he parade did not disappoint. >> reporter: you're right. it amazed many people who come here every year. believe it or not the pride parade lasted five hours. market street just re-opened 20 minutes ago. more than a million people were expected. it's estimated by police chief that even more showed up to celebrate pride and marriage equality. it's a pride parade like no other, and this year pride is everywhere. this family knew they had to be here. >> civil rights. equal for all. makes everyone more free, as obama said. >> reporter: the supreme court decision opening the door for marriage equality nationwide provided the theme for this year's parade. >> the age of 79, to see this, see marriage equality, can't get any better than that. >> you can feel the vibrations of hope and the feeling of equality. this is it.

this is right here in san francisco. i'm just so overwhelmed with emotion. >> reporter: jim was guest of honor, his name is on the historic supreme court case after a fight to be recognized as a surviving spouse when his husband passed away. >> i did it for my husband and can't think of a better thing to do. >> reporter: mile many knew this year's parade would be big but nobody expect third, this police chief said this is the biggest pride parade every. >> just as it should be after the big decision. this is off the hook. >> reporter: many bay area companies were represent here. but nothing like apple. thousands of employees marching together. >> it's unity. one big happy family. >> reporter: unity, a reason to celebrate in san francisco cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> some people at pride carried signs that read-hash tag my

name is, protest against facebook's real name policy. members of the harvey milk lgbt democratic club say they want facebook to accept members like transgender people who use a name other than they're legal name. there have been large protests at the company's headquarters because the company closes accounts reported to be under fake names ump protesters believe some people used the policy to unfairly target individuals. warriors president, red welch, was the parade grand marshal and brought the larry o'brien trophy to share with the crowd. he just celebrated the warriors' championship in oakland. >> don't have to choose. two million-person parades within two weeks. maybe we'll do this again next year. >> in may of 2011 he was the nation's first high-ranking professional sports executive to publicly acknowledge he is gay. it was exactly two years ago

when history was made here in california. for same-sex marriage. on june 28 2013 sandy spear and kris perry of berkeley were california's first same-sex couple to wed after the supreme court effectively inval dated proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage. attorney general kamala harris officiated the wedding at san francisco's city hall. we have a slide show of pictures showing the colorful highlights to the parade on the front page of our web site. abc7news.com. firefighters stopped a wildfire before it reached any homes in san jose. you can see heavy smoke rising in this cell phone video provided by carol. the fire broke out along mckeen road this afternoon. fire crews tell us the fire burned two acres when they arrived. it spread to 81 acres by the time they contained it. investigators are working to find the cause of the fire.

firefighters say 800 lightning strikes have sparked dozen new fires in northern california. the largest fire is in the san bernardino mountain charring anyone acres since it broke out june 17th. it is now 15% contained. >> let's check in now with abc7 meteorologist drew tuma. >> fire conditions were in check today. higher humidity and temperatures not too warm. lots of blue skies. if you're out on the town a nice night. by 11:00, mid-50s to 60s. an area of low pressure is right off the coast, streaming clouds up through california but changes are headed our way. a large area of high pressure over the four corners. what ill -- it will do to bring the hottest weather of the year.

>> police want to find a man's killer in fremont. his body was found this morning in bushes just inside the entrance of coyote hills regional park. park police believe he was shot in the chest and his body had only been in the park a short time. no weapons were discovered at the scene. the alameda county coroner's bureau is working to identify the victim. the park has re-opened after being closed while detectives hunted for clues. the marin county airport in novato is closed right now as federal aviation officials investigate a small plane crash. the plane, a piper cherokee came off the runway and hit an embankmentment a family of four was on board. two of the family members suffered minor injuries. one of the wings broke off the plane. the plane took off from reno, nevada. disappointment for a group of south bay students after an unmanned rocket headed to the international space station

exploded every takeoff. we're live at valley christian high school with more. >> reporter: definitely disappoint it bit they're looking to the future. some 17 projects experiments, were on the shuttle head ode to the international space station and some of the students involved in the program were up this morning to watch the spacex launch and like most people, it was unclear at first that something was wrong. however, that spacex unmanned rocket did explode on that rocket were experiments for growing plants in space experiments to protect electronics from radiation. all of these experiments are picked by students with an aim to help humanity and also things they're interested in, and they have essentially whole school year to come up with the experiment, create the experiment, and then get it into space. and while they are disappointed with the loss they didn't lose everything. >> just because our hardware was lost doesn't mean what we learned was lost. we learned to work as a team.

we learned to build these experiments. all that knowledge is still with us. and we can use that new jersey our future -- the knowledge in our future and careers as we go on. >> reporter: there are 70 students the program that combines valley christian school and the junior high and it is a worldwide program, probably 100 more students involved at schools all over the country and the world and while they did lose the physical hardware, they do have an opportunity possibly to get those experiments up to space. they'll check with the vendor to see if they can get it on the next rocket launch. that may not be spacex. mate be another provider but they're determined to get those experiments into space. we're live in san jose, abc7 news. >> that young man wise beyond his years. ahead, three-week manhunt is over tonight. police take down the convicted killer. we'll have details about the capture. the controversy over the

confederate flag at nascar. we talked to race fans today in sonoma about beening

the nightmare is finally over. >> the second of two escaped convicted murders in is in the

hospital tonight. a new york state police sergeant spotted david sweat walking on a road two miles from the canadian border and shot him twice. the saw someone who looked suspicious and took action. sweat was not armed. >> sweat fled the the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon. he hitmer sweat twice in the torso. the first escape in 100 years and if you were writing a movie plot, they would say this was overdone. >> sweat and richard matt broke out of a maximum security prison more than three weeks ago. a border patrol s.w.a.t. team shot and killed matt on friday. bay area nascar fans have strong opinions bat decision to try to ban the confederate flag from all racing events. we were at the sonoma raceway

for for vallejo native jeff gordon's final race. we saw flags but no confederate flags today. nascar's chairman says he does not want to see the confederate flag on any racetrack property. including cars and rvs in the in parking lot. >> it's their own opinion. >> i think it's well about time. we should be banning it everywhere. >> nascar sayings it is exploring it options on how to move forward with the ban. many local fans were cheering on the bay area's jeff gordon today who is retiring at the end of the year. he has won this event five times. coming up in sports, how gordon finished in today's race. coming up next on abc7 news at 6:00, baseball and heroes. the special dedication today for the family of a fallen san jose police officer. and get ready for things to heat up. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with the forecast forecast forecast. >> i'll mention

today a hero's ceremony for

first responders before the san jose game. emergency vehicles lined up on the field as the crowd thanked first responders for their service. also fallen san jose police officer michael johnson was honored. his family received the home-town hero award and his father dan threw out the first pitch. first responders and their families were also given free tickets to today's game. beautiful day for baseball. let's get a check of the forecast with abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma. >> lots of sunshine comfortable temperatures, but the week ahead does bring back a return of triple digit heat in a lot of spots. live doppler 7hd right now searching for moisture coming up empty-handed. live look from the emeryville camera showing you plenty of sunshine few low coastal clouds. live look from the mt. tam cam showing you besides the coast

the sunshine across the bay area. 75 in santa rosa, 73 napa. petaluma 68. live doppler 7hd showing you there's an area of low pressure off the coast and it brought that morning clouds and fog cover across much of the region. that's moving to the west. replacing it, a big area of high pressure around the four corners. will strengthen tomorrow and by tuesday it's going to warm up the bay area. so future weather tomorrow morning, patches of fog by 5:00 in the morning, by 8:00, sunshine across the bay area and by monday afternoon it's wall-to-wall sunshine across the region. only exception, right along the coast. call it partly cloudy there monday, 68 downtown san francisco. oakland, 71. walnut creek 89. and antioch tomorrow, hot at 92 degrees. watch what happens in antioch the week ahead. 92 tomorrow. by tuesday we go to 107.

the warmest day so far this year. 105 on wednesday and then the heat cools off, into the mid-90s. a similar sore in stan osayi tomorrow -- in san jose tomorrow. by tuesday, 91, 92 on wednesday, so mid-week the heat is going to peak. so overnight tonight, mainly clear night. a few clouds across the region mid-50s to lower 60s across the region. then highs for your monday, start in the south bay. sunshine 81, san jose. 79, santa santa clara, downtown san francisco, 68. sunshine in the north bay. east bay, 71. oakland. 77 in fremont. and it's warm inland. 89 pittsburg. and 93 in bend but. the accuweather seven-day forecast shows you fog and

sunshine tomorrow then a up downright summer scorcher on tuesday, wednesday triple digit heat and then we gradually cool off thursday, friday, and by saturday, a mixture of sunshine and clouds, seasonable and then sunday back to average. tuesday and wednesday inland the ac will get a workout. abc news was in san leandro to see all sort oses things built with legos. 4,000 feet of displays highlight the talents and interests of their creators. the creations span centuries of history and pop culture and play building bricks.com will host the lego showcase on friday, saturday and sundays through early august at the bay area family church. >> this sports report is brought to you by bank of the west. >> colin resch in for mike shumann. he prefers i invoke his name in these instances. >> didn't she a jeff gordon lego car out there.

but he struggled today. jeff gordon's last hurrah was like the course itself, ups and dops. with nine lops to go the checkered flag was there for the taking, 10,000 white flags handed out to the fan, saluting the golden boy's final appearance. crazy final 32 laps. carl edwards and david ragan both into the wall. ragan fires the 55 back up then catches on fire. and finally decided so shut it down. a pit crew member can't toss a spring rubber over the wall. jeffed gordon penalized. back on the flak 28th. don't you hate it when your axle housing snaps off and decided to look for the nearest exit. casey mears, his day was over. we have a service truck in the way. it's clipped, and comes to rest

backward. restart with nine laps. gordon in third place, falls back to 16th. kyle busch get thursday front of jimmie johnson. the pass with five laps to go. with his brother on his tail. kyle takes the checkered flag. the winner. missed 11 races to start the year do to injury ask then almost injured with a celebratory hug from his teammates. >> a great feelings and i didn't know if this day would come but it has, quicker than expected. doesn't matter. we won today and it was a busch one-two, so that wag -- was cool. >> madison bumgarner, career high 14 strikeouts, had eight today and one in particular he'll remember a long time. second inning blowing a fast ball past brandon barnes. the third youngest in franchise history to reach 1,000 strikeouts. buster posey, drove in the

giant's first the runs base hit in the third brings in a pair. 3-2 giants lead. matt duffy playing like an all-star. sixth inning eighth homer of the season. we're thinking cycle. brandon crawford, solo shot in the feign, bumgarner hits the foul pole. 6-2 giants. the first giants cycle since pablo sandoval four careers ago they call it's foul ball? how is that possible. it went off his glove inside the baseline. they review it stay it was foul. don't get it. of course the next pitch, the inning ending double play. giants win, that's all that matters. >> a's trying to avoid a three-game sweep by kansas city. josh reddick, popup in the third. a's up 2-0. but the royals score three in the six to take control.

infante, perez scores, kansas city pleas the sweep. in sacramento, final round of the u.s. senior open. bernhard langer, eagle putt on 1 and into the cup and into the lead at 7-under but langer outplayed by his playing partner, jeff maggert. six birds on the day. closes with a 5-under 65, 10-under edges colin montgomery by two. pga final round. a on eagle putt. bubba watson three-stroke lead through 14 put back a bogey on 17 needed that par putt on 18. forces a playoff. rushing right our of the bunker. bubba needs five for the win, houston about one for a bird. watson a winner of the travelers to for the second time in his

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tonight at 11:00, a bizarre mystery unfolding in northern california as more than a dozen animals have been found without their heads. and the object found at this fire that lead investigators to strongly suspect arson. those stories tonight at 11:00. finally, at 6:00 foul-mouthed teddy bear is no match for dinosaurs. a question you probably asked yourself. "jurassic world" earning more than $54 million, phishing it past the $500 million mark domestically. the only fifth film to do so in history. ted 2 opened far under expectations. inside out was second, ted 2 taking the third spot opening at nearly 33 million. max and spy round out the top five. thank you for watching. that does it for us at 6:00.

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