(ding ding) let's enjoy illinois! come on! oops. ♪ ♪ ha ha. ♪ ♪ ahoy illinois! can i get you guys a drink? okay, hold on. you guys are really getting your steps in. hey who's up for some deep dish, huh? extra anchovies, i know. i know. ooooh. wow. welcome to the middle of everything! >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. dan: of final destination in sfo after a long unintended stay in russia. a plane full of passengers is finally set to touchdown at sfo. good evening and thank you for joining us. ama: it was quite the detour for

a plane full of people but they are close to getting where they wanted to go. dan: let's take a live look at the tarmac. the air india follow -- flight is scheduled to land past midnight tonight. they will have a bunch of loved ones there waiting for them. ama: tim johns is live, hearing some of those femoral -- family members emotions. reporter: hi. that's right. a sense of relief, that's the best way i can describe the mood . families are awaiting their loved ones to touchdown here at sfo. many of them telling me, they want this journey to be over. the bay area arrival that for some families seems like it's been in a in the making. tuesday, a flight took off from dell he and was scheduled to land the same day at sfo. after experiencing engine problems, it had to make an

emergency landing in eastern russia. >> the plane was supposed to arrive at 8:00. i got a message on my phone of detainees going to land. i'm like, i've never heard of the place. reporter: i talked to them wednesday night. locals tell me her families were -- her parents were on the flight. they will touchdown in the bay area thursday morning. given the current tensions between the u.s. and russia, she was worried about what might happen to those on board. >> the no-fly zone, that was thing that was worrying us. how do we reach them if there's an emergency? will the plane be allowed to fly to the u.s.? reporter: passengers have said they've been treated well by air india and russian authorities. we spoke to one of those passengers before their departure from russia. she showed us the school where she and her travelers had spent the evening. >> they had good food for 200

people. we are good. we got coffee. we got milk. we got eggs. everybody is safe. reporter: in california, the experience has created a bond between most of the travelers. many of them are chipping in to help one another ensure everyone has what they need. >> my mom says when you are sad or feeling down, listen to music. she was singing an indian song. reporter: in the moment of being reunited, she believes it will be especially sweet. >> i usually never get a welco balloon. this time i will. reporter: guys, that scheduled to land at sfo around 12:15 a.m.. tim johns, abc7news. ama: let's get into tonight's abc 7 deep dive.

we focus in on a story you might be hearing about that deserves a closer look. it's about wildfire smoke. canada is suffering from disastrous fires right now and it's making the entire northeast look like the surface of mars. >> this is crazy. >> i've never seen it like this. after 40 years of living here, this is bizarre. >> they are downright dangerous. ama: president biden has spoken to the canadian prime minister about lending wildfire support. air-quality alerts have gone out in 16 states. the faa slowed air travel in the new york city area. broadway shows were postponed. tomorrow, new york will distribute one million n95 masks across the state. lauren martinez shares more on how this reminds so many of us of one day three years ago. reporter: time lapse video shows the new york city skyline engulfed in heavy orange wildfire smoke. this is what manhattan normally

looks like and this is what it looked like wednesday. more than 8 million anchors, -- acres have burned in canada and now smoke is enveloping the northeast. >> you feel like you are far away from canada. the fact that the smoke is making this much of an impact in the city is crazy. i mean by noon, the skies were orange and red. reporter: sophia lives in brooklyn but is originally from orange county. coworkers were quick to ask her what she -- they should do. >> we have fire days. i don't think we should be here right now. i'm telling people, mask up. don't go outside. i don't know if i have to go to work tomorrow yet or if i will be remote. reporter: the skies trigger a flashback for bay area residents. in september of 2020, we experienced the same vivid haze. >> this is a wake-up call for those on the east coast about what is in store for the future.

these wildfires will continue to be a problem. reporter: new york topped the list of the world's worst air quality. the category is hazardous. >> 500 is the limit. we are at 419. i saw that and that's when i told myself, if i see this in the morning, i'm not going to work. i will work from home. reporter: walk away. >> it feels very eerie. for this city to feel like that on a wednesday in the middle of the busy workday is very strange. reporter: lauren martinez, abc7news. ama: let's b patel p get this gives us flashbacks to september of 2020 when our orange skies were fueled by what would go on to be five of the largest wildfires in california history. how does that stack up to what's going on in the east coast right

now? sandhya: it's worse than what we dealt with even though it was really bad here in the bay area three years ago. let me show you the comparison. live picture from new york city. still a very murky view as smoke is choking the area. the air-quality index is 297. 2020. new york that this morning. a time lapse from this afternoon and evening. the skyline of new york city because of all that smoke. low-pressure spinning there. hasn't moved. air-quality warnings in effect for millions of people. as you look at the air-quality, it's hazardous for parts of the

northeast. smoke is going to remain a problem as we go into the next 24 hours. it does disperse a little bit over the weekend but not completely gone. i will be back to tell you about our air-quality and what's in store for the weekend, coming right up. dan: let's move to the late-night debate over the future of an 80's baseball stadium in las vegas. there's an emergency special session in the nevada state legislature tonight and things turn fiery fast. j.r. stone is in the newsroom following the fireworks. reporter: let's be honest. this feels like a reality television show. lawmakers in nevada who did not take up this issue in a regular session are now in a special session just called by the governor. they've been going for seven hours, some are very mad about this project. >> what's before us today is the same exact bill that we heard 10 days ago. to say i'm extremely

disappointed that no work has been done on this bill over the past 10 days is an understatement. >> the a's are saying they are going to have 27,000 fans a game. that's not going to happen with the worst team in baseball. and it will be cheap to go to these games. >> for a taxpayer-funded stadium, at the same time that the governor has vetoed funding for summer school, a bill to support children's mental health , a bill requiring paid family leave. reporter: this proclamation calls for the legislature to consider a financing and infrastructure project related to the construction of a major-league baseball stadium. the a's president got grilled by one of the state senators and did not have a direct answer to one of the questions. the only question he received. this is a $1.5 billion project. $380 million of that would be publicly funded. this would be a $30,000 --

30,000 seat stadium, the smallest in baseball. those evaluating the plan believe it would be successful. >> it's going to be the shiny new project on the las vegas strip. the ability to sell that place out over those first three years, yeah. i like our chances. every of those visitors eat in our restaurants, generate all of that revenue. reporter: the newly built allegiant stadium where the raiders playing in vegas was the top grossing stadium in the world last year. t-mobile arena and las vegas, fairly new itself, is the fourth top grossing arena in the world. so vegas has one in this category. as of right now, public comment is still happening. will they vote or push this off? we are keeping a close eye on that right now. back to you. dan: seems like a reality tv show. what a drama.

a young boy is recovering after a scary hike on mount diablo. park rangers say he had to be flown to the hospital after a rattlesnake bite.>> seven-year-a snake near the water tower on the bruce lee trail. dan: recordings. mount diablo park rangers first got called out to the trail at 5:00 this afternoon. no rangers saw the incident happened but symptoms line up with a rattlesnake bite. the boy was hiking with his family at the time. good news, he's expected to be ok. one ranger tells us, he's only heard of one confirmed rattlesnake bite in mount diablo state park. ama: to san jose. a 15-year-old student at willow glen high school has died. his name was justin. >> i saw him the other day recently. it's very shocking. he was a close friend. me and my friends chatted

through text and everything. it's very hard for us. ama: police say the team was killed in a collision with a car around 1:00 outside an apartment complex. the driver of the car was in her late teens and did have a valid license. investigators say she cooperated and was released. tomorrow, the san francisco sheriff's office will unveil a plan to help tackle the city sentinel crisis. the sheriff plans to employ deputies to areas where open-air drug dealing is rampant. the move comes amid a citywide drug crackdown involving police, chp, and the national guard. the announcement will be at 9:00. dan: tomorrow, you will be hearing a lot about the health of san francisco bay and our oceans around the world. we want to keep you ahead of what's happening so world ocean day on thursday is tonight. world ocean day tomorrow is a global celebration. a time designed to focus attention on conservation and protecting our oceans.

while they cover 70% of the earth's surface, home to 94% of all life on the planet, oceans are under pressure from humans. oceans provide up to oxygen production. it's why san francisco's aquarium of the bay at pier 39 is offering special programs and events for getting tomorrow. >> attending this event or knowing about this event raises awareness about our natural world and the environment that we enjoy here. >> exactly. you can't make an effort if you're not sure of what's going on. that's where we come in. that's what we are privileged to be able to have this great venue on the peer to have these visitors come in, find out the problems in the beauty that's happening in the world. being able to be a part of the solutions. dan: one of those solutions that we can all try right away is to use less single-use plastics. every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic enter our oceans

on top of the 150 metric tons that's already circulating in season around the world. ama: the battle of her books. the school boards fight over a san francisco icon gets governor newsom to weigh in. now the school board is firing back. could weight loss be possible through a pill? the race to develop a drug for obesity. we have expert advice you should hear first. massey in miami. a soccer superstar chooses to take his talents to south breeze. the sports world is stunned.

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away from san francisco. it was originally scheduled to land tuesday night but had a diversion. after a long night stranded in russia, the plane full of passengers is almost to their destination. many loved ones waiting to receive them at sfo. they are scheduled to touch down at 12:14 a.m.. ama: governor newsom is getting an award -- in a war of words with the school board president over harvey milk. the board banned a book mentioning the gay rights activist who became the first openly gay elected official in 1977 get during a hearing, the school board president called milk a pedophile. newsom responded on twitter, calling the president ignorant. the school president fired back at governor newsom today, repeating his unfounded claim. >> i will ask you one simple question governor. you approve of any 33-year-old person regardless of their gender identity or sexual preference having a sexual

relationship with any 16-year-old regardless of their gender identity or sexual preference? ama: five supervisors who represented noakes district in san francisco released this response. we unequivocally condemn the vile, bigoted attacks on harvey milk by a majority of the members of the temecula valley school district board of education. we think the members who did not support this attack. we are celebrating pride a proud sponsor of the san franpride parade. can watch live on sunday, june 25 right here on abc 7 and on our streaming tv app. dan: big health news tonight. new developments with a diabetes drug. it has been gaining popularity lately as a weight-loss medication. researchers are testing it out in pill form and so far, the results are promising. the drug is in high demand but is currently only available through injection so uphill could be enticing to those who are afraid of needles. uphill could potentially drag

down the prices. on our program, a stanford doctor explains the significance of this breakthrough. >> it's a game changer. we've been waiting for this for decades. our patients have been waiting for this for decades. this is one of the most widespread diseases in our country. patients have been struggling to lose weight. now we finally have some good tools to add to the surgical tools that we had that are effective. dan: a harvard study says 69% of americans are overweight or obese. now to a great update on the story we brought you last week regarding the san jose animal care and services shelter. ama: two of its longest staying residence have new families to take some home. both dogs we told you about last week were in the shelter for nearly a year. dan: san jose animal care and services is still looking to find other loving homes after

saying they no longer have capacity to take in anymore healthy dogs or cats. great news. ama: absolutely. dan: let's turn our attention to the weather. we show you what's happening back east. around here, not too bad. ama: let's get to sandhya patel. sandhya: we have nice air quality in the bay area. i want to show you live pictures right now. we have fog making for a little bit of a fuzzy view. golden gate bridge camera, emeryville camera, exploratorium. low clouds. san jose, you are looking good tonight as is the air quality here. we are fortunate for this because of what the northeast is dealing with, which is terrible and hazardous air quality. it will remain good in the bay area. the mugginess has left us. low pressure has pretty much died down. that pushes out of here which will allow temperatures to rise a few degrees tomorrow.

we are not expecting a major warm up. a lot of cloud cover tonight. as you check out those temperatures, 50's and 60's. live view from mark's moratorium camera, we are looking at salesforce tower all lit up for pride month. mild this weekend. still below average. weather will be fantastic. it will come up to 70. the temperature will drop off later in the evening. nice day with a mix of sun and high clouds. monte vista high school graduating tomorrow night. 69 degrees, temperatures coming down to the low 60's by 8:00. by 9:00, 59 degrees with mainly clear skies. congratulations to all the graduates. it will be a nice day for graduation ceremonies. 5:00 in the morning, you are

looking at fog, high clouds as we head into the afternoon. we will see clearing going into the evening hours for some brighter skies. as we go to tomorrow morning, watch out. misty has the fog is down to the deck in some places. tomorrow afternoon, mid to upper 70's. pretty mild day in the end coastline. a little breezy just like today. here's your accuweather 7-day forecast. milder weather for thursday. dip friday. temperatures coming back up a little bit. upper 70's inland. going with that below average for one more day next week. then back to average by tuesday and wednesday. we introduce some 80's. dan: back to the 80's. thanks. one of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time is now on disney plus. avatar the way of water is now available to all subscribers after earning more than $2 billion at the box office.

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dan: a major splash in sports. global superstar leonel massey

will be playing here for inter-miami. he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and led argentina to the world cup championship in 2022. another soccer great david beckham is one of the co-owners of the miami club. ama: history in the nba finals. dan: larry beil is next. larry: there's been a lot of talk about which nuggets player is really the head of the snake. they were like medusa tonight. too many to stop. nicole jokic re-home-court advantage. that's next in sports.

larry: nba finals history tonight. two players on the same team with any point triple-doubles. leading the nuggets and ruining all those parties on southeast. 2-1 series lead. they were loosened ready but they could not handle jokic and murray. aaron gordon inside to the big man. killed the nuggets finals. 22 points, 17 boards.

bam. goes bam. denver would take control and the second half of the game. the pride of san jose aaron gordon out of archbishop, throwing it down with authority. christian brown electric off the bench. nice pump fake. more from brown. steel, coast to coast. 15 points, four boards. denver built a 20 point cushion on the road. too much for miami. another triple-double. 32 points, 10 assists. then murray with it high off the glass. denver, 109-90 four to take the series lead headed to game for friday. >> a lot of unselfishness. free-flowing. if somebody is there, we go. if it's not, we don't force it. he's been doing it for a long time. the consistency doesn't get

talked about enough. larry: the ice cream is as big as he is. no nap can no problem. logan webb, shortest outing since april. the bomb to nolan jones. the giants were being no-hit into the sixth. they do fight back. top seven. casey schmidt, two run single. logan is fired up. 4-4 in the a's. patrick bailey bunting. mitch henniker safe. that's the go-ahead run. giants a-game above a's representing the town in pittsburgh. they got started in a hurry. two run double to make it 3-0. peterson, five for five yesterday. still nobody out. jacob ledet makes it 5-0. the early crooked number. in the seventh, ryan noda, deepened gone. the a's when 9-5, their third

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ama: if you are searching for one final nighttime read, we picked something for you. a look at these stunning orange and gray from wildfire smoke. we have seen this before but east coast landmarks look apocalyptic today with unhealthy air alerts and it is still the talk of the internet. that story is one of the top things people are put -- clicking on on our website. thank you for watching tonight. dan: for all of us, we appreciate your time. ama: have a great night. >> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- jennifer lopez. chris perfetti. and music from fall out boy. with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [cheers and applause]