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on "ol' red." oh, my god, you know? and then, if i think about it, it's -- it's -- i turn into luke bryan and say, "y'all sing. y'all sing it." producer: [ laughs ] yeah, that's right. luke does that because he doesn't remember the words to his own songs. i still say that. [ laughs ] that's it. [ laughs ] >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. dion: another day, another shooting near a bay area freeway. the one today along i-980 is a possible solutions? good evening and thank you for joining us. ama: this public safety issue is important enough for us to make it tonight steep dive. we want to make sure we give
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this problem a closer look for you. dan: j.r. stone is on top of the story and has new information about when cameras could help with these investigations. reporter: this scene. >> reporter: unfolded quickly along interstate 980 in oakland tuesday afternoon around 2:45. >> seven to nine shots heard. they were next to the freeway in that area and it sounded like it came from the freeway. reporter: chp officers could be seen closing off eastbound lanes after a victim showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound and reported it happening along 980. shell casings were later found according to scanner traffic. the extent of the injuries are unknown but this scene marks the third bay area highway shooting in five days.
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an eight-year-old was left in grave condition after being struck by a bullet while riding in an unrelated vehicle along i-5 80 in oakland friday evening . also friday, a woman was shot in the leg while traveling southbound along i to 80 in san francisco. >> what happened to government protecting the populace? that is our number one mission. are we failing right now? reporter: dan romero is vice mayor of hercules and in full support of freeway cameras. something he helped push for and get along i-80 in hercules. >> it won't stop a shooting it's that deterrent in our area here in west county. there haven't been as many. reporter: those with the california state transportation agency say 120 cameras have already been installed in the area along highway four
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currently not being used. 40 more will be installed soon. officials say following the installation of cameras in the field, caltrans will start evaluating the cameras capabilities and begin deployment and usage in gradual phases. romero says this process needs to be pushed ahead immediately in light of continued shootings. >> there's blood on individuals hands. reporter: i spent the night working with our statistics crew . according to the chp data they obtained, there were 30 bay area freeway shootings in the first four months of the year. 19 of those were in alameda county. j.r. stone, abc7news. ama: if you want to dig more have an interactive tool to look at crime rates where you live. there's data for san francisco, oakland, and san jose.
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dan: a raise but the issue of increasing her salary touched off a spirited debate at tonight's city council meeting. it passed by a vote of 6-2. >> i'm going to vote no to that item. if it was a different time, i would think about it twice. right now, it's very hard for me to explain to my residence, my neighbors that are suffering, need a place to eat, and the city is a mess. dan: her salary will go up by $13,000 to do hundred 16,000 per year, the minimum bum. the city council wants someone else to deal with the mayors salary in the future. >> i want to include to direct the city administrator to return to the council as i stated earlier in a timely manner with
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legislation to amend the city charter in november of 2024 to move the responsibility for setting the mayors salary from the city council to the independent public ethics commission. dan: mayor tao had she received the lowest salary increase possible or else she would return the money. ama: we may be feeling warmer temperatures in the bay area but not as bad as nearly anywhere else in the u.s. the heat bubble doesn't appear to be leaving anytime soon. sandhya patel is looking at what it might mean for our wednesday in your 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandhya: we won't see extreme heat like phoenix. today, record 118 degrees. let's take a look at why. on the golden, you will notice it's a foggy view. visibility down to three miles. here's your 24 hour planner. watch out for the fog, drizzle. 50's, 60's. by noon, temperatures rising
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inland. 4:00, low 90's and upper 50's coast side. temperatures falling off as we head toward sunset. i will be back to let you know when the hot weather returns, coming up. dan: thanks. about one of three americans are under some kind of heat alert tonight. it's not just brutally hot in the united states. tim pulliam shows you how people are coping across the globe. reporter: in arizona, a summer scorcher. >> this is too hot. it's like you open an oven door and the heat. when you open an oven, that's what it feels like. reporter: phoenix hitting 110, its 19th consecutive day shattering nearly a 50 year record. the heat taking a toll on families and first responders. >> we are 20% up in our heat related emergencies for this month. reporter: 100 million americans from california to florida stuck
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in stifling heat. el paso is on his 33rd day of triple digit temperatures with no relief in sight. >> i'm in from nashville, visiting vegas. it's hot here. reporter: in miami, folks trying to find shade after 38 days of a heat index of more than 100 degrees, a new record. >> a little too hot. i've never been so sweaty. but i like it. reporter: above normal ocean temperatures near south florida is prolonging the heatwave there , a sign of climate change. the planet is boiling. heat domes, high-pressure hovering over north america, the atlantic, and europe, sending temperatures rising. a wildfire right -- reaching outside of athens. mark is more feeling the in rome. >> can't stay out for too long. you have to come to the shade every five to 10 mitigates. -- minutes. reporter: air quality alerts issued from atlanta to the northeast. dan: there is no relief from the
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heat anytime soon. most of the nations summer temperatures will stay above normal through the end of the month. especially in parts of texas and florida. ama: london breed is asking university of california to consider a new campus in downtown san francisco. high vacancies and declining property values in the area. she wrote a letter to the chair cosigned by city attorney david hsu. there is room for student housing, classrooms, lab space, and more. she wants sfusd and sf city college to consider using downtown office space. the city of santa clara is bowing down to taylor swift. city leaders are choosing to crown her as honorary mayor when her concert tour comes to town next week. the city will be renamed swiftly clara to prepare for what has been a pack show across the couny. we want to see how excited you might out there. let us know by voting right now.
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lauren the city is getting ready. reporter: for the first time in city history, santa clara will be changing its name. >> this evening, we present a proclamation to rename our city to swifty clara. reporter: the name change is only for two days but it's to commemorate taylor swift errors tour coming to levi's stadium next friday and saturday. >> the second thing we are going to do, i'm going to honor her as taking over my job for two days and making her an honorary mayor. reporter: the tour could be generating $5 billion in economic impact globally. their data shows concertgoers are spending more than 1300 per event. >> we are looking for something really positive that hasn't happened in a while. i think this is a real great kickoff here in the summertime. reporter: local small businesses
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are hopping on the marketing train. taylor swift cookies. her presale is sold out. we spoke to a swiftly who will be attending the concert next friday. >> i still think it's unreal. just knowing how hard it was to get those tickets. i am still in disbelief. reporter: she's been a fan since she was 12 years old. now 26-year-old, she says this is an exciting opportunity for the city. >> i would say it brings life to the city again. it's been great having sports up and running again but i feel like in the entertainment scene, we have lost on that. reporter: she says taylor swift isn't just another artist, she's a story writer that makes a positive impact. >> she does a good job of reinforcing the fa you can still display your emotions but also take a pause and think about how you can go up from this. it's not always the end of the world for some people. >> let's create a love story that echoes through the ages.
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swifty clara, you are our evermore. reporter: lauren martinez, abc 7 news. ama: thank you for voting. it looks like most of you are maybe not super excited or couldn't care less. i was peaking during the last story and it's all i can think of. 43%. that's people weighing in and it's changing. levi is making its security is in top shape with what it calls enhanced measures starting with this weekend's event. people entering the stadium can expect more screening at the gates and an increase in security personnel including in the parking lot. those who are heading to the shows should allow extra time to get in. the changes follow-up brawl and stabbing during a soccer much. dan: escaped to north korea. the u.s. soldier that bolted across the border. the international tensions that
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are coming with that. plus this. >> what does that mean? >> you just steal? >> you just take things? dan: stunning shoplifting in san francisco. what we witnessed in just one day. dan: the best of the bay area. the much-anticipated michelin stars awarded to local restaurants. we are back from the ceremony tonight.
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he was set to return to the u.s. where he was likely to be discharged. >> he's now under the physical control of the north koreans. we don't have a lot of options in terms of being able to negotiate to get him back. reporter: he was escorted to the airport but instead of boarding his plane, he left to join a tour of the demilitarized zone. the state department says he seems to have known what he was doing when he ditched the group and bolted across the border. there's no indication he wants to leave north korea. dan: tonight, working to build a better bay area by creating a safer bay area. the issue is shoplifting which has increased by 20% in san francisco from pre-pandemic levels. to deter now locked its freezers. some people are taking matters into their own hands. >> i have stopped people myself.
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it frustrates me to see the neighborhood fall apart and to have to ask somebody to unlock things. dan: an employee at the walgreens says the store gets hit up to 20 times a day. police officer who did not want his face shown on camera says he detained eight people yesterday. >> people were entering the store and taking products. if they crossed the threshold, they can be put under arrest. the eight people i took on yesterday, seven of them returned the items. with one, there was a problem with one of them. >> did you arrest anybody? >> no. they wanted to get their product back. >> the store across the street got burglarized and lost over $100,000. dan: the unsolved killing -- ama: the unsolved killing of rapper to boxer court is taking a turn. he died following a d shooting in las vegas in
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september of 1996. take a look at new video of the search overnight. police are not commenting on the reason for this are true -- or who might be connected. the warrant is for a home in a suburb of henderson. tupac became one of the most famous rappers of his generation. the city of oakland named a street after him. dan: the awards are in for tonight's california michelin guide honoring the best in california cuisine. ama: the bay area is well represented. dan: there were three restaurants receiving their first michelin star. five bay area restaurants lost their stars. ama: lena howland was at tonight's ceremony, served up right here in oakland. >> the newest michelin stars go to -- reporter: top honors for california's restaurant entry. california's 2023 michelin guide was unveiled in oakland for the first time. >> it really solidifies
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culinary excellence in the country and in the world. people eat. reporter: this year's guide is promoting six new restaurants and for new green star restaurants for sustainability. this makes california now home for 15 of the 17 green star restaurants in north america. >> right now, because we all got through such a hard few years, especially in his vitality, -- in hospitality, it's been difficult. it's great to have someone celebrate the fact that a lot of us are still here. reporter: she owns two tie restaurants in san francisco. the first located inside of the park 55 hotel retained its one michelin star. tuesday night, her second restaurant which open seven months before the pandemic got its first michelin star.
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>> i didn't cook to get a michelin star. i don't know if that's a healthy approach. so for me, i cook because i want to. i love it. i love feeding people great food. reporter: san francisco -- oakland zone james c abu retained his prestigious two michelin stars. >> to have your efforts be noticed on a global scale is such an accomplishment. not just for me personally but for the establishment, for the team. it takes a village. reporter: lena howland, abc 7 news. dan: no one hit tonight's mega millions jackpot of $640 million which means it will climb to at least 720 million for the next drawing on friday.
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however, one store in oakland sold tickets that matched five numbers. ama: five numbers! dan: those are worth about $287,000 each. here are tonight's numbers. 19, 22, 31, 37, 54, 18. powerball drawing tomorrow night. that jackpot is at $1 billion. like elon musk money. dan: i've got some ticket buying to do. reporter: pick one up for me. ama: sandhya patel is what's coming our way tomorrow. sandhya: we will continue to see a break from the real extreme heat. good evening everyone. let's take a look at the visible satellite picture from earlier tonight. smoke from the flat fire burning up in oregon, starting to show up here in the bay area earlier this evening. as you look at the forecast, this is a loft. you will notice that that smoke will stream into our region,
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going in through tomorrow night. if you see some haze like we saw this evening just before sunset, don't be surprised if it's around in your area. the air quality did decline in the inland east bay a few hours ago. right now, it is good to moderate. marine layer is with us. good to moderate air quality the next four days. keep an eye on that air quality as things could change. here are live views. one thing that is common in all of these scenes is we have the fog in the forecast. as you will notice, it's not just near the coast but around the way as well. temperatures running lower from where they were yesterday. 13 degrees cooler in livermore and concord. you have probably felt it today. temperatures in the 50's to 70's. you see the overcast skies. fog and patchy drizzle overnight.
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wide range of temperatures tomorrow. it will be heating up again inland starting on thursday. tomorrow morning, fog. mist and drizzle. the fog never quite c coast. expect gray skies well into the latter part of the day. watch out for the fog and drizzle in the morning. tomorrow afternoon, it is warm inland. cool along the coast where the fog will be sitting pretty much all day long. let's take a quick look at tropical storm calvin. 60 miles per hour. it's getting very close to the big island. it is moving westerly at 21 miles per hour. expected to remain south of the island chain. the swells, rain, wind will be the major issues if you are traveling to the islands over the next few days. from the 90's to the triple digits. thursday, friday, saturday inland. after the is all for a few days, you will notice those numbers
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in international waters. the tuna broke crew gave him medical attention. he's healthy and grateful for bella, his dog which he found in mexico. >> i tried to find a home for her maybe three times and she just kept following me onto the water. i'm grateful she's alive. she's a lot braver that's for sure. ama: he said they survived off of raw fish and rainwater. after a storm damaged his catamaran and wiped out electronics a few weeks and. the two were originally headed toward the french polynesia in april from laplace, mexico. dan: that should be a movie. probably will be. the giants and reds resume a wild series in cincinnati. ama: chris alvarez is here with sports. chris: coming up, the giants taking on the weather and the reds in cincinnati. break out the bats.
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rain is not his friend. the game was suspended on monday night. he got caught under the tarp. gabe kapler's giants looking for a sixth straight win. now bottom nine. ellie de la cruz trying to steal. rookie catcher patrick beatty throws him out. or is he? overturned. he was actually safe. the next pitch, tyler rogers catches de la cruz. we have a pickle now and a rundown. they will finally get them out. getting his feet off the bases. this game would go into extra innings. run around for joc pederson deep drive to left. one hop. brent wisely will score. giants win four-to-10 -- 4-2 in 10. tuesday's game began with a one hour delay. wow. giants down for-one. wilmer flores with his second homer of the game. three run shot. reds down 7-5.
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christian m, sion made his big league debut yesterday. go ahead homer. 8-7 reds. giants up 9-8. louise mottos, liner to left-center. two r.b.i. single. the giants take the lead. camilo doval on for the safe. game ending double play. giants win. they have a big league best seven game win streak. a's and red sox. nothing like the love with your dog. that's a cool moment in oakland. the pitch gets away and he tries to take home. looks like he is safe but he is called out for running out of the baseline. he couldn't believe it. jay table a day with a two run shot to center. oakland snaps an eight-game losing streak. rubber match tomorrow afternoon in the coliseum. steph curry won the tahoe celebrity golf tournament. yesterday, he was asked if he would play for team usa in the
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2024 olympics. he remained noncommittal but said playing for coach kerr would be a bonus. klay thompson proving that he's a true splash brother, taking a splash into the water on vacation in greece. he will join the dubs this fall as they look for their fifth title during this championship run. sports on abc 7 sponsored by
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ama: ama: thank you so much for watching tonight. dan: we appreciate your time. on jimmy kimmel, tiffany haddish. ama: have a great night. ♪ >> dicky: from the caesars entertainment's zappos theater, it's “jimmy kimmel live” in las vegas! tonight -- tiffany haddish, jimmy crashes a bachelorette party, and music from the killers. with cleto and the cletones.
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