i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> leslie, thank you so much. coming up here tonight, he was the nation's top public health leader during the covid 19 pandemic. what we've learned about doctor anthony fauci's new book during his stop in the bay area today, plus, just weeks after a groundbreaking ceremony for the bart extension in santa clara, there's concern about phase two of the project details when abc with kardiamobile, the fda-cleared smart device, you can take a medical-grade ekg in just 30 seconds from anywhere. every morning i check, make sure i'm in good shape. and it makes me feel pretty good about my heart condition. kardiamobile is proven to detect atrial fibrillation. and it's fda-cleared to detect normal heart rhythm, bradycardia and tachycardia. i mean, you might as well be in a doctor's office. get kardiamobile today for just $79 at kardia.com or amazon. bay area today as part of his new book tour. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has the details on doctor anthony fauci. stop at manny's in the mission. it feels like yesterday,

i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. back to you. >> absolutely critical. all right, leslie, thanks so much. still ahead, reparations for black california takes another step forward. we'll tell you about the three key bills that advanced at the state capitol today. and you'll hear from the man who authored them. plus lawyers for elizabeth holmes, who's convicted of fraud, make their case in her bid for a new trial. >> details you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪ that shooting happened during a fight saturday evening at the oak shores day use area. 25 year old gabriel chavez is charged with the murder of 39 year old man from vallejo. three people, including chavez, were stabbed during the brawl. >> convicted theranos founder elizabeth

i'm leslie brinkley. abc seven news. >> new developments today as bird flu cases land in san francisco san francisco public health leaders say they found two infected chickens during an inspection of a live bird market last month. the birds were asymptomatic. the health department says they monitored the market employees for ten days and none of the people exposed to the chickens got sick. they don't think any members of the public were exposed. there are no human avian flu cases in california. >> coming up, understanding the long term effects and invisible threats of wildfires. we'll tell you about stanford researchers and what they've discovered about the lingering impact. stay with do you question the tradeoffs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast to eliminate migraine pain. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. allergic reactions to ubrelvy can happen. most common side effects were nausea and sleepiness. ask about ubrelvy. my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,.

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i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> okay, leslie, thanks a lot. >> like it is. all right. now to those controversial center bike lanes on valencia street in san francisco's mission district. it's, of course, a story we've been following since last year. >> that's right. some cyclists say the lanes are dangerous and local merchants say the change has just been killing their businesses. abc seven news reporter luz pena is here. with the change that transit leaders are now proposing. >> luz well, dan and emma, when they opened transit leaders claimed the bike lanes in the center of the street would be safer. but after months of desperate cries and even a hunger strike by one business owner, san francisco's transit leaders are finally considering a change along valencia street that change includes moving the bike lane back to the side of the road, but some merchants tell us the damage has already been done. it's been ten months since the valencia street center bike lane was finished, and a year since the construction began. and now sfmta is changing its mind. we've heard that

and now let's continue our live team coverage with abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley. she found people making the best of the high temperatures. hi, leslie. >> well, you have to do that. it's about 98 degrees out here in walnut creek. now, ■a hour or so ago, it was hotter. it feels like it's cooling off because there's a little bit of a breeze coming through. and we're at the larkey park swim center, where the swim teams are practicing behind us. open for recreational swimming next week, so looking for relief from the heat, we decided to go right head on into it and we went out to brentwood to a cherry farm. >> today we'd like to try to just warn customers. sometimes we'll post on instagram, like just letting everybody know it's going to be a really hot day today. >> so let's go a couple of rows and look okay. >> the cherry pit in brentwood is one of nearly 60 u-pick farms out in far eastern contra costa county. the cherry season is in full swing despite temperatures hitting 100 degrees. >> a lot of our cherries are favorite cherries are kind of winding down a bit. we

i'm leslie brinkley. seven news. >> the san mateo county sheriff's office just moved into its brand new headquarters. for more than 60 years, it's been based out of the hall of justice in downtown redwood city. now it's right across the street. the new state of the art headquarters is on the site of the old mcguire jail. it's connected to the current jail and has an elevated walkway to bring inmates directly from the courthouse to the jail. >> coming up here, an invisible threat from wildfires. what stanford researchers have uncovered about the long term impact and what it means for california's future a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business. don't miss out on our fastest speed plans yet! switch

i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> uh. the weekend is almost here. so close.ou can almost you can almost taste it. and then what you're going to taste is something really hot, right? >> i was going to say everybody else is tasting the weekend already. >> but what. well yeah, there's some truth to that. >> yeah. look looking pretty nice, right? sandhya, it is looking beautiful for the weekend. >> yeah. kristen and larry, you know what? we're going to be able to enjoy some nice weather here for pride festivities for any other outdoor plans. but things are really going to change next week. so let's say for the moment take a look at this live picture from our mount tam cam as we look back towards san francisco. nothing but blue skies right now. it is warm in santa rosa and petaluma in the santa rosa. excuse me, 90 degrees fairfield, 95. petaluma is at 82 right now. concord livermore in the low 90s from our exploratorium camera seeing blue skies, low 70s san francisco oakland. you're at 84, in san jose and 79 in redwood city. but look at half moon bay only 59 degre

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has more on the fire itself and what lies ahead. >> dubbed theohn fire, the wind whipped blaze consumed 55 acres of grassland adjacent to this warehouse utilized by the pittsburgh theater company late sunday. today, investigators with the contra costa county fire protection district were on site to determine the cause. >> i was terrified because, like every so much history is gone now. >> theater volunteers spend sunday morning moving items from the warehouse to the california theater in downtown pittsburgh for their upcoming string of performances starting this friday. >> basically, we were getting set pieces and props in from the warehouse to here for our production of the sunshine boys, and it ended like about an hour before we heard about the fire. >> we received a call a little bit after 4 p.m. that there was a structure on fire once crews arrived on scene, they recognized that it was a grass fire as well, with wind as a contributing factor. >> several aircraft dropped retardant before the fire's progress was mostly halted overnight. >> it w

for seven on your side, abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley drilled into what it all means. >> it's critical to understand that nothing changes today for state farm policyholders. >> state farm is asking for a 30% rate increase next year, on the heels of a recent rate hike of almost 20. as they drop many policyholders, they are the largest residential homeowners insurers in california, insuring 1 in 5 homes. the rate filing that state farm just made yesterday. >> they're triggering a rarely used part of the insurance law. it's a regulation that's really meant to address a company's financial solvency. that's what they're saying. and we're going to look closely at that. and we have some serious questions about state farm's financial condition, and we're going to get to the bottom of it. >> in a statement today, state farm told abc seven news, state farm general is working toward its long term sustainability in california. rate changes are driven by increased costs and risk. the california department of insurance said they're finishing up regulatory revisions that should give homeowne

a new home is what we need in pittsburg. >> i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> happening now. caltrans is shutting down part of the caldecott tunnel, the first of three overnight closures. the second bore will be shut down until 4:30 a.m.hat'the left of the two eastbound tunnels connecting oakland anderkeley to orinda. caltrans is doi routine maintenance. the closures continue tomorrow night and wednesday night, both running from 10 p.m. to 430 the next morning. >> convicted fraudster elizabeth holmes pushed for a new trial, heads to federal court tomorrow. the theranos founder is appealing her 11 year prison sentence for former theranos executive ramesh sunny. balwani is also appealing his fraud conviction in 2022. separate juries found each of them guilty of defrauding investors in their now defunct blood testing company. tomorrow, the ninth circuit court of appeals will hear both their cases. holmes and balwani will not be in court if this appeal fails. their last option would be the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow, san mateo county supervisors will consider a proposal aimed a

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is live in the east bay. >> and we'll get to leslie in a second. but let's start with spencer christian. how hot is it going to get the next couple of days? spencer. >> oh, well, let me show you how hot it is right now. they'll give you some clue. larry, we've already reached 100 degrees plus in many inland locations, and tomorrow there may be more inland spots topping out in the triple digits. right now it's 100 at saint helena and fairfield. it was 90. it was 100 in santa rosa just earlier. it's cooled down to 98. and all around the bay shoreline you can see we have temperatures right now near 80 degrees. look at the 24 hour temperature change is stunning. it's 20 degrees or more warmer than at this time yesterday in many bay area locations. and of course, there's this heat advisory that we have in effect until midnight thursday night for all locations in the bay area away from the coast and the bay shoreline. and of course, it's an excessive heat warning for solano county. under these conditions, heat related illnesses are possible. as we look

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is live in the east bay. >> and we'll get to leslie in a seconder christian. how hot is it going to get the next couple of days? spencer. >> oh, well, let me show you how hot it is right now. they'll give you some clue. larry, we've already reached 100 degrees plus in many inland locations, and tomorrow there may be more inland spots topping out in the triple digits. right now it's 100 at saint helena and fairfield. it was 90. it was 100 in santa rosa just earlier. it's cooled down to 98. and all around the bay shoreline you can see we have temperatures right now near 80 degrees. look at the 24 hour temperature change is stunning. it's 20 degrees or more warmer than at this time yesterday in many bay area locations. and of course, there's this heat advisory that we have in effect until midnight thursday night for all locations in the bay area away from the coast and the bay shoreline. and of course, it's an excessive heat warning for solano county. under these conditions, h

for seven on your side, abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley drilled into what it all means. >> it'srstand that nothing changes today for

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is live in the east bay. >> but we'll begin right here with spencert heat is at the moment. spencer. >> okay, dan. and it's not only in the east bay house in the inland north bay as well. here's a look at current temperature readings. and we have several locations right now that have reached 100 degrees or higher up in the upper 90s as well. 97 right now, brentwood 98, concord 100 at livermore, fairfield and saint helena. by the way, saint helena was even warmer earlier 94. right now at cloverdale, 96 at santa rosa. so all through our inland areas it is hot. and even around the bay shoreline we've got some mid to upper 80s right now and 92 degrees at san mateo. so you can see this is a very hot afternoon and the 24 hour temperature change is very impressive. it is anywhere from 15 to about 18 degrees warmer in many locations right now than at this time yesterday. and that includes san francisco, 16 degrees warmer and oakland 17 degrees warmer. and not surprisingly, we have a heat advisory in effect until 8:00 this evening for all locations away from t

. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is in the hottest part of the bay area. >> that's in a momenten news meteorologist sandhya patel with just how hot it's getting sandhya hot enough to get you to notice dan and let me show you the temperatures for today. >> these are the highs. we had one record as expected, santa rosa hit 100 degrees. previous record was 98, set back in 1949. it was 101 in napa, 103. in fairfield, you'll notice 99 in concord, 88 in oakland, 74 in san francisco and 89 degrees in san jose. but it was only 66 in half moon bay temre

. >> spencer, we want to go now to the berkeley hills, where abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley spent the day with firefighters who are on high alert for dry lightning. >> yeah, this even as they're conducting fire training exercises. i guess it's good timing. >> of course. great timing. and they're they're like they said, always on alert. but, throughout we're kicking off fire season throughout the summer. they've got to be prepared. we're up here by berkeley fire station number seven off of grizzly peak . we had an unusual experience where it rained on us about an hour ago. so dry lightning did not prove to be a problem here. thus far. but it certainly did over in the central valley, fresno county fire reported more than 1000 lightning strikes in a matter of hours monday night. five fires ignited, burning hundreds of acres. flames threaten the community of palermo close to oroville monday night, burning one square mile and prompting evacuations. it was dubbed the apache fire and tore through two structures, injuring a firefighter. >> we're on alert 24 hours. we don't stop. dry light