staffing and support. kristen: marin county takes a new approach to clearing the binford road encampment which is full of rvs and abandoned cars. grant money is being put to use to move people into permanent housing. larry: ice for joining us. that grant is a total of $1.6 million for what the state because an encampment resolution fund. the goal is to move 90 people there into housing over three years. kristen: this is happening along binford road on the northern edge of bravado. lena howland is breaking down how the money will be spent. >> more than 100 rvs and cars lying binford road in marin county. living inside, 80-90 people expensing homelessness. residents say the encampment has ballooned in size. >> we will be looking at a different binford road a couple

of years from now. >> city supervisor eric luken says that is about to change. >> shuffling on houston visuals around the county is not a solution. >> marin county received a $1.6 million grant from to provide direct outreach and housing based case management services is to create identified pathways to housing and help move folks directly from the street into a permanent housing destination. >> according to the county's department of health and human services is a little more than half of the grant money will go toward funding two full time outreach workers and one housing case manager. the rest will go toward trash pickup showers and wastewater. among other things, the county says the goal is to have at least half of the people currently staying here along binford road into permanent housing within two years. >> it takes time, you know, for that to happen. but every one

everyone wants a permanent and safe home. home and destination. >> but for neighboring business owner rick williams says that's too long. it's harder and harder for me to encourage my people to come to work. and he says the issues along binford road need more urgent attention. >> move up your timeline. three years is unacceptable. there's people that are dying out there . >> the county's health and human services team will come back to the board of supervisors for an update on their progress in december. in marin county, lena howland, abc seven news. part of our efforts to build a better bay area, we're tracking san francisco's recovery from the pandemic. >> it's struggled more than most major cities. while a big step toward comes tomorrow. that is that is when the new ikea opens downtown on market street. our media partner, the san francisco standard, got a look inside the new store. there's a lot riding on it. the city hopes it will revitalize the mid-market area. it'll also create 100 new jobs.

items will be geared toward city living and small spaces. so selling a lot of items that you don't need a moving truck to get home. plus, the store will be the first ikea to offer grab and go meals. well today san francisco mayor london breed provided a six month update on the roadmap to san francisco's future. >> that is the city's plan to transform downtown into a clean, safe welcome destination at all hours every single day. the mayor announcing the launch of the roadmap during her state of the city address in february. and today, she said the plan has already reached several milestones, which include graduate getting the largest new police academy class in three years, budgeting nearly $50 million for non police community based ambassador programs over the next two years, extending the first year free program to eliminate permit costs for new businesses and increasing office attendance by more than 38% since last july. mayor breed says that's the largest year over year back to office gain of any american city. joining me now to talk more about this is abc7 news insider phil matier.

so do you think that the goals are being met and are they being met quickly enough? >> that's a really good question. what we had today was the mayor sort of evaluating the state of the city. and let's think of it in the old adage of it's the glass half full, or is it half empty? and she was trying to say it's half full. we still got a long way to go, but we are making progress. has she met her goals? yes, but are her goals the same goals that maybe the average person would be seeing that remains to be seen. i was in the downtown today. i went down by the new ikea. i have to say, larry, that it was clean. they did not see tents, did not see homeless, saw more security than i've ever seen, more cops than you've ever seen, including inside the westfield mall, which is ground zero for the retail pullout. so it looks good, but it's still the empty offices, the empty retail. so it's clean and it's safe looking. but it's empty. >> all right. well clean and safe is a good start. >> it is. that's what i'm

saying. that's part of the half full. >> so you mentioned westfield mall. there was some talk about maybe we turn this into a soccer stadium because there's a couple of teams looking at it. is that viable? is that is that just fantasy or, you know, in politics, if you're losing somewhere, you try to score a win somewhere else and you try to get the camera to turn to that. >> and mayor breed is doing that just that in the next couple of weeks, she says she's going to unveil a sketch of the concept of a concert and soccer stadium venue at the westfield mall center. what we're seeing is take over this huge block and turn it into an entertainment and sports center aside from the fact that she doesn't have a sports team or that she doesn't own that place, it's a good start. but you're throwing out things to say, look, we are serious about trying to change rather than being just a financial or office center. she wants the downtown to have a mix of different uses like other cities have, so that you don't get wiped out. if there is a downturn in the tech or they decide to work from home. >> well, there's a lot of cities that have had great success with

downtown stadiums, so you could see where they want to go in that direction. what about office workers returning? i mean, the mayor seemed to tout that we were doing better than a lot of cities. but we've also we're so far behind because hardly anybody came back initially. >> exactly. exactly we invented remote work. i mean, the tech age was the one that allowed people to run their businesses off laptops. and when the covid shutdown happened, people took those laptops home wherever that might be, and continued to run the businesses. now, the latest polling by the chamber of commerce members show that most of the employers are saying we want three days or more from our workers back in the office. but that still just translates into about 50% of your traffic. i mean, bart is still running at about 40. and that reflects, you know, how many people are coming back. so it's not enough for just workers to come back because even when they come back, they're going to use less space. but the mayor has to attract new employees, new people to come in. they're betting a big on artificial intelligence to be that. and it's interesting that one of the

things she says we need is a world class transit system. i don't think we have that, but we have an interesting one and one that people might want to actually come and try out, which is the driverless cars. i mean, there's not too many cities where you can take a ride in that. so it's an interesting to see. we have the new ikea coming in. we have the driverless cars that are making headlines right now. is that a plus or a minus for the city? it gives us our sort of wacky techie edge out there and gives maybe a reason for tourists to come here and try it on themselves. but i think the big thing, what we saw today was that what might have been a small step a year ago or two years ago is big now because we're really trying to change the narrative as they say, into the glass half full. and it's going to get more full. >> all right. and hopefully safer as well, because that's obviously something that everybody cares about if they're going to come into the city. >> that's absolutely number one. number one. all right, phil, thank you. >> appreciate it. happening tonight, a vigil will be held for the four year old girl hit and killed by a car at the

intersection of fourth and king streets in san francisco a week ago today. >> the vigil is being organized by pedestrian safety group walk san francisco. it's scheduled to begin at 5 p.m, the exact time that a car hit and killed that young girl who was being pushed in a stroller. her father was critically injured. she and her parents were visiting from out of the country yesterday. mayor breed's office announced two safety improvements for that intersection. first, removing one of the southbound right turn lanes from fourth onto king street. and second, changing the traffic signal for drivers, making a right turn, going from a green light to a yellow arrow. since a bill to bail out bart using bridge toll hikes has been put on hold, the beleaguered transit agency is making other operational changes to cut costs and improve safety. efficient mass transit systems are a key part of building a better bay area. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkly has the latest this afternoon. >> bart's general manager is taking california senator scott wiener on a ride from san

francisco's civic center to the bart police department in oakland to discuss what's next with the agency needing a bailout out, a controversial bill to raise bridge tolls by $1.50 to help financially strapped transit systems in the bay area. it was just not gaining enough support. >> but we've been working all year to try to deal with a potential train wreck coming our way in the bay area. >> senator wiener says they've hit the pause button on considering the toll hikes until at least next year. >> this is not optional. if our transit system starts to unravel , we will see dramatically increased congestion on our freeways and roads. low income workers will not be able to get to work. we're very glad the bill was put on hold because it's unfair geographically. >> it's unfair to people a certain income and we think it's time that the transit agencies got to reforming themselves to adapt to the modern era. bart is faced with attracting more riders post-pandemic with safety

. >> a big concern now, bart says they're going to run fewer ten car trains when you have empty trains, it doesn't create a safe environment and people feel less safe. >> we want to hit that point perfect level of just comfortable crowding. it'll save us. $12 million. and that is real money and that's real savings. and it's to signal to our stakeholders that we are willing to find savings without cutting service. >> bart debuts a new schedule on september 11th with less emphasis on 9 to 5 commutes, more emphasis on weekends and nights in the hopes it attracts more riders and helps their bottom line in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >> coming up, tackling the teacher shortage. how bay area school districts are stepping up to try to fill the gap with the school year already underway and major star power in san jose, some of the country's best gymnasts are gearing up for a champions showdown this week and

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with more on the underrate golf tour. chris yeah, you couldn't have dialed up a more perfect day of weather here for the championship round of the second annual currie cup. >> it's all part of the underrated golf tour, as you mentioned, larry and kristen. and what a day we've had a couple of days. we've had here in the bay area, 25 of the best youth golfers in the country. they're here. you see stephen curry looking on today as he met some of the golfers at 1812 boys, 13 goals, 13 girls excuse me, competing for a shot at their respective championships. and much like that, underrated basketball tour he has. the goal is to provide equity, access and opportunity to competitive golfers with dreams of reaching higher levels in this sport. we want to make sure that we can be the link and the liaison for those that come from a different clubhouse. >> kids that desire to play the big stages, the beautiful courses, but they wouldn't have means any other way. so if we can have this underrated golf tour serve as that connecting point, you know, overall, we're growing the game of golf.

>> i think andre has definitely given me more opportunities when it comes to tournaments and they've definitely opened up a lot more opportunities for me. all right, so it just finished up about a half hour ago. >> jean scanlon and lucky cruz, some great names to watch as you watch golf here in the future. 15 year olds actually born on the same day. they are your winners. three boys and three girls are actually going to play international. they handed out some grants and scholarships, $10,000, $25 or $25,000. and you talk about the point that will made in that sound bite earlier. they are changing young golfers lives for those that might not have had an opportunity to the access and equity that they want so badly, these people are getting it and they are growing the game of golf. just a wonderful day here and a wonderful weekend here in the bay area as stephen curry does it once again with his underrated tour, this time on the golf side, larry and kristin, it's amazing. >> unbelievable. he's just like a machine. >> how could they focus with steph around them? >> see, that's what i wanted to

ask chris because you have a bunch of teenagers and steph is a larger than life superstar. >> i would think that they would be never mind trembling over the golf, but just to meet and interact with steph yeah, yeah. >> and so that's what's kind of interesting about this. a lot of these golfers along the way, they've had a four city tour across the country and they've seen steph at some of the other stops, for example, in firestone in ohio. so some of these kids have already met steph. they were in the championships last year. it's almost like he's a good friend to them. and as we know, we've gotten to know steph over the years. he's very humble about who he is and he says, hi and he's so nice to all these kids. it is like he's their friend and so they're just focused on golf. and a lot of these guys are doing guys and gals are doing great things and they won big today. >> they are fantastic. >> chris, thank you so much. and it looks like he's getting some sunshine there. >> it's a beautiful day. lake merced, they redid the course as well. so perfect conditions. spencer christian absolutely. >> sunny and warm today. no, that threat of showers has diminished significantly. so let's enjoy some summer like weather. here's a look at what's

going on right now in our live doppler seven looping image. and you can see the clouds have been pulling away from the coastline today, giving us sunny skies, at least for most of the day. just about everywhere we have some little cloud buildups over here in the mount hamilton area, maybe a shower or two. but not probably not affecting any population populated areas. it's breezy, but not terribly windy right now. we have an onshore flow with wind speeds at the surface, basically 12 to about 15, 18mph. and noticeably warmer than at this time yesterday. in fact, 13 degrees warmer right now. concord and livermore, 11 degrees warmer in novato. so that warm up has been quite significant, especially in our inland areas. nice view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco where the temperature at this hour has not yet reported but it was above 70 a little bit earlier 75 right now in oakland mountain view 7781. san jose 78, palo alto, 68 at half moon bay, blue sky and a light breezes at the golden gate of the temperature readings right now 83 at santa rosa also low to mid 80s at novato and

napa, 86 at concord, 88 at livermore. and the view from emeryville looking toward the golden gate. and notice the absence of a marine layer right now but it'll get a little bit mistier at a little shallow marine layer expected to develop overnight. these are all there it is right there. shallow marine layer returns to the coast overnight and while mild at the coast tomorrow and hot inland, i'll be tomorrow and thursday, as a matter of fact. but a much cooler pattern develops on friday. that will take us into the weekend. here's our overnight forecast animation starting at 5 p.m. notice it doesn't get very cloudy until overnight. we'll see some areas of clouds, low clouds forming near the coastline, but mainly clear skies inland and a mainly sunny day again tomorrow. overnight, low temperatures will be generally in the low to mid 60s inland. so still pretty mild inland during the overnight hours, but it will be comfortably cool near the coast and bay where lows will be in the upper 50s highs tomorrow. about 70 and half moon bay, 76 in san francisco, mid to upper 80s in some bayside locations tomorrow and upper 90s in the inland east bay 98 at fairfield

and livermore 97 at concord and antioch. and as we look ahead to thursday, it'll start to cool down rather sharply. but there will still be some warm spots in our inland areas. so mid 90s, inland further cooling on friday. most locations inland will not even hit 90 degrees on friday. we'll see a few more 90s popping up in our inland areas on saturday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so uh- to pretty toasty days inland tomorrow and thursday. sharp cool down on friday. gradual warming going into the weekend. nothing very extreme there. it looks like a nice seasonal range of high temperatures taking us through the weekend and into early next week. >> pretty hazy out there. also, though, a little haze out there. >> yeah, but but no rain. yeah no rain. >> thanks, man. >> okay. oakland international airport. >> we'll take a short break and be right back. okay >> is welcome to wrexham premiere september 12th on streaming on hulu. >> my late father in law lit up a room, but his vision dimmed with age. he had a amd, i didn't

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they live and breathe baseball. >> they always got a glove in their hand as you could see, seven year old robert altman is hoping someone will return his beloved baseball glove. >> it was special because he gave it to me. >> robert was gifted. the glove by his uncle joe. >> three months ago, joe passed away from health issues. on saturday, robert brought his glove to the oakland a's game after the altman family watched the post game star wars themed drone show. they walked back to their car and realized robert's glove was missing from a bag, grabbed my wallet, and i booked it to the, you know, the front gate and asked the security, hey , can i please go in and check my seat? security took selena altman back to her section and to lost and found, but had no luck before i made it to the car. obviously he's seen i didn't have it. >> i just heard the sobs, altman said. >> it was a crushing ride home to san jose. she posted to

social media that night, desperate to put the word out that the sentimental glove is missing. >> one of the pictures that i shared is from 2020, and he was being homeschooled doing his phonics on the tv and his gloves on his head because he never put it down. >> the a's club provided this statement. we have been unable to locate the glove inside the ballpark, but we are working with our stadium operations team and the facilities team in case it is turned in. we encourage our fans to help spread the word so robert can be reunited with his special glove objects have so many different meanings to different people now. altman hopes someone hears her son's story and happens to find and return the glove that holds so many memories. >> i learned a lot of stuff with it in san jose. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> wow. >> we just hope he gets it back . i mean, laurie, what do you think now that it's out there, there's so much attention the a's are helping somebody knows where that glove is. >> somebody has the glove. it

didn't just, you know, grow feet and walk away. so hopefully the person that picked it up and thinking, wow, look what i just found understands and gets the word that it belongs to this boy. there's a lot of memories attached to it. >> yeah, there's a good chance of that, too, you know, if somebody sees really what this glove is all. it's just a baseball glove to most people. but to this young boy, robert's a big deal, so maybe someone will see it and do the right thing. let's hope so. >> let's hope so. all right. a delicate rescue operation unfolded on the golden gate bridge over the weekend. somebody crossing the span dropped their phone. it landed on a ledge bridge patrol to the rescue and officer arriving on the scene with a claw grabber going to work there. took some maneuvering. this looks like a potential for disaster is high. he's got the phone. >> don't drop the phone. no drop. no, no. >> oh, i got it. >> oh, my gosh. >> and the officer. >> oh, got a round of applause as nerves of steel required for that operation. hands of a

surgeon. >> yes. spencer, you think you could have pulled that off? >> i'm not so sure. a lot of pressure, you know, performance anxiety can you. will you hold on to that? >> but it does show you you know, there's nothing worse than when you, you know, years ago we never thought about this, but. that's right. you lose your phone. it's not just a phone anymore. it's everything. you've got emails, computer, you know, text messages, rolodex. yeah rolodex. had someone's entire life in that cloth. wow. i know. you know, your heart sinks. it's hard to even watch somebody else's phone sit on the ledge like that. >> it's a good thing that that claw is better than, like, the arcade games where, you know, you maneuver the thing and you got i got it. yeah. no, put another dollar in. >> but, larry, those are rigged . yeah. >> you never really. yeah really. >> now, i should have told you $500 before, man. >> yeah. >> all right. burning man may be a little soggy this year. the desert festival gets underway on sunday, but tropical storm hilary has dampened celebrations . organizers tweeted out that gates still at playa, will remain closed until tomorrow,

delaying construction of the famous wooden structures. this is what the festival usually looks like. reports out of the area indicate the dusty landscape is just a muddy mess. tickets are selling for hundreds of dollars. bill low face value and you know, normally they're above face value. you yeah this is really such a dramatic turn of events. dan yeah, it is. >> you know, i mean, the dust doesn't seem very pleasant to me, so but of course the mud is even worse. but there have been so many great festivals over the years, woodstock being one of them. glastonbury where that have been turned into muddy bogs because of the weather and somehow, particularly young people deal with it and make it fun. i think our crowd, we may stay home, you know, even when i was at the woodstock age, i wasn't attracted to the mud and the outdoor well, the outdoor toilets. >> no toilets at all. >> you know, the worst part actually, about woodstock is it wasn't always mud because the pipes broke, because people were

frustrated with the bathrooms. so the mud was really a lot of it was it was my daughter goes to burning man every year and they load up like everything all these supplies. >> you think it's like a military operation often. but the trucks are so massive, you know, to get the infrastructure in there and there's just it's just wet sand. and so they can't even really begin. >> are they going to go this year? oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. they're going not going to stop. but but, you know, as kristen mentioned, the ticket prices are coming way down because everybody's thinking, oh, this is not going to be that good, but they'll they'll get it together. they always do. yeah all right. a couple of new jersey is proving that love is never too late. they're getting ready to say their i dos 64 years after they first met. wow. 93 year old joe is getting married for the first time. and his bride to be is 83 year old mary. look at the way they look at each other. so sweet, right? the couple first met in 1959. mary was the maid of honor and joe was the best man at his sister's wedding. now, they did date briefly, and then joe joined the army. mary became a ballerina at radio city

music hall and the two then went their separate ways. >> but i was always very close with the family and he was always there. >> my family, they didn't expect it when i told them, they almost they opened them up. i say this unashamedly. i fell in love with her and she tells me she fell in love with me. what else do you want? >> fantastic. that's the end of story, right? so if you need families are getting ready for their wedding in october. i have to say he does not look 93 and she does not look 83. whatever they're eating, i want some of that. i mean, they're sharp as a tack, too. >> yeah. >> yeah, that's fantastic. >> good for them. love is for anyone at any age, you know? it's fantastic. good for them. yeah >> i mean, i'm not one to think you're fated to be with someone. there's a meant to be that one person, but in their case, it makes you want to believe. it seems that way, doesn't it? >> that's true. after all those years. >> yeah. right place, right

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hundreds as video from two weeks ago shows what firefighters were facing as they responded to the initial calls in lahaina. and they were simply overwhelmed by the flames is now gone. >> he got a go. >> all units, all units. >> we got to get out of the center of this fire. >> i mean, you imagine trying to drive through that. that's how many people lost their lives. officials are slowly identifying the victims since in many instances, they're relying just on dna. there are at 35. so far. >> a team of san francisco firefighters is on the way to maui right now. they say they're volunteering to go because they could not just sit by and do nothing after the wildfires on the island. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez met up with them at oakland international airport before the flight took off. the san francisco firefighters are ready for their next mission to help the people of maui after the devastating wildfires. >> one retired a nine active san francisco firefighters and one

first responder paramedic from the bay area flew to hawaii from oakland international airport on tuesday morning. >> for kiro nacua, it's personal. he was born on maui and raised in hawaii. >> my grandparents were born and raised on lahaina. my dad and that side of the family. so all my hawaiian sides from maui. well, i'm very sensitive to it. i mean, being part hawaiian also. so i'm sensitive, sensitive to the cultural aspects of it. but with the san francisco fire department, i'm trained to be part of the critical incident stress team. so that skill set you can bring to the table, to the team will distribute supplies to the community at lahaina gateway, one of the only structures in town left standing after the fire. >> asian firefighters association of san francisco president stan lee spearheaded the trip. he says they represent the aapi firefighters of san francisco and many have strong ties to hawaii. >> we're going out there as volunteers to help with the community. but if the fire

department there need us to help, we are we are willing and able to help. >> that's why they packed their fire gear. eric shingo tanaka has family in hawaii and grew up going to maui. >> now that we have our mission, we're excited and we want to get out there and just do whatever we can to just show the show. >> the people of hawaii that you know, this is your your family, your ohana, too. and like, we want to we're here for you and we want to support you as much as we can. the firefighters will be there a week and are volunteering their time. >> osaki creative group, which has locations in honolulu and berkeley, helped organize the trip at oakland international airport. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> if you'd like to help with the maui wildfire relief efforts, you can make a $10 donation to the red cross by going to redcross.org slash abc . >> let's get another check of the forecast. and it's heating up a little bit. >> yeah, just you wait till tomorrow, spencer. >> oh, yeah. warmer today than

yesterday and warmer tomorrow still. here's a look at our live doppler seven looping image. you can see that during the afternoon hours, the low clouds have actually moved away from the coastline, giving us sunnier conditions. even at the coast and of course, helped with the warm up as well. now we have an onshore flow. it's not a powerful flow, but breezy conditions right now. and certainly that flow of onshore winds will bring some low clouds back to the coastline during the overnight hours. right now, we're looking at temperatures in the upper 80s and our warmest inland locations. it's mid to upper 70s around the bay shoreline and upper 60s to about 70 on the coast. that's pretty mild. now, overnight, we'll see. not much of a cooldown inland. it will be mild in our inland areas once again. and perhaps a little bit muggy in some spots. low to mid 60s will be the lows, especially in the inland east bay up in the north bay. a little bit cooler and we'll have upper 50s along the coast. now, tomorrow, look for high temperatures up to and above 70 degrees along the coast. we'll have mid 80s around the bay shoreline, upper 90s inland probably won't see 100 degrees,

but 97, 98, 99 will pop up tomorrow in the warmest inland communities and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it'll be quite warm again inland on thursday. not quite so hot as tomorrow. and then we have a sharp cooldown coming our way on friday, friday, saturday, going into the weekend, a nice comfortable range of mild to warm conditions and temperatures start to rise again early next week, monday, tuesday larry and kristen. all right. >> thank you, spencer. star wars fans, the wait is almost over. we're talking about like an hour. the premiere of a new live action series starring rosario dawson. >> it's been such an incredible journey and to still be challenged and pushed is a dream. buckle up. >> we got a sneak peek at ahsoka. find out what his fans so excited. >> this is abc 724 in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord.

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to play a jedi, even learned martial arts. dawson loved every minute. >> there is nothing easy about being a jedi. >> this was probably the most delightful experience ever. it's been such an incredible journey, and to still be challenged and pushed is, is a dream. >> buckle up. >> dawson's costars are just as excited as she is for all the fans to finally get to experience this part of the star wars world. it just has this feeling about it that is really kind of full of joy and like this kind of childlike adventure to and to see that sparked in so many people. >> it's really infectious and wonderful. >> hopefully you'll, you know, both laugh with him and to be, you know, terrified. >> i'm just absolutely thrilled. and i think the fans are really going to be in for a real treat and for a real ride because it's an adventurous ride. >> it's a ride that includes actor ray stevenson, who died

just weeks after he told me about a character he loved playing. it's like some catalyst thrown into these elements and all of a sudden there's an effervescent explosion and directions are changing and shifting and but yet something is driving it. >> and you don't know what maybe he himself isn't fully sure of his quest, but there's something there that if you're in his way, he will politely ask you to get out of it. if you don't, you'll be removed. >> george pennacchio for abc seven news. ray stevenson, an incredible actor. >> you can start streaming ahsoka at 6 p.m. tonight. disney of course, is the parent company of abc seven. abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. all right. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is coming up next.

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