off the charts. >> in just a few hours, kamala harris will take to the stage and accept the party's nomination. >> i think tonight she could take this from sort of a campaign to an actual movement. >> the bay area's own kamala harris in the spotlight tonight. >> a new tool in the fight against covid and putting an end to utility fueled wildfires. >> we'll tell you what p-g-and-e's is doing to make a change. >> plus, i'm in marin county, where these makeshift fences are causing quite the controversy in stinson beach. we'll have the story coming up. >> good afternoon. i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. >> thanks for joining us. we begin on the final night of the democratic national convention. >> after some big names and some big speeches. tonight it is vice president kamala harris's time to shine. >> she is set to officially accept her party's nomination. abc seven news anchor julian glover has been live with us from chicago all week long, and has a look ahead to tonight. hi, julian. >> hey there. good evening,

larry and kristen. you know, tonight is all about vice president kamala harris, where we expect a mix of personal stories, personal testimony, but also some policy proposals, too. tonight's schedule a bit light on california super power, though we do have california senator alex padilla on the stage right now. the only big name from the golden state. regardless, it will be all aboard the harris train as they hope the next stop is the white house. tonight the stage is set for kamala harris's most important night of her political life. california delegates filing in to take a front row seat to her story. >> i've been waiting for this moment. >> perrine kristen sze is a california delegate, friend of the vice president and organizer for south asians. for harris, she said harris's representation on this stage means everything. it means feeling seen. >> it means feeling heard. it means feeling valued. it means we belong. >> the campaign tells abc news the vice president's speech is set to focus on her record contrast between her and former

president trump's vision for the country and her optimism for the future, a sentiment shared by longtime friend and outgoing oakland congresswoman barbara lee. to see vice president harris now ascent to the presidency presidency we do our work is really a confirmation that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. to date, the dnc has been big on personality and star power, with the clintons, obamas, even oprah stumping for harris. >> so i'm calling on all you independents and all you undecideds inside of the united center. >> there is a united front behind the harris walz ticket. outside, dozens of uncommitted delegates staged a protest overnight. disappointed they say, because the dnc has not allowed a palestinian speaker to address the convention before kamala harris takes the stage tonight, she'll be introduced by one of her closest advisers and self-described best friend, her sister maya. dan moran, author

of kamala's way an american story, expects both harris sisters to share deeply personal stories. >> i will be shocked if she doesn't mention her mother, she mentions her mother all the time in these in these moments of importance. >> harris's childhood best friend, stacy johnson batiste, who spoke during night one of the dnc, is ready to see her best friend meet the moment. >> it means everything. being a woman, being an american, being a black woman, being her friend. this is very personal to me. >> the california senator alex padilla just wrapped up his remarks just a moment ago. we currently have the former hud secretary, marcia fudge, on the stage. but when vice president kamala harris takes that stage in primetime tonight, it will be with the baton. the torch passed from president biden to her in one hand and a chisel in the other as she continues to crack away at that glass ceiling, become the very first woman of

color to accept her party's nomination. for now, reporting live here from the united center. night four of the dnc. julian glover, abc seven news. >> all right, julian, thanks so much. yeah >> it's interesting. there's rumors about a star uh- a certain queen being a nonpolitical star making an appearance, which has kind of been the theme this week. abc seven news insider phil matier is here with a look. what do you expect from kamala harris tonight? what does she have to say? what does she have to do? >> well, what she has to do is really captivate the country. and that room, the people. she's pretty much guaranteed an audience in that room. it's the people watching that she has to reach out to. because for many of them, especially outside of california, they really don't know who she is. and most people say, oh, well, kamala harris, kamala harris know most people's day to day lives. don't spend a lot of time thinking or looking at politics. and up until now it's been joe biden. they're going to get their first chance to take a first look at her. and she has to make that first impression. we're going to hear about her middle class upbringing. we're going to hear about her working mother. we're

going to hear about optimism, joy, patriotism. they're printing up those usa banners. we haven't seen that in a democratic convention for a while, but we're going to hear chants of usa! it's all part of a concerted effort to rebrand the party. and larry and kristen, think about this. just in the from the time when joe biden was running, it was its darkness and it could get worse. democracy is at stake. that's turned into fight joy. we're going to win this. it's going to be a better tomorrow. they have completely changed and rebranded both harris and the party in, in part because they didn't have time to mess it up. >> all right. so they've got this rebranding. and as you said, there's kind of a defining herself to america. how high are the stakes here. >> well they're very high. you may have a chance to make a first impression. and it's tough to make to undo it or to change it now, like i said, she's going to be in a comfortable room. i remember when she launched her own presidential campaign in oakland to a crowd of 20,000 people. she started off with a bang and it didn't end with a bang. it sort of went too long and drained people out. but this

is a different dynamic. this is going to be within the chamber. i we hope that she keeps it to a short time because short in short, there's more power and doesn't go long. we're also going to hear her. she's going to be talking trump either by name or by inference. and we're going to hear about her being the prosecutor. but a lot of what we're going to be hearing is stuff that she used four years ago when she ran for president. i mean, harris for the people representing the people. that was her theme. so her people are in there driving the car. the car was laid there by the biden people. by the way, i've been told that one of the conditions for when joe biden was saying, i'll endorse you, i want you to is i want you to keep my campaign staff on. and she has done that. so that's one of the reasons why this is so smooth. it hasn't been an open convention, and this is the first time in a long time when we haven't seen democrats fighting at the convention real quick, because you mentioned donald trump. >> robert f kennedy jr is expected to halt his presidential campaign in the

next day or two. at one point, he was running close to 20%. and now i think it's down to like single digits. how much would that help a trump candidacy? >> you know that it doesn't hurt it, but i'm not sure how much it helps it, because usually when somebody picks a robert kennedy type, it's because they already say none of the above. they're not necessarily happy. those people are inclined just not to vote. but he might be able to bring a couple of points. and in this race, if it's like the last two, every vote and every percent counts. >> all right. >> thank you. phil. >> meantime, let's take you back to the democratic national convention, a live look here at the floor. and this is southern california congressman ted lieu, who is speaking today. the democrats really showcasing their next generation, the talent that are coming up and lieu is part of that group. again, all making the case why kamala harris should be president. and tonight it will culminate with her speech and bringing it home. and here is what we have. abc news will have special live coverage of the final night of the democratic

national convention. live coverage tonight goes from 6 to 8 p.m, so keep it here. all right, turn to the weather. >> now. we're expecting a big change tomorrow. yet even today, i woke up and i was like, wait a second, not ac heat. it was cold, i was cold. >> you're feeling that chill walk into the room just now. what's going on, spencer? >> this weather pattern is all about change and hope. it's changing and we hope it doesn't last long. here's a look at the satellite radar. composite image. low pressure system dropping down from the gulf of alaska, bringing us really chilly weather for this time of the year. strong gusty wind and a chance of some light rainfall. right now we have wind gusts up just over 20mph in the. so up to 30 right now in novato. so the winds are increasing in some spots. it's quite breezy out there and the temperatures are anywhere from, well, four to nearly ten degrees lower than they were this time yesterday over most of the bay area. and this is what we have coming our way. they are coming our way. these are the forecast highlights. breezy, cool and

showery tomorrow. that's not typical august weather. saturday and sunday it will be a little bit sunnier and turning warmer than early next week. we get some sizzling summer heat, so i'll have all of that in my accuweather seven day forecast a little bit later. kristen, larry spencer, thanks. >> the fda has just approved updated covid 19 vaccines. they are designed to target the cp2 strain, an offshoot of the omicron variant. pfizer and moderna are expected to begin shipments to pharmacies and doctor's offices within days. walgreens says it will be available beginning september 6th. the cdc previously recommended that everyone over the age of six months get an updated covid vaccine. this season. >> as the peak of the wildfire season quickly approaches. p-g-and-e's already reporting 62 fires caused by power lines this year. that's nearly equal to the total from all of last year. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at what the company is doing to try to slow these fires to make the electric system safer and reduce wildfire risk. >> sometimes exceptional costs have to incur. that's been

p-g-and-e's message as to why rates have increased so much the last few years, but wildfires have not decreased. the issue that we have right now is really just a lot of receptive fuels on the ground, and that's what's increasing the wildfire risk, along with the heat that continues to dry out those fuels. and when this abundance of dry fuels gather around power poles, fires can start. and they have a lot in 2024. this year, p-g-and-e's is reporting 62 cpuc reportable ignitions from their equipment and high fire threat districts. 29 since july 1st in 2023 as a whole, there were only 65. >> so what we've done is we've created a task force based on the data that we're seeing in the field to look at what else could we be doing, what else might we need to change? >> p-g-and-e's wildfire safety program task force started in july and is using technology to recognize hazards that may start fires. >> right now, we've identified 50,000 poles within the highest

fire risk areas to go out and work and try to remove that vegetation at ten feet around the base of the pole by the start of september. >> p-g-and-e's equipment has been blamed for sparking some of the state's deadliest wildfires in recent years, including the 2018 camp fire, where 85 people died in the town of paradise. mark toney is the executive director for the utility reform network. he says bills have skyrocketed more than 100% in the past four years with this latest fire data. toney says it's fair for customers to question if the increases are worth it. >> the customers are paying the price of more expensive and much slower wildfire safety. >> toney would prefer to see cheaper, faster ways of wildfire mitigation like insulated lines over seemingly constant increases with little results. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and cleanup is still underway in the santa cruz mountains from a fire that tore through that

area four years ago. later this hour, the project that is not just about restoration, but the future of farming, blocking public beach or protecting their property. >> the new drama in the north bay. another community considers a sanctioned homeless encampment. the frustration after governor newsom's recent ruling and waymo is about to get some competition. we'll tell you is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with our 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? -your data, too. there's even round-the- clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. with comcast business, reliability isn't just possible.

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public access to the beach. as abc seven news reporter tim johns found out, this has divided public opinion. >> walk along stinson beach any day this summer and it's sun, sand and waves as far as the eye can see. but over the past week or so, a new site has popped up these makeshift fences along several beachfront properties. the fences have gotten the attention of marin county officials, who say they first received complaints about them impeding access to the public beach on august 13th. >> we take these complaints very seriously. whenever we receive one, we send someone out to investigate and see if whatever may be happening is actually true. >> the county says its investigation over whether or not the fences are on public land or the homeowners properties is still ongoing on the beach itself, people seem divided over the topic. thursday morning, with some showing understanding for the property owners. >> there's so many people, people putting up little tent shade structures. there's dogs running around. it gets very,

very full and i can understand how some homeowners wouldn't want people coming right up to their decks. >> others thinking the fencing needs to come down. i think the beaches should be public. >> that is my understanding of what the law is, and i like public access. >> the question over whether these fences are on public or private land is one controversy, but the county says there could be other issues as well. >> all of the situations with the barriers that have been erected are unpermitted. so whether or not it falls on public beach property or not, you know, there will be probably actions that the property owners will need to take. >> no matter where you fall on this issue, though, one thing everyone seems to agree on is that all of us should be able to enjoy the beach. >> we all love the beach right? here i am with my son and my dog, running around throwing the frisbee and chasing the dog around, and that seems like something we should all have access to. >> the county says it expects to conclude its investigation in

the coming weeks in stinson beach. tim johns abc seven news. >> the san francisco bay oakland international airport has started a facelift on its terminal one lobby. the port of oakland shared this video of the project, which includes replacing the check in counters, upgrading lighting fixtures, and repainting. several airlines are being relocated during phase one of the project, including spirit and allegiant. the renovations are expected to be complete next spring. >> and we're getting a look today at how the oakland roots soccer team, how they plan to configure the field at the oakland coliseum next year. the team released some animation today. the pitch, as they call it in soccer, will run along the baseball third base line. the team says that will give fans the best sightlines as well as an intimate atmosphere, and the team is now taking deposits for 2025 season tickets. >> a lot of excitement in the south bay over the grand opening of a new chick fil a restaurant. dozens waited for hours overnight to be among the first customers at the newest location in gilroy. the company celebrated by awarding some 100 community volunteers free chick

fil a entrees for a whole year. whoa! yeah. and chick fil a is looking into launching its own streaming platform. the company is in talks with major production companies and studios that would create family friendly shows. it's even apparently ordered a ten episode game show hosted by spencer christian. >> no no no no. you' bigger fish to fry right here. well, i have some family friendly weather for you, but you might want to bundle that family up. >> so here's a look at what's coming our way on the satellite radar. composite image. low pressure dropping down out of the first out of the gulf of alaska. now along the pacific northwest and bringing clouds and gusty wind into the bay area. and in fact, we had even higher gusts a little bit earlier. but you can see it's gusty in many locations up to 30mph in nevada right now. and 30 mile per hour sustained winds over at rio vista. pretty breezy out there. it's going to be getting cloudier and it's already cooler at this hour than at this time yesterday. ten degrees cooler right now in concord, eight degrees cooler in

fairfield and livermore, but even closer to the bay and the coast. it's quite a bit cooler. so that's this hour. these are some of the effects of this approaching low pressure system. you see clouds over the city right now. it's 67 degrees here in san francisco. we have low 70s at oakland and hayward. san jose 77, redwood city 70 and 64 at half moon bay. at the golden gate, we have some a colorful sky. we've got some clouds and some patches of blue. of course, it's going to get cloudier during the late night and overnight hours, 78 degrees. right now in santa rosa, we've got 72 at petaluma, napa and fairfield, both at 78 and low to mid 70s at livermore and concord. and looking across the embarcadero, we see lots of blue from our rooftop camera. these are the forecast headlines tomorrow. breezy, cool and showery. that's not your typical august pattern. saturday and sunday it will be a little bit sunnier and turning warmer and a whole lot warmer early next week as we'll get some sizzling summer heat coming our way. but right now we're looking at this cool down and this potential for rainfall forecast animation shows increasing clouds, both high and low level clouds overnight. going into tomorrow,

we'll see some early morning showers, light ones and scattered ones passing mainly through the north bay. but then late tomorrow into tomorrow night we'll get more patches of showers moving through the north bay down to the east bay and uh- sort of winding up early saturday morning. rainfall estimates are for most locations that receive any measurable rain at all. to receive under a 10th of an inch, although there could be a couple of locations that will get a little bit more than that overnight. low temperatures tonight, mainly the upper 50s. highs tomorrow mid 60s at the coast, upper 60s to low 70s near the bay. mid to upper 70s inland. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so it gets sunnier late in the day on saturday. and a little bit warmer. we'll start the day saturday with some some of those lingering clouds from the system swinging through here tomorrow. sunday, sunnier and warmer still with inland highs in the low 90s. but look at the warm up on monday and tuesday. inland highs ranging from upper 90s to about 100. those two days, mid to upper 80s around the bay shoreline, up to 70 on the coast. and then we'll have a

gradual i won't even call it a cooldown, but a gradual moderating of the temperatures going into the end of next week. >> all right. well, i mean, you like it warm, but that may be even a little 100 is beyond toasty. >> yes it is. thanks, buddy. >> okay. >> all right. restoring the forest after a major fire. how? it's also helping local organic farmers. >> and skipping the school bus. but it's not about walking to school. the new we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy.

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in one of those projects is restoring a fire scarred forest in the santa cruz mountains. >> abc seven news anchor dan ashley is here now with a look at this project. dan. >> kristin. larry, as we know, wildfires are growing more ferocious and doing more damage in california. in the santa cruz mountains. experts are pioneering a bio friendly way to dispose of the dead and charred wood in the san vicente redwoods. it's really an innovative method that's also helping local farmers after the ccu fires roared through the santa cruz mountain, teams are still working to clear the charred forests to help prevent a repeat disaster. >> this whole tree likely has a core of rot in the center of it. >> nadia hemy is lead forester at the fire damaged san vicente

redwoods. she says crews have created miles of sophisticated firebreaks in the area and removed more than 20,000 tons of logs and dead trees. the challenge is what to do with them trying to find anybody who, you know can turn it into lumber, even, you know, boards with a lot of character. >> you know, we're looking for something to do with it. >> but then forest managers hit on another bio friendly solution burning the wood not into ash, but a product known as biochar. they are piles of blackened chips that can be worked into the soil to sequester carbon and help plants spread healthy root systems. we first reported on the technology as researchers at uc merced were working to make the specialized burners cheaper and more accessible. >> it's kind of a stable form of carbon, so it has longevity and is actually a really cool agricultural amendment. >> but creating the biochar is

one challenge. the second is finding a market for it. while commercial suppliers truck the material around the state, managers at san vicente have found at least one customer closer to home, a well-known organic grower known as jacob's farm. >> this is you know, this is basically what we're looking at. >> manager greg rawlings met us in one of their fields north of santa cruz, just a few miles away from san vicente. that's where the farm is mixing in biochar with the rows of premium dill and cilantro. >> once it's in the soil, it again acts like a house or a condo, and it protects it from, you know, overwatering or. well, you know, say excessive rains or flooding or, you know, drying out. >> and he believes customers will ultimately taste the difference. >> what you want to do with an organic field is you want to you want to have the plants in symbiosis with the fungal and the bacteria in the soil. and that's what produces, you know, the great flavor of organic produce. >> and back at san vicente, it's a kind of testing lab for technology that's helping to

turn the remnants of a painful disaster into a productive solution, one they hope will spread to other areas across northern california. and the west, and the biochar processing at san vicente is supported by grants from cal fire and from the state coastal commission. larry and kristin, as you gather there, depending on its success, we could see this approach expand all over the state. very interesting work, very fascinating. >> thanks, dan. >> before dan came into work by the way, he made an appearance this afternoon at the a's game for the land of the free home of the >> way to hit the high notes. >> wow. thank you guys. >> where did you rock that leather jacket? dan, you should be wearing that for the newscast. so cool. >> i know it's in my car. i could go get it. >> how was it?

>> that looks so neat. >> well, you know what? as you guys know, it's always a challenge to sing the anthem. but i love a challenge. and it's a great thing to do as a singer. but it's such a privilege to get to do it anywhere. so i take advantage of it whenever i can and to do it at a major league baseball game. great fun, especially since we don't have too many more a's games to go. >> yeah, 16 home games left. is that the biggest venue that you've ever sung at? >> well, that's a great question. i've, i've sung at the a's before. probably the biggest was the warriors a few years ago. yeah saturday night. yeah. you know,

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working to clear encampments. san rafael actually has plans to build a new temporary sanctioned camp downtown near lincoln avenue. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard with a look. so this side of the home city, outreach teams from san rafael are out gauging interest from unhoused people living along the mahoney creek footpath about a new temporary living situation coming soon. >> alex velasquez is interested. >> if i knew how to sign up for it. yeah, i would definitely want to be there. >> okay. >> help me get my life back. >> the city's plan is to clear the south side of this footpath, unofficially known as camp integrity, and opened a temporary sanctioned camping area on the north side of the creek path, providing tents, restrooms, security and housing based case management. >> ultimately, the goal is to get people who are not housed into permanent, supportive housing. >> lynn murphy says there's room for 47 people. the sanctioned camp will last about 12 to 18 months, paid for through a grant from the state. the existing camp has generated multiple complaints from business owners

like miriam de leon, who say customers are afraid to come to her restaurant. she's not sure the new camp will work. >> it's just move the problems from here to there across the street. that's not going to help our business. >> de leon thought governor newsom's executive order last month urging cities to remove homeless camps would mean fewer camps not more. >> i think they need to find a good solution because i don't think they need to live in camps. the city says the sanctioned program is not a new encampment. >> instead, it's a path forward, away from homelessness. >> those who are living in the area, those who are going to participate in this program, will not simply just be living on the path, but actually exploring a route to housing. >> participation in the sanctioned camp is voluntary. jeff groves says it's not for him. it looks good on paper, but that's about all i got to say about that. >> it does. it looks good on paper, but that that's going to be so overcrowded. small area,

everybody sitting on top of each other. >> now, the sanctioned camp could open by october first in san rafael. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> to the east bay now. and the antioch school board has voted to fire the school district superintendent. this comes after complaints of bullying and a hostile work environment that surfaced against the school district manager last year. abc seven news reporter anser hassan with the very latest. >> the board took action in closed session to terminate the superintendent's employment agreement, effective immediately, without cause, pursuant to the terms of that employment agreement. >> antioch school board president antonio hernandez announcement was met with applause at wednesday's school board meeting. >> the board voted unanimously to fire superintendent stephanie anello following allegations she ignored bullying complaints. >> the board's only employee is the superintendent, so that's how we hold the school district accountable. if we're not seeing and see if we're not seeing our employees and our students being treated, the way that we think they're supposed to be treated. >> last year, several employees

came forward to raise concerns about hostile working conditions and bullying by antioch school maintenance director kenneth turnage, directly placing an employee's desk on the roof. >> things like that that have really caused a lot of concern for how we're treating our employees, and the message that that sends out to our students. >> those employees say their complaints were ignored because turnage and anello were close friends. turnage was placed on paid leave in may, months after the first complaints. >> the district's response from the beginning to these complaints has been disappointing. >> bob carson is president of the teacher's association. he spoke at the meeting in support of removing the superintendent and wonders why she didn't act sooner. >> the district's reaction has been one of, well, we can't really talk about it. it's a personnel issue. while i understand there's legalities around that at the same time to hide behind that almost, i don't think is okay. >> hernandez says anello has been superintendent for the past eight years and was earning $350,000 a year. but he says she didn't have a performance review

in the past four years. he says there needs to be more accountability. >> i think we have a long history of lack of accountability that kind of at the root of what other evaluation processes throughout the school district or other mechanisms of accountability do we have that just aren't being enacted? >> anello has been out on medical leave since april because this is a termination of her contract, she cannot appeal the decision in antioch, anser hassan abc seven news. >> meanwhile, a principal is on administrative leave this afternoon for what happened during this pep rally at a high school in atwater, which is in merced county. we picked up the video at the end, where the principal is with the mascot. then they disappear into a crowd of students, but not seen as the principal, appearing to recreate some sort of lap dance with the mascot. and for that, he's now on leave while the school district investigates. >> san francisco parents have come up with a back to school hack to save time. let waymo take their kids to school. is it a time saver? perhaps, but it's also a violation of waymo's

rules, because riders technically have to be at least 18 years old, you know, to ride alone. otherwise they have to be with an adult. if people get caught, they could lose their account privileges. i spoke with priya anand with the san francisco standard at 3 p.m. today about why parents may be doing this. they said, you know, we like it so much that we're willing to skate by the rules. >> we feel this technology is safe. they like that. they can track their kids rides, and they also are using it frequently, but not so frequently that they feel concerned about breaking the rules. >> waymo is considering a program now to allow teenagers to ride without a parent. it may be a fixed price and set number of rides allowed each month. cruise and uber are joining forces now. starting next year, crews will be sending out some of its driverless taxis when people call an uber. however, don't expect to see them in san francisco or california for that matter. crews had its license suspended by the state in the fall of 2023, following a number of high profile incidents we've

reported on involving its vehicles. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, talking politics at work and the return of smell o vision. the future is

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but they seem okay talking about it. even on the job. a new gallup survey found that only 3% of respondents felt they were treated unfairly for their views by their coworkers. only 12% reported that the conversations made them feel uncomfortable, and nearly half of u.s. workers report having political discussions with coworkers. in the past month. and you guys, i found this to be really interesting to gen z. like the younger people, they're especially comfortable and they say, if i don't like my ceo's views or my companies like political leanings, i'd be very likely to leave this company, which may be different from, you know, older folks. so i don't know. i'm coming to the younger person here. zach, what do you think? >> well, i think that's the beauty of our country. if we don't agree with our boss's views and it makes us uncomfortable, we can leave that company. it's very difficult for us here in our industry to not talk about politics. but i think it's fine to talk about that at work as long as you're not threatening people, you know, because now the way the political talk and rhetoric is,

it can be threatening. people can get very, very hostile. so i think there's that important line that has to be drawn. but that's also the beauty of our country. we're able to disagree respectfully. you know, we are we're all allowed to have our own opinions in this country. so. >> yeah, i was going to say you can disagree, but you don't have to be disagreeable. right. so you know, it's a challenge. i would really be curious to see what the statistics are for families around the dinner tabl, because it might be a little different. let's get to a very unnecessary close call now. police are looking for a woman who wanted her own personal encounter at a zoo in new jersey. really bad idea. and she jumped over a fence to try to pet a tiger. luckily, there was a secondary fence, but she still almost got bitten by the tiger. if that wasn't enough, she also tried to get into the bear enclosure so a couple of really bad ideas there. obviously somebody that needs some assistance, but you know, don't feed the animals, don't visit

the animals in their area. >> yourself to the animal. >> yes, yes, yes. feed yourself. exactly. looks like dinner, i i'm just stunned when i see these stories. you could not pay me. >> and they had. we had the big sign you saw. do not jump the fence. she jumped the fence. and i'm not really sure what the goal was because she didn't have her phone out. it's not like she was trying to tiktok it or something. i don't know what the goal of that was, but yeah, yeah, hopefully there's no copycats, no pun intended. >> yeah. >> hey, that was spencer's line. zach, what are you doing here? >> zach and i have worked together a couple of times, and my humor is rubbing off. >> i know how lucky i am so sad for zach. >> yeah. >> spell smell-o-vision is back, and this time it's got an app. the company behind the ai powered app called movie scent wants to bring it to your home. it can provide up to 4000 scents to go with movies, sporting events and video games. even claims to be able to neutralize previous scents with the push of

a button. movie scent will be released next month, so you got your home theater set up, you guys. i guess you know, whatever the scene calls for and you're seeing, let's say you're in a field of flowers and you smell that it does immerse you more. it's kind of like the five d experience, right? spencer? >> well, do we never get to use our imagination anymore, though? >> i mean, does every uh- sense need to be stimulated artificially when you're watching a movie? but i guess it's not such a bad idea. >> i could see watching a movie and, you know, let's just say it's me and kristen and we happen to be watching a movie and i hit the button that removes her scent and replaces it with my scent that i see on the screen. i'm not sure how long i would last. >> makes no sense. yeah. >> oh, zach, he's stolen it back from you. >> exactly. >> the king of puns. king of puns still holds that title. >> all right. >> you hear a lot about pumpkin spice lattes as we head into the fall. forget that for a moment, because it's apple season. yes, indeed. >> apple season typically begins in august in northern california

and goes through early november. the season officially kicks off tomorrow at gold ridge organic farms, which grows 75 varieties of apples. did you know there are that many? >> i did not know that. and there's one person that does know it on tasty thursday, and that's stephanie claussen, who is an heirloom apple expert with sebastopol's gold ridge organic farm. and you know, we've got this whole basket here of apples, which just looks fantastic. but but where should we begin? because you have some exotic flavors here of kind of concepts and ideas that i never would have thought of as an apple, i know. >> well, let's take our crazy pink apple. so i'm stephanie, this is a pink pearl apple. look at that apple. i've got one. isn't this isn't this beautiful apple i've ever seen? >> it is. >> yes. and they have a season for about two weeks in august. and then then they're gone. so they're one of those things that is just an amazing apple. they were bred up in humboldt county,

in the 1940s. and you're not going to find them at your at a big supermarket. you're going to find them at a farmer's market. you're going to find them at our wonderful, organic farm. we have a farm shop. and just this fall, we're doing organic heirloom apple tastings. and what about this one? >> it's called the strawberry parfait. >> i know, isn't that also really beautiful? this is the first apple that we grow, and usually we start picking that in august. and yeah, that was actually bred in new jersey, as a sort of summer warm climate apple. and you can. yeah, we've got that. we'll probably have it for another week or two. and we would say, please come up to sebastopol, come and come and do an heirloom apple tasting. >> it's got a winey flavor. >> yeah. >> do you think we say it tastes a little like strawberry soda? >> it's really good. >> yeah. you know what's also nice about these? because the trend in recent years in, in terms of produce is everybody's making things sweeter and

sweeter and sweeter. but these, you know, there's a little there's a little sweet, there's a little tangy a little tart. you know. but what makes an heirloom apple an heirloom? >> well, you know, a lot of times people say it's they're at least 50 years old or more, a lot of times that they're they haven't been bred specifically to be what the market wants. so a lot of times they're old, quirky apples. they're apples that, that have been around since, you know, they could be from the 1600s. they could be from the 1920s. usually they're reproduced by grafting so that every apple is a clone, which means that you really are eating the same apple that someone ate in 1800, or, you know, a johnny appleseed apple from, you know, 18, 20. it's the same apple. >> i like the pairing with the balsamico. >> yes. it's really. yeah. >> isn't that nice? so that's apple cider vinegar that's mixed with an apple cider sirup to make it kind of sweet tangy vinegar. >> okay. can i just ask you, for

those who don't know all the varieties, just give us the your recommendation for if you like it crispy, go with this one. if you like it really sweet, go with this one. if you like it very tart, go with this one, right? >> i would say a tart if you love tart apples, the pink pearl is your friend right now that was the first one you tasted. it's kind of tangy. it's kind of tangy and tart, if you like a sweet apple, we grow a lot of honeycrisps, which you probably had at the supermarket, but you haven't had them fresh off the tree. and when they're fresh off the tree, they're amazing. really sweet. sweet, sweet. big, juicy balloon in your mouth, really just just wonderful, and then i would say, you know, if you want, like, a just a wonderful kind of old fashioned all around apple that tastes like apple pie, then you want the gravenstein, which is, i think, the third apple that you have there. >> i tried it really good. >> and they just said, like a whole scene, you're eating these and it's incredible. i mean, i just tried the apple cider vinegar right now. the spencer was mentioning it is delicious.

and i feel like i'm just like in some warm environment. i don't know how to explain it, but i'm just like in love with this right now. this is so very fall like, yeah, you know, we're going to be having a big heirloom apple festival on our farm on september 14th, >> and so it's open to the public. you can get a, you can get a ticket. we'll have, we'll have organic pizza that will be made on site. we'll have ice cream, we'll have apple tasting, we'll have music, we'll have tours of our orchard, it's a lot of fun. and it's, you know, just a little bit. a little bit more than an hour from san francisco. so it's an easy drive. really great for families and stuff. >> you make apple sirup as well. >> yeah. so apple juice, we make fresh apple juice. and then it's slowly boiled down to kind of a maple sirup consistency, and then we add a little cinnamon and a little sugar and it's great on pancakes. it's great on your waffles on, you know, put it into, put it into your yogurt. you know, anything that that you'd use any kind of a sirup for. it's delicious. >> this is great. this is great. it's healthy, it's local and

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leslie brinkley did. this week. reporter. >> it's a tortuously twisty road up to the mount diablo summit. >> just as you drive the road, you want to be aware that there will be tarantulas crossing. so you want to, you know, not run over or try not to run over anything. >> and why does the tarantula want to cross the road? >> he's looking for love. he's out looking for a mate. >> the male tarantulas are on an inevitably fatal mission as they follow a chemical trail. >> so they go from burrow to burrow. try to find as many females as they can to mate and that's how they spend the rest of their days. as the days get colder and it gets wetter, you know they tend to die off. >> the males do. >> the males do. yes. >> the females live a long time. >> yeah, they can live up to 20 years. >> the females live to hatch their eggs. the males die of starvation in october. or a worse fate from the sting of one of these wasps, which also hover around mount diablo. >> tarantula. hawk is a predator to the tarantula, so what it would do is lay its eggs on the male tarantula. after paralyzing

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