weekend. i'll have an hour by hour forecast coming up. >> the benefits of waiting for your next covid vaccine. which month? one doctor says you should get the new shot. plus, as a young courtroom prosecutor in oakland, california, i stood up just one of many bay mentions of the democratic national convention. >> and while that event ended in messages, momentum and merchandise continue. >> from abc seven live breaking news. >> and that breaking news is out of germany, where three people are dead and a manhunt is on after a knife attack at a festival. the violence happened at an event celebrating the 650th anniversary of the town solingen. police say around 9:30 p.m. local time, someone with a knife started attacking people at random in a market square. again, three people are dead. at least five others are hurt. police say the attacker is on

the run and they do not have much information to go on right now. >> we'll keep you updated on that. and back here at home, some streets around a dublin apartment complex have reopened as police investigate a deadly shooting inside one of the units. it happened at the emerald park apartment complex off hacienda drive. police say a man was found shot in the head inside an apartment. the suspect is still on the loose. police say there is no threat to the general public. >> and new at six. investigators say a wildfire that destroyed more than a dozen homes is a case of arson. and they've now arrested a suspect. the thompson fire burned 3700 acres on the eastern side of oroville in butte county last month. cal fire investigators arrested a 26 year old from oroville yesterday. he's being held without bail. cal fire is not saying how he's accused of sparking the fire, but we are hoping to learn more in a news conference coming up on monday. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. now to something that we are all noticing this a little bit weird weather.

>> yeah it's a taste of autumn with cooler temperatures. >> let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. all right, sandhya, how's the weekend looking? >> well, the start of it. dan and ama is going to be a little bit damp, but not for everyone. and then we will brighten it up. let me show you live doppler seven. right now, if you were not prepared, you may have been dodging some drops this afternoon. we did have a few showers. go through. right now it is pretty quiet on live doppler seven. we're getting some breaks in the cloud cover, but that's not going to last as we look up to the north right around the northwestern portion of california, you will see steady rain, all in association with a rare deep upper level low. so as it continues to move in to our north, we're going to see a few more showers developing around midnight around mendocino county. during the overnight hours, passing through parts of the bay area 530 in the morning. watch out for some damp roadways. you will notice they're very scattered at 730 tomorrow morning. a little bit of drizzle as well. at 10:00 things are starting to wind down. it is gusty over our hills. atlas peak 23 miles an

hour, 22 up around hood mountain and we are expecting up to an inch of snow. certainly possible in the sierra. between 8000 and 8500ft tomorrow morning. so not exactly what you'd expect in the summertime, but we'll take it. i'll let you know how long this is going to last. coming right up, dan. >> thanks, sandhya. >> now to the latest on covid. despite the summer surge, public health officials say winter may not be as bad as they first thought, especially with the new vaccine and pharmacies soon. however, as abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains, doctors say that's only if we all do our part. >> as the weather begins to cool down, the cold and flu season will soon heat up. but when you compare it to last year, we can expect a similar or slightly improved in terms of peak hospitalizations that we saw last year when you look at combined covid, flu and rsv together, but i do want to reiterate that there are, you know, a number of assumptions built into that, including whether or not people utilize the tools to mitigate infection

and illness. cdc director doctor mandy cohen says testing treatment and vaccines remain top priorities, especially when it comes to covid. >> it is changing faster than even the flu virus, so we need to continue to be vigilant. but yes, is it endemic? it is here with us. we need to protect ourselves and we have the tools to do it. we just need to use them. >> the government will once again provide for free covid tests per household, and the cdc has allocated $62 million for state and local programs to provide vaccines for uninsured and underinsured adults, including for the newly fda approved updated covid vaccine aimed at targeting the dominant cp2 variant. >> all of these vaccines prevent the worst of these infections. that means fewer visits to the doctor, fewer hospitalizations, and more time to enjoy the fall and winter with family and loved ones. >> the cdc recommends everyone six months or older get the updated covid and flu shots. you can even get them at the same time. meanwhile, they say people 60 and older, infants and people

who are 32 to 36 weeks pregnant should also get the rsv vaccine. the updated covid vaccine will be available soon, but ucsf infectious diseases expert doctor peter chin-hong suggests waiting until october will help you best avoid serious disease and infection. >> right after october comes a bunch of events. there's thanksgiving, there's the holidays, there's holiday parties, there's holiday travels. so if i wanted to kind of get the biggest bang for the buck, it's going to be that period because antibodies are going to peak for that period. if you were recently infected with covid or recently had a covid vaccine, doctor chin-hong suggests waiting at least two months for the new vaccine. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and dustin mentioned the government's free covid tests. this is the third year in a row you'll be able to request free tests in the mail starting in late september. you can get four tests in this round by visiting covidtests.gov. >> on to your voice. your vote. robert f kennedy jr has suspended his long shot campaign for president and come out in support of former president

donald trump. kennedy made the announcement at an event in phoenix, arizona, today. >> it's with a sense of victory and not defeat that i am suspending my campaign. and now to throw my support to president trump. >> kennedy began his white house run in april 2023 as a democrat to challenge president biden. he later changed parties and ran as an independent. kennedy is still encouraging voters in red or blue states to vote for him, but says he is removing himself from the ballot in battleground states, where he could act as a spoiler. trump thanked robert kennedy for the endorsement during a campaign stop in las vegas that he made, where he addressed a promise he's made to americans who work for tips. >> if you're a restaurant worker, a bartender, a hospitality worker, a caddie, a barber, a mover, a driver of any kind or anyone else, you rely on a lot of tip income, hopefully a lot. we are going to let you

keep 100% of your tip income and not be harassed. just so you understand. >> trump stopped in the swing state of nevada pushing his no tax on tips proposal. he once again accused kamala harris of stealing his idea of not taxing tips earned by service workers. he also criticized harris's corporate tax hike plan, saying it would prompt companies to leave the united states, taking thousands of jobs to other countries. >> democratic presidential nominee kamala harris left chicago today. now that the democratic national convention has wrapped up, she and second gentleman doug emhoff are back in washington, d.c, california and the bay area got a lot of attention over the past four days of the dnc and some want it to last. abc seven news reporter tim johns explains. as a young courtroom prosecutor in oakland, california, i stood up for women and children against predators who abuse them. >> as attorney general of california, i took on the big

banks. >> vice president kamala harris taking time to highlight her bay area roots during her speech at the democratic national convention thursday. among other places, harris specifically mentioning her time working in san francisco, as well as her childhood in the east bay cities of oakland and berkeley. the shout outs getting the attention of many local leaders, including san francisco mayor london bree, who says the positive press is good news for the city. >> like kamala harris says, we're not going back. we're going forward. we're going forward with this city. we're going forward with this country. and she is leading the way. >> it's not just san franciscans who are excited about the vice president's nomination, either. here on the streets of oakland, we saw signs. we've run into people. everyone is excited about her local bay area connections that sign on the marquee of the grand lake theater. a sentiment shared by many in the east bay. >> knowing that somebody from right around here, you know, that you knew of, you know, and saw her grow up, saw her, you know, excel. >> that also includes diane

roberts. while having lunch with a friend, diane told us she can't wait to cast her vote in november. she also proudly showed us her kamala sweatshirt, a nod to being a so-called childless cat lady. >> i'm feeling like i can have a conversation with my niece and nephew here in nebraska, who were on the edge about whether they were going to vote democrat or republican. >> and that's not the only merchandise going around in the east bay. at oaklandish, jordan taylor says he's expecting the store to start selling kamala inspired items in the coming weeks. taylor believes the name recognition he brings to the city is a welcome change. >> it's actually something positive. nothing like crazy. that's usually on the news. so i'm very excited about that. >> voters will head to the polls for the presidential election on november 5th in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. a lot more to get to here. >> coming up next, a lesson in conflict resolution to save a north bay preschool from eviction. plus. >> i truly am unable to give this role the attention it

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and stop the excuses. despite being served with an eviction notice, the mill valley school district owns the building, you see, and says the preschool, tere marin, needs to find a new home because of unpaid rent. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard >> how mandarin is the only language spoken at tere marin preschool in mill valley. a full immersion program for little kids? hardly. li has been

teaching here for about a year. >> i think this is such a valuable program for the kids around this area who needs chinese learning? but tere marin is now facing an uncertain future after being served with an eviction notice by its landlord. >> the mill valley unified school district, which owns the building. >> when i first heard about the, you know, the shocking news, i was really stressed. and then i was feeling really upset to hear the news because we do love our kids here. >> the school district says the preschool owes back rent for june, july and august. >> the lease has been broken. we welcome the city or anyone else with space to donate to them to continue their school. >> they're choosing to break the lease for their school use. >> wendy shaw is the preschool director. she tere has ten years left on its lease, but the district because it needs the space for administrative offices. shaw says she never

stopped paying rent. >> i just paid the portion of the space that i'm using. i'm hoping that they would consider that as rent, and they cashed it. >> parents spoke at a recent school board meeting blasting officials for trying to evict the preschool. >> because you're going to harm a lot of people, and what you guys are doing is absurd. and i'm really glad i don't live in mill valley, because if i did, i would be ashamed of myself. and you guys should be ashamed of yourself too. >> i just hope that the school district, you know, works in good faith with us to let us keep the space. that's really all we want. >> directors say enrollment has dropped over news of a possible eviction, but shaw is determined to find a solution to stay open. >> i really want things to work out. i would love if i could talk to the school district. i would say, you know, can we come back on the table and try to figure this out? >> school district officials had no comment on the matter. in mill valley. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> an abrupt resignation today by the president of the san

francisco unified school board. mayor london breed wasted no time in finding a replacement, as abc seven news reporter lena howland explains, this comes as the district faces declining enrollment and looming school closures. >> the first week of school wasn't even over yet when san francisco unified school board president laney mohamed resigned friday morning due to my personal circumstances, my immediate priority needs to be my health and my family. >> and while i believe this to be a temporary setback, i truly am unable to give this role the attention it deserves. >> mohamed leaves office just two years after being appointed by mayor london breed, following the recall of three board members in a special election. board vice president matt alexander will step in as president and fill kim was sworn in to fill a key vacancy left behind after the shuffle. he'll be on the board for the remainder of mohamed's term. >> i'm really clear eyed on the work that we have ahead of us. >> but the shakeup comes less than a month before the district

is expected to release a list of schools set to permanently close in the spring. those closures coming amid declining enrollment something kim is all too familiar with after serving in the superintendent's office and working on the school's closure plan. >> there's no doubt that we have some tough decisions to make, and what's most important for me is as a commissioner and as a colleague of other board members, as well, that we are centering the experiences of our kids. >> first and foremost, you have to be able to go out and have these conversations with these parents and these students as to what this means. and so we didn't have time to wait. >> vanessa marrero is executive director of parents for public schools of san francisco. she says she wishes the public had a say in all these moves. >> the main challenge that i'm seeing in this transition is the factor of not not allowing the, the, the, you know, the vote for the people taking away people's right to vote. essentially because you're appointing someone and not allowing for an

election to happen. >> the mayor's office says the seat will open up at the next citywide election after this november. it could either be a special election or in june of 2026. in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> okay. time to focus on our weather. the weekend is here. >> it is here. and so is some strange weather for this time of year. meteorologist sandhya patel has the forecast. >> yeah, you call it strange. i call it interesting. let's take a look at this area of low pressure. this is rare for this time of year to have a deep, upper level, low like we're seeing right now. heavy rain is being reported up around the northern california coast. about a third to 4/10 is already fallen. and they're going to continue to see some steady rain across the region. as we look at live doppler seven, we're seeing some breaks in the cloud cover. but we did have a few showers go through here earlier this afternoon. now where the heavier rain is expected in the park burn scar area, the rest of sacramento county. flash flood watch up until tomorrow morning.

certainly possible to see some flash flooding, mudslides, debris flows, that kind of thing. as we take a look at the winds right now, gusting to 28 at oakland, livermore is getting gusty winds as well. 23 miles an hour. a live view from our east bay hills camera. and you can certainly see some clouds and sun mixing in today's high temperatures, by the way, mid 60s to upper 70s, anywhere from a few degrees to about ten degrees below average for this time of year. so it definitely felt like fall 66 in the city. low 70s from oakland to san jose to redwood city. and it is socked in on the golden gate bridge. upper 60s santa rosa, petaluma, 72, in fairfield and napa, 70, in concord, 69, in livermore. if you do have plans tonight, as we look from our kgo roof camera, just some clouds out there right now. but tonight into tomorrow morning we are expecting more drizzle and spotty showers. sunday, sunnier and warmer and early next week the summer sizzle is back. if you're missing that kind of weather, we go hour by hour.

1030 tonight, a few more showers beginning to develop as we head towards tomorrow morning. hopefully you're sleeping at 4 a.m. yeah, there's going to be some damp roadways out there. 7:00 in the morning, occasional shower or drizzle, and at 9 a.m, one last push going into 1130 across the north bay before this trough starts to lift on out of here, it is going to pass to our north, but it will squeeze out anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch all the way to 4000/600 of an inch up in ukiah. so your morning temperatures in the 50s and 60s, it is going to be a little bit mild and muggy with the south wind tomorrow afternoon, it's going to be breezy, brighter and milder in the south bay 79 in san jose, 82. gilroy on the peninsula. if you have outdoor plans, you're good to go. 80 in redwood city, 67, in half moon bay, downtown san francisco, 69 degrees. you're going to forget how much cooler than average it was today with a quick warm up tomorrow afternoon in the north bay. 78 in santa rosa, 79 in san rafael, heading into the east bay. low 70s oakland berkeley. inland areas will be up into the upper

70s to low 80s. 82 concord 81 livermore. we take a look at sunday even warmer weather and a lot of sun 60s to 90s. so if you like the heat, here comes the accuweather seven day forecast. we're going to feel it early next week, but until then, morning drizzle and spotty showers tomorrow followed by a warmer day. and that warming continues sunday with some 70s along the coast early next week. 90s to 100 well above average inland, and then temperatures will start to taper mid to late in the week. dan. >> all right. thank you. sandhya. stonestown >> much like the beatles, they were of course all about music. but coming up you'll see their world

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boys known as the beatles invaded san francisco, and as local fans mark that bit of history, curators at the deyoung museum are getting ready to capture the excitement of beatlemania all over again. >> well, it certainly is nice to be here in san francisco. >> it was 60 years ago, almost to the day the beatles arriving in the bay area to kick off their first u.s. concert tour, and the images of the fab four performing before a packed crowd at san francisco's cow palace in august of 1964, are still the

stuff that dreams and screams are made of. twist and shout. >> shout. oh, come on, come on, come on baby. >> and while it's a bit of a hop from the cow palace stage to the bandshell next to san francisco's deyoung museum, curator sally martin katz is hoping that same excitement will still echo through in an upcoming photo exhibit. and she met us on stage to highlight its unique point of view. beatlemania through the eyes of sir paul mccartney. >> so this exhibition covers the period the three month intense period from december 1963 to february 1964, and so we have a rare opportunity now to see it through mccartney's eyes, to see it from their experience. >> the exhibit is called eyes of the storm candid photographs taken by mccartney himself with his 35 millimeter pentax camera and newly retrieved from his personal collection. the photos document that mad rush in the year leading up to the san

francisco concert. >> i love that the title of the exhibition is called eyes of the storm, which really gets at this idea. i mean, the storm that was beatlemania arriving here in the us, how it took the country by storm, but also this notion of looking, of being eyes and who's looking at who and the direction of gazes we're used to being the ones looking at them. and here he's returning the gaze. >> and mccartney turns his lens on both journalists and his fellow beatles, giving audiences an unfiltered look at the innocent joy and unrelenting pressure of their sudden fame. >> the photographs are on the go. they're blurry. we see a sense of movement. and so, you know, they're not carefully posed images where he's thinking about composition from a very deliberate perspective, but they do, i think, have a lot of value as works of art in and of themselves. >> the photos have been on exhibit in new york and will arrive at the deyoung this spring. perhaps reigniting the excitement that swept the bay area for so many decades ago.

yeah >> wow. pretty good right? >> paul mccartney eyes of the storm exhibit will be at the deyoung from march through early july of next year. you've actually seen the exhibit i did in london, and it's just terrific. a really fascinating look inside. a remarkable time for four musicians from england who are about to change music and pop culture forever. all is seen through the eyes and the lens of one of those beatles. it was really cool. i'll go see it when it's here. >> that's awesome. all right, well, coming up next, new at six from the i-team. a chase, a case, and enough questions to get most charges thrown out. only the i-team's dan noyes traces

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a slow speed chase involving an old rv in the marin headlands ends with a crash and a surprise decision in court. a judge threw out most of the charges against

that driver, questioning whether u.s. park rangers are in fact peace officers. >> abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes has an investigation. you will see only on seven. dan. >> and dan, there are several questions about how the park rangers behaved that night and how their actions escalated. what should have been a minor traffic stop. >> i started having double vision, back in napa. >> 40 year old pacino. >> casey tells me he started feeling the effects of covid while heading home to san francisco with his wife and year old daughter in their rv. so he stopped at rodeo beach in the marin headlands. >> i pulled over there because i couldn't. i couldn't keep driving, and i didn't want to, you know, risk having accidents. so i knew that national park was somewhere i could go and park for a few hours and get some rest. just after nine on a wednesday night in january 2022, a u.s. park ranger knocks on the back of the rv. >> and then again 30s later. he didn't identify himself either time. the ranger's body cam

video shows casey pulling away. >> so when i heard that and i'm like, it's dark, i'm already sick. i didn't even say nothing. i got up and started the rv and drove away. >> at that point, did you know that it was a ranger? nope. >> he could have. he could have announced himself. >> i shared the video from that night with travis norton. >> retired police lieutenant and swat team leader who now teaches for the national tactical officers association and testifies in court as a police procedural expert. norton tells me the u.s. park rangers made several mistakes that night. number one, the ranger failed to identify himself right away. >> rv just turned on and took off on me, and after casey pulled over, the ranger told his colleagues that he had identified himself. i knocked on the door and was like, hey, please come out, turn on the rv and start driving. >> norton says that made the other ranger see casey in a different, more suspicious light. >> obviously, if you came up to me and said, hey, i identified

myself and then the guy took off. okay, well, it would appear that he's fleeing from us. >> a park ranger sergeant arrives and speaks with dispatch. she learns casey has a $7,500 warrant out of pacifica. >> one for 8.9 alpha and one for eight alpha one, providing false information to police and resisting both misdemeanors and nonviolent crimes. >> but mistake number two. the sergeant gets the criminal code numbers wrong and concludes casey was arrested for a bomb threat and was also one for 8.1 alpha. >> i thought they said one for 8.1 also. yeah, it must have been. which is a bomb threat and that bad information spreads from one ranger to another. >> false tags. no false bomb threat. a bomb threat. >> travis norton tells me that continues to escalate the situation. >> that would take you to a little more elevated sense of. maybe there's some danger here. >> mistake number three. when the sergeant tries to speak with

casey, it gets heated over that simple misdemeanor case. so here's where we're at. >> you got a warrant? no i don't. yes, you do. no, don't. >> no i don't. i already been through that already. >> pay for it. i had to pay for it. so i know that we already went through this. >> there's a lot going on here. my mistake. hey, guys, have a good night. just clear that warrant up for us. thank you. but then it turns into something that that in my opinion, it didn't need to. >> i know, i know what you're doing. listen, i know what you're doing, and i know i know what you're doing. okay, i know. no, no. they had him in their lane. and when they did not take off, do not take off. >> do not take off. >> running. casey admits at this point he made a mistake. >> and i know i don't have a warrant. >> and i have the paperwork in the car and i'm. and we were going through that argument and he pulled on the door and it scared me. and i just i panicked. >> and you took off. yeah. looking back on it, do you regret having taken off? yeah. >> do not take off. casey pulls

away in the rv and mistake number for the rangers in their suvs. give chase. >> we don't chase people for misdemeanor warrants. the risk versus gain analysis is just not there. what are we. what are we gaining and what are we risking? >> the rangers escalate the situation further, aiming their long guns at the rv as it nears the one way tunnel with the five minute red light. mistake number five. >> just toss this thing and go. >> they failed to deploy the spike strips properly. >> the deployment of the spike strips. not good. he puts them in the wrong spot. he doesn't pull them back, so you need to put them in the lane that the subject is traveling. that doesn't happen. and then once that vehicle passes, you pull those spike strips back. so you don't deflate the tires of the your own vehicles. that's exactly what happens. >> the rv passes without hitting the spike strips, but a ranger's suv runs right over them, popping a tire. >> i think this vehicle will be

back in service in a couple of minutes. >> mistake number six. the rangers try to block the tunnel by parking an suv inside at an angle. >> we don't block anything because that is. that's dangerous. you can cause crashes. and in fact, it does in this set of circumstances. >> as i hit the curve, the cars in there, i hit on the brakes and it's just not stopping, you know? >> he sideswipes the ranger's suv and gets stuck in the tunnel with a carload of tourists. no injuries. besides, casey's daughter, who suffered some minor scratches. mistake number seven. this car moves. you get shot, your hands drop, you get shot. >> you have an officer who is pointing his firearm at the front of the vehicle. right up on when we compress time and space like that, you increase the danger level for everybody. >> norton says this ranger is elevating the encounter for no reason. >> hey, can you get your hands up for me? just. just get your hands up. something like that is going to be much more effective

that everybody's blood pressure is up at this point. but we don't need to do that. you're the professional. >> i'm not going to fight you whatever you want me to do. okay. >> the rangers took casey into custody, charged with evading a peace officer with reckless driving, child endangerment, vandalism, and hit and run driving without a valid driver's license. resisting a peace officer. >> everyone involved made some pretty bad decisions. my client and the rangers. >> casey's attorneys successfully argued that u.s. national park rangers are not peace officers. under california law, and should have not been involved in enforcing a warrant from a state court. >> those rangers don't have the proper training to be peace officers and their specifically excluded from peace officer status by the legislature. the law is really clear in that regard. >> the judge dismissed most of the charges. a jury later convicted casey for child endangerment and driving without a license. he's on probation after spending a year and a half in marin county jail. but casey credits his wife for hanging in

there and finding a lawyer who could help. >> she didn't leave me in there. she didn't leave me in there. and she. and she knows that, i've been protecting her, and she protected me. >> the national park service that oversees the rangers declined my request for an interview and did not respond to a detailed list of questions. now one final mistake. the rangers impounded casey's rv, put an evidence hold on it. but the tow yard destroyed the rv by mistake. casey had wanted it back, but now it's just gone. >> gone? >> totally gone. >> weird. that's. yeah, that is fascinating to see that step by step. >> all the different mistakes. >> absolutely. >> i'm watching that video going. what? that just kept on saying, oh, that's a problem. >> fair to say that the park rangers don't do this kind of activity activity very often. >> and that's part of the equation here. absolutely. that they are not used to doing these things. i mean, police officers in san francisco or oakland would be much more skilled at

handling something, but they just don't do it. >> yeah. >> wow. thanks, dan. >> and if you have a story for dan and the i-team, call the number on your screen or go to abc7 news.com slash i-team. >> all right. coming up, the changes made at mount diablo to ease drivers patience and save cyclists lives and drivers licenses are going digital, but you might still have to carry

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for the boy scouts ringing today's closing bell at the new york stock exchange. it was a good day for the market. the dow soared 462 points. the nasdaq added 258. the s&p gained about 64. the stock market jumped after federal reserve chairman jerome powell made these comments at an economic summit this morning. >> the time has come for policy to adjust the direction of travel is clear, and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data. this seems to be emerging. >> that is the strongest indication yet. the fed will cut interest rates. powell did not say exactly when the rate cut could happen or how big it could be. economists expect it to happen at the mid-september meeting, possibly by a quarter of 1%. >> california is one of five states to offer a digital

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into an immersive light show called imaginarium. more than 5 million led lights will create a dream like experience. it will look like this. the display from a previous imaginarium show is what you're seeing. visitors can walk through dazzling light displays, mirrored rooms, photo boxes, and lighted storybook characters. imaginarium where light meets magic, will continue through october 20th at stoneridge shopping center in pleasanton. >> in the east bay, the push for safer roads for cyclists has paid off this weekend. those who ride up mount diablo will join lawmakers and state park officials to celebrate the addition of new bicycle turnouts on the road. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with park officials who say these turnouts have really reduced

collisions. >> these signs are everywhere. when you drive up to the mount diablo summit. why this road is narrow, windy and full of these blind curves. >> very fun going up, coming down. a little scary for me. >> sherry taylor and alex sagastume are out on an afternoon ride. it's sheri's first time, but alex has been riding this hill for years. recently, he's felt a lot safer. >> they built up a few new ones on the side also, which are really nice and it's a lot safer for everybody going up and down the hill. >> he's referring to these bicycle turnouts at the blind curves. they were first installed eight years ago after an abc seven news i-team report in 2015, identifying something that needs to be fixed, an important safety issue in this case, and pushing public officials to get it done. abc seven's dan noyes found there were 116 collisions involving cyclists on mount diablo over a four year span. 70% of them were around blind curves. it's actually, over 300 blind curves

as you go up the mountain. >> anybody who's driven up the mountain or ridden up the mountain knows that not only is it arduous, but there are a lot of turns. >> randy madera with the california state park foundation, says cyclists started raising money for these turnouts years ago. >> the rest was, donated by the general public, which was it was a process. it's exciting. and it was only like two years from fundraising to construction, which was pretty quick for the state parks and state process. so we're excited about that. >> this saturday, officials are gathering with cyclists to celebrate the recent addition of 22 turnouts, bringing the total on mount diablo to 67. and according to park officials, the ones already in place have led to an 80% decrease in collisions. >> the cars are coming over and these guys are coming down. you know, just having a good time. and there have been some accidents coming down here. so it's been it was very dangerous beforehand. now it's made it a lot safer making sure the ride up and down the bay area's tallest peak can be done safely

in the east bay. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> seems like a really good solution. >> absolutely. okay, let's turn to our weather. the weekend is here, and it's a bit gloomy. >> it is a bit gloomy. sandhya. >> yes, i know we're going to brighten it up. okay, but it's going to start off gloomy tomorrow morning. let's take a look at live doppler seven. seeing some breaks in the cloud cover right now. but there is still a lot of cloud cover. and as we look from our zephyr cove. clouds are increasing. they may even see a little bit of snow up there. between 8000 and 8500ft, expecting up to an inch. so let's go hour by hour, up along the northern california coast, they've seen quite a bit of rain. i just looked at the latest totals anywhere from 4/10 to about 7/10 has fallen in the sierra. they are expecting tomorrow morning. possibility of some snow showers. of course we'll have some drizzle and some spotty showers here in the bay area tomorrow afternoon. brightening it up. it's going to be breezy mid 60s to low 80s. if you are traveling to hawaii. tropical storm joni is headed towards the big island, but it

is not going to cross the big island. it's going to pass to the south of it. big swells and some flooding rain are the main concerns with joni. the accuweather seven day forecast after a damp start tomorrow morning, we're going to go with some sunshine and warming trend and then heating it up, so we'll go from below average to well above average early next week. ama and dan all right. yes. roller coaster. thanks, sandhya. >> all right. on to sports. yes. >> larry beil is here. >> all right. talking 49 ers returning to the scene of the crime back in las vegas, where they lost the super bowl in their last game six months ago. niners they have the roster to get back to the super bowl. but tom brady explains it is a lot easier we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis,

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for the red and gold. this will be their first visit back to allegiant stadium since losing the super bowl to the chiefs. back in february. now, normally when teams win the super bowl, all the stars line up. everybody wants to get paid. but the niners, they've lost two of the last four super bowls and they now have both trent williams, the mammoth offensive tackle and wide receiver brandon aiyuk holding out for more money. aiyuk, by the way, is with the team tonight in vegas. so that seems encouraging. but you know who knows. seven time super bowl champion tom brady appearing on the stephen a smith show, says even with a bunch of all pro players on both sides of the

ball, you're never, ever guaranteed of getting back to the super bowl. >> how many times have we lost super bowl? and then the next year the team doesn't make the playoffs? that happens quite a bit. you know why? because every year you start back at the bottom with everybody else. and i think someone like the 40 niners, for example, they run a great program. i think they have a very good ownership. they have a very good general manager. they have a good head coach, they have a very good quarterback. they have a very good defense and defensive coordinator who they've had. and i think those are great fundamentals of what you're looking for to build an organization. >> well, this certainly is not going to help the cause of the niners their first round draft pick ricky pearsall, out of florida, has a lingering shoulder injury, so he's out. mike silver of the chronicle says the niners knew pearsall had a shoulder problem before the draft, but they decided to take him anyway. it may be a more serious issue than they expected. no timetable for pearsall getting on the field. little hockey news the san jose sharks have acquired goalie yaroslav askarov from nashville in a trade that swaps draft

picks and prospects. ashcroft played in only two games for nashville last year. this is how he celebrates making a big save. bench pressing. one. two. three. nets typically weigh between 90 and 100 pounds. he's got a chance to be the sharks goalie of the future. we know one thing. when this guy shows up, he shows up angry. >> you know, we want guys that that compete hard every night, that play with emotion and play with fire. and you know, obviously you have to reel it in and uh- and kind of harness it in the right way. but you know, i think it's hard to play any sports at a high level without playing with emotion and fire. and, and he has that competitive drive to be great and win hockey games. >> round two of the bmw championship at castle pines in colorado. adam scott, with a nine under par 63. oh, reading the break perfectly right there. scott is your leader at 13 under par, not having as much fun out there. rory mcilroy the tee shot does not like it and throws the club into the water. yeah, dan, as i've told you so many times,

it's a poor craftsman who blames his tools. a 71 for mcilroy, who is ten shots back. the a's are playing milwaukee tonight, but it was a fan at their game yesterday that deserves some attention. this is jim stewart allen he is known as broccoli man actually a seattle mariners fan. he went to his first game back in 1997. he goes around ballparks dancing with broccoli like that's his thing. and people love it. people love it. now just for the record, he started out dancing with zucchini, but he decided that broccoli was a step up. think about that natural progression on abc seven is sponsored by smart and final. i would go with cauliflower okay. >> because i ain't eating it. that's for sure. >> okay, so i was questioning whether broccoli was the superior vegetable. >> so i went to my, you know, my eye because that's, you know, you got to have uh- and it's got

onions, carrots, bell peppers ahead of broccoli. broccoli is a mere six cucumbers. >> what are we rating it on. yeah. how do we what's the nutrition. oh, very well, very well done. stereo. how about you? whatever. >> however you want to rank the. what's your favorite. >> what's your favorite thing of that? >> uh- probably actually broccoli or carrots. my favorite okay. >> all right. now we know. >> now we know carrots ladies okay. those are so pointy. you got to watch where you're swinging those though. that's true. all right. tonight on abc seven at eight it's jeopardy masters followed at nine by 2020. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want. wherever you are. >> all right, finally, this friday, a few thoughts about what really matters with the finale of the dnc last night. the political pageants that are both parties conventions are now over, and it's on to the home stretch of the campaign. both the republicans and the democrats had upbeat and successful conventions that rallied the faithful and infused

each campaign with new enthusiasm. of course, that was most evident with the democrats, who a month ago were a bit down in the mouth about their prospects until president biden stepped aside. but going forward, it doesn't matter who had oprah, hulk hogan, kid rock or pink at their conventions. trump, vance, harris and waltz will now crisscross the country and take to the airwaves nonstop for the next 73 days until november 5th. that's their job. ours and those of us in the media and you at home, is to ask and expect answers to serious agenda and policy questions. what really matters is to look past the slogans and the sound bites and look closely at who these four people really are, what they stand for, and what they will do if we give them the power. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on social media at dan ashley abc seven. >> that is it for this edition of abc seven news. thanks for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz, i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel, larry beil,

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