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crazy square: uh oh from our crazy delicious family to yours. crave those crazy squares good sunday morning. it's july 2nd. i'm kate larsen in for caroline tyler. weil get a look at the weather with frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. >> fog, sun, we'll have it all today. the satellite image showing us the extensive cloud cover coming from the coast. spilling into the bay. and even some inland areas. check out this beautiful view. this is from our east bay hills camera looking east towards mt. diablo and notice the fog and low clouds cascading. they're coming from the southwest right now. so that's going to impact our
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weather pattern. temperatures mainly in the 50s. san francisco 52. oakland, 58. as well as mountain view and san jose at 56 degrees. here's a pretty shot as well of the santa cruz boardwalk area. so because the winds are coming from the southwest, you notice it's clouzier here at santa cruz. we're dealing with coastal drizzle during the next few hours. mostly sunny for everybody, except at the coast. slightly warmer inland as high pressure builds. i'll have your fourth of july forecast coming up. >> thanks, frances. the san jose earthquakes beat l.a. in a soccer match and intended to make an important statement about respect and civility. the quakes may have won but lost trying to get fans to stop chanting homophobic slurs. abc 7 news reporter cornell re national guard explains. >> reporter: a spectacle at stanford stadium. the earthquakes versus l.a. >> this is our revenge game tonight.
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we have to win it. >> reporter: the earthquakes hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's classico. when an offensive homophobic slur was chanted by some fans in spanish. we won't repeat the word. many soccer fans have heard it before. >> i understand some of it is to intimidate the other team or whatever. but i don't really agree with it. >> reporter: before the game, the captain said the chant is not okay. >> we do not want to hear this chant, not tonight, not ever. >> one of the things you run into a lot is that people don't know what they're saying is offensive. and so that one just suggestion that, hey, this is not something that's okay, usually 99% of the time will get people to stop. >> reporter: despite the warning, a small group of fans crossed the line and chanted the slur anyway. security teams told them to stop. this group was not a part of the chant. but some admit -- >> it's kind of a tradition. even though it's bad.
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>> i feel like even if you told us to not say it, it's going to keep making us say it. it's pretty sad but it's the truth. it's cultural. >> reporter: others came to watch soccer and not feel uncomfortable. >> i don't think anyone needs to be offended. doesn't matter who you're for. come out and have a good time. >> in the end, quakes beat l.a., 2-1. at stanford stadium, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. more information on the tragic story we brought you yesterday on our show. the chp is calling wilson a suspect in a crash in concord that killed two young children and injured a 3-month-old and their mom. wilson is in custody at highland hospital in oakland with unknown injuries. >> me and my husband send our condolence and our prayers out to the family. >> amica wilson, the wife of this man, wilson jr. says she took her husband to highland hospital in oakland. >> turned himself in to a local hospital. >> he told them what had happened?
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>> correct. >> the chp was looking for the man who killed a 5 and 10-year-old boy, injured a 3-month-old baby and their mother driving this dodge durango. investigators say they have evidence connecting wilson to the infiniti which drove across this grassy median off state route 4 and hit the durango on the solano avenue an ramp. the young children were thrown from the suv. >> the infiniti comes across at such a speed, strikes the durango head on in the left rear. catastrophic damage. the infiniti launches up over our heads and lands back here. that's probably close to 100 feet from the collision impact point. that driver immediately flees the scene from eyewitnesses. >> reporter: witnesses tell the chp, the driver of the infiniti got out of the car cut up and bleeding and ran across the highway. i asked the wilsons and their
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attorney if lemuel wilson was involved in the wreck? >> we don't know. still trying to find out information. >> the mother is still recovering. in walnut creek. her 3-month-old son is in serious condition at oakland children's hospital. alameda county firefighters are increasing manpower during a fourth of july holiday. a proactive effort to be prepared for a likely increase in fireworks-related fires. abc 7 news reporter lonni rivera tells us heat, dry grass and sparks from fireworks are a recipe for disaster. >> reporter: on mission boulevard in union city, signs already send a message. although some fireworks are legal, don't dare light them anywhere near this hill. >> we've had a lot of messages and bannering. i know it was up earlier today. they have a sign up there as well. >> safe and sane fireworks could be sold in union city in this booth. there's one popular package. >> the name comes from the price.
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>> cost $49. >> yeah. >> firefighters will report any use of illegal fireworks. this week alone, law enforcement seized 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. as for legal stuff, evans explains what's allowed. >> we sell nothing that shoots in the air or blows up. >> fire crews are out inspecting fireworks stands for safety precautions. >> that they have a fire extinguisher nearby and that the supply they have is under lock and key. it's not sitting out for people to come by. >> once independence day ends, how you dispose of fireworks is important. >> around 2:00 in the morning, people have thrown away the spent fireworks, they haven't watered them down. now we're running the garbage can fires. >> chief whiting says soak the fireworks in a 5-gallon bucket of water overnight, then dispose them a day later. in alameda county, lonni rivera. abc 7 news. several small brush fires were reported yesterday in the
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bay area, including this one in san jose near the east ridge mall. no word on how many acres burned and fortunately, no injuries were reported. tens of thousands of bay area employees got a raise a as the minimum wage increased. in san francisco, it went up to $14. and it will be $15 next year. the hourly rate increased in emeryville to $14. in san jose it went up to $12 an hour from $10.50. san leandro got a $12. boost. california's statewide range remains at $10.50 an hour. even though you may have gotten a raise, if you take the bus or ferry, your commute got more expensive. abc 7 news was at fisherman's wharf in san francisco as riders came to grips with new muni fares on the f line. the adult cash fare jumped from $2.350 to $2.75 a ride. fares for children and seniors increased.
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a grass valley native and current student at san luis obispo is the new miss california. jillian smith fell to her knees after hearing her name announce as the winner in fresno last night. smith competed as miss yosemite valley. she won $20,000 in scholarship money and will represent california at the miss america pageant in september. the new miss california will make one of her forced -- first appearances during tuesday's fourth of july parade in the bay area in downtown redwood city. congratulations to jillian. we have a lot of fog. we were talking about windshield wipers. >> like the typical summer pattern. the wipers in the morning and drizzle and you can see why with this live shot from exploratorium looking at the transamerica tower. plenty in store for us and i'll have the neighborhood temperatures coming up. >> thanks, frances. illegal dumping taken to a whole new level. neighbors in one inland community really frustrated
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welcome back. a beautiful shot from the east bay camera. look at the fog rolling over the tops of the trees. just beautiful this morning. people who live in crockett are upset about a growing
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illegal dumping problem. this trailer-like structure was left along the cummings skyway in may. one resident has called several county officials because now other people are vandalizing the trailer and dumping even more trash. >> it's getting uglier every day and it attracts more trash. there's a huge dump that's been done right near it. people go, oh, it's okay to dump it. look at how ugly it is and they think it's all right. >> the public works department says consultants are determining whether there are hazardous materials inside that structure. if there are, the materials would have to be removed before the structure can be dismantled and taken away. a driver was arrested after a high-speed chase in southern california last night. the driver of this silver audi was reportedly wanted for reckless driving. no kidding. speeds went higher than 100 miles per hour. after the driver got off the freeway and went into city streets, the chp was able to execute a pit maneuver to stop
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that car. the driver was then taken into custody. hospital shooting in new york. some of the patients are improving. doctors say three people listed as very critical are expected to survive. a total of six victims are at bronx lebanon hospital. a former doctor there, henry bellow opened fire killing one person. he reportedly held a grudge after being terminated from the hospital two years ago. bellow died from a self-inflakted gunshot wound. president trump visited a fourth of july celebration in honor of u.s. veterans. but he's taking more heat for his latest tweets aimed at two cable tv anchors. elizabeth her reports, even republicans are warning the president that his remarks may be hurting his political agenda. >> president trump marked this fourth of july weekend with a speech honoring the nation's veterans. >> you've shed your blood,
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you've poured your love and you've bared your soul in defense of our country. our people and our great american flag. >> reporter: but there's no holiday in his tweet war with msnbc's first couple. he calls mika brzezinski dumb as a rock. her fiance and co-host joe scarborough, crazy. >> so much more vicious with women. >> he appears to have a fragile, i am pech -- i am pet euhus child like ego that we've seen over and over again, especially with women. >> the president commenting -- >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i'm president and they're not. >> the latest squabbles come as president trump's obamacare repeal plan is hung up in the senate. trump tweeting to lawmakers, if they cannot agree on a new plan to swap out obamacare, they should immediately repeal and then replace it at a later date. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell quickly ruled that
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out. the president getting pushback from states resisting his voting commission's request for investigating voter fraud. mr. trump tweeting, numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. what are they trying to hide? the states citing their own privacy laws. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. there are more politics to come on abc 7. on this week, ohio governor john kasich will talk about the republicans' failure to create a workable health care bill, the threats to homeland security and president trump's upcoming meeting with vladimir putin will be discussed. this week with george stephanopoulos can be seen here at 8:00 and stay tuned for our morning news at 9:00. happening today, a coalition of local independent activists demanding that president trump be impeached will march in san francisco this afternoon.
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they will be on market street at 1:00. it will wind down market and back to the plaza. activists who include groups are demanding that congress remove the president from the white house. a low-cost airline in colombia is considering ripping out all the airplane seats and making passengers stand for the entire flight. it would be similar to riding a packed b.a.r.t. or muni train but with stools. the ceo of viva colombia says there's research going on to find out if you can fly standing up and that his airline will be very interested in anything that makes travel less expensive. the carrier has daily flights to miami, but nowhere else in the u.s. several airlines talked about the idea but never actually received approval. the storied eureka theater in the financial district is closing its doors. this is after 45 years. the theater company, it was best known for creating
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and commissioning groundbreaking plays. in 1988 it commissioned tony kushner to create angels in america, which premiered at the eureka in 1991. the play went on, of course, to be a huge broadway hit winning a tony award and a pulitzer prize. but the company has fallen on hard times. >> some significant funding left them and made it difficult, if not impossible, to continue renting this space. >> the venue will be renamed the gateway theater and continue to operate under new management. its collection manuscripts and poster will go to the museum of performance and design. san ramon police had to double as goat wranglers after 100 animals got loose in town. officers believe the goats knocked over a fence and escaped from an area where they were eating grass and brush for fire prevention. animal control helped to round up the goats and returned them to the fenced area. hopefully they fixed the fence,
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as well. kfc is launching a new ad came pain for its spicy fried chicken sandwich called the zinger. it's also launched the sandwich near the edge of space. this video was just released this morning. it shows a straddle light balloon carrying a cargo of a chicken sandwich lifting off from arizona on thursday. the balloon is expected to come down today. kfc dropped a single coupon for someone to find on the ground. skiing at tahoe on the fourth of july. yep, you heard me right. p p there are people skiing up there and there's no shortage of takers. the video of skiers and snowboarders say 3 inches melts away each day. after 60 feet fell this past winter, 7 feet remain. if you prefer to be in the water
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this time of year, go ahead. they're flock to go tahoe city where they can see the snow-capped peaks. lots of fun in tahoe this weekend. we'll have fun in the bay area as well. we see the low clouds and fog along the coast into parts ever the bay and inland areas as well. here's a pretty live shot. we're looking out towards the bay and the bay brim and the gray skies over san francisco at 52 degrees. oakland and mountain view, currently 58 degrees. san jose, 56 degrees. gilroy, 54. you notice there's low clouds at sfo. no flight delays right now. not too many low clouds directly over parts of the airport. santa rosa, 52. napa 58. lots of 50s through novato. blue skies over san jose. we'll see a lot of sunshine
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starting early on. but other areas we're going to have to deal with the morning clouds, the fog and drizzle, especially closer to the coast. sunny this afternoon for almost everyone. slightly warmer temperatures inland. high pressure will build there. we have the summer-like pattern that continues and takes us all the way through the fourth of july. highs today will be cool and cloudy at the coast. breezy as well. that's why half moon bay is only going to get up to 59. notice we have the typical summer spread, which means we've got 60s at the coast climbing to 90 inland. san francisco, 64 today for the jazz festival. oakland, 70 degrees. san jose, 82. and really, sunny and mild as well and warm in safr raphael. 80 degrees for the marin county fair. low 90s through lakeport and cloverdale. also in tahoe, they will be getting a lot of sunshine and, of course, you can still go skiing there now, which is pretty amazing. temperatures will be right
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around the low to mid-80s for the next few days. it gets cool at night, dropping down to the mid-40s. here's the fourth of july 12-hour planner. for those of you planning to watch fireworks that evening, this is how the day plays out. so we have coastal fog during the morning hours. then notice sunny in the afternoon. most areas clear inland. but then that fog creeps right back in, especially near the golden gate bridge. around 9:00, 10:00. we'll see some fog at the beaches and around the bay. temperatures will be very seasonable throughout the day as well. but our forecast animation on sunday night into monday and this is going to be a repeat pattern for tuesday, does show low clouds through san francisco and to oakland and berkeley impacting visibility there for folks watching the fireworks. but all along the peninsula and the south bay, it is looking pretty clear. so there you should have no problem at all. here's the accuweather seven-day
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forecast. i think you'll like it. fog in the morning. sunshine in the afternoon. we'll drop temperatures slightly into tuesday. but that same pattern continues with the morning fog and low clouds and afternoon sunshine. and most numbers will be in the 80s inland. stephanie 70s at the bay. if you want to do anything in the afternoon, nice and sunny and perfect for enjoying the holiday weekend. >> i brought a wool coat to work this morning. obviously, later, we have to take that off and wear cooler clothes. the sun will be out. >> the sun will be out. it will be like a typical summer day. >> thanks, frances. love the story and the video. a family got detained by
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dan harris joins us from new york to tell us what's coming up on at 7:00 on "good morning america." the president doubling down attacking the press. he's defending his social media habit. but is twitter harming his agenda? plus, breaking news in the manhunt for the driver who allegedly shot and killed a teenage girl in an a apparent road rage incident. police have now found the vehicle and the search for the suspect intensifies. on a lighter note, the elusive elephant wandering around a neighborhood in
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wisconsin. the reaction from the locals and how officials finally caught the animal. it's all coming up on gma. we'll see you soon. it's been a wild few days for nba fans and a few players are getting in on the fun with an emoji war. jazz center gobert is trying to keep gordon hayward in utah. so he tweeted implying that the heat and the celtics are garbage. later, isaiah thomas tweeted how many championships the celtics have won over the years with all the trophy emojis. heat center whiteside said that the heat have three rings since 2000, the celtics only one and the zaz zero. very creative. hayward is reportedly deciding between the three teams sghiefrmg. if you're flying southwest the next few days, you might notice a cool change to the fuselage. sharks. not the san jose kind of sharks. but shark sharks.
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five species are on display on the sides of the planes. all the hype, shark week during the last week of july. very popular time. the shark planes will fly as part of the southwest fleet through the end of august. a family from new york on a cross-country vacation had a very unexpected stop in missouri. i love it. they were trapped in their car by a mob of emus. he wanted food. the kids thought the birds were hilarious, as you can see. their mom shared this video. she had promised the family a day of animal watching at the promised land zoo in eagle rock. she didn't quite realize how close they were going to get to the wildlife. she says it's an experience creating a lot of great memories. they look like they're having so much fun. still to come on abc 7 mornings, the search continues
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let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is abc 7 mornings. welcome back. we're starting this half hour with a look at the weather. we've got meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. lots of sunshine. >> we have a mixed bag. cloud cover spilling in from the coast but some areas clear with live doppler 7 and the satellite image, you can see that right now. in san jose, it's clear. but we have low clouds and fog over san francisco. it has spilled into parts of the bay as well. you can see it with this live shot from mt. tam. so temperatures are main lip in the 50s to near 60 the next few hours. there has been some drizzle as well. i had to use my wipers this morning. mostly sunny by lunchtime, except at the coast. we're going to come up a couple degrees to near 90. comfortable in the mid-70s. cool and cloudy at the coast, temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60. i will have your fourth of july
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forecast coming up. kate? thanks, frances. police in little rock, arkansas, are searching for suspects after 25 people were shot inside a nightclub early yesterday morning. two of the victims are in critical condition. abc news reporter adrian bankert has more. >> reporter: gunfire inside the power ultra lounge shortly after 2:00 a.m. more than 24 shots fired in 11 seconds. chaos. >> gunshots go off. hit the round. try to take off running. by the time you take off running, more gunshots came. >> a clubgoer capturing the shots and the screams as people scramble to get out of the line of fire. >> 28 individuals in total were injured. 25 result of gunshot wounds. three as a result of attempting to flee the venue. >> by the grace of god, all of the victims are expected to survive.
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>> the downtown little rock nightclub packed for a performance by a memphis rapper. the club's facebook page shows a poster for the event showing a man pointing a gun at the camera. police believe the shooting was the result of a dispute among club-goers. >> it appears there was a disagreement amongst a small subset of individuals at a concert that turned violent because of the presence of rivalries and weapons. >> police believe there y muipl. they're interviewing witnesses, including an off-duty policeman working at the club. the shootings happened after a week of drive-by shootings in little rock. >> this appears to be a continuation of disputes from some of our local groups that have resulted in drive-by shootings. >> adrian bankert, abc news, new york. the man behind the failed bahamas fire music festival has been arrested and charged with wire fraud. 25-year-old william mcfarland created the event with rapper ja
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rule. mcfarland promised a life changing music festival, but delivered a disaster instead. it was billed as a star studded spectacle on a secluded island. hundreds were just left stranded. >> no electricity, there was no showers or bathrooms. there was no running water. >> it was about $4,000. what we got was worth closer to zero dollars. >> mcfarland showed investors altered financial statements telling them his company made millions of dollars when it took less than $60,000 in the last few years. he says he is not the villain the government is portraying him as. he could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. one of the busiest shopping districts is giving us a glimpse of retail and it's green. a street near the trendy shopping district in london. oxford street. it's been transformed into an
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experimental smart street. it lends technology. it has blue paint and power generating pavement. a man who worked on the project explains how it all works. >> my footsteps, electricity, powering the things you can hear and the lights at night. it's producing data and giving me rewards on my phone. literally, as i'm walking, i'm earning points for walking. >> that would motivate me to walk a lot. there's also a clean air bench that sends out a steady stream of filtered air. stores along the way are interactive, one including a selfie mirror providing data on items that shoppers may be interested in buying. we're learning more about that elephant on the run in a wisconsin neighborhood. abc news reporter, ava pilgrim has reaction from neighbors after waking up to the unusual sight. >> reporter: it's not what these neighbors in wisconsin expected to see when they looked out into their
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yards. >> did you guys believe me that there was an elephant in the front yard? >> or did you think i was kidding? >> kidding. >> yep. >> reporter: yep, that's right. an elephant breaking out of the big top. miss kelly on the loose leading authorities on a slow speed chase. >> animal control, dispatch. we're assuming this is probably from circus world. >> she made the escape from circus world leaving her sister behind. the trainers say the african elephant is pretty smart and pretty slick with her trunk. able to unlock her enclosure. kell decided there was an open door and luscious greenery on the other side of it. it was time to go for a stroll. >> once out, miss kelly wandered through a neighborhood and leaving giant footprints in her wake, grabbing a bite to eat
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during her adventure. her snack of choice, marigolds and daffodils from a garden. >> last location was 8-1-4 in the backyard. >> app hour after the grease escape, trainers showed up and caught miss kelly and escorted her back home. >> i don't think i'll forget getting girls up at 5:00 a.m. and having them excited they're ready to go for the whole day. >> ava pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> sharks may be one of the most evolved predators on the planet. but the system of how they track their prey still holds mysteries, until now. abc 7 news anchor dan ashley reports that the breakthrough by bay area researchers involves other ocean creatures as well. >> reporter: it's never good when sharks smell blood in the water. but scientists have known for several decades that sharks and their evolutionary cousins also use another sense to hone in on their prey. electricity. >> electroreception or sensation. they can detect a small potential differences. >> ucsf physiologist david julius and his team set out to learn how the mysterious
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electrosensation works. instead of sharks, they started with ray-like creatures known as skates. >> these are the same size. >> reporter: first, researcher duncan leech created a water maze by sensing a fake electric signal, the skate swims to where the current is coming from. unearthing its dinner in the ocean. >> there would be small crustaceans or fish buried in the sand. as they're breathing or respiration, the beating of their heart, they're generating an electrical field. >> reporter: how does the skate actually hear the electricity? the team isolated molecules in the skate's sensory cells that can process electricity and discovered they worked together as a kind of amplifier. when they blocked the molecules with drugs, the skates missed the target and could no longer sense the electrical field. >> it's amazing we were able to manipulate their electrosensory behavior without interfering with other senses. >> this could provide important clues to human hearing.
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and for skates, sharks and similar ocean predators, it explains a sixth sense that can help them literally listen for their dinner. dan ashley, abc 7 news. the ucsf team says the breakthrough could also provide new clues to human hearing and how we process the most sensitive sounds. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, rolling out the bay area's new version of bike share means rolling out the bikes, yes, but there's more to this than just a new name. and here's a live look at the fog over the trees on our east bay hills camera. just a beautiful morning and frances dinglasan is here with
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this is a great thing. thousands enjoyed the sights and sounds of the fillmore jazz festival. abc 7 was in san francisco for the largest free jazz festival on the west coast. there are more than 12 blocks of performances, arts and crafts and food and drinks. you can check it out at the fill more jazz festival today from 10:00 until 6:00 on fill more street between jackson and eddie. yesterday, it was really warm in the afternoon. if i can stay awake, i might check it out. because you're promising me that fog is going to burn off. >> right now it is cloudy and
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gray. but san francisco will see sunshine this afternoon. here's a live shot. you see the flags blowing? the winds are lighter. they're coming from the southwest. so i'll tell you how that will affect your weather coming up. thanks, frances. also next, the first day of free agency has been good to the warriors. as the team's core will remain intact. whew. mike shumann will have all the details coming up in sport ♪
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the giants have won five straight games. they hope to sweep the pirates today. first pitch at pnc at 10:35 this morning. and the a's will try to avoid being swept by the braves. 1:05 is the first pitch. in the nba, the warriors front office is making sure to keep the core together. mike shumann explains in this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning. well, free agency has begun in the nba. the first order of business for the warriors, agreeing to a five-year, $201 million deal with two-time mvp, steph curry. that's $40 million a year. ridiculous money. but he's worth every penny. shawn livingston is back. agreeing to a three-year, $24 million deal. andre iguodala met with teams. he was offered a contract and iggy shut down further meetings except the warriors. golden state offered $48 million
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three-year deal, according to espn. last night, andre tweeted, sources close to andre iguodala reporting he agreed to terms to return to the bay. looks like iggy is back. >> 14-year veteran, david west, agreed to a one-year deal for $2.3 million. he will retire after next season. his presence in the locker room is key, especially with these new young centers. in hockey, the free agency also began yesterday. reports have the sharks re-signing joe thornton to a one-year, $6.5 million contract. 38-year-old patrick marleau is deciding whether he'll return to team teal or jump to anaheim. doug wilson checked off his top priorities. re-signing jones and defense man marc-edouard vlasic. to contract extension. jones gets $34.5 million. six years. the 27-year-old netminder has been phenomenal, including in the stanley cup final last year.
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meanwhile, the 30-year-old slas i can gets an 8-year $56 million deal. he's regarded as one of the best defensemen in the league and shuts down the opposing top players. he's played 812 games over 11 seasons all for san jose. baseball, a's hosting the braves. facing knuckleballer r.a. dickey. it was not pretty. this little guy seemed to be enjoying himself. didn't care what was happening. held the a's through six with one run. bottom eight, 3-1 braves. davis with a man on, ties it up. a two-run shot. 22nd of the season. we have a 3-3 ball game. meanwhile, santiago ka sill a on the mound. grounds to short. rookie boots it for an error. next batter, second rbi of the game for swanson. a double to left. santana with the winning run. a's lose their fourth straight. 4-3 the final. down to pittsburgh with a four-game win streak. matt moore on the hill. knocks in a run with a base hit. moore went 5 2/3.
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allowed one run on just four hits. struck out five but six walks. six innings. giants finally get on the board. austin slater looks like a fly ball. it kept traveling. over the centerfield wall. his third of the year. 1-1 ball game. game went to extra innings. top 11, daniel hudson facing buster posey. 3-2 count. two outs. he throws a wild pitch. spann scores. that will be the winner. giants fifth straight. 2-1 the final. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. fog and low clouds once again. you'll find it all along the coast, even into parts of the bay, the north bay and the east bay as well with live doppler 7 and the satellite image overlaid on top. you can see the live picture of the golden gate bridge. traffic is light right now. san francisco's currently 52. oakland 58 as well as mountain view. san jose, 56. gilroy, 54. half moon bay at 52 degrees. this time, we're looking towards
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walnut creek. there's blue skies over many parts of the bay area. other temperatures are mainly in the 50s. santa rosa, cooler at 52. low 50s in novato as well. fairfield at 55. livermore at 54 degrees. blue skies over the south bay right now. in san jose, this live shot, we're dealing with morning clouds, fog and even drizzle. especially if you're closer to the coast. then sunny and even slightly warmer inland. so this afternoon, there's high pressure inland that will build and that will bump up temperatures. the summer-like pattern with the morning fog, low clouds, drizzle. afternoon sunshine continues through the fourth of july. so we'll be tracking the fog. highs today range from 59 in half moon bay all the way to 90 in antioch. san francisco will be really nice for the fill more jazz festival. mid-60s there. 80 degrees in san rafael. t-shirt and shorts weather in san jose and lots of sunshine as
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well. comfortable in oakland. 70 degrees. we'll see a few warm spots as well. santa rosa, napa, in the low 830s and 90s in clear lake. here's a live shot in santa cruz. winds coming from the southwest. this morning, it is a little bit more of a gray start there. by this afternoon and in the next few days, temperatures will be in the low 70s and lows will be in the low 50s. overnight lows for us tonight, the clouds will move back in once again. temperatures will be in the 50s for most everyone. milder in san jose at 59 degrees. here is our 12-hour planner for the fourth of july. this is how the day pans out. 10:00 in the morning, we're dealing with a coastal fog once again and even drizzle. that pulls back by around noon. and in the afternoon hours, sunny for most areas. definitely clear inland. temperatures a little bit on the cooler side compared to today. highs will only hit the mid-830s inland. then at night, ah, that's when the fog comes back in.
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right around 9:00, 10:00 in the evening and it will move in through the golden gate bridge. it does look likely that san francisco might have tough firework viewing conditions and into oakland, but elsewhere right now it's looking pretty good. we'll keep you posted on that as well. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. slightly warmer today by a few degrees. inland locations here 90. around the bay, comfortable. in the mid-70s and at the coast it's going to be cool all week. mainly in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. temperatures drop slightly into tuesday for the fourth of july. they stay that way before they come back up again. we're on this kind of cruise control for weather with the fog in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon. you can expect that for the next few days. >> let's hope that fog pushes off a little bit later on tuesday so we can see the fireworks at 8:00, 9:00. >> i hope our models are wrong and the fog holds off. >> or changes a little bit. >> yeah. frances, thanks.
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ford motor company has a new vehicle with no motor at all. jonathan bloom explains why a car company is rolling out a fleet of bicycles across the bay area. >> i don't really care what mark twain said. this is great biking weather in this city, how about it? >> on a damp, foggy morning, scores of people got a first ride on a bike with an unlikely name. have you ridden a ford lately? >> i came from denver for this. >> really? >> just for this event. why? >> i want to be part of something that's new. >> but the vision is not new at all if you ask ford. >> improving people's lives by changing the way we move. for henry ford 100 years ago, it looked like an automobile and a new way to get around. for cities today, it's changed. >> ford go bike is the rebirth of bay area bike share with all new bikes and ten times as many spread around san francisco, oakland, berkeley, emeryville and san jose. it will be run by the same company called motivate which designed the bikes and will manage where they're placed with real world data. >> we'll see how people are using bike share and we'll be
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able to feed the places we want more of it and realize where the holes are. >> by making them available at major transit hubs like this one. they're hoping to solve the last mile of your daily commute to work. >> there's mr. clipper card by the way. >> they're celebrating because the same card used for the bus or ferry will unlock a ford go bike. once you get where you're going, you're not stuck with if. return it to another station. >> we want to walk or go someplace later on. it affords us flexibility in the way that we actually live our life. >> it's $149 a year or $14.90 a day. it's affordable to everyone. low-income residents will pay just $5 for the first year. >> in fact, local leaders say 35% of the go bike stations are in neighborhoods of economic concern. some because people requested them. >> people went online and said i really wish you'd put a bike station here. >> true to its name, ford motor company will put motors in some bikes and electric pedal assist model will make a debut next year. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news.
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thanks, jonathan.
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it's being rebuilt and due to open in eight weeks. a final check of the weather with frances. bottom line, if you liked yesterday, you'll like today. cool and cloudy at the coast. san francisco, though, will be nice and mild. 64 degrees. oakland, 70 degrees. san jose, warm at 82 degrees. we have a very typical summertime pattern through the week. >> all right. thanks for joining us. i'm kate larsen if for caroline tyler. see you at 9:00. have a great morning. the only bed smart enough to change sleep as we know it..
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good morning, america. this morning, doubling down. donald trump defending his social media habit as modern day presidential. and overnight taking aim at a favorite target. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i'm president, and they're not. >> plus, how he's lashing out at states refusing to comply with his voter fraud panel. severe holiday weekend weather. tornado warnings, roads washed out. flash floods submerging cars. high winds flipping planes. are your barbecue plans cooked? road rage killing, a major break in the case this morning. police confiscating this red truck in pennsylvania. does it belong to the suspect who shot and killed a recent

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