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ready for those father's day celebrations, maybe lunch outside, a hike with dad. so let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen, how's it looking for father's day? >> well, you know, it's nice and clear, but we have been dry with the north wind for two days now since friday and saturday. so the atmosphere has already really dried out and with some breezy offshore winds on the way today, it's going to get even drier. so as we look outside, it's nice and clear and the winds are relatively calm and temperatures have been climbing through the low 60s in parts of the bay shore. 62 hayward, 65, in san jose, but half moon bay, 55. it was 45 this morning, nice and sunny here in the south bay, upper 60s in san jose, and we're warmer anywhere from 3 to 4 degrees warmer this morning. so if you're headed out nice and sunny by noontime, we're 80 inland, the winds kicking up throughout the day on and off, but mainly the windiest conditions will be at the coast. the bay shore, pleasant in the 70s but breezy to windy at times . we stay clear overnight. will continue to dry things out. the red flag warning northern sacramento valley, lake county
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through tomorrow night. gloria. >> thank you so much. lisa. gusty winds and dry grass can be a recipe for fires. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with cal fire, which is preparing for a potentially busy weekend. >> the sounds of bugs chirping and the wind blowing, but the latter of the two could be dangerous. the rest of the weekend. >> we are expecting critical fire weather conditions, either ongoing or expected within the next 24 hours. >> the national weather service has issued its first red flag warning of the year. the warning is up for parts of solano county all the way up to redding, within that window of time, expect a very low relative humidities, gusty winds and very dry fuels. >> wind high and dry. >> two things putting cal fire on high alert for possible wildfires. >> anything that really starts will take off those those fuels are, you know, one our fuels which light flashy and they'll move quite rapidly. >> look at these weeds blowing in the wind. this is exactly
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what cal fire and the national weather service are worried about. one spark could ignite this field, and with these winds, that fire could spread fast. already we have seen multiple grass fires. the cal fire earlier this month burned almost 15,000 acres. firefighters back then said dry hills mixed with strong winds caused that fire to spread quickly. those fears are back this weekend. >> this is pretty predicted with the grass crop that we've seen from the rains. the later rains this winter, we had an above average season of rainfall, which means that our grass crops are just going to grow higher. >> it means residents living near these dry hills need to be ready in case they need to evacuate. james cohen knows a lot about that. he once lived near napa when a wildfire forced him out. >> we had to rehome ourselves temporarily. and you know, there wasn't anything that we could do other than that this weekend, he's ready for what can happen. i keep supplies with me. you know, like a first aid kits, backpacks, ready to go. things like that. but i don't think there's really much you can do
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to prepare for a fire at that scale. >> all he can do now is hope a fire does not break out near his house in benicia. ryan curry abc seven news. cal fire is investigating a fire that has burned more than 1000 acres near oroville in butte county. >> the so-called dunes fire ignited at 3:20 p.m. on saturday at four dunes way and palermo hancock highway one structure and agriculture outbuilding and a few vehicles have been destroyed. cal fire believes the fire may have started near the area where the structure burned. fire officials say that they faced a few challenges with containing this fire. >> right now, our biggest challenge is getting the bulldozer lines, our containment lines all the way around the fire. there is some difficult terrain out there and some some rocky areas that we're having a little bit of a hard time with. >> all evacuation warnings in the area have been lifted and the dunes fire is now currently 50% contained and new. this morning, cal fire crews have
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been working overnight to put out a flames. the flames from a brush fire near san bernardino. road closures and evacuation warnings have been put in place near arrowhead lake road in hesperia. the fire has already burned more than 1300 acres. only 7% of the fire has been contained. investigators are still looking into what caused that fire. and also in southern california, los angeles county fire has issued evacuation orders because of a massive brush fire south of grapevine. the blaze was first reported around two yesterday afternoon on gorman road in gorman. more than 1200 people were forced to evacuate last night. flames have since burned through about 11,000 acres there. there have been no reported injuries at this time, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. and don't forget, you can access the same weather tracking tools that our weather team uses, as well as our air quality tracker. so just go to the weather section on our abc seven bay area app. you can also
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go to abc7 news .com. new this morning, contra costa county paramedics made a heroic save after a pickup truck smashed into a tree overnight. paramedics found the crashed vehicle just after 1:00 this morning. it happened on sunset road near sellers avenue in brentwood. first responders were able to rescue the man from the car, where he was then taken to a local hospital to be treated. contra costa county fire tells us about the intense life saving measures the paramedics had to perform after discovering that accident. >> the vehicle uh- began. uh- caught fire and they were able to remove the driver from the driver's seat and get him to their gurney, which they rolled right into cpr because he was in cardiac arrest. >> authorities are still investigating what caused that crash. the driver's condition is not known at this time. a warning from sheriff's deputies on the peninsula after a mountain lion was seen in millbrae. deputies rushed to an open space between vallejo drive
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and interstate 280 on saturday morning after a resident reported seeing a big cat. the sheriff's office says no injuries or incidents have been reported, and deputies are urging residents to be careful in the area. also, call 911 if they see the animal. new developments authorities have released the name of the woman arrested after a shooting and standoff that sent police on the peninsula rushing to two locations this past thursday. 34 year old brittany stewart, a resident of ceres in stanislaus county, was booked into san mateo county jail earlier this week. she's accused of shooting a woman near east hillsdale boulevard and norfolk street in san mateo. the victim was found at a gas station in san carlos and then taken to the trauma center for treatment. stewart faces felony charges related to that shooting. and this is new video into our newsroom this morning. you can see the moment when a group of 20 people violently broke into a sunnyvale jewelry store. it happened on wednesday at png jewelers. they
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smashed the doors in and smashed nearly every display case in just 2.5 minutes. police pursued one vehicle that caught five suspects. even though they reportedly tried to ditch the car and run. 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 just two months. >> everybody's free game right now with these criminals, and it's everywhere. >> yeah, and county fair leaders told us last month that armed robbers stole $90,000 from employees who were trying to make a deposit at a bank. and police now say they are investigating several more robberies and attempted robberies of people in bank parking lots. they say in other cases, the suspects watched victims leaving and then actually followed them home. police say that the first crime happened on april 1st, with the most recent on tuesday, and it's happened at at least eight banks across antioch. suspects have
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stolen purses, phones, jewelry, cash and of course, that $90,000 deposit from the fair antioch police say they have detained two suspects, and it's not clear if all of those crimes are committed or or connected. well, let's get a forecast check with lisa. lisa. father's day, is it going to be warm? >> uh. hi there. gloria. good morning. from mount tam, you can see a bit of haze and we'll see temperatures comfortable. but as we look outside. no marine layer there. but we're talking about relative humidity at 31. so we haven't recovered much from the overnight hours. it's just going to get drier from the upper elevations down to the surface in parts of the north bay and east bay. so elevated fire danger with temperatures not too warm. but that's going to change. stay tuned with my accuweather seven day forecast, you'll see a heat wave coming. our way when summer arrives. >> all right heatwave thank you lisa. and also ahead commencement weekend for schools
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30 miles north of detroit. multiple victims range from children to adults enjoying the day at a water park on father's day weekend. video over the scene shows multiple shell case markers at the brooklyn splash pad, a popular water park in rochester hills. >> sad. you don't think it will happen in your neighborhood? >> oakland county sheriff michael bouchard says the shooting appears to have been the act of a lone gunman. >> the individual pulled up, exited a vehicle, approached the splash pad, opened fire, reloaded, opened fire. reloaded. left. authorities say a semiautomatic handgun and three magazines were found at the scene, and multiple victims were hit, including at least two children. >> the youngest, a four year old. another eight year old shot in the head in critical condition. >> i in my worst nightmare, couldn't imagine standing up here again, talking about another active shooter. this
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moved out of the white house back in october after a series of over 11 biting incidents. and we've been following protests at uc santa cruz for more than a month now, ranging from a pro-palestinian encampment that ended in dozens of arrests to a worker strike. well, now a tense school year is 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 say that they don't want graduates to be overshadowed by the 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 throughout
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the day and also today. stanford's main commencement ceremony. it will be limited to people with tickets, and san mateo county wants to take illegal fireworks off the streets and they're willing to pay you for them. the sheriff's department hosted its latest buyback event ahead of the 4th of july holiday. this one in half moon bay yesterday. you can drop off your illegal fireworks, no questions asked. and based on the weight of the fireworks stash, you can get up to $200 for turning them in. two more buyback events are planned for this month, and both go from ten in the morning until 2 p.m. one is in south san francisco, the other in redwood city, and happening today. registration is still open for summer golf day at thrive city. the event is taking place right outside the chase center in san francisco. it is free and there will be various golf related activities, including a golf simulator unit, golf tournament and a mini golf course. it all starts at noon. it goes until 4 p.m. i feel like
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that's something my husband would love because he loves golf. lisa. for those folks who are going out there to thrive, city or maybe they're just going to be out and about for father's day. how is it going to be? well it's been sunny the past several hours. >> the sun was up at 547 and 14 hours and 46 minutes of sunlight or daylight. i should say. the sun sets at 834. watching this system that has provided a wind shift since friday. so the atmosphere is dried out. we are cut off from our onshore flow. as a result, no marine layer to speak of. upper 50s san francisco, low 60s hayward and oakland with the coast kind of cool at 55. there's some haze there. look at the golden gate bridge. not only are the winds absent, but it's really pretty out there. so the winds are light right now out of the north in some locations, and temperatures as a result are climbing through the upper 60s in concord, santa rosa 68. we do have a red flag warning for the adjacent counties of lake county and into the solano county area. the northern sacramento valley, where we've had elevated fire danger with the risk high
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because of those north winds blowing for the past several days. and as we look closer to home, our fire danger index highlights much of the north bay. the diablo range, and even the santa cruz mountains. there, ben loman, where you'll notice today and tomorrow with the dry winds, there's a good chance that we could have some of those fuels ignite. so be careful out there. we're talking about winds gusting to 30 miles an hour or better on the peninsula today. 74 san mateo, with 81. in livermore. the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll enjoy more clear conditions. the marine layer comes back midweek around juneteenth, the where we'll have some slightly cooler weather and then warm for summer and much warmer next weekend. we'll be right back after the break. >> representation and visibility is very important. >> it's a beautiful thing to be who you are. >> it is possible if you want something, you can do it. >> you need to know them not as a title, but know them as a
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playing only in theaters. >> well enjoy your father's day. it's going to be nice out there. right, lisa. >> yeah a little breezy. those offshore winds keeping us alert for fire danger. >> all right, well, thank you all so much for joining us. i'm gloria rodriguez along with lisa argen. abc seven news continues at 5 p.m. have a great day. >> savings may go. savings. >> get up to $80 and michelin rebates. >> savings with installation. purchase. big o tires will even match up to $80 in rebate savings. that's double the savings. big o tires the team you trust. you got a friend in me. >> you've got a friend that me? you just remember what your old pal said. boy you got a friend
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