lyanne: lyanne melendez, abc7news. stephanie: remarkable journey. if you would like to meet the author, point reyes books is hosting -- at 4:00 p.m. celebrating hispanic heritage month, streaming right now by downloading the abc 7 bay area app. still to come, sandbags and sump pumps. as the north bay ready for the storm? protests at the airport. why fast food workers were out in full force. if you have advanced non-small cell lung cancer, your first treatment could be a chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works differently. it could mean a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread, tests positive for pd-l1, and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. together, opdivo plus yervoy helps your immune system launch a response that fights cancer in two different ways. opdivo plus yervoy equals a chance for more time together. more family time. more time to remember. opdivo and yervoy can cause your immune system to harm healthy parts of your body during and af

lyanne: think of it as a preemptive strike. if neighbors are told their street is harder than other places in the city and there is a lot of concrete and few green spaces, there are a few things the city can do to make things cooler. parks and more trees help with urban cooling. that a no-brainer. so, san francisco can, for example, reconfigure sidewalks to make room for more trees. in los angeles, painting the pavement in a light-colored sealant to reflect the heat has become popular in neighborhoods with little green spaces. in new york, reflective roofs are keeping the buildings from trapping heat, making things much cooler. san francisco may not be as hard as those two cities, but knowing that our climate is undergoing changes, the idea is to start working now on making it a heat -proof city. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. ama: ama: the combination of hot weather and holiday weekend is expected to have many people flock into cooler parts of the bay area to beat that heat. the hospital emergency room near one

lyanne melendez, abc7news.fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a string of trash fires. they put out more than a dozen between 9:00 p.m. and midnight last night along the embarcadero. one of the fire started in a trashcan and spread to a planter. a jogger called 911 and the fire was put out before it spread to other structures. dan: breaking news, a wild fire is burning in southern california, where temperatures today reached 110°. two firefighters needed medical attention because of the heat. the so-called route fire is burning in castaic, north of los angeles. an excessive heat warning is in effect for the area through monday night. the fire has burned 165 acres with no containment at this point. all lanes of interstate five were shut down in the area, backing up traffic for miles. this is exactly what we are concerned about happening here. ama: we are keeping a close eye on this. let's get back to sandhya patel. sandhya: fire danger definitely going up. here on the roof, it is absolutely g

lyanne melendez found out, it is one particular type of seller that has been hard to stop. lyanna: the corner of michigan street has always been bustling with vendors. the sidewalk seem less crowded. the city has issued 49 permits and in all cases, the city has paid the fee. vendors were more than happy to show them their permits. >> they are happy that the city is doing something to restore order so it is not what it has been, it is been chaos. lyanna: it is almost impossible to make everyone comply. the backpack peddlers are impossible to control. watch the guy with a white hat who tries to sell pants with the tags on. >> it is an ongoing situation every day. lyanna: can i ask you what you are trying to do with those pants? >> i am selling these pants. lyanna: did you get them from a store? you know how it goes in san francisco, this is a black market. lyanna: they avoided interacting with us. we just wanted to ask you if you had a permit? toothbrushes. >> you have a badge? then get out of here, you are not a cop. lyanna: you can't stop people coming out. there are not as

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lyanne: it was the 1980's and early 1990's and things were so dangerous in el salvador, that fearing for his life, javier's father was forced to leave el salvador. >> the war ended, but economically speaking, things did not change and there was still a lot of violence. my mom tried to find a job and ended up being sexually harassed. >> has mother also ended up leaving. he was left in the care of his grandparents. >> she promised to come back, but the situation, as we like to call it, just kept getting worse. >> at what point did you begin having the conversation that you were going to leave el salvador? >> i always wanted to leave and i wanted to be with my parents. >> that meant traveling alone at the age of nine with a coyote and others from el salvador to the u.s.-mexico border. it took them nine weeks. he writes about it in his new book "solito." >> it literally means little alone. >> alone with only his backpack. too embarrassed, he seldom shared his traumatic experience with others until now. >> it was not until i began to write this book that i began to take that backpack off.

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