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live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. live and streaming the bay breakers returns and we will take you live from the starting line. >> this is going to set us back decades. women need choices. >> the battle over abortion choice hits the streets with thousands protesting with a national day of action. and plus what this means for your paycheck. good morning sunday may 15th, i'm devin. and let's go have a look at the check of the weather. >> yes, a little fog around the shorelines and things will be
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cooler as the fog is coming in inland and more clouds today than yesterday, and cloudy along the coast. tonight, the overnight with a lunar eclipse. more clouds in the evening and a complete clearing. back to the news. today, kpix finds amanda starrantino with more of the news. >> and no one is here yet, but the es here on howard and very exciting as you have said, because it has been two years since this has been held in person, and a virtual event is not the same. it is a lot of tradition with
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this and going on for more than 100 years, and beta breakers this has been going on since 1912 and so many years this is san francisco history. i want to tell you about an inspiring story of father and son, and this is very special, and they are doing it with a parkinson's diagnosis. check it out. >> reporter: a euphoria of a good long run is a dissttant history for dan cochran. this is a distant memory since running in the breakers since 1950. >> this is a group of people. >> reporter: dan was diagnosed with bparkinson's disease. >> i knew that it would be a short time or a long time i would be in a wheelchair and i
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did not want to take it lying down. >> reporter: with a strict diet and exercise routine, for 20 years, he has been able to stay out of the wheelchair. >> i am doing okay. >> reporter: and he is beating the odds even with the diagnosis. and it is a diagnosis he wears proudly on the shirt. >> it is the reaction of the people to me. they look at me like i am dying or something. they see me with the wheelchair and the push cart, and they have a terrible look on their face. i say don't worry, it is just parkinson's. >> reporter: and strong enough to play ball with his son, and hitting the pavement is no longer an option. >> it is just too hard on my back. >> reporter: and so his son
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found a way to make it across the finish line one more way. so every step of the way, his son robert is going to be there across the course. >> and then the chair came and it was like, we are going to be doing this, and it is going to be some adventures. >> and so we found a way to do it with this back one more time. >> reporter: one more time with a physical push and his son, dan is reignited with some hope to once again feel that runner's high. >> it is like someone is behind you pushing, and a light feeling, but it is fun. >> reporter: one more time to get across the finish line. >> yeah. >> reporter: there is nothing like the runner's high, and dan is going to be taking place. and there are so many people, and it was difficult to park, so whether you are coming into the city to run the race or not, it
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is going to be tricky to come into the city, but overall, we are all going to be routing for the runners and that father and son. >> so my first question and then a follow-up, are you ready, and follow-up, did you consider a costume? >> so first question, not sure how ready i am. i feel that there is a lot of naked people, so not really prepared for that. but we are pumped and excited and my boyfriend and i are doing it together and we have a costume, and it is in the car, and you will have to wait to see what we are doing with that. >> okay. that is a tease. all right. good luck, and we will be talking to you throughout this morning's news. so road closures are throughout the route, and they will be lifted throughout the morning and 4:30 p.m. and caltrans has two special trains, and you can go to the
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website of kpix.com for more details. and in palo alto, a man said he caught a man and woman trying to break into his home. he was at home with his family when he heard glass breaking and saw a hand trying to break through the glass pane with a man trying to unlock the deadbolt, and then saw them trying to run away, and police caught up with the woman, and they laterkbooked them into jail. and now, on hillsdale, police got a call of a man lies dead on a bench, and details are still developing there. and now, there was a bust of a criminal organization, and police have arrested people in
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connection with seven felonies with narcotics and $30,000 of s stolen property. people have been stepping out to have part of a national day of opposition of a response to that leaked draft opinion. congresswoman spoke at the rally. >> if you make abortion illegal and take away our personal right to make a decision about our bodies we will see you at the ballot box in november. >> da lin caught up with some men who also felt they had to take part of the demonstrations. >> reporter: at least a handful of men felt they had to take part of the demonstrations to
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protect women and their rights. loud and defiant voices united as one to protect abortion rights. wodmas. goingbackwas, but ards >> reporte and thisays errning roe v. wade would setback the country half a century. she protested in palo alto. >> it is the same as slavery in my opinion. >> reporter: this is one of more than 300 planned marches across the country. >> we are in charge of our bodies and when we want to have children and don't want to have children. >> reporter: while many challenged whether this can show solidarity of the decision. >> this is to show we are not giving up. >> i hope it motivates to come
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tout vote, and vote like you never voted before. >> young and old are saying that abortion rights are basic human rights. >> it is nobody's business other than my own. >> people will have abortions, and they will find a way, and they will die. >> reporter: not just women joining the fight. >> i'm a white man from palo alto and i am coming from a place of privilege and i need to fight for people who need to be fought for and if i don't use that privilege, then what am i doing. >> reporter: from around the country, people say, this is for future generations. >> we need to preserve those rights for our daughters. >> reporter: i'm da lin, kxix5. a recent poll shows that 58% of americans favor the idea
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while 42% do not. governor newsom's office says that the state's minimum wage is going to bring the minimum wage to $12 an hour which will go into effect next year. and there is a fine for wastewater which is to put enforcers in neighborhoods next year. they could be slapped with fines of up to $500, but nothing is in stone yet, but the utility companies say that santa clara could risk the possibility of going dry from empty aquifers. right now, local restaurants are celebrating peninsula restaurant week, and by ordering meals, you can help the eateries from bouncing back from losses of the pandemic. but diners are win as well, by
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just posting photos of the meal s and purchasing gift cards. just as we are seeing the real estate market enter a cooldown, there is a sale that shakes it up. as the drought continue, we are learning of a shortage of water for a vital crop. the beta breakers are returning and here is a live look at the start of the race. we wil
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the time now is 6:13, and in the current real estate market, it is common for homes to sell for more than the asks price, but a home in el cerrito just sold for way over. >> reporter: a home in the bay sells for way over the selling price. it was listed for $1.3 million but after ten days on the market and 11 offers with all of them over the asking price of $200,000, the home sold for $2.5
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million all cash. >> the mid century modern has a following of the bay area, and the characteristics are popular in our area, and the setting was kind of a one of a kind over a creek. >> reporter: the listing agent says that the home sold for 1.5 million over the asking price. >> the uniqueness and the site of the home drove up the price. >> reporter: even with the rising interest rates. >>en with the rising interest rates, it keeps it churning, because there is not the supply here. >> reporter: regardless of the interest rates. and the realtor says that there could be signs of a cooldown. >> in terms of the number of buyers in the market, we are seeing things slowing down and describing to see buyer fatigue, and the number of pending sales is dropping off from march
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compare with april. >> reporter: that said a potential cooldown from his vantage point would not mean a huge shift in the market dynamics. >> i think that a slowdown, and the homes may be on the market longer, and we may see some price stability, and this is the flavor of the market correction that i see coming. >> reporter: but even with the buyer fatigue creeping in. >> reporter: and everybody is sympathetic to that. >> reporter: and fewer offers coming in, but for now, the outcome has not changed. >> the desirability of the prompts and the skew has been in the seller's favor. >> reporter: in el cerrito, kpix5. 60% of the state is in extreme drought which is compared to 40% earlier, and these conditions are taking a toll on california's rice crops. they say that 50% of the rice
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acreage will not be planted this week which is hundreds of thousands of acres and the farmers south of the delta say it is because they are not getting water from lake shasta. >> they are not letting anybody use the water for the farms. the small towns, they depend upon the money that comes in from agriculture, and without the water, towns are drying up. it is a ghost town when you go to the small towns. >> reporter: lake shasta at less than 50% capacity and historic low. cbs report ben casey is showing us two decades of drought is threatening a critical western supply. >> reporter: it is hard to believe that a place this beautiful is a shadow of its former self. >> lake powell has been on a decline in the last two decades. >> reporter: glen bellk runs the canyon institute which was once flooded to create lake powell, the nation's second largest
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reservoir. >> this area right now is 177 feet below full pool. >> reporter: when is the last time it was that high? >> full was 1979. >> reporter: that full bathtub ring is where it used to be, and that is the result of the mega drought, and the lake is now 24% full. >> it looks like we can expect this to be new normal. >> reporter: climate change is making the west hotter and drier and threatening the colorado river system, and threatening lake powell in colorado and utah and lake mead and providing water for people in 12 states. >> and you had 12 ramps and this is all you got? >> this is all we have got. >> reporter: and they have closed down 12 boat ramps in 12 areas, and could cause the glenn canyon dam to stop providing
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power for 12 million people. how unprecedented is this? >> completely unprecedented. >> and lake powell is formed. >> reporter: that is when lake powell was compared to grand canyon. >> it is a special place. >> reporter: but as the water is receding, canyon is reborn. this is stunning. he took us to cathedral in the desert, and parts which have not been seen in 60 years and he showed us a natural bridge which emerged from the water. >> this bridge was covered by water and what we are boating under you would boat over. you would boat over the bridge. >> reporter: he believes that the bulk of the water should go into lake mead, and bulken turned into a national park. >> it is not going to be turned
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into the reservoir. >> reporter: and find another source of water. ben casey. and so as more pressure approaches from the pacific northwest, we will be looking for more pressure to come down, and follow suit, and early in next week, we will have overcast from the shoreline, and inland sun, an pressures inland from the low 80s, and it will be cool along the shoreline and the future cast, you can see what is happening today, and high low clouds which is not great news from the shoreline, and we will have high clouds and low clouds and so by monday, they do come down, and this is interesting, too, that so many have happened one day, and may have picked up
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0.100 of an inch, and the wins up there at 32-mile-an-hour gusts at bodega bay, and that means that the springs and the numbers inland will be cooler today, and much cooler monday when we will manage low 70s inland. so here is what we are expecting for monday, rain chance, and when do we get or don't today. a chance for drizzle at the shoreline and we are looking for it to be cooler along the weekend and cloudy on the shoreline and overnight and 50s, and the same for stratus lows. and forecast highs for today, and we will seevallejo, and also along the shorelines at pacifica. extended forecast windy at the coast, and mild in oakland for the upcoming seven days and for the bay area as a whole, we will
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see low 80s today, and then just low 70s on monday. the monday is the coolest day of the week, and we will recover by the time we get into the weekend. in the meantime, make it a great day. all right. baseball to get to at the break, and eventful doubleheader in oakland and hero ball in game one in oakland and not him, and milestone for shohei ohtani in
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you may have questioned this, why did farhan trade a 26-year-old for a minor who has never played a big league game? it is because farhan was out of options for someone designated for options if they sent him back down. and that is because everything that he has touched has turned to gold. well, he is not off too great, but that is brendan donovan following tommy edmonton, and now, the slider, and sit down, tommy. and fifth inning, those two meet again, and give him the slider, jacob. and the same slider, but he misses just over the plate, and ed monmond crushes it. and now, it does not matter how
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good he pitched, because the bats were non-existent. and chance for the giants and belt grounds into double play. then later, the giants down 3-0, an insurance time for the red redbirds, and nolan arenado as schmidt comes running around, and the six-game win streak is no more. then yesterday at the coliseum, paul blackburn had a quality run and looked like the team would lose, but then in the bottom of the ninth is when luis ferrera stepped up to the dish. he played hero, and the first career home run is a three-run blast to walkoff the first-place angels in stunning fashion. the coolers out for the gatorade shower and incredible moment. and gets the start in game two, and he earned it. and aaron muller would go back
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to triple a, and bases jammed, and taylor rye, and get out the mustard, grandma, because it was salami time. and shohei ohtani, and that is his 100th career home run, and so oller went five innings, and the a's lose 5-1. golden state is headed back to the western conference final, and a dinynasty is not done it seems. game one is wednesday in san francisco if dallas were to win or if phoenix were to pull it off. and now, the dubs outrebounded memphis 70-44, and looney who set the tone.
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kevon looney had a career high 22 rebounds the most since larry smith in 1977. the warriors' leaders gave mike brown the vote that kevon looney should get the vote for the starter, and it is a good vote, guys. >> kevon is one of the guys that is a mainstay in everything that we do, and no matter at whatever point in the career, when his number is called he delivers, and he delivered in a major way. we knew that we could not do it without him, and this is why we were lobbying for him to get back into the starting lineup, and he came through. and now, the tampa bay lightning on a quest of three-peat in game seven against the maple leafs. and paul between his leg, and scores the second goal of the game. lightning advance. they win 2-1.
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jeremy evobisi had a big game for the earthquakes, and the pass, and he got it. the second goal of the game. but could the earthquakes hold on to that lead? the answer is no. stoppage time is white capps getting it on the corner kick, and it is eric bedoy with the kick, and it ends in a draw. that is sports, and have yourself a great day. coming up, we will have a special look at the high-tech tools coming to cal fire, and the hope is that it is going to give them a edge this summer. and now, we will look at amanda starrantino who has d us
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rest of the weekend and cloudy along the coast. tonight, the overnight lows will be in the 50s, and total knew lar eclipse and hope you don't have more cloud, but the usual more clouds and sun in the afternoon. complete forecast coming up, but first, back to the news. new this morning, the finland president says that the government is applying to join nato, and this is why it matters, because they share a border with russia. and it gives them a hedge against russian aggression. sweden is likely to do the same. and the bay to breakers race is going to get going in about 90 minutes from know. amanda starrantino is going to join us now. and good morning, amanda. now this race has a lot of history, right? >> a lot of history. good morning to you. i am going to say this, because i heard you tease that i am doing a costume reveal, but it
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way too cold to put on my costume, because it is drizzly out here, and people are getting into the tradition, and getting pumped, and putting on the costume, and dancing, and it is 15,000 runners expected to come out, and you can hear the music coming out, but some of the runners have incredible stories, and there a father/son duo who is running with a parkinson's diagnosis and special day for that father to cross the finish line one more time. check it out. >> we are rolling. let's go. >> reporter: the euphoria of a good long run is disstant memory for 78-year-old dan cochran. >> it is good to get out and clean out the mind. >> reporter: dan's dedication was yearly and dedication to running in the bay to breakers
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was yearly. >> i loved the people. >> reporter: but he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease to put his passion on the shelf. >> the doctor said it is a short period or long period of time, and i would be in a wheelchair. >> reporter: while still young at heart, he has been strict with his diet and exercise. >> 20 years into it, and i am okay. >> reporter: he has been running his own race beating the odds regardless of the diagnosis. >> it says, it is just parkinson's. >> reporter: and that is his quote. >> it is people's reaction to me, and they look at me like i am dying or something. they see the wheelchair or the push cart, and they have a butrible look on their woy, it g
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>> reporter: strong enough to play ball with his son, and hitting the pavement is no longer an option. do you miss it? >> yes, i miss it, but it is too hard on my back. >> reporter: so his son robert found a way to get his dad to finish the bay to breakers finish line one more time. >> i want dad to know there is hope. >> reporter: so every step of the way, his son will be there every step of the way across the city. >> and then the chair came, and i said, we are doing, this and we have been on three or four training runs, and there have been some adventures. >> i can't believe we are doing this, but we found a way to beat this back one more way. >> reporter: and with his son, dan is reunited with hope one more time. >> it feels like somebody is pushing one more time, but it is a light feeling. >> reporter: do you trust him to get you across the finish line?
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>> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and we are cheering them on today, and hopefully we catch them at the finish line when they cross later this afternoon. the runners will start at 8:00 m a.m., and so, there are a number of street closures here, but the energy is starting to light up here, and a lot of the runners are going to be making their way out here to main and howard, and it is a 12k, so it is going to take people quite a bit to get across the city, and a lot of people are happy to be back. back to you, devin. >> so i am curious, have you ran the route before just in preparation? no? >> i am one of those -- you know. we are just going to wing it, and go with the power walkers,
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and i got my bib, and have the costumes ready, but it is chilly to put them on yet. and devin, i am -- >> can you not show us, but tell us a little bit. >> i think that '80s workout. >> okay. all right. all right. i want to see it. but that is good. >> all right. i got -- i got to give you something to come back to me for. >> all right. >> so a little bit of the tease there, but i am worried about running hays street, because i hear that there is a big hill, and i'm from indiana, and i am used to running flatlands, so this may be tricky. >> i have faith. and we will have a little bit more information and we will try to pry more information about the costume out of you. road closures will lift between noon and 4:30 this afternoon,
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and barta has added two more trains, and caltrans has more trains as well. so get all of the information that you need about road closures and trains on our website. cal fire has new high-tech tools, and we spoke to the director about how they change to fight wildfires. >> reporter: some of the biggest and baddest weapons to fight wildfires in the state of california come from the aerial assault of fire retardant and water drops and the new director of wildfires is not shy about showing them off. >> the kid in you has to be excited to look at these. >> reporter: is this is going to be a game-changer? >> reporter: it is going to be a game-changer such as when the august complex burned more than
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1 million acres and then the deadliest, the camp fire in 2018 essentially wiping out the town of paradise and destroying 18,000 buildings and 85 people lost their lives. >> in the magnitude of the fires and damage has been done, it is earth shattering and it deals a blow on the psyche. >> reporter: the chief joined cal fire 31 years ago as a seasoned is firefighter and earning his way up the ranks and appointed by governor gavin newsom, and he is charged with updating an aging fleet from huey helicopters to the blackhawks that are faster and carry 1,000 gallons of water to 324 gallons, and they can fly missions at night. how important to fly 24/7? >> i look forward for the
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opportunity of flying 24 hours a day, and seven days a week to be able to potential suppress small initial attack fires at night in an environment where the temperatures are cooler. >> reporter: but the new pride of cal fire, seven of these new c-130 tankers. where are we going right now this is >> we are going into the belly of the aircraft that going to be converted into the tank system that is going to be standing where there is a 4,000 tank. >> reporter: those tanks installed in georgia this week, and those planes are not set to fly until 2024. do you hope to have at least one on line next season? >> i am hoping to speed the time line to see if we can get one or more of the aircraft in service sooner than 2024. >> reporter: the sooner the better, because it is a daunting task for the newest man in charge of keeping the state of
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california from burning to the ground as climate change and drought conditions have only added to the danger. in the past 4 of 5 year, more than 1 million acres have burn and including 1.25 million acres last year. are you going to win the battle? >> can we change land fires in california, no. but how we attempt to mitigate them is a tide that we can turn. >> at mcclellan park, ryan yamamoto, kpix5. this morning, milwaukee is in a curfew after a dozen people were injured after separate shootings. there was a crowd watching the bucks' playoff game, and there was police in the area, but it did not prevent the violence, and they did recover the same
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number of guns. >> there was a group exchanging gun fire despite the amazing amount of police presence. they reported bullets whizzing past their heads when they were there. >> a public watch party had been planned as the milwaukee bucks play in boston for game seven, and that party has been canceled. all 21 people who have been shot, they are expected to survive. hello, bay area, coming up sunday on "face the nation" inflation continues to burn as energy and food costs remain high. the president has said it is now his top priority, but what can he actually do about it? what impact will a covid uptick have? we will speak to transportation secretary pete buttigieg and
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that is video of the latest spacex launch from florida and the second round sent into orbit after a launch from vandenberg. they set a record and spacex is keep up the pace, it could launch 50 rockets alone which is big jump from last year of 31. from the perspective in 2021, there were 31 total. and now, ingenuity flew, but it was unable to communicate with perseverance rover, and it has flown five times, but it has carried out 28 missions and made discoveries for 38 months.
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good sunday morning. the forekas, more low clouds around, and we will get to high clouds this afternoon, as the low pressure approaches from the pac pacific northwest, and we will follow as the temperatures come down, and the pressure follows suit. we will look inland, the temperatures in the low 80s, but it is going to be cool along the shoreline. and you see future cast, what is happening all day, high and low cloud, and that not great news for the total lunar eclipse all of the way tonight into monday night, and high clouds from time to time, and so by monday, the numbers do come down, and this is interesting, too, so much low cloudiness that half moon bay may pick up 0.001, and in terms of the winds, they will be up there with gusts in bodega bay, and that means that the marine
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influence will spread inland, and the numbers inland will cooler today, but much cooler monday when we only manage low 70 oz inland. this what we are expecting for the next seven days in terms of the rain chance, and do we get or we just don't today, and little bit of the chance of the drizzle on the shoreline, and so we are looking for it to be cooler for the weekend, and overnight lows in 50s, and more of the same stratus kquo, and w will be looking for the same in san jose, and in the 80s around concord and at the shoreline, 50 degrees at pacifica. it is windy along the coast, and mild in oakland for the upcoming seven days, and at the bay, low 80s, and the rest of the week, we will recover to get to the weekend.
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an hour in san francisco, and a final chance with kpix's amanda starrantino at the start line. >> you can feel the energy, and you can start to get the run on with the bay to breaker race, and it has been going on for more than a 100 year, and including this group who has been doing this race for so long. this is monty and mike, and two volunteers here, and what brings you back to do this every year? >> when i first got into running, i was in college at the time, and just graduated. i just got out of the service, and i needed a reason to stay fit. i got hooked on running through the bay to breakers and got hooked on the marathon. >> boston marathon and everything? >> yes, yes.
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>> reporter: and you have been doing this for quite some time, and what does it mean to be doing this race in person? >> actually great. i was here last year when it was virtual, and five people actually showed up to run the race, and i am here to see the wonderful kenyans who will win it, and maybe some san francisco or bay area resident will win. it is nice to be back. >>ck, ant feels good to be out here, and i am excited, because it is my first time to be out here, and costumes in the car, and yeah, we are running, and warming up, and trying the stay warm out here. and i did some jumping jacks, and i have a squad over here, and we have a good group going on, and lot of fun, and excitement. i am excited to do this. we will see how i feel tomorrow, and for now, i am feeling good. back to you guys. >> you mentioned earlier that you were worried about hays hill, and so i put it in the
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googlenator, and it is mile 2, and 2/3 of the mile, and you have gas in the tank, so i have confidence in you. >> hopefully. i do know that you can have a beer or two when you are drinking, and so that might be my drinking point to get some extra oomph to get through it. >> whatever it takes. whatever it takes, amanda. >> maybe it is a shot. i don't know. i will have to figure it out. >> all right. thank you. later today, join jen mayberry, the longest running news show that has concerns of the african-american community, and catch it on our streaming service or on the
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if inflation grew above 10%. and repeat offenders could be slapped with a fine of $500, and the option is being considered for those violating watering policies. and now s, finland wants to join nato to bolster security against russia after the invasion of ukraine. and now, the pressure as it falls, so does the temperature, but not a lot inland. we will be in low 80s inland, and along the coast, we have more clouds than moisture. and don't forget the total lunar eclipse tonight. and we hope not to have clouds. and tomorrow, the same. thank you for joining us.
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