. so we asked again today. are contractor still allowed inside apartment right now? >> yes, we need to have people access units from time to time to deal with the damage from the flooding. and to make repairs. reporter: paul says they have

increased security and video surveillance so we pushed further. >> we talk about video surveillance, do you mean in the hallways? how? >> i cannot give you all the specifics of the video we are putting in place, i will back to you on that. >> right across is a lot with storage plots, heinz says this is where they will store belongings from any resident that wants to move out. >> there have been somebody questions regarding safety inside, now we are talking about many residents having their belongings outside of the building with these pods. >> we will have great security here so no one will come into this area that is not supposed to be here. reporter: for the past two months, since flooding has displaced residents heinz has been paying for their housing, today that support ends. within the group of residents impacted is 137 below market rate residents. heinz it says it will keep helping those residents until the and of the month.

one of the residents that said they did not want to be identified by name, the hotel tower at her -- told her that her housing is not been extended. >> she said do not check out, do not, down there you are stressing people out, you are stressing me out, buzzing on me for -- fussing on me for checking on the extension of the hotel. they only have it extended until tomorrow, it is supposed to be extended until the 31st. we are supposed to sit here and just let them do whatever they want. reporter: we question him about the break in communications some residents are reporting. heinz's had a monthly repair for this deadline, what are you savor the bmr residents that are waiting for temporary housing? >> we are providing options and the residents are looking options we are providing, working very was there with the city. there is a process in place.

reporter: we contacted san francisco's housing department regarding the 137 below market rate residents who have been displaced. the city says it has implement today emergency authorization plan to utilize existing below market rate units in buildings across the city. regarding safety when contractors go back inside apartments, heinz all it up after the interview and said their new security measures include security escorts and video and entering homes. abc 7 news. ama: tonight a warning from the u.s. secret service, plus -- >> it does not matter where camp is the magic will follow. dan: two camps temporarily join forces years after one was

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dan: we have an important update about the growing crypto currency scam targeting silicon valley investors. malicious apps are hacking victims phones exposing personal information. >> this scam is evolving so fast one-run click could cost you your privacy. we not talking but if messages investigators say these scammers are getting access to your entire phone opening or mike, camera, photos, even your exact location. >> all it takes is one wrong click and your are busy may be

exposed. >> i was shaking, i was collapsing. >> i feel so bad for my family for what i did to them. >> these are also voices of two bay area victims, and a cryptocurrency scam, where they set -- where they are met on a social media platforms or dating website, fending them up like a pig, in the end goal is to get them to invest in crypto. short for cryptocurrency is not real cash but a digital currency exchanged through a computer network. >> is a nightmare. >> this man we profiled last month lost $1.2 million, his entire law -- lifesavings and his daughters education fund. >> same story with this woman, she emptied her ira just that she was about to retire. $1.3 million gone. >> once the money goes in there

is gone. >> these cases have traveled across california so far this year specifically targeting asian americans in the bay area. >> the criminal organization is definitely expanding. reporter: just within the past three weeks this can have -- scam has a new threat. >> they have a lot of access. >> the abc 7 news i-team sat down with the nation's first digital asset technology alliance tapped by the u.s. your to correct on these crimes. >> the absurd very compelling, if this turns up on your phones phone screen -- home screen it looks like very -- any other app and provides a convincing screen -- scheme. >> victims caught in this part of the scheme are downloading counterfeit apps that are impersonating legitimate cryptic trading companies. >> what happens when someone downloads this? >> first of all it will require

you to provide different permissions to your phone. >> want you demo the app, scammers will are granted permission to your device and you may not know it. >> including the ability to remotely turn on your microphone, to remotely turn on your camera to your phone. >> it is not just access your devices microphone and camera, it is also -- >> to your photos, actually even your location device. as exact as your longitude and latitude to know where alert located at the time. >> they may also have the ability to read and write on your phone. >> so they can read and write on the phone? >> some of the links, some of the counterfeit or malicious apps you are downloading do have read and write capability. they have access to your email. >> in some cases victims are provided a url to download an app via whatsapp products message. investigators say the link will take you to a counterfeit site

which will require you to login. >> the biggest red flag here is downloading any sort of mobile application outside of the google play store and the apple app store. >> keep in mind, some of the sites will try to trick you. >> some of these are meant to look like the apple app store. they'll you have ratings, they will say it is an apple approved app. >> both the app and the are fake and the worst part -- >> you cannot just go in delete the app and think it is off your phone. >> the invasion of privacy may persist even after the app is deleted, a fear now facing victims across the bay area. >> it is really hard. it is really hard on my family. every morning i woke up i feel like it is a nightmare. reporter: special agent frei says the counterfeit sites to download is malicious apps are getting more sophisticated.

some sites will have customer support help lines but you end up talking to the scammer. in some cases prompts will appeared asking if you're downloading to ios ios or android come to make it appear it is affiliated with apple or google play. pretty scary how fast it is all advancing. >> it is fast, scary, diabolical and they are so darn clever about it. what are some of the other red people can watch out for? reporter: most import lee do not download an app landed on from -- importantly not download an app you landed on from a text message. always double check that is from a store and any miss spellings from -- for a url. keep an eye out for certain pop-ups come if you have an iphone or android device, may get a pop-up that says hk file as you see on -- apk file these younger screen, if you click ok to those pop-ups often gives the scammers access to your device.

dan: you have to be so vigilant and pay attention all the time on the stuff. if you have a story for the abc 7 news i-team code abc 7 news.com i saw -- abc7 news.com/iteam. >> we had some strange weather today, we went from really hot to rain. >> i am glad none of the lighting strikes we had in the day area -- bay area did not result in any new fires locally. i want to show you what is nice, did you feel it? it was a little muggy outside and it has been. maybe you did not notice. temperatures are down 13 degrees cooler in livermore, 19 degrees drop in santa rosa compared to 24 hours ago, san jose, oakland down nine, san francisco 10 degrees cooler, waited we end up? unless you are out towards vacaville, most areas inland were in the mid 90's.

83 san jose, 93 send -- santa rosa. half moon bay was a pleasant 62 degrees. right now dew points are in the low 60's, palo alto, still humid as we get that south wind bringing that humidity due to that monsoon flow. looking at a light picture from our pier 39 camera people are enjoying. you can see the fog in the background, see lines are out there, rainfall totals .04 and -- oakland got a hundredth of an inch. how do we switch over to this weather? yesterday night we talked about this area of low pressure drying up some of the monsoon porch or -- moisture. the clock wise flow around the high, bringing us the active weather today. right now on live doppler 7 you can see some showers moving through the sierra. it is a good thing because they had some lightning strikes a

short time ago. the greatest threat for thunderstorms will be right around northern california and parts of the sierra going into tomorrow afternoon. stabilizing here as you can see from the emeryville camera, 65 in the city, 69 oakland, 59 have new -- half moon bay. camera five showing you a bit of fog. 90 in fairfield, 93 concord, and from our south beach camera we are looking at if you high thin clouds. not as muggy tomorrow, hot inland through saturday, modeling the coast and you will get a break in the heat on sunday -- mild along the coast and you will get a break in the heat on sunday. we are looking at tomorrow afternoon some of the showers and thunderstorms once again firing up in the same general area which is northern california, parts of the zero. not here -- parts of the sierra. not here. afternoon highs in the south bay, 84 san jose, 92 kyl --

gilroy, 77 mountain view, low to mid 60's and half moon bay. north bay 85 in napa, 88 in santa rosa, 70 berkeley, inland areas 96, fairfield 93, accuweather 7 they forecast quite weather tomorrow, hotter inland friday antipater's will come down sunday. how about 80's and, low 60's coast. i know we are all looking to sunday. ama: it is been 14 years since voters approved california's voters approved california's high-speed time. it's life's most precious commodity, especially when you have metastatic breast cancer. when your time is threatened, it's hard to invest in your future. until now. kisqali is helping women live longer than ever before when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant... in hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer.

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ama: the bay area could be one step closer to high-speed rail service linking san jose and san francisco, a key impact report is going under a two-day review and funding remains a major hurdle, abc 11 looks an issue that abc 7 look to the issues surrounding a project that could help build a better bay area. >> the goal is to -- the real authority board will seek to approve the environmental impact report, the work will continue on the blended right-of-way to be shared with caltrain. >> there are speed of safety and

prevents to go from 80 miles per hour to 110 miles per hour to make sure it is safe as both systems are operating. >> work is underway to electrify caltrain. the environmental review process has taken two years and has included revisions. >> they have also included consideration of essential facts on the monarch butterfly. >> there is a light maintenance yard plan. >> an estimated 125,000 truckloads of solid waste and more hazardous waste would be dug up and driven away. reporter: even with concerns about that funding remains an uncertain and orbital -- formidable obstacle in completing the project. >> has never been fully funded, we are always in the atmosphere of, how do we make the best use of the funds we have? how do we position ourselves to pursue new funding sources? >> taxpayers only provided 1/5

of the projected cost, a new funding source could be the newly passed federal bipartisan denver structure law. a relevant comparison is art, -- bart that was only partially funded when construction funded. they remain optimistic that service can start in a decade or so. abc 7 news. dan: equity and access, that is what some say is at risk as lucky supermarkets announces the decision to close its premises. also had. -- ahead. >> i am looking forward to my day in court. ama: to explain what happened that left a 49ers fan in a

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: picking up prescriptions is about to get more challenging for thousands of people in the bay area. pharmacies located inside lucky supermarkets across the state are about to close. ama: some community advocates

are worried about the move restricting access to customers most in need. >> i am very upset. we get our groceries here. reporter: he just found out the pharmacy located inside his petaluma neighborhood lucky's supermarket will permanently close the end of the month. he has been coming here for years. >> it is more disgusting, i guess. >> that is a bummer. you know, for me. i am a senior citizen and i got all of my boosters for my covid here. reporter: this lucky pharmacy and 30 others in the bay area separate closure, save mart that owns the grocery start -- chain, was acquired by a management firm last spring. pharma scenes -- pharmacy operations were bought out by walgreens and prescriptions will be transferred to the nearest door. >> the nearest walgreens is eight miles up 101. >> access, access, access.

>> the nurse practitioner is worried about equity and access for her patients, she works at the center serving 800 houston on housed clients, -- 800 houston and unhoused clients. >> i was a little shocked, there are things like acquisitions they should look at who it is going to impact. reporter: she is looking for other solutions to help those without transportation get those medications. >> meeting people where they are at is really important. >> last winter they work -- winter they were -- >> i cannot understand, like i say there are a lot of seniors to get their medication here. >> as for employees a spokesperson said in a statement that walgreens expressed rate interest in hiring and has the intention of hiring as many pharmacy associates as possible that will enable our patients to be continue to be served by our associates.

the petaluma pharmacy will close august way for all lucky supermarkets will remain open. ama: san jose police have arrested a fifth suspect in the connection -- in connection with a string of home invasions, he may be linked to other crimes which is why we are showing you his picture. the four other suspects including a juvenile are tied to several home invasions covered by abc 7, in june an elderly couple was robbed and assaulted, the same day a father and his toddler were held at gunpoint as a father was forced to withdraw money from his bank account. >> several months after a 49ers fan was knocked unconscious outside of a football game, and put into a medical, the suspect pleaded not guilty. we have the latest details on this case. >> today i enter a plea of not guilty. reporter: brian made his brief

statement after his first court appearance in connection with the fight he was involved in january. was at the nfc championship game between the 49ers and rams at sofi stadium when including two lawn person -- according to law enforcement he was pushed, went is pushed back and hit him in the face, the felon hit his head on the pavement of the parking lot. he has been charged with felony assault. from the time he was arrested days after the fight he has maintained a fight between him and luna was self-defense. >> i am looking forward to my day in court. i ask everyone to remember that we all have a right to defend ourselves. >> daniel luna was in a medically induced coma are being treated for severe head injury. we reached out to the family and attorney for,, previous statement given to us the family told us the restaurant tour was going to rehab for his head injury. if convicted on the one count of

felony assault, flint is looking at a maximum of 4 years in prison. is due back in october for a date on the lee merritt hearing. -- preliminary hearing. >> our contention is that he was defending himself. >> brian remains out after posting $30,000 bond and he was first arrested. >> sid garcia, abc 7 news. ama: the former bay area man deemed the mastermind of a kidnapping case could get a prison as early as tonight. he has been granted parole and there is a surprising supporter is pushing for woods to be released. reporter from our sister station in fresno has the story. >> larry park was a seven-year-old boy on a school bus. >> there is hardly a day that goes by i do not think about that. >> he was one of the 26 kids and bus driver that was buried alive

by three armed kidnappers in a box truck in the livermore quarry, they plan to demand $5 million ransom for their safety, the victims men's to escape hours later, the trauma led to schizophrenia and addiction for parking decades later he chose forgiveness. >> is possible to forgive. it is possible to find peace. >> all three men involved in the bus kidnapping were sentenced to life in prison with the lot -- for the possibility of life and parole. after appearing before parole board 17 times in march he was granted parole as well. >> talking about it i get response. >> the district attorney sally said she fought for was to stay behind bars. >> has he demonstrated he has been rehabilitated? he has not come as recently as between 19 he was disciplined for running businesses out of the jail, the present. >> after the parole was viewed

this week the decision became official, he will be released from california men's colony. >> when he was arrested he was busy selling the rights to the movie. he has or is been about the money. what have you had to do to get the money he would have done to those kids including burying them live. >> some of those that advocated for him in his final parole hearing were unlikely supporters, larry park was among them. >> there is a resentment and bitterness i've been holding onto my entire life for all three of those men. i just want them to find some peace and some comfort. just have a good life. >> and -- other kidnapping survivors that took part in the parole hearing were confident woods is not rate to be released. >> whatever he needs to do to get more money he will do, whatever -- >> for safety reasons they do not disclose the exact release date of and mates, we will -- were told that it will be within two weeks. >> larry park, the survivor you

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>> auditions for the next season of american idol will start friday, singers will try out virtually. on abc 7 today american idol producer offered up advice on how to stand out. >> it seemed so obvious and simple, but be yourself. just be yourself. do not be who you think we want you to be. be your true authentic self. it shows and shines. do not sing with their hands in your pocket, give a performance, ticket seriously -- take it seriously. >> you can find more information on american idol.com/a distance, -- auditions. >> and camp designed for kids coping with cancer is back after losing everything in wildfire two years ago, this week is

being held with a camp in livermore thanks to the taylor family foundation, both camps are very well known to our viewers, our -- wrigley profiled the work. -- regularly profiled their work. will show you how they build a better bay area. >> tucked in the hills come -- complete with their own lake, it was once a welcomed retreat. >> it is a magical space, medical camp for families affected by cancer come as a place for the whole family to come, find respite, connection, community, support, love to have fun. >> decades of memories made here were reduced to rubble in the unforgiving path of a fire in 2020, something longtime camper remembers just like yesterday. >> i kind of cried for a while.

it was tough, sure it was tough for a lot of people. it was -- >>. h had been visiting since he was in middle school after learning about his brothers cancer diagnosis. >> before coming to camp i was a lot more closed often bottled all my feelings could -- because i did not know who to talk to. after coming here for the first time and met a bunch people who were similar to me and was a lot easier to open up. >> with no place left to go that is when the taylor family foundation stepped in to help. >> they lost their camp and i know how critical camp was to them, we used to fund it, i could not imagine the families not having that service for themselves and for their children. >> they opened the doors in the camp of liberal war two weeks, no charge to the campers other families. >> the beauty is that the magic can happen anywhere, is the

kindness, the love, the community that makes camp, cap -- camp. >> the essence of the camp is following these campers were they go. >> it did mean a lot to everybody, but what matters most is that we are still able to be here together and that's what makes this so special. >> in livermore -- >> it does not matter where camp is the magic will follow. >> abc7news. dan: magic is the word, incredible work. ama: if you would like to about you can donate at the website. ahead, have you found the way to beat the heat it will get easier tomorrow there are no triple digits in the forecast.

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dan: to bay area high school students have identified a new species scorpion with the help of the academy of sciences and is some detective work. >> that is sensory structure, it is like antenna but is on the belly. >> if you could use one word to describe him, squeamish would not be at.

at least when it comes to scorpions. he and his then fellow high school student harbor forms spent -- harper forbes, spent days camping in the desert looking for the. >> we will go to the desert on moon it -- moonless nights and that is when we find scorpions most active. reporter: they hit scorpion paydirt, working with the california academy of sciences, and a smartphone app the pair was able to zero in on two unusual looking specimens. >> when we looked at them we found many features about them that were different from other scorpions, the shape and structures of their hands and the positioning and number of little hairs on their body that is used for sensing as well as digging. >> their table scorpions, these are full-size, they are big as they get. >> they contacted alan, he discovered -- a discoverer of

scorpions herself. she helped them publish a paper. she says it is a not to the increasing power of citizen science. >> often times i will turn to eye naturalist and look at what citizen scientists are documenting their own backyards. >> he says they are formally known as soda and conclusive as, a reference to the areas they are found in the central valley and mojave desert. >> every time we find a new species it is an exciting mark -- moment. >> he is heading off to berkeley this year to study integrated biology and hoping to attract the elusive creatures he so admires. dan: scientists say the new scorpions are native to dry lake beds where they may have evolved to thrive in the harsh environment. ama: it was a little bit cool

outside today, -- >> temperatures did come down, most noticeably away from the in areas, once you live upper seven, the thunderstorms of the sierra, storms over the parts of northern california that is where the thunderstorms are shifting. we do have some cloud cover in the northern part of our viewing area, the fog is back and reestablishing. breezy coast side blows at 60s mid-90's around antioch, fairfield, everyone else in between. good to moderate air quality after showers and thunderstorms earlier today come up to the north where the california fire earning, hazardous near the trinity area, -- burning, hazardous near the trinity area. you can still see some haze and fog down below, the air quality advisory remains today.

generally speaking thursday, friday will be good to go with good to moderate air quality, accuweather 7 day forecast, quiet weather no thunders and showers here, turning up the heat just a low bit write a will notice a goes way down from writing 98 to sunday 88, that is a pretty good drop off inland, a little warmer next week. >> positively arctic by comparison. thank you, sandy. >> casey is here with sports. >> another day another eye-popping play, will show you the footage and it feels like the nba finals and warriors parade just ended. we have a whole new slate of doves on sevens games exxon large out-of-state corporations have set

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>> now supports from abc7news. >> good evening the nba just released season schedule, pull up a chair i will now redo 82 -- i will all read you all 82 warriors dates and times. the warriors host lakers christmas night and come right here on abc 7 they have 30 nationally televised games. for the first five games at home, they will play boston a rematch of the finals on december 10, other marquee games include playing and dci martin with the king junior day and a special game in san antonio lisicki five thousand seat alamo dome, trying to set an mba --

65,000 seat alamo dome trying to set an nba record. five home games, starting with an nba finals rematch, then the mavs, lakers twice, including a sunday afternoon game and finally against the box on march 11. when they open against the lakers they will face a happy king james. lebron james has agreed to a two-year 97.1 million dollars extension, you will be a liquor to between 24 season and until he is 39 -- a laker until the 2024 season until he is 39 years old. the 49ers in minnesota for joint practices with the vikings, happy to report there were no fights in one amazing trey lance the ball earlier today, lance a minnesota native said his friends and family will be attending some of the sessions this week and will be impressed by his growth as an nfl quarterback. >> things have slowed down a lot

mentally and physically i feel like i am in a much better spot on both ends. >> his touch has gotten a lot better since he first got here. i am pretty sure when i first five your routes -- five yard routes he tried to throw them ahead and take my hat off. he has consorts better since he has got here and he will continue to improve. >> this -- they introduced a new head coach, he was drafted by the quakes as a player in 2002, head coach of fc dollars for three years, he is currently an assistant on the u.s. men's national team committee will not take over until after the world cup after november. >> last night the giants were trailing by one, down to the final out and then brandon crawford snatch victory from the jaws of the be with one amazing swing. i performed the -- preferred the homerun call by the crawford kids. >> yeah!

>> walk-off homerun. >> is in that the cutest? his wife posted that amazing clip saying the kids might be targets school but in true crawford fashion they rallied and got to school on time and full of energy. i wish my kids were that excited when they see me on tv, after they call me -- after i call them after they show the ask where is larry. dan: wait until they are teenagers. >> they will not watch it all them. ama: tonight on abc 7 we have a great night or you. at 8:00's four episodes in a row of avid elementary, then pat -- press your luck at 10:00 followed by abc7news at 11:00. abc7news is always streaming 20 47, the abc 7 bay area news app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. that will do it for this edition of the abc7news, thank you for

joining us. dan: think you're joining us, we appreciate your time, have a great rest of the evening we will see you again for abc7news at 11.

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