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that is how we have been able to be the high temperatures all throughout the day. the alameda county fair has done these. you can fill those temperatures drop all throughout the day. it will be a very busy night. a lot of people are showing up for tonight's festivities and the weather will be much more temperate. it finally feels like summer. >> ready for a the alameda county fair. group, we will take that in. supposed to feel like. >> there are always a lot of hot days.
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shade. as the day went on, the water but quickly became the most popular one. county fair officials say they expect this week and to be crowded. >> there was a lot of shade and ac buildings. >> on a day like today, it is all about items that keep you cool. fresh squeezed ice cold, and it. >> i think people are excited. ice cream cone or a cold beer, whatever you're into. >> temperatures reached 99°. >> henry and i a walk. i can take them out in the morning. then we go home and kind stay in the house.
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sunscreen. >> very good tips there. that hit the spot. it will be hot all through the weekend. if you're planning to come out to the party, it is best to take precautions. >> in the north bay marin county fair and it is a challenge that for people who are cool as well. in the heat? >> it is an hour-by-hour situation.
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what they need to know. >> very disappointed. as other people do. >> some low income pell grant recipients could have $20,000 worth of loans erased. others without this grant i am doing a graduate degree here at usf. quick this means those who borrowed will have to start repaying their loans after a three year pause which was meant to have -- up anyone financially affected to -- during covid. quick thinking is the pause included the interest rate.
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september is when it is going to start accruing with a payment to restart in october. >> some argue that debt relief would have been especially beneficial here in the bay area where rents are so high. >> i just know i am not going to buy a house here. i will probably put off that process for a few years. >> those taught to reach out. >> be proactive, reach out to your servicers. >> this puts into cost of a college education and how salaries have not kept up. uc berkeley, a public institution. the cost of tuition and fees was 1000 and $96. in 38 years it has increased to $15,499 for in-state students.
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58,000 $222. room and board not included. we is still a good investment. calling the decision wrong. and promising not to give up the fight for debt relief. he is working on new strategy that will take longer. he says it will be more legally sound. in the meantime, if you miss a payment for the first 12 months, it will not appear as a default and won't affect your credit. mr. biden announced he cutting the maximum payment borrowers have to make from 10% to 5% of their disposable income.
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lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. supreme court ruled that an evangelical web designer could refuse work if you go against religious belief. selena sotomayor dissented. other critics say discrimination. >> we are going to probably ok to discriminate against black people. it's it legally president that it is ok to discriminate against somebody. >> president biden said the decision -- we spoke live about the court decisions on abc 7 news at 4:00. take a look.
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>> san jose fire officials are investigating a suspicious fire and religious center. it all happened at the center for enlistment on university avenue. arson investigators are trying to determine the cause and where it started. investigators say there is evidence it could have been set elsewhere. the vio started on 14th avenue and clement were a black b&w slammed into two vehicles. that caused a white suv to crash through sidewalk barriers. police say the bmw took off but stopped two blocks away. the passengers then got out and ran. police located one of the passengers suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. today is the deadline for millions of californians to renew their permanent disabled parking packet. under state law requires the dmv
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to send out renewal notices every six years before and those used to be automatic every two years and now people need to verify if they are still eligible. there is no charge to revenue and no doctor's note is required. if the dmv says you are up for renewal, it can be done online at dmv. an advanced warning about road closures for the fourth of july. closed on tuesday. this is to reduce traffic among the twisty and when the roads which could be a fire risk. an exit on highway be closed. this could be a record-setting holiday weekend. aaa predicts more than 50 million americans traveling for the fourth of july. taking a live look outside right now. that is the bay area roads. there is the i-80 area.
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san jose not looking too shabby minus the usual traffic there. speaking are more than a dollar cheaper than a year ago. san francisco drivers are paying for 92 on average while oakland is 480. dan -- down to san jose, it is down to 477. now this take a live look at san francisco international airport which has been plagued by delays and cancellations all week long. united airlines has had a lot of problems and sfo is a hub. but the situation has gotten better over the week. monday had the highest number of delays exceeding 400 and wednesday was the worst day with more than 100 canceled flights. so far, fewer than 300 delays and less than 30 cancellations. it is getting better just-in-time thankfully to the holiday weekend. >> i think you will be pleasing
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a lot of people. >> absolutely. some people like it hot if i may say. it is definitely going to be that way for part of your weekend. let's take a look at a live picture. this is where we should be. at the beach. soaking up the sun. these people have the right idea to escape the heat. enjoying the sunshine. here is a reminder that even though it is a good place to get away from the hot weather, there is a beach hazard statement. it will run until 11:00 p.m. sunday. the risk of rip currents is going to be elevated. be careful. water is really cold in the mid-50's. also, some safety reminders as far as the heat goes. member to stay hydrated with plenty of fluids. never leave people or pets entire vehicles. it gets a lot hotter and reduce the time outside or stay in the shade.
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especially during the peak of the heat. heat stroke and heat exhaustion. let's talk about the hot car. the 90° air temperature inside the vehicle. it gets up to 120°. in 20 minutes the temperature soars to 130°. be careful. it is a sunny view. santa rosa, 87°. got up into the triple digits. the top of the show is still in the triple digits. doesn't that look refreshing from our mountain cam? you can barely see the top of the golden gate bridge tower with the fog overhead. it is 82 in san jose. here is what is bringing us the summer heat. high-pressure overhead. the flow around the high is coming off the land flowing toward the ocean which allowed the temperatures to come up. as it does blow in that
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direction, it drives the atmosphere out so the fire danger will be elevated for inland areas saturday afternoon and evening and going into sunday afternoon and evening. a beautiful view, temperatu rapidly soaring. heat out of the triple digits on monday and we are cool and closer to average for the fourth of july. tonight, still hot in that at 7:00. temperatures coming down at the cause. not so much in land. 7:00 a.m., you will notice that bob will be dense to start the morning and by noon time, 90's inland, coming into the triple digit for the hottest spot by early afternoon. watch out for the fog in the morning. mild in land. 93 in santa clara. 100 in morgan hill. on the peninsula you are looking at 88. 66 in pacifica. san francisco is 70°. a little fog lingering near the coast. north bay triple digits. santa rosa, 89.
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82 in oakland. 92 in fremont. it will be sizzling. 106 fairfield. the accuweather 7-day forecast. he begins to ease as we go toward the second half of your weekend. it is clear for the fourth of july. this time of year. >> we will not be surprised. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. the some changes coming to the bay area tomorrow. nimum wage in six cities are going up. this shows where emeryville will have the highest local minimum wage. 18.67 per hour. what else is going up? golden gate bridge tolls for drivers with fastrak. the golden gate transit also jump up on july 1 by only five cents.
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if you are using a clipp and that translates to about 10% more, caltrain was going to increase this on saturday but he put that on hold because it is still trying to get more writers back on board. >> coming up, 100 years o mystery. a big celebration for the winchester mystery house and there but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga. like straight lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces
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>> san jose's oldest tourist attraction is reaching a big milestone. the winchester mystery house is celebrating its centennial at the museum. >> the south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at the story and why it generates so much intrigue. >> a real life haunted mansion nestled between growing buildings and an expanding city despite changes over the last century in san jose, one thing has remained constant. the winchester mystery house. celebrant 100 years of history and mystery. >> i think the story resonates and there has been curiosity about why she built this the way she did and all the mysteries and legends and lower. there are very few places that can serve as a time capsule that you can get immersed in and visit to this day. officially opened its doors to the public. the home dates back to the 1800s
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when sarah winchester began a seemingly never ending construction project that lasted nearly four decades dimension became a tourist attraction after winchester died as part of an amusement park named winchester park treated by the home's new owner, john brown. >> we had a whole vision for this. they had advertised the old winchester place was sort of a supporting act. >> the home stood out as the true traction. 13 million guests have since walked through these doors. because it is an architectural oddity that is kind of historic. an area that went from farmland and every culture to the silicon valley, very technical and whatnot. it stands out. >> the centennial celebration will continue all week along with various events to mark the special occasion. a day now and forever known as
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winchester mystery house day. request congratulations on 100 euros. let's do another one. >> 13 specially chosen items will be put into a time capsule to be opened when the winchester mystery house turns 200 and 2123. including a guestbook from today's event. at the winchester mystery house, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. >> coming up hundreds of jobs going away at the bay area behind pokémon go. >> a new
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> tomorrow marks 3 the one-to-one california shootings that left eight people dead and what is known to be the deadliest mass shooting in san francisco history. >> abc 7 news reporter lena howland spoke with a survivor and the progress made in the last three decades.
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lena: before the route 66 music festival shooting, the pulse nightclub massacre, and the uvalde school shooting, came at 101 california. >> there was a man walking towards us with what looked like professional attire, khaki pants, a white shirt. and he walked up to the young man in front of us and shot him. lena: michelle hovis who was visiting her husband at the kata and martin law firm for the day remembers running back into an office to hide. >> john was laying on top of me, really trying to protect me. seeing the gunman shoot, and looking up and seeing the barrel of the gun, and putting my head down until the shooting stopped. lena: she took five bullets to the right side of her body. before she could get on the phone with 911 operators -- >> john looked up at me and said, michelle, i'm dying, and love you. lena: shooter killed eight people, including her husband, before turning the gun on himself.
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>> when our incident happened 30 years ago, it was big news. now, unfortunately, it seems like it has become part of our landscape. lena: in the months and years that followed this shooting, she mobilized with the victims' families and other shooting survivors to demand stricter gun control on the state and federal level. >> the legislation that came out of the passion and dedication from the survivors of 101 california street was very powerful federally. lena: on the federal bill, the brady bill was passed, which established america's gun sales and later, a 10-year assault weapons ban was passed through congress. it expired in 2004. despite the progress, brian malte, executive director of the hope and heal fund, says we need to look beyond just legislation. brian: if we are not tackling easy access of guns at home, if we are not tackling intimate partner violence and firearms,
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intimate partner for those in crisis, we are not addressing mass shootings in its totality. lena: more than 300 mass shootings across the country this year, according to the gun violence archive, 2023 is on pace to become the deadliest year for mass shootings in recent history. >> it is a worse landscape than it was in 1993, 1994, when we were trying to pass legislation. lena: today, even 30 years later, she says their fight is far from over. >> i really think we have to wake up and put child locks on guns, safe storage on guns, mandatory background checks, and get rid of these high-capacity magazines. lena: in san francisco, lena howland, abc 7 news. >> walgreens is closing hundreds of stores and eliminating more than 500 jobs. the company will shut down 150 locations in the united states and a 300 in the united kingdom to cut costs.
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it has not specified which locations are closing yet. this week, the company reported lower earnings compared to last year. stanford is teaming up with the federal government to develop a world-class cancer care and research center on the veterans administration campus in palo alto. abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes shows you how the facility can benefit not only veterans but the broader community. >> each of us has either been affected by cancer or we have a relative, friend, loved one who has experienced cancer. zach: every year, more than 50,000 cancer patients are reported to the cancer registry. certain experiences during military service may put veterans at risk for cancer. one main experience has to do with burn kits. >> it is a repository for waste in combat operations and areas of deployment, where everything was dumped in and burned. extremely large clouds of black
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smoke, something that nobody could avoid interacting with. zach: the undersecretary for health at the u.s. department of veterans affairs said many servicemembers breathed in that area every. >> significant number >> that has led to a significant number of conditions, to deadly cancers. zach: v.a. can expand health care and benefits to those exposed to burn kits and other toxic substances. a major announcement was friday, take advantage of the act and other opportunities to further cancer care and research. >> opportunities such as the development of a cancer center for providing patient care. more than 100 trainees from stanford that rotate empty patients on the campus -- and see patients on the campus. >> it is logical, when we want
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to provide state-of-the-art cancer care for our veterans. zach: officials are optimistic it will have a farther reach. >> we think this can benefit society as a whole, because of the discoveries and also the research that will come out of this collaboration. zach: they still have to jump legislative hurdles, but officials say they are acting with urgency. >> we will be exploring the next steps in the coming weeks. stay tuned. zach: in stanford, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. [bellringing] [applause] >> stocks ended on a high note ahead of the weekend. inflation will be easing. the dow added 285 points while the nasdaq was up 196. the s&p up almost 54, which is its highest level since april 2022. for the first time ever, apple hit a $3 trillion market value. today, its shares closed at a record of $194 a share. apple is the first company to ever reach the $2 trillion milestone.
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overall, apples stock has dropped -- jumped this year. hundreds of layers or hitting a san francisco-based gaming company that made pokemon go. niantic is letting go of 230 employees. the ceo said the company's revenue grew during covid but has never turns to pre-pandemic levels, so expenses must be cut. >> tonight, the force created to camouflage a bay area army transforming into a climate
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>> there is a transformation going on in san francisco's presidio that started more than a century ago. >> that was in its early days as a united states army post, and as abc 7 news anchor dan ashley discovered, it is something of an evolution hiding in plain sight. dan: stroll along the dense, wooded trails in the presidio, and you will turn into a hidden patch of san francisco history. and presidio trust foresters said hidden is just the way the army wanted it. >> initially this was due to scrub, anything, and army had
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one thing in mind, and that was protection or camouflage for their base. dan: easy to understand when you roll back the clock and gaze at the presidio of the 1800s, a wide swept clean where cows could graze on the grasp it all of that changed when the army began planting the great forest, cypress and blue gums eucalyptus, which many of the tallest trees perched on the highest ridges, given the illusion that the presidio is much bigger than it actually is, and shading the valleys from prying eyes. >> they were not concerned with forest health, they were concerned with making this place look larger and imposing and a better hiding place. dan: flash forward a century or so, and many of those original trees are now dying off or toppling in storms, creating a problem and a historic opportunity. >> this is coyote bush right here.
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is a common native plant throughout california. dan: lou stringer is the associate director of natural resources at the presidio of the team busy restoring the presidio's historic forests with an eye of making them healthier, not just the trees but native plants. >> we are bringing in plants like this around us, plants that were indigenous to the presidio prior to the army planting a forest here. we are figuring out ways that they can coexist. dan: he says the key is diversity. keep an eye out, and you will spy a variety of new groves, some mature, others planted from seedlings. >> here we have a bunch of different pine trees, and these were grown from seed in the presidio. dan: nursery managers say the trees and many other native plants are being raised from samples in the presidio.
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recently reintroduced to the presidio and native whale also being considered for reintroduction, all coexisting with the rejuvenated forest. >> so when the trees get tall, they have a stature that looks like a historic forest, but underneath them, we will have all of these different flowering plants that will make it possible for more insects to thrive and birds to nest. dan: with broad biodiversity comes perhaps the long-term benefit, making the presidio's ecosystem more resilient to climate change can a new 21st century battle the presidios early military planners could never have envisioned when they transformed a scrawling claim into the paradise we have today. dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> coming up next, tracking the hot holiday weekend temperatures. beware, it will hit triple
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why those temperatures are going to rise even more tomorrow. inland hotspots in the mid 100's. that is steamy. mid-60's co-side in places l half moon bay. that is where fog is sitting. triple digits from palm springs, 117 degrees to 110 in redding tomorrow as we go toward sunday, you will notice till 112 in vegas. it is going to be steamy again on monday. but the coast will be the place to become a and san diego. heat warnings and heat advisories up and down the state. we are not alone with this hot weather. there is a flood watch for rapid sierra snow melt, tahoe, southern sierra, keep that in mind. as we look at live doppler 7, the fog is sitting near the coast. good to moderate air quality through the holiday weekend, so if you want to get outside and enjoy, you have that opportunity. tomorrow is the hottest day at 106 inland, 60's coast side, sunday the heat eases. as we head toward the fourth of july, back into the 80's, 60's
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coast side. it will be cooler, but until then, we have to be careful. >> at least it cools down for the holiday, as people are watching the fireworks. sandhya: absolutely. i know people can live without the fog especially. >> that's when we are excited. sandhya: it will be diffused fireworks. >> instagram. great way to put it. sandhya, thank you. >> a summit of sisterhood is now underway in new orleans. >> it is day two of what has become a bucket list event for women and their families -- women of color and their families. from our sister station, here reporter rachel brown. rachel: the celebration has begun. we're here at the convention center in new orleans, and we are outside one of the best booths of all, disney, of course. there is so much to see at the essence festival, and i taking am you inside.
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dj: hey, ladies. it's essence 2023. rachel: the energy is electric as thousands come together once again for the essence festival of culture. kelli: fun. i mean, look around, fun, fun, fun, yes, and then the food especially. rachel: families being treated to pictures and prizes. >> make some noise, y'all! rachel: celebrating the power of joy and disney princesses. princess tiana: i just hope that everyone has a jiving good time, celebrating with their friends and loved ones. rachel: broadway, film, and "abbott elementary" star sheryl lee ralph enjoying the festival and says she is thankful for the fans. sheryl lee ralph: they love the show. they love the cast. they love the fact that we are shining the light on education and teachers, and they are not the butt of the joke, they are the heart of the show. rachel: and talking about her latest project, producing a documentary on women of color living with hiv. it's called "unexpected." sheryl lee ralph: health inequity is something that must be addressed, and very often in
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life, if you add color or pigment to your skin, you can be intentionally left out of care. rachel: and as we near the end of pride month, we are also exploring the intersectionality and celebrating the "pride of essence." >> as members of the lgbtqia plus community, i'm honored to be a representative on behalf of all of the incredible individuals who really did what they had to do, to make it easier for me. rachel: a festival of inclusion, inspiration, and love. in new orleans, rachel brown, abc 7 news. >> if you can't make it to essence fest, you can still watch it on hulu. hulu is owned by disney, and so is abc 7. >> time now for sports. >> this is a huge day filled with huge dollars. >> for me? [laughter] >> not you or you or you or me. the warriors say they want draymond green back. he said he wanted to come back. it was all about the money after
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time for cybersecurity. that's why the google tools they use every day are secure by default. you built it, we'll help you defend it! >> now, abc 7 sports with larry beil. larry: good evening. draymond green really looks like a man without a care in the world yesterday in las vegas, hanging out with klay thompson and steph curry to match play he will be hanging out with them longer after a four-year 100 million dollar contract with the warriors as free agency signings
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began today. green opted out of his previous contract, so he is actually taking a pay cut annually but now has $100 million guaranteed pit reports indicate draymond structured this new deal to help the dubs tax situation, taking only $22 million in year one. that might save the team more than $40 million in taxes, so everybody wins with this. for four years, that means draymond will be here through steph curry's contracted despite the punch, jordan poole, everything in the past with draymond, the team believes they cannot win another title without him, so we will see if they can win another one with him. the warriors are expected to sign garrido starts to a veteran minimum contract. he has been in the nba for 70 years. essentially this is like the jonas dress to, the michael green role, and we will see how it works out for him.
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kyrie irving staying in dallas. he gets a $26 million extension. they traded a bunch of dudes to get him, so they had to pay appeared -- pay up. hardly to see the kyrie-luca contending for a t will see how it plays out kid what does this mean for damien lillard? the pride of oakland, he is mr. blaser at this point. does he really want to play for a contender? go to miami, go to philly, because the blazers are not close to contending. stay tuned. a great story, gabe modesto high school and stockton, then he went undrafted, spent a couple of years in the g league, then landed as a role player on the miami heat. moved into the starting lineup, helped the heat reach the finals. his reward, a
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million deal with the lakers. coming back to california, this gives the lakers a major upgrade in perimeter shooting. that is me eating pizza on my cheat day. everyday is a cheat day, by the way. down one in the fifth. flores will be there for you. tying it up on his eighth of the year. taylor rogers had not given up a run in 13 appearances. former padre tommy pham, how is the fam? pham is doing well. top of the eight, two on for patrick bailey, there he goes for the rookie, delivering some late inning magic. that is a three run clout to make it 5-4, giants. they are currently in the ninth inning with two outs, and the giants lead 5-4, so we will have a complete highlights at 11:00 and see if they can finish off on game 1. >> we need another winning streak.
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larry: yes, that would be fantastic, moving right up the standings. >speaking of money, gigantic payroll and terrible results. >> i cannot get over the draymond thing with the taxes and all the zeros. >> just don't worry about the taxes, it is four for $100 million. >> it is more than what we make combined. [laughter] larry: yes, it is. it does not take long to do that math. > possibly another chamber should win. >> coming up, and don't miss abc 7 news at 11:00. i'm karina nova. >> and i'm dion lim, first and you and larry, all of us here - - for sandhya and larry, all of us here, thanks for joining a spirit have a great night. we will see you at 11:00. ♪
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