>> here we go from santa clara to 49ers, tonight is the night they have been waiting for. thanks for joining us. >> it is a tailor takeover today in the bay area, thousands of fans converge on the south bay. larry: this is going to affect traffic and businesses in the area through tomorrow night. we have team coverage, take a look at the forecast. kristen: lauren martinez and zach fuentes are outside of levi's stadium. let's begin with late -- with lauren. reporter: hi, kristin and larry. i am surrounded by swifties positive energy. it feels amazing out here. i can feel the energy start to build yesterday. today in concert, night one, it feels awesome. one of the fun things about

being here is seeing the beautiful outfits. a lot of fans are dressed, referencing certain song lyrics or albums, or iconic taylor moments. this is ava and keira from danville. >> my dress is lover. my boots our reputation. my earrings are fearless. >> what is fun about coming here addressing a? --up? >> being surrounded by the swifties beloved and enjoy being here. i get to see taylor's. -- taylor swift. >> it my first concert ever. reporter: your first concert? you traded a friendship bracelet with me. thank you so much. what are you looking forward to? what is your favorite song? >> bad blood. reporter: awesome, thank you so much. i want to introduce you to the siegel family, they came from anchorage, alaska. i wanted to tell everyone about your outfit. if you can describe to us your

49ers season-ticket holders, tell us what you did with your jersey. >> we modified it slightly today. number 13 is taylor's favorite number. rock very be our number one quarterback. you be season 1 -- qb season one. reporter: was bracelets. and so i had a bunch and i traded them all. so now i'm happy. i have all my friendship bracelet. what's what's so special about trading friendship bracelets with all the other swifties? i think it's fun because it brings together a bunch of people that are obviously here for like a big concert, but it is just it's nice because you're meeting so many people from so many different places and you're all kind of brought out together by one like fun thing. so it's just like a memento to have awesome. we'll have fun tonight. thank you. so you saw it. there are a lot of outfits here,

a lot of fans just being really creative. but with their outfits. and this is only night one, so i'm sure we're about to see a lot more other fans enjoying it out here. but live from 50, clara, lauren martinez, abc seven news. this is crazy. lauren, are there a lot of people i mean they say don't come if you don't have tickets but do you think there are a lot of people there waiting to snag last minute tickets on the resale market? you know, so far i haven't met anyone still trying to grab a ticket. the fans that we have talked to are all going to see the show. in fact, some are seeing the show for a second time. we were at a san jose tattoo shop soul images earlier before we got to levi's, where a bunch of people were getting taylor swift design tattoos. so that was really fun. and the girl that was getting two taylor swift tattoos, she saw the eras tour in vegas and so tonight will be her second time seeing the show. so these are diehard swifties, humanity coming together for taylor swift. lauren, thank you so much. wow.

i'm still working on picking out my tattoo design. yeah. yes. let's get abc seven news reporter zach fuentes. i know it's loud where you are. traffic is as people walk right through your shot as though you're just standing in front of a camera for no reason. but anyway, zach, what's. what's the traffic situation right now. the traffic situation is picking up minute by minute. i am flanked by some very excited. how excited are you guys? very. but look, a lot of the people coming here today were so focused on getting those concert tickets, some people didn't really think about what the parking and traffic situation would be coming here. so one of your best bets if you're coming here either later today or tomorrow, might be public transit. i'm dressed as reputation, but my favorite taylor swift album is 1989. these taylor swift fans came into town more than eight hours before the star was set to take the stage friday. they came in to the bay area from salinas. my daughter is a taylor fanatic, so we're all coming as a family. but in their eagerness to secure

concert tickets, the family forgot about parking. once we remembered that we needed to look into parking, it was already sold out and resale. they were selling them up to $400. so public transit became their savior, turning out to be an even better alternative to parking at levi's stadium. then we don't have the headache of the traffic trying to get out of there. so yeah, i'm glad we have this option with service directly to levi's stadium, vta has been marketing the transit system as the best option for taylor swift's concert goers, whether they're coming in for the friday concert or saturday and the light rail cars are always packed. during levi's stadium events. vta says this event is especially unique. we normally take between 10 and 15% of a sold out crowd at the stadium this time there are going to be a lot more people who are not going to be inside the stadium. so it's anybody's guess how many thousands of people may be there just hanging out and join the vibe, taking in the music from from outside the stadium. vta says it's expecting more people unfamiliar with the system to use it and will have ambassadors at many of the

stations to help passengers out. basically what people need to know is their stop for levi's stadium is the great american station, and one of the best things they can do is download the transit app on their phone because it will give them all the information they need about when the trains are coming, how often they'll run, what stations are closest to them to to use the ease of the system, allowing the focus for swifties to be on the main event. how excited are you guys. all right. so the trains are going to run for an hour after the show. even if there's an encore, they're going to be watching for that. they just vta. just want you to keep in mind that you're connecting services. like if you're taking bart or caltrain might not be on that same schedule. so be wary of that. but you're coming down here. just make sure you're keeping track of track traffic, parking, bring your friendship bracelets, because i have some to trade it and have them on me. when this group of fans came, i felt kind of bad for them. i'll make sure they get some abc7 friendship bracelets later. right now live in santa clara county zach fuentes abc seven

news. i'm sure they're just happy you're wearing that or holding them up. zach thank you. all right. now to abc7 news anchor jobina fortson who has a look at the closures and what you need to know if you're heading to the concert tonight or tomorrow night. all right. to areas. if you're driving down to the concert, this is what you need to know. we are going to start with the road closures. tasmin drive from convention center circle to centennial and marie debartolo way will be shut down. it will not reopen until after the end of the second concert. so that is a late saturday night, essentially rolling into sunday morning. all right. so for folks in the south bay, we know you can rely on vta as an option. but for our east bay friends, how about this? we map this out. if you head over to the jack london square amtrak station, you can ride at all the way down to the santa clara great america station. and you've got some good options here. so you can leave at 145. you get there around 238. so before the gates open or you leave a little later in the afternoon, you get there at 505,

and that's after the gates open at 430. but not bad, $16 one way. so that's a pretty good situation. unfortunately, though, if you want to take amtrak on the way back, it is sold out. so i have another option for you. you can take bart. you want to make sure you get there swiftly and not have teardrops on your guitar because you got stranded. so important notes here. you need to be at the milpitas bart station at 11:45 p.m. to take that last train that stops at every stop along that route. you can get on at 12:20 a.m. but there are only going to be a select stations there. so you want to make sure you check the schedule and see if that can accommodate you. and by the way, if you are taking amtrak, it lets you off right there. all you got to do is walk across and you make it right to levi's stadium. so enjoyourself. have a great time. and by the way, get out your phones right now. scan the qr de that's yr screen. it'll take you right to our website. and that's where we put together a whole page of everything swiftieseed to know before the show.

you can find the forecast transit options. liket toldouand a list of items you can and can't bring in to levi's. so have a great time. send us pictures. i'm developing fomo here. i'm not not a swiftie officially if you're not going to the show. abc ven news is here for your complete coverage. taylor takeover kicks off on our 5:30 p.mstreaming show. stay with us on the stream for extended coverage. 7 to 730 if you want to watch download the abc seven bay area app for your phone or your smar tv and the transportation getting back home is key because if she doesn't go until 8:00 and plays for a long set 2 to 3 hours, sometimes you could be heading home late. mind.st got to keep that in yeah. and i think the last amtrak jill biden i was showing was sold out, so. yeah. all right. but right now, if you're going to the concert, it looks wonderful for the folks waiting outside. sandy cute outfits. exactly. what's it going to be like on a little cool. it's going to be actually beautiful as that concert gets

underway at 8:00. larry and kristen right now, the sun is shining over levi's stadium. take a look at the forecast at 630 as some of the festivities begin and people arrive. we are expecting 75 degrees and sunny skies. temperature will drop off to about 61, but still comfortable at levi's stadium. if i were you, i would just grab an extra layer and go, just in case you get a little cool, larry. all right. thank you, sandhya. coming up, battle brewing over anchor brewery. the fight between the owners and employees. so could i be the answer to the recovery of downtown san francisco? and are you ready for a new breed of avocado? how it might actually change your next bowl of

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solutions to the housing crisis. one way abc7 news is working to build a better bay area abc7 news reporter cornell barnard with more from petaluma. oh my. what is this is home. heather bynum and her dog gouda are finally coming home. heather says it's taken nearly a decade to make that giant leap from living on the streets chaotic. i was homeless for seven years, living in my car shelters, motel rooms. heather recently moved into the studios at monteiro, a new supportive housing complex in petaluma, offering safety and stability. i'm coming here, being on my own, having visitors is it's adjustment and we're loving it good. and i really to be honest, if the 60 unit facility resembles a hotel, that's because it used to be america's best value in burbank. housing in the city of petaluma purchased the property with state grants for $15 million. that's come with air conditioning in the unit as

well. ashland artist is supportive housing manager. she says her case managers work with new residents to help them succeed and not transition back to the streets. here we treat everyone as an individual. everyone has an adult, so when they come in, they do sign their lease. they're responsible for a proportion of rent every month. there are ground rules for new tenants no drugs, no selling drugs. keep your area clean. all 60 rooms in this former motel have been outfitted with a kitchenette, a tv and a bed. and for many people, this is the first time they've had a place to call home in years. this is my garden. it's a community garden. christine sullivan says this facility has given her more than she ever imagined. they've been out on the streets for about four years. i had no way of getting any visitation with my son. now that i have a permanent house, i can get visitation with my child. this please give me a gift. beyond gifts. and this is long term housing so they can stay as long as they want. but the goal is one day for them

to move on from here for heather and gouda, four walls and a door are enough. for now. i feel like i'm a member of society again. being responsible and that i do better on routine and stuff. so i'm happy and looking forward to the future. in petaluma, cornell barnard abc seven news, a group of anchor brewing company employees who want to buy the brewery say anchors current owner is just not treating them fairly. members of warehouse union local six, which represents about 40 anchor workers. they say sapporo, which owns anchor, is not providing them the financial information they need to present a serious purchase offer in a statement, the union said sapporo informed us they were refusing to grant us access to this financial information, claiming that it was now too close to the date when they would hand over control of their assets. the statement continuing. this is despite the fact that the other prospective buyers had already been given access to this financial information. so the union is calling for sapporo to hold off on handing over assets until september second so they can get an offer together themselves.

sapporo spokesperson says that is not possible because the deadline is early august. the union desire to get information ahead of the liquidation process that just wasn't possible. they asked at a very late moment. we want the union workers to bid on this brewery and its historic assets. we want others to bid on it. and whoever makes the best offer will wind up either in whole or part. all of the anchor brewing and its assets. sapporo says it has more than two dozen interested buyers for anchor. so we'll see how it all plays out. i know a lot of people wanted to work out. oh, absolutely. i mean, the beer is beloved. yeah. yeah. all right. the weekend is knocking on our doors. taylor swift is knocking on our doors. she's only on our doors. but collectively sort of. kind of. but but the weather, it looks like it's going to be pretty good. sandhya yes. just take a look at this live picture. and larry and kristen, this is from levi's stadium where fans

swifties are moving in, coming in. and you can see just blues skies. there it is in the upper 70s right now. temperature will drop off to the mid 70s at 630. and later on this evening in the low 60s. so really will be nice and comfortable as that concert gets underway for taylor swift, sutro tower camera showing you sunny skies over downtown san francisco right now we have upper 80s for some of our warmer spots like santa rosa, fairfield, livermore, you've already hit 90 degrees. you're at 89, right now. napa, 79 degrees. and from our san rafael camera, you are seeing just blue skies. a little bit of a breeze. not as windy as yesterday. 63 in the city, 70 in oakland. you're in the low 70s around mountain view, san jose, 79 and half moon bay, 63 degrees on live doppler 7 pretty quiet picture. yes, we have a few patches of fog along the coastline, but that's not going to be a big factor in our forecast for the weekend. temperatures are up anywhere from 2 to 8 degrees for most of you. and this trend is going to continue as we hit the weekend

from our emeryville camera looking back towards the golden gate bridge, a little hazy out there. warming trend continues this weekend. fog along the coast and bay overnight and we will be cooling below average on tuesday and wednesday. let's go hour by hour fog. that's near the coast this evening will push just locally around the bay. if you have friday night plans, expect that fog around around the bay and the coast tonight and then tomorrow morning. we begin with limited fog and it burns back to the coastline. most areas away from the coast. we'll be looking at sunny skies and warmer weather. your morning temperatures in the 50s, 60s as we head into the afternoon. numbers come up a few more degrees. we're not expecting extreme weather. 81 in the south bay in san jose, santa clara, 80 degrees, 91 in gilroy on the peninsula, 80 in redwood city, 62. pacifica, san francisco, 66 degrees. a nice breeze along the coastline, some patchy fog lingering. and in the north bay, 82. san rafael, 89. in santa rosa, 81. in vallejo, 82 degrees in napa

and the east bay, you're looking at 72, oakland, 77. fremont head inland and it will be a nice warm summer. saturday, summer day 92. in fairfield and livermore, 91 degrees in concord. your accuweather 7 day forecast. it's a warmer day for your saturday summer heat with a sunday mid-nineties inland low 60s coast. we're going to carry that over into monday and then it turns cooler. the winds will pick up tuesday, wednesday, thursday. i mean, your temperatures are barely in the mid 80s. upper 50s, coast side. and then those numbers will come back up on friday. but really, larry and kristen, nice looking weather for any outdoor activities this weekend. yeah and enjoy the warm weather before it drops down a little. that's right. absolutely. which will still be enjoyable. it will be enjoyable. absolutely. okay. another big jackpot is on the line tonight. the mega millions lottery jackpot is nearing $1 billion. it's now $940 million. the prize has a cash out option of 472 million.

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moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. the ai buzz is reaching downtown san francisco where a vacant office space is at an all time high. but this isn't just about the technology. abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to several experts who say ai is giving them hope for san francisco to recover post-pandemic and loose joins us live now from the newsroom. loose? yes, larry, the truth is the number of office vacancies in san francisco's downtown is more today than it was 20 years ago. the chief economist for the city said he is concerned, but there are at least 300 job postings for artificial intelligence in the bay area downtown san francisco is hoping to benefit from that. it's not hard to spot vacant office spaces throughout downtown san francisco. the vacancy rate is 30%. that's a record before the pandemic is about 5%. so we had the hottest office market in the country before the pandemic. we were one of the fastest

growing cities in the united states, one of the top two, and then it really did a 180 during the pandemic. our abc7 news data team confirms office vacancies in the broader san francisco metro area nearly tripled from 6.3% vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2019 to 71.2% vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2023. the good news about downtown san francisco is that the talent really hasn't left the bay area. ted egan, chief economist for the city of san francisco, says ai is giving the city hope. but how realistic is it? job postings may give us a clue. we just looked at generative ai chatgpt in the new models that are attracting so much attention, we found that 24%, 25% of all job postings in the nation were in the bay area, according to brookings institution, a nonpartisan think tank in washington, d.c. the vast majority of ai job postings are in the city.

there are a lot of accounts of people actually moving back to the bay area to participate in the generative ai boom and i think that a lot of this work is early stage work where you want to be directly in the office. there's also growing interest in vacant office space. according to data from the real estate tech firm, there's been a slight bump in commercial real estate demand in the city. their numbers show a 10.2% increase. it's kind of like a leading indicator of people signing leases. so yeah, it's great news that people are looking for space at the four seasons embarcadero is located within the three, four, five california office building. lately, they've noticed an uptick in business. we see a couple of breakfast meetings. that's happening, lunch meetings happening. i'm just really hoping that the additional interests of i businesses coming to san francisco downtown san francisco's chief economist said having ai companies move to downtown will bring a boost to

the area, but it will take a lot of ai growth to take over all the empty office spaces, he says the city needs to tap into other industries to really help downtown recover in the newsroom. luz pena abc7 news. all right, luce, thank you. abc seven news insider phil matier is here. what are you hearing about downtown san francisco? i mean, improvement. can i save the day or at least be a component? it can be a component, but as luis just pointed out, it's only one part. they need to diversify more. larry, we've gone from a city that, you know, used to build things and ship things around the world to a financial center, as evidenced by the transamerica tower and the bank of america building when we were a financial hub. and then we went into a tech hub and and it's we have too much of one thing. and when it pulled its computers out and went home and started working remotely, the fact is they're not going to be coming back in the numbers before they're coming in 2 or 3 days a week. we have to find other people to fill that up. is one thing. but the mayor has said we've got

to find other things as well to mix and to guard against the next sort of drop in the economy. so luis alluded to this in her segment with office vacancies. and i think the number is a little bit above 30% in downtown, not much. yeah, that's pretty it's pretty high. okay. so the question is how do you address this? and i know there have been discussions about, well, let's convert it to housing. we need more housing. that is really expensive to do. it's really expensive. and it really takes a lot of time. that's the bottom line. and too much time probably. so that's one component. but it's not it's not going to be the big change. the number one thing is you have to just try to get people into those offices because converting them into something else is going to be difficult. so you try and turn. and how do you do that? well, the mayor says you've got to make the city more welcoming. in other words, we've got to get safe on the ground. you've got to have people wanting to come in and willing to come in. but in addition to that, she wants to give this the city a sense of destination like we have the destination with the warriors and with the giants. that brings in tens of thousands of people to the south of market area. she wanted something downtown,

and that's why she's talking about something, as some people might think, farfetched as a soccer stadium in the downtown at the westfield mall location, something like that, that would make it a draw back into that area. all right. so the mayor's been very vocal about this, saying there are just missed conceptions about san francisco and the relative safety of the city. is that really resonating with anybody or is this more of a political move because we've got an election coming up next year. it's a political move. it's also, you know, you're talking with the team in the locker room saying, hey, we've got to change. you know, i'm out there saying this is a misconception and misconception, but the fact is, she walks out and she says to the world also, we've got to change things. there has to be we have to clean the place up. we can't continue like this. we've been through some of these close things like this before. i remember when willie brown was mayor and the city felt like it was in a slump. you know, that's when the 40 niners first started talking about moving to santa clara. he invigorated the town by the giants ballpark.

but also by getting the university of california's mission bay campus to open up its medical facilities down there. and that brought a whole new life and that brought this whole biotech industry from there, all the way down to south san francisco. so can we get a big move like that that's questionable these days? we'll have to see. but that's what some of the things that you're trying to do think big to this day. he regrets not putting the basketball arena at moscone center. he said that would have kept downtown alive if we could have had that foot traffic going in and out. instead, we've opted to put it off to the side that area is doing well. it's the downtown that's hurting and empty offices. they're tough to fill. well, levi's stadium at candlestick would have helped also, if you want to talk about the city in general, but. exactly. and they lost that one as well. so it's a back and forth. san francisco is this is a new normal. it's going to be tough to we can't just expect workers to come back. we've got to get new workers to come in and shoppers. yeah. thank you, phil, have a good weekend. all right.

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300 to $900,000 a year. now, of course, you know, union writers and actors have voiced their concerns over the use of artificial intelligence to replace writers and actors. i guess a couple of questions here. do we really think i could write great scripts for hollywood? and part two of the question would be where would somebody apply for such a job if they were so interested? so i have a little thought about this. okay. first of all, what is there a product manager? what do they do? let's be honest. i mean, if they're paying that much, they're probably in charge of writing scripts or using ai to optimize writing scripts. i don't know about you guys, but i think anything trained on ai to write scripts, you won't get anything truly original because it's built on what's already there. you see what i mean? it won't be unique. it's never been done before. an idea that only us humans can think of. that's right. thank you for agreeing. go, humans. i agree. as a human i agree. but also that's a lot of money to be a product manager. i have the same questions that you have, chris.

like what are they actually have to do? yeah. what are the descriptions of these type of jobs? because i want to know, you know, actually did a story about ai right before the four and four and the bay area actually has a lot of openings for ai companies that are going to be here. so i'm just curious, like what are these jobs like? what are they intel? what's going to happen here? i don't know. we need we need a ted talk or something on all this. we really do. okay. airplane lavatories could soon be getting a little bigger. the department of transport says restrooms need to be large enough for passengers with disabilities and their attendants to enter and move within the space. but passengers won't see the changes anytime soon. the requirement applies to aircraft ordered ten years after the rule takes effect. ten years? yeah. sandia you know what? there's so tiny. i mean, we've all traveled with kids and we know how difficult it can be when they're younger. but not everyone's cut out the same way. so just even using the restroom, they're so compact. i think they definitely need to

accommodate more people, different sizes. yeah. i mean, the ten years makes sense because they're not just going to get rid of all the airplanes that they have been using for years and years and years is going to be a slow process to try to make the changes. but like how much extra space are they really going to give you? like, yeah, and can i tell you just they're going to optimize every single square inch. so if they made the bathroom bigger and had to take out a couple of seats, but they still want to make $1 million per flight, where do you think they're going to get that extra money from when they lose two seats? yeah, that's right. you you know what? i also vote for more leg space just overall, that would be amazing. yes, that's more important. do it for humans. yes. america is going cricket crazy. one of the world's most popular games now picking up steam here in the us. abc news reporter morgan norwood has a closer look. american fans are going wild with the debut of major league cricket. it's been fantastic. i think, you know, everyone's enjoyed it. it's a lot of people have been

waiting for this for for quite some time in countries like india and pakistan, cricket is more than a sport. it's an obsession. and the league is hoping to recreate that excitement here in the us. six teams competing in grand prairie, texas, dubbed cricket city, usa and mooresville, north carolina for the inaugural season, playing in 2020 format a short form of the game. it's a bit similar to baseball because its average scores, you know, batters, pitchers or bowlers. so i think it's a numbers game as well. unlike test cricket, which can last for days, 2020 matches are played in a few hours. each team bats once in what's called an innings until each player is out. all the balls have been bowled or the game has won, runs or scored by the batsman, making contact with the ball and running between the wickets. if a ball reaches the boundary, it counts for four. if it hits over the line, it's a six. honestly, it's one of the most exciting times being in the us

as a cricketer as he hit it for six he has when the chance came to be involved in cricket here. yeah, it was, it was crazy. and i jumped at the chance. this is fascinating. and there's a team in san francisco. they play in san jose. yeah, but yeah, the unicorns. look, i have to tell you, when i was growing up and i didn't grow up here, i grew up down around salinas. we used to come to the bay area for picnics and then there were cricket matches that certain people went to that were friends of the family. and i remember this as a child. i've never quite understood the game. but there is a huge indian population that love cricket and that go to these games. so i get how it's finally catching on. yeah, my brother used to do a lot of traveling to india and he got just swept up in cricket fever. the whole country is basically, you know, everybody's watching the tv and then he spends about an hour trying to explain the rules to me. and i was like, i i'm lost. i can barely understand baseball. and he reports on it.

yeah, yeah. we need we need to simplify it all. yes, yes, yes. all right. a danish man has completed a feat that many of us could only dream of. thor peterson has visited every country that's about 200 in 10 years. his world tour began in 2013, and he journeyed over land, mountains and seas by foot, train, bus, motorcycle and even camels, but never camels. yeah, but never on a plane. okay. he kept track of his travels on social media and he's now working on a documentary. wow. that's really cool. yeah. and he never has to deal with those tiny airport bathrooms, airplane bathrooms, full circle. is that a dream for you? you guys would you like to see all 200 countries? not on foot? yeah. no. but would you like definitely not on foot. i think it'd be really cool. i think it would be so educational. i assume that he's making money or supporting this venture by the documentary that because otherwise it's got to be expensive just traversing the globe, right? social media following clicks i

don't know. yeah but influencer he has to be definitely one of the first travel influencers because that's amazing thing. i mean, he has to be all over social media. i was trying to tell people how he's doing it and giving them a tips so they can do the same because that's the only way that he can potentially afford something like this. yeah. wow. so who wants to go? who would go not on foot, though, but i would not go on foot. okay. yeah, but just in general, go. well, you know. yeah. luxurious travel that you're used to sending. get those. yeah, that would be fun. okay, let's get those ai powered anchors to do our jobs, and we go travel the 200 countries on camel. that could be a little dicey once they take over, but we'll see. that's it for the four and four. we'll be ri ♪ (tense music) ♪ one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. aleve. who do you take it for?

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would hopefully, if it's heritable, you'd get a mix of those traits. growers will like the variety because it comes from a smaller tree half the size of a conventional tree. so the footprint of the tree is smaller. and so because of that, you can be more efficient in using scarce resources like water and fertilizer, a smaller tree also brings a higher yield efficiency, meaning more pounds of avocado and therefore more profit for growers. plus an easier and safer harvest. the sort of harvest aspects and you know, like how is it harvest that are handled differently? and as a smaller, more upright tree, one of the things it's easier to pick and how good of a guacamole does it make. this thing makes a dynamite guacamole because it's smooth. so when you mash it, it's a very smooth texture. guacamole. look, there's actually so many. cabrera, abc7 news, i think avocados is always a plus, right? yeah, exactly because they're pretty expensive, right?

and it's always so tricky. they go bad and it looks fine. but it's, i don't know the restaurants figure it out. but anyway, yes. anyway, let's check in with sandia because a lot of people are looking at that taylor swift weather and it's looking fantastic for the weather down there for the concert, larry. and kristen, let's take a look at live doppler 7 right now. it is all quiet here locally as we check out the temperatures tomorrow afternoon, warmer than today, low 90s, inland, low 60s coast. there will be some patchy fog at the coast and it will be breezy if you are going up to napa for the blue note jazz festival. it's a three day festival this weekend. low 80s, really nice and mild in the 50s to start off the morning accuweather 7 day forecast turning up the heat a little bit on sunday mid-nineties inland will hold that for monday. low 60s coast side and then it'll cool off for those of you who do not like the heat down to the 80s midweek. kristen all right, sandhya, thank you. illuminate sf is at it again. they've lit up san francisco's grace cathedral projecting 12

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at eight. it's will trent, followed by 2020 at nine then don't miss abc's seven news at 11 haunted mansion is in theaters today. it stars rosario dawson as the new owner of the mansion and lakeith stanfield as a former astrophysicist who gets involved with helping to rid the place of all its ghosts. reporter george pennacchio with our sister station in los angeles, caught up with the stars in interview done before the actors strike. pumpkin, what's wrong? this place is haunted in haunted mansion. rosario dawson plays a doctor and the new owner of a place she plans to turn into a beautiful bed and breakfast. the film has its comedic moments and it's more frightening ones. you get blown back like that was okay for the kids, but the like spirit thing coming like and hitting no, the action actually

hitting no like it was fun kind of watching even sort of the way that we can kind of present this to people and like the layers of like what's really too scary? like what? what makes it something pg, pg 13 guys? is anybody else seeing this? yeah, i'm seeing it. whoa, whoa, whoa. hold on. we deal with some serious topics and then we deal with some spooky moments that just speaks to the universality of some of the themes and the storytelling, all the stories that i really like and speak to young, old in between, because they're universal truths that we all kind of know or recognize. so yeah, i love the fact that it has a little bit of something for everyone in this movie. wait, i should warn you, before you step inside the house, this could change the course of your entire life. i'm not afraid of a couple ghosts. haha. you say that now when it comes to the haunted mansion attraction at disneyland, rosario says she's been enjoying it since she was a kid. la keith's first experience with

it was right before they shot the movie. i was really surprised at the technology being used and that had been being used for so long and that it still feels so real and magical and, you know, you're able to suspend belief with ease. in los angeles, george pennacchio, abc seven news haunted mansion is in theaters now and disney is the parent company of abc seven. that's it for abc seven news at four. abc7 news at five is next including our taylor takeover.

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