hour or two ago and they will be helping with debris renewal -- removal. a community leader says that since january, a handfuls of fires have been started along this corridor. most of them involve people from nearby tent in chemnitz. she says that something needs to be done and done now. -- tent encampments. nothing -- something needs be done now. >> they do have a history of cause for concern. >> the intense fast-moving fire that gutted this empty building permits under investigation. it was under construction for the past year. we spot at the property owner in yellow here, who did not want to talk on, but told us she is working with the insurance company. the president of the hayes valley neighborhood association says that she alerted city leaders again and again about fires along octavia boulevard. city of san francisco data shows that there were 32 calls for service from the fire department

along the hayes valley octavia quarter this year for outdoor fires. this letter went documenting three fires in the same area. these are photos of yet another fire on generally 17th at the same construction site which just burned down. >> there was a fire that some and started to keep warm under the scaffolding of that very construction site. >> she says that the supervisor dean preston got the letter and elevated it to different city departments. >> we have not heard anything since. it's just completely acceptable. >> the mayor responded to community concerns by posting on social media that first we cannot jump to conclusions about the cause of the fire. the mayor then posted second, we are working to address these and but we are under a federal injunction that limits our ability to move tense even when people refuse shelter. she also posted that some people

have issues like power splicing causing dangerous conditions. city workers came and will work to prevent these dangerous conditions. when they see them or when reported. people in hayes valley say they have had enough. this man is moving out of the neighborhood after three decades because the fires are part of a bigger problem. >> it doesn't seem like they're willing to do anything about it when anything is reported. the crime in this neighborhood has increased significantly over the last 4-5 years. unfortunately, the homeless situation was out of control. >> is another look at all of you could been out here. these cranes were brought in to remove the debris early this morning. there were crews out here removing scaffolding and in the afternoon people were repairing windows across the street. this section of oak and octavia will remain closed for a while longer. life in san francisco, suzanne phan. larry: picking up ahead.

a federal court date set for the men who attacked paul pelosi stephanie sierra was in the courtroom today as the defense made a controversial request, joining us live in the newsroom. >> david to pap's request -- team requested before the trial. they want their counsel and one investigator to go back into take additional photos, measurements, and do a full walk-through of the crime scene. the debate got heated in the courtroom. the federal district court judge push back on that, asking why additional photos would be necessary. the defense argues the body camera footage and crime scene photos provided during discovery are not sufficient and they want time to plan out and timeout what happened inside the pelosi home before police arrived in order to be prepared for mr.

pelosi to take the stand. the government pushed bk, saying walk-through is not necessary for the charges, and would be an extreme violation of privacy. councils argued whether or not federal judges even have the authority to do this. the judge says that she plans to make a decision on this next week and she did add if she agrees with the government on this it will create an issue in appellate courts, and she wants to sort that out before ruling on the matter. larry: can you tell us about the timeline of this trial? do we know, maybe it is too early, whether paul pelosi will actually testify? >> for the first time, the government point out paul pelosi taking the stand during the second week at the trial. opening statements are set up -- scheduled to begin on november 9 and he is scheduled to take the stand the following way. the entire span of the trial is expected to last a week. the judge says that they are being very careful with the jury

selection process, adding that the survey will be compiled very comprehensively with questions that span a wide variety of topics. we know that in total there will be either 14 or 15 jurors selected. kristen: joe montana and his neighbors in san francisco's marina's district are taking -- marina district are taking action against damage caused by storms earlier this year. a flood impacted people living on marina boulevard between webster and baker streets. the claim suggests that sewage infrastructure was insufficient and the city is to blame. a spokesperson refuted those allegations, saying that sewage infrastructure was not to blame. public works, and the public utilities commission and joe mentone -- joe montana have not commented.

larry: multiple people arrest after a human trafficking stink. agents in action on operations cross-country along with local law enforcement. the contra costa human trafficking task force made two arrests and recovered one child as part of the suite. -- sweep. it started more than ago following nationwide. >> their kid and our streets and they are not for sale. the fbi and our partners will continue to focus on protecting the most vulnerable numbers of society, here at home and across the country. larry: nine suspects are in custody, and more people could be facing charges. kristen: the staff at a new high school said -- set to open next month is currently after being hit by burgers. luz pena shows what is being done to get to school ready for its reopening. >> instead of getting lessons

plans ready, staff are making calls for a locksmith. >> my first thought is earthquake, then i started to see cabinets open, there was stuff on the ground. >> this independent high school in east oakland serving gang impacted youth was burglarized. several projectors and microphones were stolen, and the co-founder says they are not taking it personally. >> it is indicative of hunger and lack of resources and that is bigger than a neighborhood. we are seeing crimes happened in downtown through everywhere else. >> despite losing 6-8000 dollars in property, they are staying focused on the bigger mission. their first high school class is about to come in. >> we are building a different kind of school, where you don't sit all day, you travel every day. >> they worked during

afterschool programs, community outreach and treating those in need. now they are making history opening the freedom school. >> starting off with 39th graders in the fall, regardless of if we have laptops or not. we will find a way to make it happen because they are expecting it and we can -- cannot let them down. >> they are ready with inspiring stories of changemakers. >> we do this to follow in the legacy and reminder that we come from greatness. >> new locks are coming in and cameras will follow, multiple expenses not part of their budget. with this gofundme, they are hoping to community steps into hell. >> as we are getting ready for the first day, we are super excited to receive them. kristen: santa clara county, how efforts have been successful in keeping

people off the street. and the big special celebration for the icons of san francisco, the cable cars. later, today's decision by fitch to downgrade the u.s. credit rating and what it could mean to the u.s. economy. >> i'm spencer christian, looking at foggy weather, drizzly and breezy, we have the forecast coming up in just a moment w lowering cholesterol can be hard. diets and exercise add to the struggle. today, it's possible to go from struggle to cholesterol success with leqvio. with a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by over 50% and keep it low with two doses a year. common side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, chest cold, pain in legs or arms, and shortness of breath. ask your doctor about twice-yearly leqvio. lower. longer. leqvio. ♪

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kristen: the efforts to end homelessness is a key part of the effort to build a better bay area. now, a new study claims that prevention programs in the south bay to keep families off the streets are proving effective. south gate -- zach fuentes shows us what it does. >> the jury to find a new home after someone is on the house is not easy. >> we have had incredible success housing families and people over the last five years as a collective in santa clara county. you're seeing more and more families doing this. >> the county saw a decrease of 1.2% of housed individuals, b destination home has been keeping people from becoming on house. >> the prevention system does exactly that. it prevents homelessness for families instead of clark county. >> it helps run the program along with the county joined by services from 19 different nonprofits. people can receive help with legal matters, issues and more.

-- medical issues and more. >> we help them figure out what their immediate needs are, which archewell art -- largely financial like rent, but other bills as well. >> the program led to a partnership with researchers at the university of notre dame, focusing on santa clara. >> he wanted to assure how effective a program of one find -- one-time financial assistance would be. >> they found that homelessness was reduced among people by -- he received $2000. >> and we partnered with them to follow-up with people who got assistance and people who were not able to access it. and be able to compare what happens to them. by comparing the beacon get a sense of how much of a difference does this make so we are able to follow-up and see people who were assisted are much much less likely to end up going back to emergency shelters and other things. >> the study can be used as models for committees in the bay

area and beyond. people have to still secure more funding for the program. >> if we can prevent anybody from becoming homeless, we won't have any more new families on the streets wearing about how to get off the street. >> zach fuentes, abc7news. >> some states are limiting them, but at the next studies are coming to more california classrooms. a series of webinars helping schools implement an ethnic studies curriculum. education leaders are promoting inclusive education as a strategy to improve student performance. every student at a public high school is required to take an ethnic studies course by the year 2026. in addition, thurman will help write a bill which will impose a fine on any district which spans a book, especially in an attempt to discriminate against students of color or lgbtq+ students. >> a teacher shortage is impacting schools across the nation. teachers of color are leaving jobs and growing numbers and

have the highest turnover. the main reasons are low pay, stress, pandemic air burnout, school violence and children's lack of respect. people are worried as the on arming teachers continues. one in three teachers will leave their job within the next two years. some schools are turning to athletic instructors and principles to teach in the classroom. larry: two dozen youth led technology advocacy organizations are being recognized for their work in making the digital age more inclusive and equitable. dustin dorsey shows us how this youth movement is making technology a better place. >> technology, artificial intelligence and social media. issues that are often felt by many, but hard to solve, to find solutions for digital natives, youth are making their voices heard. >> this next industry -- generation of industry builders and technologists, who are

younger or -- and reside in silicon valley, are a lot more conscious of social impact with tech. >> local groups are being recognized. encode justice, good for media, and reboot are three of the 26th -- 26 youth organizations who received a grant to build a more inclusive, equitable and accountable technology ecosystem. >> it was empowering and wonderful people -- for the young people who helped build it. and it validates what >> >> they're doing. >> there was always this feeling that we need to do this work and to see that we are receiving grant funding it is good to know that in the fight for more equitable digital environments young people can and are the solution. >> a san jose citizen

call from prince harry and meghan markle. >> thank you for doing what you do especially for kids, they will be very grateful. >> it was such an honor. >> considered to be the greta thunberg of ai, these groups have seen the good and bad impact that technology can have. she wants to make a difference in the world of technology, especially ai. >> there are immense risks and opportunities and we can only really make sure that ai is carefully governed if we have people at -- like us at the table, our generation has grown up as the most digitally native yet. >> today at an iconic celebration, cable cars going through the streets 150 years ago, and they threw them a birthday party. people were invited to dress in their best eating hundreds attire, and the cable cars were

lined with flowers. >> alright, let's celebrate 150 years of cable cars in san francisco. >> for the big submission, city is offering a daily pass to use the cable car for five dollars. that is great. and it's good through the end of the year. cheapest sightseeing you can never do. larry: and it's fun. think -- the ferry is great as well. did you say clothing from the 1800s? spencer's closet. too soon? [laughter] i'm sorry, i apologize. spencer: don't worry, this body of time for a punch back. larry: i love you, you know that? spencer: i do. let's look at what is going on with august, we have a stubborn marine layer, a vigorous one

causing clouds to linger through much of the morning with drizzle brought to us by this alignment of systems in the atmospheric, counterclockwise circulation low to the northwest and clockwise hide to the southeast, giving us a nice steady and vigorous onshore breeze with gusts right now up to 28 miles per mile per hour winds in san francisco, all around the area we are feeling the cooling breeze and it is cooling again, cooler than yesterday at this time by several degrees as you can see on the map. this is the view from our exploratory camera looking back at a portion of the san francisco skyline. it is currently 16 degrees here at the city, mid-upper 60's in mountain view, 59 degrees that half moon bay. there is the view from emeryville shown our foggy weather with clouds stacking on the coast over portions of san francisco, 83 degrees in santa rosa, napa 71 degrees, 82 degrees in fairfield, and h

is the breezy embarcadero from our rooftop camera, we will city widespread clouds and fog and overnight drizzle once again into tomorrow morning. breezy and cooler than average once again tomorrow, with triple digit heat returning to the bay area this weekend. overnight, look for the advancing marine layer. lots of drizzle along the coast and the bay as well, warning commuters will probably encounter some of that drizzle before things dry out in the afternoon tomorrow. overnight low temperatures in the mid-upper 50's, hives tomorrow up to about 60 degrees of the coast, right around the bay shoreline mainly in the upper 60's until near 70 degrees, near average inland, in the upper 70's to around any degrees, down in the south bay, 74 san jose, 81 degrees and sent -- santa rosa. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. notice the stretch of warm up on friday, it will be in or civil

one, but it really gets hot inland on saturday and sunday, and monday for that matter. sunday will be the hottest day, inland highs above 102 degrees in the hottest spots, mid-80's when the shoreline, mid-upper 60's around the coast, easing just a bit on monday with sharp cooling on tuesday and wednesday. and now back to you youngsters. larry: did i mention, i love your jacket. the wardrobe is a classic. [laughter] kristen: we are so 24th century here. larry: still to come abc7news at 4:00, one of uc berkeley's best cap secrets is changing the lives of people who live disabilities. >> coming up, the changes coming to the irs and how you are going to shop for

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kristen: it is time for consumer news. larry: now our cars are spying on us? join the club. >> one of many. here's what is going on. your vehicle could be collecting and sharing your personal data. the california privacy protection agency, your laughing, but they lost an investigation looking into features embedded in cars, including location sharing, web based entertainments, camera and

smartphone integration. they are working to review data accuracy -- privacy practices with connected software, that's about every new car. investigation of the if automakers are following state laws on personal data collection by their vehicles. the irs is said to go paperless by 2025 all part of a new and free online tax return system allowing the irs to process all paperwork, eventually, digitally. it's funded by the inflation reduction act, the irs says that going paperless will save them $40 million in storage costs and allow the agency to process returns faster. they r -- tax forms and dockets every year. incandescent lightbulbs are soon going to be gone. a rule to discontinue incandescent lightbulbs has been reinstated by the energy

department. it establishes a standard for regular lightbulbs to have energy issue -- efficient properties for lightbulbs used in homes and businesses. it was first established by the obama administration, then removed during trump presidency and has been revived by the biden administration, the new rule prohibits the sale of lightbulbs that do not meet the new standards. there is no need to get rid of the lights you currently have, there are not any lightbulb police that are going to come and look, but you will not be able to replace them with in contestants. mike finney might show up at your house. >> these are the old classic bulbs, most houses are done with them. kristen: thanks mike. republicans circling the wagons around president trump -- former president trump after the indictment, but not everybody is on board. i pence tries to set the record straight.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kristen: n reaction to former president trump's historic third indictment. larry: today, mike pence squarely taking aim at his former boss. >> i want people to know that i had no right to overturn the election. and what the president maintained that day and has said over and over again over the last two and a half years is completely false. larry: mr. trump faces for

criminal counts in the special counsel probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. kristen: justin finch takes us into those allegations. >> special counsel jack smith indicting former president donald trump again. >> it was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the district of columbia. except for -- and sets forth the crimes in detail. >> after replying not guilty to the mar-a-lago probe in june, trump is facing for nuke -- felony counts into -- scheme to keep him in the white house even though they knew that he lost the election to joe biden. the indictment also accuses trump of creating fake electors in seven states, trying to compel the justice department to hold sham election investigations, pressuring vice president pence to reject

legitimate electoral votes, and sending his supporters to the capital to obstruct the certification proceeding and exert pressure on the vice-president. jamie raskin served on the committee that investigated the capital attack. >> this does feel like a huge vindication of the rule of law and the work of the january 6 committee to establish the factual narrative of what took place in the attempt to overthrow a presidential election by a president. >> across the out, republican house speaker kevin mccarthy is denouncing this latest indictment as an attack on trump, whom he calls the republican presidential front-runner. trump's nearest opponent, ron desantis, appearing to agree on fox. >> adc jury would indict a ham sandwich and convict a ham sandwich if it was a republican ham sandwich. >> trump has denied any wrongdoing it -- and is set for arraignment tomorrow in decent

-- in d.c. district court. he will not be handcuffed or have a mug shot taken but will have his fingerprints taken digitally. kristen: a gunman responsible for killing 11 worshipers and wounding six others has been sentenced to death. for the mass shooting inside a pittsburgh synagogue. in a unanimous vote by a federal jury, robert bowers is held accountable for the deadliest attack on jewish people in the u.s. on october 27, 2018. he entered the synagogue with an ar style rifle, killing half of the people in the building. evidence shows that he acted through bigoted and anti-semitic views. >> nothing has been the same for the families who lost 11 family members, and not for those who survived but bear the scars, physical and emotional, everyday day of their lives. >> bauer has wounded four police

officers and was convicted on 63 charges. 22 of them were hate crimes. larry: no comment from lizzo -- over a lawsuit accusing her of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. three former dancers are accusing the grammy award winner of pressuring them to engage with new performers at a club in amsterdam. one of the dancers claimed that lizzo also shamed her for gaining weight before firing her , the singer is known for her advocacy for body positivity. kristen: approval ratings for the supreme court at an all-time low according to a recent poll from gallup which is conducting -- has conducted pulse since 2000. it comes after their decisions on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness and voting rights. its approval rating has been consistent since 2020 one, and americans say they are divided over the justice of clarence thomas and his exes -- ethics. larry: financial markets dropping across the board after

fitch downgraded america's credit rating. we see the impact this could have on the economy. >> america's credit rating has been downgraded by one of the three major rating agencies. the drop taking the u.s. from its leading aaa credit rating down to aa plus, the fitch ratings agency saying that the downgrade was due to increasing federal debt and 20 years of declining fiscal responsibility by leaders in congress. congress and the white house regularly fight over raising the nation's debt limit and threats of the u.s. defaulting on its debt where shutdowns have become a regular occurrence. the u.s. debt is more than $31 trillion and growing, expected to eclipse the size of the entire economy by next year. >> fiscal responsibility is a priority for president biden and me. >> the treasury secretary responded to fitch's decision, saying that she strongly disagrees, pointed to the low

unappointed rate and declining inflation. >> their decision is puzzling in light of the economic strength that we see in the united states. it's flawed assessment is based on antique dat fails to reflect improvements across a range of indicators. >> the downgrade bite make it harder for the government to borrow money and because financial pain for ordinary americans. >> it would raise taxes potentially and create cuts in certain government spending, meaning fewer government programs in the future. >> this move marks only the second time in the nation's history that its credit rating has been cut. in 2011, the ratings agency stripped the u.s. of its prized aaa rating after the prolonged fight over the borrowing limit. larr financial markets all posted big losses today, following the fitch credit rating downgrade with the nasdaq and the s&p 500, taking the biggest hits.

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box office but not necessarily for movie theater etiquette. the wall street journal says that it is getting more complaints of people breaking the cardinal rule of never take out your phone during the film, people are taking selfies, why would you take a selfie at a theater? they are scrolling during dull moments and taking pictures of the screen with the flash on. one moviegoer called it the concert if you kayshon boutte movies. -- -ific don't live life like this. don't even try to absorb with your eyes. it's all through the phone. that's the way to do it everybody. >> it's virtual now, don't waste your time. i just saw barbie the act -- other night and mission possible before that a couple weekends ago. i did notice a couple of phones, it was not a problem, but i did notice more in the previews then in the movie.

but, yeah, you know. that's not going to want to make people go to the movies. -- make people want to go to the movies. spencer: what makes people behave that way? were they raised by wolves? larry: even the wolves don't hold their phones out. >> why would you even bother? maybe it's just this compulsive, we don't even have any control over it mentally. this is what we do. >> and everybody is so desperate to post and put things on instagram and tiktok that people are documenting their lives compulsively. kristen: it did not actually happen unless you had a picture. giving mood. the 58 euros and a sweet sixteen giveaway six classic cars from his extensive collection. that includes a 1965 corvette, a 66. , --

a vw bus, and an el camino. all of the cars are ego modified. if you want to enter, go to our dj dream cars.com. dan, are you entering? could you see it? dan: i guarantee i know what car he wants. the mercedes. >> i would love an old mercedes, those are classic. that is the one that i would probably -- spencer: that would be my pick. i'm not into cars -- sports cars or pickup trucks, the old volkswagen bus is kind of like a throwback to the late 60's. >> the camino, not so much. >> i would be the bw bus, you can go on road trips with that. larry: i'm going to be vet screaming down the embarcadero. within the legal limit of course. it's automaticity. >> taking a selfie is ego. -- that is what i meant to say. >> taking a selfie as you go.

larry: that's automatic. you can get paid for playing uno. mattel is looking for sony to introduce people to the new variation called uno quattro, a connection of connect four and no, you have to play this game for four hours each day. people say that's great, ur days a week, for a month in new york city, it pays $17,000. >> upping the ante a little bit. larry: that's what i thought, one month, $4000 a week, plus? it's not terrible. spencer: just jumping from puno to quattro -- puno to quattro? -- uno

kristen: m sink upon. -- cinco pun. holiday world and splashing safari in the town of santa claus will feature what it is: the good gravy roller coaster. writers step aboard cars shaped like a gravy boat and travel through a jack hanna cranberries while dodging giant kitchenware like the 20 foot tall and an 18 foot tall rolling pin. the right is in the thanksgiving section and will open next year. they have a thanksgiving section? >> it makes sense that they would have that if they have that. larry: you ride through these things, these are not -- there is no food involved? this is just artwork? spencer: you don't have to dodge anything. kristen: you need to smell

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kristen: crews fighting the new york fire in the mojave desert say that they hope rainstorm will help against the largest wildfire of the. the mojave national preserve had another breakout new the border. firefighters are facing challenging conditions like a protectable wind patterns and high temperatures. more than 80,000 acres have burned, including trees -- joshua trees which will take a lifetime to get back. containment is at 80%. larry: learn about wildfire season in a virtual town hall. pgd is answering and questions that you might have, representatives will also be available to talk about the resources to get you ready in case a fire breaks out near you. the town hall starts at 5:30 and all you have to go -- do is go to pgd.com/webinars to join.

and rbc, this is very topical because the weather is going to heat up. spencer: we are fortunate a this point in wildfire season. we are little bit concerned about the heat coming our way this weekend. let's take a look at current conditions and what we expect overnight with the marine layer getting deeper and expanding overnight, those will be in the mid-50's, and some drizzle likely as well in the bay. early tomorrow morning, some of that will be lingering and by tomorrow afternoon sunny skies will prevail over the bay area, cooler than average, also we are concerned about wildfires. the highest mark up to 60 at the coast, upper 60's-near 70's around the bay, upper 70's-low 80's in them. as we look ahead, we see it warming up on friday as we look to the weekend and see high temperatures in many of our inland areas at or above 100 degrees, here's the accuweather 7-day forecast and you can see sunday will be the hottest day

with him and has up to a 102 degrees or even 104 degrees model in the inland areas. 60's on the coast, but midway internet -- next week, another cooling pattern and we embrace that. kristen: blistering heat in the southwest is killing honeybees. the historic heatwave is melting hives in arizona. beekeepers say that the scorching temperatures are causing hives to collapse, which often crushes the queen. they say that when that happens there are no bees to lay eggs, causing the colony to die. larry: a different story in the north bay, a surge of yellowjacket wasps. vector control in sonoma county tells us that requests for yellowjacket net control really shot up 93% from this time last year and experts say that mild winters and warm summers and heavy rainfall experience --

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larry: coming up at 8:00, watch judge steve harvey and you can catch america's funniest home videos and stay with us for abc7news at 11:00. the uc berkeley disability lab is bringing students together by offering a space for those with or without disabilities to create life packs. each are proving to be life-changing. -- hacks which are proving to be life-changing. >> we went ahead and create our own accessible controllers for less than $20. >> we engage in what we call disability centered design, we want to place disability at the center of how we think and design. >> as he weaves show user -- as

a wheelchair user, rain covers and other ideas are personally a massive thing for me. >> we are trying to be disruptors, and bring our community into this environment. by centering the design around disabled individuals. >> i came with a mission to really try to unite their creativity and the brilliance of bay area disabled communities with students and faculty and scholars at uc berkeley, together with the technology and some of the funding sources that might be found in silicon valley. >> this is not just people in silicon valley who are to several, but people who are in all kinds of merciless

committees. we want to think about how much this costs and how they can make this themselves without having to spend a thousand-$1500 to make it. we also make technologies with less than $50 a lot of the times and we ask our lab fellows and say hey, this is what you got, this is what you have to do. make it. >> this is our positive air pressure respirator project, our team was tasked with creating a respirator that could be used during fire season to filter out harmful particles. for disabled users who cannot use n95 masks. >> we want to give those disabled makers a place to be able to make an impact. >> disabled people are often the original hackers. you go there and you see all of these different life packs because the world is not designed for them. they're designed for able-bodied people. from chairs to tables to spoons

to computers. >> a lot of accessible videocam controllers can cost anywhere between $500 and up. xbox traded this adaptive controller right here, but as you can see, these are all the plug-ins that you need to make it work. this, by itself costs 100 bucks, and then this costs on another hundred dollars if you want to be able to play your video games. you're looking at at least $200 to play anything. we went ahead and re-created our own accessible controllers for less than $20. >> our problem is that we are in this generation where there are these really cool hacking tools but they are designed for the prototypical hacker, which is the sort of 20's-30's systemwide heterosexual male who speaks english and is able-bodied and able minded.

how can we disrupt the disruptors, this way of trying to get in so that we can take those hacking tools and expand. part of our journey is to be able to figure out how to circumvent and open up those technologies. i really like to think that we are getting back to the original days of berkeley. you had them working in their basements and garages doing cool things that 30 years later have become integral to our world. la the rad mad lab, and the use -- they use the slogan making better crips, turning back a slur on

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