i-team by oakland police horses. an 80-year-old man in his home with a gun to the back of his head. good, i'm, dates. >> that is one of approximately 50 home invasions targeting the elderly in oakland hills. these crimes are connected to a small group of criminals. >> can is here with the story. >> i have obtained internal police memos that i can't show to protect the sources. that info helped me track down some victims. >> this is one of the home invasions listed in police documents. monday of this week, an 80-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife for grandchildren when robbers break in a second floor window. >> one man was downstairs. my parents were keeping an eye on them while the other one was upstairs in our safe, ransacking our closet, looking for

valuables. >> held at gunpoint nearly 40 minutes. >> my mom was trying to rush them out of the house saying, my son-in-law is going to be home from work soon. so hurry and get what you need. she offered them cash and said here's cash, but just take it. >> criminals got away with $10,000 cash and jewelry. the family has had three other attempted home invasions. with each one they take a new security precaution. the dog, a german shepherd, now 11 years old. he didn't stop the criminals. >> felix, you have to do your job, pal. >> oakland police saying they are part of an ongoing investigation. privately, sources tell me they are upset about these crimes

continuing and they want the story told. an internal advisory says opd has series of approximately 50 212.5 robberies targeting homes in the oakland hills area. i have seen internal police memos detailing the incidents investigators say are committed by the same group of criminals. this cinematographer had his front door pushed in two weeks ago before 4 in the morning. >> like an explosion. we thought something crazy happened on the street but it was inside the house. >> one of the robbers chased him up the stairs with a knife. he barricaded the door while his wife called 911. >> screaming at the top of our lungs. >> police arrived within minutes. criminals got away with $40,000 of camera gear. i told him about the police alert of criminals targeting

homes owned by asian families. >> with asian hate crimes, it was already hard. now it sounds even harder. >> i spoke with other victims on the opd list of recent home invasions. they declined to be interviewed but want the intervention -- information to get out if someone knows who these people are and calls the police. >> an update to another story dan covered, child sexual abuse in the catholic church. today the san francisco archdiocese is quote very likely to file chapter 11 bankruptcy, because of hundreds of lawsuits alleging abuse going back decades. the archdiocese has paid 68 million dollars to settle 100 claims, but there are more than 500 outstanding claims. in may, the oakland diocese filed for bankruptcy, two months after the santa rosa catholic diocese filed for bankruptcy as

well. each based hundreds of lawsuits. >> the discovery of two bodies in san jose is officially a homicide investigation. police conducted a welfare check at an apartment on parkmoor avenue and discovered the buildings -- the victims. you can see a large number of police cars in this video from sky 7. police are asking the public to avoid this avenue, it is not far from ready in avenue. the remarkable escape for a bay area church group from the west african company of niger during a military of a church in antioch are now safe in paris. our reporter talked to the church school principal about their ordeal. >> logan was overwhelmed with emotion when i talk to him this morning. he got choked up. he was utterly exhausted.

relieved to know that 15 church members, including his wife, daughter and father-in-law are safe. >> overwhelmed. i just heard the news they are coming home. >> title wave of emotions. logan, the principle of cornerstone christian school in antioch says his prayers have been answered. >> the last six days has been no sleep. lots of prayers. they have all been answered today. >>'s wife, father and daughter-in-law escaped by plane from niger this friday morning. here is a photo at the airport before the dramatic events unfolded. >> they got to the airport at 2:00 a.m. our time, and they were sitting there waiting. >> all this happening in the middle of a coup. the 15 church members include four from florida, 11 from cornerstone christian center in antioch.

they arrived july 20. >> they were doing vacation bible schools. it was awesome, 250 kids there. all kinds of different opportunities. >> a coup broke out six days ago. >> other countries were pulling out their people. >> they found out their plane had no fuel. two lawmakers and the state department jumped into action and changed that. >> i can't thank those two individuals enough. 3:40 away from charles de gaulle. >> in paris, everyone on board is beyond grateful. >> my heart was in my throat. so many sad tears, but today was happy tears. >> church members from antioch are all now in paris. no word on exactly when they will return to the bay area. this afternoon, the congressman

issued a statement that he is relieved the community members are safe and on their way home. >> thank goodness. part police investigating a report of rape this morning at concord station parking structure. officers detained a juvenile suspect. bartz as an active investigation is underway and no further details are being released. investigators will review surveillance video. a freeway shooting in july left an eight-year-old boy paralyzed from the neck down with medical bills that could top $1 million. a gofundme has been set up to help eight-year-old asa and his family. he was struck on 580 in oakland. a youth organization community are stepping in to get asa the support he needs. >> the initial wave of interest

and support in a case like young asa, is a great thing. it has wrapped the community around this family. >> leads a mechanical respirator, feeding tubes and 24/7 nursing care. you can find a link to his gofundme on our website. >> firefighters battled flames close to cal state this afternoon. the three-acre fire in hayward started by a homeless encampment just after 1:30 p.m. crews will be monitoring the hotspots, but they have stopped the fire from spreading. >> as part of our effort to build a better bay area, we're tracking san francisco's recovery from the pandemic. lusitania is live with encouraging news from the san francisco controller's office. >> san francisco's recovery will take time, but data pointing to

job growth and tourism coming back. according to the latest san francisco controllers report, the city added 8400 jobs in june. tech is driving that growth, also leisure and hospitality jobs. the president of the san urism is helping the sectors recover. hotel revenue is steady at 75% of 2019 levels. >> some weekends among hitting occupancy rates at 90%. during the grateful dead concert, city hotels were packed. the restaurants were packed, too. every hundred dollars spent in a hotel, 200 dollars are spent everywhere else. >> the report found that there was no significant movement in office attendance. office vacancies rose a fifth straight quarter to 28.3%. >> this won't change overnight.

>> this is the hardest hit area when it comes to vacant office space is. >> i sat down last week with cbre who does a lot of downtown leasing. they are seeing more activity in the first two quarters of 2023 then they saw the previous years. >> black and foot traffic continues to impact public transit. muni ridership is 55% of 2019. bart's recovery continues to lag. >> our ridership literally matches office occupancy in downtown san francisco. that's how closely we're tied to the downtown economic recovery. right now, ridership is that 40% and office occupancy is at 40%. >> park can't keep waiting for downtown to recover. >> now we have remote work.

what we need to do is offer better service on nights and weekends to bring people to the city to have fun. come september 11, we're doubling night service. weekend service is also improving. >> what are solutions to bring downtown back? in june the city announced they are looking for underutilized office buildings to turn into housing. that is one strategy supervisor perskin believes will work, in addition to convincing industries to move to the area. >> encouraging signs. >> 7 on your side with a new alert about scammers using zelle. how they are able to evade new fraud warnings. >> turning up the heat this weekend? we will look at ekend temperatures if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto.

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>> a san francisco supervisor calling for millions of dollars to treat drug users in jail. as the city increases efforts to shutter the open air drug market. tara campbell is here with the story tonight. >> in a letter to the mayor, supervisor dorsey is asking her to redirect $19 million set aside for a handful of resource centers into jail-based treatment programs. it would mark a major shift in the city's approach to the drug overdose crisis. >> i want to make sure we're making criminal justice interventions lifesaving. >> supervisor matt dorsey is

referring to san francisco's multiagency effort to get drug dealers and users off the streets. >> when we are expanding arrests for people using drugs on the street, this is where we have a population that is in particularly acute need for interventions. >> sending this letter to mayor breed monday night, urging her to redirect $19 million set aside for wellness hubs into jail-based treatment programs. the mayor outlined plans for three wellness hubs. the resource centers expected to include everything from a place to shower, to medical services and connections to treatment and services, including privately funded safe consumption sites. >> i'm going to support safe consumption sites when we can move forward legally. it remains to be seen when and how that's going to happen.

nothing i've seen in the last 6-8 months is giving me optimism that any of this will happen soon. >> until there can be coordinated rollout of wellness hubs, the money will be better spent in jail. the san francisco sheriff paul mia moto agrees. >> years ago we did have treatment on demand in the jails. we still have that ongoing now just on a smaller scale. >> he says is more drug users are arrested, more supports are needed. >> this money and support from the city, if it is directed to our current system, it will help with this increase in the population. >>. h gary says investing more in jails won't compel more people into treatment. >> zero people are accessing these programs through jail health services.

why would we put more money into that? >> meanwhile, there is answer to this complex crisis. >> never going to be solved by any single panacea. when we are making more arrests of people using drugs on the street, i want to make sure we have the best possible intervention in jail. that's what i'm advocating. >> i reach out to the mayor about this proposal, her office says it is still under review. we have to stay tuned for more details from the mayor on whether she will move those funds. >> san francisco's district attorney is discharging most current cases against three dozen adults arrested during the dolores hill bomb last month. police arrested 127 people at the skateboarding event.

the da says the evidence is likely not enough for the charges to stick. but they will continue to investigate, especially more serious charges for property crimes during the event. >> weekend is upon us. the temperature is going up. sandhya: 20 feel like it this weekend. it was a warmer day today, dan and ama. let's go to santa cruz, why not. it's summertime, the kids and adults enjoying the ride to the boardwalk. -- rights there is plenty of sun at the beach. if you want to get to the coast to get away from the heat, it will be a good place to find relief as we're expecting mild weather at beaches. high-pressure exerting itself as it is marching westward. it has started that warming process. on live doppler 7 we have fog near the coast line. a compressed marine layer compared to a few days ago,

which means it will not go far, and it will pull back out quickly tomorrow afternoon. temperature changes range from a couple degrees warmer in places like san jose, to 19 degrees warmer in concord compared to 24 hours ago. we're seeing our typical fog over san francisco from our tower camera. 61 in the city, 65 oakland, 73 san jose currently 72 in palo alto. lovely view from our emeryville camera. 82 in santa rosa. 70 in napa. livermore, you are at 82 degrees. our warmest spots making it up to the low 90's. one picture from our golden gate bridge camera. warming trend continues this weekend. hottest day inland sunday with triple digits. we're expecting mild weather at the coast with lingering fog. fire danger will be in the moderate to high category where the humidity drops and

temperatures rise, which is tomorrow afternoon and evening, and knowing into sunday. keep that in mind. also, if you see any haze in the upper parts of the atmosphere, it's a possibility that smoke from the flat fire in southern oregon may drift in from time to time this weekend creating that hazy condition around the region. still warm in land. along the coast, you will need a check it 9:00 p.m. but inland is just fine. tomorrow morning, some fog and drizzle to start the day. by 3:00 p.m., you're seeing 90's in our hardehottes tomorrow afternoon, the south bay, 84 in san jose. 76 san mateo. 63 half moon bay. san francisco 69 degrees. 92 in santa rosa, also 92 in sonoma. 88 san raphael.

the east bay valley. inland areas will get hot. 95 concord, 96 fairfield and 94 livermore. it's not hot enough for you, sunday gets even hotter. triple digits inland. low 60's coast. then the heat packs off on monday. we will bring you back closer to average. tuesday and wednesday won't be as hot. >> coming up, hear what experts have to say about a mountain lion spotted walking around a north bay neighbo

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>> in the north bay, neighbors on edge after several mountain lion sightings. >> the most recent was this morning in yountville were a big cat was spotted around 7:00 a.m.. there were o other sightings in thursday in petaluma and cotati. >> we spoke with surprised neighbors after that cap was captured on home video cameras. >> pretty big cat. >> papers are checking out what paid their neighborhood a visit. a large mountain lion captured

on security cameras thursday morning wandering around. >> i didn't personally see it. >> i heard about it, texted me. we saw it too late. i'm cautious now when i walk the dog. >> the is located near open space. officers spotted the cat, but it took off and they couldn't locate it again after a lengthy search. hours earlier, there was another sighting in petaluma. authorities don't know if both incidents involve the same animal. >> it's shocking if they are coming up the mountains looking for food. it's really dry right now. so they are out on the prowl. >> looks nonchalant, not worried about anything. >> we showed the video to the sonoma co. wildlife director, she believes it's a juvenile. >> a younger mountain lion

starting to disperse. like teenagers, they stay out longer than they are supposed to. >> they have cared for animal since 1981, including mountain lion's. >> with all the building in sonoma county, there is fewer places for them to stay. >> this summer, she expects there will be more mountain lion sightings as food and water resources become scarce. she advises the public to steer clear and stay inside. >> so, if you lion face to face, do not approach it. stand your ground, make yourself look bigger. make noise, wave your arms. if you get attacked, fight back. you can find this advice on our website abc7news.com. don't run because you don't want it to chase you. >> that triggers a response. >> get a tour of newly updated

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building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc seven news. celebrations today, nearly three months after a controversial statue was removed in san jose. we're talking about the statue of former mayor thomas fallon. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes explains what some hope will happen to the site and the statue. because we are in ceremony, this is ceremony members of the maloney tribe in central atlantico filled the space that was once the home of the controversial thomas fallon statue. the representation of the oppression that happened to the native americans who were here and the mexican people that were here. the statue was installed in 1990. it depicted former san jose mayor thomas fallon in 1846, raising the us flag. california was still part of mexico at the time. historians in support of the statue, said. fallon is the founding father of the city of san jose. but in april, the statue removal process started completely

wrapping up in may. now months after those who fought for that to happen celebrated. we walked over from saint james park over to where the fallen statue was once placed. we cleansed it. we did a celebrate nation of healing and prayer in that area. we did a land acknowledgment. we sang. and, you know, elders spoke about their experience during this journey. the coalition members also visited other significant spots in san jose, including a massive burial site of indigenous people. charlene najma, chairwoman of the maloney tribe, says it's going to be more difficult for the tribe to continue acknowledging the sites in the years to come because of gentrification. our children will no longer be able to stay here to protect our sites and to stay on our homeland, to continue our dances and our culture, our language. but their work continues. the local tribe is currently pushing for federal recognition. they're also calling on local leaders to make better use of the space that cause many indigenous people so much pain. statue site should have

something installed that reflects the entire community, something that reflects indigenous people and, you know, something that reflects the true history of the struggle and the triumph in san jose. zach fuentes abc7 news. well, today is the final day of voting in what could lead to the largest labor strike in san jose in almost half a century. 1500 city workers are voting this week on whether to go on strike. a strike could close libraries and kids summer camps early and caused delays at san jose mineta international airport. city workers are asking for a higher pay than what the city is offering. the evacuation has finally ended for people in san pablo after a hazmat situation that lasted more than 36 hours. cleanup crews gave the all clear about an hour ago. now, at 530 to tonight, acids and explosives were found in bottles, vials and containers. on wednesday in a shed behind a home on stanton avenue, investigators faced an

unprecedented situation. there was so much stuff there were more than 600 different chemicals that had to be processed. it's the first time i've ever seen anything like that. and most of the technicians on scene. this is a one in a lifetime type of event for them, meaning our hazmat specialists, as well as the bomb technicians. neighbors say a man who lived in the home was a retired chemistry professor who recently passed away. happening tonight at nine all lanes of eastbound 80 will shut down for the entire weekend. this is the second of three weekend shutdowns so caltrans can repave the road. sky seven today flew over the section that will be closed. it stretches from highway four in hercules to coming skyway. the cardenas bridge is still open. now, on isap, we've highlighted the closed section in red. the green highlights are the detour options. highwa coming, skyway 68 and 780. the last time caltrans was able to reopen the freeway e however, do plan for 80 to be closed from nine tonight to 5 a.m. monday. congressional representatives are raising questions about a

proposal that could increase bay area bridge tolls in an effort to fund transit agencies. seven lawmakers signed onto a letter about sb 532, which would raise bridge tolls by $1.50. the letter was sent to the governor and state legislative leaders. the concerned congress members say that the toll increase would unfairly burden lower income commuters. the bay area council has voiced similar concerns. author of the bill, senator scott weiner, says the toll is necessary to have reliable public transport. and at 11:00, you'll hear my interview with congressman mark desantis, who signed that letter. education is part of building a better bay area. it's been 20 years since san francisco unified adopted a more progressive nutrition policy when the new school year starts on august 16th, students at a handful of schools will continue to see the progress that's being made. abc7 news senior education reporter lyanne melendez has a look at what they can expect. it could very well be any sleek cafeteria at a silicon valley startup. but this is wallenberg high

school, a san francisco public school. our goal with these redesigns is to just give students a beautiful space that encourages them to eat, but also talk to their friends. so many of these cafeteria have like half a dozen other functions. they're also auditoriums. they're here where the school has assemblies and they deserve to be really beautiful and staff from student nutrition services took input from the students on how they wanted to redesign their cafeteria since 2015. thanks to money from a voter approved bond and private donations, 82 school cafeterias will have been redesigned in a period of almost ten years. another 30 are expected to be remodeled if and when another bond is passed. in the past several years, the school district has also focused on renovating cafeteria kitchens, while over the summer, wallenberg received new ovens. the rest of the kitchen is outdated. take the walk in refrigerator. so this is really pretty, like

really good wood. but it's our walk in refrigerator. oh, my gosh. it is probably very old. well, it's old. it's beautiful. but wow. 21 schools currently have kitchens where all the meals are cooked on site. the idea is to have more of them, including the one at wallenberg, just cooking on site. it's such a better experience and better quality for students that that's what we're working on and what students learn about nutrition at school will hopefully help them make healthy eating choices as adults in san francisco, lyanne melendez abc seven news. leanne has been reporting on bay area schl issues for decades and it's why she is our senior education reporter. online. get in touch with he she'd be delighted to hear from you. her social media contact information is on your screen right now. then a notorious scam is back.

now, imposters tell victims ignore fraud warnings. i'm michael finney ahead on seven on your side. don't fall for

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closing out a volatile week of trading that saw investors deal with a us credit downgrade. new labor data and a slew of corporate earnings reports. the three major indices fell for the week. the dow lost 150 points today. the nasdaq dropped 50. the s&p went down 23. the s&p and nasdaq posted their biggest one week declines since march. tonight, you could become a billionaire if you bought a ticket. the next mega millions drawing happens at 8 p.m. the jackpot is up to $1.35 million, the second largest in the game's history. no one has won it since april. i've got plans for that money. a notorious zelle scam is back as bank imposters are tricking customers into sending them money through that quick pay app. gosh, it never ends right? banks are now sending fraud warnings to zelle users about 700 sites. michael finney says it may not be enough. this is amazing, but you'll be talking about this story. crooks are always one step ahead of us. imposters? no. for instance, bank of america is

now sending out warnings when it detects a suspicious money transfer. but the imposter simply tell victims you're going to get an alert, ignore it. it was just so it was creepy. rachel adler believed the man on the phone was really from bank of america. the guy was very friendly, calm, kind, clearly educated. it was very creepy in retrospect. but rachel had just received this text. did she charge $432 in a walmart in texas? she replied, no. her phone rang. hi, this is bank of america fraud department. the man told her someone was using zelle to withdraw money from her account. now i see a zelle for $2,000 taken out of your account. i also see one for $1,500. did you, zelle anyone for $1,500? no, i did not. the man told her she had to quickly send the money back to herself through zelle. she followed his instructions.

i said, great. thank you so much. rachel had no idea the man was an imposter and she was really sending her money straight to the crooks. then the imposter went one step further. he told her she'd be getting a fraud alert from bank of america, but she should just ignore it. you're going to get a text saying that we've detected suspicious transfer activity, that it could be possible fraud or scam. don't worry about that. we're taking care of that right now in this phone call. sure enough, the real b of a fraud alert came on her phone. rachel adler, we've detected suspicious transfer activity that maybe a possible fraud or a scam, just like the man said, she ignored it. another attack said beware. and did she still want to proceed? she replied, yes. $5,500 was gone. $5,500. it's a hell of a lot of money. it's it's stunning. b of a started sending fraud alerts to zelle users after the scam exploded last year.

now imposters are using them as part of the scheme b of tells us they use more and more sophisticated methods to appear to be authentic when using zelle, clients receive several messages, alerting them to red flags. bank of america will never ask a client to send money to themselves or anyone ever. i do like fraud alerts, but now i don't even trust. i trust nothing. that is a way to go. trust nothing. the best way to protect yourself is to never respond to a text message or phone call that seems to be coming from your bank or anyone else you trust. if you do get any kind of a fraud alert, call your bank directly using a phone number. you know is real. you might want to even put them in your phone now. so. that if there's ever an issue, you go, thank for the warning, click and then go over and call your bank. okay, good to know. good info. thanks, michael. all right. we are expecting warm weather this weekend. sandy has the temperatures where you live

announced a twitch streamer will face charges after a playstation giveaway he promoted turned into a melee today. police say kai cannot used instagram to call his followers

to union square for a giveaway this afternoon. but the event was unpermitted. thousands of people showed up. video shows they soon overran in the park hurling objects and fighting with each other and with police. 65 people were arrested, including 30 kids. several were hurt. senate will face charges, including at least two counts of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly that was just staggering. how many people came after this incredible. all right. well, our weather is going to be nice. nice this weekend. it is kind of warm. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya. yeah, that's why you're going to want to take your plans outside. omar and dan, let me show you your evening planner tonight. still mild inland, even after the sun goes down, it's going to be in the low 70s, but cool along the coastline later on tonight, that fog will spread across the bay and temperatures will fall. we do have some fog from our sfo camera. air quality this weekend will be moderate for most areas. good tomorrow in the north bay. as you look at live doppler 7, yes, fog sitting near the coast and it will hang around most of the afternoon tomorrow for parts

of the coastline. low 60s there inland areas you'll be in the mid 90s. so we're going to turn up that heat for your saturday. and if you're going to stern grove on sunday for the festival it's going to be nice weather some morning fog low 60s coming up into the mid 60s and then dropping off by evening so pack that extra layer accuweather 7 day forecast summer heat is back this weekend from the 90s to the triple digits sunday 60s coast and then that hot weather hangs around for for one more day on monday before we cool it off so dan and alma just looking pleasant for any outdoor plans. it sure is. thank you, sandy. all right. is sports news making? larry pleasant today? no, this is he's worked up. yeah. am i ever unpleasant? no comment. no. okay. all right. i would say nonplused. there seems to be wavering support for me, not for the pac 12 is on life support. big time teams are fleeing for greener pastures. so where does that leave cal and stanford?

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and out of the hospital. 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 about entresto. beil. good evening. the pac 12 conference, which has been around since 1915, is now all but dead. i mean, maybe life support if you want to be charitable about it, but oregon and washington officially joined the big ten today. and while cal and stanford are two of the most prestigious universities in the country, when it comes to academics, they haven't been good at football

recently. and that's where all the money is. and they may be left out in the cold. all this is because of the lack of a tv contract and the dominoes started falling. it sounds like oregon and washington really did want to leave, but it comes down to stability. and the best the pac 12 could offer was a one year streaming deal with apple. so the ducks and the huskies are joining usc and ucla starting next year. and then the big ten. and within the past couple of hours, cal and stanford, they released a statement saying they're exploring their options, which go from bad to worse to horrible to unfathomable. and i'm being optimistic. we'll see. it's a mess. kyle shanahan has said if brock purdy is healthy and he is, he'll start for the 40 niners this season. he's been up and down in training camp come on got him expect that he's coming off elbow surgery but the niners do not doubt his skill set after he led the team to the nfc championship game last year. so what does purdy think about his coach calling him the real deal? yeah, i appreciate that.

but, you know, for myself, i know what i have to do. i have to get better in areas and keep chipping away and keep growing as an offense and keep pushing this offense to get to the level that we want to be. yeah, the bar and the ceiling here is high and we all expect that out of ourselves. we expect to be great and that's how i look at it. warriors head coach steve kerr is now the head coach for the us national team after being an assistant under greg popovich for several years, practices have begun in vegas for the fiba world cup, which begins at the end of the month in the philippines, has several on court rules, differences when you play international ball. but the biggest change here is actually the roster because all the guys are there. they actually want to be there. there's no contracts on the line. nobody's getting traded. this is just us for six weeks and i expect the same thing to happen. here is what happened, you know, in 21 in terms of the buy in and the effort and the energy and the intensity and we'll see what

happens. steve was talking about contracts, contracts in the nba are getting astronomical. espn reporting anthony davis has agreed to a three year, $186 million extension with the lakers. that's $62 million per year. biggest extension in nba history. look, ad's great when he's healthy, but he gets hurt a lot. this deal keeps him with the lakers through 2028, and the numbers are only going to keep going up. speaking of going up and going big, the warriors, this is rather extreme hot wheels monster trucks heading to chase center this weekend and the warriors debuted a truck of their own and thrive city today. this truck will participate in weekend shows. and here's the cool part of this. it's going to be driven by joe safer. he's the world's first and only disabled combat veteran to operate a monster truck. he does it with his hands. it's unbelievable. and i mean, i'm just in awe. yeah, that's great. as for pac 12, best case

scenario probably is the big ten or. well, yeah, probably the big ten says let's we want northern california. and they would add them to the mix. that's the best case. that's probably the best case, worst case is maybe they have to go stanford could go independent or they could go to the mountain west. the problem is the dollars go down to the mountain west, which means the dollars for all of your athletics programs suffer. so it's not just football, it's the water polo. it's everything. so it's just a huge mess. all right. keep us posted. thank you. yeah. coming up tonight on abc seven at eight it is will trent followed by 2020 at nine. then don't miss abc seven news at 11. remember abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. and finally this friday, a few thoughts about what really matters. remember when crossing the state owned bridges around the bay area was only a buck when it doubled to $2 in 1998? i interviewed people who were

upset about the increase. then. well, then, as now toll hikes have the biggest impact on working folks and those who have no choice but to drive because of odd hours, maybe, or the need for their vehicles on the job. it's $7 to cross those bridges now, and it's going up to 8 in 2025. but now there is a proposal by state lawmakers as we talked about here tonight, to tack on an additional dollar 50 to help bail out bart and muni still struggling after the pandemic. we're told that special toll would expire in five years. don't hold your breath once we're used to paying it, it's hard to imagine they'll give it back. clearly our transit systems are in trouble and we need them. but what really matters is that lawmakers need to seriously consider the effect that upping the bridge tolls by a total of $2.50 is going to have on people struggling just to make ends meet. it's a huge impact. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think.

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