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Companies. 24 hours later, test drivers were still getting in their cars collecting data. Cruise was doing the same. Here we are after the cpuc vote. We noticed the floodgates have not really opened. I have seen the same number of Autonomous Vehicles on the streets of San Francisco. On the cruise app, board are only operating from 9 00 p. M. To 5 30 a. M. Even though they are allowed to pick up paid rides 24 7. If it goes 24 7, i will probably continue to use it. Even if it is paid for. That is what cruise put out after yesterdays vote. The price starts at five dollars in charges . 90 per mile and . 40 per minute. With tax included, the cost for a 13 minute ride is 12. 50. Compare it to uber and ly basically the same starting point, same drop off location. Both were slightly more expensive. During yesterdays hearing, cpuc said it will collect data from these companies, stating loosely the oversight will continue. I expect the industry to engage in ongoing dialogue with First Responders to resolve issues as they arise. The president of the board of supervisors hoped for a broader oversight. They did not make that as an actual enforceable condition, which would have met some of San Franciscos desires. We are disappointed, but we want them to reconsider. We will ask them to rehear the matter and file the appropriate paperwork. The supervisor told me the fight is not over. Mayor london breed and members of the transportation agencies have said they plan to meet after the vote to discuss next steps. In the newsroom, lyanne melendez. It is not over yet. Leeann has put both cruise and waymo cars to the test. You can see her adventure on our website. Abc7news. Com. Ama developing news. The situation in hawaii. It is the first day people in westmount we have been allowed back into their neighborhoods. Wildfires that erupted tuesday night forced them to evacuate. Hawaiis governor has killed 67 people, making it the worst Natural Disaster to ever hit that state. It is worse than the north bay wildfires. They killed 43 people [laughter]. The deadliest fire in californias history is the 2018 camp fire that burned paradise and killed 85 people. President biden declared a major disaster in hawaii, freeing up federal funds to help with recovery efforts. The Hawaii Air National guard transported 37 members of the honolulu fire department. Four vehicles and Disaster Relief cargo on a plane to aid communities impacted by the wildfires. Vice president harris was asked about plans to visit hawaii. With most situation to do what is in the best interest of folks on the ground. Dont want to distract with resources that need to go into the victims of this tragedy. Jeff bezos is donating 100 million to a new maui fund to help with recovery efforts. Support for maui will be top of mind when the annual bay area aloha festival gets underway at the san mateo event center. As lena howland reports, many participating vendors have ties to hawaii. As relief efforts begin for wildfire victims, there is a different tone to kick off the bay area aloha festival on saturday. We feel for them back home. Shes a vendor visiting from las vegas. Selling authentic hawaiian clothing. She says it is more important now to come together. And for this happening this specific time going back home, it brings us together to help each other. A lot of people are coming into donate and help our family members back home. It breaks my heart. All of the islands are beautiful. It is unbelievabl it. They need all the help they can get. Shirley and her husband are selling handmade rice bag clothing. They come year after year to get immersed in Pacific Islander culture. People of the culture, dancing, the food. We see a lot of people over and over again coming back year after year. That is a blessing. The Vice President of the Pacific Islanders Association Says it is personal. I have family here. While they dont have family set up to support, their main sponsor will be collecting donations of airline miles. Hes hoping to embrace the aloha spirit and use the festival to push for more. The network can be once we find out where they are at, who is willing to donate their time. We know who the groups, the musicians, maybe we can be able to initiate fundraising activities. In san mateo, lena howland. Dan a hawaiian native who lives in hayward wants to help as best he can and is making his own fundraiser. Hes selling spam musub raise funds for fire victims. He said hawaii is close to his heart and wants to encourage others to help make a difference during the tragedy. It is not just about the food, it is about raising that awareness so not just it feels like those in hawaii are going through those tragedies, but we as a community, as a global community. Even in the u. S. In california, show our support. Dan hes selling each musubi for around two dollars and will deliver them to your home. Search for him on facebook and send a message and he will be right over. The American Red Cross is on the ground in hawaii, including volunteers from california. Earlier today, we spoke with a local red cross regional ceo about what the group is doing to help. From what ive heard on the ground, it is devastating. The red cross is helping support five shelters, getting people out of harms way. Making sure people have a warm meal to eat, somewhere safe to sleep, in case people had to evacuate, left medication at home and other medical equipment. They also have mental volunteers this difficult time. G during dan a lot of people wt to know what they can do to help. How to get involved and make a difference. To abc7news. Com to find fundraisers, charities, and vefied nonprofits helping the people of hawaii recover from the wildfires. Ama San Francisco police are investigating a shooting near the bayview district. Police responded near thomas avenue around 1 30 p. M. , when they found a man shot. He was taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Police blocked off the street scattered with evidence, including shoes and clothing. A federal judge has revoked bail for ftx cofounder bankmanfried, citing probable cause he tampered with witnesses. Hes accused of stealing billions of dollars in ftx customer deposits to fund his business and speculative venture investments. The former cryptocurrency executive was under house arrest at his parents home in palo alto since extradition from the bahamas. Authorities say he used a Virtual Private Network to subvert monitoring and tried to contact former employees. He will now have to prepare for his trial scheduled to begin in octotober from a jail cell. Dan Michael Finney is joining us with americans racking up a record amount of Credit Card Debt. Michael does the math on what it will take to pay it off. Im sandhya patel. The summer sizzle making a return soon. The weekend forecast coming up a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. And did we mention, it really, really sticks . Salonpas, its good medicine. If you have Heart Disease and are on a statin, lowering cholesterol can be hard. Diets and exercise add to the struggle. Today, its possible to go from struggle to cholesterol success with leqvio. With a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by over 50 and keep it low with two doses a year. Common side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, chest cold, pain in legs or arms, and shortness of breath. Ask your doctor about twiceyearly leqvio. Lower. Longer. Leqvio. Ama the san jose jazz summerfest is kicking off featuring nine stages of music all weekend. Festival is not just for jazz fans. The finishing touches put on for one of san joses biggest events. It adds to the flavor, culture, economy, excitement, community. It has been bringing the favorite flavor for 30 years. 40,000 people over three days are expected to enjoy jazz music in many forms and interpretations. Big dedicated taking the stage behind me. Using from columbia, cuba, all over the place. We have some great bands. This being the 50th anniversary of hip hop, we have an emphasis on hip hop. The music and energy have brought people back, including vendors who say they have come for all 33 years. We have always been here, we have such good it visiting san jose all the way from johannesburg. It is not just the festival, but the economy. The festival has been critical to postpandemic recovery. Jazz summerfest is consistently the biggest weekend for some san jose. It is one of the biggest weekends for hotel occupancy, with most downtown rooms booked up. Typically the attendees come for the day. When they say we are going to stay the night, stay longer, it helps us out. The hope is continued live events and conventions will keep the city on that upward trajectory. So many live events are coming. Our fall is jampacked with corporate meetings across all industries. Downtown san jose is on its way to becoming prepandemic levels. To continue the tradition of giving back to the San Jose Community and economy. It can only get better. Zach fuentes, abc7 news. Dan outside lands, the first of the three day Music Festival in golden gate park. Expected to bring in 75,000 people each day. New this year, there is no weekend caltrain service. It is being suspended between San Francisco and millburn because of the electrification project. Bart service is running. Muni has expanded service. While those people may create traffic, there is a new question many are asking, should San Francisco lose make this even bigger . Lands in San Francisco. Thousands of people are here. It is exactly what San Francisco needs. More tourists coming, staying in the hotels, and spending money. Crowds are back at golden gate park. San franciscos have a message for everyone coming. Welcome to outside lands. These sisters are feeling the spirit. So excited. It is my fifth year. It is my first year. Over 200,000 tickets sold, with people from across the country. They made the trip from seattle. You came here for outside lands . Yes, hes from the philippines, hes my cousin. I dont speak english. I heard you speak english right now. Kendrick lamar. More tourists mean more revenue. They generate tax revenues for the city, that we dont have to pay otherwise, creates jobs and employment, revenue for small businesses. In the last 15 years, the festival has become a massive economic boost. Generated over 1 billion in Economic Impact to the city of San Francisco. Local restaurants are also over 100 local restaurants here. Through the entire festival selling like 200 individual sandwiches. The way it is going, probably not enough. We will figure it out. Business owners want the city to do more events like this. That is the plan. We will add a second weekend of concerts here. A proposal the board of supervisors will consider in september as the Hotel Council president president says they will be ideal. We hope it is a blueprint we can follow like we saw with the concerts in recent months in the city. When we had town, the hotels were full. That is great for everyone. While San Francisco plans future festivals, some are planning future outfits. It gets better from here. Tomorrow is bellbottoms, sparkling pants. Sunday, bringing in some country. Going mentioned, part of it is three concerts in downtown San Francisco to attract more people to the area. In San Francisco, luz pena. Dan they are having fun. It will be a great weekend. Sounds like the proposal is a win for San Francisco. Are there concerns about a downside . Definitely. For businesses, no downside. People in this community, it is loud, a lot of traffic. They dont like that. Adding a second weekend adds more to the headache. They are talking to supervisors about what they can do. It brings an economic boost for the city, but a headache for people in this area. Dan always a tradeoff, i suppose. Ama they were talking about bellbottoms. Are you going to wear bellbottoms . Dan i should. Ama or cowboy. Depends on the weather. I should try that. Sandhya i agree. Layers will come in handy if you are going to outside lands to check everyone out. Including dan ashley. Lets take a look at the forecast. It will be partly sunny after the fog burns. It will not completely burn off. Cool sunday. Mid50s. It should be comfortable in the afternoon. Once the breeze picks up and fog rolls in, you need the jacket. Hourly forecast, sun goes down 7 00 in the 50s to the 80s. 9 00 p. M. , breezy at the coast. You will notice the fog spreads towards the overnight hours. Those temperatures will begin to fall. Raindrops came through. Trace amounts in places like san jose, mel pedis, active weather in the Sierra Nevada in association with leftovers of a formal tropical storm. It is meandering. In the bay area it is quiet. If you saw some raindrops earlier this morning during your commute or Early Morning plans, that is what it was from. Live doppler 7, it is stable. Still hanging onto mugginess. Dew points in the 50s and 60s. In the 60s range it feels humid in case you are wondering why that is. Visibility is low. Be careful heading out for friday night plans. 62 in the city. 76 san jose. You are looking at mount diablo from the east bay hills camera. Blue skies up above. In the 70s. Thunderosa. 82 in concord and fairfield. A live view showing people enjoying the beach. A nice day to be sailing. Coastal fog overnight. Warming trend. Hottest days inland early next week. 70s and 80s inland. On the coastline, in the 50s. Fog spreading across parts of the bayside communities. Starting out with fog and quickly inland areas warming. Early afternoon, showing up into the 90s. The coast will not get that warm. 50s and 60s first thing out the door. Tomorrow afternoon, pleasant in the south bay. Warm in morgan hill, up to 90 degrees on the peninsula. 78 mt. View. 64 in pacifica. Lingering fog along the coast. In the north bay. 82 in vallejo. 84 in san raphael. Oakland, 70 four degrees. Sunshine in fremont. This is where it gets warm. 92 in concord, 93 in livermore. Accuweather 7day forecast. Warming trend for the weekend underway. A couple every single day. Next week bringing in summer sizzle. Triple digits inland. Dropping off the numbers by the end of the workweek. Breezy and cooler by friday of next week. Looking good for the weekend plans. What is driving a summertime surge in covid cases and how to ama a summer surge. That is what we seem to be facing with covid. Dan not as bad as in the past. Dustin dorsey has a reminder on how to protect your health and family. Back again like it never left. Im sorry of covid fatigue, but the virus is not fatigued. We put the pandemic word aside. That does not mean we have put the virus aside. A word of warning is wastewater data positive tests and hospitalizations rise. Dr. Peter chang hong says it is similar to what we have seen since covid19 first emerged. The fourth consecutive summer. As the summer gets hotter and hotter, people are driven indoors, it is acting like winter. We may end up with a situation of a smaller rise in the summer and bigger in the winter. Santa clara countys covid wastewater data shows high winters and summers with dips in between. The latest swell to do with new variants circulating. Everything on the radar is one of the offspring. Dr. Benjamin newman receptors are evading the current vaccines protections. Immunity is waning. At the same time, more weather is bringing people indoors. Crowds are gathering for large events. There is an uptick in cases in ireland, the u. K. , france, brazil, china, japan, australia, new zealand. No matter where you go, you come back area to big concerts bringing people together. Hes not blaming taylor swift for covids current rise, but says the best way to shake off the swell is take full advantage of protections in place. Ike and widespread development of a new monovalent vaccine set to come out mid to late september. Keep masking in crowded areas. Who doesnt want to get less sick during the winter . We want to take care of all populations and make sure everyone has access and ability to get the tools. Ama coming survivors. What it took to get out of lahaina the night of the wildfire. 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