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major company and a mainstay of the bay area and california business community, and economy leave our state. >> chevron packing up and heading out. bound for houston tonight. a look at the bigger picture. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> never have i experienced anything like this before. this was the first time. >> it was the first time, and it turned out to be the last day for their dog, peter, taken by coyotes and killed right in front of them. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz, i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. this is a really tragic story. and the pet owners are trying to make sure it doesn't happen to anybody else. >> that's right. the attack happened while the couple was walking their three dogs yesterday. they were surrounded by a pack of coyotes. peter, the pomeranian, was taken and killed in a matter of seconds. >> poor thing. they were at baker beach in san francisco. abc seven news reporter tim johns has the story. >> we are a little lost, right
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now for justin rivard. >> the past day has been unimaginably difficult. on thursday morning, rivard and his partner were walking their three dogs along san francisco's baker beach when suddenly, he says, they became surrounded by a pack of five coyotes. >> my partner grabbed two of the dogs. i was trying to grab peter, the third dog, and one of the coyotes grabbed him before i could grab him, and they took him about ten yards off the beach and uh- killed him in front of us, rivard says. >> they haven't been able to find their dog, peter's body. he tells me the whole incident took place in a matter of seconds and has left him, his partner and their other two dogs traumatized. officials from the california department of fish and wildlife say they believe coyotes are becoming more aggressive for a number of reasons, one being food and trash left out on places like beaches, and also because the animals are becoming less afraid of humans, a trend fish and wildlife says is important to reverse. >> we want to encourage people to, you know, if you see a coyote, don't ignore it, scare
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it off, use noise, haze them. >> rivard tells me he wants to share his story, to try and make sure that this doesn't happen again to somebody else. in the meantime, though, he's asking authorities to take action. >> i feel the national park service needs to come out, put signs, explain to people that there is a pack of coyotes here, that they are aggressive. >> the national park service, which runs baker beach, says they did place a sign up near the parking lot entrance thursday afternoon following the attack, but they also acknowledge that more may need to be put in place. a step that would be welcomed by rivard, who says he doesn't think he'll be able to bring his dogs back to this spot ever again. >> i know they can't bring my dog's life back, but i don't want this to be other people's dogs or like we see today, there's hundreds of children out here. it could be a kid at this point in san francisco. >> tim johns, abc seven news. >> a terrifying flight today. a plane went down in a rural part of alameda county about 40 minutes south or southeast of
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livermore, near the santa clara county line. the pilot was the only person on board. abc seven news reporter lena howland was at the concord airport, where that plane took off around eight this morning. see you later for we'll see you all clear in concord when a single engine cessna 150 took off for a flight around 8:00 friday morning. >> but within an hour and 20 minutes, something went terribly wrong. the plane went down about 40 minutes southeast of livermore in san joaquin county. it happened near the intersection of mines road and terryville creek road. the plane flipped upside down. the pilot seen here getting out of the plane on the back side of the left wing. as alameda county firefighters arrived to help, but in just shorts and a t shirt, he was able to walk away from the crash site without any help. federal investigators say. the pilot reported a complete loss of power before what they are calling a forced landing. an instagram account linked to the pilot features numerous videos of a plane with the same tail
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number as the one that crashed on flights in arizona, where the pilot lives, he writes that he purchased the plane last year and started working as a certified flight instructor. after leaving the san francisco police department in 2022. >> it's amazing this guy walked away. >> richard hodge out of oakley, says this pilot is lucky to be alive. we showed him the video as he was having lunch at the concord airport, and he says he's been through the same thing. after crashing a glider plane in vacaville 45 years ago. he still uses a cane to this day as a result of the crash. >> just amazed. you know, most crashes don't don't end that way. mine i was i was knocked unconscious. i broke my back. i had to be transported by ambulance. he he's able to walk away. that's pretty amazing. >> no other passengers were on board the plane. both the faa and ntsb are investigating this incident in concord. lena howland abc seven news. >> now to developing news. the
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weather is expected to complicate efforts to contain the park fire, which continues to burn north of chico. thunderstorms could cause erratic fire behavior, possibly causing the fire to grow. the wildfire is already the fourth largest in state history, having destroyed about 400,000 acres. containment is at 24%. the fire is so big cal fire has deployed two incident management teams to coordinate more than 6000 fire crews battling the flames, higher temperatures and low humidity this weekend will further challenge the fire crews, so let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. >> sandhya, what's the situation that firefighters are going to face in terms of conditions? this weekend? >> yeah, larry and ama, the biggest concern is of course, the threat of thunder. but as we take a look at the current conditions right now, it is hot 95 degrees. the relative humidity slowly creeping up into the 25% range. winds are light, which is the good news out of the south, nine miles an hour. the good news is also gusts are not strong, but the humidity is
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slowly increasing as the monsoonal flow is moving into the area. we look at the smoke forecast and you will notice the smoke will be hovering near the park fire and also impacting parts of northern california and into the sierra. certainly live doppler seven showing you an active scene with thunderstorms over the sierra right now as that monsoon flow comes in. red flag warnings for parts of northern california and the southern california area. because of the fact that the fire danger will be elevated risk of dry lightning heading into the weekend. ama. all right, sandhya, thank you so much. and you can track wildfires across the state as well as air quality with our interactive wildfire tracker. it's easy to find. bookmark it now. abc seven news.com/fire map. >> well, after years of speculation, oil giant chevron today announced it is moving. the global headquarters will relocate from san ramon to houston, texas. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the details on the move. >> for decades, chevron has called san ramon home. it's one of the largest companies in
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contra costa county. it's now moving to texas. >> chevron has been very, very transparent with their headquarters in san ramon that they were going to be leaving. >> candace anderson is the vice chair for the contra costa county board of supervisors. she says it's tough anytime a city, county or the state loses jobs and the tax base. she admits the golden state's red tape makes it difficult for doing business. but says chevron gained from operating in california as well. >> they have fully embraced some of our most stringent clean air requirements in the bay area, our safety requirements in contra costa county. in a statement to abc seven news, chevron points to its 145 years in california, stating, quote, we remain committed to our investments in california with our crude oil fields, technical facilities, refineries, retail stations and renewable partnerships. >> the richmond refinery, with more than 3000 jobs, will continue to operate and keep the oil supply chain in effect. >> i've seen many changes over the years i was at chevron and one of the ones that was kind of
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always hanging over our head was a potential move to houston. >> carl ritchie spent his entire career at chevron, ten years in san ramon. he believes chevron's move is practical. 7000 jobs already moved to houston, moving corporate headquarters. just the final step. but he says being based in the bay area had a huge impact on the company's culture. >> the company took on the progressive values in many ways that the bay area had uh, for example. many people don't don't remember that chevron offered domestic partner benefits to same sex couples before the state of california did. >> this quarter was a little light due to some operational and other discrete items that impacted results. >> chevron missed second quarter earnings expectations friday morning. professor amirah berger says competition from other states is luring businesses away, but she thinks california's green policies aren't the reason for the fossil fuels company's departure. she says there is pressure to boost profits. >> one of the swiftest ways to do that is to take into account the tax base of the place in which you operate, right? those regulatory and tax challenges certainly remain a competitive
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component. >> chevron will still be here in san ramon for the next five years. this corporate park will be transformed into a housing development with more than 2500 homes in san ramon, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> abc seven news took a deep dive into the trend toward texas for our streaming special called california dream and moving to texas, we followed eight former californians for an entire year. see the surprising things we learned about the supposed california exodus to the lone star state. this program is streaming on demand and on the abc seven bay area app, as well as our website, abc seven news, dot com. >> a san francisco police car struck a cyclist on an e-bike last night. the rider was injured and taken to a hospital shortly after 11 p.m. their e-bike was broken in half with one piece about 100 yards from the other. it's not clear whether the officer was responding to a call at the time. the cyclist is expected to recover. three alameda police officers appeared before a judge today to face charges for the death of a man in their custody.
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the arraignment drew demonstrators supporting the family of mario gonzalez, who died back in 2021 while being restrained on the ground, with one officer kneeling on his back. officers james fisher, eric mckinley and cameron leahy are charged with involuntary manslaughter. gonzalez's family wants harsher charges. >> the facts are there, and, we want to see them charged with murder. you know, they killed somebody. >> use of force never looks pretty by way of body cam, but that's more often than not. does not yield it unlawful. and so is the case. >> the defense attorney personally attacked the district attorney for charging the three officers. they did not enter a plea. today. one of the three officers is no longer employed by the city of alameda. the other two are on administrative leave. >> national guard attorneys will soon begin prosecuting criminal cases in alameda county. this comes after the chp arrested 562 suspects in a six month enforcement surge. state officials asked military attorneys to help prosecute the cases after concerned about the
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alameda county district attorney moving too slowly to present charges. in a statement, pamela price said there's no record of a large number of cases from the chp surge coming into her office. she wrote since march of this year, the alameda county district attorney's office has received only 11 cases identified as chp surge cases. >> san francisco is making a new push for an old program offering the homeless bus tickets to get out of town before offering them shelter. next, a look at how effective this has been in the past and with the effects of climate change. >> is it time to consider air conditioning a necessity rather than a
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francisco. we're learning more about the latest push to get unhoused people out of the city buying bus tickets. this is not a new concept. it's been around for a while. abc seven news reporter luz pena looks into exactly how effective it's been. luis. >> yes, larry. the relocation assistance program has been around for 20 years in san francisco, but it's had different iterations throughout the years. the latest version launched in 2023 with the name journey home, and since then it has contributed to the city's overall operation, leading to the relocation of close to 300 homeless individuals this year alone. a bus ticket out of san francisco before shelter or housing. that's the new directive. city workers are mandated to follow as encampment resolutions or sweeps continue. >> this is our van. >> cheryl fields works with the city's homelessness and supportive housing department. her job is to transport homeless
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individuals to shelters, housing options or greyhound stations if they have a family member outside of the city ready to welcome them. how often are you driving people to greyhound? >> it varies on a it varies week to week. sometimes we may do 2 to 3 in the week. >> this week, san francisco's mayor, london breed, made an executive directive to offer a ticket out of the city before shelter. if homeless individuals are from outside the city. this after the latest survey of homeless individuals showed 40% of people on the streets are not from san francisco. the mayor's executive order also requires first responders, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics, to give out fliers that provide information on the city's relocation services. >> really saying to the individual, you know, look, it's going to be very hard to get a shelter bed in the city. it's going to be even harder to get a
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housing unit. but since you're from somewhere else, we can give you, provide you transportation back home, relocation assistance programs have been around for decades. >> san francisco's human services agency executive director has been leading this effort with an intervention that costs literally less than, $300. >> right? versus, you know, shelter beds that cost $15,000 a year. we're ending someone's homelessness by reconnecting with their families throughout the years. >> these services have proven to be effective. earlier this year, supervisor asha safai authored legislation to expand the city's program. >> two thirds of 13,000 people never came back to san francisco. >> cheryl says her team doesn't just drop off people and leave. they stay throughout the process. >> we usually have really deep, engaging conversations with people, and just, you know, find out what their plans are for when they do get home. >> san francisco says that before sending a homeless
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individual out of the city, they verify that someone else will be at the destination to receive that person. now, even though the mayor made the announcement yesterday, san francisco's human services agency said it will take time to train the streets team with this new focus. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luz. thank you. a san rafael tire shop has had to hit stop on its sound system after accusations that the business was blasting music to annoy residents of a nearby homeless encampment. one of those residents is bruce gaylord. he says he's had trouble sleeping because of all this loud music, so he sued east bay tire and today, a marin county judge granted an injunction forcing the tire shop to stop the music between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. until this matter is settled in court, it means that that business owners cannot break the law to harass unhoused people. east bay tire did not want to comment about the situation, but last may, they told abc seven news
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the music was meant to deter illegal drug use from approaching the encampment and to keep its employees safe. >> oakland welcomed nearly three dozen new firefighters today. abc seven news was at this morning's graduation ceremony to honor the new recruits. they are completing 20 weeks of academy training at the o f d training tower. >> uh. they're the best of the best. you know, we interviewed every one of them. we picked them out of a robust group of candidates. and it's one of the few times that we've had almost our entire uh- academy class graduate, 33 new members starting their career for hopefully a 30 year, very decorated, long career. >> this is the result of a $27 million grant, which the department received to add 35 new recruits. >> awesome. and hopefully those firefighters and old and new will be spared a difficult weekend because the temperatures are going up. >> yes. let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest. sandhya. yeah. >> and ama and larry, there is a threat of dry thunderstorms.
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we're already seeing thunderstorms around the state, so that is also concerning for the firefighters. let's take a look at a live picture. right now we do have the stable layer which is the marine layer. you're looking at from mount tam down below some mid and high level clouds up above looking at live doppler seven. right now we do have some light showers around salinas. gilroy is starting to see some moisture moving in. this is all monsoonal moisture that is coming in from the desert southwest. certainly triggering thunderstorms across the sierra, as you can see right now. but it has been accompanied by rain so far. that could change as you look at the wider picture, high pressure is in control. the flow is around clockwise around that ridge of high pressure and that's pulling up that monsoon flow. certainly the risk of for fire weather is going to remain elevated for dry lightning chance across the sierra into parts of southern california today through tomorrow morning. so that could be concerning for the firefighters. just something to keep in mind if you noticed. it's feeling a little sticky out there. yeah. dew points are up
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64 degree dew point in san rafael right now. 60 in san jose, 62 in fremont. so if it feels a little sticky, that's because of the monsoonal moisture on our air quality map, though, you will notice air quality is good to moderate across our region. not the case near the park fire where it is in the unhealthy category around chico and points northeastward. south lake tahoe right now reporting good air quality. here's a live view from our east bay hills camera, where we're seeing the combination of lower and higher level clouds. 64 right now in san francisco, it's in the 70s. oakland hayward, 80 in san jose and 59 in half moon bay. pier 39 camera. nice view of the sea lions and the visitors right now. looking goo. 80 degrees in santa rosa, 70 for napa, petaluma. upper 80s around concord and livermore. our hot spots today made it up into the mid 90s. it's only going to get hotter tomorrow. beautiful view from our san jose camera as we're approaching sunset tonight through tomorrow morning. slight chance of showers thunderstorms. it's a 5% chance at this point,
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but keep this in mind the monterey bay and the southern part of our viewing area has a better chance this weekend. hot inland, comfy at the coast and early next week, our summer heat is going to continue. we go hour by hour, 7:00 tonight. you see all this monsoonal moisture across our region going into tomorrow morning. our best possibility of thunderstorms will be up around mendocino county, but we do have the possibility of a few showers, so keep that in mind as we head into the afternoon and evening. that risk shifts out of the bay area. morning temperatures will be in the mid 50s. coast side with fog to the mid 70s well inland. certainly a lot of cloud cover out there as we look at the afternoon highs in the south bay. los gatos, 94 degrees 89, in san jose on the peninsula, mid 80s around redwood city, 65 pacifica, downtown san francisco 70 degrees a nice day and in the north bay mid 90s from sonoma to santa rosa 91 in san rafael, heading into the east bay. upper 70s berkeley, oakland, inland areas will be hot 101. in fairfield, 97 in concord.
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accuweather seven day forecast. we're going to keep the heat around for the weekend, but it is going to turn a little cooler on sunday and then not much change to start the workweek. heating back up tuesday with triple digits returning. so larry, get ready for that again okay. >> thank you sandhya. >> well, the impact of climate change no longer makes air conditioning a luxury, but a public health and affordability issue. a recent harvard study found that by 2050, at least 70% of the population in some countries will need air conditioning. right now, just 8% of the world's population has ac in the u.s, that number is closer to 90%, and despite that, there were still more than 2300 heat related deaths last year. >> coming up next, the new lawsuit against tiktok filed by the us depart
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today's weaker than expected jobs report. at its lowest point during the trading day, the dow jones shed more than 800 points. it closed down 610 points. the tech heavy nasdaq was the worst performer, losing about 418 points as tech stocks tumbled. the s&p 500 fell by 100. let's get you some details about the jobs report, which is reviving fears of a recession. the july jobs report showed the us
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economy added 114,000 jobs in july, far fewer than the 175,000 expected by economists. the unemployment rate jumped more than expected to 4.3%, its highest level since october of 2021. the labor department says one bad month will not undo past progress. >> we look at not just one month's data, but we look at trends and the three month trend in job creation is still 170,000. >> the acting labor secretary says the us gdp remains high and consumer spending remains strong. she says layoffs are relatively low. hourly wages rose 0.2% in july, just under analyst expectations. >> shares of nintendo today dropped more than 2% after the company shared some disappointing sales news in its fiscal report. sales of the switch gaming console dropped 46% compared to last year. the nintendo switch was released more than seven years ago, and rumors are now swirling that a
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new generation is in the works. the justice department filed suit against tiktok and its parent company, bytedance, today. doj officials say tiktok collected and retained data from children in violation of united states privacy laws, and that includes accounts in the apps kids mode, according to the lawsuit. tiktok officials dispute the allegations, saying many of those claims, quote, relate to past events and practices. >> if politics is played by the numbers, then kamala harris is winning. she has enough delegate votes to officially become a historic democratic presidential nominee. also ahead >> speaking of historic moments, last night we saw american prisoners returning home. tonight, we're looking at
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working on the cases of other wrongfully detained americans in russia. abc news reporter perry russom in washington with the story today, as we hear from the freed americans. >> yeah. it's overwhelming. who spent months and years in russian prisons? >> i'm never going back there again. >> there's a renewed focus on the americans still detained in russia overnight. paul whelan holding a flag for the hostages and wrongful detainees, pointing to the tick marks for each freed prisoner. those last three, that's us, whelan saying those last three, that's us. the other americans looking to add their marks to that flag include a teacher named mark fogel. in 2021, fogel was detained at an airport in moscow after marijuana was found in his bag. his family says he was prescribed the drug to manage a severe, decades long spinal disease. he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. president biden was asked about him today. >> we're not giving up. we're not giving up on that. >> in a statement, fogel's family says they are completely heartbroken and outraged that he was left behind in yesterday's
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deal. >> i am personally working on that case and i'm going to do everything in my power to see mark get home. >> also still in prison, russian american ksenia karelina arrested in february. the former ballerina is accused of raising money to support the ukrainian military. her boyfriend says she made a donation of about $50 to a ukrainian organization. her trial starts in a few days. >> i'm happy for them. i'm happy for the for the hostages. but at the same time i'm very heartbroken and sad because mike has said he is not on that list. >> karolina's boyfriend says he believes there's a process where detainees are first convicted before being considered for a prisoner swap. even gershkovich was swapped almost two weeks after his conviction. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> on to election news now! vice president kamala harris has officially locked up the needed delegate votes to secure the democratic nomination. abc news reporter morgan norwood has a look at what's next. >> kamala harris is now the
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first black and south asian woman ever to secure the top of the democratic party's ticket. now, all eyes on who she'll pick as her vp candidate. vice president kamala harris is officially the democratic presidential nominee. the announcement, after she secured the magic 1975 votes from convention delegates, harris marking the moment with the virtual announcement as your future president, i know we are up to this fight and when we fight, everyone will say in unison, we win. with harris now officially on the democratic ticket, sources say the search for her vp pick entering its final phase with harris narrowing down the shortlist herself, which includes pennsylvania governor josh shapiro along with several others. mark kelly, democratic senator of arizona also on that shortlist. >> tim walz, governor of minnesota. also on that list. j.b. pritzker on the list. >> meanwhile, president joe biden says he's spoken with vice president kamala harris about her search but deferred to her decision when asked about qualities the vp candidate
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should have. i'll let her work that out. new 538 polling numbers show harris and former president donald trump are in a razor thin race. harris with 45% support compared to trump's 43.5 key swing states, also virtually tied in pennsylvania. harris, at 45% and trump at 44.5. and in georgia, trump with a one point lead over harris as this race narrows, trump preparing to spend the weekend on the campaign trail with a rally saturday in georgia and after telling his supporters that he would debate vp harris trump on fox business, appearing to question whether he might debate. >> i mean, right now, i say, why should i do a debate? i'm leading in the polls. >> and harris is expected to announce who her running mate will be by tuesday. from there, she'll take her vp pick on the road, focusing in on swing states. morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> and today, kamala harris's team announced it raised $310 million in the month of july. that is thanks to what they call the best grassroots fundraising month in presidential history.
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and that outpaces the trump campaign, which reports it collected nearly $139 million last month. those 310 to 139 both campaigns did have big months. mr. trump saw a surge of support following the assassination attempt on july 13th, and harris only entered the race after president biden stood down on july 21st. >> national parks are waiving admission fees on sunday to commemorate the great american outdoors act, passed in 2020. that act funds more than $6 billion in maintenance and repair projects. many of the nation's parks are aging officials say, with extensive maintenance and repair backlogs. sunday is one of six entrance fee free days the national park service offers annually. the next one will be in late september for national public lands day, followed by november 11th. veterans day coming up, big project, big money extending bart in the south bay takes a lot of help. >> and tonight we're finding out just how much. and speaking of money.
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in funding to vta to help make it happen. it's the second largest investment like it in u.s. history. abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on that. and when the project is expected to be finished. >> a project decades in the making has now received a rare influx of federal funding. the bart silicon valley extension is the largest single public infrastructure project in santa clara county. its final phase is slated to bring four more stations to the south bay, including downtown san jose. vta will own the facilities and bart will operate and maintain it. >> people can get all around the region, know they have a reliable way to get there and have a transportation so you can live in the south bay and work anywhere else in the region, and you can get jobs to your jobs in silicon valley. >> but the road to finishing the project has been bumpy. that includes delays and increasing costs, all while bart expects to run out of $1.9 billion in federal and state assistance by
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april of 2026. but friday, local leaders got a call from the federal transportation administration. billions in funding is being granted to help finish the project. >> $5.1 billion. this is the second largest investment that the federal government has made in any single transportation project in the country's history. >> vta had to compete with other transit agencies across the country for the funding. local leaders say multiple factors played into what set the project apart, including the amount of tax dollars that helped fund it through voter approved measures. >> we taxed ourselves more locally than any other region to make this project possible, so it's really the sacrifice and leadership of the residents of our community who have made this possible. >> still, there's a $700 million gap to close. >> we're going to have to work with our contractors to get really confirmed that what we're spending and how to shave that down to the to the best that we can to make sure we're living within our budget, it may mean rescoping parts of work officials say has to happen
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fast, since projects this large see costs escalate at least 5% every year, we're going to have to be ruthlessly disciplined about watching the taxpayers dollars every step of the way. >> the bart silicon valley extension is expected to be completed by 2037. in the south bay, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> donations keep coming in for an oakland bookstore that burned down on tuesday. the fire gutted east bay booksellers, an independent bookstore on college avenue. a gofundme to help the bookstore is nearing its goal now. it's raised nearly 160,000 of the $200,000 target. east bay booksellers has a book launch planned for monday, august 12th at gilman brewing company in berkeley. so that event is now going to be part book launch and part fundraiser, a fundraiser for an unhoused man is far from its goal. so far, only about $6,000 has been raised for ryan, six, a cancer patient who lived with his three dogs in a van while he was parked outside a berkeley warehouse on wednesday when the building caught fire
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and that destroyed his vehicle. organizers hope to raise $50,000 to help six get back on his feet, and an emergency fundraiser for cal shakes will continue through the weekend to help the east bay theater company produce its next play. california shakespeare theater needs to raise $350,000 by monday to avoid having to close permanently, and it's close. so far, they've raised $313,000. we want to support those looking for help, so we have links to all of those gofundme campaigns on our website. abc seven news.com. >> there are some triple digit temperatures in the seven day forecast. see when and where it's going to warm up next. >> also coming up a stop in time. how new art at san francisco bus stops is bringing a history lesson into the future
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day of cat video fest in the bay area. six local theaters will screen the short film, a 75 minute compilation of cute cat videos. this is the trailer that you're seeing a portion of. all the proceeds go to local shelters and animal charities, theaters in san francisco, berkeley, mill valley, santa rosa, san rafael, and sebastopol are participating and happening tomorrow. the first ever love fest sf former mayor willie brown will be part of a launch ceremony for the event. that's supposed to mark the end of san francisco's doom loop. the festival includes art, live music, and local businesses and restaurants taking over part of the tenderloin at larkin and eddy from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m, a new exhibit in san francisco is helping transport powerful messages from the native american community to people who are just passing by on the street. >> abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian found they cover a broad range of topics, including climate change. >> no matter, you know where it is, everyone's ancestors goes
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back to the land. ours happens to be here. >> they are the voices of indigenous peoples from the greater bay area and beyond. and more than echoing the past, they're laying claim to the present and to their place in the tapestry that's become california. >> absolutely. one of the main missions of this uh- project, uh, is bringing the voices forward. we are still here. >> we first met curtis bassendyne earlier this year when she unveiled an exhibit at san francisco's deyoung museum called contemporary indigenous voices of california's south coast range. it's a composite of photography and oral history. >> my native name is coyote woman. in the chumash language, a history now bassendyne received a grant from san francisco's art commission to expand elements of the project into an outdoor poster display stretching down market street. >> so it just seemed really good to take it away out of a gallery situation and make it a street gallery so it was really
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exciting to have it all across the opportunity of having it all across the market street. >> the posters are integrated into muni stops, where riders and passers by can experience them. the messages educate about issues from native land rights to climate change, and they mirror the voices included in the original deyoung exhibit for indigenous people. >> climate change is really the desecration and the depletion of our mother earth, karen aguirre is the chairwoman of the tomi nation, based in the south bay. >> i think it's important because it gives us visibility and lets people know that we're we're living indians. we're we continue to survive and thrive, we've always been here, but we walk among everybody else. >> the outdoor show is titled we are still here. the posters will be on display along market street between stewart and seventh streets. for the people displayed, and for photographer curtis bassendyne, it will be a chance to reach new audiences, people who may never have the opportunity to view them in a
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formal exhibit. >> it just seemed like an amazing opportunity. how often do you see indigenous representation on the main street? it's there, you know, in san francisco. >> spencer christian, abc, seven news, and that art will be on display through september. >> all right, let's get a check on our weather heading into the weekend. of course, we have fires raging as well. >> yeah, here's sandhya patel. >> yeah, larry and ama fire threat. will remain elevated with dry lightning potential. looking at live doppler seven in just a moment. but first, let's talk about zephyr cove. you'll notice all the cloud cover we have seen some thunderstorms developing in the sierra this afternoon. right now they're very isolated across parts of the state. as the monsoon flow continues here in the bay area, we are seeing a more cloud cover, higher dew points, and certainly have seen a few sprinkles to our south right around the salinas area. not all of this is hitting the ground near gilroy, so we can't rule that out overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. here's a quick look at what you can expect. san francisco 70 degrees. morning fog followed by afternoon sun.
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you're looking at 78. in oakland, san jose 89 and 95 in walnut creek. the rest of your high temperatures triple digits around antioch and fairfield, 63, in half moon bay. so a nice variety for the weekend. and the accuweather seven day forecast shows you the hotter conditions tomorrow. a little bit cooler sunday, and then we'll bring the heat back. for those of you who like it tuesday into wednesday, larry. all right, sounds good. >> thanks, sandhya. >> i now will turn into sports. larry. >> okay, okay. good to know all right. we don't want to be confused for duty. >> yes. >> any more confused than jeff. thanks for coming. our world class athlete neighbors as the san jose earthquakes drop in for a little meet and greet with
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to earn a wild card berth. so they opened a three game series in cincinnati tonight. last place reds waiting for them. there's an hour weather delay, so fans were checking the weather report because they don't have sandia's number. uh- blake snell picking up where he left off. jonathan india, ellie dela cruz and spencer steer. you'll all get nothing and like it. struck out the side in the fourth inning as well. first and fourth giants looking for some offense as they always are casey schmidt in the second inning. high deep. aloha, a two run
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blast his fourth and the giants are leading two. nothing in the sixth. snell still has a no hitter going. steve kerr has a great problem. he's got too many all stars and not enough minutes in 40 minute olympic games. nba games are 48 minutes as team usa gets set to play puerto rico tomorrow. the question is who is not going to play in patty? jayson tatum sat in game one, joel embiid in game two. kerr says this is about winning gold, not people's individual egos. >> very obvious. watching games that, you know, having guys in in their usual roles is very helpful. and so, you know, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense for us to, to put, you know, our five leading scorers on the, on the floor from an nba season because those guys don't don't complement each other well. >> so. well really who finished the game? who put the impact on the game. why they why they're in the game. so i just try to do my best to impact it any way i
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can. just understanding that, you know, you have to play a role, >> i always took pride in being able to do a little bit of everything on the court. so, you know, it's not always going to be our scoring ability. you're not always going to get the ball. so just locking into the details of the game onto the 40 niners. >> there was a lot of speculation about brandon aiyuk having his contract issues resolved. when we saw this. aiyuk hugging kyle shanahan at practice. well, according to kyle, don't read anything into that. it was just a bro hug. >> this is usually how we greet each other. honestly, you guys would see maybe a lot more hugs if in here if we had it filmed for you guys. but we're not on hard knocks so it's only one on the field. i've been on the field a lot and we walk by each other and it's usually how we greet each other, bro hug, nothing more, nothing less. >> so the money's not resolved. 40 niners legend patrick willis will be inducted into the hall of fame tomorrow in canton, ohio. he was introduced at the hall of fame game last night. willis started in all 112 games that he played, just seven time
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pro bowl pick, and he had this message for the 40 niners faithful, faithful. what's up? >> hall of famer patrick willis here. >> mr. 378 here at the pro football hall of fame game. >> just thinking about you all. want to see you all some love. >> just tell you. >> thank you so much for your love and support over the years. >> and let's go. >> and this is fun. south bay neighbors getting together today in santa clara with 40 niners. quarterback brock purdy, along with george kittle and christian mccaffrey. to me, this looks a little tight on george kittle. i don't know, that's a very snug fit. but they met up with san jose earthquakes players. hernan lopez, christian espinosa and william yarbrough. they did jersey swaps and signed autographs. that's fun. yeah. sports on abc seven sponsored by smart and final. so just before the trade deadline, i said you know giants got to trade blake snell. they should do that. they should do that. so currently he's throwing a no hitter and he has nine strikeouts. and the giants are always on top of it. yeah well yeah just listen to
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what i say. do the opposite. >> yes yes yes thank you. sports larry. yeah. all right. that is it for this edition of abc seven news. thank you so much for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz i'm larry beil for sandhya patel and all of us here at abc seven news. have a good night and we will see you at 11. >> that's pretty >> this is abc 724 over >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. >> yeah. you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are, we are we are we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming
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from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios... this is the... [applause] please welcome our 8th group of "jeopardy!" champions-- a freelance writer from baltimore, maryland... a public policy economics student at brown university
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from canton, georgia... and a philosophy professor from green bay, wisconsin... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome back to what is already proving to be one of the most dramatic tournaments of champions in "jeopardy!" history. last week, we watched the defeat of 21-game champion cris pannullo. and then, in yesterday's thrilling matchup, 13-game winner ray lalonde was upset by none other than our "celebrity jeopardy!" champion, ike barinholtz. i can't wait to see what happens on today's show as we welcome back ben, justin, and emmett. good luck, gentlemen. let's go to work in the jeopardy! round. ♪♪ here are your categories. we start out with... then we have... then we're... we have... and finally...

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