finale in that building. and i can see there were 47,000 fans earlier. looks like it's thinned out, but really, nobody wants to leave. chris >> yeah, larry. no one wants to leave. and what a moment. it was here today. and how fitting. the a's win this game 3 to 2. the all star closer mason miller finishes it out. just a day full of emotion. and the favorite part for me was after the game when mark kotsay addressed the crowd. you still see some fans hanging on. they do not want to leave a place that means so much to them and generations of a's fans throughout their family history, and all those types of things. there are people out here. security guards are still out here as well. we saw a little bit of some unruliness, but nothing too crazy today, which was thankful for everyone involved. it was a pretty clean baseball game throughout, but as i mentioned, mark kotsay, the manager who also played in green and gold during his playing career, he had a chance to address the crowd with a very passionate speech and it was a really heartfelt speech and he

told us after the game that he had some help. he went out with his wife last night in center field and had some time to reflect, and then put his thoughts on paper, and he delivered a very heartfelt speech, which ended with a chance to let go. oakland is here, mark kotsay after the game, a32 win on a very historic day here at the coliseum. >> and today was an emotional day all around. from the time i drove in, like we talked about to right now. and i'm still kind of reeling right now. so the focus during the game helped eliminate those emotions. and here they are again. this is where home began. and this is hopefully where home finishes. yeah. i couldn't be more proud to represent this organization on this day. and you know, be able to honor it in a way that we did with the win. >> so the a's will finish the season in seattle and inevitably on to sacramento next season. but mark kotsay was asked about sacramento and his thoughts on

that. he said it's new. we will address that after the final out in seattle. but they want to take some time to really soak in this moment. we had a chance to talk with a lot of players. schilling told me. that speech was one of the coolest things he's ever seen, and to have the fans be completely silent, to listen to his words and then burst out in the let's go oakland chant, he said. that gave him goosebumps. >> mark kotsay is a really good dude who was put in an impossible situation, and he made the best of it. today. i salute him because there's a lot of stuff behind the scenes that's gone on and he's he's plowed through it and tried to put the best product on the field that he could. thanks, chris. >> thanks, chris. in fact, let's listen to what kotsay had to say on the field to fans right after the game. >> i'm going to keep this short because i don't really know if i'm going to be able to make it through this. to the staff who've dedicated their lives to the oakland a's, especially those who aren't coming with us. >> i am forever grateful and

will never forget you. and to all of you, on behalf of my staff, myself, this team, all the past players and coaches, everyone who's worn the green and gold. there are fans than you guys. >> you guys >> thank you all for loving the game of baseball. >> and now a look at some of the greatest moments of the a's history at the coliseum. the oakland athletics won four world series titles in six pennants in their tenure in the east bay. only the yankees have won more during that time span. with today's game, the a's played 4493 regular season games at the coliseum. that's the 10th most

of any stadium in league history. the stadium has hosted 12 no hitters and three perfect games. the rangers, who the a's beat today, have the most wins of any visiting team at the coliseum. today's game was officially sold out on the a's website, but there were plenty of options for fans to get last minute tickets. we checked right before first pitch and resale tickets on stubhub ranged from $130 to $1500. whoa! right. i mean, it's the final game. so over on seatgeek. tickets start at about $120. the priciest ticket was going for nearly 6000 bucks, 6000 bucks for the memory. and speaking of memories, some fans already took a piece of the coliseum with them. look at this. this is video from the game broadcast last night. they did it again today. so touching. yeah. you can see members of the stadium's grounds crew filling water bottles with dirt to be given to fans. some people even pulled out stadium seats to take with them, which is actually not

advised. the stadium will still be used by the oakland roots soccer team next year. >> my understanding is that the seats were confiscated and put back. but yeah, you're not getting away with the seats this time. the sold out crowd, almost 47,000 today, bore witness to the final stand for the a's at the ballpark. abc seven news reporter anser hassan spent the day with them. unsworth, you want to talk about a gut wrenching last? the last dance? i guess to use the chicago bulls line, but the last dance for the a's in the town >> it feels like a difficult game. >> you can see fans are slowly

making their way out. in some ways, it feels like a typical game. food vendors selling hot dogs t shirts for sale. but we know many of these fans leaving with mixed emotions. there's no tomorrow. there's no next season for the oakland a's. we spoke to fans and they're feeling it. >> i was getting emotional inside, especially when the national anthem was happening and then that bomber flew over. it's just it was it was emotional time. you know, i love it, though. i'm so blessed to be here. and, i hope you know the legacy can live on. >> it was very rough, but i got my tears out saturday night during the fireworks show and the drone show. so we good? today it feels like it's time for whatever happens. happens. so i'm ready. >> this is pressing. we were here sunday. we were here tuesday. and unfortunately today as well. but in the same breath. right. i can't say bittersweet. it was just depressing. like, okay, it's done. >> celebration song. come on. yeah there's definitely a sense of finale. >> also, the first 25,000 fans

got a coliseum replica. some fans liked it, others not so impressed. what are your thoughts on it? do you like it? >> it's cool. i'll give it to my dad. >> this is how you're going to remember the a's? >> yes. probably yes. slap in the face all the way around. >> so for years we've wanted to know how this is going to end. larry and kristen, now we know we'll continue to talk fans, to talk to fans and bring you more throughout the rest of the evening. reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> all right. thank you. now to abc seven news reporter suzanne phan who spent the day at the game talking to stadium employees. suzanne, they're not only saying good-bye to the a's, but also some of them to their jobs. >> exactly. so as a lot of people here walk out of the stadium right now, we're seeing lots of fans coming out excited about just, you know, wrapping up the game here with a win. we know that the employees inside the stadium, many of them are

feeling mixed emotions. they are happy for the win. but they are also very sad knowing that they lost their beloved team and they are also losing their jobs in some cases. again, a lot of people are wondering what's going to happen next now that the oakland a's are leaving and what it will mean for the oakland landscape. now for the final game ever in oakland for the a's, fans packed this place in the coliseum staff delivered, and so did their beloved team. this is how things looked soon after the a's beat the texas rangers. we know the fans turned out one last time to show their support, but it's the employees who have been here since the very beginning to show their unwavering support during each and every home game. now, after the big win, we heard celebrate good times blasting for one last time and this final farewell so difficult for so many people. you hear people shouting in the background, the guy walking by saying, yeah, they cheated us. but again, hundreds of state employees expect to lose their jobs with the a's when the team leaves oakland, and many won't have severance pay. many of them may not have health care benefits back here. now again, we talked to coliseum employees

and they are very mixed about what is happening here today. a lot of them have been with the team for decades. we spoke to one man who has been working for the oakland a's for 49 years. i asked him what he's going to do next. he says, you know, maybe retirement, but he also hopes that he might be able to continue working here at the coliseum with the next teams that come through. i spoke to another young man he's known as ice cold kevin bo. he's a beer vendor that we heard in other stories. he's been working here for 13 years. i asked him what he plans on doing. he says, you know, he's just going to go with the flow. he may work in san francisco at chase with the giants. he says he may go down to anaheim. he may go up to seattle. he says he's just going to go with it. so that's the latest live here. we'll send it right back to you. >> that's all you can do, suzanne. thanks. and we have more in-depth coverage of the a's end of an era. you can find it on our website, abc7 news.com, including the full version of larry's now viral response to a's owner, john

fisher's goodbye letter to fans. reggie was reporting on it. all the other outlets are reporting on it. who didn't report on it? it touched a nerve with so many. >> i don't know. barstool sports had it at like 2.6 million views, so it resonated, that's for sure. all right. we'll continue talking about the a's. but there's other news to discuss here. hurricane helene storm rapidly intensifying as it heads toward florida. the latest on its expected landfall, climate extremes and the impact on our water supply. >> state water officials giving us a look at the challenges and possible solutions. >> and back in service, a commuter train in san francisco running again after the system's first major rebuild in nearly 50 years. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. warmer. today we head into the hot category tomorrow. your forecast is coming up. when

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south bay. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> well, hopefully we get a good amount of rain once we get into the winter rainy season, but way too much rain in florida right now with helene. >> let's check in with sandhya. >> yeah. and kristen and larry. this is now a dangerous a very dangerous category four storm. let's take a look at a live picture. conditions are already deteriorating. this is just before the gandy bridge. right now, a category four wind gusts have already been reported as high as 70 miles. an hour. that storm is headed towards the big bend area of tampa. i'm going to have a lot more on this later. packing winds of 130 miles an hour. it is racing north northeastward at 23 miles an hour. locally here, it's a much quieter picture. most areas are running warmer by 17 degrees in santa rosa, 11 degrees higher in concord and six degrees warmer in san jose. we are looking from our 8-80 camera. last day of the a's game here at the coliseum,

and it turned out to be a beautiful one. 71 degrees in oakland right now, 61 in the city, 75 hayward, san jose. you're at 81 and 59 in half moon bay. still some fog lingering on the golden gate bridge. 86 in santa rosa. 87 fairfield. you're in the 70s from petaluma to nap. 85 concord. 87, in livermore. live doppler seven showing you while most areas are seeing the sun, there's still a few patches of fog right near the coastline. we widen the picture here and here is the story. high pressure is going to move westward, and as it does, we're going to notice that the heat builds as we head towards tomorrow. a live view from san jose right now. tomorrow it's going to be heating up. your weekend weather cooler near average and early next week the summer like heats back. so even though it's fall, it's not going to feel like it. temperatures at 515 in the 80s. inland 60s coast side. we head into the 7:00 hour and it's still warm inland, but cooling at the coast. fog is going to be very limited, only patchy in the

morning 50s 60s to start the day. rapid warming will take place. inland areas will get up into the 90s. i'll show you those high temperatures in just a moment and in the evening it's still going to be warm inland, mild at the coast. your morning numbers anywhere from the 50s to the 60s. once again, only patches of fog. so quick clearing and the temperatures will respond tomorrow afternoon. 98 in gilroy, 92 san jose, in the south bay on the peninsula, 86 in palo alto, 72. pacifica nice day in downtown san francisco, 79 degrees 75, in daly city, north bay. temperatures mid 90s from calistoga to santa rosa. 92, in san rafael, vallejo, heading into the east bay 83. berkeley 84, oakland 89 fremont. inland areas. you're going to get into that hot category. 98 in livermore and fairfield. 97 concord. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. so it's a one day heat up. you'll feel it. but don't worry. as we head towards the weekend, those temperatures begin to drop off.

and then just as you get kind of comfortable with near average, here we go again. boom. upper 90s to low 100 seconds. monday, tuesday inland 70s at the coastline. it's going to get hot once again. so larry and kristen summers back somebody is happy. >> october sizzle we get it. >> yeah yeah we get it around this time. >> yeah. thanks. >> all right. getting political. a group of firefighters in san jose speaking out today against the city's former mayor, sam liccardo, who's now running for congress. why? they claim he made the city less safe. >> and back in service. you're seeing a moment. some people in sa

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at the corner of olander court and felipe avenue. the fire department says the 7700 square foot, all electric facility will serve the greater santee and little saigon neighborhoods. firefighters there will also protect happy hollow park zoo, the sharks ice at san jose facility, and several other structures. construction is expected to be completed in 2026. the groundbreaking of the new fire station comes as san jose firefighters gather for protest. the local firefighters union says it's speaking out against former san jose mayor sam liccardo, who is now running for congress. they say he's made the city less safe. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has the story. >> tension between members of san jose firefighters local two, 30, and former san jose mayor sam liccardo. liccardo is currently running for the district 16 congressional seat. the firefighters say liccardo supported measures that led to the firing of firefighters and loss of police officers. >> we're down 500 cops. he laid off 49 firefighters. we're

struggling to do our job. and these are the repercussions from his actions and his policy. >> at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new san jose fire station thursday, he responded to the firefighters. >> it's important for folks to get the facts and not to have this revisionist history created by political players. >> liccardo cited numbers that showed the police department was expanded by over 200 officers, and that he left the city with one of the lowest crime rates of any major u.s. city. certainly, yes. >> we lost more than 500 police officers before i became mayor. when i became mayor, we worked very hard to bring people together at the table to work through differences and to rebuild our public safety departments. >> still, the firefighters say that as a city council member, prior to being elected as mayor, liccardo refused to work with first responders. >> if you have an employer in a city that respects you and shows you some dignity, they're going to want you to stay and ultimately, when he was in that position, that never happened. >> liccardo is facing off against state assemblymember evan low. san jose firefighters

local 230 is endorsing low. liccardo said he suspects the timing of the protest has to do with his opponent. >> i understand there's a certain desperation tactic in this and so we see this happen a lot in campaigns. that is not my first campaign. i suspect we'll see more of it. >> in a statement, lowe's campaign said 16 district voters should heed these first responders, warning we need someone with a proven record supporting first responders and public safety as our next congressman, not someone like liccardo, who actively fought these local heroes. moving forward, the firefighters union insists they're facing critical staffing issues and will need strong support from their future congressman. >> it impacts everyone's public safety in san jose. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> business owners in alameda came together today for an opportunity to grow their own networks. the inaugural alameda economic forecast and business expo happened this afternoon aboard the uss hornet. leaders in the food and beverage industry, higher education, life sciences and technology hosted panel discussions on industry

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>> helene is forecast to make landfall thursday night. areas along the big bend region of florida could see a storm surge of up to 20ft. phil prescott lives in cedar key. he says many residents have heeded the evacuation warnings. >> the fear factor is pretty significant. so the good news is more than ever, people have left tens of thousands of customers have already lost electricity. >> crews on hand to get the power back on. torrential rains and strong winds from helene pummeled naples overnight. streets there are now underwater. similar scenes in saint petersburg and in tampa. high waves from the bay crashing onto this roadway. the traffic cam shaking violently in the strong winds. the area could see a storm surge of up to eight feet. we're just a few hours away from an expected landfall, not far from here in tallahassee, and we're already seeing conditions worsen as the day goes on. getting bands of strong winds and heavy rain. ike ejiochi abc news, tallahassee.

>> so, abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking helene and has the latest now on landfall. sandhya. >> yeah, kristen. when it's being described as potentially catastrophic and life threatening, it tells you the severity of how dangerous this category four storm is. here's a live view. once again, conditions are going south as the winds are picking up. the rain is coming down. as we look at live doppler seven is packing 130 mile an hour winds. category four hurricane once again. it is moving very rapidly north northeastward at 23 miles an hour. it should be nearing the big bend area later on tonight. biggest concerns are catastrophic storm damage. storm surge damage 10 to 20ft. 6 to 12in of rain. isolated up to 20. that's going to lead to life threatening flooding, damaging winds and risk of tornadoes. you can see just how big this storm is. certainly is a major hurricane. the track shows you it's still a four. it will become a two. once it makes

landfall and moves into georgia as we head towards the weekend, it moves across the tennessee valley once again. this is a major category four hurricane headed towards the big bend area of florida. larry. kristen. thank you so much. >> happening now. it's the end of an era for the oakland a's. with the team's last game today at the coliseum. >> yeah, i want to take a look now at what is just going to be memories at this point. now the coliseum complex, we should point out, is going to be in control of the african american sports and entertainment group and we have yet to fully understand what their plans are. they're trying to figure it out themselves. but we had 47,000 fans in the coliseum. that's amazing. and the shame is it could have been that way all along. had the team owner, john fisher, not cheaped out at every possible opportunity because he was trying to save money. and it's unfortunate, but there's the view. majestic. it was even greater before they built mount

davis when the raiders came back because you could see into the hills, it was just glorious. in fact, when i first moved to the bay area in 1989, the oakland coliseum was the ballpark. it was cool. it was the place to be because the giants were playing in candlestick at that point, which is just like, you know, if you if you like to feel what a cyclone feels like blowing in your face, that's that's what candlestick was. and unfortunately, you know, the coliseum has just gotten old and decrepit over time. >> those were the world series days. >> yeah, yeah, those were great times as well as oakland a's fans say goodbye to nearly six decades of baseball in oakland, we want to highlight the team's rich history in the town. >> yeah. >> here's a look at the legacy of the a's and the end of an era for the city of oakland. after stints in philadelphia and kansas city, the athletics moved to oakland in 1968, team owner charlie finley was thrifty, a theme that a's fans have suffered through with several ownership groups. but the green

and gold produced a loaded lineup in the 70s, led by reggie jackson, joe rudi, sal bando and their ace catfish hunter. the a's won three straight world series titles from 1972 to 74, and the oakland coliseum explodes into ecstasy as the oakland a's captured their third successive world championship. free agency and finley's stinginess broke up the team, with the owner exploring moves to denver and new orleans, among other cities. finley sold the team to the haas family, and they were committed to oakland. they owned the a's from 1980 to 95, and back then, the oakland coliseum was regarded as a fantastic place to watch or play a game that would dramatically change over time. in their best years, the a's had star power rickey henderson, who grew up in the town, was not only the greatest leadoff hitter of all time, he also broke the single season stolen base record with 130. in 1982, and he's the all time stolen base king. >> but today, i am the greatest of all time. thank you.

>> the bash brothers, jose canseco and mark mcgwire were together for seven seasons, featuring displays of pure power and the signature bash in celebration, oakland's own dave stewart emerged as one of the best pitchers in baseball. known for that menacing glare on the mound helping the a's reach the world series for three straight years from 1988 to 1990. after losing to kirk gibson and the dodgers in 88, the a's beat the giants in 89, a series delayed by the loma prieta earthquake. the a's probably should have won multiple world series titles, but they were shockingly swept by the reds in 1990, and the a's have not been back to the world series since. new ownership groups came and went with a familiar theme do more with les. and that led to the famed moneyball era, where general manager billy beane began using data analytics, evaluating players based more on their statistics rather than relying on old time scouts. the moneyball era was capped by a 20 game winning streak, culminating

in a dramatic walk off homer by scott hatteberg. >> that run is gone, and it's funny athletics. >> holy toledo. the moneyball concept led to a book and then a movie with brad pitt playing the part of being, if we win with this team, we'll change the gam. >> it's a no hitter. >> the oakland a's have thrown a total of six no hitters and two perfect games on mother's day 2010, with his grandmother in the crowd, dallas braden was perfect. he did it. >> he did it. dallas braden just throwed a perfect game. >> in the past two decades, the a's made more headlines off the field, exploring new ballparks in oakland, fremont, san jose, then back to oakland. but they really never came close to getting a shovel in the ground. the last gasp came with a grandiose plan to build a stadium, hotel, retail space and housing at howard terminal. after years of trying to drum up community support and money, the

howard terminal project seemed close to reality. >> well, it has to be a proposal we agree with and that works for our business. and, you know, we laid out one that worked. the city had a different one, and it needs to achieve the goals we need financially to make sense. >> but just as oakland officials felt they were close to a deal, current owner john fisher pulled the plug and decided to move the team to las vegas. fisher stripped down the roster to cut expenses and drove diehard fans away in droves, would sell the team shirts popping up all over the country. >> he found a team. >> fisher was so universally despised by fans and players, he won't do interviews he's almost never seen in public unless he's pitching politicians to give him taxpayer money for a new park. >> we believe that by coming to las vegas, we're going to be able to get out of this idea that the a's have to let their best players go prematurely. that's a goal that's been our goal since the very beginning,

since we were working on a new stadium in the bay area. >> the proposed move to vegas has been a calamity marked by repeated embarrassment, like photoshopped ballpark renderings and a financing plan that still has yet to be revealed. whether the a's ever make it to sin city is unclear, but their next stop will be sacramento. playing in a minor league park perhaps for three years, the a's will follow the raiders and warriors out of town, leaving oakland without a major pro sports team. generations of loyal fans will see their team ripped away, left only with the rich history of their beloved franchise. stay in oakland. >> stay in oakland. stay in oakland

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as the team played its final game at the oakland coliseum. painful farewell for so many as the team took the field for the final time in the town. they won. they beat the rangers three two. now, a few days ago, team owner john fisher finally addressed the fans, apologizing for the team's departure. and i recorded my thoughts about fisher's letter and described it as a work of fiction. listen now. john, you're a serial penny pincher. you've destroyed your family's great name and legacy because of your cheapness. as for the statement about loyal a's fans, quote, i wish i could speak to each and every one of you individually. end quote. seriously, john, we've been trying to interview you for years, but you always choose to remain invisible unless you're begging politicians for public funding and then you're out in

front in las vegas. and then i tore up his letter. i remember that. but i want you guys to jump in. you already heard from me. i will have some closing thoughts, but who wants to go first? >> i can start. i guess if no one else has. you know, i'm one of those people where it's been so long that it's like, okay, we'll see if it happens. we'll see if they leave. and now it's finally here. i don't think it's really hit me. it was such a big part of my childhood growing up here. my dad, you know, played baseball his whole life. he played at yale like, baseball was huge for him. so growing up, he used to always take us to both a's and giants. games like that was our thing. that was the thing we did with dad. and it's just one of those memories that is always going to be in my heart. and it's one of my biggest memories i have with my dad. fortunately, i still have him with me, but i don't know. it's just like part of my childhood is just going away. it's so. it's so weird. i can't

even sometimes i just can't wrap my head around it. it's just sa. it's sad. >> i think it's i mean, i've only been to the a's a few times and i always looked around and thought, wow, this place could be amazing if they put a little into this stadium, if they, you know, freshen it up and then it became, wow, if they only invested in the players and got a few more players, it was always the potential of what could be larry, i guess, and just kind of the heartbreak of not quite getting there. i can only imagine for a long time fans, like i said, i'd only been a few times, but when you have fans who love you so much through thick and thin and mostly thin, and then you love them back, yeah, that's a tragic thing. >> you know, i went to the last game they had of the bay bridge series there. it's like, no frills at that ballpark, but just looking around at the fans, they have so much heart. they love their team so much that i didn't feel like i needed the frills, but i don't know.

>> do you want to jump in with a thought? yeah, it's. >> i mean, it's sad either way. >> larry, i've been with my family and, you know, it's just so much fun to be there. and the fact that they're going away after all these years, and they were on a roll in the beginning when the team first started, which was many years ago, we realize that. but it is sad either way. >> i have this much glimmer of hope that john fisher will be the consistent owner that we've seen, and he'll bungle sacramento and vegas, and it's not over yet. it's not over yet. that's what i'm clinging to at this point. all karen will know if that feeling in her chest is afib... or just the end of a stressful day. (nature sounds) (cell-phone notification) it's that easy. peace of mind that fits in your wallet. kardiamobile card is on sale now at kardia.com or amazon. and now, kardiamobile card is hsa/fsa eligible.

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to talk about a delicious reason to get up early is the founder and the chef at early to rise. we welcome andrew mccormick. andrew, this platter that you have put together for us is absolutely just miraculous. and i this this donut is calling out to me right now. i mean, this is a work of art. it should not be eaten. it should just be framed and sent to the smithsonian. but we're going to eat it too. yeah. no, we are going to eat it. yeah that's for sure. >> talk to us, andrew, about, like, doing everything from scratch. how is that even possible? >> uh. well, i mean, we pick our horses and ride it. i mean, we uh- know what we're good at and we just, you know, have a really good recipe for hollow bread bagels. uh- etc. but some of

it's more complicated, like our bacon. it took us two years to get a license to kieran, smoked out ourselves in-house and we do that in huge uh- 250 to 200 pound batches and it takes two weeks to cure. it takes a while, but you know, everybody likes bacon. that's never going out of style. so, you know, we feel pretty comfortable committing some some time towards figuring it out. but is this sandwich your most popular dish during the weekdays. that's we actually only have that during the weekdays. but i want you guys to have that because it's where a lot of the menu comes together for me. like that's our homemade hollow bread that we also use for our french toast at the restaurant, and it also has our homemade bacon, too. and it's just really, really tasty. and it's just a great way to enjoy a lot of the things that we do. >> so, yeah, looking at this menu early to rise menu, it's like comfort food to me, right? >> you have shrimp and grits and ham steak with creme fraiche and gravy, some potato pancake. i feel like these are the basics that we love. and with the twist. >> yeah. for sure. i mean, honestly, you know, the menu is

not. has very few surprises. we're not big on big garnishes and a lot of, like, you know, stuff like that. i mean, it is a basic menu that we put an awful lot of time and work into. i mean, we buy the menu takes three weeks to get that bacon on the plate, you know, so it's, yeah. and then you mentioned the butter earlier. that's a labor of love. we spent years getting the recipe together for that. and, yeah, we actually do all our recipe development through, blind tasting with our customers to make sure that what we end up with is something that they really want to eat. >> oh, my gosh. >> stop the presses. >> the donut. right. >> the donut. oh, i didn't try that connoisseur. >> yeah. and this is like the hawaiian malasada. that's like so real close. >> real close. yeah. or a german berliner. there's like a lot of those donuts are real similar and they're super good. >> so the mashed potatoes are super flavorful, amazing. >> oh, yeah. oh, those are actually grits. but i'll forgive you. >> oh, yeah. i was gonna say i didn't get mashed potatoes. you fooled me. i was like, sounds good. and then make the bacon.

>> they can buy the bacon. it looks like, because there are instructions and such. oh that's awesome. >> yes. yeah. we have we can sell that. we have that for retail sale too. so if you like the bacon, you can bring some home. so yeah. but actually i'm glad you brought up the grits because that's a, that's a real special thing. i'm from columbia, south carolina, and, those grits are actually milled in my hometown, and we're actually super lucky to have those to work with. and you also be enjoying that over our shrimp and grits, which is the other thing you'll have, which i grew up eating. it's one of my most favorite things to have in this world. my mother used to make it for me. it's like i grew up having that on sundays. you know, when the family used to go out for breakfast and just sharing that with everybody here, i'm kind of surprised at how popular grits are in san francisco. yeah, i mean, we get all the oh, my god, we sell so much grits. >> we love comfort food. >> yeah, and we're out of time, andrew. but you got to tell me. i understand you have a background in michelin starred kitchen, right? where was that? >> i worked at quince, pretty close to you guys. and also at john george in new york, briefly

for my internship. and the. yeah, i'm so no wonder. >> thank. thank you. andrew. i'm so glad we're out of time because i want to eat the donut. all right. >>

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george pennacchio, from our sister station in los angeles, talked with the stars of the new drama series. >> out of 110 applicants, we found him. >> joshua jackson stars as doctor max beckman, the new doctor on board the luxury cruise ship odyssey. it's a job where he has to balance work and play. >> the medical drama is the plot that drives each one of our shows, but really what is happening in our show is a relationship drama, right? you come into this beautiful fantasy world, our guest stars come into this beautiful fantasy world, and each episode is its own little movie. right. so you come in and the drama happens, the romance happens. whatever happens, happens.

you talk about what happened? >> did you want to talk about. >> and from the looks of it, something happens with max and his coworker. avery played by phillipa soo. >> max comes into the picture and there's a there's a whole dynamic between her and max, and tristan in the work environment and the social environment and so everything is a little bit topsy turvy for her. >> shaun teale, who plays tristan, revealed the cast clicked instantly. >> i think ryan brings together some astonishing, creatives in the industry and together they've joined on a network show that that hopefully is unlike any other. >> you're going to see beauty and luxury and fantasy and dra and action, and you're going to have a hell of a ride. now, as captain of the ship, i'll tell you that i'll try and keep it as

smooth as possible. but if it was all that smooth, you wouldn't have that great a time. >> george pennacchio for abc seven news. >> the premiere of doctor odyssey is just part of a big night for drama here on abc. seven at eight. it's 9-1-1 doctor odyssey is at nine, followed by the premiere of gray's anatomy. then join us for abc seven news at 11. that's it for abc seven news at four. the news at five is coming up next.

i'm so open. hey, let's go outside. >> i ask you for one more time to start the greatest cheer in baseball. let's go. >> oakland.