live from the property cast center, this is abc7 news. tragedy at lake tahoe. deputy carlos gave his life trying to save the life of another. good morning and thanks for joining us. nbc matt keller is live where they just wrapped up a news conference on this. >> reporter: kristin, this is a sad day at the sheriff office. the sheriff asked that the flags be flown at half staff here in honor of deputy carlos francis

that drawned with family and friends. they say that it happened after the beach near highway 50 intersection and he was paddle boarding in some windy conditions. she went into the water. the friend went into the help and the friend was struggling and jumped in and went under water himself. the girlfriend performed cpr, but was unable to save him. everybody else made it to shore safely. the colleagues at the sheriff's office are in shock. >> deputy sacrificed his life and the pursuit of trying to save the life of another while on lake tahoe deputy francis was our colleague and friend. he was an outstanding person and professional, and we're proud to say that he was a county deputy sheriff.

>> deputy was working and he has been with the sheriff office since 2011. his friend and family new him as diamond and the 30-year-old was a talented athlete and the stock ton football team before joining the police department. he is joined by two sisters and brother that played in the nfl. deputy co deadly weapon y funeral arrangements are being planned. the details will be released at a later date. reporting live with abc7 news. >> thank you matt. a car factor remains closed after a crane brought down a power line this morning. eric thomas is live and eric no one was hurt, right? >> well it is an unexpected day off for thousands of employees

here at the fremont plant and the people doing most of the work right now are probably pg&e trying to restore the power and the car maker can resume work. now, this all started at 6:30 this morning when a crane truck out said of the buildings came in contact with an electric line and brought it down and then knocked out to you pow approximate er to the plant. since cannot make the cars without e lelectricity, it was shut down for the rest of the day and pg&e are hopeful that they can get the power restored this afternoon. what about the employees? well, factory workers were sent home at 6:30, and in a statement they say that nonfactory employees are working from the the office or other offices or from home today. now once gain pg&e estimate is that it can get the power back on by this afternoon although that we have heard some reports that they may not get it back on

until tomorrow. fortunately no one you was hurt in this whole thing. they say that they're confident to catch up when the power is restored. live in fremont with abc7 news. >> thank you. 15 or 20 people are looking fair place to stay after an early morning fire. it happened on international boulevard. it burned a business and spread to a nearby duplex. several apartments and businesses were destroyed. the red cross is helping the victims. a new update shows that the fire has grown to over 24,000 aches in jerusalem. it's also 52 percent contained. the fire started on august 9th, and crews help to have it fully contained by next week. they also made process on the older rocky fire. that's burned more than 69,000 acres and 95 percent con tand.

now conditions outside are heating up, but let's hope that we don't see the red flag danger. >> thank you. good morning. you bring up a good point. the heightened danger and the red flag warning we do not have because we do not have wind. look at the high pressure moving in, and you can see the marine lay er and the clouds on the coast. even there we will see the sunshine and upper 60s with 70s on the bay and then it's ask in land that's going to be flirting with 100's and 90s in the south bay and north bay and 80 in san francisco tomorrow. cooler weather is on the way. i will tell you when it will get here and how long it will last. >> thank you. protest ers upset over a oakland man. they're questioning whether the three officers were justified in using deadly force in the armed robbery suspect on friday. they released the autopsy report

saying that he was not shot in the back as some claim. >> this gentlemen went on a rampage. he robbed citizen, car jacked people, running around armed in oakland. what are we suppose today do here? >> there's questions was that the only option, and when the disparity when the white folks shoot they get taken in. when a black has a gun or on the seat, this happens. >> the officers were wearing body camera. that's not been released. she respects the right to protest, vandalism will not be tolerated night t tolerated. the chp has identified the woman. they say that he was driving ale stolen car when she hit a gard rail. she slipped off the side of the

bridge when the officers approached. a truck driver said that he picked up a soaking wet woman and dropping her off in the east bay. happening today the san jose police department will graduate the 23rd class. 19 recruits become officers that graduated in april. they posted on youtube by the san jose police. the mayor will attend and speak to the zbrgraduates. also the san francisco police department will congratulate it's 244 class. 32 men and woman will be sworn in at full time officers at the scottish right to the auditorium. they will begin the field training tomorrow. former san francisco mayor willy brown is going help celebrate a school opening up after him. it will be state of the art and brown took a tour when it was under construction back in

march. current mayor and san francisco schools will be there at the grand opening this morning. the united states makes history in cuba. the american flag flying high for the first time in decades. what it means for the relations and the bay area representatives on hand. plus the stage is set atlee have i stadium. what you need to know before taylor swift returns to the bay

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fshlgs happening today a san francisco judge is expected to hear one of the legal leading challenges that the california law preventing doctor suicide. the lawsuit has been brought by several terminally ill patients including christy white. a 53-year-old san francisco woman to end the life treatment if she loses her battle with leukemia. a woman that advocated and the right to die law has passed away. jennifer were glass posted a video of the body transformation and they posted that she died peacefully in her home on tuesday and holding her hand with the beloved catch at her feet. she was 52 years old. a historic day and this morning a historic flag was raised for the first time in over 50 years. they were on hand for the flag

to go up and congresswoman barbara lee. abc stephanie reports. >> today the u.s. flag raised above the american embassy in havana, cuba for the first time since 1961 and raised by current marines as the marines lowered it 54 years ago looked on. >> for an old guy like me that's been around the world two or three times, this is the icing on the cake. >> they broke the diplomatic relations in 1961 when the cuban president banished the u.s. diplomat. secretary of the state john kerry for the formal reopening of the u.s. embassy. >> this is truly a memorable occasion. a day for pushing aside old barriers and exploring new possibilities. >> the first u.s. secretary of the state to land on the island

since 1945. the u.s. and cuba have now restored full diplomatic relations and opening up the relations in each others capital. just last month the embassy reopened the full fanfare. >> having relations makes it easy to talk. talk can deepen an understanding even when we know full well that we will not see eye to eye everywhere. >> full aware and it's still band and however the u.s. has eased travel restrictions and for academic or others is allowed. abc news washington. >> happening now the school district is holding a recruitment fair and with ten days to go before the school starts, the district needs to fill the 72 positions. baby boom ers are retiring and there's been a sharp drop of the program.

today's recruitment is at broadway and there's another one. of course just as kids get red i do head back, we bring up the heat. >> yeah, the good news is it's only going to be for a couple of days. if you don't like the heat, let me show you what will come back by sunday and monday. yeah, the marine lay er and the clouds. until then, the 80s could reach the coast. how hot it's going to be in your neighborhood coming up. >> thank mike. the reason that your hotel stay could cost less. ♪ >> and there's no shaking off the tropics. the warning for drivers today before pop

covering all of the bay area, this is abc7 news. ♪ [ music playing ] ♪ i go on too many dates ♪ >> i can't make them stay ♪ >> taylor swift has two sold out shows this weekend. we were over the stadium, and you can see the construction on the field seems to be complete. they have issued a traffic advisory today and tomorrow. heavy traffic delays are expected for highway 101 and 880 as well as surrounding areas. gates open at 3:00. it's going to be fun getting out of the valley today. >> yeah, party like it's 1999. >> yeah, there you go. >> you need to shake it off. >> i can't go any further than

that. >> hey, so how is the weather going to be for folks out there. bring a lietghter jacket? >> yeah, i will give you the numbers coming up as we take a look at that. all of the stadiums are full. we have football and at a&t. how did we get here? well, we're in the fourth year and we have received 66 percent of the precipitation during that time. what we need to get back is all of that and that's 250 percent average over the next few years. we're asking to do something and nothing that we have done before. the most that we have had is 190 percent of the average. it's not looking good. the drought. not going to be broken and all of the hype about el nino and we have to pump approximate breaks on that. you can see the marine lay er off and a lot of sunshine breaking out and the warm sunshine is going to bring us

back to average today. the good news even when it's hot, it's going to be co comfortable and the heat will back back down. if you're on the barks you can see up to the north and the west delta from 3:00 to k9:00 from te bay bridge. take a look at this. look at the offshore flow developing and the clouds being chased away. we're going to have total sunshine today and tomorrow and the water temperatures still above average. ten degrees above and low to mid-60s. now as far as the land temperatures it's pretty dool and look at that 90s starting to show up. on the peninsula we have it on the south ward and 70 in the bay and close to that is the sun set and mid-70s for the downtown san francisco and possibly a 72 and mid-to upper 80s for most of the north bay some low 80s and a

little uncomfortable there. in land is 84 and that's the cool spots. brentwood 90 and everybody is going to be in the 100's tomorrow. that's quit a jump. here is the taylor swift forecast for tonight. dropping down to 68 by 11:00. we will start with football because it starts with 7:00. 71 dropping down to 65. pretty comfortable and 15 minutes later we're going to play a little bit of baseball. nationals and giants and 68 drops down to 65. here is a look at my accuweather and seven day forecast. you will feel a little bit of cooling as you go to sunday afternoon. we will be hanging around the 90s and then the cooling will hit the bay on monday and then by tuesday all of us are back to where we should be. just be careful for the next 20 to 48 hours. it's going to be a tough go. >> yeah, we have not seen the triple digit in a while. >> yeah, you bet.

okay. we have breaking news as stanford and a bomb threat has forced an evacuation. an advisory went out about 10:45. right now the officers are searching the building. drivers are advised to stay away from the campus. just getting word from the sanford daily newspaper that this is going to last 60 to 90 minutes. for more of the breaking news story follow us on abc news 7 bay area. two landmarks are named among the top in the world. alling traz came in number eight and it was a top choice for test nation in the u.s. the iconic golden gate bridge came in number ten. to record the winners it was the reviews from all over the world during a year period. also on the list is

air b and b allows people to rent out their homes or apartments to visitors. analysts say that the company is rapidly expanding and could cause hotel stays to dip four percent oin over the next five years. as a result, you could see the hotel rooms get cheaper as they struggle to compete. it's friday and time for perfect pets. coming up next gismo

coming up at 4:00 the strong reaction to a social media experiment. how easy it is to target teens. the dangerous affects and the trees become distressed and hazardous. getting to the root of that on abc7. mike is back to introduce us to a new friend. hi mike. >> hi kristin. nice to see everybody. hi kelly. nice to see you. kelly has gismo who is a great lap dog. >> yeah, he is. he is a 14-year-old mix. as you can see this is the

favorite thing to do is sit on the lap. >> he was sitting in my seat before he came over here. >> yeah, he is a great dog and outspoken. he liveoves to ride in cars and in a foster home with other dogs and doing absolutely wonderful. like i said he is 14 years old, so we're looking with someone with a huge heart that wants to give him a retirement home. >> yeah, like you were saying retirement. do you want to go into retirement? >> absolutely. not only do we want to give him a requirement but we have a animal special this weekend. >> yeah, we have a wonderful event tomorrow. all day. it's going to be a free adoption at the shelter. come on down. we have a lot of animals there. dogs, cats and rabbits. if you're looking to add a member to the family. come on down. we would love to help you. >> okay. start with gizmo. let's give him a home. >> yeah, find out about the

adoption and gizmo and all of the other animals. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> good luke this weekend. >> kristin? >> mike. thank you so much. from all of us here at nbc 7 news, thanks for joining us. who wants to be a millionaire is coming up next. have a great day.

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