who what in the protest march in oakland last night which she calls an act of defiance. >> it was absolutely in defiance of the new sundown law in oakland. >> sky 7hd was overhead as hundred protesters marched peacefully on the lock happen police station in defiance of the new policy to crack one on nighttime marches without a permit. the group was blocked by a rove police who dispersed the crowds with flash bangs. >> people are outraged. >> she says the mayor has no right to keep protesters off the streets at night. >> she ran to govern a town that celebrates resistance and celebrates protest and celebrates social justice. she doesn't get to come in and crush it. >> reporter: the mayor has been under pressure best oakland business own tore protect property from destruction and vandalism. some demonstratores shattered windows on may day. the mayor are office said there has been in change to any city

policy designed to prohibit peaceful protests but we're making better use of existing policies and laws to prevent vandalism and violence. a civil rights attorney who helped create a crowd kole policy call the new tact unlawful. >> in police have drastically change their policy and this violates a federal court order and we're going to be seeking to reverse that. >> reporter: a small business owner supports free speech but says the vandalism must stop. >> my heart goes out to especially like the banks and to a lot of these shops that get hit that are privately opened. people who are doing this damage don't even know the neighborhood. >> reporter: activist says the nighttime marchs will continue. in fact some are calling for rolling marches every night. in the east bay. abc7 news. >> following breaking news out of san jose. there's a dangerous grass fire burning near homes. let's go right to lilian kim who

is tracking the fire just south of east ridge mall. >> reporter: the wind is blowing and that is not helping firefighters. this grass fire is burning behind east ridge moll just south of quinn by road and thick smoke permeates the area. it started just before 4:30 p.m. at an empty lot. east capitol -- between quinnby and anymoran boulevard is closed to traffic. fire crews are using the road as a staging area for trucks. there is a housing subdivision across the street called the carlisle apartment homes and residents have been coming tout see the flames first hand. >> we went down the street. we seen the trees on fire. and when the walked a little bit more and jumped to the palm trees and they just incinerated. fast. so dry. and then from there just you seek how far it spread. >> now it's just keeping going hasn't stopped.

>> you say you had to walk away -- >> because of the smoke. we're full of ash. we're raining ashes right now. >> we hear firefighters are talking about sending more units to a nearby mobile home park because of concerns over flying embers. they said the wind is blowing good so firefighters are struggling with that. live in san jose abc7 news. >> an independent police audit for in san jose says police have too much freedom deciding when to use body cameras. 12 patrol officers are set to start testing them by mid-july. the san jose merck re news reports they want the camera policy changed. he said it allows officers to turn the camera off by discretion. statue of jesus stolen from an east bay church. it was connected to a large crucifix outside the catholic

church of transfiggation in castro valley. sergio has more. >> reporter: this is what the cross looks like now. you can see that the bronze sculpture of christ is missing. parishioners figure it was stolen tuesday night. when you get right up to the cross you seek the bolts that used to hold the bronze figure in place have been broken. leaders public it was pried off or 'pulled off. many members of the church are shocked some someone would steal a sacred figure from their church. >> has been reported, and the people are looking, and all this scrap metal merchants and people who buy this kind of thing have been warned and something offered a reward and so -- and the police are investigating.

and so we are waiting for something to turn up. >> reporter: members of the community have also offered to help pay for a replacement statue. this figure has been in place for years and was a custom piece designed just for this parish. so church leaders are now trying to figure out if they can gate replacement from the canadian vendor who provided it so many years ago. now i did ask church leaders what they would do if someone simply returned the statue. one church leader says the theft is something that can be forth -- forgiven. >> in sonoma ya county, dna evidence help police identify the remains of a man missing nearly five years. john farfand walked out of a car facility in 2010. a year ago a man called to report finding human bones in a wooledded area of shilo park in

nearby winsor. dna testing confirms the bones are those of farfan. the county coroner says he dade less than these years ago. this week we could learn as the man accused of being the so-called gypsy hill serial killer is mentally fit to stand trial. two psychiatrists who examined him will testify. he is cashed with killing killing two young women in 1976. he is suspected in the murders of three others in northern california and nevada. the charges came earlier this year after investigators match evidence his dna to cigarette butt's left at some of the crime scenes. the san mateo bridge is expected to re-open as planned at 5:00 tomorrow morning. crews will likely finish replacing a half million square feet of pavement just within the function e information few hours and then you into feel a smoother quieter ride across the bridge's highrise span

thanks to something called pollessster concrete. >> regular concrete with polyester added to it, makes is strong and light-weight quiet, smooth and acts as a sealant over the steel deck. >> traffic has not been that bad on the bay bridge. a live look at the toll plaza shows a little backup there but nothing too up usual for a sunday. a fourth dead whale has washed much the bay area within five weeks now. park rangers discovered the carcass of a 28-foot young gray whale saturday morning on the sonoma ya coast. it does not look like it was hit by a and inthe plan toes let the tide carry it back tout sea. on thursday authorities towed a dead gray whale at half moon bay out to sea. and work are thousands of the mammals are migrating from mexico to alaska.

still ahead at 6:00 hollywood reactions to the sudden loss of a groundsbreaking female comedian. and a bay area world war ii hero reaches a very special milestone this memorial day weekend. >> i'm abc7 meteorologist frances dinglasan. cool and clouding at the coast but some temperatures hit 80. i'll have the accuweather forecast.

a pioneering female comedian and actress has died. ann meara wife of actor jerry stiller and mother of ben stiller passed away yesterday. she is most recently known for he roles on all my children, sex in the city and the king of queens. meara and stiller were married for 61 years and worked together for most of that time. they were regulars on thed sullivan show and in 1963 recorded their live comedy album in san francisco at the hungry i nightclub. steve martin tweeted stiller and meara have been a wonderful presence in comedy my whole life. now ann meara is gone and i

salute her. and rosy o'donnell says with a heavy heart, she was so real. she was 85 years old. a local world war ii hero celebrated a special milestone today. we were in castro valley as john enjoyed his 100th birthday with family and friends. he joined the navy as a teenager during the depression in 1934. today he told us huh the felt when the u.s. troped the nuclear bomb to end the war. >> we were glad. we wanted to get it over with. you are out there for years, after floating around you got a family back here that you don't see. so you want to get back home. >> he lost his wife of 75 years mary, just last year. she was 99. he credits avoiding junk food and rarely eating meat for his longevity. very happy birthday, john and

thank you for your service. up next at 6:00, a look at the largest multicultural festival on the west coast. >> a warmup is on the way to parts of the bay area, frances dinglasan is in tonight and is up next with the forecast. >> the indy 500 had a familiar him in in the winner's circle and the warriors tuning up for game four. today colin resch was there.

thousands of people enjoyed a san francisco tradition in the mission district today. [music] >> dancers brought the culture of lattin america and the caribbean to life during the carnivale parade along mission street. the parade is part of the 37th 37th annual carnivale festival. looks like a lot of fun too. bad there couldn't be some sun shining on the parade today. maybe it's best to stay out of the direct heat when you're in a parade. >> yeah, yeah, although we could have used the heat with costumes and there was quite a bit of heat just not at the coast and san francisco. live doppler 7hd showing us the cloud cover into the bay right now. i want to take you to the tahoe area. we have been seeing lightning

strikes and severe weather just heading right now through truckee, along interstate 80. this could cause ponding on the roadways and dime-size hail has been reported so be extra careful and stay indoors or in your car if you're in the area. right now check out the winds. they're coming in from the coast and funnel right through the golden gate bridge and then spread throughout the bay. so even gusting up to 35 miles-per-hour, fairfield and in many areas in the 20s sfo, san carlos mountain view. that kept things cool along the coast and parts of the bay. and check out the temperature spread. 54, san francisco, 55 half moon bay, 76 and sunny in brentwood. it hit 81 earlier today. so wide range of temperatures. live shot, golden gate bridge, low clouds, and that's going to spill in overnight. what you can expect is more of the drizzle into tomorrow

morning. a cool memorial day in store for us and then warming up by the end of the week. 'll show you when. the water vapor image shows you moisture in the atmosphere so drier air here, the moist air is green. and then tomorrow temperatures are going to stay about the same as what you saw today. overnight lows will be in the 50s again. lower 50s in some of clearer areas like they valleys and mid-50s around the bay. san jose 55. now, we wake up to cloudy skies as the clouds spread inland overnight, and then the areas of green, possible drizzle again throughout the morning even into the east bay and along the coast by the afternoon. clouds at the coast keeping things cool once again in the 50s. 60s around the bay then we'll seal the 70s again inland. here are you highs for memorial day. cool, half moon bay, 58. san francisco, 62. san jose 73.

antioch and livermore, 74. and a little warmer if you want near 80, clear lake, 79 for you there. here's the week ahead. gives you an idea how things play out. for example, in san jose the average high is 76. for the next couple of of days we'll be below average but check out how things ramp up around mid-week. we'll be above average friday and saturday, then cooling down just a little bit on sunday. so you'll see the pattern with the accuweather seven-day forecast for inland areas. 80s by thursday into the weekend. around the bay also warming up into the upper 70s but things totally different for the coast. cloudy cool, really just struggling to hit 60 all week. >> so, go inland for the heat. >> thanks. >> shu with sports. what are the warriors up to today? >> a little practice.

they're one win away -- >> doesn't seem like they need practice. >> they don't the nba finals leading the rockets 3-0 and can close them out tomorrow in houston. that's where we find our own former college hoop star and abc7 7 sports reporter colin colin resch who was with the dubs at practice. >> we're live outside the home of the as trot not the rockets. that's because there's a concert going on. it's drake. we tried to get tickets, all sold out. we need to talk about the warriors. they came to houston, two wins away from the nba finals, now just one. that one they know there's a lot of work to be done to get it. >> we have to bring it like it's tied at 0-0. it's in our mindset and it's human nate tower to say we're just going back home at oracle but you don't want to leave that up to chance not in the playoffs. we have come too far to play that way.

so we have to come out focused. >> the biggest motivation is the fans back home. you can get to the nba finals you have a fan base in oak lean that's been waiting for a long time. >> absolutely. they've been great. since way before i was born. so we're thankful for our fan base. they get us going in home games and always have our back. this is definitely for oakland and the bay area. >> the warriors held shoot-robbed at rice university steph curry offering similar sentimentses. he knows they're five games from the ultimate goal. >> it's easy to stay hungry because up in of us have really experienced this before or accomplished anything. >> that could change for the warriors tomorrow night. as for the rockets, jay conquery said today, this series now is all about pride. speaking of terry we go back

some two decades. we're going to take a trip down memory lane, me and the jets, that's coming up tonight at 11:00. reporting live in houston, colin resch. >> the warriors remind me of the drake song, the best i ever had. thanks, colin. greatest spectacle in racing indy 500. ebbs and flows throughout the race which is in other words when you're going 200-miles-an-hour. jeff gordon driving the pace car before flying to charlotte for the coca-cola 600. scary moment. james davidson leaving the pits, hits two crew members one taken to the hospital with ankle injury. 50 laps to go, that's scary at 200 miles-per-hour. juan pablo montoya the crash allowed him to take the checkered flag for the second career indy 500 victory. >> we put on a hell of a show for the fans today. this what they come for.

the indy 500 is the biggest race in the world. i won here i won daytona and i came back and i'm out of voice i screamed to loud. >> a's in tampa facing the raise and they won two consecutive games. billy burns' first career rbi on a bases loaded walk yesterday. today, first pitch of the game outta here. first career home run. so excited someone needs to tell him to slow down and enjoy it. 1 or oakland. sonny gray improves to 5-2 pitched five, struck out four before leaving the game with a bride ankle. said he is okay. sixth inning, see ya. three-run bomb. reddick also homered. a's win two in a row for the second time this season. 72-the final. >> giants in california two-hour rain delay. mcgee sent to assignment. has ten days to be traded or go to triple-a.

eight-run fourth for colorado. 9-0 rockies hand the giant their second straight loss, 11-2 the final. final round of the senior pga championship. colin montgomery defending his title, majors after never winning one on the pga tour. he was 8-under for the tournament. this sports recording brought to you by bank of the west. earthquakes star score his 100th career goal, quakes are at levi's stadium highlights at 9:00 and 11:00. >> who knew you were such a drake fan. >> i

joining us tonight on kofy tv 20. caltrans is taking a simple step to remove tons of trash and save electricity throughout the state. then on abc7 news at 11:00, taking a dive. the race that did not go quite as planned. that is tonight at 11:00. tomorrowland's high budget peek into a utopian future was not enough to lure people into the theater. the family adventure topped the box office starring george clooney, based on at area at disney theme parks. tomorrowland made a lower than

expected $32 million and cost nearly 200 million to make. it's the only family movie in theaters for the next several weeks so studio execs are hopeful it will continue to draw in steady crowds inch second place is pitch perfect 2 with 30 million. mad max, furry road the remake of poltergeist round out the top. and paul blart had been eliminated after five

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