>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. summer heat with us today. i'll let you know how long it's going to stick around before noticeably cooler weather arrives. coming up. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. this is the time to invest more into the city. >> hire more police officers, retain the police officers and fix the crime. >> issue a call for action from oakland's police union and they want to move forward without mayor shengtao. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us today. the union called for oakland's embattled mayor to resign, effective immediately, claiming she hasn't done enough to stop crime in the city. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan breaks down the union's claims and how the mayor's office is responding. >> i respectfully, respectfully ask that the mayor resign immediately. >> sergeant huiwen, president of the oakland police officers association, sent this letter to the oakland mayor tuesday morning demanding she resign. it comes after a unanimous vote by the police officers

association's executive board on monday night. >> we don't have the staffing that be able to meet that trust that our community needs. >> the letter cites the recent raid of mayor tao's home and missing a state grant deadline for money to tackle retail theft among the many reasons they're calling for her resignation. the oakland poa is also concerned about inadequate staffing. >> 25 years ago, when i came here as a young police officer, we had 750 police officers. we're working backward. if we think that we can function as 600 police officers or 678 police officers in this city, sergeant nguyen says the fact that governor newsom had to send in chp to help fight crime, and asked for loosening restrictions on the police pursuit policy are examples of how the staffing shortfall is affecting the city. >> and they don't think the sale of the oakland coliseum, which pumps $105 million into the city's coffers amid a historic deficit, as an effective solution, this is going to be an issue that's going to come up again later next year with

budget, this is the time to invest more into the city, hire more police officers, retain the police officers and fix the crime issue that we will have money coming in in the future to fix our structural deficit that the city has been struggling with for decades. mayor tao called the letter unfortunate and a distraction. she says the oakland coliseum deal is historic, and says the sale of the coliseum will prevent layoffs and provide money for new police academies. she also points out that the budget is prepared with input from the police department. >> stop with the infighting. there is no reason for that. my door is open to anybody who wants to have a conversation with me. and at the end of the day, what this is going to cause is more instability that we in the city of oakland cannot afford. >> in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news san francisco police say drones are helping officers combat crime and make arrests. >> voters approved the use of police drones in march. ten officers are now certified to use them. san francisco's police chief says the technology has already been used to spot crimes

in progress, and has resulted in three arrests. >> drones have already assisted sfpd in numerous cases, including a sexual assault suspect that was arrested, several auto burglary suspects that were arrested. >> san francisco police say the department only deploys drones after receiving information on a potential crime in progress, but the mayor wants to expand the use to surveillance in problematic areas of the city. police say they delete recorded video within 30 days. if no crime is captured, it's terrible story to share with you breaking news in san jose. >> we've just learned a 12 year old child was hit by a car and killed. it happened shortly after 4:00 near camden and lee avenues. it's a busy intersection on san jose's west side, not far from highway 85. it's believed the child was riding a scooter. video from the scene shows a yellow scooter in the intersection. police say the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. westbound traffic on camden avenue is shut down right now, and that's likely to

make things even busier during the evening commute. >> san francisco transit leaders are tabling a vote that could change just about any road in the city. sfmta's board of directors will wait to decide whether to ban right turns at red lights anywhere in san francisco. abc7 news reporter suzanne fawn is in the newsroom with a closer look at this controversial proposal. >> suzanne, the san francisco metropolitan transit authority talked into late today about plans to implement new restrictions at hundreds of intersections across downtown neighborhoods. the signs will go up in an area that has seen the most accidents involving pedestrians. one big sticking point, though, whether to make this a citywide ban, there have been plenty of close calls on san francisco city streets involving cars and pedestrians. >> i literally treat cars as if they don't see me because that's that's for my own safety. >> sfmta will soon ban drivers from making right turns during red lights at 200 intersections across downtown neighborhoods, including south of market union square, chinatown, north beach, and the financial district.

check out this map. san francisco's traffic engineer approved all these locations for no turn on red signs. the same signs went up in the tenderloin in 2021. the sfmta says. that helped cut down on the number of people being hit by cars. the city has already given the green light for downtown and soma to move forward with the new restrictions. now, the sfmta is expected to expand the policy to more neighborhoods. >> i'm the city traffic engineer. san francisco is leading the way nationally in terms of the expansion of no turn on red, the expansion is part of san francisco mayor london breed's plan to curb traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets. >> advocates for pedestrians say the policy prevents drivers from driving into crosswalks. jody medieros is with walk san francisco. >> pedestrians are the number one casualty in all of our traffic violence, you know, more than 50% of our annual fatalities are people crossing, walking in the in the crosswalk,

people who walk and bike in the city are mixed about the new policy. >> it doesn't work. >> i'm sorry. >> it just doesn't work to put up policies that make up for bad drivers. seems like bad policy. >> i think it's a good idea. i think it's i think it's more like an educational thing. the people need to learn. that's it's for their own good. >> many critics question how the new policy will be enforced, given the number of police traffic citations fell by 96% between 2014 and 2023. >> it is something that we'll be asking to be sure that it is enforced. and again, start with education. before the penalty. >> we asked sfpd the mayor's office and sfmta if the city has the capacity to enforce this policy but haven't gotten a response. and traffic safety experts believe this no turn on red policy will keep people who walk or bike safe. to be clear, this is not a citywide ban as some advocates had hoped for. seattle, boston, washington, d.c. they're all also considering similar no turn on

red policies. live in the newsroom suzanne phan abc seven news. >> okay, suzanne, thanks a lot. in the east bay, a c transit is cracking down on drivers who park in bus lanes. 100 busses have been equipped with ai powered cameras that can detect when a vehicle is illegally stopped or parked in a bus lane. >> what we train these these cameras, what we train the software to do is to recognize a number of things. bus lines, bus lane dimensions, the size of the bus, the bus stop itself, if it does not recognize or falls outside of those parameters, then it captures a photo and a ten second video. >> those videos and photos are sent to the cloud and then reviewed by a sheriff's deputy, who will determine if the vehicle is in violation. ac transit will start issuing warnings tomorrow, and that will continue for 60 days. then ticketing starts in october. the citation will be $110. >> well, we are all about diving

deeper into big local issues here at abc seven news. >> we are. let's bring in abc seven news insider phil matier for some perspective on these top stories. let's start with that big change for san francisco drivers potentially here. phil a no turn on red across the city. it may protect pedestrians, but how difficult will that be for police to enforce given all the other priorities in the city? >> well, you know, when you're talking about traffic control or traffic safety, there's three elements. one of it is education alerting people to the need to do what they're supposed to do. the second one is engineering. now, an engineering can be if you have people driving too fast, speed bumps. that's an engineering solution. no turn on right is another engineering solution. in other words, you're changing the rules, the roadway. but you have to educate people about that. but dan, as we talked about with the key though to both of those is the third e. and that's enforcement. you have to have enforcement. people have to know that if they do it a consequence, there's a consequence to it. and as you noticed in the story, they've

yet to get back because the fact is, san francisco is stretched for police. and also politically, there's been told not necessarily to do stops like this in the past because stops can escalate into problems. so this one is one where they go, even if we do it, we're not sure if we're really going to be able to enforce it. but it'll look good, right? >> and maybe, you know, those who cooperate, it will help. >> you know, the great thing is those who cooperate with right turns and safety and uh- driving the speed limit. they're not the ones you have to worry about. that's a good point. >> that's a good point. so sfpd does have this new crime fighting tool, the drones that they're now using, chief scott saying, you know, it's done great things so far. looking to expand it into surveillance. i assume some privacy groups are going to say not so fast. >> well, they're already raising the issue. it's one thing to have six drones up there and occasionally use them. let's say, for when the fireworks are going off illegally or you're having a big event and you're trying to keep an eye on a certain area, as you said, but expanding them to 22 or more and

having the bird in the air and the eye in the air all the time. yes. already privacy groups are saying it violates state law because any use of military, quote unquote, equipment needs to be approved by the board of supervisors. now, that's a technical thing because the voters have already said it. but yes, five years ago we wouldn't be having this discussion because it wouldn't have gotten this far. the police wouldn't have had the drones in the air for privacy issues. but that shows how people's feelings have changed, both about tech and about crime. and they're much more open to having an eye in the sky rather than a break in on their car. >> just sort of fed up with it. >> yeah. >> let's go back to the top story. oakland police officers association calling for the immediate resignation of oakland mayor shengtao. what impact will that have? it's bad press, but what impact will that have? >> we'll have the call. have. well, she's already facing a tough recall drive. this shows that the executive board of the police officers association has no confidence in it. i think they wanted to get it out there because they don't believe that the sale of the coliseum is

going to increase the number of police that they don't. they don't think that that's really going to translate, and that oakland hasn't made the proper steps to guarantee down the line. so this is the opa getting political in a way that i've never seen before. but then we've never seen a recall of a mayor before in oakland. so these are strange times, unprecedented times, and that's what keeps making news. >> yeah. that's true. all right, phil, thank you for all that. >> all right. well, just ahead here the sun goes down on a bay area solar giant. we examine what led to the demise of sunpower. >> also, finally, some good news for an unhoused man with cancer whose van was destroyed by fire >> and there's the ticket. later, the reaction to vice president kamala harris's running mate choice and the reasons insiders say minnesota governor tim walz got the nod

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11 bankruptcy protection. the move comes just weeks after the solar company laid off more than 350 of its california employees. abc seven news reporter lena howland shows you what led to the company's decline. reporter for nearly 40 years, sunpower has been keeping the lights on through solar panels in millions of homes nationwide. >> they were one of the early manufacturers of premium solar panels. >> but on monday, the company announced they're filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> as solar panels got cheaper and cheaper, you know, it just became harder and harder for premium solar panel manufacturers that were using a little bit of older technology to compete with the up and rising stars from china, really. >> dustin mulvaney is an environmental studies professor at san jose state university. he says the company stopped manufacturing a few years back, which didn't help. but he says policy changes leading to fewer incentives to install solar panels also hurt the company. we've undermined incentives. >> it's not as economic for a

roof for a ratepayer in p-g-and-e's territory to put solar panels on the roof, it just doesn't pencil out all the time. and that has hit the rooftop solar industry pretty hard. >> with monday's bankruptcy announcement, sunpower also said they plan to sell off some of its remaining assets to another company called complete solaria, out of fremont for $45 million. in a statement, tom warner, executive chairman at sunpower, said in light of the challenges sunpower has faced, the proposed transaction offers a significant opportunity for key parts of our business to continue our legacy under new ownership. a former sunpower employee tells us. the last san jose location actually shut down at the end of june, according to data from the state's economic development department. that's when 358 people were laid off. >> they have carried a lot of debt for a long time. >> dan kammen is a uc berkeley energy professor. he says despite having sunpower panels on his own roof, he saw this

coming. >> we now know they've been doing some what are called fire sales. they've been selling off some divisions at low cost to raise some capital, which normally you have to do if you're going to be paying off employees. >> in san jose, lena howland, abc seven news. >> sunpower was founded in 1985. 12 years later, it's solar cells would power nasa's pathfinder, an unmanned, remotely piloted, solar powered, high altitude aircraft. the company really took off in the 20 tens, becoming an industry leader and setting records in solar cell efficiency, insiders tell abc seven news. sunpower success began to slow when long time ceo tom werner left in 2021. in recent years, rising interest rates hit the company hard. then an sec investigation into accounting practices in february contributed to a stock selloff, leading to today's bankruptcy filing. >> despite some improvement this year, the bay area's unemployment rate for june was higher than last, according to the u.s. bureau of labor

statistics. this year, the rate was over 4%, up from last year's 3.5%. policymakers still see this as a solid labor market, however, according to experts, the gradual slowing could encourage interest rate cuts soon. >> a day after reports that x is moving out of san francisco, the company filed suit today against a group of advertisers. the suit claims a massive advertiser boycott deprived x of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. it accuses the advertising groups initiative, called the global alliance for responsible media, of helping coordinate a pause in advertising after musk bought twitter for $44 billion. almost two years ago. >> waymo has officially taken its service beyond san francisco to the peninsula. now, as of today, people can catch a driverless taxi to daly city colma and broadmoor. the price will depend on how far the trip is, how long it takes and whether there is a huge demand

at that particular moment. keep in mind waymo's vehicles are only allowed on surface streets, so you will not see them zipping down 101 or 280 anytime soon. riders will not be charged extra if their waymo reroutes to an in an unexpected way, but look for them on the peninsula all right. >> let's look at our weather. >> yeah. meteorologist sandhya patel is here as we hit midweek. sandhya. yeah. >> and we've got our summer spread today. >> it's going to continue tomorrow dan and ama, good evening to all of you. let's take a look at our temperatures right now. compared to 24 hours ago running 18 degrees warmer in fairfield, up four in san francisco, 12 to 16 degrees warmer from san jose to livermore. we had a good 40 degree spread between the coast, where it was in the low 60s, and half moon bay to the low 100 seconds in places like fairfiel. taking a look at the santa rosa almanac today, hitting 93 degrees downtown santa rosa, the average is about 83, so ten degrees above where it should be. and high pressure brought us the warmth. so that ridge of high pressure is going to

control our weather again tomorrow. temperatures may back off just a little bit, but we'll continue to see some of this moisture coming in in the form of mid and high level clouds. those are once tropical storms that have fallen apart. heat advisory for the south bay until 10 p.m. tonight. just take it easy out there and stay hydrated because if you are sensitive, the risk of heat related illnesses will be running higher from our sutro tower camera. look at this gorgeous shot of san francisco blue skies overhead. 67 in the city. it is in the 70s from oakland to hayward right now. 87 san jose and 59 in half moon bay. walnut creek camera showing you the sun as well 90 in santa rosa. our hot spots today getting up into the low 100 seconds right now petaluma is at 79. you're in the upper 90s from concord to livermore. and a beautiful shot from our mount tam cam tomorrow. the heat lingers inland. thursday heat is easing and your weekend weather will be breezy and cooler by sunday. let's look at your temperatures tonight. if you're stepping out, it's still going to be warm inland to hot

7:00, 80s and 90s inland. as we head into 9 p.m. numbers are coming down, but still very pleasant away from the coastline. if you're going to be near the coast, though, definitely grab a jacket 50. we'll see the patchy fog redeveloping tomorrow morning, and we'll also have some high clouds coming through the region tomorrow afternoon. we'll have some 90s showing up. i'll show you where those ultimately will end up. as far as your high temperatures, morning numbers, 50s and 60s, a mix of fog and a few high, thin, wispy clouds. tomorrow afternoon in the south bay, santa clara 88, san jose 90 degrees up to 96. in morgan hill on the peninsula. you're looking at 85, in redwood city, mountain view, 81 degrees 62, in pacifica, downtown san francisco, 67 degrees north bay. temperatures above average for this time of year 92 in santa rosa, 88, in san rafael. triple digits. cloverdale. ukiah. but don't worry, the coast will be in the 60s in the east bay. oakland, 75, castro valley and fremont in the mid 80s had inland. and this is where it's going to be hot again. 97 in

concord, 95 walnut creek, 100 degrees in brentwood. outside lands coming up later in the week and it is going to be pleasant weather. the typical fog friday in the morning and that will be followed by sunshine, upper 60s, a little bit milder saturday and then sunday is partly cloudy and cooler. if you're going, you know how it goes. you want to pack those layers. your accuweather seven day forecast, hot again inland tomorrow. last day of triple digits before temperatures taper as we head into the second half of your weekend and early next week, we're going to drop. it'll be noticeable and below average early next week. >> and dan thanks, andy. just ahead, mexico's avocado gold rush and a bay area company being linked to what environmental activists are calling a deforest z's baking the house special.

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consumers association sued two american producers, fresh del monte and westpac avocado from california for knowingly importing avocados from areas that were illegally deforested in mexico. the group says it also has evidence that the avocado farms are also illegally pumping water from areas facing drought. >> esto nos lleva a una guerra si el gobierno no pueden algunos. >> a local environmentalist said

in spanish the conflict could start a war if the government does not put a stop to illegal logging. us ambassador to mexico ken salazar says avocados sourced from illegal orchards should be blocked from the us market. but so far neither the us or mexico has done anything about this. 80% of mexico's avocado exports come to the united states. >> scientists at the smithsonian have come up with an out of this world idea to preserve the earth's biodiversity. it involves sending biological material to the moon. scientists say craters on the moon's polar regions provide temperatures that are consistently cold enough to allow cryogenic preservation. without liquid nitrogen or electricity, like you'd need here on simple earth. the moon is also not at risk for natural disasters. scientists admit this idea would be really expensive. they suggest starting with the most endangered species, then expanding to other species. >> intriguing idea though. well, despite recent gains and some improvement in this area, teenagers in the united states

are still struggling with mental health. according to the cdc's latest youth risk behavior survey, 40% of teenagers say they constantly feel sad or hopeless. that is a slight improvement from a couple of years ago, but still roughly ten percentage points higher than a decade ago. gender appears to play a role 53% of girls surveyed said they were often sad, compared to just 28% of boys. the findings are based on more than 20,000 high school students nationwide. >> still to come, harris taps wells as her running mate. insiders explain why they think the minnesota governor got the nod. >> and reason to applaud on wall street today as markets bounce back a bit. but you're going to want to know what the analysts think lies ahead.

presumptive 2024 democratic ticket. thousands turned out to witness the first joint campaign

appearance by vice president kamala harris and her running mate, minnesota governor tim walz. >> the appearance this evening came in the all important swing state of pennsylvania, and for many, it was their first up close look at walz, who called his addition to the ticket as, quote, the honor of a lifetime. >> abc news reporter jay o'brien examines what the midwesterner adds to the campaign. >> vice president kamala harris, in her new running mate, minnesota governor tim walz, appearing for the first time as a ticket at a rally in philadelphia just hours after the final vp decision was made to his former high school football players. >> he was coach and in the nation will know coach walt by another name vice president of the united states. >> over those next 91 days and every day in the white house, i'll have vice president

harris's back every single day. >> the choice made at a rapid speed in the two weeks since president biden dropped out, praised by a cross section of the democratic party, from progressives to moderates, she had someone in tim walz, that one she trusted, two, that she saw as someone that's going to bring something else to this ticket in a big way. >> and that is midwest president biden calling both harris and waltz today, the vice president, sources familiar with the decision tell abc news. >> drawn to waltz's midwestern roots, his executive experience as governor and his background. a former teacher, longtime member of the army national guard and congressman with a history of supporting blue collar issues. waltz, also known for his plain spoken campaign style, recently labeling president trump and his running mate senator jd vance, as weird. >> you do not need your elected officials to give you a sermon, and these guys are weird on how they frame it. >> the trump campaign calling waltz dangerously liberal. the former president posting simply

thank you on social media. vance, holding his own campaign event in philadelphia, reacting to his new opponent. >> but i think that what tim waltz's selection says is that kamala harris has bent the knee to the far left of her party, which is what she always does. >> the harris campaign expected to use walz to appeal to rust belt voters in must win states like michigan and wisconsin. after that philadelphia rally, harris and waltz expected to blitz six more battleground states in five days. jay o'brien, abc news, washington. >> just last week, governor walz was a guest on the podcast the ezra klein show, talking to the new york times columnist about how san francisco gets a bad rap, while says he just returned from his first visit to the city during a conversation with klein about efforts by some to sow division between americans in the heartland and those in big cities on the coast. >> look, have there been problems? yes, homelessness is an issue across the country. it was it was exotic to me. i've

seen san francisco on tv. you know, hundreds of times and heard about it. and there i am driving around and i'm like a kid again. i'm like, america is so awesome. san francisco is just the greatest. >> abc seven met up with san francisco mayor london breed this evening during a national night out event at a park in the tenderloin. she says she's glad wall sees her vision of the city. >> we are doing everything we can to get san francisco on the right path, and people are seeing and feeling the difference, and i think it's really exciting that someone like him would talk about his own personal experience in that way and really bring attention to the realities of san francisco. the truth about san francisco mayor breed voiced her support for walz joining the campaign, and says harris is a competent leader who can get the job done. >> boeing was back on the hot seat today as the national transportation safety board began a two day hearing into the door plug that blew off a boeing plane back in january. the hearing began with boeing workers testifying that they felt pressured to do their jobs fast, making it difficult to

avoid mistakes. an investigation found. four bolts that held the door plug in place were not reinstalled after a repair job. the ntsb chair warned boeing executives against using the hearing as a public relations stunt. >> you can talk all about where you are today. there's going to be plenty of time for that. we want to know the safety improvements, but what is very confusing for a lot of people who are watching, who are listening is what was going on. >> then boeing could face criminal charges for the panel failure, a sigh of relief for investors at least for now >> financial markets rebounded a bit across the board today, making up for some of yesterday's massive losses. abc news reporter rhiannon ally shows us what spurred today's comeback and what happens next. >> overnight, encouraging news stocks in asia trading higher. the big rebound coming after the worst day on wall street in nearly two years. investors with

a long list of concerns including high interest rates, a disappointing jobs report and tensions in the middle east. >> all of these things created a perfect storm and you had everybody just wanting to sell everything they had the so-called magnificent seven, a cohort of tech stocks, including apple and google, having a not so magnificent day, losing more than $650 billion in value. >> but experts say don't panic. the data that we've seen so far, to us at least, is more suggestive of an economic growth slowdown during the balance of the year, rather than an outright recession. economic anxiety putting the federal reserve in the spotlight, some argue fed officials have waited too long to slash interest rates. is there any need for an emergency? >> fed cut. doesn't look like it, in our opinion. >> some analysts now predicting the fed will cut rates by half a point before the end of this year. >> we don't expect that recession, and we expect better

things in the global economy and the us economy. after we see some rate cuts from the fed and have that trickle through the economy. >> rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> the dow, nasdaq and s&p all posted solid gains, but all three pulled back later in the day. analysts say volatility will likely remain elevated in the near term. >> an unhoused man who lost his van in a fire has a new place to call home, thanks to the team of doctors helping him fight cancer last week, fire at an industrial building in berkeley spread to the van where ryan, six, lived with his dogs. ryan and his animals made it out, but the van is completely gone. ryan is in the middle of chemo, battling stage four cancer. his oncology team at stanford started a go fund me for him helping move him into an airbnb. >> i finally feel safe. i don't have to look around. while i'm cooking. it's all. yeah, it's very comfortable. >> ryan tells us he is so

grateful to his doctors for the help with housing as they fight his cancer together. he's hoping to use the money raised on the gofundme to buy a new van for him and his dogs. >> a different kind of amazon delivery to share with you today. company workers dropped off boxes of food donations at the san francisco marin food bank, along with a $50,000 donation. the food bank says it's a really challenging time for them, with high demand and a loss of funding. they're relying more on donations, which you can make online. you can also sign up to volunteer. >> that's a big difference. all right. as we continue here, dorm or luxury hotel. up next, we'll take you inside. what's being billed as the most luxurious residential building it's piled high with tender beef that's slow cooked and smothered in tangy memphis style barbecue sauce.

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luxury hotel. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley went inside the first donor funded housing built at cal in almost 80 years. >> the tall, sleek black tower on oxford street is ready to welcome residents only transfer students who won a lottery for a coveted spot in this swanky new structure across from cal's main entrance, 772 students moving in

in two weeks on august 21st on this preview tour, luxury is evident at every turn in the dorm rooms, sleek kitchens with expansive views of the golden gate and beyond. a light filled courtyard with soaring walls of greenery, a terrace with comfy couches looking out on the campanile and campus. who wouldn't want to study here? there are also lockers in the building for cal's very first commuter student lounge, a dedicated space for students to study after they commute to campus by bus or bart. it's called anchor house, an anchor for incoming transfer students. >> this entire building is a gift from a very generous donor who was inspired to provide housing for transfer students, transfer students overwhelmingly come to berkeley from california community college. it's more than 95% of them. they're older, usually in their 20s, and they are looking for a place to connect and find community here at berkeley, they also come predominantly from lower income backgrounds. >> the removal of a rent

controlled apartment building on this site stirred controversy over housing affordability, but this new residence hall is addressing the local housing crisis. >> we are in alignment with the city of berkeley. the campus needs to build more student housing on our campus owned property, and this is university property where we built this building. and by building this building, that means that 800, nearly 800 students will no longer be competing for housing and the private market in berkeley, making berkeley housing the private market more available. and hopefully more affordable. >> because there is no debt attached to this donor paid for structure, there is expected to be $8 million in revenue that's earmarked for 400 student scholarships every year in berkeley. i'm leslie brinkley abc seven news. >> temperatures bumped up today. it was downright hot in some places. sandia returns with her updated forecast. >> plus, she'll show you what's in store for people back east as tropical storm debby moves up the atlantic coast. stay

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coast. abc news reporter somara theodore is tracking the developments from savannah,

georgia. >> heavy rain and flooding in the southeast as debby swirls over coastal areas. the storm stalling over georgia and the south carolina coastline, where the flooding could reach catastrophic levels. >> confident there's going to be flooding? we're confident it's going to be a lot of rain. the only question is how much is it going to be fallen trees in the relentless torrential rain responsible for multiple deaths. >> parts of south carolina with up to 14in. so far. georgia more than 11. florida close to 19. in charleston, a city vulnerable to flooding, the mayor says pumps have been brought in, as well as high water rescue vehicles. there's a curfew in place there in moultrie, georgia, north of tallahassee. authorities say a 19 year old was killed after a tree fell through his home. at least nine tornadoes reported in south carolina and florida. >> we had absolutely no time to react. it was right on us. all we had time to do was just kind of look at each other and say, run! >> debbie making landfall as a category one hurricane in the big bend area where the panhandle meets the peninsula. in sarasota, cars stranded in

the middle of the road, people kayaking on flooded streets, aerial views capturing boats tossed onto the shore, homes submerged. >> the roads can be hazardous when they're underwater. don't try to drive through that. take proper precautions. >> there's also significant worries about storm surge. we could receive up to four feet of storm surge along the south carolina coast. then the remnants of debby take aim into the northeast, hitting cities like philadelphia, washington, d.c, boston and new york. somara theodore. abc news, savannah, georgia. >> all right. sandhya has been tracking this closely as debby continues to cause some problems. >> sandhya. >> yeah, absolutely. and the problems have been a major flood threat for the area. dan and ama, let's take a look at live doppler seven. and you can see that this storm has been just sitting over parts of the southeast, which is why they continue to see some heavy rain. there are tornado watch boxes up for parts of the carolinas where they could see catastrophic flooding. as you just heard, up to 25in of rain for maximum

totals. now, this storm is expected to remain just off the coast, veering off the coast, gaining strength tomorrow morning, and then eventually weakening as it moves over land. but it's going to interact with a cold front coming in. and as that happens, much of the eastern seaboard is looking at a major flood threat. as you will notice, rainfall totals over the next five days up across the new england area. additional five inches of rain, up to five inches of rain. so that's going to cause some issues here locally. it's a quiet picture. we do have some high clouds passing through. we'll see more of those tomorrow afternoon. another hot one inland with 90s and one hundreds. but mild at the coast. the accuweather seven day forecast. after the one hundred's tomorrow we drop down to the 90s. that will feel better for a few days and then it's much cooler as we head into sunday. monday tuesday, dan and ama. >> yeah, that's really nice. andy thanks. >> all right. sports director larry beil is here. football yeah, right. >> it's here. >> the saga continues day after day. the 40 niners play their first preseason game this saturday at tennessee, where

brandon aiyuk will be by saturday. remains very much unclear. pittsburgh cleveland, new england, maybe even santa clara. spo

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less money to play for a super bowl contender, the 40 niners, or take more money and go to a team that probably won't have as much success? look, you can't criticize brandon aiyuk for trying to get every last dollar. nfl careers can be brutally short, but the fact that i just showed up at training camp tells you what we think. it tells us that he wanted to be there. meanwhile, the browns, patriots and steelers are all reportedly putting their offers together to try to work out a trade. and maybe the niners are more amenable to that now. but we got some soundbites coming up here. as you listen to these, pay close attention to what christian mccaffrey says. fran is a great player, so it's real hard to, to be better when you lose a great player, >> so we got to look into anything. we got to understand the situation we're in, what that looks like. and that does take time. so hopefully it'll all work out best for him and best for us in the long run. >> it's brutal. especially when you're here and you have that extra pressure on you. i've talked to him a few times just as a friend, but when it comes to what's actually going on

behind closed doors, i have no knowledge or input. >> obviously, as a as a former teammate or, you know, teammate of his in general, any teammate that you have, you love, you respect them. you want the best for them. >> did i hear former teammate freudian slip i guess christian mccaffrey. he's got a strained calf. he could miss a couple of weeks of practice. christian mccaffrey is not going to play in any of the 40 niners preseason games. in fact, most of the starters will not see the field on a baseball. wilmer flores is really struggled for the giants this season. and now now we know why he needs a knee surgery. he's going to miss the rest of the year, flores has been a reliable bat for years, but he's been hobbled by this knee injury. he's hitting only 206 with four homers last year at 23 bombs. giants visiting the nationals. oh, sparky gets himself a souvenir. it's good to be cute. wish i knew what that felt like. top one two on for michael conforto. he got all of it. three run jack his 12th and the giants lead four. nothing. all was right with the world

until it wasn't hayden birdsong. he's been excellent until tonight. two on for c.j. abrams and this is gone. look at the replay where this pitch is. he's swinging the ball. it's almost at his eyes. and birdsong goes five allows seven runs. this game has just gone final and the giants fall 11 five. the warriors, they wanted to trade for jazz. big man lauri markkanen. that is not happening any time soon. markkanen is interested in a longer term big money deal to stay right where he is in utah. once markkanen and the jazz work out the details of his extension could be sometime later this week. markkanen cannot be traded during the upcoming season okay. jazz reportedly insisted on brandon pisemsky being involved in any trade proposal. but the warriors want to keep pods and jonathan kuminga marketing coming off an all star season in which he averaged 23 points per game. so we'll see what the next move is for the warriors, next move for team usa. well, they're not only two wins away from winning the gold medal at the

olympics in paris, they beat brazil today 100 2287 devin booker led the way with 18 points. steph curry held to only seven. team usa will meet serbia in the semifinals on thursday. sports on abc seven, sponsored by smart and final. back to brandon aiyuk and this has really been going on since like a day after the super bowl loss, once the team as this happened in this situation, has given the player and his agent the right to go out and shop yourself around, go find whatever offers are out there, and then we'll see if we can make it work. once you get to that point, which is where we are, right? it's really hard for the player to come back because you're basically saying, you know, go, go, go, get your deal, get, get whatever you, you know, go. and we'll try to work it out for you. so for the longest time it felt like, oh, this is going to get done. and now it's starting to feel like it's slipping away a little bit. so yeah. so we'll see. we'll see. but you know, bye bye. you know 10:00 tonight he could be signed and everybody we all

love, everybody loves each other again. we'll see. >> all right. tonight on abc seven eight celebrity family feud judge steve harvey at nine. at ten. what would you do then? stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is it for this edition of abc seven news. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel, larry beil, all of us here. we appreciate your time. hope you have a great evening and that we see you again for abc seven news at 11. >> this is abc 724 over seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yay! >> 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

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