resulted in two deaths. >> this as the department is still recovering from a texting scandal that put many officers on leave. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan with the latest on the call for help. >> let me speak very clear to the people who have been wreaking havoc on our community. we are going to find you. we're going to hold you accountable. >> antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe announced new actions. the city is taking to put an end to the spike in violence over the past few weeks. a shooting labor day weekend set off a string of shootings 15 so far, which led to two deaths. the mayor is asking outside agencies for help with additional patrols. >> one agency has taken us up on that offer. we're excited. i'm not prepared to announce what agency that is, but we will be working to finalize those details. >> the mayor also sent a letter to the county da's office asking for the support of the safe street task force, and reached out to the chp to help with patrols. the mayor says most of the violence has been limited to

a three block radius in what's known as the sycamore corridor. he says if the violence continues, the city may take more drastic measures, such as imposing a curfew. >> the chief right now is at the county chief's meeting, echoing that sentiment to the other county chiefs for assistance to address this regional problem. >> captain joe vigil says they've added more beach patrols to the area, which he says is working. no shootings over the past 72 hours. he says no arrests have been made, but they're building their investigation. >> there is a lot of information out there that they're compiling, putting together, trying to get cases ready to present to the da to move forward with arrests and accountability. >> there's a difference between turf wars and gang wars. and i think what we're dealing with here in the city of antioch right now is not a is not i think it's turf. >> antioch city council member tamisha torres-walker represents district one, which includes the sycamore area. she supports the mayor's call for help, but she cautions against just blaming outside influences. >> you have this level of conflict because there are people who are trying to

maintain control of their territory, and i think it's unfortunate that the city of antioch didn't address these issues years ago. >> the mayor says outside patrols will begin within weeks in antioch, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> you can get detailed information about what crime is like where you live with our abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. it includes information and trends for san francisco, oakland and san jose. you can find that at abc seven news.com or on our app. >> police in pleasanton are investigating the death of a dog from heat stroke. >> a concerned neighbor noticed the dog was left on an apartment balcony. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez explained what happened. we have a warning for you because some of the visuals in this story may be disturbing to watch. >> disturbing and tragic are the words pleasanton police are using to describe a dog dying from heat stroke. on tuesday, police received reports of a dog left on a balcony at the galloway apartment complex. a concerned resident recorded and posted this video to next door. a warning it is difficult to watch. lisa hanson lives around

the corner and said she came as soon as she saw the post. >> i love my dog and it's abuse. the video is graphic. it's disturbing. >> the woman who recorded the video shared a screenshots of her attempt to call for help. at 1158, she called the police non-emergency number. she then called the department's animal services unit five times before trying non-emergency dispatch again. she ended up calling 911 at 1231. >> and it's really sad seeing a dog left on the balcony. it was like almost 100 yesterday. and you know, with my dog even being on the patio for five minutes, we overheat. >> so the police said their dispatchers received the call around noon, but witnesses tell us they didn't see officers arrive until after 1 p.m. the police department's animal services officers say they tried contacting the leasing office in an attempt to locate the dog's owner, but were unsuccessful. we tried to get ahold of someone

and were unsuccessful. >> two people who own this apartment complex and who manage it. they need to make sure that everybody is abiding by certain rules. >> in the video, you can see the dog lifting his or hers paws, panting, and other signs of distress. police say within 15 minutes of being dispatched to the call, officers arrived on scene but said the dog passed away from heat stroke. >> people need to be aware on these hot days. turn your air conditioner on, keep your pet inside and if you can't do that, don't have a pet. >> in a statement, police said the preliminary stages of the investigation suggest this was not intentional. however, as our detectives conduct a complete and thorough investigation, we kindly ask for the community's patience. if you witness any animals in distress, please call 911 right away. in pleasanton. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> a house fire has led to a murder arrest in union city. you can see much of the damage left behind. from sky seven. police

say the suspect started the fire from inside the home monday morning. a 66 year old man died at the hospital after escaping the fire. investigators have now charged a 33 year old man with murder and arson in the case. two vallejo firefighters were hurt pulling a driver from a burning car this morning. it happened after a camaro rear ended a vallejo water truck and caught fire. one firefighter suffered first degree burns. the other strained their shoulder. the driver had several injuries and was taken to the hospital. >> dramatic scene overnight in los angeles, a man took multiple people on a city bus hostage, forcing the driver at gunpoint to keep going. that driver hit a button to indicate an emergency on the display outside of the bus. abc news reporter jacqueline lee with the latest. >> sirens wailing dozens of police officers in pursuit of a bus in los angeles, a possible hostage situation. >> unknown amount of passengers. >> police say it started just before 1:00 in the morning. a man hijacking the bus with a

gun. the driver and two passengers on board. >> it was generated by the bus driver pressing the 9-1-1 button that notifies the bus operations center. that notifies us that there is that there's an emergency on the bus. >> police officers getting ahead of the bus multiple times to put out spike strips. those spike strips caught in the bus wheels, the bus even dragging one. >> the spike strips were finally effective on the bus. >> the swat team finally able to surround it. here you can see officers disabling the bus so it could not go any further. more officers move in closer then the swat team throwing flashbangs. the driver visibly terrified as officers break the windows, pulling him to safety. as other officers got two other passengers off the bus, one had been shot several times. >> the bus driver is unharmed. >> the second passenger that was found on the bus, who had self

barricaded in the back of the bus. they were shaken but unharmed. the third passenger on the bus expired from complications from the gunshot wounds, and then the suspect was taken into custody. >> police are still investigating a motive and have not named the suspect or announced any charges. the bus contained a new safety barrier around the driver, which was added after a series of violent attacks against bus drivers in l.a. safety on public transit is top of mind as the city prepares to host the 2028 olympics. jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> six people were injured after a man set off an explosive device inside the santa maria courthouse. deputies immediately detained that suspect. two people taken to the hospital. their injuries are not life threatening. the courthouse and nearby city hall were closed at least through the end of the day. >> we are less than six weeks now to election day. it's just 41 days away. today, california senator alex padilla introduced a bill to protect voters and election workers from intimidation and threats of violence at the ballot box.

>> so here we are offering this bill with resources to go along with, to support state and local elections, administration officials. because at the end of the day, as we said before, every eligible american has the right to participate in this democracy without any unnecessary obstacles, barriers and certainly free of intimidation. >> the freedom from intimidation in elections act would limit the presence of visible firearms at locations where voters cast their ballots, or election workers perform their official duties. we're less than a week away from the vice presidential debate. the debate starts at 6:00 next tuesday night. coverage is going to be right here on abc seven, and it begins at five. >> san francisco will be voting on a variety of issues, including a proposition b that is a bond to provide funding for public health and infrastructure. at a rally today at portsmouth square, mayor london breed and supervisor aaron peskin showed their support. prop b would allocate

nearly $400 million for upgrades to everything from zuckerberg san francisco general hospital to a renovation of harvey milk plaza. >> so, in short, prop b is critical. it's necessary. we have to have it to keep our public health infrastructure safe and available for everybody who lives in san francisco. >> now, it will take a two thirds majority to pass this. opponents say the proposition would simply pour more money into a system that is, quote, ineffective and mismanaged. >> san francisco is celebrating the 150th anniversary of sfpd's mounted patrol unit. this afternoon. a special plaque was presented to the mounted patrol unit at sfpd stables in golden gate park. >> the horse may not get you there as fast as a vehicle, but nevertheless a horse will always get you some love and some smiles from kids of all ages. in this city. >> the horse gets the attention, but it's the officer that guides that horse and does the job the

right way. when they're on top of the horse. so it is a team and they are a part of this family. so they are a part of this family that will never go away. >> sfpd's mounted patrol unit is the second longest serving mounted patrol unit in the country, after new york city. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. one more day until the final a's game in oakland. the effect the move is having on more than just the fans. we had aipac, we had dreamforce, san francisco putting its best face forward. but what happens when those conferences end and the football player dealing with more than just school and sports, his heavy load coming up later. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. it felt like the seasons change today, but we have the heat returning. i'll show you when. plus a look at hurricane helene

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shop employees who work at the coliseum that does mean they, too, may lose out on their health insurance and income. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns spoke with several of those workers today who knew their jobs would be ending, but only just found out that they will not be getting a severance package for kenyatta. >> gentry, the oakland a's are a part of her family's dna. >> my grandfather was security here in the 80s that i know of. it might have been longer, and

my auntie pat, she worked here as security as well. >> a tradition in which gentry has also participated for the past 24 years, she's worked for aramark, the company that runs the shops and concession stands at the coliseum for home games. after all those years of service, gentry says she was shocked to find out monday that aramark will not be offering any severance to their employees following the a's last game on thursday. in addition, gentry says she and her coworkers will also lose their health insurance. >> i'm very mad. i'm more that they wouldn't give us anything, especially for, us working here for so long. sweat. you know, tears. >> on wednesday afternoon, gentry and some of her colleagues held a news conference with their union outside the coliseum gates. they say for months, aramark has led them to believe they would ultimately be offered some form of severance. now, many of these workers are unsure of what they'll do next. robert preston has worked here for almost 40 years and relies on the health

insurance, the job provided to help pay for some of his expensive medication. >> i'm old enough for medicare, but medicare doesn't cover all the medicines you know, diabetic hypertension, and i'm on oxygen. >> we reached out to aramark for a response. they sent us a statement which reads in part, we are bargaining in good faith with the union regarding the effects of the a's departure and are prepared to offer those impacted available roles in other areas of our organization. little comfort for many of these workers who worry there's no guarantee that will happen, despite the difficulty that these workers say that they're facing one thing, they all tell me that they will miss is the fans. thank you oakland. and to all those people, gentry just has one thing to say. >> the smiles on your your faces. you know, we grew up you know, family. you know, i thank you guys for thanking us for our services that we're doing a great job. >> the workers union says they

have asked the a's to assist them in their negotiations with aramark, but that those requests have been unsuccessful. in oakland. tim johns, abc seven news. >> stay with abc seven for continuing coverage of the final two games. the a's games at the coliseum will have coverage on air and online for you and anywhere you stream. >> a new bronze statue honoring a professional baseball pioneer unveiled today not far from mccovey cove. this statue commemorates tony stone in the on deck circle. back in 1953, stone became the first woman to play pro baseball regularly on a team with men. she joined the indianapolis clowns of the american league, replacing hank aaron when he went on to the milwaukee braves. there's not too many people who replaced hank aaron ever, but that's that's a pretty epic line in your resume, for sure, right? >> as a home run hitter, no, but second base? yeah. there she is. that's awesome. yeah. all right. oh, so much cooler today, right?

>> yeah, it still felt kind of warm to me, but i don't tell yo. tell us which direction we're going up or down. we're going up. okay. >> larry and kristen, it was definitely a big drop in temperatures inland. there were still some 70s in our inland areas and vacaville out in the low 80s. right now. let me show you a temperature change compared to 24 hours ago. we're talking about a double digit drop inland. livermore 23 degrees cooler 22, in concord. novato, 25, in santa rosa. down 13 in san jose. san francisco, oakland, a few degrees cooler as we look from our okay camera, you can certainly see low clouds are lingering. we also have some higher clouds coming through the region. so do you remember that trough yesterday? if you were with us? that's what drove those temperatures down. and look what's showing up along the pacific northwest. they're actually getting some rain right now looking at live doppler seven lingering clouds near the coast, keeping your temperatures in check. it is gusty out towards the oakland area. 22 miles an hour, 21 novato, uh-

even out towards the delta at 22 to 25 miles an hour. so this evening, if you're stepping out, be prepared for a breezy conditions going into 7 p.m. and then the winds are going to drop off tomorrow, it's actually going to be lighter winds and those temperatures are going to rise. live view from our pier 39 camera. it's a very gray view right now. 64 degrees in san francisco, 69 in oakland. you're in the 70s. san jose hayward and redwood city. a live view from san jose camera where the sun is out 69, in santa rosa, 70, in napa, you're in the upper 70s around fairfield and mid 70s in fairfield concord area. now our weather is very quiet, but not the case across the caribbean. we are tracking helene. it just raked the yucatan peninsula. it is going to rapidly intensify right now. category one, but it's moving over the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico. so category two later on tonight, becoming a category four as it nears the florida coastline. thursday morning, 130 mile an

hour winds. now it is expected to slam the big bend area of florida, and it is going to continue to work its way north and northwestward. eventually, right now, packing winds of 85 miles an hour, rapidly intensifying. and there are watches and warnings up already. they are expecting dangerous and life threatening catastrophic storm surge, flooding rains and strong damaging winds here locally. here's the forecast tomorrow morning. fog warmer afternoon. friday. sunny, one day heat spike and we are looking at cooler seasonal range for the weekend. so as we go hour by hour tonight, 60s and 70s inland. the fog spreads. tomorrow morning starts out gray and in the afternoon it's a sunnier one. so definitely be ready for that morning. temperatures will drop off into the 50s tomorrow afternoon. 90s inland 60s coast side. and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. heat spikes on friday, cooler for the weekend and then hot weather returns next week. so kristen and larry be ready. okay. we're

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come. >> one of the new laws calls for the fines collected for mismanaged wells to be used to pay for construction of new parks. >> san francisco proved to be a safe and secure city during the dreamforce conference. so the question is, can the downtown area be clean and secure every day as we strive to help build a better bay area, we asked business owners in downtown employees if they've noticed any improvements, and abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez returned to downtown after dreamforce to check things out. >> we always wondered where did all the people move to and are they coming back? that's right. >> well, you know the city we should say, was doing things during dreamforce that we didn't even know about. for example, to protect the 45,000 attendees, the department of emergency management activated its operations center. they were at level four, which means standby in case of an emergency. no one from the police department was allowed to be off during the conference, and public works deployed street cleaning crews, which they do when they have any

major event or convention. now, is this possible every day? no. but are things improving in that area when dreamforce is not around? sort of. the dreamforce conference has been a sort of redemption for a city still trying to improve its tarnished image. >> i love it here. born and raised. >> restaurant owners were the first to embrace the event. how does dreamforce change this area? >> well, look when dreamforce is here and any major conventions here, the city as far as i understand it, is bringing in additional police force. they're putting extra people out to clean the streets and patrol the streets, and it's the way the city should be. >> the reality of persistent drug abuse and homelessness had some first time dreamforce attendees concerned, but those problems were kept at bay and pushed to other surrounding areas. >> i was yeah, i was a little

worried, but i did not see that in my couple of days. the city looks very clean and it feels very safe here. >> you were here last year. have you noticed any changes? >> yeah, actually i think this year it was a bit nicer than it was last year, a bit, a bit more polished than it was last year. while there's been a police presence it wasn't as overwhelming as it was last year. but it's been decent i think there's been some progress made no money. >> no money. hey, buddy. >> no pressure to make the area safe, clean and welcoming. comes knowing that this conference brings in about $95 million in economic activity to the city parks that are usually frequented by the homeless for a few days were taken over by attendees. during our time there, we saw only one person displaying mental health issues. >> our officers and all the additional help we're getting

from the state and the federal government that is constantly at work. we still have those challenges. they haven't disappeared. >> this was dreamforce last wednesday, bustling with activity on mission and third streets. we returned to the same spot four days after dreamforce had ended. patrick sims runs people in plazas a group bringing music to the downtown area. he sees things beginning to improve. >> it's going to be sparse, but it's better than last year and it's better than the year before. so it's a gradual process. >> we did see a few of the unhoused gradually start to return to the area around salesforce on mission street. >> before, we used to see them everywhere. now we see some. but i think this kind of issue is getting better now. >> where do you move to? >> uh. it's not easy to find a place to live because everybody

is saying, move. >> they're telling you to move. yes, i'm sure they've asked you in the past. they have? >> they do all the time. irritates the hell out of me. >> mark willfully admits it irritates him when they ask him to move. the parks and the sidewalks we saw were still surprisingly clean, but three blocks from third and mission streets, we realized that the drug use is still quite visible. no one expected the problem to be gone after just one conference. business owners say the city needs to also focus on bringing businesses and people back to the area. >> why can't it be like this every day? well, i think we, we have too many shuttered businesses. we aren't in a climate that is welcoming and inviting businesses to be here. >> osmond guyer has been advocating for people to come back in person more often. >> convention is good, but you know, every six months, every three months is not enough.

>> so the return of workers in person is slowly happening. let me say that again, slowly happening now on october 1st, salesforce will require most of its employees to come back into the office at least four days a week. the hope is that other companies in that area will follow. >> they will. >> they follow the big ones, i think so that's the hope at least what the mayor was telling me. but i think four is doable. i think slowly, slowly, slowly. do you like that? yeah. okay. >> larry will second that for us. ideal >> three and two works for me also. but anyway, coming up, heading into the eye of the storm and shrinkflation could be affectin

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obviously the greater good. and it certainly appears the storms are getting stronger and stronger. >> yeah. america's apparently losing its appetite for epic sized servings of food. there's a report out from the national restaurant association showing that more than 75% of customers say they want smaller portions for less money. portion creep is what experts call it. it started in the 1980s and has been linked to health problems associated with obesity. i kind of follow the rule, and i've seen a bunch of people mention this that, you know, eat to your 80% full, and if you eat to your 100% full, it's supposed to be 66. well okay. well. oh, wow. >> well, then you'd never be satisfied. kristen sze. you'll constantly be eating. i'm not saying i do it, but i've heard. just eat until you're not hungry anymore. >> yeah, because if you eat to 100%, then you're probably overeating. >> and have you noticed in restaurants, i mean, the portion sizes are huge in some. i mean, some of those restaurants where

you're like, how do people eat this much? yeah. and when you officially look at a portion size, it's really shocking because like, for example, chicken is supposed to be the size of your palm. who eats? i mean, a chicken breast is like two palm sizes. like cheesecake factory. i was just going to say cheesecake. one entree. gigantic. four meals. yeah. okay, so cnn has come up with a list of the 20 greatest american dishes. so here's just a few on the list. take a look. barbecue. classic american cuisine. fried okra. grits and gumbo. wildly popular in the south. cobb salad. created by bob cobb in la in 1937. peanut butter and jelly sandwich invented in chicago in 1893. the reuben sandwich created either in nebraska or new york. depending on whom you believe. fry bread, a native american staple. red beans and rice dates back to colonial america. the hamburger, apple pie and the mission burrito san francisco born, of course. a nebraska reuben. >> yeah. who knew? >> i know that's surprising to

me. isn't that like what you find at jewish delis? exactly. yeah. we'll have to look into this one. i would just assume that more healthy things would be on the list, too, because you think west coast maybe like a green juice, something like that. yeah. i haven't caught up by okra. i mean, i love okra. me too. >> you guys have your favorite. i could go down a list of, like, chicken parmesan as a go to in hawaii. zippy's chili and rice is just incredible, so those would be my two, you know, whatever you guys put in a lot, which is an indian dish that sandhya has, which i have never brought in for larry. >> he claims that i don't even know how to make it. my mom makes it. okay. for me, it's the classic tonkotsu ramen. >> ooh, that's good to know. >> always go for that, dion. i like our list much better. how about a pierogi? or any kind of dumpling? oh, yeah. oh yeah. you can't go wrong. every culture has its dumpling. exactly. >> all right, today is national one hit wonder day. it celebrates songs that reach

number one on the billboard charts with the artist never having a song break the top 40 again. it's raining men. >> hey, macarena. hey mickey. my girl wants to party all the time. >> don't worry. be happy. who let the dogs out? >> who? who >> oh, this is good. i mean, we go on and on here, i'll mention my favorite one hit wonder, and i do. so knowing that i'm walking into the buzz saw with the three of you surrounding me. but, anybody remember? i'm too sexy by right, said fred. wait that's your favorite? >> do you listen to it? like in the car all the time before i come down here? >> you know, when i leave, i'm too sexy for this shirt. >> i'm not going to knock you because my favorite has the word sexy in it, too? hey. sexy lady. oh he remembers that one. >> gangnam style? >> yes. gangnam style. that was a one hit wonder. okay. how about you, zendaya? take on me by! oh, that's a good one. oh, i

should steal that. but the one that came to mind, it's not my favorite, but it is a total earworm. and we hear it always at sporting events is aqua's barbie girl. is that i'm a barbie girl? yeah barbie. i wasn't going to sing. okay. that would not make good tv. i was waiting for you to sing. >> any anybody want to vote for the macarena? >> no, not really, but it's fun, though. yeah. dun dun dun. dun dun dun. >> you're ready? kristen's ready. >> yeah, she's ready to sing and dance. yeah. yeah hey, macarena. all right. boy, we just lost all our viewers, so i don't know why, but they're going to the variety show at four. >> you can watch kristen on tiktok performing all of her moves. that's it for the your skin is ever-changing, take care of it with gold bond's healing formulations of 7 moisturizers and 3 vitamins. for all your skins, gold bond.

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leaders, $100,000 will go toward expanding wellness centers at three schools in the evergreen school district in san jose, abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how the funding will help students for years to come. >> at leyva middle school in east san jose. students know they are resilient. they know negative thoughts, do not serve them, and they know it's okay to not be okay. that's thanks to student wellness centers on campus giving students the mental health resources they need to not only survive, but thrive. >> these types of wellness centers are important to give students a safe space where they can talk about what they're

going through, but it also helps to level them up in terms of their social emotional wellness and interaction with other students. >> there are two other wellness centers like this, one at leyva and the evergreen school district at catherine smith elementary school and sheboygan middle school, where san jose city council member domingo candelas is a proud alumni. and wednesday, he and santa clara county supervisor sylvia arenas announced the city of san jose is investing $100,000 to go towards improving these all important centers. >> we know that what we invest today will really equal a lot of generational change and the well-being of our children in the future. >> these centers provide focusing on accessibility and understanding, and helping to break down the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraging students to seek help when they need it. >> at leyva, the wellness center has three rooms. the first offers students a place to come and relax and find resources. the second allows for more therapeutic resources with professionals to talk to. and the third gives students a place to combat the stresses they feel in their lives. with a little

fun and games. doctor marina doxey is the director of child welfare and attendance for the evergreen school district. she says the investment in these centers will further the successes schools have seen thanks to these resources. after the covid 19 pandemic led to so much struggle, we really did see that there was a decline in the skills that they had to really interact with each other and interact with adults, and so the wellness centers really helped to build that up, building up students for happy and healthy futures in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> verizon and t-mobile have adopted a new technology that helps redirect some callers to the 988 suicide and crisis hotline. it's called geo routing, and it pushes calls to the help centers based on their physical location, rather than their phone number's area code. it's designed to get local resources to those who need them more efficiently and effectively. at&t also has plans to begin this process within the next couple of months. >> inside out is a movie about

the emotions of a teenage girl. right. the pixar film turned out to be the highest grossing animated film of all time, and today it begins streaming on disney plus. >> it's a great opportunity for folks to revisit the film. i can't wait, actually, to watch it again. i haven't seen it since it first came out in theaters, so i'm excited to watch it at home with my family over and over and over and over again. and i think people i hope people will because again, i think there's a lot in the film to unpack to be cleared inside out. >> two, the one that came out this year is the highest grossing animated film of all time. it made $1.7 billion worldwide. disney is the parent company of pixar and abc seven. i hope they make a three. >> three. yes. so we can keep our jobs. >> keep. keep going. yes. somebody's got to pay the bills around here. >> it's really good, especially for a sequel. >> okay, i want to check the forecast. >> yeah. okay. so cooler today, but don't expect this to last. that's right. okay. >> that was, by the way, a good movie. and we do want to see number three kristen and larry.

let's take a look at live picture right now from san rafael. camera good looking weather. a lot of sun out there a refreshing breeze, but along the coastline there isn't a whole lot of sun. we do have fog on live doppler seven. it's already starting to cross over towards the bay. tomorrow afternoon. temperatures are going to rebound. upper 80s to low 90s inland, low 60s coastside friday you're going to get a quick spike in the heat. upper 90s inland 70s coast side saturday. dropping off. and then you will notice sunday kind of leveling off maybe coming back a few degrees. so beautiful weather. accuweather seven day forecast warming back up tomorrow. the heat spikes on friday and then temperatures drop before they recover early next week. >> larry kristen all right. thank you sandhya. next up a college athlete with a lot more than just football on his mind. >> my cards were given to me like i didn't choose my deck of cards. you know what i'm saying? >> how? he's juggling football school and raising his five siblin when you have moderate to severe eczema, it's okay to show off. with dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch.

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celebrity family feud at ten. and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. all right. now to the inspirational story of a college athlete overcoming the odds after a tragedy in his family. now he's carrying a burden most kids his age could not even imagine. abc news reporter rhiannon ally has his story. >> i get to come in here and see my siblings and stuff every day, you know what i'm saying? so it just put a smile on my face to see them happy. >> our marion smith plays football at michigan state university, but football is far from his only focus these days. recently, he lost his mom to breast cancer, and without a dad in the family's life, smith has been left to raise his five younger siblings. the youngest two years old. >> my cars were given to me like i didn't choose my deck of cards, you know what i'm saying? but like for people to tell me that, like, it's like it's like uplifting, you know what i'm saying? it's motivation to keep going, you know, not to stop. >> he's leaning on his oldest sister for help. and as the old

saying goes, it takes a village. i love you. smith appears to have a strong support system. >> i'm going to be there no matter what. that was a promise i made to their mother. and they have everybody here backing them up. >> he's in a tough spot right now, but he's one of the strongest guys that i've known. >> while smith's story is unique in its own way, a recent study found 19% of undergraduate students have a dependent and 5% of those caregivers, like smith, are responsible for non-child dependents, including siblings. smith says growing up, he was homeless at times and he now finds inspiration from the life lessons his mother taught him. >> i could feel her living through me, almost like i hear her voice telling me how proud she is of me. >> smith is a defensive back. he'll be on the field saturday when michigan state when the spartans take on ohio state. reminder that abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. you can get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. all right. that's going

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some call it home. a place considered a safe haven by some people without a permanent residence. now they may be forced back onto the streets. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. >> and i'm dan ashley, one of the biggest challenges in building a better bay area is housing our significant homeless population. and now a safe space in the north bay that was keeping people off the streets is in jeopardy. that's right. it's called redwood