temperatures reaching the 90s in some parts, including the south bay where cooling centers were back open today in the east bay. >> temperatures were well into the 90s in some areas in alameda and oakland today we found people enjoying the warm weather in san francisco, people headed to the beach to try to beat the heat. >> a high surf advisory is in effect until seven tonight. so use caution if you're going near the water and down the coast at linda mar, people were bundled up today. >> that appears to be the place to go to keep cool and also hang ten, too. this is a live look outside right now. >> it's definitely warm, but cooler temperatures are on the way. thankfully >> we like the sound of that. fall is here after all. abc7 news meteorologist sandy patel is outside on the roof enjoying the sun today. you got the best assignment, sandhya. >> yeah, it's absolutely gorgeous out here. i mean, do you blame me? julian and karina? it is warm here in san francisco up on the roof right now.

temperatures as you will notice, many parts of the bay area in the 80s and the 90s, you really have to go to places like half moon bay to get away from the heat right now. take a look at the heat advisory that is in effect until 11 p.m. tonight. anybody who's sensitive to the heat will have to take it easy because the risk of heat illnesses due to the hot weather is running higher. so definitely be careful out there. and as we check out the hourly forecast, we started out at 5 p.m, still very warm out there going into 8 p.m. those temperatures dropping off into the 60s to 80s numbers will continue to fall tomorrow morning into the 50s and 60s. so nice relief coming your way and by the early afternoon, you will notice a temperatures are not quite as high as today. we do have a high surf advisory that it remains up until 7 p.m. tonight. the concern is the large breakers rip current risk. so take it easy out there as if you are heading to the coast to get away from the heat. rough and dangerous conditions are at

the coast right now. we do have some major changes coming our way as we hit the weekend, which includes some wet weather. i'll be back with that in just a few minutes. karina and julian. >> okay. thank you so much, sandy. well, that excessive heat is wrapping up, but there could be a big impact from the heat and rain this season. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look ahead. hi, john. good work. >> with temperatures in the low 90s in parts of the east bay, a few laps in the pool is one way to keep cool. >> it's definitely lovely to be in the pool. it's a beautiful day. it's in the 90s so yeah, definitely hotter than usual at heather farm park in walnut creek. >> the lanes were full and lots of activity in the parks as well. five even with the above average temperatures for early fall, it's pretty, pretty warm. >> we're not used to these these type of temperatures this at this time of the year. but we're preparing for them. we have our crews on alert, on alert, says captain chris toler with the contra costa county fire protection district.

>> because even though the bay area had a wet winter and mild summer, the high winds are always the wild card for this time of year because wind is not our friend at this time of year, with everything being so dry, the fuel moisture is low. >> it's going to present some problems for us at this time of year because most of that hasn't burned yet, despite some of the seasonal highs this week, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is forecasting another wet winter for the bay area. >> we are favoring above normal precipitation, but it's hard to necessarily say how much actual precip will join over the winter. so we do think it will be wetter than normal in in your area. >> meanwhile, as the bay area is hit with this fall heat, bart warns passengers there may be delays if trains are slow down in areas where train tracks are vulnerable, all because of the heat. >> so we do expect that we could have a heat event that would cause us to slow trains down in certain sections of the track, places like contra costa county, where the temperatures tend to

vary quite a bit in the east bay anser hassan abc7 news. >> in an actual earthquake this notification would be followed by all trains. >> this was the systemwide announcement all bart riders saw . well, there you go. you heard an alert on all bart trains this morning as the system joined people across the state in the great california shakeout. the annual drill encouraged everyone to drop cover and hold on and to practice their response for when the next major earthquake hits. this morning's drill was accompanied by a message sent to phones at 1019. at least that's when it was supposed to be sent. many we instead heard a message in the middle of the night. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains what happened. >> you never know when the next big 1st may strike. california recognizes that it may not be a simulation one day, so every third thursday in october, the state practices earthquake preparedness with the great

shakeout, a statewide alert test that went out thursday morning encouraging everyone to drop cover and hold on. >> it's a great opportunity to practice, but also to realize, too, that we have an earthquake early warning system in california, oregon, washington. so it's also a chance to practice. s either dropping and covering, holding on because of shaking or because of receiving an alert. it was supposed to be a statewide practice at one time, 10:19 a.m. pacific standard time. >> but we know earthquakes can come without notice. and in some ways, millions of californians got a dose of that reality. at 319, a m when the myshake app sent the test alert early, waking up people hours before the great shakeout. >> at some point there, it seems that our system sent out the alert at 10:19 a.m. or 1019 utc time, which is kind of a universal time, which is essentially seven hours different from where we are here in the pacific. >> my shake app shared this message, blaming the error on a configuration glitch that they assure will not be repeated for next year's safety drill. while some were woken up at 3 a.m. and

others received the alert on time at 1019, we were told by dozens of people that they didn't receive an alert at all. today, i think it has potential, but i didn't get the alert today. >> so i'm like, is it does it really work? >> unlike the real alert that came during the 4.2 quake in sacramento county, robert degroot with usgs told us thursday's test alert required prior download of the myshake app errors during the great shakeout have some questioning the early warning system. but degroot says it's still an important tool in earthquake safety and preparedness. >> keep your faith in it. we're making it better every day. hey, it's there to protect people. our priority is, is public safety. so we just want people to understand that this is all being done in the name of keeping people safe in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> we want to make sure you and your family are prepared for whenever the next earthquake hits. >> you can go to abc7 news.com/prepare norcal for a guide to what you can do now to get ready. >> police have made multiple

arrests in this father's day shootout on san francisco's embarcadero. that shooting happened across several blocks, forcing tourists nearby to take cover. today we learned one of those suspects had received a huge settlement from the city the previous year. abc7 news reporter liz pena in the newsroom with what we're learning about this arrest. lose >> that's right, julian. witnesses described to me the fear they felt in that moment watching crowds out enjoying father's day and then running for cover. now four months later, police say three people are facing charges, including a suspect who has a history with sfpd for months ago, father's day on san francisco's embarcadero turned into a gun battle ground by standers, hid behind cars and ran for cover as passengers inside, two moving vehicles shot at each other. >> are people was screaming like it was a shooting outside. >> so you closed the doors in the back of the store? >> yeah. so closely to avoid like getting like, those shooters inside.

>> the sounds and images are still fresh for workers on pier 39 and 14, where many hid as bullets rang out. >> it was scary because then, you know, you didn't know if they got caught. you didn't know if they were still here. >> dashcam video captured the moment a white vehicle struck a ten year old girl and a black suv. a 16 year old both survived. today, san francisco police chief bill scott announced a breakthrough in this case. >> we have arrested the people, responsive all on that night. >> sfpd detained the two suspects of the black suv, both shot during the incident. one of them was treated for life injuries and later released pending investigate motion on wednesday of this week. exactly four months since the shooting, three suspects from the white vehicle were arrested. rich tuiasosopo, xavier pittman and a male juvenile. >> all arrest warrants were issued for all three of these individuals. richard tuiasosopo

was already in custody at the time of this as arrest. both xavier pittman and the juvenile were arrested yesterday morning during the investigation, officers seized four assault rifles and 13 handguns at six different locations. >> in san francisco's district attorney brooke jenkins confirms at least one of the suspects is known to sfpd. we've been able to file charges against one of the individuals already, and that is mr. xavier pittman. >> we've filed charges for conspiracy and for two counts of auto burglary. >> turns out pittman won $190,000 in a settlement with the city after he was shot and injured by an undercover police officer back in 2021. he even got an apology from chief scott. >> i'm deeply sorry that mr. pittman was shot. >> i also asked san francisco police chief bill scott if all

the suspects involved in the shooting have been arrested. he said the investigation is still ongoing in the newsroom. luz pena, abc7 news. >> all right, luis, thank you. san francisco police have revealed new details about what led up to a deadly police shooting at the chinese consulate ten days ago. the department says 31 year old san francisco man jianwen yang was armed with a knife, a crossbow and arrows when he drove a car into the visa office on gary boulevard. footage from sergeant troy carrasco's body worn camera shows yang holding the knife and making stabbing motions towards responding officers. that's when carrasco fired two shots. police have not revealed a motive for the attack. >> we have an update on a story our abc7 news i-team followed throughout the pandemic. the president of silicon valley biomedical company has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme related to covid 19 testing. mark sina ran sunnyvale based array corporation prosecutors say he lied to

investigators about inventing technology that tested for allergies and covid 19 with only a few drops of blood. and as a part of that settlement, sina has also been ordered to pay $24 million in restitution. >> laphonza butler, who was appointed to the senate by governor newsom 18 days ago, says she will not run for office next year. butler says she will serve out the remainder of her term. another 383 days in office. and that's it. in a statement, senator butler wrote, it may not be the decision people expected, but it's the right one for me, declared candidates are congressional democrats uh- katie porter, adam schiff and barbara lee from the east bay, as well as republican steve garvey, the former baseball player. >> it's not just a ground war. the cyber war that's also terrorizing civilians. the i team investigation, the innovative work that could protect bay area redwoods from future wildfires in the new campaign, trying to help improve san francisco's bad reputation

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earth. if it changes everything in an instant. well, then the chances are it was dreamt up and built up here in san francisco. it all starts here. and the best is yet to come. >> wealthy san francisco business leaders are pouring millions of dollars to fix the city's image around the world. >> abc seven news reporter leanne melendez joining us now with a look at their effort to improve san francisco's reputation and also build a better bay area. >> that's right. and, you know, for the longest time, i always said that the easiest job on earth was to work for and most rewarding. sf travel. right? you didn't have to sell san francisco. it was easy. it's changed now. obviously very challenging. but also now the city is getting a little help from influential people who care about the future of san francisco and the narrative that's out there. this is a $4 billion campaign aimed at

telling everyone the city has an exciting future ahead. >> but the city, by the bay always perseveres through grit, through innovation, through hope . >> it's all those things and more that have made san francisco known around the world and its native san franciscans like chris larson, who want to remind people of these qualities . he's the founder of ripple, the cryptocurrency company who, along with other business leaders, have stepped up to help fund this campaign. we can't just paper things over with a pr campaign. >> clearly, we got to fix things, but we also cannot take our eye off of the great brand that san francisco has always been known for. >> the ads were produced by the san francisco based company goodby, silverstein and partners . >> this isn't a tourism campaign. honestly this is this is a campaign designed for businesses, really and local pride, obviously. but it's

really designed to uh- and aimed at getting businesses to consider to reconsider their san francisco as the preeminent completely unparalleled place to grow a business. >> we remain resolutely here, here, here and one of the reasons why i did the video was to convey to the public that whatever you're hearing about san francisco isn't even close to being true and that you really ought to come see it for yourself, as i do every day of my life. >> and now new challenges. >> but we won't be defined by them. >> so we're going to fix our problems and but we are we're going to define our own narrative. we're not going to let miami or austin or fox news define who we are. >> larson is no stranger to media campaigns concerned about the city's public safety record. he donated $600,000 to the police officer's union to encourage people to seek careers

in the san francisco police department. >> i'm just super optimistic. it's going to be i think next year's going to be great. so we're excited. >> it all starts here and the best is yet to come. >> now, the other person involved in funding this campaign is bob fisher of the gap. now, this will also appear on social media sites, billboards, and they'll have signs for business owners and residents to hang in their windows. i see this as a morale booster for people in san francisco as well. right. >> because as we know, there was a survey out not too long ago that people were not very confident in our image, the people that live here. so they are encouraging everyday people to share it. and of course, business owners to share this as well. >> that's right. that's right. >> and something that we did notice in watching it is that not everything that's featured, especially in the longer version of the video, two minutes notice that is based in san francisco. >> yeah, but we all know the answer to that, right? when you go to any city in the united states or the world, right? you

could be from mill valley, from brisbane, and you're going to say, i'm from san francisco. absolutely right, because san francisco is the bay area. the bay area is san francisco. so whatever happens here affects the rest of the bay area and whatever is developed out, let's say in the silicon valley, that's the bay area, it affects san francisco. >> some people from the town might take issue with that. liane we'll see. william melendez, we appreciate it. thank you. thank you. all right. >> let's get another check on the hot weather. the city is experience facing. we have sandy patel up on the roof checking out the weather. how are you holding up? great, karina. we've got a nice breeze up here in julian. so this is summer in san francisco, as you know. and much of the bay area here feeling that heat. let me show you the 24 hour temperature change. so many areas are running warmer. nine degrees warmer in napa, up six in oakland, five degrees warmer in san francisco and up three in san jose from our walnut creek camera, you can certainly see a little bit of haze there. temperature right

now in san francisco, 80 degrees. it's 87. in oakland, it's pretty warm around san jose, 91 degrees. i am looking at the highs so far. it looks like san jose and sfo may have just broken their records. we're waiting for the official word from the national weather service. but at this point they have surpassed their previous record by a degree. here's a view from san jose right now and the temperatures in our hotspots in the mid 90s santa rosa, napa right now 92 degrees in livermore, 91 in concord. air quality, well, it's suffering. you can see it's poor in san jose. moderate for some parts of the bay area shaded in yellow there. and so as we look towards mount diablo, i do want to show you that spare the air alert remains up today day, a moderate air quality tomorrow we all go to moderate and then look at how much nicer it is on saturday. just in time for your weekend. we're looking at good air quality on live doppler seven. the fog is to our south and to our west. it's on its way back, which means we're going to start

the cooling tomorrow. that area of low pressure just off the coast is going to start to push that fog northward. it's already near the monterey bay. so high pressure is going to move on and we're going to get that relief. a live view from our sutro tower camera relief from the heat arrives tomorrow. much cooler for the weekend. we're talking about scattered showers late saturday going into sunday. not expecting a whole lot of rain, but we will get some. so first things first, fog comes in from the south. we get some higher clouds tomorrow morning and then really the filtered sunshine for your friday and cooler weather on the way. your morning temperatures in the 50s and the 60s tomorrow afternoon in the south bay. you're going to notice the difference. it's in the 80s for many of the warmer spots. 83 in san jose and gilroy on the peninsula, you're looking at 76. in palo alto, 64 and half moon bay. downtown san francisco dropping from the 80s to 70 degrees. yeah you'll notice that 64 in daly city with the fog lingering in the north bay, 78 in san rafael, up to 79in napa, 80in santa rosa heading into the

east bay. a pleasant day, 72 in oakland, 79. fremont inland areas you'll be in the low to mid 80s. so 83, concord, 86 degrees in livermore and the accuweather seven day forecast will feature that relief from the heat tomorrow. much cooler as we hit the weekend especially around our inland communities dropping down to the 70s, inland 60s, coast side a level one system for your sunday bringing us scattered showers and then we'll turn things around. temperatures will go back up for your monday. it's really just going to be a mild pattern heading into next week. so we definitely will see some changes and they'll get underway later on tonight when that fog rolls back in, providing the relief. julian and karina, okay. >> thank you so much, sandy. looking forward to those cooler temperatures. well, san francisco's marina waterfront could be getting an overhaul, but there is a lot of pushback from neighbors and the bay area fire that did a lot of damage, but now it's creating a new opportunity for the wilderness

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that we have today, but that could change with a new project called the marina improvement and remediation project. >> it could mean expanding the harbor footprint along the marina green according to project supporters, this is what the marina looks like today and what it could look like a street view versus the view from overhead. here's the issue right beside the marina green is gas house cove, an area that now requires serious cleanup. laura thompson is with keep the waterfront open. >> p-g-and-e's is providing $190 million to clean up gas toxins that are coming up through the gas house cove, which is over next to fort mason. that's the intent of the settlement is to clean that old gas plant and its toxins up. many community members are upset. >> they say the recreation and park department is not doing the cleanup and instead are pushing forward a controversial plan and instead rpd, the rec and park department, has decided to use that money to clean up a minimal amount of the toxins and instead

build a brand new big boat harbor in front of the last remaining waterfront area in front of the marina green frustrated community members protest today at city hall right before the recreation and park commission meeting inside rec and park commissioners heard the proposal in nearly five dozen comments. the majority of the neighbors say no way and that the plan is a no go. some even gave a thumbs down sign during the presentation. it is outrageous. >> i have to be here to plead that you not build a new boat harbor in front of the marina green as part of the proposed plan, more than 200 boats would be relocated and moored along marina green. >> neighbors say that would block bay views supporters say the plan would make the waterfront at gas house cove more accessible in the end. today, the recreation and park commission unanimously voted to move forward with an environmental review study. project planners will look at alternative designs, including a proposed plan for smaller harbor with fewer boat slips in san francisco, suzanne phan abc7 news. >> governor gavin newsom is

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term implications from all this. >> an israeli based cyber security firm says hundreds of cyber attacks are infiltrating government and news agencies in the middle east, tampering with emergency alert systems to hacking device sources inside people's homes to terrorize them. we're told some of these groups doing this recently carried out cyber attacks right here in the bay area as the conflict between israel and hamas continues to escalate. there's a different type of battleground looming, the cyber warfare. gil messing is the chief of staff for checkpoint software, a cybersecurity firm that's based in tel aviv. he says he's tracking more than 40 groups conducting attacks that disrupted more than 80 israeli websites for both government and news agencies. since the start of the war, some believed to be coordinated attacks directly with hamas. democrats congressman jim himes from connecticut is the ranking member on the house intelligence committee who recently had a classified briefing on the matter.

>> we did see cyber activity on the part of not just hamas actors, but but other sympathizers of hamas. it is painful even to say it, but there the objective here was to inflict the maximum number of casualties on innocent civilian. >> some of the groups that are targeting israel have a history targeting the us, california and even parts of the bay area, including two russian based groups called anonymous sudan and killnet. that managed to hack into the systems at the oakland airport just six months ago. according to the company. these groups are trying to take down emergency websites and applications like israel's red alert app that warns civilians about incoming missiles being launched in their neighborhood and in other instances, messing says hackers are working with hamas to terrorize digital billboard. >> as we have seen, one day, a very known billboard company here in israel with billboards in tel aviv in the center of israel, they managed to hack the

company and change the footage or the visual on the billboards and showed the horrific footage of people getting killed. the israeli flag on fire and from random threatening calls and text messages to haunting smart home hacks affecting homeowners who control their appliances, lights and other devices through an internet connection. if all of a sudden the entire house is alive, so shades go up and down. if it's electrical shades of the windows, you can see the light going up and down. so like the house is haunted by something or someone. >> cyber analysts believe the hackers include kids as young as 16 years old, too sophisticated state sponsored governments continue posting attacks from russia, indonesia, sudan, egypt, jordan and even some directly on the gaza strip. messing says. one of those groups is named ghost of palestine leaking credential of civilians using israeli government websites. people are amplifying information quite often misinformation or disinfo action

that is consistent with their point of view. >> and so there's a lot of people trying to wade through everything they see on social media to figure out what is true. >> from hacks to data breaches, one of the largest affecting a universal city where messing says hackers leaked to hundred and 50,000 records of students and staff over the weekend making a series of threats about the stolen data on messaging app telegram saying, quote, we got them all with a knife emoji. the threats have already evolved into phishing scams where hackers are even impersonating donation efforts. >> there are bad actors that look to take advantage of it. you know, via creating fake charity iis and fake donation sites, that sort of stuff, to try to, you know, take advantage of the situation. that's going on for their own monetary gain right now. >> according to messing, the same coalition of hackers that shut down american airports, a year ago also claim responsibility for attacking the websites of critical infrastructure in israel, including the israeli electric grid and the siren alert service

we were telling you about. so for us here at home, a good reminder to update our own protection enabling two factor authentication we often talk about, but certainly a scary situation unfolding. >> yeah, great reporting. thank you, stephanie. appreciate it. >> well, president biden as we mentioned, will be addressing the nation about israel and gaza in less than half an hour at 5:00. you can watch it live right here on abc7 and wherever you stream. we'll be right back with

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movie. >> it is. and you just see his feet dangling the entire time as this thing continues to move. >> thank goodness. everybody okay. yeah. >> and i'm sure the parents are just so grateful that worker happened to be there. >> no kidding. well, are you easily distracted? what what's okay? yeah what are we doing? the newscast. if you're easily distracted, you're not alone. researcher research rather shows people's attention spans are getting shorter. thanks. because of all of our devices, right. uc irvine professor who studies digital media found people can only pay attention to one screen for 47 seconds on average and it can take up to 25 minutes to read. focus on something. once you get distracted. and are we surprised by this at all? what do you think, dan? >> no, you know, i don't. julianne. i try not to do that. but it's hard not to you know, i notice things can change even for me. you know, that three screen theory that people at home watching the television set their computer and their phone. i realized a few years ago i'm doing the exact same thing. we're so our attention is so

divided right now that it's not really a surprise that that we can't keep our minds on one thing for very long. >> yeah, the figures that shocked me there, they say that we can only hang around with the screen for 47 seconds and then it takes us 25 minutes to adjust to something new. i have a hard time believing that. >> yeah, you're right. because we are changing gears quickly these days. yeah constantly. >> but, you know, if you get that push alert, right, maybe on your phone, distract you from work. and how long does it take you to get back to actually doing the work? >> that's true. oh, work. >> work. that's a different that's a different. >> that's a whole. yeah >> you go down. >> oh, no, that takes me 25, 50 minutes. could take a whole week . michael >> well some people might be ordering uber eats while they're watching tv and uber eats. customers don't shy away from making special requests. the fifth annual uber eats crave things trends report is out today. first, hold the onions, then no way. rose the pink drink

appears to be losing its luster from mild to hot to true fire. americans are craving more heat. yes, and here's a fun fact. san francisco was ranked among the most polite cities in the us. customers say please and thank you the most on their order instructions. sometimes you don't have a lot of space on there, but i always do. please, because i feel rude, you know, saying please extra napkins or whatever it is, right? so i always try to add the please. michael, do you have a thing that you always order? >> yes. you know, i don't no, i do use uber eats. yeah, i absolutely do. i always make sure the delivery guy is tipped. that's very important to me because i think a lot of people burn them. i please and thank you. i think that's very normal in san francisco. i think people are always polite here. >> i'm just excited when the

thing gets there, right? so i never try and like take off the bun and do all that. just just get it here, please. right. >> thank you so much. >> and look how it's changed since the pandemic. you know, the rise of these food delivery services and how we rely on them. >> no kidding. well, speaking of food, it is tasty thursday. and that means we get to dig into some good food here. so today's treat is about more than just tasting good. it's about doing good, too. prospector popcorn is a nonprofit dedicated to inclusive employment for people living with disabilities, and their flavors range from buffalo cheddar to belgian chocolate and even pumpkin spice just in time for fall. >> joining us today is prospect, and that's what the company calls their employees. joe galati, thank you for joining us. we have a variety of delicious flavors here. i'm lucky i got the pumpkin spice and i'm all about the pumpkin spice. so i can't wait to try this. >> i have jalapeno cheddar. >> oh, julian, what do you have? >> buffalo cheddar. >> the pumpkin spice is our one

of our fall flavors along with the apple cinnamon. and that is actually part of a bundle. the autumn delight pack that also includes the bells and chocolate toffee, which is one of our most popular sellers. and the gourmet popcorn is a staple of what we do at the prospector, like everything else, it was conceived with our mission in mind of providing competitive and inclusive employment for people with disabilities. i can think of at least 8 or 9 jobs that can go into making just one bag possible. >> that's great. it's right there on the label, too. your mission statement, which is just terrific. you can enjoy the snack knowing every morsel munch creates more meaningful work for people with disabilities. >> that's great. >> can you tell us? >> it's delicious too? >> i know this pumpkin spice is amazing. oh, wow. can you tell us how prospector popcorn got its start? well it was again. >> it was conceived with our mission in mind. we were always looking for more ways to create

meaningful jobs and. >> and it started movie theater. are we hearing that correctly? >> yes, we are a movie theater, but we're so much more than that. we've become something of a beacon for people who are looking for meaningful employment. and we find find ways to turn people's passions into professions and also create delicious popcorn, too. >> joe, how long have you been there with prospector? >> i have been there since shortly before we officially opened to the public. we opened on november 20th of 2014. my first day was october 29th, so we were still in the in the soft open phase. and along with yeah, and along with being an amazing spokesperson right now, what do you do at prospector or you said it takes a lot of hands to make this delicious popcorn but what do you do exactly. well i'm kind

of a jack of all trades. i've worked as an usher. i will take the tickets and give the introductory speech. i sometimes have worked on the cleaning crew . i might work in the concession stand, selling the snacks and such. and, you know, everyone who works here is taught and trained in the different areas of work. so everyone is very interchangeable here. must be so fun and gratifying to create a great product, but also have a corporate culture that makes a difference for people. oh, absolutely. having grown up with a disability myself, having being a person with autism and knowing that there is a place that is accepting and inclusive of is a very meaningful feeling and i'm very happy to have been a part of that for, you know, the better part of a decade. >> well, we certainly need more office cultures like that of prospector there. joe tell us how we can get the popcorn because i'm tearing this up. this is delicious. and i know

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regenerating recreated habitats for wildlife. >> so it's a really unique opportunity for people who are visiting to come see how fire changed the landscape and how it's progressing over time. prepare for future wildlife threats. >> managers at san vicente have concentrated on balancing the forest itself, clearing out dead trees to strategically thin certain areas. and since the ccu, fire crews have also worked to create what's known as a shaded fuel break, those is typically our way to reduce the fuel load in the understory. >> so a lot of the kind of smaller brush and smaller plants clearing those out while leaving what's left of the healthy, intact canopy above to shade out those areas. >> ian rowbotham is with the sempervirens fund, which shares management responsibilities for san vicente this fall. they're planning to employ yet another forest management technique used

by indigenous peoples. for centuries, a prescribed burn to further reduce the fuel load. >> you're trying to thin out a lot of that understory growth with the fire. so it's really a low intensity burn where you're trying to not only reduce the fuel loading on the landscape, but also open up growing space. >> back on the trail, hikers can see evidence of the technique's effectiveness in areas that were thinned by controlled burns before the 2020 ccu stand in lush contrast to the blackened trees just a few hundred feet away. >> the after effects in this area we did a burn look really good. the fire stayed at a low enough intensity not to kill these trees. >> and with a newly marked seven and a half mile trail system, san vicente is offering even first time visitors the chance to experience a changing landscape and perhaps a new reality in the santa cruz mountains. learning to live with fire at san vicente redwoods. spencer christian, abc seven news. >> the shaded fuel brake work at

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with us for abc7 news at 11. and coming up next, president biden will address the nation around about israel and gaza. we're also expecting to hear comments about ukraine. that all happens in just a few minutes. live at five right here on abc seven. and wherever you stream, well, october is bullying prevention month and one of the biggest champions in that fight is the choose kindness project. today on midday live, i spoke with child psychologist and author dr. yalda uhls about the problem of bullying and what parents should and should not do. bullying unfortunately, is a huge issue for young people. >> we did a survey to find out how many young people said they were bullied and over a third of young people have said it. and other surveys have found that even half of young people say they've been bullied. i think parents sort of feel a little bit at a loss when they say they see bullying. they suspect bullying, and they see their child on the phones. but the

fact is, if you take your child's phone away when you suspect they're being bullied, if they come to you and talk to you about it, they will never come to you again. so actually taking away their phone is not the right answer to helping support a young child who who is being bullied. they will because what happens is then they get scared to tell you that they've been bullied or tell you about a problem because they think that you're going to take away the technology that connects them to their friends. >> they choose. kindness project website has toolkits for parents and educators. really anyone who cares for children to help address the problem of bullying and mental health. you can find all of that information at their website. it's the choose kindness project.org abc7 news is streaming 24 seven. you can get the abc7 bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. well, that'll do it for abc7 news here at 4 p.m. abc7 news at five is next with tonight's address from

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