dangerous red flag weather is firing up for the weekend, where the winds will be the worst with new fires already burning. a new warning about a growing crime trend in the east bay, leading to a $90,000 state fair theft, brutal violence took a

grandmother's life. now her family shares a full circle moment, helping them heal. right now on abc seven news at 430 from abc seven live. >> breaking news >> we begin with dangerous fire, weather conditions starting up tonight, and a new fire burning in the south bay. the fire started in the last hour along highway 87 in san jose. this is the south. this is south of capital expressway. no word on how big it is yet, but time lapse video shows plenty of smoke. one lane is blocked on 87 as firefighters work to put it out. well, good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm lauren martinez. we're hours away from our first red flag warning of the year. and firefighters are already busy. crews in san jose are also putting out a small fire southeast of the city. time lapse video from around 930 this morning shows plenty of white smoke. it burned 19 acres near

san felipe road and las animas road. the fire didn't burn any buildings contained. it is up to 80. and let's bring in abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian, you're tracking this fire risk. spencer, we've seen plenty of fires these last few weeks, but not conditions this dangerous. >> you're right. we don't have the excessive heat that we had previously, but right now, we've got powerful wind gusts developing, and the relative humidity is dangerously low. and that combination, of course, increases fire risk. so let's take a look at that red flag warning. first of all, it covers an area that borders the bay area. it's the northern sacramento valley and lake county that will be in effect from 8:00 tonight of 11:00 tonight to 8:00 monday night. and winds will be gusting 25 to 45mph at times. relative humidity will be dangerously low. now here in the bay area right now we're looking at temperature readings not more than about mid to upper 80s in our inland areas. but you can combine that warmth, not excessive heat, but that warmth with the powerful wind gusts

that are developing already along the coast. right now, we have gusts up to 25mph. and of course, that elevates the fire concerns. so here's our wind gusts animation taking us into the overnight hours. and tomorrow you'll see that we'll have by tomorrow. uh. well, later this afternoon actually gusts up to 45mph on the coast. then by tomorrow, 45mph pushing inland as well. 35 to 45 gusts all across the bay area. now the winds diminish. they tend to overnight as the relative humidity increases overnight. so that's good news. but then again on monday, we'll see the winds bouncing back up again to dangerous levels along with increased or decreased relative humidity in the daytime hours. here's our fire danger index for the bay area. right now we're in the moderate to high risk indicated by the blue and the yellow. but notice during the overnight of course that risk goes down. but then tomorrow afternoon it will start to extend to the high to very high index for the north bay and the east bay. most of the remainder of the bay area and the moderate to high risk. and that pattern

will continue into monday. so for two more days we will be talking about high fire risk here in the bay area. hopefully we won't get a red flag warning here, but it's right on our border, so it's important to know that we need to be careful and vigilant under under these conditions. it is spencer, thank you for tracking that for us. >> all right. well, new details about a robbery targeting workers at the contra costa county fair. antioch police now tell us it's just one of a bigger series of crimes. ten in a little more than two months, everybody's free game right now with these criminals, and it's everywhere. >> yeah. and then they're requiring chaperons for county fair leaders told us last month armed robbers stole $90,000 from employees trying to make a deposit at a bank. >> police now say they're investigating several more robberies and attempted robberies of people in bank parking lots. they say in other cases, the suspects watched victims leaving and followed them home. police say the first crime happened april 1st, with the most recent on tuesday. it's

happened at at least eight banks across antioch, suspects have stolen purses, phones, jewelry, cash and of course, that $90,000 deposit from the fair. antioch police say they've detained two suspects. it's unclear if all the crimes are connected. well, triumph over tragedy in san francisco today. years after a grandmother was brutally beaten in a park. the city is changing its name to honor her. yi huang died from her injuries months after the 2019 attack. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to her loved ones about how renaming the park she loved is helping the community heal. >> a new name and a new beginning for this city park in san francisco is visitacion valley means abundant love. susana yi is talking about her grandmother, wong, for whom this park is named. the official dedication ceremony happening saturday.

>> it's been a very hard journey , very painful, but also very beautiful. >> yi says her 88 year old grandmother came to this park, formerly visitacion valley playground, most every day. but in january of 2019, she was found badly beaten here and died months later from her injuries. the crime rocked the asian community. a 24 year old suspect was arrested and is awaiting trial. >> she is survived by great grandchildren, grandchildren and so having everyone coming together as a big family is really important. >> many hope the yi wong peace and friendship park will be a place of healing. >> i know it wasn't easy, but you took a devastating loss and you turned it into a win. >> relatives say renaming the park was originally the idea of community advocate ronald colthurst, who passed away last year, and he would bring all the african americans and the asians together, as one of his legacies was to make sure we rename this park. >> this is a true story of

turning tragedy into triumph and making sure that people understand that we are better together. >> so it's really a testament to her family's spirit and grandma huang's legacy. >> mayor london breed hopes generations to come will know grandma wong's name. it's a symbol of hope, of resilience and really of how communities come together in times of real challenging situations. grandma wong's family hopes all will know peace and friendship when visiting here in san francisco. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> a warning from sheriffs after a mountain lion sighting in millbrae. deputies rushed to an open space between vallejo drive and interstate 280 this morning after a resident reported seeing a big cat. the sheriff's office says no injuries or incidents have been reported. deputies urge residents to be careful in

the area and to call 911 if they see the animal. we've been following protests at uc santa cruz for more than a month now from a pro-palestinian encampment that ended in dozens of arrests to a worker strike. today, a tense school year is finally ending with some university leaders skipping the commencement events. the chancellor of uc santa cruz and other executives are not attending this weekend's graduation ceremonies, saying they were targeted for disruption. university leaders said they didn't want graduates to be overshadowed by protests. >> they didn't want to distract from the celebratory nature, but the only reason they would have distracted from the celebratory nature is because of their complete disregard for students, and the fact that that disregard for students has created such a kind of negative feelings between the students towards admin. >> commencement events at uc santa cruz continue tonight at five and throughout the day

tomorrow. also tomorrow. stanford's main commencement ceremony, which will be limited to people with tickets. 1000 students got their second chance at the s.a.t. test today after bad internet canceled their first attempt. spots for the s.a.t. can be tough to get in the bay area, which is why families were so frustrated earlier this month when a wi-fi failure forced the college board to cancel a test at a hotel in oakland today, the students took a makeup test at the hilton in union square. >> we really regret that so many students had difficulty on the first, but we're really happy that two weeks later we were able to reschedule all of them and give them a chance to take the sat, show what they know and do their best. >> the college board says it's running short on testing sites in the bay area, making it hard for students to schedule tests. california's public colleges are no longer requiring the sat and act for admissions, though stanford made headlines recently when it brought the requirement

back after a group of parents, educators and their supporters are sending a message to the san francisco unified school district about keeping aapi language programs in the classroom, they held a rally today at san at the school district headquarters calling for the district to preserve and expand those programs, particularly cantonese and mandarin. sfusd is considering cutting several bilingual classes to help balance its budget for the 2025 2026 school year. >> having bilingual cantonese, mandarin, tagalog, vietnamese, all of our diverse aapi languages is just really important for the city. at a time when sfusd and ccsf are struggling with enrollment, it's important for children. as an early education director, so much brain development happens in those early years. >> sf ucsd's overall budget plan could require closure of several schools. the district is expected to share its plan for

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number, then three letters, and then three numbers. it will be three numbers, three letters, and then one number. well, a rare ceremony about much more than a cup of tea. we'll take you inside a tradition that's hundreds of years old, getting a special tribute in san francisco . and we're tracking the red flag warning. firing up for the rest of the weekend. abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is up next, with the accuweather forecast coming up. >> in sports, we've got an up and down season for the giants so far, but one giant he keeps on going up elliott ramos goes deep again. could the other giants bats wake up to get him back in the

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today, the sheriff's department hosted its latest buyback event ahead of the 4th of july holiday. this one in half moon bay. you can drop off your illegal fireworks, no questions asked. and based on the weight of the firework stash, you can get up to $200 for turning them in. two more buyback events are planned for this month. both go from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, one is in south san francisco and the other is in redwood city. well, a very rare japanese tea ceremony in san francisco today in celebration of the 50th anniversary of omotesenke school of tea. members of the community and public joined the consul

general of japan to witness the 400 year old tradition at herbst theater. the ceremony was dedicated to values of peace and harmony. tea was shared to express friendship and gratitude. well, turning to weather, spencer joining me now. spencer tracking a quite of a fire risk for us. that is true, lauren. >> you know it's not going to be excessively hot, but we're going to have powerful wind gusts and relatively very low relative humidity. so that's a combination that increases fire risk. here's a look at what's happening right now looking at the satellite radar composite image a brisk onshore flow. winds are mainly out of the west right now, but they'll be shifting to the northwest as we get into the evening hours. and you can see that they're going to be quite they're quite strong already. we have gusts ranging from 20 to about 25mph. and they're going to increase significantly over the next couple of days. from time to time. it's a little bit warmer by just a few degrees in most of the bay area than it was at this time yesterday. so let's take a closer look at is 66 here in san francisco, 73 at oakland, and hayward, 81 at san jose, redwood

city, 80 degrees. those are two of our warmer locations and 59 at half moon bay. blue and breezy over the bay bridge over the bay bridge over the golden gate bridge, right now 88 degrees in santa rosa. one of our warmest locations, along with fairfield, also 88. we have mid 80s at concord and livermore, 75 at petaluma. let's take a look at our forecast headlines. father's day weekend. well, we're already into it, but through tomorrow expect sunny days with mild to warm conditions. but tonight through monday we can expect a gusty wind pattern. it will be ramping up over the next couple of hours and we'll see elevated fire danger. of course, with the red flag warning already having been issued for areas adjacent to the bay area. and this is where that warning is in effect from 11:00 tonight to 8:00 monday night for the northern sacramento valley, plus, lake county winds will be gusting 25 to 45mph. relative humidity will drop into the teens. dangerously low now. fire danger index here in the bay area right now with the blues

and the yellows indicate moderate to high risk, it'll it'll diminish that risk will overnight as the humidity increases and the winds decrease . but then tomorrow as the winds build up again and the humidity starts to drop, we'll see much of the north bay and the east bay in that high to very high fire risk range. and most of the remainder of the bay area still in the moderate to high range. and that will be the pattern going through monday as well. now overnight we expect clear skies to the winds will be strong enough to mix out any clouds that will attempt to develop. so clear skies overnight and a sunny day tomorrow. overnight, low temperatures will be mainly in the low 50s, which is sort of normal for this time of the year. and highs tomorrow under sunny skies, upper 50s to about 60 on the coast, upper 60s here in and around san francisco. mid 70s around the bay shoreline, inland areas will be warm but not hot with highs mainly in the mid 80s. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. after a lovely father's day tomorrow, we can expect mainly sunny skies and mild to warm

conditions on monday. then on tuesday, temperatures remain in the same range as on monday. no, not much change there at all. a little bit cooler on wednesday, about just a few degrees. wednesday also is juneteenth and going into the latter part of the week well as friday approaches, look for highs bouncing back into the mid 90s inland and upper 90s inland. on saturday, giants outfielder elliott ramos continued his hot streak last night. >> the series opener against the angels since being called up on may 8th. he's reached base safely in 29 of his 33 games, and last night clubbed his seventh homer of the year, giving the giants some late life in an eight six loss. and welcome back barry zito, the former world series champion in the house. also, tim lincecum's birthday today. he's 40. he was not at the ballpark. bottom one. zito had a good view of this. the second batter of the game for the giants, it's ramos two run shot to the left field bleachers. second homer in less than 24 hours. two nothing. giants. he drove in all three giants runs. top six keaton went on the hill and logan ojp uncorks 1a2 run blast. 467ft.

that's actually longer than aaron judge's drive a couple of weeks ago, and all of a sudden we're tied at three angels. take the lead late. ramos is your last chance. and he goes down looking. giants lose four three san francisco just one for 13 with runners in scoring position . they'll look to avoid the sweep to the halos tomorrow afternoon. on father's day the warriors moses moody was our guest on after the game last night larry asked about the latest warriors drama surrounding klay thompson, who recently unfollowed the team on social media. it's a common move for athletes. these days as they near free agency or want a new deal. deebo samuel did it a couple years ago with the niners. that all worked out. moses shared a funny story about a similar uproar when people thought he unfollowed the warriors on social. but the real truth he actually never followed them. >> last year, after the season, everybody was talking about it. they had a video sent out and followed the warriors, but i didn't follow him in the first place. i didn't i didn't follow him all year. so you know, you

just go to it at a certain time and you see it and it fits the storyline. so, you know, you got to be careful when the media playing with situations. yeah >> you can't trust us at all. you know. so were you surprised at what that turned into? >> i with my situation. yeah, i was surprised. my mom called me and was like, yo, like, you see what's going on? well, like, i don't remember what she said, but i didn't. i don't even know if i had instagram at the time, but i didn't follow him all year. so for the story to just come out of the convenient time to make a story, you know, it makes sense. >> that is a great story. all right, next up, stanley cup final game four right here on abc seven panthers one win away from the cup. the oilers trying to avoid the sweep. and on monday, we'll have warriors center trace jackson davis live in studio after game five of the nba finals. it's mavericks, celtics celtics one win away from an nba title. that's

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