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should be spent to get people housing. >> what is it going to take to solve the housing crisis? four mayors across california's big cities including san francisco, oakland and san jose, it starts with one thing, money. >> it is critical for funding to go directly to the big cities that are impacted by homelessness. >> keep the momentum going and $2 billion on an annual ongoing basis and an additional 1.5 billion for home key will help us do just that. >> since homelessness housing and project home key began these projects are funded housing beds with more than 120 1000 residents serve. the mayors called on the state to help them continue their work for project approval. >> housing, homelessness and
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behavioral health care should be measured against the outcome of getting people indoors and into safe managed environments and producing positive outcomes. that is the formula we need and we need that level of flexibility, funding and accountability from the state. >> if approved, where should the money go? in san jose the mayor touts the success of quick build communities as a more cost-effective solution. unhoused advocates say temporary solutions are a better they believe this is like building more middle schools without high schools to graduate into. >> you cannot just keep building tiny homes for a six month ago because when they get out there not going to affordable housing. they are maintaining camps because they know the not going into housing. >> there need to be solutions that allow people to have autonomy. >> they hope that state funding usage is discussed with people with lived experience to help
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make decisions to end the crisis. dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. >> santa clara county has more homeless people than any other bay area county. to see how the numbers of change, you can check out this article on abc 7 news.com. >> $350 million is headed to san francisco to fight the opioid epidemic. the city attorney announced a settlement with walgreens stemming from a lawsuit that accused the pharmacy of failing to effectively regulate the dispensing of opioids at pharmacies. >> they were more concerned with profit than following their legal obligations. they did not give their pharmacists time to conduct due diligence, pressuring pharmacists to fill, fill, fill. >> a federal court found walgreens substantially contributed to the crisis. they created a public nuisance in san francisco. walgreens responded in a statement saying walgreens disputes liability and there is no admission of fault in the settlement agreement.
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we never marketed opioids nor did we distribute them to pill mills and pharmacies. a five-year-old boy was found inside the house where his mother was murdered and her boyfriend was shot. today police are pleading for help finding the boy's father because they believe he is the shooter. 33-year-old von of san mateo is not been seen since the shooting around 2 p.m.. police released details today. they believe that they entered a home in hayward and shot their x, monique. a 20-year-old man she was dating was also shot. the man remains hospitalized in critical condition. the five-year-old boy who was there was not physically injured. while this was not a random act, they should be considered armed and dangerous. >> he has ties to the bay area, ties to the city area. he does have relatives that live
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local and so those avenues are being explored. >> if you see him do not approach him, call your local authorities. >> san jose police say a high school student brought a loaded ghost gun to school. resource officers from willow glen high arrest of the student, confiscating the gun around noon. they had to chase the student to make the arrest. nobody hurt, san jose police are investigating. happening tonight antioch teenagers speaking their minds with the police chief, stephen ford. this is a series of community listening sessions with the chief set up after the revelations of the racist texting scandal at the police department. abc 7 news reporter has a preview. >> police officers are responders. they are supposed to be our heroes, not necessarily our abusers. so there is some tension, there is apprehension. there's a whole lot of pessimism. >> many in antioch believe it's
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time for the walls to come down between the public and police. it needs to start with the youth. >> this is the first step toward them knowing that they are being seen as humans and not targets. >> chantel pastors. they will host a series of community forums with antioch police chief stephen ford and local teenagers. it is in response to the recently uncovered police department racist texting scandal. >> teenagers need help. they needed to be heard. they have been silenced because of the violence. but they also need to be healed. >> last week they held a session about topics that teens want to discuss. coming up, policies, procedures and outcomes they want the police chief to consider. new officers, new cadets, what are you doing, what kind of training are they getting? one teenager mentioned is there ongoing training?
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>> the forum is at 7 p.m. at genesis church in antioch. there will be a form of the naacp and in the high school's library at 6:30 p.m.. >> we have a host of platforms in light of the recent developments, to be intentional about working with the community. >> the local chapter of the naacp welcomes this type of forum with the police chief. >> healing and the ability to bridge relationships needs to start somewhere. >> they say this is not meant to be a platform to praise police, rather teach the youth that they matter and how to get involved. >> they are open to using their voice. that is the most important thing, they know that their voices do matter. >> in antioch, abc 7 news. >> former san francisco mayor willie brown and ben crump have budged their support for a class-action lawsuit against wells fargo. they made the announcement together. it accused the
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francisco-based bank from denying mortgage loans to minority applicants at an unprecedented rate during the pandemic. >> when the lawyers through the damage that had been done into the factual support for that, i said count me in. when this decision is made. it will be the kind of leadership that may very well change the entire nation. >> wells fargo previously denied wrongdoing and says it has a long-term commitment to closing the minority homeownership cap. the bank is the nation's largest lender. front-line workers from ucsf hit the picket lines demanding better pay. this protest took place at the parnassus campus in san francisco at the exact same time that you see legions were meeting to approve raises for university chancellors. meantime many employees including student workers say they are still fighting to get
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$25 an hour. >> i am very angry because i have to work 16 hours a day. two full-time jobs in order to try to make ends meet and be able to meet the needs of my family. it is pretty hard to do when you are struggling for fair wages. >> a spokesperson said every employee is paid at or above california minimum wage or their city minimum wage. they went on to say the university looks forward to resuming union negotiations in the fall. >> california's transportation commission is meeting, expected to vote on a proposal that would turn a stretch of highway 37 into a toll road. if approved tolls will be enforced between sears point and mare island in solano county. this would start in 2027 and pay for future roadway improvements. >> public transportation agencies including bar have said that they need a major rescue from the state or they will have to cut service drastically.
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earlier today at 3 p.m. we asked state senator scott weiner what he thinks is the solution to the problem. >> it is solvable. we need a billion dollars a year for the whole state, every transit system in the state for five years. which in the context of our budget is very doable. but that amount will allow us to avoid these problems. >> in governor newsom did not make any changes to transportation operational funding. he is calling for tübingen dollars to be cut from transportation capital projects. >> los angeles dodgers are uninviting a popular drug group from their planned pride night promotion on june 16. the decision to exclude the sisters of perpetual indulgence is due to controversy. the group was founded in san francisco in 1977 and has members in cities all over the world including los angeles. no exact reason given for the dodgers decision but the team tweeted given the strong
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feelings of people who have been offended by the sisters inclusion in our evening and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that we've seen over the years of pride night, we decided to remove them from this year's group of honorees. >> new developments, the state and acting a full ban on tiktok. the rapidly rising rates of depression across america and using art to help your mental health. celebrating five decades after a historic win. >> i am meteorologist san a power outage is looming. that's just alert, he's always getting worked up about something. flex alerts notify us of preventable power outages. that way we always know when to help stop one. ok flex, just drop some knowledge on me again. oh, ok i will - i'll turn our thermostat to 78... i'll unplug the blender. the hair dryer. - my blankie? - yep! - let's talk about it! - nope. ooo, we can save the laundry til' the morning! oh, yes please! oh! little things like this help save our power
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ask your doctor about ibrance, a pfizer product. >> elizabeth holmes most report to prison on may 30. a judge made the ruling a day after a federal appeals court denied her request to remain out of prison as she appeals her conviction. she has to pay more than 452 million dollars in restitution to those harmed by her crimes. she was sentenced to 11 years in prison last year for defrauding investors in the blood testing scam. >> new concerns about senator dianne feinstein. audio has been made public of her exchange yesterday with an los angeles times reporter. >> what have you heard? >> about what? >> about your return? >> i have not been gone. >> ok.
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>> you should follow -- i have not been gone, i've been working. >> you been working from home? >> no, i have been here. i have been voting. please, either know or don't know. >> the 89-year-old returned to the capital last week after spending more than two months in san francisco recovering from shingles and today the los angeles times reporter who spoke with senator feinstein weighed in on the exchange. >> there is a terrible interpretation of this. she has been back for a week. maybe she thought i was talking about the last week, but given what has been reported and had been reported over the last couple of years, it seemed in-line with that. we were trying to show what she is like right now. we do not get a lot of opportunities to hear her talk, this was important for that reason. >> a spokes person for the senator has declined to comment. she is not seeking reelection. >> local activists are demanding action to stop fossil fuel power ships from idling their engines
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in california ports including oakland. two dozen people rallied outside the san francisco office of the environmental protection agency. they are calling on the agency to authorize california's rules to eliminate what they say is climate warming. life shortening pollution from the vessels. >> technology exists, we have to implement it and say to the shippers enough is enough. if you are going to ship, we are ok with economic development overseas, but you have to do it in a clean fashion because our workers, residents and planet need that protection. >> epa says reducing air pollution is a top priority and it is currently reviewing public comments it has received on at birth regulations for california's oceangoing vessels. >> let's get a check on the forecast. warm and sunny. who's got a problem with that? >> it brightened up quickly. >> inland areas did get sunshine and larry is saying warm and sunny, who is complaining.
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it is foggy and cool. let me show you live doppler seven. fog is hugging parts of point rays, the san mateo coast, half moon bay, as we check out the wider perspective. fog up and down the coast, sierras seeing an isolated thunderstorm once again. temperatures are running lower than where they were, 11 degrees cooler in santa rosa, six degrees drop in san jose and oakland is running seven degrees lower. wind is gusting. will remain on the breezy side as we head into tomorrow. still breezy and then tomorrow afternoon the sea breeze will strengthen, over 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts will lead to cooling as we look at a live picture from our golden gate camera. barely a peak of blue. the fog is keeping things gray over the golden gate bridge.
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palo alto in the 70's, 50 five half moon bay. here is a view from half moon bay where it is beautiful over the shark tank. 75 novato, 78 santa rosa. from our emeryville camera you can see the marine layer as we look past san francisco. patchy fog and drizzle overnight, breezy and gusty tomorrow and our cooling trend will continue through saturday before we see things turning around again. tomorrow morning, it will be widespread fog and a low cloudiness with spotty drizzle into the afternoon and evening. low clouds as we would expect in may will hang around near the beach. temperatures in the upper 40's to the lower 50's. you will need an extra layer tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon it will be nice. upper 70's to mid 80's, breezy inland, went along the coach, temperatures in the 50's. 82 santa rosa, 75 san rafael.
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68 oakland, 76 in san jose 71 in palo alto. here is the accuweather 70 forecast, a breezy and cool thursday. the cooling continues for a couple days in inland and bayside communities. coolest day is saturday, temperatures rise for sunday for those who want to get out and enjoy the warmth. it will be warmer on monday with upper 80's inland, we will keep the mild spring weather going for the new work week. this is that time of year when as you both know kristen and larry, temperatures go up and down and up and down. minor ups and downs is what we are expecting. >> it was warm and sunny where i was. i cannot be everywhere, sorry. >> it's all about him. >> i want it to be warm and sunny everywhere. >> it was inland, it was nice. >> the people in half moon bay like it that way. there are people who love the fog. >> that's right.
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california condors will receive a vaccine for a string of avian flu that threatens to wipe out the critically endangered species. the federal government says it gave emergency approval after condors died. there are fewer than 350 california condors in the wild from the pacific northwest to baja, california. >> a california teenager going pro at the tender age of 15 and this is a history making move. >> in 1973 this little g pigtails became the first woman to win the famous race. 50 years later we are speaking
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>> an athlete is making hockey history, the first-ever american female drafted into the western hockey league. irene cruz from our sister station in los angeles has her story. >> at 15, morgan from redondo beach has been drafted into the western hockey league as the second ever female player in the first ever female american player. the w hl is a junior ice hockey league based in western canada and the northwestern u.s.. >> i'm a little bit nervous, but i am really excited and i have the whole summer to prepare.
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>> s to bet of the playedor jior kings at st. mary's school in minnesota. before that she played in manhattan beach. she is the youngest of five kids oriented around sports. >> she has always been -- wanted to play at flag football like her brothers or doing things that were not necessarily girl things. >> ever since she started playing at five years old her brother watched her play against boys. >> you make a mistake playing with a boys team, they will try to blame you. they might do that or other players will say it's the girl but you've got to hold your ground and be a stone cold killer. >> playing against male counterparts does not faze her. >> i focus on having a good game and pressure does not worry me. >> she has been inspired by players like alex rigsby. >> alex played on the u.s.
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olympic team for the longest time and ever since i was young i had her jersey and i met her one day and it was so cool. i thought it was the coolest moment ever. >> she will start training in portland later this year. >> she told us she was going to be the goalie on the u.s. olympic team and i would've was tell her someone has got to be so why not you. >> i know how much work she puts in and how much she deserves this success. awesome to see if you recognize at a national level. >> irene cruz, abc 7 news. >> 15 years old, that's incredible. what were we doing at 15? >> can re-sign her now. >> she already is. speaking of the future and the money she is going to make, warriors star steph curry in elite company. >> he ranks eighth on the list compiled by forbes earning 100 million dollars over the last 12
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months. >> three soccer players top the list, all international stars. rinaldo messi and killian earning 130 6, 130 million respectively. akers start lebron james finished just outside the top three. a paltry $119 million. boxer, golfers at six and seven followed by steph curry. >> the highest ranked woman is tennis legend serena williams. coming in at 49th earning an estimated $45 million. these totals include not just salary but also endorsement deals. >> most of serena's money is coming from endorsement deals. i'm not sure if people realize this but salaries will jump significantly with the next tv contract. soccer players and formula one drivers in europe make a fortune, double what american
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stars make but their market size is much smaller. it is european mostly, they have a following around the world. you would think lebron and steph curry but it's the soccer stars. >> soccer gets more views around the world. >> there are many sports in which you can make so much money that you reach the top. >> you just have to be an elite level athlete, otherwise easy. >> if you'd suffer from depression, you are not alone. the reasons behind growing rates of depression across the u.s.. >> everything is not perfect, so how do you handle it? >> how
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> depression is more widespread than ever in the u.s. according to a new study. one six adults say they are receiving treatment, 18% of the nation's population and an increase of more than 7% since 20 15 when gallup started the pole. women and young adults experience the greatest increases. mental health experts say the pandemic took a toll on mental health. awareness around mental health has grown which could lead to higher rates of diagnosis. >> when you are suffering from depression you can feel broken. may is mental health awareness month and today we are dealing at an art that can mend not only broken items but works as healing therapy. one woman in sonoma teaches the art of kintsugi to show that life's imperfections can
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actually be perfect. ♪ >> when something bre know, we tend to throw away but we do not have to throw away. and do not feel bad about it, you know? we look at things and even if it is imperfect, we can admire or adore the object. kintsugi is a practice of mending ceramic pieces. japanese people practice it the time which was 600 years ago. my name
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how do i describe myself? i grew up in komodo making school in japan. i was living with 80 students in my house, that was my house. it was a school. my parents were operating it. that was my life, just growing up, since i was a baby. when i come home from school as a student there is a arranging class or a japanese harp class or calligraphy, dance classes. it is just in me. i am an artist. student in the united states. society has given you as an artist, how do you make a living. art is like a hobby.
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i thought why don't i do what i love to do? are absolutely focusing your attention and it is a form of meditation and it's not something that everyone else is telling you to do. looking at kintsugi, even if it is broken, you can repair the peace in imbuing the new life. kin means gold and connect. in traditional kintsugi we use sap to connect the pieces and also gold powder. the quickest way to complete is about six months but the bigger project will take two years or even longer, so it is such a very precious process.
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years ago, using modern materials. we are using resin lacquer and using powder and a pox see. we can finish completing in one hour. having online classes and we are teaching the care of each person. i just started an in person workshop. everyone comes to the workshop for different reasons. they are openly speaking about peace and there is a connection in the class, the participants as well.
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uplifting. looking at broken pieces is really horrible and it could apply to your life in to something unexpected that happens. it happens all the time. how do you handle it? themselves including myself. we judge ourselves too much. kintsugi is not judgmental. let's fix it. it is a happy mistake. i may sound so positive about everything, but i just feel happier when everyone completes a piece, yes.
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>> i love that concept that the beauty of imperfection is beautiful. if you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues there are resources available. find our list at abc 7 news.com/take action. >> america's obsession with game shows an
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new york city police are investigating a chase involving prince harry and meghan markle. a spokesperson says paparazzi chased them last night after megan was honored at the women of vision awards. harry calls the situation near catastrophic saying they were on the phone, running red lights, reversing on one-way streets and actually driving on the sidewalks. not lead tocr and no one was h. sandhya joining us. you think of princess diana in 1997, we know how that ended. >> so dangerous, sad, traffic into did we not learn anything? and personally as someone who has lost a loved one in a car accident it is just like none of it is worth it. it is just not. i don't know. i don't know. >> for a photo. they are pacing around for a photo as if we have never seen
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meghan markle in a photo. >> you cannot really stop the paparazzi. they want to get that exact picture at the exact time and they are going to do whatever it takes. you know how they are. you've seen it before. >> does thing we can do as consumers is not by those magazines in which their picture appears and if there is no market for the photos then perhaps they will stop with those tactics. more trouble for tiktok today. montana's governor has signed a bill making the state the first to ban the popular app within its borders. the law would not penalize individuals but app stores that violate the law would face fines of 10,000 per violation. the band will take effect next year. if someone knows how this could be enforced, please let me know because i've been trying to think how could they enforce that. it's up to the stores to not let you in montana download it, but you could be in montana and use a vpn. how would they ever know?
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larry, do you see a way to enforce this or is it political chatter? >> we would need an i.t. person to weigh in on this. i know there is a way that you can geo-fence signals so that you can get some things in some locations, but vpn, virtual private network. so many people use that anyway to protect their data, it would seem hard to enforce. i understand the downside of what they are concerned about but to me and you would probably agree with me, this is about making the headlines as opposed to enforcing something. >> yes. there is pushback, aclu, different organizations are saying this cannot happen and that sort of thing so we will see. >> i'm sure your kids are on tiktok, this will make them unpopular with young people. >> well i will say, to out of my three kids are not on any sort of social media. only one. >> good parenting.
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i bow down to you. >> she said that she knows of. who knows what burner accounts these children have. >> they are so smart. >> now we have incredible video out of florida. a seven-year-old catcher was engulfed by a dust devil tournament tournament. look at this thing swirling around out of nowhere. sand and debris spiraling around this trial before the 17-year-old umpire picked up that kid, moved him out of the way and then after a quick rinse, they just kept on playing in the dust devil -- what is this phenomenon we are watching? >> it's like a mini tor involving dust and it can be as strong as an ef zero which is the weakest form of tornado on the scale. it can be strong enough to obviously do what you just saw. pretty crazy stuff. >> how would it be at home plate
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and not the whole infield? it is concentrated in 16 by six box? >> it's just one location. i can tell you why it was specifically at that location. >> let's hear it for the umpire. >> yes, that was awesome. >> quick thinking. >> a show airing tonight on abc highlights the american tv past time, game shows. >> abc news reporter morgan and your word looks at the -- morgan norwood looks at the classic. let's hear it from them. >> this is jeopardy. >> from the reviewer's q&a of jeopardy to the puzzle of wheel of fortune. game shows have a hold on american television and its viewers. but why? professor of psychology at montclair state university says it comes down to connection. >> one of the biggest reasons is contestants in the game shows
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are like us in the audience. they look like us, sound like us, they know the same kinds of things as us so we can identify with them quite well. >> once we are cne>> game showso get you more excited and motivated to see a great finish to a game or see someone do something well. >> that great finish coupled with the grand prize tends to make us fantasize. >> what what i'd do with that money to make my life better or my loved ones lives better? it is something about the dream of it that gets people excited about game shows. >> you can learn more about game shows on the game show show tonight at 10:00 on the abc 7. it is tremendously named. what are the differences? one of the differences between kristen and myself, kristin is a jeopardy person. i am a wheel of fortune guy. >> it's true, i've been
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jeopardy masters this week and last. so good, larry. >> sandhya and dan can attest to this. do not talk to me before 11:00 if family feud is on. the last round, i love it. >> ama is zoned i realize he was talking to her. so you are the only person we don't know what your favorite game show is. >> like larry i loved wheel of fortune growing up. that does not mean that i'm good at it. >> you never know, have you tried auditioning? >> no. i have not tried auditioning. >> screaming at the tv when you know the puzzle and when the person there needs one letter and come on. >> i think we like competition and we like to test our wits. we like winning money, let's face it. >> there's a zillion game shows and steve harvey host almost all of them. all right, that
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>> mate is asian american pacific island or month and all month long we are sharing stories about the community. today a look at caring for elders and the lack of resources available to the growing senior asian population in america. abc's em has the story. >> they are almost in a completely different world. >> isabel spent years working with seniors from fitness to
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rehab to hospice care. while she says the care was exceptional, she realized she would never send her chinese grandparents there. >> they would not enjoy it, not benefit from it. there are too many differences. >> stark differences between what american senior care facilities offer and what she feels her elders need. >> when my grandma went to the hospital there was a huge communication piece that became an issue. >>'s not just the language barrier, it is potential loneliness, the culture and the food. >> having food that they are familiar with is something that brought them comfort. >> despite the census finding asian americans as one of the fastest growing groups of elders, there is a scarcity of resources. a 2020 aarp study american caregivers more often reported caring for a parent than whites and african-americans. between 4015 and 2020 there was a rise in asian americans who
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felt like they had no choice in their caregiving role. other races did not report a change in those five years. >> why do you think it's so different between asian households? >> there is a focus i on your needs. when it comes to growing up in an asian american family, any time you make a decision it's not really about us. >> in 2009 after her grandfather suffered a stroke they struggle to find a group home that focused on asian care. she found two of them in maryland. aarp telling abc news there is a need for linguist to clean relevant care for elders. the stereotype that all do not need support is inaccurate. the challenges are invisible due to the lack of research and data. in 2020 she came out with her book. the value of wrinkles. it goes through a lot of stages in your life. tell me more about it. >> so i really just wrote about
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my experience. a lot of people think that i always loved over -- older adults. i went from grumpy to being grateful. >> she is dedicated to assembling guides for the aging asian population. >> caring is a blessing and not a burden. >> abc news, maryland. >> we can learn a lot from our elders. >> we are all going to age. if we should be so lucky. >> there is -- let's not even go there. let's go to sandhya and talk about -- is itndoo teathar eer?t it's only wednesday. >> it is only wednesday but people are making plans. graduations, weddings. t'le'if you are heading up to te or reno there is a flood watch issued from 8 p.m. tomorrow, it runs until monday night.
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the reason is the warm weather. 72 tomorrow afternoon in tahoe. it is going to be warm up and down the state and inland areas. that will cause snowmelt which is concerning as rivers and streams will be running high. locally we have a fog and cloudiness along the coast. it will stick around tomorrow. cooler day today. that continues tomorrow. breezy inland, upper 50's to the 80's for thursday. accuweather 70 forecast, temperatures will drop off before we see a turnaround warming back up for the second half of the weekend. low 60's to mid 80's and warmer toward monday. >> looks great. since we are talking about the weekend, mount diablo state park is announcing closures for road repairs that will begindaate ro. those repairs will rebuild an area damaged by storms.
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on abc 7 we started 8:00. jeopardy masters followed by celebrity wheel of fortune at 10:00. the game show show and then abc 7 news at 11:00. this year marks 50 years sincene first female to win the bay areas iconic dipsy race. liz kreutz met up with marietta blanchard today to talk about how she accomplished this at just 10 years old. >> this is my monist dipsy trophy from 1973. >> this trophy and memorabilia marietta is showing us represent a major feat. >> this is the shirt they gave out. >> in 1973 at 10 years old wearing glasses and to win thetaig iconic dipsys, r. the seven mile race that goes to stinson beach. you were so determined. >> yes. i loved getting to the part e fish line at the end.
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her parents ran 50 marathons. her brother wanda dipsea race twice. marietta started so young she had to get specially made shoes that cost her family $300. >> i startedngni when ias w vefi years old.un so for me, running was not that much of a challenge. i had trained on twin peaks and run plenty of hill training to prepare for it. >> the race began right here on these stairs in 1905. for decades, women were not allowed to compete. marietta says when she first began running in the race in the 10's, she had to enter using her p ninitials so people would not know she was a girl. >> we were not allowed to run in the race but we got away with it. >> marietta has dipsea when turn her into a star. she won betandas featured on the cover of runner's world in 1974.
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with the pigtails. >> it keeps all the hair out of your face so you can concentrate on going forward. >> 50 years later, now 60, she still runs six miles a day. >> it is tough. i've got 168 thousand miles on my legs, which is probably a lot more than most people's car. >> in june she will run the race again for what she thinks will be her 39th time. continuing to blaze a trail for all the women following in her footsteps. >> we do not quit. we are going to keep going. we are going to be in your face and run this race as long as we can. >> in mill valy,le kizzut still going strong. it is awesome that she has the t-shirt and the sneakers from the race. how many five-year-olds are running marathons? that is absolutely amazing. that is going to do it for this
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