near yosemite reporter reuben contreras takes us there. this edition, a destination, california. >> i post. good morning and welcome the sugar pine railroad. that's the greeting you'll hear as soon as you pull off of highway 41 south of yosemite. you leave the roadway behind and jump on the rails of the yosemite mountain sugar pine rail. >> it's a one hour steam powered excursion usually by the number 10 here, which is an 83 in afton steam locomotive. >> once you take your seat on the longer you learn about the history of logging and railroads that led to this mountain attraction. the scenic ride will show you the beauty of the sierra national forest. he stopped and who is creek canyon allows you to enjoy a trail in the high country. locomotive takes on water after 15 pat lewis creek at all. aboard for the 2nd half of that rain right. it's a crazy just to see locomotive going up and down the hill with this team. was pretty cool as the 90 year-old locomotive pulls back into the station. your journey actually continues. you can step into the

yosemite will end the reservation requirement for entry after september 30. heavier than usual crowds are expected to getting a campsite or hotel room. that will remain tough. who have homes -- i should say, those who have homes damaged by the wildfires are being reminded to be careful who they hire for cleanup and rebuilding. the contractors say license board says beware of unlicensed and remember, pay no more than $1000 or 10% of the cost of the job up front, whichever is less. those who live in or near the fire zones got some good news today from insurance commissioner ricardo lara. he has ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for those areas affected by the northern california wildfires. the protected zip codes have been listed on the state's website. you can check them out there. you don't have to be in the fire zone. you have to be in the zip code that has been attributed to the fire zone. they could help a lot of people. dan: sounds like it or thank you very much. ama: now to an unwelcome trend in the dating world which

national park. >> we know that she didn't send it because he was home september went to yosemite. they never had plans to go to yosemite so it was obvious. >> during a stop in moab, utah, got into a heated argument that prompted a witness to call 911. six days later, found the bodies of a newlywed couple who had been shot near a campsite just outside of town. the grant county sheriff's office says it is in contact with florida authorities and "we are actively looking into any connection between the gabby petito missing person case on the double homicide that occurred in greene county." other than proximity, there was no immediate evidence to link the cases but this early in the investigation, authorities say they can roll nothing out. >> harris: think you for some new information and all of that, want to bring in gabby petito's godmother and thank you so very much for being with us, i wish it were for any other reason at this point but i do want to get your take on things. when was the last time that you saw gabby and brian together? >> they visited me in charleston, south carolin

do you believe that she actually made it to yosemite or could she have been somewhere else? >> it is our understanding there was no plan to go to yosemite, but to come up to this region at teton and yellowstone and to receive a text message saying yosemite, it is like 800 miles the opposite direction. we are looking atlanta the timeline now when we know that van and brian were back in florida on september 1st. and those text messages were received on august 26th and 27. that time frame doesn't line-up. it's really calling into question who sent them? was it her? we are really questioning it now? >> sandra: final question to you, say, about your stepdaughter and she seemed to be very open and wanted the police to know in that moment that she suffers from mental health issues. she says that she suffers from ocd and she said i have severe or extreme, i don't remember the word that she said but ocd. but does that have anything to do with the search or how she might behave or act when approached? >> no, i'm not going to speak too much on her medical conditions that she may or may

, or somewhere near text message said no cell service in yosemite. the mother doesn't think that text message was from her, could it have been a ploy to throw her off the trail? >> it absolutely could be, that only tells us two things. tells us the phone was powered and a human being sent a text message, it doesn't prove who did it or where they did it. they might be able to triangalate that use of that cell phone with nearby cell tower or towers to see if in fact they were near yosemite. that will be something investigators are going to do, they have a lot of cell towers between north port, florida and grand tetons. if this individual was driving across the country, you have lots of cell tower information, lots of places people where they could stop and eat, gas, credit cards will be used, surveillance video all points in between. these investigators have a lot of work to do and have to sift through enormous amount of material and let's hope they find the answer to questions this family needs. >> john: quick question, 30 seconds left, philip. withou

a lot of work they have to do. >> absolutely and to echo that point if they were in yosemite national park in california on august 30th, brian was here in florida on september 1st so he would have to drawn cross-country in a number of days. the timing is very interesting. >> it is 10 minutes after the hour, two moderate democrats standing in the way of president biden's $3 trillion budget. if it passes joe concha predicted will be the last straw for voters. he will explain why next. we raise the rest of the money. >> tough stuff on the news today, this will put a smile on your face, used to walk to work every day, this amazing moment he was able to drive home. we will show it to you coming up. common sense, public. >> blaming general millie as much as i blame donald trump. >> godless general millie for straightening things out. >> not reading the room on this one, media pundits defending general mark miller is accused of breaking the chain of command in calls he made to his chinese counterpart by donald trump's back. >> is facing call to resign because the former head the pentagon say

they never had plans to go to yosemite. so it's obvious. >> sean: yeah, and i don't know if this young man's mother is alive. as his mother left? didea you ever reach out to her and say could you please help me find my daughter? >> yes, i reached out to her on friday the ninth, or the tenth, i'm sorry. i texted her, i'm worried about the kids, i haven't heard from them, and i got nothing. called, left messages, gots, nothing. >> sean: she won't even call you back? >> nope. >> sean: and joe and tara, you reached out, they won't call you back? >> no. >> we called on the tenth, i can't tell you how many times. we sent text messages, we are worried, we are calling the police, if someone texted me and said they can't find my son, i'm going to drop whatever i'm doing to call me back. but i guess it's evident how they run their household. because 350 million other people in the country. >> -- home at that time. >> sean: i'm sorry, tara? >> she knew her son was home at that time when we were texting her. at that time we didn't know

there is a new twist this morning following the mysterious death of a bay area family near yosemite. according to the "new york times, officials are investigating possible lightning strikes in the area. no official word yet on how the family died. officials believe john commit his wife ellen, and their one-year-old daughter and their dog hiked most of the eight-mile trail in triple digit heat. the big question still remains -- what happened to them? investigators looked at everything from toxic algae to talk carbon monoxide poisoning to old mines. kumasi: a woman tells abc 7 news someone stole her custom pet mobile grooming truck. it happened between 2:00 and 4:00 in the morning in san leandro. she said the truck is her dream. she just wanted back, and insurance does not cover most of the items, including the camper that houses or business. a park is set to open today if protesters do not get in the way. it is in a state-owned lot in the vista montana neighborhood. abc 7 reporter amanda del castillo has more. amanda: new, temporary parking sites are said to open tuesday to those livi

all it said was, "no service in yosemite." that is 800 miles away from her last known location it in wyoming. on august 30th, two days go by and branches up in florida. thousands of miles away. if they were together, it would be impossible for him to reach florida. >> you need to be leading the investigation. your observations were great. i learned more from you in 30 seconds that have this entire time. it is totally illogical from them to go to you somebody in florida in two days. it's not in concorde with the relationship she had with her mom. no service in yosemite. that's nothing like her communication with her family. the facetiming and closeness that they had. there's only little times that eggs that add up. how do the two of them go on a trip and he rolls up without any kind of communications. did something happen? legally speaking for viewers to understand, when you were a person of interest, that is less than a suspect. i meet a few things. it is a catchall term that affords legal protection to the individual. they ca

i am sure it the cell phone company can see if that text was in fact sent from yosemite if there two phones were together at that time or if they were separated but they were together somewhere closer to florida, he should be in deep yogurt. what would it take for the fbi or local law enforcement to arrest him? >> they are going to have to establish probable cause they had something to with her disappearance. what he probably is not taken into account is a lot of data searches, things you do on the web, instagram, all of these things are stored in the cloud. much of it is. even if you do not have access to the device you can use search warrants, court orders to get access to this information that is stored not on the device but up in the cloud somewhere. there may be some irrelevant information somewhere. they came across people and various parts of their trip, particularly in utah party think they're going to get some information out those they came in contact with, which put things into context but obviously the relationship was in turmoil. in close quarters traveling like that you

authorities in time to change his story and the really disheartening strange text saying she was in yosemite national park to throw everybody off. that's a huge red flag if you are missing and you don't know what happened you won't send a text saying i'm in another place. that is a huge red flag in the body language, the family i feel like he has a huge lead on authorities no matter what his role in whatever the case may be the circumstantial evidence is all here. carley: you bring up such a point were running out of time but i think a to ask you a series of unanswerable questions, why did brian laundrie's family wait several days if they knew that he went missing on tuesday why has brian laundrie's family not spoken out at all when this beautiful girl who was living with them in new was missing ten days when they spoke to authorities it's unanswerable. tammy: would have to draw a conclusion, it seems that they are interested in saving him. carley: were gonna leave it right there but you can catch the gabby petito investigation that nancy grace talks with gabby's family and a panel of expert

resident at the yosemite apartments. we're all proud of that. now, thank you for forgiving me, rudy. i'll conclude by noting that it was in 2008 that citizens got control of the site. the city did not have virtually any money and so they had the foresight to lend us just enough to acquire the property and there was no more money in sight. and so for years and years, we struggled to try to find ways to come up with non-city money to complete the financing. and during that period of time, the site had originally been zoned for only 80' and because of our work with the city department, we were able to rezone it and sub divide it. so this is now actually two sites. what's behind us will be 18 stories and where you all are sitting now is zoned for 30 stories and another 230 units that some day we hope to be able to finance as affordable housing. and so, if there is something to learn from this, it is the power of a whole community working together and of perseverance. thank you all for being here. we'll see you at the ground breaking. >> five, four,

plunge, this is a different car, after rolling over on the edge of an embankment along tioga pass in yosemite. chp blames excessive speed and says this is the fourth crash of this kind in the sierra in the past two weeks. meanwhile, in antioch, suspected car thieves escape went off the rails when he drove onto them, literally. chp started following this guy in a pickup after it set off a lojack signal and was suspected stolen. the wild taste that followed ended when the truck got stuck on the side of train tracks. the driver bailed, but was quickly arrested in a nearby backyard. >>> a southbay business owner is being honored for preventing what authorities say could have been a mass shooting by seeing something and saying something about it. santa clara county das office awarded farouq its highest honor, today. in july, he noticed a guy prowling around his business on his security cameras. he called police, who found the suspect with a stash of weapons and a journal with an anti- semitic and racist writing. >> you don't have to be a cop, a firefighter, or a superhero, to save innocent lives.

like we were in yosemite and the water was pouring down the river. >> everyone came to help each other, which was a good thing. i've never seen that before. >> j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> health is a topic we focus on in building a better bay area. we have the latest covid headlines. the cdc has moved california back into the high rate of transmission category a day after dropping into the lower substantial category. an fda panel is set to debate the need of a booster shot. pfizer pushing for approval. some on the panel are not convinced it is necessary. public health officials say halloween parties and fall gatherings could drive up the number of cases, even though 90% of the population is vaccinated. the expected rise in cases has officials planning covid vaccine clinics for five to 11-year-olds, even though the vaccine has yet to be authorized. abc7 news reporter kate larsen spoke with parents and county health leaders. >> the fda has yet to authorize a covid vaccine for children under 12. the marion county county office of education is saving dates for on-campus covid vaccines for th

a crash off of san diego last week. 29-year-old lieutenant bradley foster grew up in oak hurts near yosemite and married with a one million dollar daughter. lieutenant foster was one of six crew members that fell in the sea after it crashed on the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln during routine operations. one sailor rescued and the navy is investigating what went wrong. >>> a live look outside across the bay where there is a clearer view than lately. >> paul haggen is talking about a short work week. >> let's take a look what is happening. an interesting satellite. it shows the winds blowing in different directions and these lines of being blown south to north by winds in the atmosphere and that is what directs the wildfire smoke and gets pushed away from the bay area or ocean level. you can see the marine stratus blowing along the coast because that is the direction the winds are blowing and lining up to produce onshore wind for the atmosphere and that is going to clear up the lingering smoke. when is that going to happen? let's go to future cast. the good news is that worse of the smoke i

light on this shin hook helicopter sweeping in to rescue 200 people at the reservoir 80 miles south of yosemite national park. the creek fire swept through at record speeds. >> there was a lot of chaos on the ground. >> reporter: joseph spoke to us from his current deployment in kuwait. he is with the california army national guard and says the fast-moving flames barely gave anyone time to escape. >> some of the people had been burned badly. skin coming off of the body. >> reporter: why did this wildfire spread so quickly? the answer may have to do with what happened here years before the creek fire ever ignited. >> the more trees you remove from the forest, the hotter and faster fires burn. >> reporter: dr. hanson a forest and fire ecologist who has been studying wildfires more than two decades. the fire started down slope. >> reporter: he took us on a tour of the creek fire and gave us a first look at the new research that essentially blames the u.s. forest service for creating hazardous conditions that allowed the creek fire and other fires across california to burn faster and spread farther

army member now missing in yosemite. >>> keeping an eye on a forecast where the temperatures today got warmer for inland locations, middle 90s in fact, how much longer will we do that? we have a cool down. we will talk about air quality, coming up >>> a live look at the white house where the biden administration is fighting against afghanistan pull out. >> can al-qaida come back? yes, but guess what, it is back in other places, what is the strategy, every place where al-qaida is we will have troops there? come on. >> tomorrow, blinken will appear in front of congress for the first time since the u.s. withdrawal. he will likely face pointed questions from lawmakers. >>> we just finished commemorating the 20th anniversary of the worst terror attacks on u.s. soil. now, experts are warning of a national security threat that could paralyze the country. >> the difference now is you don't need an f-14 fighter plane, you don't need a b-2 bomber or boots on the ground. >> i would like to say we are prepared but we are not prepared. >> our economy we would be decimated. >> join us for our origin

. >> yosemite park is ending the day use reservation system at the end of the month. they will not be required beginning october 1st. they were put in place last year to reduce the crowds as the covid-19 safety protocol. masks will still be required inside all buildings in the park. >>> meanwhile, we learn tonight berkeley's restaurant is postponing its reopening. it was supposed to begin taking reservation for next month but the restaurant is planning reopen after the new year due to concerns over the pandemic. it will continue to do take out. >>> we'll be right back. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. >>> late show with stephen colbert is next. >> thank you for watching. the news continuing streaming on cbsnbay area. have a good night - [male narrator] the

texts yo this cryptic -- no more information, no service in yosemite. they believe -- her family believes that message was not from her. what can you tell us about that very small piece of evidence and the phone trail and how this might all come together? what would you be looking for? >> absolutely, phones, phones, phones. they're going through all that and financial records, atm cards. the phones are key. with the cell phone tower data that they'll get that i'm sure they have from the company, they be able to spatially map her phone and his phone. so they're going to want to see where the message came from. that is a cryptic message. i believe one of the last messages that was given. so that will be a highly relevant piece of message that law enforcement will look into. there's ways and i won't describe them that law enforcement using federal assets and state assets and the fbi is involved have very sophisticated abilities to track what cell phones are doing and who is the person behind the cell phone doing it. you can be sure at this point in time si

we're at yosemite. the service is bad. now, yosemite national park is 800 miles away, which is given reason for a lot of people connected to the investigation of this case to be suspicious, but that text was actually sent by gabby. the emergence of this police body cam footage we've seen from an incident on august 12th has raised the possibility that there was friction between this couple. there had been an argument that was so strenuous in a little convenience store in utah that a bystander called police who later saw the van on the road and pulled them over. that video from the police body cam is the first indication of any friction between the couple and the last-known video of gabby petito. >> let's list tone part of that video. >> we have been fighting this morning. you know what i mean -- >> why wouldn't i let you in the car? >> you told me to calm down, yeah. but imperfectly calm. sometimes i get frustrated. >> one of the things, debra, that stood out to me, she admits to pushing or shoving her fiancee. the police a

like we were in yosemite and the water was pouring down the river. >> everyone came to help each other, which was a good thing. i've never seen that before. >> j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> health is a topic we focus on in building a better bay area. we have the latest covid headlines. the cdc has moved california back into the high rate of transmission category a day after dropping into the lower substantial category. an fda panel is set to debate the need of a booster shot. pfizer pushing for approval. some on the panel are not convinced it is necessary. public health officials say halloween parties and fall gatherings could drive up the number of cases, even though 90% of the population is vaccinated. the expected rise in cases has officials planning covid vaccine clinics for five to 11-year-olds, even though the vaccine has yet to be authorized. abc7 news reporter kate larsen spoke with parents and county health leaders. >> the fda has yet to authorize a covid vaccine for children under 12. the marion county county office of education is saving dates for on-campus covid vaccines for th

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. >> yosemite park is ending the day use reservation system at the end of the month. they will not be required beginning october 1st. they were put in place last year to reduce the crowds as the covid-19 safety protocol. masks will still be required inside all buildings in the park. >>> meanwhile, we learn tonight berkeley's restaurant is postponing its reopening. it was supposed to begin taking reservation nebu the restaurant is planning reopen after the new year due to concerns over the pandemic. it will continue to do take out. >>> we'll be right back. what i've learned from so many years . . . . . . of living with hiv is to enjoy every moment. my name is hugo and i'm on biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment . . . . . . used for hiv in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights hiv to help you get to . . . . . . and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low, it cannot be measured by a lab test. serious side effects can occur, including kidney problems and kidney failure. rare, life-threate

a national guard pilot who helped rescue 200 people trapped by last year's creek fire near yosemite shared his dramatic experience. our senior investigator joins us next with his story to talk about how why some experts say our strategy for stopping fires may be making future situations even worse. >> this is about a crisis in our community that is taking lives. >>> also tonight, oakland's police chief has a message for our community as the city grapples with an unprecedented level of violence. we're going to share that with you. stay with us. emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbers for your parents, siblings and neighbors. pick a place to meet your family if you are not together and can't go home. remind your parents to pack an emergency supply kit. making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. this couple is working hard on our

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swooped in to rescue more than 200 people trapped at the mammoth pool reservoir about 80 miles south of yosemite national park. the creek fire swept through the sierra at record speeds and cut off all roads heading out of the area. joseph rosamond: there was a lot of chaos, obviously, down on the ground. bigad: rescue pilot joseph rosamond spoke to us from his current deployment in kuwait. he's with the california army national guard and says the fast-moving flames barely gave anyone time to escape. joseph: some of the people had been burned pretty badly, talkin', like, skin coming off of the body. bigad: so why did this wildfire spread so quickly? the answer may have to do with what happened here years before the creek fire ever ignited. dr. chad hanson: the more trees you remove from the forest, the hotter and faster fires tend to burn. bigad: dr. chad hanson is a forest and fire ecologist who's been studying wildfires for more than two decades. dr. hanson: well, the fire started downslope of us. bigad: he took our investigative unit on a tour of the creek fire and gave us a first look at his

fastest moving in california history, burning nearly 380,000 acres last year, about 80 miles south of yosemite. let's take you to where the creek fire erupted in big creek canyon which also happens to be an area that was repeatedly logged over the past 25 years. so let's take a look at those areas. here in green are where burned trees were removed after past wildfires. and now let's take a look where the creek fire burned most intensely. there's clearly some overlap there. according to this new study, areas that were post-fire logged were actually three times as likely to burn hotter and faster, raj. that's versus areas that were left alone. so now this all calls into question the way we've been responding to wildfires for the past 100 and years specifically in the last three or four years how we've doing it. what makes this frustrating is we have accomplished researchers and professors and fire scientists with differing viewpoints. we have dr. chad hansen, the author of the study, and dr. brandon collins, a fire research scientist at uc berkeley. dr. hanson, you're saying that clearing the fa

look at all the thunderstorms popping up over the sierra nevada just to the east of fresno through yosemite. you see some of those lrttle bit fusther to the north. now as we're going to see more of that activity. all that moisture still off the coastline. you see that rain of showers still the come overnight to really. so she did more of the cold front that's beginning to move in that certain amplify some of this all of a sudden watch these cloud tops start to turn white. that means are getting pretty cold. an unstable out there right now. we do have a few scattered showers. most of that so far has been to our north back the cells kind of moving through right now just to the east of santa rosa. you see that cell that is pushing on through right now that bringing with it a chance. some scattered showers and start to build a little little bit when you start to see some red on tops of the cell. sometimes you're starting to look at some thunderstorms trying to form at least anyway whether the forms are not that still remains uncertain. but there is that possibility and there's a lot more moistu

and they now realise that the environment which was created by the original plains indians in yosemite and places like that was actually the environment that we try to, that we recognise and respect today. and that was created by the people living in harmony with their environment and understanding it far better than we... we are onlyjust beginning to realise how badly we manage places than they did. and so, we are criticising some elements of the conservation movement, which has a sort of blind desire to remove people everywhere from the land. of course people do bad things, but the indigenous people, the sort of people that survival represents, on the whole, are looking after it better than anybody else could. as you say, you have been a conservationist over six decades or so. and your most recent book, taming the four horsemen, considers how the planet can be sustained, how we need to adapt to all of the challenges facing the planet. indeed, on page four, you actually talk about the very severe threat of a pandemic. now, you wrote it before covid, then covid happened, covid actually

san francisco holds one hundred year old rights to collect mountain runoff in reservoirs near yosemite but last month the state told them to stop or face fines of ten thousand dollars a day. hi all right if you ever wanna get into it go down a rabbit hole with water rights in the state of california read cadillac desert- it's probably the best books i think ever written on california are those other books as well but- it water rights. almost impossible to understand i've tried i read so many books and i still struggle with it are just so many little deals that were made in over the years okay so the fire weather watch. in fact tomorrow through friday morning that's the main time of concern will be thursday night into friday morning here's what the model does in this may put you at ease a little bit. so here's the afternoon tomorrow and then here we go into the evening you see starts invoice in a maybe a little sprinkle around here but not that no no convection really occurring at ten o'clock. but somewhere around midnight one in the morning you see were blows up east of our area the no

she said it could have actually been brian who sent it the text said that she was in yosemite national park you could possibly trace where that text message was coming from if it wasn't coming from the california area. well then that raises a major red flag. steve: absolutely. and if anybody in the laundrie house behind you want to come out and talk, carley shimkus will be there all morning. thank you, carley. carley: we'll be there. ainsley: the mom said she got that last text message the last day of august. on september 1st, he the boyfriend or fiance i don't know what he was was back in that house in florida. she says you do the math. brian: 17 minutes now after the hour. jillian mele, also good at math but more serious stuff. jillian: i prefer not to do math on tv because it feels it never ends well. ainsley: makes you nervous. jillian: good morning. let's begin your headlines with this. are texas reaching all time high police reporting 60 killings so far this year. that's one higher than the previous record set in 1984. police data shows homicides in the city have been on the rise

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you know, yosemite. there is no way gabby would not know the state she was in. she had planned this trip for years. she had it on an app, in her journal. she was documenting it daily with the drone in an app in her phone, he returned without her in her car, never searched for her, would not answer to her mommy and daddy, you are kidding me. >> if -- >> we're all go back to florida and back to wyoming. when we come back. was laundrie with gabby petito at the time of her death? i looked on ancestry and just started digging and found some really cool stuff... it was just a lot of fun. just to talk to my parents about it and to send it to my grandparents and be like, hey this person we're all related to look at this crazy stuff they did in arizona 100 years ago. it actually gives you a picture of their life, so you get to feel like you're walking the same path they did. ♪ ♪ nancy: out rage building, is it possible that life of gabby petito could have been saved? had the boyfriend, brian laundrie, or his family come forward and given her whereabouts, joining me o

it read, no service in yosemite. the family hasn't said who they believe sent it. local police found her van and her fiance at the home they shared with his family in north port, florida. he returned there alone september 1st without reporting her missing. laundrie, officials say, is not cooperating with police. >> we have never spoken a word with brian. >> reporter: weeks earlier on august 12th, police in moab, utah, were called to a possible disorderly conduct situation. >> we've just been fighting this morning, some personal issues. he wouldn't let me in the car before. >> reporter: petito described in the police report as confused and emotional and manic. one of the officers concluding the situation was the result of a mental health crisis. no charges were filed. north port police say they don't know what, if anything, the incident had to do with petito's disappearance. a lawyer for the laundrie family saying they would not be commenting. p >> this is the love of your life. if that is true, do the right thing. you need to do it now and stop waiting. >> reporter

monument, maritime national historical park, and if you want to drive further out you can get into yosemite for free, too. simone biles will be in san jose for her gold over america tour. tickets are available to see the show described as a celebration of women athletes with the hope of inspiring the next-generation of athletes. right now on our website, you can get a guide on covid free events happening around the bay area this weekend. reggie, what are you doing. reggie: there is a lot going on for me this weekend and none of it makes sense. my husband's family is here so we will be playing tour guide. it is also my friend's first time as a pastor in front of his congregation in person. i think i will be going to church and it is folsom weekend. jobina: that is a combo. reggie: we will be praying for you all. [laughter] jobina: i love it. kumasi: i am soliciting my friend's birthday so we are going to go to the beach, relaxing, and get massages. reggie: i'm so excited for you. you deserve it. jobina: -- mike: i'm i'm i'm dinner with friends both nights and i think we will do some winetast

you know, yosemite. there is no way gabby would not know the state she was in. she had planned this trip for years. she had it on an app, in her journal. she was documenting it daily with the drone in an app in her phone, he returned without her in her car, never searched for her, would not answer to her mommy and daddy, you are kidding me. >> if -- >> we're all go back to florida and back to wyoming. when we come back. was laundrie with gabby petito at the time of her death? ♪ music playing. ♪ there's an america we build ♪ ♪ and one we explore one that's been paved and one that's forever wild but freedom means you don't have to choose just one adventure ♪ ♪ you get both. introducing the all-new 3-row jeep grand cherokee l jeep. there's only one. nancy: out rage building, is it possible that life of gabby petito could have been saved? had the boyfriend, brian laundrie, or his family come forward and given her whereabouts, joining me on the ground from florida. kelly, from fox 13, what is happening. reporter: good evening, i spoke with north port poli

new developments following the mysterious death of a bay area family near yosemite. officials closed 28 miles along the merced river where high levels of toxic algae have been detected. the closure will remain until at least next friday. last week, sierra national forest officials closed nearby trail citing safety concerns. investigators believe jonathan and his wife ellen, their one-year-old daughter, and their dog hiked most of an 8.5 mile trail and a triple digit heat. because of their death is under investigation. there is some encouraging news from the tahoe area. containment on the caldor fire is up. we will keep a code at the bottom of your screen. if you scan it, it will take you to the abc 7 wildfire tracker. the caller fire --caldor has burned more than 250,000 acre. containment jumped to 43%. some evacuation orders have been listed on the western flank. >> we have been ve we have beene the last couple days in mitigating whether to allow our firefighters to take an aggressive approach to try to reach containment objectives. kate: calfire says the fire has d

why wouldn't they be yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon? now tourist sites. this idea, you know, land back is very important because i think mostly people who think about changing the united d states, you know, progressive people want more democracy and more, that is mostly urban, urban people, and they don't understand the importance of the land that even today, george washington, the real estate men, even today real estate is still the main basic commodity. we could see that in 2007-2008, that was the crash of the real estate market. so land is central to the united states, and so very, very few historians, scholars, activists i know outside of native scholars, activists and just ordinary people know that, you know. and that knowledge is so important to spread. native scholars have done -- there's a a really large bodyf literature now. when i wrote an indigenous people's history of the united states there was a lot. i couldn't have written that book in the year 2000 because in 1970 there were three native americans with phds. three. now there are hundreds a

and oakland in the 70's. 84 for the east bay. 91 to 96 degrees for the inland neighborhoods. 96 in yosemite. 107 in palm springs. you can see the cloud cover becoming more widespread with a little drizzle along the coast and temperatures in the 50's tonight. cooling trend tonight, about four to 10 degrees cooler. cooler yet on thursday. friday will be comfortable. saturday is our coolest day because of the cold front and the chance for rain and behind that, the wind picks up as does our fire danger on sunday and monday. kumasi: coming up, the seven things to know this morning and the return of broadway. reggie: and that shocking and amazing catch at a football kumasi: if you are just joining us, here are the seven things to know this morning. it is election day. president biden issur californio the polls and support governmene faces recall. reggie: the trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes is excited to resume in san jose today. the proceedings were canceled friday after a juror was possibly exposed to covid. we are specter to hear from a senior project manager at theranos and one of t