. >> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good afternoon, thank you for joining us today. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> reporter: and i'm larry biel live at oracle arena where 19,000 screaming fans will be behind me in are a couple of hours for the warriors watch

party as we count down to game six of the nba finals and i promise you it's going to be be just as loud ain here as it is in quicken loans arena tonight where the cavs are hoping they can stay alive and force game seven. ezeli is warming up early. warriors are hoping the next thing on their schedule will be be a victory parade next week. dan, ama, back to you. >> we're hopingor for that, too, larry. thank you so much. >> let's get on to some of the news tonight. the sex scandal involving oakland police and now other departments as well just expanded again today. >> abc 7 news has learned other prostitutes are now contacting at least one city leader to report they, too, have had relations with police officers. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live in oakland police headquarter was the latest on this story. vic? >> reporter: well, dan, first ever all, about an hour ago, we saw mayor libby schaaf go into police headquarters over there, obviously to talk with police officials about this growing

scandal. this sordid story keeps taking more twists and turns. now the san francisco police department is reviewing a possible connection to the young victim. the sfpd will only say it's aware of an investigation to see if any members of its department had inappropriate contact with a young victim who goes by the name celeste. the review involved several officers who joined sfpd as laterals or officer whoz are members of another police force. in this case, we're told they are former members of the oak land police department. this on the heels of the announcement by oakland mayor libby schaaf that she fired the interim police chief ben farrow who she appointed only six days ago. reason? he reportedly had an extramarital affair more than a decade ago. this has rammped up an already astonishing chain of events in a department that's under federal

oversight. so far, five cops have been placed on leave while they're being investigated in connection with the sex scandal. investigations extend to the richmond police force and now the alameda county d.a.'s office has placed one of its investigators, former opd captain rick orozco on leave in connection with a case. >> for me, it's the most serious challenge right here is the violation of young girls. >> reporter: city councilman no noel says many are coming forward saying there's more to the story. >> but there are people now starting to talk that are engaged in prostitution and are coming forth to say, yes, you know, this happened, that happened at this place, that place. >> reporter: with officers? >> with officers. >> reporter: guy yoes says he's given the information to oakland police. vic lee, abc 7 news. abc 7 news was at san francisco city hall today as supervisor john auf alos upped

the ante on police department reform. he proposes withholding $200 million from the sfpd budget. the money would be released only if the department shows that it is implementing reforms regarding its use of force policy. >> we want to make sure that we have clear metrics about how to make sure that the reforms are in place about minimal use of force, about tdeescalation, identifying officers that could be problem officers. >> the police department would be required to publish quarterly reports on how it is implementing reforms before the board of supervisors could release those funds. now to the orlando shooting massacre. sources are telling abc news that investigators are considering at least two charges against the wife of gunman omar mateen na noor mateen used to live in rodeo in cost ra contra county. authorities are weighing whether there's evidence to charge her for failing to alert police about a crime and providing

false statements to the fbi. >> the first funerals of the victims from orlando took place today. they took place as president obama and vice president biden traveled to florida. they laid wreaths at a memorial with the victims and met with sur viers an family members. the president says their grief is, kwoeflt, beyond description. >> asked why does this keep happening, and they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. they don't care about the politics. neither do i. >> in honor of the massacre, 49 lights on the bay bridge will be dedicated to each of the people killed inside pulse nightclub. the first dedication will be to 20-year-old luis omar come poe. he was visiting orlando from cleveland. the remaining dedications will be posted throughout next week. a funeral for fallen san jose police officer will be held next week. >> earlier today, a procession escorted officer michael

katherman's body to a funeral home in los gatos. today we are learning from one of the good samaritans who tried to help the officer after his motorcycle was hit. >> abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen is live with the story. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon, a very somber day here in san j e jose. before we get to that good smair stan tan, we're live aft police headquarters. i want to show you the growing memorial in front of pd where a number of people have stopped by to drop by flowers, candles have been lit up in honor of the fallen officer. his procession today bringing out many people who just wanted to show their support. they came from all parts of the bay area and beyond. a gathering of law enforcement, grieving the loss of one of their own. at 10th and horning tuesday afternoon, san jose police officer michael katherman was on his motorcycle when a minivan turned in front of him. the 34-year-old crashed into it and later died at the hospital. >> he's bleeding bad.

he's hurt. not moving. >> reporter: cement driver dan sullivan was in the area when the accident happened and rushed to officer katherman's side. another good samaritan performed cpr as sullivan assisted. >> when you see a police officer down, not a pretty sight. anybody down but when you see a police officer in the line of duty, something i'll never forget. >> reporter: officer katherman was the 13th sjpd officer to die in the line of duty. >> when i saw the collision and saw the police officer bike d n down, i was out of my truck in two seconds. >> reporter: sky7 hd was overhead today as officer katherman, casket was transferred from the santa clara county medical exam innerer's office to his family to be taken to a funeral home in los gaut toesz. along the way, ire fighters and first responders paid their respects to a man who dedicated his life to serving others. at police headquarters, a

makeshift memorial continues to grow as community members come out to say good-bye. a fitting display, a heartfelt tribute. officer katherman loved his family, his community, and his job with the san jose police department. a public memorial will take place tuesday morning at the s.a.p. center. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> and that funeral for officer katherman, here are the details. it will be tuesday 11:00 a.m. at the s.a.p. center in san jose. and as soon as we get any more details, we will let you know. another san jose police officer was injured this morning while riding his motorcycle. the sergeant was traveling side by side with another patrol bike when the two made contact knocking over one of the bikes. the officer went to the hospital with moderate injuries. a palo alto high school teacher is in custody accused much prolefting one of his students. ran ne ferrell sent a 15-year-old girl a private message asking her to meet him inside his classroom last week where he allegedly groped her

and forced her to touch him. >> i think the fortitude to come forward and speak with law enforcement and cooperate with law enforcement and work with our detectives to lead to an arrest just an outstanding job all things considered. >> police arrested ferrell last night at the school after they say he tried to arrange another meeting with the girl. investigators say right now they don't know of any other victims. i'm spencer christian with a look at a father's day weekend warm-up coming up. also coming up at 4, live team coverage from cleveland. we are counting down to abc's coverage of game six between the warriors and the cavs. as you look at a countdown clock, 1 hour 20 minutes to go. >> reporter: i'm larry biel live at oracle arena where we'll have the big watch party tonight that coincides with the game. tip-off at 6:00. imagine the boos that draymond green will hear at quicken loans arena in cleveland tonight

because they're perceiving him as the villain. abc 7's mike shumann will have a report. he spoke with draymond earlier today. and later, the black bear spotted in the north bay.

so will warriors history be repeated tonight? this is a live look outside quicken loans arena in cleveland where game six between the warriors and the cavs will tip off in less than two hours. >> i think we're seeing draymond green inside. yep, that's right. this is a live look inside the arena as they are getting set, practicing before the game. it was a year ago today when the warriors beat the cavs in cleveland in game six of the nba finals to win their first championship in 40 years. >> can they do it again tonight in oakland more than 19,000 dubs nation fans will be be at roracel for a watch party hoping to celebrate back-to-back championships. >> we have live team coverage. >> let's begin with larry biel live in oakland. hi, larry. >> reporter: hey, dan. you know, it really will transform into roaracle once the game begins and the fans pack in

here. they sold out the watch party in three hours. three hours. and i've got to tell you i just experienced it for the first time during game three. it may be the best 20 bucks you ever spend. when steph curry hit a's three on the jumbotron, this place goes wild. sometimes it feels louder than a real game but without the players running around. warriors fans want to see a lot of steph curry threes because he's been struggling at times and they want toe the return of draymond green. with more on that story, we head out to the q and abc 7 sports director mike shumann who is in cleveland. >> reporter: hello, larry. i'm going to step away because draymond green the man you were just talking about warming up. of course he watched game five at the a's game in a luxury box the you know he's going to come out with some fury. this is the biggest game in franchise history for the cleveland cavaliers, trying to

force a game seven and win the first championship of any kind in cleveland for 52 years. draymond knows there will be be a lot of eyes on him but he's not going to try to win the game by himself. >> there's no need to come out and be heman. solid basketball works. just come out, on solid, be what i am to this team. >> we're here. we may as well go out with confidence the way we have in the whole season. we look forward to the challenge. >> reminding them that we don't all of a sudden stink and we weren't all of a sudden the greatest team of all time. but that's how it goes in the playoffs. >> it can be real sweet tonight. >> reporter: all right, only the celtics, lakers and bulls have won back-to-back championships against the same team, cleveland is favored tonight, rocking in the q. this is inside, i'll throw it out to carolyn tyler outside the

q with warriors fans here in cleveland. >> reporter: shu, down here is the fan zone where cavaliers fans and dub nation are i guess you could call it comingling. you know, i've been a season ticket holder for many years, but i have never traveled with the team. today i saw how it feels when you are cheering and everyone around you is jeering. >> go warriors! >> reporter: they are loud and proud members of dub nation, decked out in warriors gear and trash talking in the heart of cavalier country. >> warriors! >> reporter: this woman has been a season ticket holder for 16 years. >> i have to be here. i wanted to support my team. >> reporter: she came in from palo alto to cleveland with her daughter ashley and friend matt

anticipating the warriors will close out the finals tonight. >> when that buzzer sounds and we're in the center of the court celebrating, that's all i need to say. enough said. >> reporter: ashley says she was a warriors fan in the womb. the stares from the rivals in cleveland can be intimidating, but being here on the same day in the same place where golden state took the title last year, that's worth it. >> we just clinched it and rubbed it in their face even more on their home turf. back to back. >> reporter: so it's all good-natured fun, larry. let's go warriors! >> reporter: ashley's got to overcome her shyness at some point. perhaps tonight. we talked about the one-year anniversary. let's go back 20 years.

steve kerr's bulls happened to wrap up the 1996 nba championship 20 years ago today. it was june 16, 1996. we'll see if steve kerr has some more math nick the cards tonight. dan? ama? >> thanks very much. good perspective. abc 7 news your home for the nba finals, "world news tonight" is coming up next and join us for a special war yarz pregame edition of abc 7 news at 5. then it's the nba countdown at 5:30. tip-off is at 6:00 and abc 7 is the only place to see game six. after that, join larry biel and mike shumann for "after the game" with analysis from warriors ambassador adonal fo e foyle. dub nation, keep your photos coming. post them to social media and they may be featured on the air like these or online at abc 7 news.com. we love the shots. hopefully it's nba finals championship weather outside. >> that's the question. is it all aligning for us tonight? weather anchor spencer christian

is outside. >> let's celebrate. get out the champagne. it looks like championship weather to me. live doppler 7 hd. yesterday i told you there was a chance of showers today. here they are in the north bay, which is where we said they were more likely to fall. light showers to cloverdale and clear lake right now. all we have in the way of showers. this is the deal for most the of the bay area and view from the east bay hills camera, 63 at half moon bay, a few more clouds can be seen at the golden gate. it is 65 degrees in santa rosa with cloud cover. mid 70s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. as we look out over the bay from mt. tam, these are our forecast features. we'll see lingering clouds into tomorrow, warmer pattern begins saturday. it will be heating up big-time sunday father's day. overnight, look for partly to mostly cloud cli skies, maybe a few sprinkles but no significant rainfall. mid-50s overnight, then tomorrow we'll see partly cloudy sky was

the better chance of sun in the afternoon, highs will range from 60s at the coast to 70s around the bay. up to 80 in the warmest inland locatio locations. father's day gets quite a bit waerler with mid 90s inland, mid 80s around the bay and mid to upper 60s on the coast. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. check out the big warm-up beginning on father's day continuing into monday which marks the arrival of summer, tuesday we expect to be the hottest day in the forecast period with inland highs in the upper nibts to near 100. then tpz wi temperatures will drop off a little wednesday and then more thursday. >> thanks, spencer. we are counting down to abc's coverage of game six between the warriors and cavs now and our countdown clock, about an you hour nine minutes before everything gets kicked off. >> getting close. stay tuned. coming you next, making sure it add upz.

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right now wildlife officials are keeping an eye on a bear spotted in wine country. drivers saw it around noon walking along highway 128 just east healdsburg. chp shared a foet at tphoto of . wildlife officials say it's common to see bears in wine country. they're keeping an eye on this one to make sure it leaves on its own. medical mare 1 advocates protested in santa rosa today against a raid of a large land use to make hash oil. officials from care by design say yesterday's raid by the sonoma county sheriff was a mistake. the company says they operate legally and their product is used primarily for therapy and pain relief. the founder of the company was taken into custody. san rafael firefighters helped catch a juvenile believed to be be responsible for setting four small fires in the past two days. first fire was set tuesday. three more fires broke out

yesterday, all burning brush and dry grass around the city. firefighters who responded to one near san pedro school saw the suspect and held on to him for police. the juvenile will be charged with felony arson. there are big changes coming this year to how students are enrolled in math classes at san francisco's public high schools. beginning this fall, schools will place incoming ninth graders in varying levels of math classes based on their performance. previous performance placement tests and completed course work will allow some incoming freshmen to be placed into higher levels of math such as geometry. the district says it's the way to reduce inequality in math classes and give students a way to challenge themselves. >> we want students to find success in higher mathematics, algebra 2, calculus. >> a 2014 state law requires all public school districts to adopt similar math education policies. politics with a mix of comedy. the eighth grader who brought everyone at his graduation ceremony to their

a middle school student in chicago showed off his comedy chops by impersonating the president and the leading presidential candidates for his graduation speech.

>> we have all the regular sports like basketball, soccer, but we also have unique ones, too. they've given us the skills we need to get through sixth grade and through seventh grade and through eighth grade and now we're going to take those skills and apply them to high school! people say i love china. i mean, i love china. i mean, i have so many terrific friends in china. >> oh, he's pretty good. >> not bad. jack competed against fellow students for the chance to give the speech. the teachers enjoyed his impersonati impersonations. he got a standing ovation from the crowd. >> he said he would love to be president but would rather star on "saturday night live." that may be in his future. >> yeah. looks like he'ing on his way. thank you so much for join us for abc 7 news at 4:00 today. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. we take you back out live now to oracle arena for a warriors pregame special abc 7 news at 5. >> "world news with david muir" is next. we're hoping to win it all ne

tonight, go warriors. >> see you later. enjoy. reporting. were warning signs missed by the fbi? tonight, brian ross reporting, the gun store that says it called the fbi several weeks before the orlando massacre. concerned about a customer. now convinced it was omar mateen. they say the fbi never paid them a visit. also, late today, the president and vice president in orlando, meeting with the families, and what the president said right afterward. the alligator attack at disney world. the 2-year-old boy from nebraska. and now, the new photo. the family that says their own boy was standing in that water just hours before. and tonight, disney says there will be new signs warning of alligators. the searing heat tonight. it's on the way. wildfires already burning out of control. hundreds evacuated.