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race is getting another major player always live. >> abc seven news starts right now. >> just as one reaches containment, another comes in a new brush fire in the hills above pittsburgh. there have now been a string of fires since last weekend. firefighters from across the area stepping in once again today. there is now a hope that this busy start to the season is not a sign of what may be to come. good evening, i'm j.r. stone. while area fire crews tell us a risk of a major wildfire is low right now, it's clear we're already off to a busy start to the summer season. and tomorrow, santa rosa fire will declare it the official start of fire season. today, cal fire and contra costa firefighters teamed up to contain this wind driven brush fire. burning up a good chunk of chunk of that is of a hillside right by a group of homes in pittsburgh. it's the fifth fire, totaling more than 40 acres to have burned in the last eight
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days. and the larger bay area. abc seven news reporter tara campbell has more on today's flames and what might be ahead sunday. >> crews fighting back flames and yet another early season wildfire, this one in pittsburgh spreading more than 50 acres. we lost everything. 40 years of history was lost today, destroying a local theater company's warehouse where we store all of our sets and props, costumes, sound equipment, lighting equipment went up in flames today for a reason. >> we don't know. they're investigating right now. we had a structure fire that quickly spread into the vegetation. >> uh- crews had to pivot and change their tactics from a structure fire response into a wildland response. >> the bay area, seeing a handful of grass fires over the past week, including the crystal fire near saint helena spreading 60 acres. crews battling 100 degree heat had the heat wave last week. >> we got more heat ahead of us in the next couple of days, and so there is a potential for, that the fuels across the
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landscape are going to be receptive to fire. >> jason clay is the spokesperson for cal fire sonoma lake napa unit covering six counties. >> we've actually elevated our staffing levels a couple weeks early, so we have reached our peak staffing levels, and that's just based on the conditions and the activity that we've started to see recently. >> and cal fire units throughout the state are following suit. >> you'll start to see that all across california that we're amping up our staffing levels, and we're having all of our resources ready to respond to fires. >> meanwhile, in santa rosa, monday marks the official start of the wildfire season with just the conditions, with how dry things are, the increase in fire activity, that prompted the declaration, division chief paul lowenthal says the risk of major wildfire is below normal for now, expecting the wet winter to make a major impact this season. >> fortunately, with how much rainfall we did get, that will help keep our heavier fuels. our brush, our timber, not as receptive to that fire spread, but i do definitely think that
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we'll likely see a lot more. unfortunately grass fires this year. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> and if you're looking for ways to support that pittsburgh theater company that lost its warehouse in the fire today, they have their opening showings of the sunshine boys this weekend. tickets are available online at tickets 831.com. luckily, firefighters were quick to get a handle on that fire before it got out of hand. but as we look out live from our emeryville camera tonight, the heat won't be helping things in the next few days. even some triple digits are in play. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist francis dinglasan, who is tracking this toasty start to the week. francis. >> yeah, j.r, we'll start to feel the things heat up tomorrow. and what's also factor are the winds. and that's going to contribute to the fire danger right now the winds are a little bit calmer. you'll notice they're only gusting about 18mph in oakland, 23 in napa. and even though they will be calm overnight, the winds will pick up again tomorrow afternoon as
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the heat builds. in addition to that, we will have further warming on tuesday. so there's a heat advisory tuesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. there's an increased risk of heat illness and also fire danger in fact, the farther you are away from the coast, you'll see a minor to moderate heat risk, and temperatures will really climb up. here's an example of a look at the week ahead in concord will be near 97 degrees on tuesday before things start to cool down midweek. all the complete accuweather seven day forecast coming up, j.r. we look forward to that. >> you can always keep an eye on the heat and other weather where you live. with the abc seven news bay area app, it gives you access to the same live doppler seven tools. our weather team uses. download the app wherever you stream abc seven news bay area. now to the night of sideshows we saw overnight taking over the streets in san francisco as well as oakland
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there were a handful of sideshows in the east bay, including one right in front of the grand lake theater, and you saw some involved in firework activity. the sideshows in the east bay stretched from emeryville to oakland and south to san leandro, and a similar scene in san francisco. some though, might say this one was more intense as the car was engulfed in flames along the embarcadero. this sideshow happened just after 2 a.m. right next door to the iconic ferry building. police say it started to break up once officers arrived. no telling, though, how long that car was on fire and today graffiti could be seen on the side of pier one, which is right next door to the ferry building and the area where the sideshow happened. a second one of these happened at valencia and cesar chavez street in san francisco. police responded, but say no arrests were made. we make it our mission every day here at abc7 to find the things helping to build a better bay area, and we make sure to highlight those breakthroughs in
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our communities. tonight, an uplifting story of support in oakland for an ice cream vendor that was brutally attacked while out on the job. abc seven news reporter lena howland shows you how the video of the attack turned into a sell out day. >> it was only two weeks ago when 50 year old felipe ramos batista was crossing the street when three masked people ran up with guns drawn in this surveillance video circulating social media, one suspect knocks the ice cream vendor to the ground and then the group runs off with some of his belongings. jose batista says he felt right there and then that he was going to be dead. batista is a father originally from guatemala, who says he just moved here from san diego. he had only been working as an ice cream vendor for 45 days before this attack. >> when i saw the video was just awful. >> enter christian fragoso after seeing the video, he teamed up with a friend to track the ice cream vendor down. >> sometimes when people get
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robbed, they don't have no one. you know, no one to get help from. so we wanted to step up and help them. >> and boy did they by inviting the entire community to come by. batista out on sunday. one ice cream at a time. even oakland firefighters stopped by and waited in line in between calls because he has to provide for his family. >> he needs to put food on the table. he needs to have a roof, you know? so i'm just happy that we were able to help him out today in a matter of hours. >> he sold out close to 300 frozen treats, a handful of vendors also showed up to sell tacos. aguas frescas and more, only to give 100% of their proceeds over to batista contento feliz batista saying, i'm happy that they came here to lend me a hand and if this story sounds familiar, that's because you've heard it before. back in october, fragoso organized a similar buyout when a san francisco public works employee was caught on camera pushing
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over a street vendors cart in a now viral video near fisherman's wharf, fregoso is intent no different on sunday, and i'm just happy that he sold out when he opened his car like it was just amazing and he was really happy. >> he was about to cry. he was like in tears because he just couldn't believe it. how like, all the people just came together. >> oakland police are still looking for the three people who robbed batista in oakland. lena howland, abc seven news. >> awful to see that help there are other abc seven news building a better bay area breakthrough tonight took us out to the peninsula for a well-deserved celebration of some of its female farm workers. san mateo county and the nonprofit alejo's hosted a ceremony honoring the women today as part of their farm worker heroes event at the san mateo county fair. their photos and stories are captured in an exhibit. the farm worker heroes celebrate is part of the county fair. every year in san mateo county, those farm workers of
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san mateo county have been through a lot in the past year, especially after the mass shooting in half moon bay, but we are seeing change for the better. my colleague, abc seven news reporter luz pena, put together an abc seven special after the shooting about the challenges farm workers face with housing. it's called hidden crisis, tragedy in half moon bay. you can watch it on demand on abc seven news.com or wherever you stream abc seven news, bay area. still ahead on abc seven news at 11. it's another big day in the world of ai. it's now apple's turn to share its artificial intelligence innovations tomorrow, and we're getting ready in tonight's abc seven news advancer at 11. plus, goodbye to golden gate fields. the closure of the landmark racetrack mixes lifelong memories and animal rights anger. we have a look at the final day
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a special way. we like to get you ahead and on top of some of the storylines you'll be hearing about in the days to come. tonight, it's all about tech, starting with a big announcement expected from apple, the company's annual worldwide developers conference starts tomorrow. multiple reports indicate the announcements will include advancements in series ai capabilities. although the software is usually not available to users until the fall or later. apple is trying to keep up in the arms race with open ai and google, both of which held their announcement events last month. open ai is rumored to be collaborating with apple in some aspect of tomorrow's announcement.
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certainly a to be continued there and also tomorrow, a major boost for a bay area company at the center of the ai boom. it will be the first day of trading for santa clara based nvidia, after a ten for one stock split. that means there are now ten times as many shares, but they'll cost one tenth of the price they did on friday when the split was initiated. and nvidia's share price has surged. more than 190% in the last year, putting it out of reach of many regular investors. abc seven news has long covered the ups and downs and of animal rights concerns at golden gate fields, and today horses ran their last race on that track. it's closing after 83 years of racing. a sad day for some. one fan drove from lake tahoe to spend one last afternoon at the track that she remembers as a kid. i've been coming to the track here since since 1948. >> great, great memories and i
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hate to see it go, but i know it's a sign of the times. >> the general manager tells us the closure is because the company decided to consolidate efforts in southern california at santa anita park. it comes at a time when horse racing popularity is down. the amount of horses bred for racing is less than half of what it was in 1990, and the mortality rate of horses in california has spiked outside today. animal rights activists held a funeral procession for the horses who died here. now to the pride month celebrations across the state and across the bay area as abc seven celebrates pride all year long, the oakland lgbtq cultural center held its first ever rainbow fair today by lake merritt. the event was free and family friendly, connecting the community to resources and friends. people came to eat, dance, and learn about the center's services. >> many people used to defer to san francisco to go for
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resources and services, but oakland, our center, has grown dramatically, and we now serve thousands of people per year. oakland is such a diverse city and so i just think that we are. that is the secret sauce of oakland, and it really helps people to feel welcome. and a part of our city. >> today's special musical guests included disco legend thelma houston and famous dance artist thea austin. happy pride and in los angeles, it was one big party in the streets. today, as the city's biggest ever pride parade rolled through hollywood, thousands of people joined the celebration of love and progress for the lgbtq plus community. lots of music, mariachi and first timers enjoying the show of unity. >> i think it's like a beautiful moment that we can all share together and kind of celebrate our pride. this is like my first
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actual, like pride celebrating here. so it's like a very special moment for me, just supporting everybody in the community and just loving each other. >> star trek actor george takei was one of the grand marshals for today's parade. anchor ellen leyva, with our sister station in los angeles and abc news reporter gio benitez hosted the parade. broadcast for abc seven los angeles. celebrate pride with abc seven. join us for our exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade live on june 30th. streaming everywhere you watch abc seven. joined right now by meteorologist francis dinglasan. hopefully the weather is nice then, but we've still got a little ways to go. a couple of weeks there. >> yeah, in fact, we have a big warm up before we get to the parade. it starts tomorrow. all right. you already noticed there's more sunshine today. here's a look at live doppler seven. some clouds off the coast. they are filling into the bay right now in fact, it's almost socked in at the golden gate bridge. most temperatures in the 50s and hanging to on 60
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san jose. right now it's at 60, but san francisco is at 53. oakland 56 degrees, and half moon bay. also one of the cooler spots at 54. but then check out these clear skies over san jose right now. and in the north bay, we're seeing some of cooler numbers in petaluma at 52 degrees. fairfield and concord in the upper 50s. a live shot from mount ham shows the clouds starting to creep in all across the bay from the coast. and here's what you need to know. so tonight we'll be dealing with some low clouds and fog. we could even have a little bit of patchy drizzle along the peninsula coast tomorrow morning to tomorrow. it's going to really warm up. plenty of sunshine for everybody except at the beaches. and then a heat advisory kicks in tuesday. and this is when numbers could hit triple digits in some inland areas. so we have the clouds filling in. in fact tomorrow morning when you wake up or early in the morning is a good time to open up the windows to let the cool air in, because temperatures will generally be in the low to mid 50s. san
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francisco 52, oakland 53, san jose 55. and you'll want to let the cooler air in because look at how warm it is going to be. san francisco will hit 70 tomorrow under plenty of sunshine. oakland 75, san jose 86. and then check out the 90s there. back in the forecast. concord livermore and santa rosa all at 90 degrees. fairfield. even a little bit warmer. we're going to jump ahead to tuesday. and this is when it gets really hot for the inland areas like fairfield, antioch, 98, also cloverdale, even at the beaches it will be quite warm. san francisco 73, san jose will be 90 on tuesday. wednesday we hang to on the heat, but it does start to cool down. thursday will be significantly cooler as the sea breeze kicks in, and we could even wake up to very overcast conditions on thursday. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we are warming up tomorrow and it's going to be really hot on tuesday. a great day to head to the beach, but there is a heat advisory in
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place, so there is a risk for some heat illness and also fire danger picks up hanging on to it. on wednesday, but it does start to cool down. we will get some fog on wednesday morning and that will help cool things down. but thursday is when the seabreeze really kicks back in. we'll wake up to some overcast skies, breezy cooler conditions, some clouds passing through. that will be a big drop in temperatures before we kind of climb back up again towards the end of the weekend. more sunshine. >> wonderful. well, hopefully now that a lot of the kids are home, hopefully the pools are working and ready to go. >> yeah, the pools and the beach will be the place to be. place to be. >> thank you so much francis. still ahead on abc seven news at 11 snub or no snub. once again, caitlin clark is the talk of the sports world. this time for being left off of team usa today. she responded about the move
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the team is partnering with stanford blood centers for a chance to win a vip fantasy batting practice on july 26th at oracle park, stanford blood centers is in need of all blood types, but its most dire need is with o blood types. you can sign up online at sbc donor.org wnba rookie sensation caitlin clark is now responding tonight after being left off team usa's basketball roster for the upcoming olympics today, clark's head coach said in response to the perceived snub, clark told her, quote, hey coach, they woke a monster. clark has been the subject of intense scrutiny to start her young wnba career after becoming the top college scorer of all time, men's or women's. as some might say, the boston celtics are halfway home in the nba finals. larry beil is here with a preview of sports j.r. >> the celtics hosted the first
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two games of the finals and they won both games. now can they carry it over to game three in dallas? can luka and the mavs bounce back and actually make this thing a series
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jason kidd sparked a debate about who's the best player on the celtics, jayson tatum or jaylen brown. well, tonight it was actually jrue holiday helping boston take a20 series lead in the nba finals. luka doncic wrapped up like the michelin man. he's got all kinds of injuries. the latest is a chest contusion. luka is still scoring at will 23 points in the first half for doncic. end of the half jrue holiday left, wide open corner three. bang! celtics led by only three at the half, though. third quarter tatum is trapped, finds holiday knifing down the lane. game high 12 assists for tatum, but he continues to struggle with the shooting end of the third. payton pritchard the bank is open on sunday in boston and they're up nine after the buzzer beater. fourth quarter celtics defense stepping up luka gets trapped. celtics snagged the steal. jaylen brown with authority. and then holiday forces luka into one of his eight turnovers derrick white saves it and they leave holiday alone. he hits the triple.
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celtics by 11 with four minutes to play, but luka won't give up a triple double 32 points, 11 boards, 11 assists. suddenly it's a five point game with a minute to go. well, tatum drives here, gets rejected. we're going the other way. dallas with a chance to make this a one possession game. but white and brown say no. incredible block on pj washington and boston wins 105 98 to take a20 series lead. probably should have been a foul. called on that play, but they didn't whistle it. game three of the finals in dallas wednesday night. pre game is at 5:00. tip off at 530 here on abc seven followed by after the game. let's get to baseball. hey boj giants going for a sweep of bruce bochy's texas rangers bottom of the second three zero texas. former a marcus siemian high deep and a oh high off keaton winn who gave up seven runs in six innings. so make it five. nothing on simeon's 11th of the season. top of the four yaz muscles up mike yastrzemski long ball to right his seventh of the year but not close to
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being enough. kirby yates slams the door in the ninth. giants get denied the sweep seven two. they're back home hosting the astros tomorrow. a's and blue jays. this is really weird. tyler soderstrom going after a foul ball. toronto's yusei kikuchi runs right into him for no apparent reason. what are you doing? the batter was called out for interference. kikuchi apologized afterwards, saying he didn't realize the coliseum didn't have a fence. i'm not sure that makes any sense, but that's what he said or the interpreter did. a's down two one in the seventh. abraham toro bloop into no man's land drops in for a two run double and an a's lead. but this game ends up going to extras. top ten isiah kiner-falefa from the state of hawaii bases clearing double. he had a career high five rbis. the a's fall six four. they're in san diego starting tomorrow. vroom, vroom. nascar sonoma former giant sergio romo driving the pace car and elk grove's kyle larson wins at sonoma for the second time in his career. third win of the season he led 19 laps, took the lead for good with eight laps to go and
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afterwards chugging some of that glorious napa wine. abc seven sports sponsored by river rock casino j.r. >> barry, thank you so much. much more to come on abc seven news at 11 campaign crunch time. president biden is closing out his trip abroad as former president trump is set to meet with a probation officer tomorrow. we have those details ahead. plus cleared for takeoff. how the bay area just got one step closer to seeing these electric air taxis in the sky. we'll talk about the timeline here and when you
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now to your voice, your vote and the presidential election looking tighter by the day. a new cbs poll a cbs yougov poll found president biden and former president trump are basically tied nationwide and in key battleground states. trump is set for an interview with his probation officer tomorrow as part of his conviction on 34 felony counts in his hush money trial. abc news reporter alison kosik looks at the impact of that conviction, and president
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biden's visit to france. >> it's not too hot out here, right? >> donald trump in las vegas on sunday, holding his first campaign rally since his conviction last month on 34 counts of falsifying business records. i got indicted again and again and again. >> i was never indicted in a period of this little tiny period of time, i was like a ping pong ball. >> that unprecedented conviction helping to fuel trump's fundraising efforts and galvanize his supporters, has the conviction harden your support for trump? oh, yeah. donald trump criticized president biden's recent immigration executive action that strictly limits the asylum process. >> it's weak. it's ineffective. the first thing we're going to do is we're going to close that border tight as a drum, and we're going to let people come in, but only legally. >> trump made similar immigration promises during his campaign in 2016, but was unable to fulfill them as president. meanwhile president biden, back home after traveling to france last week to mark the 80th
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anniversary of d-day while there, biden, stressing the importance of standing up for democracy, especially as russia continues its war in ukraine. >> putin not going to stop at ukraine. all of europe will be threatened. we're not going to let that happen. the united states is standing strong with ukraine. we're standing with our allies and we're standing with france. >> with less than five months until election day, some voters remain undecided. nevada resident john files says he feels the top issues we're facing today are not new ones. >> they haven't been dealt with by either administration and by the last two presidents and in leadership right now is critical on the world stage. and i think with some of our domestic issues, allison kosik, abc news, new york. >> developing news in france after far right parties delivered a humiliating defeat for french president emmanuel macron. the president has dissolved the country's parliament and will hold new elections after his party got trounced in the eu parliamentary
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elections. it's a risky move for macron, setting up an election where his party may lose control of the national assembly. macron says the decision to dissolve the assembly is serious but shows his confidence in democracy. it's a big step forward for an electric air taxi company out of the south bay. san jose based archer now has a critical approval from the faa. the company got the approval this past week. it is a partnership with united airlines, as it wants to eventually fly on demand air taxis from major airports, including sfo. as soon as next year, they take off and land vertically like a helicopter, minus the noisy and polluting gas motors. archer's midnight aircraft still needs another certification before they can start carrying paying customers. happening tomorrow a film exploring the impact of racism gets its second debut. origin is heading to hulu. months after it
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was first released in theaters, hulu and abc seven are both owned by disney. director ava duvernay tells entertainment reporter george pennacchio she is passionate about where her film is going and about something extra she's offering for people who connect with the movie. >> slavery lasted 246 years. that's 13 generations of people, plus another 100 years of jim crow segregation, violence and murder. >> origin is based on journalist isabel wilkerson's nonfiction book caste the origins of our discontents. it examines racism in america as an aspect of a caste system based on perceived racial hierarchies, inclusion, and exclusion. the movie explores the impact of caste using stories involving slavery and, even trayvon martin, to illustrate its points. >> i think there's something about the film that that
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instigates a word of mouth after you see it. most people have recommended it to someone. >> director ava duvernay, who adapted the book for the screen, acknowledges her labor of love made with money raised from nonprofit organizations, had some box office challenges. so she is thrilled to see origin is finding a home and a new audience on hulu. i'm guessing there are places in this country where origin was never released. >> oh, most places in the country never saw origin in theaters, so this is the opportunity to be able to share a story that means so much to me, to people in all kinds of places, beyond the major cities, in the comfort of their own home. >> why does a latino man deputize himself to stalk a black boy, to protect an all white community? what is that? >> the racist bias i want you to explore. excavate for the readers. >> we call everything racism. what does it even mean anymore? >> origin. being on hulu feels like the right fit, but also all these months later, you know, i
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just feel like filmmakers kind of, give their film one shot at the box office and then kind of move on. and for me, these films are evergreen. i mean, they continue to live and breathe and grow and evolve. and so i'm always tracking my films and watching my films and trying to find new ways for them to find new audiences. >> and with origin, there is something else new. ava and her team took their work and their research and put it into an online learning companion to give you a deeper understanding of the complicated subject matter you experience in the film. you can find these incredible learning companions that are not dry. >> they've got video, they've got behind the scenes footage of us making the movie. they've got all of the details of every question you might have. it's in there. >> origin will be on hulu beginning monday in los angeles. george pennacchio for abc news. >> still ahead on abc seven news at 11. going from graduation to serving our country. the group of bay area high schoolers being honored at a first of its kind event in antioch and now's a
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good time to open up the windows. >> let that cool air in. we have some fog moving in from the coast over sfo right now, spilling into the bay. the heat starts tomorrow with a heat advisory on tuesday. i'll a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business.
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to candid moments with kids. you are fearless. what's the secret? >> i don't know. >> plus, giveaways you can win at home. that's coming up. >> from graduation straight into service for the first time, antioch held a ceremony this weekend saluting new high school grads, enlisting in the military. abc seven news reporter anser hassan brings us to the celebration in the east bay on friday. >> they graduated high school. saturday afternoon. they joined the us military. alejandro mendoza will be working on a submarine in the navy. >> the navy just had a lot more
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jobs that were transferable after my service. >> for the past year, mendoza has been contemplating the pros and cons of enlisting. after listening to a military recruiter that came to his high school, an opportunity to study it and serve his country on the list. but so too are financial considerations. >> i don't have to worry about any student debts, so i go straight into my job. after my training, and i don't have to worry about job searching or anything like that. congratulations to you all. >> the city of antioch held a ceremony to honor the new recruits, among them brian navarro, who's also joining the military. he signed a five year contract, one year of training, four years of service. for him, it will be real life work experience that he says many college grads won't have. i can look into working it for a bunch of different companies. >> for example, like google, amazon, just really big companies that possibly could pay me more than a navy could use. the navy as a stepping
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stone to essentially get a better job. >> antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe is a veteran who served eight years in the navy. >> military isn't like it was back in the day, you know, the 1960s or 70s where you could literally run into people who's like, hey, listen, i was in front of a judge and he says, you're either going to do time or you're going to join the military. which one is it that doesn't exist anymore? >> the mayor says these young men and women will be working with cutting edge technology, and he's encouraged what skills the military will provide. >> we don't have just people running around with guns. we have people operating heavy uh, very sensitive materials, very sensitive, work that they do. you know, the military isn't just about fighting. it's about gathering intelligence. >> the new recruits head to chicago for training in july in antioch, anser hassan abc seven news. >> great to see that. congratulate to them, college graduation is extra special for one new grad who had a long journey to wearing that cap and gown. >> my name is christopher bryant. i'm 39 years old. i'm a future bruin, a future lawyer, and i am loved. and i love
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christopher bryant just got his associate's degree this week from long beach city college when he started the program, he was unhoused, living in his car parked right by the campus. >> he's faced a few run ins with the law struggles with sobriety and losing his job during covid support from the campus community helped him turn things around, bryant is now heading to ucla on a scholarship where he plans to study law, joined by francis dinglasan. right now, that is just wonderful to see. i wish if there were more stories out there like that. >> yeah, it's so inspiring and encouraging. yeah. and for us right now, we're dealing with some cool weather, which i appreciate because that's wonderful too. yes. >> wonderful cool weather here. >> temperatures mostly in the 50s, right now. a little bit cooler though, in san rafael, san francisco, 53, but san jose still 60 degrees. we're going to cool down a little bit more overnight. we'll drop into the low to mid 50s. so this is a good time to cool the house down
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because check out how warm it's going to be tomorrow. the 90s are back in the forecast for inland areas like santa rosa, concord, livermore, antioch and then san francisco. also warming up to 70 degrees san jose 86, oakland 75. now it's going to get even hotter on tuesday with a heat advisory in place. so there is an increased risk of heat illnesses and also possible fire danger. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we start warming up tomorrow. the heat is really on on tuesday. still hanging on to the heat, but cooler on wednesday and then more relief on thursday before we start to warm things up again. plenty of sunshine really like summertime weather right now. coming up, you call overnight cool down the house, i call it throw five blankets on the bed, but it's great, you know, with all the especially with the hot weather coming up. yeah, especially because there's no ac in san francisco. now's the time to do that. >> awesome. thank you so much, francis. here's larry with a
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preview of sports j.r. >> while the nba finals continue , the warriors coaching staff is actually busy around the world. we had ron adams in studio tonight with a word on what steve kerr and his assistants are up to this summ
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look ahead to the nba draft. no rest for the coaching staff. head coach steve kerr will be in charge of the u.s. national team for the olympics in paris. other staff members also going around the globe to help teach. warriors assistant coach ron adams joins us tonight on after the game. he sounded like a proud dad bragging about his kids and all of their accomplishments. >> steve. of course, everyone knows, will be coaching the olympic olympics this summer and we're really excited for him. and it's going to be a real fun thing. it's pressure packed, not a simple job to be the head national coach of our men's
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basketball. but steve will do a terrific job. he's got a great staff and, you know, it's really going to be a great thing to watch. >> i know you're going to mention other coaches, but i just want to jump in here real quick because it used to be that job, was basically an automatic gold medal. not so much anymore. with how the rest of the world is caught up, it's tougher and more stress, way more stressful. it's tougher. >> and then kenny is assisting on the french national team. >> kenny atkinson. >> yeah, and i'm a little envious because he's going to have a big, tall guy that maybe he can stick in front of the rim and wemby and, have fun with, so, you know, i'm happy for him. i'm envious of him, too, because that's a fun job to do this summer. and then, chris dimarco, many people may not realize coaches, the national team of the bahamas and they can still qualify for the olympics. they have qualifying tournaments in europe, but they're if they win, they'll be in the olympics. and they did a terrific thing last
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summer. they beat argentina twice in their zone. argentina was the fourth ranked fiba team in the world. they beat them twice to advance to the to these qualifying rounds in europe to make it to the olympics. so i'm so proud of those three guys that they're involved in international basketball. kenny played a long time in france and speaks french and, and then the other guys, i'm excited for all of them. so it's going to be a really good summer for our coaches and international basketball. >> so the bahamas is your neck of the woods. could i get like an assistant's job on demarco's staff like i'll just hang out by the beach. >> let's go, let's go, let's do it. that's where he's looking. >> he's he always looks for help. he's looking. if you would say you wanted to help, he would, he would. he would take you long. >> i know he would. >> is there any salary? >> no. well no. >> that's that's that's basically the same deal i have with the donald, like, in fact, you may have to pay for your flight to go to the camp. >> oh, boy.
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>> it's getting more and more attractive with every every sentence. good fun having ron in the studio. final round of the memorial jacks tournament. number one player in the world, scottie scheffler, had the lead to start, but cal's collin morikawa trying to catch him. long birdie putt on 12. suddenly he's within a shot after final round 71. scheffler needs to get up and down on 18. not a great chip. kind of a stressful four foot putt but scheffler he's just so good right now. winds for the fifth time this year. gets the congratulatory handshake from the greatest of all time jack nicklaus. and scheffler won $24 million on tour already french open final alexander zverev taking on carlos alcaraz fifth set double match point. alcaraz serving for the match. zverev can't return it and the young spaniard is the winner, six two in the final set for alcaraz, succeeding his fellow countryman rafael nadal's dominance on the clay courts in paris. a little football 49 ers had spring practice last week, but without wide receiver brandon aiyuk waiting on a contract extension, he would
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like wide receiver one money, which is around 25 million a year and up. the niners usually do these extensions just before training camp, which is when deebo samuel got his new deal a couple of years ago. deebo says he has talked with aiyuk about the process as much as i can. >> actually, i noticed a stressful time and, you know, you know, he's he's done a tremendous job throughout his career here. and, you know, when, when it comes to things like this, you know, it get tough. and, you know, some things you kind of take personal and it's just like overall it's just a it's just a stressful process to be honest with you. you want to get what you deserve. and at the end of the day, you hope it happens, but it's not going to happen in a timely manner. that you want it to happen. >> yeah, this might drag into the summertime, which is not what brandon aiyuk wants. abc seven sports, sponsored by river rock casino j.r. >> harry, thank you so much. that's it for tonight. i am j.r. stone. abc seven news continues tomorrow morning at five for larry and frances. thanks for joining us
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