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the miccosukee to the beautiful coast of miami, we can restore not just the wildlife, but ourselves. do you guys want a kleenex, because usually... [laughter] jeff: all right. say goodbye to our pelican. it's all you. it's a big world out there. you can do it. you've got some buddies right there, and they're going to teach you how to fish. there he goes! [applause] talking about an equipment issue that had a profound impact on
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service stranding passengers, stalling cars, and completely shutting down stations. also, a growing threat california's largest wildfire forces more people from their homes tonight and a call for justice growing louder here in the bay area and across the nation. after police kill a woman inside her home. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> bart service is slowly getting back to normal following an electrical issue that knocked out service along two lines and closed down several stations. thanks for joining us. i'm j.r stone. bart is still not operating at 100% following yesterday's equipment issue. here's a quick breakdown of the impact. a blown breaker at a substation around five yesterday. essentially short circuited the track, disrupting service between 12th street, oakland and fruitvale stations.
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it led to the closure of four stations 12th street, oakland, 19th street, oakland, fruitvale, and lake merritt. there was no green line service between berryessa and daly city, and no red line service between richmond and millbrae. about 16 hours later, around noon today, service resumed at the station. the oakland stations that is, that were closed, but the red line is still out of service and there are residual delays for many passengers of about ten minutes. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has new developments in this story. >> reporter i feel angry. i feel like, how could this happen? >> angela brennan says this isn't the way she wanted to spend her sunday on bart. >> i came from antioch and i'm trying to get to san francisco, and i can't get there because the trains are down and it cost me an appointment that i had made months ago. >> even angela's little dog seemed upset. bart says systemwide delays this weekend were caused by an electrical fire saturday night near the
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oakland 12th street station. smoke could be seen billowing out onto the streets. >> that fire burned through some wires and cables, and it essentially cut power to that core part of our oakland system. about 300 passengers were stuck inside two train cars for about 30 minutes. >> they had to be evacuated through a smoky tunnel between the 12th and 19th street stations. >> thankfully, our ventilation system worked as it was supposed to and got the smoke out of the area. we were able to evacuate all of those riders safely and there were no injuries. it was a bit scary, just because we didn't know what was going on. >> but after they evacuated us, we were like, fine. >> four bart stations in oakland lost power and had to close saturday. bus bridges took riders around the closures even after the oakland stations reopened, there were still train delays well into the afternoon. >> i appreciate cooperation again, this is due to an ongoing power issue between here in 19th street, oakland. >> the red line was out of service sunday between richmond and san francisco. passengers needed to transfer in oakland today. >> i'm trying to get to hayward.
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>> has that been tough? >> oh, it's been a little bit of a nightmare, at least. mostly getting out of west oakland. >> bart says it doesn't know yet what caused the electrical fire. >> you know, we're going to do an investigation, a thorough investigation into what exactly caused that electrical fire. we don't know if it was aging equipment, but we are constantly updating our equipment. >> bart expects service to be fully restored for the monday morning commute in oakland. cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> cornell, thanks so much. the park fire burning north of chico has grown to be the biggest in the state this year. the bay area air quality district has issued an advisory, with air quality expected to be impacted by smoke from the fire today and tomorrow. it is now scorched more than 360,000 acres in butte to shasta and plumas counties. abc news reporter jacqueline lee has the latest. >> reporter tonight, california's largest wildfire of the year, rapidly growing, forcing new evacuations.
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>> we're doing the best we can to safely get them back. reporter. the park fire destroying dozens of homes and buildings scorching more than 350,000 acres. >> firefighters continuing to hold the line, putting out these spot fires. you can see the flames burning inside that tree trunk. and it is a race against time as temperatures continue to rise later this week, the fire, now 12%, contained one of more than 100 wildfires burning in the west. we met ranger john russell near the city of chico. >> when you say, did you think it would ever happen, you better believe it. officials arrested 42 year old ronnie stout for suspected arson, alleging he pushed this car while it was on fire down an embankment, sparking one of the fastest moving fires in recent memory. >> are you angry about it? >> i'll put it tactfully. truly, the real damage and sadness and anger would become from the people who have lost everything. >> russell showing us the charred trails and piles of ash, his barn still standing thanks
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to a quick thinking firefighter who dug out a fire line. >> that's what saved this place, because you can see it burned right up to it. >> we finally came to a clearing in untouched field. his beloved cattle survived. the fire was raging. this this way and coming straight for them. >> yes, but roaring above a reminder of the ongoing battle tonight. every time one went by, he said, thank you guys. thank you guys. >> firefighters continuing their ground assault setting these backfires. you can see the smoke and the ash swirling and the fight is far from over. the fire expected to last at least another month in forest ranch, california. jacqueline lee abc seven news. >> take a look at this. a strike team from the sonoma county fire district rescued two dogs found inside a home in forest ranch. they transferred the pets to local law enforcement to get them an emergency animal shelte. crews left a note at the house for the family, letting them know their dogs got to ride in a
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fire engine. the strike team hopes both human and fur families will be reunited in contra costa county. crews continue to mop up the fire in bay point. the point fire charred nearly 500 acres near évora road, but is now 85% contained, cal fire says favorable weather conditions have helped crews. all evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted. you can track wildfires across the state, as well as air quality with our interactive wildfire tracker. we have all the information for you on our website, abc seven news.com/fire map to the peninsula we go. we learned today the names of three victims who lost their lives in a crash at devil's slide. the coroner's office identified them as 28 year old angela gaucho, 29 year old mohammad noori, both from south san francisco, and brennan aroma, from kansas. car landed more than 300ft down an
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embankment along highway one between pacifica and montara. it's still not clear what caused friday's crash. we're working to learn more about a deadly drive by shooting in hayward. today happened just after 11 this morning near glad tidings church on west tennyson road. one person was killed and police think there may be a second victim. police say they don't believe there is a connection to the church, but have not released any other details. vigils are being held across the nation as well as here in the bay area. in remembrance of sonia massey. she's the mother of two who was shot and killed in her own home by an illinois sheriff's deputy who was responding to her 911 call. activists are demanding justice as they honor her life along with others who were killed in police custody this afternoon, activists held a vigil in downtown oakland at 15th and broadway before marching to frank ogawa plaza. a vigil is scheduled in downtown san jose
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at headspace barber shop at 6 p.m. it's part of the national day of mourning, including an event held in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. sonia massey say her name kumasi say her name sean grayson. the former sangamon county sheriff's deputy who shot massey was fired and charged with three counts of first degree murder, aggravated battery and firearm, and with a firearm and official misconduct. in massey's death, he has pled not guilty. as vice president kamala harris vies for the white house, her long time pastor in san francisco is launching a nationwide prayer campaign for civility in the race. reverend amos brown kicked off 100 days of prayer this morning service at third baptist church. >> we are gathered here this day. more importantly, to pray that there will be peace, civility, love, common sense
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and indeed, respect for the worth and dignity of all people. >> reverend brown says he's decided on the campaign after a discussion with the vice president and interfaith leaders. he says the nation faces a stark choice in november, hoping prayer can help avoid what he called the worst mistakes of the past. giants fans on the peninsula had a new way to get to the game today. we'll check out the launch of a new transit service that's a big hit with baseball fans and an effort to turn an internationally recognized symbol of pride into a landmark is set to go before san francisco city leaders tomorrow. >> i'm spencer christian. it is noticeably warmer today than at this time yesterday. could that be part of a trend? i'll have the answer in my accuweather forecast coming
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preliminary point, 3.3 magnitude, people reported. reported that is feeling the quake as far away as santa rosa, sacramento and as far south as hayward. happening today, giants fans have a new way to get to the game. the port of redwood city is testing out a new ferry service to san francisco. on certain game days, it only runs a few sundays this summer, timed to coincide with games at oracle park. it will depart the f dock in redwood city at 1115 each day and arrive at pier 48 in san
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francisco an hour later. from there, it's a ten minute walk to oracle park. now, you don't have to reserve tickets in advance. it ran today for the game against the rockies and will run on august 11th, september 1st, and september 15th. happening tomorrow a san francisco board of supervisors committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on a plan to designate gilbert bakers rainbow pride flag at harvey milk plaza as a landmark, if approved by the land use commission. the proposed resolution would head to the full board of supervisors for a vote in september. the gilbert baker rainbow flag is named for the late artist who created the iconic community symbol in the castro. an afternoon of good times and good food in the east bay. we'll check out a farmers market first that addresses food justice related issues in an underserved neighborhood. i'm spencer christian. >> a cooling marine layer lingered at the coastline again
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today, but it did not stop a pretty good warm up. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. a victory that is there for the taking. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win. [jim valvano] don't give up. don't ever give up® this is the greatest team ever! (♪) (♪)
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runners starting 26.2 mile course in front of the ferry building at 515 this morning, 29 year old charley lawrence of boulder, colorado, won the men's division with a time of two hours, 22 minutes. the fastest women's finisher was 24 year old jenna wolfram of barrington, illinois, with a time of two hours 52 minutes. runners also had the option of participating in two separate half marathons, or ten k and five k races. boy pretty shots there in the east bay, a new monthly market made
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its debut in hayward. here you go. enjoyed 30 local vendors, as well as entertainment. the new market is held at the south hayward bart station from noon to 4 p.m. it is scheduled on the last sunday of the month through october. join right now by spencer christian. it looks like a good time there. also, you never want it too hot when you have a marathon going no, you don't. >> and it wasn't hot this morning at all. in fact, it pretty ideal weather i think for a marathon. we had the gray overcast skies. it was pretty cool. and so and early in the morning it got sunny. earlier in the day, but still asleep. the elite marathoners were done by by midday. >> exactly. >> by the time that we look at what's going on with our satellite radar composite image, you can see a vigorous onshore flow continuing today all across northern california. that includes northern sacramento valley, where the park fire is still burning, and you can see the wind flow, the winds aloft carrying that smoke generally to the east northeast away from the
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bay area, temperatures have dropped considerably in the area of the fire, with increased relative humidity over the last couple of days helping out just a little bit in containment of that fire. meanwhile none of that smoke is affecting air quality here in the bay area. as we generally have good air quality, but we also have some strong wind gusts here up to 35mph at oakland right now, and sustained winds at the surface here in san francisco, 34mph. nonetheless, despite that, onshore flow, that cooling onshore flow, it's quite a bit warmer in most locations right now than at this time yesterday. 15 degrees warmer in concord, 16 in livermore, 13 in novato. so a mild day, but a lot warmer than yesterday. here's a view from mount tam looking down onto the bay. we're at 61 degrees in san francisco, 66. in oakland we have mid to upper 70s at hayward, san jose and redwood city and 57 at half moon bay. and there's your little bit of a marine layer lingering low clouds over the golden gate right now where it's breezy but not terribly gusty. we have 74 degrees in santa rosa right now. petaluma 7072, in napa and low
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to mid 80s at fairfield, concord and livermore. one live, one more live. view from emeryville. looking toward the golden gate. and these are our forecast headlines. we'll see gradual warming continuing over the next two days midweek, wednesday, thursday, the warming increases its pace and then by next weekend, the heat starts to crank up in our inland areas. no triple digits, but it will be noticeably warmer, maybe even hot in some spots. here's our forecast animation overnight. we'll see the low clouds thickening and deepening near the coast of bay, and then lots of patches of drizzle and mist developing mainly offshore. but some of this moisture will move onshore, so early morning commuters may indeed encounter a damp spot or two in the roadways. but we're not talking about widespread wet spots or slippery spots overnight. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow. low 60s at the coast, 67 here in the city, mainly low 70s near the bay shoreline and the warmest spots inland, mainly the inland east bay will see highs in the low to mid 80s, but nothing more than that, at least
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not for tomorrow. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. notice that gradual warming increases by about two degrees on tuesday. then, as we get into midweek, we'll see some low to mid 90s on wednesday, thursday and friday. and then the weekend really heats up inland with some mid to upper 90s in the inland areas, but still no triple digit heat in the forecast. >> yeah, i mean i was in solano county and it was, it was like 90 out there, but still relief of what we've had. >> oh yeah, much cooler than what we've had. so just a pleasant a pleasant warm up. >> thanks so much, spencer. a pleasant warm up to sports? >> chris alvarez here. and the a's are both are playing decent baseball this weekend. both teams going for rare four game sweeps. the a's are in anaheim while here at oracle park. giants looking to make a statement with the trade deadline looming tuesday afternoon, what are they going you can pick up the tab even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle®. (kaz) smooth. (vo) want faster, easier banking?
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underperformed this season, but things starting to gel this week and after on this afternoon. excuse me, a chance for a four game sweep of the rockies and the catch of the day. check out this fan. a backhanded bare handed grab and doesn't spill the drink. those are expensive. a nice play right there. giants have been scoring early and right away. same thing. casey schmidt high, deep and gone. fourth of the year one nothing. giants and it's time for high fives with all of his friends. bottom two it's elk grove high native or grad. excuse me derek hill one of the newest giants triples to right michael conforto he's going to score it. makes it two nothing. the giants
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with five triples this weekend. the most in a series since moving to san francisco. that's a long time. and the pitching staff struck out 53 rockies the most in a four game series in franchise history. taylor rogers got the side in the fifth. in the sixth, bases loaded two out. matt chapman big base hit one run scores. here comes jorge soler. he's safe. and that proves to be the game winning swing. giants win five four. they sweep the four game series, their 53 and 55 overall. the trade deadline looms 3:00 pacific on tuesday, the giants will host the a's. speaking of the a's going for a four game sweep of their own in anaheim, another great grab in the stands. sign that guy up. mean fans are making plays everywhere. a's exploding the third one. nothing at this point. bases loaded for brant rooker liner to right center and that will be a bases clearing double. part of a six run inning gives oakland a huge lead, but it all goes away when fresno state's taylor ward gets hungry for a grand slam, gives the halos the lead for good. a's lose eight six off day tomorrow before that two game set against the giants at oracle park, which
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begins tuesday. us men's basketball with their olympic opener against serbia earlier today. stephen curry scored 11 in his olympic debut and kevin durant, who was questionable with a calf injury, scored 21 off the bench in the first half. he finished with 23 as the us rolls one 1084. it was incredible, >> but not surprising giving given what i've seen from kevin in the past. i've said it before, i think he's the most skilled basketball player i've ever seen. the game just comes so easily for him, and a long layoff like that doesn't seem to bother him. and you know he was brilliant tonight. obviously just shifted the game as soon as he got on the floor. >> nhra nationals at sonoma raceway this weekend tony stewart he's been a success everywhere. a three time nascar series champ, even an indycar champ. it's still looking for his first ever top fuel victory. and he's narrowly edged out by 77 time winner antron brown in the final. brown is going to get the trophy and then get this even better than the trophy. how
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about some wine? that's one way to celebrate a victory jr i mean, where else can you do that? win a race and then, bottoms up. >> look like blue wine or something. there. >> that cup was that cup was definitely full. not not, skimping on our heart attack was... scary! never want to go through that again. but we could. with heart disease, you never know. so we made changes. green juice. yeah, not a fan. diet, exercise... statins helped. but our ldl-c (bad cholesterol)-it was stuck! stuck! just couldn't lower it enough. and high ldl-c meant a real risk of another attack. so i said, "let's ask our doctor about repatha." what can i say? listen to your heart. repatha plus a statin dramatically lowers ldl-c by 63%, and significantly drops the risk of having a heart attack. do not take repatha if you are allergic to it. repatha can cause serious allergic reactions. signs include trouble breathing or swallowing or swelling of the face. most common side effects include runny nose,
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sore throat, common cold symptoms, flu or flu-like symptoms, back pain, high blood sugar, and redness, pain, or bruising at the injection site. we won't let another heart attack set us back. and neither should you. listen to your heart. lower your ldl-c and your risk with repatha. talk to your doctor.
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well, it has been sold. we first
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reported about it last month when the listing went viral for the low price trustee of the home tells the chronicle that he has accepted the offer at asking price from his sister, who lives in the house. 66 year old cheryl lee rents the home with their mother and has occupancy rights through 2053. they pay a little more than $416 a month in rent in addition to utilities. spencer and chris. i have to be honest, it felt like a bit of a tease, that story. yeah, you know, so excited about the possibility of us getting that house and not going to happen. it didn't happen. it didn't happen for any of us. we'll get the next one. thanks so much for joining us at 5:00. we'll see you back here in 30 minutes on firefighters race to get the upper hand on a historic wildfire, exploding in size and now racing through a large part

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