covid surges and this month the state is reporting unemployment at 3.9% that is a record low since california started tracking data in 1976. so where are people getting hired when you look outside of the agriculture industry the state says nearly 85,000 jobs were added in july. that is the second most since august of last year and since the beginning of the year, california has created over 477,000 jobs. that's 14 and a half percent of all the jobs in the entire us economy that has been added this year now when you look at them these numbers appear to be great news for the state's economy as we started digging into the data today. we discovered the data may actually be a bit misleading abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow joins us live from the newsroom with what she found melanie dion on the surface. it's phenomenal news california's july unemployment rate was just 3.9% but when you factor in the number of people

who left the workforce the unemployment rate isn't quite as low data released today taken from two surveys puts california's unemployment rate at the lowest on record in a data series dating. 1976 according to the california employment development department welling is clearly a strong jobs report for the region for the state. it was also a strong job support for the us the state has now regained 97.3% of non-farm jobs lost during march and april of 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic california's non-government private sector has fully recovered from pandemic losses according to the california edd employers added 84,800 non-farm payroll jobs in july many people have been talking about recession, you know, we had been thinking about what does it mean if we have no job growth in july or in august and here we actually have a bump up jeff belisario is executive director of the bay area council economic institute. he says well job creation is incredible. there's more to the numbers.

we have lost 150,000 people in the statewide labor force people that are not looking for work, so they're not counted here. so if you had those people back in you're talking about somewhere between four and five. employment bill. losario also says nationwide unemployment is low right now, california is actually 38th out of 50 states for unemployment rate. so it's not as if we're blown away the competition at this point as businesses rebound post pandemic many are rethinking office space and how employees work autodesk tells abc 7 news. they've ramped up their flexible workplace model and embraced hybrid ways of working reassessing how they're using existing office spaces. the company's san rafael office is expected to close in october all employees have been reassigned to autodesk's new san francisco headquarters autodesk says, the closure is not associated with any job layoffs or losses. 10 of california's 11 industry sectors gain jobs in july financial activities was the only industry sector to post a

month over job loss in the newsroom melanie woodruff abc 7 news all right and melanie, it is interesting. what was the reason for the job loss there according to the california edd that loss was do mainly to reductions in insurance carriers. all right, melanie. thank you so much. and california's unemployment numbers may be encouraging but it was a much different story today on wall street. there's another interest rate hike since stocks spiraling the snapped a four-week winning streak for the markets the dow jones dropped 292 points the nasdaq fell by 260 and the s&p 500 was off by 55. we are learning new details about yesterday's mid-air collision that killed three people. it happened as two small planes were trying to land at the watsonville municipal airport. an aviation enthusiast told abc 7 news the small plane did not have its location transponder turned on and the other plane didn't communicate until it was

a mile from the runway. the airport does not have control tower. so instead pilots are urged, but not required to communicate through radio transmission. at a town airport a controller would have given instructions to the twin which was flying extremely fast the slowdown long before it reached the airport that didn't happen. the fact this twin was going externally fast didn't get noted apparently by its pilot or the other planes that were in the traffic pattern. watsonville's airport director says there is not enough traffic to justify the cost of staffing a control tower. to the peninsula now where the batmobile case was back in court today in san mateo county. abc 7 news was there as the maker of the vehicle at the center of the dispute mark raycop appeared via zoom. today's hearing was to consider a request by the da's office for more time to look at the case. it was granted and the next time this case will be in court at the end of september raycop is facing two criminal charges in the dispute with an atherton

realtor. the i-teams dan noyes spoke with the da shortly after his initial report on the raid and charges and the dea told him he is considering dismissing the case altogether health officials in santa clara county say they can vaccinate more people because of a new fda approved method of vaccine administration that they just started using abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes. spoke with the officials about whether this new method is as effective as the previous one. victor avalos made his way to the santa clara county fairgrounds friday morning after hearing that vaccine appointments were now available. so that's he told me i said, i'm gonna get it right away santa clara county says it's been able to expand appointments to people like victor because of a new method before the vaccines were being injected subcutaneously or under the skin now, they're being injected intradermally just under the top layer of skin. county health experts say this method helps stretch the vaccine supply only one fifth as much of the dose is used for that

intradermal injection compared to the full dose that was used before this was approved by the fda based on a study that was done a few years ago, dr. jennifer tong says the fda studies showed the immune response was just as strong with the new administration method now aside from the efficacy of this new method one other question was how much does this hurt? well victor tells us it wasn't anymore or less painful than a typical vaccine, but it was different different effect that my skin was being a little bit and then see the effect of the vac. that you see a little bubble, but it's almost disappearing. now what the focus is on getting as many people to get there first dose of the vaccine dr. tong says the new method can also be used as a second dose that includes people who got their first vaccine injected subcutaneously when they return for their second dose. the cdc has recommended that they now get the intradermal injection method again to increase the number of people who we are able to vacate victor avilo says that getting his first dose was easy. he encourages everyone else at

high risk to get there. my mom passed because of covid that makes you think that you better act when these situations happen, right? and that's why i got it on and i'm inviting everybody to get it done to book an appointment in santa clara county head to backs that sec. gov.org in san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news a new cdc study is shedding light on whether viral monkey pox dna can live on offices abc 7 news special correspondent dr. lok patel talked about the study on our 3 pm show getting answers. they looked at one particular situation in utah two individuals who tested positive for monkeypox they test. bunch of their services in their home and found that there was dna, but it wasn't effective dna, but it was present. dr. patel said dna was on surfaces many of us use every day like the phone coffee pot and doorknobs, but it does degrade over time and with proper cleaning, so it's unlikely for someone to get

monkeypox by touching a surface. we have everything you need to know about monkeypox, including vaccine information symptoms and treatment find it all on our website abc7news.com. strike by thousands of mental health care workers at kaiser is in its fifth day sky 7 was overhead this morning as a large group marched down broadway in oakland the workers want raises and for kaiser to hire more therapists oakland is one of four locations where workers were picking today. more pickets are planned for next week. kaiser says it is able to meet the needs of patients during the strike. and new developments with several schools that were vandalized recently in the richmond area at least four juveniles have been arrested over the past several weeks. that's according to richmond police for schools were broken into and the culprits left behind as you can see widespread damage investigators say at this point, they have not recovered anything that might have been stolen from the schools more arrests are expected. business owners in san

francisco's castro district are calling on city leaders to provide more beds for the unhoused community. some are threatening civil disobedience if the city doesn't address the growing issue in front of their storefronts abc 7 news reporter, lena howland has the story. it's next to impossible to run a successful business in the cast or right now. that's dave carricker a gym owner and co-president of the castro merchants association. it's had enough of the unhoused community impacting the neighborhood. you shouldn't have to worry about is your window gonna get smashed today by a mentally ill person who sees their reflection and reacts to it. you know, i should be worried about whether or not i can sell more gym memberships. he's even had to install these extra security cameras to help protect his business. so we're demanding that the city set up. i've set aside 35 beds specifically for the castro to deal with these people that we know are perennial problems in a letter sent to city leaders. the association says it's

prepared for civil disobedience, which means not paying taxes, which means not paying your business license fees. that's where we may end up. if we're not getting what we're getting what we're paying for, i don't think that is a bad idea martine. mendoza is the owner of the oldest barber shop in the castro. he agrees with this plan one day. we have a guide that was just blocking the door yelling at the customers and yelling at me and then i had to shut the door call the police, but they were like, okay. yeah. well, is that on the emergency or not? i mean there was not a response supervisor rafael mandelman who represents this district says safe clean streets are an entirely reasonable demand and the city could make a real difference in the castro with targeted resources including places to take people who are publicly intoxicated or experiencing psychosis and an increased community policing presence our message to the city

leaders is tell us what you're doing to fix this problem in san francisco, lena howland abc 7 news. and we've reached out to san francisco mayor london breed and the department of health for response. we have not heard back. meanwhile, the cleanup is still going on at a huge homeless encampment in oakland sky 7 flew over the area of wood street where crews were busy picking up more debris. the governor's office sent a letter to the city of oakland yesterday threatening to pull state funds over the city's handling of the cleanup oakland city attorney says the state's letter is being reviewed and there will be a formal response next week. coming up up and up. they go some east bay residents are fighting back after seeing their rent substantially shoot up what they are now asking a city leader to do to protect them masks on masks off reaction after a bay area school district decides to drop its mass requirement for students and genentech is opening a new lab in south san francisco that is

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area school districts to require students to wear masks indoors dropped its requirements starting today happened after a video surface that showed a four-year-old boy removed from class for failing to keep on his mask. his father says the boy has developmental issues yesterday the mountain view whisman school district changed its rule from masks required to masks recommended this morning about half the kids were wearing

masks. i'm happy that it's gone, but i didn't have a problem with it being there. so we are keeping it just to be safe, but it's up to individual to decide. the school district says it did not drop its mandy because of the video it cited health data that shows it is safer to be without a mask indoors. city and state officials are celebrating 3.5 million dollars in new funding for aapi senior facilities in san francisco sunset district. 2.3 million is for renovating the south sunset playground clubhouse. another 1.2 million dollars is for building a new senior center on terrival street. organizers say both facilities will offer seniors nutritious meals exercise programs and safe spaces. we need to make sure we have safe spaces as you all know for the last couple years. we've been hearing about seniors getting attacked. we have one of the largest proportions and not of seniors of any district in the city. organizers say the fastest

growing demographic in the city is seniors many who identify as aapi both facilities. they say provide culturally aligned programs services for the elderly. part of building a better bay area is tackling issues that impact our economy a group of antioch residents is banding together demanding the city council pass an ordinance that would put a cap on rent increases abc 7 news reporter loose peña spoke to a resident who's had two rent increases in less than six months and says, this is her last hope every year this resident who did not want to be identified by name has been getting a 10% rent increase but this year she says it was different. it was crazy. she got a $500 rent increase in less than six months. i got almost a 43% increase. can you? award that can't even afford the 13 12 that i'm paying now a new rent bill. is antioch had the highest eviction rate in the san

francisco bay area deborah polk with east bay county regional group said, they're noticing a pattern of antioch residence reporting rent hikes after the state lifted the covid-19 eviction moratorium. we have so many people that have had their rents increase from you know, 300 dollars to $700 this group is now urging antioch city council members to intervene and vote on a rent cap. there are so many loopholes and we're a general law city and so even though the state has conditions. i think that it is up to us as local leaders and local government to increase those protections council member tamisha walker says she is on board, but they need the majority of the council to vote yes on put in a cap on rent increases at 60% of consumer price index or 3% antioch is one of the many cities in the bay area without rim protections rental renters have been

struggling with harassment the ceo of the east bay rental housing association which represents landlords? across putting a cap is not the solution that property owner isn't able to affect changes and modifications and repairs and things of that nature to the property. so i think that's one of the unintended consequences in putting in an arbitrary cap like a 3% or some you know, or some portion of cpi in antioch loose pena abc 7 news. right, so we got a break from the heat, but is it coming back? you know it is. it was here. okay. i'm trying to clarify this here. so it was hot inland today on and dion and not along the coast. we're going to turn up the heat a little bit in our inland community. so let me show you the high temperatures for today 96 in concord. it was 93 in fairfield santa

rosa, but if you were right around the bay oakland fremont, san jose, you're all in the 70s 80s really comfortable. thanks to the fog 66 in san francisco and half moon bay 63 degrees triple digits for ukiah and cloverdale now solano county is under a heated advisory right on through tomorrow night as we see those temperatures rise even more there's moderate to high heat risk for that area. just definitely keep that in mind, especially if you're outdoors and doing activities stay hydrated tonight 50 60s right near the coastline at 7 o'clock still warm inland if you're stepping out for some friday night plans by 10 o'clock. it's really comfortable across the entire region and and tomorrow morning will be our coolest point. this is still really good sleeping weather as that fog rolls back in 50s and 60s and then tomorrow afternoon by 2 o'clock. you're looking at those temperatures already in the 90s inland. so we'll look at those highs in just a moment sfo camera. you see a nice breeze the marine layer about 1500 feet deep

tonight. we are looking at temperatures in the upper 80s fairfield concord. livermore is missing now 81 degrees in santa rosa. here's a live view from our exploratorium camera see a few clouds. just trying to roll in over the financial district 64 in the city 67 in oakland 70s for san jose palo alto 61 and half moon bay. so right along the coastline here ocean beach is under the fog layer from our tam can but notice up above there's a little bit of haze that's gonna stick around on saturday. so we're looking at moderate air quality for most of you good for south central bay by sunday as that seabreeze really ramps up. we're going to notice good air quality here is the high pressure that is in charge bringing us the heat not only today but tomorrow this system is going to pass through to our north and on sunday. it will certainly bring us that much cooler weather inland. here's live view from our emeryville camera looking towards downtown oakland. it is a little hazy out there sizzling inland tomorrow mild at the beaches sharp drop in temperatures inland sunday and the heat returns early next week

hourly forecast will show you the fog pushing over the bay, which is something that we expect around. this time of year, there might be a little mist and drizzle in the morning and then some of the fog will linger near the coastline well into the afternoon start off the day with a little bit of that mist and certainly a lot of fog 50s and 60s afternoon highs in the south bay. you're looking at 89 in san jose 87 santa clara. it's gonna be warm around gilroy morgan hill low 90s 85 in redwood city on the peninsula 66 pacifica lingering clouds along the coast sunset 65 70 in downtown san francisco, north bay 93 santa rosa 94 in sonoma heading into the east bay 78, oakland 85 fremont castro valley. inland areas will be cooking 98 in concord 100 fairfield accuweather seven day forecast showing you that sizzle for inland areas tomorrow, but notice from the triple digits to the 80s sunday. that'll feel good. low 60s coast side turning up the heat on monday before temperatures level off in the middle of next week and between

tuesday and thursday one model sentine, maybe a few showers. why? tiana take what we can get. yeah. thank you, sandia. all right watermelon thieves. apparently it's a thing in california. just how many some deputies recovered when they busted two suspects in the central valley.

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challenged to rethink its approach to making them for clinical trials south san francisco's genentech opened a new lab today that not only accelerates the process but also saves water and energy abc 7 news reporter david, louis gives us an insight. look you'll see only on seven. genentech persevere through two years of construction with pandemic related delays to celebrate the opening of a new 250 million dollar lab facility. it promises is going to speed up development of new biologics. this ribbon cutting ushers in a new era in which smaller batches of drugs can be made on demand where we're making medicines for clinical trials that are targeted to an individual patient's needs and that allows us to make just the right medicine for the patient when they need it a modular approach will allow multiple drugs to be made simultaneously, but this is more than making so-called designer drugs. this lab will use 25% less water

and 28% less energy compared to existing labs. they have to be sterilized between production runs. we're eliminating the need to pump many many gallons and cubic meters of steam into that stainless steel system and then flush it with really strong chemicals the clinical supply center also will recycle or reprocess plastics so they don't go to the landfill. this lab will become a model as jack and it's parent roche envision expanding small batch production in the future. it's ovations such as this that will benefit from the renewal of the state's research and development tax credits it helps to draw innovators to our state and it helps to keep innovators in our state for a company that 45 years ago was a biotech pioneer genentech today showing that agility is still part of its dna in south san francisco david louie abc 7 news. there's a battle over what the public will get to see from the

affidavit used to search former president trump's florida home why the department of justice is reluctant to have the information revealed and no more mardi gras next year new orleans mayor the new orleans mayor says there is a chance the city celebration could get canceled and it has nothi

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because when you invest in yourself, bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. there's a court battle over what portions can be redacted from the affidavit that led to the search of former president trump's mar-a-lago home. the glock is ticking for the justice department and the do-g-j has a week to figure out how much of the document it is willing to allow to be made public abc news reporter's irene shot tells us the judge has already made some indications of what he will allow to be revealed. the federal magistrate overseeing the court case brought by members of the media looking to unseal the affidavit used to justify the fbi raid on former president trump's florida estate has indicated. he's leaning towards making at least some of the document public the federal judge hearing

the case is the same official who authorized the unprecedented search of trump's mar-a-lago home. it is his job at the gatekeeper in this case to perform his function of balancing the interest in the public of accessing these materials against the interest in the government in keeping them secret the judge heard competing arguments on thursday from lawyers representing media companies including abc news and the department of justice the doj fears the release might compromise national security and say they are very concerned about the safety of the witnesses. these affidavits can be very lengthy and they can contain they do contain very sensitive information. but the lawyer representing the media rejected the doj's position. it is not the government's job to tell the public. what is meaningful in terms of the release of its own information the federal judge who used to be a former prosecutor says the process of what to make public will be a careful one and he is allowing the doj until next thursday to

send him their proposed redactions. the judge says if he doesn't think the government has revealed enough of the affidavit, he will add his own proposed edits on what he thinks should be made public which the department can then appeal. there are still going to be many many portions almost all of it. i would think that the government is going to want to keep secret for now until such time if any as there are charges former president. donald trump publicly said he wants the affidavit revealed but his legal team did not take that position when they were in court and that means trump will learn what ultimately gets revealed the same time as the rest of the public zorene shah abc news, washington a rather bizarre crime out of merced county has led to the arrest of two people started on monday when someone reported people had been stealing watermelons deputies arrived and saw a car leaving the field and pulled it over in the back seat. they spotted several watermelons when they looked in the trunk there were even more the two men

inside the car were arrested and the 57 watermelons were returned to their owner. kobe bryant's widow testified in her invasion of privacy trial against la county today vanessa bryant sued because first responders took photos of kobe and their daughter gigi after the helicopter crashed that killed them and seven other people in january of 2020. bryant says she had panic attacks and fears the photos of her family will show up on the internet and be seen by her younger children. no photos so far have emerged in public officials say sheriff's deputies took photos to help assess the site right after the crash, but some deputies and firefighters began sharing them with each other friends and spouses now to the new twist in the alleged love triangle murder of a pro cyclist from san francisco the attorney for the suspect caitlin armstrong wants evidence obtained during her interrogation thrown out abc's matt gutman has the details a major twist in the case of the

yoga teacher police accused of killing a love rival attorneys for caitlin armstrong say these newly released images from her interrogation were part of any legal arrest and that they raised serious concerns about the case. the photo is part of newly filed court documents trying to suppress evidence and obtained by abc news. armstrong's attorneys allege that one day after pro cyclist mariah wilson was found murdered in may the detective on the case took armstrong into custody with any legal arrest warrant and constructed and illegal interrogation claiming. they'd brought her in on a 2018 charge for allegedly failing to pay for botox, but then ask her about wilson's murder armstrong seen being led to the interrogation room in hancock's by two male officers in tactical vests. kayla armstrong's lawyers are essentially saying that everything generated from this in cell interview including video of her being handcuffed

should be thrown out of court and are essentially arguing that she was set up. for this interview to look bad to look like somebody who might have been a killer armstrong's attorneys also alleged the detective failed to provide miranda warnings and that transcripts of her detainment reveal officers ignored her three requests to have an attorney present which included quote. do i need an attorney here and i should have an attorney after the interrogation armstrong fled the country allegedly using someone else's passport authorities say she had started a new life in costa rica even possibly getting plastic surgery before she was finally arrested six weeks later. it was discovered armstrong used different names aliases under the alias of beth martin. liz and ari martin armstrong used these names at yoga studios and other lodging armstrong now charged with the first degree murder of wilson who police believe armstrong considered a

love rival and thought was involved with her boyfriend if the videotaped interrogation of caitlin armstrong gets thrown out of court that does help her defense. also has to deal with the fact that she fled the country and she was hiding out and that will not look good in front of a jury. now. this doesn't mean that the case is going to be dismissed for prosecutors armstrong remains the prime suspect one with a clear motive and she allegedly displayed something called consciousness of guilt by evading the us marshals fleeing to coast rica where she tried to start a new life under a new identity. back up the abc news, los angeles the mayor of new orleans is making headlines today after saying the big easy's biggest party could be in jeopardy next year. first of all if we don't have adequate police, it could mean that there would be no mardi gras. that's a fact we have to ease

the level of separations that we have seen. it's it is about retention. now keep in mind the mayor didn't say what she considered to be adequate police staffing for mardi gras. this year's parade route was shortened because of the ongoing officer shortage. the city's police chief said today. it's not the time to panic but instead the time to plan. saving money is becoming a priority because of inflation coming up next. we'll take a look at how you can go green to save some green around the house.

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helped settle the area in the early 40s. the year-long celebration is called marin city 80 this exhibit in marin center looks at the period from 1942 to 1962 a time when thousands of black americans traveled to marin city from louisiana to work in the shipyards during world war two the exhibit features artifacts photographs and the music of shipyard workers. this exhibit showcases their lives their journey what it was like to work in the shipyards in marin city and history of what was happening in marin county. admission is free. it will be open tomorrow through november 1st at the bardolini gallery in marin center in san rafael the hit hulu show only murders in the building is set for its seasoned family next week. the show is set in new york city and this weekend. there's a pop-up experience for super fans danny beckstrom from our sister station in new york takes a look. extreme superfan like i would drink the gut milk, even though people are not fans of the gut

mill from the gut milk throne to the pickled diner and even the secret passageways revealed this season, the third arm galleries only murders in the building experience transports you to the infamous arconia well for fans of the show and really anyone coming to experience we've created moments from the show and and there's surprises out the show it's interactive. so there's something for everyone after you help mabel finish her masterpiece mural using selena gomez's rare beauty products, of course, it's time to get to work. we need to start making progress here. all right. do we know? funny was killed with a knitting needle and a still missing knife. you have the chance to help charles oliver and mabel sleuth their way into solving this season's killer before season 2 tuesday finale. yes. there are little clues. to who did it? i feel like i'm slowly piecing it. again, i saw the mash. book closet and everything no,

maybe send a canning lots of good guesses, but there's only one way to find out the truth by watching season two's finale episode august 23rd on hulu in new york city danny beckstrom abc 7 news. could go and love that show disney by the way is the parent company of hulu and abc 7. all right. let's get a check on our weather dion. yeah, all eyes on the weekend sandia. yeah, the weekend looks good, deanna. let me show you a live picture right now from our sutra tower camera. our natural air conditioning is going to keep the coast comfortable. you don't have to worry about the heat, but you do if you're in solano county heat advisory until seven o'clock tomorrow night risk of heat illnesses there and you can see the heat advisory stretches up and down the central valley. so we're not alone dealing with the hot weather. it's summer time. we expect it some fog along the coast. it's going to push in over the bay overnight and then tomorrow afternoon linger near the beaches mid 60s around half moon bay, but triple digits in places like fairfield cloverdale ukiah lakeport. okay, if it's too hot for you

check out sunday after 80s for our warmest inland valleys in the east bay around antioch, so that'll be a nice change of pace keeping an eye on this area potential tropical cyclone in the gulf of mexico expected to bring some heavy rain over the weekend to texas and mexico looking at anywhere from three to six inches could see isolated up to eight inches of rain. so it is expected to intensify into a tropical storm accuweather 78 forecast hot summer weather inland tomorrow numbers dropping off sunday inland considerably and then back up again monday before we see low 90s seasonal weather next week low to mid-60s coast side alma india. all right, sandia. thanks amma. yeah, just tell you that. chris has been counting down. season. oh, yes. he definitely has chris. yep, three weeks from sunday 49ers quarterback trey lance returning his home state of minnesota wild preview there preseason week two game and shea in the show our kc pratts. it's down with the rook one on one ahead of his home debut in oakland tonight sports,

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and at just 22 years old. he's still one of the youngest quarterbacks in all the nfl several guys actually taking in the draft this springer older than lance believe it or not things are happening fast, but trey seems to be taking it all in stride. i mean i was always the dream but it happened fast, but i'm excited to be here, you know kind of obviously settled in now you too. i just, you know, see my family see some friends, but i mean, it's it's work at this point, you know, i come out here. it's fun. obviously gonna get a couple good days at work great days of work here practice fun practicing against someone else see another defense and then traveling and getting in a hotel and spend a lot of time with the guys. shift into baseball after dropping the last two against arizona giants are five and a half games back out of the final wild card spot with about a month and a half to go the giants on the road for a week. they'll start in colorado tonight right now. it's three nothing rockies in the fifth inning highlights at 11 as for the a's they called up top prospect shaling a leaders earlier this week the 24 year old catcher will make his coliseum debut tonight as the dh

against the mariners shea made his major league debut against texas in texas against the rangers just about 30 miles from where he grew up in front of about a hundred family and friends. she double on the first pitch he saw that was really cool. he also homer and throughout a would be base stealer during that series our own casey pratt caught up with a rook this afternoon. which of those moments if you could quantify it was the most special honestly just being a catcher probably the first throw out just you know, i always think of myself as a catcher first in the bat anything with the bats and extra, but i was just, you know, extremely happy that it was i was able to go home and texas and have all my family and friends. there is just really special just to be able to play baseball in front of all the people i'm close to that is so cool. and so is this this morning the cal football team is getting tackled by a different kind of dog guide dogs guide dogs for the blind headquarter in san rafael and they need foster parents for their puppies. how can you not want one not

just for football players, but anybody willing to take on a pup and since cal head coach justin wilcox's uncle joe was blind. this is a very special cause for him to support. yeah. i just remember that it changes his life significantly. and so i've appreciation personally for it. and you know, this is nothing that we we mandate for our players but a number of them are looked to be eagerly awaiting their opportunity to help out at some point see dogs beautiful lives and just relax, you know, take our minds off the football one is really their old day. you know, it's more than just football in this world for people like me who are blind and work with a guy dog. it makes all difference in the world. so we're super excited that we can maybe get the word out about becoming a volunteer for guide dogs for the blind. and for more information you can visit guide dogs.com. i was on that website today. there's also a documentary produced on the organization called pick of a litter it aired as a docu series on disney plus in 2019, but what a great cause their first year partnering up and cuteness video alert, but

also for a very good cause go look at that website get the information because it can help a life or many many more. yeah, they do such great work and always nice to have puppies in your sportscaster. oh, yeah. take it every time all puppies. it's everything you ever want. thank you chris coming up tonight on abc 78. it's shark tank that is followed by 2020 at nine and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11. remember the abc 7 news is streaming 24/7 get the abc 7 bay area app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. that'll do it for this edition of abc 7 news. thank you for being here. i'm on a date and i'm dionne lim for sandia and chris and all of us here. thanks for joining us. have a great night, and we will see you right back here tonight for abc 7 news at 11.

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