says riders are supposed to cross their arms and wlegz riding down and the boys legs are apart. the rided is now closed for reevaluation. we'll have much po more on this story in a live report at 6:00. thanks for joining us i'm eric thom pass. to our other top story, hundreds

are flocking to see a dead whale in the north bay. somebody discovered the 80-foot blue whale on a beach yesterday morning and this afternoon we're learning more about what may have led to its death. abc 7 news report cornell bernard is live with our story tonight. cornell. >> reporter: eric, the whale is about a quarter mile from where we are standing on this cliff. mammal experts believe of that she was likely struck by a ship and for now this weekend she's attracting quite a crowd. >> i find it shocking. i've never seen it, chunks. i think it's just a shame. >> fern simcof was overcome with emotion at the sign of this glient 80-foot blue whale cashing cuss which washed up on ago get biech. hundreds of onlookers are snapping pictures of the female whale. >> it's pretty impressive, you know. it's pretty amazing it's the largest living thing that's ever existed on the earth. >> the smell is intense and

overwhelming for some who had to cover their noses. >> by the time i got within about 50 yards of it i was ready to throw up. >> sky 7 was overhead. after she washed ashore on friday morning. >> she's the largest whale i've ever seen. >> this woman from the mammal center helped perform a knee crop sky on the whale she said it's likely she was struck by a passion ship. >> with the jurds and trauma along the west left side, it's hard to break whale bones so i would definitely say boetd. >> blue whales are endangered. during whale migration periods between summer and fall ships entering san francisco bay are asked to slow their speed. >> slowing down when they come in and out of san francisco bay is an important aspect of trying not to have collisions. >> yeah, it's really sad. it's really sad that they're endangered and a lot of people are killing these or their just dying naturally.

it's really sad. >> for now, a rare sieft this amizing giant whale. >> magnificent creature. >> back with the ship entering san francisco bay. an institute had tracked her migration from alaska to mexico for the past 18 years. she can't be towed back out to sea because of an offshore reef, it will be now up to the tides to take her back into the ocean. we're live in bah lien nus today, cornell bernard. >> all right. thank you very much. we're following breaking news out of fresno county, the mother of uber's ceo travis ka nick has died in a boating accident. bonnie and her husband dont donald were both big boaters. they say their boat struck a rock and both were injured. by the time rescue workers got there she had passed away. this was a pick tooug ture of travis with his parents earlier this month at the kentucky

derby. and this after noont music world is mourning the death of rock legend gregg allman. ♪ and i'm bound to keep on riding ♪ >> a public cyst today confirmed the cofounder of the aulman brothers ban passed away in savannah, georgia. he was known for "midnight rider" and he lived in the north bay for much of the '90s. had he to cancel tour dates for health reasons the past two years. he was 69 years of age. an 18-year-old east bay boy is being called a hero for helping to rescue his younger brother from their home. they posted this picture of last night's fire on cherry way. officials say 18-year-old patel low jumped from a second-story window. he then tried to get his 13-year-old brother who's on the autism spectrum out of a second-story room. a neighbor said she grabbed a chair from the house but it

wouldn't reach the window. they found another labor e neighbor who had a ladder. >> just ran into action grabbed the ladder, ran across the street and they finally got up to the window and drug the brother out to the second story, got him on the ground. his brother was so brave, he would not leave. he would not let his brother out of his sooitd sight. >> the 13-year-old suffered smoke inhalation and is recovering at children's hospital. the boys's parents were not home at the time. today ffrz in fremont were watching for hot spots after a big fire at a store rage facility. it started around 8:30 last night at fremont mini storage on fee front boulevard. 18 units suffered major damage from the flames and several others had smoke damage. one customer we talked to said a manager told him his unit had to be cut open to see if there was any fire inside. he was told there was only minor smoke damage. in san francisco, several blocks of hayes valley were closed off for most of the afternoon after a driving tried to run over a police officer. it happened just before 10:0on

lagoon april street. police say a plainclothes officer tried to stop the driver who then tried to hit the officer and ended up crashing. the driver then ran off. police locked down the area until they could find and arrest the suspect. no officers were injured. president trump is headed back to the u.s. tonight as his administration deals with a growing amount of scandals. abc news reporter karen trav vers has our story from the president's last stop. >> reporter: president trump wrapping up his first overseas trip calling it a success. >> we have been gone for close to nine days and i think we hit a home run no matter where we are. >> >> reporter: before jegt off on air force one for washington, the president speaking to u.s. service members at national air force bases in sicily but the president returns home with one big issue still outstanding. what to do about kplooimt climate change, the u.s. standing alone. it reaffirms a strong commitment to the paris climate agreept.

the white house says the president's views on the 2015 accord are evolving. he tweeted he'll make his final decision next week on whether the u.s. will stand stay in or pull out. and waiting for him back home a growing political storm. trump's son-in-law and white house senior advise jared kushner discuss wtd russian ambassador to the u.s. the possibility of setting up a back channel. secret secure communications between trump's transition team and the kremlin to discuss syria and other policy issues. in sicily saturday, white house officials refusing to answer questions on kushner but national security adviser h.r. macmcmaster said a back channel would allow for discrete communications. >> i would not be concerned about it. >> president trump's expected to meet with his senior staff back in washington this week to discuss how to respond to the onslaught of allegations about contacts with russia. the president and his team have avoided talking about those controversies while on this trip but they won't be able to avoid it much longer.

abc news traveling with the president in sicily. all british airways flights to and from heath throw in london were grounded today because of a major i.t. system failure. british airways says there's no evidence the problems were the result of a cyberattack. ed if is one of britain's busiest traveling days because it's a bank hom day week and the half term break for some schools. most long-haul flights due to arrive in london tomorrow are expected to land as normal including a delayed flight that left oakland just a few minutes ago. two departures and two cons kaps e8d because of the british way failure. there are also some delays and close yours due to that runway repair that's been happening for weeks now. the runway was shut down last night and is scheduled to remain closed through monday morning. we talked to one passenger who's flight to las vegas was delayed for several hours. >> it did have some problem for us also because now nothing is

to be done on airport. we are to sit idly. >> next weekend is scheduled to be the last weekend closure but construction will continue through july. one of the bay area cities is making a big mile stoeb. the golden gate bridge turned 80 years old today. it opened in 1937 and all year long visitors can write a message on cards inside the welcome center. they're asked to ants question what does the golden gate bridge mean to you? you can also take a picture and hash tag it. >> much more ahead on abc 7 at 5:00. >> all i could remember was running for my life. >> i thought she was trying to kill us. >> heart-stopping moments for drivers at a sacramento gas station. now police are revooeg viewing the surveillance footage hoping to find the destructive driver. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma live look at the camera sunny and mild temperatures right now but i am tracking much cooler

air. let you know when it arrives in the accuweather forecast ahead. >> and more than 50 years avenue died in vietnam, a california family finally getting some closure this memorial day weekend. the incre

back now with some terrifying moments for customers at a gas station in sacramento. police are now reviewing this surveillance video from last week of a woman wildly ramming parked cars, some with people inside. people at the arco gas station last saturday night were understandably shaken up. >> all i could remember was running for my life. >> i was running from side to side when she go around that side, i woo wo hide on this side. >> i thought she was trying to kill zwlus me and my friend were

about to get car [ sobbing ]. >> i'm so zbloer the rampaging motorist drove away. they say this isn't the first time she's done this and he worries she might come back. police are asking anyone with information about the driver to come forward. this memorial day weekend after five decades of searching the remains of a mission navy pilot are back home with his family in southern california. let commander frederick crosby died in june of 1965 in vietnam after his plane was shot down by the enemy. the 30 wurn-year-old's body was never found. crosby's daughter who was 6 at the time he died helped spearhead the search. finally crosby's remains were found in a fish pond in vietnam along with his uniform, lighter, and wedding band. >> this was a huge fish pond full of clay and mud and they emptied it. just it's nice to be able to let out the tears and to have some

relief in our hearts. >> crosby's remains arrived yesterday in san diego. he'll be buried tomorrow. his headstone will read, he is home. back here in the bay area, children took part in an event today that's been a local memorial day tradition for more than 50 years. as the nation remembers our military service men and women who died in service boys and girls placed flags at each of the 112 graves in san ber dino. next at 5:00 from richmond to hollywood, students get a trip of a lifetime and for some this was their first time ever outside the bay area. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. a stellar start to the weekend. temperatures are going to rise before they drop dramatically in the coming days. i'll explain the accuweather forecast ahead. now here's tom with a look at what's ahead on abc's world news at 5:30.

>> coming up, the breaking news jared kushner's alleged plan to set up back channel communications with russian officials. plus a great white shark knock a kayaker into the open ocean. and from homeless to

20 young students from richmond took a special trip to los angeles this week. the nonprofit for richmond sent us this video. it organized the trip along with jet suite "x," the kids sclekt e selected for being the most improved academically in their schools were flown to l.a. today. they visited science center. for many of the kids this was their first time on an airplane and traveling outside the bay area. >> and in accuweather today, the clouds, stubborn this morning but the sunshine has prevailed this afternoon. it's a nice start to the holiday weekend. live do, seven showing you we have all clear out there scanning the skies trying to

find moisture coming up empty handed. we say happy birthday to the golden gate bridge today turning 80 years young doing so under baby blue skies. a popular spot. a live look at the santa cruz beach right now. we are packed with people and this is going to be another popular spot the next 48 hours as is unshin will prevail along our beach in santa cruz. the big story today were take a look at this, away from the coach coast we are seeing major gains. 13 degrees warmer today than this time yesterday in antioch, seven in cochran and fairfield and six degrees warmer in livermore. current numbers a really comfortable start to the weekend, a lot of 60s and seftsds on the board, 75 right now in concord, 69 in san jose, 61 in san francisco, and nevada checking in with 70 degrees. overnighted to we have mainly clear skies right now but the fog is going to move back in around the midnight hour. so a lot of us tomorrow morning will be waking up to overcast skies once again and temperatures mainly in the 50s.

so hour by hour watch as the fog mufds in around that midnight hour, the time stamp right here in the corner of your screen, early sunday morning you can see the majority of the renal has gray skies overhead and that's going to be the theme at least for the first half of our sunday. once again 7:00 in the morning, a lot of low cloud cover not only around the coast but along the bay. tomorrow the clouds, especially around half moon bay is going to be very stubborn to break so limited sunshine the closer you are to the ocean. microclimate, enjoy lots of sup shine shan hoe a is the 70 twor for sunny ville. 69 red wood city, bit more in the way of cloud cover at pacifica. downtown san francisco, 62 degrees, 58 and breezy in daly city. set of 3 san ra fell, right along the water saucea leeta

cooler, 78 in santaa. 68 in oakland, 71 in fremont, 68 herk cue lous and inland really comfortable, upper 70 to lower 80s, 79 concord, 81 the warm spot in brentwood. if you're heading to bottlerock tomorrow, really nice afternoon shaping up. after morning clouds we have tons of sunshine and temperatures topping out at 77 degrees in napa. tomorrow it's morning fog to sunshine. we'll do it again on monday, the holiday itself. but watch what happens on tuesday. numbers drop significantly, so much cooler on tuesday but then they'll rebound pretty nicely heading into the weekend and by friday and saturday sunny skies prevail and temperatures go above norm ool. track the numbers as they goup and down the next seven days. >> do you like just rerack this forecast up down, up down. >> i do. it's called summer. >> summer, gotcha. i've heard of that, haven't seen a whole lot of of it but i've

heard of it. >> we have a look at sports. speaking ref racking the warriors would like clay thompson to rerark his regular season performance. he hasn't been burning up the nets during the postseason why one half of the splash brothers isn't worried about his shots. and sometimes it's nice to have a little help from your friends. ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given.

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now sports sfrr abc 7 news. there's no need worrying about the past when history is right in front of you.

that's the mindset of klay thompson, the other splash brother has been off his game during the warrior's perfect run during the conference playoffs. he's shooting 38% and has only scored 20 points in two of the of the playoff games. but the only way to break out of a slump is to shoot the rock. >> i like what the basket has as frequently as i want, but that means nothing, now. that's in the past. it wouldn't matter if i shot lights out and we didn't finish the job off now. now we have a year it's a clean slate, it's time to good. can't be worried about a few bad shooting games or the percentages when you win 12-0. >> game one is thursday night. if you're not going to be at oracle then abc 7 is the place to be. every game of the nba finals will be right here on abc 7. after the game we'll follow each contest. join abc 7 sports director larry beil, warriors ambassador donald foil and nba scout keating along

with mike shumann he will be the map opt court with your post game interviews. while the as are trying to find the kont the rookie was called up to make his start today against the yankees and showing off that oak town pride in the bronch we like to see that. top of the sixth the pop-up starlin cass droe tro with the jug, aaron judge with the hug, you've got to see that again. now that's teamwork. cotton gave up one run but still had a no no into the sixth then this happened. a holliday sbraegs. 2-1 bomb, 3 as. josh phegley will send it up the line. but the akts as did not like ump spire strike zone, jed lowery got tossed arguing when the a frz, trying to rally in the 8th. the as lost 3-2.

thompson's young irrelevant brother trace is playing minor league ball. last night he drops dust ton gar knows ball on the other side of the fence. that's a no no and a walk off two-run homer. in new jersey, this girl went on strike. she struck out all 21 batters she faced in a playoff game friday afternoon. this video of the final strike look at that scorecard. perfect. perfect. nothing but strikeouts. that's a pretty clean and very impressive game. all right. gants are back on the diamond tonight against the braves were first pitch is slated for 7:open 5:00 p.m. and the giants need to find a way to manufacture some runs. >>

coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, a warning to the bay area parents tonight after police warn parents of a child molester who's aggression scared their daughter. and a great white canoe with fins flipping. well, they won't play at bottlerock music festival until tomorrow night but they're already wowing fans this weekend. the platinum selling rock band played a surprise show in front of a smal audience last night at napa's blue note club. they will close out bottlerock tomorrow night. that's it for abc 5:00.

we thank you for your time. we will see you again tonight we're following several breaking stories. first, jared kushner's secret talks. the president's son-in-law and his alleged plan to set up back channel communications with russian officials as the president comes home from his first overseas trip to face a political tsunami. terminal chaos. the major airline suspending all flights around the world. tens of thousands of travelers going nowhere. what's behind the massive shutdown. hate crime killing. the suspect accused of stabbing good samaritans to death when they tried to stop him from badgering a muslim woman. hunted. a great white shark knocking a kayaker into the open ocean. and the surprise rescue no one saw coming. plus midnight rider. the sudden death of a rock icon.