Was mud and now is dried up dirt. But talking with those burners, a lot of them have been downplaying the mud, saying, oh, you know, we had six great days, but i will say they did have a great time. They admit to it. But they were also cleaning up all of that mud here in the parking lot, an electric bike stuck in the mud. This is what it looked like on saturday morning at burning man. You want to help me get this . You and this is what those attending the festival referred to as burners were dealing with monday. Some of the muddiest shoes that you may have ever seen, cleaning them the best they can. At one of the popular spots for those leaving the festival, the in and out burger in sparks, nevada, where you can see dirt scattered on the ground in the parking lot. Its super heavy. We it feels like 5 pounds on each leg. If not more. We had to put a trash bags on the shoes in order for us to not, you know, sink into them. It looks like trash bag and then duct tape. Yeah. Everyone focused on getting that mud off of their shoes. Mud that seems to be all over everything but mud that symbolizes what they went through. The coal gets says they were on the opposite side of the camp at black rock city when the rain started friday. We left the bikes there. We didnt even take them back because of the mud. We couldnt get there. We couldnt get to take them back. So we have no bikes. It took them 24 hours to get back to their rv. They ate food and found shelter with new friends. On the way back, festival organizers warned burners not to leave saturday or sunday due to the conditions after the rain, telling festival goers to conserve food, water and gasoline get says they did unsuccessfully attempt to leave. We tried to leave two days ago. It was impossible. We tried to leave yesterday. We got stuck in the mud. And then todays good people helped us and we are out. Yes, out. And in route back to Southern California for this group and back to other locations across the country. And world. For those we talked with, not one person we interviewed said they wouldnt do it all over again. Even with the rain and mud, saying it made things that much more special, that includes nicole, who gave us this video of what their party looked like saturday night after the rain. After all of that, would you go back . Yes yes. Yeah. On friday, a little hesitation . No, its my first burn. So. Yeah no, yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yesterday i said, no, im not going back. It was enough. But its still a good, good, like, nice way to enjoy life, you know, for a week now was one of so many that we talked with and so many who told me, j. R. We would go back and we would do it in a heartbeat. Despite all of that mud. Youll hear what the others had to say about the situation. Action tonight at 5 00. And also, ill give you a closer look at all of the now dirt in this parking lot behind me. Reporting live in sparks, nevada, j. R. Stone, abc seven news. So after all the doom and gloom, we see people dancing around and partying. I think theyre going to be okay. But let me just ask you this. If the weather holds and theres no more rain, is there any kind of a guess as to how long it would take to get 72, 3000 burners out of that desert. Well, larry, you bring up a great point, because at last check, they were saying the numbers were down around 63,000. Youre not going to have everybody who wants to leave at one time because they have a burn tonight at nine, they have another burn late tonight and they have another burn tomorrow. So youre going to have those diehards who stay for the long run. But then you are going to have those other folks who get out of there and get out of there as quickly as they can. Now, that being said, those that ive talked with today who left and they waited and they were patient the whole time. They said it was a breeze getting out of there. Now, will it be like that later . I dont know. But it was easy for them early this morning, larry. Well, enjoy a hamburger while youre waiting out there, j. R, thanks so much. Lets talk about some burners that did get out and got out early, too. Dj diplo and Comedian Chris Rock and several other celebrities hiked out of the playa. He said. Thankfully a fan spotted them, offered up a spot on the back of their truck for sure, chris is going to have a huge pit in his next special about burning man because he was really bizarrely scared of what was going to happen. He thought there was going to be cannibalism in a day later, and we walked about three hours in the mud and he was happy. It was me. I think Cindy Crawford walked with us. Kaia gerber, austin butler. Randy gerber, a writer, a couple producers from tv, a couple people that just wanted to get home to their children. And kids, recognized me on the road and said, hey, ill give you a ride for the next two miles. And we gladly took it just a slight flex casual name dropping there for diplo posted this video to his social media. He said he was determined to make it out in time for a concert in washington, dc. Tonight or last night. Rather, we can report that he did make it casual cannibalism reference there also, though, the traffic jam is not just at burning man. Its a holiday. The roads are crowded with people heading home from the long weekend. You can see its not too bad right now. The area roadways not too crowded. People are able to go and come as they please. But there is some good news. If youre planning on driving on i80 in the east bay tonight. Yeah, after a weekend long closure for repairs, that highway is set to reopen any minute now. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard joining us live with all the details. Cornell. Hey, larry. Hey, julian. You know, this is going to come as great news to anybody who was on the road today. Caltrans says that repair work repaving work on interstate 80 is actually ahead of schedule. The road could reopen by 5 p. M. Today. Thats about 13 hours ahead of schedule. Behind me, you see the detour to 780. Lots of detours all around the north bay today. A lot of frustrated drivers earlier, too. So i was like, man, why did they pick the holiday to close the bridge . Elvis young from vallejo made a donut run to walnut creek in his yellow pontiac convertible. But got stuck in the same backup he was trying to avoid. I wanted some Krispy Kremes yesterday, so im like, i just had to go out there and it was all traffic westbound. I80 has been closed since friday between vallejo and hercules. So caltrans can repave a four mile stretch of the road overnight, fresh concrete was poured. Now were playing the waiting game, waiting for that concrete to definitely cure to get to strength, these hefty detours around the closure are in place. But by early monday afternoon, the mega backups began. The 680 Cordelia Junction near fairfield was slow and go and highway 37 was like a parking lot. A lot of angry drivers out there. Daniel diaz was trying to get to work. It takes 45 minutes to get to work on a usual seven minute drive. So were headed back to San Francisco. So now we have to go through the martinez many drivers asking why caltrans chose Labor Day Weekend for a major closure. Officials say typically traffic patterns are lower. What we decided is like, lets be efficient with our resources, lets compress over 106 night days of work into just four days of work. The road was supposed to be open tomorrow morning at 5 a. M. Why so early . Why are they getting done so early . Well, it looks like sun. They say it has been so warm today. The asphalt has cured. It has dried a lot of the lane. Restriping has been complete. And this road is scheduled according to caltrans , to be open by 5 p. M. Today. Good news for anybody coming back from a long holiday weekend. Were live in vallejo, cornell, bernard, abc se news, cornellthk you. Roadwork completed early in california. Never mark this dayy roads ared inowntown San Francisco around Moscone Center for dreamforce. Howard street will bed between third and thrgh 8 p. M. On sunday. Dreamforce expect to bring about 40,000 people into the city. Were learning about a stray bullet that hit a woman who was on the pedestrian path at lake merritt this afternoon, we are hearing shes now in critical condition. The shooting was a drive by. It happened around 1230 this afternoon on Lakeside Drive in madison street, not far from the popular snow park police have not released many details about the shooting other than that, that woman was an innocent bystander, a man hit and killed by a driver in a stolen car was one of two traffic deaths over the weend in san jose. A man was walking down the sidewalk when police s a juvenile driving an car veered off winchester boulevard and then hit him. The pedestrian edt the scene and the driver was arrested there a motorcyclist who crashed on the other side of town last month. Also died from injuries this weekend. The first overthecounter opioid overdose antidote is expected to hit store shelves this week. Narcan will have a retail price of 45 per carton and each carton will include two doses of the nasal spray. It will be available at walgreens, rite aid, walmart and cvs. The fda approved overthecounter sales in march. In response to the opioid overdose crisis. Coming up on abc seven news at four new hope for return around for San Franciscos union square. How a celebrity chef might be able to help. Remembering smash mouth frontman and santa clara native Steve Harwell and the friendship conundrum. Why so many have trouble making friends as adults. Im spencer christian. After some on september like weather over the weekend, it turned sunnier and warmer on labor day. Could this be the beginning of a trend . 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Now, Tyler Florence told me he wants to contribute to the recovery of downtown San Francisco. Ask any San Francisco resident and theyll tell you its not only the crime and homeless situation keeping people away from the downtown area. And also, if you look around the streets, theres a lot of garbage. The streets arent very clean. The recovery following covid has been slower than in other major cities. Our neighborhoods are booming , but our downtown has a 31 Office Vacancy rate. And that is really going to take a while to chip away at as part of the larger plan to revitalize the area. The city has invited renowned chef Tyler Florence to take over the two cafes on the plaza. Both will be called miller and lux provisions. One will be on the stockton side, the other on the powell side on stockton. Its going to be what were calling the savory shop. Its going to be rotisserie chicken and spectacular farmers, market side dishes and all day brunch menu. The second cafe will feature the works of pastry chef carla morrow. Were going to have spectacular croissants, panel chocolate, a beautiful barista, craft coffee. Chef lawrences proposal managed to beat other competitors. The cafes will sign a three year lease with the recreation and park department, which oversees union square. The news was welcomed by the San FranciscoHotel Council restaurants and coffee shops all benefit if the hotels do well. You know, for every 100 thats spent in the hotels, 200 are spent outside of the hotels. Tourists still consider San Francisco a favorite destination. Its history and the fact that its really a european city from italy. So thats why. And also the climate. Its hard to explain to people in other parts of the country about whats happening here. But i think its really important, as you know, citizens in San Francisco that have the ability to contribute, we should we should all contribute to create a better world that we want to live in. Both cafes will open in a few weeks, are also plans to refurbish the stage at union square to have more concerts, all part of that plan to bring the downtown area back to life, including changing Office Zoning laws, larry, to allow for other uses. So, liane, the city has been talking about this kind of revitalization for more than a year. Are there signs of Real Progress . I mean, this is a step. But beyond that, right beyond the two cafes, right . So according to the mayors office, 24 new businesses have opened in the entire Union Square Area and visitor traffic in that area has increased by 22. That according to the mayors office. But the city, larry, still has a long way to go. Hotel occupancy is no nowhere near what it was in 2019 before the pandemic. And as you heard in that report, cafes, restaurants, shops, stores all benefit from having more people stay in those hotels. Well see how it works out. Liane melendez live in the newsroom. Thank you. San francisco is oldest drag bar is making a comeback. The stud in iconic lgbt institution in soma will unveil its new location tomorrow. Three years after the pandemic forced the stud to shut down, the owners of the stud will be joined by city leaders and elected officials who helped bring back the legendary establishment at the new venue on folsom street. There is a new concern over the condition of a Landmark Church in downtown san jose. The scaffolding and tarps covering the Old First Church of christ Sciences Arts were suddenly removed. A week after the city proposed increasing fines for negligent property owners. Preservationists say the removal of the covering reveals how serious the need for repairs is at this church, dating back 120 years as a labor day tradition returned to downtown San Francisco today, hundreds of cyclists taking part in the annual il giro di San Francisco bike race, which sent hundreds of elite cyclists pedaling right by our abc7 studios and around levis plaza. That event, part of the california cup for men and women of various age groups whipping around the corner there. Yeah, a good day for a bike ride across San Francisco. Weather. Not bad at all today. Best we had in a few days. Yeah well, it was really cool over the weekend. Spencer christian is here with a look at the forecast i spencer right you could say the weekend weather was less than inspiring but today turned out to be a mainly sunny and relatively mild labor day. Not as warm as it might be on some labor days, but ill take it. Lets take a look at whats happening right now. Its breezy out there. And one reason for that or the main reason is this area of circulation around this area of low pressure. Just off the eureka coast. And thats generate a brisk onshore flow here in the bay area. Right now, we have surface wind speeds ranging from 15 to about 20 to 23mph. So not gusty, but nice and breezy and warming up. Finally especially in our inland areas where you can see the 24 hour temperature change is quite significant. Anywhere from seven or 8 or 9 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday, although a few locations like San Francisco and Half Moon Bay are cooler than they were at this time yesterday. Well the low clouds are beginning to push out over San Francisco. As you can see from this view, from sutro tower, 66 degrees here in the city right now, 69 in oakland, we have low to mid 70s and mountain view, san jose, palo alto and 59 degrees at Half Moon Bay. Its quite a bit foggy at the golden gate right now, but the clouds are not. They havent dropped very low yet. So the visibility is okay for drivers right now on the golden gate bridge, 82 degrees right now at both santa rosa and novato, napa, 75, 86 at fairfield and 83 and livermore and one final view from mount tam looking down onto those expanding layers of low clouds. These are our forecast headlines. Low clouds will continue expanding near the coast and bay overnight. They probably wont reach very far inland tonight. Gradual warming trend will be with us the next several days and itll be heating up inland over the coming weekend. So for tonight, look for again, low clouds and fog expanding along the coast, reaching across the bay, locally inland. But once again, the reach wont be very far into the inland areas. Thats how it would look at 6 00 tomorrow morning. But the low clouds will quickly burn back to the coastline, giving us an even sunnier and slightly milder day than we had today. Overnight, low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s highs tomorrow. Low 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay shoreline and mid or mid to upper 80s in our inland areas. And heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Now there wont be much change in the temperature range over the next 3 or 4 days. 86 to 88 degrees inland well see mid 70s around the bay shoreline, but then it starts to warm up a bit on saturday, closer to a seasonal range of temperatures. Then next sunday and monday, look for high temperatures in the mid 90s inland up to about 80 around the bay shoreline. So itll be a gradual warm up. Thatll get us back to the seasonal average, but nothing very extreme. No heat wave is coming our way. Those of us clinging to the last bits of Summer Holding on. I see. 94. Yeah yeah. Just a couple of weeks left. Yes youve got to enjoy it. Oh, yeah. All right. Appreciate it. Okay, smash mouth frontman and bay area native Steve Harwell dies after a long struggle with Health Issues. How hes being remembered here in the bay area. 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From there, the band rose to fame thanks to their 1999 triple platinum album astro lounge, featuring a cover of im a believer and hit single all star. Hey, now youre an all star. Get your game on. Go play. The band took to instagram to remember their former lead singer, saying Steve Harwell was an american original, a truly larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a roman candle. Steve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination to reach the heights of pop stardom. He wanted to be the guy with the mic that was having more fun than anybody else, and i really think that translated, we havent had a lot of big bands, and i think this smash mouth live ultimately must be hailed as the second biggest san jose band of all time record shops like this 1st may be on short supply, but streetlight records in san jose remains a very special spot in the early 2000, harwell and smash mouth filmed a music video here in two decades later, fans bought all of the south bay band cds on sale. I just thought, you know, theyll ill have something to remember. Steve by Pamela Adkins remained a family friend of harwells until his passing and despite his recent struggles with alcohol and drug use, she wants him to be remembered as the man she knew he was. He was a really good person. He was. He was kind. He was generous. He loved people. He i mean, he always was laughing and jumping around. We will definitely miss steve. Steve harwell remembered at age 56 in san jose. Dustin dawsey, abc seven news. On this labor day, we look at the summer of strikes and here in the bay area, workers rally across across the area. Their message to you plus i believe different times call for different leadership. Hey guys, how are you . Good to see you guys here it is. The unofficial kickoff to the 2024 election. Whats still there it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Can you picture it . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. 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The unions have the support of several politicians. Its labor day when we come together to be able to celebrate workers. And right now we have unfortunately, a broken Health Care System and what all these workers are here to do is to try to help fix it. Kaiser permanente said in a statement. They intend to provide all coalition employees with wage increases, but they cannot endorse a Single National approach to determining wages and ignore local market conditions. Blaylock says if both sides dont reach a deal soon, many patients will continue to see delays in receiving care. Were dealing with patients that are having cancer that has been probably in their system 2 to 3 years, havent been able to be seen, cant get the medication. So we dont have the staff. Assemblywoman bonta says they are prepared to take action and legislature to support unions. What we are seeing right now are people who are saying we need better care, we need better housing, we need Better Health care, and we need to make sure that our employers are ensuring that we can have a strong workforce. In oakland, ryan curry, abc7 news. Hundreds of people took part in a labor Day Breakfast honoring unions and their members in santa rosa. This month marks the north bay Labor Councils 26th anniversary, representing over 70,000 working people into ngoma morin lake and mendocino counties. Theres labor unrest in many industries, hollywood writers and actors still on strike. And now the United Auto Workers are getting close to walking out. Abc News ReporterMorgan Norwood looks at these labor battles. This labor day, less than two weeks remain before the United Auto Workers union could hit the picket lines, possibly adding to whats already been a summer of strikes. 97 of uaw members voted to authorize a strike if a new deal isnt reached. With detroits three automakers by september 14th. Were fed up with seeing big three profits break the bank while were breaking our backs. The union is demanding higher wages, improved benefits and cost of living wage bumps all this as Car Manufacturers transition to producing more electric vehicles, which require fewer workers to assemble. This is our time to take back what were owed. Working together with the companies doesnt work for us. President biden is calling for a fair agreement appointing a white house liaison between the union and automakers, hoping to help avert a strike. Judy ose negotiate a strike in detroit would only add to the recent wave of picket lines from the heartland to hollywood. More than 170,000 actors and writers have been striking for months. Writers are reported considering a new offer from the studios after more than three months of striking, according to bloomberg news, the concessions include an agreement not to replace writers with ai. Now video games are in their crosshairs as sagaftra prepares to vote on an actor strike against the gaming industry. And back in july, ups workers narrowly avoided a work stoppage that would have affected 300,000 jobs. Morgan norwood, abc news, new york. Turning our attention now to the 2024 race for the white house. Yes, were talking about it in full swing now. Labor day, the unofficial start to the president ial campaign season. Abc News Reporter justin finch is tracking the latest on the campaign trail. President joe biden and an official white house event in philadelphia on labor day, sounding at times like he was at a Reelection Campaign rally. The 80 year old addressing concerns about his age without even being asked. The only thing that comes with age, a little bit of wisdom. Biden also highlighting economic gains under his watch, including more than 13 million jobs hes created and contrasting his record with that of former President Donald Trump without ever naming him when the last guy was here, you were shipping jobs to china. Despite his four criminal indictments, new wall street journal polling finds 59 of Republican VotersBacking Trump in his third white house bid. Meantime secretaries of state in a number of states, including new hampshire, maine, arizona and michigan, say they have started to take steps to prepare for challenges to trump appearing on the ballot due to Section Three of the 14th amendment, which renders an elected official ineligible to hold Public Office if theyve engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the us. Other republican candidates are meeting voters face to face in new hampshire, as trump remains notably absent. Im standing here because i believe different times call for different leadership. Hey, guys, how are you . Good to see you guys. 38 year old entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswami seeing a boost after his first Republican Debate appearance where he held firm on his pledge to pardon trump if hes elected and vote for him if hes the nominee. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports the bipartisan Political Group no labels is holding voter focus groups aimed at fielding a third party unity president ial ticket. A no label Senior Adviser saying the endgame isnt necessarily a ticket, but a voice for the common sense majority. Justin finch, abc news, washington. Coming up, millions of gallons of wine going down the drain in france. Spencer, help them. And the trouble with friends before it nondrowsy claritin knocks out symptoms from over 200 allergens. Without knocking you out. Feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. Live claritin clear. Its the most wonderful time of the year nondrowsy claritin knocks out symptoms from over 200 allergens. Without knocking you out. 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I just walked right into that. Karina, help me out. I do think okay. Larry, this has nothing to do with you. I think people are setting Higher Standards for who they call a best friend. Right. Because of the pandemic, i think you kind of recognize who are the people that you really want to be around that its worth to spend time with. And you kind of just eliminated some of those people that you thought were friends or you called Close Friends and i think thats really what happened. And i also think its not social media really to blame because it its you know, we used to connect in person all the time. Right . And now you really dont have to do so then if you dont see the person all the time, youre not catching up with them in person. And are they really your best friend . Right. No, thats a good point. Thats real. I mean, i have friends across the country, but, you know, we keep in touch that way. But the second i can see them, i do. So i dont know. I think theres a lot to it, but Higher Standards is what im attributing to strive for with spencer. Nothing wrong with that. Standards agreed. Agreed nothing wrong with Higher Standards. Indeed. And thats the issue here in france, right . They got too much wine, so much that theyre now destroying 80 million gallons of wine. So to me, this this is painful. Spencer, the French Agriculture Ministry is paying farmers to destroy it. That effort will cost the country 216 million. By the way, the goal to prevent a price collapse. The alcohol will be distilled and used to make things like cleaning supplies or perfume. I guess this is supply and demand in full effect here, spencer. But i know i dont. This is painful for you to see. Its very painful and its stunning to me too, because i drink a lot of french wine and i know many other people who do, but apparently theres a lot not being sold. And now its going to be poured down the drain, not pulling your weight, best friends getting together and drinking wine. They just need to send spencer and me over there. Yeah, well take care of it. Ill volunteer to go. All right, lets go. Larry its puzzling that this is the choice that they made when you could, you know, whatever rebottle. Ill send it to different regions, different parts of the world. And you think there would be some way to do that . Or maybe its just easier to make perfume or cleaning supplies . I dont know. It seems just kind of odd, though. Just agent, right, put it in. Seller yeah, yeah. Send it to the united states. Yes, especially right here. Yeah. My house. 900 front street. Youre right. Right tracksuits. Theyre great for lounging around. How about for special occasions, though . Some experts say track pants are now totally fine for dinners, dates and even in weddings. According to the wall street journal, you should pair them with loafers. Blaze runners and track pants. Thats a night out on the town. Yeah. You know how to style them. You could be all all business on top and party down below. Oh, its not party. Its comfort down below. Right. Thats what i think it is. Ive done this before. I will say it. Yes. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. So youre a proponent of this where have you worn that . Like the sweats they are nice track pants. But i have worn some nice tailored track pants with the loafers to a wedding. I will say. Oh, wow. Yes but are they like real track pants or are they like the nicer ones . Theyre nice. You cant really tell that theyre track pants with like the big white thing down the middle. But you know what i mean. Comfort is king. Thats all im saying. And they let you stay at the wedding. They did believe it or not, karina, you recently got married. Yeah. If your husband showed up on your special day wearing trackpants, how would that have gone . How would that have gone over . No, i actually wouldnt care. But if my guest showed up that way, i dont know. I guess id laugh about it. Yeah, but i dont think its appropriate. Yeah okay. Im on the naughty list. Our guest rat problem. What rat problem are we talking about . Some new yorkers trying to turn the citys most notorious pest into an attraction . This is so new york, right, guys started adding stops at some locations known to be heavily rat infested. Like all of manhattan. Yeah. Yeah exactly. Its being called rat tourism. One tiktoker who started filming the rats and posting the videos, says he now gets messages from tourists asking to join him. Oh, what . Wow. Spencer no, i lived in new york. For what, 13 years . Longer . Almost 23 years. Oh, wow. Yeah well, there was a rat problem then. And apparently there still is now. I heard someone once Say Something like the rat problem in central park was so bad that the rats were mugging police dogs. Oh. And so. So there you go. Its a pretty big rats. Yeah, i guess so. But i wonder how much of this is legit as soon as i see a tick tock or doing something. Come on. I just. I mean, how many people are is he like the pied piper . And were all just kind of going down the street looking. Oh, theres one. Theres one. They dont die, they multiply. Willard i see you. Thats an old movie reference. I got it. Google it, kids. Im old enough. Ratatouille is cute. Whats that . Ratatouille. Remember the movie ratatouille is cute, right . Maybe theyre all just friendly rats. That was very. Maybe theyre all cute rats. Yeah. And he wears track pants, too. Yeah. Forget about it. Thats it for your dog is the one you wanted. You want whats best for them. Ohh, ohh, ohh so ask your vet about new nexgard plus. Its oneanddone monthly protection from fleas and ticks, plus heartworm disease, roundworms, and hookworms. All in a delicious, beefflavored, soft chew. Use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. 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I kept it step by step and pursue treaty to stop. Weve been working with Young African american, male and other up and coming artists and to have a showcase like high road where they can perform with names like souls of mischief common, this is a dream come true. Its an opportunity that we wouldnt have had. And for people to see us and know us and hear about our story and our pain and our struggle, as well as our joy and our triumph, yeah, it just allows people to learn. 7500 free tickets were snapped up within three days. Vip ticket sales helped fund the behind the scene jobs for streaming and podcast guests as well as security. All organizers hope by Live Streaming this entire day that more oaklanders will join in it. Watch parties at local businesses as Oakland Police and private security made sure this was a safe island in the city to while away a holiday. We have wands, you know, were patting people down. We dont allow bags in unless its mothers expecting mothers or mothers with strollers. So we try to limit what people could bring into the event. We have a fencing around perimeter. So they cant get in without a ticket. It was just what organizers hoped for. It really just acknowledges that the city of oakland sees our young people values their voices, puts the ones up in oakland. Im leslie brinkley, abc7 news. There are a lot more cool events happening in oakland,clus weekend and abc7 is the proud sponsor. Oakland pride takes place this sunday. Youll want to join abc7 News Reporter zach fuentes and answer hassan as they bring you the parade live. All starting at 11 a. M. This sunday. And weve got a warmup coming. Yeah just in time for folks to get out and enjoy that parade this weekend. Checking back in with spencer now. Absolutely. Julia and larry. Im glad it started warming up today. At least some part of the three day weekend. Felt like summer. So tonight, look for clouds expanding low clouds along the coastline and across the bay. Locally inland. But they will quickly burn back to the coastline tomorrow, giving us another sunny day, perhaps even a degree or two warmer than today. Overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. Highs tomorrow will range from low and mid 60s at the coast to mid 70s around the bay shoreline to mid maybe a couple of upper 80s in our inland areas. And heres the accuweather seven day forecast. You can see this gradual warming trend continuing through the week by the end of the week, going into saturday, well see high temperatures inland around 90, then on sunday and next monday, look for mid 90s inland and low 80s around the bay shoreline. Larry. All right, thank you, spencer. Heres something you probably never expected to see or thought. Maybe it was even possible. That is a fish getting a ct scan. 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On wednesday, reporter George Pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles has a look at what you can see in season two to island groot, a pew pew. I am groot. The guardians of the galaxy favorite groot gets his Second Season of explore sharing his origin story. Director Kirsten Lepore thinks fans have responded to the growing tree because he speaks to all of our inner child impulse live and curious and mischievous. But also has a good heart. Have a four year old. So i totally get it. Like a lot of a lot of this is very inspired by just my daily interactions with him and sort of being a mom and what that opens your eyes to. Theres just endless fodder for play. Theres a he is one of those characters like you drop him into any situation and its going to be a good time. He really is like an everyman. You know, every person thats not a person. Hes an every tree. I dont know. Like hes just hes so hes so everyone that that the possibilities are kind of limitless. But lepore admits those possibilities would not be possible without the voice talent of actor vin diesel. She says there are endless takes of his saying that classic line, theres a stockpile that we have from, like previous guardians movies, but hes always doing a specific read of a specific line. You know, occasionally well pull some of those from something else, but for the most part, hell just like watch our episodes and record all the way through front to back and he will, you know, he sees the action, he sees whats happening. So whatever that line is, you know, it really has a very nuanced and specific read. Hes incredible at what he does. Its like thats the power of a good actor. And im always its like magic to me every time i am groot, season two begins streaming on disney plus on wednesday in los angeles, George Pennacchio, abc seven news. Id forgotten it was vin diesel doing the i am groot. Disney is the Parent Company of abc seven. Thats all for abc seven news at 4 00. 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