a ventilation. the oakland fire department says nobody was hurt and our top story an arson suspect accused of setting fires on the campus of san jose state and fire investigators say they're picking up a few leftover clues. >> good afternoon. i'm kristen sze, and i'm larry viel. >> thanks for joining us. fire detectives say they're looking into not just one fire, but two. the first was set on easter and the latest was just last night. >> abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how it only highlights a bigger issue of safety on campus. the smell of burnt plastic lingers on the eighth floor of the san jose state library. >> after a trash can was set on fire in a bathroom, a shock to students we spoke with kind of just, i guess, scary. >> and i wouldn't assume that anything would happen like that on campus. >> but it's not even the first fire there. this week, university police are investigating arson and two men's bathrooms at the martin luther king junior public library, and officers believe this is the person who started both. >> so we're talking about someone acting in a suspicious

manner. and in these cases, the individual entered and exited the restroom several times. you know, there's paper towels and stuff. so it looks like they piled it and then set it on fire. >> captain frank belcastro says the man likely in his 20s, was caught on surveillance footage leaving the eighth floor bathroom on monday, april 8th. around 630 in the evening, the same person was seen after a fire on easter in the seventh floor bathroom. just after 5 p.m. >> the message to the campus community is see something, say something. if you see someone acting in a suspicious manner, you should always reach out to upd. >> what's still unknown is whether or not the suspect is a student or a community member. the upper floors of the library were once exclusive to students, but now all eight floors are open to anyone who visits. one student tells us he's had issues before. me personally, i sometimes don't feel safe because i have some experience with homeless myself where they come up to me and they just just invaded my privacy to. >> so i think that, you know, they should do a better job of just restricting people. >> a look at sdsu crime data shows at least ten arrests made

in the mlk library in the past month, anything from vandalism to possession of weapons, crime and public libraries is not uncommon, but students want a sense of security on campus. it's just scary. >> as a student, i should be feeling safe here, right? and if that's like if i'm not allowed to be safe in a campus and, you know, it's own building that's supposed to be for students, then how can i feel safe anywhere at san jose state university? >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news, san francisco library workers are calling for increased security at branches across the city. >> the workers, along with fellow service union members, rallied this morning outside the main library, demanding the city install guards at all 28 branches. they claim they've been forced to intervene in too many dangerous and violent situations. >> our demands aren't aren't big. we're not looking for anything huge. nothing that shouldn't be automatically provided to make sure that this city runs safely and responsibly

. >> we, the workers, are members of the same union, with tens of thousands of other city employees currently in contract negotiations. library officials issued a statement denying the union's claim, saying, quote, our branch libraries are much safer today than they were a decade ago. we want to make sure you get the full picture of public safety where you live with the abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. it's right on the front page of our website. our interactive tool gives you a wide range of statistics on public safety over the years. for oakland, san francisco and san jose. check it out at abc seven news.com. >> all right. let's focus on the forecast now a picture perfect day out there as we take a live look now from our golden gate bridge camera uh- light sunny skies out there. and spencer christian it is starting a warm up. beautiful beautiful weather. larry. >> it's been a lovely, lovely day and we're going to have some more weather like this even perhaps lovelier. now. let's take a look at our satellite radar composite image. you can see that high pressure is the

dominant factor in our weather right now. so that's keeping skies clear. and it's going to bring us more sunny days and even warmer weather than we've had today. but take a look at how warm it is right now. 78 degrees at brentwood, 81 at saint helena, 77 at san rafael livermore and san jose. so it doesn't get much better than this in early spring. here's a view from from emeryville. looking westward. and these are our forecast headlines. next two days, as i promised, will be summer-like and quite warm. but the end of the week is going to bring a dramatic change as temperatures are going to tumble. and over the weekend we expect some wet weather with rain on saturday and showers on sunday. uh- just to give you a look at the dramatic change. afternoon highs on thursday, upper 70s to low and mid 80s. then on friday temperatures dropping off about 18 to 20 degrees in many locations. highs highs only in the low 60s. and on saturday high temperatures will not get out of the mid to upper 50s. more details on the accuweather seven day forecast.

>> larry spencer thank you. our seven on your side team has been all over california's growing insurance crisis, and now the state's largest home insurer says a new wave of non-renewals is about to hit parts of the bay area hard, including wildfire devastated zip codes in the north bay. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with a homeowner in santa rosa who says she did everything to fireproof her home but is still being dropped from coverage. >> it's frustrating. yes, well, because we did everything we were asked to do and beyond and it cost us a lot of money. >> rosa homeowner lisa frizzy knows the slogan like a good neighbor. state farm is there, but she doesn't believe it. >> i feel like state farm broke their promise. >> lisa lost her family home in the 2017 tubbs wildfire. it would take years to rebuild it. >> it's not just for insurance purposes. i don't want my house to burn again. i don't want to go through all that. >> so they rebuilt exceeding fire safe standards with defensible space and more. this is fire proof paint that we have

put on here. >> and then we have metal beams here. not wood inside. >> lisa says 80% of the walls are made of concrete. you know, they're solid. >> so they're basically as close to fire proof as you can get, she says. >> during the build state farm gave its approval, but on monday came an email. >> they basically said, we're sorry. state farm's made a blanket decision because of your location, you're out. >> state farm says starting this summer, up to 30,000 california policyholders are being dropped by the state's largest insurer, including zip codes in high risk fire areas. >> we were told in the beginning that that as long as we didn't drop them during the rebuild process, guess that they would continue carrying us. >> lisa says she never got that agreement in writing, and chances of an appeal on the non-renewal are slim. >> it's very, very frustrating that state farm won't even come to the table and talk to us. >> in a statement, the company says state farm general takes seriously our responsibility to maintain adequate claims, paying

capacity for our customers and to comply with applicable financial solvency laws. it is necessary to take these actions now. nonprofit insurance advocates say they're being flooded with calls from homeowners facing non-renewal, looking for advice about next steps. >> in the big picture, what we recommend is that first, people connect with a broker a good broker who has access to many more policies. >> we're trying hard to fight to get some type of insurance reform. >> meantime, lisa, now searching for another carrier to insure her new home. >> you can't just blanketly say we're not going to insure this little area. i just we have no trees over our house. it doesn't make any sense in santa rosa. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news and seven on your side has been all over the situation. >> insurance crisis hearing from homeowners about their specific cases for months. you can find all of our coverage for advice on your own situation. as well

as a help form to contact our team directly. it's all there for you at abc seven news.com/7 on your side, right on new developments today involving cruz, which says it's resuming service in the state of arizona. >> the autonomous taxi service says it will restart manual driving with a goal of resuming driverless operations in phoenix, then expanding it to other cities. cruz says for now, it will return to the road with human driven vehicles. without autonomous systems engaged crews paused operations nationwide last november, when california regulators ordered it to stop its driverless taxi service in san francisco after a series of traffic incidents that included a cruise car dragging a pedestrian 20ft after that person was hit by another car. the federal government wants to expand health care access in the latino community. yes, and today, health and human services secretary xavier becerra was in oakland speaking with patients at la clinica de la raza who say their service is saving lives. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry was there to spotlight

some of the people working to build a better bay area. >> at this round table, these patients share traumatizing stories. >> one time i got a knife and i told my mom, i'm going to kill you. >> they didn't want their faces shown or names shared, but they battled mental health issues. >> it was very important for me to know that later on that i did that to my own mother and that happens every every year. two times a year. >> this woman says her violent episodes are less frequent. after receiving life changing care at la clinica de la raza in oakland, and helping more people like her is what health and human services secretary xavier becerra wants to accomplish. >> we think that what we can do is show that everyone can have access to the care that they need, because health care is not a commodity, he was in oakland tuesday as part of a nationwide tour to expand mental health care in hispanic and latino communities, a mission he says is crucial after hearing stories from these patients. what we want is for families to understand they should not wait until things get so bad that

they have to go to an emergency room. >> but how do they expand to help more people? he says. it starts with outreach. more people need to know. places like la clinica de la raza exist. >> there are fabulous centers of health care that are waiting to connect with you and they're waiting to help you get back on your feet. >> by clinica ceo jane garcia is already working on it. she says they are expanding to another location and will soon be able to serve more people. she says they have been around for over 50 years, but are frequently telling people about their services, which include helping people sign up for health insurance. >> because of our 53 years, people know about our services, but we have a community workers that do the outreach and connect people to not only services, but if they are eligible for medi-cal or other insurance. we help them with that process, she says. >> the more people they help, the more lives they can change in oakland. ryan curry, abc seven news. coming up on abc seven news at four, the abortion

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it's in significantly reduced their risk of cancer. the new rules cut the amount of hazardous pollutants factories would be allowed to release. they also require real time air monitoring near those plants. today, the arizona supreme court reinstated a 160 year old law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at risk. the law, enacted before arizona was even a state, makes no exceptions for rape or incest, and makes performing an abortion punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison. today's decision overturns a 2022 ruling which allowed abortions up to 15 weeks into a pregnancy. anti-abortion forces applauded the ruling, while top arizona democrats wasted little time condemning it. >> as governor, i promise i would do everything in my power to protect our reproductive freedom. >> the ruling will take effect in 14 days, but arizona's democratic attorney general announced that her office won't enforce the law. an effort is

already underway in arizona to put a measure on the november ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. >> android users now have a feature that owners of many apple products have enjoyed for years. today google launched its find my device app, allowing users to locate compatible android phones and tablets using features similar to those from apple. google says users will be able to find their devices five different ways, even if they're off, and even if the battery is dead. really comes in handy. all right, it's about to be the end of the line for bart's old train cars, but not before offering the public one final run. according to sfgate, on april 20th, bart plans to run two celebratory ten car trains. they'll feature the original fleet that debuted back in 1972. at the time, president richard nixon said the design made bart look like nasa. the final farewell will the 20th at oakland's macarthur station. trains will run to fremont station station, and

that stretch from macarthur to fremont was bart's first ever segment in the bay area, so history made right there. >> history made. >> larry, i bet you're happy today. well, this weather is gorgeous. >> it's gorgeous. we're in for a warm up for, like five minutes. that's no longer longer than five minutes. >> right, spencer? let's see. not much of an exaggeration, though. it is going to be. it'll be a brief, warm up, but you're going to feel it because it's going to be significant. let's take a look at what's happening right now on the satellite radar. composite image. high pressure. the controlling factor now weather bringing us these gorgeous blue skies. and that'll be our controlling weather factor for a couple of more days, bringing us even warmer weather than we had today. right now we're looking at gentle breezes near the coastline, especially with wind speeds up to about 15 to 20mph in most locations. and we've had a nice little warm up since yesterday. at this time, generally about 3 to 6 degrees warmer across the

region. so let's take a closer look from sutro tower looking out over san francisco, we're at 63 degrees right now. oakland 68. we've got mid to upper 70s at hayward, san jose, 70 at san mateo and 57 at half moon bay. nice view from emeryville. looking westward, the temperature readings right now up north 75 at santa rosa, 70 at petaluma. we've got napa at 72, mid to upper 70s at fairfield, concord and livermore. now let's check out our forecast headlines summerlike warmth will be with us the next couple of days. but at the end of the week, as larry pointed out, this is a brief warm up because we get a sharp cool down at the end of the week, and over the weekend we'll get some wet weather coming in as well. now for tonight. mainly clear skies early, but we'll see an increase in clouds during the

overnight hours. overnight lows will be pretty much on the mild side tonight, mainly upper 40s to low 50s, so not very chilly at all. and tomorrow quite froms on thursday, and that cooldown continues into saturday, when high temperatures will not break out of the 50s be really chilly on saturday after some really warm weather midweek. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. this is hard to believe such in such a short period of

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a full length documentary that you can stream? >> yes on abc seven. race and social justice reporter julian glover examines the amount of public support for reparations. and if there's actually the political will in sacramento to pass the legislation that is currently being considered. >> and julian is here with us now with some of the today's insights from the piece. hey, julian. >> hey, it's so good to see all of you. today. we're looking at the growing movement for reparations to repair the harms of slavery and discriminatory policies. while california is the first to study this, it's certainly not alone. now, the city of san francisco, as you've seen me cover it here and a number of other cities and counties are joining the movement. >> we have much more work to do. but this apology most certainly is an important step. and one of the over 100 recommendations

made by the african american reparations and advisory committee. thank you. >> this resolution is approved. same house, same call. the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> when i see the way that this is spreading, when i see that a spark has been lit and that people, when you talk to them about this repairing the harm framework, you see, you see the fire. and that tells me that we will prevail. >> let's be clear about what reparations means. >> a growing number of states, counties, even cities have set up groups to study the lingering effects of slavery and anti-black racism. the creation of these groups is not guaranteed support for reparations, however, and to those who think that even having this conversation is unfair or wrong, i say it'd be wrong not to have it. though there has been some momentum in recent

years. in 2020, california was the first state to create a task force to study the harms of the state's anti-black policies and develop a plan to make those affected and their descendants whole. in 2021, evanston, illinois, became the first city in the country in modern history to pay out some form of reparations $25,000 to eligible black residents for home repairs . 16 lucky residents received the money out of more than 100 applicants. funds were raised in part by a cannabis tax in 2022. the city and county of san francisco became the first major u.s. city to study the effects of anti-black racism, and released an extensive plan to repair those harms. three other counties alameda in the san francisco bay area, fulton county, georgia, and shelby county, tennessee have developed task forces nearly a dozen cities from los angeles, philadelphia, detroit, saint

paul, minnesota, boston, and providence have done the same in 2024, new york is poised to become the second state to form a task force to study and develop reparations for black lives matter. the momentum for establishing committees to study reparations is largely in response to the movement for black lives that exploded in the summer of 2020 following the murders of george floyd and breonna taylor, when millions of all ages and races marched in the streets to proclaim black lives matter. >> the report recommendations provide us the tools. >> the question now how do you repair those black lives? how do you make them whole? people are split the harm and to finally begin to heal. that's why lisa holder of the california reparations task force, believes public education will be key. so the public education campaign is going to be critical. eric holder launched the alliance for reparations reconciliation and

truth with the help of some of the other task force members to build a public awareness campaign. so far, more than 500 local, state and national organizations have signed on to show their support of the reparations task force. >> obviously, from a numbers game, it is mission critical, right? because if you're only 5% of the population, it's going to be very difficult to get the legislators to pay attention to you. so you need a critical mass of the public to stand behind and lift up reparations. and in order to get a critical mass that's going to have to be across sectors, across races, across religions and across issues. >> so the question so many are wondering, where does public support stand? one california poll showed less than half support the work of the california reparations task force. another showed more than 60% of people surveyed support both cash payments and a formal

apology for the atrocities of slavery and decades of discriminatory policies enacted by state and local government. again so much still waits on what happens in sacramento. again, if there is actually that political will to make any of this happen, right? >> or a budget which is, you know, short supply. yeah, wow. thank you julian. you shared it. you can get the full picture when you screen the documentary. california's case for reparations is available right now on abc7 news.com. and wherever you stream abc7 news, the abc7 news i-team uncovering a serious safety warning about uber actually comes from a person who does not even use the app. we have that full report and catch a glimpse of california henge. the story behind the photo that gives us the bay area's own version of, you know, stonehenge solar eclipse. yeah

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into the rideshare company. now she doesn't even use uber, but she's now hoping to point out the warning signs that she saw. yeah, abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow is here with more on what the person says she saw melanie. >> yeah, kristen and larry. >> this is pretty concerning. in fact, she's so concerned for her safety in light of recent anti-semitism that she asked that we refer to her by the pseudonym rachel and not show her face on camera. rachel says she was disturbed to recently see a vehicle not far from san francisco international airport, with an uber sticker and bumper full of 15 to 20 anti-semitic stickers, the one that that i specifically remember said f zionism.

>> obviously fill in the f with an expletive. i thought that if i were a writer using uber, i would be very scared if that was the car that showed up to pick me up for a ride, pick me up at the airport. >> the images and words were particularly concerning for her, given the recently announced federal hate crime charges against a former rideshare driver for an alleged october assault on a rider at sfo because he perceived the rider to be jewish or israeli. >> i'm not an uber user, so i went on their website to try to find contact information. i couldn't find any, so i went to social media. >> a friend shared a number for her to call, but she says the uber representative who answered refused to take down any information or connect her to someone who could. >> i kept saying, i have a safety concern. you need to look into this. i think i even mentioned the recent incident at sfo where where a jewish rider was assaulted by an anti-semitic driver and they just refused to take the report. and after a few minutes of repeating, repeating, going back and forth, i gave up and ended the call. they didn't

transfer me to a different department. they didn't give me another recourse. they just kept saying it has to be through the account. >> rachel took down the vehicle's license plate. she says she was afraid to take pictures of the bumper stickers because the driver was nearby. abc seven news shared the license plate with uber and asked if the vehicle was actively associated with someone on the platform. in an emailed statement to abc seven news, an uber spokesperson wrote, quote, everyone deserves to feel safe, welcome and respected when using uber hate has no place in our society and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the uber platform. we have investigated the viewers report and have taken appropriate action. >> if they took action. it doesn't sound like it was just some random person with an uber sticker on their car. >> uber would not say what the action was. we also inquired about the difficulty rachel says she had reporting what she saw. the uber spokesperson said the number she called was more for general inquiries for riders. uber does have a number of people not on the app. can call if they require safety related assistance, specifically that

number is 1-800-285-6172. >> they need to make it easier to find the information on how to share this information, and they need to accept the information. >> rachel has this advice for others be vigilant, be safe, and look out for each other. uber says its incident response team is available 24 over seven year round. also that they do accept safety reports from individuals, including those who don't have an account and did not take a trip, but that require or rather they require sometimes additional information in order to corroborate the report. for somebody who's not on the app. >> sure. yeah, but the whole thing is they need to make it easy. yeah >> and when you see something egregious like that, act on it quickly. don't you know? oh, you call the wrong number. >> you're not going to do the right and unfortunately, whoever answered that call didn't say you called the wrong number and then put her through to the right person. >> it took abc seven news getting involved here. >> glad you did. >> all right. thanks, melanie.

>> all right. a new lawsuit filed today in california's supreme court seeks to throw out the state's death penalty for good. the lawsuit was filed by attorney general rob bonta and civil rights groups like the aclu. and they claim capital punishment is racist. according to the lawsuit. blacks and latinos are more likely than white people to be sentenced to death and murder. defendants more often face capital charges if their alleged victim was white. while the death penalty is law in california, the state hasn't actually executed anybody since the year 2006, and governor newsom put a moratorium on capital punishment back in 2019. still, there are 640 inmates on death row across california. that is the most of any state. the santa clara county water district has finished its repairs of the vasona reservoir. it's now being refilled. crews drained the reservoir last month, removing debris from the spillway where the water is released. also do some concrete sealing work, and now all the water is being put right back in the water district expects it should be filled up by thursday. >> in san francisco, a group of

middle schoolers are building a better bay area by bringing awareness to topics that matter the most to them. one concern they have is cyberbullying. abc seven news reporter luz pena went to the children's day school in the city, where the students are planning an event they hope will teach, reach tech executives and lead to change. >> this is not a typical school kitchen. today's lesson plan on the board is super change. >> change is an event that happens annually in seventh grade. >> so who can be better than seventh graders to explain it? >> each group picks like a social justice issue that they think is important. we have an event called soup for change, where all the families come together and the students like present, and everyone gets to share a soup and you pay for the soup. >> chris smith started this project in 2017 when he was a humanities teacher at the children's day school in the mission. >> so we're going to head into the food and agricultural sciences teaching kitchen, where the students develop their

recipes. >> smells amazing in here. yeah. >> for the last seven years, soup for change has lived inside the school. only parents and faculty knew about it until now. so you all collectively thought, let's contact the news. >> yes, yes, yes, yes. miles henry and i were like, he contacts me and he find numbers. so we just search up c seven news number popped up. we called it on the like old school phones in the school. i love it. >> well, congratulations. here we are, seventh graders. writer henry and miles have been friends since kindergarten. and when they were assigned to work together in class to bring awareness to a topic, there was no hesitation. >> what do we want to tackle? we want to do mental illness. we do. we want to do cyberbullying and like and miles actually was like, let's do both. >> why is this personal to you guys? >> i've experienced cyberbullying before and it's not something that's good for you. talking to therapists and stuff really helps your mental health state. according to the cdc, reports of bullying and cyberbullying are the highest in

middle school, and the pandemic exacerbated their exposure. >> i-team's i play a lot of video games and i go on there and i see people getting cyber bullied and i'm thinking like that can have an effect on your mental health. >> that's why they're soup for change project will be dedicated to help putting up fliers across the city with qr codes that will lead people to the hotline for the mental health association of san francisco. >> if you need help, you can reach out through these qr codes. >> when people see the qr codes, my hope is that they're honest about themselves. >> they may be middle schoolers now, but also world changers in the making. they want their message to go far. what's your message to social media companies? >> the tech companies need to hear this and regulate their apps more. because i've seen really horrible stuff on the internet that shouldn't be seen by anybody, let alone people our

age, and they have ideas for that change. >> like the app won't let you post this comment because of what it could possibly do to someone's mental health. >> there should be like verification. or some companies already have this where you have to use a passport, id, driver's license to verify your 18 because anyone could put in like, oh, i'm over 21 on the choose your age thing. >> as to the soup that will be used for collecting funds for their project, miles ryder and henry had a confession to make. how good was your soup? >> we might be good presenters, but not great cooks. >> we doubt that their brains definitely cooked up incredible recipes that will help build a better bay area. one bowl of soup at a time. uh- more noodles in san francisco luz pena abc seven news. isn't that great? >> fantastic. >> kids are highly motivated and really smart. yeah absolutely. >> the soup did look good. >> yeah. it did. ford. ford is ahead. hey, who is cheating with chatgpt? kristen sze? somebody

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so let's get into it. as artificial intelligence takes off, schools are raising a new question. is using something

like chatgpt helpful for learning, or is it cheating? students at oakland's head-royce high school says maybe both. >> so you use chatgpt almost as a tutor? >> more or less not to ask it for an answer, which i think that's the problem. but rather to explain a concept to understand the why as opposed to just the answer itself. >> i feel like when you're stuck and you've like tried all these things, it's valid to ask chatgpt and naturally once you ask it, you're going to understand, like why it was. the answer is the way it is. >> so a stanford researcher who's been surveying students about cheating for more than a decade says, interestingly, her data is showing that ai has not been increasing the amount of cheating out there. but she recommends parents and teachers still talk to kids about how to use the technology and still make an effort to learn. by the way, even though it has an increased it, it is at 60% there. survey says 60% of kids admit to cheating in the past month. so yeah, using chatgpt or just cheating. >> cheating. however they're

cheating, however they're cheating. like i'm going to look on your paper. >> okay, i have to say that there is a disclaimer at the bottom of chatgpt that says you should double check to make sure the data that we've collected is real. so my hope is that young people still understand that and then do their own due diligence and make sure what they're reading and consuming is the truth. >> yeah, i was thinking along those lines. make sure that the information you're getting is accurate. and i like the comment from the student who said, it's not about asking for the answer, but explaining the process that leads to that answer. so you really learn something as opposed to store enough information to pass the next morning's exam? >> yeah, one of the pros, larry, is that it's an equity tool. like there are a lot of kids who can't afford a tutor. for example, chatgpt can serve as that front line tutor for you. yeah. >> you have to remember, it's basically just a large database of information. and sometimes just to sift through all of that takes time. chatgpt makes it almost instantaneous. yeah. the mystical journey to the top of mount everest is being trashed. literally early next week, crews

will start removing tons of trash from mount everest as the 2024 himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, the army expects to remove ten tons of garbage and actually bring down five bodies of climbers who died while attempting to summit the world's highest peak. that is a pretty grisly task. last month, we told you about a new rule requiring climbers to clean up their own excrement and bring it back to base camp to be disposed of. you know, i understand, like you need so much stuff. if you're going to go up the mountain, but you'd like to think spencer, that people would be responsible enough to clean up after themselves. not just, oh, i finished my candy bar here. just throw the wrapper over there. >> you would think so, right? i mean, or maybe they'll make the excuse that the actual climb itself is so rigorous that they can't manage those other things. but i don't know. >> that's the problem. i think it's too easy to get away with it, because who's going to enforce it? i mean, it's hard enough to get up the darn mountain.

>> yeah. i mean, we know when we hike local trails, you're supposed to take out everything you bring in. yeah, you don't leave anything behind. >> right? common courtesy. yeah. i mean, i can't even imagine. yeah. just trash. especially mount everest of all places, you know. majestic. yeah. you see, the sherpas, they've got like, 1,000 pounds on their back, and they're climbing up for all these, you know, people trying to help them. yeah, but, you know, give these guys a hand. right. you don't just destroy the whole environment for everybody else. that's that's behind you. yeah. >> all right. now to a culinary controversy involving a celebrity chef from la and chili sauce, david chang, founder of momofuku restaurants and home cooking products, is drawing heat for his efforts to stop others from calling their chili oil condiment chili crunch. his attorneys are sending cease and desist orders to manufacturers nationwide. smaller makers mom and pops. you might have heard even celebrity simu liu is after david chang on this because he invests in like a, you know, a

maker of a chili crunch and saying that nobody owns that. it's like saying somebody owns larry, help me out. come up with something that's kind of a cola, pepsi cola. >> like rc cola. >> i own cola, you can't call it that. do you remember third culture bakery trying to trademark mochi muffins? >> oh yeah. and the debacle over that. this is very similar. i mean, granted, it's nuanced and i understand that you want to protect your business, but momofuku is this big. i mean, conglomerate now. they have so many locations, millions of dollars of products out there. i mean, chili crisp is so i mean, kristen, you know, it's been around for probably thousands of years. i put it in everything. >> but yeah, it feels a little david versus goliath, doesn't it? just because they are so big, so uh- i mean, this kind of thing, is it a trademark thing? >> remember, like lebron james tried to trademark taco tuesday which like come on man. like everybody's been saying that for like decades. you can't just take it as your own. yeah, so spencer just fall in the same category. it's like community property. yeah.

>> well, that's the that's the question i was going to ask. is it trademarkable? i mean, it's been around for so long, it does one chef own it? i don't know i don't know. >> it's good stuff though. yeah. yeah try it if you haven't. >> it's tasty on this tuesday. yes >> it seems one bay area city's self-proclaimed moniker is the real deal. >> we present a proclamation to rename our city to swifty clara uh. >> santa clara dubbed itself swifty clara back in july, when taylor swift was in town for her eras tour and now the city has been named the swifty capital of the entire united states. casino.org analyzed things like stadium attendance, tiktok videos, and google searches, and it found that santa clara has more swifties per capita than any other city on swift's us stadium tour, and spencer christian leads the way in that category. let's just say i'm a fan. >> i'm a big fan. >> so hey, why not for fun

swifty clara yeah, i like it. >> look, if it brings people together and it's something that we can, you know, clap about and pat ourselves on the back of for i'm all for it. >> i'm going to ask some of the 40 niners. how do you feel playing in swifty clara? >> yeah. >> you know, as opposed to santa clara, they're probably delighted. >> they're fine with it. >> i'm sure she lifts all boats so that's true. >> she and football, you know, these days. >> well, that is true. that is true travis kelsey point. but it's also it's good to see government taking on the big issues. >> yeah it's a nice reprieve from all that other stuff. >> yeah that is true. >> because you know what that's a winning proposition. >> yeah. yeah >> nobody's going to oppose that. >> that's right. right. yeah. (♪) (♪)

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san francisco has one of its own. this morning was the so-called california hinge. take a look at that. happens twice a year when the sun lines up perfectly with california street shining between buildings and over the bay bridge, and that's breathtaking. a snapshot looks like a little heart formed at the top of the bridge. it certainly does. >> or like a smiling face on a mask. yeah, i don't know. i guess we all see different things. >> or the bat signal, i don't know. that too is up there too. but you know, people don't realize like professional photographers, they'll sit out like my nephew. he would sit out there, you know, for hours and

hours and hours just waiting for that one moment to take that one shot of the sunrise. >> and you wonder why we can never get shots like that, right? well, yeah, because we're not sitting out there for hours. >> you have stuff to do. so. >> exactly, exactly. yeah spencer, that sun was so gorgeous in that shot. will we have it for long? yeah. >> well, depends on your definition of long. next two days, for sure. let's take a look at what we expect tonight. mainly clear skies early with a few clouds developing overnight. overnight lows will be pretty much on the mild side. upper 40s to low 50s. then tomorrow look for a gloriously sunny and warm day. high temperatures ranging from mid 60s at the coast to mid and upper 70s around the bay. shoreline to low 80s. and we have one more day like that coming our way. as we look ahead to thursday. highs still in the 80s, inland, 70s around the bay. but then we get a sharp drop in temperatures on friday and even sharper drop on saturday when high temperatures will not break the 60 degree mark. so we'll be in the 50s. i remember the 50s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast uh-

coming our way on saturday, along with that sharp drop in temperature. so call it cold rain and we'll have some chilly showers on sunday as well lingering into sunday morning. partial clearing sunday afternoon and then monday and tuesday back to sunshine again. but that warmth the next couple of days is something to embrace because it won't be here long. larry and christine, that was your decade, right? yeah. well, actually, i was born in the late 40s, so i remember a lot of decades. >> well, it's good that you keep remembering them. that's. that's the hard part. al up, a good job. yes. one of the hit shows. so far this year is shogun. and it's taking off on fx. >> and

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back to the history and the customs of feudal japan. now we have a closer look at the cultural significance of the japanese tea ceremony, an art form featured in the latest episode of shogun. although japan today is very different from 1600, japan, we see what roots us. >> we see where we come from. >> tea ceremony was very important for the life of samurai. for them to be able to calm down, find peace, reflect on themselves so it is a very important element of the lives of the characters that we're

portraying in shogun master's name is miss fujiko kobori, and she comes from a family who served tokugawa shogunate >> i'm sorry. kobori. i'm a 17th generation of covearge school of tea ceremony. odano mochizuki do you know what sono koto? host. guest. no no. yutaka no kokoro. no kaeru. >> in the tea ceremony scene that we have in the show, we're not sharing comments on how beautiful the teacup is. we're just admiring it and just looking at it in silence. and so we get to see where we come from . >> antonino sono tadashi osaka

so. >> wow! what a production? shogun now streaming on hulu and disney, of course, is the parent company of hulu and abc seven. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is coming up

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