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evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us in union city. two of five cases in just a 24 hour period turned deadly. uh. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has the details and more on the effort to make narcan more widely available. >> each officer patrol officer in union city is equipped with narcan. >> sergeant john jimenez has never needed to use his supply of narcan to help save a person's life. but other officers have in the past 24 hours, union city police responded to five different fentanyl drug overdoses, including here on western avenue. in this industrial business park. >> one individual was found in the restroom unconscious in a gasping for air, and the other one was in a parked vehicle in the parking lot in the same area , unconscious, gasping for air. also narcan saved their lives. >> not far away at medallion drive and whipple road, another case, that person ended up dying. of the five fentanyl overdoses in union city, two people died, including a 17 year old. >> certainly in the last 24

hours. it's very shocking. and, you know, it it just goes to show that, you know, these things don't just happen in big cities. >> the mayor of union city says she's deeply disturbed by the latest development that's just a tragedy. >> and anything we can do to prevent that in the future is just so important. >> starting this week, people across the country can pick up narcan at a local drug store without a prescription. >> i think the easy access of narcan is very important and it's sad. we've come to this point. but if it's about saving a life and hopefully having that life be productive live, that's what it's all about, right? >> michael snow is an overdose prevention educator with the hiv education and prevention project of alameda county. we train how to administer the actual narcan in the event of an overdose. snow says hearing about those five fentanyl overdoses is alarming, very alarming, something that definitely needs to be addressed in response. >> and there definitely needs to be more education around and

narcan, the dangers of overdose . >> snow the mayor of union city and sergeant john jimenez say making narcan more readily available is a much needed step toward combat. the fentanyl problem. it's an added tool. >> yeah, we welcome any tool that will help us do that in union city. >> suzannephan, abc seven news. >> and if you or someone you know is struggling with drug addiction, you can find a list of local resources on our website. abc7 news.com slash take action. >> standoff in san francisco's fillmore district ended just about an hour ago. started just before 12:30 p.m. at eddie and franklin streets. police blocked off that area sky seven hovering over the huge police response officer received a call of a person in a vehicle with a gun. and when they arrived, that person was still there inside a car. when they attempted to communicate with the suspect, they got no response. not clear what happened. but police say the situation was resolved just before 4 p.m. a section of solano county freeway that had

been shut down all day by an overturned tanker truck is expected to reopen soon. >> the accident has shut down westbound 780 at east second street in benicia. the truck flipped on its side and spilled a slick dark liquid. as you see , it was identified as liquid asphalt onto the onto both westbound lanes. around 930 this morning, solano county hazmat team has been on the scene for hours in the south bay. >> the state secretary of agriculture has declared a quarantine for parts of santa clara county because of a fruit fly infestation. abc seven news reporter stephanie sierra now with details. >> an insect infestation posing an economic and environmental threat to santa clara county. the oriental fruit fly native to asia may look like a wasp, but it actually poses no danger to humans. it's a pesky problem for more than 250 types of fruits and vegetables like this rotting guava. >> but they're pests because they attack the fruit directly and lay their eggs under the

skin. the maggots develop and they destroy the fruit. >> after detecting eight flies that look like this in the cities of santa clara and sunnyvale, the state secretary of agriculture has placed santa clara and portions of cupertino, milpitas, san jose and sunnyvale under quarantine, meaning the entire area outlined in blue will be prohibited from shipping out fruits and vegetables until next june. >> now that we have an established infestation and we've established a quarantine in that specific area, we're going to be trying to kind of lock down any movement of fruits or vegetables out of there so we don't spread the fly. >> agricultural commissioner joe deveny says the infestation has doubled statewide in recent years. >> the female deposits are usually 10 to 100 eggs in per fruit. so when you go to pick your fruit off your tree, stephanie, you open it up, it'll have 10 to 100 maggots, a single female fly can lay 1500 eggs,

easy to prevent the spread. >> the county asks resident s in the quarantined areas, not to move homegrown fruits and vegetables from their property. instead, you can eat or process the food on the property where they were grown. whether that's in the blender or down the garbage disposal or simply disposing them with double bags in regular trash bins, not the green waste bins. >> although farmers were trying to get away from the use of pesticides, they will have to spray even more to prevent their fruit from being infested. >> the state department of food and agriculture will treat the area where the flies were trapped through march of next year, using an organic pesticide administered through an application device. >> we don't go into backyards. nothing from helicopters. it's just very just a splat. all all through the neighborhoods in this area. >> according to the state, the value of california crops threatened by the fruit fly in 2020 was more than $9 billion. it's really devastating if for many of the growers, especially the small growers, it pretty

much destroys any possibility for them marketing their produce for that year, our exports will suffer pesky to the average homeowner and to the entire state's economy. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> as the alameda county district attorney's office is trying to shut down a livermore based flavored tobacco company, the da is suing apollo future technology, claiming it operates a business that sells flavored vaping tobacco as well as synthetic cannabis. prime primarily to juveniles. the da's office has obtained a temporary restraining order that bans the company from selling its products. investigators began looking into this company back in december of last year and were able to connect it to purchases made by juveniles. >> they used a warehouse in livermore as their base of operations to sell banned flavored tobacco products dominantly vapes and vape juice to individuals under the age of 21. there is no response to this lawsuit from apollo future

technology. >> there's a new poll that shows donald trump's star is rising again with california republican owns the latest berkeley igs poll shows 55% of republicans polled in the state say they would vote for mr. trump in next year's primary. >> that is up 11 points from may , up a whopping 26% since february. the former president's support comes largely at the expense of florida governor ron desantis, who supported by 16% of california republicans that is down dramatically from 37% in february. >> a new report finds covid 19 hospitalized. asians are on the rise, having increased for a seventh straight week. the centers for disease control reports more than 17,000 hospitalized asians during the last week of august. that's compared to 150,000 during the peak of omicron in january of 2022. officials believe the upcoming covid 19 booster could protect against severe disease and death. it's expected to be available as early as next week . >> in southern california, one city is banning mask and vaccine

mandates, even with this covid spike. and they're citing personal freedoms. huntington beach's mayor introduced the measure last night. it narrowly passed. reporter david gonzalez with our sister station in los angeles spoke to one opponent who says the move is politically motivated. >> city should ban broad universal mask and vaccine mandates by declaring the city to be a no mask, no vaccine mandate. >> city my issue is why are we talking about this in a narrow 4 to 3 votes? >> the huntington beach city council voted to stop future mask and vaccine requirements for city employees and first responders. it's just a matter of when is it going to come and if it does, we want to be prepared. >> we want to be prepared to protect our residents, our business as our first responders. >> it just seems like it's a made up thing that, you know, we might as well pass a ban against giants or ufos or something. it's just as nonsense. those in favor say they want to protect people's individual liberties. >> if you want to wear a mask, wear a mask. >> if you want to wear 2 or 3 masks, that's fine. if you want

to get vaccinated boosted, it should be up to you. the government should not impose these broad mandates on us council members against the ban say the resolution is a distraction from other city issues, even though covid 19 cases have gone up recently across socal, there is no impetus for this. >> we've received no emails. this was strictly a political maneuver to rile folks up to gain support because these folks are losing support because of their very unpopular positions. >> right now, huntington beach policy doesn't require masks for city staff. oc health care agency has reached out to the city to obtain the specific resolution to better understand why they're banning mask and vaccine mandates. but in a statement, the county's health officer says, i am granted authority to issue orders deemed necessary to control the spread of communicable disease. currently we conditions do not warrant a change in the local health order. we also reached out to the california department of public health for comments but have not heard back. the

city of huntington beach says the resolution is being drafted right now and it should be adopted when it's ready. reporting in huntington beach, david gonzalez, abc seven news. >> coming up on abc7 news at five the 49 ers finally agree to a contract extension with nick bosa making him the highest paid defensive player in nfl history. >> plus former cal star and nba player kevin johnson continues his goal to revive historically black neighborhoods. we're going to tell you about his newest venture in oakland when abc seve but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd

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of his popular soul food restaurant in oakland. abc7 news reporter lena howland has details. >> coming soon to the lake merritt neighborhood of oakland . a new taste of soul food. >> let's be one of the businesses that bets on oakland that bets on the community that brings jobs into the community creates opportunity. >> former cal basketball standout nba all star and past mayor of sacramento, kevin johnson, announced plans to open his sixth location of fix and soul food in oakland because of his family's ties to the area. >> and when you sit and watch what's happening, it's like, that's not the oakland that we know. so how can we help turn it around? and a soul food restaurants got to be more than food. it's about culture. it's

about bringing people together and it's about experience, about making positive shared memories and i think we can do that. in oakland, it was founded in sacramento back in 2019, six months after opening the pandemic hit. and for some reason we thrived. so i knew we had something special. >> he went on to open locations in los angeles and tulsa and has plans to open other locations in denver and detroit. on top of oakland, it is incredibly important to not just have black businesses, but to support black businesses as well. >> we are the home of the black panthers. >> johnson's friend frederica newton, was there to celebrate a new black owned business in oakland and her late husband, black panther party founder huey newton, was a mentor to johnson . >> this is a place where the community can look for and support and work in collaboration with and celebration of what's going to be here. and that's about the most oakland thing that we can do right? >> oakland mayor shengtao says she's grateful to johnson for

betting big on oakland and for bringing in 90 jobs. come may of 2024 and the additions that they're going to add to oakland is really a sense of community. >> you know, i feel like it's been a rough year or two, you know, especially with the pandemic as well, too. it's feeling a little fragment added. and so having this space here will be able to bring community back together in oakland, lena howland, abc seven news stefan asia curry's eat learn play foundation launched a monumental campaign to ensure support and resources for oakland unified students for years to come. >> eat, learn, play, set a goal to raise $50 million for oakland unified school district by 2026. today, the curry stopped by lockwood steam academy and brought with them backpacks, books and meals for more than 600 students. you know, seeing the kids smile, seeing the, you know, some parents and families asking questions about what does this mean? >> what are you know, what can we look forward to in our ability to help support and amplify, build awareness around the issues that oakland

struggles with? >> i don't think you can quantify the impact that it's having on these kids to feel seen and loved by the curry's the way that they have been today. >> i think he's right about that. since launching in 2019, eat learn play has raised more than $47 million and served 25 million meals to oakland. families making a big difference. stay with us. on everything with just one card. chase freedom unlimited. so, if you're off the racking... ...or crab cracking, you're cashbacking. cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. nah, i'm working on my six pack. switch to a king suite, or book a silent retreat. silent retreat? hold up - yeeerp?

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are able to build resilience against natural hazards. well another insurance company is putting new restrictions on home coverage in california because of wildfire risk. >> usaa says it'll use a new model to determine a property's wildfire risk. areas will receive a fire risk rating of between 1 and 32 and usaa will only insure properties with a score of one. the san francisco chronicle reports that contra costa and solano counties both had scores of 16. state farm, allstate and farmers all stopped writing new policies, citing the threat of wildfires. >> it appears to be the end of the line for a long time. bay area attraction raging waters in

san jose announced today it won't be reopening in 2024. the water park posted the announcement on its website, adding, quote, thank you for all the memories. san jose raging waters opened on the city's east side back in 1985 and labels itself northern california's largest water park. back in the day. that was a summer spot. >> i was going to say, didn't you go there a lot as a kid from san jose? >> so yeah, what are we going to go? >> we'll find a place. good water park, whether actually in the next few days, sandy patel is here with the latest. >> sandy. >> yeah and larry, absolutely beautiful weather. a bummer that it has closed closing down. let me show you the sunset tracker tonight. the sun will be going down at 7:29 p.m. in october. for it goes down at 645 and the sun setting sooner, as you will notice, november 6th, 505 in the evening. you still have time to get outside and enjoy good air quality that we have around the bay area right now. here's a live view from our santa cruz camera. it is a little bouncy as

we take a look at the air quality the next three days. looking good for most areas, moderate for the inland east bay on saturday as those temperatures rise, we're not expecting a big warm up anytime soon. it's going to be gradual because a trough is still parked out west and so it's still the dominant feature as we look at live doppler seven, we do have fog right near the coastline. it is going to advance as the night goes on and heading into tomorrow morning, our seasonal pattern, oakland airport camera just absolutely beautiful as we look across back towards the city, 67 here in the city, 69 in oakland. it is a little cooler today compared to yesterday. san jose 78 and it is 64 in half moon bay from our san rafael camera blue skies, a little breezy out there. temperatures in the 70s really pleasant for late summer. 70s from santa rosa to napa, 83. fairfield 81 in concord and livermore. and from our pier 39 camera, we are seeing a mix of sun and clouds, low clouds and fog spread overnight. sunny tomorrow afternoon, inland and around the bay there will be some patchy fog lingering at the coast and

gradual warming trend heading into the weekend. so the fog and the low clouds will push in. it's a pretty deep marine layer . tomorrow morning we start out with gray skies and then the gray skies will pull back to the beaches. and then just linger and then hang back and then head back in by evening. your temperatures in the 50s, tomorrow morning, there may be a little mist and drizzle as well. tomorrow afternoon, we're looking at breezy conditions near the coast. temperatures in the low 60s, upper 80s inland where the sun will be shining for your thursday. let's take a look at the latest hurricane ian. this is a category one in the atlantic hurricane lee has intensified 75 mile an hour winds, but it is going to quickly strengthen in over the next several days, becoming an extremely dangerous, major category four storm on saturday as it approaches the leeward islands at 11 p.m. saturday night. we'll keep an eye on it for you as far as impacts to the us is still not clear. the accuweather seven day forecast mild to warm tomorrow. temperatures trending higher as we head into the weekend mid 90s inland mid 60s coast. you like

the heat it holds for monday before those temperatures drop off. so larry and irma, we're looking at pleasant weather for a few days. >> all right. thank you, sandra. >>

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on apple tv. google tv, fire tv and roku. just search abc7 bay area and download it. >> well, nick bosa is a very, very, very rich man tonight. only days before the start of the season, the 49 ers, they finally caved and they're making bosa the highest paid defensive player in nfl history. he it's a five year $170 million extension

that's $34 million a year. it surpasses aaron donald's $31 million per year deal with the rams, a 100 and 22.5 million bose's new contract is guaranteed. that's also a new high for a defensive player who looks like he is built out of granite. more importantly, he'll be on the field for the opener sunday against the steelers. >> not going to lie. i was like those arms, they're huge. >> wow. >> just like intimidating. all right. well, we still have much more news ahead. >> yeah, all equally intimidating. not quite the same. yeah i mean, i can dream. here's karina nova. we'll look at the stories coming up at 530. what's up, karina? >> all right, larry. a new federal appeals court ruling will make it easier for san francisco to conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. but cleaning up the streets isn't as easy as it sounds. abc7 insider phil matier joins me with perspective on the billion dollar problem plus questioning plans for an utopia city near travis air force base in solano

county. the latest from the abc7 news i-team. after a meeting with the investment firm behind the plan and members of congress join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. larry. >> all right, thanks, karina. and you can download the abc7 app or head to abc7 news.com to join karina in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us on tv, world news with david muir is next. we'll see david: as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. they're called community schools. leslie: it really is shared leadership with families, students, educators, and communities. jessie: i feel like we're really valued as partners. david: it's a more innovative, holistic approach. grant: in addition to academic services, we look at serving the whole family.

narrator: wellness centers, food pantries, and parental education. jessie: they're already making a difference. david: california's community schools: reimagining public education.

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