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fast some people evacuated by running to the beach. good evening. i'm ama. dan: and i'm dan ashley. thank you for joining us. we've learned local red cross workers are packing up to head out to help. at least six people have died in the wildfires on maui. h.i.v.'s governor declared a state of emergency and is heading back to the islands tonight to deal with the crisis. the state's lieutenant governor explaining why the fires spread so quickly. >> the wiped fiers were exacerbated by the gusts of winds that reached up to 57, 80 miles per hour. the flames jumped highways and freeways and destroyed people's homes. ama: air travel to maui is discouraged unless it is an
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absolutely merge. dan: andier tracking the weather conditions in h.i.v. what's -- that's away sandy will update you on in a moment. dustin dorsey will share perspective from people in the bay area who used to live in hawaii. ama: lets start with our reporter suzanne. audio sudan: so many people were looking forward to fun-filled relaxing vacation but programs some of those people are arriving home from h.i.v. just now. some of them are facing aches and possibly art ache. flames rimmed through this popular tourist destination in maui. it destroyed homes in lahaina. >> it looked really bad, the fact people were jumping in the
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ocean to save themselves. >> he rounded the area around 9:00 this morning with his girlfriend and friend. >> nervous our original air bookings. >> he started getting text alerts from united airlines about delays and then learned about the raging fire in laha lahaina. >> looks pretty scary so we don't want to get in the way. reporter: carol arrived from oahu. they're keeping close tax on what's happening in maui. >> we're very concerned. we have close friends who live there but we haven't heard back from them. it's devastating. i don't know what they'll do. very difficult, very sad. >> at s.f.o., everything trying to fly to maui today has to
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rearrange their plans. he wanted to take his family on that vacation but because of the devastating fire -- >> so i have to change our plan to kona. reporter: this afternoon at s.f.o. we caught up with travelers who just arrivedded from honolulu. one told me her approach and his family had to evacwait from lahaina. >> their house is gone. they're going to have to stay with family tonight. reporter: whether to visit friends and family or a little r and r, families now realize the magnitude of the fire. >> it's sad but until be another time. we'll go again. reporter: a lot of families tell me they've been planning far very long time for that maui trim. the family we talked to said they were able to cancel their flight and rebook to it kona and also able to cancel their b. and
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b. reservation and locate a new hotel. you can still change your flight and you won't face penalties we're told by alaskan and hawaiian airlines. big fires, the wind. there's a hurricane passing far to the south of hawaii. dan: our meteorologist is tracking what's happening. >> there is a cat 4 hurricane. hurricane dora that is passing south of the hawaiian islands. a strong high pressure ridge to the north. the winds are funneling between the two so that's why hawaii has been little bit hard with the strong winds and fires that are devastating as that hurricane moves away from the islands. the winds will begin to ease. as we look at the satellite and radar, you can see some of that smoke that is right over parts
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of maui from the wildfires that are burning and as we look at the wilder perspective, red flag warnings remain up through tonight for these islands. also, the winds have been flowing. la nigh airport, gusts of 40. honolulu county over the last couple of days headfasts over 80 miles an hour. combined with a drought obviously not a good situation there. they're going to have to deal with the fire danger and the flames. once the winds ease up they'll get some relief but not until then. ama? ama: tussle. the impact from the maui fires can be felt here in the bay area but people who used to live on the island. dustin dorsey spoke with people worried about family and friends. reporter: devastating damage from wildfires are sadly not uncommon for bay area resident defense. what they're seeing of their
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former home maui -- >> pretty tough to comprehend what's going on. >> are things they'd never believe would ham to the beautiful island. >> i had lost my home to fire in the past. it's really hard for those people. really hard too watch all of our brothers and sisters on the island go through this after watching year after year everyone go through et it here in the bay area. reporter: they've struggled to get into sacramento with friends and family. they told us their second home just north of la hainea could soon end up in tan evacuation zone. >> really hard to think about front street, a place i always held close to me as a kid. and all of west maui to think that potentially a lot of it or all of it will have to be
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rebuilt. >> it would be like if sauce leada burned down. >> eric says losing the former capital of the hawaiian kingdom and landmarks like the historic banyan tree are irreplaceable. the bay area will step in to help residents in need and rebuild the beautiful island on maui. >> we will be coordinating and monitoring whatever support we can provide. the spirit and community is always there, that's the most important but between my friends and family, no one can put into words the loss of lahaina for what it represents and what it is. ama: our abc 7 bay air app has been sending notifications like this one about the fires. just download the abc 7 bay area app. dan: a fire putting up a big
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plume of smoke. we think the fire is bruning in oakland and we have calls into the oakland fire department to get an extract location there. -- exact location. we'll update you as we learn more. it was a fully involved fire and we'll update you momentarily. new details on a san francisco apartment building. 12 units were damaged. that affects 37 but only seven can't go home. the firebrick out at a building near eighth and irving. flames spread to a hardware store and a she would behind it. there is construction i going on in that area. no one was hurt and the cause out fire is still under investigation. the suspect arrested for shooting and killing a man yesterday near the lake merritt bart station is do you have in court by the end of the week. the. is, juan and recess martinez is
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expected to be arraigned on friday. the shooting happened about 2:30 yesterday. bart police took the suspect into custody 90 minutes later. so far no information released about another deadly shooting in oakland yesterday. this happened on doolittle drive, the boat park. no information is being recessioned about the victim. ama: happening now, the only virtual meeting for people in oakland to share what they want to see in the town's next police chief. after the public forums, the commission will select four police chief candidates. that list will be sent to the mayor who will make the final decision. the last mayor fired commissioner after it was found
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he didn't hold officers to conduct. what's being done just isn't working, many say. >> oakland mayor's most recent newsletter focuses on her commitment to public safety. including a $2 million investment in reducing school violence, perhaps to address domestic violence. better coordination among public safety departments. >> police staffing our criminal investigations division at o.p.d. is critical as a part of a commitment to reduce crime. if you can't analyze and solve crimes, you won't be able to take people off the treatment. >> oakland city council member says there's a loath of commitment between the commission and the mayor. the mayor wants to graduate more
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cadets to the oakland police force and also have a group focused on gang and group sykes. >> we need to look at what we can do more to have an effect. >> but for her critics, many say it's just more of the same. >> and we're not addressing the root causes. the root causes of property crimes and rockies is that people are struggling to survive. >> the mayor's news letter did address issues that can lead to crime but george gleaves says the oakland police department remains the largest line item in oakland's general fund and that, he says, remains a problem. >> the biggest concern that i have is that once again we're throwing more funds at a law enforcement department that has proven to be disorganized and dysfunctional. >> he wants to see more money
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put towards prevention. he doesn't excuse the violence he's seeing on the free-throws but agrees with the mayor that investments of viable employment and educational opportunities trample things from the grounds up. in oakland, abc 7 news. ama: and a reminder, our abc 7 news neighborhood safety tracker is available to give you a picture of public safety where you live. we have tata for oakland as well as san francisco and san jose. dan: coming up next, tax and teachers. see how an appeals court resolved the issue in alameda. ama: and we put a cruise car for the test. see how it does for a
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dan: this large fire is burning in oakland at fits? er steel at embarcadero west on the edge of jack london square. a big fire. drivers on both 880 and 980 will probably see the smoke as well. oakland fire department tells us the fire is contained but it is going to burn for a while. it is quite involved. a large plume of dark gray smoke will continue to follow this at fits? er steel in oakland. part of our commitment to building a bay area -- better bay area involves education. teachers in alameda scored a victory after an appeals court
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ruled that the school district can continue to collect a partial tax that helps supplement teachers' salaries. reporter: good for education. that's the reason a majority of alameda voters passed proposition a in 2020, a partial tax that generates an extra $10 million a year for about 450 teachers and 650 district staff. >> in a market that is pretty thin and competitive right now, you better have a salary offering and a befores offering that's competitive. >> our education system needs as much support as we can get and the population of alameda voted for it. >> they've earned that and we need to place education much higher in our priorities than we do. >> the -- this particular tax collects 26.5 cents per square foot on basic live anything with a roof but there's a cap.
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this means big box stores like target pay no more than that amount. it was thought to be a slam dunk measure until the district was sued. >> i'm paying 26.5 cents prosecutor square foot and target is paying about four cents per square foot. reporter: the alameda resident believes the partial tax should have been applied uniformly and fairly with no caps but the summit said there were risks associated with not setting a cap on big business. >> setting a maximum on that tax was a way to get out there, get the revenue we needed and potentially take the temperature down on organized opposition that might come down and outspend us. reporter: this could over school districts like this one to find different ways of
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supplementing salaries. as of 2022, any partial tax initiative proposed by voters would require a simple majority to pass, no longer a 2/3 votes. abc 7 news. dan: lee an has been on bay area stores for decades. her social media contact information is there on your screen. you can contact herrion line. ama: san rafael's ritter center gave away backpacks filled with school essentials to 175 children. children also got $100 gift cards from the center to buy new school clothes. the c.e.o. of the center says the need has increased in recent years. >> these low-income families sometimes have to make hard choices, like between gasoline and these times of things.
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we want children to have a fair start in school. >> the center will consider expanding its back to school event next year. the school year starts the 23rd. sandhya? sandhya: several more districts are going back. tomorrow, san jose unified school district back in session and as those kids get out to school they'll be agreemented by fog, low clouds. 62 decrees, a little bit of drizzle. by noontime, mid 70's and at 3:00 p.m., 80 degrees. also back to school forlessenton high school district. by 3:00 p.m., sunshine and mild weather, 84 degrees. look at our tower cameras right now. you can see a combination of sun from some cameras and fog from golden gate. golden gate hard to see.
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i do want to show you live doppler 7. left overmoisture from a tropical storm, eugene is moving into southern california. commuter models hinted at the possibility of something. now it's looking like between late tomorrow night and early friday we may see more. so stay tuned. we do have the low clouds and the fog near the coast and around the bay and a good breeze. gusting to 35 onshore in oakland right now. in the 80's inland, 50's coastsside. once again, drive carefully, visibility is low. low clouds overnight. isolated shower chance for friday and hot summer weather returns inland this weekend. so this isolated shower chance will come from that former tropical storm, if we see anything. certainly tomorrow morning you'll see some damp roadways. marine layers pretty deep and
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tomorrow night, low level cloudiness inching towards us. the southern portion of monterrey county, showers developing and here in the bay area, maybe an isolated shower or two early friday so keep in mind in case something does show up. first thing tomorrow morning, watch out for the fog and drizzle. 50's and 60's. tomorrow, sunshine inland, 80's, 60's coastside and breezy with lingering clouds. the temperatures will remain in the middle 80's for a few days. isolated chance of a few showers friday morning and then the warming gets underway for the weekend. low 80's, inland. mid 90's. coastside. close to triple digits by wednesday of next week but it should be nice at the coast if you don't like the heat. dan: coming up next, a shift happening in san francisco.
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ama: the city of san francisco will soon see a population shift. dan: fewer people are having babies and there are a lot more elderly people in the city as well. that's a problem to city
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official pena. >> city population is shrinking. >> we're seeing right now a little over 7,000 births a year. we expect that to decline to roughly around 6,000 in the next 40 years. >> there are two factors working together towards this decline. >> families overall are choosing to have smaller families and the second is that women are starting to have children at later ages, which means they have less time to have more children. >> according to the state official, they're projecting san francisco will have more people dying due to age than babies being born by 2025. >> you'll see higher depth counts. >> the children's counsel of san francisco says the coast -- conscious of living continues to push families out of the city. >> housing is really a big problem and we hear that from
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all our clients and families we're working with. >> 60% of san francisco children ages 0 to 5 live in a household that struggles to make ends meet. >> for families that have children under 5, the cost of child care can be around 30% of your income and that's if you're making ends meet, which requires about $165,000 for a two-adult household with two young kids. >> child care can cost -- 20,000 to $25,000 a year for kids. >> the research is showing all sorts of decisions being made by young san francisco cans, that they're hesitating to take on the costs of having a family here and, of course, we want the city to be family friendly. >> and every year that san francisco's population shrinks, experts flee that can also translate to a weaker economy.
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dan: a lot more to bring you here. there's less than one week before two san jose unions could start a pivotal strike. ama: and next up, a perspective on the fires burning from maui by a reporter who happened to be on vacation there. dan: and a live fire in oakland at fits? er steel by jackson square. the fire is ontarioed but firefighters say it's still going to burn for quite some time. we'll continue to update. stay with us.
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now, as the “dad cab”, it's my cue to help protect them. embrace this phase. help protect them in the next. ask their doctor today about hpv vaccination. >> now from abc 7, live breaking news. dan: that breaking news is clearly visible in this live picture. a huge plume of smoke rising from a fire and a debris pile at a recycling plant in oakland, along barquedero west. ama: the oakland fired tells -- fire department tells abc 7 news
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the fire is contained but is expected to smolder several more hours. we have been watching the smoke rise throughout the newscast. there have been fire here's before. dan: the most recent was in june of 2020, and there have been a half dozen or more going back to 2010. we'll keep you updated. ama: now to developing news out of hawaii where three fires are burning on maui tonight and flames are blamed for at least six deaths. high winds caused the fires to spread rapidly. some people barely escaped as the flames closed in, some jumped into the ocean. >> they're like tinderboxes. i couldn't believe, i tried to get out one by going on the street there by the first hawaiian bank, it's like my god, the first hawaiian bank is on fire? it's like, ohno. i mean, i don't know. it was -- rome is burning, you know.
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dan: homes have been lost. thousands of people are without electricity right now because of the strong winds. there's a state of emergency for maui tonight for people -- and people are being told not to travel there unless they absolutely have to. and this historic town behind is mostly gone. ama: our reporter was on vacation just north of there. dan: cell service is spotty but he filed this report of what he's seen. >> we're a couple of miles north of la haina, you can still see the smoke coming out. last night the smoke was billowing out from that area as it was hitting la haina. today they're getting a better grasp on the fire. the winds have died down significantly. they were really blasting yesterday which is part of the problem. there's a tremendous amount of smoke coming from that area all yesterday evening. the smoke has dissipated quite a bit but apparently the damage is
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done. a huge and loved area has been lost. but if you come to maui and hawaii you know the significance of that one small area of this community, and it is devastating news. that that has been lost. if you were here in person, it was a lot of movement. a lot of folks, thousands in fact, being evacuated for the various resorts up and down the beach. but also part of the issue now is the tourists behind me, thousands of them, in these resorts up and down the beach, being told to voluntarily evacuate. yet they have nowhere to go. and the airport is in danger as well. as this fire is going on, people have no food, no place to shelter. that's part of the story going on a fewiles north of the fire. ama: we are keeping an eye on
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the situation in hawaii as well as all the news that's breaking on it. we'll post it to our website. find the latest on the home page of abc7news.com. dan: the firestorms we are familiar with here in the bay area. emergency managers for more than a dozen countries paid a visit to sonoma county today. abc 7 news was there as they got a tour of the emergency operation center that's become a hub whenever there's a disaster. sonoma county has built on its experience responding to the 2017 firestorm and in 2019 when the power shut you'ves happened as well as another wildfire. today's event was a chance to exchange ideas. >> share the experiences out of 2017, out of 2019. how we have overcome those. but also it's a learning experience for us here in sonoma county to hear what they're doing in their countries. hear what their programs are. see if there's takeaways we can take out here in sonoma.
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dan: sonoma county established the department of emergency decades ago but it went independent in 2019 following numerous disasters we mentioned that hit the county. ama: new dwhoarntle discovery of a body along the shore by alameda ieing investigated as a homicide. it's a woman between 25 and 40 years old. she was along the shoreline by thedge that connects bay fa to alameda. body was found july 20 but alameda police just declared it a homicide investigation today. they hope anyone with information will call them. dan: the city of san jose and unions that represent many of its workers returned to mediation today. the two unions involved say that regardless of what happens today, the strike is still starting on tuesday. abc 7 news reporter zack fuentes is tracking the progress. >> we are together. reporter: jesse perez is president of the union, and his union along with another one
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represents city workers at the airnghts city libraries and housing department. dozens of them spoke out and a city council meeting. later that day plans were made for the unions to resume talks with the city. >> when they closed sessions we were alerted the council gave authority to the city to go back into negotiations today. reporter: first up the mediations for local i.f.p. 1. regardless of that outcome the planned strike will start tuesday, because the two unions have come together in coalition. they will wait to see how the talks for the other union go. >> give us a fair compensation to be able to afford to live here in the community. cost of living is very, very expensive. that goes without saying. the other thing is to retain us. to retain the talent here. reporter: those demands include paid parental leave. they currently offer one week, it's something many workers spoke out about at tuesday's
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city council week. >> beth of my preg nan sis i was in the hospital each of my pregnancies. >> the minimum would be eight week that would be fair. reporter: they offered a 3% raise next and 4% and 8% in the future. >> they'll cut staff. reporter: the union says they disagree. >> the figures show there's room there. for what we're asking. reporter: in san jose, zack fuentes. dan: a milestone in the writers strike in los angeles. it's been 100 days since about 11,000 members of the writers guild of america went out on strike. members are demanding better wages, more staffing, and residual payments in streaming. actors from sag-aftra joined the picket line after studios didn't
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meet writers' demands. not clear when talks will resume. ama: would you take a taxi without a drive her after testing out a waymo tar tonight we're giving cruise a try. >> doesn't scare you there's nobody there? >> drives better than me. >> better than your dad? >> better thandad sn. ama: our reporter and
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ama: tomorrow the california public utilities commission is set for a key vote that fast track self-driving cars. dan: they'll see if two companies can start charging fares. we've been testing these vehicles to see if they're ready for primetime. last month we took a waymo car -- she took a waymo car to pick up her son at the museum. the car couldn't get there. ama: she's trying it again in a cruise car. >> this is deja vu all over again. we tried to -- tried to get dropped off at the randall
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museum with waymo. didn't work. they don't go there. now we're going to try cruise. guess what? they don't go there either. it's outside of their map area. so here's the goods. my son. he is ready to try another one, cruise, to see how it's going. says it looks good, let's go. ok. meet at your pickup spot in six minutes. ok. here it is. yay. >> so weird. that's just a robot. >> going fast. ok didn't get us to the address we wanted to but that's ok. >> we're on our way. >> for support press the square button on the ceiling above you. >> this is surreal. >> look at the steering wheel. it's freaky.
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>> it's kind of surreal. obviously i've heard about the idea of self-driving dpars years, google has been developing it since i was in middle school but it's weird to see it now. >> doesn't scare you that there's nobody there? >> no. drives better than me. >> how about your dad? >> better than dad? [laughter] >> i'll say less recklessly. it follows the handbook of driving to a t. but i just don't think a lot of young people want to support this technology. i was just talking about it with two friends. both of them are like, yeah, a.i. in general scares me. i think it's mostly the loss of jbs -- jobs. i was like you don't have to fear anything for another 10 years. she was like yeah, but i'll be alive in 10 years. >> wouldn't this be the perfect
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way for moms to get their kids to school? so they don't have to do it. >> as a kid imagine not having the conversations with your mom like on the way to school or wherever. it just like, get into the car with your brother or whatever, that's so depressing. >> sterile? >> yeah. >> would you say that san francisco is ready for this? >> why does s.f. need it? why do we need? like we don't -- i don't think it's a specific s.f. question. >> when you ride and uber and a lyft, the reason you pay so much is because they've got to pay the company and you've got to pay that guy behind the wheel. this, there is no person behind the wheel. >> you just pay the company. >> yeah. >> so it's cheaper. >> yeah. >> if this cost you the same as catching a bus which is $2.50, would you do this instead of the
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bus? yeah but i think there's a lot of issues that come before then. if you have 40 people on a bus that are now in cars, traffic is even more jammed up. >> the city is jammed already. >> yeah. it would -- >> did you see that? it's blocking. >> yeah, blocking the intersection. >> now it's reacting like a human being would be. by blocking the intersection. this is supposed to be supposedly super safe are. you noticing that kind of like going back and forth in this lane? at first to me it feels like, ohs this kind of cool. then it makes mistakes. then i start feeling not that cool and secure. >> i thought we were going home? >> as i discovered it doesn't take us all the way home. home is just outside of the mapping area. >> ok, well -- >> here we are again. not where we want to be.
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story of our lives. >> we've arrived. thanks for riding with cruze. ama: thanks for almost getting us home. dan: that's fascinating. that's really neat to see. if it works, it's got some glitches, i have yet to ride on it. ama: no. i get stuck behind them. dan: all right. you can check out the adventure leann went on in the waymo car at our website, abc7news.com. ama: up next, a look at the weather forecast. we're thinking about the weekend already.
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visit your local volvo retailer, to experience a volvo fully electric vehicle during the summer safely savings event. dan: we have a new vantage point to share with you on the big fire burning in oakland at the steel recycling plant. sky seven overhead, that's on the left. we've been watching the smoke live from our emeryville camera throughout the newscast. that view is on the right. ama: the oakland fire department says the fire is contained but it will smolder for the next few hours. you will continue to see smoke. it's not the first fire at this recycling plant so we are keeping an eye on that. dan: you can tell from the smoke there's a little wind on the scene. ama: let's get the latest on the
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weather. >> that wind will continue to blow sideways. we have our marine lay for the place. not going anywhere, tomorrow afternoon staying along the coastline, keeping temperatures in the 60's. we'll have breezy conditions again. plenty of sun. numbers in the 80's. pleasant weather. if you like it warmer, you'll notice the temperatures rising into the 90's inland. by sunday mid 90's for a hot spot. and even on monday it's going to get hot for the our inland areas but no heat to speak of for outside lands. friday is going to be low 60's after a morning tell of 55 degrees. mid up toker 60's saturday and sunday. so really nice weather combination of fog and sun. our very own dan ashley and his band will be performing saturday. let's hear it for dan. as we check out the accuweather seven-day forecast. if you like cooler than average it's going to stay that way friday. isolated chance of a shower on friday and then we bring in the
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heat and drier conditions for the weekend. dan: thanks. ama: we're hoping larry doesn't crash the party. >> for the record i was the only one up here clapping. [laughter] larry: no-hitters are rare but what we saw today was truly unexpected. a pitcher who was traded at the deadline making history for the phillies. look at this. his family is in the stands. this is awesome.
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david: as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. they're called community schools. leslie: it really is shared leadership with families, students, educators, and communities. jessie: i feel like we're really valued as partners. david: it's a more innovative, holistic approach. grant: in addition to academic services, we look at serving the whole family. narrator: wellness centers, food pantries, and parental education. jessie: they're already making a difference. david: california's community schools: reimagining public education.
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>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. larry: good evening in the midst of this dumpster fire of the season, the a's may have found a star. he was just called up about 3 1/2 week ago, he has some pops, some power. dan will be just like that on saturday. hosting the rangers. scoreless in the first. classic rickey run. ruiz with a single. he steals second. his 45th stolen base of the season. of course he's going to go for third. number 46. he's too fast. then moments later, jonah bride, sac fly. louise comes trotting home. that's how you create a run. 1-0, athletics. still 1-0 in the sixth. crushed out to left center. this kid already has six homers in 22 games. to the ninth. trevor may. fifth averks' pitch ore they have day slamming the door. a's hold texas to only four hits, just their third shut utah of the year they went 2-0.
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joins facing shohei and the angels tonight. giants placed a.y. pollak on the injured list with an oblique strain. he was the main player acquired before the trade deadline but the 35-year-old, he's not gotten a hit since joining the giants. now he could be out for several weeks. this is really cool. philly's pitcher michael lorenzen's mom, wife, and daughter are in the stands. he's one pitch away from a no-hitter. there it is. fly ball, 7-0 the final. over washington. phillies 14th no-hitter in franchise history. look at the teammates, mom. he just joined the team. they probably don't even remember his name. it's just his second start for philly after being acquired at the trade deadline from detroit. he threw 124 pitches which you don't see a lot of in the modern game. while we wait to see if cal and stanford get invited to the a.c.c., players and coaches have to get readier if final season of pac-12 football as we know
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it. jason ott added to watch. >> first step is coming together as a team. working together. i feel like last year the defense did carry us a lot. so i think it's up to us on the offensive side of things to step up. this season. and help these guys, not just leave them out there on their own to dry. we got 52 new maces on the team. a lot of guys with the same exact mindset just want to come in and win. larry: going to start doing the sports shirtless. if you're jacked why not. son of steve kerr spent the last two seasons with the dubs. he worked as video coordinator and player development coach. some people will say it's nep tim, it's not, he deserves it.
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in related news, be filling in for me when i'm off on vacation. she's been an extra on . hawaii 5-0." >> nikki can do weather. larry: i'm sorry. it's going to be exciting having the girls in the building. thank you. [laughter] ama: that's it for this edition of abc news. thanks for watching us. dan: we appreciate your time. a live look at the fire still burning in oakland. >> it's contained but will smolder for some time. see you later.
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