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overturn the the indictment listing 4 criminal counts, including conspiracy to defraud the u.s., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction and an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the right to vote and have that vote counted. the indictment also references six unnamed co-conspirators from trump's inner circle who promoted his false election claims. before voting to indict trump, the grand jury heard testimony from several witnesses, including trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner, and several officials from battleground states who were allegedly pressured in a failed bid to change trump's election losses into victories. for more than a year, federal prosecutors have been
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investigating alleged attempt by trump and others to overturn the 2020 election results in hopes of reversing trump's loss to joe biden. special counsel jack smith also investigating trump's actions during the january 6 insurrection when he told supporters to march on the capital. trump began bracing for another arrest after smith's office sent him a target letter notifying him he was the focus of the grand jury probe. >> i did not know practically what a subpoena was and grand's. now i'm, like, becoming an expert. >> in may, smithson trump -- smith sent trump a target letter before indicting him in the mar-a-lago classified documents probe. in an indictment filed last month, trump is accused of mishandling documents including top-secret military and nuclear records after leaving office and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve them. trump, who has long denied any
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wrongdoing, pleaded not guilty to the previous criminal charges he is facing. >> here's a quick charges -- conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. the indictment also says mr. trump violated the rights of millions of americans to cast a vote for the candidate up their choice. kristen: joining us now, the cal state east bay professor of communication and political expert. thank you for your time. how seismic, how historic is this? >> this is pretty huge. all of these indictments of trump have been pretty influential in historical, but this is the first one that really focuses on his time as president, so in that way, it is even more historical than the previous indictments we have seen. larry: practically speaking, we already had a couple of
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indictments, the falsifying of business records -- is this the most serious? if you were defending mr. trump, would you be most worried about this particular case as opposed to the other two? >> at least from what i've read so far in the indictment, jack smith lays out a pretty compelling case. no reasonable person would have concluded that trump had won the election, and i think most interestingly, we not only have trump ignoring lawyers in his own inner circle according to jack smith, when they told him that he had not won the election, but he's is also trying to talk others into believing that he had won the election. most notably, vice president mike pence, telling mike pence he is too honest, for example. it is a quite compelling indictment, at least compared to the previous two, in my estimation. kristen: this comes as a new poll shows biden and trump neck and neck in the presidential
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matchup and trump way ahead of other republicans for the party's nomination for president. what does this additional indictment do? the question speaks to his popularity and to his eligibility to run. >> trump will still be eligible. there is historical precedent for someone running for president from jail. eugene debs did it 100 years ago. the political question, these indictments have been great for trump. he operates a very unique space in american politics where his supporters see him as the embodiment of them, so when he is being indicted, they feel like they are being indicted. that's why it is no coincidence that when this indictment came down, trump responded by comparing the indictment to nazi germany and soviet authoritarian regimes because that won't ring true for any opponent of trump, but for supporters, that analogy will work well. i think that is why trump there
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as soon as the indictment was announced. larry: you mentioned jail time. do you honestly believe that even with a guilty verdict that donald trump could end up in jail, or could it be more likely that some sort of deal was reached, assuming there was a guilty verdict, that you are not going to go to jail but you are also not running anymore? is that a viable option? >> it is very tough to will happen. it looks like trump's game plan is to get back into the white house so he can pardon himself before the question has to be answered. we will see what sort of legal maneuvers he can make to prolong these indictments. if running for president was indeed in jail, that would certainly be a major historical shift in american politics to say the least. kristen: thank you so much. >> thank you.
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larry: because of today's breaking news coverage of this indictment, "general hospital" did not air at its usual time. today's episode will air instead of 3:00 a.m., so set your dvr's for that. right now, potentially dangerous fire at a historical building in san francisco. >> this building was under construction. it was completely wide open, so it is basically a pile of matchsticks. it is just like burning man. kristen: flames leaping high into the air from a building. a quick response help avert disaster, but we are learning that concerns about fires in this area were raised two months ago. it took more than 140 firefighters and 40 trucks to bring this massive blaze under control. larry: the fire broke out around 6:00 this morning. what is the situation? >> when the fire chief first
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arrived, she thought this fire had the potential to wipe out the entire block. fortunately, it did not. tonight, because of the fire still under investigation, but neighbors around here have their suspicions. >> i saw from my apartment the whole commotion, all the trucks and firefighters. suzanne: neighbors got a rude awakening this morning just before 6:00 a.m. a massive four-alarm fire sent flames shooting from the rooftop and spewed smoke into the air. a neighbor took these photos from the top of his apartment building. the fire was intense and moved pretty fast because the building was still under construction. >> it >> it is basically a pile of matchsticks. >> more than 140 firefighters tackled the flames. several factors made the fire even more challenging to control. >> there's no sprinkler system in place. there's no sheet rock in place.
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there is no fire protection, anything in place. it is just like burning man, just setting it off, and that is what we saw here. >> the heat from the fire was so intense it cracked several windows in the building directly across the street. in the end, for buildings on hickory and oak street had fire and water damage. the fire department says that her crews were able to prevent the fire from being much worse. >> we could have lost an entire city block. >> the red cross is stepping in to help eight people who were forced out of their home. the five-story building under construction was slated to be a mixed use market rate housing project containing 12 dwellings and 950 square feet of ground floor retail. neighbors say the building had been under construction for the past year and that construction stopped about a week ago. one neighbor says the fire does not surprise him. >> when you have new construction in the city, if
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something gets delayed or near the end, usually are often times it gets torched. >> and neighbor says there's been trouble at the location before. she has her suspicions. >> i've seen them here, the firefighters here before. homeless have been getting inside the building and having fires inside, so they have to put them out before. >> again, the cause of this fire still under investigation, but we learned of a letter written by the president of the hayes valley neighborhood association. it cited several dangerous fires in the same area in march and april. we heard from supervisor preston's office today. they confirmed that they received the letter but also that they sent it to state officials and we are still waiting to hear if any action has been taken. larry: thank you. an early morning fire at an apartment building in san jose forced at least a dozen people
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from their homes near japan town. san jose firefighters say that blaze started around 4:15 this morning on north 3rd street at east taylor street. one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution but is expected to be ok. the red cross is working to help people affected by this fire find a new place to stay. kristen: in san francisco, families living in rv parks cle to lake merced -- or i should say rv's parked near lake merced hill need to move in the comiths. larry: those families say they ended up living in rv's despite having jobs. luz pena is in the area where families hope the city will help them. the concern is will people continue to live there or do they move the rv's? what happens next? luz: we met multiple families last week who live on the winston drive. all have jobs and say they ended up here after losing their jobs
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or having hours cut and not being able to pay rent. for the past year, they ha made this rv are home. she says life was not always like this. before the rv, they rented a room for $1300 in the mission district. check is, like, 200, 300, so i cannot pay the rent. >> where do you work? >> housekeeping in a motel. luz: at night, she hugs her two kids and prays for a miracle.
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is it hard to fall asleep? >> mm-hmm. luz: why? >> because sometimes of the cars and making noise and i don't sleep good. luz: it is too loud, too noisy? do you get scared? >> i only get scared when the windows are open. luz: of at least 50. these fires loom over them. next month, they likely will not be able to park here on weekdays for more than four hours. but i'm limiting a four-hour parking limit is technically displacing them. -- implementing a four-hour parking limit is technically displacing them. >> we have been working to find permanent housing solutions for many of those families and
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find places for those that need a little more time to get their footing. luz: parking instr coming in because sfmta is planning to begin construction of a bike lane, part of a quick build pedestrian and bike safety project. >> we have been looking at fights, trying to push for other resources, trying to get assessments done, but all these things we have been doing, so we also need that same sense of urgency from the city departments. this is a public health and public safety issue. >> we are focusing our efforts with services and shelter opportunities that are still discussing possible solutions with the project team that will best fit the needs of those may be affected. sfmta says they will give families a two-week heads up. she tries to stay strong in front of her kids but says every day is getting harder.
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in a spanish, she says they are praying to god for help. >> what. >> we went to check on her and sadly she is no longer in the rv. she could no longer afford it. with homeless. we will continue to follow her story. kristen: our hearts go out to her, but they have conflicting interests. time is of the essence, but also, how to find places for families like hers. luz: it is a complicated issue. obviously, they want to have a place where they can park their rv's. in her case, she was paying $800 to rent the rv and she cannot pay that anymore. she is trying to see where else she can stay.
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larry: the frustration of working as hard as you can in as many jobs as you can and it still does not add up to what you need. thank you. up next, artificial intelligence developing at a breakneck pace. why are efforts to regulate it taking so long? also, voting begins on what could lead to the largest labor strike in san jose in more than four decades. and trouble building if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor if entresto is right for you.
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larry: all eyes are valley as artificial intelligence continues to rapidly develop. despite his fast growth, logs to regulate hey i are slow to pass. we talk about zach: semiconductors or chips like this are the backbone to the technology we come to rely on ns industries around the world are increasingly using ai, so is applied materials, the manufacturer that provides chips to some of the world's biggest tech companies. >> we absolutely are using ai in a number of different areas. the magic that creates semiconductor leadership is incredibly complex and is getting even more complex in the future. ai technologies are essential for innovating faster and better. >> we were there is
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member took a tour of applied materials >> it was a first draft. if you did not have people in my office helping shape that legislation, you could not make that a law, so it shows what ai could do. zach: as ai grows, many tech experts, including leaders in the field, expressed concerns over the lack of regulation related to it. the congress member says he has been part of a bipartisan working group that house speaker kevin mccarthy put together to look at ai. >> this is something that should venture be politics. the united states needs to get this right. we are going to need technologists helping advise congress. the technology right now on complex ai is not there fully in
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congress. it is going to be a process where we will need to rely on outside experts. we have a collaborative spirit, a history of technology. technology has the united states. kristen: a vote that could lead to the largest labor strike in san jose in more than four decades is happening now. 4500 city workers will be voting through friday on authorizing a strike. this is day one of voting for two unions. if the unions for the workers vote in favor of the strike, it would be the biggest in san jose since 1981. union leaders say that could lead to disruption of city services, including kids' summer camps and some san jose airport operations. >> i'm really hoping that the city and our bargaining units
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get back to mediation, talk to whatever creative solutions both sides can bring to the table and get to a creative solution. >> city workers say they deserve a livable wage. the city is offering a 5% raise next year followed by a 4% raise and 3% the subsequent years. results of the vote are expected sunday. larry: check of the forecast, it is going to get warm but not quite yet. spencer: a couple days left of this midweek cooldown. let's look at the controlling factors in our weather. you can see we have low pressure to our northwest, which is the more dominant influence right now. the high-pressure system over in the southwest with the sweltering heat is nosing in our direction and by the end of the heat -- by the end of the week, we will feel it warming forest. right now, this strong onshore flow which is actually cooling us down. we have gusts ranging from 22
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over 30 miles per hour near the coast of the bay thanks to that set up i just showed you, and you can see it several degrees cooler right now than at this time yesterday across the area. this picture helps describe what is happening from mount tam over to the low clouds. 61 degrees in san francisco. mid 60's in oakland and low 70's at san jose and palo alto. 59 at half moon bay. golden gate, the marine layer is present. 76 degrees. we have low to mid 80's at fairfield, concord, and livermore. one final view from emeryville, looking at the deepening and expanding marine layer, these are our forecast features. we will expand again overnight. cooler patterns continue from what we have tomorrow and thursday. some triple-digit temperature readings likely in many of our inland areas this weekend. forecast shows a rapid advance of the marine layer tonight and
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overnight. notice the amount of drizzle offshore and some of it moving onshore. can expect patchy drizzle. overnight temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50's. upper 60's generally around the bay shoreline and inland areas will warm up to only upper 70's to low 80's, and here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. two more cooler than average days in this stretch of midweek cooling we have, but then it starts to warm up friday and look at saturday and sunday, upper 90's to near 100 on saturday in our inland areas. over 100 in numerous inland areas on sunday as heat intensifies. he teases up a bit monday, still a very warm day until we get temperatures back down to a more seasonal or normal range. kristen: thank you, spencer. larry: giving young people a fighting chance. later on this newscast, the local foundation using boxing's
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being recalled, unless it's your car. a test of tes is underway after complaints from dozens of drivers who complained of losing control 2000 three sedans and model y suv's. there is one report of a crash but no injuries from this issue. 280,000 vehicles are covered by this investigation. a new law called the sturdy act went into effect today. the law aims to end furniture tip over switch kill children every year. stores that manufacture dressers and other types of storage units for clothing must now pass stability tests, their products. any company selling noncompliant furniture will face fines up to
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$120,000 per violation, up to $17 million. since january 2000, tipped furniture has killed more than 200 and injured another 5000. overstock.com is officially no more. the online retailer has rebranded itself as bed, bath, and beyond, after purchasing the company's name, intellectual property, and digital assets for more than $21 million. they did that back in june. the new website launched today. they added hundreds of thousands of new products. the company does not plan to open a brick-and-mortar store and will stay solely online. larry: it is interesting the bed, bath, and beyond brand is worth more than overstock. kristen: we got those 20% off coupons for decades. larry: just ahead, two
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potentially troubling developments for oakland. one involves a planned high-rise tower, the other, one of the city's most historic downtown buildings.
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possibilities. our media partners for "the east bay times," historic downtown office tower on broadway has been returned to lender. according to their report, a san francisco-based firm is walking away from the century-old syndicate building just two years after it took out a $25.5 million loan on the project. kristen: better reason as to why they are doing this? and two, how big of a below is this to oakland? >> we are seeing it not just in oakland but in san francisco and even out in the suburbs, san ramon and such where we are grappling with an overabundance of office space. face it -- the bay area just has not come back to work. at best, workers are working two to three days a week. you look at who is in oakland offices, and a lot of it has to do with health care workers, government workers, federal
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workers, and city workers, and they don't need to be in the office right now. a lot of them are working remotely a couple of days a week . as for the buildings not going up, that is also a question about financing right now. we've got interest rates that are uncertain. people are not stable on that. don't be surprised if you see -- actually, you won't see because the buildings will not be going up and a lot of projects are hitting the pause button. larry: we know the situation in san francisco, the westfield mall, basically turning the keys back in saying we don't want the property anymore. is it the same situation in oakland, or are there different issues? >> it is similar. it is oakland because oakland's downtown really has yet to have her take off since the 1950's and 1960's. it just sort of caved in and has not really come back. there have been repeated attempts, the latest being tech, before that the yuppies coming
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in and lifting the area up, but it was not achieving liftoff. what we are talking about is people that pay big money for some of these buildings. the idea was when workers came back from covid, there would be more demand than ever. that has not proven to be the case. development and real estate deals is a big gamble. you can make big profits, but you can also have big losses. the differences -- the difference is you really see them. this one is actually empty, either an empty hole in the ground or an empty building, and it is very visible. kristen: what are the alternatives? how are they thinking about repurchasing, like san francisco thinking about bringing a university campus or maybe housing? what is oakland thinking? >> the -- they are thinking about everything you are talking about. oakland is thinking about revitalizing with entertainment downtown. i have already had that. the problem with oakland is that entertainment sometimes brings
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trouble, which sometimes has more of a negative impact on the positives again. some workers are being farmed out to the suburbs. they are trying to get as and assist in, but right now, it is just not a big market for it. the real challenge for oakland is it is already looking at a deficit, and the buildings we are talking about are also big tax delivery systems for the city. their value is going to drop. they are going to go asking for reassessments. property values are going to go down. tax values are going to go down, and oakland's budget is going to suffer as a result of that. larry: there's the circle of you here so much about. celebrating being child-free. that's apparently a real thing. plus, one man's way to fight
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kristen: time now 44 at 4:00. do you know what today is? it is not mother's day, not mother's day, it is international child-free day. non-parents are a growing population in the united states, and organizers say the day is intended to create awareness of a different life path. that path is a financial plan
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called dallying with zero. >> that's my plan, but it wasn't intentional. kristen: you enjoy your money, all of it, instead of passing it all on to your children, your heirs, spend it all. we all have kids here. not a reality for me here. >> my sister is the biggest proponent of dye with zero that i know of on the planet. she wants to buy everything. her four kids are like, can you buy one of us something? she's like, no! go get a job! anyway. >> here's my question. i've got a question about this, which is on father's day, the kids and mom perhaps by a gift and on mother's day, the data and the kids perhaps by a gift, who is buying a gift on this day? >> buy them for ourselves.
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>> the hard part is just can you tell me what day? i get to zero and i've got 20 years left, we've got a problem. >> yeah, what if you plan for a certain day, but let's say you get -- you live an extra 10 years because you are lucky that way and then you have nothing. >> exactly. it is a huge problem. >> afraid of having nothing. >> we'll see you for the next decade, spencer. >> zero scares me. and then who had a tree crash into his house is pairing his frustration with the city of sacramento. he still does not have the permits he needs from the city to do all the repairs. city has responded by saying er are some issues from unpermitted work that nd be corrected. this is right up your alley here.
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michael: we have aaying -- all the best stories don't work out because there's all these other details going on that you've got to comb through to make sure you've got a real story and you have a real victim and, like, who is the perpetrator? it is not always easy, as you see right there. that guy feels like they should come in and give him permits right away, and the city is going, he did a legal work. that is what they are saying right now. kristen: if it is a city tree, shouldn't the city just send people to fix it? michael: tree law gets really complex. i got an entire textbook on it in my office. larry: you have a textbook on tree law? michael: that's how boring i am. larry: can i borrow it? spencer: scintillating reading. kristen: this might be a little more exciting. it's got to be tough for a zoo when you are trying to convince visitors that the animals are
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not actually humans in costumes. that is happening at one zoo in china after video of a sun bear standing on hind legs went viral. larry: come on now. come on. bear was waving to the crowd. if it was a person inside the costume, it was probably this guy in the dog suit we showed you yesterday which admittedly was a person in the suit. >> that's a fair. humans don't move that way. >> can we move the bear video? i wanted to see this one more day. i'm convinced it is a guy. but then when he goes backwards, that's not a human-type move. humans don't sit down that way. kristen: or back up like that. >> or waive their heads and necks around like that. larry: but right there, it looks
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like a guy. but now he's, like, oh, ok, that's a fair. oh, michael is not sure. michael: if it were really a guy in a bear costume, he would know to act like a bear. kristen pulling that is such a great internet controversy. i love that one. larry: no doubt he studied tree law. if you are afraid of heights, this video may make you a little queasy. a professional daredevil walked a 500-foot-long line just under inch wide suspended between two hotel towers in qatar. if that was not enough, he added lights to get the 50-story-high walkway some extra oomph. this is like the flying will and
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us -- the flying wallend years ago. kristen: it is ok because he has a harness. larry: that's true. so it's nothing. i see people that walk the slack lens in the parks, and i'm just amazed at what they are able to do. who has the guts to even attempt something like that? any of us? no. spencer: it is tough for me to even watch it. i have a thing about heights. kristen: i would do those treetop courses, but that only gets you, what? 30 feet up? not that you know. larry: but like you said, he had a harness. what if he really do? kristen: maybe i'll consider it. it is not like wearing a bear suit and doing it. larry: exactly. try doing that in a bear suit. kristen: put a tree your head and balance. spencer: my colleagues are
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♪ i'm feeling good vibes ♪ it feels like forever ago that our lives were changed when you were diagnosed with cancer. i know this has allowed you to see how hard life can be, but always realize it's full of opportunities to make someone's day better. there's been so much kindness surrounding you, starlight who made you smile even on your toughest days. never forget those who loved you so well and know that you have the responsibility to give back. love, dad. kristen: big nonprofit in martinez is gearing up for tonight's national night out. larry: j.r. st of a group that teaches kids life skills in the rain. jr
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wadsworth and his brother john are boxers and don't put me in the ring with them, but they are also prime examples of kids working at something they are passionate about. >> even if they don't have the best days, you learn something from it. sean sharkey and dan dorsett want to bring the wadsworth others' mentality brothers' mentality to other kids. they will team up with police and other organizations for national night out tuesday in martinez, letting people know about their non-contact boxing program in several junior highs and high schools across the bay area and will soon be expanding to southern california. >> we are trying to get these kids to find out what they are passionate about. we are not teaching them to be boxers. we are teaching them to be boxers in life. >> we are building confidence and the ability to focus.
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jr: you wou would be the first thing they showed the kids. not the case, though. it is actually the footwork they have in the ring, going forward, slighting that back foot, and then going backward, slighting that front foot, and then the combination of the two. punches come later. >> there it is. jr: but let's pause because before the physical stuff happens, it is a mental game at a time when many kids are having their own battles. >> especially with disengage and it's not that easy to get engaged again. >> we really started talking in circle time about where your life is going, where they want to go to school, what kind of challenges they are facing. what we are going to do his work through those challenges in this box. jr: the program happens during a period of the school day. some kids who may be struggling in part of their life, but anyone can join and you think it's all boys, think again. >> in some academies, it is half
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and half and the girls seem to learn quicker than the boys. don't tell them that. >> who throws better collects i throw them faster. >> but i throw them harder. >> while the boxing wadsworth brothers are competing, the program does not involve any fighting, just the physical and mental training that comes with it along with that special feeling of accomplishment. >> nice. kristen: several other bay area cities are joining martinez in hosting national night out events tonight. the idea is to help build a partrship between law enforcement and the people they serve and protect. castro valley's event will take place at >> about park. in san francisco, the mayor will kick things off at the ingleside police station around 4:00 p.m.,
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so that happened already. larry: the natural question would be if you are going out tonight, what is the weather going to be? spencer: we are going to have a steadily expanding evening marine layer. a little bit grainy and elevated humidity outside tonight, but that is what we typically have this time of year, right? here the forecast animation showing the deepening and expanding marine layer. it is going to produce an a lot of drizzle, much of it offshore, but some of it on shore so early morning commuters will probably encounter some patchy drizzle tomorrow. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50's, so that is a typical range for this time of year. highs tomorrow will range from about 60 at the coast to upper 60's, low 70's around the bay shoreline, upper 70's to low 80's and lend, and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. the cooldown we are in will extend two more days through thursday. on saturday and sunday, it really heats up.
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monday and the temperatures fall back into a more seasonal range on tuesday. larry: concerned about west nile virus in santa clara county. kristen: up
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masters. at 10:00, it is the chase. then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. santa clara county has reported three different cases of west nile virus in different parts of the county. experts worried this might be an effect of our wet spring. abc 7 news the south bay ames how the county -- explains -- abc 7 news' dustin dorsey in the southbay explains how the county aims to stop this. >> we have much higher number of mosquitoes. our surveillance teams set up the traps almost everywhere. >> these traps have found mosquitoes in santa clara county in three separate areas. in palo tond stanford
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codes which were treated by vector control last wee within the are of santa clara and sunnyvale, zip codes 940 85, 940 86, 94087 and 95051 two be treated thursday, august 3. >> it is normal to see activity of west nile virus right now. dustin: that's why work to trea and kill mosquito larva is so important. >> our staff are checking mosquito sources to make sure we are monitoring and treating mosquito larvae to make sure they are not developing to the stage which is adult mosquitoes. dustin: an infectious disease expert says mosquitoes bite
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birds that carry west nile virus like crows and in the mosquitoes bite humans when they carry the virus. >> many people won't even know they have them and only about one in five people have symptoms, so it is probably easier to prevent and to actually aware. dustin: vector controls is the best way to do this is sprayed with epa-approved bug sprays, remove standing water in your yard where larva can grow, avoid being outside in the afternoon and evening if mosquitoes are around and reach out to the county if removal help is needed. kristen: good tips there. abc 7 news is streaming 24/7. get the streaming tv app and join us wherever you want wherever you are -- whenever you want wherever you are. abc 7 news at 5:00 with dan and ama is coming your way next. bye-bye.
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