the votes of the year from fly infestation. >> the bay area city is under a quarantine because of the invasive species that could harm agriculture. >> and then it is the end of an era. the iconic summer destination announcing it's closing permanently after four

decades in business. >> good morning to you. this is thursday, september seventh. >> yes. we're going to start with a check of our forecast with lisa. >> all right. hi there, everyone. a little cloudier this morning as low clouds and fog have made their way into our inland valleys. it's the system here that we are stuck in between that and high pressure that is yet to build in stronger. over the weekend. so right now, the fog with us and you can see the cloudy skies or that marine layer pushing into the east bay. it's going to be a little while until we see the sun. otherwise, it is kind of mild in hayward, 62, 63 in san jose with low to mid 50s in the north bay. so grab the jacket there, maybe elsewhere as well. and then upper 70s by noontime inland, the breeze kicks up. we're sunny in the mid 80s and our warmest inland valleys. jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. so we are going to start in oakland. we're seeing a slowdown still minor on our maps and actually it looks like it just disappeared. so that's good news. westbound 24 before the caldecott tunnel, a minor crash in the process of

clearing in the south bay. we're looking great this is san jose showing you to 80. our biggest backup right now is going to be at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're metering lights came on at 531. come tsay. >> thank you. jobina happening today in the south bay. a vote is expected to decide on bringing housing for people who are unhoused to a site owned by vta. so here's a map. the land is off zanker road. mayor matt mehan says today's vote is one of the most critical votes of the year. abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live in san jose explaining why this property is so contested. ryan yeah coomassie. >> good morning. governor newsom has allocated state funding to go towards housing here in san jose. one of the sites being proposed is here at the vta lots. however some at vta do not think this will be the best location to put additional housing. vta says the saron division bus yard is the only yard the vta has that has room to expand the agency says they have already leased three other sites to the cities of san jose

and mountain view for housing. they say they will need this current bus yard in the coming years to build new facilities and charging equipment to comply with mandates to convert to zero emissions vehicles. san jose mayor matt mehan is pushing for this site to be used as housing and says they only want to use it temporarily. we are asking for a five year lease at some point when federal funding comes through and they design and bid a project and want to expand if that comes to fruition, then we will move the site. >> this is the only bus yard has that has room to expand within three years. we have immediate needs for that site. >> lawson also told abc7 news there will be security concerns if they decide to turn that location into housing. something very front of mind for vta workers following the pandemic and the mass shooting. the vote is scheduled for later on today and if it passes, you could see housing being built at the site

very soon and people moving into that housing before the year ends. we're live in san jose, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> thank you, ryan. in the east bay calls for action this morning after five people are believed to have overdose on fentanyl in union city. this happened within just 24 hours. two people died, including a 17 year old. first responders use narcan to revive two others. now can became more accessible in drugstores without a prescription. just this week, 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, that's what it's all about. >> union city's mayor says making narcan available is one step to combating the fentanyl problem. assembly member liz ortega, who represents union city, released a statement yesterday saying she's authored a bill to cap the cost of narcan at $10 per package. right now, a

package which contains two doses costs about $45 in the south bay. >> a new effort to stop an infestation of fruit flies. it could be devastating to agriculture. the oriental fruit fly is not harmful to humans, but it can damage more than 250 types of fruits and vegetables. eight flies were recently found in santa clara and in sunnyvale, and that prompted the state of the state secretary of agriculture to issue a quarantine for several cities until june of next year. you can see the area right here on blue in this map. it includes the city of santa clara and portions of sunnyvale, cupertino, milpitas and san jose. now that we have an established infested nation and we've established a quarantine line 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. if you live in this contaminated area or, i should say quarantined area, you should not remove homegrown produce

from your property. if you do need to dispose of any produce, put it in a blender down the garbage disposal or double bag it and then put it in the regular trash bin, not the green waste bin. >> 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 ag, claiming it operates a business that sells flavored vaping tobacco as well as synthetic cannabis primarily to underaged people. the da's office has obtained a temporary restraining order that bans the company from selling its products. investigator began looking into this company in december of last year and were able to connect it to purchases made by juveniles as they used a warehouse in livermore as their base of operations to sell banned flavored tobacco products , predominantly vapes and vape juice to individuals under the age of 21. there's no response to the lawsuit from apollo future technology.

>> now to a shocking new video. it shows how a convicted killer was able to crabwalk out of prison last week and jobina as the search for this man intensifies. we're learning this isn't the first major security breach at that facility recently. yes >> so what we're learning here from a prison officials is that this is the second person to get out of the prison in almost the same exact way in less than four months. so we're going to get right to this video here showing you daniela kavonte crabbe walking up the prison walls. he was able to get onto the roof and off prison grounds from there. officials say he got through razor wire that had just been installed after that previous escape prison guards noticed he was missing just an hour later during a headcount there. 16 minutes later, they had activated a public escape alarm and called 901 11. since then, there have been a massive there's been a massive search underway in the area around the

prison. >> we're committed to the search and we will find him. we will bring him back and into the criminal justice system. >> carbon cat has been spotted seven times and authorities say they found footprints in the woods as he was serving a life sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend in front of her children. >> he's also wanted in a separate homicide in brazil from 2017, according to the us marshals service, coomassie. >> thank you jobina rally for road safety. the vigil for a young girl who died after a bike ride in the east bay. battle over border boys. >> the ruling handed down handed down in texas over the controversial barriers the state put in. >> and a live look outside from mount tam where the sun comes up at six 44 hours. and you can see the marine layer there. beautiful view. we'll talk about sunshine returning for most of us in a

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a salami for the sea breeze and then high pressure building into the east in the next few days, bringing us that modest warm-up but for now, the marine layer has grown taller. it's moved into the east bay, and we have cloudy skies out there. a live look from mt. tam, where the temperature temperatures are from the upper 50s downtown, 57 in half moon bay to low 60s mountain view in san jose and over to mt. diablo 65 on top of mt. diablo, 40% relative humidity mid-fifties cooler in the north bay. so you want to grab the jacket early and then as you head out later on, we'll get sunshine about nine, 10:00 some spots and then that gradual warming trend. so plan on the upper 60s downtown, upper 70s

bay shore, mid and upper 80s inland. >> all right. thank you, lisa. the hippest trip in america. look at the new soul train musical now playing in san francisco. food and football. some of the new offerings you'll find at levi's stadium this season. and as we head to break , a live look outside 611. we'll , a live look outside 611. we'll be right back. when you have chronic kidney disease... there are places you'd like to be. like here. and here. not so much here. if you have chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life. ♪ farxiga ♪ and farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure, which can lead to dialysis. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men, and low blood sugar.

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that the boys were meant to deter migrants from crossing into the state from mexico. he says the state will appeal the

justice department sued texas in july over these barriers, claiming it doesn't have the authority to put them in the river. texas has until september 15th to remove the boys. >> president biden is celebrating a new union contract. he says it will strengthen america's ports and supply chains. the new six year deal increases wages and benefits for 22,000 port workers . oakland is one of the 29 west coast ports involved in this deal. >> this landmark contract covers 29 ports that play a major role in our nation's economy. when the cost of moving goods through supply chains goes up, inflation goes up, strengthening supply chains and inflation goes down. that's why we made fixing our supply chains to bring down inflation a top priority. and it's working. >> california grown goods, as well as our consumer products coming in from asia, will be able to flow uninterrupted. >> a rally for road safety after a young girl died after a bike ride with her dad at lake merritt. one month ago, maya

carrera was in a kid seat on a bike with her dad when a car unexpectedly opened its door, caused a crash, and then the four year old died. days later after medical complications. yesterday afternoon, dozens of people came together for a rally and a vigil in honor of maya. they are now calling for better protections for bikers near lake merritt. >> we're here to protect our children and the city has chosen not to in this moment. right. and this happens all the time. oakland officials say they are working on plans to make that part of the lake safer. >> among other things, they say they'll be putting up better signage as well as looking at options like repaving the street in 2027. it's the end of an era in the south bay raging waters is closing for good. >> in an online post, the water park announced it's closed for the season and it's not reopening. our media partners at the mercury news report, the company that owns the park, decided not to renew its lease. the city of san jose owns the land. mayor matt mehan says the

city is already thinking about what to do next. >> i think we saw declining revenues and raging waters decided to pull out, which is a shame. but it also opens up an opportunity. i think they're very much will be a silver lining here and in the long run, we'll see new investment flow into that site and new amenities for the community over time. >> raging waters opened in 1985 and billed itself as the largest water park in northern california. our brand new soul food spot is coming to oakland. we were there to see the six location in a fixin's break ground in the lake merritt area . it was started by former cal bear and nba player kevin johnson. the popular soul food restaurant started in 2019in sacramento, where johnson was once mayor. he sees this as a chance to help oakland rebound and build the community. among those on hand said welcome to the restaurant was close friend fredricka newton. her late husband, huey newton, founded the black panthers. >> this is a place where the community can look for and support, thought 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 now. the restaurant scheduled to open early next year. >> and reggie, it is so good i haven't tried it. i drove to sacramento just to go to fix it. did you really? yes it is so good. that peach cobbler and the oxtails, the i'm doing too much, but also the fried chicken. it is delicious. >> nice. and the location looks really cute. >> it's going to be a problem. >> it's actually. i see it as a solution. >> it is a solution because, i mean, now i don't have to drive. sacramento. >> see, there you go. it's good for the environment to stay in your neighborhood. >> you're right. let's talk about this. you need to get ready to groove because the premier of the hippest trip, the soul train musical, happened last night. and now you can see it in san francisco before it goes to broadway. so the musical soul is based on the iconic tv show soul train. these are the producers, the choreographers, everyone one, the director who really brought it to life and soul train was in american homes

for decades. this is after the show. it was wonderful. it really takes the audience on a journey. starting in the 1970s in chicago. so where don cornelius started all of this, and i learned a lot about his journey. he was working in news and really wanted to bring something. i didn't know that positive he had. he had his own like black news show and he kind of felt like it was a lot of negativity. and he said, this is not the entirety of the black experience. i want to bring something that brings people joy. and so it was really fun to see how we went from that to what we all know is soul train really just an iconic show? is it all original music or is some of it music you already know? yes, a lot of it is music you already know, so. >> oh, this is going to be fun. >> i didn't realize that. >> okay, cool. >> they when i tell you everybody's voice, every single person and the way they are up there dancing, i'm tired. did not take one step. and i'm like,

y'all are dancing. >> and you came home and slept. >> see it? >> except a few hours and you came here. >> i got up. >> you were. i put on my shalamar, which you know that i didn't know don cornelius put that group together. jody watley discovered her. >> oh, miss jody. >> yes. okay >> this feature here and there's high pressure to the east of us. we are stuck in between the two, so we're getting some pretty pleasant weather. but we're also seeing that generous marine layer this morning and those breezy onshore winds. there's a look all the way through the peninsula, the south bay. the extent of the low clouds is more widespread. and the view from mount tam, pretty, isn't it, with 58in the city, 57 half moon bay, it is 63. mountain view, san jose, palo alto and 61 in oakland across the bay, you can see how the marine layer is made it. this is the view from vollmer peak. and as we look out towards mount diablo here, low clouds and fog with us for the next several hours, 56 santa

rosa, napa and fairfield with 59 concord and livermore, 81 today. san jose 79. santa clara, cupertino at about 4:00, 77. we'll be shy of that 80 degree mark in redwood city. so more mid 70s for menlo park to palo alto and those breezy winds throughout the afternoon. maybe one 2:00 here, 65 in the sunset with upper 60s downtown, 83 in novato, napa coming in at about 80, but about 5 or 6 degrees warmer as we get towards your friday. today though, low 70s in oakland, 78. in union city and you head inland. we've got mid 80s in concord and maybe a couple of degrees warmer here so pretty nice afternoon out there. but if you like it warmer we have that on tap as we get through the next several days. warmest days, sunday and monday . >> good morning, lisa. thank you. hi, everybody. we are zooming in to milpitas where we're following a crash right now, causing a minor delay on northbound 880 before great mall parkway. so heads up to you. they're moving over to san francisco where i do want to

remind you of the road closure due to dreamforce. this will be until the 17th. howard street between third and fourth streets will be shut down. it's all highlighted in purple there. the richmond-san rafael bridge, very crowded for people traveling westbound. and we will end with a look at our drive times. not too bad for a thursday morning. reggie >> we'll take it. thanks so much, jobina. now we turn to ginger zee with a look at what's coming up on gma. good morning, ginger. good morning to you reggie kumasi it's nice to be with everybody this morning. >> and coming up here on a thursday, we start with the mysterious disappearance of cruise ship passenger who vanished at sea. we're going to hear from his family this morning and why airfare is finally falling and falling fast. where you can find some of the best deals. we're also celebrating gma spirit week with a very special reveal. his name is ray. it's a mascot. i'm going to blow it for you because it's so wild that we have a mascot. our the important part, though, is that we have a surprise for a deserving teacher. oh, that's great. it goes along with it.

>> so we are a company that famously has mascots. so this this kind of this kind of does it goes right. but kind of tracks track. i do not see ray coming, though. i mean, we i looked at the whole history of ray. ray has a backstory uh- ray has a literal sun in his face. yes. yeah that's correct. >> and the backstory and the behind the scenes entire package that was on this morning, that's what took it really for me to the new place. yeah wait until you see you get a lot about ray. what i will say is because we have you utilized sports and other mascots around the globe when i have done stories so it feels appropriate. i just also didn't see it coming. >> no, we didn't. we were like, okay, ray, got to meet ray. >> you know what the nice part is, too? when adrian was with me at the baseball teams and we went around and he met like 15 mascots at one of them, he said,

man, they are crazy and they smell bad. so hopefully, like, it takes a while for ray and to have a little stink. yeah >> look, as a former mascot, myself and i have been i have been several mascots in my life . okay. yes. well, ginger is out here doing credit card sign ups and giving free t shirts out. >> i was the mascot and i can confirm what adrian is saying. >> oh, no. >> yes. >> there's not a lot of that goes on. and there are a lot of people in it and it's mostly smelly teenagers. so oh, spray it can get a little funky when you. >> i should ask if i can do it. if i can like be it for a day now so i don't have to try it later. >> yeah, now do it now. like a week when it's new. >> yeah. because. because i was jumping the monkey at one point and jumpy was funky. oh it wasn't for me. >> it was not for you. >> we've learned a lot this morning, ginger. we'll see you and ray at 7 a.m. and we'll

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$170 million extension at $34 million per year. that surpasses aaron donald's $31 million per year. 122 and one half million of bonuses. contract is guaranteed. that's also a new high for defensive player. he'll play in the season opener against the steelers this sunday. you better believe it at that price tag, levi's stadium is showing off some of the new foods you'll find during the upcoming football season. the menu includes things like sliders for mesquite and oak scratch kitchens, niner, nashville, hot chicken poke brats, ahi bowls, the shop's six day brine and smoked pastrami and pork lumpia from san francisco's swap shop. there's also a garden above the press box where some of the food you

eat on game day is grown. the 40 niners are away. the first two weeks of the season, so the first time you can try this out will be against the new york giants during week three next to 630 legacy businesses is the historic san francisco spots just added to the registry. the dandelion project, an immersive exhibit making its return to the bay area this fall. where and when you'll be able to check it out. and as we head to break, here's a live look outside. it is now 627

630. classes resumed just two days after a shooting near an oakland high school. students are heading back to campus this morning. >> concert expansion under consideration with san francisco. supervisors are saying about possibly extending outside lands starting next year. >> this baby had other plans. i think she heard beyonce's voice and was like, i want to go to

okay, this is a really good tease that our producer wrote beyonce's birthday concert turning into an actual birthday . >> a fan goes into labor on labor day while beyonce was performing virgos groove. i mean , this is all the things that's god like that is just too many coincidences in one thing. >> groove, though, she even know i mean she keep her focus off of her pain. she was having a good time that worked. >> and she and also the outfit i mean it was the perfect beyonce outfit. she couldn't leave. >> you can't leave when you put all that effort in. >> welcome to thursday, september 7th. >> yes, we're going to start with a check of our forecast with lisa. >> all righty. hi there, everyone. good morning to you. we're waking up to cloudy skies and a look at live doppler seven shows, a system to the north of us. and this is what has allowed for the slightly cooler than average temperatures to the east of us. high pressure is forecast to build in the next several

days. so we are caught in between these two systems allowing for a pretty nice weather pattern. as you look at the clouds that have expanded across the bay area, we have a cloudy oakland airport right now, 58, san francisco, 63, mountain view, san jose, 61 there in oakland and a look at our exploratorium camera. it's cooler in the north bay grab the jacket. we've got 60s to the coast and 80s inland jobina thank you, lisa. >> good morning, everybody. we're beginning with the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights came on at 531. this is our busiest stretch right now. traffic is backed into the maze. also very crowded right now in the westbound direction on the richmond, san rafael brazier. speeds will be under the limit almost all the way across and then in milpitas, that backup we are seeing is slowly going away. that crash on northbound 880 before great mall parkway is in the process of clearing. >> kumasi thanks jobina students will be back in class at oakland skyline high school today, days after gunshots prompted a lockdown on campus. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez

in the newsroom this morning with what we know about this investigation and what students can expect on campus today. >> gloria, good morning, kumasi. today there will be behavioral health staff on campus to support students as the school was closed yesterday while authorities continued their investigation. an and also so students could have some time away from school to process everything they went through. on tuesday, police responded to reports of shots fired during school hours at skyline high school. it's located in the oakland hills on skyline boulevard. the school of 1500 students was put on lockdown, students hunkering down in classrooms, rooms. oakland police, the chp and alameda county sheriff's department all responding. eventually two people were arrested. nobody was hurt. students talked to abc seven news about what they saw. >> as soon as like there was some gunshots and i was walking to the bathroom. and then i just see people running down and i'm like, whoa, what's going on? i knew it was real because i heard

the shots. >> parents say more has to be done, including looking into metal detectors for schools. in a letter to the oakland unified community, the superinten saying that they are united in calls for this kind of violence to end immediately saying it has become all too common in the city and adding that they are always looking to improve their response and are examining the protocols and also will make adjustments wherever necessary. live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you, gloria. >> happening today, one of the most critical votes of the year , according to san jose mayor matt mehan. it involves a plan that would turn a plot of land off of zanker road into a tiny home village to get unhoused people off the streets. abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live in san jose this morning with more on today's vote. ryan. >> yeah, reggie, good morning. there are several reasons why many here at vta do not want to see this site turn into housing . they range from safety concerns to security concerns.

matt meehan very, very much so pushing for this. he wants the site turned into temporary temporary housing. he says he wants to use it until vta says they need it for something else. vta says the suburban division bus yard is the only yard vta has and that has room to expand the agency says they have already leased three other sites to the cities of san jose and mountain view for housing. the agency says workers would be concerned about safety if there are non employees living near their vehicles. mayor mehan says there will be security at the site and there wouldn't be any safety risks. >> a mass shooting which which still triggers people in and gives them concern. there's really no safety risk from the folks who are there. >> they're very well managed sites with security, with case management, vta like that site open for when they need to do more expansion when it comes to things like moving to zero emissions

vehicles that vote scheduled for later today. >> but yes, they do have a lot of safety concerns, especially following the pandemic and the mass shooting back in 2020. one. we're going to have to wait and see what this vote does that could change the future of the site here in san jose. we're live in the south bay, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> ryan, thank you. on monday, the nation will mark 22 years since the september 11th attacks. this morning, a major development in the case against five suspects. a potential plea deal now being rejected. jobina is tracking that from the live desk. >> jobina. thank you, reggie. good morning. president biden is saying no to some of those proposed conditions for a plea deal. the case involves five men accused of orchestrated the nine over 11 attacks, including alleged mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. military prosecutor. suitors had offered the men held at guantanamo bay a deal that would have spared them solitary confinement and provided medical treatment for alleged abuse while in cia custody. but president biden has rejected some of the plea deal conditions. a spokesperson

saying, quote, the president does not believe the agreement would be appropriate in these circumstances. the terms of the agreement called for the detainees to plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty. nearly 3000 people died in the attacks. the single worst assault on the us since pearl harbor. meanwhile all the new york fire department yesterday added another 43 names to its world trade center memorial, wall. all died of illnesses related to their work at ground zero. military prosecutors are now trying to hash out a new plea deal for the five men held at guantanamo bay. >> kumasi, thank you, jobina. a new report finds covid 19 hospitalized asians are on the rise, having increased now for a seventh straight week. the centers for disease control reports more than 17,000 hospitalizations during the last week of august, compared with 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, a win for people fighting for the rights of transgender students in one southern california school district, a judge has issued a temporary restraining order against chino valley unified. >> california attorney general rob bonta sued the district over a new policy requiring schools to notify parents if their children change gender identification. bonta said the policy will forcibly out trans students destroy. leaders say parents have a right to know the decisions their children make in schools in california is now the first state in the country to recognize transgender history month as long as there has been a california, there have been transgender people here contributing to their communities, making history and expanding civil rights, and helping to build a california that is more inclusive and prosperous for everyone. >> assembly member matt haney joined activists yesterday to

support a resolution declared august transgender history month in california. >> haney says the first record of trans people in california dates back to 1775. and by the way, san francisco was the first city in the nation in 2021 to declare a trans history month, a reminder that oakland pride takes place this sunday. abc7 is a proud sponsor. you can join abc7 news reporters zach fuentes and nasser hassan as they bring you the parade live starting at 11 a.m. we are streaming it live on abc7 news.com and on the abc7 bay area app and employees at lyft will be in the office today. >> the company has returned to in-person work for the first time since the pandemic started . the ceo gave employees four months to make necessary arrangements. >> lovely to see the hugs and hear the comments like oh you're married now, leave. this is really important. but we also want to provide them flexibility, whether it's to get their kids to school or to avoid traffic. so we're not paying attention to the hours that

people are working. our message has been do what works for you, even just today, it's been like lightspeed compared to trying to catch someone on slack and maybe one person's out for a walk or one person is throwing in a load of laundry or whatever. >> employees are now back in the office monday, thursday, and then the third day is up to them. meta also went back to a three day in office policy earlier this week. >> preparations are well underway for the dreamforce convention that takes over san francisco's moscone center next week. sculptures are popping up outside and there's a rather timely one, it reads in trust. we i some kind of artificial intelligence reference, although i'm not quite getting it, but i'm sure i will in time. mark benioff, the ceo of the company, recently called his hometown of san francisco the world's number one ai city roads around the moscone center are already shut down. howard street is already closed between third and fourth streets. dreamforce officially opens on tuesday and all roads will reopen on sunday, september

17th. speaking of, ai openai is going to host its first ever conference here in san francisco . the ai developer behind chatgpt is sf based and plans to share updates to developers at the conference on november 6th. it'll be called openai dev day and ceo sam altman posted on that. people will be very happy despite not promising any major changes to its flagship product. chatgpt we don't know the location of the event yet. new at six outside lands is one step closer to extending for a second weekend in san francisco starting next year, according to the examiner. >> supervisors believe the proposal could get enough votes to pass because of its potential financial benefit to the city. but supervisor connie chan, who represents the richmond district, is a little more hesitant about it. she's concerned about the impact it could have on residents when it comes to parking and noise. >> a new bowling alley and arcade is coming to stonestown mall round one is a japanese concept of bowling alley and

arcade games that already has locations in san jose and hayward. this will be the first in san francisco, according to our media partner sf standard. it will take over the empty nordstrom at the mall. it's expected to open early, but the manager says they are dealing with supply chain issues since most of its supplies are coming from japan. >> 11 businesses have been added to san francisco's legacy business register. it includes five restaurants and bars like mitchell's ice cream irish pubs, the dubliner and the irish bank barn restaurant for scotty in north beach and mario's bohemian cigar store cafe. the san francisco small business commission says these legacy businesses have operated for 30 years or more and they are culturally vital to the city. >> new restrictions means another insurance company reducing home coverage because of the risk of wildfires. >> and you are looking live right now at the new york stock exchange. we're up right now by about 30 points. another update on the markets next. >> following in their dad's

footsteps, former 40 niner steve young, now managing from the sideline for a team that's making history. and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at 7:00 for abc seven at seven. it's a whole nother hour live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. you can download the app now wherever you stream. >> all right, good morning to you. thursday morning, waking up to cloudy skies. this system providing for a taller marine layer. high pressure eventually builds in to the east of us, but a very quiet out there. we are in between systems, the low clouds making for a cloudy start, kind of mild in spots. there's a look at san francisco. we're in the upper 50s, low 60s oakland, mountain view, 63. it is 58 here in santa cruz, going for a high of about 71. and looking at mid-fifties in santa rosa. so a little cooler. it has been up in the north bay in our inland valleys were partly cloudy for concord and walnut creek this morning with the sun on the way, waiting a little bit longer elsewhere. so we have the clouds to start out. for most of us, sunshine. and then we'll

look for the marine layer to hang out near the coast temporarily. a little sun there and then that gradual warming trend over the weekend. so we've got low 70s for you in belmont, san mateo, mid 70s redwood city , the airport mid 70s. a lot of clouds there right now. 82 in san rafael. this afternoon. and those 80s in our inland valley. so nearly the same as yesterday near average or a couple degrees below average. the accuweather seven day forecast looking at the temperatures pretty pleasant today with 60s at the coast mid 70s bay shore and upper 80s inland. and you'll notice the gradual warming trend till the second half of the weekend. sunday monday trending warmer

so areas will receive a fire risk rating of between 1 and 32 or usaa will only ensure properties with a score of one. in the chronicle reports that contra costa and solano counties both had scores of 16 state farm , allstate and farmers are all stopping writing new policies, citing the threat of wildfires. there is a crime on the rise in california. >> et theft. et stands for electronic benefits transfer. it's how low income californians enrolled in calfresh or calworks get money every month. now thieves are using skimmers to steal money. others are turning to phishing by sending out fraudulent links. some are even installing tiny cameras at an atm to try to get your pin number. now, on average, counties reimburse a little more than 1% of cal works payments and one tenth of 1% of cal fresh payments. but state data shows in march, thieves grabbed more

than 2.5% of calworks benefits and 4/10 of the cal fresh money over 21 month period. they have swiped more than 86 million bucks. now to protect yourself, the state recommends frequently changing your pin, especially right before you expect to get your benefits. >> now for your morning money report, google has reached an agreement with several states to settle an antitrust lawsuit for its alleged noncompetitive conduct in the google play store. the suit, filed in 2021, accused google of inflating prices for paid apps and in-app prices in the android app market. the settlement agreement hasn't been finalized. and more details will be shared publicly in the next 30 days. and i would take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. you can see that we're up about 20 points, 49 ers legend steve young is back on the gridiron, not for himself, though, for his daughters. >> two of the former quarterback's daughters are the flag football team on the flag football team at menlo school. while young was known for being

fiery on the field and it looks like that got passed on. >> i'm probably more competitive person than he is, which says a lot, but we like we work well together. he pushes me and i can take it. i never thought one of my daughters would come to me and ask me to teach him how to throw a football. >> it was super important for him to play. i loved that they wanted to. >> so summer is a senior. she wears her dad's number eight. she's a wide receiver, though. his other daughter, lila, is on the junior varsity team and she is wearing number 23. well the newest member of the beehive is here, a woman pregnant at the beyonce concert in sofi stadium in southern california, living her best life in enjoying her last big party before giving birth. >> but apparently the baby wanted to come out and party, too. sarah frances jones went into labor while queen bee was performing. now sarah thought the contractions were a false alarm, so she just kept on dancing and i also wasn't sure that they were contractions. >> i was like, maybe they're

braxton-hicks. maybe i have gas . maybe this is a false alarm. and then by the time we got to the car, i was like, this is not a false alarm. >> and she did have really good tickets. it looked like. so i get it, baby. nola was supposed to come out during a c-section schedule for next week. the mom says that contractions started when beyonce started singing virgos groove. virgos groove starts with baby komova. >> my. yeah the baby certainly did. >> yes. wrapped up right here, right now. >> all the lyrics point to labor. >> frankly, a delivery which is once again proof that beyonce knows. >> and now she's sharing a birthday. or the child. i don't know, actually. maybe the baby. >> well, we know the concert ends late, so it might have been it could have been on the cusp. >> yeah, you're right. >> but wouldn't have been amazing if. spoiler alert. look, she already came through here.

there's no spoiler alert. no beyonce at the end of the concert flies above the audience and often just kind of points at people and just starts remarking about them. wouldn't it be amazing if she was like, are you in labor? yeah are you having a baby? >> i am. beyonce says this. i feel like she will. she will see. she will see you. she sees everything clearly. yeah all the way up on that horse. >> beyonce is a little like santa, you know, she sees mystery sleeping. she knows when we're awake. she knows if we've been bad or good. >> definitely. and her vision, i mean, it's more than 2020. she does have good vision. i was really blown away by that part. lisa yeah, all of it. >> okay. good morning, everybody . this system here is allowing for our temperatures to stay comfortable a little bit below average for some of us. the healthy marine layer, the cloudy skies moving across the bay and eventually we'll switch that up and bring some warmer weather our way. check it out from our

east bay hills camera. a nice view here. 58, san francisco, 63. in san jose, but the clouds are more widespread this morning. 56 santa rosa and fairfield in the south bay today right spot near average with 81 in san jose, 79 santa clara. so plenty of sunshine for you. santa cruz starting out with clouds. then 71 upper 70s for redwood city, 73. san mateo, belmont 74, menlo park. and then the breeze gets going in the afternoon, keeping numbers in the 60s sunshine for the early afternoon. then the clouds move back quickly, late in the day, petaluma about 70 9:00. and as we head towards the east bay, gorgeous day here getting breezy towards 2:00 in oakland, 73. so sunny skies from the san ramon valley and even warmer as we head inland. some upper 80s there up towards fairfield. the accuweather seven day forecast slightly warmer and then we'll call it warm to hot over the weekend. inland jobina. >> that looks good. lisa, thank you. good morning, everybody. so

we're going to start in walnut creek, show you 680 here. we're seeing a little bit of brake tapping in the southbound direction. but aside from that, you should be in good shape. the toll plaza, you know, it is what it is. metering lights came on at 531. it's backed up there. once you make it through the lights, though, the ride across the bridge in the westbound direction isn't too bad. only 13 minutes right now and then giving you an overall view of our map here. you can see we just have a couple of red spots. but overall this morning, the traffic has been pretty decent. >> coomassie jobina a popular immersive art show is coming back to san francisco this fall. the dandelion project was created by a tokyo based artist. he first opened this exhibit at japan center mall in 2021, and that's where it's going to be again in november. more than 15,000 people came out to see the show visitors use their phones to interact with the screen to blow up the dandelion. then your name and the dandelion fly away and appear on other screens in the world where the dandelion project has exhibits. how cool is that? that's neat. and the mission is free.

>> oh, that's even better. yeah. >> all the things. >> how much sleep debt do you have if you don't know what that means? let's look it up, shall we? >> dictionary.com is out with its new list of words. this is always entertaining. so the words this year include sleep debt. it means the difference between the amount of sleep a person needs and the amount of time you actually sleep. >> i have so much sleep debt. i'm in foreclosure. >> you have been the banks are coming for me. >> they're going to repossess the car. >> honey, the whole thing. >> you are the other words on the list include a coffee nap, which is a short nap, usually about 15 to 30 minutes after you drink a cup of coffee. and the coffee was to perk you up. yeah. >> what's that about, anyway? okay >> john something or someone for which the speaker does not know or does not need a specific name. did you know that one? kind of. okay >> i'm still unclear about that.

>> i feel like people. yeah, the way the way they defined it. okay. it's too much anyway. a nepo baby is a celebrity with a parent who is also famous, especially one whose industry connects wins are perceived as essential to their success. okay, now. now those are just four. but there are more than 500 new words. dictionary.com says it is just trying to keep pace with the ever changing english language. >> nepo baby is a favorite of mine. >> do you like to call somebody a nipple? >> yeah, like a celebrity you don't like. and you know, there's just like a little connection somewhere. you're like, oh, nepo, baby. >> a lot of connection. yeah well, i won't name any. >> isn't this beautiful? this is great. >> this is just nice. >> i love it. >> beautiful. this morning. it's 55, and we'll be right back with the seven things you need to know ♪ always in that state of mind ♪ ♪ living on a high vibration ♪ ♪ so hot gonna make it melt ♪ ♪ and i'm lovin' what i'm tastin' ♪

♪ que bonito lugar lleno de tanto sabor ♪ ♪ so much flavor ♪ ♪ un future brillante se acerca ♪ ♪ ahhhhhhh ♪ ♪ nos gusta mezclar ♪ ♪ como malteada ♪ ♪ aqui hay lugar ♪ ♪ yeah we livin' in the golden state ♪ ♪ dame mas, fres-co y real ♪ ♪ (wooh) dale gas ♪ ♪ vive en el estado dorado ♪ 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. on tuesday prompted a lockdown

on campus, and two people were eventually arrested. no one was hurt. >> number two, president biden is rejecting a potential plea deal involving five suspects in the september 11th attacks. prosecutors offered the men a deal that would have spared them solitary confinement and provided medical treatment for alleged abuse while in cia custody. president biden says he doesn't believe the agreement would be appropriate. >> number three, tiny homes for unhoused residents could be coming to san jose. the big question, though, is where today vta's board will be considering a plan to build a housing project on one of its properties . >> number four, avianca airlines has just announced plans to begin yi from oakland to san salvador in central america. reservations are open now. flights begin in december. number five, waking up with cloudy conditions out there. >> but as the sunshine is revealed across the bay, the sea breeze picks up. so we're low 60s. half moon bay, upper 60s downtown with the mid and upper

80s inland. >> number six, this is our busiest spot right now, the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights came on at 531. so far we don't have a ton of blocking issues, but i do want to point out this one in the city because see, people just seem to forget even though dreamforce comes every year by the way, we still want to keep it here. so this is going to be close until the 17th howard street between third and fourth streets. >> number seven, the rolling stones are out with its first piece of music in 18 years ahead of a new album. the band released angry with a music video starring white lotus star sydney sweeney. all right, sydney. >> wait, who's that? >> sydney euphoria. she's a you know, i don't do euphoria. >> i still haven't started it. >> white lotus. >> yeah, but who is she in love with? her and her friend. >> her and her friend? >> yeah. the friend. >> yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. >> giving them that look. >> does she play that great? yes i'm thinking about it now, like, ooh, most cringe show ever.

>> but also the best. >> yes. gosh, please watch if you haven't. it's so good. i took another one of your recommendations recently. what was it? who was it for? >> survival of the fittest. not yet. >> i haven't got. oh, no. yes i did. that's it. started watching. >> did you like it? yes. it's really cute. >> it's cute. it's a nice, like, pleasant thing. >> michael: good morning, america. 70 million people on alert for extreme heat. >> good morning america. 70 million on alert for extreme heat. record breaking temperatures. 19 states across the country enduring sweltering heat, impacting the start of the new school year. when will it break? this as ginger tracks hurricane lee rapidly intensifying in the atlantic. the manhunt for a killer on the run for a week.