about. >> this worker and passenger safety has been another top union concern. bart refused to include that area in contract talks until today. it's now pult two safety issues in its offer but said ate dresses concerns year round and as an example showed us a new cover to with tested in oakland it and can be locked to prevent transients to use it as a home and rest room. >> we take a look, see there is a problem and fix it. >> we talked to a negotiator. >> only real thing they talked about doing is buying a can yopy going to protect an escalator. it's not go frog detective agents at coliseum or patrons anywhere. >> this is devastating.

you know? i would hate fit they did go on strike. >> and there is no guarantee ac transit will be there for him and the union contract expires sunday night z that union has also authorized a strike. >> heather, thank you. a good way to get across the bay if there is a strike there aren't as many options in the evening. those leave three 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. >> we've created a link on our web site. >> there is a bart strike you'll find information on casual carpooling there along with our waze traffic app to help you get around. and you can stay on top of the potential strike by down

loading our are new smart phone app. just go to abc 7 news.com/apps. >> we have breaking news this evening two firefighters injured fighting a fire. it destroyed a home and nick smith is there with the information. nick? >> we're understanding that heat may have been a factor they believe the fire somehow start tweend the two buildings and the fire chief tells me it is possible he helped to exacerbate the problem. it was a scary moment for two family buzz both families are now safe. take a look at the video. it happened just after 2:00

p.m. we're able to catch this view of the fire department district. the two alarm fire and 100 block of rush creek court when crew arrive they had saw two homes burning so they attacked and when they attack that had fire, they had a collapse happen. so firefighters were forced to go extensive. >> two illnesses along with an issue of someone getting hit with sheet rock. >> crews were able to get control about 45 minutes into the might. there were six enjinz fighting the fire. and right now, crews are at this moment finishing up the

job of looking for hot spots. and once gerngs only injuries occurred to those here to fight the fire. members of the fire valley protection zrichblgt. >> well how hot did it get? n.san ramone today? >> sunny skies from coast to inland areas now let's talk about temperatures in the tri valley area, readings in the mid-90s so it is hot there. about 96 right now. reading is above the normal relative humidity in that region and winds light at six miles per hour. it appears weather conditions

will be complicating efforts there. taking a look at high temperatures so far, numerous locations reaching into mid-90s already. 92 in morgan hill. we'll get those for you and goggle get hot weather in the accu-weather forecast. >> thank you. >> senator feinstein is reintroducing a measure to appeal doma. despite the supreme court ruling striking down a key part of it. high court ruled legally married gay couples must receive the same federal tax, social security and health and other benefits but says more than a thousand federal laws affected by doma still need to be fixed. feinstein voted against domea in 1996 and yesterday's zigsz on the eve of the gay pride

parade and those legal victories are expected to turn the celebrations into perhaps the largest, ever. what a big weekend it's going to be there. >> you're right. people are already coming in from all over the world and this community has a lot to celebrate. they're gluing, painting and stapling the floats you'll watch on sunday. >> i'm so energized from learning that yesterday. >> that information, u.s. supreme court rulings on same-sex marriage with toasty weather equals a huge turnout. already, largest in the nation at one million. organizers expect a quarter million more this sunday. >> so folks want to celebrate

and acknowledge a win fwor society at large. >> one neighborhood institution. >> we ran out of beer last night. we've tripled our order because of the three day autos everyone is gearing up. what is done for beta breakers the new normal following boston bombings will be in effect. >> we have added patrol and will have officers on motor bicycles, bikes and foot and cars. >> organizers say elected officials will ride if the parade secret service will be on hand. also, rock medicine a 40-year-old organization that usually helps with music events. >> from md, to rns, pas,

people who just have cpr and want to be involved. >> sydney, australia has the largest pride parade this, year, san francisco could set a record. >> festivities take off from beal and market street at 10:30 a.m. and wendz a rally at the civic plaza. >> we'll cover extensively over the weekend. >> a family of an elderly man made a surprising discovery today they found a cache of world war ii style grenades in a garage. firefighters and bomb squad showed up to deal witness. crews sandbagged explosives and detonated them. >> a police task force trying to get guns out of hands of

felons is showing off a huge cash of guns seized last month. 56 dones and -- guns and 30,000 rounds of ammunition were seized. it's the largest gun seizure in decades. the guns are legal foremost to own. >> they're in wrong hands, people who are prohibited in the state of california from possessing weapons and have those weapons in their possession. >> during may the violence suppression unit took 81 guns off contra costa county streets and arrested 14 people. >> california economy appears to be getting healthier. a balanced budget delivered on time. when is the last time you heard that happen? this budget is a $64 billion

package. a 5% increase of the uc and csu systems and expands medical. >> this is a momentous occasion because we have a balanced budget that is actualized. first time where in a decade or more where the state finances under solid shape. >> nice to hear. >> the start of a new miss cal year in this state. >> another sign of the rebounding housing market. property taxes soaring in silicon valley adding to santa clara county could havers. assessor saying it's due to sales above the asking price. it is a new property property

owners will get assessment notices in the next few day autos the president is now trying to cool down the international frenzy over national security agency leaker edward snowden, believed to be holed up in the moscow airport. the president spoke about snow des den during a news conference and says the damage to national security has been done. >> nom im not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker. >> ecuador says it's rejecting trade benefits it could lose if it takes in snow den. >> and coming up how to help police find a bandit who ran off with a woman's life saving autos and buzz aldren's new highest step for man kind.

>> the way you drive your car matt

take a look at this guy. if you have seen him, fremont police want to hear from you, quick lism he targeted a woman and got way with a life savings, $20,000 on monday. the woman eating lunch on fremont boulevard this, guy ordered food then snatched her backpack. the woman struggled but he knocked her down and ran off. and escaped in this car. >> new frontier for tourists will be visiting outer space. how will you pay fr food and

souvenirs? pay pal is partnering with the space industry to figure out what to do. >> first flight into space is set for december. 500 people are shell ought to float low earth orbit. how do you pay for things. >> will require financial trancing yaxs when goods are delivered and encoded, decoded mined, or processed. >> online payment system pay pal stepped forward inviting a growing number of private space entrepreneurs to start planning a gal lack tick monday teary and payment system. how do you verify transactions? >> this is not a roll out. this is an initiative sparking

conversation and start trying to answer those questions so we're ready for prime time of space tourism. it's starting now. >> there are plans fr a hotel in space had in about three years. buzz ald ren says human colon saigs in space isn't far off. >> we're only a generation away from a permanent human presence on mars. >> it will have to be a way to pay for sufners. ald ren is 83 now. going back into space is not in his plans. >> i don't see where interest tl is a payoff. in that besides, i've been there before. >> pay pal expecting discussions to last two years or longer there is thought maybe solutions might have april politics here on earth.

such as doing away with a w.paper currency. >> he's been there before, indeed. the switch to the electronic toll system on the golden gate bridge didn't go as smoothly as planned. hundreds of drivers received notices saying they hadn't paid on time and owd a late fee. problem is that they paid on time. they were told a bill would be mailed to them. they did not get processed in time. officials say the situation is cleared up and processing is running smoothly. >> tomorrow we're going to find out how much a power lunch with marisa myer is worth. we know there are 24 bidders. highest bid was $90,000. the one on one lunch taking place at yahoo's sunnyvale

headquarters. one winner, though. >> excellent. >> consumer reports partnered with 7 on your side for a report on tips for getting good gas mileage. >> summer is here, gas prices may be down but you get through a lot of gas quickly when putting on miles with a road trip. how you drive and what you carry can make a huge difference. fueling sup never a favorite stop. >> 10 years ago it was $20. now, it's $42. >> a lot of money. >> you can't control the cost but you can control how far you go on a gallon. testers put several cars through paces at 55, 65 and 75 miles per hour.

>> when you drive faster you use more fuel. >> take this honda accord lx. at 55 miles per hour gets an impressive 50 miles per gallon. going 75 drops to 36 miles per gallon awe tested a toyota rav 4 and found similar result was all of them. >> loading your car for fuelfield trips also increases your fuel usage. with a bike rack it drops to 37. with wind deflector dropping again. and two bikes and it shrinks to 27 miles per gallon. >> if you're not united statesing it take it off.

>> the lighter load and foot on the pedal add up to savings at the pump. a roof top carrier can also cut your fuel efficiency. so their advice take it off if you're not using it. now tonight at 6:00 i'll have story of a bay area woman who wrote a hand written instructions to her bank but ended up costing thousands of airline miles. >> thank you very much. >> sure. >> spencer christian joins us to take a look at the weather. >> yes. serious, dangerous heat. >> about five days of triple digit temperatures coming our way. so getting to it. sunny skies now, already a hot

day. going to get much hotter in days still to come. blue sky as above current readings 71 in san francisco. 78 oakland. mid 80s in mountain view. looking over the bay, blue skies which covers the bay area right now. readings at or above 9 owe degrees right now. so warm across the bay area, adding a live view in marin county forecast are these, we'll see patchy fog tonight but mainly cloudy skies. a heat advisory is in effect saturday and sunday. let's go to that right now. saturday morning 11:00 to 9:00 sunday night.

they'll be very warm nights coming our way and this may extend into next week we have an excessive heat watch in effect for sunday, from sunday to wednesday. for sacramento valley. and in this region, temperatures ranging from 105-112 degrees and there is a danger of heat related illnesses. high pressure controlling weather feature z we've got this massive hot air blank yetted western u.s. continuing its westward spread of course adding to this build up of excessive heat. overnight tonight another mild night under clear skies. low temperatures into upper 50s to low 60s and now, highs

to tomorrow, it's just going to be so hot. 95 in los gatos, highs upper 80s and mild on the coast. 94 santa rosa. east bay, warm, highs into low to mid-80s look at inland east bay. high temperatures up to 99 tomorrow, 100 in antioch. 101 in brentwood. here is the accu-weather forecast. five days of 100 degree temperatures coming our way inland areas going to be very hot saturday, sunday, monday z we won't see temperatures tapering off until wednesday, thursday, 4th of july and whatever you do outdoors it's going to be cooler than preed

preeseeding day autos it's warm. >> pleasant. >> we don't need that extreme heat. >> thank you. >> sure. >> still ahead a delicacy that will soon be off the menu. >> the new gummy bear breast implants.

starting monday l california's ban on selling possessing or selling shark fin takes affect. supporters say the fins are cruelly obtained and shark fin soup is a traditional delicacy. opponents say the rest of the shark can be legally sold here. >> one woman's stop for a coffee break turned into a part she was not expecting she stopped off to pick up a

scratcher with a coffee. it made her a millionaire. yes. she won $1 million dang says she's thankful and can pay off her moort pretty nice. thousands of dolphins forming a megapod in southern california. dolphins swarmed san diego waters over the last few days. it's not uncommon to see them during this time of the year. experts say they follow their food source autos great to be in a boat watching that. >> yes. >> my goodness. >> we have more head including rare twins

we're going to have a live

report. >> and reporting on a local caterer for the meals he served in a napa music festival. >> why an american's cup team can leave witness a competitive disadvantage. >> right now a rare sight near morro bay. a sea otter with twinz these pictures of the unusual family. you can see mama floating with the twins. >> they're in the wild and animals won't be picked up unless the mother abandons one of her pups. >> this is something special indeed. >> world news is coming up next. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see you again at 6:00.

this is "world news." tonight, out of the shadows. joy after a big vote in the u.s. senate on immigration. opening the door for citizenship for millions of people. but is america now ready to take the final steps? red hot. waves of suffocating heat across the nation. while our thermometer registers a playground higher than 160 degrees. and vanished. americans on a giant boat, disappearing like a ghost ship. clues to a frightening mystery on the high seas. good evening. as we begin tonight, one door has opened for millions of people