forecast now. you know how to save energy, you have heard of the advice before, turn off extra lights -- lights,, live with your home being warm for little longer. ama: we are in the situation because of a brutal heat wave hitting california. it will get dangerously hot. it will be days before we get long-term relief. we sent several reporters on the topic of hot weather. dan: let's hear from the expert, our meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya: live in an era of extremes. on the roof it is comfortable but that will change dramatically. let me show you what you can expect this holiday weekend. we're looking at a heatwave with the heat risk intensifying saturday, and 100s. saturday the temperature has come up to record levels. on labor day it is extreme heat up to 108 degrees. 80's along the bay. on the coast it will be in the 70's. all inland areas will be going

under and excessive heat warning, highs to 108 degrees. excessive heat watch covering the coast and shoreline. lake county expected to get to 110 degrees. this is not just a bay area event. up and down the state we have watches and warnings. labor day weekend is going to be a toasty one. these are some tips to keep you safe. never leave pets or kids inside of cars. heat is the number one killer in the u.s. stay hydrated and cool, limit your outdoor plans during the heat of the day and check on relatives and neighbors. i will let you know how many days you can expect this hot weather and when there might be a little sign of relief. ama: we will check back in with you. these hot temperatures are going to affect millions across the state. governor newsom warned about what to expect. abc7news anchor is in the new room -- newsroom. >> governor newsom address the heatwave, expected to impact

californians for a week. some areas will have to deal with the triple digits for multiple days. the governor talked about our energy needs and our energy reliability, which is why the flex alert is in effect today and tomorrow. today, newsom signed an executive order, like he is done the last two years to ramp up the state's energy supply is of that business and those in the industrial sector are being asked to reduce their demand. 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 death valley, they will look to experience the next hour or two, 120 degree temperatures projected to be as high as 122 in california in death valley tomorrow. we are anticipating this extreme heat to be a length and duration the likes of with -- which we have not seen in a long time. where used to record-breaking

temperatures, but this is an extended period. ama: death valley hitting 122 and expecting to hit 123 tomorrow. the governor is asking everyone to do their part. if you're heading out of town for the holiday weekend, your urge to turn the thermostat up to 85 degrees to help reduce demand. we have more resources and information about this flex alert on our website. abc7news.com. live in the newsroom. dan: now to today's flex alert, it will continue tomorrow on 4:00 until 9:00 p.m. our reporter explains what we need to do. reporter: the summer may be coming to an end, but the bay area is heating up. >> just be prepared for the excessive heat, meteorologists are forecasting this to be the hottest weekend, the hottest next several days of the year. reporter: temperatures in northern california are expected to be 10 to 20 degrees warmer

than average, through labor day weekend. that is why a flex alert is in effect, to conserve energy and prevent lockouts. >> sunday, monday, and tuesday are going to be, very very high demand, particularly sunday, monday and tuesday. we are likely to be above a 40,000 megawatts. reporter: pg&e recommends a save the dishes and laundry until after 9:00 p.m. set thermostats to 78 degrees and wait until after 9:00 p.m. to charge electric cars. doing so could save users money. >> there is a natural program if you do reduce your energy was compared to previous years, you do get a savings on your bill. >> one thing we can tell you for certain is this is probably not the weekend to go on extended height -- hikes around the rest of the region. reporter: steve hill with the contra costa prevention district warns people to limit outdoor activity from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with hot temperatures and

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 material, those are all things that are preventable, especially the last one. reporter: in the east bay, abc7news. ama: bart says if temperatures get above 100 degrees it plans to slow down trains. this is a new policy. it is because of a derailment in june when excessive heat the warped the rails and cause cars to jump the tracks. 50 people were on that train, only a few had minor injuries. the heatwave is coming just as a massive sweep of san jose homeless encampment is said to start. as abc7news reporter zach fuentes found out, some at delayed because of the weather. reporter: it's been more than a airport, before the heatwave was

forecast to the city plan for the camp to be cleared in sections between september 1 to september 30. >> why we would sweep people and force them to become hypothermic and faced death, it's just ridiculous to me. reporter: this homeless advocate with the response group says she wants the city to delay the sweep for at least a week. >> having another way to bring in more resources, bringing in electrolytes and water and ice, rather than forcing people to move and try to keep them hydrated. reporter: city officials acknowledge that city policy states, that a sweep past the stop during inclement weather. in the case of heat, that is when the temperatures reach 88, not when it is expected to. >> some work may happen in the morning to clear out debris and trash. but one that temperature does reach 88, the work will stop. reporter: cartwright says she feels doing a sweep up to a potential 87 before that 88

threshold is still too much of and ask. >> you have people scrambling, packing, moving a lot of equipment. their houses, tents, tarps, their relocating. it's a lot of effort. reporter: the county of santa clara, was no involvement in the sweep says they're working overtime to provide resources to the and housed in vulnerable populations as the heatwave sets and. >> getting more cooling centers running, there are a couple of more sites that have made themselves available in morgan hill and sunnyvale and all of the county libraries will be available on saturday and sunday. we're are working on additional resources for the actual holiday of monday. h while the dispute between advocates in the city of san jose continues, cartwright urges community members to look out for unhoused community members. >> give them water, help your neighbor stay alive. ama: at the temperatures, get forecast and learn about bay area whether in weather on

demand of the abc 7 streaming tv app, downloaded for roku, apple tv and amazon fire tv. dan: drone video shows what crews in oakland are dealing with as they work to collect 12,000 pounds of dead fish in lake marin. neighbors were spelling the problem over the weekend. the waters were murky brown, caused by the lg bloom killing off the fish. environmentalists say toxic algae loom is causing dashes in the shoreline -- in the shoreline. >> lake is about three miles around. we will be going all the way around as we have seen and heard reports from the community about observing this phenomenon around the whole lake. dan: crews will be back at it tomorrow. they hope to have this phase of the cleanup finished by friday before people crowd the lake for the long, hot, holiday weekend. ama: howdy beat the heat when

your home doesn't have ac? see what some cal state east bay students are doing together the weekend. dan: you probably heard about the teacher shortage across the country and here in the bay area. tonight, look at what is being done to get qualified people into your kids classrooms.

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dan: ask hundred acre wildfire has shut down all lanes of i-5 in southern california not far from the grapevine. l.a. county fire departments says seven firefighters had heat related injuries and five had to be taken to the hospital. the heat is brutal. the route fire is burning in castaic in triple digit temperatures. it is burning a rural area, there are mandatory evacuations. an excessive heat warning is in effect through monday night. ama: 12 people are displaced after a fire at a san francisco parma building. this is new video showing smoke and fire in of divisadero apartment building. the red cross is helping residents find temporary housing. in the south bay firefighters have put out fire on cinnabar

hills golf course. we got an overhead view in south san jose. the fire started just after 4:00 and burned about five acres. no structures were damaged and no reports of any injuries. dan: oakland police have a lead on a triple homicide and they want your help, they recently released of a gold car in connection with an incident last friday that left three people dead. that gold car is easy to spot. around 7:15 last night on martin luther king junior weight on 29th street two people were shot and a cyclist was hit by car, involved in the shooting. three mine -- men died. ama: gunfire on an east bay freeway injured a nine-year-old boy. the child is expected to recover. a woman driving the car was injured when she exited the freeway and crashed. you can see what looks like a bullet hole in the door. let's hit the door around 10:00, east of fruitvale avenue in

oakland, it happened a few blocks away from 30 for the avenue. investigators do not have a motive or suspect. dan: education, an important art of building a better bay area and addressing the country's teacher shortage will require all hands on deck effort, according to one of the largest job-search companies in country. the binding administration announced three companies, indeed, zip recruiter and handshake will help school district hire teachers they need. our senior education reporter explains the problem is evident in large urban areas like san francisco and oakland. >> three years from now you want to be done with school but you also want to support -- reporter: finding and retaining teachers for subjects like english is not easy for san francisco public schools. the challenge is hiring in special education, math, science and lingwood arts. there are 19 classes, districtwide, that do not have a permanent teacher. >> for those 19 classroom

vacancies we are filling them with substitutes, which we know is not ideal. reporter: the shortage is not exclusive to san francisco. school districts, those in big urban areas, are calling it a national crisis. >> absolutely. it is a challenge. we have been expanding our efforts to recruit educators by holding webinars and sending out flyers. reporter: over the summer, san francisco and oakland unified asked parents if they knew of anyone who wanted to apply for a teaching position. >> we know that this has been a problem for a long time. reporter: the biden administration announced several major job-search companies will help districts recruit and hire prospective teachers. zip recruiter will have an online job portal specifically for k-12 schools. indeed, conduct virtual hiring fares for educators across the country. and handshake will share job openings with undergraduate college students, majoring in education.

the first lady, jill biden, called it a powerful coalition. >> we are all ready to get to work to make sure that our students have the teachers they need and deserve. reporter: in the meantime, san francisco schools will promote its pathway to education program at high schools, in hopes that more students will pick a career as an educator. grace is one of them. >> if i were to become a teacher i would want my students to be the best that they can. i would want them to live up to their whole potential and i can help shape that. i can help them. reporter: retaining teachers is just as crucial. the first lady emphasized districts have to give them the pay and support they need. in san francisco, leanne melendez abc7 news. dan: leanne has been reporting on bay area issues for decades. you can get in touch with her online. for twitter, facebook and internet -- instagram handles

are on your screen. ama: studying in scorching heat is a challenge that some students living at cal state east will experience first-hand. many of the dorms do not have air conditioning. as our reporter explains, the university is making plans to help students find cool places the study. >> on top of this hill, cal state east students and not have to worry about how temperatures. this weekend will be different. >> it is only a heater. i'm not sure i know the technical parts, we don't have ac reporter: this freshman says his dorm only has fans, no ac. he will have to find cool weather somewhere else on campus. >> i will go to the library because we do not have ac. reporter: the university is telling students not to exhaust themselves or getting to class. >> have a very large campus. students have to walk between buildings. pace yourself, take your time. h cal state east bay says most of their buildings will remain open during the weekend even on labor day to help students

tickle. >> -- help students stay cool. >> students need a little reprieve, buildings will be open for them to be in and cool off during the day. reporter: the dorms that do not have air conditioning usually house freshman. some that do have air conditioning, student say it does not even work well. this senior says she has not experienced to many hot days in her time at school. but she is getting ready for one of the hottest weekends she remembers. >> the breezes helpful in the mornings and evenings. but during the afternoon, it is so hot. reporter: the right now keeping the buildings open should help the students on campus. but going forward, they will examine whether every building needs air conditioning. >> air conditioning is one of the main things that is being taken into consideration, given our changing climate and the number of heat waves we have been having over the years. reporter: in hayward, ryan curry abc7 news. ama: how hot are we getting?

dan: extreme, it sounds like. sandhya patel tracking it. sandhya: that is why i want to start with something that we do not typically start with, that is the accuweather 7 day forecast. this is going to be a prolonged period of very hot, dangerously hot weather ahead. tomorrow you get the heat spike with triple digits, friday, 90's. look at the triple digits from saturday through tuesday. then, those temperatures coming down just slightly on wednesday. we will take a closer look, that heatwave is expected to be the longest and hottest of the season, so far. as you know, we get heat in october as well. dangerous heat will be brought by this area of high pressure that will build a westward and as it does we will notice the difference as we head into tomorrow. today, temperatures were in the low 60's to upper 90's, inland. tomorrow we will get into the triple digit territory. 8:00 in the morning, 50's and

60's, fog around, it's going to get warm. inland, 80's and 90's. 2:00 in the afternoon, these are not the highs of the days but you're hitting 100 in fairfield. know the signs of heat illnesses. heat exhaustion, pale skin, being sweaty, you are nauseous, perhaps a dizzy, drinkable water. signs of heat stroke, you're not sweating, high body temperature. call 911. that is an emergency situation. here is a live view. it's a good thing we have this breeze. we have blue skies now. 65 in the city, 70 in oakland, upper 70's, san jose, santa clara. you are seeing sunshine from our exploratorium camera. 81 in santa rosa. with that refreshing breeze, petaluma, 70 you're in the 90's in livermore. i know people are wanting to go to santa cruz but it is going to get warm there too. dangerous heat wave with a high risk of illnesses.

record temperatures for the holiday weekend and increasing fire danger ahead. saturday, you see those triple digits, sunday that heat builds. notice the magenta starting to move towards our inland communities lay the mid 100s on monday this computer model is going into the upper 100s. if you buy it, airfield is going hotter than 108 the remark. tomorrow morning we know one thing is for sure we will have fog. our cooling mechanism in the morning hours and then it will get blown away as we get into the afternoon hours. temperatures will be in the 50's, 60's to start the day. afternoon highs in the south bay, 90, on the peninsula 87 in redwood city, downtown san francisco it's going to be warm and sunny, 72. north bay numbers 94 in santa rosa, 91 and rafale. -- san rafael. livermore 100, 102 in fairfield,

92 in walnut creek. the acuvue -- accu weather seven-day forecast, we are starting a new month. it is late summer heatwave, brief dip. friday, high heat to risk. it is dangerous heat through the holiday weekend. tuesday, temperatures in the mid 100s, upper 60's coast side, cooling will spread through wednesday. we will be ready for that. dan: we sure will. difficult few days, thank you. coming up, looking back 25 years to the shocking loss of a princess diana.

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ama: a quarter of a century has passed since we lost princess diana, she was in the car with her boyfriend in paris as the paparazzi chase them on august 31, 1997. the driver was reportedly drunk

and crashed into a tunnel. today, flowers and mementos marked the spot where the crash happened. dan: diana was 36 years old when she died. she married prince charles, the heir to the british throne in 1981. their two sons, prince william and prince harry were 15 and 12 years old when she died. diana's legacy includes her philanthropic work, the british red cross posted this tweet in her honor, we pay tribute to her work as a dedicated humanitarian. she continues to have an effect on people all these years later. i remember getting up early in the morning to watch her get married to prince charles back in 1981. i was at a party with a number of reporters here on a saturday night, when she was killed, all those years ago. of course the party came to a stop. it will show shocking. ama: it's one of those days that none of us will ever forget after hearing that news. it's so sad. dan: let's move on. new details about the senior

living facility where a mixup involving juice and a cleaning solution, led to the death of a resident. we looked up the past complaints at the facility. ama: new complaints against lyft

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions this is abc7 news. dan: if new details about a senior san mateo living facility where a resident died after she was given commercial grade cleaner instead of juice. two others had to go to the hospital. ama: we are learning about prior complaints made to the state about the facility. luz pena has the details. reporter: we dug into the latest records from the california department of social services and confirmed atrium ark in san mateo has been investigated nine times, since 2017, prior to the death of the 93-year-old trudy after she was given, dishwashing liquid instead of drinking juice. the state received a 12 complaints from this facility. some alleging a resident who

sustained him multiple unexplained -- sustained multiple unexplained injuries, staff failing to give medication as described, staff failing to meet medical -- residents needs and not transporting residents to appointments. the accused them, of a legally evicting a resident. in the last 50 years, all the cases settling outside of court two of them involving negligence at the same facility, were trudy maxwell and two other seniors were given ataxic -- a toxic chemical. these complaints are just the tip of the iceberg. >> it is gross negligence. it is elder abuse. reporter: she is not involved in the maxwell case. but facilities like this are shortstaffed. >> in a nursing home there expected have a 3.5 nursing hours per patient per day. in assisted living like this

one, there are no numbers people have to set. reporter: a complaint investigation report for march 2021 listed allegations of this facility lacking sufficient staff to meet resident needs, facility staff not qualified, facility member did not properly assess residence after falling and did not treat residents with dignity and respect. in a statement, california department of social services did not confirm if an inspector visited the facility after the incident. and said, the department is conducting an investigation working with law enforcement. the department did not comment on ongoing investigations. she believes the state has enough grounds to give atria more than a find in this case. >> the state should put them on probation and watch them closely. if they don't meet their probationary requirements they should shut them down. reporter: in san francisco, luz pena abc7 news.

ama: we reached out to get a response but did not hear back. dan: a north bay woman is among the plaintiffs in 17 sexual assault related lawsuits filed today against lyft by both passengers and drivers. an attorney representing the victims calls this a nationwide crisis. this a nap a resident says she was driving for lyft, when she was assaulted by a male passenger in march of 2020. >> when i resisted he wrapped his hands around my neck, choking me and continuing to grope me until we reach the destination. dan: she says lyft provided no training on hound -- how to handle situations like this and was never informed of her rights as a driver. according to a safety report from lyft, the number of sexual assaults during rights increased by 65% from 2017 to 2018 -- 22019. this company provide the statement. it is our understanding that a

number of misleading claims may have been made by the attorneys at today's press conference. the statement also says, our goal is to make every lyft right as safe as possible. we will continue to take action and invest in technology, policies and partnerships to do so. ama: the fda authorize the first updated covid-19 boosters that target today's most common strain, the omicron variant. that means they could begin rolling out between the next week. who should get them and one? dustin dorsey asked local experts and has the answers. reporter: it's been nearly one year since we first got news of the new covid variant, omicron. since then it has spread worldwide. but relief may be finally on the way. the ft has given authorization to the first update to the covid-19 vaccine, a mix of the original recipe and one that targets omicron. >> all vaccines, including boosters are amazing at keeping us away from the hospital and

keeping us from dying. but the new boosters going to add to that. it also will give you a higher chance of preventing breakthrough infection. reporter: this dr. says, it is unclear how well it will work since the vaccine is not seen human trials despite showing positive immune response in mice. a similar method to annual flu shot testing. she has concerns but is hopeful it will be successful in humans as well. >> i see no harm in getting the booster. it's important for me to say. we don't have the data that will -- that it will curb infections. reporter: the cdc is expecting to give the thumbs-up to the vaccine in the coming days. santa clara county's dr. anticipates that they will receive the doses next week. >> it takes several hours to make sure the vaccine is at the right temperature and get it distributed to our different sites. we are looking at, most likely mid to late next week before we can get started. reporter: who should go out and get the shock?

--shot? this doctor advises anyone to god and get it, especially immunocompromised and the elderly. >> if you want a simple rule, you got infected or you got it booster 44 or five month ago, go ahead and get that new booster when it comes out. if you have not got infected or boosted in the last five or six months, you should definitely run out and going get it. reporter: both doctors say the more immunity in the community, the better off we will all be heading into the fall and winter. in santa clara county, dustin dorsey abc7 news. ama: life expectancy got lower in the u.s. according to a no government report, covid has a lot to do with it -- to a government report covid has a lot to do with it. someone born in 2019 you have an expectancy of 79 years. 42021 babies, is down to 76 years. it is biggest two year decline in a century.

the cdc says covid-19 deaths were the major reason for the decline. the second, death from accidental injuries, primarily from drug overdoses which killed 1000 americans last year. dan: dollars gone in just minutes. how it happened to seven bay area residents. area residents. what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26? not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. the choice is clear yes on prop 27.

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their life savings. michael finney has been looking into how this might have happened and his findings are a lesson for all of us. >> lost $87,000. stephen of san jose wants you to know how someone stole $81,000 from him. >> was being scammed. i did not know what happened. >> $65,000, from the account of kai. >> my heart was pumping. my hand was shaking. >> each has a different story about how their money vanished, what a similar is that all of the victims were citibank customers. all of them lost their money, via wire transfer. all the victims happened to be asian. he says his trouble started when someone swapped his sin card from cell phone. >> somebody without proper id, without my signature, i don't know how somebody can replace my sim card in philadelphia. i am in california.

>> from there the hackers appeared to take over his citibank account and wired $65,000 from it. >> it is. called the sim swap attack. it has big consequences. >> that his mark of the internet security firm, check point software technologies. here's how it works. the scam artist purchases your personal identifiable information from the dark web. it goes into a store and pretends he lost his phone. he gets a new sim card and a new phone and connected to your number. verizon says it is investigating. >> we can have -- it can have doering affects, you lose that multifactor at the education -- authentication that you thought you had. >> stephen had trouble logging into a citibank account. a message popped up with what was supposedly a citibank phone number and requested he call. the person who answered asked him for permission to remotely take over his computer. stephen was instructed to login

again to a citibank account and then advise if you waited two hours his troubles would be over. after he hung up, he became suspicious. but it was too late. citibank would later tell him any $1000 had been wired from his account. the person he originally talked to on the phone was an imposter. >> i was led to believe i was working with citibank employees. i did the wrong thing. >> he routinely checks his bank account daily to watch for possible overcharges. >> my money is now -- not falling from the sky. >> someone, somehow managed to change the email address associated with his bank account. within one hour, the hacker made three successive wire transfers of $50,000, $30,000 and $75,000. he spotted the transfers and notified citibank immediately. all three victims we talk to blame citibank for not verifying the transactions with them, by

using two factor authentication. he says he thinks he knows what might've happened. >> a sophisticated attacker will turn those notifications off if they had access to your account, before they actually made the wire transfer. >> citibank told us we have a great deal of sympathy for those who fall victim to fraud. we take steps to recall the fight -- funds, the fraudsters used. i am michael finney, 7 on your side. dan: you really have to watch for this. chapman has received all of his money back from citibank. the others have not been as fortunate. we have safety tips posted for you at abc7news.com/7 on your side. ama: a heat wave that will last for almost a week. for almost a week. sandhya you might already know that prop 27 taxes and regulates

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90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations permanently. only pennies on the dollar for the homeless permanently. and with loopholes, the homeless get even less permanently. prop 27. they didn't write it for the homeless. they wrote it for themselves. sandhya: we have life pictures coming in from the big southern california wildfire which has shut down i-5 near the grapevine

in castaic. see all the smoke. the fire sparked this afternoon and burned 600 acres. evacuation orders are in effect. as you can see this is a rural area, several firefighters were heard in hospitalized. temperatures are in the triple digits. dan: we are going to be worried about that kind of thing happening here in the bay area the next few days. we have some real heat coming. ama: sandhya patel has the latest. sandhya: stick a look at the heat warnings in effect for parts of southern california and castaic included. it is not only the triple digits but it is very dry. relative humidity is 18% and the winds are about 11 miles an hour. statewide it will be a hot one. death valley on saturday, 120 degrees. 108 in fresno as we had to sunday, you will notice it is triple digits across southern california. death valley, 119, palm springs 112. getting up to 122 in death

valley monday. 117, palm springs. 111 in reading. it is not too hot now, inland areas will get to the triple digits tomorrow. mid 60's coast side. asphalt gets much harder, the air temperature is 102. it could be 106 -- 167 degrees on the asphalt. air quality is suffering, moderate the next four days. there is little bit of fog out there, accuweather 7 they forecast at temperatures coming down friday, only disorder over the weekend with the hottest day on labor day with extreme heat. dan: 167 on the asphalt, that's scary. ama: larry beil is here with sports. another day and more 49er news. larry: goodbye trey. not that trey. plus, steph curry honored at davidson, a long journey now davidson, a long journey now comp what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27?

26? not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. the choice is clear yes on prop 27.

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and shortness of breath. with leqvio, lowering cholesterol becomes just one more thing life throws your way. ask your doctor about leqvio. lower. longer. leqvio. what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26 is a money grab that doesn't guarantee a cent for non-gaming tribes. 27 requires 15% of all state revenues go to non-gaming tribes. the choice is clear. yes, on 27.

>> how abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> the giants will play a two-game series against the padres in mexico, april 29 through 30th. they will be the first games in mexico city, the trends may start looking egghead -- looking ahead. the mascot is ready for mexico. tensions flaring early. brian crawford gets ejected after the third, after arguing with the empire. frustration hiring -- high for the giants. drive deep off of alex, mike you water bomb that well, you need him on that wall. it was not going to be a homerun but it was a great. catch. padgett -- padres up 1-2. manny machado doubles the san diego need -- lead for a zip. they rally 5-3 game, bottom of the eighth, joc pederson, single to center, incomes and austin

slater, 5-4. can they lose this -- lose this losing streak, the answer is no. that ends it, giants lose seven in a row and the a's are losing 5-1 in the ninth in washington. surprising cut from the 49ers, releasing trey sermon, who did not live up to expectations. they moved up in the draft to select sermon in round three he only worked for -- ran for 167 yards. he didn't show the aggressiveness that the niners were looking for. the gm was praising him recently but they -- that may have been it to trip -- that may have been to generate trade interest. the u.s. open, serena williams, route 2 against annett kontaveit . serena what the ac year to take the first set tiebreaker. the number two player in the world, as up with the second set. serena is controlling the point until she is not.

down the line for the winter, she takes the second, they. go on to the. third serena at age 40 with an epic rally and a strong forehand winner. serena survives. 7-6, 6-2 and she is onto the third round. wow. the summer of steph continues after winning his fourth title. the nba finals and vp west finals and bp, curry earning one last honor, his college diploma. >> davidson college conferred upon you the degree of bachelor of arts with all of the rights and privileges, appertaining here on, congratulations. [applause] what a special moment for the entire curry family. he also had his jersey retired. he was inducted into the davidson college of fame. he completed his final units of college during the nba season and officially graduated in may, but was unable to walk in the ceremony.

the degree was a prerequisite to getting his number retired. but his real motivation was a promise he made to his mom, when he entered the nba draft, that he would finish college. >> i am so thankful and blessed to be able to look at you, see you with your gallon on, officially -- gown on officially, knowing this is not an honorary reward and degree. you earned this. [applause] >> this is an absolutely amazing day and moment for myself, for my family, heard a lot of amazing words and stories and memories. i am a graduate i am at davidson alum, it is pretty crazy. thank you so much. >> that is so good. you don't need to add any words to that.

steph curry and serena williams, two icons, having very good days today. dan: they both did. ama: that is going to do it for this addition of abc7news. thank you for joining us i am ama daetz. dan: i'm dan ashley, all of us, we appreciate your time. we hope to see you again for abc7news at 11:00.

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