this is abc 7 news. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm a.m. i daetz. i'm dan ashley. larry beil has the day off. a look at the east bay hills camera. it's cooler today. get ready. major heat is on the way. >> drew tuma is here with the forecast. >> hi, dan and ama. we had mother nature's ac cooling off thijs in the coastal communities. right now the wind, the sea breeze kpikd in. 30 mile an hour gusts. 17 and a half in half moon bay. you see the low clouds along coast. the wind has funneled in to portions of the bay and cooled us off compared to yesterday. 24-hour change. everybody is cooler.

so it feels a lot more refreshing out there than we did this time yesterday. still, a wide range in temperatures. believe it or not, 95 in brentwood. that's cooler than yesterday. we're at 85 in concord. 75 san jose. a cool 66 in oakland and san francisco, with that gusty sea breeze, a cool 59 degrees. future tracker temperatures will show you with the sea breeze, it's going to cool all communities off. we're not hanging on to the heat like previous days. do not get used to this refreshing cool weather. coming up, we have much warmer air moving in of the i'll show you when that arrives and that full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. thank you, drew. the hot weather is causing more concern about fires. brian huck tweeted this photo of a one-acre fire in livermore along 580. it began just before 1:00. it was put out quickly. if you see news where you live, send us the pictures.

because of the heat and fire concerns, a park in san jose will be restricted. no barbecues or open flames bb permitted. slightly cooler weather in southern california is helping crews battle fires in the san gabriel mountains. some evacuations have been lifted. firefighters say the calm is not expected to last. a shift in the wind turned a wildfire burning slowly in a heavily wooded area on the colorado/wyoming border into a fast moving threat. the fire is about five square miles now. state officials are keeping a close eye on the heat wave gripping california. offices are asking people to conserve energy during daylight hours to avoid rolling blackouts. they are especially worried that temperatures are not cooling off enough in night in southern california. still steamy down there. that causes added stress on the power grid as our air conditioners work nonstop. >> you can monitor the

temperatures with the abc 7 news app. use it for breaking news, personalized alerts on your smartphone or tablet. search for abc 7 news bay area or abc 7 news.com/app. california's drought is far from over, but the bay area's largest city says it feels comfortable easing some of the water restrictions placed on residents and businesses over the past year. >> chris nguyen is live in san jose with the story. chris? >> reporter: officials say it's a testament to the people of san jose and the efforts that they've made to reduce their water use. some residents are looking forward to being able to water their lawns a little bit more. others say they know it's only temporary. in san jose's willow glenn neighborhood, christine norton looks on as her front yard gets a makeover. >> i used to have nice green lawns and by the end of summer last year, i had brown grass. >> she's one of many making the switch to artificial turf. as they say, it's soft to the

touch and green in every sense of the word. >> i think it looks darn good. it's really going to be nice easy to take care of. >> starting july 1st, san jose will have new water conservation rules due to a revised water conservation target of 20%. the water supply has improved due to a 27% reduction by residents and businesses over the past year. city staff felt comfortable making the recommendations which will increase the allowable days for outdoor watering with a sprinkler system from two to three days per week. the city council approved the changes earlier this week. >> we'll continue to conserve water. but because of the really good work our residents and businesses have done, we're able to relax it a little bit. >> tim fullerton with 11ly greens fields calls from customers who want too reduce water bills and looking for ways to conserve during the drought. >> by reducing the amount of water using your lawn, you can use that water you're saving to

keep your plants and your teresa live. >> norton hopes the changes don't affect the progress that's already been made. >> it's not going away any time soon. it's nice. to think it's getting better, but not that much. you got to make an effort. >> reporter: officials will set new water restrictions or mandates by january 2017. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. well, today nearly 5 dozen san francisco's dents were allowed to do something for the first time since a raging fire in the mission district. >> they were able to return to their burned out units. kristin is here with more. >> the outer mission, they were allowed to go in the building for a few minutes. today, the fire victims were let back in to really take their time and take stock of what's left. most residents found little to salvage. they left in a hurry when the five-alarm fire broke out saturday at 29th and mission streets.

two people were injured and six buildings gutted, including a low-income voucher hotel. tenants got the all clear today to re-enter after asbestos testing was completed. one man tells us that everything was burnt or water damaged. >> my baseball card collections, trinkets and gold, stuff like that. that i had hidden. cash. i had cash in a little box. >> help is available. a go fund me page to set up the displaced residents raised nearly $34,000. in fact, just topped that as you can see. the city a offering grants up to $10,000 such as a restaurant both were completely destroyed. for more information, go to abc 7 news.com. thank you, kristin. a new report shows people aren't getting the hint about distracted driving. according to a survey, nearly 13% of drivers were seen using

mobile devices behind the wheel. that's up about 9% from last year. the number of crashes involving distracted drivers is also up nearly 60% of drivers say they've been hit or nearly hit by another driver using a cell phone. happening now on capitol hill, house lawmakers are staging a sit-in to demand a vote on gun control legislation. >> congresswoman barbara lee shared video from the house floor and held up a picture of regina jeffries, the teenager shot and killed last tuesday in oakland. >> there's a lot of reaction on social media. gavin newsom said i wouldn't mess with representative john lewis. gabby giffords says speaking has been hard for me but i haven't been silenced. chris murphy who led the filibuster last week is supporting the house. he tweets they can shut off their cameras but not their voices. >> adrian bankert has the story. >> democrats have taken the hughes floor hostage.

>> we're calling on the leadership of the house to bring gun control legislation to the house floor. let us vote. >> in a sensational -- they will sit in on the house floor until speaker paul ryan allows a vote on gun control. republicans attempting to call the house back to order. sniemts the chair finds that the house is not in a state of order due to the presence of members in the well who are not recognized. >> pushing for a bipartisan amendment that would extend background checks and block gun purchases for those already on a terror watch list before members leave for the fourth of july break. >> provide us with a sim will dignity that every american is calling for, a vote. >> the move coming just days after all four gun amendments failed in the senate. despite mounting pressure following the orlando nightclub

massacre. >> we have waited. we've been patient. we've waited too long. been silent too long. we will continue to engage in peaceful, nonviolent action until something happens. >> the republican chair adjourned the session and pulled the c-span video and audio feeds. adrian bankert, abc news new york. more than a million people packed the streets to cheer on the cavaliers. most stood along the parade route. some fans clupg to the side of a parking garage to get a better view. look at this. >> espn reporter tweeted this picture of daring fans. luckily, no one was hurt. >> lebron james thanked teammates and the cavs nation. >> i'm nothing without these guys behind me, the coaching stuff. i'm nothing without the city.

i love all of y'all. i love all of y'all. [ bleep ] get ready for next year. >> cleveland's mayor declared today a local holiday so everyone could attend the celebration. that was cleveland's first championship in any sport since 1964. senator barbara boxer settled a friendly wager over the warriors loss to cleveland. she tweeted about her walk of shame today. she delivered several cases of beer while wearing a cavs jersey to the ohio senator. >> all right. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, new details in a scandal rattling the oakland police department. what abc 7 news learned about one of those cases. a harrowing rescue in the south colby to save a sick american worker. plus, the line that went on and on. the new sweet treat that people waited for more than an hour to get their hands-on today. as we take a live look at our traffic over the skyway in

san francisco, not moving too well right now. maybe a little better on the left-hand side. that's your traffic approaching

new information tonight in one of the scandals rocking the oakland police department. >> abc 7 news reporter melly woodrow is in the newsroom ama and dan, it's been reported that mike gants had his mistress type up his police report the. today a source close to the sergeant who knows his side of

the story says he was a friend and also that the sergeant believes he's being retaliated against for filing a complaint in 2014 in connection to racist text messages he received. inside al made a county superior court, the attorney for a dft in a 2013 homicide investigation filed several motions in an attempt to determine whether the ply mary homicide investigator, sergeant mike gantt did anything to taint the case. >> what's concerning to me is the secrecy of it. i received no information regarding allegations against sergeant gantt except for through the press. >> there's allegations that sergeant gantt had a woman he knew type up three witness statements. >> i don't know if that means transcription as in word by word of statements, if that means transcription of handwritten notes being tran skriepd. >> he's on administrative leave in connection to an argument he had with his wife. the same source says that gantt believed opd is retaliating

against him for filing an internal affairs complaint after receiving these racist text messages from lieutenant tony jones. according to the source, sergeant gantt filed the complaint against jones. then lieutenant john lois. the source says gantt filed a similar federal eeoc complaint in 2016. oakland police department has not confirmed that sergeant gantt is on administrative leave or why. in an e-mail statement a spokesperson writes the oakland police department does not discuss or provide details regarding personnel matters and active internal affairs investigations. the motions made in court including one for the personnel records will be heard in juliment. >> i would be asking for records about fabrication of reports, personal authorship of reports, acts of moral turpitude. >> in oakland, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. coming up at 5:00, you're going to hear from former

oakland police chief howard jordan and the concerns he brought up at least two years ago about the department. newly proposed lemg lakes would require prison time for people unconscious or heavily intoxicated. the d.a. introduced the bill today. he said a conviction only requires probation. it would make the defendant ineligible for probation and require a three-year prison sentence which is the current penalty for a conscious person. it comes after brock turner received just six months in jail. coming up at 5:00, vic lee will have details of the movement to support the judge who made the controversial ruling. more americans are looking to social immediate use to find work. a pew research study found that people use facebook or twitter to find job opportunities. about a third of workers are required by employers to adhere to strict rules on how to present themselves online.

researchers say it's an indication that the line between our work and personal lives is further blurring. hundreds of people waited in line for more than an hour today just to get their hands-on coffee and doughnuts. it happened in walnut creek at the opening of dunkin' donuts. the first one in the bay area in 15 years. abc 7 news reporter amy holly field was there as people waited and waited. >> they knew a lot of people would show up for the grand opening in walnut creek. but they didn't expect this. >> we knew there was a lot of pent-up demand. a lot are transplants that grew up on this. this blew away my expectations. the first person got here at 2:00 a.m. she thought there would be a crowd but was happy to be first. >> i was excited. i'm embarrassed because i'm excited. because it's doughnuts. >> she was the smartest customer of all. as the morning went on, the line

grew. >> i mean, when i bring my kids back east, they're always like can we go to ding undoughnuts. when i heard it was in the backyard, i had to come. >> we decided to track the wait. >> how long do you think you will wait? >> an hour. >> how long are you willing to wait? >> an hour. >> to handle the crowds, the owner schedules six bakers this morning and could barely keep up with the demand. he thought maybe he would sell one or two,000 doughnuts this morning. he was off. >> 5,240 doughnuts. at 8:49 -- i know. >> customers didn't seem deterred by the line and were happy when they finally got their doughnut telling us it was worth the wait. it was a long one. check out our timer when annette lance finally got to the counter. 1 hour and 4 minutes. >> it's okay. i mean, honestly, if people knew what they wanted, it would go faster. it will be fine. >> the owner was told to plan

for 10,000 doughnuts today. that's how many they sold at the santa monica opening. looks like he's going to hit that by noon. the biggest seller of the day, boston cream. in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> we know somebody who waited in line for an hour? >> yes indeed. meteorologist drew tuma is here with the forecast. >> yeah. this east coast transplant got a boston cream doughnut. a waste of time, probably. was it worth my happiness, absolutely. it was fantastic. a lot of folks excited to have that sugary snack back in the bay area. me included. they loved it too in the newsroom. the doughnut holes were a big winner. >> quiet across the region the only exception along the coast where the sfo live look camera showing you. a fair amount of clouds early this morning. san francisco, pretty cool right now. 60. 66 in oakland. 70 in mountain view.

san jose 75. morgan hill. 86. half moon bay, 57 degrees. the east bay hill camera, the care quality showing you the smog above the bay area. 74 napa. 75 novato. 81 concord and livermore about 84 degrees. sut row tower cam showing you the temps. >> tomorrow you'll notice temperatures near average on our thursday. it's very similar to what you're experiencing right now. it's very short-lived because by the weekend, we begin our warmup and the temperatures climb into early next week where they turn down right hot in many locations. overnight, we have the clouds along the coast. elsewhere, plenty of stars. we'll drop into the 50s inland. because the sea breeze will be with us overnight. it's strong enough to get that heat we have out of there.

52 san francisco. 53 oakland. 55 overnight in san jose. future weather, hour by hour we go. tomorrow morning, there's the marine layer. it will be with us. mother nature's ac clinging to the coast. the marine layer does not look as thick as it was today meaning we'll have a quicker clearing. by midday, you notice most of that cloud cover is evaporated with sunny skies. the continuation of the on-shore breeze will keep temperatures near average. 84 in san jose. 83 sunnyvale. cupertino, hotter. 85 degrees. a comfortable 79 in palo alto. 76 in -- downtown san francisco, 67. that's about average for the time of year. the north bay, warm spots. 86 in -- 87 the high is santa rosa. oakland tomorrow, 76 sunny skies. 78 in fremont. 77 castro valley. inland, real warm. i wouldn't call it technically hot. 84 at livermore.

live look from santa cruz camera showing the beaches packed. if you're headed there tomorrow, a cloudy start, but sunny finish. 78 santa cruz. the accuweather seven-day forecast. the morning fog. still on the cool side. auto light breeze on friday. the numbers jump on the weekend, both saturday and sunday. we'll continue to warm up, dan and ama. with that heat wave, that heat will keep on tuesday with most spots well above normal for this time of the year. >> very good. thanks, drew. up next, a battle of the bots in the south

there are new details today regarding the ongoing battle of prince's estate. dna test results show a colorado prison inmate is not prince's son, therefore, not entitled to inherit part of the music icon's $300 million fortune. carmen williams claimed his mother had sex with prince in missouri in 1976. prince died of an accidental drug overdose on april 21st and had no will. all right. they're here. robots invaded sunnyvale today. buts it was part of a bay area competition. it was theadquarters intuitive - the annual robo nan za. they showed off creative.

it featured obstacles and heavy objects to throw. they have six weeks to build and test their designs. >> you set it to different lels of compression and took data and essentially fed it through a graph to figure out how much compression would maximize our shot power and what type of shooter would maximize our shot accuracy. >> there is no reward for winning the competition. teams say they're just happy and playing for pride. abc 7 news at 4:00 does continue. >> hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. >> tough words today from donald trump and hillary clinton's reaction. two rafters in the atlantic. how rescuers tracked them down. do you know what you're getting when you buy deterrent an flea markets or online? a new crackdown and wh

. this is abc 7 news. >> here are the headlines at 4:30. cooler temperatures and more

humid weather helped crews battling wildfires across the west. the most mandatory evacuations in santa barbara rah county have been lifted. crews being moved to other fires near l.a. and san diego. outrage over the brock turner sexual assault case triggered new legislation. vic lee tweets, it would ban probation for sexual assault of victims who are unconscious or intoxicated. vick will have reaction at 5:00. an capitol hill, a live picture of what's happening on the house floor. democrats are standing up for gun rights. sitting down. they won't leave until the house speaker allows a vote. bay area congresswoman says they can't silence us until we get a vote. no bill, no break. now to the race for the white house. hillary clinton and donald trump traded some of the sharpest attacks of the campaign season so far. dueling speeches about the economy. >> lana zak has the latest.

lana. >> reporter: hello there, dan. there was a slight change in tone in hillary clinton. both candidates still hitting really hard, but for her, a wonkier side at more policy oriented clinton that we've come to expect from the primary election. >> hillary clinton continues to try to turn donald trump's business brand against him at a round in raleigh. >> donald trump and i disagree on a lot of things. one of them is simple math. >> while trump is attacking her character and leadership. >> hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. >> he's going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance. >> each alleges the other would be a dangerous choice for head of state. >> clinton has opened the pandora's box of radical islam. >> where is the bottom line? economists left, right and center all agree.

donald trump will drive america back into recession. >> earlier clinton visited the capitol where she met privately with house democrats just before this. >> where is thy courage. >> a rare show of protest, democrats staging a sit-in over the lack of gun control legislation. >> rise up democrats. rise up americans. this cannot stand. >> both guns and the economy likely to be very important voter issues come november. clinton also just now tweeting out her support to those democrats saying that house republicans, quote, can turn off the cameras, but they can't silence our voices. reporting live from washington, lana zak, abc 7 news. lana, donald trump is coming under fire for some of the things said about benghazi and ambassador stevens. who is from the bay area. can you tell us anything about that? >> absolutely. one of the things donald trump said on the campaign trail, he claimed that hillary clinton was

asleep in her bed when the attacks happened and ambassador stevens was murdered in bengh i benghazi. the attacks started at 3:00 in the afternoon here in washington. so there was no way that clinton was asleep when that happened. we also have e-mail records that have been released that show she was actually corresponding with others at that time. >> okay, lana. thanks a lot. lana zak reporting for us. president obama will return to the bay area tomorrow afternoon to participate in the global entrepreneurship summit at stanford. the president is expected to speak at the event on friday. we'll have full coverage of his visit on abc 7 news. it's less than 12 hours before british voters go to the polls to decide whether to leave the european union and late polls say it's too close to call. newspapers across england are blurring headlines, the vote to get out or stay in. the arguments to leave are being fueled by anti-immigrant rhetoric, while the debate to stay focuses on more trade and more jobs. president obama is urging

britain to stay the course. former house speaker dennis hastert turned himself in to begin serving his 15-month sentence. the 74-year-old is in a wheelchair, was convicted of breaking financial regulations in an attempt to cover up -- he admitted using high school wrestlers. it stems from his efforts to pay $3.5 million to one victim. federal officials say a small plane carrying two sick workers has arrived at a british station in ant arkt particular a. the first leg in a daring rescue mission in the south pole. abc news reporter takes us through the ordeal. >> a rescue plane on its way to a medical facility faces a harrowing mission. in the antarctic winter, 24-hour darkness and temperatures at minus 70 degrees. the plane making two landings in antarctica. one at the south pole to pick up a at least one patients in desperate need of medical

attention and another at the northern edge of the continent. a trip that takes a grueling 9 to 10 hours. >> rather has a bit of daylight and definitely not the extreme temperatures and stuff. getting in there will be a little easier and, of course, it's on the way home. so i don't think it will be the same level of stress as going to the pole. >> the dark is not the issue. it's about the cold and the weather. >> reporter: on the way there, two specialized turbo prop planes made the flight from the southern tip of chile, crossing the atlantic to the british research station in antarctica. then one plane flies the final leg to the south pole. >> it's not ideal to be flying in the winter in antarctica. there's a reason that we don't generally fly this time year. >> once the medical and flight crew have a chance to rest, the group will arrive in in south america where at least one patient will ceva digs al

medical attention that couldn't be provided on the remote continent. adrian bankert, abc news, new york. a massachusetts couple can thank foyer cigarette lighter for saving their lives after being stranded for 12 hours on a small ramp in the atlantic. joe and kathleen were out for a night on the water. but immediately ran into trouble. current carried them out to sea where 4 to 5-foot swells crashed around them. they had no life jackets and no cell phones. >> going to be okay. we're going to make it. don't worry. >> the waves were getting so big, we were losing sieft the shore. >> this is the raft the couple was on. better suited for river use. this is coast guard thermal imaging of them being rescued. she used her cigarette lighter to get the attention of the coast guard helicopter. the couple was in the early stages of hypothermia when they were rescued. thank goodness at least they had the lighter on them. >> definitely. you probably heard the old joke about what it takes to get

to carnegie hall. >> well, practice paid off for a bay area boy. his epic musical journey taking him all the way to new york city. michael finney. ask finney just ahead. i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just post them with the #ask finney. i'll answer your questions here live a little later. abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma. a live look from the east bay hills camera. cooler day today. but we still got hot air on the

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a 10-year-old boy is going on a musical journey of epic proportions performing at carnegie hall in new york. >> katie marzullo has the story from san ramon. ♪ >> 10-year-old connor is on his way to play at carnegie hall. ♪ it will be his fifth performance there. but his first time on the main stage. >> they would not say like he do it for his age. some dude would say, he's arthur rubenstein. >> he's a portrait of confidence, not the least bit nervous. >> it's a big stage. >> his mom, a scientist and dad, an engineer, are nervous. but also proud and excited.

they've been nurturing his gift from the beginning. >> he was 1-year-old when i notice he's listening very carefully to my piece and waiting until it finishes and he would clap for me. >> when he was like 4, 3 or 4 years old, he could play any music he would hear. >> at age 5, he composed his first piece. ♪ connor can hardly explain his love for music. >> it's like a passion when it comes in you. >> when asked what he wants to be when he grows up, it's easy. >> a pediatric surgical oncologist. >> i want to cure cancer. >> this prodigy will continue to amaze on the piano and make time for his other hobby, cars. in san ramon, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. all of us at 10 wanted to be pediatric surgeon oncologists. >> who doesn't? >> what a kid. abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here with the

accuweather forecast. >> speaking of prodigies. >> a fantastic, he's awesome. in terms of weather, really refreshing today. you like the cooler numbers. today was your day. live doppler 7hd showing you a nice quiet picture. highs tomorrow are similar to today. 67 san francisco, 76 oakland. 84 san jose. warm inland with 90 in fairfield and 91 antioch. as we look at san francisco for pride, friday, saturday and sunday starting out with a lot of fog on friday. lots of sunshine. but saturday and sunday. comfortable temperatures with a mild afternoon in the low 70s. future tracker temperatures, we'll show you what happens on monday. the numbers really begin to climb. the hot and triple digits return. the numbers jump everywhere on tuesday. boom. look at that. 80s around the bay. even some 90s. san francisco, a forecast high of 81 degrees. near 90 in oakland. low 90s in south bay. each triple digit heat in -- accuweather forecast shows you that the weekend is nice and

we'll track that heat peaking on tuesday. early next week, everybody, no matter where you live going to feel like summer. >> all right. thanks, drew, very much. >> still ahead on abc 7 news, a counterfeit crackdown. >> don't know. you don't know where it came from. it would be like putting your family in a car who had no idea where it came from. >> it's not just watches and clothes. how fake detergent is gang traction on the black market. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney as we close in on the presidential election, you're sure to see an n crease in

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a counterfeiters are making a dirty problem even more dirty. bogus detergent is the hottest new criminal trend, believe it or not. 5-gallon buckets of tide and downey are being sold at swap meets, fundraise ersz and online. customers think they're getting a deal but they're not. >> you use the counterfeit detergent, it's not that much different than just using water by itself.

we found that it had high water content. >> also, be aware, procter & gamble does not sell tide or downey in 5-gallon buckets. authorities raided a house in southern california with $10,000 in cash, a rifle and buckets and buckets of fake tide. who knew, right? time for ask finney. he's answering questions sent to him. michael, the first one from fremont. e-mailed does a contractor have to be on site for a city inspection? >> there's no rule or regulation that says they have to be there. but if the city inspector has questions or concerns or need changes, it would slow -- it would stop the entire project. so here's the question i want to ask yourself. why is my contractor ducking? that's a question. you need to think about that. >> good idea, michael. >> how could we avoid the election spam calls such as

those asking to vote for certain candidates? >> move to another country. that's about it. the politicians have written themselves out of the do not call list. they're allowed to call any time they want. there are some rules and regulations around those who are pushing a political agenda or a political party. that is, they can call from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. even if you ask to be put on the do not call list, they're allowed to make the call. >> wow. curtis h. from vallejo e-mails, when a traffic signal light is not working does the stop law apply? >> that is a great question. really, depends where you are. on the on-ramp, if the lights aren't working, it's because they're not in effect at that moment. they're generally only used during high traffic times, think morning and afternoon commutes. if the light is on, you're supposed to go on the freeway on any other nonlighted on ramp.

okay. now if you're in a town an the stoplight is off, you're supposed to treat it like a stop sign. if it's blinking yellow, if it's off completely, you're supposed to stop and treat it like a stop sign. >> if you have consumer questions, i want to hear them. i'll be at santana row in san jose this friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. to meet you. be sure to bring your questions. you can also ask your questions on social media. just post them with the #ask finney. dan, ama. thank you, mierk a.m. moving on in the well necessary report. something as simple as a free meal could influence -- >> can using the ugliest color stop people from smoking? here's jane king. >> a new study published online by jama internal medicine says a free meal served up by the pharmaceutical industry is associated with an increased rate of prescribing medication to the medicare patient. the more meals the doctors received, the greater share of the drugs they tended to prescribe relative to other

medications. some of those meals cost less than 20 bucks. participation in most youth sports has steadily declined since 2008. family incomes continues to be a deciding factor in that. the state of play study found the more money a family makes the better the access to sports. about 28% of 13 to 17-year-olds of incomes less than $25,000 play team sports. about half of that -- opaque couch is a color described as looking like death, filth and lung tar. it's considered by many to be the world's ugliest color. "the new york times" reports that health authorities in australia, the uk, france and ireland are using the color on cigarette packaging in hopes that it dissuades people from buying the product. farmers are noticing a shift in farmers markets. many people aren't there to. they're there to socialize.

they tend to be young, they say. they arrive for a bite or some booze and often don't care about the produce that's in season or the fresh ingredients. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. good news if you play the lottery. you have another chance to get mega rich. no one matched all six numbers last night in the mega millions drawing. two matched five numbers, each gets a million bucks. the jackpot jumped to $363 million for friday night's drawing. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. up next, pink saturday is back for pride weekend but with a twist. the changes to keep the controversial event going in san francisco. kristin has a look at what's coming up at 5:00. dan and ama, thanks. the fire in the sierra nevada and the new arsenal to fight it. authorities say it ignored the privacy settings on your phone. the measure signed into law that affects near

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a lot of good shows coming up tonight on abc 7. the middle followed by the goldbergs and modern family and blackish. at 10:00, it's fresh off the boat. then the real o'neill's. that's followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. join us for that. at the 11th hour, pink saturday will now take place during pride weekend. the huge street party had been canceled after no one wanted to sponsor it. but that's changed. this year's pink saturday will be quite different. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live from the market district in san francisco with more on how it changes the dynamic of pride weekend. lieian? >> reporter: for starters it will not be held in the castro. instead, it will be held here at 12th street. the organizers thought long and hard about this and decided that this was one event they could

not live without. >> we're taking the name back. absolutely. pink saturday is ours. it will always be ours. >> reporter: for nearly 25 years, the sisters of perpetual indulgence hosted one of the biggest parties in the lgbtq community. one in recent years became the biggest headache for residents and businesses in the castro. >> thousands and thousands of people as far as you can see. you can barely move. >> the last pink saturday was marred by violence. the sisters, a nonprofit organization, decided it was unmanageable and while last year, another organization held a pink party, this year there were no takers. until the sisters had a change of heart. >> i think we're going to get a really huge crowd. we feel like we're ghg to bring them to the heart of south of market. >> it will be held in this parking lot. 1 continue to.5 miles from the castro district.

businesses are relieved. >> it makes sense to scale it down and take a step back. i mean, at this bar, we want people to be safe. >> reporter: the sisters say their event will also be safe. they will charge a $10 entrance fee. part of the money will help pay for security and the rest of the proceeds will be given to the victims and families of the orlando shooting. one of the owners doesn't want this to disappear like halloween in the castro did several years ago. >> there's no need for another big party that celebrates community to disappear just because of violence. >> pink saturday runs from 3:00 to 10:00 in the evening. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. we are using our abc 7 news bay area instagram feed to celebrate lgbtq pride where you live. today we recognize the organization positive images in sonoma county which has been providing a safe place to youth

and young adults for 25 years. you can learn more at abc 7 news bay area instagram feed. that does it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. we thank you for joining us today. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now with kristen and dan. we will occupy this floor. >> an extraordinary protest going on in capitol. it's prompting the bay area delegation to bring normal business to a standstill. >> also ahead, only object abc 7 news, former oakland police chief weighs in on the scandals rocking his former department. plus, the new effort to send brock turner to prison. >> meteorologist drew tuma, some 10 degrees cooler today. do not get used to it. we've got hot weather on the way. the accuweather forecast. live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news.

>> let us vote. >> the house is not in a state of order. >> provide us with the simple dignity that every american is calling for. a vote. >> a his toirk congressional sit-in on capitol hill over gun control. no one can remember anything like this happening before. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. they are set sitting in to take a stand. it's a live look inside the house courtesy of c-span which is taking live stream from periscope. why? because the house has turned off the regular cameras. >> congressional democrats say they won't leave until speaker paul ryan allows a vote. they call it a publicity stunt in violation of the rules. >> lawmakers want to vote on legislation that would extend background checks and block people on the terror watch list and no fly list from buying guns. this, of course, comes after the deadly nightclub massacre in orlando. nearly the entire bay area

delegation is participating in the protest. >> set up with the rulers that control the house. the rules of the speaker, the rules of the republican party that -- we had enough, enough is enough. >> i'm proud to be here with each and every one of you. it's been frustrating the last few years being in the minority, feeling like not much gets done. our constituents are fed up. the victims' families are fed up. the moments of silence have been followed by moments of inaction. >> congressman mike thompson of napa is also calling for action. his office sent us these pictures of thompson talking on the house floor. you see the other lawmakers sitting around him. congresswoman barbara lee shared video from the house floor on her facebook page. she held a picture of regina jeffries, the teenager gunned down in oakland. her family