At the inventions that have the greatest impact of todays economy. It is author carl hiassen on his writing career. [inaudible conversations] we welcome carl hiassen. [applause] [inaudible conversations] high. I have two microphones. Can you hear any of them . Good. We will wait a second for everyone to put away the flag and have a seat. I am from florida. I will tell you a little about myself, if you care. I was born in fort lauderdale, florida. My background is newspaper journalism. I still write a column for the miami herald. I have never lived anywhere but florida and that is my excuse for my novels. I dont know anything. The weirdness of florida is my daily reality. Everybody is moving to florida which is a lot more material for me. Our newest e and, former resident of manhattan apparently. Now he is down there golfing. The material is priceless. One the first book i ever wrote with just my name on it was a book called tourist season. I wrote another novel that was ripped out a re
Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc7 mornings. Good morning, it is sunday, july 28th im cue massy aaron. We are starting your newscast with a look at the weather. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning. Good morning. You can see along the coast we have some fog. Thats where it is getting dense in spots. We are looking at a wide range of temperatures again in San Francisco we are this the 50s. But in the south bay this the low 70s. And visibility just a mile at the coast. Check out our sutro tower camera. The bridge is engulfed in the fog. 73 in napa. Mid 70s in concord and livermore. This morning we are wake up to warmer temperatures due to yesterdays heat. And today another spare the air alert. Also a heat advisory inland. Temperatures will be in the 90s around noontime around livermore. Upper 70s fremont. 60s pacifica. And later on this afternoon the breezy kicks up in redwood city and san mateo. Oppressive heat one more day. Today a big push of clouds across
Storm watch for Southern California, and the monster category 4 hurricane moves closer, the storm expected to hit tomorrow, bringing the potential of devastating flash flooding, and mudslides. Well have the latest forecast. Search for answers. Hawaiis governor speaking out overnight, vowing to find out what sparked the Deadly Wildfires in maui. We will get to the bottom of exactly how the fire started, how our emergency procedures and protocols need to be strengthened, and how we can prove our defenses, protect us from the future. This as a new lawsuit is filed against Hawaiian Electric, amid allegations their power lines are to blame. No show. Former President Trump expected to skip next weeks first republican president ial debate as the deadline fast approaches for him to turn himself in to authorities in georgia. In the wake of his latest indictment. Tragic end, the miami sea fairium announcing lo lee at a passed away on friday as she was set to be released after five decades of cap
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. A Major Hurricane is barreling toward the southwestern u. S. Hurricane hilary has weakened to a category 3 as it hammers mexico with strong winds and high waves. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across california, nevada and arizona in a short amount of time. The threat is so severe in the golden state that a Tropical Storm warning has been issued for the First Time Ever there. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is tracking the conditions. A years worth of rain in a short amount of time, how are they going to handle that . That is the big concern, because especially in the desert areas that ground is not able to absorb it very quickly, so a lot of it becomes runoff, leading to localized flash flooding. Sustained winds 125 Miles Per Hour gusting up to 155. Weve seen that Forward Movement pick up. Its starting to speed up. Thats important for the timing of a lot of the rain showers. W
Friday im Vanessa Ruffes in for Walter Allen Laura and im laura moody. Jen epstein has the day off as well. Lets start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. dave partly cloudy, breezy and warm with high temps making it back into the mid 80s. Tonight will be clear and lovely, turning much drier, with lows temps heading back into the upper 50s. The weekend looks beautiful with sunshine and cooler temps. Highs will be in the mid to upper 70s, and lows temps in the 50s. Developing this morning. Police are investigating a murder in tampa. And the killer is still on the run. A womans body was found laying in the middle of flora street yesterday. Neighbors say police went around asking if th police say its clear this was not an accident. The name of the victim has not yet been released. A sad update this morning on a sarasota hitandrun crash. The woman hit by a car tuesday night. Has passed away. Right now. Police say they have no witnesses and no description of the vehicle repsonsible