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dad said the -- his compliments the dad said the teen went into drugs. >> he took a pill he thought was going to be percocet and it was laced with fentanyl and we lost him. zach: experts say drugs laced with fentanyl are almost impossible to detect until it is too late. in santa clara county there have been 62 fentanyl related deaths. a new form is called rainbow fentanyl. >> we have seen rainbow colored pills. we have started to see some that look like candy such as gum mies. if a young person might accidentally encounter these things and believe them to be candy or safe for them to use, it is incredibly dangerous. zach: narcan can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. >> when he passed away we did not have narcan at home.
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zach: now the santa clara county office of education says it wants to prevent overdose deaths by putting narcan in high school and eventually middle school campuses. >> that would allow schools to adapt policy and train, volunteer staff as well as their school nurse personnel in the use of narcan and to have narcan kits available. zach: since his son's death, the father says narcan will save lives. the youngest victimimagine tha. a 12-year-old kid who was just experimenting and lost their life. we need to do what we can. zach: the get those narcan craouy sc uls to distribute it as soon as october. kristen: governor newsom
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announced a new effort to outline the mental health crisis. he traveled to fresno to unveil what he is calling his master plan for kid's mental health, a nearly $5 million effort to increase access to mental health and substance abuse support services for those up to age 25. newsom says government and society failed to address this issue for too long. >> i don't want to overpromise in the short run. but i'm not going to under promise in the medium and long-term what these seeds will represent in terms of the fruits of your labor to make them real over the course of the next few years and dare i say decades. karina: the governor's announcement comes as youth nationwide are reporting increased symptoms of depression and anxiety at record rates and are considering or attempting suicide at historic levels. and a new report documents the challenges san francisco faces with its homeless population.
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data estimates that as many as 20,000 people may become homeless this year, even if only for a brief period. finding them housing is a challenge. for every household that gets help finding housing, the city estimates another four become homeless. the problem is especially serious among latinos. they now make among 30% of the homeless population, a jump of 55% from recent years. karina: with monkeypox cases rising in the u.s., the white house response teams as it will ship out nearly 2 million more vaccine doses. abc7 reporter reena roy has the latest. reena: with more than 13,000 confirmed monkeypox cases across the country, the white house response team announcing 1.8 million additional vaccine doses will be available for states, tripling supply in the u.s. >> we have the largest vaccine program of any country in the globe. we are not done. >> the increase in doses made
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possible through the fda author right strategy -- authorized strategy of shallow injected doses of the vaccine, which increases supply fivefold. it is not clear how many states and cities are implement think this approach. -- implementing this approach. >> we are moving to get all jurisdictions to enter normal dosing. reena: this as new data from the cdc shows black and brown populations continue facing significantly higher case rates proportionally compared to white americans. hispanic americans account for 33% of known cases and black americans makeup 28% of cases. both higher percentages in their respective shares of the population. the vast majority, 98% of cases, reported in men. the most at risk, men who have sex with men and their sexual networks. in denver, this lgbtq+ organization working with the health department to boost
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vaccination rates. >> i have been trying for the past couple weeks to get this monkeypox vaccine paired -- vaccine. reena: reena roy, abc news, new york. karina: new research out of britain suggests the outbreak may be slowing down. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra joins us live to explain what that can mean for us here in the bay area. stephanie: health officials in britain are reporting a significant drop in new infections this week compared to late june. just like we have seen with covid, the surge appears to be winding down. the question is, should we expect the same here? doctors say it is possible. here is what is happening in the u.k. the health security agency says 30's are reporting 29 new monkeypox infections every day compared to 52 cases per day during the last week in june.
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men make up 99% of their cases. we are not seeing that drop in the bay area yet. in california there have been more than 2300 cases reported statewide. more than a quarter of those cases are in san francisco. santa clara and alameda counties are reporting steady increases, with case counts now in the triple digits. what does that mean for us? i asked a doctor if the slowing trends seen in britain could soon happen here. >> absolutely. the germans and the british were a couple weeks ahead of us in terms of the epidemiology. and in fact, although we stopped talking about herd immunity for covid, this may in fact be an example of herd immunity. because this disease, unlike covid, likely confers serious long-term immunity. somebody that has skin
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involvement stimulate the immune system. >> monkeypox spreads by close skin to skin contact. globally there have been more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox reported in nearly 90 countries. the bottom line is over the next two weeks we certainly could start to see our local outbreaks start to slow. dr. rutherford was quick to point out our community is very vulnerable and we should practice extreme caution, especially as we wait for more vaccine. karina: you talked about what we are dealing with right now, but what should we expect with monkeypox moving forward and how will it be different than covid? stephanie: think of it as covid but on a dramatically smaller scale. yes, we will see occasional surges from time to time, but as
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he pointed out, reaching herd immunity with this virus will happen much faster as it appears that could already be happening in the u.k. however it will be around for a while and the waves won't be nearly as frequent. it will be here for our lifetime. karina: stephanie sierra, thanks. kristen: the oakland police department is claiming a small victory to address a rash of rolex watch robberies around the bay area. the department today released photos of two firearms with extended magazines seized early tuesday morning. officers arrested two suspects and recovered one rolex. the department is urging people to be aware of their surroundings at all times. >> after we experienced rain showers in the bay area, it is back to sun today. spencer christian is here with the forecast. what can we expect today and tomorrow? spencer: and so is the heat. in our inland areas we have mid
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90's all around in places like livermore, fairfield. 102 at ukiah. 96 at cloverdale. this kind of lingering heat can present some health risks. we ought to show you the heat advisory, which remains in effect for solano county and most of lake county. overexposure to the heat can produce heat related illness. if you must be outside, seek shade if you can. stay hydrated. a look at the drop monitor shows virtually no change since last week. here in the bay area we are under a severe drought. the heat goes on and so does the drought. i have the accuweather 7 day forecast a bit later. kristen: military personnel will join crews fighting wildfires in california. j.r. stone tells us about this new type of strike team that is being called a first in the nation. >> this program will put five fire engines and 20 soldier
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firefighters out on the front lines. >> it is called a strike team, which you may have heard of, but what is new is the partnership. you have state fire engines with california national guard men and women inside those vehicles. it's said to be the first of its kind in the nation. the goal here is to help better contain fires. >> from my perspective, this new agreement is important because it means there are new units that can get to fires faster. j.r.: chris is the director at the stanford woods institute for the environment. he has written extensively about fighting fires. while he is optimistic, he believes we need to do better in all areas, fighting fires, fire prevention, and funding those methods. >> we are still struggling to make the level of investment necessary to get ahead of the problem on a timetable that works for folks. j.r.: the chief says the five trucks and 20 military individuals respond to fires
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together and go into areas where bigger engines are unable to go. even then, there will be challenges. >> what you saw in northern california over the last several weeks was a series of lightning fires that occurred. during these lightning thunderstorm type events, you end up with high winds and end up with a fire that starts with a lightning strike and burns 20,000 acres in just a few hours. >> but new engines equipped with these military crews is something additional that we did not have in the past. field police were on the right path. >> this summer we have seen some catastrophic fires, but the total area burned is not as bad as it has been in the last few years. i'm optimistic that we are beginning to see some of the results of the investments made. kristen: the trucks were
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kristen: more on our breaking news in watsonville. sky 7 was just over the airport where two planes collided in midair while attempting landings. it appears one of the planes also crashed into a hanger. there appears to be debris from a second plane in the field quite a distance away. the faa said one person was on board one of the planes while two were on board the other plane. the city of watsonville is now reporting multiple fatalities. karina: an effort is underway to educate schoolchildren on something they don't learn enough about, how to manage their money. >> bank accounts, methods to pay for college, the stock market, and how credit and credit scores work. karina: important things to know. the founder of nexgen
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personal-finance announced the nonprofit is providing $1.4 million in professional development grants for teachers in california. teachers can use the funds to take courses on teaching money management courses. it is part of a movement to make personal-finance a high school graduation requirement by 2030. next gen also announced it will pay half the salary so san francisco unified can hire a personal-finance specialist. kristen: how speaker pelosi continues to tour california, promoting legislation passed in congress. today she was in san francisco to celebrate the passage of the chips and science act. the law provides nearly $53 billion to promote semi conductor research and manufacturing in the u.s..
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the chips and science act will invest in stem education programs in schools and provide $1.5 billion for wireless technology research. karina: in the north bay, a determined teenager is out to save the dwindling numbers of monarch butterflies in california. she is hoping to restore some of their bay area habitat by growing plants no butterfly can resist. abc7 reporter cornell barnard has the story. cornell: this 18-year-old is on a mission. >> these are some of the plants i planted. cornell: she has been a girl scout for 13 years. her final scout project may be the biggest of them, all -- of them all, to save the monarch butterfly one milkweed at a time. >> each butterfly has their own host plant. their caterpillars depend on it. cornell: monarch butterfly
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populations have been reduced to the thousands. milkweed, its native habitat, is disappearing too. but not if she has anything to say about it. >> i'm a very passionate person, as you can tell. i do love monarch butterflies. we need to protect our pollinators. these are narrow leaf milkweed. i have 1200 at home and am in the process of giving them away. cornell: in the past few months this determined scout has planted milkweed anywhere she has been allowed to across sonoma county. >> i have been doing it to local schools and golf courses. cornell: so far she planted a whopping 1700 milkweed plants. >> it's a wonderful thing she has been able to accomplish. cornell: this doctor has prays for her efforts to save monarch populations. >> if we care our -- care about
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our wildlife we need to recognize the things we have done to harm them and repair those things. cornell: late in the day, a glimmer of hope, several monarchs being spotted in sonoma park. >> it is a very large decline and we are hoping to be able to continue monitoring them. hopefully they will make a rebound with more conservation efforts. kristen: certainly hope so. it's a cooler day for the butterflies and for us humans. karina: the sun is out, so that is good. spencer: the sun is out. it is a few degrees cooler in most locations than this time yesterday. the heat will be cranking up again tomorrow. right now it is the wind cranking up near the surface. we have gusts up to 38 miles per hour at sfo. of course, the windiest locations are near the coastline, although near the delta it is getting windy as well.
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you can see low clouds beginning to move in from the coast over san francisco. our temperature readings are 63 degrees in the city. we have 75 at palo alto. 81 at.san jose 61 at half moon bay. here is the view from emeryville. you can see that deck of low clouds building near the coastline. 80 degrees in santa rosa and napa. 95 at fairfield. 93 at concord and livermore. looking down to the bay, these are our forecast future clouds. some patchy morning drizzle. we had a bit this morning too. increasing inland heat tomorrow and saturday. it will turn sharply cooler sunday, but still it will be mild to warm for all of next week. overnight, we can expect an increase in low clouds and fog. brief patches represent patchy drizzle that will near the coastline and perhaps across the bay inland. by midmorning tomorrow we will
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see clouds giving way to another sunny day, and a warmer one inland. overnight lows will not be very low inland, down to 70 degrees at antioch tonight. lots of other inland areas will see lows in the mid 60's around the bay shoreline. on the coast, mid 50's. highs tomorrow mid 60's coast, near 80 around the bay. upper 90's in many inland areas. up to 100 at cloverdale and ukiah tomorrow. as we look at our maximum temperature trend, on saturday we will see numerous upper 90's inland and numerous triple digits in the cloverdale and ukiah. a sharp cooldown sunday within one highs reaching only into the upper 80's in most warm inland areas. around the bay shoreline, low 70's. the warmth returns monday. that will be the beginning of another warm week. here is the accuweather 7 day forecast. in one highs up to 100 degrees saturday. a sharp cooldown by eight or 10
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degrees or more in some spots. back to mid 90's inland on monday. we will see low to mid 90's inland for most of the remainder of next week. upper 70's to 80 around the bay shoreline. mid-60's on the coast. kristen: could your next car be electric? if you have doubts, we will explain some of the hi, i'm eileen. i live in vancouver, washington and i write mystery novels.
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kristen: car and driver named its electric vehicle of the year. it is not a tesla, but the hyundai ionic 5. car and driver pointed to the car's performance and ability to charge up quickly. the price starts at $41,000. card and driver's editor-in-chief calls it the coolest design on the road. karina: a growing number of americans are considering buying an electric car. one of the top reasons is it costs last -- costs less than to fuel a car. could your next car be electric? >> yes, because gas is way too expensive now. >> aside from the fuel, it is cleaner to run a fuel-efficient car like that. >> in a recent survey, more than one third of people said they would strongly consider buying an electric car. >> improvements to the nation's charging networks, more
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lower-priced ev's coming to market, and battery advances together are breaking down barriers to ev ownership. >> some americans have reservations. >> it is getting to where i have to go and back without having to charge up my car. >> americans cited purchase price and cost of repairs as the top cost related barriers holding them back from getting an ev. however compared to the typical lifespan of aghast powered car, ev's usually cost less to operate. >> ev's have less moving parts that need to be changed. even the brakes tend to last longer. the cost of powering the car is less. >> mainstream automakers are introducing lower-priced models which starts at $26,595. some ev's are eligible for a $7
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500 federal tax credit which can reduce the cost to go electric. we have more details on who qualifies for those tax credits through the newly passed inflation reduction act. check it out on abc7news.com. kristen: it's a study that shocked researchers. a majority of people infected with the omicron covid variant did not even know they had the virus. karina: plus the affidavit used to justify the mar-a-lago raid may be par
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not know they had the virus. abc7 reporter luz pena joins us live. you spoke to the doctor behind the study about how you can know if you have natural covid antibodies. very fascinating. luz: i'm sure you have heard people say i have been exposed and never got covid. according to this study, 56% of people being monitored built natural immunity and did not know it. the only way to build that immunity is if you had covid, but they did not know it. for nine months, doctors at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles checked the antibody levels of nearly 2500 people, but they found -- people. what they found shocked them. >> their antibody levels went up, signaling at some earlier time their immune system had seen the actual virus. luz: this doctor is one of those behind this study. blood levels confirmed that during the omicron surge, only
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44% of people who were part of this study knew they were infected with covid. and 56% had no idea they had anti-bodies. >> we start to see the second antibody level start to go up in a lot more people. that was the omicron surge. luz: turns out your level of natural immunity could be correlated to the level of infection you were exposed to. this infectious diseases scientist at ucf explains why time is important to detect these antibodies. >> most people will still be antibody positive after three months, most after six months. after that point there is more variability. luz: during this study, the people who were unaware of their natural immunity had not gotten tested for covid. these findings highlight the importance of testing and not just checking for symptoms. >> it really means that screening people based on symptoms alone is insufficient
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for preventing transmission in high-risk settings like hospitals, clinics, nursing homes. you can't just ask someone if they have any cold or flu symptoms or have a fever because half of people could still be infectious. luz: but why is it that some people develop symptoms and others don't? >> as with all things it is a combination of genetics, a combination of pre-pandemic exposures. luz: if you want to know if it some point in the last six months you been exposed to covid and built natural immunity, you can get your blood checked. time and levels of exposure are key to determining natural immunity. luz pena, abc7 news. kristen: quick question, are there any more indicators how people can know if their body has built natural immunity? >> in some cases, building natural antibodies can be related to people's immune
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systems. more research is needed to determine this. karina: cases of covid infections continue to fall. they are down by 24% worldwide. deaths are also down by 6%. the new study found employees in aviation and public transit were more likely to have contracted covid outward. bus and rail employees were twice as likely to die from covid. researchers at oxford university found patients who recovered from covid are at higher risk of psychosis, dementia and brain fog, this compared to other respiratory diseases. >> a u.s. magistrate set in motion the possible public release of a redacted version of the mar-a-lago search affidavit. a new deadline was set for next week. zohreen shah has the latest. zohreen: the florida federal judge who approved the search warrant on former president trump's florida home is
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considering whether he will release the underlying affidavit used to justify the rate. -- the raid. seri invti doj's arguments are likely to prevail. >> there is a virtually zero chance it would be released. doj says if we redact what needs to come out of it, because we are talking potential espionage based on the warrant, it would be worthless. zohreen: the fbi search warrant on donald trump's mar-a-lago estate was executed 10 days ago. a raid on a former president's home is unprecedented. agents seized 27 boxes, including 11 sets of the most highly classified information from trump's home.
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attorney general merrick garland said he personally signed off on the search warrant and his department did not take the decision lightly. trump's republican allies condemned the doj and fbi and demanding more transparency. >> merrick garland kent have it both ways. -- can't have it both ways. zohreen: after hearing the arguments, the federal judge said he is not prepared to find the affidavit fully sealed. he told the fbi to submit its reductions next thursday for him to review. if there are disagreement over the reductions between the judge and justice department, the judge said he may file his own reductions. the judge said this will be a careful process and the rights of all interested parties would be considered. the judge added if he ended up making his own reductions and the -- own reductions -- redac tions, he will appeal. kristen: deshaun watson reached a settlement with the fln will
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serve an -- the nfl and will serve -- the league appealed a decision by its own disciplinary hearing that suspended watson for six games. the 26-year-old was accused of sexual assault and harassment by two dozen women while he played for the texans. karina: while this may look like a fun stunt, these two are in a lot of trouble. lot of trouble. the four californians have a choice between two initiatives on sports betting. prop 27 generates hundreds of millions every year to permanently fund getting people off the streets a prop 26? not a dime to solve homelessness prop 27 has strong protections to prevent minors from betting.
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kristen: it is time for the four at 4:00. venice, italy is again clashing with tourists. this video shows two australian tourists going down the canal on surfboards. >> are you sure they were not americans? kristen: one -- the mayor promised to buy dinner for whoever identified them. and it worked. the surfers have been caught and faces a $1500 fine. when you do that, you kind of make a bad name for all tourists. spencer: you do. the mayor was right. i will not do the name-calling. i don't disagree with what he said.
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it is part of their heritage and history. >> i love the term overbearing imbeciles. i will repeat that because i thought it was funny. however i thought at first they are taking themselves a little too seriously cracking down so hard, but i read they are weaving in and out of water taxis. they also got their boards confiscated. that kind of activity is strictly prohibited in those canals. >> it's dangerous. that is why they got in trouble for doing it. you ever go to the mall when you were a teenager and say i want to rollerblade through this whole thing? kristen: but did you? karina: i didn't. [laughter] because i am not an imbecile. i wonder if they are thinking this would be really cool to do, then they did it. spencer: not so cool. kristen: for the 'gram.
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there was unfortunately some tension already between the town and tourists. karina: just respect places that you go to. listen to this, capital records signed the first rapper powered by artificial intelligence. this was created by a virtual record label. he has 10 million followers on tiktok and his first single is out now. the vocals are performed by a human but the lyrics were generated by ai. factory news said is working toward the ability to have a computer perform its own words. there are so many regular artists that are trying to make a living and now we have to compete against compute? what do you think about that? >> i think it is fraudulent. what happens in the music industry? the producer often makes the beats, writes the lyrics, the person performs it.
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there is no way to say exactly that these are ai generated lyrics. is there any proof of that? it is a human wrapping the words. they just crunched up every buzzword like nft and ai and packaged it into this thing. kristen: oh, you are suspecting that ai came up with the lyrics, that it is a gimmick? >> no, i think it is a moneymaking scheme. spencer: 10 million followers, it probably is. kristen: i just don't want them to have an ai come up with the newscast script and be able to perform that as well. [laughter] karina: music is actually really good -- if the music is really good, would you guys be ok with that? >> but it is a human wrapping the lyrics. it is a gimmick. spencer: it works. kristen: it is one thing if they actually perform. spencer: we are talking about it. kristen: see?
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the following has just gone up. keep this information handy next time you want to eat ice cream for breakfast. ice cream is healthier they say than a bagel. researchers at tufts university ranked the nutrition score of various foods and an ice cream can with nuts and chocolate scored 37 on the scale. a 100 score means most nutritious. a bagel with raisins got a score of 19. by the way, fritos outscored them both with a 55 ranking. my kid says they want fritos for breakfast, no. karina: this study, i feel like we have to investigate how they came up with this. fritos healthier than a bagel? spencer: what were the nutritional components that made the bagel so bad compared with those other things? kristen: most carbs, most sugar, sodium?
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>> you take a bunch of food and plug it into an algorithm. it of course spits out something weird. who paid for this? dunkin' donuts? kristen: speaking of, let's get to it. we have these delicious drinks and doughnuts and a muffin. it is not quite fall yet, but you can get your pumpkin fix right now at drunkin -- at dunkin. pumpkin spice signature logic which i have right -- latte which i have right here. there is also pumpkin cake doughnuts and munchkins and a pumpkin muffin. we have a bay area dunkin' f ranchisee here now. cheers to you. i have to ask, it's still mid
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august, you don't think it is too early for pumpkin? you guys are ready to start fall a little early? >> cheers and thanks for having me on today. according to our guests there is four seasons, winter, spring, summer and pumpkin. i was joking with guests how the people who love pumpkin love it to a level that is a little rational. we don't judge. it's delicious. kristen: it may be an october thing. it is august and we are starting. does this run through november? >> this will run through the end of the year. what we agreed to is on the fourth of july we will not be drinking pumpkin lattes. we have to wait until at least august. we are all in until summer. we launched a yesterday. we had a line of people at the opening waiting to get their fix.
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it has been a long time coming for a lot of people. spencer: i'm fine with it, as long as it is tasty. kristen: talk about some of the items we have. did you take a bite? spencer: i did. kristen: we have a doughnut and muffin here? spencer: i love everything pumpkin flavor. i'm not a doughnut eater but this is delicious. kristen: i'm glad you have the cold brew pumpkin cream option because i don't like my coffee sugary or sweet, but this gives you a little bit. nice. >> that is exactly right. the pumpkin cream has real pumpkin in it. it is more of the authentic pumpkin flavor versus the overly sweet that you may find elsewhere. you can taste the pumpkin. it is the pumpkin forward flavor, which is what we have seen in the trends the last few years. it captures the essence of fall
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into the drink. it is pretty awesome. we had a lot of people lined up yesterday. >> people get excited for fall and everything pumpkin. are you pumped for this? >> i'm all good with pumpkin spice season all year. i love the pumpkin spice flavor. i think the pumpkin spice season is like one football starts. when the nfl rolls around it is pumpkin spice season. when you get to the end of the holidays, you put the pumpkin stuff away. kristen: is there another seasonal flavor that is as popular with the public as pumpkin? >> great question. no. there is nothing that comes close. maybe sometime we get peppermint mocha flavor, but pumpkin -- people are passionate about it. it's kind of like the dunkin c offee, it's in the dna. we see it every day.
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it is pretty exciting to be around. kristen: thanks for bringing these delicious treats for us. thank you for your time. >> you are welcome. >> you are welcome. i'm bringing back my spicy chicken strips. while i'm at it, my most popular former employee, mark hamill. well, what's my motivation? to not get fired again... i can work with that. actors! spicy chicken strips and me, mark hamill, back for a limited time. ugh-stipated... feeling weighed down by a backedup gut", miralax is different. it works naturally with the water in your body
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visitors will have the opportunity to not only learn about ramsey deleter, but the person -- the leader, but the person. >> you will learn about him as a family man who actually fathered 100 sons and daughters. you will learn about him as the chief of all of the priests of the different religions. karina: the exhibition also highlights recently discovered animal mummies and treasures from the other royal tombs. the exhibit runs through february 12. i hear there are some other cool exhibits part of this. there is a virtual one i am told we have to go to. check it out. kristen: speaking of cool things to check out, a prehistoric stone circle is now visible in spain due to the country's sadly worst drought in decades. this spanish stonehenge was discovered in 1926.
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it is sitting fully exposed inner reservoir, where authorities say the water level has dropped to 28% capacity. applicants -- another commitment for the first man to pre-climb yosemite's el capitan. karina: he describes his assent up one of earth's tallest on climbed natural monoliths.
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and oscar-winning documentary, alex donald was the first person to free solo yosemite's daunting el capitan. does it feel different to be up without a rope? >> it is a much higher consequence. >> in a remote region of eastern greenland, the climber reaching one of the highest rock faces in the world that had not yet been climbed. >> if we manage to climb it it will be the biggest i have ever done. >> at 4000 feet the towering walk wall stands -- rock wall stands almost three times the height of the empire state building. he is part of a six person team that spent a month on treacherous terrain just to reach the rock face. he made the final jaw-dropping assent to the peak with an elite climber. we spoke by phone to him shortly after they reached the summit. congratulations. how are you feeling? >> pretty good.
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>> for those of us who will never make it to the top of a sea cliff, what does it feel like to reach the top? >> it was pretty satisfying. the view from the summit is incredible, a 360 panorama of these fjords and icebergs. this particular climb there was a fair amount of relief at having finished because the climbing was incredibly stressful and dangerous. it felt good to be finally off the face. kristen: the original series from national geographic will stream soon on disney plus. disney is the parent company of abc7. abc7 news is streaming 24/7. get the abc7 bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. that is going to do it for abc7 news at 4:00. abc7 news at 5:00 with karina and ama is coming up next.
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>> now from abc7, live breaking news. >> that breaking news in watsonville. two planes attempting to land at the municipal airport crashed into each other. several people are reported dead. video taken from sky 7 shows one plane near a runway. another as it appears to have crashed into an airport hangar. the faa says one of them had tw. no one on the ground was hurt. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm karina nova. the other top story we are following is the arrest of two men in connection with the june shooting of a safeway employee in san jose. the investigation involved u.s. marshals and utah authorities after the suspected shooter left the state. amanda del castillo you spoke with

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