a ride malfunction at the ohio state fair turns deadly. this midday the impact of the tragedy now being felt coast to coast, including right here in the bay area. thanks for joining us today. i'm reggie aqui. kristen has the day off. that accident killed one teenager and hurt several others on opening night of the ohio state fair. we do have live team coverage right now. abc 7 news reporter matt keller has the local impact on amusement rides here in the bay area. we'll start with abc 7's jessica castro. jess? >> reporter: reggie, today would have been the first full day of fair-goers but instead of teaming with families the fair has been packed win specters trying to figure out how a ride turned deadly.

>> this will not define the ohio state fair. the ohio state fair will carry on. we will have -- there's so many things to do here. >> reporter: a trip to the ohio state fair went horribly went. >> people went flying off the ride called the fireball. >> reporter: riders on the fireball were spinning in the air when an entire car broke off sending several riders on to the ground below. >> whole leg and hit the ground and he wasn't breathing. >> reporter: an 18-year-old man was killed and seven people were hurt, five of those in critical condition. >> we will begin an investigation on this. >> reporter: organizers say the ride passed an inspection only hours before the accident. abc station wsyx was there with state inspectors checking equipment before the fair opened. >> these guys have been doing this their whole entire lives and honestly they know these rides better than we do. >> reporter: firebal is described as an aggressive thrill ride and fairs around the

nation are now cautioning against the ride. back in ohio the state's governor has ordered all rides at the fair closed until the investigation is complete and additional safety inspections can be conducted. >> despite this, ohio will move on. that doesn't mean that we won't remember yesterday. it doesn't mean that we were not going to keep those families in our prayers. i've been reaching out to them since last night. >> reporter: there were storms in ohio with heavy rain and flooding the week leading up to the fair. inspectors spent long workdays inspecting more than 70 rides, but state officials are insisting the safety inspection was not rushed. jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> so disturbing, jess. abc news reporter matt keller continues our team coverage live from santa cruz where the fireball ride as the boardwalk is now closed. matt? >> reporter: reggie, the board walk just opened up at 11:00 so people are starting to arrive here. this morning they just put up

this barricade in front of the fireball ride. it is one of the most popular rides here on the boardwalk, but no one will be riding it today. when people will be allowed back on is still unknown. this was supposed to be micah's year to ride the fireball as the santa cruz beach boardwalk. the 8-year-old from portland has passed the height requirement. >> i tried getting on it last year at the ovrrange county fai >> reporter: and disappointment again for micah because no one with ride anywhere in california. >> the state has all openers of this particular ride throughout the state to keep the ride closed until further notice until they can get more involved and make sure that everything is secure. >> reporter: we watched as the boardwalk employee inspected the giant dipper early this morning. the boardwalk says they do daily inspections in all 36 ride and plan on contacting fireball's manufacturer to discuss the ride and what happened in ohio. >> fireball is a ride with a really good safety record. frankly, all the roids at the

park have a really good safety record in large part because of the work of our staff and the partnership with the state. >> reporter: the california state fair shut down its fireball ride last night. the sonoma county fair opens next week and it's expected to be there. the ride was scheduled to be closed as a precaution when the park opened today and could reopen at any time. at the boardwalk parents may be hesitant allowing kids on to the fireball no matter how badly they want to ride >> you don't think you'd let him on? >> no, no way. >> reporter: even after it would be cleared. >> no way, not after something like that. there's no way. >> reporter: we contacted state rell lators, and they have yet to get back with us. no record on what they will require before allowing the fireball rides all across california and here at the boardwalk to reopen. reporting live in santa cruz, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. our abc 7 news app has been sending out push alerts about the ride malfunction in ohio and

what's going on here in the bay area. download our abc 7 news app for free and you'll learn information as soon as we do if you enable push alerts. a warmup this weekend, sumner full effect. here's a live picture from our walnut creek traffic. temperatures inland will be in the triple digits today. abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco is following it. >> reporter: walnut creek and san jose will see a big drop, and that's why i opened the weather window at 280 and 17. some neighborhoods ten degrees warmer than yesterday and today will be 6 to 12 degrees warmer, so it's here. the question though, how long is it going to last? let me show you the extended forecast. temperature outlook for the first week or so in august. in california here in the bay area we have the greatest chance of seeing above average temperatures so now that it's here and now that we know it's going to last a couple of weeks i'll give you the numbers coming up in the accuweather seven-day

forecast. >> time to find someone with a pool. thank you. renters in the east bay say enough is enough. they are now demanding a moratorium on rising rents. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us in pleasant hill with more on that. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. protesters are on the move right now here in pleasant hill. take a look. they are headed to the california apartment association. that's where they are going to demand a moratorium on rent increases. they also want the association to support repealing the costa hawkins rental housing act which put limits on rent control. they don't like that. organizers of this event say renters are struggling to make ends meet in the bay area, especially when rents go up each month for some tennants. they are asking the large corporations to help keep these people in the communities rather than forcing them out. >> well, we know that business is business, but the problem is that wages have stayed the same for a long time, and we know that poem are struggling to pay their rents, and currently we

know that there's a shortage of affordable housing. we know that there's a lot of development happening in terms of like luxury homes, luxury condos, but these, again, do not get covered under rent control so where is housing for people who really need it? >> reporter: we do have a statement from the california apartment association. policy such as rent control discourages development and exacerbate tenant short action. tenant groups would be better served to demand more housing in their communities, not policies that deter it. this group says though they won't be deterred for fighting for a moratorium on represent the increases and encourage renters in all communities to mobilize. they say there are actions like this one happening all over the state today. reporting live in pleasant hill, amy hollyfield, abc 1 news. >> amy, thank you. more than 24 hours after president trump's surprise announcement he's banning transgender troops the outrage continues to grow and among those now responding veterans of

the iraq and afghanistan wars. here's abc news reporter janine norman. >> shame, shame, shame. >> reporter: the abrupt reversal leading to immediate outrage. >> it was not just an attack on transgender americans and military members, it was an attack on our military all together. >> reporter: in a series of three tweets president trump announced sweeping military policy changes regarding transgender service members. >> i don't know why he decided what he did, but i think the right way to do this is having a hearing so you can hear from both sides. >> reporter: the decision provoking a strong reaction from the organization representing iraq and afghanistan veterans calling the move backward, harmful and contrary to american values, adding it's also bad for national security. the president hasn't spoken a word about his decision or why he made it, but the white house insisting >> this is a investigation tense pensive and disruptive policy. >> reporter: though a study

commissioned by the% found transgender people in the military have had little or no impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness or readiness while health care spending on active duty trans service members increased by .1% of 2% and now they call this a broken movement by president trump. >> i'll do everything in my power to protect our lbgtq citizens. >> reporter: abc news got ahold of a memo from a top commander showing there will be no modifications to current military policy at this point, and they will continue to treat all personnel with respect. abc news, washington. >> back at home, hundreds of protesters marched at harvey milk plaza to demonstrate against president trump's action and they have a clear action. trans rights are human rights. >> why what he's focused on the "t" as much as we do the "l" and "g."

and i think it's important to be their allies and march with them. >> we need to be committed to standing up for lbgt rights. we cannot be deterred and donald trump is strong. i am strong. >> members of the lbgtq community feared things would be different under a trump presidency. still, they say the transgander ban came as a shock. president trump's brand new communications director is cracking down on white house leaks. in this now deleted tweet anthony scaramucci said in light of the disclosure of my financial information i'll be contacting the fbi and justice department and signed it #reince. >> if reigns wants to explain he's not a leaker, let him do that and the president and i have a good idea who the leakers are, who the senior leakers are in the white house. >> in that 0-minute phone call

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we're getting dramatic video out of st. louis. a tanker ended up dangling off the side of the highway. tow crews had to lift the back of it and set it down under the overpass. police say the driver did get hurt. his injuries are not life-threatening. new this morning, twitter is reporting no meaningful increase in iris, and that is impacting stocks. shares are down 14% this morning. the social media company reports its 328 million monthly users remain unchanged from last quarter. it's actually 5% up from a year ago. one analyst says it's clear the boost in user growth from the presidential election was a, quote, one-time deal. also this morning, move over, bill gates. amazon ceo jeff bezos is now the richest person in the world, according to the latest at all i by "forbes" putting his worth at more than $90 billion. hard to imagine. he rose to the top spot this

morning thanks to a surge in amazon's stock which puts him $3,500 million ahead of gates. now keep in mind, "forbes" says bezos would be nowhere close to gates had gates not given so much of his money to philanthropy. in the south bay plans for a hotel a little like a to you-for-one. san jose is getting one building with two different hotels inside. according to our media partner "the mercury news," a total of 261 rooms will be built at the site. about half will be a residence inn and the other half a fairfield inn and suites. both operate under marriott. the project is under construction north of the interchange of highway 237 and great america parkway. it's located just a short distance from levi stadium, california's great america and several of silicon valley's tech campuses including goggle, cisco and adobe. developers hope to open the project in two years. l.a. police investigating an accident involving justin

bieber, and you'll see it caught on video. >> definitely looked like that hurt. bieber hit a photographer as he pulled out of an event in beverly hills last night. the pop star got out right away and knelt by the man until paramedics got there. they took him to the hospital. he has an injured leg. police say bieber cooperated with officers. angelina jolie is opening up about her latest health scare. the 42-year-old actress says she developed hypertension and bells palsy last year as a result of damage to her facial nerves that caused the side of her face to droop. she talks about it in the upcoming issue of ""vanity fair." "it's usually caused by a viral infection and can lead to pain and weakness on one side of the face. jolie says she's fully recovered from the condition thanks to acupuncture. >> these are two conditions that are related to stress, and it's quite clear to me that she

developed them as a result of the personal stuff that was going on with her marriage. last fall jolie went through a highly publicized split from brad pitt and opens up about her preemptive cancer surgeries and says her kids have been very brave through all of it. new this morning, michelle obama says being the only african-american first lady has left we are with emotional scars. she talked about it at an event in denver last night. according to "the denver first post" said after working so hard for eight years it still hurts that some people just see her skin color. she want the world to know that all women endure small cuts every day but that they are still getting up. mrs. obama also said once again she is not going to be running for any public office. coming up on abc 7 news, 7 inches of wayne in just hours and the big mess that made on roads for the morning commute. thankfully that didn't happen

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check out this rescues during flash floods in kansas city, missouri. two firefighters got a call of a driver trapped in high water. the rescuers forced the car door open to get the driver out. crews pulled the drivers and firefighters on a rope to safety. floodwaters were rising quickly. the who had of the car went under water within 20 minutes. the car floated away but thank goodness that person got out. >> yeah. they had a series of storms and thunderstorms that lasted nearly 24 hours over the kansas city metro area. back other at home, this isn't

your ordinary average morning marine layer fog time lapse. lock at that one. that is so awesome the way it just swoops down across the bay bridge and on to the bay and just overtakes treasure yuerba bueno there. if you want to see more go to @mikenicco on twitter. looks pretty clear out there. more sunshine and warmth. comfy at night with a few more foggy spots just like this morning and that above average warmth that will last into august. already in the 80s in our east bay neighborhood and 70s in the south bay and north bay and mainly 60s around the bay but the temperatures are up to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. still a little bit of a breeze blowing through, all the way into the delta, 1:00 to 9:00 this afternoon and evening and it will be will two hours shorter than yesterday. doesn't really have any effect on our inland east bay neighborhoods. look at this, we'll be paying our electric bill to stay cool

with temperatures in the upper 100s to 80s. santa rosa 92, warm to hot in the north bay, 16 and napa about 92. south bay, big jump, ten degrees warmer, 91 in san jose and 100 in gilroy and morgan hill 99. santa cruz a sunny 78. on the peninsula 82 in san mateo and not quite as comfortable as yesterday especially palo alto at 87 and menlo park at 85. mid-60s along the coast and oakland 78 miles per hour there and getting a little warmer. 87 and berkeley about 77. downtown san francisco about 72, marina, mission at about 69 degrees. got daly city at 65. say hello to the warmth at noon, especially away from the coast and hello to the heat at 3:00, and as we head towards 8:00 it's still pretty warm. 70s and 80s away from the coast. just a little bit, and you can see there owes still going to be

very warm temps as we head deeper into the forecast with mid to upper 90s inland and even around the bay we're going to hang out in the low to mid-80s at the coast where we'll be the most comfortable with temperatures there lingering in the low to mid-60s. we may have the longest stretch of warm weather we've had in many ways. >> that's something. >> yeah. >> that's saying a lot. >> that's saying a lot. hope some people have air conditioning. mike, thanks. >> big hugs and emotional reunions every day across the

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coming up at 4:00, we're a little more than four weeks until that solar eclipse. why it may be already too late to get a prime view, at 5, the fit of a bike he will melt is important and so is how it's stored. michael finney has there. together again, a 4-year-old boy in texas reunites with his best friend. we're talking about a lost teddy bear. >> is this it, young man? >> look at that bear. can you get him. can you get him? >> he was sad that we was lost. >> luke had been looking for his favorite toy for nearly a week.

he thought he'd never see teddy again. the bear disappeared in the baggage area of a dallas airport last week after a family trip to denver. so where was he? a security compliance officer found it in an airport break room. luke's mom says nap time is going to be a lot easier today. >> he went out for a snack. >> teddy bears get hungry after a long flight so they tend to wander off. keep a close on that. >> as long as he didn't have gummi bears and teddy grahams. >> thanks for watching today. "who wants to be a millionaire" is next and don't forget it's going to be hot over the next couple of days. >> inland 90s and i don't see a break in them for a couple of weeks now. >> road trip to the beach.

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