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sierra and we begin with the weather. a cooler saturday. lisa yeah, definitely noticed it yesterday. >> the clouds certainly taking their time clearing and today little change as a system is offshore here and that is ushering a pretty strong marine layer, breezy winds and some afternoon sun. so starting out with gray sky all across the bay area right now, current numbers are in the 60s. so kind of muggy out there from the south bay 62 over in oakland, a little cooler in the north bay, but there is mist, there is drizzle. you may need your wipers. and as we look outside the sun, not coming up until 652 and then a mixture of sun and clouds through the noon hour. by the afternoon, it's cool again. we will have a few 80s, but more likely below average near 80 in our inland valleys with some low 60s and pretty cloudy skies at our coast. stephanie. >> lisa, thank you. here at abc7 bay area, we are working to build a better bay area as a part of those efforts. we want to highlight the festivals and
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events bringing the community together. we've seen it with the bhangra and beats market, the carnival at civic center plaza and now one in the sunset. despite safety concerns, though , people are helping small businesses get back on their feet through these events. as abc7 news reporter tim johns tells us, the night market in the sunset might be the biggest one yet. food shopping and music were all present in san francisco's sunset district friday. >> for the first time ever, the neighborhood hosting an asian inspired night market. >> night markets bring people together. they make streets safer. they give a boost to small businesses. >> supervisor joel engardio is the man who brought the market to life. he says he got the idea after visiting similar night markets in taiwan on a normal friday night. the streets of the sunset can be pretty quiet, but as you can see, thanks to the new night market, they are very much alive. >> i love it. i've never seen anything. i grew up here in a sunset and this is the first i've ever seen a night market happen. so it's really special.
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>> paula mak says she thinks events like this are exactly what the city needs to combat its struggling image, not just for local residents, but also for small businesses, many of whom said the market is a good opportunity for them to expand their customer base. >> i saw a lot of promotion for it online, but i think this is maybe something that san francisco is lacking right now after hosting a successful dreamforce convention earlier in the week, city officials say it's important to also remember local neighborhood adds, this is really the locals. >> this is people who live in the avenues of san francisco, the various neighborhood groups and the business is that the local community supports and giving the seeming success of this trial run. >> engardio says he hopes to bring the night market back for more. >> we want to have night markets every month in the sunset. so this is where we're going to figure out what works, what doesn't. give us your feedback, and we're going to make them even better all next year. >> in san francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. in the east bay, the top cop in san leandro is on
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leave. >> he's accused of violating department policy. the city says police chief abdul pridgen was placed on paid administrative leave this week and it did not state why. the city of san leandro says a third party firm will conduct a formal investigation. pridgen has been chief at san leandro for two years and was formerly the chief of police in seaside near monterey. also in oakland. now, three teenagers arrested for a shooting at skyline high school are now charged in connection with the case. that shooting happened on the campus in the oakland hills last week. no one was hurt. alameda county district attorney pamela price announced the charges in a recorded message friday. >> many people are concerned and that we are not doing enough to hold young people accountable. we should all also be concerned that we are not doing enough to deflect young people from criminal activity. >> price says the gunfire at skyline appears to have been an isolated incident. she did not
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say what charges the teens are facing. oakland is facing more criticism from the community after missing a deadline to apply for state crime prevention grant. governor newsom signed off on major funding this week. the money will go to 55 cities across the state for efforts combating organized retail theft. san francisco will receive $17 million. business owners are disappointed. after oakland was disqualified because it failed to submit its application by the deadline. chp says the city will likely still benefit from work in other bay area cities. >> we will be working together with all the allied agencies in the bay area and that will benefit the community of oakland, whether or not they were awarded or grant or not. we currently are doing organized retail crime efforts in the city of oakland and so that won't change. >> oakland officials say they will be looking at other grants to fight retail crime. the oakland branch of the naacp is calling for accountability and plans to host a press conference
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on monday. on the peninsula now, palo alto will receive that state funding. the police department said a plan for how to spend its $5.2 million was it will staff extra patrols, including undercover operations, over the next three years. and popular shopping areas like the stanford shopping center and downtown palo alto. patrol cars are also expected to have new technology which attaches gps tags to cars. so they're monitored in case the driver tries to get away. and if you're headed out on bart today, you will enjoy the new round of fleet cars. it's the first weekend with the speedy schedule. saturday and sunday service is now 20 minutes and all five lines until 9 p.m. after that, it will be 20 minutes service on three lines. the new service has been in place since monday, helping bart reach the highest single day ridership since the start of the pandemic. you can also expect late night service from levi's stadium if you're attending the ed sheeran concert tonight. and speaking of, santa clara is
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turning into the concert mecca of the bay area. ed sheeran plays levi's stadium tonight. and if the show sells out, it means roughly 70,000 people will be in attendance. now, to put that in perspective, that's more than taylor swift and beyonce. abc7 news south bay reporter justin dorsey has a look at what might be one of the biggest concerts yet. you know, we've i'll be extra. >> the sounds of summer in santa clara have featured great music. top artists and plenty of screaming fans. take me out and take me home. this year, levi's stadium has hosted two of the highest grossing tours of all time with taylor swift and beyonce. but this weekend's ed sheeran mathematics tour may be the biggest one yet. >> you've got something that is going to draw an even bigger crowd than those other ones, right? we're talking about massively more people heading for santa clara this weekend. something about the same size of
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the super bowl. >> the buzz was felt in oakland friday where sheeran made his first of two bay area stops at the historic fox theater. fans lined up hours in advance to see the british folk pop singer in an intimate setting. >> it's first come, first serve as far as seating. i want to be as close as i can. and because i love him, i love him as an artist and i love him as a human being. >> saturday, a much bigger crowd will be on hand. taylor swift packed 58,000 swifties into levi's. beyonce totaled 50,000 in the beehive sheeran show is sold out as well, but bay area news group music critic jim harrington says sheeran stage setup will help his show. peak 70,000 fans with beyonce and taylor. >> you were looking at massive stage set ups that blocked a huge portion of the seats. on the other hand, you've got ed sheeran who's doing in the round , so you can absolutely sell 360. >> and that benefit not only means sheeran will outsell swift
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and beyonce, but he may break the levi's concert attendance record set at the 2015 grateful dead concert with 76,000 fans and the all time crowd at levi's for wrestlemania at 77,000. records aside 58,000 plus 50,000 plus 70,000 equals one. incredible summer at levi's stadium. and for south bay music fans, i think that all three of these these levi's tours that we're seeing through here this year. >> beyonce, taylor and ed, i think those will probably end up as the top three tours of all time in santa clara. >> dustin dawsey, abc7 news. >> well, speaking of the star, ed sheeran is looking for his next director and it could be you. he made the announcement on instagram saying he wants 14 directors for 14 different music videos from 14 different countries. see the trend with 14 and he wants to pick them from his fans. the deadline is today . he says you don't have to be a professional, but you do have to be creative. good luck across the state. now, drivers could see speed cameras and automated
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tickets sooner than later. according to sfgate, assembly bill 645 is now on governor gavin newsom's desk waiting for a signature. the bill authorized the use of speed cameras capable of ticketing california drivers . so here's how it would work. if you're going 11mph or more over the limit, you could get a ticket without even being pulled over. if passed, the pilot program would begin in san francisco, oakland and san jose. new development that's now out of hawaii state authorities are lowering the number of deaths from the maui wildfires. now, 97 people are confirmed dead. previously, government officials believed 115 people died in the fires, but further testing showed they were working with multiple dna samples from the same people. so far, 74 of the deceased have been positively identified. the number of people missing is also down from 41 to 31. cal fire is also warning drone operators to keep their aircrafts away from wildfires.
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the fire agency says drones have already forced aerial firefighting to stop at least six incidents so far this year. emergency crews are forced to stop water and retardant drops to avoid the risk of mid-air collisions. in 2021, a drone forced air attack firefighters to halt early stage work on the dixie fire. it eventually burned nearly 1 million acres in the sierra nevada. let's take a peek outside now. good morning, lisa. >> hey, stephanie, what a view. isn't this gorgeous? our marine layer. and you can see some of the higher clouds above. this is beautiful. mt. tam at about 2300ft, 652 is the official sunrise time. we've had plenty of 70s here right now, 64, right here. and yesterday was up to 82, maybe not as warm today. we'll talk about those breezy winds. good air quality and cooler than average numbers when we return. >> lisa, thank you. and still to come, the big national headline this morning, thousands of union members on strike after failed
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40% pay increase over the next four years, a return to pension plans, better retiree health care and cost of living adjustment. that's ford and gm offering a 20% wage increase for the billionaire class has been taken. >> everything and the working class has been left scraping paycheck to paycheck, just trying to survive. it's time to put an end to that class war. ford announcing friday. >> it's laying off 600 workers, saying it's a consequence of the strike at the michigan assembly plant. final assembly and paint departments because the components built by these 600 employees use material that must be coded for protection. gm's ceo, mary barra, who is also on the board of directors at the walt disney company, the parent company of abc news, saying her company is facing tough competition in as it transitions to electric vehicles. >> everybody has to understand. and the profits that general motors makes, we reinvest in the
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business. we reinvest in our people to put new products because having products that people want to buy is the way that we keep all of our assembly plants running. >> a stellantis spokesperson adds they are disappointed with the uaw decision to strike and will take steps to protect their north american operations. and the company. president biden, a longtime labor ally, calling on the automaker to share more wealth with the workers. >> record corporate profits, which they have, should be shared by record contracts for the uaw and just as we're building an economy of the future, we need labor agreements for the future. >> alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> happening today, oakland youth leaders and organizations will join mayor shan tao for the first of two meetings to discuss what's not working in the city. they will focus on the city's housing and homelessness, public safety and economic opportunities. today's so-called town talk will be at mcclymonds
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high school at 9:30 a.m, the second meeting is scheduled for next saturday at castlemont high . well, we are officially in hispanic and latin american heritage month and we are celebrating it here at abc7. we want to recognize organizations in the community keeping the culture alive. la pena cultural center in berkeley has become a hub for latino dance music and art. and to keep these organizations thriving, the latino community foundation is now investing $2 million to support 28 different organizations in the jewish holidays are now underway with rosh hashanah. it marks the new year. people attended services friday evening at the herbst theater, a popular tradition is to eat apples dipped in honey, which symbolizes the hope for a sweet year ahead. noe valley bakery in san francisco will have holiday inspired treats for sale all weekend. the high holidays conclude on september 25th with yom kippur. well, happening today, it just might be the cutest event in the bay
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area. take a look at your screen . this is corgi con and it returns today. hundreds of people and their corgi counterparts are expected this weekend. there will be races, a costume contest and even a corgi market. the con started almost ten years ago now abc7 spoke to the founder about the start of their journey. >> we had 90 corgis at our first meetup and then now we're upwards of over a thousand corgis who come and a lot of folks actually use this as a destination for travel. >> a lot of fun. the event starts today at 10:00 and lasts until 5 p.m. at the alameda county fairgrounds. tickets are $12 and you can purchase parking online at corgi con .com. and if you're headed out to the corgi con, the weather is going to be slightly cooler. let's check in with lisa. we were talking earlier about those corgis and their counterparts that often look awfully similar. it's funny how that works. >> i've seen costumes out for
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dogs and little ones already, so yeah, know that they were all dressed up, all decked out. and you may need a little sweater this morning for some of your furry friends because it is a little cool out and we have some mist and drizzle. so you may want to wait a little bit if you're closer to the coast, all due to this system here offshore that continues to usher in good air quality. a healthy marine layer, the breezy winds in the afternoon. you may have noticed the change yesterday. live doppler seven right here, the fog banked up all up and down the coast here in san francisco, made its way across the bay and it's going to linger a little bit, taking its time, pulling back. yesterday some places, maybe 12, 1:00 could be the same today or even later. it all depends. but what a gorgeous view here from mount tam. saw this right before the break where you'll notice the low clouds and some of the high clouds. so it has been a little bit hazy. but today, good air quality expected all across the bay area, 61 in the city. all of
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these 60s making for a slightly muggy start out there, 63 in oakland as well as palo alto, a 65 in san jose half moon bay is at 61. and notice emeryville here where it is still quite dark, 57. santa rosa 60 in napa with low 60s and the cloudy skies all the way out towards concord. livermore and finally from our exploratorium camera, we'll get some sun here. it's going to be cool. it's going to be breezy and temperatures in the mid 60s or so throughout the afternoon. so looking at the widespread low clouds this morning, the drizzle is your closer to the coast and below average temperatures not only today and tomorrow, but it looks like much of the midweek, too. we're going to see very little change. the changes come maybe by the end of the week when we usher fall in. there's a look at the low cloud deck all the way through the delta there. but that's where it stops. we have the clear sky by fairfield and then by about noontime, we're sunny across parts of the bay. but those clouds want to linger
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right here along the coast and it's going to take till maybe 1:00 until we clear a couple hours of sun. i don't think you'll see much at all along the shoreline. and then the fog coming back into play for your sunday. maybe a few high clouds to start the day in the east bay and the south bay. here's a look at that one system. and then we get another system. tuesday and then as we get towards your thursday and friday, could even see this pattern persists if this model verifies highs today . low 80s in livermore, 79in san jose. look for 82 in morgan hill and the accuweather seven day forecast featuring the cooler than average numbers tomorrow monday, maybe a little warmer by the middle to th end of the week and then fall arrives
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being so good to see you on this sunday. coming up here on gma. millions on alert for post-tropical cyclone lee on the
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move and producing tropical storm force winds in new england . states of emergency declared in massachusetts and maine. of course, we have team coverage on the ground across new england. more on the major threats coming up here. and historic strike in michigan. thousands of auto workers taking to the picket lines for the second straight day. more on their negotiations with the three big automakers. was the reaction from the white house and what the president is now saying. and it is game time in colorado. we are live on the ground ahead of the showdown between colorado and colorado state. we'll have that big match up coming up. that's all coming up right here on gma. >> well, in the north bay now, the end of an era of movie making magic. the original soundstage and production facility in san rafael for industrial light and magic is going away. the facility founded by george lucas currently houses 3210 studiosas abc seven news reporter cornell bernard tells us, one employee would like to save the studios history
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and legacy. >> now, the creators of the biggest smash hit of all time bring you the next episode in the star wars saga. the empire strikes back >> you might be surprised to know that classic and hundreds of other films were created inside this non-disc building on kerner boulevard in san rafael. >> filmmaking and television changed forever in these facilities. >> now, home to 3210 studios, this is the former campus of industrial light and magic, the special effects company founded by george lucas. >> right after the success of star wars. george wanted to remove himself from the hollywood system, and so he moved the industrial light and magic shop, which was down in van nuys for star wars up here. >> longtime employees sean house says many props and models from movies are still here. the millennium falcon, an anchor from pirates of the caribbean, even a model of chewbacca's head . >> that's a paint and sample
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section of the trestle from the lone ranger up there. >> lucas relocated his campus to the presidio in 2005, and he took the original door with him now on display after a decade, the studio's new owners are calling it quits. they tell us 30 to 10 is simply going out of business. due to adverse business conditions, including the declining use of miniature practical effects in film production and also the halt in production due to the hollywood strikes. sean house says the landlord plans to repurpose the building. >> it's a travesty. i mean, this is a historic place. the other part of it is it's a tragedy for the bay area filmmaking community. >> we reached out to the building's owner but have not heard back. sean house says he's launching a campaign to save the campus and continue its film making legacy. >> we are in the process of setting up a go fund me so this is probably the coolest hidden gem of this property. >> this is the original theater. it's where that cool theater sound quality was born and tested. in fact, the speakers are still on the wall. sean
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house hoping to preserve all the history. >> i would encourage if people do care about this place and they care about their film and everything to show their support of the continuation of this facility in san rafael, cornell , bernard, abc7 news. >> disney is the parent company of industrial light and magic as well as abc7 news. well, still to come, another bay area based tech company is cutting hundreds of jobs. we'll have more on
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that way yesterday, but, boy, it turned out to be a nice day. and the view here from mt. tam, where another 15, 20 minutes till sunrise is very nice. 61, downtown, 63 in oakland, it is 65 in san jose. so a lot of 60s out there. pier 39, very sleepy . look there, 57 in santa rosa, 60 in napa. and that brings our temperature 24 our temperature change a little milder in the south bay. a little cooler up in the north bay. so throughout the morning hours, it is gray. it's in the 60s. temperatures climb to near 70 by 1:00 and don't count on any sun by the coast. but numbers will reach about 80, maybe low 80s inland with plenty of 70s along the bay shore. and those cool 60s at the coast. we'll let you know how your sunday is looking and the last week of summer in a few minutes. stephanie thank you lisa. >> new this morning, hundreds of additional jobs at cisco systems will be cut. the san jose based company plans to get rid of a total of 350 jobs in the bay area region alone, according to
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state filings. the layoffs will affect workers in san jose and milpitas. this is the company's second round of layoffs this year. back in march, cisco cut over 650 bay area jobs, which also affected workers here in san francisco, job layoffs will happen on or around october 16th. well, a convention happening now in san francisco is creating some controversy. the group women's declaration international usa is hosting a three day event formed on ideas of protecting women's sex based rights. it does not consider transgender women, though, to be women. the convention is being held at the hilton in the financial district, and the hotel has already received some backlash from locals who are calling on city leaders and the hilton to denounce the event. in a statement, the hilton wrote it does not, quote, adopt or endorse the views of any individuals or groups. it serves. vendors from the un plaza farmers market say the move across the street has been
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tough for business. the executive director told the san francisco chronicle. many vendors are seeing declining sales since the move two weeks ago. some merchants are even considering pulling out the move to fulton plaza was to improve the conditions at civic center because of the ongoing crime, drug use and homelessness concerns in the un plaza is also supposed to be renovated to include a new skate park. well the new covid booster shots are here and pharmacies across the us have started administering new formulas from both pfizer and moderna. san francisco's public health department is urging all residents six months and older to get a flu shot, along with the latest covid vaccines. health officials say it is safe to get both shots during the same visit to your health care provider. the new vaccine is recommended if you have not been vaccinated within the last two months. don't want to ignore for the fact that we continue to have the virus among us and we want to make sure that people understand that these updated vaccines are a key way
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to prevent the most serious outcomes that could still happen. the new vaccine is expected to start arriving at doctors offices, pharmacies and health clinics next week. so book those appointments. well, hackers are threatening more attacks after hitting the biggest hotel chain in las vegas . mgm hotels are having trouble with room keys, slot machines and atms is not working as well as computer systems crippled. this is made for long lines at several hotels on the strip as people are being checked in manually. attendants in some cases are even paying some people their winnings in cash. a ransomware group has claimed responsibility for this attack and says if it doesn't get a deal, it will carry out more for prosecutors and former president donald trump's federal election interference case are making a request that would prohibit him from intimidate meeting witnesses. according to court documents, special counsel jack smith's team accuses trump of repeated attacking citizens potential jurors, prosecutors
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and prospective witnesses. they say the order is needed to protect the integrity of the trial. here's trump's response to the latest court filing. >> we had this prosecutor deranged jack smith. has anyone ever heard, i wonder, i wonder what his name used to be. jack smith. sounds so nice, doesn't it? he's a deranged individual and he wants to take away my first amendment rights. they went to court at last check, judge tanya chutkan has not made a decision on this request. >> the trial is set to start on march fourth, pre-pandemic, marin county saw a steady decline in the number of homeless residents. it dropped more than 20% from 2015 down, but the pandemic appears to have reversed that progress. yes, at last check, about 1100 people were homeless in marin county. now a new permanent supportive housing facility iready to open in marin. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard takes a look at the project.
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>> michael oak plays a mean electric guitar. he's currently living on the streets of marin. i'm a musician and i got age where i couldn't work and i've got a couple of medical issues so that led to me being in my camper. soon michael will be moving to larkspur into this brand new permanent supportive housing space. >> i'm ready to get get surrounding, get, get a shower. >> here's what the place used to look like. a former skilled nursing facility which had been shuttered for years. >> so this will be one of the new homes for the residents. at 1251 south, alicia, excited to show you. come on in. >> beth stokes from episcopal community services, the nonprofit partnering with marin county, shows us one of the 43 rooms in the facility, complete with a fridge, microwave and ac, including a view it you know,
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has a beautiful scenery for folks who've experienced chronic homelessness for a very long time. >> this is going to be a really special place for them. >> the project received $12 million from the state's project homekey initiative. residents will get support and services customized to their needs. >> this is bringing in case managers, bringing in behavioral health folks, bringing in medical folks as needed. public health folks as needed. >> this new housing facility almost didn't happen. there was pushback from some in the community. >> but i am here because i'm urging you, begging you to vote no on on project homekey. there was legal action from some neighbors to keep the project from going forward. >> everybody in the community, whether they were for this project or not, understood the need for housing for formerly homeless. officials estimate there are 1100 people currently unhoused in the county. michael is ready for a place to call home. he'll move in next week.
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michael, what are you going to do first when you move in? >> i'm going to shout hallelu. yeah. you know, in larkspur, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> well, happening today, the san francisco zoo kicks off its art safari event. people can enjoy native gardens and endangered wildlife with some surprise attractions. the 100 acre park will showcase artwork and tactical sculptures of animals. visitors will also get a chance to interact with life size sculptures of grizzly bears, gorillas and big cats. the event goes from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. today and tomorrow . well, still ahead on abc, seven mornings, the baby animal show on the peninsula. that's not only cute, but record breaking. we'll tell you more about this beaver coming up. and here's a live look atop our roof camera looking at the bay bridge. a pretty shot. we're about 15 minutes from sunrise and lisa will have your forecast in just a few minutes
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each this morning. it's still pretty early. time now, 639. police staffing across california continues to be a struggle. as of last month, the california highway patrol was trying to fill more than 1000 vacant officer positions across the state, according to the public policy institute of california. in 2021, the number of patrol officers per 100,000 residents was the lowest that it had been since 1991. but one bay area county has been trying out a new strategy. a $75,000 bonus, and yes, it's working. >> the cost of living. it's astronaut nicole. it is difficult to afford housing here in the bay area. >> alameda police chief nishant joshi says the shortage of officers in his department has been cut in half since implementing this policy. coming
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up at abc7 mornings at 8 a.m. the chief will join us live to explain the impact it's having on other departments across the bay area. a newborn is making news. a baby beaver was spotted in palo alto. it's the first time a beaver has been spotted in the area in 160 years. abc7 news reporter lauren martinez has a look at why this is important to the ecosystem. this small ball of fuzz you see scampering across is a big deal for wildlife experts at little beaver went down there in august. bill leikam said one of his trail cameras near matadero creek in palo alto captured a baby beaver for this area. >> there have not been any beavers in this particular matadero creek for over 160 years. >> experts say the industrial fur trade pushed the population to near extinction. to see the beaver come back on its own is a huge moment.
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>> that was a trek to get there. those beavers were looking for new habitat. they were looking for a new place to settle down and they found it somewhere that they probably haven't been for 200 plus years, which is just a huge moment for ecological restoration and bringing back a pretty awesome species to the bay. >> beavers offer a slew of benefits to other animals and humans, so beaver ponds and the wetlands that they build are hotspots of biodiversity. >> they're uniquely resistant to droughts and to wildfires, and they can help take the power out of flood waves so that when we have these big atmospheric rivers and other kinds of storm events, it's not so destructive downstream. >> since beavers travel upstream. dr. rick lanmon has an idea of where they could head next. >> san francisquito creek is unique in the south bay because it's not concrete. it's natural . so it could provide a corridor for beaver to get from this bay lands to the uplands, which is where we need them to get to, to fight fires for us. right. last year, bill leikam said his trail cameras captured a pair of
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beavers. >> while there's no confirmation they produced offspring, the video of the young beaver is offering researchers hope for their future. >> it's exciting. it's part of the reason why i do all of this. there's the animal has been here before, but it's been so long and it's finally back. >> it's not that they're moving into california or moving into the bay for the first time, like the beavers coming home in the south bay. >> lauren martinez, abc7 news. developing news. hurricane lee is now downgrade to a post-tropical cyclone after making landfall along the east coast. according to the national hurricane service, lee is still creating hurricane force winds. lee was a category one hurricane earlier this morning. local officials now say people can expect high winds, lots of rain, power outages and possible flooding over the weekend as well. weather here at home, a cooldown is ahead. let's check in with lisa. >> yes, we felt that a little bit yesterday, stephanie and a look at pier 39 where they're
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enjoying those sleepy sea lions. a lazy morning out there and they should where it is in the low 60s. so pretty mild, a little muggy across the bay but some sun on the way with breezy winds kind of making you dizzy. right watching that. we'll be back with my full accuweather seven day forecast coming up -had enough? -no... arthritis. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank them too soon.
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down to southern california to play the padres on the gridiron . the 49 ers are gearing up for week two on the road against the la rams. abc seven sports director larry beil has your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. really we are giants game in denver last night they almost won while getting no hit. they end up getting two hits then
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lose to the worst team in the league on a walk off by the rockies. go figure. hey, you know what? if the giants win the world series, i'm going to dye my hair orange just like them. please burn this clip. burn the tape. logan webb electric for most of the game. ex giant kris bryant gets struck out there. webb goes eight innings. stop me if you heard this before. he gets no run support one one game in the ninth. somehow the giants, they hadn't gotten a hit until j.d. davis doubled to lead off the ninth. and that led to this. later in the inning, bases loaded, two outs. wilmer flores a walk forces in a run the giants take a21 lead somehow bottom nine two on for the rocks elias monteiro with a base hit to left off a camilo duvall who blew his eighth save mike yastrzemski with a throw throws on line but caroms off charlie blackmon duvall in the wrong spot to back it up so two runs score on the play nolan jones all the way from first that's your ball game everybody. rockies win three, two. good night game over drive home safely giants a game back for the last wild card berth padres and a's rickey henderson still looks like he could play a long time a's skipper bob melvin back
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in oakland for the first time. padres i don't know what's up with it. they've underachieved all year, but not here. fernando tatis junior with his 25th as the padres, built a five two lead. speaking of guys hitting their 25th, brant rooker, the rookie smoked that ball, got the a's to within five three. but frustration rising for the athletics, ryan noted there oh i want to have a word with you right now. you're tossed a's lose 834. the niners have won eight of their last nine against the rams. the nfc title game a couple of years ago being the painful outlier. but they meet again tomorrow in la. you know the niners they love to impose their will on opponents with a relentless running game led by christian mccaffrey, who had 152 yards and a touchdown in the season opening win over pittsburgh. mccaffrey knows his success is directly tied to how effective his teammates block the thing i love about this team is the run game is a commitment of all 11 guys out there, and that's what makes it so special is, you know, one guy has the ball, but there's so much that has to happen in order to make
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it work. >> not a lot of receivers in this league do it, but we take full responsibility like springing our guys free. >> it's just something we harp on every week. >> if everybody has the same mindset of just that physical mentality and i'm going to give it all every single play, that run game looks really pretty. >> hey, if you're going to call out deion sanders, well, maybe just don't. colorado state plays dion's buffaloes this week, rams coach jay norvell criticized deion, saying you should take off your hat and sunglasses when you're talking to adults, addressing the media. what does deion do? of course, he provides his whole team with this new line of sunglasses. his and the kids loved it. the buffs are going to beat the rams by like 1000 in this game. all right. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. thank you, larry. >> and to weather now. good morning, lisa. hey, stephanie. >> good morning. we are starting out with plenty of clouds. the cooling trend started yesterday due to a system offshore, bringing us good air quality, breezy winds and temperatures is below average. so that system is going to sit there for the
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weekend and into the beginning of next week. and that's going to provide a quiet week, very little change out there. and as we look at live doppler seven, a little closer in and you'll notice it's gray all across the bay area. here's a look at post-tropical storm lee, where it is certainly weakening as we go through the next several hours. but it is bringing some pretty good surf and a little rain to coastal new england. and then as we get into the evening hours, making landfall up in canada and we've got a breezy clear evening on the way for much of boston, so not much of an impact here, but slightly. we'll see a little bit of rain. and back home, mt. tam looking at that deck of low clouds and a pretty view here as the sun is up 61. san francisco, as well as half moon bay at 63 in oakland with mid 60s, san jose 64 in mountain view and from emeryville. we'll we'll get into some partly cloudy skies later on today. it is 57 santa rosa with 60in napa and 63 in concord. so cloudy everywhere
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except out by the delta. here's the airport port. temperatures will be below average with those breezy winds today. tomorrow lingering cloud cover at the coast and some of that mist and drizzle very early in the morning. so with temperatures below average, should be pretty nice with 80s inland in those 60s and 70s across the bay. and then this this pattern persisting into part of next week. so there's a look of the cloud cover peeling back. this is 1230. and then by the early afternoon it comes back in quickly from marin, from the san mateo coast. and then we do it all again on sunday. but sunday morning, as the clouds pull back, we could get some high clouds. still good air quality and we'll clear out to mostly sunny conditions. there's a look at the wind by noontime, not much of it, but by the afternoon they get pretty gusty over 20 to 25 miles an hour. and then once again on sunday, maybe even a little windier up to 30 miles an hour. highs today in the mid 70s from sunnyvale, 75 in milpitas with low 80s there in los gatos.
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so a bit below average. we should be in the low 80s in the south bay this time of year. 72. san mateo looking at the 60s here at the coast and that partly cloudy afternoon on the way in the city 78 in sonoma with upper 70s in santa rosa on the east bay about 70 for you in oakland with 75 in union city and fremont. you head inland just a couple of 80s we had a few yesterday it took all the way towards about 4:00 and then we cooled off quickly but certainly breezy out there the accuweather seven day forecast. so below average those winds with us again tomorrow feeling like fall and temperatures kind of bottoming out sunday and monday and then perhaps we'll get into a gradual warming trend by the second half of the upcoming workweek. but that's just one forecast model. fall arrives on friday. we could even see maybe a few areas of mist and drizzle, maybe even a little light rain on friday. so we'll have to fine tune that. >> okay. good to know. and for tonight, for the 70,000 expected attendees at levi's stadium,
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we'll just be slightly cooler. >> yeah, we'll have some 60s kind of muggy. so a lot of people there. good to know. >> yeah. did you know they're called cheerios? >> i didn't know. >> i know. that was news to me too. ed sheeran sure. so there we go. well, a reminder that you can watch all our newscast live and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. you can download the app now and start streaming well, coming up next, it may be the most unique airbnb you'll ever see how you can stay the night or take flight in this world war two era plane. we'll
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in the bottom left corner. it was painted live on air in january 1983. now, after that first episode, the show went on for another 400 plus episodes and became a cultural phenomenon. well the fleet week lineup has been announced. as always, the blue angels are the headliner with the fat albert equipment carrying aircraft. but then we can expect the leapfrog parachute team. always fun to see them. a united 777 commercial jet and a marine f-35b fighter jet. aside from the air show, there will be concerts from military and high school bands. a dog show and navy ship tours on the san francisco piers. it all happens october second to the 10th. lots of fun. well, this is a unique story. this is probably one of the most unique airbnbs you'll ever see. imagine taking flight to vacation in this. it's a world war two plane remodeled inside and out for a vacation rental. joe drager in wisconsin
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bought the dc three world war two era plane for $10,000 and put another 50 grand into the retrofit. it was then put on stilts, so it feels like you're in the air car. and to top it off, they recreated propellers out of big ceiling fans. you can see there with giant blades hooked up to a converted motor car. that's one way to take a vacation, right? yeah, kind of cool. yeah. yeah very neat. >> all right. well, we are looking at some sun this afternoon. it's going to take a little while and when we see the clearing, the breeze kicks up. 67, downtown, 70 in oakland. looking at low 80s inland. the accuweather seven day forecast, maybe a few degrees cooler for your sunday final days of summer. hopefully getting a little bit warmer by the end of the workweek. but by friday when fall arrives, there could be some discrepancies whether or not we see some raindrops or some warmer weather. so stay tuned. >> stay tuned for that. thanks, lisa. well thank you all for joining us on abc7 mornings. i'm stephanie sierra along with lisa arjun, abc7 news continues at 8
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