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 is worried her murder

will go unsolved. we continue to follow the story and have the latest information on the situation in washington on our abc 7 news app. you can download it any time and enable push alerts for updates on your phone or device. >> in sacramento today, a group of moms and gun violence rallied outside the area to close a loophole in the background check law. californians are currently able to borrow guns from anyone they know personally without undergoing background checks. >> to think i can loan a gun to anybody i want without having a background check, without knowing anything about them, this is crazy. it's mind-boggling that something like this could happen. >> as part of the new law working through the legislature, loaning a gun to a friend or acquaintance would require a background check on the person accepting the loan. the santa clara county district toesh is going to push for a bill in sacramento making it tougher for, in his words,

the next brock turner. he's referring to the ex-stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault on an unconscious student. vic lee is live in san jose with the story tonight. vic? >> reporter: well, we are in santana row where an event called walk a mile in your shoes will begin shortly. it's sponsored by the ywca to help prevent sexual assault. d.a. rosen used a per emt torrey challenge to remove him from a sexual assault case. he didn't think the judge could be fair. now he's going to sacramento to push for tougher penalties in sexual assault convictions. >> our justice system must become better than this. >> the victims emotionally charged impact paper, many rea it. including her colleagues on the house floor. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says it started a revolution.

>> we're hoping to change hearts, to change minds and to change the law to protect the next emily doe against the next brock turner. >> brock turner, the former stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault on the victim, a student who was unconscious from drinking too much at a party. judge aaron persky sentenced turner to six months in the county jail, a sentence that angered victims advocacy groups. conviction for sexual assault on a conscious person cares a prison sentence. the d.a. will support a proposed bill that would change it. >> in this case, we would have the same consequences for sexual assault of an unconscious person, meaning mandatory prison. >> others want judge persky removed from the bench. a group sent a million signatures to the state commission on judicial performance. still others, are going to the ballot to recall the judge. >> i don't think the answer is

to change the law. i think the answer is to change this judge. >> this petition signed by santa clara county public defenders supports the judge saying removing him for a controversial sentence destroys judicial independence. deputy public defender gary woodman does not support the bill. >> the statutes already in place for these type of crimes have been vetted in a slow and careful matter. this is not. >> there will be hearings on the bill next week in sacramento. >> vic lee, abc 7 news. there may be more victims of a former gilroy teacher accused of tricking underage boys into sending him nude photos. prosecutors said high school science teacher doug lsu lay posed as a woman contacted hundreds of boys and asked for explicit photos. he was arrested in april on suspicion of child enticement. today attorney gloria allred said there are new victims. coming up at 6:00, find out why allred blames the school

district. we are hearing tonight from a former chief of the oakland police department on the massive scandal rocking that department. plus, there are new questions about comments made by the man temporarily heading the department. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at oakland city hall with the information. >> reporter: hi dan. the oakland police department has gone through a half dozen chiefs in as many years dating back to howard johnson. we talked with jordan who told us he hopes the actions of a few don't undermine the good work of the men and women he worked with for two decades. >> i'm deeply embarrassed and ashamed. >> former chief, howard jordan hasn't been the head of the oakland police department for three years. but still, he says the current scandals have rocked him to the core. >> it's very unsettling, it's very embarrassing to say the least for the people that still there, even the ones that are retired, like myself to have to explain the actions of a few. >> so far, five oakland officers

have been placed on leave. two resigned amid allegations of sex with an underage pros toout. racist texts and other illegal beha behavior on the part of officers. david downing has suggested water cannons could be used on protesters. a comment that was taken out of context and not racially motivated says libby schaaf. >> civil rights attorney john burris doesn't think the focus should be on downing. >> i'm much more concerned about who the next chief is going to be. i want a reform minded chief and a new command staff. >> downing said in a press release, quote, i did not intend to suggest that such a method would be appropriate in oakland or any other community as a legitimate crowd control method. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. the san francisco police commission is set to vote on new rules for when and how officers can use force.

calls came for an overhaul of the department's policy following the fatal police shooting of mario woods last december. the shooting was caught on cell phone video. officers shot the 26-year-old after they say he lunged at them with a knife. the video raises questions about what happened. they will choose between two versions of a new policy drafted by the police department. both put 'em emphasis on trying to de-escalate situations before resorting to force. how an inmate was mistakenly set free last night. eric thomas explains more about how this case of mistaken identity could happen. >> reporter: we're live outside the sheriff's department right now. 45-year-old michael willis had six hours of freedom before being recaptured by police. his release comes from a case of mistaken identity. he was one of two michael willis' held in the jay. one appeared in court yesterday and a judge ordered his release.

but it was the other one who was actually let go. the sheriff's department says they were similar descriptions. one was born in august of 1971, the other worn in juno owe born in june of 1971. >> it's human error. did somebody make a mistake, not follow the procedures in place before we release people or is there something with that procedure that needs to be improved? >> reporter: san francisco police arrested michael willis, the one supposed to be locked up, near taylor and ellis streets at about 10:15 this morning and returned him to jail. he had been wanted on charges of theft, peddling without a license and also on a felony warrant of failure to appear in court. he is once again back in jail. >>er thomas. -- eric thomas, reporting.

thanks. things are about to heat up. drew tuma will have temperatures where you live. conserving less water. what sounds like a relief is taking an emotional toll on some people. the fire risk in the sierra nevada and the arsenal to help. the privacy concerns and settings on your phone. the measure signed into law that affects nearly every product we

although california is still in a drought, the bay area's largest city is easing some water restrictions placed on homes and businesses last year. reporter chris nguyen is live in san jose with the story tonight. chris? >> reporter: hi dan. these changes are temporary and

are set to start next month. but in terms of water use, city officials tell us they aren't too worried about residents going back to their old ways. in san jose's willow glen neighborhood, christine nor done looks on as her front yard gets a makeover. >> i think it looks darn good. it's really going to be nice and easy to take care of. >> reporter: because of the drought, she's one of many making the switch to artificial turf. he's helping with the installation. >> by reducing the amount of water on your lawn, you can use that water you're saving to keep your plants and your teresa live. >> reporter: but starting july 1st, san jose will have new water conservation rules due to a revised water conser vision target of 20%. the city's water supply has improved over the past year mainly because of a 27% reduction by residents and businesses. >> we're going to continue to conserve water, but because of the really good work that our residents have done and

businesses, we're able to relax it a little bit. >> reporter: based on recommendations of city staff, council members voted to increase the allowable days for outdoor watering with a sprinkler system from two to three days per week, while some neighbors welcome the change, others are unsure. >> i feel torn about watering our yard more. >> this willow glen resident hopes that neighbors don't go overboard with water use. >> we have eliminated part of the lawn in our backyard. we have installed plants because they require less water. >> officials will set new statewide water restrictions or mandates by january 2017. >> it's going to be a continuing ongoing lifestyle. not just a thing for this summer, it's going to be one for the rest of our lives. >> in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. the dry conditions were apparent in livermore today as a grassfire quickly burned two acres. viewer brian huck tweeted this picture to abc 7 news. it shows flames near north

livermore avenue and an enormous cloud of smoke billowing into the sky. it started at 12:30 today. firefighters had it under control in one hour. >> they're still trying to mop up flare ups. it's used for cattle. none were hurt by the fire. >> when you see news where you live, take a photo or video and share it with us using ash abc 7 now. we'll show it on air or at abc 7 news.com. the hot weather is raising concerns at parks. alum park where these pictures were taken, no open flames or barbecues are permitted. that restriction will be in effect at least through tomorrow. the heat is killing trees in the sierra nevada forests. the u.s. forest service reports an estimated 66 million trees have died since 2010. 26 million between last october and this month alone. the causes range from drought, warmer temperatures and a beetle epidemic. large areas of dead trees make

wildfires more destructive. they bought $6 million worth of chippers, sawmills and incinerators to help firefighters remove some of the dead trees. being blamed for manage willing a chp motorcycle. chp napa tweeted this photo today showing what's left behind. the officer was investigating a traffic accident nearby when someone dozed off behind the wheel and slammed into the parked motorcycle. the officer was not hurt. san francisco police busted about 2 dozen drivers in a traffic sting. in north beach, officers were on the lookout for drivers who did not yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. pedestrians have the right-of-way in the marked areas from curb to curb. there were eight officers part of the sting. each handed out three, maybe four citations. american canyon teenager is slowly recovering from being bitten by an extremely dangerous snake. 15-year-old audrey benson was in

belize when she was saah attacked by the ultimate pit viper. it's untreated bite can be fatal. doctors in florida call the recovery very uneven. she still has trouble swallowing and walking. they plan to give her a stimulant tomorrow to make her more alert and awake. president obama signed the first major overhaul of toxic chemical rules into law today. the president wrote his name on bill surrounded by a group of sponsors including san francisco representative nancy pelosi. the legislation requires the environmental protection agency to okay new chemicals before they enter the marketplace. they agreed the previous law was too weak and needed to be overhauled. a mobile advertising company agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle charges that it was illegally tracking customers' geographic locations. >> even children's locations. michael finney is here with the story that parents could find alarming. >> this is a big no-no

especially coming to kids. in singapore, it was deceptively tracking millions of mobile app users, including children. companies used location data for targeting advertisers. they falsely claimed users agreed to the tracking apps intended for children also revealed location. that violates federal laws protecting online privacy. they have agreed to delete the data it has collected. air bnb is meeting civil rights groups to find ways to contact discrimination. we've told you about this before. the short term rental company received bias by some hosts. customers reported that some hosts are declining to rent to african-americans. transgendered people and other minority groups. air bnb says it's committed to ending discrimination. it made ban hosts who are screening out guests based on their race or sexual

orientation. south korean automaker kia has joined a very exclusive club today. it has won top honors for reliability. jd power and associates gave the kia brand first place in new car reliability. kia owners reported the fewest problems within the first 90 days of ownership. kia owners reported 83 problems for every 100 cars sold. the industry average was 105 programs. it's the first time in 27 years that a nonluxury brand has won the top honor. i'll be at santana row from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on friday to meet you and hear your consumer questions. so bring them along. you can also ask the questions on social media. just post them with a #ask finney. dan, kristen? >> thanks, michael. lot of people come out to ask questions of michael on friday. let's turn our attention to the steamy weather forecast.

yes. we have to ask drew the question, oh, how much will p we -- >> temporary relief dan and kristen through tomorrow. into the weekend, we warm up. it's really early next week that intense heat will set up shop over the bay area. we'll show you right now. it's a really nice afternoon and early evening. currently a few coastal clouds. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine and the big story today, we're cooler. 14 degrees cooler in concord. 11 in san jose. 6 in san francisco. and 10 in napa. a nice sea breeze kicks in strong enough to move inland. but still rather warm in brentwood, even with the cooler air at 94 there. 83 in fairfield, comfortable in concord in terms of that earlier heat we had yesterday. 83 right now. 73 san jose. 64 oakland. san francisco cool at 59 degrees. take a look outside. the picture from the mt. tam cam, the pictures to the right of the screen, elsewhere you

notice we have sunshine. we'll have the coastal clouds hang on overnight. that's an indication that the on shore sea breeze is wet. the weekend, we see that warmup and we turn hot next week. overnight tonight, the clouds along the coast, elsewhere, plenty of -- concord, 51. 52 san francisco and santa rosa dropping to about 50 degrees. future weather, hour by hour we go. we have the coastal clouds first thing at 8:00. what i am noticing, it's not as thick of a marine layer as we had today. they will evaporate rather quickly. by 1:00, mainly sunny skies from the coast to the bay. for the thursday highs, 84 san jose, 83 cupertino. 78 in redwood city. 80 mountain view. downtown sfran, 67 degrees. 62 in daly city. 87 napa. oakland tomorrow up to 76. 78 in the afternoon for union city. castro valley, 77 for a high.

90 pitsburg. it's warm, not hot. 86 san ramon. 88 for concord. your pride planner. there will be a fair amount of fog along the coast of san francisco. dominating the forecast both saturday and sunday and temperatures topping out in the lower 70s. the warmer -- future tracker, monday, coast still cool. but there's a lot of 80s in the bay and triple digits making a return. watch what happens on tuesday. we're going to lose that sea breeze and those numbers jump even along the coast. san francisco, a forecasted high at 81 degrees near 90 in oakland. lower 90s in san jose. those triple digits in fairfield and antioch and upper 80s to lower 90s in the north bay. the accuweather seven-day forecast, light breeze on friday. we have sunshine on saturday and sunday with the warming trend and it looks like, dan and kristen, that monday, it looks

like it peaks on tuesday and will slowly decline in that heat. tuesday, no matter where you live, the coast or bay or inland, looks like you'll feel that warm weather. >> drew, thanks a lot. better safe than sorry. proof that mark zuckerberg is just as paranoid as the rest of us. that's next. at 5:30 on world news with david muir. >> also next -- >> new at 6:00, meet the local man headed to the world championship of arm wrestling and learn his secret to winning. that's at

we now know mark zuckerberg, when -- the facebook founder posted this picture celebrating instagram reaching 500 million monthly users. but twitter user, chris olson noticed something else. a closer inspection of the background shows tape is used to cover the webcam and mike on

his -- they can take control of laptops or images or sound and the tape prevents that. >> the first ever clear photo of a planet 11 quadrillion kilometers away. that's the equivalent of 1200 light years. a skon mers had to use three telescopes to get that picture. dunkin' donuts opened in walnut creek today. it was a hit if you were willing to wait. in less than three hours, the store sold over 5200 doughnuts. a viewer sent this photo taken at 11 clom. customers waited for an hour to get a cup of coffee. disney world blog tweeted out, people will are waiting up to five hours to get on the new frozen ever after ride. just opened yesterday. so frozen fans are excited to experience it. disney, of course, is the parent company of abc 7.

they do not greet you personally after waiting that long. coming up, hard at work. >> days before san francisco's gay pride parade, a behind-the-scenes look at some of the floats that will take center stage. that's next when abc 7 news at 5:00 continues. stay with us.

coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 tonight, local firefighters are in los angeles county right now battling some of the biggest fires in the state. see what the drain is doing to their trucks at 6:00. the national cannabis industry wrapped up the conference in oakland today. find out how much california's pot industry could change in just a few months. tonight, learn how a local company is helping you fight pollution and breathe cleaner air. it's coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. thanks, ama, see you then. the pride parade is this sunday. that means it's crunch time for those making the colorful floats. a lot to do. abc 7 news was at pier 45 as workers put the finishing touches on 29 floats that are being built for companies like facebook, chase, bloomingdale's and uber. >> the clock on the wall reminds workers there are three days left until parade day. >> got a crew of about 20 people running around glittering, sawing, cutting, installing,

stapling, gluing, all of the stuff that goes into pulling these all together. >> the floats are as colorful as ever. some companies added signs or messages of support following the orlando shooting. this year's theme is economic and social justice. it's all fun and games until somebody gets stuck in the giant barney head. >> that's what happened to this teenager. darby reisner put on the dinosaur head to scare her friends. >> you know what, she was probably the one scared. the joke was on her when her head was stung. her friends tried to help pull off the barney head with no success. >> finally, they drove her to a fire station where firefighters cut her out of it. darby says she was embarrassed but can now laugh about it. cute little mishap. >> firefighters knew what to do. >> thankfully, they're there for her. world news tonight with dived muir is coming up. i'm dan ashley, for all of us here, we appreciate your time. our next newscast at 6:00.

remember, you can connect 24/7 at abc 7 news.com. at this hour, millions now bracing for major storms. from the midwest to the east, tornadoes tearing through neighborhoods, rooftops ripped away already. time lapse video showing this super-cell. flash floods rushing into the subway. and now, tonight, 67 million at risk from minneapolis to the east coast. and the wildfires this evening. our team right there on the front lines amid fears heavy winds will whip up the fires again. also breaking, the dramatic and very rare sit-in on capitol hill at this hour. a civil rights icon leading lawmakers, demanding action on guns. several hours in and counting. donald trump takes aim. >> she's a world class liar. >> and after our one-on-one with donald trump, who weighed in on hillary clinton's faith and religion, what clinton has to say about that tonight.