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good evening. i'm on matt gaetz. -- on the gates. dan: and i'm dan ashley. lyanne melendez is here. lyanne: we know it is summer and we just had pride, but if you were downtown this weekend like i was, we saw a lot of tourists, and that is good. still, san francisco is not there yet for the number of tourists the city sought in 2019. that year, san francisco had a record 26 million visitors, giving the city and economic boost of $10 billion. but one company which gathers all of these numbers says we are inching our way back. the castro disc it -- district and most of san francisco saw one of its busiest pride weekends in years. jess: thanks her back to normal and people are celebrating. it's lovely. lyanne: restaurants in those neighborhoods where tourists

gather did remarkably well. lori: the neighborhoods you would expect to do busy saw some of the best pre-2019 numbers, s mission, castro, and union square. lyanne: the embarcadero also saw good numbers. san francisco travel association reported that the pride parade and other big events are driving the city's economic recovery. cassandra: we are seeing the back -- rapid recovery year-over-year. lyanne: she says people are coming back. in 2020 one, there were 17 million visitors in san francisco. one year later, that number jumped to 21.9 million, and now, the projection for 2023 is 23.9 million, from both domestic and especially international travelers. cassandra: we have seen incredible growth in mexico, canada, the u.k., and germany, as well as india as our assets growing emerging market. >> welcome to the most beautiful city in the world. lyanne: a campaign ad showing

san francisco's best features seems to be reaching targeted audiences in the u.s. and abroad, despite the city's recent troubles. >> we are not going to let it deter us. it is still a beautiful city. kate: we are used to it. in england, really, there's always crime, so, you just try to keep yourself safe. john: i worried about san francisco for its reputation for i have to say i was a little bit concerned. laurie: it is not unsafe everywhere, but we still have challenges we know that. we are not out of the woods yet. we had a very tough three years. lyanne: the city is forecasting to be back to pre-pandemic tourist members by the year 2026. let's talk about the other neighborhoods like west portal and others. they did well in 2022, far, 2023 has been good but not outstanding for them. the golden gate restaurant association says its members say

the layoffs and the uncertainty in the tech industry have in a big factor. another factor -- you won't guess. the cold weather. dan: that's true. lyanne: that's what they have been telling us, that people want to dine outside, but then it is too cold. dan: not just san francisco, the whole bay area. lyanne: ye veryah, ama: in tourists appears to be prompt again increase in rental car break-ins. rental agencies are getting 20 to 30 cars back each day with broken windows. the report quotes the head of the american car agency, saying car companies are losing money hand over fist. rental cars are targeted because of the greater likelihood there will be money, credit cards, id's, or other valuables inside. dan: higher tolls may be coming to most bay area bridges, to

allow transit agencies that are facing deep cuts due to a drop in ridership that have never fully recovered. abc 7 news reporter lena howland talked to someone who is proposing these tolls. >> increasing tolls by $1.5 over a five-year period. lena: agreeing to struggling agencies, state senator scott weiner says it is still not enough. sen. weiner: because it does not solve the problem, the bay area, we need regional help. lyanne: he is proposing a new bill that will raise the tolls on all bay area bridges, except the golden gate, by $1.50 for the next five years. keep in mind tolls at these bridges were already scheduled to increase by one dollar in january 2025. sen. weiner: that will generate a significant sum of money, to make sure that b.a.r.t. does not have to eliminate nighttime and

weekend service for an entire line to make sure that muni does not eliminate 15 bus lines entirely. sen. glaser: i'm reminded of the quote, for me once, shame on you. for me twice, shame on me to have seen this story before. lena: state senator steve glazer opposes the plan. he said lawmakers were already asked to increase bridge tolls with the promise of oversight for transit agencies, including crating the office of inspector general of b.a.r.t.. sen. glazer: since that tim they have starved that office, limited the power of that office. now they are coming back after breaking promises that we should have raised the tolls and trust them if they do the oversight, and i don't. lena: something people we spoke with our split on. >> i would like to see more accountability, if we are going to move forward with additional tolls. lena: how would you like to spend $1.50 more in tolls to cross the bridge? >> pretty bad, you know, i feel like it is already expensive. lena: senator wiener says there

is accountability already built-in, and pushing for most important issues transit riders, safety, cleanliness, and reliability. sen. weiner: do we want our people to get to work, doctor's appointments, school, the senior center? it is in no one's interest to illuminate weekend or nighttime b.a.r.t. service. lena: in the east, lena howland, abc 7 news. ama: drivers will be paying $.35 more starting this saturday. it will now cost the span. ferries are also increasing by $.25 as part of a multiyear toll increase program that was approved before the pandemic in 2019. dan: pride celebrations along with 35,000 giants fans helped boost public transit numbers across the bay area this weekend. it was b.a.r.t.'s busiest sunday since the pandemic began.

the rail system log more than 140,000 rides, an increase of more than 6000 from pride 2022. san francisco posted big numbers from bay crossing spirit on sunday, there are more than 7000 passengers. it is bay ferry's fourth weekend since 2020. ama: in honor of pride rob bonta hosted the first ever state of pride conference. they also released a state of pride report highlighting positive development and challenging outcomes for the lgbtq+ community. the report shows a 29% spike in reporting hate crimes against lgbtq+ people in 2021 and 2022, about 400 additional crimes. someone from the transgender outreach group said she survived seven hate crime since moving to the u.s. in 2001.

anjali: it is very painful this year. it people speak about the of safety and the continued help -- hate perpetuated against lgbtq folks. ama: members say the community needs to come together to protect the lgbtq+ community. abc 7 broadcast the pride parade yesterday, and if you missed it, you can catch an encore presentation on our streaming out. also, our allies in action crowd in drag roundtable is streaming now. abc 7 news anchor reggie aqui sits down with prominent members about prayer area. it is on our connected tv out. dan: a coalition of groups proposing deep budget cuts. the group held a rally in city hall. the mayor's budget provides more money for police and supportive

housing but also proposes more than $780 million in cuts to other city services. these include a $50 million cut for early childhood education. lucio: there is no such thing as equitable cuts. instead of balancing the budget on our community, we should be doubling down in the investment in the people. dan: the mayor also wants to cut $20 million to the city's grocery assistance program. that represents one third of its funding. san francisco must pass a budget by august 1. ama: a car fire problems. authorities closed the road connecting clayton and pittsburg for more than five hours starting just after midnight. the driver and passenger are safe. dan: conditions are dry this time of year, hot and dry, but a marine layer has certainly kept things cooler. ama: meteorologist sandhya patel has a look at our conditions and of summer is ever coming. sandhya: it is coming, believe

it or not. keeping the humidity higher, taking a look at our life picture from our oakland airport camera, you will notice it is a pretty deep marine layer already crossover from the coast toward the bay. this has been the trend pretty much for much of the month. we've had that june gloom around. looking at live doppler 7, it started off the morning still gray along the coastline. temperatures are running behind where they should be this time of year, mostly 50's to 70. 82 degrees right now out toward the brentwood area. take a look at oakland's high temperatures. basically below average most of the month, including today, even though the official high is not income it is already below. there were only two days this month at oakland was above average. that is going to change. we are bringing summer to the bay area. friday, 90's inland, 60's coastline, -- coast side. dan: the a's likely move

vegas is prompting san jose mayor matt mahan and his mayoral predecessors to present -- revisit a controversial issue. the group sent a letter calling for the giants to relinquish the territorial rights to san jose, clearing the way for a future. but as dustin dorsey explains, it is not exactly an easy win. dustin: with the oakland a's all but set to leave to las vegas, san jose mayor matt mahan wants to see another team take their place. mayor mahan: we believe in an inspection -- expansion team, or should another move to the market, san jose would be high on the list and today would be legally barred from being considered. dustin: that is due to territorial rights, after santa clara rights were gifted in 1990 when the giants searched for a new ballpark. 33 years later, the past five mayors including mayor manahan wrote a letter to commissioner rob manfred asking them to abandon the territorial rights that mahan says no other city

has to deal with. mayor mahan: we are the only city that faces this kind of restriction in any professional sport. it does not make sense. dustin: san jose is not only the most part was bay area city and offers financial opportunities, but mayor mahan says his city is safer than oakland and san francisco. mayor mahan: nobody going to a sporting event wants to worry about their car being broken into pit insane -- in san jose, they don't have to. we are the safest bay area city. dustin: the unified crime reporting program back that up. meanwhile, a longtime sports columnist covered this territory saga for years and agrees with mayor mahan that an mlb team would be successful in san jose. mark: the giants have to be convinced it would work, otherwise they would not be so scared of maybe actually happening. . i don't know if any other market in america right now that major league baseball should be more interested in accessing. dustin: purdy says while owners

could deny territorial rights by a vote, he things it is a longshot with current giants ownership and mlb commissioner. mark: i think when history is written, people will look back and see that major league baseball made a huge mistake in not allowing the a's to move to san jose, and i think they would be making a huge mistake again not to consider san jose as an expansion market, now that, sadly, the a's are gone. dustin: in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. dan: at 5:30 on our streaming north -- newscast, abc 7 sports director larry beil will join karina nova to discuss more on the storied history of the territory rights issue and what he expects to come of it. ama: quite the buzz. just ahead, the massive bee removal job and why they are getting another big project done. dan: renew it or risk losing it. a deadline looming for drivers who have high dis

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ama: they cracked window cost a lot of concern near san francisco's financial district, on howard and beale street. police closed off the area encased glass fell on the sidewalk, but later determined the window was cracked from the inside. four san francisco skyscrapers had wind gusts shake window panels. dan: caltrans partnered with beekeepers to complete a tree removal project in burlingame. a hive with about 15,000 bees was found in a eucalyptus tree along el camino real along hillside drive. some had to be cut down after the terrible winter storms damage to them. crews were working on the trees today while be experts relocated the hive. beekeepers say it has been a tough job so far trying to remove the bees from those

trees. raymond: in this case, when it is way too big, what we do as we come the day before and seal up the tree. unfortunately, it did not work on this job. dan: el camino r between hillside drive and mills avenue until about 5:00 this evening, while crews wrapped up. all of the bees are being relocated to a local farm. ama: friday is the deadline for those who have yet to remove their permanent disabled parking placard because of a new state law requiring the dmv to send a were no notice to people with placards every six month. before commit was automatic every two years. to renew, the placard number and go online to dmv.ca.gov/ you can fill out the renewal online. there is no charge to renew and no doctors notice required. dan: thinking about a last-minute trip for the fourth of july holiday? ama: it might not be as expensive as you think to get away.

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dan: if you are still thinking about a getaway for the fourth of july, you still have some time. travel experts say airfare is down about 25% from last year, and hotels are about the same price. halyburton court from hopper.com -- haley byrd from hopper.com says the day you fly has a real impact here. hayley: your best bet is departing on a saturday of a long weekend and coming back monday or tuesday, on the fourth itself. dan: it is when fewer people are flying, right? travel experts say you should expect long airport security lines, so plan accordingly. ama: all right. let's check on weather and find out when it is going to warm up. dan: it was nice, but it was cool in the morning until it burned off, sandhya. sandhya: i know.

sweater weather. people are complaining about when is summer coming here they are talking about this, asking about it. summer finally arrives by friday. we will get some heat in here. let's talk about the temperatures for tomorrow, and let's talk about how hot it is going to get on friday could santa rosa, 81 degrees on friday. we are talking about 90 degrees, so 11 degrees warmer. oakland will go from 68 to 76. san francisco a little warmer pit you know san francisco is never hot in the months of june or july. concord 79 to 94, 50 have a degree warm up, and antioch is going to go from 81to 98 by friday, 17 degrees warmer. so, summer is coming, but we just have to wait a few more days pit on live doppler 7, you can see thunderstorms pretty much erupting in the northern portions of the state and across the sea at her -- the sierra nevada. low clouds advancing across the bay. the winds are onshore, gusting

to 31 miles an hour in oakland, 32 sustained in san francisco. even san jose getting gusts to 28, so it is really preventing us from warming much. today's temperature behind where they should be for this time of year. from our oakland airport you can see the marine layer is already stacked up, 5090 san francisco, 61 in oakland, palo alto 68 degrees. you might want to take your plans to the beach this upcoming weekend. santa cruz, the beach boardwalk, kids enjoying summer and the rides, 73 fairfield, 68 in low-to-mid-70's from river more -- livermore to concord. it is a bit breezy outside, cloudy with patchy fog and drizzle overnight. . cooler than average again tomorrow. significantly warmer by week's end, so get ready for the heat. as we go hour-by-hour into tomorrow morning, you will notice widespread gray, some drizzle to start off the afternoon and evening, the clouds will hang around stubbornly near the coast line. your temperatures first thing in

the morning, mainly in the 50's and watch out for some damp roadways, without drizzle, certainly gray skies out there, and for the afternoon, mild inland. low 80's for our warmest inland valleys like antioch and fairfield, upper 50's near the coast, half moon bay, 59 degrees and breezy. as we going to friday, we are going to turn up the heat. temperatures inland getting up into the 90's, computer model is projecting 100 by saturday inland, and sunday, it is still hot in our inland valleys. if this all pans out, it will be the hottest weather of the season so far. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast, and we stayed below average for a couple of days, warming it up. by week's end, we are talking above average temperatures, 90's and 100's. ama and dan, it is nice when we have a 60's on the coast. dan: we knew it was going to happen.

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ama: finally tonight, a sweater once worn by princess diana will headline an auction at sotheby's later this summer. dana's so-called like sheep sweater goes up at an she wore into an engagement to prince charles. dan: it is expected to fetch between 50 thousand dollars and $80,000. ama: we have much more news ahead. dan: let's go to abc 7 news karina nova for a look at what is coming up at 5:30. karina: as we heard earlier from our reporter dustin there is a renewed push to bring major league baseball to the south bay terrace sports director larry beil joins me to discuss removing the giants territorial rights to santa clara county, and if there is any chance it could even happen. plus, we will take a look at the oldest gay bar in the country, and it is located right here in the bay area. join us for those stories and

more at 5:30 on abc 7 bay area streaming tv. ama: you can download the abc 7 app or head to abc7news.com to join karina into minutes. dan: on tv, world news tonight is here. for sandhya patel, we appreciate your time here on dan ashley. ama: i'm ama daetz. we will see you at 6:00.

tonight, breaking news. an angry vladimir putin addressing the russian people, and you'll hear it. also tonight, we hear for the first time from the one-time putin ally who suddenly had his forces marching toward moscow. and here in the u.s. at this hour, severe storms in the east. where this is all headed. tens of millions under watches and warnings. first, vladimir putin lashing out, accusing his longtime ally, tea