birthday. july. >> lots of red, white and blue flying today at independence day parades across the bay area. but the larger crowds may have been at the coast as people flocked to the beaches for relief from this heat wave. good evening. thanks for being here. i'm julian glover and i'm j.r stone. >> extreme fire danger continues this 4th of july, only heightened by the threat of illegal fireworks. >> and we want to give you a look at the crowds at the beach in santa cruz. quite the spot to be as people gathered to try and escape the heat. >> for details on the weather conditions, let's get straight to abc seven news. weather anchor spencer christian. okay, j.r. we'll start with a look at the current temperature readings. you can see the heat has been has persisted. it's just lingering inland areas right now still at or above 100 degrees at concord brentwood fairfield, saint helena 103 ukiah 105. numerous other locations with current temperature readings in the mid to upper 90s. so the heat is holding on. the beach is certainly the place to be right now, so we still have these heat alerts. the excessive heat warning remains in effect until

11 p.m. wednesday. obviously over exposure to the heat under these conditions can lead to heat related illnesses, and we still have high fire danger. red flag warning in effect for the hills and mountains of the bay area until 9 p.m. saturday, there will be occasional wind gusts at or above 25mph, with humidity dropping at times down to 10, which is dangerously low. on a more upbeat note, fireworks viewing conditions will be great tonight. we expect clear skies all across the bay area, even in san francisco, where very often the marine layer is a problem. temperature at fireworks time here in the city, 64 degrees in oakland 68. and our inland areas will see temperatures in the upper 70s to 80s at that time. and i'll give you a quick look at conditions tomorrow. not much change in the high temperature range. highs still ranging from 100 to about 105. in most of our inland areas. i'll have the complete accuweather seven day forecast and a look at when the heat might ease. a little bit later in the program, jillian and j.r. we can't wait to hear that. >> thank you. spencer. the city

of oakland shut down some roads to manage large crowds today. there's extra safety staff around lake merritt after that unfortunate mass shooting that happened the night of juneteenth. sections of lake shore grand and bellevue avenues and embarcadero are blocked to traffic due to high fire risk. parts of grizzly peak road near lookout points are also closed to allow emergency vehicle access. they've closed that same area. the past five years on the holiday, which helps first responders get to those 911 calls along the ridge line in the city of alameda, the annual 4th of july parade weaved its way through downtown. >> despite the heat wave, city officials estimate the crowds to be in the tens of thousands. but not all holiday festivities are going on as planned this year because of the high fire risk. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the details. >> reporter the bay area hosts many world class parades. alameda's claim to fame. it's said to be the longest 4th of july parade in the country.

>> it's a tradition. it's something we always do every single year, and we're all together. and like i said, these guys, i went to kindergarten with and noriega has been friends with these ladies for more than 60 years. >> even the hot temperatures wasn't enough to break tradition. >> we always have a chair and we always have some shade. usa. >> usa. the usa's longest 4th of july parade spans 3.3 miles, with more than 170 entries and 2500 participants. >> i've seen it so many times, but i still enjoy it and i like seeing. i always see people i haven't seen in a while. >> daytime parades and festivities packed the streets, but some busy streets and popular parks throughout the east bay are closed due to extreme heat and the threat of illegal fireworks. police earlier in the day directing traffic away from grizzly peak. >> the right thing to do because we have had a few years of bad fire season, i think it's the safe thing to do for the neighborhood captain, chris toler, with the contra costa county fire protection district, says closing popular hiking

trails and parks may also reduce the number of possible calls they get to help rescue hikers who get dehydrated. >> but, he adds, there are also some other big challenges they face this week. >> last year, you can, if you remember, was a pretty quiet vegetation fire or wildland fire season for us around here due to the late rains, this year not so much, captain toler says, because it's so hot and so dry, that can increase the speed at which the wildfire will spread the length of this current heat wave will also impact conditions on the ground. homes and materials that are sitting outside all day in this heat, are already sort of preheated, so to speak. so it doesn't take much for them to ignite. >> happy 4th of july in the east bay anser hassan abc seven news. >> well, as adam mentioned, the concern about those illegal fireworks. many neighborhoods will be dealing with the fallout. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has more about that and the enthusiasm for the

sanctioned displays across the bay area. >> so many people are excited about watching spectacular firework shows that uh- lights and the uh- sparkles. >> lots of balloons, bands, flowers go in there, you know. splendid night. >> but there are other booms and bangs that can seriously be dangerous. the kinds that come from illegal fireworks and keep fire crews coming and going. >> so you hear them all the time, all over. >> jeff levine lives in san jose. he's with the roosevelt park neighborhood association and is seen and heard the illegal fireworks. he captured images on a cell phone. >> it's been a problem for 20 plus years. in years past, it's been basically from after memorial day through july 4th for a good, solid month to five weeks. it's like living in a combat zone with all the aerial fireworks in the immediate area, from the loud booms to the gunshots that go off and

celebrate. >> oakland city council member noel gayo says illegal fireworks are also a big problem for the city of oakland. last year, the city received 1000 emails complaining about the problem. it's not just the noise, but also the trail of trash that gets left behind. >> we pick up all the leftovers in terms of the where there's the big boom uh- fireworks activity, or just the small firecrackers. >> that's not all, since it's not safe due to the fire conditions that we have. >> right now. >> local leaders say stick with the sanctioned shows. >> there's several major ones in san jose, uh- the city of sunnyvale this year is having a drone show, which are fantastic because there's no pollution and they're very elaborate shows. >> pyro spectacular. crews have been busy getting ready for the grand celebration in san francisco. the fireworks show will be a mirror display, with the same show happening at the same time in two locations. one will be at pier 39 and one will be at aquatic park. it all gets

started at 9:30 p.m. in san francisco, suzanne phan. abc seven news. >> thanks, suzanne. 4th of july revelers are encouraged to take bart to the city for the fireworks show. bart will run five line service until 8 p.m, then three lines until midnight. officials say extra trains may be added to help get people home from the fireworks shows. parking will be free at bart stations, and if you're still looking for a way to see fireworks in san francisco or anywhere else, abc seven has your cover, go to our website, abc seven news.com for a list of officially sanctioned firework shows around the bay area. >> we're also keeping a close eye on any possible p-g-and-e's outages as well. >> today, president biden celebrated independence day at the white house. this comes as the new york times reports that the 81 year old plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so he can get more sleep. he reportedly announced that to democratic governors during yesterday's meeting at the white house, governor gavin newsom was also at that meeting and

continued his work as biden's surrogate, hitting the campaign trail in michigan had the opportunity to talk to the president for an hour. >> an hour and a half could have gone 2 or 3 hours. and i mean this with absolute conviction. that was the joe biden i remember from two weeks ago. that was the joe biden uh- that i remember from two years ago. that's the joe biden that i'm looking forward to. >> reelecting as president of the united states, the biden campaign has been working overtime to reassure voters of biden's ability to defeat donald trump in november. despite that rocky showing at the presidential debate last week. and don't forget, abc news anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with president biden for his first television interview since the debate. you can watch the 30 minute special tomorrow night at 8:00 right here on abc seven. >> coming up, former congresswoman jackie speier shares some personal health information with the public and will tell you about the advice

she's offering. >> plus, we're hearing from the family of the woman pushed to her death at the powell street. bart station. what they want to know about the legacy that she leaves

a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh, what about me? you're never cool. oh.

it public this morning on facebook, speer says the cancer was discovered early and she had a successful lumpectomy on tuesday. she's now urging all women to not skip that annual mammogram. speer served in congress from 2008 to 2023. earlier this year, she won a seat on the san mateo county board of supervisors. >> we are learning new details tonight about the woman who was killed after being pushed into an oncoming bart train at the powell station in san francisco. abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to the victim's family about the legacy she is leaving

behind and lose. lose joins us live from the newsroom. luz >> jerry. it's devastating. we spoke to the victim's brother and nephew. they told me she was the life of the party. she never had kids. so to her, her nieces and nephews were everything. she put several of them through school. and seeing them succeed in the u.s. was what she lived for. inside her home, corazon darden's family opened up about the woman who was loved by many. >> for sure. she's beautiful, sweet, kind, loving. >> corazon was from the philippines, one of eight children. her name means heart in english, a heart that touched many. her older brother showed us photos of his little sister just two weeks before she was killed. >> this is coral that the last party we have surrounded by family was how corazon liked to live life. >> for years she had been saving for a lifelong dream that now she will never get to see.

>> to build a house in the in the philippines. >> the night she was killed, corazon had just finished her 11 p.m. shift as a telephone operator at the hilton's parc 55, in downtown san francisco. she was waiting for the same bart train she took home every night for over three decades. her nephew, alvin dandan, got the call from the hospital and was on course for calling me, so my heart dropped and i said, what's going on? >> and who are you? and where's my aunt? >> alvin was in shock. his first call was to his uncle in the bay area. >> he is a really great and he told me, go to die her in the train minutes after pushing corazon, a 49 year old homeless man was arrested bashing really make any difference to us. >> won't bring her back. it's a mentally ill person. it wasn't

racially motivated. >> i don't think alvin doesn't want to remember his aunt, by the way, she died. but instead, by the way she lived. corazon never had children, so alvin and his cousin were like kids to her. >> she would go home and then, would borrow me and would go to the mall and stuff like that, and they would bring me to my parents. >> corazon helped put alvin through medical school. he's now an intensive care doctor in saint louis. she raised me as his family remembers the joyful 74 year old energetic aunt and sister, an altar she built in her home to pray is what gives them peace. knowing she is with god now, she lives like a really a christian way of life. >> she put her faith like, be loving, caring and helping other people.

>> the day after corazon was killed, the san francisco district attorney charged the suspect with murder. corazon's family is now planning to bury corazon in the philippines. in the newsroom. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luz, thank you so much. still ahead, using nasa technology to better respond to wildfires. we'll show you how it works and explai

news reporter melanie woodrow explains how this is the data and tools we've been developing for tracking active fire changes. >> tatton park is a research scientist at the nasa ames research center. ames is one of ten nasa field centers in the country located in the heart of silicon valley. research and data being developed here are helping improve how communities

respond to wildfires out there, especially during this active wildfire season. the thompson fire in butte county has burned more than 3000 acres. >> we use all the satellites that we launch to create improved images. so pictures of the earth that tell us exactly when a fire has started, how hot it is, what it might be burning. so what kinds of trees, grasses, how close it is to communities. and then we share that information with emergency responders. >> the data is shared in near real time with those emergency responders. it's also available to the public within 5 or 10 minutes. >> we can know where the fires start and how the fire propagate. >> we are constantly tracking fuel conditions. we're creating new vegetation maps using nasa satellite imagery. >> you can see how the number of extreme fire weather days has increased over time. >> california has a more longer period of extreme fire weather. nasa scientists can't tell us exactly when the next big wildfire will occur. >> predicting a fire season in california is actually about

predicting human behavior, and that's because nine out of ten fires are caused by humans. so we could tell you how dry the landscape is and how likely a fire is to start. if there was an ignition. what nasa can't do is predict if humans are actually going to be out there starting the fire, which is why wildfire prevention can't be overlooked in helping mitigate wildfire risks. >> in mountain view, melanie woodrow abc seven news. >> the heat wave is being blamed for killing fish at a lake in fremont. the city tells abc seven news that 500 to 1000 fish have died in central park's lake elizabeth. crews began cleaning up the fish shortly after they were discovered. yesterday, fremont officials say the recent heat is lowering both the overall water level and the amount of oxygen in the water. the city is trying to raise the water level to help protect the surviving fish. >> after a whole lot of waiting and delays, kali bunga water park is finally open in san jose. it's the revamped raging waters and it welcomed its first visitors today. the water park

was supposed to open last month, but a bunch of problems, including electrical issues, delayed the opening until today. kali bunga ceo has been pretty honest about the challenges of reopening the park, calling it a money pit. but coming up at six, abc seven news reporter ryan curry shows us how none of that mattered to the big crowd lined up there today. >> you got to go swimming out there. it looks great. yeah. >> another refreshing place is lake tahoe. this is a live look out from our camera at zephyr cove, where things look much cooler than here in the bay area, that's for sure. >> yeah, looking pristine and beautiful out there. so for all the details on the heat wave, fireworks forecast and a whole lot more, we check in now with abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian. all right, jillian, all those images look so inviting right now as we deal with this persistent heat wave. >> here's a look at the satellite radar composite image. you can see that we've got this continuing flow down from the north northwest, which is causing the winds as they travel downhill to dry out the air and make the humidity even lower. and of course, that raises

concerns about wildfires. right now, we've got a fairly brisk breezes across most of the bay area with 26 mile per hour surface wind speeds here in san francisco. even though it feels pretty hot today, it's generally a few degrees cooler right now than at this time yesterday across most of the bay area. so let's take a look at our current temperature readings here in the city. it's 73. we've got 81 in oakland, hayward 9192 in san jose, 88 in redwood city, 63 at half moon bay. nice clear view from mount tam looking down onto the bay. there's this little shallow finger of fog pushing out over the bay, but it won't amount to much 90 degrees right now in santa rosa we have low to mid 80s at petaluma and napa. still at or above 100 degrees in concord and fairfield, livermore 97 degrees. and folks are enjoying the beach at santa cruz today as well. they should. these are our forecast headlines. dangerous heat wave that we have now continues into next week. the red flag warning for high fire danger will be in effect through saturday. good news. the fireworks forecast for tonight. clear skies with mild to warm conditions. so let's get right to that. clear skies we

don't see very often for fireworks displays here in san francisco. but tonight we will with the temperature at 9 p.m. around 64 degrees, we'll have mid to upper 70s at redwood city, at san jose, and 80 for livermore and 70 at san jose. so now we'll get back to our heat alerts. the excessive heat warning remains in effect for most of the bay area until 11 p.m. next wednesday. increased risk of heat related illness, of course, under these conditions, and the red flag warning for high fire danger remains in effect until 9 p.m. saturday. relative humidity may drop at times down to as low as about 10, with winds gusting at times 20 to 25mph or higher. so overnight under clear skies, look for low temperatures mainly in the upper 50s to mid 60s, so still pretty mild for overnight conditions. highs tomorrow will range from well 94 at san jose to 105 at morgan hill. so it will be nice and toasty in the south bay on the peninsula. 88 san mateo 92 at redwood city on the coast. look for highs in the mid to upper 60s. downtown san francisco will top out at 75 degrees tomorrow, while up in

the north bay we'll see 99 at sonoma, 94 petaluma, 100 degrees or higher at santa rosa, calistoga, lakeport, cloverdale and ukiah. vallejo 100 tomorrow over in the east bay, look for 95. in castro valley 86, san leandro, 85, in oakland, inland east bay will see highs well above 100 in all locations 101 at san ramon and pleasanton, 104 at livermore, 105 at pittsburg and antioch and fairfield. so it's going to be another toasty day tomorrow. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, it's going to be dangerously hot into the middle of next week as we indicated on the excessive heat warning. so inland areas will be up to about 106 on friday and saturday right around the bay shoreline, upper 80s to around 90 sunday and monday. we'll see 100 to 102 in our inland areas. finally, the heat begins to ease just a little bit. on tuesday we'll see mid to upper 90s inland, low 80s around the bay shoreline and notice how even on wednesday and thursday, we didn't put the hot symbol up there, but it's still going to be upper 90s inland for

those days, so there isn't any significant break in sight to this heat where we could say, it feels so much better outside. >> well, i'm taking a positive from your overnight lows. they looked a little lower than last night. >> they were a little bit lower than last day, just by a couple of degrees. i've been watching spencer paying attention. well. take it. yes. good journalist should appreciate it. >> spencer, on to the next story. nothing says the 4th of july quite like enjoying a blue popsicle. families came to celebrate the fourth at lucchesi park in petaluma. the annual family friendly stars and stripes dogs and bikes event is back for the holiday. kids brought their pets to take part in the yankee doodle doggie contest. crowds checked out vendors from the farmers market. there was plenty to eat and drink as well as live music to round off, the celebration looks like a good

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here. our sister network, espn is reporting that the dubs have acquired veteran guard buddy hield in a sign and trade deal with the philadelphia 76 ers. hield is known as an outside shooting specialist. and of course he's going to attempt to fill the void left by klay thompson who signed with the dallas mavericks. >> the 31 year old heeled his average 15.5 points a game over his eight nba seasons and is a 40% three point shooter. so who? to be continued on this one. >> hey, we love the sound of that. welcome to the dubs. well, that will do it for abc seven news here at five world news tonight with david muir is up next for spencer christian and the entire abc seven news team working so hard to bring you this newscast on holiday. thanks for joining us. >> i'm julian glover and i'm j.r stone. we'll see you at

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