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Police, secret service and canines added to the excitement. Jane watson is visiting from new zealand. It just so fascinating because we dont have that at home. So were a much more modest with our prime minister, oliver lemke. And his new wife caught a glimpse of the president ial motorcade when the president first arrived in San Francisco at the Fairmont Hotel tuesday night. We saw it, yeah, we did see part of it, i think. Yeah we were walking back from dinner wednesday. President biden met up with his council of advisors on science and technology. They include academic experts and officials from microsoft, google and amd. We used to lead the world, and i dont know how we can be the safest, most secure and healthiest nation in the World Without significant investment in science and technology. He talked about the importance of ai as well as expanding High Quality Health Care for every american. Today, ai is a potential to transform research. Thanks to our administrations 15 American Technology companies have already begun to implement voluntary commitments to help ensure that Ai Technology is safe, secure and trustworthy before its released to the public. Chris mendler, whos in San Francisco for a work conference , has a keen interest in ai. I think its good that hes at least invested in discovering more about ai and seeing where we should head with that. Thats kind of a big part of where im at in the it world and looking at. So its cool that at least theres interest and hopefully discovery and understanding of how ai can be used and regulated maybe by the government in positive ways. Afterwards. The president headed to a pair of fundraisers, including this one near china beach. Were an important state and you want im sure theres a lot of constituents that are important in the in the state. So im glad hes spending the time here that he needs to. And President Biden wraps up his visit to San Francisco this evening and then heads off to arizona. Now, hes expected to return to the bay area in mid november for apec, the Global Economic summit that will include leaders from 21 different member economies. Live in the newsroom. Suzannephan abc seven news. Interesting. Okay, suzanne, thank you. The man charged with the attack on Nancy Pelosis husband , paul, appeared in federal court this morning. Iteam reporter stephanie sierra has been following this story ever since it broke and is here with an update. Stephanie yes, well, this survey is described to be robust and comprehensive. This was actually the last time depape will have appeared in federal court before the trial begins in early november. And the judge is confident they will get a jury fast. Jury selection will happen shortly after that on november 6th. The judge expects there will be 14 or 15 people selected as either juror, as either jurors or alternates. From there , the trial will begin on november 9th. Paul pelosi is scheduled to testify on november 13th. And the iteam has learned members of the pelosi family will be in attendance throughout the trial as well. We also learned speaker emerita nancy pelosi will be named as a witness. Last october, surveillance and body camera footage showed depape breaking into the pelosi home and eventually striking paul in the head with a steel hammer. Hes been charged depape with federal attempted kidnaping and assault charges, along with a slew of charges in state court, including attempted murder. But as state trial date wont be set until after the federal trial finishes. And again, thats all happening in november. In fact, the jury questionnaire will be sent out november 1st. In it, jurors will be asked about their age and occupation. And according to the judge, one of the questions will ask whether theyve ever worked for a social media company. And if so, which company. Theyll also be asked to list the names of the Media Outlets they regularly watch or read. Oh, interesting. Steph, do you know of any questions were taken out . We do know at this point there were a few alterations and judge corley asked both counsels to take out a question asking jurors about their gender and education, saying its intrusive. Now, the judge described the jury questionnaire, as you said, to be robust. What does that mean exactly . Yeah, i mean, she says its going to be lengthy. I mean, we know its over a dozen pages long at this point. And the judge made it clear there will be quite a wide range of topics discussed. We learned today there will also be a portion on listing names to see if the juror recognizes certain people. Interesting. All right. More to come. Thank you, stephanie. Absolutely a road rage investigation leads police in san jose to a cache of illegally manufactured ghost guns. Police say their investigation began in august when a driver waved a hand gun at another person. San jose police say he was later identified as manuel leon valdez. Detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest after being alerted. Valdez was prohibited from possessing firearms. The assault unit, with the assistance of the gun hazardous offender suppression team, our ghost unit served the search warrant at the residence and they located approximately 69 firearms. 15 of those being privately made firearms, which we call ghost guns. Valdez is currently detained at Santa Clara County jail and booked for multiple felony gun charges. An investigation is underway in fairfield after an officer involved shooting injured a man this afternoon. Police respoedo a report of a person walking near Grange Middle Schoolitwhat appeared to be a gun in his hand. Shots were fired, but officers havent said who fired first. East tabor avenue near Grange Middle School will be closed for a few more hours while the investigation continues. Now to that change in treating people with Mental Health disorders in california. San francisco will be one of the first seven counties to implement the first phase of the Community Assistance recovery and empowerment program, also known as the care act. Abc7 News Reporter loose pena is in the newsroom with the details now on exactly how it will work loose. Thats right. Dan last year the care act was passed by the state legislature and signed by governor gavin newsom. And next week on october 2nd it goes into effect. Heres whats different about this program. It expands the range of people who can actually file a petition for someone to get Mental Health help, not only family members can petition now, but also First Responders who may encounter someone out on our streets. San francisco is gearing up to bring Mental Health care treatment into court care. Court is really an opportunity to support individuals with untreated Mental Illness in the community and provide Community Based treatment. So individuals can file petitions directly with the court and care court allows for a wide range of petitioners, including First Responders, family members, somebody who lives with an individual whos worried about them and those can get filed directly with the court. San franciscos department of Public Health says this program will help them to tackle Mental Health differently, with potentially thousands on our streets qualifying when we look at the program, one of the criteria that somebody has to be suffering from a spectrum diagnosis. And when we look at a population estimate, our best range estimate right now is that roughly 122000 people in San Francisco may meet criteria. Heres why care court is controversial. Even though participation in the program is voluntary, judges have the last say. The San Francisco Public Defenders Office is preparing now to represent many in court. Its voluntary in that the court cannot force you to take medications or put you into a locked facility, but youre still having to come to court. The court is still going to order a treatment plan for you. So theres that aspect of it that makes it somewhat coercive. Um, also, so if youre not successful in care court, it can actually be used in future proceedings to put you into a locked facility and, uh, conserve you, make you a conserved person. The Mental Health association of San Francisco opposes care court, citing not enough resources to help everyone in need. 75 of folks who are approached who have serious Mental Illness about assisted outpatient treatment are more than willing to participate in some type of assisted outpatient treatment and forced forced treatment is basically taking folks Civil Liberties away and forcing them to do things they may not understand. And San Francisco has about 2500 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment beds and is adding more Mental Health. Advocates say thats not enough and under the care court, judges can actually find the city and county if they dont provide the necessary help and beds for people in need. In the newsroom, luis pena, abc seven news. All right, thank you louis mayor london breeds plan to get more drug users into treatment is getting some pushback today. It is an abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell was on the streets this morning to see even Marcel Eugene raybon calls this spot in San Francisco Mission District home at least for now. I live on the streets and im still worried about street life every day. And he says. Mayor london breeds announcement tuesday is adding to his concern. No more. Anything goes without accountability, no more handouts without accountability. Right now in San Francisco, more than 5000 homeless or formerly Homeless People are getting nearly 700 a month in welfare. And the mayor wants to make it so people have to pass a drug test in order to get a check. So in order to get resources from our city, you will need to be in a Substance Use disorder program. And consistently seeking treatment. I think that everyone is concerned about the number of Overdose Deaths and everyone is trying really hard to find solutions. This is not a good one. Lydia brownstein is the executive director of the gubbio project, a nonprofit providing everything from medical services to a place to sleep. Stability reduces drug use, instability, increases drug use, taking away peoples vital money that they use to purchase the things that they need to survive will create more instability, brownstein says. They provide a lot of those necessities here, but is worried they wont be able to keep up. Any time you take away someones resources, its not that their need goes away, its just the resources for those things have gone away without having programs like this. Were going to stand to lose a lot of people. People go back to jail. Recidivism rates, you know, it just trickles downward. But the city points to its recent survey showing more than half of unhoused people self disclosed having a Substance Use disorder. Some may test clean, some may test dirty. For myself, i cant give you an answer because i go days and i dont. I go days and i dont honestly, i hope that people wouldnt be put in a place where they dont get to have the benefits they need to survive and put them in a worse situation and condition. Tara campbell, abc seven news. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, you can find a list of local resources on our website. Abc seven news. Com take action a lot more to come here the stage is set for tonights debate in southern california. Well have a preview. The milestone project in the south bay and how its doing more than just making anderson dam safer. All also hear how phones are stress ing teenagers out and what can be done to help them. Im spencer christian. We have a breezy, even gusty afternoon right now but tamer conditions are coming our way along with the possibility of some weekend showers. Ill have the accuweather forecast in just a moment when abc on everything with just one card. Chase freedom unlimited. So, if youre off the racking. Or crab cracking, youre cashbacking. Cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. Nah, im working on my six pack. Switch to a king suite, or book a silent retreat. Silent retreat . Hold up yeeerp . I cant talk right now, im at a silent retreat. Cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. How do you cashback . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Your brain is an amazing thing. But as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. Thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. The secret is an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. At stores everywhere without a prescription. Officials were among those in attendance. The 48 Story Building went through an extensive renovation inside and outside as the office space was reimagined. It cost around 75 million. And their plans to bring in a new restaurant next year in the south bay, some major progress has been made toward rebuilding. Anderson dam in morgan hill. The project has been a main focus for valley water officials. Abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes is tracking the work. Thats just some of the work that contractors for valley water have done excavating more than 800ft of the more than 1700 feet plans for a tunnel next to anderson dam. The dam and its reservoir, one of the largest sources of water for Santa Clara County. Created to bring water to more than 2 Million People is a major project for the public. A lot of people dont think about what goes into delivering safe, clean water to their households, but there is a lot and this is, you know, our number one priority right now. The dam was drained after valley water was ordered to rebuild it to meet modern safety standards. But before they can do that, the 20 foot wide tunnel has to be finished. Were finishing our tunnel project first. Next we go to the seismic retrofit, which is the mandate from the state of california. Thats when we actually bring down the dam and retrofit the dam. Valley water says the tunnel will let them release more water faster and safer during major storms or emergencies that could help avoid the floods like the one san jose saw in 2017 when the dam went above capacity. The workers have been drilling for the tunnel since november of 2022, and by the end of this summer they finished almost half in september. They used the help of this controlled blasting to take their work even further. Project manager Ryan Mcarthur breaks down what all of those flashing explosions are, and those are the fuzes or the delays as those are sending a charge into the rock. And so theres a hole drilled about 6 to 8ft in with a charge at the end of it. And then youll hear a rumble, you know, and thats really the explosives going off and the rock coming tumbling down. And that that Cross Section of the face that you see once all of the excavation is finished, crews will go back through and build a two foot thick, reinforced concrete lining inside the tunnel where were at now. Were were on on time to complete the construction. We need to before we start the retrofit of the dam itself. That project is set to start in 2025. And last seven years in the south bay. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. That is a massive undertaking. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Taking a look outside, pretty pleasant day today. Gorgeous blue skies, warm in the city today. Spencer. It was a bit warm. In fact, its very warm in some inland areas right now. So weve had a rather mild fall day with sunny skies and breezy conditions, even breezier right now than earlier in the day. Lets take a look at whats going on. So well start with the satellite radar composite image showing the dissipation of that system that swung through yesterday, bringing us some light rainfall. We still have active weather up in the Pacific Northwest in washington and oregon right now, but a steady onshore flow, a rather impressive one right now in the bay area. In fact, speaking of the onshore flow, how windy is it out there right now . We have gusts to 32mph in oakland, 24mph at hayward, san mateo, 25mph. Generally breezy to windy all around the bay area. So we still have a beach hazard statement in effect until 5 p. M, which is not far away. Wave heights have been elevated the last 24 hours. They are diminishing a little bit right now, but still high enough with rough enough surf that dangerous swimming and surfing conditions prevail. So bear that in mind if youre going to be near the coastline. Heres a view from our rooftop camera looking across the breezy and sunny embarcadero, where right now in San Francisco, 68 degrees. We have mid 70s in oakland and mountain view, upper 70s at san jose and palo alto and 66 degrees in half moon bay. Nice view from emeryville looking back at a portion of the skyline and out toward sutro tower. You can see we do have a batch of coastal clouds rather deep and impressive right now. But these clouds dont extend along the entire coastline. They are moving southward right now. Its 80 degrees at both santa rosa and napa, 77 in novato, 89 at fairfield, concord, 82, 79 at livermore. And from mt. Tam, we give you this view. Notice the absence of any cloud spilling through the golden gate right now. So that little deck of coastal clouds right now continues to diminish. These are our forecast headlines. Mostly clear skies overnight turning cooler at the end of the week with a chance of light showers on saturday morning. So the forecast animation taking us through the evening hours shows those low clouds at the coast sliding southward. A few high clouds will move over, but basically well be looking at clear skies tonight and overnight and tomorrow. Overnight, low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 50s highs tomorrow, mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay shoreline mid to upper 80s inland. And heres our forecast animation starting at 6 00 tomorrow evening. Notice another low upper level low developing in the Pacific Northwest thats going to dive southward and bring some cooling to us. Sharp cooling, in fact, on friday and a chance of some showers on saturday. But then it swings on through. It dissipates and skies turn clear all over again. So heres the accuweather seven day forecast. We can expect rather warm weather in our inland areas tomorrow mid to upper 80s cooling down a little bit under breezy conditions on friday, further cooling on saturday. In fact, highs only in the low 70s inland and upper 60s around the bay. And of course theres that chance of some showers saturday morning below average temperatures remain on sunday, although skies will be sunnier and then going into early next week, itll get even sunnier and even warmer. And back to the sort of pattern we have right now, its a lovely fall. Thank you. Its been fine so far. Its such a great time of year. Yeah, it really is. I love the autumn. Yeah. All right. Well, Silicon Valley tech giant meta is taking us into the future. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the companys quest three Virtual Reality headset today and metas connect developer conference. Quest three was first announced in june, but now were learning how it actually works. Zuckerberg says it combines the physical and Digital Worlds to create what he calls mixed reality. The headset uses hand tracking to predict your movements and has precision controllers for things like work and games. It automatically maps the space that youre in using two dedicated color or camera sensors and a depth sensor, which makes it so that if you pick up a digital ball and throw it at the physical wall, itll bounce off it. Or if someones shooting at you and you want to duck the fire, you can just get behind your physical couch. Its not wild. Quest three is available for preorder now, starting at 500. It will ship october 10th. Metas connect conference continues tomorrow. We are expecting to learn more about how the company is using artificial intelligence. A milestone birthday for bay area tech giant. A look back at 25 years of google. Im seven on your sides michael finney. Millions of kias and hyundais are facing recall. Ill tell you what to look for 89 years. Believes in continuous improvement. Like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients. And sizes to relieve your pain. Salonpas. Its good medicine. My late fatherinlaw lit up a room, but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. His struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga. Like Straight Lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces like this one, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. If youve been diagnosed with amd and notice vision changes, dont wait. Ga is irreversible. Its important to catch it early. Talk to your eye doctor about ga and learn more at gawontwait. Com lets start with the record. Boy there are a lot of them. Listen to this. If you own a kia or a hyundai vehicle, you might want to check for recalls online. The automakers are recalling nearly 3. 5 million vehicles because of a fire risk now. It comes after federal regulators found several models can catch fire even when the engine is turned off. The recalls cover multiple cars of an suv model years from 2010 through 2019. Thats a lot of years if you own one. Kia and hyundai recommend parking it outside and away from your house until you get it fixed. But the Us Justice Department filed a civil complaint against ebay today. It claims the online marketplace unlawfully sold products that violate environmental law. Those include pesticides and devices that evade Motor Vehicle emission standards. Ebay says its blocking and removing 99 of listings for the products cited by the department of justice. A new poll finds nearly half of americans feel theyre behind on savings for retirement. The bank rate survey found one third of working adults think theyll need more than 1 million to retire comfortably. But most say its unlikely theyll ever be able to save enough money to save enough to do that, get that amount of money. Jen xers, who are now in their 40s and 50s, were the group most likely to say they havent saved enough. According to the National Institute on retirement security, the median amount that generation has in retirement money is 40,000. Now, i know it sounds terrible, except for thats the age group when people all of a sudden go, hey, wait a second, you know, before they were getting their kids through School Building a career and all of a sudden they go, ah, and thats when they start saving. So its not quite as bad as it sounds, right . When we were in our 20s and 30s, not really thinking about retirement. No, no, i was. You were, were youre more disciplined than you know. All right. Thanks, michael. She doesnt want to be here today. Thanks, michael. Okay. Well, today, friday, that is, is National Coffee day. And youll have plenty of options to score a cup of joe for free. Dunkin and krispy kreme are offering customers a free coffee. Starbucks is doing free tastings. And if youre on the road, circle k and Pilot Flying J Travel Centers are giving away free coffee to their app users. Good deal. All right. It is round two for republicans vying for the presidency, but not all the candidates are going to be on the stage. So theres no sign yet that donald trump is skipping these debates, is hurting him in any way. If anything, its only making him stronger and all those phone notifications are probably stressing your teenager out. What parents can we made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo at cretors, we handcraft every batch sof our delicious popcorn. G . Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. 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Ask your pharmacist or doctor which sanofi flu vaccine is right for you. Were closing in on the saturday midnight deadline to keep the government funded. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy says he plans to hold votes in the coming days, but there likely wont be enough to pass. Abc News Reporter liz landers has the latest. A Government Shutdown is looking likely to occur saturday at midnight as House Republicans fight among themselves over a series of spending bills. But speaker Kevin Mccarthy tried to pin any potential shutdown on Border Security and President Biden. Were doing our job. So what does the president have to do with that if he wants to sit and hide in the white house and put the government into a shutdown, then thats on him. House democrats are countering that a shutdown would be a bad move since federal Law Enforcement officers stationed at the border would be working without pay. We absolutely support. Border security. Thats why we want to fund the government, not any Government Spending bills will have to also pass in the senate and democrats and republicans in the Upper Chamber have largely come together on a bipartisan proposal to keep the government funded until november 17th, plus provides 6 billion in aid to ukraine and 6 billion for us disaster relief. But in the house, republicans have tried everything but bipartisanship. We can take the Standard Approach and fund the government for six weeks, or we can shut the government down in exchange for a zero, meaning full progress on policy. But some House Republicans say that legislation is pointless and this government should not continue to be funding funded if we dont secure our border. A potential shutdown could impact millions of federal workers, including the transportation and Security Administration agents keeping air travel safe. Tsa employees did not call out sick or cause the government shut down. They some just not able to afford gas, pay their Car Insurance and make difficult choices. And some of the other federal programs that could be affected include nutrition assistance programs, the National Park service and the smithsonian museums. In washington. Liz landers, abc news. And republican president ial debate is happening tonight. Seven candidates will face off at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in southern california. Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson did not qualify this time and once again, the gop front runner, former president trump, will skip the debate. But theres no sign yet that donald trump skipping these debates is hurting him in any way. If anything, its only making him stronger. We are seeing in polls, including a recent abc News Washington post poll, that trump is beating biden by as many as, you know, double digit digits in some of these polls after tonights debate. Itll get harder to qualify for the next one in november. Can daetz will have to receive at least 70,000 donors and four Percentage Points in national polls, according to the Republican National committee. All right. Lets talk about health now. A new study finds that teenagers are getting too many notifications on their phones and its making them exhausted. San francisco based Common Sense Media found teens are getting up to 237 notifications per day. About a quarter come while they are in school, which of course, is a distraction and can affect their ability to concentrate. Abc7 news contributor dr. Alok patel is with me now. Alok, you are of course a pediatrician and know a lot about this. Why are kids getting so many notifications . I know i cant stand them. I get too many, but its really impactful for kids. Its almost like the defining feature, the defining technological feature of this generation. When i have my phone on do not disturb, im already wondering what im missing right now. You mentioned the average teen. According to the study, its getting 237 notifications a day. Some are getting higher than 500 and its across multiple different apps. We all want to point fingers at social media companies, but theres other apps out there that give these notifications and this specific study, they found things such as tiktok, snapchat and discord were sending kids. A lot of these personalized notifications saying that, hey, your friend is messaging you or this is an update for you. And that tends to compel more teens to sit on their cell phones, which theyre already doing way too much. Sure. And you see this every day in your practice. Why is it such a problem for teenagers, particularly why so many notifications . And why is it such a problem in terms of the effect it has on them . You know, one of the bigger questions, one of the bigger unknowns we have is how this is affecting our teens brains, given the fact that we now have a generation that is being raised with smartphones around them, even if they dont have their own. Their parents do. Theyre seeing behavior and their brains arent being fully developed until theyre in their mid 20s. So we still have these unknowns out there about how this is affecting their long term development. Weve already seen early data showing that excessive social media use can affect Mental Health, can increase the risk of anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, how kids perceive themselves, how they perceive judgment from the outside world and with over 90 of kids aged 13 to 18 holding a smartphone, this is definitely something we have to Pay Attention to, not only from the Research Perspective and what companies are doing, but parents have to start having a conversation with their kids right . Did it get worse during the pandemic . It absolutely did get worse during the pandemic. But heres the thing is, during the pandemic, we also saw a positive aspect of smartphones and social media, which i dont want to completely ignore. Some people found a sense of community. People can use social media for smart purposes as well, such as educational apps. So it really does depend on having a conversation open and seeing what your teens are using and how much theyre using it. Yeah, its a good point because when they were isolated, not going to school, it did allow them to socialize and be connected with screens were a lifeline. Sure. What should kids do about this . Well, fortunately, these researchers are acknowledging that this generation right now tends to be more aware that they should be using their phones less. Really . So they know that things they know they know like, hey, this is probably not a good thing. And tok even put out a statement saying, hey, we have a notification after one hour, but you can put in a password and bypass it. Right. So these teens are more aware that, hey, maybe we should put the phones down. But also teens should be present about what theyre missing when theyre sitting on their phones. And i and i want to stress again that this is the behavior notification is affecting kids differently because kids do their phones for different things, such as its social media or going to bed with white noise on or playing games. So the approach we need to have with them is a personality influenced individual. One. I always love it when im out and my wife and i will see families chatting or even teenagers talking with one another and not uh on their phone. What a concept. I know its such a wonderful thing to actually see. So thats what kids can do. What can parents do . I want to go back to that restaurant example. I think trying to enforce some type of phone free culture, saying no phone at the dinner table, no phone in the bedroom, no phone at this hour is a great First Step Towards rebuilding that human connection. We also need to model Good Behavior as well. Pay attention to your own notifications, how much you see on your phones and when its time to have a conversation with teens to make sure we approach it from an understanding, curious, positive place. I said personality, influence. Ask your teens what apps do you most use . Do . What do you like about them . Why are they your favorites . What is it like putting your phone down . Do you find your phone distracting . Is it too much work for you to keep up with all the notifications and start to understand why your teen is using their phone so much . So have a dialog with them. And really . Absolutely. Absolutely not a place of judgment, but a place of understanding. Good point. All right. Always great. Dr. Luke patel. Thank you, luke. Thank you. Celebrating 25 years of google and the man trying to live forever but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. His struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga. Like Straight Lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces like this one, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. If youve been diagnosed with amd and notice vision changes, dont wait. Ga is irreversible. Its important to catch it early. Talk to your eye doctor about ga and learn more at gawontwait. Com how do we decide what hotel to book . Fear not, i got you. Choice hotels has a hotel for every type of stay. Like a comfort with the kiddos. Spacious thats what they all say. But google is celebrating its 25th anniversary today. Abc News Reporter danny new takes a look back. This month, a website whose name transcends the word research. Google meet. Could you see that google meet is celebrating its 25th anniversary . Obviously, everybody wants to be successful, but i want to be looked back on as being very innovative, being very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world. Ill leave all that up to you, but it is hard to deny the Search Engines impact on our culture. I recognize that google is not a conventional workplace, and as part of its celebration, google is revisiting some of its biggest hits from over the years , like this versace dress that j. Lo wore to the 2000 grammys, which led to so many google searches that it inspired the team to create google images. 42. Or this scene from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy , which in 2003 became one of the sites first easter eggs yakuza schwedinnen. My granddaughter is studying movies in chicago and in 2006 the site launched google translate, which now supports more than 100 languages. Over the years here are when some of todays most popular items first spiked in search interest at podcast. In 2004, a youtuber in 2006 and dating apps in 2010. So who knows what the next 25 years may bring . Probably more ads for youtube tv, but its really hard to know how they might just change all of our lives immediately. Next, danny new abc news, new york. I mean, all of us are old enough to remember the world before google. Yeah, but so many dont like its always been here. Casey, your closest to that age group. So im calling on you. Well, i did google it and google used to be called backrub , which is hard to believe. Backrub really. And you remember before google cds used to get sent to you in the mail so that you could access the internet. And aol was the most popular website. So yeah, man, i mean, it has changed so much. Yeah. And you know, youre successful when a noun becomes a verb, lets google it. I know, i know. Yeah. So true. Now we cant imagine life without it. Of course. Well, some tech millionaires are searching for the fountain of youth. One is 46 year old brian johnson. Hes spending millions on his system. He calls blueprint that he hopes will extend his life. An article in time says his system includes daily use of a red and blue light therapy system. A downing 111 pills a day. That doesnt sound like its good for you. And avoiding dating, since he always sleeps alone. He also doesnt take sunny vacations and eats dinner. Dinner at 1130 in the morning, spencer. Sir. I dont want to live longer if i have to live long. So no, be honest. Thats ridiculous. Thats crazy. You know, dating, because he wants to always sleep alone. Wow. I mean , it looks like hes going to be healthy. Hes following a regimen that should lead to good health. But. But theres more to life than just being alive. Exactly. Yeah i mean, hes missing out on a lot. I think you know, immortality is kind of the next frontier here for the tech billionaires. He is not alone. Perhaps one of the more extreme, but there are so many investing in what to us may sound kind of crazy, like, you know, injecting the cells of a newborn or someone young. You know, or blood into your system. And they have been trying this for thousands of years. Exactly. Call me about five egyptians. This is not living at all. Its not living forever. 111 pills, daily stool samples, letting doctors tell you how to do everything you know, dating that is not living. Yeah, i agree. I agree. Call me in 500 years. Tell me how that mortality immortality thing is working out for you. Yeah, exactly. Meantime, ill have a bowl of ice cream right . Yeah. Yeah. All right. Now, the swiftie craze can be a part of your next meal. Gets what heinz has renamed its crash sauce, a combo of ketchup and ranch dressing as ketchup and seemingly ranch. The motivation. Taylor swift at the Kansas City Chiefs game last sunday. A photo of a fan site on a fan site appeared to show her dunking her chicken tenders in a combo of ketchup and, quote, seemingly ranch. So there you go. Anything taylor does the whole world will then follow. I mean, taylor goes to a Football Game every body wants Kansas City Chiefs jerseys. Now with the yeah what casey its nutty. It is it is crazy but you know taylor is a revenue unto herself at this point so anything that you can do to latch on to what shes doing works and i think this is actually pretty creative to go with the seemingly ranch combination there. And thats actually the kind of meal i like to eat, too. Im a very plain eater. I would definitely be eat the chicken tenders with the same sauces that taylor had. But you know, the chiefs jerseys, kelsey jerseys going through the roof right now because of her. Its everything she touches turns to gold right now. Why not latch on. Well shes shes big for the nfl right now right people who never cared about football before are watching now because shes dating an nfl star. So, yeah, i think especially for women, i think, you know, nfl part of the reason they really support these girls flag football leagues is they really want to bring in a female viewership. Yeah, all they needed was taylor who knew . No. And my favorite thing is all these swifties now are posting the rules of the nfl on twitter so that they can actually watch the game and understand whats happening. And i love that. I love that for the growth of the game. Im not here to mock that. I think that is fantastic. The more people that want to like sports, the better. I agree. I thought it was really fun to watch her just cheering so and so excited in that box. Yeah, thats neat. All right. Well, we love showing you weird and wacky homes here on the ford for today. Hey, its shreks swamp in scotland. Oh, isnt this cool . The airbnb is free, but its only available from october 27th through the 29th. Very short window. And in the true ogre fashion, the toilet sink and shower are outside. And maybe thats why they cant charge for it. Its the latest airbnb promotional listing earlier this year. You could stay in a Barbie Dream House in spired home. Good stuff. You know, if youve got kids, spencer, thatd be a fun place case you have young kids . Yeah. Oh casey, go ahead. Oh, no. I was going to say, i mean, i dont know that they would want to go outside to use the restroom. And i dont know about a shower. I thought shrek bathed in a mud pit, so im not sure this is for everybody. Its very promotional. My girls would probably prefer the Barbie Dream House, though. What do you think, spencer . Yeah, me too. As a matter of fact, as long as it has indoor plumbing, right. Give me indoor plumbing. Yeah, i grew up the first 12 years of my life. Without it, i dont. I dont want to go back to that. Oh, wow. Oh, thats right. All right. Im curious. Does anybody know why its available for two days only . Like, do they set it up just for promotional . Its just an airbnb promotional promotion. Its probably not sustainable and they probably couldnt find a talking donkey or cat to live there. So nobody really wants to stay there. Well, thats a good promotion. Its fun. Yeah. Or that prince, whats his name . The short guy. Oh, no, no. Im on the spot. I cant remember now. Okay, we all have to watch shrek and maybe just, you know. Huh farquhar yeah, i think so. Yeah. Lord farquhar yeah, thats it. There you go. Thanks, stacy. All right, its earning 3 at drugstores with chase freedom unlimited. So i can save on Something Special for a first date . Wait thats all for a first date . Whoa. Alright, cmon. Earn big with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. How do you cashback . welcome to big tobaccos fantasyland. A new, healthier World Without cigarettes. 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The memoir in the form of a question the joys and rewards of a curious life, will be available starting next week. We just love amy. Were big fans and nice to see the book out. Its wonderful. Yeah. All right. Big fans of this slightly warmer weather, right . It was a nice little twist today. Spencer were enjoying it. Absolutely. Nice and breezy and sunny and warm as you pointed out, although its going to cool down a bit at the end of the week. Overnight. Look for clouds along the coast moving out, giving way to Clear Conditions at the coast and clear skies overhead overnight lows will be mainly in the midfifties highs tomorrow under sunny skies mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay shoreline mid 80s maybe a couple of upper 80s inland. And as we look at the forecast animation, starting tomorrow evening, you can see another disturbance up in the Pacific Northwest, diving southward, bringing us a rather sharp drop in temperatures friday and saturday, maybe even some showers on saturday before it sweeps on out of here, giving way to sunny skies again. So heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Little cooler under breezy conditions on friday. Cooler still on saturday with inland highs only in the low 70s and of course chance of some showers but sunnier and a little bit milder on sunday and then monday, tuesday and wednesday, sunny and a warmer pattern developing for most of next week. Kristen. All right. Thank you, spencer. Nasa astronaut is now back on earth and is holding the new record for the longest time in space for an american. Frank rubio spent 371 days in space. The mission was originally intended to last only 180 days, but his spacecraft was hit by space junk while docking in the International Space station for an extended mission respect safe, a new 700 pound sculpture made of trash was unveiled today. Check this out. The new art installation will be permanently placed at the Tahoe Blue Events Center in south lake tahoe. It was created out of litter from a year long cleanup conducted by dive teams of lake tahoe shoreline. The sculpture design forms two different animals, including, as you can see, a bald eagle and a trout. Incredibly creative idea. Yeah. Okay. Game night is back on abc seven. Yeah the questions celebrities and big money up for grabs. Well have a preview of the brand new season new chicken parm sauced loaded sandos. Imagine a chicken parm, but better two chicken strips on a brioche bun. Topped with curly fries, pepperoni, white cheese sauce, marinara, and mozzarella. Yeah, im a marketing genius. Try them today. Travel. 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We dare [clears throat] jack vo we dare you. Get 2 for just 3. News at 11. Its a brand new season of game shows in prime time. Reporter George Pennacchio with our sister station in los angeles has a preview. Good luck, everybody. How are we feeling . Were ready to play. Nope family game night kicks off for the fall. Starting with a new season of celebrity jeopardy. Host ken jennings says there is one major difference between the celeb version and his regular job. Off and on regular nightly jeopardy. Im the one trying to like goose up the contestant during the interviews. Can you please tell your story in a funny way, maam . Um, whereas here its the opposite problem here i have to be like the substitute teacher whos like, all right, everybody, were having a little bit of fun, but, you know, lets calm down. Theres still some some game to play. What is the eiffel tower that is correct. Yes woo hoo theyre fans of the show and they just want to know how they stack up. Can i win 1 million for charity . Am i jeopardy caliber . And i respect the heck out of them for coming on after the answers and questions, well see the latest spin of celebrity wheel of fortune with pat sajak and vanna white. And then its time to take a shot at the pyramid. Its been nope, nope, nope. Michael strahan returns to host season seven of the 100,000 pyramid. The celebrity guests are bigger than ever. Like comedian tiffany haddish. And for michael , all that means his job doesnt really feel like work. What . Im laughing. Its real because. Cause i sometimes i cant believe what people are saying. Not chocolate, but vanilla. There we go. I dont mess with vanilla. So im a guest at the cocktail party. Be honest with you. And i just i love seeing these celebrities come together with a contestant and someone who thought they would probably never meet a celebrity like this. And in this context, and just watching them have to Work Together to win money. Strahan says for him, when they do win the money for themselves or to give to others, thats the magic. Those are the type of things that make you realize its fun. Its a game show. Thats the number one thing, but its also something that can really change somebodys life for the positive. And thats like the gravy on top. In los angeles. George pennacchio, abc seven news, abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. Get the abc7 bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. Thats going to do it for abc seven news at four. Abc seven news at five with dan and karina is coming your way next. Have a great day. Keep. Coming. Back. Inflammation might be to blame. Over the counter eye drops can provide temporary relief. Xiidra. Can provide lasting relief. It targets inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. Xiidra treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. Dont use if allergic to xiidra. 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