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donald trump won't be there. now at five, the latest legal obstacle facing the former president as he prepares to turn himself in to authorities in georgia. >> the issue of homelessness in san francisco will go before three federal judges today. the city claiming a court ruling has tied their hands when it comes to removing encampments on the street. >> a brighter future is on the way for san francisco. those words from city mayor london breed. a look at the bold proposal she's now laying out in a roadmap to recovery. good morning. it is wednesday, august 23rd. >> i'm going to start the check of our forecast with lisa. >> hi. i saw some fog this morning. so we're getting back to our normal weather pattern, which is going to move out that subtropical moisture and bring in a bit of a marine layer. so that should help us out feeling a little bit more comfortable today, although low temperatures are going to soar. here's a look at live doppler seven. some of the patchy fog offshore there. there and you see the current numbers. only a couple 50s. but still we are looking at the higher relative humidity right now. but the second half of the

day, we're going to feel a little bit better. so those 50s being influenced by the low clouds, the fog off the coast and notice the scale here. 50s and 60s muggy to humid. this is our dew points, the area of moisture, the amount of moisture in our atmosphere. so this is all going to come down. and here's a look at our current temperatures. anywhere from a degree to seven degrees cooler. so we're going in the right direction. the golden gate bridge, you can't see much there because of the cloud deck. and we'll look for temperatures to warm quickly. high pressure building overhead. so 60s to start out through 7:00, 70 in 80s by noontime, upper 80s around 4:00 and even some 70s at the coast jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. so our completely green map except for coming out of tracy for our super commuters pretty much tells the story for our commute right now and i'll show you those drive times for anyone that's coming out of tracy san mateo bridge. no advisories from the chp this morning. and that goes for anything that's blocking our roads as well. emeryville moving at the limit

as well as you see where you see the headlights are, where the traffic is traveling in the westbound direction towards the maze. our drive times here this is what i wanted to point out for our super commuters. tracy to dublin is about 38 minutes. so it's really not that bad westbound for that traffic building ever. so slightly antioch to concord is going to be 22 minutes. thanks jobina san francisco mayor london breed is laying out a roadmap to where what she's calling a downtown upgrade during a six month update. >> mayor breed highlighted some key achievements painting an optimistic picture of the city's future. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez is in the newsroom this morning or i should say is live this morning with more on the mayor's update. hi, gloria. >> good morning, reggie. yes, mayor london breed first unveiled this roadmap during her state of the city address. back in february. and it's the city's plan to transform downtown into a clean, safe destination 24 hours a day. the six month update on the roadmap to san

francisco's future touts the largest new police academy class in three years. a 38% increase in office attendance since last july. and more than 5500 new business registered this year. among other milestones. bones. and when it comes to bringing workers back to the downtown area as abc7 news insider phil matier noted, it's not so simple as just having businesses demand employees return to the office 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 big on artificial intelligence. >> the mayor has thrown out some big ideas, including converting the westfield mall on market into a sports stadium. bill says those ideas could be meant to keep the public occupied with idea that she is doing something now in the roadmap. mayor breed touts changing laws to fill

vacant space. also reforming taxes. some of those downtown activations and making streets cleaner and safer. live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria, thank you. and let's talk more about downtown. we've told you about stores leaving the market street corridor in san francisco today is the day when ikea is going to open up its new store in the city. our media partner, sf standard got a sneak peek inside the new store. it looks similar to other ikea's, but does have a different format geared towards city living spaces. the store opens at 11 a.m. across the street. bart station. >> happening today, the future of homelessness in san francisco is going before a three actually. federal judges the city is appealing an order temporal blocking officials from removing encampments on city streets. the order is keeping the city from clearing the encampments as long as the number of people experience homelessness exceeds the number of available shelter beds. now the problem, according to the city, is that many of the unhoused are refusing help.

>> over half of the folks that they're reaching out to are refusing offers of shelter by the city or actually have shelter elsewhere. but choose to keep a tent on the streets. >> the coalition of homelessness claims the city actually only has enough shelter beds for half of the unhoused population. so they are marking many people down as refusing shelter, even though there's just no room for them. meanwhile residents say they are fed up. >> i've lived here since 1974. i've never seen san francisco this dirty. it's just it's pathetic. my wife and i have to cross the street just to walk up to go to dinner just because all the tents are blocking everything. >> before today's hearing, city officials are planning a rally with the public outside the court. it is unlikely, though, that we will see a decision today. it will likely come soon . we will keep you updated on that. >> marin county is taking a new approach to clearing a large rv encampment. we first told you about the dozens of vehicles

lining binford road in novato in may. now the county is planning to get some of the people into permanent housing. it received more than $1.5 million from the state for what's called an encampment resolution fund. the money will go toward outreach and support for the unhoused. marin county also has to match funding with vouchers for housing and assist people with things like rent and security deposits. >> also in marin county, a new housing complex for teachers is closer to reality. the state approved an environmental study for the housing development next to san quentin state prison overlooking the larkspur ferry terminal. the complex would include 135 units for teachers and school employees, another 115 homes for families. it would be the largest affordable housing project in marin county in 50 years. more than 40% of marin county school staffers say they cannot afford to rent an apartment in that area. santa clara county is taking a new approach to address a teacher shortage, and it involves a plot of land in downtown palo alto.

that's where officials held a groundbreaking for a new affordable housing complex for teachers and school employees. the 110 units will serve school districts in los altos, mountain view and palo alto. the goal here is to have teachers live near the schools where they work. >> we've got teachers and other school staff who are commuting hours and hours, and that is time, not spent with or for kids . >> the complex is being built on county owned land. it's being developed by two nonprofits and financed in part by meta, facebook's parent company. a similar project is being planned for the cupertino area. >> new this morning. a witness in the classified documents case against donald trump is retracting his prior testimony. the witness is identified as an it employee at mar a lago. prosecutors say he initially testified to a grand jury that he was unaware of any efforts to erase security footage recorded at the former president's estate . after getting a new attorney.

prosecutors say he retracted his prior testimony and detailed an alleged effort to tamper with evidence as a trial in the case. has been set for may 20th of 2024. trump has pleaded not guilty and happening tonight, the first gop debate of the 2024 cycle will happen in milwaukee. eight republican candidates will take the stage. and former president donald trump, who leads in the polls, won't be there. jobina sources tell abc news trump is planning to counter the debate with his own programing. yes reggie, so final preparations are underway in wisconsin. >> the republican national committee's inaugural debate starts at 6 p.m. of course, as you mentioned, without former president president donald trump, who says he won't be there and instead will air a prerecorded interview with political commentator tucker carlson. many have criticized trump's decision not to attend abc news political contributor and former congresswoman barbara comstock is emphasizing the need for candidates to face trump in the debate cycle. >> while donald trump is the leader. and if you want to be

number one, you have to take on the person who is number one, the eight candidates in tonight's debate met the committee's polling and campaign donation requirements to participate. >> so something to note here. abc news partner fivethirtyeight shows florida governor ron desantis trail trailing behind trump's lead in the polls by more than 30. although trump himself will be absent, his campaign has said that top advisors will represent him in the debate. spin room. so that's the place where candidates can interact with various media outlets and of course, journalists after the debate. >> all right, good wednesday morning to you. we have low clouds and fog reforming along the coast, but our sea surface temperatures still 5 to 6 degrees above average. and with a compressed marine layer, temperatures are going to warm up upper level winds out of the north, allowing for a hot day today. so you may not notice those changes until we get to our cooldown, which is the

latter part of the week. it is in the 60s 65, san ramon, dublin. closer to the water, we have the 50s quarter mile visibility, half moon bay. look at that. 5758 novato santa rosa. but most of us still running well above average. so we're going to call for the fog along the coast this morning to be patchy. still less humid out there, but with the warmer temperatures today, it's going to feel like summer. and looking at that sharp drop in temperatures on friday, the marine layer is patchy. this is 11:00. it goes away all together. and then as we get into the overnight hours into your thursday, it's coming back into play. and that allows for a bit of a cooldown. highs today ranging from 70 half moon bay, 76in san francisco, 83 in oakland, upper 90s inland 90 santa rosa and san jose. the accuweather seven day forecast where hottest today almost as hot tomorrow. inland big cooldown friday and the rest of the week looking a lot like summer there but still pleasant and not too hot. reggie carmassi

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>> we see the legislation that has been sweeping this nation for the past two years, and we see the tragedy that just happened in southern california for just a few days ago. >> speaker after speaker addressed the level of recent violence against people within the lgbtq plus community in lake arrowhead. authorities say a clothing store owner was killed in a dispute for flying a pride flag outside her store. laura ann carlton was a married mother of nine children. >> no matter like how progressive you think that you are and like a state, there's always work to be done. >> the hate has always been there, but it's been emboldened. >> gabrielle antolovic has volunteered with the billy defrank, lgbt community center since the 1980s. the center continues to inspire action and provide a safe space. >> we're bringing mental health first aid training so that we can keep people afloat. and also , we're doing a lot of advocacy tsay work and training people on how to do community organizing.

>> tuesday's flag ceremony brought together city leaders and local organizations in the south bay that prove there are allies out there. >> we need to be doing everything we can to support the effort to make post street more exciting, more vibrant and more safe. >> omar torres is the first out lgbtq plus person of color to sit on the san jose city council. torres said he plans to march with pride at the parade and festival this weekend. >> and i know you want to walk with mayor mehan and council member davis, but i'm the queen around here, so please come walk with me in san jose. >> lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> okay, so he is a queen around here. that's a sound bite of the morning. speaking of queens. >> speaking of queens, look at this queen, miss lauren hill and the fugees are reunite fighting to celebrate the 25th album of her acclaimed solo album, lauryn hill's former bandmates are going to join her during

international tour. it is in october and november. she'll be performing, oh, yes. her 1998 album, the miseducation of lauryn hill, which came out one year after the group split up. this was the first hip hop record to win album of the year at the grammys, and she was the first woman to win five or more grammys in one night. pienta with that tutu, tutu, tutu. >> so who's the biggest blackpink fan of the three of you? kim physically, physically. but this is this is our third time seeing them. >> oh, last night, fans packed oracle park in san francisco to see k-pop group blackpink. the korean girl group is currently on the encore north american leg of their world tour. born pink. it was the band's first time playing here in the bay area. i don't know what it was that they were holding, but i'm very interested. >> we did not oh, i missed that. >> i was trying to figure out the date that miss lauryn hill was going to be there. >> oh, sorry. you're back on lauryn hill, which i understand. go ahead. what were you saying?

that thing. it's okay. >> she's going to be here on a tuesday. >> a tuesday? >> why do they always come here on during the week? beyonce on a wednesday. >> will i still be there anyway, it is officially the summer of the mega shows from taylor swift to drake, dead and company concerts are getting massive attention and bringing even bigger profits to our local economies. >> so here's a look at the acts coming to the bay area next week. sam smith is performing at the oakland arena on sunday, then crosses the bay to perform at chase center monday. then it is queen bee beyonce taking over levi's stadium in the south bay a week from today. next week, we'll also see ll cool j and 50 cent, beyonce's renaissance world tour is expected to be quite the spectacle. santa clara city leaders have pushed the stadium's curfew time back one hour from the normal 10 p.m. to the 11 p.m. but as we all know, these acts do not care about those curfew because almost nothing happens to them. >> and if they pay, they pay. >> yeah, they pay the money. and it's like a few dollars. >> i mean, to them. nothing to

them. yeah >> i don't think they had to pay. taylor didn't have to pay. >> taylor didn't actually pay. it was the. >> yeah, the stadium. >> yeah. the cost of doing business. >> it is however long it is, it is unique. >> it's going to be so fun and you're going to have a good time. >> yes. weather forecast. that's free pay for that either. all right. we're looking at hot, hot today. it's going to be hot. hot now. >> already hot yesterday. >> yesterday here. >> yeah, it is hot in here. >> it is hot here. >> hot in here is hot. yesterday but a different kind of hot today because the humidity was with us yesterday. hey, big time. it's with us this morning. but we are looking at a marine layer as well. but several things going on. we have really no upwelling that there's been a lull in that. and that initiates our air conditioning, our free air conditioning from the cold ocean water. so without that upwelling and the warm sea surface temperatures and high pressure building in, it's going to be hot out there. but we are getting back to normal as soon as tonight with more of this fog

spreading to parts of the bay shore, not inland, though, quarter-mile visibility 55 half moon bay fog pacifica and there is some also along the marin county coastline. but it's mild 60s to 70s out there and that's due to the amount of moisture in the air. still humid, but overall temperatures are down anywhere from a couple degrees to seven degrees cooler in parts of the north bay. but i wanted to show you this. the winds are light. they're out of the south early. but by the afternoon, we do get a sea breeze. so that will bring in comfortable temperatures along the coast, but certainly not inland. well, we will be flirting with 100 degrees later on today. so as a take a look at your thursday, we're still hot here. temperatures coming down, though, across the bay with a better sea breeze. friday, everyone gets the sea breeze and then into saturday, very pleasant summer-like conditions. so 70 half moon bay, 90 napa, 98 in livermore and as we look ahead, it's hot. not as hot in the coolest day will be friday

before we kind of settle into a comfortable summer pattern. jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. so we are going to begin with the fog advisory that has officially been issued now for the golden gate bridge this morning. so northbound and southbound traffic, you will run into it there at the richmond-san rafael bridge. no problems to report here in terms of advisories or blocking issues for mass transit , bart, muni and ace, all running on time. so no problems there. and our drive times here , if you're traveling westbound on the bay bridge, we have no metering lights on yet. it should only take you about seven minutes. carmassi >> we're still talking about laura hill. >> we're still talking about lauryn hill. >> so i went to the listening session monday night at berkshire in oakland because monday was the official anniversary of the album. so they played the entire album start to finish. it was so nice. and then no one was leaving. so then they played the fugees. all right, that's my story. >> the way that album, the whole album of lauryn hill took an entire year of my life. >> yes, the whole thing, really. i listened to just the pre-sale is today at 10:00.

>> so if you want to us, it's today. >> i don't have to sit on this traffic graphic. >> yeah, yeah. >> today. okay >> the pre-sale for lauryn hill is today at 10 a.m. the concert is tuesday, november 7th. >> that's really all you need to know. >> get ready. >> but actually, there are seven things coming up this morning. >> also know and some of the best gymnasts in the country are gathering in the south bay right now. >> a look ahead at this weekend's 2023 us gymnastics championship. public safety is something we all care about. >> now our exclusive technology can help the neighborhood safety tracker. >> that puts the latest data right in the palm of your hand track crime track, dig into all the numbers. >> neighborhood safety tracker only on abc seven the new 2023 gmc sierra at4 x is equipped to conquer the great outdoors or the great indoors.

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>> number four ups workers have voted to approve a new contract union officials say the deal sets a new standard for pay and benefits. the move avoids a strike that would have potentially been catastrophic for the us economy. >> number five, patchy fog has returned to the coast, but we are still muggy this morning, turning hot this afternoon, mid 70s downtown upper 90s inland. >> number six. speaking of that fog, i want to show you the golden gate bridge camera again because this is our most visual thing out there on the roads this morning. the chp has issued an official advisory and number seven today, ikea will open its new store on market street in san francisco. >> it's going to be offering items geared toward city living spaces. the store opens at 11 a.m. the 2023 us gymnastics champion ships took off kicks off tomorrow should say sap center bringing some of the world's best gymnasts to san jose. >> nearly 150 men and women gymnasts will compete together. they've won 12 olympic medals, 50 world championship medals and

46 national titles. the top women and men, gymnasts will win a spot on the us national team. while this won't be the olympic roster, there will be an olympic feel. i mean, how many basketball fans say they wish you saw michael jordan or how many baseball fans say, wow, i wish i saw willie mays or soccer fans. >> i wish i saw mia hamm play well, you had the chance. excitement is high. >> sunday's women's final is already sold out. >> simone's going to be there. she sure simone biles will be there. she is. the one to see. >> now to a national recognition for a nonprofit that's helping disadvantaged san francisco school children. real options for city kids or rock works with principles, staff and the community to help remove barriers to learning for kids. in visitacion valley, for example, rock hosts a vision day to provide free eye exams and glasses on the spot to elementary and middle schoolers

. and it's no surprise that rock was honored with the civic engagement award at the 2023 community schools and family engagement conference hosted by institute for educational leadership. >> we won it. was it was about our ability to do community school work, just integrating with schools in san francisco and making good things happen. >> so what does it mean? getting a national award? national recognition for rock? how does that help the organization? >> you know, we're just this little tiny organization focused in san francisco's visitacion valley. and so getting that national exposure, my hope is that it opens a bunch of doors for us and gets us more exposure to. i think the work we do is really important. i think a lot more people should know about it. >> this is awesome. congratulations. if you want to learn more about this organization or you want to help rock form positive relationships and fill the needs of students in visitacion valley, you can go to rock asphaug to find out more and to help out. >> can we have a 530? how a golden gate bridge operator came

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>> oakland's mayor promising a crackdown on crime now a 530 what she believes are the obstacles standing in her administration's way. >> developers behind a controversial high rise proposal are now suing san francisco. what they are accusing the city of in this new lawsuit. >> bart officials now shifting strategies to save money. the proposal that will cut service to keep the trains running and how tropical storm hilary is impacting the start of this year's burning man festival in the black rock desert. >> good morning, everybody. it's wednesday, august 23rd. >> we're going to continue with this heat. >> hi, lisa. >> hey there, reggie carmassi. we sure are. we're getting high pressure building in in this morning. the fog is just patchy and it's going to disappear. and we will have a very warm day. north winds overhead will aid in that warm up already. you can see we're in the mid 60s and our ocean temperatures are also high. so that brings us into a muggy, humid atmosphere. and again, just to start the day, but it will get a little bit better. in fact, if you're in

the north bay or along the coast, it feels better already. here's a look at the light winds, 5 to 10 miles an hour, showing you those because of the direction is out of the north, as high pressure builds on in 9:00. we're in the 70s inland as we get towards 1:00, check it out already in the 90s, already in the upper 70s downtown, the coast is mild, it stays comfortable. but even so, we'll probably see about 70 degrees there. and by 5:00 in the afternoon, it's still pretty hot out there. it is hot in the upper 90s inland with near 90 north and south end of the bay jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. so we're going to start with some more live cameras for you because that's really all we can show you because there are no blocking issues out there on our roads right now. this is our 880 at the coliseum camera in oakland. those headlines are traveling southbound headlines traveling northbound. and this live picture from san jose showing off 101. we have a couple rounds of drive times to give you for our bridges. golden gate bridge, bay bridge and san mateo all running on time. and thenust checking back in for

our super commuter because tracy to dublin 41 minutes. so increasing tre and it's increasing for antioch to concord, too. we're at 29. >> thanks for being a developing news this morning on the future of downtown san francisco mayor london breed highlighting key achievements during her six month update on her roadmap toward a downtown upgrade. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez is live this morning with details on the mayor's plan. gloria good morning, reggie. >> mayor london breed first unveiled this roadmap during her state of the city address. back in february and yesterday she gave a six month update to the san francisco chamber of commerce. the roadmap to san francisco's future is the city's plan to transform downtown into a clean, safe, welcoming destination at all hours, every day, the six month update highlights the larger new police academy class in three years, a 38% increase in office attendants since last july and more than 5500 new business

registrations this year, among other milestones the mayor has thrown out some big ideas, including converting the westfield mall on market into a sports stadium. abc7 news insider phil matier weighs in. >> and you've got a problem. you try to fix the problem, but in the meantime you try to throw some things out there to keep the public occupied with the ideas that you're doing something. now she's proposed a soccer stadium and sports arena for where nordstrom is and the westfield mall is right now. is that practical? i don't know. but she's commissioned somebody that's going to put up a drawing and we're going to watch that and we're going to talk about it. she's talking about bringing university of california campuses to the downtown. okay is that realistic? is it going to take time? yes, absolutely. but she is also in politics here. you have to understand, she is getting gearing up to run for reelection and it could be a very tough reelection because the public is not happy. roadmap. >> mayor breed touts changing laws to fill vacant space,

reforming taxes, launching downtown activations and making the streets cleaner and safer. and the mayor's six month update lays out nine strategies to achieve those goals. you can find that update on the city's website. live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you, gloria. >> the developers behind a controversial skyscraper in san francisco's outer sunset are reportedly suing the city now over the project. according to the chronicle, the lawsuit claims officials misinterpreted and violated a state law meant to incentivize affordable housing. california's density bonus law allows developers to build more housing units in a project than local regulations would normally allow. if most of those units are affordable. last month, the board of supervisors unanimously upheld a decision to block this proposal, which the planning department had said was, quote, out of compliance with both state and local laws. >> a meeting of the minds on bart yesterday to brainstorm ideas to fund public transit. bart general manager and state

senator scott wiener took a ride together. it came after senator wiener announced that he is pausing a controversial funding bill that would have temporarily raised bridge tolls to shore up funding. >> this is not optional. if our transit system start to unravel , we will see dramatically increased congestion on our freeways and roads. low income workers will not be able to get to work. senate bill 532 would have hiked bridge tolls by one and a half dollars to help raise money for bay area transit. >> now, bart says it's switching its strategy to run fewer ten car trains as an alternative of it'll save us $12 million and that is real money and that's real savings. >> and it's to signal to our stakeholder that we are willing to find savings without cutting service. >> bart debuts a new schedule september 11th with more focus on nights and weekend trains to attract more riders and help its bottom line. >> the wago tech facility in san

francisco's mission district is under investigation after allegations of animal mistreat and neglect. a wax spokesperson told the chronicle animal control officers visited the 14th street location last week that visit came a day after the chronicle reported on claims the pet daycare business endangered pets last summer, multiple tiktokers accused the san francisco facility of mistreat their dogs. a wag spokesperson denied the allegations, saying most clients are happy with their experiences as new developments in the fight to protect pedestrians in san francisco. >> exactly one week after a four year old girl was hit and killed near oracle park, a rally was held in her honor at the intersection where this happened. advocates say the accident is just another example of how deadly city streets can be. they're calling on the city to make changes. >> is the urgency, isn't there? right. we have the basic infrastructure for 900 intersections that haven't been done yet. why in 2022, 39 people

were killed in traffic related deaths. >> that's the highest number in 15 years. at fourth and king where last week's deadly crash happened. the city has announced changes the number of turn lanes will be reduced from 2 to 1 and a yellow turn arrow will replace the current green light. officials say they also want the state to pass a law so they can install more speeding cameras. >> oakland mayor qingtao is addressing the city's rise in certain crimes. she's telling abc seven her team is working to increase public safety, while also dealing with a historic budget deficit. abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo is live in the newsroom with the latest on this. amanda kumasi. >> oakland mayor shengtao acknowledging the current uptick in crime is not unique to oakland and addressing issues yesterday after returning from a trade mission to vietnam. data obtained by the abc seven news i-team shows there's been a 27% increase in robberies, a 19% spike in car jackings year to date from 2022 to 2023.

>> and although the mayor highlights homicide rates are down, the local chapter of the naacp has called for the city to declare a state of emergency. mayor tao says that while she understands the sense of urgency change takes time. >> a state of emergency. i am the mayor of oakland. this is why i was able to call the governor directly and this is why we now have the resources of our chp here in the city of oakland. although this is a hard moment in time, this too, shall pass because we are now in the phase of implementing. but i promise you that you will start seeing some of those results as we move forward towards next year. >> while tao says oakland has the highest number of police officers in uniform now compared to the past three years, one key vacancy remains chief of police tao fire chief lauren armstrong in february for allegedly failing to discipline officers for misconduct. and she says the process to hire a new chief begins with the police commission. all of this

happening as oakland faces a historic deficit. the mayor went on to remind residents the city didn't cut funds to violence prevention and received $1.2 million from the state to fund technology upgrades. i'm live in the newsroom this morning. amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> thank you, amanda. well, retail theft isn't just affecting shops here in the bay area in today's gma first look, dick's sporting goods and other retailers across the country are seeing a significant drop in profit s due to increasingly serious retail theft. here's abc news reporter rebecca jarvis in this morning's gma first look, the retail theft ripple effect. >> dick's sporting goods blaming an increase in serious theft problem at its stores for a 23% drop in its profits. the retailer joining a growing list of companies including target, home depot, tj maxx and ulta recently sounding the alarm on organized retail crime. >> it's extremely difficult to quantify the degree of the problem because not a lot of information is shared from this

flash mob stealing nearly $100,000 worth of items at a california mall earlier this month. >> two big box retailers like home depot getting hit especially hard time and time again, investing hundreds of cases. and losing billions of dollars. so what does this mean for the prices of your favorite product? s it's all coming up at 7:00 with your gma first look. i'm rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> your voice, your votes they eight gop presidential candidates will hit the stage for the first republican primary debate for the 2024 election. former president donald trump confirms that he is skipping the debate, which is happening in milwaukee. instead, he's airing a pre-record interview with political commentator tucker carlson with trump's absence, florida governor ron desantis will take center stage as the highest polling candidate. we got the first debate in this whole shebang we're going to be able to do. >> it should be a lot of fun.

>> the debate is also leaving behind two candidates who didn't qualify, including california republican larry elder. he's now threatening to sue the republican national committee for rejecting his bid. elder claims that he met all the requirements the second tropical storm to hit the us mainland in three days is now weakening. >> but it is still causing trouble in texas. we are talking about harold, which made landfall as a landfall as a tropical storm on padre island yesterday with sustained winds of 50 miles an hour and gusts as high as 67. the national weather service downgraded the storm to a tropical depression, but it could still cause flooding with half a foot of rain expected to fall in some places. harold is the first storm to come ashore as part of the 2023 atlantic hurricane season. of course, parts of southern california are still cleaning up after tropical storm hilary. places like cathedral city in riverside county are still muddy and messy. so far, no us deaths are being attributed to the storm.

state officials are crediting advance emergency planning and staging. >> hilary is having an impact on this year's burning man festival organized has tweeted out that gates to the playa will stay closed until later today. it's delaying construction of what and structures the desert festival gets underway sunday. now this is what it typically looks like. reports out of the area indicate the dusty landscape is just a muddy mess right now. the lakebed only takes a few hours to completely dry out again. so have no fear burners. you're going to make it . >> major strike averted for now. the deal accepted by ups employees, keeping them on the job instead of on the picket lines and the 13 hour long rescue. >> you sure to give you vertigo. we're going to show you how a rescue crew was finally able to save a group of schoolchildren from a dangling gondola. but first, a check on the weather with lisa. >> all righty. our air conditioner natural air conditioner has been absent. but you see some fog there off the coast and only parts of the

shoreline and a few north bay valleys are feeling the effects of that. novato, 57 clear lake in the 50s 59 half moon bay pacifica. everyone else still in the 60s still muggy and that's because it's going to take a minute before we restore for that upwelling and that cool natural air conditioner that will get back to us by friday. but as for today, overall temperatures have dropped, but it is still muggy out there. and we're going to see the temperatures come up at least 5 to 10 degrees today. air quality is modern date and looking at temperatures from the livermore valley from the upper 90s, that is ten degrees above average and ten degrees above yesterday's readings. you'll notice that we do come down a little bit friday and then we'll see a bit of a bump up into the end of the weekend. 90 in san jose, that's about seven degrees warmer than yesterday. look at the peninsula numbers, mid 80s to 90. a warm day for you. 76 downtown, not as muggy as it was yesterday, but you still will feel the heat out there for sure. 93 sonoma and on

the east bay looking at 83 in oakland, 89 in castro valley. so this is certainly some hot weather along the bay shore and inland. we're talking about temperatures well into the upper 90s. the hottest day of the week is today. we'll talk about some minor cooling on the way tomorrow. and stay with us. we'll be back after this quick break. jitterbug. sit to start in the all electric id4 it's the little things visit your volkswagen dealer today and lease the all electric 2023 id4 pro for just 349 a month.

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carrying seven children and one adult and was dangling by one wire. the whole ordeal lasted more than 15 hours. jobina is at the live desk with that. >> thank you, reggie. so the terrifying situation yesterday in pakistan was just absolutely gut wrenching. so this is the operation that was underway and it was broadcast for more than 15 hours on live tv. so the group of eight were on their way across a ravine when their cable car got stuck and the cable cars went. many of us here would refer to as a gondola. it was used every day to get kids to school. on the other side of the ravine, a line snapped, leaving them stranded and dangling 600ft in the air from a single cable. at first, a helicopter rescued one child hoisting them up in the air by a safety line. but then crews found a different strategy. they built a makeshift zip line and rescued the seven others on board late into the night. and there are regular complaints that the cable car system is not regularly maintained. normally, the kids would have a two hour ride to school on the cable car cuts that time down to roughly four minutes. coomassie >> thank you, jobina. now to another high elevation rescue. this one happening at the golden gate bridge. although no lives were in danger, it was still a really delicate situation. it happened over the weekend. someone crossing the span dropped their phone and it

landed on a ledge. bridge patrol rushed to the rescue. an officer arrived on the scene with one of those claw grabbers, went to work. it took some maneuvering, but they finally found the phone. they were able to lift it to safety. re reuniting it with the owner who reached out, as you can see there, to grab it. and the officer got a round of applause. >> i'm shocked that they did that. >> me too, because i'd been like, that phone is just gone. >> it's gone. say goodbye. sorry wow. okay. >> it's like you with those tigers at the zoo. coomassie and what? i do not know. not the tigers. i'm sorry. the bears. the bears. >> i know. because i was like if the phone falls, the phone is gone. that's the price i have to pay it, right? it's the price i'm going to be willing to pay to get the video. these bears trying to live their lives this would actually be an oddly good day to go to the golden gate bridge, because usually i see the people out there and they just bought their pier 39

sweatshirt. >> yeah. you know, and a beanie like so cold, so foggy today they can walk with car things. >> yeah that's for sure. sweat well yeah this afternoon. this morning we have a little bit of that patchy fog but really not a whole lot to speak of. it's going to be a while before it returns. owns and brings cooling sea breezes. but from half moon bay to pacific and even right along the golden gate, we do have some patchy fog. the numbers reflect that with upper 50s novato santa rosa 56 clear lake. look at half moon bay at 59. but elsewhere in the 60s and still on the mild and muggy side. so with some of that fog at the coast we have cooler parts of the bay. but we will be noticeably warmer today, 5 to 10 degrees warmer as high pressure builds in for about 48 hours. and then that sharp drop in temperatures on friday. there's a look at that patchy fog. notice after 11:00, it gets wiped away. we've got full sunshine on and then looking at it coming back early tomorrow and that reestablishes itself,

allowing for a bit of a breeze. so temperatures coming down maybe 3 to 5 degrees for your thursday. here we go with those mid 90s. so that's a bit of improvement tomorrow. but notice some 70s return here. we're getting into the 80s today. so our one and a half day warm up into friday. it's comfortable with 60s and 70s and feeling like summer as we get into the weekend so the changes coming slowly. as for today, it's a big warm up 76 in san francisco, 81 in richmond. so by the water here warm for you in oakland at 8390. san jose and the accuweather seven day forecast couple of warm days here 80s and 90s bay and inland near 70 at the coast and then we drop off on friday and getting into a nice summertime pattern for the weekend jobina. >> thank you lisa. good morning everybody. so we are following an issue right now in castro valley. a new crash reported in the counter commute direction, but you could still see the slowdown on our maps eastbound

580 before eight and canyon. the chp is reporting that there is a rider down in the roadway. so we'll see if injuries are involved. there and what's going on in terms of blocking issues. but it'll definitely be a slow spot. also, the bay bridge toll plaza will be two because the metering lights flipped on at 533. so that backup is beginning to form in this spot. but nice and clear for you and san jose as we show you this live picture of 280. reggie. >> thanks, jobina new at six. the warning from health officials after people in 11 states including california, got sick with salmonella. they may have gotten from their pets. >> first, though, the hollywood strike coming to the bay area. we are hearing the concerns from local writers and actors as.

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sunrise and getting a glimpse of it here from our sutro tower camera. >> a beautiful view. air quality moderate. today there is some fog along the coast and looking less humid, but the temperatures are going to warm up 5 to 10 degrees today. then we get into a cooldown with more of an onshore flow. not till friday. upper elevation winds show that high pressure ridge pressing down on the atmosphere with north winds. so that's going to allow us to warm up quickly to the upper 90s today in livermore . that's ten degrees above yesterday's readings and also above average. looking at a bit of a cooldown thursday. then we drop off to start the weekend and kind of settle into a nice pattern for the second half of the weekend. so as we get going this morning, it's mild, it's muggy. but throughout the afternoon, our sea breeze does want to come back and that will help keep temperatures near 70 de san francisco, mid 70s to low 80s as you head across the bay. so certainly a warm up today. maybe just a light jacket to get going, but we're in for a pretty

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