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. happening now, pride weekend has begun. more than a million people are expected to pack san francisco. >> it is the biggest celebration of its kind and it kicked off tonight. good evening, everyone. >> abc 7 news reporter is live in the castro district with more. hi, sergio. >> reporter: you can tell that thousands of people are starting to come in for the start of gay pride weekend. lots of members of the local lgbt community turned out in the tender loin to honor a special place named after a special person. the transgender parade began the kickoff of gay pride weekend. ed lee was the one sending off the marchers. >> our city made sure we remember the lgbt. >> organizers expect more than a million people to circulate through. preparations for the biggest

party on sunday have begun. this marks 45 years since the rights in new york have been accepted as the start of the gay rights movement. tonight another street riot. in the tender loin it is being commemorated.et >> they set a pe and burned the newsstand on the corner. >> at that riot at the corner. they fought back against police harassment and a portion of the street was named after her friend, vicki, a long time performer who passed away in 2011. >> i am overwhelmed and excited. i got to live this. a name on the street. my best friend and to see the young kids with their mother. >> this is a big deal for the community that has not always been well-accepted. >> it's inspirational. in the pride marches, even the

gay men were throwing fruit at the transwomen. >> this is the first street in san francisco named after a transgender person. >> this year's pride parade starts at 10:30 and runs along market to eighth street. more than a million people are expected to turn up, the largest celebration of its kind and the theme is color our world with pride. >> fireworks may be to blame for a fire that threatened homes in castro valley tonight. it started just before 6:30 on interstate 580. neighbors say they heard explosions and saw something being thrown from the freeway. fire officials say it was likely started by someone who tossed illegal fireworks into a back yard. fortunately the fire was small and crews quickly put it out. legal fireworks haven't even gone on sale and that's what has a lot of east bay residents worried. alan wong is live where

fireworks stands are preparing to open tomorrow. alan? >> this is one of the fireworks stands ready to begin selling tomorrow morning. there is a lot of concern over what could happen on july 4th. the alameda county fire department said there more fireworks related problems on the days leading up to the holiday and on the days after. these tnt fireworks stands will be open on saturday. in dublin and 9 n newark. five in tracy and 17 in union city. >> i will not be buying any firework this is year because i feel with the draught conditions it's a hazard and i don't know why towns are still allowing this to be done. >> there is a lot of concern in the dry hot regions where grass fires have been frequent. >> people are going to drink and do something stupid. >> that's the fourth of july

celebrating at four public parks. anything that goes up in the sky and explodes is illegal. >> dublin is right on the border. you can see fireworks and hear them. >> that's what worries many residents. >> how often do you get calls of people not obeying the law? >> they can be frequent. some of the more common areas are like in grassy areas up against hills in the dry grass. >> the police department said they will have 13 extra officers on patrol on the fourth of july and the fire department is beefing up the force by 25%. in dublin, alan wong, abc 7 news. >> new details about an illegal fireworks bust. the stash is about 1,000 pounds bigger than thought. they seized 3500 pounds of fireworks that were being sold on craigslist. they are estimated to be worth

$80,000. they arrested luiey arr medina ivan medina of oakland. fireworks will be dangerous this fourth of july because of the dry conditions we have. oakland's fire department is relieved the city's brown outs will end on july 1st. brown outs are when fire stations close to save money. oakland's fire chief said she is thankful because the department will need all the resource this is summer. >> a house fire in fairfield. a man was injury and still in the hospital. sky 7 shows the smoke and flame coming from the house after the roof collapsed. two other people were hurt. they are expected to be okay. >> in san jose, four families have to find a new place to live after fire destroyed their apartment. they believe the fire started downstairs this afternoon andsp spread through the building near blossom hill road. nobody was home at the time. one firefighter suffered a minor

injury and was checked out and allowed to return to work. >> muni and the drivers may be close to a contract deal weeks after a sickout in public transportation in san francisco. the union announced that negotiators and the metro transit authority have reached an agreement. a dispute over part of the contract that forces operators to pay pension led to a worker sickout. the agreement will be to presented to union members monday. >> the father of a man who killed six people is talking publicly for the first time about his son. peter rogers shared his insight with barbara walters in an interview. his son elliott went on a violent rampage killing six and injuring 13. he promised in a written manifesto a day of retribution. he didn't think his son could hurt a flea. >> how would you describe elliott? >> he was far from evil.

something happened to him. i think he became mentally ill. what i don't get is we didn't see this coming at all. >> they were from the bay area. >> the state is taking steps to file more charges against for profit colleges. attorney general kamla harris ordered corinthian college to tell the students about the company's poor financial health. she owns shield, wio tech and recent ads are misleading and this afternoon the state department of veterans affairs has barred schools from accepting gi bill money. >> team usa does not wait until tuesday. abc 7 is the only place to watch the saturday world cup matches. chile at 9:00 followed by columbia and uruguay.

espn is carrying sunday's matches live. at 9:00, the netherlands versus mexico and at 1:00, costa rica and greece. >> the booming business of high tech security. more and more homeowners are going all out to protect their property. are cameras actually helping police? >> everybody wants to slide through freeway traffic, but not quite like this. >> wine that can wake you up? the new crazy concoction that comes in a can. >> we are going to have a big warm up this weekend. it will be hot in some places. i will show you where in the forecast coming up.

. >> the pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing on a freeway median. the approach was captured by a man driving by. he saw the plane was having trouble and he took this video as the plane went by. the plane struck a pickup truck and the plane itself was hit by a different truck. one person was hurt when the wing went through a windshield. fortunately he had only minor injuries. >> worry the rise in home burglaries, business is booming for security companies. >> no longer do they want just alarms, but sophisticated set ups to protect their homes and themselves. >> police couldn't be happier. here's vick lee with the story.

>> there is a huge demand for cameras that produce high resolution images. this shows two burglars trying to break in. the clarity is amazing. here's another camera video. listen carefully. even has audio. you can hear the dog. watch the burglars go through the home. here's a camera outside a house. a car carrying two burglars pulls up and they break into the home. the burglars make several trips loading their car with the stolen merchandise. all of it captured on video. a blessing for police at a time when there scientisting shortages. >> the biggest change is the addition of surveillance in homes. we have only seen that previously in businesses and stores. >> the bestseller in sa carlos is a program called verified response, a program that also alerts police. the camera detects motion in the

home. that triggers the recording, the images are set in realtime to the monitoring station where they look for anything suspicious. dispatchers call police. >> they come out faster. hopefully they can catch the person so it doesn't happen again. >> 245r depends on how quickly they get there. >> chances are most get away before police are able to respond. now there is a security company called the clarity systems trying to fill the gap. they have digital cameras at homes and businesses. the images are monitored 24-7. if there is unusual movement, the computer sends out a red flag. in this case the break in of a downtown office building. here's where a clarity system said they differ from most of the other companies. >> when we see something suspicious, we dispatch the private police force driving around in the area.

>> it's armed private patrols are checking on the properties. when they're dispatched to check out the location, the company said their response time is no more than five minutes, enough time to capture the burglar. >> we get them before or coming out with the property. >> earlier this month, one of the biggest serial bicycle teams in san francisco was caught by a clarity patrol officer. cameras in an apartment garage image. he had stolen two bicycles which you can see in the corner of this video. he is trying to open the gate and monitors are watching every step. they dispatch a patrol car that appears in the video. the guards make a citizen's arrest and call police. for law enforcement, these advances in security systems have been an extra pair anf eyes and hard evidence in court. >> having video, arresting the

individual for the event, being able to put him inside the residence makes really for a strong case. >> abc 7 news. >> on the lighter side, the world's most popular day drink and night drink. they describe their new coffee flavored wine in cabernet and chardonnay. this this one has about half the content of a regular glass of wine. >> she in for tonight. >> we have low clouds and fog. skies are clear and visibility is clear and periods of dense and not so dense fog. about seven miles and less than

a quarter of a mile. we have fog time lapse this afternoon and showing patches of fog rolling in from the coast across the bay. nothing widespread. it is currently weight degrees in san francisco. san jose and morgan hill. how about this lovely view on the skyline from our camera. we have temperature readings of low 60s and santa rosa and livermore and more live view at the golden gate bridge. drizzle is possible. it will be warmer and you will have hot days inland. this is why we may have spotty drizzle. this is a big warm up brought to

you by a warm air mass. they had a chance of the coastal drizzle. the skies are mild to warm across the bay area. let's get down to the regions. south bay tomorrow, sunny skies in the upper 70s to mid 80s. mid 70s and low to mid 70s with a few patches of fog. mid 80s across most of the north bay. the near east bay with the inland east bay is warmer with mid- to upper 80s up to about 87 and 88 at antioch. here's the seven-day forecast. hottest day is monday with 100 degrees or above 100 in some spots. >> he holds on a bit. temperatures will taper off a bit and moderate towards the end

of the week. the end of the week will be the beginning of fourth of july weekend. >> that will be great. the singing competition rising star airs this sunday and the show makes you the judge with the rising star ap. download it for free through itunes or google play. what do you have going in sports some. >> giants misery continues while the a's go to the videotape. you make the call. cocoa'

. outside of the one shining moment recently, the tim lincecum no hitter, the giants lot of their mojo. the ace madison balm garner lot of. this is adorable. a fan, i guess.

baby giraffe? how cute. bumgarner took off two batters in one inning. billy hamilton and todd frazier. wheels come off in the fifth. 1-0, cinci. hamill with a bat to shallow right. rbi single and you are noticing the trend. two batters later, rbi single and they string together four rbi singles. bumgarner allows runs. it's 6-2 and the dodgers lot of. the giants lead remains at two games. cespedes had his mom watching. jones with a base hit. he puts the guns down.