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part of the celebration conversation. also, a lot of brake tapping today for drivers using the bay bridge. what turned the span into a parking lot? also a sideshow in the east bay took a deadly turn and see the ten foot long reptile surprise that surprised officers that they discovered when they made an arrest. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> silicon valley pride parade organizers say the celebration has new significance this year, with the presidential election 71 days away and two candidates with very different ideologies concerning the lgbtq plus community. thank you for joining us. i'm j.r stone. more than a celebration a mobilization. that's the goal of this year's silicon valley pride parade. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard was at today's celebration and has a look at the role politics played in today's parade

>> in san jose. august is pride month and this rainbow studded parade down market street always steals the spotlight. >> sparkle. glitter, sequins. >> all that. thousands showing up for silicon valley pride. this celebration giving vibes of love, equality and inclusion. >> we are here today to celebrate pride and everyone, everyone understand. >> love is love. >> pride is all about representation. using whatever voice you have to speak up for those who can't. freedom. hope >> just pure joy. you won't break my soul. >> alicia ellington came from oakland determined to show her spectator moves. >> love is love and just being queer and being accepted is just all we all hope for. >> so it's hard not to dance and be happy. >> san jose mayor matt mahan telling us what pride means to him. >> to me, it says we should

celebrate everybody for who they are. >> we're a beautifully diverse city. everybody should come as they are and be accepted and empowered to really realize their full potential. >> but the presidential election only months away. many here say pride also means voting this november because there is so much at stake. look around, look around right? >> everything is on the line and so hopefully we will get it right. >> everything from our congress down to our local elections. so it really matters that our new president comes in with a strong backing of a democratic majority, so we can get all the things we do to protect everyone's civil rights. >> go do your civic duty is what i would say to that. regardless of what side you're on, really excited to show up and, you know, cast our vote and charlotte will be there with us as well. >> next year, silicon valley pride celebrates its 50th anniversary. organizers say an even bigger party is planned in san jose. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> developing news now. a traffic mess on the bay bridge. a bad crash stopped westbound traffic around 1:45 p.m, turning the bridge into a parking lot or

seemingly a parking lot. just look at that backup trying to get into the city. all but one lane was shut down for more than an hour. chp says a car hit a motorcycle with two riders just before treasure island. one of the people on the motorcycle was taken to the hospital. traffic was moving again just before three, though there were long delays in the south bay. the red cross is helping 14 residents displaced from their east san jose townhouse following a fire. it started yesterday afternoon just before three on cicero way. investigators say it was fast moving and driven by the wind. >> i want to say maybe 10 or 15 minutes. it went from just being a small little fire in the front door to engulfing the entire house. i was like, wow. it surprised me a lot. i pulled it over and i yanked it, and that's when i tried spraying the fire away. but in reality, it's so big that the hose doesn't really do much because they, the firefighters took like a good hour to even get it, like calmed

down. so i was never going to do anything with a tiny little hose. >> it actually took more than 40 firefighters to two hours to put out the flames. one firefighter was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the cause is still under investigation. the san francisco fire department is investigating the cause of an early morning fire in the sunset district. crews arrived to flames at great wall hardware on taraval, near 18th avenue, just before 4 a.m. the store is in supervisor joel engardio district. he says there were no injuries, but the store owner's mother and two other tenants who lived above the store were displaced. we have new details about a deadly shooting at a sideshow in vallejo, resulting in a police pursuit and a confiscated python the sideshow happened at louis brown road and b.w. williams drive friday night. officers believe a man was killed in a car, but it's not clear if he

was part of the sideshow. search continues for the gunman. the chronicle reports that police say there were more than 20 gunshots during the sideshow. that involved about 500 vehicles. officers say someone inside a cadillac shined a laser pointer at them during the sideshow. they chased that car and arrested the driver and hercules. they also cited three passengers. vallejo police say they also confiscated this from the cadillac. a ten foot python. developing news on the conflict in the middle east. israel launched a series of airstrikes into lebanon early sunday, calling them preemptive strikes against the militant group hezbollah. abc news reporter britt clennett has the latest from israel. >> the night sky lit up over the israel-lebanon border as israel launched airstrikes against hezbollah, they say, aimed at taking out the militant group's military targets. the loss of pasok prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying the idf was ordered to launch the attacks as

hezbollah prepared an extensive and imminent attack on israel. a u.s. official confirming the united states was not involved in the preemptive strikes by israel, but that the u.s. had provided support in tracking incoming hezbollah attacks. sirens heard blaring across northern israel as hezbollah claims it fired more than 340 rockets aimed at 11 military locations inside israel and the golan heights in retaliation for those israeli strikes. three weeks ago that killed its top military commander in beirut. hezbollah's leader, hassan nasrallah, speaking today saying israel's airstrikes was aggression, not a preemptive act, and that this phase of their attack has ended unless they determine the need to respond further. meanwhile, in gaza, the idf announcing a new evacuation order for a small strip of land in deir al-balah in a humanitarian area that includes tent camps and five schools that are sheltering displaced people. arwa neve speaking to me from deir al-balah, saying she's frustrated by the inability of the leaders to end the

suffering. >> we people on the ground, we are not among the calculations of any of these parties. >> defense secretary lloyd austin, speaking with israel's defense minister today and ordering both aircraft carriers in the middle east to remain there as a deterrent to the conflict broadening. us chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c-q brown, meeting with egyptian leaders as talks to secure a ceasefire and return the remaining hostages resume in cairo. but today hamas releasing a statement saying it does not accept the latest offer on the table. britt clennett, abc news, tel aviv. >> the long wait for a hostage deal has been heartbreaking for the family of hersh goldberg-polin, the 23 year old, raised in berkeley, has been held hostage for more than ten months. friends and supporters of goldberg-polin gathered on the pedestrian overpass above 8-80, near university avenue this afternoon. hamas took him from a music festival on october 7th, and he's been held hostage ever since. goldberg, poland's parents, spoke at the dnc this week, getting emotional to

chants of bring them home! organizers of today's rally told us they want to raise awareness about goldberg-polin and more than 100 other hostages. ukrainians around the world are celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the country's independence from the soviet union. today, bay area ukrainian americans held their 25th annual independence day festival in golden gate park. traditional ukrainian music, arts and dance were on display at the music concourse bandshell. organizers say the concert also helps remind people of their culture amid russia's current war in ukraine. >> you can always count on ukrainian to be very optimistic in spite of everything they might be going through as a country. think music, song, dance, really bring people together. really remind people of the true spirit of the country that helps us overcome burdens and challenges and everything going on. >> a concert after party is being held until 6 p.m. at the

saint michael ukrainian orthodox church in san francisco. this morning, a rally was held for san francisco supervisor aaron peskin and his mayoral campaign. several lgbtq plus leaders and community members, including former assemblymember tom ammiano, former state senator mark leno, and activist cleve jones, spoke in support of peskin at dubose park. they say peskin is the leader who can carry harvey milk's torch. peskin faces incumbent mayor london breed, former interim mayor mark farrell, nonprofit founder daniel lurie, and supervisor ahsha safai. on the november ballot. some students in the south bay may need another way to get to school tomorrow. samtrans is alerting people that service could be impacted over the next two days. why? there may not be anyone to drive the busses. vandalized and burglarized an independent pharmacy in the east bay is now counting on the community to help. >> and just gorgeous weather all around the bay area with lots of

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square shows the plight. it's all boarded up. gofundme says all the break ins happened between 3 and 5 a.m, with the thieves in and out in two minutes. gofundme says the pharmacy is no longer stocking certain medications because of these crimes. another day of service disruptions on bart red

line service from richmond to millbrae was not running for part of the morning. bart says one line of service lost power and says the issue was resolved by 10 a.m. on friday night. service was stopped between ashby west oakland, rockledge and lake merritt because of an equipment problem on the track near the macarthur station. samtrans is warning of possible service disruptions tomorrow because of a labor protest. the union, representing about 400 bus operators, utility and other workers, is threatening a work stoppage after rejecting a contract proposal from the district. samtrans is advising customers to seek alternative transportation options monday and possibly tuesday. the transit system also says the labor action could potentially affect school bus lines. samtrans says it will prioritize school service and paratransit service will not be disrupted. hurricane joan brought heavy rain and damaging winds to

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the sierra nevada peaks. the national weather service estimates that around three inches of snow fell around the area friday night into saturday. many resorts reported dusting.

the last time it snowed in august on the sierra nevada crest was way back in 2003. that frosty weather system brought rain to lower elevations near tahoe. the wet roads led to several crashes on i-80 yesterday. a stretch of westbound lanes was closed for a time. chp truckee posted this picture today saying roads are wet and slick over donner summit. happening now. hurricane joan is swirling past hawaii, dumping up to a foot of rain in some spots. flooding closed roads and overflowed bridges on the big island. 85 mile per hour winds knocked out power to about 15,000 people. local officials say there are no reports of injuries at this point. hawaii's department of transportation says all round trip flights between honolulu and hilo were canceled yesterday because of the storm. >> the captain had announced that right now, the winds have picked up and so it's higher than anticipated. so it's unsafe for us to fly at the moment.

>> the one positive forecasters say all the rain canceled out fire danger from strong winds on the drier side of the islands, joined right now by meteorologist frances dinglasan. our weather is a little different than hawaii right now, that's for certain. >> yeah, we had a little bit of rain yesterday and then today we had gorgeous blue skies. temperatures are going to continue to climb in the next couple of days, and i'll show you how warm it will be as we show you. look at live doppler seven, the satellite radar image. we have high pressure in place that is pushing all the clouds out of the way. and here's a live view of the golden gate bridge in san francisco. it's currently 72 oakland, 78. san jose 83. half moon bay 70 degrees. so it's a gorgeous beach day. and some areas, the warmest ones are in fairfield and concord, near the upper 80s fairfield 88, livermore and santa rosa, hanging on to 84 degrees right now. so we're quite a bit warmer than yesterday at this time, anywhere from two to about 11 degrees warmer. i checked out fairfield

and travis air force base. that was actually a freak temperature yesterday. so generally is probably about ten degrees warmer compared to yesterday. and then here's a look from mount tam. blue skies and a little bit of some hazy conditions out there. but here's what you need to know. so overnight we'll start to see some low clouds push in with that marine layer along the beaches. and then tomorrow lots of sunshine for everyone. temperatures will be a little bit warmer, especially for inland neighborhoods. tuesday and wednesday is when we'll see warm to hot conditions near triple digits in some areas, and that could mean moderate heat risk. so tonight temperatures will drop into the mid 50s to low 60s. so the kids will need maybe an extra layer if they're heading to school early tomorrow morning, although they probably won't want to bring one because there's going to be lots of sunshine once again. and temperatures will be climbing in san francisco. look for a high of 74. oakland 80 degrees, san jose 91, and our warmest spots will be fairfield and antioch. at around 97 degrees. it's going

to warm up even more on tuesday. that's where we'll see, possibly close to 100 in fairfield and in antioch, and also on wednesday, still hanging on to the heat inland. but notice around the bay things start to cool down, and then we'll notice a cool down for everyone around the bay and at the beaches, even inland areas on thursday. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. warm to hot, plenty of sunshine. the next few days. it's going to be gorgeous out there for kids who are not at school, and then it will feel closer to normal by the end of the workweek. >> so summer's not over yet. >> yeah, not for some people. if you can but do they really? do they see that crick in your neck?

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and saturday today, trying to take the series from the mariners and stay on the fringes of the wild card chase with just over a month to play, beautiful august summer day in the pacific northwest. nice snow caps there. the giants jump on alameda native brian wu early on in this one. elliott ramos first inning, two run homer, his 20th of the year. the youngest giants outfielder with 20 since chili davis 40 years ago. man, i'm getting old. giants starter robbie ray oh grabs his right hamstring after making this pitch in the fourth inning. had to leave the game. we'll see about him going forward. bullpen then gave up the lead and wu settled in after that, wu would set a career high 94 pitches, struck out seven giants trying to come back against the

bullpen. they're trying to do it, rookie grant mcrae says. we're hanging around his second career home run. the giants within one, he says, let's go. waving his arms there. but they can't. just five hits on the day. and two of them were home runs. the giants had the lead in all three of these games and only take one. they fall back to 500. they an off day tomorrow and in milwaukee on tuesday. and the brewers finishing up their series against the a's at the coliseum. cheesehead party the a's trying to avoid the sweep. down two. nothing in the fourth. former a frankie montas walks. shea langley airs on a very close pitch to bring in the a's first run. next man up seth brown. he singles it to right. that would tie it. the a's score four in the fourth all off montas to take this lead and it stands up. mason miller throwing smoke, smoke and heat baby for his 21st save. the most by a rookie this season. the a's win 4 to 3 to salvage a game and are

now on the road in cincy starting tuesday, just 13 games left at the coliseum. last game ever at the coliseum is a month from tomorrow. central valley native aaron judge hit two more home runs today. hit number 50 in the first inning right there. and number 51 in the seventh as the yankees crushed the rockies, ten three. he is now on pace to hit 63 homers and break his own american league record of 62, set two years ago. he is now just the fifth player in mlb history to hit at least 50 homers in three different seasons. earlier today on abc seven little league world series championship game, florida taking on taiwan. we go to the sixth. florida down one to nothing. final out demarco mezes with the flare to left it drops. a runner would score. game is tied and that boy is hyped up on second base to the extras. we go in the eighth. they put a ghost runner at second base. first pitch of the bottom of the eighth. hunter alexander bunts the pitcher and first baseman

both try to get it. nobody's at first throw goes into right field. florida scores. florida wins the title 2 to 1. they're from lake mary, florida, near orlando, and this is their first ever little league world series championship. way to go, usa. hey, maybe next time taiwan. maybe next time. that

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the event held in the mission with more than a mile of valencia street closed to car traffic. the area was filled with family fun, local vendors and music. organizers say the goal is to make the community a more connected place. >> we have this epidemic in our society of loneliness, of alienation, of people just feeling really disconnected from one another. so events like this really give us an opportunity to connect, enjoy one another, enjoy the places that we live. >> the next sunday streets event will be held in the city's western addition on september 22nd. so francis in the sierra. it was sort of like snow ish and rain in some areas and then beautiful here in san francisco. >> i know, and we're going to have several more days like that. i love it when it's like this in san francisco. >> wonderful. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the fallout after israel and hezbollah launch major attacks against each other.