and that's where we're sitting today, near san francisco, 66 degrees in s.f. 70 across the bay bridge, over in oakland. you pass the golden gate bridge and you warm up into the 80s near san rafael, petaluma, with some 90s trickled in there to all the way up into the north bay. i'm going to drop the map, and i want to show you what it's going to look like right around the corner starting off with our winds, it has been breezy along our coastline into the afternoon hours recently, and we're seeing a repeat of that today about 25 mile per hour wind gusts just into the two 3:00 hour near bodega bay, down into san francisco. it gets even breezier closer to dinnertime tonight into the 7:00 hour. now let's also take a quick look at the advisory that the national weather service has issued. right now, it's just highlighting the santa clara valley all the way down into gilroy. close to santa cruz to daytime highs could hit the 90s tomorrow, and this is well above average for this time of year. so we keep a close eye on that as we head into the next seven days. but the good news is, it's only t

joining us now is ben van houten, one of the city organizers, and robby silver from the downtown s.f. partnership. gentlemen, nice to have both of you on the program. robby, we'll start with you. late september in the city. you know, it's some of the best weather of the year. how many people are you expecting? will this thing succeed? yeah, that's a great question. so, you know, this oktoberfest has been held on front street for many years, but it felt a bit isolated because we weren't able we weren't able to take over the whole entire block. and now with this new piece of legislation, thanks to senator scott wiener and mayor london breed, the party will actually be the entire block. so you can go into any of the bars, take one of your beverages to go and be able to drink outside. so this is a big deal. not only for the city's recovery, but we hope that this will serve as a model not only for more entertainment zones in san francisco, but also throughout the state of california. ben, it's interesting. we'll bring you into the conversation. we kind of scratch our heads. why don't we do

member has the experience the job needs, noting he's had more than a decade working in education and for s.fusd. what's most important for me is as a commissioner and as a colleague of other board members, as well, that we are centering the experiences of our kids first and foremost. but the union representing educators is raising a flag, wondering why they didn't receive any requests from the city to consult over such an important role. the focus must continue on stabilizing the school district. make sure we're fully staffed, make sure we're working together to achieve more funds and stabilize the school district's budget. christie smith, nbc, bay area news. easy and convenient health care is coming soon in san francisco today. ucsf hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its new bayfront medical building. the building is located on the university's mission bay campus. the university says the center will provide services for nearly every health care need and that includes specialists in more than a dozen fields of medicine, as well as a new lab and pharmacy. the new medical building i

. >> according to the s.f. examiner, attendance at hahn wonton house included leaders with chinatown's merchants united association chamber of commerce and the former new year parade director. breed vowed to include chinatown on any city policies that could affect the neighborhood, such as installing bike lanes. the other major candidates in the race include former mayor mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie, and advisers aaron peskin and asha safai. well, one east oakland school is opening up a new library today to young readers. >> the renovations at oakland's markham elementary school, made possible by the warriors and their read to achieve program. the team works with ross stores to improve literacy among bay area students. former warrior festus ely welcomed students to their new reading space and ktvu meteorologist reporter gonzalez emceed today's event, giving a shout out to the book cloudy with a chance of meatballs. the new library is opening just in time for the new school year. students return to the campus on monday. >> well, you may soon see a lot more young cows in eas

how many even schools s.f. usd would have in the future. now, currently there are around 110 schools within the district. 13 early education schools, over 70 elementary schools, 13 middle schools and 14 high schools. now, how many schools will be closed, realigned or co-located? that all remains a mystery at this point. now there will be a school board meeting in the coming weeks before that se meeting in the coming weeks before that september 18th announcement that so many families here in san francisco are anticipating. scott, as you mentioned, the tale of two campuses here this morning in san francisco in the city. ginger conejero saab, nbc, bay area news. ginger thank you. other news san jose police so far not identifying the woman killed in a late night accident. this happened last night. capital expressway near snell when she was struck by a car. now police say the driver did remain at the scene. so far, no indication if they are treating it as an accident or something else happening today. waymo will talk about its problem with robot

how many even schools s.f. isd would have in the future. school board won't officially vote on the closures until january, but it will hold a meeting in the coming weeks where the public can share its thoughts on these possible closures. back to school time. and while most thoughts turn to pens and pencils, computers, backpacks, it also means a return of a growing problem. cases of head lice are jumping. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez takes us to a contra costa county lice and removal clinic, where business is booming. three year old anaya is having a rough day. she had to have a treatment and comb out this afternoon after her brentwood preschool noticed she had lice. we got a call stating that when they were changing her diaper, they come across like so. she had lice and they have immediately called us to pick her up. her father immediately drove her straight to concord's lice free clinic, where lice removal specialists got rid of the bugs and eggs. there's definitely been a huge demand in getting our our one our treatment, one visit, one t

we told you about the s.f.nts race earlier in the newscast, and at the finish line at oracle park. one runner you see right there got down on one knee, popped the question. as you can see, she said yes. whole surrounding crowd. they went wild. we caught up with a couple, andrew scott and michelle glover from dublin. turns out michelle was andrew's first girlfriend in high school. even his first kiss. wow. that is wild. okay. when michelle says the race got hard at the ten mile mark, andrew hit a wall at the four mile mark and had danger zone on repeat so he could go the distance and put a ring on it. and we've got it on video. we've got it confirmed and they're probably going to get married in the parking lot. yeah, sure. is that what's happening? i don't know. i think it's kind of cool that they happened at that beautiful ballpark. absolutely. with everyone around them. yeah. all right. hey, thanks for watching. >>> tonight, vice president harris closing the gap with former president trump ahead of the biggest

so jacket weather all day long in s.f. and for the north bay 87 in napa, 90 in clear lake, 76 here inill valley. all right. if you're doing any traveling, i did want to get this in here. you go into the islands. we are looking at tropical storm ernesto now, spinning in some heavy rain to puerto rico. winds at 70mph. this will then move off to the north. so staying away from the u.s. mainland but puerto rico in for what could be up to ten inches of rain, winds up to 70 at an elevated landslide threat. but who's really going to get hit hard here is bermuda by the time we get into friday and saturday. winds of over 100mph right here back in the bay area and san francisco 60s all the way through this upcoming weekend. and there we go. upper 80s coolest weather trend. i'm calling it in 62 days. wow. yeah, this this is we've been waiting all summer for something like this. it's been so hot. yeah, this this is perfect. thank you. jeff. yeah. up next, it may be a mystery forever. the update on a fire inside a beloved oakland bookstore. and we have jimmy. hey, everyone. olympic medalist stephe

. >> a graduate from s.f., jeffrey remembers the days he would walk to stern grove. >> when i lived in the dorms, i would walk over to stern grove, to see the shows and i never thought we would be playing at stern grove one day, but here we are, we are actually doing it. >> he launched his career in the bay area >> i started becoming a bit of omission dj, and then i got to be like an opening act for big bands around san francisco, then i moved to l.a.. >> and you have played all over the world. >> yes, india and china, we've had offers but other than that, most every other part of the world. >> doing what he loves, with live musicians alongside him. >> it is one of my few moments where you really forget about everything besides the present moment, it is something that keeps you going, because the lifestyle of being a musician is not always simple, but when you have those moments where you are at one with the crowd and they are connected and when you do something they seem to respond to it, that inspires you to

s.f. public health reported this morning that there were 39 overdose deaths in july.death toll since 2020. in a tweet, mayor london breed credits the city's work to get more people into recovery and crack down on drugs. but she also said that there is still a lot of work to do in oakland, an apartment fire left nearly 40 people out of their homes this morning. that fire started at around 530 along ninth street near madison. flames damaged the building's power supply, forcing all of the residents there to get out. so right now, the city is working with the building's owner to get all that power restored. the cause of that fire is still under investigation, and santa clara county announced its first two cases of human west nile virus, and one of the infections was deadly. county says the patient was in immunocompromised adult who died this month. a second person was hospitalized but is now recovering at home. neither case is related, and it's not clear where exactly they were infected. crews have already been spraying zip codes where infected mosquitoes have been found.

s.f. standard reports 2000 cars participated in this event.s of students are now ready to start the school year after today's supply giveaway hosted by the warriors, the chase center's thrive city plaza was lined with tables piled high with backpacks, notebooks and buckets of pencils and pens. teachers also got to pick up water bottles and classroom supplies. former warriors player festus ezeli was there shooting hoops and signing autographs with the families. this giveaway was hosted through the back to school in the bay campaign presented by carmax. what will be brock purdy's approach to tomorrow's preseason game against the new orleans z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast business five-year price lock guarantee, these business owners get five years of value on gig speed internet and advanced security. all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. so now they can focus on doing what they do best for the next five years. that's a lot of bread.

let's look at that school forecast for s.f. unified. as they go back, the western half of the city, the outer richmond, the outer sunset. we're dealing with fog, some mist and drizzle downtown. we have some drier conditions. it's a mix of sun and clouds throughout the morning. temperatures in the mid 50s right now will go into the low 60s. by about 10 a.m. we'll take you to walnut creek this morning where we have clear skies out there. current conditions showing it's 59 right now in walnut creek. the wind at 13mph with high humidity. so looking at highs versus average today we're pretty much where we should be for this time of the year, either at or just slightly above or below average. with temperatures in the 70s and 80s for the most part away from the coast. so we will enjoy a very nice afternoon. here's a live look from our south beach camera. the bay bridge. just some real patchy fog out there. we do have more areas that are experiencing clear skies than seeing fog out there. the planner looks like this. our sun is up here very sho

dropped out of the debate, pointing out that the other two groups connected to the debate connected s.f the voice of san francisco, have endorsed candidate mark farrell. supervisor aaron peskin also withdrew from the bay. the debate candidate, daniel lowry, was criticized or criticized breed for withdrawing the next debate among leading candidates is set for september 19th. >> tonight, service has fully been restored to bart trains south of the bay fair station, following widespread computer issues. >> as ktvu jesse gary shows us it was a difficult day for commuters that turned into a frustrating night right now, aren't they, like, really wanting us to take public transportation? >> they're shooting for that. and when we do, this is the thanks we get thursday. >> the post morning commute on bart became an exercise in patience. hundreds of passengers sitting and waiting as trains from hayward south to berryessa were brought to a halt. officials say a computer network outage is to blame. >> we rely on that system to ensure a safe distance between our trains. so when the system is not oper

session regarding nomination for appointmentossible action california government code section 54957b1 and s.f admin co possible action to nominant as fire chief by the mayor subsectionon all matters pertaining to item whether to hold closed session? yeah. at this time, madam secretary, is there any public comment on this item? no. pr anyone on the public comment line or anyopodium. okay. all rig our dear chief nicholson month, and there will be a press everyone will attend, with the mayor. officially, commending the service, the fire commission will discuss a possible hear me, discuss a possible in san francisco. administration brown act allow for the discussion to be held in would be a potential motio closed session if the fire commission votes to convene in cl. so, at this point,n to go into closed session on this topic? i would so i'll second. i, i vote well motion is unanimous okay, we're back on. we are now back in. open think she said. so we're back in opension and secretary for me to make a report on the right. commission actions taken in closed session and will tdisclose information f

. superintendent s.f.pected to announce the list of possible closures and changes at a board meeting next month. the district is facing a looming budget deficit, and in the spring, the state assigned some financial advisers to help the district get its budget in order. >> we need to adjust our school portfolio to match that reality and make sure we're using our resources well to provide our students with the education they deserve. >> now, also ahead for this school year, sf usd will ask voters voters to approve a $790 million bond measure. the money would be used on school facilities, including new updated playgrounds and buildings, as well as a new district kitchen. but as for the possible school consolidations and closures and mergers, the list of the schools headed for those changes is expected to be released and announced at a board meeting next month, and then the board will vote on implementing those changes in december. live in san francisco ali rasmus ktvu, fox two news. >> ali thank you. supporte

and we have our first look at the entertainment zone coming to downtown san francisco, the downtown s.fering from the architecture firm transforming front street into an outdoor area for drinks, food and music. traffic between california and sacramento streets will be shut down so people can walk around. it'll be the first entertainment zone in the state, which will allow outdoor alcoholic drinks in public city officials hope this can revitalize that area. california shakespeare theater is making progress toward its goal of raising $350,000, so it's extending its deadline from today to monday. cal shakes launched a gofundme campaign last week to avoid possible closures and to preserve the fall production of as you like it. the gofundme campaign has just topped $100,000, but they've raised nearly $250,000 in total. we're told we have the story and a link to the fundraising campaign as well on our website, abc seven news.com. >> and now for your morning money report. it is a crushing blow to one of the bay area's flagship companies. intel stock plummeted about 5% yesterday, and another 19

an investigation by the s.f.onicle found citations for the infraction dropped from 931 in 2019 to 14 in 2023, though the misuse of placard fraud is widespread after the pandemic, the city stopped actively going after offenders, according to the oakland department of transportation, the city has not prioritized enforcing the violation because of a lack of staffing. >> tomorrow, new information should be released about the suspects in the shooting death of general hospital actor johnnie walker. los angeles county district attorney george gascon has scheduled a news conference on the incident. walker's friends and family will also hold a morning news conference to demand the d.a. pursue stiff penalties against the accused killers. they also want los angeles mayor karen bass to crack down on what they say is an escalation in violent thefts. we wouldn't have to have gestapo tactics in the streets of chicago. >> the 1968 dnc held in chicago was clouded by chaos. coming up, how law enforcement is hoping to prevent a rep

initiatives, she has really taken that role to other level and is currently a grand marshal for this s.f congratulations claire. >> my dream is to really look at where we want san francisco to be in the future. how can we have a place where quality, and inclusion, and equity across san francisco? and so when i look five years from now, tenrs from now, i want us to make sure that we're lead the country in being the best that we can be. not only are we sure we have jobs and equal opportunity and pathways to education, employment, and advancement, but we're making sure we're taking care of our most impacted communities, our trans communities of color, trans women of color and black trans women. and we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and weour seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so t do but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪] >> come shop dine and play. taraval street is open for business. >> this is joey smith at

regarding nomination for appointment, fire chief discussion and possible action, cafo section 54957b1 and s.fayor. do i subsection a public comment on all matters pertaining to item six, including public comment on whether to hold item six c in closed session? yeah. at thisy,e no. president morgan, i do notmm line or anyone approaching the podium. okay. all right. so given the imminent retirement of our dear c this month, and there will be a press■ç conference following this, maybe, hopefully everyone will attend, with the mayor. officially, commending the chief on her excellent service, the fire commission llise nomination. can you guys hear me, discuss a possiblenation fo, in san francisco. administration code and the brown act allow for the discussion to beeld in closed session. so there would be a potential motion to go into closed session if the fire commission votes to closed session. so, at this point, motion to go into closed session on thisove. i'll second. i, as well motion is unanimous . we are now back in. open session. the time is 11:27 a.m. i think she said. so we're back open s

the s.f. standard reporting that dozens of sex crimes, domestic violence cases and dui cases are amongo those cases in a timely manner. happening now. ginger conejero saab. she's at the courthouse. shlle' h >>> this morning on the third hour of

s.f. staff tabled and shared food waste reductionity at a variety of events.we also partnered with three community based or family connection centers and bayview senior services that to message to the communities they serve, and we train the subject matter. prior to the outreach one of the engagement acvi reinforced the learnings of our campaign with a reusable mug as a. other activities included a spinning wheel and a pledge card formbers. there was also a children's activity so that we could engage the whole family. some of the giveaways included tip cards and magneticps so that residents could post their to remind them as they were putting produce in their fridge. we also gave away reusable produce bags. and a fresh produce guide. our storage guide was so popular newspaper ran it. the entire month of april of the agreement with them. so that was a dive into some of the results. similar to the prewe conducted a randomized post surveyrveys were conducted in english, spanish and cantonese targeted neighborhoods. and 220 interviews we that 1 in 10 of the reside

school district released a statement which reads in part, quote, we all share the goal of returning s.fudget to local control, and we're working collaboratively with our fiscal advisors on hiring for vacant positions, end quote. now back to the proposed school closures. now, once the list is released next month, the school board is expected to vote on them in december. any changes would then happen to happen in time for the next school year. the district says it hopes to ease the transition of students and parents by making sure the rest of the schools included in the consolidated schools list will be well staffed. pam. >> all right. thank you. andre. a superintendent in marin county is welcoming students back to school with the help of a creative tool. >> the larkspur. superintendent keith warren. okay, i have to be honest. this really isn't me. it's actually my ai generated avatar. >> is to imagine a larkspur corte madera superintendent brett whitman released this video in the school's welcoming letter using ai. he is able to communicate in 20 different languages by simply typing what

school district released a statement which reads in part, quote, we all share the goal of returning s.f. usd's budget to local control, and we are working collaboratively with our fiscal advisors on hiring for vacant positions, end quote. now, back to the proposed school closures. now, once the list is released next month, the school board is expected to vote on them in december. any changes would then happen in time for the next school year. the district says it hopes to ease the transition for students and parents by making sure the rest of the schools, including the consolidated schools, are well staffed. gasia andre. >> thank you. today is the first day of class for the fall semester at uc berkeley. the school's new chancellor is addressing a number of challenges facing the university. chancellor richard lyons told the l.a. times he wants to bring financial strength to the uc berkeley campus, which has been dealing with budget issues for the past few years. he also addressed the pro-palestinian protests on campus last spring, said he would honor free speech rights, but that the scho

working for our students i amazing, and s.f.for sac as we're starting to b, applicants and start to look through sac for a strong year. this year, we've looking on different strategies on reaching out to differents and counselors at different schools to get, more representation the school year. that's one of the goals this year is to make sac the most representative it's ever been.ls, and i want to end that this year. and my amazing interim president jasmineso we're excited for this year. and to have happy to be with all of you. thank you. and yes, we're very happy to have you as well moving on to the our cde duchon or miss liaison, is anything that you would like to report out?? yes. thank you both, miss lozano and i are here tonight. i'll out. we'll both be reporting. so. good evening, president mo wayne commissioners. and to the newestmber. congratulations on on sitting there. i hope you and challengingate through the rest of your career,school, career, college, and beyond. so thanko start out on a very, very positive note an

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i've had children that s.f, usd, and i have a new little one, as some of will be entering the district and this was by far the preschool, because i had to choose one that you imagine the stress of that on top already letting a baby go back to preschool for the first time? i don't even know how many years to put it in youngest child is now a sophomore in college next to the baby, right? so it's been a very long time since i've had to do a preschool have been easy. it was full of continue to run this way. parents needransparency. we need to be partners in this process, and you guys open and honest. school closures should not be your something different. make it work as. than. hi, my name is violet vasquez and i am a third generation alumni to to school out here and my and if i have children, that would be the fourth. and i school, where my spanish class had books from the 1970s trying to of mesoamerica, and we had to share surprising that this administration still it together. it's actually a heartache, and i've come to sfusd many, many times to come and our schools. and it's not a surpr

s.f. fire says they eventually got the person out of the sewer pipe.union square after a car crashed into a retail store. that sedan ran into a pillar of a luxury watch store on the corner of stockton, and post streets. five people were inside the car at the time of the crash. sf fire says four of the five passengers were taken to the hospital, with non-life threatening injuries. building inspectors came out to the scene as well to assess the damage to the building. no word on what caused the crash. >> all right, now to our developing story that we've been following for you out of pittsburgh. neighbors at an apartment complex, waking up to a very scary scene after their building went up in flames overnight. >> ktvu is amanda quintana is out there now with a look at the damage. amanda, we hear you have new information. >> yeah, i do, so we could see the aftermath here. the damage and really just how quickly this fire spreads. so the call came in around three this morning. this is on buchanan road. it eventually grew to a three alarm fire. it was put out

working for our students is amazing, and7n very brief report for s.f. sac astind get more, applicants and start to look through applications and building the sac for a strong year. thisreally looking on different strategies on reaching out to different admins and counselors at different schools tsentation from the school year. that's one of the goals that i have for this year is to make sac the most representative it's ever been. this year, because we're always missing some schools, and i want to end that this year. so me and my amazing interim president jasmine, we've been working at it really hard. so we're excited for this year. and to have a really strong sac this year. and i'm happy to be with all of you. thank you. thank you so much. and yes, we're very happy tog on to the our cde fiscal advisors report, mr. duchon or miss liaison, is there anything that you would like to report out? on behalf of your role? yes. thank you bothk, miss lozano and i are here tonight. i'll start out. we'll both be reporting. so. good eveningtamedi, superintendent way

according to the s.f. examiner, attendance at the event included leaders with chinatown's merchants unitedvowed to include chinatown on any city policies that could affect the neighborhood, such as installing bike lanes. the other major candidates in the race include former mayor mark farrell, philanthropist daniel leary, and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai. >> state lawmakers are considering how to revive some dormant downtown neighborhoods all across california. san francisco assemblyman matt haney held a hearing in san diego with business leaders and lawmakers alike. and many cities are still struggling to bring back restaurants and bars. live music after covid, executives and tourism leaders believe that encouraging more entertainment venues to open their doors is a key part of luring people back downtown. >> and i'm talking entertainment, nightlife, arts, performance, all of these things that can happen day or night but are in that same genre of kind of hospitality, performance art, entertainment. these are the things that bring people to downtown. >> some perspective business