it is time for that to end. larry: san francisco mayor london braid not holding back today at all on the issue of homelessness, as the city fights its ability to clear encampments. >> the fact that the courts have crippled our ability to do our jobs to help get people into shelter is criminal. larry: with that we say good afternoon and thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. kristen: i'm kristen sze. three federal judges are reviewing an injunction that temporarily blocks the city from clearing homeless encampments. larry: luz pena is in the near-term with what happened in and out of the courtroom. reporter: today was a crucial day for the city and county of san francisco and the coalition on homelessness. the city is being sued by the coalition and the order is keeping the city from clearing encampments as long as the

number of people experiencing homelessness is greater than the number of and the fact that the court daetz have crippled our ability to do our jobs, to help get people into shelter is criminal , right? if we have a place for someone to go, they need to go. there has to be accountability. >> mayor breed accused the coalition on homelessness of holding san francisco hostage with an injunction that limits the city's ability to tackle homelessness. >> the city is being taken advantage of and we are tired of it. >> among the crowd, this business owner urging the city to intervene. >> the other day we had a guy on our literally on our front step who refused to move and then

threatened one of my employees. when she asked if she could step out of the building to go home. >> according to the city's department of homelessness and supportive housing, in 2022, the city identified 7754 people experiencing homelessness in the city as part of the injunction, the coalition on homelessness is requesting the city offer shelter to individuals before removing their belongings. the coalition on homelessness says encampment sweeps are not the answer. >> what we're trying to do with this lawsuit is, is get the city to stop abusing people's basic rights. we're trying to get them to stop illegally confiscating property and criminalize them when they have no choice but to be on the streets. >> we're not saying they need to have enough shelter for everyone. we're saying that they need to provide specific individuals with shelter inside the federal court. >> san francisco city attorney david chu tried to persuade the judges to stop the injunction on the challenge with the judge's order here is that it has created an impossible situation for us to implement, and the

order has been so vague, it's been very difficult for us to figure out where to hit the mark. the federal judges questioned the attorneys for the coalition on homelessness. >> in your brief, you repeatedly say individuals who have practical, which i understand you're now saying is like readily available and voluntary access to shelter. so are you now no longer requiring that voluntary be condition so individuals are not compelled to use shelter right. >> but certainly if they do have access to shelter and they decide not to use it, that doesn't make them involuntarily homeless. >> the city attorney viewed this as a breakthrough that was a major concession. >> frankly, surprised us. >> and according to the latest city data, shelters are basically at capacity here in san francisco, 92% full. now regarding what's next, a decision from these federal judges can come any time in the upcoming months. and the implications will impact nine western states, not only san francisco in the newsroom. los

pena, abc seven news. >> so it seems like in the meantime, it's a little bit unclear, but what's the governor saying about all this? >> well, larry, the governor is aware of what's happening here in san francisco and released a statement saying in part, we're cutting red tape and making unprecedented investments to address homelessness, but with each hard fought step forward, the courts are creating costly delays that slow progress. and he said, i urge the courts to empower local communities to address street encampments quickly and comprehensively. so he's well aware of what's happening here in our city. >> thank you. >> now to the south bay and a new effort to better clean up debris from encampments along local waterways. abc seven news reporter, south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with officials who say it's not only good for the unhoused, but the entire community. >> santa clara county waterways have become a home for many of the unhoused to set up encampments. valley water says for at least two years, it's had crews working to keep waterways like this clean. >> there's been a significant increase in encampments the last

couple of years, and we want to make sure that we can minimize and hopefully reduce the amount of trash and debris that's encampment generated from entering the waterways. >> jack newman lives along los gatos creek and says he works hard to keep his area clean. but newman admits not everyone around him does the same. you know, it's really it's only just a few that are causing the problem now. valley water announced that they're moving to expand services to clean trash generated by encampments along waterways in santa clara county . that includes creating two encampment management crews. now we just have one encampment management crew, and that's typically for internal staff with about 8 to 10 skilled laborers on a daily basis. >> we're going to move that into two crews. >> valley water gives those living along the waterways 72 hours notice ahead of cleanups. officials say they work with the unhoused to determine what is and is not trash. something both the agency and many in-house say has been effective. >> it is working out. they've been very accommodating to that . i haven't had any issues at all. >> the new positions follow the creation of two other new jobs

approved earlier this year, dedicated to clean up other recent programs include portable toilet facilities and giving debit cards to unhoused people who keep their areas free of trash programs, funded in large part by federal grants. >> i have a heart for these folks. >> while valley water's main goal is to keep pollutants from waterways, some neighbors who live nearby say that they hope to see better long term engagement from agency is to work with the unhoused. >> it's not a solution. it's temporary. these folks are still living here. they're still creating trash. this is not an appropriate living situation right now, though. >> valley water says the newly allocated resources can have a positive impact for everyone. >> it's absolutely a win win. we need to be able to provide more routine service to the neighbors to the unhoused community and to the waterways in the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> all right, turning now to the weather. you know how often do we get an 80 degree day in san francisco? it's getting warm, getting warm. >> we're there. right. meteorologist sandy patel is here now with a first look at

the forecast. hey sandy. >> hi there. yeah, i mean, kristen and larry, it got up to 86 so far in san francisco. really a warm day. let's take a look at those temperatures. everyone in the warm to hot category right now. it is 70 degrees in half. moon bay. you head out towards fairfield and it's 98 degrees. so, yes, pretty warm to hot day compared to 24 hours ago. running 14 degrees higher in novato up 13 in san jose. we're going to go hour by hour. it's still going to be hot inland at 5:00, heading in towards the 8:00 pm hour. warm inland mild at the coast and then tomorrow morning the fog starts to come back along the coastline. those temperatures will start out in the 60s for many areas. and then later in the afternoon, we're going to start to notice numbers are in the 90s inland, but not quite as hot as today. i'll be back with a full look of the forecast coming up. larry >> all right. thank you, sandhya. new details now on the maui wildfires. the fbi is asking people for dna samples as it works to find those who are unaccounted for. the list is at

over 1000 people, but has not been made public yet. the number of dead remains at 115, but that number is expected to rise because as crews go, some of the through some of the larger buildings in lahaina. they're going to find more and more remains. there are three fires on maui, still not fully contained, but the fire department says there is no threat that they will spread. >> we've learned one of the people killed in the lahaina wildfire was a tourist from northern california. 72 year old teresa cook from el dorado county had been on vacation in, according to a social media post by her daughter. cook was supposed to return to sacramento on august 9th. the fire started on august 8th. cook's daughter said her mom was last seen near that famous banyan tree in lahaina. 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 . >> sunnyvale man recovering today after being shot while

confronting four people who were trying to steal the catalytic converter off of his car. this happened in the driveway of the man's home around 330 this morning. authorities say one of the suspects shot the victim once in the leg. the suspects then took off in a dark colored sedan. >> another call today for the removal of robo taxis from the streets of san francisco. members of pro-labor and taxi driver groups staged a demonstration outside of a location where crews parks its cars. the demonstrators say robo taxis and artificial intelligence are a threat to public health and safety. >> somebody is going to get killed. somebody is going to get killed because these cars are going to block the an emergency vehicle. somebody is going to die because of the reckless anarchy that this the california public utility commission and dmv allows. the group also accuses the dmv and the puc of criminal negligence for allowing the vehicles to operate on city streets. >> last weekend, crews agreed to

a dmv request for the company to remove half of their cars from san francisco streets while it investigates several incidents. >> a's owner john fisher has finally broken his silence regarding the team's proposed move from oakland to las vegas. fisher spoke with media members he knew would be friendly, looking for some soft balls to answer, fisher said the a's have submitted their relocation application to major league baseball. he also admitted he hasn't considered selling the team despite the chance in oakland and all around major league baseball with people showing up in green shirts saying sell the team, sell the team, the real question here is why does an owner who's been invisible for years suddenly decide to speak out? is it because he can feel other major league baseball owners? no missing this situation has turned into a pr disaster for all of baseball. and yes, we still do not have details of any deal in las vegas. so so many questions remain unanswered. how

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joining us live now from the newsroom. suzanne. so larry, kristin, there were as many as 100 people waiting in line this morning, eager to check out the new ikea store. >> now many people hope the new business could help jumpstart downtown san francisco's recovery. to one. and the new ikea store at 945 market street in downtown san francisco is now officially open. there was plenty of excitement and fanfare among shoppers today. daniel cherry got in line at 5 a.m. i just wanted to be the first make the grand entrance to see it all first. >> the new ikea store in san francisco has a different format. >> instead of what big box suburban stores offer. this store will carry home furnishing accessories, and it's focused on small space living. >> this is a different type of ikea. it's made out of like three stories. it's 52,000 square foot full of inspiration and solutions. >> mayor london breed has an ambitious plan to build more housing in the city in the next

eight years. >> we hope to be able to build 82,000 units. and what does that mean for a bunch of people who need furniture? and those units are not going to be big. they're going to be kind of small because we know how it is in an urban, dense city like san francisco. ikea launched this new store at a time when many other retailers in san francisco's downtown shopping district have given up westfield mall, old navy, whole foods, nordstrom are just a few. >> city leaders say ikea promises new jobs and new reasons to come downtown and that this new store is a place to shop and work. and what i love about this is that it's not just retail, but it's also a community space where people can come and work on their laptops and have coffee. as for concerns about safety in the mid-market area, the ikea store manager says there will be extra security during business hours. some wonder if the new ikea store can succeed. others wonder if this is a good sign of downtown's recovery. kyle havens

just moved to downtown san francisco from texas for work. >> hopefully so i think it will serve the people who already live downtown and nearby. >> it's a start. i'm happy to see a new building. >> i hope so. i hope it brings in more businesses that are empty right now. and, you know, this brings in people. so hopefully other places will start reopening and the store manager tells me there will be 8 to 10 security guards at the new ikea to ensure the safety of staff and customers. >> again, the mayor and other supporters say ikea will bring more jobs, more people and more commercial activity to the mid market area. live in the newsroom, suzannephan abc seven news. all desperately needed. >> thank you, suzanne. retail thefts like we've seen all across the bay area and other parts of california in recent years. well, they're rising throughout the country. dick's sporting goods reported a plunge in profits. they blamed it on organized retail crime. abc news reporter rebecca jarvis has the latest at dick's sporting goods , blaming an increasingly 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 to big box retailers like home depot being hit especially hard. >> and losing billions of dollars. according to the national retail federation. it's also becoming more cost tsay accounting for $94.5 billion in losses in 2021 alone, with retailers reporting a 26.5% increase in organized retail crime, the vast majority said the violence and aggression associate associated with it increased in the past year. >> a lot of the stolen merchandise just ends up being

resold on third party marketplace. online retailers say this type of crime is reaching unprecedented levels, forcing the average family to pay an estimated $500 more each year on goods. >> i'm rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> all right. turning our attention to the weather, is it hot for you or what do you think? do you like this? >> yeah, well, i mean, the studio feels great, but even too hot for you, right? we get to upper 90s. yeah. sandy and as i start to get even crankier than normal, which is, i mean, i don't even know how that's possible actually. >> yes, we know larry and kristen. and that's why tomorrow we're going to start to notice those temperatures backing off. we don't want a cranky larry, that's for sure. let me show you a live picture right now from our walnut creek camera. and you will notice that skies are definitely on the sunny side and the inland east bay. and it is hot. santa rosa, 95 degrees. napa, 94 and concord and livermore as well. fairfield,

you've hit 100 degrees just in the last couple of minutes from our santa cruz cameras. certainly seeing a sea of blue temperatures. 78 in san francisco, 85 in oakland. it's still pretty warm in mountain view, 88 degrees and in the low to mid 90s from palo alto to san jose, half moon bay, 72 degrees. we're looking at live doppler seven and it's really a quiet picture. bright skies from our oakland airport camera right now . a little bit of haze in the air. mild overnight fog confined to the coast. the heat is going to hang around inland tomorrow and breezy and much cooler weather is coming your way on friday. if you've stepped outside, you've probably noticed a little bit of haze in the upper parts of the atmosphere like you're seeing from our mount tam cam, air quality adviser remains up through today as smoke from the northern california wildfires continues to drift in. now it's not expected to reach the surface. it's more upper layers of the atmosphere. so moderate air quality for today just checked purple air and you will notice that most of you are in that. good to moderate air quality right now. and here's a look at

the forecast headlines. mild overnight fog confined to the coast as i sorry, i just showed you that. here's a look at the animation of fog right near the coastline. it is not going to go very far tomorrow morning as we head into tomorrow evening. the fog will make a little more of a push. that'll allow those temperatures to drop on friday. so mild start tomorrow morning, even bordering warm when you're 72 degrees. and antioch 50s coast side 60s for the most of the rest of you as you look at the afternoon highs for the south bay, it's going to be a warm one. 91 in morgan hill, 87 in san jose on the peninsula, 80 for palo alto. upper 60s coast side. so not quite as warm as what we experienced today. 73 in the city, 68 in daly city, north bay numbers 87. in san rafael, 89. in santa rosa, sunshine 85 in napa and the east bay you're looking at 78. in oakland, 86. fremont head inland and you'll be in the low to mid 90s for most of you. 93 livermore 96 degrees in fairfield. so another

hot summer day. inland. the accuweather seven day forecast. it's hot inland but the coast will cool all areas cool on friday and then you'll notice those temperatures slowly creep back up over the weekend heading into next week. but really compared to what like the nation's center of the nation, the midwest, the south are dealing with. i mean, chris martin and larry, the heat indices, 110 to 120 degrees. that's dangerous. >> she's trying to tell you there's no reason for you to be cranky because our situation, relatively speaking, compared to i mean, what other people are dealing with, it's awful. >> yeah, i hear that a lot. thank you. thanks. all right. coming up, giving a voice to the voiceless. the bay area research making a huge difference for some als patients. and later, we'll take you to an underwater nursery off the california coast. >> the amazing discovery we there's only one tamron hall on

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>> new research giving a voice back to the voiceless. >> stanford university researchers are using brainwaves to give people with als the ability to communicate again. >> abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has a look at this remarkable technology. >> how do you feel? >> judging by the smile on pat bennett's face, i'd say she's feeling pretty good. that's because for the first time since developing als she is able to communicate once again this miracle. thanks to incredible new research on stanford university's campus. our aim is to restore, communicate ocean by reading out brain signals using computer algorithms or computer software to interpret those brain signals, and then changing them into actions in the outside world. >> a need for bennett, who was a human resource director and equestrian before her 2021 als diagnosis that caused deterioration in her brain stem als attacks.

>> neurons controlling movement causing physical weakness and eventual paralysis. she can make sounds, but bennett's als led to the loss of use of the muscles of her lips, tongue, larynx and jaws. muscles needed to communicate clearly. >> it's depressing to in 2022, stanford medicine professor of neurosurgery, dr. jamie henderson. >> implanted sensors about the size of popcorn kernels in bennett's cerebral cortex in her brain. these sensors communicate with the hundreds of brain cells where speech production occurs using her brainwaves. the sensors detect words that she wants to say and the pedestals that you see on her head relay those brainwaves to the screen to develop the words and phrases . >> i like music. >> this allows bennett to communicate without being able to form the words physically as pat looks at a computer screen, a sentence would appear. >> she would attempt to read that sentence. we would read out the brain signals, translate them using a machine learning algorithm into text, which then

gets placed back onto the screen. >> in this case, practice makes perfect. >> bennett has participated in 25 training sessions, and with time she has developed the ability to communicate around 60 words a minute. being able to speak again is life changing for her. >> i have hope, dr. henderson says. >> this is just a proof of concept, but he hopes in the next 5 to 10 years, systems can be in place to give more people their voice back again. people with communication disorders can sometimes become withdrawn, become less socially active, and this could allow people to get back into social situations. >> so it could it could potentially be transformative in in the south bay. >> dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> that's mild technology is unbelievable. >> yeah. >> wow. so much promise. >> changing lives coming up in less than an hour. the first debate of the 2024 election will take place, but not all of the candidates will be there. we'll tell you what you can expect tonight and the push to get you

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know, elon musk and others focused on mars. sandy, does it feel like a still a big deal to land on the moon to you? >> i think it's huge. i mean, larry, you should have seen my dad was telling me about it a couple of days ago. and he goes, can you believe this? they're going to do it? i mean, i'm very proud. i think it's very exciting. and it opens up so many opportunities for others, obviously, to do this as well down the road. but the south pole, pretty cool. >> yeah. and it's certainly elevates india's stature as a superpower. our, you know, having that ability to land on the moon. so yeah, in addition to the scientific research and new knowledge, let's hope. i think it's exciting. yeah all right. you may not know this, but green goddess dressing was created right here in san francisco, not on the moon, but at the palace hotel. on the moon? yeah the dressing was the creation of chef philip romer in 1923. the recipe was created to honor george arliss, the actor starring in the hit play the

green goddess. thus the name at today's 100th birthday bash. some of his descendant stopped by to honor the man who started it all. >> original one use a lot of mayonnaise and has anchovies. >> the ones now, like in the store are pretty different from back then because i think the anchovies would have turned a few people off. >> yeah. yeah. well, kumasi aaron and jobina fortson, look at them from abc seven mornings. >> we're there for today's two course lunch with its signature crab salad slathered in that creamy goodness of green green goddess mayor breed also declared today green goddess day in the city with this proclamation. who knew the history. i've always enjoyed the flavor. what does it taste like? >> i got to admit, i don't think i've ever had green goddess. and i'm glad there's no anchovies in it anymore. but what is it? what does it taste like? well it's creamy, and i don't know if it's basil or cilantro or it's kind of herby to me.

>> it's refreshing. see i also don't like cilantro, so i need to taste it on a tasty thursday to see how i really feel about it. >> could you just list the things you do like it easier? >> almost everything but that. oh, no. mushrooms and that. >> and that. and that. and sushi. i like the anchovies. it's kind of like a caesar salad. gives it a little. a little kick to it. yep. yeah. you know, it's good. have you had it? have you had the green goddess? >> i have. it's really good. >> can you. >> you have to try it. alma. can you bring me a little sample? >> sandra? oh, i don't have it. >> oh, she likes it, but she doesn't have it. yeah, i got relatives. house. yeah, it's really good. i like it. yeah, i think the palace hotel chef provided a recipe to our abc7 mornings team so you can even make your own. >> oh, that's cool. >> well, sadly and strangely, we were not invited to the palace hotel. maybe not surprising. not so strangely. after all. actually, it's beginning to feel a lot like fall despite the rising temperatures tomorrow, starbucks will launch its new seasonal drinks along with the usual latte. there's an apple

crisp espresso and a pumpkin chai latte. i bet you that's good. people spent close to get this $500 million on pumpkin spice flavored items in the us. each year. i believe it. i might change my name to pumpkin spice , be a lot more popular. i think . yes who's for that? >> yes. yes yes. yes. yes. >> yes. >> i'm sorry. >> a different name is not going to change who you are. oh wow. >> okay. i see. >> i see how this is turning out . >> it's not going well for larry. >> i could see who my friends are in this panel here, and none of them have arrived. i wonder why. sandy, we've talked about, you know, you used to send me out to get your lattes and hey, let's make this clear. >> you were going out to get something and said, would you like a drink and would you are you down for the pumpkin spice or would you like the chai? >> i actually would try both,

but i think iced tomorrow. >> yeah. >> yeah, for sure. >> for sure. definitely. i think i would try both. i think they're both would be good. >> yeah. >> and pumpkin flavored iced is good. >> and almond. you like yours with anchovies? yes. yes please. >> if you could blend it up real well. oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're gonna do that. i don't think anyone's light on the whip. okay >> still very weird. okay. >> yeah. yeah >> you guys, these iconic red. i voted stickers. you get in san francisco on election day will be changing the san francisco department of elections has launched an i voted sticker design contest. the winner's design will be on stickers during the 2024 election. in the contest is op tsan francisco residents 18 and older. the deadlines ptember 22nd. by the way. i think there's also a prize, right? it's $1,000. is it to the winner? ne. >> that's right. our awesome producer just sd that is right. so $1,000. but what do you in i mean, i think it's great. it's a way to get civic involved, right?etting people

>> yeah, definitely. i like it. >> iikit. i wish i could draw. i mean, my first thought waobviously what they have is, you know, the bridge in the backgrnd but we could come up with something else. absolutely. if the four of us put our brilliant mindsogether, our collective brainpower, imagine what design we could come up with. yeah, but is anyone. >> oh, put our faces on it. our proder suggests. i think that would just scare people and they would want to vote. >> are we trying to encourage voting or are the opposite? what are we doing here right. >> both artistic one any of you guys. i'm not. >> i have some artistic ness, but i don't know if i could do something that's like sandy is crafty, design worthy. >> thank you. oh okay. >> she's in all the ways we're thinking. i don't know what that. i don't know what that means. did i have my pumpkin spice today? i didn't. but yeah, it's nice to see somebody else on the on the on the brunt end of this for a change. >> all right. that's it for the ford four. we'll be right back. >> martial arts is my passion.

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that patch is going to help that whole species before we just indiscriminately and inadvertently damage them either through fishing, mining, plastics, climate change, whatever it might be a resource that we need to protect even resources as exotic and stunning as a real life octopus's garden . >> isn't that absolutely amazing? amanda khan, who you met in the piece, there was actually on the research vessel when the site was discovered, and it's one of only five known octopus breeding grounds in the world. the others are located off costa rica. but larry, kristen, just absolutely fascinating. >> it's spectacular. >> and the video is great, isn't it? it's so sharp. >> you can see every tentacle. well yeah, they're so deep. but i mean, it's i mean, the technology is truly incredible. yeah. >> it's right there in our backyard, practically. >> yeah. >> wow. all right. got any technology to cool things down for us or ac ac morning, noon and night? >> sandia yeah. and if you don't

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