: the festival has been a great fixture here for 30 years put on by the san francisco chinatown merchants association this the first time since the pandemic? kristen: this is the second time. we were surprised last year that there were so many people risking to go to the festival after the pandemic. kristen: building on that. what is the significance for people that want to know a little bit about the history and culture? kristen: the autumn -- jenny: the autumn moon festival is the second biggest festival in the chinese culture and celebrated for thousands of years. the moon cake is shaped like a moon because the moon signifies reunion in chinese culture and is celebrated. we wanted to get the moon cake. we can actually celebrated home with the family. kristen: since you mentioned the moon, the cliff notes version of the folklore surrounding the moon goddess. jenny: yes, so someone had stolen the medicine for eternity. they rise to the moon to join her. kristen: i am so impressed. we have been showing video from previous festivals and i want you to talk in detail about this year. i know you have som

the chinatown merchants association is gearing up for the 32nd annual autumn moon festival in san francisco. >> looking forward to a lot of excitement and it will be spectacular. ama: the two day festival will be filled with great food, live entertainment, and traditional chinese dance performances. it will take place next weekend on grand avenue from broadway through california's streets. admission is free. let's get back to the weather because we have a nice break from the heat, but not lasting? sandhya: no, we will see the heat intensifying. we had mid-90's inland today. tomorrow, we bump up to upper 90's. saturday, low 100's inland. let me show you the projection. we start out in the morning. quickly intensifying the heat, you will have plenty of sun. along the coastline, fog. this is the system that brought us the showers and thunderstorms. fortunately, they did see some rain with it. a little bit of a monsoon, just keep an eye on the southeastern portion of the state. this is the drought monitor for last week. we see the area across extreme drought, that shrank a little bit. extreme w

the chinatown merchants association is gearing up for the 32nd annual autumn moon festival in san francisco. >> looking forward to a lot of excitement and it will be spectacular. ama: the two day festival will be filled with great food, live entertainment, and traditional chinese dance performances. it will take place next weekend on grand avenue from broadway through california's streets. admission is free. let's get back to the weather because we have a nice break from the heat, but not lasting? sandhya: no, we will see the heat intensifying. we had mid-90's inland today. tomorrow, we bump up to upper 90's. saturday, low 100's inland. let me show you the projection. we start out in the morning. quickly intensifying the heat, you will have plenty of sun. along the coastline, fog. this is the system that brought us the showers and thunderstorms. fortunately, they did see some rain with it. a little bit of a monsoon, just keep an eye on the southeastern portion of the state. this is the drought monitor for last week. we see the area across extreme drought, that shrank a little bit. extreme w

the chinatown merchants association is gearing up for the 30-second annual autumn moon festival in sanit will be spectacular. reggie: the two-day festival will not only honor the moon but be filled with great food, entertainment, and chinese dance performances. it takes place next weekend in san francisco's chinatown. it is free to get in. car and driver has named the electric vehicle of the year. it is not a tesla. it is a hyundai. they pointed to the car's performance and ability to charge quickly. the price starts at about $41,000. the editor-in-chief also calls it the coolest design on the road. jobina: some big sharks will be sizing up competition. gwyneth paltrow will be making an appearance. other guest sharks include the ceo of doordash and kendra scott. season 14 will premiere friday, september 23, right here on abc 7 and will stream on hulu. will smith's star power is dropping after the infamous slap. jason has the latest on what is happening in hollywood including new music out today. reporter: the dragons are coming. the prequel premieres sunday night. the highly anticipate

into a vibrant public celebrating today during the 32nd annual autumn moon festival in chinatown merchants associationcrafts vendors, food vendors, live music and lion dancing. there was also a demonstration from celebrity chef martin yan and the presentation of the rare fire dragon. one invasive insect is decimating ecosystems across at least a dozen states, including right here in california. fox news, ashley strohmeyer has a look now at the spotted lantern fly and how you can help stop their spread. they look like something from matter space. but while they're from this planet spotted lantern fly is not native to the u. s this is by far the worst. it was like it was raining lantern flies. you walk outside the invasive species indigenous to china was first documented in pennsylvania back in 2014. since then, its population has only exploded with the brightly colored babies growing up into these wings behemoths. just see him all over her deck, and i just step on them. and while biologists don't usually recommend destroying nature wildlife authorities saying if you see one kill it the main strategy is

throughout october, san francisco's chinatown was transformed into a vibrant public celebration today during the 32nd annual autumn moon festival. the china town merchants association sponsors the two day festival that includes arts and crafts, vendors, food vendors, live music and line dancing. there was also a demonstration from celebrity chef martin yan and presentation of the rare fire dragon. okay checking in on the weather out there. we've got a pretty nice weekend that just occurred. it wasn't that hot. it was mild these for the highs from today and you know, antioch in late august early september at 86 degrees, that's pretty mild. i would say 83 fairfield. pretty mild as well. you know, air quality pretty good. you saw the air quality district, mentioning the smoke. the wizard generally going to be west southwest over the next couple of days. so those northern fires which is where the smoke would be coming from, most likely, er, that smoke is going to go the other way. but we could see a little bit of smoke lingering, especially nights and mornings, and especially far north bay in england, maybe clear lake lake county areas like that, maybe out towards wint

fire crackling] san francisco's chinatown transformed into a vibrant public celebration during the 32nd annual autumn moon festival , the china town merchants associationnsors this two day festival, which includes arts and crafts, vendors, food vendors, live music and line dancing. there was also a cooking demonstration and the presentation of the rare fire dragon. the oakland a's are going back on the road to begin a series against the washington nationals tomorrow night wrapped up their weekend series against the yankees with the 4 to 1 victory at the oakland coliseum . modeling call up adrian martinez held the new york hit list into the fifth inning as the a's defeated the powerful yankees for the second straight game. however the ace still suffering from the second worst record in baseball, with 48 wins and 81 losses. and the san francisco giants are back home to begin a series against the san diego padres tonight. yesterday the giant's loss to the minnesota twins 8 to 3 as the twins completed a three game sweep in minneapolis. the giants have now lost eight of their last 10 games and have fallen 7.5 games behind the padres in the race for the nati

this weekend, san francisco's chinatown transformed into a vibrant public celebration during the 32nd annual autumn moon festival. the china town merchants associationrafts vendors , food vendors, live music line dancing, as well as cooking demonstrations and the presentation of a rare fire dragon. yes. the launch mission is scrubbed this morning. the issues nasa engineers will need to repair before trying again this week, plus a conversation with a local astronomer about sending astronauts back to the moon. we examined former president donald trump's request to bring a third party reviewer into the search of his moral law go home with the special master would do and the latest in this political push and pull plus, we're going live with extra tv to talk all about the 2022 mtv video music awards, the surprise appearances and surprise album. okay today is monday, august 29th and we are looking