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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> the warriors are headed to the nba finals. >> yes, the dubs shot down the rockets. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. it was a rough physical game but we prevailed. >> let's get to larry beil live in open -- oakland. hi, larry. >> hi ama. you're right, the 40-year rate is over. the warriors are back in the finals. *9 last minute and a half felt like 40 years in and of itself. the clock would not move until finally it ticked down. history will say the warriors beat the rockets in five games and it will look easy but

this was a grueling sear res. two more head injuries. iguadala was rocked by an elbow. the warriors pull away late for the victory. it was a combination of relief and exhilaration for fans whoe have -- who have seen so much disappointment. right now it is pure joy and on to the nba finals. >> it is a proud moment for everybody in the bay area to be four wins away from our goal. >> we knew it would be that way. we knew it wouldn't be easy. >> we had to gut it out. >> i can't believe we are in the finals. we still have tour more to go. >> what does that feel like? >> just enjoy this moment. it doesn't come around often to be here in the nba finals

with this team this is a dream come true really. >> i think this was the goal and we have delivered thus far. there has been hard work and planning done by a lot of people and we'll see what we can do going forward. >> they just turned the lights out on us at oracle arena. a few moments ago the warriors confirmed that klay thompson after the game did suffer concussion-like symptoms. it is a good thing that the warriors will have a whole week off before starting the nba finals. game one of the finals is set for thursday june 4th at oracle arena. the question will be, is the nba and the rest of the world ready for the cuteness of little riley curry cht. she took over again tonight. reporting live at a darkened oracle. >> we love little riley curry. outside oracle arena fans

gathered to celebrate and also to start the trash talking against the cleveland cavs. >> cornell bernard continues live team coverage with that part of the story. hi, cor they will. >> hi ama. what a crazy, wild celebration and a longtime in the making. check it out. oracle lit up with the colors of dub nation. cleveland and lebron james need to be very afraid. the warriors are coming. >> joy unleashed at oracle. next stop is the thab finals. -- nba finals. >> we are so excited. lebron, you are going down. >> a journey 40 years in the making. >> we have been waiting for so long. they will take us all the way. >> steph curry was on fire. back in action after a nasty

fall on monday. >> amazing and lebron james is next. >> mother-daughter super fan team shelly and nicole thompson haven't missed a warriors game in three years. >> where are the guys tonight? >> at home. at home. >> on game night no guys allowed. tonight was history in the making. even the youngest member needed a little ear protection from the roar. no babysitter necessary. >> he enjoys the games with us. we roll as a family. >> and now this family is headed for the finals. >> bring on lebron! bring on lebron. >> abc7 news. >> bring it. >> well, steph curry's daughter was back tonight and she stole the show again at the post game news conference. >> you wanted to say that. it is going to happen, but --

>> she always wants him to be quiet. that was little riley curry giving the warriors a shoutout. trying to hush her famous father. and even when steph curry tried to take back the spotlight, the 2-year-old was thought letting go of the spotlight. >> that's her under the curtain stheeking up on her dad -- sneaking up on her dad. she is obviously loving the attention he said. >> a lot of people are tweeting and this one from the former l.a. laker great congrats to stefan curry and the golden state warriors on reaching the nba finals. >> the san francisco giants are no strangers to being champions said warriors, four wins away. the 49ers tweeted congratulations to the dwolden state war -- golden state warriors. tickets are being sold for game one. look at this. we found a vip courtside seat on stub hub. the price was more than $37,000. >> maybe we should start a collection. you can send us your warrior fan photos. we will feature them on the

air and on-line. post them to your social media site with the # dubso7. >> it will be june 4th at the oracle arena. game two will be on sunday, june 7th in oakland followed by games three and four the following tuesday and thursday in cleveland. all of that action right here on abc7. and we have a lot more coverage coming up. complete game highlights for you. stay tuned. and some special moments during tonight's post game celebration. that's all coming up shortly. >> and the former 49er player is making news. ray mcdone national was -- ray macdonald was arrested. the abc7 news reporter joins us live from san jose with the details. janet? >> ray macdonald left moments ago. you can see he was escorted by the alladin bail bonds who was waiting for hours to come out of the jail doors. now macdonald was arrested earlier this afternoon.

it was the second time this afternoon for violating his restraining order. santa clara police arrested ray macdonald at this togo's across from levi stadium. >> he looked a bit distraught. he sat for three or four minutes. >> this togo's employee said macdonald came in and asked for their address. then she saw the cops pull up. >> it was hush, hush. >> it has been the opposite for macdonald who was just released from jail two days ago. >> no comment. >> he is seen here leaving the santa clara county jail to catch a cab on monday. that's when police say he assaulted a woman who was holding an infant at his home at the carlisle. he was booked on suspicion of child endangerment. >> we received information he was in violation of a restraining order. we treat domestic violence seriously. >> he was at a residence he shouldn't have been at. he was released from the bears

after news of the arrest. >> to me no one is above the law. if you made a mistake own up to it. >> this is macdonald's fourth arrest in a year. his case is being turned over to the district attorney's office. abc7 news. >> in the east bay a man who took hostages at gunpoint is facing charges. everyone else on the scene is thankful no one got hurt. the four-hour drama went down at an arco station near buchanan. we have incredible video of how this crisis came to an end. >> dan, the investigators were interest you viewing the -- were interviewing the witnesses and the hostages hostages and many came face-to-face with an armed carjacker who was desperate to get away. the 35-year-old man who police have not identified finally gave up late this afternoon. he was holding two people hostage at the arco gas station in antioch. he

carjacked a driver and drove off and then stole another car while leading police on a chase. >> the victim had his cell phone in the vehicle. and within minutes we began a track on that cell phone. >> the chp followed the burgundy car by helicopter until police spiked its wheels causing the car to crash on the l street off-ramp near the gas station. the suspect jumped out armed with a 357 revolver. >> i had a good look at him. >> he says the man tried to carjack him and several others stopped at the traffic light. >> i thank god i am alive. >> the guy turned around and looked at me and pointed a gun at me. i immediately locked my door and rolled up the window. as he came toward me i punched it and went at him. >> he came to our car but went to the car next to us. >> she thinks her dog named cash made him think twice. after several hours negotiators convinced the man to release the store owner about 2:30.

two hours later his employee walked sout, both unhurt and the suspect gave up. in antioch, abc7 news. >> this all began in ante yak when a -- antioch when a driver crashed a stolen car. and then he carjacked a second vehicle and drove through concord, antioch and brentwood. then the suspect crashed again near the l street off-ramp in antioch after running over a spike strip. that's when he tried to steal several other cars, but wound up running into the arco gas station taking hostages. the first hostage was released at 2:30 and the second was freed an hour later. the suspect was taken into custody moments after that. >> that was wild. confessions of a car thief. a woman admits stealing several zip cars but still insists from jail she has been tearily accused jie. and one text and you are done. >> and we have a lot more

warriors coverage. the shout out coach kerr gave to a special fan. >> i am meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures are trending higher tomorrow. we'll show you where

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>> more now on the historic win and special moments are on the court. steph's mom and dad are also there to share the big win with their son. here is steph and his daughter riley. you can see both are enjoying this history making moment.

we introduced you to the 105-year-old sweetie of oakland. she is the matriarch. she has been following for so long steve kerr gave her a shoutout. >> you talk about people like that who have been following the team for a longtime and how they are feeling. i am happy for all of our fans and especially sweetie if you are watching out there. congrats. >> oh she was watching. i bet that meant a lot. sweetie will turn 106. she looks forward to celebrating with the warriors championship. abc7 is one of the only place u.s. can see them face-off in the finals. >> also making news tonight a woman accused in a wave of zip car thefts tells abc7 news says she did it, but not as much as she is accused of.

it is a story you will see on abc7. during march and april 76 zip cars were stolen in san francisco and police believe nicole is behind many of the thefts. dipo says she has stolen seven of them. police say three zip cars have been stolen. >> i am not really going to plead guilty. i was the ringleader and it taught several other people. >> he has pleaded not guilty. she goes back to court charged with stealing seven zip cars. >> california's drought lead to the cancellation of a fourth of july tradition in cupertino. the city says it has scrubbed its fire work show. it requires spraying about 100,000 gallons of water on the field to prevent any damage or grass from catching fire. no alternate location could be found so they called it off.

>> apple is working on a fix for a bug that is crashing iphones. the problem is a text message that has latin and arabic characters. once you receive it and if your iphone is locked your phone crashes. it will come back on in about 15 seconds, but i message remains down until you delete the text. >> let's turn your attention to the forecast. >> sandhya patel is here with what is in store. >> the temperatures around the bay and inland came up a few degrees to the mid70s. we will bump up your numbers even more the next couple days. live doppler 7hd is showing you how much fog and low crowdieness we have. it hasn't advanced as far inland because the marine layer has compressed. the temperatures are in the 50s. as you take a look at our live picture from our exploratorium camera we do have fog obscuring the top of the trans america pyramid. watch out for some fog and low clouds.

we are looking at cooler weather sunday afternoon. take a look for yourself. after the first two days of may 24 consecutive days of below average temperatures. it has been one low-pressure system after another coming through and creating the overcast skies and the drizzle. the lows have pushed off for the time being. a weak ridge is moving ashore and that is what provided us with a little bump up in the numbers. this continues through saturday and sunday. the trough will come in and we will go back to cooler conditions for the second half of the weekend and maybe even a little drizzle or light showers may show up on sunday evening and going into monday. keep that in mind as you make your outdoor plans. tomorrow morning fog will be a problem along the coast. visibility will drop and it may take you longer to get you to work and get to school.

upper 40s to the mid50s. tomorrow afternoon you are looking at temperatures in the south bay on the warm side. gilroy 80 degrees and 75 in san jose. occasional high clouds. 70 in redwood city. 56 in pacifica. the clouds will hang tough. 61 degrees and you won't see much warming along the coast. upper 50sin the north bay. 72 in san rafael. east bay 606 oakland -- east bay 66 in oakland. 76 in pleasanton and 78 in livermore. if you are going to the giants game tomorrow night against the braves at at&t park it will be a bit breezy and the clouds are up and temperatures in the midto upper 50s. you will likely feed a jacket or sweatshirt. a look at the seven-day forecast will continue to see the warming trend through saturday. mid80s inland for our warmest day of the next seven low 60s coast.

the temperatures will come right back up again. >> thank you so much sandhya. coming up next on abc7 news farm yard friendship.

a lamb has found a new friend at a small farm in canada. she was rejected by her mom. the two animals are pretty much inseparable now. they always nap together. when they are not sleeping they are playing all over the farm. ben and jerry's debuted the first ice cream with a political agenda. the vermont based company hopes to raise awareness about climate change. save our swirl was unveiled at tesla if fremont.

they made the most eco-friendly model. it can hold 1,000 scoops. by the way, it is made of raspberry ice cream streaked with marshmellow, raspberry swirls and chunks of dark and white fudge ice cream cone. >> i'll take the ice cream and the car. >> and i will take an nba final for the warriors. >> cherry on top of that dessert. warriors are on a mission, guys. taking their second nba title they took a step closer to achieving that goal. it was a physical, total team victory over the rockets. they will get lebron and the cavs i

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the warriors are headed back to the nba finals for the first time since 1975. winning the western conference finals was a bruising physical victory over the rockets at oracle. they will face lebron james and the cavaliers. stef -- steph curry wearing a sleep on his elbow. sees howard are to the first point. shadowing 22% and two of seven. a little step back three and clay catches fire. catch and shoot three. moments later a little off balance and still hits the corner three. clay 9 points in a minute and a half. the doves go up 30-24. james hardin big time finish here at the rim. he didn't play well. curry falling to his left. he is good you. a long two to 10-point lead.

the fifth of the game midway through the third. both teams struggling to score. warriors are making life hard. he had 13 on the night. breaks free. 31 points off turnovers. clay takes a knee to the head. the brunt in the ear. past concussion protocol, but developed after the game. you drives past howard. his best game of the playoffs and they are pulling away. blows past howard and throw itself down. warriors up 15 with seven to play. ear starts bleeding. they will go to the locker room physical, brutal game. 24 on the night. the warriors win it 104-90. a great feeling between the coach and player. hands the western conference trophy to steph and the rest

of the team. it is quite a moment at oracle arena. >> to get to the finals, the first time in 40 years for the warriors it is more than relief. there are fans that deserve so much and to be able to advance to the finals it was a perfect night. >> it is the same day they will be at the white house to celebrate the world series champions last year. >> great time for the bay area.

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