>> next at 5:00, germ enough is crowned the world cup champion. how local fans celebrated the win and how argentina fans dealt with the defeat. a fast-moving grass fire forces evacuations and shut down the highway. why firefighters had to call for help. the fighting escalating in gaza between israel and hamas; is a full-scale ground war imminent? abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. domination. germany defeats argentina, reclaiming the world cup title for the first time in 24 years. it took the full match, plus extra time, and all came down to just one goal. germany 1, argentina, zero. good evening, i'm ama daetz. fans packed parks and bars around the bay area to catch the

championship match. we're live at civic center plaza where more than 15,000 fans watched the game on big screens. >> it was absolutely packed. but now as you can see behind me there's a lot of cleanup that's been done and now just a cowl of argentinian fans in mourning. the germans left to celebrate and i imagine they will last a very long time. one kick, one goal, the difference between this -- woo-hoo -- and this. many german fans seemed in shock. hardly april to comprehend their country's achievement. >> the best thing ever in the whole wide world. >> he hope so to win. >> i don't know. >> for argentinians the weight of the loss left and crumpled and crying, but their loyalty stayed strong. >> we still have better soccer.

>> fans from both sides entered the day anxiety. >> put this in context for americans. was this the super bowl and the world series wrapped up into one? >> exactly. probably also your personal birthday and the birth of your child, just everything in one. >> grad what student says the sport taps into germany's soul. >> everything else is analytical. this where is we get -- >> throughout the match, blue and white jerseys watching the screen rallied around the beat of the drum and tried to sing argentina to victory. it was not enough. germany will add another star to its collection of world cup victories. expect celebrations around the world. >> party! let's go and drink a beer. >> they asked for leniency at work tomorrow. in san francisco, tiffany

wilson, abc7 news. >> fans flocked to st. james park in san jose to watch the match. hundreds of people caught the game on a large outdoor screen. the fans were both from germany argentina. [cheering] >> listen to that. here's the fans in berlin the moment time rap out, giving germany the win. quite a bit more excited. the party still going strong right now. rick quan will be along later in sports with complete highlights. in other news, a four alarm grass fire forced evacuations and closed parts of highway 12 in solano county. it started near beck avenue in fairfield. firefighters told residents to get out. the fairfield fire department had a tough time knocking down the flames so calfire was called in to assist. officials said was due to a lack

of resources. the fire burned 20 acharies and -- 20 acres and residents are allowed to return home. a woman is recovering tonight after getting stabbed in san francisco's mission district this morning. happened at the b.a.r.t. plaza at 24th and mission streets just before 11:00 a.m. emergency crews took the victim to the sf general hospital. the wound was on her lower body man. was arrested but no information has been released. no arrests have been made in saturday's protests that blocked off several streetness santa rosa, including a portion of highway 101. the chp says 100 people walked from downtown santa rosa to did some morgan streets and blocked the intersection. this is streamed video posted online. that's what you're looking at. a group of 20 then walked up the offramp to highway 101. officers in riot gear quickly arrived and blocked off surrounding streets. they were protesting the sonoma

county d.a.'s decision to not hold the deputy criminally responsible for shooting and killing andy lopez. the teen was carrying an air gun and the deputy mistook for an assault rifle. new details, oakland police headquarters is open after being evacuated on friday. there was a gas-like smell. hazmat crews traysed the odor to heating and air conditioning system. crews are still cleaning up a big mess near san francisco's union square. a contractor hit an eight inch water main yesterday morning near geary and stockton. firefighters say 100,000 gallons of water spilled on the sidewalks and basements of high-end stores. some of the stores are still closed. >> i think it's kind of bad. i think they lose a lot of business. >> i think so. i don't know but i think.

a lot of lost traffic. >> the construction crew was working on the union square station for the central subway project. the tourist traffic experiment involving san francisco's lombard street is nearly over. since june, only local traffic and taxis were allowed then to the crooked street on weekends from noon to 6:00 p.m. transportation officials say the findings from the pilot project will help them determine whether to issue temporary closures on a regular basis. residents say the buss and crowds make getting in and out of driveways a nightmare. >> santa clara county is seeing an increase of birds infected with west nile virus. there have been 286 affected birds recorded. three times the number in 2013. officials say the drought may be contributing to the increase because birds and mosquitoes are coming into closer contact around a smaller number of

watering holes. >> to developing news in new jersey, where authorities say a gunman lay in wait for police to respond to a false armed robbery call and killed the first officer who showed up. authorities say the gunman never intended to rob a walgreens but told a witness he wanted to kill a police officer so he would be famous. a 23-year-old rookie officer was shot in the head while his n his patrol car. other officers shot and killed the gunman who was wanted for a prior homocide. a security guard told reporters the suspect struck him and took his gun. police believe the gun was used to kill the officer. and there is no sign tonight of the cease fire in the middle east and there what no ledup today in israel's air war on hamas and gaza. israel has thousands of troops on standby to gaza border and says incursion is possible if gaza does not call off the missile barrage aimed at

israelis. >> israeli commandos approach northern gaza from the mediterranean in small boats. their target, hamas launchers used to attack israeli cities. war planes bombarded targets inside gaza. they've now hit more than 1300 and vow to stop only when hamas militants stop firing their rockets. the israelis blame civilian cash continues hamas ruler whom they accuse of using their people as human shields. residents are alerted with that the israelis call a knock on the roof to get them to evacuate. moments later, a missile demolishes the building. despite such warnings, morning 160 palestinians have been killed. most of. the said to be civilians. 18 members of one family, ages 13 to 28, were buried sunday. victims of a single israeli air strike. by contrast, no israelis have

been killed, a testament to the iron dome antimissile defense system. >> i'm hard pressed to find the example where a single defensive weapon system has so neutralized an enemy opponent. >> palestinians with foreign passports including 144 americans flued -- fled the violence you you want to get out. >> yep. >> palestinians with nowhere to go can expect more raids and more air strikes. the international community may be starting to talk about a cease fire but it essence neither side is ready for one yet. >> still to come here at 5:00, liftoff. nasa rocket that is now on its way to the international space station. why astronauts say it's like christmas in july. coming up, the minimettal band makes waves in the music business. why their parents are more than happy to drive them to shows. >> i'm abc7 meteorologist frances dinglasan.

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this is the band, unlocking the truth, metal band comprised of eight graders in brooklyn. they landed a deal from soapy that could be worth $2 million. they played shows like this one in the middle of new new york's times square. their contract had to be approved by the courts. >> $4 million, how much the 12 annual avon walk for breast cancer raised in san francisco this weekend. 1800 participant including 238 breast cancer survivors fin ired the two-day 26-mile trek. >> fortunately it wasn't too hot for everyone out there today. frances dinglasan is here. >> temperatures are going to warm up even more tomorrow.

live doppler 7hd showing us very little cloud cover at the coast, although that's where it has been breezy and, of course, cooler. we are so much warmer compared to 24 hours in some areas like concord, we're 11 degrees warmer, and novato, 14 degrees warmer. so, everyone warmed up, and the trend will continue. here's a look from the east bay as we show you some more high clouds out there. san francisco, 65. oakland, 70. san carlos, 73. san jose, 77. gilroy, 90. we sear more pretty cirrus clouds every san jose. check out all the nines in, novato, fairfield, concord, 94. livermore, 93. this time from sutro we're looking east, and you can see the beautiful san francisco downtown area. mostly clear overnight. so that is different. near 100 degrees inland

tomorrow. and then the cooling trend begins on tuesday. so, let me show you how little cloud cover there is overnight. even tomorrow when we wake up, mostly clear, just some possible clouds off the coast. and that is going to mean milder overnight treasures. we'll even see temperatures in the six not tonight like in vallejo, concord, fremont, palo alto, and right the coast, mid-50s. 55 in san francisco. and also we have high pressure building, and that's going to warm us up into tomorrow. notice the circulation is drawing up the moisture, and that's going to bring us the high clouds and also, by tuesday, a chance of some thunderstorms in the sierra. you can see that with the red -- rather, yellow and green. so little bit of orange where there's more severe threat of thunderstorms. so, look for hot numbers in the south bay. 91 in san jose, upper 90s, morgan hill, and gilroy, 80s,

palo alto, 84. 86 in redwood city, and then cloudy cooler at the coast. downtown san francisco, 72 tomorrow. of course we'll see a lot of the filtered sunshine with passing clouds, low 90s in petaluma, novato, san rafael, sonoma and napa, and very warm in the east bay, from 76 in richmond, up to 86 in fremont. look for near 100 in some inland areas like antioch, livermore, and brentwood. we'll see upper 90s as well through fairfield, pittsburg, and pleasanton. it's going to be a hot one tomorrow inland. we might bump up temperatures by ten degrees inland. around the bay coming up about five degrees. at the coast, still holding steady, and then we'll start to see some more relief and cooling down wednesday. we'll be closer to average by the end of the work week.

>> sounds good. thank you, frances. shu is off. we have rick juan in. a lot to talk about. >> world cup headlines and baseball to talk about. we'll show you how the giants and a's did heading to the all-star break, and don't cry for argentina. germany comes out on top in the end.

for the third time in world cup history argentina and germany met in the final. each country won once. out to rio.

germany was the favorite but argentina was the aggressor. in the 30th minute, appears to score, but was ruled offsides. replay showed it was a good call. with the game scoreless they would need extra time. 97th minute, argentina with another chance but the attempt is wide. finally, in the 113th minute, germany breaks through. goetz and off his chest and in. he had come in as a substitute. his fresh legs paid off. 1-nil the final. germany wins its first world cup since 1990. >> after losing the firs two games of their series in seattle the a's hoped to end the first part of the season on a good note. gray struck out five. a's pull even in the fifth. oakland then goes in front as

the next batter, john jaso, brings home perino. 2-1 athletics. in the sixth they got one more run, a's win 4-1, at the break oakland has the best record in the majors at 59-26. >> madison bumgarner got the start against arizona and tim hudson is taking his playing in the all-star graham. giant were trailing but buster posey comes through with a grand slam. 4-1 san francisco. posey tells mad bum, if can do it, you can, and sure enough, in the sixth, bumgarner does just that. goes deep to left. his second slam of the season. 8-4 the final. the dodgers also won so the giants go to break one game out of first. >> happy to help us out on both sides, and might have been a little more fun had i not given

it up in the seventh, but happy to get the win today. >> american mo martin has captured the women's british open thanks to this amazing shot on the par-5 18th hole. her ball gets a good bounce and just keeps rolling and nearly goes in for a double eagle. she was 1-under for the tournament. good for a four-stroke victory. at the u.s. senior open gene sauers had a chance to win if he made this shot but lips out. >> stage nine of the tour de france. 105-mile ride through the mountains was worn by germany's tony martin. there was a change in the overall lead. frenchman galpin now wears the yellow jersey. and again, germany takes home the world cup and the first

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coming up tonight at 6:00, the analyst from the north bay makes a historic swim through shark infested waters. we'll talk to the man who spent

14 hours going from farallon eyelands to the golden gate bridge. why doctor maize test your nose to help diagnosis alzheimer's. lots of little girls dream of becoming a princess. a father in virginia decided to make his daughter's dream come true. he found an unclaimed 800 square mile swath of desert in eastern africa and claimed it as his own by planting the flag you see. he did it on his daughter's seven inch birthday and proclaimed her princess for what the family called kingdom of north sudan. this is not a done deal. dad needs to get legal recognition from neighboring countries. dad did a lot for his little girl. it's going to feel desert lik inland. >> the heat is on, triple digits tomorrow, and warm around the bay, cooler at the coast, then cooling down for everyone tuesday. >> sounds good. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz, for rick quan, mike shumann, and frances

dinglasan, thank you for joining us. welcome to "world news." tonight, on the brink. israel launches a nighttime commando raid. is a ground war about to start? new warnings of air strikes and an exodus. our team is right there as american citizens flee gaza. extreme weather. lightning kills a second person in two days. floods washing through neighborhoods. people paddle boarding in their streets. and the big chill on the way. grand finale. a billion eyes on the world cup in brazil. the championship on the line. the winner laying claim to the title best team on earth. and record deal. the breakout metal band signing a rich contract. ♪ not bad for three kids on their way to the eighth grade.