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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: social media. today, the vote that could impact the news that gets cycled into your feed. kumasi: the debt ceiling has cleared the house of representatives and now has to clear the senate, with four days left until the deadline. reggie: the nba finals kickoff on abc seven. the unusual wage being presented by one of the team's state's governor. jobina: somebody involved. reggie: a lot of s's. good morning, it is june 1. i am still trying to figure out how to put on my rainbow button without hurting this jacket. kumasi: just put it on their. drew: good morning.
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i paid it this morning. reggie: on the first day of the month? drew: june gloom is here us. dense fog out there in the north bay, santa rosa, down to about a mile and a half. elsewhere, we are doing ok but we have overcast skies to begin part of the morning. santa rosa improved to three miles, so i began flowing. it is chilly at santa rosa, 47 degrees right now. low to mid-50's to get you out the door on your thursday. future weather is showing as pockets of dense fog in the north bay. some cloud cover over parts of the east bay and south bay with increasing sunshine as the afternoon goes on. some of our warmest spots getting closer to 80 degrees today, so we do have a warming
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trend getting underway here today, and then accelerating as we head into the upcoming weekend. increasing sunshine in the east bay.warmest temperatures in the upper 70's to near 80 degrees. around the bay shoreline, mid-60's and mid-70's with increasing sunshine for the first day of june. let's check traffic with jobina. jobina: so far, no advisories or blocking issues, so we start off with our live cameras in the east bay, beginning with 880 at the coliseum and headlights southbound for your reference. our busiest stretch found his westbound on 80 through emeryville towards the maze. we wrap up with drive times, tracy to dublin around 43 minutes. slower than usual in that area. everything else is on time. i will let you know if anything changes. kumasi: today, california lawmakers will have their first vote on a plan that would require not just facebook but google and microsoft to pay up
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to local news outlets the news they are sharing on their sites. amanda del castillo was breaking down everything you need to know. amanda: it is called the journalism preservation act with the idea of preserving journalism, but what could this mean for the average user of platforms like meta, google or microsoft? it could mean it could limit any access to news content on your own feed. the bill is under consideration in sacramento. later today, as mentioned, state lawmakers will have their first vote on the plan from east bay assemblywoman buffy wicks. it would require formerly facebook's meta and others to give 70% of certain profits, was the goal of giving the money to journalists. outlets that add content to the platform experience. a spokesperson for metta said if the journalism preservation act
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passes, we will be forced to remove news from facebook and instagram. a similar requirement was put in place and r -- place in australia, and then companies may deals with news outlets. there are plenty of questions, one being, have journalists in australia benefited with the change their? those familiar with the overseas development say it is too hard to tell. >> there needs to be a guarantee that the money goes to the newsroom and not the board room. amanda: you just portillo, the deputy chief executive of the union representing journalists in australia. he says, clearly, there are big sums of money involved and some evidence that the hurting media landscape has stabilized there, but he emphasizes it is too hard to tell. there is a lot more to comb through this morning but now, live outside of meta headquarters, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. reggie: new developments in the
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high-stakes dealing at the u.s. capitol where the house approved a bill to avoid the nation from defaulting on its debt while cutting government spending over the next two years, food stamps, retirement accounts and other areas are hanging in the balance. democrats votes. jobina is here with what comes next. jobina: the deal brokered by president biden and speaker mccarthy now heads to the senate. senate leaders plan to work fast with financial markets watching now and the june 5 deadline around the corner. the legislation calls for pulling back billions of unused covid relief and irs funding, ending the student repayment loan freeze august 10 preserving social security, medicaid and veterans benefits. although the deal is moving forward, some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are not happy here. >> deficit reduction cannot just
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be about cutting programs that working families, the children, the sick, the elderly depend on. >> instead of confronting it head-on on, this deal is racked with [indiscernible] agreement a bipartisan compromise, saying it protects critical programs for families, students and veterans. the senate chamber has four days to pass the bill or the u.s. could run out of money to cover his bills. kumasi: thank today, the man accused of stabbing an employee at a san francisco chinatown bakery is due in court to be arraigned. this is happening as we are learning new details about the suspect. 61 -- the 61-year-old previous connections to the bakery on stockton street.
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the owner says the same man stabbed his father in portsmouth square back in 2016. a witness took a photo of the suspect after the attack and the employee was critically injured. according to court documents, it happened 10 days after he was released from jail. >> when we have someone who not only attempts to kill a resident in the past but now apparently has committed the same type of behavior, these are exactly the types of cases that concern us and that we make sure we take a closer look at. kumasi: the district attorney says it was the california department of corrections' decision to release him on parole. he is due in court at 9:00 this morning. salinas, a man is dead after he was shot and killed by a monterey county deputy, ending in hours long-standing. authorities say the man first opened fire at a sheriff's deputy while he was serving an eviction notice yesterday
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morning. officials say the man barricaded himself inside a home. >> i just want to thank the public for their patience during this very tragic incident. i am going to let the public know that the suspect that we tried to get to peacefully surrender continued firing on law enforcement agencies, endangering the folks behind me, they are officers and the public. reggie: the county sheriff says the deputy injured is expected to survive but will have a long recovery. he is a 17 year veteran of the monterey county sheriff's office. more help is on the way for northern california residents hit hard by winter storms. count matters reports the state is putting $95 million toward a program to help undocumented flood victims. the funds will be available starting in june for affected counties in major disaster areas. residents and paul haro have protested to try to expedite the relief.
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households eligible could qualify for up to $4500. kumasi: san jose city council will consider a proposal to open the largest rv site in the bay area. it is near the fleamarket and would house up to 85 vehicles. the mayor said this would help to consolidate rv's now on city streets to one location and provide services to help residents move into permanent housing. advocates a safe parking sites, like the one in mountain view, have been successful. >> crime goes down, vandalism goes down, the cost efficiency goes up. it is a lower cost and are starting people to get on track for permanent in many cases., you are literally savingtheir lives the land is privately owned. if approved, the city would lease the parcels for 10 years at a kumasi:. nba finals are set with the nuggets battling the miami heat starting today right here on abc 7.
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here is an unusual proposal from the governor of colorado. the governor is offering a friendly bet that involves the happiest place on earth. he tweeted the florida governor ron desantis and disney in the same message saying that if the denver nuggets beat the miami heat, disney world should move to colorado. colorado state, the actual happiest place on earth. neither desantis nor disney responded. disney is the parent company of abc 7. a lot of drama in that tweet. reggie: there sure is. kumasi: let's talk about this drama, you can watch the nba finals right here on abc 7. game one is tonight at 5:00 p.m. game two is sunday at 4:30. coverage for game three starts on a wednesday, june 7 at 5:00, and then game four is friday, june 9 at 5:00. reggie: i friendly bet. drew: i don't know. reggie: i don't think it is friendly. drew: that was a little intense.
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a little loaded. we will keep our eyes on the anton live doppler 7. a couple of things are happening . we have another upper level low in the pacific northwest that will scoop to the north and not cross california but keep temperatures in check, maybe a degree or two below normal today, but then this ridge of high pressure will begin to influence our weather late today into the upcoming weekend, bringing about warmer temperatures in a compressed marine layer. we will see a little of that this morning. dense fog north bay. clouds over the city right now. they are not too low because you can see the skyline this morning. decreasing clouds throughout the morning. into the afternoon, it is a warmer afternoon, close to 80 degrees in our warmest spots inland around the bay shoreline with upper 60's on today. we will feel a bit warmer. 69 oakland. 75 san jose.
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78 santa rosa. 80's from fairfield to antioch but the coast remains pretty cool with upper 50's for half moon bay. look at the three-day forecast. temperatures finally going above average to start out the weekend. even warmer on sunday. we will show you the complete weekend forecast coming up. reggie: after nearly a year being recalled as the attorney, he has a new gig. what he calls his most ambitious project yet. kumasi: congrats are in order for one rare word, a wild success to first-time parents at the oakland zoo. reggie: it is pride month, we are visiting the castro for a preview of how the city plans to celebrate. kumasi: live look running is awesome.
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♪ and restore the goodness. babybel join the goodness. reggie: the current state treasurer announced she is running for lieutenant governor of california. if elected, she would be the first asian-american and second woman ever elected to that role. she previously served on the board of supervisors and in the california state assembly. the election for office will be in 2026.
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the former san francisco district attorney is launching what he calls his most ambitious project yet, becoming the first executive director of the new criminal law and justice center at uc berkeley school of law. he says the center will serve as a hub of research and advocacy. the focus is to fight for law and policy changes in the criminal justice system. he was recalled as d.a. of san francisco in 2022, 3 years after being elected. kumasi: the homelessness crisis, cleanliness and safety, some of the biggest priorities in san francisco for mayor breed's budget the next two years, $14.6 billion every year includes money for 228 new police officers, funding to try to get people off the streets and into shelters, and supported housing increased to 3%. the mayor said she is not afraid to cut money from programs that do not deliver. >> i know some decisions will not be popular, but i don't care.
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i did not become mayor to be afraid to do this job the way it needs to be done. kumasi: to help restore downtown, the budget aims to bring new businesses and by delivering tax incentives. the board needs to approve the budget so the mayor can sign up by august 1. reggie: this morning is the official month of pride month. tim johns went to the castro to talk to people in the neighborhood about how they plan to celebrate. tim: in the castro district, many businesses are hard at work, preparing for one of their busiest times of the year. >> we are definitely seeing the norm of events come back, you know. the pride branch. the family -- the pride br unch, of family pride event. tim: throughout june, dozens of events will be held throughout the castro and city, not least of all, san francisco's pride parade at the end of the month.
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it is a businesses, says the president of the merchants association. >> june is our bread and butter of the year, where we see the kickoff were things propelled. >> all the old favorites are set to come back for pride this year with new additions, as well. tim: they include a brand-new pride flag, set to be unveiled this friday, and new banners lining the neighborhood. >> everything is getting refreshed and changed out and bright and shiny for pride. tim: this year celebrations come at an all-important time. around the country, hundreds of anti-lgbtq laws have either been pastor being considered, all the more reason for people to come out and show support for the queer community. >> over time, i think, progress and love are winning, but it is making people in some places really scared. tim: for many in this part of the city, there was nowhere else they would rather be. >> it is so important that people know that san francisco is a safe place to be who you
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are, and that you can come here and be yourself and be supportive. tim: tim johns, abc 7 news. reggie: and it is never pride month without the san francisco pride parade. abc 7 is a proud sponsor. you can watch the parade live on sunday, june 25, right here on abc 7 and on our streaming tv app, our very own abc 7 mornings anchor team will be hosting the coverage. and that will be yes. drew: we will be there, sunday morning. screaming and cheering. reggie: we sure will, and this morning on abc 7 at 7:00, our streaming show which happens after abc 7 mornings, we will announce the entertainment for this year's pride. we are also going to be talking about a celebrity who will be joining us as part of the parade route. that will be exciting, so we hope you can watch at 7:00 for that. kumasi: yes. drew: it is time! [laughter] it really is the best time of the year. this morning, we are starting
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off or may ended, a little gloom but sunshine and warm temperatures as the afternoon goes on, so june gloom in parts of the region, warming trend through the end of the week.by the weekend, we will find above average temperatures moving in. saturday and sunday is looking very nice across our region. highs in the microclimate starting in the south bay, a warmer compared to yesterday, closer to average. 75 san jose. the same in gilroy, good air quality. along the peninsula, partly cloudy with cloud cover for half moon bay. pacifica in the 50's. redwood city at 73. 72 for mountain view. downtown today a bit of sunshine. 65 there. upper 50's 50's to lower 60's with a little more cloud cover close to the ocean. in the north bay, 70's, if not low 80's this afternoon. 80 the high-end calistoga. 73 petaluma. the same in vallejo. the east bay with increasing
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sunshine and getting close to average this time of the year. england, we are average of the upper 70's to low 80's later this afternoon. tonight, our marine layer continues to get compressed, so we see a mixture of stars and clouds. our coldest spots dropping into the 40's. tomorrow we see warmer weather move in, and then those numbers really accelerate over the weekend. do realize the coast does stay relatively cool. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. sunny and warmer this afternoon with a warming trend that continues over the week. sunday is the warmer of the two days but we have a wide range of temperatures. cool along the coast, warm, if not hot, inland and then back down to average later this week. jobina: good morning. we have a new report coming in from the chp of an encampment fire. it is going to be at eight and brian streets, so underneath 80 when you are approaching or coming off the bay bridge.
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it does not appear to impact lanes but they could be smoked, so a heads up there. the san rafael bridge, nice and clear. getting busy in walnut creek as we show you are traffic on 680. you see taillights where everyone is traveling southbound. another round of drive times, tracy to dublin increased to 52 minutes. everything else on time. kumasi: coming up, the 7 reggie: to know this morning. a new push for automatic braking systems and all new vehicles. with the move could mean fo
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from yesterday so the court could find a translator. reggie: number four, livermore approved new fines for fireworks at parties. the fines could be up to $500 and it goes into effect june 22. drew: number five, as the month of june begins, we see a warming trend get underway here, pretty much back to average this afternoon, and then temperatures go above average to start off the upcoming weekend. jobina: number six, our biggest issue from the chp is reported encampment fire in san francisco at eighth and brian streets underneath highway 80. just to give you a heads up. it should not be blocking any lanes. kumasi: number seven, the n finals start tonight, only here on abc 7. the miami heat take on the denver nuggets in denver at 5:00 p.m. the oakland zoo is celebrating the arrival of a rare eight, a -- ape. those you has not determined the gender yet those you has not determined the gender yet.
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the to the zoo and 2019. they were matched with species survival plan with may coming from omaha and renée from florida. they are extremely loyal to one another. with the zoo saying that when they bond, it is for life. reggie: california's proposed right to repair has passed the senate, which requires companies to make tools available so third parties can fix the device. americans spend an average of $1700 a year by new gadgets while sending nearly 7 million tons of broken ones to landfills. the bill is now headed to the assembly. federal regulators want all new cars have automatic braking. the automatic emergency braking system will stop or slow a car when a hazardous detected. the new rules would require it on all passenger cars.
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90% of new vehicles have theaev systems, but not all would meet stricter standards. that means manufacturers could choose to raise the price, passing the cost to update vehicles the consumer. kumasi: a new report finds nearly 4 million key is have airbags with a potential text -- kias with the potential to explode. the airbags are under investigation for insulators that have the potential to explode when they deployed. the findings come from a 2016 letter from kia affecting vehicles between 12,000 and two a 16 with the potentially flawed airbags -- 2000 and 2016 with the potential flawed airbags. reggie: coming up at 5:30, the feature on amazon's alexa that will soon go away. kumasi: the truth is out there and nasa would like to get to the bottom of it. what the agency announced about their investigation into ufos. reggie: first, a live look at sfo. 5:26. >> you can see everyone is here. so excited.
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: now at 5:38, a development in the case against former president trump involving classified documents. the audio recording prosecutors now say they have of trump himself. kumasi: a shakeup in silicon valley. major companies announcing that worst losses in another round of layoffs. reggie: you better watch where you watch fireworks.
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one bay area city trying a new tactic to catch you at that next summer house party. kumasi: it is thursday, june 1. happy pride. reggie: we start with a look at the weather. drew: good morning. may gray ends but june gloom begins with a fair amount of cloud cover above this morning. we had dense fog the last half-hour in parts of the north bay. santa rosa has improved to four miles, so where we have low line fog, it is ebbing and flowing. some of the coolest numbers are found in the north bay. 47 santa rosa. oakland 54. that extra layer, you will need it the next couple of hours in the morning, but the afternoon is looking warmer and more closer to average this time of year. i 10:00 a.m., increasing sunshine and later this afternoon, our warmest areas get close to 80 degrees, if not hitting that number in fairfield and antioch today. 79 concord. 65 in the city with sunshine. near 70 oakland. 75 san jose.
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close to average in santa rosa at 78 degrees. we will look at the warmer weather the next couple of days and a few minutes. let's check in with jobina on traffic. jobina: a live picture from the bay bridge. no metering lights yet but one it to highlight the bridge because if you are traveling towards 8th and brian streets, driving on 80 itself, you may run into smoke. the chp is reporting an encampment fire in the area. so far, no lanes have been impacted, just potential for visibility at the san mateo bridge. everything is at the limit just fine and then we wrap up with drive times. no changes to the highway commute yet. tracy dublin has decreased in drivetime. reggie: one east city is trying to crackdown on illegal fireworks.livermore is looking to shut down fireworks at the parties. abc 7's gloria rodríguez is in the newsroom to describe that. gloria: good morning. all fireworks are illegal in livermore, including the safe
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and sane ones that may be legal and other cities. a police department spokesperson says that has been hard to enforce because officers had to see someone actually sitting off a firework. the new fireworks ordinance will change that just in time for the fourth of july holiday. the city council approved amendments to the law. the intent is to hold a host of social gatherings responsible when the person who set off the firework cannot be identified. the livermore spokesperson said officers can use their own observations, witness statements or other information to issue a citation of up to $500. >> they can cite a person who is hosting a party or gathering where fireworks are being discharged, or they can contact the property owner. they don't actually have to see the person lighting the firework. gloria: some residents support cracking down on fireworks, but they say citing the host is not right. livermore leaders are encouraging residents to go to
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the city's professional firework show instead of igniting their own. the new ordinance takes effects on june 20 set -- takes effect on june 22 with no expiration date. gloria rodríguez, abc 7 news. reggie: a lawsuit against johnson & johnson alleging its talc based baby powder causes cancer is now underway in the courtroom. the compan safe and does not cause cancer. the trial is the first since johnson & johnson filed for bankruptcy two years ago. last month, a judge put most litigation against j&j on hold as it tries to reach a $9 billion settlement with thousands of plaintiffs. it allowed this case to come forward to to the valdes's failing health. kumasi: happening today, california lawmakers will have their first vote on a plan that would require not just facebook but google and microsoft to pay local news outlets for the news they share on their sites.
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abc 7's amanda del castillo has what you need to know. amanda: for frequent users of such platforms, if passed, the bill could limit what news you are able to access on your own feed. it is caused the journalism preservation act with the very idea of preserving journalism. we reached out to meta, and the company said in a statement yesterday, if the journalism preservation act passes, we will be forced to remove news from facebook and instagram. as it is written, it would require meta, formerly facebook and others, to give 70% of certain profits with the goal of getting that money to journalists, outlets that add content to the platform experience. the bill is under consideration in later today, state lawmakers will have their first vote on the plan introduced by east bay assemblywoman buffy wicks. an associate professor at northeastern university says while he thinks the bill is
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well-intentioned, as a conceptual piece of legislation, he does not believe it is well aimed at the problem. >> there probably should be some kind of, you know, sorting mechanism, maybe it is a regulator in the state who sorted ensures that data in this case, it would be a 70% toll, actually goes to the intended recipients. you just want to make this airtight if you are going to do it this way. amanda: we know a similar requirement was put in place in australia. meta doing that just for a short time, and then the company made deals with news outlets. of course, there are plenty of questions, one being, have journalists in australia actually benefited with the change their? representatives of the union backing journalists in australia say it is just too hard to tell, and those familiar with the matter say they don't believe this will "save journalism," but they do believe it is a source of may be revenue stream for
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journalists. amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. reggie: a new audio recording of former president trump is raising more questions in his handling of classified documents. in the recording, trump appears to acknowledge having classified documents in a conversation from 2021. abc news has not obtained the recording, but sources say trump refers to a document which she claims was about a potential attack on iran. sources also say trump indicates he was aware of the legal concerns about having the secret document. the former president repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. >> did you ever show this classified documents to anyone? >> not really. i would have the right to. by the way, they were declassified. >> what do you mean by? not really >> not that i can think of. reggie: his lawyers called a new recording "leaks from radical partisans behind an alleged
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political persecution." kumasi: nasa is pushing for the government to collect better data about unidentified flying objects and held its first-ever public meeting on the issue yesterday. scientists and experts are reviewing more than 800 cases of unidentified uap's. they say most of the incidents can be explained. for example, researchers picked up a mysterious burst of radio waves which ended up to be nothing unusual. >> people at the observatory would heat up their lunch in the microwave, and something they would do is open the door of the microwave oven before the microwave stopped. they produced a burst of radio signals that was picked up by the sensors and detectors. kumasi: the panel says 2% to 5% of the incidents cannot be explained. the pentagon says it is building sensors to better detect and investigate uap's. penalized
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homeless. the citations being handed out in one community in texas. reggie: if you use amazon fresh, you could be tipping without knowing it. we will explain that. first, a check of the weather withdrew. drew: sfo mostly cloudy skies over the airport, but as we get into a new month, we get temperatures close to average for this time of the year as a warming trend begins to get underway the next couple of days. temperatures across-the-board in the 60's to upper 70's. and that is one or three degrees away from where we typically land this time of the year in the afternoon. looking at your planner today, we have a line of sunshine and clouds. that sunshine is appearing about 10 minutes. decreasing clouds throughout the morning. we do have a bit of june gloom this morning, but the cloud cover not nearly as expensive or as thick as it has been earlier this week. brighter skies this afternoon. clouds linger along the coastline. it is a warmer afternoon.
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upper 60's, lower 70's around the bay shoreline. inland upper 70's to 80 degrees for our daytime highs. 69 oakland this afternoon. 71 palo alto. quite pleasant along the peninsula and the south bay. 69 san mateo. 75 san jose. 78 santa rosa. in the city, we have cloud cover , breaking down for afternoon sunshine at 65. inland is warmer, upper 70's to low 80's. 80 in the three-day forecast shows you the warming trend begins today and continues tomorrow. by the start of the weekend, those temperatures are above average with 80's widespread inland. we will find even warmer weather moving in on sunday and show you the complete can forecast in about nine minutes. for likes or followers. their path isn't for the casually curious. and that's what makes it matter the most when they find it. the exact thing that can change the world.
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office space and jobs for the bay area tech industry. reggie: facebook's parent company plans to top 1100 more bay area jobs. according to "the east bay times," the new layoffs will affect employees that meta's home base, as well as in san francisco, sunnydale and fremont. cuts are being made around the end of july. since last year, meta has over 5100 bay area jobs. kumasi: google is downsizing its bay area office space. "the san francisco business times" reports they are shedding 1.4 million square feet of its office space i silicon valleyn. most is vacant already. google plans to lease it. google's parent company alphabet announced plans earlier this year to shrink its global real estate footprint. reggie: fidelity says twitter is worth a lot less after elon musk bought the san francisco based company. they estimate that twitter is now worth about $15 billion, 33%
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of the purchase price of $44 billion in october. earlier this month, elon musk announced a new ceo of who will focus on business -- and he will focus on business operations. kumasi: if you use amazon's delivery grocery service, you could be tipping and not know it. one viewer contacted abc 7 on your side because he did not know he was leaving a tip for amazon fresh delivery. there is a place at the bottom of the list to include a tip. while adding items, the tips lot is empty, but when you make a purchase, they automatically add one. in this example, it was five dollars. >> i have been tipping all my life, and i am poor, but not when they force it. kumasi: mcdonald complained directly to amazon and his tip money was refunded with the gift card.
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in a statement, amazon told 7 on your side, "we worked directly with the customer to explain our checkout process options, which gives customers the opportunity to add, edit or remove driver tips, similar to other delivery and grocery services." reggie: amazon will pay tens of millions of dollars in civil penalties and customer refunds. this is in connection with privacy violations involving some of the company's most popular high-tech gadgets. here is the live desk with that. jobina: amazon is agreeing to pay more than $30 million after being accused of using alexa and ring doorbell cameras to collect voice and video data on adults and kids. the federal trade commission says amazon sacrificed privacy per profits and unlawfully stored voice recordings, geolocation information, and video for years. according to the complaint, amazon promises customers it will delete user data upon request, but until september 2019, amazon is accused of keeping children's alexa voice
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recordings indefinitely, unless a parent actively deleted them, and even when amazon did erase it, the company often kept transcripts, violating the children's online privacy protection act. >> their goal is to sell more products and services to consumers, so, all of this and vast amounts of data is ultimately be leveraged for that purpose. kumasi: with reading, -- jobina: with rain, the ftc alleges that it lacked basic protection, allowing hackers to gain access to more than 55,000 accounts. amazon claims they never violated the law, saying "our devices and services are built to protect customer privacy and provide customers with control over their experience." under a federal court order, which a judge must still approve, amazon agreed to delete an active child accounts with saved voice and geolocation
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data. kumasi: thank you. listen to this, amazon is pulling the plug on some celebrity voices for its alexa devices. it is discontinuing the voice add-ons from melissa mccarthy, samuel l. jackson at shaquille o'neal. customers who already paid for the future can still hearshaq or mccarthy until september. samuel l. jackson's voices going away sooner and amazon did not say why. drew: this could be the future. we need to record our voices. good morning. june gloom is with you again. jobina: no. drew: it is pride month. jobina: that might work for you. drew: i hope you have a wonderful day. [laughter] reggie: i would not mind that. i am 48. jobina: tested out and send us voice memos in the morning so we can give you feedback. drew: i like that. reggie: would we have to say her name? drew? . i think that would be cute jobina: true.
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drew: i don't hate this idea. we will give it a month to try out. this morning, here is our bay bridge camera. we actually have a discussion jointed marine layer. you can see -- this jointed marine layer. brighter afternoon skies and a warming trend continues today through the weekend with above average temperatures. today, temperatures are pretty close to where we should be this time of the year. lots of 70's on the board for the south bay. 73 cupertino. 75 morgan hill and san jose. along the peninsula, 79 san mateo. 71 palo alto. 73 los altos. downtown today in the city, afternoon sunshine. 65. some peaks of sunshine and cloud today closer to the coast. sunset around 60 degrees. that north bay about average this time of year. 70's to low 80's. 80 the hyatt cloverdale. 66 at sausalito.
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in the east bay, morning afternoon sunshine, 69 oakland, 72 union city, 73 castro valley. inland,-70's to low 80's. 77 walnut creek. this is the warmest afternoon so far this week. overnight tonight, a compressed marine layer means we have a mixture of stars and clouds. a cool night with our coolest spots dropping to the mid--30's. tomorrow, our warming trend continues and then we go above average for the start of the weekend. we are warm inland. i realize the coast is going to stay relatively cool with that onshore flow. 50's and our coolest spots along the coast, but upper 80's in our warmest spots inland. here is the seven-day forecast, a warming trend the next couple of days as we continue into the weekend. enjoy above average temperatures because next week it looks like we go below average monday, tuesday, and wednesday. jobina: good morning.
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the biggest update traffic right now are the metering lights flipped on at the bay bridge toll plaza. they came on at 5:36, but we are not seen an extensive backup. or really anywhere else for that matter. around the bay area, traffic has been pretty light today. live picture from the golden gate bridge, where everything is moving smoothly. we have changes to drive times for the s bound four commute, and it flipped to yellow. antioch to concord about 21 minutes. tracy to dublin, 55. you can see we don't have a lot of red, so that is good news. reggie: new at 6:00, homes under sutro tower under the affordable housing units been proposed for teachers. kumasi: one gun shop owner taking a stand. what he is doing to help prevent future mass shootings. reggie: and a major drug bust at the max go border in
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kumasi: a driver is in trouble for trying to bring $38 million worth of meth into the u.s., hidden in kale. u.s. customs and border protection said it found the meth inside a shipment of kale at a checkpoint in san diego. there was nearly 6000 pounds of the drug and 260 eight packages of kale in the tractor-trailer. the driver was detained. in georgia, a gun shop owner is closing his business because of the spike in mass shootings and gun violence involving kids. john waldman says too many kids are getting their hands on guns, and he can no longer sell them with "a clean conscience." >> the fact that it keeps being kids after kids after kids, that is the thing for me. i am not saying you should not be armed, i am just saying i
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cannot sell something that could be used. kumasi: he has kids and hopes that by closing the shop, it will make some type of difference in the fight against gun violence. he opened georgia ballistics 2021 in that you're alone, nearly 500,000 guns were sold in the state. reggie: a volunteer group has been hit with 29 citations for feeding on house presidents in houston, texas. since march, police have distributed tickets for disturbing food outside the houston public library. the group has done this for 15 years because it is close to the community they serve who would often use the library. the city says it violates an ordinance that requires permission to hand out food on the property. officials say there have been more threats and incidents toward visitors and employees. the families say they no longer feel comfortable visiting the library. >> for him to push information about the homeless at the library is not fair and adds a stereotype we don't ■like.
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the mayor says he is going to continue this process because he wants to take back the public library. we do not serve until 7:30, and library is already closed. reggie: volunteers are continuing to just take the tickets. they are asking for jury trials on their citations. the first trial is set for july. kumasi: in fresno, a tha restaurant is closed after online rumors led to threats and racist remarks. a hate crime investigation is underway. tasty thai says it got threatening phone calls from an unknown suspect. last week, an online post accused its neighbor of animal abuse and included a photo of the restaurant. that post went viral with people making claims that were not true that tasty thai was serving "dog meat." police say the dog meat are untrue, and the restaurant owner says they have no ties to it. >> these are the type of
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rhetoric that stereo typical rhetoric that people just say they don't realize the consequences and it. -- consequences in it. kumasi: the family who owns the restaurant is considering whether or not to reopen. reggie: u.s. retailers warned of an increased and organized crime, costing them hundreds of millions of dollars. >> in this morning's "gma first look," when shoplifting becomes more sinister. >> it is an absolute threat. >> that senior u.s. official is talking about organized retail crime, where groups of criminals steel high-value items to sell online or elsewhere. >> they know exactly what stores to hit, when and where. >> the profitability is the key here. >> homeland security officials tell abc news they now see violent gangs and dangerous international groups getting involved. organizations suspected with ties to drug trafficking or even terrorism financing.
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>> these criminal networks may be full-time drug traffickers and they see an opportunity to work with a crew that is already stealing. >> coming up at 7:00 a.m., more on this wave of organized crime and we show you how one major retailer is taking steps to protect its employees and merchandise. with your gma first i am ariel, abc news, new york. drew: 5:56 this morning. let's get that jog in. we will find a cloud cover this morning. it is june gloom, but it is not as thick a marine layer as a couple of mornings. sunshine a little quicker with temperatures already climbing from 60's in some spots by 10:00 a.m. this morning. here is a live look outside. this is our exploratorium camera. clearly, you can see it is not totally overcast, so the marine layer is there in spots, having a tough time covering the entire region this morning. tree pollen knows that it is at high levels.
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and you've the index is nine out of 11 today. that is very high. we will see a lot of sunshine. put on the sunscreen. the sun's strongest razor between 10:00 a.m. at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. 60's to low 70's around the bay shoreline. close to average today for the first day of june. our warmer spots england, upper 70's and lower 80's. kumasi: new at 6:00, saying goodbye ■tosplash mountain. how disney fans celebrated one of the iconic attraction's final nights before it transforms. reggie: the cost of weddings driving up the price tag for couples across the country. through your cancer diagnosis. never forget those who loved you so well and know that you have the responsibility to give back. love, dad.
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