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precarious position. and driver is on edge. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen tsay. in san francisco. a group of residents is suing the city, claiming their street has become an epicenter of the illicit sex trade. >> now, last year, abc seven news reporter luz pena broke the story of prostitution on capp street that led the city to take action. but now residents on shotwell say all the prostitution is simply migrated to their block. live in studio with us now with the details. hi, louis. >> hi. >> yeah, this is almost exactly what residents on capp street were experiencing last year. and now, two blocks away, residents on shotwell say they're fed up and taking legal action against the city, claiming that after san francisco placed barriers on capp street to stop prostitution now illicit sex trade migrated to their block, residents on san francisco's shotwell street say they have reached a breaking point. human trafficking. >> we have our kids coming over and, you know, friends, and they have to see all this. it's embarrassing. just tired

the city does something about it because i'm fed up. >> esperanza aparicio and her husband, reynaldo, are part of a group of san francisco residents who are pleading for the city to take action and stop the prostitution that takes over their streets at night. on wednesday, five residents announced they're suing the city. >> we had no other choice. >> these residents say they have tried everything from going out as a group to face pimps and sex workers and protest the illicit sex trade happening outside their homes. >> and then one of them basically said, you know, i have a knife. and she threatened me. >> and those threats have led to attacks. >> we asked her to leave right as she turned around and she sprayed me with mace and my eyes were all burnt. >> residents here say they noticed a clear shift about a year ago, when the city placed road barriers on capp street to stop car traffic from prostitution. they say all that

traffic moved to shotwell and just closing one street is not a deliberate solution. since then, they have constantly documented the activity prostitutes beating up another prostitute. >> then we have i get up and i start looking through there and i'm there all night, watch watching. >> you can see this from your bed? >> yes. >> after residents announced legal action, the mayor's office responded, promising new barriers on shotwell street to prevent individuals from using their vehicles for prostitution. new public safety cameras and continued enforcement by sfpd. but residents here don't want the story to repeat itself and to push this issue to another street. >> we don't want others to suffer. and this is what the city would gladly do, is just push it. one block to the other. >> the city said sfpd officers have made 72 arrests in multiple enforcement operations in the last four months around shotwell street, but residents say pimps go back out again, and the story continues. luz pena, abc seven

news. >> thank you. and emeryville man now faces enhanced charges in connection with a child abuse case. the suspect is accused of assaulting six kids under the age of ten. >> the alleged abuse happened between november of 2023 and july of 2024. it was discovered by a very alert parent determined that there was something inappropriate. >> the suspect, identified as 25 year old tyler livingston, worked as a swim instructor throughout the bay area. he was arrested last month by berkeley police. livingston faces 15 charges and had his bail denied. >> a 14 year old boy is still recovering after he was attacked in the locker room of dublin high school. police say the attack involves a parent and four other people between the ages of 16 and 19, who were all wearing hoodies and masks. abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with the victim's mother about the attack and what she is doing now. in response.

>> one piece of peach cobbler at a time. sheree barfield is working to keep her restaurant afloat while her 14 year old son recovers at home. >> this week i said, i'm going to try to recover and reset and it's just so much, we really need to be closed at this moment. >> his well-being threatened after he was attacked in the boy's locker room at dublin high school last friday afternoon. >> his blood was everywhere, all over the floor, and he was sitting on a bench in front of his locker, and he was just screaming at the top of his lungs. nobody helped me. how could four adults attack me? five adults. >> she says her son was first confronted by a dublin high school mother with her daughter. dublin police services say the boy ran into the locker room, but was followed by four masked suspects believed to be between 16 and 19 years old. all were wearing hoodies. it started initially with one on one. >> the guy sucker punched my son and broke his nose while he was sitting down looking at his phone, and then my son got up to fight back and then they all

jumped him. >> the football coach and other students broke up the fight. her son was taken to the hospital with a concussion, a broken nose and a black eye. he won't play in friday's first football game of the season because of his injuries. >> i want everybody to know that my son was mistaken identity. it wasn't even my son that they wanted, but one of his friends. police say this isn't a random incident, but no arrests have been made. >> school resource officers are still investigating, and barfield is making calls for unity. her restaurant, sherry's southern kitchen, will now host a unity prayer brunch on sunday, with proceeds going directly back to the dublin unified school district's sports program. >> because we want to ensure that our students are safe and locking the door in the back is not the answer. so if we can give them enough money to where they can hire full time staff to be on site and present. so this doesn't happen to anybody's child ever again. i will continue to raise as much money as i can. >> the district did not respond

to our request for comment. in dublin, lena howland abc seven news santa clara county coroner has identified one of the two people who died in monday's wrong-way crash on highway 85 as 47 year old rebecca joanne olson of san jose. >> video shared with abc seven yesterday showed a toyota tacoma traveling several minutes in the wrong direction on highway 85 before the woman and a teen in a tesla were fatally hit. the 14 year old boy's name has not been released. officials say the driver of the pickup truck was a 39 year old man who was hospitalized with major injuries. interstate 680 is back open through pleasanton after being shut down for more than 5.5 hours this morning. the chp closed all northbound lanes when the bed of a dump truck flipped open and hit an overhead sign near stoneridge drive just before 4:00 this morning. a crew removed the sign and traffic began flowing again just before 11 this morning. no word when the sign will be reinstalled.

>> a quick moving grass fire damaged. a house in san jose actually came within inches of multiple backyards. even damaging one home. >> it happened between blossom hill road and highway 101 around 1:00 this afternoon. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey is there with the latest. dustin >> yeah, larry and kristen. we're really thankful at this point that no people or firefighters were injured in this. but as you can see behind me, these houses on fontanel drive were not spared. this afternoon around 1230. san jose firefighters responded to a fire burning along highway 101 that was spreading quickly in warm weather and windy conditions. homeowners told me the fire hit their fence and then quickly rushed up to their house as it went up in flames, blowing back, blowing out the back windows as the family with children escaped. sky seven shows us the damage from high above. san jose fire told us this home and the one next to it sustained significant damage, and the families inside will be

displaced. one neighbor described the moments he saw when the fire was burning behind his home. he said he looks like the entire street was up in flames due to that pretty large brush fire. and as you can see, the one house was kind of burned from the inside out. he said the fire was put out about an hour after the first response. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. back here on fontanel drive. once again thankful no one else is hurt. the investigation will continue, but things are wrapping up here. the fire was put out about an hour after everything wrapped up. we will have much more on this tonight on abc seven news at six. for now, we will toss it back. live in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right, dustin, thank you. some much needed federal funding is on its way to two important housing projects in santa clara county. and today, congress member zoe lofgren presented checks totaling more than $2.6 million for these two projects. one will help bring farm worker housing up to code, and the second will help fund repairs for housing for homeless local veterans and their families.

>> the repairs will include the installation of new hvac systems, updates to the kitchen, plumbing issues basically to make these places habitable. >> today's event comes a day after lofgren presented five checks totaling $2.4 million for public safety and infrastructure projects in morgan hill and gilroy. and today, we're also learning which bay area cities are receiving state grants to fund affordable housing and sustainable infrastructure projects. san francisco is getting the most $70 million for two projects. berkeley 49 million. oakland 44. el cerrito 39 million. san jose at 38 million. walnut creek 34. healdsburg $21 million. in all, the state awarded 20 communities a total of $789 million through its affordable housing and sustainable communities grant program. >> today is the final day in business for the hilton hotel over by the oakland airport on hegenberger road. hilton announced the closure back in

june but never gave a reason. the hotel has served oakland for more than 50 years, but recently the hegenberger corridor has seen numerous businesses leave, including in and out and denny's. high crime has been cited in some instances. shake shack announced today it is closing nine stores, including the one in oakland's uptown neighborhood. this is the first time the popular burger chain has closed a location in the bay area. there's another one just a couple of miles away in emeryville. shake shack says the locations were, quote, underperforming and will shutter by the end of september. >> coming up on abc seven news at 4:00, stressed out, overwhelmed parents. and now a new warning from the surgeon general. the san francisco art movement. but are high prices keeping artists on the outskirts? and the big change coming to san francisco's chinese new year parade? >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. big change is already underway, even though it was another hot one inland. i'll let you know how long the cooling

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lion dancers stop by the station to celebrate the new home of the san francisco chinese new year parade, the nation's oldest, largest lunar new year celebration will be broadcast live right here on abc7 in february. >> i can't believe i missed that in the middle of the newsroom

today. i just got here too late. a parade organizer, tony lao, and the president of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce, donald liu, talked about this exciting news on abc seven mornings. >> we are excited to partner with abc seven to celebrate one of the largest, one of the largest chinese new year celebration ever in the united states. >> this parade started during the gold rush. this started in 1860. at the time when, chinese american was, you know, still facing a lot of prejudice. chinese american at that point. think about, you know, how to how to bridge the gap between the two cultures. and they thought of the idea of putting to putting together the parade, the parade is actually an american, concept, but they combine combine that with many of the chinese new year festivals. elements to, to bring it to make it a festival that we, we've been witnessing. >> we're excited to look forward for the year of the snake next year, we're going to have the

same and better, a lot of flow, parade route and event to celebrate this chinese new year. >> oh my gosh. >> oh, goodness. this is exciting. >> stand by. this is going to get interesting here in a minut. abc seven will be taking the parade national bringing it to the largest audience ever. >> that's right. we'll be sharing it with our other own stations across the country and streaming it on hulu and abc news live. okay. so this is what we're getting all excited about. >> all right. >> now, we're not going quite to the beginning of the parades, but one of our own was involved in the city's chinese new year parade. just a few years ago. that's why we're laughing. she's. >> yes. >> very recent. because i'm just a young pup. >> that's it? yeah. however, no question, i did participate in the parade, so it's so exciting for me to be part of the coverage now. >> yes. now that it's on abc seven. but would you like to try to find me in this? where's waldo? where's kristin photo? >> well, as a teenager marching

in the parade, if i say costume, if i say the wrong thing, i'm afraid for myself. >> i'm afraid for myself. it's true. sandhya, help me beat the clock. >> oh, she's on the right. >> on the right. that's all. there you go. >> that's hard. there is the winner. >> oh, sandy. i sit next to this guy every day, and he doesn't know which one you are. >> well, i knew you weren't the person with the glasses. i know, gee, that's really tough. >> yeah. >> i forgive you. it's okay. well, i know i was wearing braces and that kind of, you know, but it's so exciting. >> do you want. >> you don't want to say how old you were or what year that was. >> not quite the beginning of the parade of the history of parades. but you know, it's a fun marching in the parade because you see all the crowds and there's so much energy and everybody's excited. all the kids are waving to us. it was just a teenager. and now to have that energy and to be part of the broadcast. it's going to be teenagers. >> so let's see how many years. >> it was very recent. it was recent. >> it was no. okay. >> you're you're already in trouble. so i don't know.

>> i know, i'm just i'm, i can't i'm digging furiously and it's getting worse. >> a reminder. >> yes. watch the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade right here on abc seven. and everywhere you stream on february 15th. >> it's going to be fun. it's going to be big. we don't know if the niners are going to be fun and big because they're out on the practice field right now, but the story is who is not taking part. there was some hope that disgruntled receiver brandon aiyuk would practice for the first time this year. number 11 is not practicing with the niners. he reported to training camp in july, but he's been holding in, refusing to practice unless he got a contract extension and the niners have not been able to come to an agreement or come up with a workable, workable trade that he would go for. and big the big offensive tackle missing pro bowl tackle trent williams, also unhappy about his contract. they have got to get that figured out before they kick off on september 9th. and that's less than two weeks away. playing at levi's stadium against the jets and aaron rodgers monday night football right here september 9th on abc seven.

>> so much exciting stuff happening here. >> yes, yes, they got to get these contracts done. this has dragged on way too long. you can tell today, john lynch the gm and kyle shanahan were extremely frustrated when they were taking questions from the media. so hopefully they get it worked out now. >> shall we turn things over to the coworker who does know my face? after 25 years of working together? oh, it was 25 years. >> more than 25 years. >> no, i mean, we've been working together as i thought i had a clue, but let's. >> sandia, please rescue me from this. >> okay, larry, you just need another cup of coffee so you could wake up and actually recognize kristen. all right, let's take a look at a live picture right now. it is absolutely beautiful outside. kind of a combination of weather with sunshine from san rafael to fog along the coastline now. our highs so far. yes. it's still been hot. so when i say the cooling has started, some of you are going. what? cooling? 98 in fairfield and saint helena so far. concord 95. it's gotten up

to 97. in livermore, san jose and santa rosa 90 degrees. a live view from our san jose camera where it is a bright one. 84 degrees in santa rosa. temperature is dropping quickly in napa. it's 77. you're in the 90s, still from concord to livermore. and a live view showing you the marine layer from sfo camera starting to push in. the breeze is picking up. it is 67 in the city. you probably noticed the drop off 72 in oakland, 85 san jose and 80 degrees in redwood city. look at the drop in temperatures. i mean, we're talking up to 15 degrees cooler in napa, down ten in san jose. as we look at live doppler seven, the fog is closing in on the coast. we started to see that marine layer coming up from the south. and as it has been making its move northward, we have noticed the temperatures coming down from our walnut creek camera. a lot of sun right now. tomorrow, the cooling trend continues. overnight fog and spotty drizzl. and for the holiday weekend, temperatures will drop near average as opposed to above average like they've been the last few days. this evening, 90s

inland at five 1560s coast side. the fog is going to expand rapidly. those temperatures will drop off at 10 p.m. we're already seeing the fog crossing over into some of our valleys, going towards tomorrow morning. it will be a gray one for many of you, with some spotty drizzle. and then tomorrow afternoon, not quite as warm as it was today for inland areas, that is, temperatures in the morning in the 50s and 60s. watch out once again for that fog tomorrow afternoon in the south bay. 91 degrees in morgan hill, 86 in san jose on the peninsula, 82 degrees in redwood city, 65 in pacifica. downtown san francisco, a nice day, 68 degrees daly city. fog is going to hang around in the north bay. 87 in santa rosa. low 80s from san rafael to vallejo. heading into the east bay, closer to where you should be. 74 oakland 83 castro valley inland areas still warm for this time of year, but cooler than where you were. 91 in concord, 93 in livermore. your accuweather seven day forecast. we'll go

with mid 90s inland mid 60s coast relief from the heat continues friday saturday, september 1st. we're going to begin with temperatures bottoming out 60s to 80s. don't worry for labor day plans. it will warm up a bit and then the heat spikes. tuesday and wednesday we bring back the heat again. >> yeah, kristen and larry, i want another shot at identifying you in the picture because you got it so fast. >> you're done. >> you're done. look i do have a little thing i have to admit. >> i can recognize faces, but i'm terrible at names, so if i see the wrong name, that's kristen. >> anyway, it's a good skill. >> thank you. sandhya you. >> hey, it's that time. it's time for an all new abc secret sales with limited time savings that we choose. just for you. >> this is a good week. this week. smart solutions i love smart solutions only while supplies last. so scan that qr code or head to abc sales.com to get shopping. what do we have first? >> so first up our smart solution is relax and recover with live pro this is a portable infrared sauna blanket. it

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latest on what that vote really means. what do we want on track? >> we want one united airlines flight attendants at san francisco international are joining others in a picket at airports nationwide. the picket comes as workers announce the results of a strike authorization vote by the association of flight attendants, cwa. we have taken a strike authorization vote with 99. >> 99.9% not. >> but this doesn't mean they will go on strike.

>> it would be, at minimum, a 30 day period before we would be permitted to strike. and united uh- obviously doesn't want that. flight attendants don't want to have to go on strike, but we will use whatever means are necessary up to and including a strike so that we can propel our negotiations forward. >> united flight attendants are demanding better pay pay for all the time they are at work, schedule flexibility and more. >> there is billions of dollars in revenue and profit at this airline. flight attendants are only asking for their fair share. >> liam haugen has been a flight attendant for united for just over a year, making the amount that we do and working the amount of hours that we have away from home and still being unable to make ends meet is entirely upsetting to me and to a lot of flight attendants. united airlines is sending a statement saying in part, quote, we continue to work toward an industry leading agreement for our flight attendants, including

negotiations. this week and every month through november. we remain eager to reach an agreement. and this is all happening as the labor day travel kicks off tomorrow. through tuesday, sfo is expecting nearly 9% increase in travelers over last year for the holiday weekend. at sfo, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> big cities and vibrant art scenes seem to go hand in hand. >> san francisco was one of the absolute creative hubs in the world, so why isn't san francisco at the center anymore? >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez paints us a

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he has been losing out to places like los angeles. >> there's a number of factors involved in the decline, including the high cost of living here. reporter lyanne melendez is here. with more on the struggle to keep the vibrant art scene vibrant. >> i hate losing out to los angeles, right? you know, but los angeles is bigger. it's cheaper to live and for both artists and gallery owners, it just makes sense. but here's what san francisco has to offer higher rents a city still struggling with street problems and a different kind of investor willing to get on a plane to buy art in new york and los angeles. >> what you're seeing here is stuff i have packed for a solo show i have, or rebecca hossack gallery in london. >> renell del rosario is one of the bay area's up and coming artists who's gaining prominence on an international level. >> and right now, you're stepping into my studio in

vallejo, california. >> del rosario is a ceramics artist who would much rather live in close proximity to other artists in san francisco vallejo, roughly 30 miles from san francisco, is not what you might call a vibrant art hub, but it's where he can afford to live. >> of course, i would love to live closer to everything. you know, it would put me closer to my friends. it put me closer to all the things that are happening from the openings, the closings. >> san francisco was one of the absolute creative hubs in the world. >> it was the place to be and be seen where artists were inspired by other great names. neighborhoods claim to be the art center of san francisco. people bought and sold art, but rent prices forced many artists

like dewey crumpler to move to oakland and berkeley in the late 70s and early 80s. at the turn of this century, the.com era wiped out much of the affordable housing for artists. today, there are only a few designated live work residential buildings for artists in san francisco, two in the mission district and the goodman two arts complex in potrero hill, where recently 258 artists applied for a single unit. that's real. >> you cannot be a working artist in san francisco and not have rent control. >> noel simmons is a dancer who has struggled to stay in the city. what would you tell your younger self? >> uh. don't drop out of college. that's what i would tell my younger self. >> the san francisco art community also says many in tech have little desire for the arts or to be collectors. >> that sensitivity was not cultivated in them, so they

don't have the same burning desire to move art into the world with the same passion that they do. uh- robotics and ai instruments. >> so that has reduced the demand within the local community for the san francisco art market, and is part of the reason why it's shrunk. >> karen jenkins johnson has been an art gallery owner for 30 years. she says the slowdown began in 2000 and has never really regained steam in the art world. los angeles has replaced san francisco as the new york of the west. let's not fool one another. these images that we still see today also play a role in driving potential collectors away. and though the local government awards grants to artists, part of that money comes from the hotel tax. that amount fluctuates every year depending on the number of tourists. do you feel that

people are not coming to san francisco the way they did? >> of course they're not. they're not coming when they know if you drive down a certain street, it literally doesn't smell very good. they'd rather go down to la. >> yeah, but la has problems too. >> la has problems too. la has a lot of problems. i guess it's bigger. san francisco is smaller, but we were known for our quaintness, being able to walk. >> but there are still some supporters willing to put up the money to save the galleries, like the minnesota street project, which offers affordable spaces. without it, some smaller galleries would have had to close. the fine arts museums received a donation of $1 million to buy 42 works of art from local artists. therefore, supporting not only the artist but the galleries that sold them. >> the museums have to be the anchors that started having good exhibitions, and then while they're coming to see those shows, they come to the galleries.

>> still, san francisco continues to lose artists and galleries. del rosario has been given a residency at the american museum of ceramic arts in southern california. >> it's a year long residency that gives me housing for a year, a stipend every month, unlimited materials from their claim manufacturer down there. and so it's an opportunity i can't really refuse. >> yet another local artist saying goodbye for now to san francisco. >> we can't proceed like this indefinitely. and no worth living in, particularly for me. if it doesn't have a creative force inside of it >> every single person i interviewed said two things. first, san francisco needs to solve its homeless and drug issues. then number two, san

francisco needs a massive public relations and marketing campaign around the world to say, we've cleaned our act. come to san francisco now we know that art attracts people. and let's not forget, the art community plays a major role in this city's economic engine. i'm going to name an example. bilbao in spain. spain. bilbao used to be. no offense. one of the ugliest cities in spain. they build the guggenheim there. people from all over the world came. you had cafes, hotels, businesses, people came. we have three museums here. so i mean, we need a destination based on art. we can be got to get it. >> i mean, we're talking about the same problems over and over. they got to get it solved. exactly. thank you. liane. >> thanks, liane. yeah. >> all right. the cost of happiness. how much cash

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price of happiness. a new survey found that 56% of working americans between 18 and 43 would be content with the liquid net worth of $200,000. they feel that would be enough of a cushion to cover life's unexpected expenses, provide a comfortable retirement, and

allow for even a few luxuries. i think that may be hard to achieve in the bay area. >> yeah, yeah yeah. >> what do you think the number is for you, larry? >> too high for me to say out loud on television. it's. it's so expensive here. i mean, $200,000 gets you, like, a carport somewhere. it's not like we're in oklahoma city or some other. you can't buy real estate. yeah, i mean, it's. i don't know how. i mean, it's great if people really can survive on it. that's fantastic. but in major cities, i just don't i don't know how you could do it. >> and especially if you have a family like you do, obviously, larry, it's harder to do if you're single. maybe, it's possible. yeah. yeah, maybe each person in the household with that amount. i don't know. >> yeah. one thing's for sure, if you feel like your basic needs are met and a few luxuries thrown in, that leads to happiness. yeah, yeah. >> that's true. >> absolutely. as people search for their own slice of happiness, the country that is known for work culture

apparently is not working so hard anymore. last year, germans worked the least out of the european union. they took an average of 19.4 sick days. the most ever recorded there. >> i know, were they actually sick? >> this move is pushed by younger generations who say they want to work less and live more, yeah, i just had some scratchiness. i might be out a few days there, but, what do you think? i mean, 19. sounds like a lot of sick days. sandia. >> yeah, but you know what, larry? i mean, if they're living longer and it's a nice balance between work and personal life, then, you know, maybe it's a good thing. maybe they're taking it, you know? yeah. 19 days sounds a lot, but if you have a family, i mean, you blow through ten before the year is even halfway up a lot of the times. but maybe they're also taking mental health days because think about it. how many days have you

had to come into work where you're really struggling emotionally and you're just trying to put on the mask for everyone else? and it's, you know, hard to do and how much better it would have been had you just been able to take the time and stay home and really get yourself together to work the next day. >> right. i mean, you're not helping anyone if you come in. actually not feeling well, but i was surprised by the almost 20 days, and i wonder if that means they have really good, you know, sick leave there, but also, yeah, this is kind of strange for germany, like commonly known or thought of as the most industrious, you know, hardworking country. yeah like, you know, engineers build pumping out those awesome german cars and now they're like, yeah, let somebody else do it. >> all right? it's a generational thing. maybe. >> i think so, yeah. >> okay. nostalgia is bringing people back to movie theaters as new movie theaters struggle to get people out of their homes, old movies are bringing in the bucks. 2009 coraline earned $25 million in the past two weeks. that's a huge sum for a 15 year old movie. disney's rerelease of star wars the phantom menace made 20 million earlier this year. do you guys think that

makes a lot of sense? because it's like you're now appealing to the generation that used to go to theaters, right? not the young people, but the people who saw the first time and liked it. you still go to the theaters? kristen i do occasionally. >> i still enjoy going there, having popcorn, enjoying the movie and the ambiance. not as often as we used to, obviously. i think years ago we used to. but now that things are so readily available, you can just watch at your convenience in your own home. >> what do you do? do you wait for streaming, >> it depends on the movie. like, i just saw twisters last week and, you know, i was like, well, how good is it going to be compared to the first one? but it was still fun. but that's kind of an in the theater type of movie. so for those things i do, i'm not sure if i would go back to the theater for a really old movie, unless it was something like top gun that i didn't see in the theater. the first time, and that would be really cool to see. i don't know, you didn't see top gun the first time in the theater. what

year was that? but i saw the second one in the theater. >> i don't know who came up with the idea of showing these, like, classic movies again, but it's all found money, right? because, you know, the movie was made a long time ago, now to the latest fashion trend. oh, adam sandler core. it's like dad core, but with a twist. dad core prioritizes functional, casual and gently tongue in cheek clothing pieces over fashion. sandler core is mostly just like dad, without the irony. his eclectic taste is actually earned him a loyal gen z fan base, with people following him on on tiktok and all of his his various looks there. i think i saw him in an interview and he said he will take 10s to decide what he's going to wear on any particular day, just so there's my role model. >> a lot of guys do though, right? like what's clean, what's clean, what's what can i reach? >> and it might be clean maybe. yeah. it's still it's still

fine. it's still fine. >> it's still fine. that's it. but i you know, does anybody think of adam sandler as a, you know, fashion icon or. >> i don't really think of him at all i love that. >> wow wow wow, what an attack on adam sandler. >> wow. he's an american institution. >> exactly. >> yeah. wedding singer. >> does he have anything recent out where he would come into my mind throughout the day? >> he did a couple of real, like, serious movie roles recently, he was really good. like, people think he's just, like, happy gilmore. >> oh, there was that coach movie, lara, you know what i'm talking about, right? >> the coach movie. >> i don't know, this is like me trying to find you in the picture. i don't know, i found her in the picture i was watching. >> i'm like, oh, there's kristen. >> all right. so i'm the only one that couldn't find her. okay. the only one. that's fine. fine, fine. >> we'll just l

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yeah, parents are stressed out, and a new surgeon general report shows there needs to be an all hands on deck approach to help. >> here's abc news reporter alison kosik. >> a newly released advisory from the surgeon general shows many parents are at their wit's end. >> we're kind of figuring this out as we go along. >> new data shows 48% of parents

say on most days their stress is completely overwhelming, compared to 26% among other adults without kids. >> that's an extraordinary number. so many parents feel that they're carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, and they're doing that by themselves. >> the advisory cites common parental demands like busy schedules, managing bad behavior, not getting enough sleep, but also points to stressors like financial strain, worries about children's health and safety, technology and social media, and time demands. >> there's so much pressure on parents to spend all of this quality time with your kids, like sit on the ground and play pretend with your four year old, you know? and when you think about it logically, it's like there's no way my mom was able to do that. >> the report saying all of these combined are contributing to the nationwide epidemic of loneliness and isolation. >> parents are struggling with loneliness at higher levels than other adults, and this is

particularly true for single parents. >> doctors say there are strategies that can help. >> stress is your emotional response to the increased pressure. so we're going to decrease the pressure by number one, outsourcing tasks and not feeling guilty about it. we are going to make sure we make time for our mental health, our physical health and our spiritual health, and then we're not going to feel guilty about it because all of those things are making us better parents. >> the surgeon general calling for a culture shift. policies and programs to better enable parents to thrive. alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> and this is important, doctor murthy says organizations in our communities can play a big role in supporting parents. >> we also know that community organizations, whether they're service organizations, faith organizations, they also can play a powerful role in creating spaces and places for parents to gather and build connection with one another. places where parents can come and know that there may be some child care available, or a safe place for

their kid to play, or an opportunity for their children to play with other kids. that is all immensely helpful at a time when not only are parents struggling with isolation, but where costs of child care are very high and so there's a lot that communities can do. and this is the question that i want people to be asking in response to this advisory, which is what can i do to help the parents in my life? what can i do as an individual, and what can i do as a member of the organizations that i belong to? >> doctor murthy was initially actually studying youth mental health and talking to their families, and that's when he learned the extent to which parents are struggling. if you or someone you know is struggling, we have resources available to help with parenting and mental health. just go to abc7 news.com/take action. >> still ahead life imitating art. >> it's a real life edward scissorhands, the london architect turned artist now turning heads with his designer topiaries big yellow and i made. yeah, is there any way that i can make it up to you? actually, you could help me

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devane. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. now, if you're ever in london, you may just walk by a few giant leafy elephants sculpted by a man whose name is bush. here's abc news reporter danny new. >> even for the guy with scissors for hands. >> i'll be darned. >> the transition to topiary still came as a surprise. >> i don't think i can imagined

in my wildest dreams how much attention they would garner. actually >> over the past 15 years, tim bush. yes. bush has become famous in north london for turning his neighbors hedges into cartoonish works of art. there's a fish, a hippo, and even this pair of elephants, which actually has reviews on google maps. one says superb hedge would recommend visiting, if ever, in london. for the record, this artistic awakening did not come out of nowhere for the 71 year old. tim is a retired architect who won some awards and things, but nothing like the publicity that's come from cutting a few hedges into a funny shape. and he also went to art school for seven years, decades ago. so maybe that was part of the reason why, around 2010, his now late wife philippa, just asked him one day if he could turn one of their bushes into a cat. >> i think she wanted something more attractive to look at in the front garden. and then when their neighbor needed a hedge makeover too, it was philippa who volunteered. >> tim for that project. now, sadly, philippa passed away in

2017 after a battle with breast cancer, but tim appreciates how this attention has helped spread her legacy to so many. >> i imagine if she were still alive, she'd be fairly tickled with the amount of attention they've all got a decade and a half later. >> and now tim has about a dozen or so hedges to routinely maintain because, you know, bushes grow. but here's maybe the most rewarding part. many of these homeowners pay tim for each time he comes by with his trimmer, but he doesn't keep any of it over the years, tim has been able to donate thousands of pounds to various organizations and charities around the world, decided to do something useful and have fun at the same time in new york for abc news, i'm danny new. >> that's it for abc seven news at four. abc seven news at five is coming up next

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