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clouds will be back to the coast by noon and 60 and 80. what happened to summer? definitely not going to feel like it today but the sunshine will still be strong.
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by 7:00, clouds start to roll in. i'll take a look at what's going to happen at 9:30 coming up. >> thank you, mike. now we're going to get a look at your traffic this morning. you can see mass transit, all trains and buses, no delays for bart, no delays for caltrains, no delays for buses. but check the schedule, it could be on a holiday schedule. >> breaking overnight, fire crews have put out a grass fire that burned two takers in contra costa county around 12:20 this morning. firefighters were able to put it out. they tell us two fires actually merged into one making it a total of two acres. nobody got hurt and that cause of the fire still under investigation. >> illegal fireworks have become a imagine problem in many bay area cities, including san jose. today the san jose police department will be looking for people breaking the law.
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abc 7 news report jessica castro is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. the crackdown is really aimed at your wallet and here at san jose the fines are more expensive than ever. they're really encouraging people to come to organized events, likes the one out here at the lake tonight. those fines are up to $1,000. abc 7 news crews captured plenty of illegal fireworks show throughout this weekend. some cities have threatened to cancel their official fireworks shows in years to come. since the holiday is today, even fireworks labeled safe and legal are banned. >> a saw a 3-year-old child that took a bottle rocket to her chest and it penetrated all the
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way to her chest. even the safe and sane fireworks, which really aren't safe. >> police and firefighters posting reminders to folks over the weekend. plus for the first time ever here in san jose, you can report neighbors online through the fire department's web site and officials hoping you come out to officials hoping you come out to organized events like here d at -- d >> in new york the coast guard is on higher alert against any homeland security issues. >> the patterns of patrols have
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not changed. we just have extra presence out on the water to prevent any emergencies from happening. >> newly graduated police >> newly graduated police officers are patrols. >> a new app will allow you no matter where you are in the city to hear the music in singe with the show. you see the app right there. it called pyro spectaculars. it's free to download on the app store and google play. they expect about 200,000 folks to catch the fireworks show tonight, which starts around 9:30. >> and if you are looking for fourth of july events where you live, we can help you out. just head to our web site, abcnews7.com. >> and a vigil is planned
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tomorrow for a uc berkeley student killed in a terror student killed in a terror attack in bangladesh. a missionary lived two blocks away from the cafe. the man did not want to be identified but he did tell us his son was friends with one of the victims. >> he was granted freedom by the terrorists but would not take it because he wanted to protect several young ladies that were there, and they killed him along with the other young ladies that he was there to protect. >> uc berkeley >> uc berkeley tarrishi
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>> you remember the horrific al gator attack at disney world gator attack at disney world that left one toddler dead.
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the fourth of july plans will go on in pleasant hills, a crews worked to repair a sinkhole. the broken main flooded nearby businesses. >> in danville it's cloudy right now because the marine layer is a little thicker than it was yesterday. by the time the parade ends at by the time the parade ends at noon, you see temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. sailing will be a little breezy. we have a small craft advisory north of the bay
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isn't that beautiful this morning? each and every day of my three-day forecast, it gets a a little bit cooler. i'll see how much cooler it's going to get. >> crossing our fingers, mike. traffic is smooth sailing, whether you're going to mass transit. the trains and buses have no delays today. and let's look at the traffic on the road. whoa! this is the bay bridge camera and i never see this. i can count the cars, one, two, three, four, five cars on the road. >> yesterday gamblers in droves crossed the pickett line at the trump taj mahal.
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striking union members will be out there walking in protest after negotiations broke down. donald trump opened the casino donald trump opened the casino in 1990 but no longer owns it. carl icahn does. >> justin trudeau in the reform but this is the first time as prime minister. check out his moves. as you can see there, there is a group marching that carried signs of the names of each of the 49 killed in orlando. >> kim kardashian, hillary clinton and stuff curry all have something in common. the new way they are trying to hook young voters. >> plus did he or didn't he? >> plus did he or didn't he? the
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walnut creek, burlinggame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> the fire department is now saying they have e-mails that show the father of the toddler killed in this attack told disney officials that two alligator were involved. matt graves said a second gator attacked him as he tried to
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reach his 2-year-old son as the boy was pulled into the water. officials say they are confident that they caught the gator that killed the boy. >> a prince man made a generous donation to a san francisco's foundation. they received an anonymous $34 million donation last summer. other organizations in the bay area have revealed charitable donations from prince. 34 million will be used to help new jobs. >> 25 people taken to hospitals, several were arrested in alcohol-related incidents. police cited 36 people for underage drinking before chess any took the stage. the child also left behind a lot the child also left behind a lot of garbage at behind's
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check out this video as it happened. this is near as you ten. witnesss reportingler see the propeller making a sputtering sound, getting closer and closer to the water. once the plane hit the ware, we were upside down trying to get these, like, harnesses off. >> one passenger had minor injuries. the plane will remain in the the plane will remain in the water until a lot of ready to hook up and -- you can see behind me a lot of cloud cover. a few breaks as the marine layer has jumped up to about p around 2,000 feet.
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let look at the deflategate. let look at the deflategate. that exemplifies summer will be on so let's get to that in just a second. more mist and drizzle along the coast. let's start with temperatures down the south bay. 78 to about 84, most of around 80 degrees. a lot of low to mid 70s on the peninsula. we'll have mainly cloudy conditions along the coast and upper 50s today. watch out for that dangerous turf. low to mid 70 through your valleys thanks to that southerly breeze. mid 60s to mid 70s, oakland about 68 and inland we'll have about 68 and inland we'll have 78 in san ram
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the golden gate all the way down to possibly the san mateo bridge and all the way far north as the richmond san raphael bridge. napa and redwood city could be a little warmer. if you're around san francisco or berkeley, mid 50s with those fireworks. as we drop down into the upper 40s to mid 50s, even cooler tonight. here's my accuweather forecast. it shouldn't doesn't look like summer, except for today. enjoy the fireworks and be safe. >> thanks, mike. let's get a look at the traffic
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this morning. interstate 680 and southbound bollinger canyon. slow down because it looks like traffic is still moving well in all directions. here's a look now from our bay bridge toll plaza. you can see track is moving smoothly this morning. maybe you left a little early this morning, you're going to get there early to work because traffic is not going to be an issue on this fourth of july holiday. >> move over kim kardashian and steph curry because hillary clinton is now the latest famous person with her very own emoji. >> that's right. if you share her or even if you don't, you can, clinton sporting a t-shirt that reads "the future is female." another one shows clinton giving a thumbs up. the goal is to get young people
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trapped in a boat. no word on their condition. >> investigators want to know who started fires. about ten acres burned alon vasco road. >> a 9-year-old girl in the los angeles area has lost her left hand and several thingers on her hand and several thingers on her right-hand right-hand. >> the parade in danville gets
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keefe. >> hopefully you have the day off watching hot dog eating contests. >> no, anything but that, please. >> i was just about to do my joey chestnut impersonation. i guess i'll spare you that. good morning. from the top of the abc news 7 broadcast center, you can see we're off to a great start. the coaster you get to the close, the you can see that we're going to deal with temperatures in the 50s through about the 7:00 hour, maybe a 0 here and thereon near and 74 to 8, temperatures well below average. it ought to be pretty comfortable if not a little bit cool for your holiday festivities. >> and we are taking a look here at -- here we go.
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near danville it looks look, 6830 had you so 6830 had you so live look at our san hopefully all owl >> reporter: hi, reggie. you can see the damage left behind from this fire. firefighters did manage to keep it from spreading up those hills. they kept it to two acres. they kept it to two acres. here's video of the unincorporated costa county
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movement near med myself other one happened. they do think that fireworks could be to blame for this one. people were saying some feerks were being shot off nearby. one acre burned, as did cars and some materials in a co yard. one advantage that firefighters had overnight was it was cool and most. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> fairfax families out of their home this fourth of july weekend. their home was severely damaged by a two-alarm family. crews from several communities raced to the scene and battled
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the flames on ridgeway avenue. >> it took a considerable amount of resources to bring this fire under control. >> and nobody was hurt. investigators are working to find what sparked the fire. find what sparked the fire. >> abc 7 freedman. when you see news where you live, take a photo, use 7now and we may show it on air or on. >> two blackhawk and two chinook copters were identified yesterday. the fire in kern county is nearly contained. the curry fire is >> and dozens of fourth of july events including parades and
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events including parades and fireworks are take >> police say if illegal fireworks continue to be used, the city may consider cancelling future public displays. >> and speaking of public displays, this is what it looked like over the weekend in san francisco as folks were getting ready to put together all the launch sites for the fireworks tonight. they have three barges. tonight's pyrotechnics will use computers to fire shells into the air and sync it up with music. >> it's about 5,000 effects per >> it's about 5,000 effects per location and a total of about 3 this year a crazy showing about
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the weather. fireworks are going to be launched from peer 39 and akwaut being park, if you're looking for that great spot to see both. >> all right. bart will run longer trains to get people to and from the fourth of july racing. it are if you're it are if you're four four. police in new york believe a home made firework seriously injured an 18-year-old man in central park. he had just climbed on a large he had just climbed on a large rock yesterday when he
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it divot where there was an explosion? >> at this time we have no evidence this was related to terrorism. there are no specific, credible threats directed at new york. >> it may not have gone off at >> it may not have gone off at an earlier time and was night the plos ripped threw a business the mark. >> isis has claimed responsibility. responsibility. it a militant group's third pr. >> hillary clinton will be joined by president obama in north carolina as the presumptive nominee tries to shake off her e-mail controversy. over the weekend clinton met with the fbi for three and a half hours the agency is finishing up its
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investigation into whether clinton committed a crime by using a private server for her e-mails while serving as e-mails while serving as rivers, that he was trying to intluns both clnd and admit it was nothing was inappropriate. >> they say they won't do it again. iowa governor joanie ernst, new jersey governor chris christie and former speaker of the house newt gingrich is said to be on the short list. the republican national convention begins in two weeks.
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>> in oakland, two men were gunned done near international boulevard just after 9 clack saturd -- 9:00 saturday. one died at the scene, another at the hospital. those murder followed another shooting just hours early at mccar thur and mid veil mccar thur and mid veil >> san into his mom's house in north san jose near piedmont high school. school. he said his two news got warriors fan, could kevin durant be the newest warrior?
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be the newest warrior? the super far with durant over the phone on the weekend to share reasons he believes golden state would be the best fit for him. that includes playing alongside the all-star trio of steph curry, trey thompson and draymond green. >> let talk about what's going to happen today. a lot of activities out there. we're wrapping up the 75th marin county fair. if you're going to be around at 9:30, dress for a temperature in the low 60s. now, we're going to wrap up also the almeida county fair. the almeida county fair. we'll be in the mid 60s at
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once again the next three days get just a little bit cooler in most nakeds. we're going to be wondering where summer is. especially when you look at my forecast coming up next. if you're traveling today, watch out for tase at 100, cloudy at out for tase at 100, cloudy at 62, 74 pap what is happening traffic wise around the bay area. prm and the same goes there. just make sure if you are riding mass transit today you kek the schedules and feed the meters in san francisco. those meters are still on. >> construction is set to start tomorrow at masonic
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pell street will undergo construction. city planners hope the changes will slow traffic. >> up next, the mayor and police chief apologizing after falsely accusing a muslim of supporting isis. after the break, what caused officers to pin down and handcuff a man at an ohio hotel. >> also, arts and crafts and sexy volunteers? sexy volunteers? zfr zfr. >> coming up, we're keeping a close eye on holiday clouds across the country. new york city already getting a scare from an explosion in central park, though officials central park, though officials are sa
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central park, though officials are sa
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illegal fireworks have become a major problem in many bay area cities. today the san jose police department will be looking for people breaking the law. people breaking the law. jessica castro is live at
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almaiden lake. >> reporter: authorities will be out in full force today and tonight. they took to social media over the weekend reminding folks that they are watching. in fact, the fines are more expensive in san jose than ever before. fines range from $500 to $1,000. >> remember, all fireworks in san jose are illegal, even the ones that are labeled safe and sane and are still illegal in most of the county, including all of san jose. >> if you see anything, grab your phone or hop on your computer. for the first time you can report illegal firework activity online on the police department's official web site. officials told me while they were setting up throughout the night, they did hear a lot of illegal fireworks in the near
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neighborhood. officials are reminding you to come out to an event like the one being held here and be safe. >> add the look for your photos. >> starbucks is raising its prices this first week of july. you can expect to pay around 30 cents more. last friday a computer alerted the coming rate hike. >> in this morning's money report, jane king reveals america's most patriotic brands.
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>> reporter: today is independence day and brand keys is out with its list of consumers considered to be the most patriotic. most patriotic. disney and jeep, followed by levi strauss. companies described like disney demonstrate courage, freedom of speech, liberty and a set of values he says many brands like the jeep do a good job of positioning itself as showing the values people admired. he noted just wrapping your brand in the american flag just doesn't cut it anymore. election years on holidays like independence day gives marketers opportunities to help citizens celebrate and brandsily
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>> ages 16 to 65 were asked to identify which companies most resonated when it came to patriotism. 98% thought disney and jeep fit the bill. from the nasdaq market site in times square, i'm jane king with your independence business report. >> what did you say? >> ralph lauren. and that wasn't in her list and nike made it. let's go to mike nicco up on the roof on this independence day. how does it look? >> it looks clear but it's not as damp along the golden gate bridge. there's a few slick spots there. heading into the east bay valley, continuing the cooling trend. those cool breezes will keeps all below average. more clouds and drizzle are
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going to develop tonight. it just exactly when will they get to your neighborhood? 22 degrees in fairfield. you know you've got a pretty stout sea breeze. the southwest wind about 20 to 30 miles per hour. if you're going remember this time last year we were up in the low to mid 750s. a company little mainly cloudy along the coast today. a little more sunshine downtown south. low to mid 60s for you. san raphael 69 until u get san raphael 69 until u get around clover 70s in the valley, everyone else
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in the low to mid 80s. tonight 50s along the coast in tonight 50s along the coast in san francisco, low to mid elsewhere and the south bay and inland east bay should be cloud-free for your fireworks watching. here's my aku weather seven-day forecast. more cloud cover during the overnight hours, barely 80 in inland, barely 70 around the bay and upper 50s at the coast. summer is definitely gone for a while. >> thanks, mike. weep get a look at the roads this morning. not a lot of traffic out there. we do have an accident around 680 southbound. you got lane four and five in dublin that are closed this morning. so there is debris in lane four. you just want to make sure that you slow down in that area, though it doesn't look like traffic is being impacted too much out there this morning. >> and a live look now at our
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bay bridge. beautiful shot this morning, you see all those low clouds out there, foggy situation in many parts but at least the traffic is running smoothly on this holiday. >> a muslim man in ohio has received an apology from both the mayor and chief of police over a profiling incident. this body cam video of police knocking ahmad down and handcuffing him. this happened last week when a hotel clerk called police because she heard ahmad pledge allegiance to isis. the mayor personally apologized sort of. >> from a police standpoint, we can always look at the situation and learn from that. as the call came in when you look at what the person was saying that the sheik had made allegiance to isis, when i was found to be unfounded, that changes the aspect of the call. >> the chief of police says he stands by his officers but will review the department's policies.
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>> some parents are kind of mad after finding out their kid went to a cub scout camp sponsored by hooters. one mom found her 7-year-old son surrounded by women wearing hooters, advisers and shirts and she found her son's the hooters facebook page. >> we love the scouts. we think they made have a very poor choice. what i would like would be some accountability. >> the boy scouts of america said the chain approached them about volunteering with the could you tell us and they mistakenly wore the wrong attire. at first they took the pho down and when i looked again, they were all back up then they were all back up then saying that the photos were
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it's 6:54. whether you're just joining us or heading out the door, seven things to know. a two-acre fire in county is under control. no one was hurt.
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>> and in brentwood, this fire burned cars and materials from a roofing company. no injuries in the fire. >> and most of the fires will be starting 50s and 60s is how you should dress. look at the cloud cover from richmond san be safe and have fun. >> traffic is really light this morning. heads up, there was an accident on 680 and bollinger road. >> uniformed and undercover officers are monitoring train and bus stations. the three latest attacks credited to isis, turkey, bangladesh and baghdad have sparked concern across the globe. >> representative jackie spear will hold a gun control sit-in in redwood city following a
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sit-in in congress last month. >> number seven, no pressure but tonight nasa will take its one and only shot of getting its juneau probe into orbit over jupiter. the probe is going to fire its main engine at 8:18 p.m. our time. >> an abc 7 news continues online, on twitter, facebook auld your mobil devices. >> we hope you have a a great fourth of july. watch out for that competitive eating.
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♪ they go ooh ooh. ♪ hey! ♪ they go oh-ooh-ooooh. ♪ sitting, watching, waiting, wishing. ♪ ♪ i tell you one thing, you never knew it. ♪ ♪ at the back of the bus ♪ there is so much to give, so dream big. ♪ ♪ yeah. ♪ and when they screaming get out, get out. ♪ ♪ all i wanna hear is get down, get down... ♪ get full on summer at target. get a $10 target giftcard when you spend
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$50 on groceries. through july fourth. restrictions apply. details at target.com.
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the disneyland resort diamond celebration. it's been 60 years in the making. don't miss your chance to see it all dazzle. come celebrate new beginnings like hyperspace mountain... and premiering this summer, frozen, a musical spectacular... plus an all new soarin'.
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so come to the place where summer dazzles. good morning, america. central park blast. an 18-year-old severely injured after stepping on an explosive device. >> i don't know what happened. there was a small explosion. >> then dust. >> and then dust. >> the bomb squad on the scene. an investigation under way. the country on edge as security ramps up for the fourth of july. weather washout. flash floods and severe storms slam the midwest. a twister tearing through oklahoma. and now severe weather moving east as millions prepare to travel. state of emergency. toxic algae spreading through florida. people warned not to go swimming. they're wearing masks to avoid the poisonous stench. now, fourth of july celebrations are canceled and there are new concerns about how long this will last.

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