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Electricity use at those critical times that were asking for it, it can prevent more dire emergency measures including those possible power outages. The heat is going to complicate life during the pandemic for the coming week as struggling businesses take yet another hit. Abc7 News Reporter leslie brimpgley is live. So far, sits over one hundred degrees there, leslie. Reporter yeah. It was really hot out here. The breeze has picked up so it is not quite so bad but you have to remember, people are being told to wear a mask outside. To do Curbside Pickup if possible, to dine outdoors. But its really hard with this intense heat. High noon in walnut creek. The lunch rush is not materializing. Normally i come here to get the mail and these tables are full every time around this time. Now we add not only the covid but heat on top of the problems we already had. Yeah. Just another hit these businesses are taking. This sushi restaurant opened in june. Today was supposed to be the first day to offer outdoor dining. The canopy is ready to be set up as they hold out hope this gamble will pay off. Sushi is kind of cold. The rice is cold at lowest. So i hope at least people will eat sushi. Reporter the best bet is to take refuge indoors in air conditioning, especially since people are still required to mask number public, even in the sweltering temperatures. There are cooling centers in richmond, Alameda County has one in livermore. Minimize going out as much during the day really, staying hydrated, run your errands early in the morning or late in the evening after things cool down. Some business like the veterinarian hospital in walnut creek are taking the heat seriously. During the pandemic, theyve done curbside vet service with dogs and owners waiting in cars. Theyve decided to close for the afternoon hours on friday. With the temperatures predicted to be 105 to 110, we felt it was under safe for our clients and predominantly our patients to be doing curbside business. Reporter you see some of the canopies. The problem is this heat isnt supposed to dissipate today, tomorrow, over the weekend. It is supposed to extend well into next week, and that is the problem. A challenging, an extraordinary challenge in some challenging times. Im leslie brinkley. Thank you. Lets bring in Spencer Christian to see where the hottest temperatures will actually be. Spencer . Okay. We had triple digits in walnut creek and many other locations. Right now, you see upper 80s. Places like brentwood and cochran and fairfield. All those were over 100 today. Were just now seeing temperatures drop below 100 degrees and around the bay shoreline, theyre beginning to drop below 90. This excessive heat will be with us as leslie pointed out into next week. An excessive heat warning in effect from 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow to 9 00 p. M. Wednesday. That includes a wide portion of the north bay, generally, the temperatures, the High Temperatures will range from upper 90s on about 105, 106 degrees. And of course, under these conditions, the increased risk of heatrelated illness. It will be even hotter in this part of north bay, portions of napa and sonoma counties. So excessive heat warnings to 7 00 p. M. Saturday. High temperatures will range from 100 to 110 degrees. And tomorrow is a spare the air day. A closer look at that and the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. The hot weather is not helping down south. There is to containment on the lake fire in southern california. It exploded yesterday. 10,500 acres have burned near lake hughes. Firefighters are worried it could flare up again because of the heat wave. No injuries have been reported but at least three structures have been destroyed. Mandatory evacuations are still in place. Uber and lyft have been ordered to classify their drivers as full time workers by august 20th. This morning that same judge denied both companies request to extend deadline. This was another delay tactic by uber and lyft. The court saw right through it. The hearing lasted less than five minutes. The judge rejegging the request for a deadline extension to give their workers full time status. In a statement to abc7 news, lyft said, if our efforts to extend the stay are not successful, we will be forced to suspend operations in california. In an interview earlier this week, the uber kroxt said the same thing. I dont understand why they need to drag drivers and everybody else through the mud before they lose this. We expect the court ultimately and hopefully quickly will rule in favor of the drivers who have been waiting for years for these basic protections. On the other side of the bay, representing drive share drivers, a zoom meeting. That they dont want to be full time employees. That their lively hoods would be devastated in uber and lyft pulled out of california. I think it is extremely under fair that someone wants to take this away from us. People are trying to work and people need resources. They need to get on doctors appointments and were telling them, this is potentially going to be shut down. Both uber and lyft say they will file another extension with the rt could of appeals immediately. On to our effort to build a better bay area which means extensive reporting on the Enormous Economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Today for the first time cynic march, the number of new under employment claims dropped below 1 million. Melanie woodrow adds some perspective. Reporter since mid july, the number of new under employment claims per week in california has gone down from 289,594 claims as of july 18 down to 213,482 claims as of august 8. While new claims are decreasing, the overall number of californian whos have applied for under employment since the beginning of the covid19 pandemic is staggering. 7. 5 million californians have filed for unemployment claims in the last 21 weeks. Thats approximately 38 of the states work force. The handyman nate hawkins is one of those californians. It is really stressful to me. With everything locked down, not working. The people that i worked for in napa and in sonoma county, both dont want me in their homes. Reporter the u. S. Department of laebls monthly report shows white people and hispanics are returning to work while black males have faced the slowest recovery since the worst of the pandemic layoffs. Californian whos have been benefitting from an additional 600 per week unemployment saw that money expire. It was extremely helpful. It kept a roof over our head. It kept my 7monthold daughter fed. Reporter an executive order is expected to provide an additional they him a being. This week, Governor Newsom said he does not believe it is enough. He said new eligibility rules could delay the processing of those payments, meaning unemployed californian theres receive less money and it could take longer to get that money. We were depending on that money. Our lifestyle will change drastically if we dont have that income. Governor newsom has said california will not be able to contribute the states required 25 to fund the additional unemployment money, he said, without major cuts. In the newsroom. Since march, more than 2,000 bay area shut down permanently. That includes 369 restaurants that have closed between march 1st and july 10th. And 303 Stores Closed between march 1st and july 10th. Stephanie sierra talked on some Business Owners who said theyre losing hope. Reporter it feels lonely. Walking down clement street in San Francisco. Six months of businesses locked shut. Closed or boarded up for good. It is not the lively neighbor. A Small Business is someones dream. To see so many shuttered, you know each perm is going through. So. Reporter he owns green apple books. A San Francisco staple for more than 50 years. He said he wont make it like this for six more months. Were living off inventory that we bought years ago. Were just selling to it help pay for things. Were generating very little income. Reporter thats what donna oleary told us three months ago. She owns am beeance, a Womens Clothing chain. The warehouse is 50,000 per month. Weve lost between 2 and 2. 5 million in sales. Reporter if rent isnt lower, she will have to close all locations in a mere four months. Joining at least three other area retailers that have closed permanently. I had to cut my work force in half. Yeah. Not good. Reporter meanwhile, paul robson is barely holding on week by week. Just pull back, wait. We did this in 2008. We pull back and then you wait. Reporter but many cant wait any longer. According the analysis of yelp data, more than 5,000 businesses in the San Francisco, oakland, metro area have closed from march 1st to july 10th. More than 2,000 of them are gone for good. A raw recaller of that loneliness. He reopens it wont be him. I think well make it. We could be another statistic. Reporter abc7 news. A lot more to come. Were in the middle of back to School Season in an unprecedented way. Next, see whats being asked of students and teachers to pull off Distance Learning successfully. Looking back at that time with hindsight, i realize how important it really was. Tonight meet the person who are the first to volunteer their own bodies for we live in the mountains so i like to walk. Im really busy in my life; im always doing something. Im not a person thats going to sit too long. In the morning, i wake up and the first thing i do is go to my art studio. A couple came up and handed me a brochure on prevagen. Ive been taking prevagen for about four years. I feel a little bit brighter and my mind just feels sharper. I would recommend it to anyone. It absolutely works. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Stanford is walking back its plans for some on Campus Housing and classes this fall. The president published a letter to the Campus Community today. In june the university release ad plan that would have allowed for freshmen, sophomore and new transfer undergrads to be in Campus Housing and to go some classes in person. The school says that they were hoping the pandemic would have improved by the start of the school year but that has not been the case. Now almost all undergraduate classes will be held online. Education is a very important part of building a better bay area and it is an important focus. Becoming more urgent every day as more and more students return to class but dont return to campus because of the concerns over the coronavirus. In the cabreras Biggest School district, San Francisco, classes start on monday. All online. It is a challenging time for both students and teachers. Liane melendez shows what is required of all new educators. Reporter there will be no walking to school on monday. Instead, kindled garters in ryan and dean came to pick up the essential materials they will need. A become of books, crayons and even a touch screen chrome book. Having them online over zoom is more of a connection that we can bull community with the students. Reporter cody teaches at Malcolm X Academy in San Francisco. It is his first year and one of 74 new teachers who received extensive Training Online to get certified. So the online courses were seven weeks long through the summer. We went at it from 9 00 a. M. Until 3 00 p. M. And it helped me sift changes from what it is like to go into a physical classroom to a Distance Learning classroom. Reporter they now have to go thank you program to help them teach from a distance. It assured us that all new teachers have been trained for online learning. We had Digital District today. We had 2,000 people in attendance taking hundreds of classes on hundreds of platforms and ways of teaching remotely. Reporter San Francisco Public School teachers have agreed to teach a minimum of two hours of live instruction a day. They have option of extending that time. He says he will be live with his students from 9 00 in the morning until noon. Hes been practicing his welcome speech. Hey, im mr. C. Let me see smiles. We dont have to wear masks because were on Distance Learning. And you know, lets get ready for the school year. Were going to be okay. Reporter in San Francisco, abc7 news. We spent a week focused on education issues as students go back to school. All of. Reporting is available on abc7news. Com and on our connected tv apps as well. Lets turn to our health and the latest on coronavirus in california. The state system is just about done working through a backlog of data. A total of 7,085 new cases were reported since yesterday. That below average. Deaths are above average. Coronavirus just claimed another 160 lives. The number hospitalized continues to drop from the peak three weeks ago. About 5,200 people are in the hospital. Today in our 3 00 p. M. Newscast, we talked live with dr. Patel. We asked him about whether california is trending in the right direction when it comes to new covid19 infections. As with most things, the answer is complicated. Hospitalizations are actually down in all nine counties in the bay area. Thats ranging from 16, 17 . Thats good nows. Statewide, there are still deaths hitting over 100 a day. We need to wait to hear how the region is doing. Meantime, a south bay city is about to launch a new way to offer rental help to people affected. David louie shows how interestfree loans will be done over a mobile app. Reporter an average apartment in cooper teen over rents, but it has caused some to fall behind. The city council has forged a unique way to provide 25 residents with interestfree loans to cover rental. The program will pay out 2,000 over a fourmonth period with repayment expected when the rentaler is back working. Cupertino fronts the money. The app handles the payments. They rolled it out two years ago to front money for florida people. People were thankful for the stance. It comes to them when they are in a time of need and this are usually thankful. Reporter cooper teenos council decided this was a Good Alternative to an outright grant that it and other cities also used to prevent evictions. What can we do to encourage people to be fiscally responsibility . But also to give them a sense of that. That agency, that selfdetermination where they can say, okay, ill part of this community here. This is what i can pay back. He was designed as an act to help moderate workers to get advances on their paychecks. Borrowers are encouraged to pitch in with a tip to help others. The cupertino group doesnt have a tip option. 50,000 is available for 25 renters. Applications will be second a week from now. David lou yirgs abc7 news. Remember, if you need help during this pandemic, wiere hee for you. To go abc7. Com. Temperatures are rampg up in the most unusual heat wave weve seen in quite some time. It makes this beach i got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. For spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. The woman who lived in this sausalito home finally retrieved her belongings today 18 months after a land slide left them unreachable. The slide left the outside of the home damaged. Inside, her possessions were left virtually untouch. Her landlord built a scaffold which allowed movers to get in and begin the move. Its been a long time since ive been inside. Im grateful my furniture is in good shape. Im here to get my stuff out and i can close this chapter after a year and a half. Such a long time. No one has taken responsibility for causing the land slide. So far the landlord is paying for the repairs out of his own pockets. Incredible. At least he was able to get the belongings. Absolutely. Thats the good news. Lets turn our attention to spencer. Its dangerous heat. Thats true. It going to be with us. This dangerous heat wave into next week. This is not a shortlived event. Lets look at the 24hour temperature change. Yesterday evening. 11 degrees warmer. 14 degrees warmer in oakland. So lets get a look at the readings. 92 in san jose and gilroy and 63 at half moon bay. Some other readings for you some of the other ones. Petaluma, 94. Fairfield, 97. Look out over the city. These are our forecast features. This dangerous heat wave will be with us next week. It will be humid with a chance of isolated thunderstorms and a high risk of these conditions of heatrelated illness. So bear that in mind as you little your exposure to the sun and heat. The warnings from 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Next wednesday. For a huge portion of the bay area, including the south bay, the inland east bay, and a big portion of the north bay. During this time, the High Temperatures from upper 90s, to 106 degrees. From noon tomorrow to 7 00 p. M. Saturday, this excessive heat warning is in effect from mendocino and portions of napa and sonoma when High Temperatures will range from 100 to 110 degrees. An increased risk of heatrelated illness. Spare the air day tomorrow. The air quality is declining. It will be poor in the santa clara county. Moisture still spilling into the area from the remnants of tropical storm. As you see the high clouds and moisture move through. There is a chance of showers even into the commuting hours tomorrow. Low temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. It will be warm overnight. Highs tomorrow, upper 90s to mid 100s. 105 in the south bay. Mid to upper 90s in parts of a peninsula. On the coast, upper 70s to around 84 degrees. Numerous upper 90s and triple digits in the north bay. Mid 90s on the east bay. It will be our hottest region with highs ranging from 104 to 108 degrees. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Notice, it will be very little change in the seven days ahead. Sunday, there will be some moderation of temperatures. The inland highs. They bounce back, 106, 10 for you, 104. And then it eases on thursday. On the entire sevenday period, were looking at highs inland. At least 100 degrees, perhaps higher in the warmest spots and low to mid 90s at the shoreline. Well have to suffer through this for about seven days. Wow that will be tough. All right. We have to take our precautions. We are in a race for Coronavirus Vaccine. Next, youre going to hear from some people who are the first people injected with a trial vaccine in the United States. A 10yearold girl stuck an army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. The race for a vaccine. Thats our focus as we work to build a better bay area during this coronavirus pandemic. As we first reported last night, a phase three trial for the astrazeneca vaccine will begin in the bay area this month. It is one of Six Companies that are part of the u. S. Governments operation warp speed to develop a vaccine. San franciscos department of Republican Health is enpeople the volunteer for the trial. So kate larson spoke to the first people ever injected with a trial vaccine in the u. S. To find out what participant might be able to expect. Jennifer, neil and judy are all enrolled in trials for the vaccine by the Biotech Company moderna and the federal government. On march 16, the seattle resident jennifer was the first person in the u. S. To get injected with the experimental vaccine. Looking back at that time with hindsight, i realize how important it really was. Reporter neil was second in line for the phase one trial which took part in the seattle area. Reporter initially there was some trepidation. I knew this had not been tested on animals before. So we were the first human and the first animal trials. Each day progressing to that oneweek point. I feel fantastic. No side effects for me. Reporter moderna tested three doses of the vaccine. Each participant got two injections one month apart. Ean received the highest dose. Ten times higher than general is low dose. After the first injection, all i had was some arm page in my shoulder where i got the shot. A month later with the second injection, i did have more issues. For 24 hours, i had a fever, a headache, some naush. A things like that. Reporter ean, a 29yearold trip to urgent care. I had some blood work double. They gave me a covid test. At the time wasnt clear what was happening. Reporter he tested negatie for covid. A couple days later, it appeared i had too much of an immune reaction to the high dose. Reporter he said because of the side effects, he and a few other high dose experience, they are no longer testing the 250 micro gram strength. Moderna chose to move forward using the middle micro gram dose. Since the company said it produced a ram and i had strong immune response in all four phase one participant, regardless of the dose they received. Ive been following moderna trial since ian was one of the first 45 people. Reporter she is eans mom. She signed up for the phase three trial when it was announced in sacramento. I really wasnt sure if they would want me. Im 68 years old and i have Heart Disease and high blood pressure. It turns out thats exactly who they wanted. They wanted a Diverse Group of people and those more vulnerable to the virus. Reporter she got her first injection last week and does not know if she received the vaccine or a placebo. They are monitoring us and will be for two years. So yeah. Thats almost like an extra bonus. Reporter besides sore shoulders on injection day, all four participant share a similar perspective. We all want the Coronavirus Vaccine but we wont get one unless People Volunteer to take part. Reporter would you do it again if you could . Absolutely. Yes. Same here. I feel hopeful. This one or another one. I feel hopeful. Reporter kate larson, abc7 news. Now children are thought to escape some of the mort severe symptoms and complications of covid19 but that doesnt people they are not getting sick. This is an uptick in juvenile cases locally. Most frequently, it is the parents that get the covid and then they share with it other family members and their children. So were seeing an uptick in northern california. Very consistently. Both in children and adults. All week, abc7 news is featuring stories, exploring the bay areas role in the development and testing of possible Coronavirus Vaccines. Catch the race for a vaccine on abc7 news on our app and on our webb. Novembers election could be a record breaker in california. The secretary of States Office said nearly 21 million californians were registered to vote as of july 3rd. Thats more than 83 of the population. It is the highest percentage heading into a general election in the past 68 years. President trump is walking back comments that hes blocking 25 million in emergency funning from the post office over mailin voting. He said at his briefing this afternoon, that hes not threatening to veto any legislation that includes funding for the post office. You would sign something that does include funding. A separate thing, i would do it. But one of the reason they need all that money is to have all these millions of ballots coming from nowhere and nobody frngs where or where theyre going. The president has claimed voting by mail is fraudulent. But experts say theres a miniscule amount that is not statistically meaningful. Nonpartisan experts say Neither Party automatically benefits when states exhibit paneled access to mailin voting. The president said hes not putting in any money for absentee voting and hes not putting any money for the postal service, undermining the health of our democracy. Eight states including california are mailing ballots to all registered voters. Polling places will stay open. Polling places will also be open for inperson voting as well. A 10yearold girl is on a flight heading to be reunited with her family. Shes been stuck alone for the past five weeks because of under explained delays with her immigration visa. Her attorneys believe this is another exam of the Trump Administration separating families as a deeternal to immigration. Its a big day for the family. Speaking through an interpret rert, she said she cant wait to be reunited with her sister. She is one of those fighting the case. Shes been stuck in just a minute for the past five weeks, alone, unable to graelt with her family to the United States as they flee the civil war and famine raging in yemen. Her familiar came to get a job. They traveled to get their visa but her visa was delayed without much smangs. With the threat of losing immigration, they left their daughter behind. Very distraught. She was crying every day on the phone. She was scared and depressed. Shes a 10yearold girl and doesnt know what will happen to her. After a political fight led by the Yemeni American Organization of the bay area, her visa was approved. She arrived in new york last night where she was greeted by her father. Hell bring her home to San Francisco. Were going to a celebration also will. Reporter emthis is a win for the family but he also ads these delays seem to be politically motivated. Sure. You can say you made a mistake. Were glad it got sorted out. The administration has a very clear pattern, in the most charitable interpretation, disregarding parents need to be with their parents. The night arrives at sfo tonight in San Francisco. Abc7 news. The pandemic can still make it feel like time is standing still. But it is not in a brand new baby is a reminder of that. Her familys great story, next. This is eric thomas in alameda. So what is in a name . For some, it is that of a mayor who led the city through troubled times. 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The thing for us, my wife is pregnant. She just started her third trimester. We knew right away. 2 a fouryear journey for us. Its there. This is our new addition. She dropped her pacifier. Someone asked me, what is the meaning . I just liked the sound of it. When we looked it up, it meant gods answer. It fit perfectly with our situation. My labor part was amazing. I had amazing nurses taking care of me. I think i did pretty well until the end. Only one person was with me. I climbed of cheated. I delivered where i worked. So everyone there was my friend anyway. My immediate family, of course they wanted to meet her. They went and got tested and came back covid negative. And we were all able to introduce her to the immediate family. Its hard not seeing them now but i would have had a break down. He got readmitted post partum to the hospital. The second time not for covid but they tested me for it for a procedure, technical. They treated me like i had covid. People were boubl up any time, they tried not to come into the room and they tried to only talk to me on the phone. It was horrible. Isolating, lonely, it was completely emotionally draining. I couldnt be with my daughter. I got separated from my daughter. To even have that experience as someone who could have it, that was a horrible feeling. I woman wish it on anyone who got diagnosed with it. What a beautiful family. Welcome aniah to the world. And well keep following their progress. What a great story. Covid diaries tells the story of the pandemic like you just heard. You can check out all the episodes on the apps and abc7. Com, of course. We are preparing for a the how weekend with there are efforts underway to rename iconic places named after historical figures who owned slaves or were hostile to blacks. Like a park named arrest andrew jackson. A quieter effort has been done to change the nail of a park that carries the name of a former mayor who had his own race issues. Eric thomas is in alameda. Ive been coming to this park for my whole life. Michaels mom also played here in this park. It is called bay farm island. This stuff is important to me. Especially what we name our public places. It is named after the mayor, Milton Godfrey who oversaw the city during the turbulent years after world war ii and for blacks who came for jobs, as problem of the increased negro population. What he called the influx of africanamerican workers coming to alameda and it being an issue. It bothers me. So michael launched a petition drive on change. Org to convince the city to change the name and has received more than 600 signatures. He favors something that honors the italian and portuguese immigrant who helped develop bay farm island. Reporter after he started his petition to rename the park, a relative of the former mayor launched her own drive to keep the godfrey nail. It is also on change. Org and is closing in on 500 signatures. In her post she said he was honored for his hard and selfless work to promote honest local government. But the current mayor told abc7 news, quote, it seems appropriate to consider renaming godfrey park at a time when our city is focused on addressing Racial Justice issues and the housing crisis. This park visitor is on board. I agree 100 with renaming the park. Reporter the city council has explored changing the name of parks and monument thats might be racially offensive. Eric thomas, abc7 news. Please remember, when it comes to issues of racial and social justice, abc7 news is here to help. Take action to find your ally or learn how the become one as well. All right. Lets turn our attention back to the extreme weather were about to face. Yeah, Spencer Christian is here with the weather. The extremeness has already begun and it will last for a while. We had a day of numerous triple digit High Temperature readings. Lows in the mid to upper 60s, even some low 70s. It wont be a comfortable night for sleeping unless you have a good air kgd. Tomorrow, well see highs of 107, concord, an i dont know, fairfield, 101, santa rosa, 97. 106 atler more, 91 in oakland and 81 in San Francisco. It will be a warm day on the coast. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. It will be as hot on saturday instead of 108 being the latest on the inland readings. 104. There will be further moderation of the heat on sunday. It bounces back to 104, 106, in the hottest inland areas. And finally, next thursday, we see signs of the heat easing again. This may bring temperatures down everywhere. I hate to point this out. That was the phoenix forecast you just gave us. [ laughter ] right . Ill be back in the bay area tomorrow. All right. On to larry biel for sports. So much fun to play a game. Yeah. Its nice to be George Kittle tonight. Every night. Hes a fun guy. He didnt merely get a new contract. He made nfl history with his inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Ck, looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. Ha these drops probably wont touch me. Xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. What is that . Xiidra, noooo it can provide lasting relief. Xiidra is the only fda approved treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. One drop in each eye, twice a day. Dont use if youre allergic to xiidra. Common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. Dont touch container tip to your eye or any surface. After using xiidra, wait 15 minutes before reinserting contacts. Got any room in your eye . Talk to an eye doctor about twicedaily xiidra. I prefer you didnt xiidra. Not today, dry eye. woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . family gasps rewarded with a side of quiet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. Good evening. It took a while because of under certainties in the pandemic but george kilt got his money from the 49ers and he is now the highest paid tight end in history. He gets a fiveyear, 75 million deal. 30 million guaranteed. 15 million a year for the best combo of blocking and pass catching. You can argue hes the best player on the 49ers roster. He brings maniacal passion for the game along with great strength, speed and desire. You ask his teammates and theyll tell you George Kittle is worth every cent of that 75 million. The warriors will be in the draft a week from today. They have a good luck charm to try to get that top overall pick. Lucky larry is a rescue dog that the owner and his wife documented in 2017. He was one. 163 pets that were flown by the warriors to the bay area when Hurricane Irma hit florida. This pincher. I talked today with his owner and the owner of the team, lucky larry. Ten years. If you would have told me that it would be this much work, this much stress, this many highs, this many lows and all the things involved, i wouldnt have been able to even imagine it. It has been a great time. Weve had five straight finals, three championships, great fans and a great business that we built out of it. We built into an arena. So many great things have happened and im really looking forward to the next ten years. Thats the way im looking forward to it. This guy here is our good luck charm to get that going. Yeah. Have you talked to him about his role . Expectations for lucky larry. Yeah. He has a job to do. Hed better do good or hes back on the streets. Whoa thats harsh kind of rough being in your house if those are the standards. Im kidding. Hes here for good. He does have some responsibility here. No question. Youre guaranteed a top five pick. So we know that. He can guarantee you at least the fifth pick. Do you know if larry was as good as his job as i would like to think i am at mine, and you got the number one pick, do you know who today you would be taking . Im supposed to answer no. Of course not. I dont i think wave good idea between, lets say, a couple of guys that we might be really focused in on. But we still have work to do and we have some time. Things could change. Well look at the overall strategy. I can anxious that question a lot better. Well think about it a lot more clearly after next week. Fun talking on joe. And a lot of pressure on him. Back by popular demand. Another edition of call my play. You send your video, i add the narration. This one is from reno. This is 20monthold calvin. Taking his hacks. He is like a hitting machine with sound effects to match. Batting lefty, and he has a consistent stroke. Im pretty sure this is how barry bonds started. Mom could barely reload and get the ball on the tee because calvin wants to bash hey, calvin, we just called your play on abc7. Hey, send me your video. Use the abc7 call my play so we can put you on tv. I thought lucky larry was named for this larry . And it turns out shocked to me as well. And for the larry obrian trophy. And im still emotionally getting over that news. So it was rough this morning. Its disappointing, to know sure. Thanks, larry. Join us tonight for abc7 news at 11 00. It is currently 96 degrees in concord. And at this time tomorrow, it is likely to be around 109 degrees. More on the cooling centers set up in this area. And my story tonight at 11 00. Keeping riders safe on b. A. R. T. A look at the new steps being taken by transit agency. Coming up, holey moley followed by dont, and to tell the truth and abc7 news at 11 00. All right. That will do it for abc7 news. Thanks for joining us. From all of us here, we appreciate your time. Well see you tonight at 11 00. I asked the edd whats going on . Why cant our viewers get their money . A number of Different Things that could impact someones ability. 7 on your side got your emails. All about the edd. And you deserve better. Thats why i promise to keep asking the tough questions hi, everyone. For the past two weeks from the jeopardy vault, weve been featuring the Million Dollar masters tournament. Today the finals begin for bob verini, eric newhouse, and brad rutter. Gonna be good. From new york city, this is the. Tournament. Here are our three finalists a film journalist and test prep teacher from los angeles, california. A director of Technical Assistance from vermillion, south dakota. A Network Administrator from lancaster, pennsylvania. And now, from radio city music hall, here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert, and you, too, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome as we start the week that will contain what i feel will be our most exciting moments ever on jeopardy the Million Dollar masters tournament. We came here about a week and a half ago with 15 contestants. Were now down to three. Youve all seen how very bright bob, eric, and brad have appeared in their quarterfinals and their semifinals. Im hoping, fellas, you can keep it going for today and tomorrow because, as you know, this is a twoday event. Whoever has the most money accumulated at the end of tomorrows game will receive a Million Dollars. Good luck. Here comes the jeopardy round. The categories as we begin are. We want you to give us their countries of birth in the category called