neglecting sick kittens and yet another insurance company pulling the plug on fire policies here in the state of california. >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm stephanie sierra. we begin with new developments with the federal election interference case against former president donald trump. special counsel jack smith filed what's known as a superseding indictment today. >> now, it doesn't drop any of the original four charges against mr. trump. instead, it adjusts the charges in response to the supreme court's ruling last month on presidential immunity. now, the one noticeable change in this indictment is it no longer references mr. trump's use of the department of justice that was mentioned more than 30 times in the original indictment. and as we mentioned, we're following the latest on that wrong-way crash that claimed two lives in san jose and we're now seeing the moments that a truck traveled several minutes in the wrong direction on a busy freeway. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes with the latest. >> take a look at this video.

slowed down. it shows the white pickup truck traveling the wrong way on northbound highway 85. the chp saying that truck traveled in the wrong direction for several minutes before the tragic crash at the highway 8587 interchange, officials said. they first got calls around 340 in the afternoon that monday. >> some of the first calls that we had put the pickup truck in the area of 85 and saratoga, which is several miles. >> chp confirming that a 47 year old woman and 14 year old boy were killed in that crash, though the santa clara county coroner has not officially named the victims. on tuesday, this e-mail was sent to families at the school the boy attended. it stated that he was in ninth grade and that his family said he was happy at the school. he only got to attend for a short time. the new school year started less than two weeks before the crash. officials say the driver of the truck was a 39 year old man. he was hospitalized with major injuries. the pickup had florida license plates. a check of his name found records in his florida county, listing several traffic infractions, including

one misdemeanor for careless driving. patrick garrison lives just by the highway. 8587 interchange near oak ridge mall, where it happened. he heard about the crash when his daughter called him. >> she called me just to make sure i was okay. and, you know, i said, what's up? she said, oh, there's a fatal accident. >> he's lived by the freeway for nearly a decade and has seen bad crashes. still, he says the cause of this one is one of the most shocking he's come across. it's heartbreaking. >> and to be driving the wrong way during the daylight. it's just crazy. the chp said it's still investigating why the driver was going the wrong way and where he came from on the freeway. >> officials tell us that the suspect is still in the hospital and has not been booked. investigators are looking into felony manslaughter charges. the chp asked any witnesses to please come forward. in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> and another accident involving a wrong-way driver, this time out of santa cruz county, where a car slammed head on into a school bus this morning near watsonville. 43 students from aptos junior and

high schools were on board. witnesses say the bus driver evacuated the kids safely off the bus, although one student, at least one, was injured. but he is expected to be okay. the driver of the car was handcuffed by police and then taken to a hospital. officers say it appears drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the north bay. >> homeowners along stinson beach who recently roped off their properties are breaking the law, according to marin county. the county yesterday sent a notice of violation to six different property owners, and they have to take down those makeshift fences or get a permit for them. county officials started an investigation last week after receiving complaints, saying the ropes were blocking public beach access. >> all right, this is a growing problem. now another blow for homeowners across the state. liberty mutual fire insurance company now the latest company that is ending their fire insurance coverage here in california. >> and now the company will not renew fire policies for 17,000 customers. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is here with a look at what that means.

if you're one of those customers, suzanne. >> so, stephanie, larry dwelling fire insurance covers fire damage to the structure of the home instead of the stuff inside the home. now, that's the type of policy that's not being renewed. it's something that landlords or vacation owners often count on. now despite that, critics say the insurance industry is making big changes more often, and that's leaving more homeowners in limbo. >> yeah, it's very frustrating. larry langford of west sacramento is losing his home insurance in about two weeks. >> liberty mutual insurance decided not to renew langford's policy. why? it has nothing to do with wildfire risks. instead, it's because i had uh- a debris splattered yard, >> as well as having oak trees on over or in connection with my house. >> that's an entirely different reason than why liberty mutual is not renewing the policy of 17,000 california policyholders, according to a liberty mutual

group spokesman. those non renewals of dwelling fire policies began last fall. the company explained that its, quote, retiring the antiquated technology it uses to manage the dwelling fire policies. >> that's going to be a very hard message for consumers to understand. all they know is i'm losing my insurance and i didn't do anything wrong. >> in a statement, liberty mutual said, quote, the decision to stop writing this product line is not specific to california and not related to fire risk. critics say more insurance companies seem to be looking for any excuse to drop policyholders. it just saddens me that these companies are just fleeing from california for different reasons. >> this is all about business. for them. >> amy bach is a homeowner insurance consumer advocate and executive director of united policyholders. she said the department of insurance struck a deal with insurance companies. companies can use new technology to determine the fire risk of homes. insurance companies can then set rates based upon that information. >> the new technology that

insurance companies are using, those aerial drones, the aerial images that drones are giving them. you know, i data mining risk scoring systems, insurers are are making business decisions because they are for profit companies, bach says. >> if you lose your insurance, you know, you get getting informed is number one understanding. >> you know that you you have you have 75 days, from the time your insurer, you know, tells you they're not renewing to, to find a new policy. >> and according to a company spokesperson, liberty mutual group says it is still offering dwelling fire insurance coverage in california under the safeco insurance brand. now, the latest announcement affects about 1% of liberty mutual's total personal insurance policies in california. live in studio suzanne phan abc seven news. all right, suzanne, thank you. >> san francisco is getting slammed by the white house over its housing policies. >> and now the biden

administration says the city's rules and regulations are key contributors to its housing crisis. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns here now live in studio with a closer look at some of this criticism. tim. >> yeah, larry. stephanie onerous and unnecessary. those are two of the words that president biden's council of economic advisers wrote about san francisco's housing policies in a new report. but after years of stringent regulations and not enough construction, some experts think we may finally be getting things right. it's perhaps the most unaffordable thing in a notoriously expensive city. housing, and more specifically, the lack of it in san francisco. for years, the city's housing laws have come under scrutiny by local and state leaders. but now the white house, too, is taking aim at the city by the bay and the policies it says make housing so expensive here. >> there are severe barriers from zoning to permitting all of the different kinds of things that affect market rate. housing also affect affordable housing. >> jordan grimes is a housing and sustainability advocate. he

says the city's housing stock is lacking at almost every price point. >> we have limited our supply so severely over so many decades that really we need to catch up on pretty much everything besides the affordability crisis. >> it's caused the city's housing shortage has also contributed to other social pressures. homelessness has a direct connection to housing being so unattainable for many. >> i think there's a lot of opposition to housing. still, we need to build more housing. we have a space for it. but just politics has gotten in the way. >> the white house says the median amount of time large projects spent in the permitting process was about 33 months. in san francisco, the longest of any city they looked at and noticeably higher than places like new york or los angeles. an intentional policy decision we made for decades to be totally honest. cory smith, the executive director of the housing action coalition, says while san francisco hasn't built enough homes since the 70s, things may finally be getting better. he points to new legislation backed in recent years by people like state senator scott wiener and governor gavin newsom that will

expedite the permitting and building processes. but given the size of the deficit the city currently finds itself in, smith says the benefits might not be felt for a while. >> it is going to take ten years, 15 years before those impacts are really felt by the average person who is just paying their rent or paying their mortgage. >> now, another factor to consider here is, of course, the high interest rates. rates are currently at the highest level they've been in decades. and that, of course, makes the cost of borrowing and financing a project that much more expensive. in the studio, tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right, tim, thank you. today governor newsom signed two bills into law aimed at addressing the state's homeless crisis. the first law clears the path for additional emergency shelter beds by using hotels and motels. the other streamlines the process for local governments to permit and facilitate the construction of accessory dwelling units, or adus. newsom says the new laws will provide local governments even more tools to provide

housing. and newsom also announced a major step in the project to transform san quentin prison into the san quentin rehabilitation center. demolition of the prison's old furniture factory is now complete, and construction of a new educational and vocational center will soon begin. the changes are part of the plan, newsom announced last year to transform san quentin into a facility focused on improving public safety through rehab and education. >> levi's stadium about to get some major upgrades. the 40 niners just announced a $200 million renovation plan. stadium and club areas will get a new look. luxury suites will be remodeled as well. keep in mind the stadium is only ten years old, but they're going to be putting in new state of the art video boards, upgraded wi-fi, new led lights. these renovations are set to be completed by 2026, when levi's will host both the world cup and the super bowl in the same year. >> very exciting. still to come, a no kill shelter, accused of

not taking proper care of its kittens. >> technology is advancing faster than laws can keep up. how schools are stepping in now and trying to step up. >> and it's electric. the nation's first ever fleet of electric school busses. and it's right here in the bay area. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. >> it was a warm to hot afternoon today, but this is not going to last. i'll show you what is changing as we hit the holiday weekend. what's the definition of character to you? umm... would you be a superhero or a supervillain?

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practices with regards to social media and cell phone use at school. yeah. >> today, the california state superintendent took up the task. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more. >> what makes this a unique moment is that we know that technology can be a great tool to aid learning, but california state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond also knows that these tools have consequences that can negatively impact student well-being and achievement, such as cyberbullying. >> thousands and thousands of reports are entered every day in california from teachers, principals, students, parents. no response. so tech needs to actually be accountable here for the ills of their platform. >> california state senator henry stern authored state bill 1283, which is still making its way through the assembly. it would give local school districts the authority to

restrict the use of social media on school campuses. not just limit what apps are allowed, but also how students use their cell phones. >> when students were in the bathroom using the restroom, people taking videos and posting them on snapchat, just to sort of shame and talk about how disgusting they are. >> students and school officials also spoke on pilot programs already implemented. stern says policies need to be designed to bring tech to the table, even considering legal recourse for students and schools against social media companies seeking legal recourse not just to the student or their parent, but also to the school, to their teacher and the superintendent, pursue legal action and actually have monetary penalties and potentially greater penalties than that on social media companies that simply say it's not our problem. but there are big challenges as well. some small school districts lack the resources to tackle the issue. parents challenged the law on the basis of free speech. the california pta points out that technology moves faster than

legislation, and that parents and teacher media literacy can lag behind that of students. >> we call on the state of california to strengthen better support for the infusion of media literacy skills and state curriculum frameworks. >> still, lawmakers point to programs and policies that have worked regarding limiting social media and cell phone use on campus. they add social media companies declined requests to participate. anser hassan abc seven news. >> the oakland unified school district is taking a historic step in the effort to build a better bay area, as well as a better planet. it's the first school district in the country to change out its entire fleet of busses to electric models. abc news reporter becky worley has the story. >> drop off, normally punctuated by loud diesel bus engines. it's instead pretty quiet. oakland unified is the first district in the country to go all electric, with the 72 busses in its fleet. >> they are dope, if i may use that word. yes. they're awesome.

>> these electric busses, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, are not actually owned by the district. they're contracted from a company called zoom. zoom offsets the district's cost by using the busses batteries to sell power to the electric company during peak hours in the evening, enough to power about 300 homes. >> what that means is that school busses acting like a large battery, and it is feeding the energy back to the grid through the renewable sources. >> but the busses have even more tangible effects on families like the real time tracking app that tells parents exactly when the bus will arrive at their house each morning, and later that their child has been dropped off. >> there's a place right here where you set the child in. >> another plus for drivers and riders. electric busses have no fumes or emissions. >> the diesel engine. at the end of the day, when you go ahead and you look at the side of the bus, it'll be black. so that that if it's on the bus, that'll

be in my lungs. >> this area, as in many areas in urban districts, has a high asthma rate. we know a lot of emissions contributes to that high asthma rate. >> oakland busses, all 1300 of its special needs students. and for parent lizbeth zamora and her son mateo, these new busses are a major plus. >> i'm glad that they thought about the environment and the kids health. when he got home. he was like, mom, mom, clean, clean. and i was like, they are clean. i saw that, so he was excited. >> my bus is my happy. >> your bus makes you happy? yeah, it makes him happy and it's so good for the environmen. this vehicle to grid technology is amazing. it also helps defray the cost of the investment, and it lets us use more renewable energy during peak evening hour. plus, those busses were quiet. they were air conditioned. and our bus driver margery said, kids behave better on them. becky worley for abc7 news.

>> a lot to look forward to. we are getting a look at the campus now where hundreds of richmond school kids are now attending classes following the closure of their school. the west contra costa county school district provided this video of the temporary campus for steeg elementary. the district closed the school in july after discovering asbestos during repair work. the temporary venue is located at the daejon middle school campus, just about a mile and a half away from steeg. >> i think it's unfortunate because, you know, the parents that can't make it over here, you know, got to find ways to get their kids over here. but i think it's a good thing if they're going to fix the school. >> the closure came after the district was named in a civil rights lawsuit calling out dangerous facilities and chronic staffing shortages at steeg and other campuses. turning to weather now. >> yeah, you know, we had like a couple of days where it felt like winter and now summer is right back. >> i know it was hot out today. yes, absolutely. >> sandhya patel is here with a look at the forecast. yeah.

>> larry and steph, we have temperatures that have soared into the upper 90s and low 100 for our hot spots this afternoon. i want to show you a live picture right now. summer is back as they just mentioned. and we have blue skies from san jose right now. temperatures at this hour in our hot spots. upper 90s, fairfield, concord, livermore 96. in santa rosa. it is 92, in napa. look at the view from pier 39. a lot of sun right now. and here's a look at san francisco's temperature. it is 77 degrees san francisco. you got up into the upper 70s so far 85 in oakland, 95 in san jose and 92 degrees in redwood city. high pressure controlling our weather. the wind is flowing around that ridge of high pressure in a clockwise fashion, and that northerly gradient did help to bump our temperatures up. as we look at live doppler seven. a few patches of fog hanging around near the coast, so not completely cleared out. here's a look at the temperatures. they are running higher than where they were yesterday by four degrees in san jose, san francisco up five in

concord, and three degrees warmer in santa rosa. it is blue sky from okay right now. tomorrow it's going to be hot again inland. overnight, some dense fog at the coastline, just like this morning. and we are expecting labor day weekend to start off cooler with near average temperatures. and then on labor day we'll switch things up. so let's go hour by hour. 520 tonight it's still going to be hot inland, comfortable at the coast as we head towards 720. warm 80s 90s inland. the fog starts to expand. tomorrow morning we start out with the fog near the coast and right around the bay shoreline. that marine layer is really squashed down, so it's a shallow layer. it's not going very far. as we head into the afternoon once again, it will be a warm to hot day for most areas except for the beaches. so 3:00 in the afternoon you already start to see those 90s and then in the evening hours, temperatures will slowly come down. so your morning numbers 50s 60s inland areas. we'll start off clear right near the coast. we'll have some fog along with the bay

shoreline. and as we look at our afternoon highs for the south bay, once again running well above average 90 degrees in san jose, los gatos, 9293, in morgan hill on the peninsula, 88. in redwood city, 81 menlo park. mid to upper 60s near the coast. we will still have some patchy fog around in the afternoon. downtown san francisco 72 degrees. north bay numbers low 90s around santa rosa. novato 88 and san rafael heading into the east bay. it's going to be a nice day. 79 in oakland, 88 in castro valley. inland areas once again will be hot. 96 degrees in concord, 97 in livermore. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. temperatures will be in the hot category once again as the summer heat holds inland. upper 90s there mid 60s coast side. you will notice that gradual drop in temperatures for late in the workweek heading into the first part of the weekend and then labor day. it will be nice. so steph and larry temperatures will come back up good. >> we look forward to it. >> yeah, it will be nice. enjoy. >> all right. thank you.

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2024. cutest canine contest. the dog's name? barney. barney beat out dozens of other furry contenders to take home the prize, and abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez got a chance to meet barney. today, five year old german shorthaired pointer barney was crowned tsa's cutest canine for 2024. >> the tsa passenger screening canine was celebrated at sfo tuesday. >> i'm biased. so you know, i feel like he's the cutest. but for everyone to vote him the cutest is pretty exciting. >> barney captured america's heart as well. voted top dog among tsa pooches from all over the country. tsa has trained more than 1000 canine teams that work at airports and mass transit facilities across the nation. we saw barney in action in this demo with a decoy. he shows how he would be able to sniff out explosives on a passenger. >> he finds things all the time,

so he's he's trained on, you know, dozens of explosives. there are, you know, certain medications or creams or you know, things like that that have chemical components that are the same, that are in explosives. so, you know, he finds things like that. >> and when he finds something, he is rewarded with this squeaky ball. barney started his career with tsa in 2022 and has been with his handler, michelle koegel, since then. for winning this honor, he'll be on the cover of the 2025 tsa calendar, and it looks like he's ready to pose. >> you see us walking around the airport and you think, oh, you know, they're cute and we're just walking around for fun, but it's really serious. he's really good at what he does. >> while many of us are getting ready for labor day trips, barney and michelle will be getting ready for a busy few days working here at the airport. they expect 900,000 people will be traveling to and

from sfo from thursday through tuesday, and of course, barney will be out here working to keep us all safe at sfo. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> still to come, a no kill animal shelter accused of not doing enough to save the lives of sick kittens. right now, all veterinarian offices are overbooked and overworked. >> what? >> they're doing is they're just delaying or giving inadequate care. >> the abc seven news i-team investigates, and the government interference that facebook says it will no

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year. >> but now there are some allegations that the organization is not doing enough to treat some sick kittens. and abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow is here with the story. what's happening? >> larry and stephanie milo foundation rescues both dogs and cats. these claims are specifically about the kittens. critics say that some of them are not receiving the vet care they need. but the founder and director of the organization says that's not true. the milo foundation is a no kill rescue in point richmond. the founder tells abc seven news it rescues approximately 1500 animals annually that otherwise would be facing euthanasia. now, milo is facing allegations it's not providing proper veterinary care for some sick kittens. here they are. volunteer tina spagnoli fosters kittens. this is little echo, his sister. she says she and milo employees have been sounding the alarm to founder and director lynn tingle. >> that was just new to me, that a rescue would not respond appropriately or do whatever it takes to make sure that the

animals in their care stay alive. >> tingle denies this and gave abc seven news a tour of the milo foundation. she answered all of my questions about the kittens. >> three week old kittens, two week old kittens. sick five week old kittens. they're vulnerable. >> she estimates the richmond location currently has about 30 cats, approximately half of them are sick, some with upper respiratory issues, others ringworm or eye infections. >> we start them on antibiotics. we clean their eyes. we give them meds, and if they aren't improving, then it's time to go to the vets. we don't take them to the vets on day one unless obviously it's a life threatening condition. >> tingle says milo has a couple of registered vet techs on staf, and two vets of record that the organization can make appointments with. >> but right now, all veterinarian offices are overbooked and overworked. >> most of the antibiotics are on site. >> a lot of the meds are backordered right now. >> but critics say that's not the issue. spagnoli alleges milo's staff aren't taking some

kittens to the vet when needed. >> this is the result of proper veterinary care, two antibiotics and some subcu fluids. and here he is today. >> but another kitten from the same litter named delta remained at milo. >> the one that was the most severely ill. she ended up passing away the next day. >> in an email spagnoli shared with abc seven news regarding delta's passing, tingle wrote in part, quote, i'm sorry that a kitten passed due to lack of action on milo's part. kittens can be very difficult to diagnose, but clearly more should have been done. >> one of them was weaker and passed before we could get them into the vets. >> what they're doing is they're just delaying or giving inadequate care. >> this wanting to run everyone to the vets all the time is not realistic. >> a member of milo's board of directors tells abc seven news that since january, milo has rescued 360 cats, more than 50% of them young kittens. 300 were adopted out, six passed away.

this year, one that the board member says was elderly. a milo employee. abc seven news spoke with also says she recently took a kitten to an outside vet and paid out of pocket. >> she did not have approval to do that. it was not necessary that she did that. tingle says employees should check in with milo first and try to go to its vets instead of others. >> she also says milo will reimburse that employee. as for spaniel's vet visit, she's a wealthy woman in marin, but she can pay her back if she so chooses. milo has approximately $150,000 annually for vet costs, according to tingle. there's additional budget for spay and neuter. >> it is not about saving money. it's not a matter of money. it's a matter of time and a matter of let's see what needs to happen. we get them in as soon as we can. >> she also says many arrived to milo already sick. >> we have feral kittens and cats wrapped up in tape left at our door. >> it's not the first time milo has faced criticism. in 2009,

the marin humane society shut down the san rafael location for alleged overcrowding and dirty conditions, according to prior reporting. >> that place was very small. we have more staff, but spagnoli says staff members are also frustrated. >> it's alarming that staff members are reaching out to me for help. >> it is our intention to take care of every animal that is here. we're doing our best. >> after abc seven news visited milo foundation, spagnoli dropped off her two foster kittens at milo to be spayed and neutered while their tingle told spagnoli she could no longer foster the organization's kittens by phone. when i asked why, tingle said she doesn't have the best interest of our organization at heart. she's done enough damage. the board tells me milo is making changes to improve conditions, including having a designated medical contact on call every day to handle emergency medical needs from fosters and the adoption center. they're also hiring a new director of operations, as well as a feline medical

caregiver. today, the medical director at abbey hospital gave me a call. this is one of the hospitals that's treating the animals that are at milo foundation. he told me that he thinks they're doing an excellent job triaging the animals and getting the ones that need vet care to the vet. he was familiar with those two kittens that you saw with the eye infections, but he was not familiar with delta. that was the kitten who most recently passed away. >> so a stark contrast from the images that really speak to the concerns. those photos. >> yeah, clearly two sides here. >> it feels like they're trying to do the right thing, but maybe don't have the resources to do that. so it's just heartbreaking seeing the little kittens that have suffered. thank you. mel. mel. all right. saturday is international overdose awareness day, and in honor of this event, marin county is now providing naloxone, also known as narcan, free to the public in vending machines. narcan is a medicine that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, which happens to be the leading cause of death in marin county. among residents under the age of 55. >> a popular weight loss drug

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censorship pressure from the white house during the pandemic. in a letter to the chair of the house judiciary committee, mark zuckerberg wrote that officials pressured facebook to take down certain covid content, including humor and satire. zuckerberg said officials expressed frustration when the company did not agree, and he says meta is ready to push back if something like this happens again. it's kind of a slippery slope here

because we have so many people that get their news from facebook. you want to have accurate information. sometimes it's impossible to check and if you just let everybody say whatever they want, you can see where it's really hard. >> yeah, very, very hard. and you know, we are remember talking about dangerous misinformation which occurred during the pandemic. so you had to be very responsible here. but, you know, at the same time, you know, i always say you cannot rely on social media to get your information and your news, rely on a reliable source like abc seven. >> yeah. >> good tip. yeah, it's a very complicated area of the law to i mean, to your point, larry, you have to find that delicate balance between censoring free speech and censoring actual false information. yeah. it's tough. yeah. >> and one person's free speech is the other person's false information. it's just, you know, so it's challenging and it's not going away, that's for sure. >> yeah. especially during the

pandemic when people were really vulnerable and everything that was posted, you know, people might have taken the wrong way. so yeah. >> no it's interesting. well, this next one, home improvement retailer lowe's appears to be scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in an internal memo obtained by media organizations, lowe's told employees that it will no longer participate in surveys for the human rights campaign. the lgbtq plus advocacy group, and lowe's will no longer sponsor or participate in any parades and festivals. so obviously, this is going to be a very divisive topic any way you look at it, i do think it's interesting that lowe's was previously cited as one of the best places to work for lgbtq equality by the human rights campaign, and now we see this happen. >> yeah, yeah, you i mean, you could also argue, you know, you could come up with a million phrases here. if you do, if you don't. but also, you know that old phrase that says stand up for something. if you don't

stand up for something, then you'll fall for anything. but you also have to remember that i was reading that i think 20%. to your point. stephanie, 28% of people who identify as lgbtq are are or 28% actually of the population of the gen z's are, they identify as lgbtq. so, you know, that's a big buying power right there. huge. yeah >> well, it's interesting because it feels like the pendulum is swinging back against dei now in some areas. and i don't know if it's just because it's an election year and things get politicized or what, but obviously you can see companies are going to look out for their best interest or what they think their best interest is to. >> we know the backlash. yeah, right. >> and they haven't said much thus far. so it'll be interesting. yeah. >> there's not a lot of excellent explanations in their release. yeah. all right. moving on. a phrase that went viral on tiktok is now at the heart of a

trademark fight. abc news reporter eva pilgrim has the details. >> tiktoker jules lebrun skyrocketed to fame after going viral with this phrase. >> you see how i do my makeup for work? very demure, very mindful that tiktok viewed more than 48 million times and taking the internet by storm. >> you see how i get my nails done? >> very mindful, very classy and very demure. see how i do this? >> i drink from the bottle, very demure. >> and while jules made the phrase popular, others are now staking their claim to take ownership of it. one washington man named jefferson bates, going as far as filing a trademark application. >> jefferson kind of got there first. he has the ability to say that he filed for a trademark before jules did, even though she's used it on her own. jules lebrun herself can actually petition that this trademark doesn't go through straight hai, very demure, wearing a seatbelt, very mindful. >> but with the drama ensuing over, who was ultimately the

most mindful in making a claim, the question now remains as to who may be the most demure after all. >> oh, boy. >> yeah, some of these videos you're like, at one point, i don't even know if like, this is a joke on me. i'm just like, is this real? what are we what are we talking about here? exactly? like leanne, you know. >> well, this person was putting on makeup, right? and then she coined the phrase demure and mindful. and i am sure that you guys will agree with me that, you know, we put on makeup here in the newsroom five minutes before going on the air, and i'm going to coin this phrase very fast, very furious. that's mine. you better trademark that right away because seriously, if you don't, i will. >> so i mean, you know, it might catch on, leanne. >> especially if you post it. >> but but this reminds me of, like lebron trying lebron james trying to trademark taco tuesday because he would just scream it out at practice. to on taco

tuesday. lucky that's mine. >> now i own i'm going to take every day of the week okay. so that's so you guys. you're going to have to deal with that. >> i don't get it demure. it's confusing right. but it has this, you know, element of this coming from french. right demure like how do you say it. elegant. it's modest elegance. >> it's elegant elegance. >> there we go. >> all right. this next one. are you drinking enough water? i'm going to drink some because i know, i know because i never drink enough water. larry. a new survey finds 7 in 10 parents are concerned that they're not giving their kids enough water. one third find it difficult to keep their children hydrated during the summer, and adults are not drinking as much as they should, either, with 42% saying they are struggling to keep up their water intake. and as you just saw, as i demonstrated, i clearly don't drink enough water. so i'm trying to keep up on set here. >> do you feel dehydrated? are you getting dizzy just by sitting next to me? >> it's just a lot of that's just a lot of energy. >> you can't can't decipher. >> can't unpack that now.

>> oh, okay. wow. well, when's kristen back? oh, by the way, even steph is ganging up on you. >> i know we're having fun. >> we're having fun, chair. i don't know what's going on here, but it's true. >> we have to drink a lot more water. and let me say that more, since we're on the topic of, you know, french, i don't drink enough water. actually, i think in another life i was either a camel or a cactus. >> now i'm. >> and it's so important, leanne, i drink about 8 to 10 glasses of water a day. >> wow. wow. >> that's very impressive for you. >> yeah, yeah. >> good. >> you're going to live longer than i am. >> yeah. but you're. what is it? >> furious and fast and furious. i don't know, furious. >> yeah. >> all pete g. writes, "my tween wants a new phone. how do i not break the bank?" we gotcha, pete. xfinity mobile was designed to save you money and gives you access to wifi speeds up to a gig. so you get high speeds for low prices.

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the story line was there. following more storm chasers tracking tornadoes. now, this new film has a lot of new special effects, ones that even reporter shayla gerardin was able to try out. >> the action packed film takes place in oklahoma and stars glen powell and daisy edgar-jones as two storm chasers. if you feel it. jason brandon stars as boone, a fellow storm chaser, and tells us that filming those

iconic scenes felt a lot like the real thing. >> we were in the middle of a dirt road in oklahoma and they had big jet engine fans blowing at us. they had rain and they had ice rockets. they were shooting ice rockets at us. so it actually felt like we were in the midst of a storm. >> while most of the storm chasing was filmed in oklahoma, crews were able to recreate that experience right here in los angeles. >> if you feel it. jason, we're going to replace him with you guys. >> in honor of the movie's home release, i had the chance to step inside the film using this immersive soundstage, and instead of glen powell chasing down twisters, we'll just say this round looks a little different. we got twins. >> twins. >> you guys ready to rock >> well, you may not have planned to actually chase a twister. you can still enjoy the adventure from home. >> if you got a big screen at

home, blast it, have some fun, and you could be in the midst of cooking in the kitchen while you're feeling like you're in a safe environment. chasing a tornado. >> all right, let's do this. >> it's amazing to see how technology has evolved to create this. >> i mean, and the actors have to play the part as though, okay, we're, you know, here comes the tornado zone. >> yeah. thankfully, we have no tornadoes headed our way. nothing >> just smooth as silk here with sandyha patel. >> yeah. and larry and steph. it's mild mediterranean climate that we're typically used to here in the bay area. it will be mild tomorrow at the coast. 66 degrees, but 31 degrees warmer inland where you'll feel the heat in the upper 90s in places like antioch and livermore. now thursday, those temperatures start to back off. you'll notice those numbers are in the 90s, but not the high 90s. it's the lower 90s that continues on friday, and by saturday, as we hit the holiday weekend, you're dropping off into the 80s. cooling continues on sunday closer to average both saturday and sunday and then labor day. you get a little bump up steph. >> all right sandy thank you.

well the polaris dawn mission is expected to launch tomorrow morning between 1238 and 409. the five day private trip carrying four civilians will take off from kennedy space center. and they're expected to cross the earth's radiation belt, conducting dozens of experiments and an attempt at a space walk. it's the highest orbit for any crewed mission since 1966. >> all right. back here on earth, back to the beach now. nearly a quarter of a century after baywatch wrapped, the lifeguards get back together to spill the sand on the show. >> and what'

watch years ago. reporter george pennacchio takes us back more than two decades to a new docu series after baywatch. >> i think it's going to surprise a lot of people. i dare you to watch. >> jeremy jackson is one of several baywatch stars featured in the new hulu docu series. after baywatch moment in the sun. it aims to give viewers insight into a show that became a cultural phenomenon all around the world. starring beautiful people with perfect beach bodies. >> i think it'll be interesting to viewers to get to know those actors whom they saw running on the beach in slow motion, who we are. >> i just felt like there was

never an opportunity to get to know who everybody was, and i thought that this was a great chance to sort of reshoot it in a more modern, fun way and just get to really know everybody and who they are and what their life has been like. affected by baywatch. >> nicole eggert, who's also a producer here, talks about her breast cancer journey. >> this is my truth. this is who i am. this is me. this is what i look like right now and this is who i am right now. >> their truths are on the table in a variety of ways. what the heck am i in for? tracy, let's start with you. you. >> oh, you are in for a whirlwind. this is going to be amazing. i just knew i wanted to show that not just white women can look hot and sexy. and i think when you see the show, you're going to say, wow, i didn't know that. or oh my gosh, that's really cool. and it's even fun to look back at it. >> and it felt like that moment to really tell your story of being on this iconic worldwide phenomenon type show. baywatch

never ends. it's forever. >> i think what sets this apart from other sort of behind the scenes things is that we get pretty, pretty real, pretty gritty. >> the water is freezing. it's not the cleanest. you know, sharks, you know, there's all kinds of things. there's like feces and hypodermic needles and you're like, i'm jumping in that. >> we were part of lightning in a bottle after baywatch. >> moment in the sun premieres wednesday on hulu. in los angeles, george pennacchio, abc seven news. >> and there will be slow motion. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is coming up next

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