weekend. triple a is predicting 43 million americans will travel. that continues the record set in 2007. >> law enforcement is ready. and watching. talking about full enforcement for the holiday. looking for drunk drivers. the message? leave early. do not drink and drive. >> do not think it will be as crowded in the air or the airports? it is expected 11 million will travel by air. travelers will be met by increased security at major airports including k-9 units after turkey and extra officers are on patrol. lost vacation and washington, dc, and chicago and new york will be the must popular destinations in travelers this weekend. >> a big roast at the casinos in

atlantic city. jessica is tracking what is going on. >> good morning, we have been watching all morning as union members picket at the front casino in atlantic city, new jersey. you can hear them chanting, but it is hard to make out "all day all night." upset over health insurance lands and pension benefits terminated. the can send has the trump name but it is onlied by a billionaire investor. the walk out started 90 minutes ago and involves 950 union members according to our abc affiliate. four other casino have not reached deals, either, so this is a total of five casinos dealing with this. this is video from moments ago. the last strike in atlantic city

was ten years ago in 2004 and lasted 34 days. this will go on for some time. i will let you know in anything happens. >> in major strikes here. workers in three bay area cities are getting a raise, minimum rage is going up for them. in san francisco, it is increased by 75 cents to $13 an hour. it will hit $15 by 2018. sunnyvale's minimum wage is going up 70 crepts and reach $15 by 2018. in emeryville the minimum wage is raised to $13 an hour for businesses with 55 or fewer workers. if you work in a larger company it is $14.82 and the state wage is going up each january until $15 an hour by 2022. your commute is more expensive this morning if you drive the golden gate bridge you need an extra 25 cents.

this is a look at the span. pay by plate is $7.50 and fast track is $6.50 and car pool is $4.50. there will be an increase each year until 2018. >> you get paid more and we pay more for tolls and ferry rides between san francisco and oakland and alameda or vallejo define 20 and 40 cents. ferry from lark speaker to the ferry building runs 50 cent more and clipper fares are going up a converter. it will cost more to park in caltrain lot. you now have to pay to park at the belmont caltrain parking lot. it was free. until today. >> those are all the knees going up and another change on the golden gate bridge having to do with configuration of the lanes. there are four northbound lanes.

and two southbound lanes between 4 and 5:00 use through friday causing delays in southbound traffic. the lane changes now only happen between 4 and 4:30. officials say they will adjust "as need." there is a presbyterian into palo alto based tesla after a man was killed using the driverless car feature, the first known death using model s auto pilot. joshua brown was killed when a tractor trailer made a left in front of a car on a florida highway. neither the driver or the car recognizeed the right side of the traffic against a brightly lit sky. the 40-year-old was watching a video at the time of the crash. >> uber is up and running of a global outage. they crashed yesterday. we were in emeryville as users tried to get a car but no dice. a tweet from the support payment

said "services would be fully resolved and if you experience issues reach out to us." in palo alto this man used a stun gun to problem a taxi driver. officers arrested the man near venture avenue yesterday. he refused to pay a fare, pull add stun gun and shot in the direction of the driver. the driver was not hurt and lost himself inside -- locked himself in the cab. the suspect is on parole for criminal threats. >> more fall out on a police investigation. a contra costa sheriff deputy resigned and the woman at the center of the controversy tells abc7 team she had sex with ricardo perez while underaim. celeste guap provided this text that appears to back up her claim. deputy ricardo perez asked for a picture and she sent a nude selfie. celeste guap was 17. >> i want to me in the early police officers you had sex with do you blame them for not

helping you rather than having sex with you? >> they did help me. i felt safer. safer with them. >> with them. >> they help me. >> as far as protection. >> yes. >> celeste guap said she has sex with four officers while she was underage and one an oakland officer committed suicide last year after celeste guap told a superior about the relationship. >> california parents cannot use personal belief as a reason nor fought getting vaccinations for children. all the kid kids up to 7th have to be up to date on immunization. the only exception is a medical exemption. law is a violation, some say, of parental rights and many believe there is a link between vaccines and autism but experts insist there is no scientific link. >> officials are conditioned thatment temperatures could allow the wildfire bumping near forest hills to spread that has

charred 1,500 acres and only 12% contained. evacuations have expanded. sacramento air quality officials are advise residents to take proceed cautions because of the smoke that could cause health problems. >> if you wake up in san francisco or head this way temperatures are 2-3 degrees warmer. a lost low-to-mid 50s. the ferry building is 54. same in financial district. belmont. san leandro. petaluma is cooler at 51. pacifica is 50. 59 in pleasanton. walnut creek and pittsburg and tracy, low-to-upper 50s. in santa rosa the average shy 81. 53 at 6:00. by lunch we are at 81 so we are warmer-than-average. low-to-mid 80s. down to 78 by can. from the east bay hills you can see not much cloud cover compared to yesterday and the day before. custody a warmer day with our biggest cooling inland with more

on the weekend forecast. sue? >> the san mateo bridge has a stall blocking the slow lane when before the high-rise. traffic is light. it is early. hopefully it will be out quickly. it is 17 minutes from 880 to 101 green is good. we have slowing out of the central valley. we had a stalled big-rig near north flynn. we have an accident new. in the fremont area. southbound 880. off to the right shoulder. >> a mountain lion crawls into a bay area backyard with unexpected scare that sent the animal running. >> severe storms slam las vegas >> severe storms slam las vegas and the

>> los altos, antioch, petaluma, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> firefighters rescued a horse and the shores doing better. this is from alameda county firefighters. they saved the horse after fall ing 20' down a ditch in castro valley. it took six hours to pull him out. >> look at him now, the owner sent a letter to the fire chief. >> adorable.

this video is being wanted, to watch out for a mountain lion that got into a homeowner's back yesterday. the homeowner shared video. something unexpected happen that scared the animal away. >> a chore was memorable for a family on wednesday. >> my sister washed the dishes is yelled there is a mountain lion. >> michael took this cell phone video from inside. >> i was shocked. >> how glad were you to be on the other side of the glass? >> very happy. glad. >> and then it disappeared. >> hopped the fence. >> right on over to the backyard next door and they would not have known but the police knocked on their front car. >> when the officers came in i wanted them we have

capable of a blood curdling screams. >> she took the officers out >> she took the officers out back, on cue the scared everyone. they were glad i warned them. >> the mountain lion has not been seen since. in pacifica, i am melanie for abc7 news. >> what a step. we will agency that just happened. >> all right. we are tracking the story of the 94-year-old richmond woman viciously attacked in her home. her presidential coin was stolen. the white house heard her story and are sending another. they are asking the people, though, to lack out for someone trying to sell the original given to betty reid soskin to on her as the odest park rangeer.

a thief broke into her town home in the middle of the night and she was beat and robbed. >> she called a national treasure, an icon, she clearly is the most famous person in richmond so when something like this happens to her the whole community is not able to quick talking. >> she leads tours at the world war ii historical park and although she suffered black eyes and a split lip she will be back at work. >> we are thinking about betty. >> vice president biden said bernie sanders will endorse hillary clinton but bernie sanders said, well...he is technically still running but he did not answer when asked. vermont wants democrats to back his agenda items. he has said he would likely vote for hillary clinton in november. >> we have confirmed attorney general lynch will say she will follow whatever recommendation the f.b.i. makes in the hillary clinton e-mail probe.

this is after she and bill clinton most early this week at a phoenix airport. she told report weers they talk about branch and the clinton golf game. period. both republicans and democrats have called this "inappropriate." >> donald trump is culling the meeting something that you do not do from an ethical standpoint. the donald trump campaign is vetting chris christie as a possible develop candidate. chris christie was the first establishment republican to endorse donald trump after his own presidential campaign petered out. the republican national conference is only 17 daze away. >> if you thought the desert was dry look at this, scenes from nevada yesterday afternoon outside of las vegas, and you can see the trash can floating down the street. a severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding and led to three different water rescues this. a woman was sent away to a golf course where she was rescued. 4,100 lost power during the storm. the forecast in las vegas is sunny and hot and hopefully you

will not see that. >> i was just saying my cousin lives in las vegas and on way to her wedding in account hand but could not make because they were stopping all flights. they were on the tarmac four hours and had to go back to the terminal. >> i feel is bad. >> scotland, right? well: now, what happened? done stop shows the rain is moving away but there is monsoon moisture again and we will look at that forecast next. we will focus at home and you can see thin at sfo, 20 in fairfield, 13 in napa and the sea breeze is faster with minimal affect on the temperatures. san rafael is 51 degrees under mostly clear sky and sunny, and our warmest highs are moving forward and more comfort so a little bit cooler, and below average temperatures next week. we have been so far above average. low-to-mid 80s for most of the south bay and morgan hill and gilroy upper 80's and up the pent that we start at 80 and end

up in 70 in millbrae and upper 50s along the coast and the peninsula seeing the should cover and mid-to-upper 60s downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. heading up through the north bay, 78 in petaluma and san rafael and stand rose at 86 and the east bay shore richmond is 69 and everyone else low-to-mid 70s and hercules and fremont at 77 and a last 90s. my seven-day outlook shows a slow cooling for the weekend. the biggest respect is going to be in the middle part of next week when we are 10- or 15-degrees cooler than today. >> good morning, happy friday. we will take a look at the golden gate bridge, hardly anyone coming across right now. they have not set the zipper truck out there yet so you are still three and three northbound and southbound that will change to four southbound direction and two in the northbound direction shortly. green is if. we have slow traffic. out of the central valley. and on to the golden gate bridge but not sure what this is about. it is improved with a stalled big-rig on the right lane at

north palestinian and out of there now. it is improving. we still have 7th street off-ramp closed due to the clean up eastbound 80 approaching the bay bridge. >> getting a california driver's license is getting more come mythed. what you will need starting today to apply. >> first apple purchased beat music and now this is word they have their eye on another streaming service but first america's money. >> an urgent warning to owners of older honda, stop driving the car until the recall of the airbag is replaced. it applies to 2001 and 2002 accords and civics and the 2003 pilot. it covers acura from two two and 2003. >> drivers are paying his to travel this fourth of july with gas prices at 50 cents less a gallon compared to last year.

this weekend, you could see some of the highest demand for gasoline ever. competitive box office "tarzan," into the theaters but disney's "dory," will finish on disney's "dory," will finish on

the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ] hey, they'd be lucky to have you. don't be nervous mommy. you're so smart.

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be able to give you single use plastic bags. paper bags are still okay. but you have to pay for them. if you do not use reusable bags head to lucky supermarket because the first on customs are going to get a free re-usable bag. >> before you take a must be and get into the long terrible line at dmv there is a big change forgetting a license. new driver's license and i.d. card applications must provide two documents to rebound they live in california, for first time applications not renewables. it includes rental or lease barack obama, utility and cell phone bills and employment forms. >> huff pounds off the streets of fireworks, after this stockpile was found while a search warrant was served. the fireworks are worth more than $120,000. they arrested a map for felony

possession of fireworks and explosive devices. >> safe and sane fireworks are in the area, include dublin but other cities ban the use. >> safe and sane is nothing explodes, number one. and, two, nothing leaves the ground. they are only legal in dublin. you are not supposed to buy them and bring them outside of dublin. >> it is difficult when some cities sell and some do not and you expect cities not to by here and go next door and light them. >> officials say the illegal fires would are the greatest danger but the only safe fireworks are professionally staged fireworks. if you look for ideas on fourth of july we have a list of fire work and festivities on the front payment of our website at abc7news.com. >> we love it if you share photos over the holiday weekend. add #abc7now , to the photos and video when you post them online and we will feature the photos

on the air and online. >> we are still a few days out but will it be clear enough to get a good view? >> right now, i would say, yes. >> a good answer. >> i lake it. we will keep our fingers crossed. good morning, everyone, the marin county fair, you could be watching kool and the gang. >> yes. celebrating good times. 65 at look. 75 at 3:00. at the alameda county fair it will be warmer at look, 80, and 3:00 it will be 92 and 80 at 7:00. in you are going to the game, pittsburg in town to take on the a's at 54 and 68. >> we still have a stall partly politics the slow lane on the san mateo bridge but it is not causing a lot of slow traffic. hopefully you will get it out of this. we are still looking at 15 minutes from hayward to foster city. traffic map is looking good.

a little bit of slowing along the marina area of san francisco. southbound 880 at thornton the accident on the shoulder is on the c.h.p. log. we will keep it there. traffic is getting by without delay. >> are you going to kool and the ban? >> i think so. ♪ get down on it >> love it. >> finding the perfect apartment got easier. trulia has a search filter "represent near bart." it lists rentals 15 minutes of bart. 69% make being chose to work or school a top priority when looking. >> "wall street journal" is reporting apple is in talks to buy a music streaming service run by jay-z because of strong ties with madonna and other popular artists.

jay-z bought it for $56 million and has given 19 famous artists and bands and promises each millions in marketing. the talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal. >> need something to do this weekend? there is a lot of free fun at the fillmore. the annual jazz festival returns tomorrow, billed as the west coast largest free jazz festival with fin arts and crafts and for may food. each performer play as full set dedicated to a musician we lost including prince and david bowie. it starts tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. >> a report card is in on a controversial change to market street. the big difference drivers and pedestrians are seeing. >> self driving car faces new scrutiny after a deadly tesla

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you can taste it, right, it is july 1st? now to a check of weather and traffic. mike? >> good morning, everyone. no need forum bell umbrella today. at pier 15 we are waking up early. low 50s. around 60. hanging in the nearly 60 range along the coast. and 90s coming back inland. sue? >> we have a ranch closeure c.h.p. for another hour and a half with 7th street off-ramp from eastbound 80 before you get to the bay bridge because of the early accident. i would suggest taking the 4th street because that will get you into the thick of the morning commute in a couple of hours. we will check back. >> this morning, anyone who makes minimum wage in san francisco and emeryville or sunnyvale is paid more today than