independent systems operator cal iso, which oversees california's electric power system says we should prepare to conserve through the holiday weekend. this is going to be a sustained event that's going to take sustain focus and stay participation. we are going to be pulling out all of the different stops. we've worked very closely together to develop a number of contingency measures and new sources of supply will be accessing all of those capabilities as great conditions require. here's the look at our power use cal. iso says it expects the highest demand so far this year to occur during our heat streak next few days. errors to what's bound to be several flex alerts in california for the rest of the week. abc7 news reporter answer hasan has more on what to do. the summer may be coming to an end. but the bay area is heating up, mississippi prepared for this extensive. pg&e meteorologists are forecasting this to be the

hottest weekend the hottest next several days of the year temperatures in northern california are expected to be 10 to 20 degrees warmer than average through labor day weekend. that's why a flex the lord is an effect to conserve energy and prevent blackouts the state called for flexible for a reason. that means that peak demand between 4pm to 9pm is is getting dangerously close to what we have at supplies the balancing out supply and demand and so every little bit help pg&e recommends save the dishes and laundry until after 9 pm set thermostats to 78 degrees if health permits and wait until after 9 pm to charge electric cars. doing so could save users money. there's a residential program where if you do reduce your energy use compared to the previous years you do get a savings on your bill one thing we can tell you for certain is that this is probably not the weekend to go on extended hikes and our many hiking trails around contra costa county. and of course the rest of the region steve hill with the contra costa county fire

prevention district warrants residents to limit outdoor activity from 10 am to 6 pm because of the threat of heat related illness with hot temperatures an extremely dry conditions. the threat of fires is another big concern hill says most are caused by human activity malfunctioning vehicles vehicles dragging chains on trailers people in those vehicles carelessly discarding smoking materials. those are all things that are present preventable, especially that last one in the east bay onset hassan abc 7 news. all right, so we know what's coming. let us get right to the forecast abc 7 news meteorologist mike. nico is outside in the sun. although it is san francisco mike so we can't complain it is a wonderful breeze that is for sure up here right now, but that will change is that breeze goes away and that allows the heat to build now. we're under a flexible right now and you can see only reading fresno in palm springs at 100, but just about the entire state will be in the 90s to 100 except

for right along the coast and up in the mountains as we head through the weekend and that's why you can see almost the entire state covered under these heat warnings and watches and why energy is going to be in such demand to keep us from overheating any way we can near 90 in tahoe. look at those temperatures in sacramento peaking around 110 monday. we'll definitely be in the one teens and fresno. look at that cal anaheim down in la 100s and evenn san diego fork here at home a few things have changed since we talk yesterday the bay area the bay shore line san francisco bay shoreline in the coast is under a watch still as temperatures are going to vary greatly from 70 at the beaches to 90s up in the hills around at those areas. and then the 100s are in the peak. that is all the areas that are going to be greater than 100. that's about most of us larry. all right, mike. thank you. those triple digit temperatures that mike was talking about will affect millions of people all across the state and today

governor newsom warned about the upcoming heatwave abc 7 news. anchor karina nova live in the newsroom with the latest karina. well larry this afternoon governor newsom address that heatwave expected to impact californians as you just heard for about a week some areas expecting to hit triple digits. the governor talked about our energy needs and our energy reliability, which is why the flex alert is in effect also today newsome signed and executive order like he's done the last two years to ramp up the state's energy supply as part of that businesses and those in the industrial sector are being asked to reduce their demand and while for the most part we as residents know what to do during these heat events. the governor says this one is more concerning. in one part of california death valley, they will look to experience in the next hour or two hundred and twenty degree temperatures projected to be as high as 122 in california and death valley tomorrow.

we are anticipating this extreme heat to be a length and duration likes of which we have an experienced in some time. yes. we're used to record-breaking temperatures maybe a day or two more episodic, but this is an extended period the governor is asking everyone to do their part if you're heading out of town for the holiday weekend your urged to turn this thermostat to up to 85 degrees to help reduce demand and we have more resources and information about the flex alert on our website abc7news.com live in the newsroom karina, nova abc 7 news. my karina, thank you in the south bay. the heat wave is coming just as a massive sweep of a san jose homeless encampment is set to start on friday abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has a look at what some want the sweep. canceled and why they want to it's been more than a year since the faa ordered the city of san jose to shut down this encampment near minetta, san jose airport before the heat wave was forecast the city

planned for the camp to be cleared in sections between september 1st to september 30th why we would sweep people and force them to become hyperthermic and face death. i is just ridiculous to me homeless advocate sean cart right with the unhouse response group says she wants the city to delay the sweep for at least a week having another week to bring in more resources bringing in electrolytes and water and ice rather than forcing people to move and trying to keep them hydrated city officials and cartwright acknowledge that city policy states at a sweep has to stop during inclement weather in the case of heat. that's once the temperature actually reaches 88 degrees not when it's expected to some work may happen in the morning to clear out debris and trash but when that temperature does reach 88 the work cartwright says she feels doing a sweep up to a potential 87 degrees just before that 88 degree threshold is still too much of an ask you have people who are scrambling

they're packing they're moving a lot of equipment people their houses their tents their tarps. they're relocating. it's a lot of effort for now the county of santa clara who has no involvement in the sweep says they're working overtime to provide resources to the unhousing other vulnerable populations as the heat wave sets in getting more cooling centers up and running. we do know they're there's a couple of sites that have made themselves available in in morgan hill and sunnyvale and all the county library so far are going to be available on saturday and sunday. we're still working on additional resources for the actual holiday of monday while the dispute between advocates in the city of san jose continues cartwright urges community members to look out for unhoused neighbors take him some water take them. holds rings of that's appreciated. help your neighbors stay alive in san jose zach fuentes. abc 7 news. you can keep track of the drought and check temperatures in the weather on demand section of the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app just download it for roku

apple tv, amazon fire and android tv. all right moving on to other news now new details about complaints the state has received about san mateo's atria park senior living facility a 93 year old woman died there after she was given commercial grade cleaner instead of -- abc 7 news reporter to lose peña has the latest on the investigation. we dug into the latest records from the california department of social services and confirmed atria park in san mateo has been investigated at least nine times by state officials since 2017 prior to the death of 93 year old trudy maxwell after she was given what atra described as dishwashing liquid instead of drinking juice. the states received 12 complaints from this facility some alleging a resident who sustained multiple unexplained injuries while under the care of facility staff staff failing to give medications as prescribed staff not meeting residents

medical needs and not transporting residents to medical appointments one of the allegations also accuses atria of illegally evicting a resident attorney katherine stabner has filed multiple lawsuits against atria senior living in the last 15 years all the cases settling outside of court two of them involving agents at the same facility or trudy maxwell and two other seniors were giving a toxic chemical over the weekend stepner believes. these complaints are just a tip of the iceberg. it's gross negligence. what happened? it's gross negligence, you know, and it's elder abuse stebner is not involved in the maxwell case, but as facilities like atria are sure staffed in a nursing home. they are supposed to have 3.5 nursing hours per patient day an assisted living like atria. there are no numbers that people have to set a complaint investigation report from march of 2021 listed allegations of quote this facility lacking

sufficient staff to meet arrested in needs facility staff not qualified facility member did not properly assess residents after falling and didn't treat resident with dignity and respect in a statement, california department of social services. do not confirm even inspector had been to the facility to invest negate the latest incident and said in part the department is conducting an investigation and working with local law enforcement the department cannot comment on ongoing investigations tepner believes a state has enough grounds to give atria more than a fine in this case state should put them on probation for something like that and watch them very closely. and if they don't meet their probationary requirements, they should shut them down in san francisco loose pena ab. nine year old boy was injured in a shooting on an east bay freeway. this happened just before 10 last night on eastbound interstate 580 east of fruitvale avenue in oakland detectives.

say a toyota camry crashed on 35th avenue is the driver was getting off the freeway. you can see what looks like a bullet hole in the car's door the woman who was driving was injured and a child in the front passenger seat suffered a bullet wound both though are expected to recover. a north bay woman is among the plaintiffs in 17 sexual assault-related lawsuits filed today against lift napa resident. amy collins is among those accusing the san francisco bay's company of knowing the risks of drivers like the one she faced but doing very little to protect them. colin says she was assaulted by male passenger while driving for lyft in march of 2020. when i resisted he wrapped his hand around my neck. choking me and continuing to grow me. until we reach the destination. colin says live provided no training on how to handle situations like she faced and was never informed of her rights as a driver. we reached out to lift for comment but have yet to hear back now last year the company

acknowledged and received some 4,100 reports of sexual assault from 2017 through 2019, including 360 rapes. they were all 10 reported deaths from physical assaults. coming up our coverage of the heat wave continues later this hour the effect of heat on your mood cleaning up from that massive fish die off at oakland's lake merritt and saving the whales what is being done to try to save more whales done to try to save more whales fr ♪ (don't stop me now) ♪ ♪♪ ♪ (don't stop me) ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm having a good time ♪ ♪ having a good time ♪ ♪ i'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger ♪ ♪ defying the laws of gravity ♪

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keep their pets out of the water too, but it wasn't until this past weekend when they started to seeca level of fish and wildlife die off the environmental watchdog group. san francisco bay keeper says not only does the algae emit a fish toxin. it is associated with the biological event. that sucks the water of oxygen which kills off even more fish the city of oakland's public works department maintains and and cleans and beautifies our public spaces for the community. we're out here making sure that we're we're abating and cleaning up dead fish and wildlife. anticipating hot weather over the weekend and wanted to make sure that it's a welcoming and comfortable place for folks to be he says it took a few days to get crews out here just to make sure the work they're doing complies with requirements of lake merritt being a national wildlife refuge. the goal is to finish the cleanup by the end of the day on wednesday, but what doesn't get done public works says they'll come back to finish on thursday in oakland lina howland abc 7 news.

and we're learning new details about the death of fran the humpback whale found dead over the weekend on a beach near half. moon bay. fran was a well-known whale off the coast of california and today we found out how she was killed. finding strongly implicate that the whale die due to blunt force trauma associated with a ship strike ship strikes and entanglements are two of the leading causes of death for large. whales and the numbers that are reported are not the numbers that are happening in reality off our coast. experts say as many as 80 whales die each year as a result of ship strikes most sink to the bottom of the ocean. hearing will be held tomorrow in san francisco in an attempt to protect whales from ship strikes. we have breaking news in san francisco where firefighters have just called a third alarm on an apartment building fire. this is a live look at the scene at the corner of divisadero and haight streets. fire department says there are no injuries right now and crews are asking people to avoid the

area that fire though is impacting service on three muni bus routes the sixth the seven and 24 and we'll keep you posted on this breaking news bringing you updates as we get them on the air and on our abc 7 news app, let's turn our attention back to the weather kristen and the heat wave that is coming. do we have to i don't want to look i don't want to look but mike i know it's important that we know. yeah. it's important to be prepared. that's exactly right and yes, some of us don't want to look some of us don't even want to leave the house this weekend even though it's a holiday weekend because once you step out you're putting your life in danger in some areas because it's going to be that hot one of those areas. you may rub elbows with a lot of people sand the cruise. it is 73 degrees there right now so our hottest and long heatwave starts tomorrow a rapidly rising risk of heat illness, especially through the holiday weekend with the fire danger increasing also as some records are possible, especially sunday in the holiday monday. look at that. no clouds.

it is sunny everywhere all the way until the sun sets at about 7:40 even out to the coast. we'll see the sunset temperatures just about everywhere showing that warming trend up to six degrees warmer than this time yesterday, but we still have that nice refreshing breeze keeping the coast in san francisco in the 60s 70s around the bay but look at those 80s and 90s inland that are mentally going to march all the way to the coast at least the 80s could even the 90s and some of the coastal mountains winds are up to around 30 miles per hour and that's as fast as they'll get now through nine o'clock anywhere near anybody of water at least the bay shore into the delta. here's a look at the day planner this evening. remember flex alert through at least nine o'clock temperatures going to be very comfortable by the time we get to 9 o'clock 50 60s and 70s. enjoy the a couple of nights is still going to be comfortable less and less cloud cover each night temperatures falling into the 50s to nearly 62 and antioch and had some great sleeping weather kit as much as you can now tomorrow 80 mlp, that's 90 at san jose gilroy 100 degrees

78 millbrae low to mid 80s for the rest of the peninsula over the coast. we're looking at mid to upper 60s some low to even upper 70s for downtown the south san francisco north bay low to mid 90s, calistoga northward. you can see the 100's creepy and slowly to the south taking over more neighborhoods 79 richmond to berkeley. hello to mid 80s for the rest of the east bay 97 in san ramon 99 in pleasanton 100 the beginning of possibly seven days in a row for the rest of our in spade neighborhood. in fact, here's a look at that holiday forecast when the heat becomes especially dangerous saturday with extreme heat inland monday with 108 coast will start cooling a little bit tuesday. everybody else is gonna happen to wait going to have to wait till wednesday the thursday, so we talk a lot about know the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke heat exhaustion. you are still sweating. you're dizzy. you're a little disoriented. hopefully you have the wherewithal to move to ac drink some cool water heat stroke. you've come almost completely lost all of your capacity to

think correctly because you stopped sweating and your body is starting overheat and that's when you have to go to the hospital or call 911. let's hope none of that happens. we've already lost. think 25 people left in cars have succumbed to heat on this. nobody should be in cars this weekend without the air conditioning on kristen. we'll definitely remember that thank you mike. the tomatoes were out for spain's annual tomatina street tomato fight today. it's the first festival since the pandemic began people on trucks unloaded 130 tons of overripe tomatoes leaving the area drenched in red pulp. up to 20,000 people took part in this festival the event was inspired by food fight between local children in 1945. larry tomatoes won't be the only thing that are ripe okay this weekend here for sure. all right the call of the wild the amazing fowl photography and why the man who took the

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valley photographer is feeling the call of the wild reporter dale urung from our sister station in fresno. spoke with a sports photographer who is assignments dried up during the pandemic and came up with something new right in his own backyard. david carlson's fresnob backyard is set up like a photography studio because the magic happens only at night owls fly into feast on mealworms outstanding. i mean, it's been truly exciting to be able to interact with them carlson's backyard buddies are a real hoot, but they're actually western screechels when david set up his camera near a tree at

night owls perched on his $6,000 lens as if to taunt him. actually, i was just trying to think of something different carlson will sometimes wade through his swimming pool to get the low angle birds eye view. a year ago david played that screech owl audio after identifying the birds within five minutes of playing that audio. i had six owls in the backyard, but the old disappeared after the fourth of july this march he played the call again two owls came back capturing. these images is difficult though because it is pitch black when carlson snaps a photo i created a space a focused space and then the owl would fly through that. that's when i would take the picture the elves don't mind being fed by hand or even being close to humans, even though they're incredibly small. these owls are fearless. they are not scared by anything

a week ago. he found an owl upside down stuck in the netting which protects his wine grapes. i think he was probably trying to get one of those beetles becae they're all over the place david brought the bird inside and kept him in a box in his room gave him some water. gave him some worms and within 24 hours. he was ready to fly away. that was clear from the look the owl gave him from the ceiling fan. tell you wrong reporting there wildlife expert told carlson the owls may have been pushed out of the foothills because of recent wildfires. alright, so larry some new developments on the upcoming heat wave. we just got word that the flex alert has been extended to tomorrow as well. so a flex alert tonight until 9:00 and then another one tomorrow before to 9pm. all right still to come the fda authorizing the latest covid vaccine. what's next before you can get your next shot? and some good news for people

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now for the ford four with dan and mike joining us life expectancy in the us. is that its lowest point in decades it now stands at 76.1 years. that is the lowest since 1996. the cdc says life expectancy dropped nearly a year between 2020 and 2021. it's down more than two and a half years since the start of the pandemic. that is the biggest drop in a century if you look at all the things that are going on in the world down. this is not very surprising actually. no, it's not it's a little discouraging i suppose and and i'm doing the math i'm running out of time quickly here, but it is a little discouraging but not surprising as you suggest although. keep in mind those with the averages, you know, you know. if you have better health care in this country or other places, you know, you can beat those odds. we all know a lot of people who are good bit older than 76, but it's a discouraging trend because yeah life expectancy to continue to increase and mike

climate change works against our health, doesn't it? it does you know the air being less healthy and other things being less healthy and less healthy to be outside and exercise. absolutely that has something to do with it a couple other thoughts i had is what were we going through almost a hundred years ago. we're going through the other flu right pandemic. and also how started to think however call my parents they're on borrowed time. they're they're both older than 76 hopefully they're healthy and have services available to them, but it's a concern all around the world for sure. no question. yeah, okay now to what people have been search trends experts sarah armstrong said there are two big trends that hit a high this month. the first one is pickleball. it's the fastest growing sport in the country right now. this is a sport that started mostly in retirement homes. it's kind of a cross between tennis ping pong badminton, but it's really gone popular with the younger generation. so we're seeing a lot of searches for courts near me pickleball tips for beginners and how to get started with the sport.

yeah, and the other big search trend was dating apps which had the highest number of searches ever. really. larry what's your take on the pickleball? i should i have a lot of takes. i have many thoughts. you know, i kind of joked about pickleball last week and i was pickled shamed by some and you know, i've come around on it to understand the the lure of this new what's not even a new sport but the popularity it's kind of fun. it'd be kind of fun. you know, it's fun, but it's also especially because i know some some folks that are older who play it who love to play tennis a lot fewer injuries a lot less injuries. you're not running and sprinting quite as much so they can have that competitive fun. get some exercise but not risk getting hurt as easily. yeah, i think i saw a league last time. i was in hawaii for work outside every day. there was like at least eight courts were full for hours. i haven't tried it looks fun. you know, what's fun about it that i like is it's kind of an equalizer like within our family

and some of us are more athletic than others and have different ball reaction times. we can kind of all play pickleball because the game is slowed down. yeah. good point. yeah. you can't hit that ball that hard compared to a tennis ball, right? sure. yeah on the dating apps. i think everybody's just tired of being cooped up in the pandemic. so they're like who's out there? let's go. who wants to play pickleball with me six decades after dolly parton's debut album puppy love her latest business venture is going to the dog. she's launching doggy parton a line of dog apparel and accessories, you know, there's going to be a hit just by look at these pictures the lionel features shirts dresses squeaky toys even a blonde wig inspired by dolly herself, the products will be available. soon through amazon and of course doggy parton.com love it. it's cute. nice. you know what? i mean? she remains relevant and

entertaining, you know decade after decade you have got to love no, she's charming. she's talented. she's committed to causes. she's very supportive of a variety of causes. she's just a winner all the way around and boy people spend money on their dogs that's going to be a hit for sure. it seems like she's never not trying to make life better for somebody else. that's true. yeah. try something. that's a good point really does. that's a plus person. yeah right for her. okay now to another popular celebrity the bay area's own. tom hanks is creating his own trivia game. hank 101 trivia features more than 58,000 questions. oh players can either choose solo games or team up with friends or join a competition the game launches on friday and will be hosted on apples $5 a month subscription service called apple arcade. ha guess the movie business isn't paying off like it. kristen you sounded when you were reading it like so interested with the 58,000

questions until you realize that you have to go on to apple service to do it. so you're just going to stick with wordle and twirl and all the games you're playing. exactly octortal set of cortal. i can't even get through them in a day. right just not enough time. so i don't think i can take it on but i would be very curious what these tom hanks questions might be like, what area you know, i want to sample question. it's got to be more than just about tom hanks. he's just which of my movies was your favorite. in which movie did i yell wilson? he's had a long career though, so we could do 58,000 questions all about him and his career. well, you know like dolly parton he's another guy that is so positive and and it seems like he has a sense of optimism is involved in a number of things and supportive of a number of causes including veterans so good for him if my memory is correct, wasn't he one of the first celebrities who came out and said like two and a half years ago that he had covid and it was kind of a wake up call right where we were like, okay.

all right, if toman might get it as well. yeah, right. that's going to do it for the four or four start on those 58,000 questions. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. i've been married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years. i'm a mother of four-- always busy. i was starting to feel a little foggy. just didn't feel like things were as sharp as i knew they once were. i heard about prevagen and then i started taking it about two years now. started noticing things a little sharper, a little clearer. i feel like it's kept me on my game. i'm able to remember things. i'd say give it a try. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

telling you there's a flex alert underway until 9pm tonight and another one schedule now from 4 to 9pm tomorrow, and it's only going to get hotter. so let's get to abc 7 news meteorologist mike nico for a quick look at the forecast. it's going to be hard to escape

it. also kristin larry. hi everybody the fact that it'll be 70's right at the beaches. but as soon as you start heading away from the beaches, it'll be 80s to even 90s as you head up into some of those coastal hills and mountains and 100s as you head deeper inland to 110 to even 124. in places like death valley. alright going to the game tonight though. how about that? it's much nicer 62 driving down to 59 645 first pitch over it oracle highs tomorrow the spread from 72 in san francisco to 101 and the livermore something to think about. maybe go to doggy parton and see if she's got any shoes for your dogs. otherwise just keep them off the asphalt 102 air temperature 167 asphalt and our skin can burn as low as 125 degree asphalt so you can imagine what it can do to the softness of our puppies paws. all right. here's a look at my accuweather seven day forecast flex alert tomorrow and likely there's going to be several as it only gets hotter. especially sunday and monday are too hottest days and our two

days with the warmest lows 60 70s and 80s. weekend is going to be score blistering. yeah proposed new bill would help workers affected by rising temperatures establishing a federal stress heat standard reporter annabelle munoz from our sister station in los angeles has the details heat wave seasons are getting longer. not just hotter, but hotter and longer and yet our country has never passed a federal heat standard to protect our workers. work under these conditions early summer travis was for ups in my district in pasadena when he died from heat stroke as he finished his last deliveries of the day. the bill is named after us when xión valdivia a farm worker who died in 2004 after picking grapes and triple digit temperatures for 10 hours. his son had to watch his father

die of a preventable heat stroke at the age of 53. because of this the ufw and i worked to get protections for these workers and that is how california became the first state in the nation to have protections for outdoor worker's construction workers warehouse workers truck drivers mail carriers and more yoma del vapora kielba por de la plancha pegada la parade. we spoke with a garment worker who's currently unemployed, but said he had to endure the steam of an iron working against wall in a space with no air conditioning meantime warehouse workers in san bernardino recently staged to walk out over wages and heat conditions. these workers are working really hard. they're not just standing around. moving they're running. they're lifting heavy boxes while they're dealing with this heat and that really puts it over the top sometimes for people some changes were made

but their advocating for safer conditions workers can and should be able to speak up and say we need extra breaks. we need to be able to take you know water break. it's too hot. is there a cooler space where you can cool down in order to be able to continue to do this work workers can also file confidential complaints to calosha annabelle munoz abc 7 news or the heat can not only hurt your health. they can also affect your mood a new study by gallup and cnn found that people experiencing excessive heat had a decreased mood and sense of well-being gallup surveyed over a million people across multiple they say older people and those who live in developing economies appear to be most affected the study projects that by the end of the decade global levels ofwg about with mike. yeah for sure. lifestyles will change and not for the better coming up with teenager stepping up to help save an endangered species. i i do love monarch butterflies

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tonight on abc 7 starting at 8. it's the connors the goldbergs abbott elementary and home economics then it's your luck at 10 followed by abc7 news at 11:00 at abc7. we're inspired by people working to create change and we're committed to sharing their stories so that we can all be allies in action today. we introduce you to a sonoma county and teenager working to help save the endangered monarch butterfly. monarchs are you know the classic butterfly if you ask children to name a butterfly around here, they'll almost always come with the monarch. it's the butterfly that we like to draw it butterfly people love to wash their big. they're beautiful they in the

past gathered in large numbers migrate together really gorgeous bit of our wildlife. there were fewer than one percent at the last count. so we're very concerned about the fact that they may not regenerate we may have lost them all together and we're doing all we can to pull out and stops to ensure that we provide some for their survival. i'm a very passionate person as you can tell i i do love monarch butterflies and pollinators in general. we need to protect our pollinators and it's very important to learn how to do that. so by planting their plants that they need and what they like that will help them, but also getting everyone else inspired to help inspiring to me because i can see us have a community effort and not just feel like we're individuals fighting a bottle alone.

my project is growing and germinating milkweed seeds. i have 1200 at home and then 500 here at the sonoma garden park and it's also being able to have them in broader locations. so not just localized in one area. so i've been doing it at local schools. i've reached out to wineries and golf courses and so we want them out and we also want people to know about them. milkweed is monarchs host plant. so each butterfly has our own hose plant where they lay their eggs, so they're caterpillars depend on it and their their life cycles depend on it. so specifically for monarchs they're host plant is milkweed and up here are native plant is native narrow leaf milkweed. so that's what i've been planting. so these are some of the plants that i planted these are this is native narrow leaf milkweed. i believe i've given away two more of these trays of 50, so that would be a hundred but these are about six months old so they have a lot of growth a

lot of varying growth. i haven't been able to witness a great monarch migration, but they used to be numbers in the millions and billions and now we're in 2020. we saw it like 2000 come down to the california coast. so it's very large decline and we're hoping to be able to continue monitoring them and hopefully they'll make a rebound with more conservation efforts put in place. it's incumbent upon all of us to do something to help change the dynamics of the world. we're living into a more environmentally eco-friendly place. abc 7's allies in action recognizes local people building a better bay area if you know someone working to create real change tell us about them at abc7news.com/take action. that's it for abc 7 news at 4

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