at built this structure. it has settled laults edd lawsuits in the past for dry rotted balconies. our concern remains for the families and loved ones of those who died in this tragic accident. we continue to offer our assistance and cooperation to all investigating authorities. meantime, back in berkeley when asked how a balcony could collapse on a relatively new and inspected building they had a simple answer -- >> that's not a question i can answer. >> reporter: from berkeley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. two of those injured in the balcony collapse have made great strides in their recovery. jack and connor remain in the medical center tonight. we're waiting for updates on the other five survivors. an overflow crowd turned out

in dublin for the funeral of walsh. >> there was also a funeral service for eoghan culligan. they say he was their sensemaker and peacemaker. hundreds attended the service. an albany police officer still on the job despite a lawsuit he e-mailed a partially nude photo to another officer. they call it revenge porn. officer peter o'connor sent the decade old photo to a second dispatcher. the suit says that dispatcher amy balak shared it with one other person in the department who then notified her supervisors. balak was fired but o'connor still works for the agency. a buddhist monk is credited with saving the life of one of his own. he was upstairs when he saw a

monk attacking a superior. >> there was a little argument and went to a butcher knife. i pushed him out of the way and he ran away. >> he is listed in good condition at highland hospital. the 30-year-old suspect was formally charged yesterday with attempted murder and aggravated mayhem. this has been a busy day for firefighters. flames burned two acres along howell road in martinez. this fire spread very quickly. they called for extra help to keep the flames from reaching any nearby buildings. firefighters stopped a blaze before it reached homes. you see the blackened hills behind those homes. it broke out just after 2:00 this afternoon west of interstate 80.

crews from several communeths battled the flames. it burned about 15 acres. no word on what sparked it. the monitor fire south of lake tahoe has burned more than 25 square miles. helicopters and air tankers are attacking from above. no structures have been damaged but the small town of markleyville remains on standby for possible evacuation. strong and erratic winds have stoked the fire ignited by lightning last friday. if you want to celebrate the fourth of july with fireworks, your options are limited. some fireworks are allowed in just five cities in the bay area. no matter where you live, the crack crackdown is tougher than ever because of the severe drought. david louie joins us with the story. >> reporter: it's incumbent upon

all of us to be saving water. as a result of that crackdowns on illegal fireworks this year will be tougher than ever. firefighting costs and property damage can run into the millions as a result of illegal fireworks. residents who live near dry, grassy areas are concerned. >> you have like the kids in the street. and we've seen issues in the past where 3 doors down the kids were playing and the fire department had to come out because a grass fire started. >> reporter: they are looking into a plan to expand who can issue citations. right now it is restricted to firefighters and police officers. that plan won't be in place until after the fourth of july. in santa clara, fines have been approved by supervisors. it will cost $350 for the first

violation, $700 for the second and $1,000 for the third. if there's injury or property damage the fine is $1,000 and six months in jail. fireworks are still heard on the fourth. >> heard a few going off. rockets. big ones. >> that poses a big risk. >> it sure does. >> that risk has a price using water to.out fires. >> you don't have sufficient water quantity you need. and the potntial for fire to spread down into homes and apartment complexes that also poses the damage. >> in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. the warnings coming as our temperatures are about to go up. sandhya patel has that. >> today's temperatures have come up from yesterday. and that warming trend is going to carry over for the next two

days. let me show you live doppler hd. the pattern is changing. skies have cleared out. we had fog. look at the temperature trend for livermore. above the average of 86. numbers will spike on thursday. we're getting hot 100 degrees. then they start to slide toward the weekend. i'll be back with a look at the temperatures in your neighborhood coming up. crime scene technicians are at the scene of a deadly apartment nairapart ment fire in oakland. a man died not far from lake merit. crews found the man in a front room of the unit. they pulled him from the building but he was pronounced dead a short time later. no other unit was damaged in the fire that's still under investigation. they voted to up the ante in the bid to save palo alto's only

mobile home park. they'll preserve the buena vista mobile home park. the decision to add more money to the pot comes after the city council approved the closure of buena vista. the three most prominent online retailers are banning sales of the confederate flag and all related merchandise as sales soar. a search for confederate flag on the ebay website yields everything from the flags to jewelry, even pet supplies. ebay amazon and etsy responded following complaints from the public following the fatal shooting in south carolina. here's more on how local businesses are reacting. >> these retail businesses said their decision is consistent with their policy that prohibits items that promote or glorify hatred violence and racial

intolerance. with the controversy around the confederate battle flag judy's flag city decided it was time to stop selling them. the owner was still concerned about talking on camera. ebay today joined other businesses like amazon etsy, walmart, sears and kmart which will now ban sales of the confederate flag and other related merchandise. ebay a spokesman said it's become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism. the movement to do away with the confederate flag has gained steam after the governor of south carolina said it should be removed from the capitol grounds. this following the killing of nine people inside a charleston church by a young man who wanted to return to segregation. this man is from mississippi where part of the state flag includes the confederate battle field. >> it represents slavery,

segregation. it represents disrespect for the work and dignity of black people. >> reporter: a bill was passed in 2014 banning the state government from displaying or selling purchase bearing the confederate flag. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. the special election with big consequences. coming up next the politics of one bay area city hinges at the ballot box. the turnout may reach record low numbers. the concern over medical marijuana. why it may not be as effective as you think. the san francisco palace of fine arts. the big plans to transform this iconic building. ever have an e-mail you wish you could unsend? there's a solution

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covering cupertino wine country and all the bay area this is abc 7 news. >> the palace of fine arts is looking for a long-term tenant. san francisco officials will discuss seven options with the public. caroline tyler joins us with more on those options. >> since the exploratorium moved there have been interim tenants including a private school. they want something more permanent. tonight they'll tell the public the options they are considering. for lease a magnificent building by a renowned architect located in one of san francisco's most coveted neighborhoods. it needs some tlc. >> this is one of san francisco's most important and iconic structures. >> reporter: the palace of fine arts was built for the 1915 pan-pacific exposition. it was home to the

exploratorium. that science museum moved two years ago, and the lease for the temporary tenant expires next year. >> i'd really like to see a tenant come in that has a way to transform the house of fine arts, respect its history but really transform it. >> reporter: the district supervisor grew up a block away. any new development also needs to be open to the public and not devastate the neighborhood worth traffic. there are seven proposals from a sports/social facility and arts and cultural pavilion and interactive museum. we asked neighbors for their thoughts. >> actually, i think all of them sound good to me. >> anything sports and gym would be a mrs.plus for me. >> reporter: they'll have to sink millions to upgrade the palace. >> this is about having a stable partner that can invest in the

building so it's around for another 100 years. carolyn tyler abc 7 news. tourists heading to san francisco for the summer will get one last chance to see a museum unlike anything else on the west coast. the cartoon art museum was scheduled to close but the landlord has agreed to keep it open during the summer. it continues to look for a new home. most of us have sent an e-mail we regretted. google is making it easier to avoid that mistake. it's making unsending messages easier. users click on the gear icon and select settings. look for the general tab and enable the undo send feature. the next time you send an e-mail you'll see a yellow box pop up

aloa allowing you the option of unsending that. it's available as a mobile app. the menlo park social network even edged out walmart. facebook's rise shows the appetite people have. microsoft and google top the list of the highest valued companies in the united states. cisco announced plans to power its headquarters with solar energy. it will be located in the senora desert. another company is going to build it. cisco has agreed to buy power for 20 years and should go online by some time late next year. voters in san jose are determining the city council race. it will determine the power between labor and business.

more than half of the voters registered to vote by mail. tim orozco and mont wynn. city council members are split in their support. could the highly public oosedoosused problems with the takata air bags have been prevented? >> startling findings released in a congressional report. takata stopped conducting safety audits of air bag problems because that were too expensive. those safety audeds stopped the same year they warned of fatally improper welds on air bag inflators. one said not doing anything was not an option. at least eight deaths and one injury have been connected to the air bags since that warning. should uber be able to track you even when you aren't using their app?

that's a plan the ride service is currently considering. it's meeting up with intense opposition. the electronic private information center is asking federal regulators to investigate. uber said no final decision has been made and calls the complaint premature. america's coffee addiction is reaching now highs and lows. we're drnking less coffee but somehow spending more. that's connected to the growing popularity of single serve pods. it seems we're brewing fewer pots and more single pods. they are costlier but waste less coffee but there's more plastic in the lanfills. >> that's a problem. >> thank you. highly caffeinated meteorologist sandhya patel. >> thanks cheryl. larry, it's one cup, and it's a mocha. >> decaf.

>> no whip. hold the whip. it's shiny out here. blue skies to match the bay. a good breeze going. that's keeping you from getting too toasty. live 7 doppler hd. the fog we had is long gone. it will return towards tomorrow morning. compared to 24 hours ago in the positive. the temperatures have come up today. and the breeze that i mentioned it's got sfo at -- it's onshore out of the coast. notice the warming trend but it hasn't gotten too hot. mt. tam's cam prospect, 63. 81 morgan hill. half moon bay 59 degrees. east bay hills hazy skies as the warm-up continues. 89 in santa rosa. 77 napa. 80s in livermore and concord. and nothing but blue skies from our exploratorium camera.

you'll be seeing more of this. fog at the coast in the morning. sunny and warmer tomorrow. heat peeks on wednesday. look at what's going to bring us the heat. high pressure over the desert southwest going to build westward. we're going to notice the heat starts to move toward the coast. tomorrow, the warming trend continues inland. coastal spots a little fog remains. 50s, 60s. thursday the fog disappears. temperatures in the triple digits. the breeze will be just enough to keep you comfortable. 60s, 70s if you don't like the heat. temperatures will still be on the hot side. inland in the mid-90s. at the beaches you'll feel some relief. not going to be too hot after thursday. tomorrow morning we'll start out with fog near the beaches and the bay.

temperatures in the low to upper uppers. high pressure builds, the fog layer gets compressed near the surface. be careful during that commute. tomorrow afternoon 89 in gil roy. 82 san jose. santaclara, 81. san mateo miss to upper 70s. fog will linger in daley city. 62 degrees. 69 downtown san francisco. low 90s around calistoga. east bay 74 in oakland, 73 berkeley. 73 inland spots. 92 degrees lfrivermore, san ramon. warmer tomorrow to hotter thursday. triple digits inland. 60s coast side.

heat starts to back off friday. by the weekend with more cloud cover, we'll drop your temperatures down lowe 60s to miss mid to upper 80s. it's just a one-day deal. if you like the hot weather wednesday is your day. >> hots weather is like sandia's caffeine. by thursday, she'll be on fire. >> thank you. coming up a printing error that affected nearly 500,000 students has a fix this evening. then at 5:30 on "world news" -- >> more than a dozen reported tornadoes from kansas to michigan and ohio. several cities bracing for severe weather tonight. the hunt for a serial shooter. investigating four difference shootings. a new picture of a car emerging. and we remember a famous tv dad tonight. that's on "world news tonight."

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research on the benefits of medical marijuana have shown it doesn't work on a lot of sickness sicknesses. marijuana can alleviate pain and muscle stiffness but on the other hand does not work for anxiety and disorders. those who buy it may not get what they expect because the potency can be mislabeled. it's going to cost $1 an hour for street parking marked by orange on this map for three hours or less. drivers can pay 50 cents or less in the green area. city officials are hoping this new payment structure will help ease traffic congestion and

free up more spaces. the college board who missed time when they took the s.a.t. the test booklet said it had 25 minutes and the instructor's panel had only 20 minutes. it could impact high school seniors who plan to apply to college early. it is worth noting the first s.a.t. was administered today in 1926. the test streamlined the process for college applications. previously students had to take a different test for each college they applied to. the s.a.t. was adapted from the iq test from the army during world war i. check out the simple math question in the first exam. if a package containing 20 cigarettes is 15 cents how many

cigarettes could be bought for 90 cents? the answer was 120. if cheryl starts ten minutes later and rides ten miles an hour later, how long till she catches up with larry? an nba champion talks about his journey with some lucky students today in the east boy. what he told them about his success getting to the nba.

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coming up at 6:00 -- the real fight over fake grass. the punishshback a local water agency is getting over a rebate plan. kids flocking to the movie theater to play the world's most popular video game. >> that's the way to go to school. warriors fans turned out for a chance to get an autograph from harrison barnes nine hours later. >> abc 7 news was at the store as fans lined up to get wrist bands to see the star. last night warriors fans got to meet barnes at the macy's men's store. with the purchase of $35, they got a personalized autograph. the warriors are responding more time focusing on the community.

they talked about the journey getting to the nba from their nativetheir native country. also an opportunity to encourage people to work hard and do their best in school. >> they look up to us and i used that to talk to them about doing the right thing. >> it was part of a college track program. if you pick up "sports illustrated" you'll see the baby face of steph curry on the cover kissing the trophy. this is curry's third cover since early may. klay thompson and andre iguodala have also made the covers of "si" this year. >> good to be the king. >> this king. "world news" with david muir is coming up next.

>> from all of us thanks for spending the time. our next newscast is at 6:00. tonight, outbreak. more than a dozen reported tornadoes across several states. philly, new york, boston, bracing for storms tonight. the power lines, the transformers blowing. twisters caught on tape. homes destroyed. from kansas to michigan to ohio, we're on the scene, where they say it's a miracle everyone survived. ginger with the track for tonight, city by city. an abc news exclusive. the video emerging of one of the two escaped convicts, just as authorities tonight now say the fugitives could be armed. breaking news. a mistrial. the young football players convicted, accused of attacking a female student, seen on cell phone. their conviction thrown out. and the major recall tonight, bottled water. the stores and the states. we have the list.