ro in san francisco's lower haight neighborhood. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is there with the rescue effort unfolded. she has the very latest for us this afternoon. melanie. >> julian, this area of oak street has now been reopened some six hours after all of this began. despite the efforts of close to 50 firefighters. the weight of the dirt and concrete from this trench collapse was too much for the contractor to survive. for close to two hours, firefighters attempted to rescue a contractor trapped under a trench collapse. >> everyone is shaken about this around ten thursday morning, the call came in initially for a building collapse. >> first responders quickly discovered something else. >> this was a street side utility construction site that had a collapse within the footprint of their street side project. >> the fire department says one person was trapped under 8 to 10ft of dirt and concrete. firefighters used a street vacuum to suck the dirt up.

>> it's a very high powered vacuum that's able to facilitate removing debris quicker than if we had to do it by hand. they also used plywood to disperse weight and ensure the sides of the area within a confined space. >> rescuers were working by noon with the help of paramedic and cassie, a human search and rescue detection canine. it became clear it would be a recovery mission. >> this person was trapped under a lot of weight with no oxygen for over two hours. >> public works spokesperson rachel gordon says the project was a san francisco public utilities commission sewer upgrade project being managed by san francisco public works. the individual trapped was a private contractor. she did not know the name of the contracting company. >> we'll be here as long as we have to be here. we want to make sure that we know exactly what happened. we want to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again. we never want a construct, an accident. safety is our number one priority. >> the medical examiner arrived on scene to remove the contractors body with the investigation into how this

happened. ongoing into flooding by cal osha. this afternoon, mayor london breed visited the area to look at the trench collapse. >> family, of course, is clearly distraught and very tragic situation. >> mayor breed saying that she spoke with those family members personally. also that the city had provided grief counselors here where this trench collapse happened and was doing all that it could to help. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> melanie, thank you. in the north bay, it's the last day on duty for two major firefighting aircraft like no other. cal fire is ending its contract for two giant firefighting choppers on the eve of what's traditionally a dangerous month for wildfires . october abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live in santa rosa to explain why. cornell >> hey, kristin. yeah, this could be a real milestone for this year's fire season here in the bay area. and it is almost

departure time for this. it's hard to miss this huge firefighting helicopter right behind me. it is here at the cal fire air base in sonoma county. the sky crane will be taking off at about 6 p.m. tonight for the season, along with another chopper in napa county. cal fire says the contract is up and this year's fire season really hasn't been that bad. but it is not over yet. when it comes to battling wildfires. no other firefighting helicopter can beat the sikorsky skycrane. >> it's a great asset, especially with the capacity and the turnaround times getting to the fire from the dip sites and where they can dip lots of lakes, rivers, streams. >> the mega chopper station at the santa rosa cal fire air base can carry more than 2000 gallons of water and replenish tanks in under a minute. equally impressive is this military

grade chinook helitanker based in napa county. it can dump 2800 gallons of water on a wildfire. the cal fire says this summer the choppers responded to a combined 121 incidents, mostly vegetation fires. but now the state's least contract on both aircraft is ending for the season. >> this specific aircraft is on a 90 day contract. today is the end of contract. >> we asked why, when october is historically a dangerous month for wildfires across the bay area. >> it's been fairly slow, you know, with the late with the wet winter. it started off slow. we're still not totally out of the woods, but it's been a slower season. >> the chief says there's been just one red flag fire warning this season. cal fire says it remains at peak staffing to fight wildfires with 16 air bases across northern california. >> we do have bases set up, so we have aerial resources able to respond anywhere within 20 minutes of the state. >> these mega choppers may be

lifting off for the season, but cal fire says they'll return here if they're needed this fall . >> we absolutely have the option to bring them back on to contract. >> yeah, but for now, cal fire says it's fairly confident that they can do without these huge choppers. the company which owns the sky crane, says the aircraft will be heading back to its base in yuba city and then heading to the east coast to do some construction work. these are all funded by state grants. it is unclear here if this chopper will return here next fire season. we'll wait and see. we're live in santa rosa tonight. i'm cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> a massive chopper there. thank you so much, cornell. and as we know, october 1st, just days away, starting on sunday. and with it, it has the potential to be hot, dry, windy, all of those conditions making it really dangerous for wildfires out there. yeah. >> let's check in with spencer christian now with a look at how things are shaping up. >> spencer okay. kristen and you know, we have the potential for all those things that julian mentioned in the month of october, but so far indications

are that there's reason for optimism as at this point, at least in the wildfire season. so here's a look at our satellite radar composite image. you can see that high pressure dominated our weather today. but up north , you see that little trough about to dip down into our area , bringing some rain to us by saturday. so we bring our storm impact scale back into play. right now, we have a level one system headed our way for saturday. it'll bring scattered showers or periods of light rain. we expect less than one quarter of an inch of rainfall in most locations. slippery roads, breezy conditions and quite a cooldown. so the next few days will be much cooler than average for this time of the year. here's the forecast animation for 5 a.m. tomorrow into the afternoon hours, notice a couple of sprinkles may develop around ukiah or so, but it'll be a dry evening and a dry night tomorrow night. but saturday, early saturday morning, we'll see more widespread showers swinging down through the bay area, continuing through the afternoon hours, but by evening going into the late night hours, saturday night, this system should be out of

here and rainfall totals will amount to generally under a quarter of an inch. but enough rain and enough cool air to continue our optimism about the diminished chances of wildfires , at least at this point in the season. >> julian, we'll take any rain we can get. thank you, spencer. the accused killer in a cold case dating back to 1987 made his first court appearance today in solano county. fred cain did not enter a plea and was assigned a public defender. prosecutors say cain is linked by dna evidence to the murder of a six year old, jeremy stoner. he was killed after being abducted outside of his home in vallejo. another man was arrested in tried for the murder but to jury trials ended in no verdict. prosecutors say cain is also the suspect in a 1987 fatal stabbing of a nine year old boy. he's scheduled to be back in court next month. >> an oakland homicide suspect is now in custody after a car chase and crash in san francisco. the pursuit came to an end near the moscone center at third and howard, but it

began in redwood city when the chp tried to pull the driver over. he led them on a pursuit that moved from the highway to the streets in san francisco. police say after the crash, the driver tried to get away by running away but was quickly taken into custody. >> thieves got away with lottery tickets and cash this morning after ramming a troc truck rather into queen bakery on center road in san jose. the business owner says the store's alarm went off around 4:00. he checked the surveillance video and saw the truck plow right into his store. then the thieves cleaned out the cash register. he says this was not the first time it was hit. the santa clara valley transportation authority took action today to keep riders safe during large events. >> they staged a crisis prevention training effort this morning. abc7 news reporter lena howland shows us who it went, how it went. >> uniformed officers and canines from state, federal and local agencies came to san jose's deardon station for a viper operation which stands for visual intermodal.

>> proactive response. it is one of the proven strategies for law enforcement and first responders to provide presence in a transportation facility just because there is no threat, there is no criminal activity or investigation. >> but it is our way of coming together of federal, state, local partners and coordinating with each other. aston green, the chief of safety and security, says the goal of the exercise is so people know who to turn to. >> encouraging riders to see something, say something. one of the key inspirations for the exercise is in preparation for multiple upcoming large scale events or coming to the area. >> we have super bowl, we have fifa world cup coming. and so this activity starts us to exercise that muscle of preparing for our large scale events because it's so multi-jurisdictional. we don't want to wait until the super bowl to start having these relationships, he says. >> this training has no relation to the vta mass shooting two years ago, where nine employees

were killed by a colleague. as it is a department of homeland security sponsored event happening across the country. >> however, i would say this any thing that helps to prevent and deter, whether it's an active shooter event, whether it's a any sort of terrorist activity, is a really good investment to make. right. and i think our ability to come together and work together from multiple jurisdictions is a step in the right direction. >> the vta is also encouraging all passengers to download the vta alerts app for those moments when you see something but don't see a uniformed officer to report it to. in san jose, lena howland, abc seven news. we still have much more news ahead here at four, including an old hotel is getting a new lease. >> how it's helping to ease san jose's affordable housing crisis. also the new technology that could transform surgeries, providing answers in minutes for what usually takes days or even weeks. and the less than stellar

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newster, south bay reporter dustin dorse with one resident who's benefiting from having a stable place to call home in the city of san jose and mayor matt mehan say they are inching closer to ending the era of encampments. >> thursday, a celebration of 89 more units of safe and dignified emergency interim housing in the form of the converted arena hotel. >> these immediate solutions have proven their effectiveness this year, year over year, we have seen more than a 10% drop in unhoused sheltered homelessness in the city of san jose to further build on that goal, this site was funded by voter approved measure e dollars as well as more than 20 million from california. >> nia's project homekey. other converted hotels in san jose, including the surestay, have seen a host of issues under their profit operators. but b ramos, with arenas on site operator home first says they have seen success for residents at their other locations, thanks to on site staff and case manager. >> they're all trained in crisis

. de-escalation, harm reduction , housing first. and they also offer the workshops that are tailored towards individuals becoming self sufficient and making that next journey to permanent housing. >> a look inside the property shows what residents can expect upon move in hot meals provided daily private rooms with bathrooms and showers. a mini fridge and most importantly, a place to lay their head at night in a safe environment, residents are able to get a room through a referral system and as of reopening day, all 89 units are at capacity where would you be without a place like this? >> i really, really been like homeless, like shifting from place to place. like i was like not having any stable environment, no meals, nothing like literally fending for myself every day. >> so a place like this is a lifesaver. yeah, it is. mayor mehan says this is what it's all about. providing residents with a home that's stable and safe and gets people connected to services. >> arena hotel represents that for 89 more people in our community, 50 of whom we just helped move out of the guadalupe creek area into this site where

they have that that sense of security and privacy and stability in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news, a plan to convert empty high rise buildings in san francisco is beginning to gain some momentum here. >> according to the chronicle, eight office building owners have responded to an initial request to identify landlord as interested in converting their properties to apartments or condos. most of those buildings are in the mid-market market and civic center neighborhoods. if all eight buildings are converted, it would create about 100 housing units go getting results from a biopsy usually takes days or weeks. >> critical time that could be used to start cancer treatment at now, a south bay startup says it's using ai to get those same results in just minutes. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes got a look at the technology and has more for us. we train an ai on millions and millions of these images to learn the same features that a pathology would usually pick up on. >> chris freudiger is co-founder

and chief technology officer of invenio imaging in santa clara. the colorful image he's showing us is aggressive brain cancer tissue taken during a surgical biopsy, an image he says can now be evaluated a lot faster thanks to artificial intelligence. >> you've probably been through this with like yourself or like a relative, right? where the tissue gets sent in and it takes like 2 to 3 weeks of waiting before you get a result. like with this machine, you basically get it in a matter of minutes. >> getting that key information can lead to a faster diagnosis and in turn, faster treatment, potentially saving lives as well. >> now, with this technology, they're able to do this right there in the operating room and three minutes or less that is a game changer for clinical care, for taking care of these patients. >> advanced imaging technology by ai giant nvidia has been around for some time to help evaluate the tissue samples through a partnership, inveneo was able to take the tech further by adding the ai. that's what's led to faster results. but as experts point out, it's not just about speed. it could also provide resources in places

that don't have pathology artists or other experts to read images. >> and in those cases, you can imagine having something that is able to do triage, you know, in the beginning and be able to then send cases that need to be read, that are more complex to specialists which are might not be available, you know, in the numbers that we have maybe here in the us, the technology is approved in europe, here in the us, inveneo is still working on getting fda clearance. >> we be launching a big study right now in about 900 patients that will actually kick off in two weeks. so we're very excited about being able to do all the clinical studies that will allow us to get us the clearance in the us and then extend the benefits of ai to patients here in the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> it is incredible and i know using ah for good. yes. want more stories like that? >> yes. >> larry needs to hear more of those stories because you know, to make him a believer here, of

course. yeah. there's nothing to fear when it comes to whether perfectly pleasant today and even some raindrops in the forecast. >> checking back in with spencer. >> you couldn't tell by looking at today's conditions, though, could you? here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see not only is there no rainfall in the bay area now, although there is some on the way, it's not close enough to show up. so let's move along. take a look at current wind speeds. it is breezy out there in fact, we have wind speeds right now at the surface between 15 and 25mph across much of the bay area. the 24 hour temperature change shows mixed conditions, locations on the peninsula around the bay shoreline and on the coast are 2 or 3 degrees cooler than at this time yesterday. but up in the north bay and over the east bay and even down to the south bay, it's about 2 or 3 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. nice view from the rooftop camera looking across the breezy embarcadero. we see lots of blue sky. it's 68 degrees in san francisco right now, low 70s at oakland. and mountain view, 80 degrees in san jose. palo alto, 77, 64 at half moon bay. also bright and breezy at the golden gate, looking north eastward. other temperature readings right

now low 80s at novato and santa rosa. napa 79 almost 90 at fairfield. so it's been a pretty warm day and some of our inland areas and we have low 80s at concord and livermore looking across san francisco from sutro tower under bright blue skies. these are our forecast headlines. high clouds will increase overnight. breezy and much cooler weather is coming our way tomorrow and saturday. and showers will arrive early saturday morning. the approaching storm ranks a level one on the abc seven exclusive of storm impact scale. so for saturday expect scattered showers. some light rain less than a quarter of an inch of rain will accumulate or accumulate will measure in most areas and we can expect slippery roads and breezy to gusty conditions. here's a forecast animation starting at 10 a.m. tomorrow. notice as the system gets closer, we'll see increasing clouds tomorrow, then going into early saturday morning, we'll see our first raindrops in the showers will continue through much of the day, but will wind down by about 8 or 9 p.m. saturday. and again, rainfall totals will be generally under a quarter of an

inch, but could be wetter. over at fairfield, nearly three quarters of an inch expected there and over about two thirds of an inch. and clearly overnight lows tonight, mainly mid to upper 50s under increasing cloudy skies. highs tomorrow, mid 60s at the coast, mainly low 70s right around the bay shoreline. inland areas will warm warm. it'll be cooler tomorrow but we'll warm up to the low to the rather mid to upper 70s. and on we go to the accuweather seven day forecast. it'll be cooler still on saturday with inland highs only in the low 70 and only 60s around the bay shoreline. and of course we'll have scattered showers and sunday brighter skies drying out a little bit. still a little cooler than average but certainly turning a bit milder. temperatures rebound a few more degrees on monday, then tuesday, look for upper 80s inland, 80 degrees around the bay shoreline and wednesday and thursday, it's going to feel almost like summer up to about 90 inland next wednesday and thursday, mid 80s around the bay shoreline. now you know, we do get some heat spikes in october.

this isn't exactly a heat spike. it's just a warm up. so don't get too carried away and think, oh, now we're back into fire danger. it's just going to be a warming trend. that's all i see. >> all right. sounds perfect. yeah. >> appreciate it. thank you, spencer. okay >> still to come on abc seven news at four. this isn't any prototype. it's the next generation of self-driving cars fully hands free. >> you can take your eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel. right. you're no longer the driver. you're a receptive, fallback ready user. >> we'll take you along for test drive. coming up later this hour we made it! bmo has arrived. hello? you said it. hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. just what we needed, another big bank. not so fast. how many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month? he's got a good point. did i mention bmo has more fee-free atms than the two largest us banks combined? uh, b-m-o? just "bee-mo", actually. quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car?

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prices in the bay area are showing sound signs, i should say, of a rebound. the california association of realtors says the median sales price for bay area homes rose 5% in august over last year. now, this follows a decline over the past 14 months. high interest rates have more homeowners staying put, reducing supply and increasing prices. the median price for a home in the bay area is now. drumroll, please. $1.26 million. boy, that is brutal. a new report projects the amount of power generated by solar will increase 52% this year over last . the solar energy industries association predicts the industry will add a record 32gw of capacity. this year, with even bigger gains in the next five years. solar growth slowed in 2020 due to panic linked supply chain delays. those are being solved and new incentives

in the inflation reduction act are driving growth as well. that's all very good news. that's good that there's still more incentives. yeah, absolutely. >> appreciate it, michael. thank you. thank you. >> up next, congress barrels towards a government shutdown with tempers apparently flaring among the gop. >> also, house republican begin with their impeachment inquiry of president biden, but one of their own witnesses deals them a pretty big setback. plus growing up with a stutter, i felt very alone in my experience. >> it's an amazing journey. we'll give you a sneak peek of the abc seven originals documentary, more than my stutter.

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swease began warning their workers they're preparing for a government shutdown and they might have to go without pay. there are just two days left for congress to make a deal, and all indications are they will not get it done in time. house speaker kevin mccarthy is looking to add border provisions and is working with both sides of the aisle in the senate. the bigger problem might be in his own party, though, in the house of representatives. mccarthy and florida congressman matt gaetz had a heated confrontation this morning during a closed door meeting. >> my frustration is that we're a $33 trillion in debt, running $2 trillion annual deficits with no real end in sight. that's my frustration. >> a shutdown could affect everything from people who depend upon food assistance programs to national parks, which could restrict access to visitors. >> house republicans are making

the case for pursuing an impeachment inquiry against president biden. they launched their first hearing today with testimony from outside experts in tax law, criminal investigations and constitution legal theory. republican leaders admit they don't have any hard evidence right now, but despite that, they have accused president biden of being involved in improper foreign business dealings with his son, hunter. >> the house oversight committee will examine over two dozen pieces of evidence revealing joe biden's corruption and abuse of public office. if the republicans had a smoking gun or even a dripping water pistol, they would be presenting it today. >> but they've got nothing on joe biden since the gop took control of the house in january , several key committees have subpoenaed and investigated hunter biden's foreign business deals after his whirlwind fundraising trip throughout the bay area, president joe biden spent today in arizona. >> he was at the dedication ceremony near phenix for a new library named after the late senator john mccain. biden and

mccain were friends. they served in the senate together for decades. during his speech, the president hit on a broader theme the ongoing threats to democracy. but all of us are being asked right now what will we do to maintain our democracy ? >> tsay will we, as john wrote, never quit. will we not hide from history but make history? will we put partizanship aside and put country first? i say we must and we will. >> certainly a message that the late john mccain stood for biden's connection to mccain runs deep. he lost his son, beau , to the same cancer that took the life of senator mccain. >> president biden has waged a very open campaign about his lifelong struggle with his stuttering, as many as 79 million people worldwide live with a stutter, and for many, it can be a isolating disability. >> but many people with the

speech disorder are now speaking up. this afternoon, we highlight these amazing people in our new abc seven originals documentary . >> more than my stutter, when i talk in accents, i don't really stutter. >> there would be some times when i was studying abroad where i pretended i was from england and i spoke with a british accent because i wouldn't stutter. advocacy. at policy. advocacy most of my job is actually facilitating and organizing around coalitions hear me stutter, i don't shy away from it as much as i did before. i was out about it. growing up with a stutter, i felt very alone in my

experience. it was very lonely child hood in that way. i was very outgoing, like inside myself. i like always wanted to contribute in class and speak up and share my voice. but there was always that thought in my head of like, you want to say something? but but you stutter. there was always that. but the way i kind of battled with my stutter is i would just pretend it didn't exist. i think i was so desperate to have love for fresh kids growing up as anyone would, as a child going to college. i went to uc santa barbara. it was just a change i really needed to really expand my wings in ways i wasn't given the opportunity.

>> there was one time that i stuttered on the phone. i was working at a school and i called someone's grandparent that i was working with a student and i stuttered on the phone and i was trying really hard to hide it. and he was like making fun of me and how i was talking. i hung up the phone and i was like, i think i need support for this part of my life. the idea of hiding it so that i wouldn't be judged, so that i wouldn't be teased or bullied was the goal. and i just wanted to kind of slip into the crowd and be like everybody else. as i got older and in my mid 20s, i decided that i needed to change my relationship to it and find more acceptance. and so i've been on that journey ever since. i started stuttering at the age of about four. as a young person, i felt that stuttering was going to get in the way of what i wanted to do, who i wanted to be, what i wanted to be. i wanted to be a filmmaker. since i was about 14. so i started making films when i was in high

school, like shorts and music videos, little documentaries and the type of filmmaking that i do currently is narrative and currently i'm making a documentary for my friend nina g. the stand up comedian, and i'm doing a concert film slash documentary of her show. stutter interrupted, and i'm really happy to be here in pleasanton with all of you. >> give it up for yourselves. yes. pleasanton what i always say is you should never pity me for having dyslexia or for stuttering or for having a disability. but you can pity me for going to catholic school with those things. in the 1980s, it wasn't so fun. i do stand up is i introduce it, i talk about it, what i tell people is i stutter and you're just going to have to wait for all my brilliant ideas and i find the audience, it takes them a while at first. sometimes they think i'm faking it and i have

some jokes about that. people think that i'm fake stuttering like it's for the comedic effect because what helps comedy timing more than a stutter? that's i wanted to be a stand up comic ever since i was 11 years old when i was around 17. the dream died because i was like, i'm not fluent. you got to be fluent to do this. i started to stutter when i was eight years old and that was about the same time that i was first identified as having a learning disability. so kind of both of those identities are kind of intertwined. the combination of the dyslexia and the stutter had a really big impact on me. >> this is eye opening and it's such a great documentary to watch. you can hear more about her story right now in our abc7 original documentary, more than my stutter available on abc7 news .com. >> go check it out. well, this

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the city of ojai in ventura county is taking steps to recognize the legal rights of elephants. that's right. one

council member proposed an ordinance declaring the elephants are cognitively, emotionally and socially complex like humans, and deserve the liberty to lead healthy lives. the council approved the ordinance last night, making ojai the first city in the us to give legal rights to a non-human animal. huh. i didn't know that about elephants. does anybody have any experiences with elephants? >> no experience with them. but but i've always read that they are highly intelligent, which is why the expression an elephant never forgets was developed. no, seriously. but i didn't know ojai had a high elephant population. that's what surprises me. >> go for it. lose >> you know, i was looking into this, and it turns out that in 1980, there was an elephant named tara that was actually used for entertainment purposes. and they said, we got to change this. and tara became a 1995. the first inhabitant of now the biggest white elephant sanctuary here in the us. so that's where that came from. and i think it's just amazing that finally it's

actually an ordinance. >> well, that's great. >> yeah, they're certainly majestic beings for sure. and so intelligent. so i'm glad they're getting some protections there. >> yeah. yeah. >> you might need some protection once you see this next video, you'll understand it. how calm can you be under a really scary situation? this family in mexico apparently has nerves of steel. look at the video. if you're not in front of the screen right here, you can see this black bear crashes their party in the park and they are so calm the entire time. the mom is shielding her son's eyes so he doesn't see the bear as it just feasted on their lunch. this thing is clearing plates. the mom says the bear was so close she could hear it chew. she says after four whole minutes of not moving, she finally threw a plate and that bear ran off of terrifying. wow. what would you do? >> lose? >> honestly, i would do the same thing that mom did just close my eyes, pray, hope for the best. but. but, you know, i was looking into this story because that video is everywhere on social media. and it turns out that boy, that you see there,

his his name is santiago. he's 15 years old. and that was actually his birthday picnic. they bought him tacos for his birthday. and he has down syndrome. and his mom actually practiced with him and said, hey, in case we see a bear in this park, let's just act like we're statues. okay so they had rehearsed this and then it was worth it. i'm so glad they did. and the mom i was reading an interview where she said, i don't think i'm a hero. and i'm like, absolutely. that mom is a hero. really is. >> and santiago, too. >> yeah. >> incredible. >> yes. wow >> i mean, i think it's great that they practice that. and it worked out okay for them. but i'm still just so worried that they're more and more increasing bear human interactions, you know? yeah. yeah yeah. >> how often do we cover it in lake tahoe? >> i know. exactly right. >> it's so scary. >> all right. >> if you're looking to add new words to your vocab, merriam webster has some ideas. the dictionary has 690 new words. among them beast mode, an extremely aggressive or energetic style made famous by oakland's own marshawn lynch

thirst trap photograph or video shared for the purpose of attracting attention or desire busan, which means excellent and riz which is defined as romantic appeal or charm. >> okay kristin, are those words in your regular kind of circulation there? >> jillian, if something is really tasty like this food that we're about to show you in just a minute, i might say it's busan. >> it's good. it's delicious. yes, but. but does it belong in the dictionary? >> i mean, see, i'm such a language purist. i'm sorry, but language is evolutionary. separate and language is evolutionary. but there still should be rules. but i guess there's nothing wrong. hey. hey. this is a buzzing conversation, and i love that. >> that's a meme. >> the food we're about to eat is going to be chef's kiss. that's another one, by the way. >> that's on the list. there we go. list >> okay, so let's get to the food then. right as you know, it's hispanic heritage month and all month long we're celebrating the people, the culture and, of

course, the food. today we want to tell you about a business that started with a food truck. six years ago. now cochinita has three food trucks and they just opened their first brick and mortar store. not only that, the owners have given up a lot for their business. they keep putting off their wedding. yeah, we're going to talk about that. joining us today is karen gonzalez and sergio albert is with cochinita. we'll get to the wedding story in a moment, folks , thanks so much for joining us. but first, tell us about this delicious spread you have for us here today. >> hi. so we provided you guys with a few of our dishes. we have our sampler plate, which is called our merida, and that's dedicated to his homeland, the yucatan. that's the one right there in the corner. so you get a little bit of everything. all the flavors from yucatan. you get your cochinita, your panuchos, your platanitos, the platanos. and we also yeah, we also do have the enchilada, which is going to have some jicama cucumber, a little citrus

vinaigrette. and then we also do have some ceviche and our sticky back, our sticky back is our mayan pumpkin seed dip. and that's something that we definitely wanted to bring to our restaurant. >> i love the fruit of this salad. it's amazing. >> you know what i think i've been to your food trucks. you have several food trucks, right. and your first brick and mortar store just opened. so congrats. where is that? and how can folks enjoy this amazingness. >> so we are in south san francisco. we're at three, three, four grand avenue, south san francisco. we're doing our soft launch this week as well. >> mm hmm. >> this is like a version of a shepherd's pie. >> am i right? >> i feel bad because we're smacking in everyone's ear right here. yeah, because the food is so delicious. >> we should talk about the sacrifice, though. >> exactly. >> okay, so you keep putting off this wedding. we need to know the original date. and what does it push back to now? >> so the original date is like, i don't even know. i don't know

how many times you propose to me already. we had an original date like six years ago. >> we have three babies. that's all i know. >> we have three babies, but they're food truck babies. they're not actual babies yet. >> right? >> yeah. we just basically our first. our first we kind of started saving up money for our wedding. and then one thing kind of led to another where we saw this, you know, the savings that we had and we it is the opportunity of the truck. and it kind of just went from there. >> but you keep saying the bigger wedding, you can have weddings every month like we tell the family, we always tell the families every monday, monday, monday, when they get married on monday, instead of tips just open a wedding font every time that people come to your restaurant, just donate for our wedding. >> that's the ceviche that'll get us closer. >> where did you learn this amazing food? how did you learn to cook and where does it draw from the inspiration uh- learn.

>> actually, we can say growing up with, you know, my grandma and my mom always i'm learning the techniques and how to wash the chicken or how to cut the meat. and little by little, which is working on the working in the industry here in the united states for a very long time. and just dedicated myself just learning and learning. and then yeah, yeah he's the one with us on i'm not i'm not the one with us on in the in the relationship. >> well clearly all of the hard work is paying off with several food trucks and now that brick and mortar restaurant karen and sergio of la cochinita, we really appreciate your time. >> the food is delicious. yes. thanks so much for joining us. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. good luck. >> and i love overcoming challenges. ♪ when better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for special olympics athletes with developmental needs.

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welcome to the next phase of high tech driver assistance level three autonomy. >> the paradigm shift to level three is that you can take your eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel right. you're no longer the driver. you're a receptive, fallback, ready user . >> this is not some prototype. it's a production car going on sale late this year in california with regulatory approval, the first that allows you to relax and let the vehicle take over. mercedes benz told me i was the first person outside the company to get to try it out so i can look around. >> i can talk to you. >> i don't have to keep my eyes forward if i don't want to. i'm not touching the steering wheel. level two autonomy came along with a big splash from general motors in 2017 with its super cruise hands off the wheel is okay, but you still have to watch the road at all times. ford has a similar system called blue cruise, and tesla also offers driving assist, but only at level two. currently, mercedes benz is drive pilot is the first of its kind because under certain conditions you can look away from the road. >> and then some of the things that we've changed in our head

unit to allow you to make use of your free time now right. would be doing things like in-car office web browsing. you can go on youtube, you can play some games in the head unit or you could watch a movie, extra technology is obviously built into the car to allow this to work. >> lidar high definition gps with centimeter accuracy. the latest cameras and backup systems for chassis control and electrical circuits all tied together with lots of processing power. the driver is still a key component, remaining awake, alert and ready to resume control. when asked, drive pilot requested on the road, you'll get a message and chime that drive pilot is available. tap the okay button on the wheel and the car is now very much driving itself. now the system only works when you're on a freeway and you're going less than 40mph. but in southern california, obviously that's a lot of the time. oh, but this aspect is a bit of a bummer. it only works in dry conditions at this early stage for some, just being able to use the system in most of our heavy freeway

traffic will likely make it worth the $2,500 annual subscription for the feature on top of the $100,000 plus price of a mercedes-benz eqs. dave abc7 news and if you're wondering about the next phase of self-driving cars level four, where the driver could be allowed to doze off because the car provides its own backup, they're working on that right now. >> that'll do it for abc7 news at four, abc7 news at five with dan and karina is up next "kevin, what does being the ceo of cashbacking mean to you?" it means cashbacking every opportunity. did you cashback on this? like i wouldn't cashback? cashbacking by the basket, i see you. ugh. i dreamt you didn't cashback this flight. oh good. if you're buying it, flying it, or wining n' dining it, then you gotta be cashbacking it. come on now. cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours.

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