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good saturday morning. it is 8:00. i'm kyra clapper. here's lisa argen. >> good morning. hazy with fog. marine layer not much of an impact for temperatures in our inland east bay or north bay where it's going to be extremely hot, once again. 61 santa rosa, sunny conditions. napa, 64 degrees. you're 35 degrees warmer than you are now today. fairfield 76.
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63 in union city. forecast throughout the afternoon today, calling for the hottest day that you'll see this weekend with numbers well above 100 degrees in our inland east bay. we'll talk about that and when the cooldown occurs coming up. developing news out of the south bay, where milpitas police say a baseball bat was the weapon used in a deadly beating inside a store at the great mall. police say this man, 26-year-old, got into a fight with another man inside sports authority just before 11:00 yesterday morning. he then took a baseball bat off a store shelf and beat the victim to death. investigators say authorities were able to make a quick arrest. >> arrived on scene in 13 seconds and able to take the suspect in custody while still inside the store. >> sports authority closed for the day while police investigated. he was booked into santa clara jail for murder. san jose, a man under arrest
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in connection with beating death of one of his family members. it happened at a home on huff avenue after 5:00 yesterday. the two men had been involved in a fight. the victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead from his injury. the suspect was booked into santa clara county jail on suspicion of murder. this marks san jose's 23rd home side this year. new this morning, police in oakland are changing tactics in their effort to crack down on crime and sideshows. sideshows feature drivers speeding and doing doughnuts in the street, and they draw big crowds. beginning this weekend, district commanders will be in charge of smaller areas within oakland. the commanders will focus on strategies unique to their district. another change will bring more boots to the ground with more police patrols working longer shifts, right alongside chp. >> one of the things we want do is educate with enforcement through citations and also we want community to also provide
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education by letting people know, a, police are out, doing enforcement for activity that's involved in the sideshow. >> oakland police announced plans last week to change their strategies in response to a spike in sideshows and gun violence. three people were shot, one critically during a sideshow last weekend. in developing news, there's new information this morning in the southern california shooting rampage that's left at least five people dead. it happened in santa monica west of los angeles at santa monica city college. authorities say the gunman acted alone. john alston has more. >> what we have is a corrected numbers, we have four deceased include the suspect, that makes five. >> reporter: the trail of death started to unfold before noon when police got a call of shots fired. what they found instead was a santa monica home in flames. two dead people inside. >> i heard about six or seven shots. >> we found multiple victims. it was clear that they were
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fatalities. >> reporter: "the l.a. times" reports those victims might be the gunman's father and brother. it's unknown how the fire started. police say the gunman then car jacked a woman, forcing her to drive to the santa monica college campus. >> when he left the house, there was a vehicle driving down the street in the 2000 block of yorkshire where he did car jack the lady driving, had her drive a certain route, the route i dictated and there was subsequent shootings on that route. >> reporter: police say he sprayed a bus with gunfire, injuring three people on board. >> i looked at the bus, i seen the bullet holes. i ducked, i started screaming. >> reporter: a red suv pepper with bullets. the driver killed, passenger injured. the final victim, a woman shot and killed in front of the library. >> i hear bang, bang, bank, 15 shots. i knew what was going on. i ran. >> i seen people running. i was in panic mode. and a girl told me that i had to get off campus because of somebody shooting. >> reporter: campus police
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killed the gunman during a firefight inside the college library. >> police are trying to confirm the i didn't of the gun man. it's unknown what connection he may have had to the college. a person of interest taken into custody has been cleared and released. john alston, abc 7 us in. >> officials have identified a woman whose body found. 31-year-old has ties to the east bay. she was fund thursday by a hiker. her body down an em bankment off a turnout near a ra veer convenient. she suffered suspicious injuries. she could be the victim of a homicide. nelson mandela is in the hospital this morning. officials say mandela is battling a lung infection he's had for the last several days. the anti-apartheid leader, elected south africa's president in 1994, has suffered a number
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of health setbacks in recent years. governor jerry brown is expected to meet with china's president sxi jinping. president obama met president xi discussing cyberespionage and other issues. another two hours of talks are schedule for today between the two presidents. obama says the u.s. and china are in uncharted waters as they tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity. the two leaders carefully avoided directly accusing each other of spying but both acknowledged an urgent need to find a common approach to addressing the matter. the president started his day yesterday in san jose where he defended a secret government program to track billions of phone calls. obama warns that, it will now be harder to detect threats against america now that two top security programs have been revealed. the president pointed out america must balance civil
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liberties and stopping terrorists. >> we're going to make choices as a society. and what i can say in evaluating these programs they make a difference in our capacity to anticipate and prevent possible terrorist activity. >> president obama tried to reassure critics, saying the surveillance programs face strict oversight from congress and the courts. mark zuckerberg says his company never received a request for any data and added, quote, we will continue fight aggressively to keep our information safe and secure. let's hope so. 8:07. lisa argen joins us with a cornucopia of weather in the bay area. >> more heat, poor air quality across much of the bay area. 64 in san jose. going for a high of 92. that is as much as 13 degrees above the average. five degrees warmer than
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yesterday. more numbers to talk about. rest of the bay area forecast. when will it cool back, that's coming up. next, how much would you pay to have lunch with one of the wealthiest people in the world? we'll tell you the price one bidder is paying to dine with warren buffett. the high-tech techniques retailers are using to find out how you shop. the si
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symbols at scenes of his creams. he sexually assaulted and mutilated 13 victims. he killed 2 in san francisco, including a 9-year-old girl. he was on death row at s quentin. he died yesterday of libbver failure. a parking lot mishap sent people running. take a look. a car hit a fire hydrant. it happened at rite aid. subsuffered serious injurieinju the team decided to add about $100 million worth of tech features to levi stadium. that ups the stadium costs to about $1.3 billion. the decision to add those extras follows super bowl 50 being awarded to the bay area. our media partner, "san jose
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mercury news," reports team has sold $1 billion in seat licenses and naming rights. good head start. anonymous bidder has won lunch with warren buffett for $1.1 million and give a huge boost to san francisco's glide foundation. last night a big crowd gathered at restaurant lulu on fullson to watch the auction on ebay. a big chunk of glide's budget comes from the auction. buffett introduced to glide by his wife several years ago and fell in love with their service for the poor and homeless. >> miracle about glide? >> it saved my life, it was a miracle for me. the real miracle is that it does that every day. you know, for countless people every day. that's the real miracle. >> since 2000 the auction has raised 15 million, not counting last night. last night's bid was big but last year's winning buffett bid
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was $3.5 million. when you're shopping you're being watched and not just by security. retailers want to know everything about how you behave in their stores. and now two bay area companies are working on technology that will watch you like never before. in this morning's assignment 7 report, jonathan bloom look at what marketing tools could mean for your privacy. >> reporter: sometimes a sign is a sign but sometimes it's watching you. >> this sign here has a small camera hid noon the back of the sign. >> reporter: mark is a product director for efi. they're getting into the camera business. >> as i look at sign, as you see, my face is circled. >> reporter: smart sign. an ordinary cardboard sign with extraordinary ability to recognize faces. it can tell if you're looking at it and for how long. and it's remarkably good at telling your age and gender. >> why put a camera in the sign? >> well, that's the best way to attract the immediate reaction
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of the observer and the sign. it's a one to one viewing angle. >> reporter: the chief technology officer says internet marketers can tell if you click on an app. stores don't know if they're displays are effective. >> what is the focus on the sign? who are the look at the sign. >> reporter: smart signs gives answers on a web page from a device so cheap, once they release it, it could be everywhere. >> the costs getting down to a couple of hundred bucks to get one of these on the street. >> reporter: retailers don't have to put a camera in a sign to start learning more about their customers. in fact, some are doing it with the cameras in the ceiling. >> a system like this can work using your own existing surveillance camera. >> reporter: san francisco based 3dr is a security company founded with money from the cia, they built facial recognition, tracking them through the store. >> understanding where the standing, what are they doing, where they dwell. some might say it's controversial, the way to talk about it is to say we are
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friendly big brother. >> reporter: it has tools aimed at customer service. >> i can ask the system to alert me longer than six people. maybe i need to send another staffer out there. >> reporter: it answers the all-importanhe conversion rate,y people bought. >> reporter: that's where it gets sticky. cameras connected to cash registers. it could mean the stored damage of your face is no longer anonymous. >> linked to their credit card transactions at a register and the store has a wealth of information about a. vailable on people. we don't know what's happening to that data, how long it's being stored for, who it might be shared with. >> reporter: the frontier foundation worries it could be used for advertising or worse, identity theft. >> the solution is for retailers to not store as much information. >> reporter: efi is taking that suggestion. smart sign analyzes video but never stores.
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marketers see just the numbers. 3dr says it's not linked to your identity. >> we're not tracking people, profiles, things that help retailers and consumers, save time and money. >> reporter: john fox likes that promise but worried. >> the argument that it relies on us trusting companies. >> reporter: in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7, news. >> a new review has found that apple's new spaceship inspired headquarters in cupertino will have a significant impact on a nearby freeway. yesterday's officials released a draft of the environmental impact report on the tech giant's new home. the report found that thousands of commuters who will be dealing with it calls unacceptable level of congestion on interstate 80, 280 during the morning rush hour. the report comes on at heels of an economic impact report released this week by apple. the new headquarters would bring thousands of new jobs to the area and dump billions of
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dollars into the local economy. one of san francisco's main thoroughfares getting a much needed makeover. a portion of market street is closed until tonight for a marathon repaving project. the work goes from van necessary avenue until 6 street. other parts of street will be repaved later this month. market hasn't had new asphalt in three decades. if you'd like help, download abc 7's wes traffic app. it's free at apple's app store or on google play. a spare the air alert in effect as some communities deal with temperatures over 100. some inland communities saw no break from the heat yesterday. some saw temperatures well above 95 even at 7:00 last night. at least one person needed medical attention during graduation ceremonies in arrent
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da. h some chose to give up their view of the event to stay cool. others say shade provided no relief. >> stand here, not say anything, pass out wondering why my brother said we've got really good seats here. >> some inland locations had record breaking highs yesterday. the high fire danger warning signs are posted at mt. diablo this morning, because of the projected record high temperatures, it's increasing staffing to help protect against fire danger. the east bay is tinder dry and with the low humidity and wins weave been having, conditions are ripe for brushfires. a red flag warning in effect for parts of shasta lake and butte counties. cal fire says now is the time to make sure you have 100 feet of defensible space around your home. also try to find fire safe landscaping for your home and
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get emergency kit together, just in case. you can get details and find more tips at abc7news.com. click on prepare your town. lisa argen joins us with some communities facing triple digit heat today, some in the 70s. >> we saw the fog at the coast. it was 102 yesterday at liver more airport. they have to make it to 106 to break a record. they will be well over 100 degrees today. if you're in the livermore valley, towards the delta, no relief today. live look, live doppler 7 hd, fog has made its way north to point reyes. it is situated from point reyes to southern california where they have high surf to deal with. a southerly swell that allows for dangerous rip currents along the san mateo coast. also looking at southerly flow bringing up the low clouds and fog. here's look, the marine layers a shallow. it's with us, dense in spots,
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providing visibility less than a quarter of a mile. in the south bay, mountain view, it's mild. 67. 52 at our coast. anticipating sunshine. very cool. temperatures in santa cruz pleasant, 20 degrees warmer than we are now, perhaps mid-70s today. here's a look at san francisco. forecasting mostly sunny conditions. you can see the finger of fog trying to poke through. numbers by the delta in the mid-70s. you were down to 68 this morning. upper elevations above 2000 and 3,000 feet by mt. deon blow well into the 80s. another hot day. spare the air day with temperatures in the 60s. and the only relief that you'll finds a couple miles from the coast. emeriville, camera, it's sunny out there, 100 degree heat on
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tap. talking about spare air day, poor air quality, sharp cooldown is in store for tomorrow. roof camera, nice and sunny. but the ozone levels will be allowing for poor air quality especially in our east bay. we've got high pressure in control it really is allowing for not only that northerly winds but air to get chilled from 52 degree ocean temperature, that's how we get the fog forming right at the water. and you saw it in our live cameras. once again today, looking at temperatures maybe 50 degree spread. 67 half moon bay, afternoon sunshine. 74 downtown. head into east bay. 80 in oakland. 101 walnut creek. 104 in antioch. today, temperatures hot. tomorrow the fog moves across the bay and we are talking about the cooldown for everyone over 20 degrees of cooling. san francisco today, comfortable.
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92 in san jose. more heat there. 89 palo alto. upper 60s, sunset north bay. mid 90s santa rosa. napa hot, mid 90s. 82 san leandro. 104 antioch. 105 brentwood. tomorrow it's over. comfortable comfortable weather with us all week long. we'll let you know how hot it's going to be. keep track of bay area weather on twitter. tough to forecast the range. >> even more important to follow live doppler 7 to keep up with the roller coaster of weather. thank you. when you're trapped in a plane on a tarmac for three hours, little music could be just what you need to calm your nerves. ♪ beautiful, that classical traveling music courtesy of a spring quartet from the philadelphia arc stra.
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cooked up new regulations to settle an ongoing dispute between restaurants and food trucks. food trucks would have to be more than 75 feet from a restaurant. it also places restrictions on trucks operated by chain restaurants. there are a few concessions made to foodie favorites. food trucks will be allowed to park closer to elementary and high schools and allowed on college campuses and next to hospitals. the land use committee will vote on the new regulations on monday. the obama administration is ready to end four decades of trying to save the gray wolf. many of the federal protections have already been lifted in the states where gray wolves are most prevalent. they nearly went extinct but there are more than 6,000 roaming the northwestern united states. despite concerns that the action might be premature, yesterday the u.s. fish and wildlife service proposed lifting the protection that remain in the rest of the country. the final decision will be made in a year after a public comment
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period. a family in los gados is doing well after a construction project forced them to move. two barn owl chicks. parents nested in the attic of a guest house being built. the owls needed to be moved for their own safety. volunteers built them a nesting box. the parents moved in right after the chicks were placed there. coming up -- the viral video that inspired a nation has now inspired a new documentary film. we'll tell you about the coach who is making a difference for a local community. and where you can see the movie this weekend. state budget talks heat up as deadline to approve a spending plan is one week away. i'll
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thank you for joining us, just about 8:30 on saturday morning. starting this half hour with a quick look at weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> kira, good morning. fog at the coast, so no warming there since yesterday. but look how much warmer we are at the airport. five degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. in our inland east bay, delta, livermore, boy, approaching 70 degrees already. a thin veil of not only low clouds but splmog out there. that's why we have spare the air day in effect. temperatures, 73 livermore. 61 santa rosa. you'll get into the 90s today. again, we'll see plenty of numbers abo s 100 todays. 90 in san jose. we have fog at the coast. it not going to last. it will be pleasant in the 60s to near 70 there.
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but mid and upper 80s around the bay. >> 66 to 104, wow. thank you. state lawmakers have less than a week to approve a budget and california's former foster children will be watching negotiations closely. because their health coverage is at stake. nannette miranda reports the fight is over $3 million. >> reporter: the state's foster children are eligible until the age of 21, for coverage under medical. they lose insurance after that. >> i don't have a safety net. >> reporter: that's what happened to this 23-year-old, the stanford grad who has a painful chronic illness, uninsured while waiting to attend law school. >> either live with it and kind of try and tough it out, take whatever tylenol you can and maybe spend a day in bed or something like that, or front the cost of going to the emergency room. >> reporter: in 2014, former
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foster youth will be required under the federal affordable care act to be covered under medi-cal under age 26. until then advocates hoping to begin coverage now at cost of $3 million through the end of the year for 6,000 who have aged out of the system. they've been trying to get the legislature to pay for the extra years because other adult children have been able to get coverage under their parents' private insurance until age 26. >> in order to be equitable because the state is the parent of these children, we really need them to have parity and stay on our insurance until 26. >> reporter: governor brown reluctant to increase spending. he says the budget is balances only because government programs and have been dramatically scaled back and anticipates a slow downin the economy. >> we don't want to return to the days where budget has levels of spending that can't be supported. >> reporter: democratic lawmakers have beened odds with the governor over state
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spending. crystal is crossing her fingers and ready to see a doctor. >> it's investing in the future and we'll save money along the line. >> reporter: alternate, less expensive plan is to cover just the former foster youth who turn 21 this year. that will cost just $600,000. nannette miranda, abc 7. president obama says there's no reason why congress can't pass immigration overhaul by the end of summer. in his weekly radio and internet address, obama pushes a bipartisan bill that creates a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. the president says the bill's opponents will do everything possible to stop it. >> we know the opponents of reform are going to do everything they can to prevent that. they'll try to stoke fear and create division. they'll try to play politics with an issue that the vast majority of americans want addressed. and if they succeed, we will
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lose this chance to finally fix an immigration system that is badly broken. >> obama says the bill has bipartisan support as well as support from labor leaders, law enforcement, and clergy. america's cup officials say next month's preliminary races will be scaled back but safer. new zealand's team practiced on the san francisco bay yesterday as officials announced the next month prelims are being cut from 21 to 15. the safety precautions come after last month's fatal crash of the artimus catamaran. the city of san bruno wants pg&e to pay more money and be fined for the explosion that killed eight people. it's recommended the utility spend $2.25 billion to upgrade the safety of its natural gas system.
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but no fine was involved. san bruno wants them to pay penalties amounting to almost $4 billion and the city demands utility be fined in aftertax dollars and with no credits for past expenses. pg&e says both proposed penalties are excessive. the 12th annual san francisco documentary festival is in full swing. one is directed by our own i-team investigator. it tells the story of the most decorated high school cross-country coach in california and his battle with h lou gehrig's disease. >> reporter: the amazing video that inspired a nation. san francisco's university high school cross-country runner reynolds collapses from dehydration, feet from the finish line. but musters enough strength to crawl to the finish. her coach, jim tracy, inspired her to make that famous finish. he had just been diagnosed with
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the devastating disease, als. >> starting the race, we all knew we had to run as fast as we could, as far as we could for jim, and i think that was reflected in my finish. >> it meant she and i were on the same page all the time. the achievement page, the let's do something important, let's get it done page. >> reporter: three years after holland's finish, jim tracy uses a wheelchair. but is still coaching young athletes. his story has inspired a new documentary "running for jim". >> reporter: the film follows jim from the track to medical appointments. >> blast it. go, go, go, go. that's it. come on, coach! >> reporter: so many championship pennants here at high school gym. 30 have been won by jim's runners over the years. all modesty aside, there's a reason for that. >> i didn't want my illness to get in the way of all of the
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kids are going to achieve because you know when working with young people, you want them to achieve and you want them to understand that there's a world of achievement out there. it's all right ahead of them. >> reporter: documentary made by abc 7 news i-team reporting dan noyes whose own father-in-law suffered from a.l.s., a disease with no cure. >> that's the point, raise awareness, raise awareness, raise money for research and for jim to help him as he battles the disease. >> reporter: movie or not, as on as he's able, he'll keep coming to work to do what he loves the most. cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> you can watch "running for jim" at san francisco documentary film festival. it airs at rocky theater tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. and monday at 7:00 p.m. new this morning, people in the bay area who have lost loved ones to violence will hold a 3k walk to raise awareness. the morning mother's walk emceed
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by our own cheryl jennings. 1,000 mothers to prevent violence is the organization that puts on the two-mile walk. last year 300 people came out. today there will be lunch, live music, ralph, silent auction. the walk starts 20 minutes from now at san leandro marina park. how do you make 600,000 pound of flour every day? inside the bay area mill and show you its new green upgrade. plus -- 8:38, a live look outside thanks to our exploratorium cam, the sparkling bay to greet you on a sparkling saturday morning. meteorologist lisa argen has a forecast that includes temperatures in a 40-degree spread, 70s to low 100s. abc 7 news wants to make your commute bearable. giving away gift cards. each winner gets $700 of free
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the concept of making flour out of wheat hasn't dmirngd thousands of years but the process is becoming more environmentally friendly. allen wong reports from oakland where flour supplies the huge baking industry. >> reporter: the outsigh of the conagra flour mill hasn't changed much since it began grinding wheat into flour 48 years ago. one hour make 600 bags, a truck load in one hour. but inside, the mill is using less power. conagra spent $21 million on energy efficient technology from its recyclable bags and l.e.d. lighting to computerized panels that control each separate mill. >> able to shut down all of the plant or smaller portions just to save that small amount of energy. >> reporter: divert portions of energy back to the grid on hot days when it's in high demand from other businesses like oakland's thriving baking industry which buys the flour. 90% of it is sold within 400 miles of the mill. >> also, put in, the wheat flour in twizzlers. >> reporter: right, licorice sticks and pizza dough. the mill is using 10% less energy and it's actually producing more flour. >> hall of fame institution in oakland and we don't have too many of those left. >> reporter: the city says conagra is a model for oakland's energy plan. reducing waste and pollution while keeping money in the local economy. alan wang. >> good day to go into a factory. >> right. toeto e r-ndiong31 oakland 80.3 othea b mpatesn e d d 3 p 70s.n e d d 3 i'll have your forecast for the weekend and a nice looking week ahea
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welcome back. shy of 8:46 on saturday. like look at santa cruz. like we're transporting you right there. doesn't look promising. might be the place to escape for cool temperatures today. but it is supposed to be sunny, in the mid-70s out there today. meteorologist lisa argen will have a full spread of temperatures for you coming up in a minute. but first, new this morning, the raiders are get in the game of encouraging physical activity in youth. this within the team hosts more than 300 local kids for the nfl play 60 football camp at silver and black headquarters in alameda. raiders are the first of 12 teams to host the two-day noncontact camp. nfl play 60 is the league's youth health and fitness campaign. aimed at getting kids active for 60 minutes every day. the camp runs from 10:00 a.m. to
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noon today and tomorrow. also new, the second bay area fair of the summer season kicks off today in san mateo. the 79th annual san mateo county fair will feature rides, pig races, livestock contest, and lots of food. a new feature a robot that throws frisbees. it was built by the high school robotics team. the fair runs until sunday june 16th. lisa argen, you've been dealing with temperatures in the 70s already this morning. some will get up to more than 100. >> yeah. you showed us that fog from santa cruz. >> gosh. >> it's all going on today. and we looked at fair, numbers should be in the mid-80s. warm for the san mateo coast. fog should pull back from the shoreline for a time being. yesterday, records. reno 100. south lake tahoe 88.
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106 in yukaya. ridding and red buff, 109 and 111. red flag warning for northern california. the fog pushed north of point reyes and south into southern california. here's a look from mt. tamil pie as and that southernly surge brought fog into the north bay where temperatures are cool, mid-50s. san francisco, 64. oakland, mountain view 6 7. a warm day everywhere unless right on the coast. 52 half moon bay, with dense fog. san francisco, you can see not only the fog but some of that particulate mat that allows for spare the air day. napa, 64, a warm one. cooldown comes tomorrow as well as livermore, as much as 20 degrees cooler tomorrow. but today over 100. 73 now. union city 67. high definition emeryville
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camera, sunny. old and bay bridge, more than 100. spare the air day. sharply cooler tomorrow. air of low pressure heads up from the south, could allow for thunderstorms in the sierra nevada with dry light fling. some could blow off closer to the bay area. so, our inland east bay looking at poor air quality today. elsewhere not great. and that's because of that dome of high pressure. that huge dome of high pressure putting a lid on the atmosphere. 103 in livermore today. down to 83 tomorrow. look at the rest of the week. looking very pleasant with coolest day on monday. and slowly temperatures coming up but nothing too extreme even towards next weekend. that's been the pattern with the warm start to the weekend, the cool finish. we'll have that once again this weekend. 109 sacramento. low 100s for yosemite valley. 110 fresno. these folks don't get a break
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for the nutt nenext couple of d. back home, that spread, 67 half moon bay, and should get sunshine here. upper 80s palo alto with 92 in the santa clara valley. 103 livermore. tomorrow we're much more comfortable. 50s coast about 70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland. monday, tuesday, remain average for this time of year. just a slow warm-up on through the end of the week. it's about time we get something normal here, right? >> beautiful. thank you, lisa. in sports, it's expected to be a wet track this afternoon in new york for the 145th belmont stakes after remnants of tropical storm andrea dropped several inches of rain. today 14 horses including kentucky derby winner orb and peakness winner will try to win the third jewel of the triple crown. in tennis, serena william defeating maria sharapova in
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straight sets. 16th grand slam championship. last night the a's had a chance to move into first place in the american league west. here's larry beil with the highlights from the morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning. josh donaldson continues it to make his personal push for the all-star team. first career grand slam and ninth inning heroics add up to another a's win. corn hole, some people call it bags, whatever you prefer. third inning, parker, room service fastball with tyler flowers on 0-2. that is gone. 1-0 white sox. a's come back to win this game. down 3-0 in the sixth. josh donaldson, first granny, comes off of chris sale. he's hitting .329, top five in the american league. a's up 4-3. bottom ninth, gillespie, former giant, deep to right. have no fear, josh reddick is
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here. robs him of the game-tying homer. a's victorious, 4-3 with a rangers loss, oakland now first place in the a.l. west. they have the most wins in the american league. giants in arizona facing the diamondbacks. matt cain shaky early. walked three batters in the first inning. got out of thejam. paul goldschmidt, double play, hit into two twin killings. giants run in the seventh. base hit up the middle, scores pablo sandoval. 1-0, giant. in the eighth, gold member, the giant killer, with two outs, opposite field bomb off of jeremy aft jeremy aftfelt. dodgers and braves, legend continues to grow for rookie, the 22-year-old from cuba, playing in his fifth game. his fourth homer. he's got ten rbis in a week. dodgers beat the braves 2-1 in
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ten. spurs were supposed to be old and tired. and that was five years ago. but they're up 1-0 on miami in the nba finals. age 31, tony parker has become arguably the best point guard in the game. s last second shot helped spurs ice the spurs' opener against the heat. miami's got to win game two. dwyane wade says this isn't fun. it's a job. >> as a player in the playoffs you have no joy until it's over and you won. if you don't win, you have no joy for a while. but so for it's, you know, it's the grind every day as a team o series. >> so the ice, big papi. david ortiz, watching the bruins and penguins. boston up 3-0. drills it from the point. top shelf, 1-0 bs. penguins shut out twice in the series. 50 seconds left. malkin going for the tie but it's defenseman chara all 6'9"
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stretching out with that glove to stop that shot. 1-0, final. bruins sweep the pens. they're heading to the stanley cup finals for the second time in three years. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike shumann will be here at 5:00, 6:00, 9:00, 11:00. highlights from the belmont stakes. >> your home for the nba finals. coverage of game two in miami begins tomorrow at 4:30. and stay with abc 7 for after the game with sports director larry beil himself. and warriors power forward carl landry. coming up income, we'll take you to the festival that has bay area performers up on their feet for a>> a huge crowd at san frao
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of the san francisco ethnic dance festival. this is the world premiere performance of the brazilian dance group. the san francisco ethic dance festival marking its 35th anniversary this year and 35 dance groups selected to perform after competing against 110 groups. din shows that highlight the diversity of the dan community. over four weekends this month. they start today. go to abc7news.com for ticket information and locations. it's great and affordable family entertainment. meteorologist lisa argen joins us one quick look at forecast. >> talking about heat and spare the air for most everyone today except right up the coast where we'll have some fog now but then getting sunny later. 67 half moon bay. 74 san francisco. upper 80s fremont. 100 concord. 10, 20 degrees cooler tomorrow.
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that will be the trend for seasonal weather through the week with sunny afternoons and a foggy coast, in the 50's looks good after today. >> still looks beautiful. we'll take it. thank you, lisa. thank you for joining us on the abc 7 saturday morning news. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. hope you'll join us then. enjoy this and have a beautiful saturday.
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