>> abc7 news anchor dion lim is live in the newsroom. dion, what are you hearing from merchants on the surface? >> it seems like these vendors are just senior citizens selling food. but merchants say there's more to the story. and they say a lack of enforcement is preventing chinatown from thriving. >> the elderly is supposed to be not doing that raw meat, produce, even baby sharks. >> these are just some of the examples of the illegal vending plaguing san francisco's chinatown. it's a problem. the chinatown merchants association and the 175 businesses it represents has dealt with for years. >> we have a lot of merchants in chinatown here, have paid for the rental insurance license, everything. illegal street vendors. they don't need to pay for nothing. >> that's just the beginning. edward hsu says food is sometimes picked from the trash and resold. >> if someone eat it, okay, it's got a stomach flu. >> merchants say it's causing them to lose business. they usually block the street, and

then they. >> even when i ask them, they refuse to leave. >> business owners also say what's left behind by illegal vendors attracts vermin, which keeps away tourists. >> the chinatown image is no good because it's a lot of garbage right here. >> the merchants association is now meeting with the mayor's office. department of public health and public works to express their frustrations. they say since the last time they met in the spring, nothing has changed. >> the city knew about it. i mean, the health department know about it. why didn't stop them? >> we spotted department of public works employees asking vendors to seek a $450 permit for the year. we witnessed them pack up and leave, and then an hour later, look at the one in the corner. >> he don't care. >> some shoppers i spoke to say they feel sympathy. >> they're not the criminals. they're just trying to make a living. >> but merchants say these aren't just elderly residents trying to make a buck. >> they already have some social security. and as we find out, some of the street vendors, they

got food from the food bank, also from the food stamp. okay. they sell right on the street. that is totally not right. >> i reached out to the department of public health today for specifics about the situation in chinatown, and have yet to hear back. the mayor's office tells me they encourage the agencies to work together with chinatown, and urge illegal vendors to get permitted. in the newsroom, dion lim, abc seven news. >> all right, dion, thank you. gas prices are down across the country, but they're still high here and in sacramento. >> public hearings are now underway on efforts to tackle gas prices. one plan would be to require oil companies to maintain a backup supply of gas. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live here now with the details. sam. so, kristin. >> larry. the average price for a gallon of gas in the u.s. has dropped $0.20 in the last month, but not here in california. in fact, prices are going up with triple a reporting california's average gas price rose $0.18 since august. now, a special session is underway at the state

capitol to tackle the problem. >> we're at a really interesting crossroads here. >> state lawmakers in sacramento are tackling the issue of gas supply and gas prices. at a time when technology and infrastructure are changing, and as we transition to a clean energy economy. >> i have an electric car and i have a gasoline powered car, and so i understand the struggles for both. >> a public hearing kicked off on wednesday to address concerns gasoline demand is shrinking. >> the market supplying gasoline to the state is constricting. as a consequence, prices have grown more volatile and that's hurting california families. >> governor gavin newsom says a bill requiring oil companies to maintain a backup supply of gas would avoid shortages and price spikes during refinery shutdowns. patrick dehaan is a petroleum analyst with gasbuddy.com. i'd be more worried that more regulation could further isolate california and drive up its gasoline prices down the road, the answer may not be more regulation, but cutting existing regulation for refineries in the state. >> and the problem right now is

there are many kinks in the hose of gasoline supply to california's market. what the governor is proposing is proposing another kink, a potential kink in the system that could slow down the flow of gasoline to the market. >> meanwhile, oil companies say governor newsom's proposed bill will drive up prices due to storage costs. republican state lawmakers want to tackle high prices by reducing gas prices. dehaan doesn't believe that's the best move. >> if there is a kink in a hose, the last thing you want to do is have thirstier consumers trying to gobble up what supply there is. so gas tax cut is not the answer either. >> a final vote on newsom's gasoline storage measure is scheduled for october first. in addition to maintaining a backup supply of gas, the bill would also require oil companies to build new storage tanks. and critics say that would lead to astronomical costs that would ultimately be passed on to consumers. back to you. all right, suzanne, thank you. >> a statewide crackdown on retail crime appears to be

having some success. the governor's office says so far this year, california's organized retail crime task force has made more than 1000 arrests related to retail theft. authorities have recovered $7.8 million worth of stolen goods this year, and the task force has conducted 573 investigations, already surpassing last year's total. >> san francisco voters will soon have their say on whether to permanently close the great highway to cars. as abc seven news reporter tara campbell found out, the debate over prop k is revving up. what is going to be on your hands? >> tensions are running high over prop k, the november ballot measure that would permanently close part of san francisco's great highway and turn it into a park. no on k rally goers say shutting down part of the great highway will send too much traffic into the neighborhood, pushing them onto other city streets increases the opportunities and danger of accidents because so many intersections as part of a city

pilot project, the two mile stretch of road is already closed to vehicles on the weekends and holidays, becoming a popular spot for recreation during the pandemic. >> yay for k and those in support of making it permanent say it is safe. >> the city has studied this multiple times, and the data don't bear out that there will be a traffic concern. >> sunset arterial, which is a nearby six lane road, can more than absorb the traffic we've seen. >> still, there are concerns for commuters. the great highway is the fastest way for people to commute south, and is heavily used during the week for work commuters. >> it's important for people to realize that when we talk about closing the great highway, the entire great highway is not closing. >> joel engardio is the city supervisor for district four, and he points to part of the great highway that's eroding, is already set to be turned into a park. >> we have to remember everything south of sloat is already legislated to close, so we need to deal with what we do with the great highway. knowing we cannot use it as a direct connector to daly city anymore. >> in the meantime, election day

is approaching, leaving the fate of this highway and coastline with voters. tara campbell, abc seven news. >> construction is starting this week on a new affordable housing development in downtown san francisco. it's happening at the temporary transbay terminal site on main street and folsom, near rincon hill. mayor london breed tweeted this photo of workers preparing to do the first concrete pour of what will be a building with 335 apartments. breed says it's a positive step in converting downtown san francisco into a vibrant neighborhood. the project includes two buildings, a 17 story tower for families, and a nine story building for seniors. >> day two of dreamforce is underway, and today salesforce executives talked about how they're leading the charge to get artificial intelligence tools into the hands of their teams. >> we created an ai committee that meets regularly with our compliance and risk departments to ensure that we're protecting customers data as we prepare to roll out ai. and because of thi,

bringing them collaboration up front, we know that when we start rolling out these ai tools in our sales cloud, that we have their support from, since we brought them in from the beginning, that is the global head of salesforce center for excellence, david gore. >> he went on to say that salesforce is optimistic that this collaboration will help for a smooth rollout for the ai tool that it introduced yesterday. it's called agent force. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez was at the moscone center for day two of dreamforce. >> some 45,000 people learning about the latest in artificial intelligence at salesforce's annual tech conference. >> music artist will.i.am talking about the launch of his ai powered radio station. we got a look at this agent force launch zone when salesforce customers go here, they're able to create what they call a conversational ai agent for service agent. and that can be, for example, the chat experience on a website to help customers. andrew russo went through the process and ended up with a prototype within minutes. he's

with barca systems in michigan, which does robotics for the stone industry. >> we're not trying to think about how do we replace humans. we're really trying to how do we deliver the world class experience that matters to our customers and support and augment our team? and i have it, and i can go back and take this to our team and actually implement this in real life. this is super cool. >> and we found something else really cool here. there's this robot that takes your picture so you can come up here. her name is rosie. you tap to start right there. wait a few seconds and then you can get it emailed over or text it to you. and wednesday, salesforce announcing plans to open a new ai learning center at its san francisco headquarters in 2025 for in-person community ai training courses. >> and we have dedicated floors where community members who might be scared of ai can come and get trained at no cost. >> in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> coming up on abc seven news at 4:00. some good news for your

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these teams are really banged up. injuries to key players on both sides. abc seven's chris alvarez in santa clara with more on the matchup. with two teams looking to right the ship and there's also some discussion about a little podcast that dropped. >> hey, larry, good. good afternoon, i guess. hear from santa clara. yes, a podcast. one of those injured players for the forty-niners. we know deebo samuel is out at least a couple of weeks with a calf strain. he debuted his podcast yesterday with brandon aiyuk and some notable headlines coming out of it. deebo says he thinks he's been on the best team. the last five, six years, and the 40 niners. now is the time to get over the top and actually win the super bowl. tune in to the deebo samuel show on bleacher report with brandon aiyuk. >> last night no i didn't. >> i turned into that. i do that every day. so that's my 20 minute break or however long it

lasts. >> while 40 niners head coach kyle shanahan isn't necessarily listening to his players podcast, he is focused on beating an zero two rams team sunday in a stadium where the 40 niners have won five straight meetings. >> both teams want to come out aggressive and hard and give neither side of the ball any light. >> deebo samuel, who is out at least a couple of weeks with a calf strain, added on his podcast that he believes the nia super bowl is now, or never. >> the standard is high and we're up to it. it's not panic. i wouldn't say it's panic, but it's definitely intense focus on getting back to it. so i don't think thinking about the super bowl now helps anybody. >> they feel they're desperate. we feel like we are as well too. so, it's going to be a great game. it's going to be a lot of excitement, a lot of energy. so we'll see what happens when the game kicks off. >> the urgency is urgency and wanting to win one game. that's that's my urgency, you know, it's not about looking looking back or looking ahead. it's

about what is the challenge that's presented to us right now? is a divisional opponent in the rams. so we always have battles with on the road. and so what is it going to take to win one game. >> all right. and so the 40 niners some positive injury news. note uh- talanoa hufanga the safety of the 40 niners. number 29. remember he tore his acl against the bucs in november last year. he was a full participant today. kyle shanahan hopes he can go. obviously the niners hoping for some extra playmaking there on the back end of safety. another note larry on the rams side. they're all banged up. obviously two of their top receivers are out. but no aaron donald the top defensive lineman who causes all sorts of havoc. a future hall of famer. he's retired so they don't have to worry about him. and that's always nice. if you're brock purdy stepping back and not looking for number 99. >> yeah 99 was a problem for a long, long time. but happy retirement daddy. yes. thank you chris. >> reading can land you a unique golden state warriors souvenir. starting today. alameda county libraries are offering these warriors branded library cards

for free. they were designed by the warriors and featured different basketball symbols. any california resident can get an alameda county library card. san jose libraries are also offering these warriors cards. yeah see the kids armed with that, we'll say, yeah, let's go to the library and get a book out. yeah. >> read to succeed. yeah indeed. spencer keeps telling me i should try it. >> you should. it works. trust me. really? okay start by reading my book, though. oh let's take a look at what's happening with our weather. here's the satellite radar composite image. basically describing or depicting why we had the weather we had today. we've got this low pressure system spinning just offshore. and you can see wave after wave of clouds and moisture swinging through the bay area. we had some light showers this morning, mainly in the east bay and down in the santa cruz mountains. a couple of hundredths of an inch in most locations. and now, right now, we're looking at clouds lingering, some breaks in the clouds. and it's breezy with the most wind speeds up to about

16mph between 10 and 15mph over most of the bay area, and it's warmer right now than at this time yesterday by several degrees. eight degrees warmer in san francisco. four degrees warmer in oakland. let's move along and take a look at current temperature readings. and we've got more blue sky now than we've had just about all day long. 64 degrees here in san francisco, oakland, 6971 at hayward and redwood city, san jose, 7463 at half moon bay. and from mount tam, we see clouds at various levels of the atmosphere, low clouds, mid-level and high clouds, and lots of blue sky showing right now as well. temperature readings are mainly in the low 70s right now at santa rosa, petaluma, napa, 79 at fairfield and mid 70s at concord and livermore. and as we look westward from emeryville, these emeryville, these are the forecast headlines this evening. partly cloudy with some isolated showers possible. then tomorrow and friday it will be sunnier and warmer. and as we get into the weekend fall begins on sunday and it will bring with it some sizzling summerlike heat. but for tonight we'll see clouds thickening once again during the

overnight hours and once again, a chance of some isolated showers. although they're not very widespread and not very likely to move to anywhere except along the coastline offshore. so going into the morning hours, we see some partial clearing into the afternoon, mainly sunny skies overnight. low temperatures will be generally in the mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow. look for low 60s at the coast, 67 here in san francisco across the bay. oakland 71. we'll see highs mainly in the low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline and most inland areas will warm up to low or low to mid 80s. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast a couple of degrees warmer on friday. but the heat really starts to move in on saturday and sunday with inland highs on sunday. first day of fall in the mid 90s mid 80s around the bay shoreline, nearly 70 on the coast and going into early next week. the first few days of fall, first few weekday's anyhow, upper 90s inland mid 80s around the bay shoreline 70 on the coast. >> one last blast of summer

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increase workforce capacity without having to hire temporary workers. salesforce will begin charging $2 for ai interactions as it looks to make money without human customer service agents. just the way things are going or what do we think? >> so let me get this straight. fewer jobs, less money coming in, and we have to pay more for this. >> for that. you sound a little skeptical. >> i'm just making sure i have it right. yeah, that's pretty much it. >> you have it, but it doesn't sound right. yeah. >> well, i mean, how many times do you call whatever the credit card company or the bank or this and that, and you get their ai or their version of it, and you're just like human. please. human, human, human representative. >> yeah. representative. >> what if it can do our job so well and keeps the economy going so that we can all just lounge all day? what do you think, then, is ai your friend then?

>> i don't know. >> we're still getting paid for lounging all day. yeah, well, there you go. right. okay. all right, let's let's work towards this. >> a new study finds the key to keeping your workers is to praise them. well, surprise all need to hear that we're doing a good job every once in a while, even if we're not. research from workhuman suggests that positive feedback helps people feel engaged with their jobs. employees who received high quality recognition were 45% less likely to have left their job between 2022 and 2024. yeah, so i'll just add add one more item to this. in the words of randy moss, straight cash, straight cash. that was that was when he was in a little contract dispute. yeah. >> oh, that was like his version of show me the money. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> i mean, look, praise is free,

you know? giving out compliments. that's free. so it seems like it makes good sense for employers to dole that out freely, right? >> bad boys. you know, you attract more. yeah. yeah. wait what flies with, honey? okay, whatever the saying is. but here's the thing. nobody wants to be nitpicked at work. nobody wants to be told you're not doing well, because then you're like, why am i even trying? but somebody tells you you're doing. you know what a great job. okay, let me help you out with this. let me see how else i can help. yeah. yeah. you want to feel appreciated? yep >> so there you go. ama, you're doing a great job. i just want to tell you that you two, kristen and larry, know. okay. moving on. now, how we're moving on. >> sandy around anywhere she would join in to come on. >> yeah, i know. let's go. we got to go. >> you're so alone, larry. i know, okay. how well do you tip? probably much better if you lived outside california. a

survey done by the digital platform toast found that californians are the worst tippers in the country. at just about 17%. the average tip nationwide is 21.5%. the states with the best tippers are delaware, west virginia, indiana, new hampshire, and kentucky. are you surprised? i mean shocked. >> you are shocked. >> yes, i am shocked. oh, i mean, i wasn't i mean, i haven't spent a lot of time in west virginia or kentucky, but i wise choices. >> ouch. sorry. >> sorry to all the people from kentucky that are watching right now, >> my grandfather's from kentucky. spencer. >> oh, really? well, he was the exception. no. yeah. >> no, i just thought i would angus james. >> anyway. i would have thought with all the tech money and the tech bros and everybody, like, you know what? >> we'd be leaving. >> i think ama has the answer. i was thinking the vast majority of the people are everyday people, and if they can barely afford to live here, how are you

going to tip well? see we were on the same wavelength. i knew what you were thinking. >> yeah. no, i wasn't surprised. >> yeah. and also, a lot of our cities tack on, like, extra fees already. service fees. and then you just kind of figure, oh my gosh, i'm already paying $30 more than the entree. yeah, totally. >> all right, we're off to west virginia, gang now a new trend. >> when you get there. >> and we can't get through one story here. a new trend on tiktok under consumption core. it's basically counterculture to capitalism as the market demand, we buy more and more and more and more younger people are finding ways to live fuller lives with less. and then they share their tips online. like totally wearing out your shoes or driving an older car that's already been paid off, as opposed to getting a shiny new one. it's expensive and you can't afford it has people taking inventory of all they own and using it all, or donating in an effort to be more conscious consumers. i'm good. i'm not a stuff person. i don't like stuff. yeah, so i don't buy all

kinds of jewelry and things and chains and whatever. i just i'm all in on the under consumption and think about cars. >> the second you drive it off the lot. how much value it's losing versus you could get one that's gently used, certified with some miles on it and save a ton of money. why would you? why? >> yeah, yeah. you're full of practical thoughts today. like good sound advice. yeah, yeah, i totally agree with that. and i think i like experiences i'll spend on that, but not so much stuff. that's just more stuff to get rid of later and why it's so bad for the planet, right? >> spencer, i know i agree, and in fact i'm trying to downsize and get rid of stuff i don't need that's been around for so long and i'm not replacing it. you know, all right, well, i'll go now. >> that's it for the ford. >> we need you, larry. >> thanks. >> on whom else will we beat up you? >> we need

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abc seven news anchor dan ashley is here now with a look at the test and what they mean for migrating whales. >> dan. yeah, kristin. larry. the crab season, as you know, was cut short to protect migrating whales. the tests we're talking about focus on new technology to make crab traps safer for the whales. and proponents of this interesting new technology are hoping the success will finally speed up

the approval process. >> we attach this to the line, and then we have a button in the wheelhouse. we push an acoustic button. when we first met fisherman brant little earlier this year, he gave us a dockside demonstration of the remote controlled traps helping to extend the bay area. >> dungeness crab season. the devices eliminate floating recovery lines blamed for entangling passing whales and prompting regulators to cut the spring season short. with these new devices, the crew can locate an individual trap laying on the ocean floor, then release the recovery line using a remote, triggering device, limiting the time a whale can come into contact with it. brand was an early participant in the study. >> we can pick it up and retrieve the whole string of traps. >> nearly 20 fishermen took part in the recent gear trial, the largest ever on the west coast. after deploying more than 23,000 traps. crews were able to recover them with a 98% reliability rate, harvesting nearly 230,000 pounds of

dungeness crab, a catch worth an estimated $1.6 million. yeah, it was an absolute success in a wa, of the performance of the gear. >> the sponsors of the study are sharing the results with regulators, including the department of fish and wildlife. >> they're hoping to speed the approval process, allowing the entire fleet to use the pop up traps and reopen the spring season. ben enticknap is with the environmental group oceana. >> all this testing that's happening right now with pop up gear is knocking down these barriers to full adoption. whether you know it actually works well enough at a scale that could be commercially profitable. and now we're seeing that's actually the case. >> but boat operators like brant little say they've already waited several years since investing in the gear and the special testing permits they're currently being issued. leave too many other boats out of the program. >> some of us can do it, and some of us can't. and that is a hang up point in this whole program. it's not fair. i don't

feel good about myself going and harvesting crab when my fellow friend crabber, who has the same permit as me, isn't allowed to go out there. >> and they say the additional income from the spring season is critical to the survival of one of the bay area's most iconic industries. and we spoke with officials at fish and wildlife. they tell us the agency is still working on a broad update to their regulations, which would cover the pop up crab traps. but because of the complexity of monitoring the fishery, the general approval is not really expected until spring of 2026. so larry and kristen will keep tabs on that. but it is promising. >> all right, interesting. 2026 seems a long ways away. thanks, dan. >> the san francisco zoo will celebrate international red panda day on saturday. it will be commemorating the ten year anniversary of the zoo's red panda, tenzing. the zoo will be hosting educational talks to inform visitors about the endangered animals. >> red pandas are so beautiful.

let's get a check of the forecast? >> all right. i mean, it's about to sizzle soon in just a couple of days away. >> kristen, this morning, you know, we had showers and kind of damp weather. right now we're seeing partly cloudy skies going into the evening hours. still a chance of an isolated shower or two tomorrow and friday. it starts to get a lot sunnier and a lot warmer, but much warmer as fall arrives on sunday. we'll have some sizzling summer-like heat, but first of all, we have this overnight. we'll have clouds and maybe an isolated shower or two. as i mentioned, with the low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50s, then highs tomorrow under mainly sunny skies, low 60s at the coast, low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline low 80s inland. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. and here comes that summer sizzle. starting on sunday going into early next week. high temperatures well into the 90s. larry and kristen nice weekend. >> all right. thanks, spencer. long awaited spinoff to marvel's wandavision is almost here. >> she took every bit of power i had, and i can be that witch again. >> what you can expect from

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followed by high potential at ten. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. and tonight at six on disney plus, you can catch the streaming premiere of agatha all along. it's a spin off featuring agatha, the nosy neighbor from marvel's wandavision. reporter george pennacchio spoke with the cast. >> she took every bit of power i had, and i can be that witch again. >> in agatha all along, kathryn hahn returns as agatha harkness, the wicked witch from wandavision. >> i definitely didn't sign on for wandavision thinking that there would be a like a rabid need for more of this centuries old witch. this agatha, i think, was just delicious. and her own

bird. i'm going to walk the witches road. i'm assembling a coven. >> we gotta get back on top. >> the witches road will give you the thing you want most. if you make it to the end. >> i really love the whole casting of this show because it is such a mix of people and skill sets and i mean, a comedy stars, broadway stars. i see singing you scare me. there's all this stuff that you're all able to do. >> we just kind of melded together. it didn't. i couldn't really feel like the difference in age or the difference in acting experience or the difference in, you know, it all just felt like a group and like a coven, really. >> i think there's no better training than watching people who are at the top of their game work, i didn't go to drama school. so for me, this is my drama school. this is like how i learn my craft, which, you know, so, yeah, i'm stealing everything from everyone. >> you're going to go very far. yeah. >> do we see any wanda? well, this is going on.

>> i can, i'm going to. i can't say anything. >> i get it, but i had to try. >> you had to. >> okay, you can see the first two episodes of agatha all along on disney plus with new episodes coming every wednesday through halloween in los angeles. george pennacchio for abc news, and that's it for abc seven news at four. >> abc seven news at five is coming your way next

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