investor.gov/neverstoplearning reggie: community members reacting to the retirement announcement by the police chief. the praise he's receiving from the local naacp chapter and what they are demanding from city leaders. kumasi: cutting out human air and bad behavior to make the roadways more safe. the proposal some supporters in the south bay says is the way of the future. reggie: tensions are rising after a submarine dock in south

korea, north korea need to root -- use nuclear weapons. kumasi: a summer blockbuster. really at historic ties between the new movie oppenheimer and uc berkeley campus. reggie: my mind immediately went to barbie. >> that is today. reggie: good luck getting tickets to either one. welcome to friday. kumasi: are going to start our forecasts check. drew: we are heating up today. we felt warmer temperatures yesterday but all areas shaded in orange we are going to feel hot temperatures out there. we are taking a look at numbers. we were sitting in the 50's close to the water, but the 60's inland. we have mild air left over from yesterday and they'll be the launching pad to get us to warm up fast as the morning goes on.

we had limited fog out there. we'll see a lot of sunshine from the get-go. the temperatures warm quickly. lunch time we are in the 90's and our hottest bus away from the coast and into the afternoon, look at the triple digit readings. even around the bay shoreline. we are not quite as hot but it will be a warm afternoon in the 70's and 80's around the bay shoreline. near eight near oakland. 88 in san jose. 70 in san francisco. with a heat advisory is we are exceeding 100 by 4 p.m. just for summer -- just for summer later on today. jobina: we have a wind advisory issued by other than that traffic moving smoothly. we start with this life, from the san mateo bridge. head towards the maze. we have a couple of spots where it is slow due to roadway construction.

westbound 80 but that should clear up the next few minutes. tracy to dublin only 42 minutes. it is a friday so will pick -- see if it picks up. reggie: any residents want to be in the process of the search for the police chief after the police chief analysis retirement. he announced he is leaving amid fbi investigation into the antioch police department and racist text message scandal involving a number of officers. according to the district attorney's office, the racist comments towards toward the chief himself. somewhere in the city to include community stakeholders as they look for a new chief. >> it is been expressed by the community they want to have a voice, to have a say is who picked and who comes next. someone has to begin cleaning up the mess. = chief ford did not give a reason for for retiring.

2023 turning out to be a deadly year on the roadways in south bay. sin is a marking is 28 for tassie for the year. some pushing to make the streets safer create a look at how technology could help. reporter: some car's can be the solution for saved her -- safer streets but this has been a difficult week for several families and sent as a community as a whole. late tuesday and again on thursday back to back fatal crashes create yesterday's incident at capital expressway where police say the driver of a nissan suv ran a red light hitting a psion sedan. two people inside were ejected from the impact killed one of them. the nissan driver it was then arrested for felony driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. tuesday night woman, a baby, and toddler crossing against a red light outside of a marked

crosswalk at king road on the city's east side when a chevy tahoe hid to them killing the baby. for the city and police department emphasize road safety is a shared response ability, they want to say there is a problem with drivers behaviors. reasons why some state the development of jobless vehicles and technological advances might help to identify risk before normal driver would. >> we all human drivers and the fact is we get distracted easily, is a technology that takes some of the away. we are helping to solve this issue of -- not getting distracted. reporter: the autonomous vehicles did not come without challenges of their own. in the past we've reported on two way self-driving car's stalling out in the two separate busy san francisco intersections after the pride parade. we have heard from fire chief fed up with robo taxis

interfering with firefighters on the job and more. to the south bay we should note, san jose is far behind the numbers they saw during the record year in 2022 when it comes to traffic deaths. i will explain what the city would action the city is taking to make sure they have safer streets in the next half hour. kumasi: developing news morning, north korea threatening to use nuclear weapons after an american nuclear armed ballistic submarine dock in south korea. the warning comes in as still working to locate the american soldier who crossed into north korea without authorization. jobina: north korea blasting the u.s. for quote reckless military moves out of the submarine dock in the korean peninsula. north korea defense minister threatening possible nuclear retaliation. u.s. kentucky capable of carrying up to 20 nuclear tipped ballistic missiles.

each of them can carry up to a doesn't nuclear warheads. u.s. military says it is a reflection of american security commitments to south korea as it fights back against the north aggression. abc has an exclusive look for you -- an inclusive look. >> are you worried about the possibility of it backfire? >> i'm confident in our nuclear deterrence. reporter: that is where the pentagon says 23-year-old american soldier travis king intentionally cross into the north without authorization. since he was taken into custody, u.s. officials say they have not been able to reach north korean authorities to secure his release. reggie: one of the most anticipated movies of the year just hit theaters. no, i am not talking about barbie, but i'm sure we will talk about later. opera higher -- oppenheimer

provides the man who created the world's first nuclear weapons. much of his path western uc berkeley. we spent the day walking through the history. reporter: his name was j robert oppenheimer and if you do not know who he was, that may soon change. since hollywood just put out the movie title oppenheimer. >> were in a race against the nazis. reporter: he is often called the father of the atomic bombs. >> what we know is he did it. he was the person that put it together to do it. it is a remarkable complement general gross judgment, he chose somebody who could actually bring it on. reporter: david hunger historic and professor at uc berkeley. it was at berkeley where oppenheimer taught for several years. before he left to head for the government's top secret manhattan project to create the first nuclear weapons, the

atomic bombs, there are later dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki in japan during world war ii killing thousands of people. >> he was the person in the seminar who almost always came up with the best idea. all of these people would report having been in these meetings with him, going along about this and that, but he raises a hard question, then oppenheimer speaks up with his great passivity and insight -- with his great insight and says it does not solve the problem, it moves the conversation to another place. reporter: who is eager to see the movie currently theoretical physicist at uc berkeley. he believes oppenheimer helped solidify uc berkeley physics as one of the top programs in the world that cautions putting him in certain categories. >> he must have been charismatic leader.

that is fascinating. given that his achievement was not super einstein. >> oppenheimer is a very important figure in world history. reporter: some scenes from the movie filmed on uc berkeley's campus just down the street from the elmwood theater. plans to show the film due to the local ties. jr stone, abc7news. reggie: a live look from golden gate bridge camera, there is a spare the air alert so you're going to want to reduce air pollution, carpooling or public transit are two good greenways to go. for going have another hot one. drew: usually we get a spare the air in the summertime it comes with the hot weather and that is what we're to find later today.

his breeze. it is all about hot temperatures today. some areas going 13° above average highs this time of year. we expect to see our hottest spots above 100° even around the bay shoreline it will felt warm today in the 70's and 80's. we have heat advisory that will begin at 11 a.m. this morning until 11 p.m. tomorrow and heat advisory means want to take precautions because the temperatures are above average for this time of the year. it can take a toll on your body whether it is heat exhaustion or worse heat strokes. you want to listen to your body because look at the day planner we start out in 60's and 70's away from the coast and we warm up quickly. to the 90's by lunch time in our hottest spots and then this afternoon away from the coast, it is warm to hot underneath the heat advisory. near 80 in oakland. it will felt warm in the east bay. 100 in concord.

forecast, we keep this summer sizzle for the next two days but the back cap of the weekend, we get more refreshing air. we take a closer look at all of these daytime highs over the weekend neighborhood by neighborhood coming up. reggie: the strike in hollywood getting support from northern california. we show you who is joining the get line. kumasi: the plan anchor brewing employees want to keep it from going out of business. reggie: skiing for fourth of july it was an anomaly but it will resort keep in their slopes open until

kumasi:kumasi: welcome back create a strike actions continue , actors and writers getting big star power on the picket line. hollywood icon join in the strikes outside of netflix hollywood headquarters. >> whatever we end up, whether with -- it's going to be a long time and determine whether this is an industry that middle-class people can join and earn enough

money to raise their family and support themselves. that is not the case. kumasi: major studios and streaming platforms have failed to reach a deal with sag-aftra on a new contract create union members say the deal they are offering is not enough for basic needs. sag-aftra also absence tv news anchors and reporters including us here in the studio. in the bay area, dozens of actors and writers took to the picket line at netflix's headquarters. we were there and have more on what northern california actors are pushing for. reporter: strikes in hollywood catching worldwi attention. last friday, writers went on strike joining the -- i just went on strike joining the writers who went on strike last month. >> it to change the whole way look at residuals for our actors. reporter: residual checks of the picket

line. it is made out for one cent. >> we are not asking for an arm and a leg, where asking for a living wage. one penny does not pay for the paper it is running on. reporter: she put a large spotlight on the stream at residuals showing she made it $27 from the hit show. actors around the countries are striking, they are facing unique challenges. >> there are some of the incredible opportunities that come to the bay area but they are far and few in between. reporter: many northern california actors have fewer opportunity to audition for possible roles so they's do background work that they say is at risk because of artificial intelligence. if can use their image indefinitely to finish a product. >> imagine you show up to work and someone pays you for half a day and download everything you do and they say, you are off for the rest of your life. that is what the studios are trying to do to us. reporter: producers represent

studios they disagree, statement issued tuesday says the, sag-aftra continues to mischaracterize the proposal. that distorted the facts to garner support for the work stoppage but the facts need to be corrected. despite difficulties he says the strike highlighting important needs and people. >> we getting more attention the northern california member and beyond the strike, we have more work to do here. reggie: a growing effort to save the legendary anchor brewing business in san francisco. the otis craft brewery in the country said it is going out of business after 127 years now its workers want to try and salvage number reported closes. the union have gone marise on it -- to try to run it as a employee owned cooperative. they hope to have a response today. a spokesperson told the

chronicle a total of two dozens investors have expressed interest in acquiring some or all of the brewery. kumasi: there is more you can learn about the history of anchor brewing and it is part in the bay area beer landscape. have a full look back at the making of me think of anchor brewing throughout the years of right now on abc7news.com/localish. it is extending his feces because of record-breaking snowfall. -- is extending its ski because of record-breaking snowfall. if you're planning to ski, you can do that until august 6. the hours are from 7:30 a.m. until noon because after that time the sun will make the snow to slushy. it is the last ski slope to be open in california. very excited. reggie: they got four times

there normal snowfall so it takes time to melt. >> back open by late october? >> theoretically they could start getting snow again late october. they are probably not complaining. along season? that will be fun. we are seeing heat excessive heat warnings across a huge portion of california that does include areas away from the coast here locally under the heat advisory. temperatures across the state of your traveling you can see why we have the advisories and warnings. we are well above 100° in several spots. the coast is warm but not as hot. l.a. 88. 70 in the city. eureka cool spot at a 60. as a spare the air date with moderate to poor quality today. moderate air quality tomorrow but we have refreshing air come in sunday.

by sunday, the heat is going to wait and we will have good air quality to finish the weekend. today it is warm temperatures. will find the hot temperatures but you're going to feel the warm weather everywhere today. the 70's and 80's from oakland to san jose to san mateo above 100° in our hottest spots or from the coast. overnight tonight we have mild air 60's in our warm response. as you do not babe could have temperatures staying in the seven-day -- in the north bay, we could have temperatures stay in be 70's. by sunday we see cooler air start filtering in and you will notice that cooler back half of the weekend on sunday. it is all about the summer says the next seven days for you. the heat advisory. cooler weather moves in sunday and a cooling continues early next week. we get back to her this time of year. jobina: going to see

following a car fire on westbound 24 to southbound 13. the connector ramp is shut down. the backup is building. no injuries have been reported so that is good news there. in oakland, have no issues on the roadways. the headlights are traveling. this live picture from the richmond bridge, your headlights are traveling westbound towards the north bay and we'll wrap up with a look at the drive times. everything else on time. kumasi: seven things to know this morning. reggie: there's a new game coming to the giants home stadium and we show you what is happening this weekend. kumasi:

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petitioning to bring another music festival to san francisco golden gate park. neighbors pushing back on the idea saying it is enough dealing with the impact of out silent every year. kumasi: tensions between u.s. and north korea on high alert now threatening north korea nuclear options after an american nuclear armed ballistic submarine docked in south korea. reggie: barbie and oppenhei have arrived. blockbusters hit theaters today. many moviegoers are making their trip to the theater. it is a double feature. drew: it is not a bad way to beat the heat if you can find a movie theater. we have heat advisories beginning at 11 a.m. lasting until 11 p.m. tomorrow night. it is going to get a hot today. temperatures between 95 and 106°

later today. jobina: 106? we have a car fire underway in causing a backup. westbound 24 to southbound 213. one lane is blocked and connector ramp is blocked. your speed is down to seven teen miles per hour. kumasi: the women's world cup is underway. usa faces off against vietnam beginning the effort to defend the title and capture a three p eat. police in las vegas rebelling new information about the search warrant connected to the murder of two popsicle or -- tupac shak ur. reporter: see this morning's first look, new details for the search warrant issued this week of near -- of the wrap pioneer

of tupac shakur. warrant executed monday in las vegas was at the home of delina davis -- dwayne davis, miles away from where tupac shakur was gunned down. abc news have viscous a video of armored vehicles driving down the neighborhood street after 10 p.m. and we will have much more on the search warrant and what it means for this infamous cold case coming up at 7:00 a.m. reggie: wildfires, coming up potentially life-saving effort returns to the north bay for his four fire season. kumasi: annecy tornado and the aftermath in north carolina, the reason it may impact us here. reggie: a live look outside. it is 5:26.

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combat fatal crashes. several s but there is nothing like what is happening in arizona. temperatures topping out in triple digits for three weeks straight. kumasi: good morning. it is friday, july 21. reggie: we start with the weather. drew: we get a taste of the heat of lasting through the weekend. heat advisory will go into effect starting at 11 a.m. today. he away from the coast line -- the areas away from the coast line have hot temperatures by about 4 p.m.. as a nice morning out there. the marine layer compressed to the media coast line. 50's it is pleasant but it gets hot later on today. temperatures already into the 90's by lunchtime in the warmest cities. 70's and 80's around the shoreline.

we see several cities topping 100°. it is a warm one for oakland to san jose. we are finding upper 70's to the upper 80's but it is inland we find temperatures above 100. the city feels warm today. temperatures around 70. it is warm tomorrow as well. look at the weekend forecast coming up in about eight minutes. jobina: good morning. we start with a live look from the golden gate bridge camera. it is foggy again this morning. we see that impact once the sun starts to come up. bay bridge toll plaza no lights on yet. we'll make sure to keep checking in on that one. the biggest issue the car fire in oakland causing large back on westbound 24. the fire is where 24 meets the connector to southbound 13, the connector ramp shut down. we will let you know when it

reopens. reggie: 2023 turning out to be a deadly year of the roads in south bay. some are pushing for ways to make the streets safer. abc7news has a look at how technology can help us. reporter: some bill driverl cars could mean less danger on our roadways. in san jose, they have dealt with the number of deadly incidents, especially during last year. the good news is promising news we are far behind those stats so far this year compared to 2022. this week we saw two daily crashes amplify residence calls for safety improvements. a driver of a nissan suv suspected being under the influence ran a red light hitting a car. two people ejected and the impact killed one of them.

late tuesday, a woman, toddler walking outside of a crosswalk. when the driver of the suv hit them, the baby died on the scene. city department adjust rotation identified the two intersections mentioned above as priority safety corridors county for a high number of fatalities and severe injuries on san jose streets. likely improvements include wider sidewalks. ada compliant crosswalks, bike lanes protected and separated from vehicles and sheltered and ada compliant public transit stops. the city police department explained safety is a shared as possible as he pointed drivers behaviors. >> last year alone offer cited over 19,000 individuals in san jose and the streets of san jose. to curtail their driving behaviors. reporter: farther north in mountain view, 2023 tech showcase explored how eight

autonomous vehicles might assist. technology being developed allowing cars identify risk before normal driver would. video shows a driverless truck detecting and avoiding a pedestrian crossing the road hundreds of meters away. this technology does not come without challenges. but back to san jose streets, no doubt this is been a difficult for many families and the trinity as a whole -- community as a whole. kumasi: pfizer evaluating the damage at one of its facilities after an ef3 tornado ripped through parts of north carolina. it makes sterile injectable drugs and supplies more than a quarter of those medications used in u.s. hospitals. positions and supply chain experts. this could have an impact on hospitals amid the nation's drug shortage. >> sterile injectable as any

drug you give by iv and it affects a lot of aspects of american health care from the operating room with anesthesia to infectious disease at a whole host of other medicines. kumasi: the facility was thought with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine but that is not true -- there were claims the facility was stopped with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine but that is not true. reggie: if you live in the town -- i i still drink on the boat or -- you are asked to drink boiled or bottled water. dress to bring a boil to a minute before you drink it or use that water or bottled water to drink. brush your teeth or prepare food. you can disinfection tablets. the bacteria it detected yesterday. kumasi: the space team has been busy going door-to-door to protect homes from wildfires. there helping residents

understand how to save their homes are from wildfires. plans could be a thread. >> we try to give them steps to make their home safer. kumasi: the prevention authority is a voter approved taxpayer-funded program. state funds are going towards more controlled burns in areas with dry vegetation. the county set up programs to help fireproof residential property. reggie: san francisco golden gate park need another music festival? it can be seen of boosting san francisco economy but some people say they do not want any more traffic and noise. abc 7 has the latest on the debate. reporter: they want to second smaller concert series the weekend after the festival starting next summer.

the producer would piggyback off of the existing infra structure. similar to coach alert which has two weekends on the same ground -- coachella which has two begins on the same ground. folks gather for a meeting on the proposed concert series. san francisco supervisor put the approval process on hold until those who live in a work in the area can have a say. the outside atlantic music festival has been taking over at golden gate park for a weekend in august with seven stages of music for the past 15 years. concert promoter says they expect these additional counselors to generate $30 million in economic impact for san francisco. >> it is a big deal for the city, the workers, restaurants who come out. as an additional bonus an additional bonus after outside lanes. >> if it was a free concert, i would not care. but it is access to the park that troubles me, losing that,

and i think they're going to get new concerts and do more and more. when does it stop? >> a lot of people come into town for the concert and the festival and a stay at hotels that are stocked by union members. we need those dollars spent in san francisco. reporter: the concert series will pay the city $1.4 million for the additional event. at a time with the city is experiencing serious budget constraints. there and another community meeting august 9 at the golden gate park senior center. ford moves forward to the board of supervisors for approval -- before it was forward to the board of supervisors for approval. the clock is ticking because the producer wants to book the acts before next summer. kumasi: professional pickle ball taking over oracle park with the launch of the pickle ball series. world top ranked players are in san francisco for the showcase. >> this is a unique iconic

venue. stepping on the field to play pickle ball is probably not something a lot of players thought we will be doing now. kumasi: the ballpar amateur competition is for a shot at a spot in next year's u.s. open of pickle ball. there's open play for fans who print out the outfield. the series runs through sunday. one will miss pickle ball dreams are taking shape -- one woman's pickle ball dreams are taking shape. she is leasing the building and transforming the old plant into what she calls the craneway pickle pauley pavillion. she says but it is completed it will house 16 indoor courts, a shop, one this lab, and it is overlooking -- a wellness lab overlooking the waterfront. >> it is nothing like this to play indoors and feel like they are outside. kumasi: she says the location

would be her flexion and she is building two other clubs in florida and texas. reggie: u.s. women's national team placed opening match of the world cup against vietnam. it starts at 6 p.m. and there are watch parties happening here. san jose will be one of them with the team played its final two game heading to new zealand. the crossing at east cut in san francisco will have a party and world cup village too. the philippines making his first world cup appearance and taking on switzerland as we speak. i do not think we have the live picture but -- yeah. ok. kumasi: the federal reserve launch a new service to help people get paychecks faster and more easily send money to each other. as the payment services like demo -- instant payment services using banks instead of a third-party app.

right now only 35 banks and credit unions are certified for this new system but the fed is hoping to have thousands of financial institutions. amazon bring is paid by technology to whole foods. the company announced is recognition system will soon be in more than 500 whole food stores by the end of the year. they rode out the technology in 2020 and currently available in more than 200 whole food stores nationwide. reggie: when you think of sunburn, you probably do not think of food but nevada apple growers say their fruit is being burned by triple digital temperatures. >> you get a big white spot that burns a hole in the tomatoes. reggie: growers say all fruit plants are susceptible to sunburn. introduces the quality of the fruit -- it reduces the quality of the food but i can still beat use. kumasi: how extreme heat can --

think of the got colleges at risk. but first i check on the forecast with drew. drew: uv index running high today. you want the sunscreen on if you're going to be outside because we have limited vault out there this morning which means the sun appears quickly for a lot of us. it is a warm. to hot afternoon well above average for this time of year and it is for that fact a heat advisory will begin at 11 a.m. lasting through tomorrow night for areas away from the coast shaded in orange for hot temperatures this afternoon. a live look outside. a little bit of fog. the marine layer is compressed among -- along the coastline create we will have temperatures quickly warming. we have a spare the air day for moderate to poor air quality because of high pressure building and traps a lot of pollutants near the surface. we are set to sweat later today.

near 80 in oakland. near 90 in san jose. 95 in santa rosa. we are going to sweat. even the city it will feel warm with the high of 70°. we have the summer sizzled today and tomorrow but by sunday we will have cooler weather moving in areawide. we took a closer look at the numbers and the seven-day forecast coming up

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to be remembered as a nice person. he was diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2016. no cause of death has been announced. tony bennett was 96 years old and will have much more on his life throughout the day here. a national security problem is emerging in alaska and military says climate change is to blame with warmer temperatures in the arctic, ice melts inc. and sea levels rising. that is impacting alaska shoreline. officials say some of the sensors getting covered up by the height water. the sensors picked up the chinese spy balloon in january. federal government dedicating billions of dollars to new construction to protect equipment from the rising sea levels. if you think it is hot now, nasa says get it ready for a hot year next year. it claims the warmth we are experiencing is the result of climate change caused by burning fossil fuels and next year we are expected to see that same result combined with the impact of el niño.

scientists are worried about warming ocean temperatures which could lead to catastrophic weather events like hurricanes and melting glaciers. kumasi: phoenix arizona continuing to cope with a record-breaking heat wave. crews are hard at work facing a difficult level of extreme heat. jobina: phoenix where it has never been this hot for this long. the feel like temperature is 119 and it has been over 110 420 consecutive days. the fire started yesterday at a business necks of the phoenix airport. exposure sent hundreds of tanks flying into the air like missiles almost. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> we have evidence of propane tanks up to 500 yards past the ground zero where this is happening. we have hundreds of these scattered around the area.

shrapnel is a concern. jobina: more than 100 one million people from california to florida under heat alerts. miami expected to see a heat index in triple digits for the 40th straight day. the water off south florida is so hot it is bleaching the coral which is vital to the ecosystem. ginger was showing us that yesterday. reggie: the temperature was in the 90's which is bad for the ecosystem. an update on our friend the sea otter who officials are trying to capture and put to the aquarium. the sea otter is still goi strong. she cannot be chopped. -- she cannot be trapped. a river otter and there is an author festival going underweight right now at the big break regional park running through sunday. we got a check out some of the

exhibits and the activity including play dates and crops and experts say the authors deserve the attention they are getting. >> they are important to the habitat here. they have a long history of being not only in the delta, but throughout california and the bay area. it is great to have them being recognized and celebrated. reggie: are we celebrating them or are we trying to put them into captivity? there are big differences between the river otter and the sea otter and one is the size. the sea otter bigger and it is cold is thicker -- coat is thi cker. drew: a41. needs a better name. i get is a location name. reggie: she's only doing what her mama taught her, her mom was like this too

is why they put her in the aquarium. kumasi: she said no, i saw, and i'm not doing it. drew: should we name her barbie for the weekend? jobina: what is it, oppenheimer? barb >> but it is a finding nemo situation and she bust out her mom? drew: pixar, this could be something. it is warm across the state. excessive heat warnings in effect. were heating up once again created a look at the daytime highs. 112 in redding. 10 stays in bakersfield. -- 110 created the coast for the most part 70's and 80's. we have ate like

morning and we are going to warm up quickly today but the air quality declines. moderate support to date with a spare the air but if we can better and by sunday we have fresh air, good air quality across the board. it is warm to hot with heat advisory beginning at 11 a.m. for the hottest areas. areas above 95° topping out as high as 106 later this afternoon underneath the heat advisory. quite warm around the bay shoreline. 70 in the city so we are all going to feel very warm today. tonight 50's and 60's but in the hills, some of us could say in the 70's overnight tonight. the heat advisor continues. the coast will have that natural ac but by sunday areawide we will find will the weather moving in and fresh air. the next seven days for you. summer sizzled today and tomorrow with the heat advisory.

cooling begins sunday. the back half of the begin and feeling more comfortable and we are closer to average for much of next week. jobina: good morning. i have an alert for you. the san francisco line experiencing a 10 minute delay it within a clement problem on the track -- with an equipment problem on the track. we are the residual delays. the bay bridge total laws that the new delays start here -- toll plaza the new delays start here. now the sun is beginning to rise, we can tell the golden gate bridge is all fog. we are looking to see if they issue a fog advising but so far, nothing from them. we have a wind advisory for the past. tracy to double about 35 minutes. reggie: we have named the otter. ms. sophia.

i like it. oprah's charact jell her, but she only came out more resilient? drew: i can see the parallels. reggie: t next week to the bay area. what you would not be able to do if you plan to go to the stadiums. kumasi: a look at the two perspectives on the teach

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the wage increase reach after eight years in teacher strike back in may. teachers will receive subsidized housing and full coverage of benefits for them and their dependents. a former teacher who retired after 50 years says the cost of living was more affordable back in the 70's. >> i thought i was hot stuff when i got $1000 a month. i was like, yes. i made it. i have arrived. kumasi: the first day of school in oakland starts august 7. reggie: jennifer newsome helping kids read all summer long with her first book club. she visited the san francisco public library yesterday alongside maryland. breed the goal is to help expressions the books and ours. it is initiative created to reduce summer

learning loss. former president barack obama release his annual summer playlist and book recommendations. 90's anthem california love by tupac shakur. his reading this nonfiction title matthew does ms. poverty by america. he is previously release lists for holidays and work out motivations. you can go to twitter to see the full list of songs and books. >> did not rely o kumasi: it prepares today on apple tv+ and you can watch it with other warrior fans on the big screen at thrive city as part of chase center like it in blockbuster series showing today is free but you have to reserve a spot for the 4:00 p.m. viewing.

drew: 70° in san francisco with a live look outside. would it fog and heat advisory in effect for warm to hot temperatures. we are set to sweat.

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