>> and firefighters appear to have the upper hand now on a brush fire, flames broke out about an hour and 15 minutes ago no. homes were threatened. the fire seems to be out, but firefighters will stay on the scene and there is no word yet on what cause that had fire. >> and police used deadly force following a domestic violence call. the fourth officer-involved shooting in six weeks, police responded to reports of a man with a gun in a parking lot on lincoln road west. and police ordered him to put the gun down but they say he refused. and nick smith has more on the story. >> the police say their training is top notch but the family of a victim shot and killed by a officer is asking if more could have been done to save him.

>> they didn't have to kill him. they could have shot him in the leg. >> the sister of a man killed by a police officer and mother of his daughter grieving his loss and asking questions. before 3:00 a.m. police were responding to a domestic violence call with the suspect found in this parking lot. officers say they approached the suspect and he got out of the red nissan, he was distraught and they can see what appeared to be a handgun. officers called out to the suspect. >> and i heard show me your hands. >> a witness that did not want to go on camera says he saw it play out. >> the guy was agitated. he woke up the whole house here. >> and officers told them to place his hands on his head, one officer fired a taser but it failed to take tobin town. the officers say the suspect

grabbed a handgun. >> this subject went for the waist band ask officers discharged weapons. >> the police department has been hit hard with losses and there has been heavy scrutiny in what appears to be a heavy rate of officer-involved shooting. one suspect was accused of pointing his weapon at officers. a 42-year-old shot after trying to elude capture. >> i can't speak to the space of the recent officer-involved shootings but they have the right to defend themselves. and they have been armed with handguns and officers defended themselves. >> our training is top notch. >> and this officer tells me

they are operating less than peak and you'll remember officer caput was shot and killed in the back and that weighs on the minds of officers here. >> and thank you very much. >> in oakland there is a toddler with severe injuries caused by abuse is in critical condition. the search is underway for his missing teen-aged sister. police say a baby-sitter called 911 from the apartment on 63rd street. the kids were found this morning in a town with a relative. the baby's mom, step dad and baby-sitter are under arrest. police say they opened this investigation because of the extent of the toddler's injuries and evidence of past abuse. authorities are still trying to locate the 16-year-old. >> san francisco medical

examiner says the body recurred this morning is that of a yolo county man, victor morillo disappeared after attending a giants game june 25th. friends believe he fell into the bay. and this morning fire department divers pulled the body from the bay just north before 8:00. and there are several searches organized hoping to find him. >> a short chase ended in oakland with the driver crashing into a fire hydrant. officers tried to pull him over and the pursuit lasted about three minutes ending when the car crashed into the hydrants. and two people were hurt no, officers injured in this chase. >> one cupertino woman hit in her home, two burglars broke in and stole jewel rism a neighbor called the county

sheriff's office yesterday morning to report the robbery and progress. two got in through a side door and they were never found despite a search of the neighborhood. >> and the parades and fire works are the things 4th of july is made of, as we know. and recent years cuts can turn into celebrations but cities found a way to bring them back. there is a city with the will and found a way. david? >> well, 10,000 people are expected to crowd this field at the sports complex today to watch fire works from the baseball field. they're being charged $3 per person, almost a sellout and a new model, perhaps of how it's going to be celebrated during tight budget times. with 35,000 lining streets and a thousand participants, this

parade claims to be the biggest. it's starting out five years ago with smaller numbers but it has grown. the $35,000 costs being covered by private companies. san jose is contributing $7,000. >> this is awesome and fun to see kids and pill tear going by. >> i like everything so far. >> the parade is a showcase for youth program as cross the city with groups and politicians. it provided an opportunity for people to express their pride in being americanned. >> what does the 4th of july mean to you? >> a day that we celebrate our independence so we can show people what it means to us. >> and dan ashley picked up a special feeling rode along the parade route. >> san jose is a city of a million people and felt like

mayberry up there today, very small town americanna. and in mill peed yags, fire works have been a tradition over 30 years but the city's deficit wasn't able to support the show this year. and. >> remaining a,000 will be raised by charging $3 per person. having a fire works show may prevent grass fires set off by residents. >> there has been a lot of grass fires in the south bay. they've been small ones so there is a fear. especially with hills so close. >> and you can see the hills above the city of milpitas. there are other cities reinstituted their fire works. they went to private industry to raise money and so their show is on for tonight.

>> and redwood city has something extra to celebrate. yes, return of a fire works show this city kicked off the festivities with a parade. and that best way to kick off a big day is a big breakfast. >> that is 250 pounds of pancake batter. 25 gallons of syrup. >> and there is a big finale, a 20 minute fire works spectacular over the port. residents and businesses raised $50,000 to bring back the show. >> and speaking of fire works, coming up, spencer going to have fire works forecast. >> that is right up here in the accu-weather forecast center, advancing fog competing with hopes of seeing fire works here in san francisco tonight. i'll give you a look at the

time line to see who wins in just a moment. >> then from 7 on your side, green reason it could cost you more to repair faulty air conditioner autos and next big thing could be in the works from apple. how they're down sizing a product. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. every railroad call carrying coal derailed near chicago today. and it carries over a road in illinois and dumped coal beneath the tracks. a small brush fire started and the railroad is probing what caused part of the 138 train to derail. >> apple is down sizing it's

popular ipad. the "wall street journal" says the fire they have been told to gear up of mass production of mini ipads and and the smaller tablets retail at $199 less than half of the price of the cheapest ipad but it won't have the high-def screen no, comment from apple. >> and if you're looking for a new place to live, it may be cheaper to buy than it is to rent. >> and there is a result that is skyrocketing rents here in san francisco. and the web site trulia says rents are up 5.4% nationwide and home prices less than 1%.

and tenants in san francisco paying 15% more this year over last. demands for rentals grew, as more folks lost their homes to foreclosure and began looking for rental properties. >> hot weather doesn't compare with deadly heat waves. this could cost more zwrouft say cool because of the coolant used in air conditioners. epa is phasing out a common coolant that is used in air conditioners that are at least two years old. be ready to pay big buck autos what happened is that the average call has gotten $200 more expensive. >> and some air conditioners

are made with a different coolant that is not harmful to the environment, pardon me, but they can cost hundreds of dollars to purchase, keeping cool costs more but driving somewhere, costs less. triple a says gas prices are down, as you might suspect, driving is up this holiday week. and there is 42 million americans taking trips, two million more than last year. and this makes it the highest since 2007. there are fuel prices down, and in california we're now paying $7, excuse me, $3.74 cents. >> woah! >> scared you, didn't i? >> a big relief from what we paid earlier this year. >> now, it doesn't seem so bad. >> thank you. >> sure. >> wow. >> and we're okay now. >> san francisco is the place to be to watch one of the biggest fire works shows in

the bay area every 4th of july, there are two locations they'll set up fire works. and there is abc 7 news with a preparations involved with putting on this show. >> that is right. you can see many of them laying out blankets there. there is a mob of people over there at the far end which is going to be a prime spot for the fire works. some launched from the pier and some from a barge. there is folks going to keep showing up until after the rockets go up. there is a fire works display, 22 minutes long but taking about a no get ready for it. into final preparations crew is wiring up two to three thousand pounds of explosives but the designer says he calls them packages of entertainment.

and this is shipped in and just might contain affects we have never seen before, though. and there is everything launched electricity and it will be a perfect mirror of each other. what could go wrong? they call it the f-word, fog. but there is a plan for that. >> we have layers, levels from the ground level up to a thousand feet and there is a fair amount of product that perform at lower level that we know doesn't have, it's not impacted by fog. >> weather zbt usually keep people away. we talked to some who say they like the fog july 4th. hard to believe but we'll find out what they like bit tonight at 6:00 and a side note there. will not be street closureses a result of the fire works but

that doesn't mean you should drive here. take a look at people behind me, you can tell what a mess traffic will be and having driven here, i can tell you traffic is already getting to be a mess, people creeping along the embarcadero, bumper to bumper, if you can walk to get to the fire works this evening that is probably a good idea. >> and probably want to bring a sweat shirt too,. >> and there is fire work that's may just go to the front page of our web site. >> trying to keep fog at bay. >> and there is going to be a little fog but this is just a matter of whether it will on cure our view. there is back towards sutro power there is a advancing

marine layer. there is a look, we've got fog advancing northward. this is a view and conditions 4.55 degrees so it's cool. winds out of the west up to 26 miles per hour and there is over the bay there into location of the fire works in just over four hours away. right now looking at warm conditions inland. there is upper 70s around the bay. 60s here in san francisco. there are highlights, cooler tomorrow than today. and a warmer pattern jelting in for

the weekend. across the country now we have a sweltering heat wave going on. and there are hot conditions over easternern three quarters of the u.s., here in the nation things just mild to warm and there is fog pushing through 8:00, 9:00 and we'll have fog around again for the display beginning at 9:30. so at 5:00 in the morning we'll end up with wide spread fog. lows will be into mid-50s so it will be mild. there is fog starting to burn back to the coastline and will be a cooler day and this is mainly 60s around the bay. low 80s inland. there are highs 80s in santa rosa.

82 in antioch there is 70 on the peninsula. farther south, highs of 67 in watsonville. 72 in santa cruz. 79 in morgan hill. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a warm up friday. and then, serious warming begins over the weekend by early to mid week we'll see highs into mid-90s and mid to upper 60s on the coast. tomorrow will be a cool down, we're hoping for fog to go away so we can see fire works. >> and there is morning if you're like most of us, it's the phone, right? many of us use them as alarm clock autos what else do you need? it's time to get up, get going. >> let me wake you up when it

goes off this, puts the top news, weather and traffic at your bed side. down load the app it's available on the app store. just search for abc 7 news san francisco alarm. >> and every time i just want to play this. >> there is a lot to crow about. >> oh! >> and be quiet. >> okay. >> wake up. >> thank you. >> and still ahead, local researchers find a risk freeway to test for genetic defects in unborn children. >> and college on the brink of failing 90,000 students.

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researchers at stanford, determining the genetic makeup of an unborn child with a simple blood test. scientists say it allows families to screen without the risk of miscarrying. the test, they say is 99% accurate ask could be available within three years for $3,000. this genome testing development is outlined in the journal nature. >> considered the missing link in physics. often called the god particle. scientists searching for it's exist yens may have finally found it which could unlock mysteries of the universe. researchers celebrated as this is made and they say they found evidence of a new subatomic particle looks like the one believed to give matter size and shape. >> this discovery will take us closer to the big bang.

and a lot closer than we've been before. >> a physicist theorized the existence almost 50 years ago to explain why atoms have mass, today, he said it was incredible they made this discovery in his lifetime. >> wow. >> and we have more for you coming up next. the face of patriotism. >> and seen all over

coming up, mixed feelings about a sight of pride on display. >> a man saying the flags fly agent city hall sends the wrong message to the rest of the country. >> you can't get more american than this, we're going to take you live to people celebrating 4th of july at county fair. >> and michael finney exposes the way some ticket scalpers

are tricking into pay aring for tickets you think you're buying from the box office. >> and join us about half an hour from now. >> families greeted to old fashioned neighborhood fun this 4th of july. >> this main draw was a dunking booth july 4th celebration. neighbors came out for face painting and barbecue and outdoor games. >> there is a short parade this morning and a foot race featuring school kids from nearby schools. that celebration has been a center of this town, happening every year since 1960. >> fantastic. >> you don't have to be a foster parent to help a foster child. join abc 7 news for a dream campaign. it's a way to make a difference. >> like abc 7 news for every new like, a dollar will be donated to the foster kids program. >>