afternoon. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. more on those stories in just a moment. but first, we begin with the death of former bay area congress member pete mccloskey. >> he represented parts of the south bay and peninsula as a republican member of the house for more than 15 years. abc7 news anchor dan ashley looks back at the life and career of pete mccloskey. >> friends say bay area representative pete mccloskey never stopped leading the charge , a journey that transformed him from war hero to peace activist and environmental champion. born in southern california, mccloskey graduated from stanford and stanford law school. he served in the marine corps during the korean war, where he was awarded the navy cross and silver star, and celebrated for leading a series of bayonet charges. he remembered the battle with humility during an interview with abc seven news. >> well, i got wounded twice. i had a the ridge lines were so

narrow that you couldn't say, sergeant, take the hill. yes, i had to say follow me because you could only get one guy on the hill. >> but later, as vietnam unfolded, mccloskey turned against the war. it's in san mateo county that the candidates will meet to fight out an election for an empty congress seat. elected to congress as a republican in 1967, he eventually ran for president, trying to unseat richard nixon and participated in antiwar demonstrations. >> means there are two ways to end this war. one is to persuade the president of the united states to stop the bombing forthwith, and to withdraw our troops from vietnam immediately. the other is to persuade 218 members of the house of representatives, or 51 senators, to vote to cut the money off for this war. >> when mccloskey came out against the war in vietnam as a marine war hero, it was it was a big deal activist and filmmaker robert coughlin was a lifelong friend.

>> in his film leading from the front, coughlin documents mccloskey's sometimes controversial stance from criticism of israel as a lecturer at stanford to support for free speech. the pair also teamed up on environmental battles, including access to a popular beach along the san mateo county coast. he believes mccloskey, who helped create the annual earth day celebration, may be best remembered for his courage and maverick personality. >> i think that he was a hero for the environment, a hero for peace, and a hero in war. he led a truly heroic life. >> dan ashley, abc seven news. >> joining us now is former bay area congress member jackie speier. jackie, thanks so much for your time. pete mccloskey was 96 years old. lived such a rich life. and we understand you have a really sweet picture that was taken last week. >> yes, the picture was taken in uh- of himself and his wife helen, and shared with me. and i

don't know if you're going to be able to bring it up on your screen, but it's a beautiful, depiction of a true love that they enjoyed for many, many decades. and i had the privilege of visiting him about a month ago, and he was still full of piss and vinegar. he still was full of clarity about the democracy that we are, quickly losing. and someone who was passionate, passionate about his love for this country and for a congress that responds to its people, he was a moral compass, as you have depicted in your references to him. you know, fighting the vietnam war, going after nixon to bring that war to a close, being the environmentalist in the 70s with the endangered species act, creating earth day when it was

not necessarily first and foremost in people's minds. so he had he was an incredible mentor to me. he, lived his life with gusto and never lost sight of how important it was to protect the constitution, and as a war hero, he had purple hearts . and correct me if i'm wrong, but he gave one of them to you. >> and actually, i have it here, this is one of my prized possessions. having served in congress. i don't know if you can see this, but. yeah. he presented this to me, midway through my career, and he said he wanted me to have one of his purple hearts because he said there was no equivalent medal for, civilians who have served and been wounded. and, he thought this was one way of rectifying it. so it's a treasure that, was hung in my office in congress. and, i will hang it again when. so, he's

always going to be with me. >> yeah. treasured memory for sure. you know, we use the term war hero. pete mccloskey really fits the description he led. and we heard it in the piece. six bayonet charges in the korean war. that's something he was obviously extremely proud of. >> and yet he was became antiwar through the vietnam war. he recognized that it was a quagmire that we should get out of it, but he he was he was a true american hero who believed in this country, who fought for his country not just on the battlefield, but in congress. and even after he left congress, writing letters to the editor, editor and columns in newspapers, kind of making sure that we were aware that, all is not right. and and he really depicts, i think, what's the best that america has to offer in leadership. >> finally, what do you think is

the lasting legacy that he leaves to future generations? and perhaps future public servants? >> well, i think the legacy is that you do what's right even when it's unpopular, you stand your ground. and he did all of those things. he lost elections because he stood his ground and yet he never was embittered. he continued to fight for this democracy, tsay, and love this country. and i think he will go down in history, certainly in the bay area, as one of the finest leaders we ever had. >> former congresswoman jackie speier, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> moving on now, new developments with the san francisco man who says he's received multiple racist, hateful deliveries on his doorstep recently. two rallies are now planned for this saturday in support of terry williams. they will take place at alamo square. that's the neighborhood that williams has called home for his entire life.

this afternoon, reverend amos brown, who's the president of the san francisco chapter of the naacp, addressed these incidents. >> that injustice anywhere affects all of us. eventually, everywhere. this matter needs to be put on the front burner a sense of urgency. and the investigative arm of the police department needs to run faster. they are running too slow. >> san francisco police say they are investigating the incidents. >> developing news out of berkeley. community groups are calling on the federal government to investigate alleged racism and islamophobia in berkeley unified schools. now, this comes just as the education department launches a probe into claims of the district turning a blind eye to anti-semitic incidents. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan shows us how the district superintendent responded to that during a fiery back and forth

exchange today in capitol hill. >> what are you doing to keep students safe? >> anti-semitism in public schools was the focus of a congressional hearing wednesday. three school district leaders from across the u.s. including berkeley unified superintendent anika ford morthal, faced intense scrutiny. >> how can we stop this? you've been accused of doing nothing and turning a blind eye. what are you doing with teachers? teachers that are that are teaching hate? have you fired any? have you gotten rid of any congressional leaders? >> questioned berkeley unified about serious allegations, kids playing salute songs to their jewish classmates, chants of kill israel! martel's appearance comes as the u.s. education department investigates the district's response to anti-semitic incidents. >> anti-semitic incidents in our schools are never acceptable, and they are not who we are. >> morthal acknowledges the district has received complaints alleging anti-semitism in nine incidents since the israel-hamas war began in october. but she says anti-semitism is not

pervasive in the district. >> one investigation showed that an anti-semitic event has occurred. we take action to teach, correct and redirect our students. we do not publicly share our actions because student information is private and legally protected under federal and state law. as a result, some believe we do nothing. this is not true. >> question about curriculum introduced in response to the war. >> did you approve this curriculum? we did have a group of teachers who did try to create lessons to respond to the moment and engage our students. you approved it. you approved the curriculum. >> our teachers did create it. >> yes. senator scott wiener is co-chair of the jewish legislative caucus. he responded to today's congressional hearing saying this right now and far too many circumstances are learning inaccurate historical information in order to demonize israel and to try to delegitimize israel and to demonize jews. >> and that is unacceptable. it has to stop and school in san francisco, suzanne phan abc

seven news. >> and in the south bay. ten people are recovering after being exposed to carbon dioxide, a gas that can cause drowsiness or breathing problems. the exposure happened at sunrise middle school in san jose. eight students and two teachers report a sudden breathing problems, along with coughing scratchy throats and itchy eyes. the san jose fire department says its hazmat team found elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the air in a classroom. >> the classroom of origin was a science lab, so we're assuming that it was some chemicals that were either in use that day or recently, or perhaps in storage in that area. >> the hazmat team evacuated that classroom and the one next to it and removed the source of the gas. two students were taken to the hospital to be evaluated. the other six were sent home with their parents. >> san jose police announced they've arrested three men in connection with a deadly shooting last year. it happened on october 25th on tly road near highway 101. police say the victim died at the scene. they

identified the suspects, but officers say it took them time to obtain search warrants and then track them down. >> this is a great example of how our homicide detectives really and are and continue to be relentless in solving these cases, bringing justice to the families as well as closure and justice to the victims. >> police have not yet given a motive for the shooting. the suspects were booked into the santa clara county jail for murder, and all three are being held without bail. >> the tenderloin night shift, the new program that's tackling drug abuse on two fronts supporting small business. the measure that could help pandemic recovery, and how technology can help save the great barrier reef . >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. the winds have picked up the temperatures have risen. we have not seen the warmest day yet. wait until you see what's ahead. for the rest of the workweek. coming when you have moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay to show off. with dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch.

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tax system. a new proposal aims to place the measure on the november ballot and change business taxes. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following the story and he joins us now with a look at how this would work. tim. yeah >> larry. kristen. these potential changes are really aimed at boosting small businesses here in the city. now, it's no secret that many of those places are still having a hard time recovering from the pandemic. and proponents of this

tax plan say it's a common sense way to give them the help they need. tax relief could soon be coming to thousands of businesses around san francisco. on monday, two business leaders submitted a proposed measure that would overhaul the city's tax system. lori thomas, the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association, was one of those people we know that any relief we can give, even if it's a couple thousand dollars a year to our small businesses, is a nod in the right direction. if passed by voters in november, the proposal would simplify the city's notoriously complex tax system. it would also allow small businesses with revenue under $5 million to be exempt from business taxes, up from the current level of 2 million. it's a move that proponents say would allow for more business expansion and hiring. >> almost 90% of our restaurants, 60% of our retail businesses would be completely exempt from our gross receipts tax at the palette tea house in ghirardelli square, owner dennis long says he supports the proposal. >> anything that can help small

businesses will definitely be welcomed. >> dennis says after rising in 2021 and 2022, the pallets business actually started to decline again last year, a contrast to the other restaurant he owns in san mateo, where dennis says doing business is simpler. >> there's a lot of extra fees, and here and there, here and there in san francisco, that makes running a business more difficult or more challenging than in other cities. >> in order to offset the costs of the proposed tax breaks, thomas says rates would rise again in 2027, but she hopes a three year window would allow more small businesses to recover back to their pre-pandemic levels before absorbing the additional costs. >> if you didn't make some of these changes, you were going to lose that money anyway. employers might pull out, they might not bring people back to work. >> now, in order to get this proposal on the november ballot, supporters will need to get about 10,000 signatures on their petition in the studio. tim johns, abc seven news. >> tim, thank you. a new

california law goes into effect this summer. it will pull back the curtain on hidden fees that seem to be everywhere. it's called the transparent law makes it illegal for businesses to advertise or show a price for something, and not include the added fees in certain taxes. one example would be you're purchasing tickets for a concert or some other live event. consumer reports says hidden fees can spike the price by up to 40. the new law takes effect on july 1st. you ever, you know, look at a hotel, airline flights. >> you're like, that looks good. and then at the end when you check it out, yeah. all right. well, we're not selling you anything false here on the weather department. yes. >> it's, warmer and windier. sandhya. >> absolutely. it has been today. we've seen wind gusts 45 to 60 plus miles an hour. larry. and kristin mount diablo over 60 mile an hour winds. so let's look at a live picture right now. those gusty offshore winds bringing us these beautiful views that you're looking at. this is from our oakland airport. camera. skies are absolutely clear. oakland is at 81 right now. this is the

warmest. it has seen since last october. 70 in san francisco, 80. in san jose, it is 77 degrees in redwood city. certainly is a windy one. from our mount tam cam, you can see 82 degrees in santa rosa, 80 for fairfield, napa, concord. as we take a look at our wind gusts at this hour, 28 mile an hour winds gusting in napa, 20 in concord. you will notice this is a downsloping wind that's transporting the warm air from the land towards the coast. that gusty pattern is going to remain with us. so for the north bay mountains in solano county, that wind advisory remains up until tomorrow morning. gusts up to 45 miles an hour will continue. look at the temperature gains. i mean, 13 degrees warmer in oakland right now compared to 24 hours ago, up 12 in san francisco. here's a look at what you can expect if you do want to step out and enjoy the warmth that we have around 7:00. still going to be in the 60s and 70s. very pleasant heading towards tomorrow morning. temperatures don't drop a whole lot. and then you will notice by noontime it's

already warm in the 70 and 80s. as we head towards the early afternoon. many areas will be in the 80s. this is all courtesy of this area of high pressure that's building in behind this area of low pressure that has been retrograding. it just really is squeezing us in between. we have that north northeasterly wind flow, which is bringing us the sunshine, the warmth and the wind. san jose camera, it is a clear view tonight. gusty winds continue tomorrow summer-like heat expected and late tomorrow through friday. the fog will be creeping back up along the coastline as we go, hour by hour. here's the gusty pattern at 5:00. you will notice at 7 p.m. still gusty in parts of the bay area tomorrow morning. this is where the winds will be focused out of the northeast. and then as we head towards the late morning hours, the winds back off. going into the evening hours, the winds starts to switch direction more onshore. that will transport some of that cooler air for the coastal regions on friday. now your temperatures first thing in the morning under clear skies will be in the 50s and 60s. in the afternoon, it's going to be a

warmer day than today. 87 in san jose, 85 in the south bay in gilroy on the peninsula. well above average. 83. mountain view 75. in pacifica for downtown san francisco 81 degrees. the sunset district 77 north bay numbers mid 80s from san rafael to sonoma 88 in santa rosa heading into the east bay 84 oakland newark inland areas will be up into the mid and upper 80s. 88 concord 88 degrees in brentwood. as we flip the page to friday, the accuweather seven day will show you those 90s inland holding on saturday, but not along the coast. it cools and then for mother's day, everyone's noticing cooler weather, but it's still going to be lovely for all the moms next week we'll bring it back. a little bit of that warmth again. kristen and larry. >> all right, 90 i know. >> can you believe that? >> no, not seen that in a long time. >> no, it's been a while. thank you. thanks. >> well, may is asian american pacific islander month. and this month? this year, it's the 20th anniversary of the celebration in san francisco. local leaders say this year's celebration will

be bigger than ever before, with a long list of events being held under the theme of moving forward together. >> we're very excited about, you know, spreading the word, spreading the word, because i think so many people still do not know that the month of may is also celebrated as aapi heritage month. we share the month with many other special occasions such as cinco de mayo, such as jewish american heritage month. >> the festivities begin this evening with the opening night of kam fest 2024 at the palace of fine arts, the lion and dragon dance competition is saturday and the cultural festival in chinatown on may 25th. for a complete list of events, just go to apa, sf dot org coming up on abc seven news at four the coliseum looking rather lonely these days as the a's wrap up their time in oakland, the

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lo lo lo lo lo lo lo uh. they're averaging about 6000 fans per home game so far this year. even that number is probably pretty charitable. yeah, abc seven news reporter ryan curry went to the coliseum for a see what it looks like. >> it might not look like it,

but there is a baseball game going on a major league baseball game. sure, it's a day game on a wednesday, but all season this stadium has been barren. the attendance numbers for the first 21 games of the season compared to last year, are much lower, from a peak of about 13,500 on opening day to a low of less than 2900 on monday. last season , opening day brought more than 25,000 fans to the coliseum. >> manfred and fisher have done the impossible. they've lessened my interest in major league baseball. >> so who is going to the games? we went around the coliseum and found fans are here because they want to relive memories before the team leaves. >> we just sit here and talk and sometimes we throw the baseball and it's kind of a low key, easy thing to do. >> tailgating in the parking lot is what eric scriven has done for years, and i've been a fan for 40 plus years now for the a's. >> are you going to miss this, this parking lot, this tailgate? >> oh yeah. yeah, on the concourse. bob bales tells me he

still remembers his first game, may the 11th, 1968 a's and the white sox can't be lost. >> a pop up in the sun. the a's lost one. >> nothing but reliving memories is not enough to crowd this stadium. let let's go back. >> but i feel like the a's are missing out on a lot of revenue and a lot of, like, things that could happen if they just kept players and they just kept putting money into the stadium. it's a father and son field trip for jesse feldman and his son ethan. >> this is sad because i've loved the a's all my life, and he's brought me here since i was just a baby, and it's like my whole childhood is just right here in this stadium. >> for them, wednesday's game was about spending time together. so what does it mean for you? this is the last season to be here with your son, to enjoy a day like this. >> we are getting it all in. of course i said yes when they said field trip at the a's game.

>> it's a small crowd, but for them it's about creating memories at a ballpark one last time, going in oakland. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> a golden opportunity to get a souvenir baseball because you don't have a lot of competition there. i mean, look at the numbers. the a's are averaging 6127 fans a game. you projected out. it's under 500,000 for the season. as bad as that sounds, it's actually been worse. in 1977, the a's drew 495,000. the worst year was 79. only 306,000 fans showed up to see a young low cost team. stop me if you've heard this one before. with an owner threatening to sell and move the franchise, that was charlie finley uh- what goes around comes it actually, it just it's never stopped going around and around and around. it's sad, i know, but you know what? >> sad for the fans who love them and have loved them for decades. but i guess if you're going now, it's like no fighting over the foul ball. it's all yours. parking is in your section. >> parking? yeah, parking is good. you got your whole

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a debate over treatment and which is really the most viable solution abstinence or harm

reduction. >> abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez went with a health department's night navigation team to look at their new treatment program. and leanne, you learned so much from it. i did, it was worth going at night because it's a different crowd, right? >> a different feeling now, treatment for this kind of addiction is even more complex than what i had thought. now i was surprised to hear from the night team that most of the people who have been users of fentanyl for some time aren't even getting high anymore. they take it to avoid the withdrawals and the pain on this cold san francisco night. there's a craving for redemption among some who struggle with drugs, huddled against a building. many come to buy or use drugs, while others take that first step towards treatment. encouraged by a small group wearing white vests referred to as the night navigation team. >> see, we're out here at night because we know that's when people are more. they're ready, right? it's cold. they're

hungry. >> donna hillard is the director of the nonprofit code tenderloin. once homeless and on drugs herself, she now leads this outreach team every night from 7 p.m. to three in the morning. their mission is to offer medication that will hopefully help get them off opioids. >> what are the questions you have for me about the medicine? >> through a telehealth consultation with a doctor, they can get a prescription on the spot for buprenorphine or methadone, according to the city's health department. both are known to reduce the risk of death by nearly 50. we spoke to the doctor on the other end of that call just a few hours before. >> so far over 90% of them successfully picking up and starting their medicine and having support to make it to whatever that next step is for them, whether that's a shelter on the medication or a residential treatment out in the morning. >> can we help you pick up the medicines, or do you want us to try and get them delivered to you if we can? >> whatever you can do. yeah, yeah.

>> okay. so what made you decide now to seek more help? >> i'm outside again and i think i've had enough of it. so i'm getting older and i want to get my life back on track. >> edward gutierrez was given shelter that night and agreed to start his medication in the morning. >> it is a pilot program, so we're still fine tuning it, but we have a great results. we have uh- in one month. we have over 300 prescriptions that we were able to prescribe and nine people to rehab. >> the next morning we went to the adante hotel where gutierrez was taken. there he was assigned a case worker. >> you know, i'm not going to do it. and i say, hey, uh, good morning. i'm your case manager. my name is andrew pittman. edward. edward, i'm here to be of service to you. good morning. you're still morning. no he's not here. >> we were told at the time gutierrez was out getting his new meds for his treatment. >> a person has to want help to get help.

>> according to the san francisco health department, 27% of the adante clients move on to a residential treatment program, while 24% continue with their medication at their shelter. andrew pittman, the caseworker, says forcing anyone into treatment is not the end game for you. success is what keeping people alive, keeping people alive. >> that's your success. that's a success. >> you know, we love coming to see you and we love this. like drive and this like, strength that you have. >> another client, wesley, has continued with his treatment for the past two months after leaving the admati hotel, before moving to san francisco from virginia. he had been drug free for 14 years. then he discovered fentanyl. >> it's a never ending fight, you know, it's every day. oh mean, so many days i want to give up and just, you know, being on the streets is easy. this is the hard part, you know?

getting clean and doing, doing the things i'm supposed to do. that's the hard, hard part. >> i can't even imagine. now, we told you that the number of accidental death overdoses reported by the medical examiner so far this year is 199. keep that in mind. 199 now, last year, 2023, it was 2004 for the same period. so a difference of five. so are we really saving lives now? this program just started. and there is hope that the dynamic on our streets will begin to slowly very slowly change. you know, and another thing that was interesting to me was that this is not the first rodeo for a lot of these people, as they say, they have been through this, you know, treatment program before. but it is so hard to because of the fentanyl. >> fentanyl. >> it's so hard deep inside them. yeah yeah. >> so eye opening to hear him

say being on the streets is easy. easy. >> yeah. that really caught my attention. everybody else is too. >> thank you. liane >> president biden will be back in the bay area this week. he'll be in san francisco tomorrow and will be attending two fundraising events on friday. one is expected to be in portola valley. the president was last here back in february. >> up next, what is in a name? well a lot, according to the city of san francisco. and i in your wor you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪

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for the name san francisco bay. oakland international airport, san francisco bay, oakland international airport. san francisco already filed suit to try to stop this, and today city attorney david chiu sent a letter urging commissioners to please reconsider in hopes of avoiding costly litigation. this reminds me of los angeles angels of anaheim. it's the name we mock in baseball. it's just so ridiculous. but we go around the horn. to me, it's just going to add confusion. and you. >> absolutely. i mean, is it san francisco bay, sfo or is it oakland airport? larry? i mean, i can see how people would be like, wait, where where am i flying to if you're not from here, you don't know exactly

where you're going. it could be very confusing. >> yeah, especially when you make your hotel and car reservations thinking that you're in san francisco. except you just landed in oakland. tim. >> yeah. you know, our friends back east, out of the country in europe. and i think a lot of them would be kind of upset if they accidentally flew into oakland when they really wanted to come to san francisco. but i covered the story when it was all kind of going down. and the port commissioners, they're not afraid of the lawsuit. at least they weren't when they talked to us last month. so i don't know about that letter. >> yeah, i know, i mean, they seem like they're ready to do battle with san francisco. don't get it for some reason. yeah >> one of the great things about the oakland airport is it's not sfo, it's actually can be a pleasurable experience to go to the airport. what are we doing all right now to the spacesuit of the future space x unveiled the new suit for its first commercial spacewalk. >> it designed. it is designed to work both inside and outside a space capsule. all the helmets are 3d printed with polycarbonate visors. the suit includes a built in camera and a

display that shows suit pressure , temperature, and amount of time in space. i wonder if it has like, you know, autonomous driving mode. >> i would hope whatever vehicle they're in has has some computerized driving. sandy, you jumped out of a plane, would you would you go up to space? and the plane was perfectly, you know, fine in chose to jump out. >> yes, larry. i jumped out of a plane. i went skydiving with my sister, and it was very fun. it was just really crazy exciting. all that. i wouldn't do it again. >> what about outer space? >> so no, i would not. i know you'd like to send me to space, but i just for just for your reporting, that's all. >> just for your reporting up there. >> sure, sure, sure. that's pretty cool, though. i mean, like, you know, kristen says, do they have all these other features? very, very sci fi ish. >> let's get to artificial intelligence in the workplace. abc news reporter rebecca jarvis takes a look at how ai is shaping our future. >> linkedin and parent company

microsoft, releasing their latest work trends report revealing generative ai is projected to change most job skills by nearly 70% by the year 2030. what are people to do when they hear ai is changing the world? and you're going to need an entirely new skill set to do your job in a matter of six years. it's more about how to use the new tool to do your job more efficiently. >> bringing these tools into work, using it to do everyday tasks you're entering a labor market that is brimming with change right now, and in that change, while it can be daunting , there's also tremendous opportunity to shape the future of the world. >> the new report, showing 3 in 4 people are using ai at work, but many, about half, are reluctant to admit using it for their most important tasks. >> if you think about your job as a set of tasks and then you take a look at which tasks have

high probability of being automated by ai, you can start to make better sense of your job and your role. it turns out the large majority of jobs are both tasks that can be automated, and a set of human tasks that can't be automated. >> rebecca jarvis reporting there, i don't know, six years seems so fast, but kristen sze technology is changing so quickly. i just don't know how you would adapt all these things and get them into your your normal 9 to 5 job. >> i don't know, i don't know, tim. are you scared? >> i welcome this as long as i'm still here i'm good. >> that's all anybody really cares about. >> improve our jobs, make it easier. just don't replace me. that's all i ask. >> that's not asking for much, tim sandia, can you see an application for ai in your forecasts? i can, i mean, especially if it's improved enough to where it can take all the dozens of temperatures for the next day. and like, based on what we're putting in for the forecast, put them in there for

us. it would save us a lot of time. larry. >> yeah, it can handle a lot of data. >> right, a game changer. >> yeah. maybe we could implement it in the spacesuit. we send you up to space. >> that's what i was going to say. wendy we could send her space. tim. >> thank you. tim. wow. tim's on it. >> wow. why does everybody want to send santa so far away? okay, i have no idea. if you're taking a vacation this summer, here's some places you might want to avoid. space times square in new york city has made the list of one of the world's most overrated tourist destinations. this is a list by people, i guess they're an online language learning platform and analyze reviews and stuff. okay so visitors apparently said times square is crowded, dirty and boring. other tourist traps on that list include the eiffel tower, the hollywood walk of fame and iceland's blue lagoon. okay, these are all major tourist places, and i think if you pick a place that's major, you're always going to have haters or people who didn't experience like the experience, and they thought it was going to be more than it was, you know? but you also have people who

just love it. so i don't know, i don't know, i kind of like i think iceland, blue lagoons, great white. >> i was gonna that's exactly what i was going to say. i mean, i've spent plenty of time at times square. it's fine, it's fine. it's really cool in the winter, you know? it's cool. >> i mean, eiffel tower. i thought it was cool there. yeah. sandy. right. >> you liked it? oh, i loved the eiffel tower. i thought it was amazing. yeah, even when it was crowded. i mean, kristen, you know, i go back again. >> there are places you got to hit once and then you can hate on it after you've already seen it, then you, then you move on to space. >> yeah, exactly. >> or at least sandy. oh, well. >> nexgard® combo is the only monthly topical that protects against fleas, ticks, tapeworms, and more. use with caution in cats with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders.

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event that is threatening coral reefs from australia to florida, and at the same time, they're working on technologies that can help in the cause. our spencer christian has a look. we have to count the number of scales in the lateral line and count the number of spines describing a newly discovered species of ocean fish is a joy for california academy of sciences researcher luis rocha, but describing the coral reefs that many call home is increasingly frightening. >> rocha just returned from an expedition to australia and the great barrier reef, a habitat now caught in a global event called coral bleaching. >> coral bleaching happens when temperatures, water temperatures go up and corals get very stressed and they expel the algae that lives within their tissues. >> the result is the bone colored bleaching that indicates

the coral could soon die off if conditions don't change. this is now the fourth and possibly worst global bleaching on record, matched by historic ocean warming. and during the dive, rocha and his team made another unsettling discovery. scientists hadn't expected. examining the coral at lower depths where the water is typically cooler, they found the same warming trend and the same pattern of damage from rising water temperatures in the deeper reefs. >> it was supposed to be 76 to 78. it was 80 to 82. s causing the deep corals to bleach. so even though the deeper water was colder then the shallow water, it was still warmer than normal and causing the deeper corals to bleach. >> and the damage is widespread. recently, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration estimated that more than half the world's coral reefs are now experiencing heat stress severe enough to cause bleaching, and those same rising ocean temperatures are affecting ecosystems well beyond the coral reefs, including the west coast

of north america and our own bay area shoreline. teams from the academy have been documenting the loss of a predator known as the sunflower sea star that's unleashed an environmental chain reaction, damaging vital kelp forests that provide habitat to other native species. researcher rebecca johnson studies the fallout and believes it's a collective result of our changing climate the bleaching, the loss of the sunflower stars on our coast, the changes that we've seen here at this reef. >> i mean, these are all kind of like symptoms of global change. >> and the academy already has two cutting edge programs geared to the future breeding the sea stars in captivity to preserve their genetic diversity, while at the same time spawning coral that could someday be transplanted to help regenerate damaged reefs. >> you can kind of see that there's different types of coral . >> luis rocha believes coral reintroduction may ultimately be necessary to keep the reefs healthy, pointing out that ecosystems they provide are a lifeline to roughly a third of the ocean's creatures. >> so if the corals die, those

species associated with them die. so it's not just the corals that are going to go. there's a lot of species that depend on coral. >> still, he's hopeful enough of the world's reefs will survive and flourish to form a kind of coral bridge to the future, giving researchers time to develop strategies to help the stressed reefs regenerate all. as the world works to combat the causes of climate change in san francisco. spencer christian abc seven news, an effort underway to vacuum pollution out of the atmosphere to take a look at mammoth. >> it's a commercial direct air capture plant in iceland that runs giant fans off clean geothermal energy. they have a lot of that in iceland. the idea is to use mammoth to pull 36,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere. the company behind the project says it plans to inject the carbon underground, where it will naturally transform into stone. >> impressive. i know we're gonna have to try to science our way out of the problems. >> i was going to say, yeah,

sustainable technology is our only savior, i think. yes, yes. >> on a more immediate focus, our weather. oh, yes. >> and you're going to save us on that front, too. sandia i'm going to try kristin and larry, let's take a look at a live picture right now from our walnut creek camera. >> if you like sunshine, we have plenty of it on live doppler. seven pretty clear skies. that's going to be changing late tomorrow. we are expecting the warming to continue tomorrow. looking at upper 80s inland 70s right near the coast, but watch what happens late tomorrow. onshore winds will bring the fog right back up the coast and it will spread as we head towards friday. so it is going to be a cooler day along the coastline on friday. not the case inland. this is where temperatures will peak. inland areas will be in the 90s. along the coast, you'll drop off into the 60s on friday. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. warm to hot weather tomorrow. hot inland for friday and saturday, but cooler around the coast and bay and lovely weather for mother's day. at least the

temperatures will come down to a comfortable range as we head towards mother's day. kristin, larry, some of you inland like it hot though. >> even the moms too. absolutely absolutely uh- going back in time with the beatles and let it be. >> the movie was seen with an incorrect lens on it, which people regarded it as the breakup movie. >> the director looks back at what the movie meant in 1970, and now how you can and with vitiligo, the pursuit for your pigment is no exception. it's time you had a proven choice to help restore what's yours. opzelura is the first and only fda-approved prescription treatment for nonsegmental vitiligo

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an entry followed by the conners at ten. the $100,000 pyramid. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. all right. the beatles, 1970 documentary let it be is now streaming on disney plus for the first time. the movie's been released or rereleased since 1980. let it be shows the band working on their last album together. reporter george pennacchio takes a look back. let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. >> filmmaker michael lindsay-hogg started shooting let it be as a concert film back in 1969. but after about a week, he realized this was really more of a documentary. >> i have a fond memory of making let it be 1970, when it was released, it was a kind of bumpy time because, as you know,

the beatles had broken up one month before the movie came out. and so therefore the movie was seen with an incorrect lens on it, which is people regarded it as the breakup movie. and so they were looking in the movie for all the clues as to why the beatles might have broken up. on our way back home. >> and with that, lindsay-hogg says the film got the reputation of being a dark and downer of a movie. he hopes this remastered version can be a bit of a corrective. nothing's gonna change my world. >> the movie is exactly the same as it was in 1970. cut for cut, and the songs are the same. >> okay, let's do it again then. one, two, three, four. the bus riding nowhere. >> it's a very surprisingly joyful picture, and it also as well has the story of what it's

like for these four men who changed the world in their early 20s. what happens to them now is their getting older as they're pushing 30 and their lives are taking them in different directions. so it's a dramatic picture as well as a joyful picture as well as an historical picture. >> in los angeles, george pennacchio abc seven news. >> and fans of the beatles will find that fascinating. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel, abc seven news at five is coming up next when you have moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay to show off.

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