. there's summer nights. there's summer, summer, summertime. summer girls. >> whatever your favorite summer song is, it's time to break it out. the astronomical start of summer has officially arrived. >> good morning on this thursday, june 21st. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco has your answer. hey, mike? >> the heat is on tomorrow and saturday. we transition today, this first day of, yes, affidavstronomical summer. came in at 3:07. were you up? we all were. here is a look at the winds. they're about 20 miles per hour in fairfield. down from the mid 30s we had yesterday. it will start to taper today as the high press sure comes in. you can already see the drying effect of the high press sure as there's not many clouds in the south bay right now. temperatures run from the upper

40s to the upper 50s this morning. it's a little cooler. 70 to 75 at noon. away from the coast, stuck in the 50s for the better part of the day. you'll see a little more sunshine. 74 to 85. not hot yet at 4:00. probably don't even need a jacket this evening. let's see what kind of patience you need on the road today. here is sue. >> right now we're checking the golden gate bridge. it's looking good this morning. take a look at the headlights. hardly any coming in the southbound direction. just a couple of taillights heading northbound. two lanes north and four lanes in the southbound commute. slow traffic out of tracy, up and over the merge from 205 to 580. looking at about, 42 minutes tracy to dublin westbound. highway 4 moving nicely westbound into concord. across the golden gate bridge, we just saw less than 20

minutes. breaking news from our live desk, cocoa the gorilla has died. we've just learned that she passed away tuesday morning in her sleep at the age of 46. coco was known for her extraordinary mastery of sign langua language. what you probably didn't know is coco was born at the san francisco zoo, moved to the santa cruz mountains eight years later along with the foundation. she touched the lives of millions as an ambassador for all gorillas, an icon for empathy. sad news this morning. >> it is. i remember coco as a kid, watching a video of her and being so amazed. >> her signing, her relationship with her pets and thinking of her handler this morning. must be so hard for her. >> i can only imagine. they have been together for decades now. the house is going to vote

on two separate bills today. both would prevent the separation of young children from parents. one crafted by house speaker paul ryan and moderates. the other put together by hard right republicans. >> neither secured the 218 votes they need to pass. this comes after president trump's executive order yesterday putting a stop to the separation of families who crossed into the u.s. el lily. altogether, 2,700 families were separated. overnight the health and human services department says it's still seeking guidance on reuniting children with their parents. demonstrations still happening over the trump administration's i'm great lakes policies including this one, where hundreds of people showed up to san rafael. abc's lilian kim has that. >> reporter: the message is simple, families belong together. the fact that the fire department had been separating immigrant families is a concept small children seem to understand. >> we told him in a minimum

sense. and my 4-year-old daughter replied, that is just mean. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to impose the zero-tolerance policy. it's a policy that has brought many to tears. >> if i had to escape violence and terror and come here, i'd hope someone would welcome me with open arms and not rip my children out of my arms. >> reporter: as for the president's executive order to put a hold on separating families, that did little to ease their concerns. >> it does nothing for 2300 kids, it doesn't e diet the process. >> reporter: barbara lee will be heading to the bore dore investigate. she says the executive order accomplishes little. >> he should end the criminal prosecution of asylum seekers. >> reporter: which is why many say it's more important than ever to keep up the pressure. >> do not walk away and think you are great because you came here for an hour. work every day. [ cheers and applause ]

>> reporter: the marin county board of supervisors is also weighing in. they fired off a letter to the director of homeland security. in san rafael, lilian kim, abc 7 news. who knew this one cell phone video would create so much change. dozens of people shooting up in a hallway at b.a.r.t.'s civic center station. it made national headlines. now you'll see a lot more of this. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live with more on b.a.r.t.'s aggressive plan to stop drug use on its property. >> reporter: hi, reggie. we're in concord talking to commuters as they head into san francisco. they tell us the civic center station does need a lot of attention. they do like this new idea. take a look at this video that started it all. this was captured at the civic center station and captured the attention of city leaders. a b.a.r.t. rider took cell phone video of people doing drugs in the station. the mayor says ever since the video came out, he's had three

meeting with b.a.r.t. officials and san francisco police about how to clean up the station. they have announced a collaboration. they will add 300 hours a week of police patrols to that station, both b.a.r.t. police and san francisco police officers. >> it shouldn't matter to people that use b.a.r.t. which police department is covering this area, which police department has jurisdiction. they just want to feel safe. >> i think it's good. it will put pass jeengers >> reporter: police will first try and refer the drug users to outreach teams who will offer them help. if they refuse, the police chief says they can then consider arresting them. this will all start next month. live in concord, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. happening tonight in contra costa county. state health and navy experts will be on hand to answer questions and give an update on the situation. it centers around the allegation

that potentially radioactive soil from hunter's point shipyard was dumped in pittsburg. the community forum is tonight at 6:30 at the ambrose community center on willow pass road in bay point. this man arrested by the secret service after jumping a security barrier at the white house has been identified as a walnut creek cream resident. 29-year-old alexander miner was reported missing. according to a tourist who witnessed this incident monday. miner turned to him before the incident and asked, what to see if god is real? a public safety meeting after someone attacked a mother holder her baby. surveillance video shows the victim crossing the street on june 3rd. moments later she got hit in the head with a blunt object. she's now recovering from life-threatening brain injuries. her baby was not hurt.

the attacker is still on the run. sfpd ingleside station will update the community on the incident and the pd's overall safety plan. the meeting is tonight in the the gym at the upper noe rey center. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. temperatures about the same this morning, 50 in sunset and sunny side to the ferry building. ocean beach at about 53. coming in the financial or downtown, about 52 degrees. we have the same temperature in san leandro and fairfield. tracy 56, 55 in union city. santa clara, palo alto, richmond. 45 in healdsburg. dress for 46 degrees if you're stepping out right now. here is a look at the broken deck of clouds. yard work, the last day to do it and still be kind of comfortable. the ocean a little brighter today and milder. breezy at times. on the bay the waves will be a little smaller if you're out there doing activities.

let's talk about the peninsula. starting at 8:00, a few clouds hanging around at 59 degrees. hanging out in the mid 70s in the afternoon. down to 67 by 8:00. across the bay to the east bay, almost a mirror image there, 57, clouds at 8:00. low to mid 70s from 1:00 to 6:00. about 63 degrees, cooler by 8:00. keep going to the east. you can see the warmth starting to build here. we start off very comfortable, 60 at 8:00. east bay valley, 77 at noon. 80s by 1:00 to near 90 by 4:00. down to a comfortable 76 if you'd like to have a light dinner on the back patio. we'll talk about the hundreds coming up. here is sue with a look at the morning commute. >> heading to walnut creek, taillights headed southbound on 680 towards the 24 split, you ooer moving nicely at the limit with no delays. both delays of 680. taking a look

marin county, a nice eight-minute drive across the span. our traffic maps showing green except for the early morning commuters. i checked with ace train, both 1 357bd getting ready to leave on time this morning from stockton all the way to san jose. >> the parents accused of abusing and neg glerkting their 13 children heard the 911 call that led to their arrest. >> david and louise turpin are on trial in southern california. yesterday the 911 call their 17-year-old girl was played in court. she told them, quote, my parents are abusive. they abuse us. and my two little sisters right now are chained up. i wanted to call you all so you can help my sisters. >> the turpins pleaded not guilty to more than 40 charges including torture and false

imprisonment. a tidal wave of plastic garbage. a warning that's putting the whole world on notice. this is how bad the weather is in one part of the country. fish swimming down the road. meanwhile, take a look at your screen, pretty incredible. a sure sign that san francisco pride week is almost here. coit tower lit up in rainbow of colors. colors. remote closures and

if you have a second, you have to see this video. stop, turn around, take a look at the tv and watch these fish swimming along the curb of a street there on the south coast of texas. this is in har lynn engine right near the rio grand river valley. nearly 13 inches of rain has fallen in this area since monday. more is expected. yesterday, if you were with us during the midday show at 11:00, we showed you the flash flooding and the cars underground there. you see the area in red, slon know county, under a heat wave, temperatures 100 to 108 degrees. more on that coming up in the

accuweather seven-day forecast. here is reggie and natasha. >> are those fish okay? we're not okay. a new study concluding the world is in serious trouble when it comes to plastic trash. >> the university of georgia study estimates 111 million metric tons of plastic waste will pile up by 2030. that incredible amount is partly due to china's decision to stop importing nearly half of the world's scrap starting next january. china once imported 72% of the scrap. the survey says the u.s. will have to contend with 37 million tons of metric waste, an amount we're not prepared to handle. kate spade's funeral is today. her brand is donating more than $1 million to suicide prevention in honor of the designer. the company will also match donations to the crisis text line made until june 29th. spade founded the company in '93 and helped spark the designer handbag craze. she died by suicide earlier this

month. in today's "gma first look," protesters took to the streets in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, blocking roads an demanding answers after a killed. >> abc's kenneth mouton has more. >> reporter: overnight protesters blocking streets in east pittsburgh, confronting officers less than 24 hours after the police shooting death of 17-year-old antoine rhodes. investigators say an officer hoped fire at a traffic stop tuesday night hitting the unarmed teen two times as he ran away from the vehicle he was riding in. that car was suspected of being involved in a nearby shooting. inside police found two guns. the driver was interviewed and later released. >> we're committed to finding the truth in this investigation. >> reporter: as demonstrations continued in a downpour, antoine's family released a statement calling him generous, hard working and a highly

promising student. we'll have the latest live at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma first look," kenneth mouton, abc news, pittsburgh. it's 5:16. there's new concern for this popular eaglet. the bald eagle originally fell 70 feet from its nest on sunday at curtner elementary he was cared for and released back into the wild yesterday morning. a vet said they received a call that the eaglet was not doing well and needed to come back to the vet. they will update us this morning at 9:00 a.m. hundreds of people participated in a playful way to raise awareness on domestic violence and sexual assault. >> more than 600 men, women and children, even college agent leases marched down santana road. the point was to walk a mile in the point was to walk a mile in her

san jose mayor sclaaml licardo participated. >> the message is to make sure young men know what no means. young women are clear in communicating, so that everybody understands what respect means. >> real guys wear thigh-highs. paticipants paid a $56 registration fee and the money goes to the ywca. if you're a plas ser county sheriff's deputy and you're told to free a bear trapped inside a car, what do you do? this deputy had to decide for himself. the bear locked itself inside of the car. so he breaks the window and runs for his life. a few seconds late that bear lumers out. and runs in the same direction. fortunately did not catch up with him and went back into the forest. >> i like how the bear also put on the flashers. >> hazard lights. i need help. >> the only other thing he

forgot to do was put the hood up. that's one of the things you're supposed to do, in distress. he had the flashers there. he was halfway there. >> smash and book it. >> say he got within seven feet before the bear turned around and went the other way. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> it's going fob a to be a hot one. in san francisco a little warm by some people's standards. let's take a look at san rafael where it's about 50 degrees right now under a mostly clear sky. southbound 101, warmer today, happy summer solstice about 3:07 this morning. that's when the sun reached its farthest point north. now our days are going to get shorter by a couple of seconds. for tonight, not as cloudy, still cool and moderate heat risk continues for tomorrow and friday. look how quickly the clouds evaporate, back to the coast by noon, easily today if not sooner. even at the coast we'll see more

sunshine, especially across the north bay than we've seen the last couple days. let's see what it does to our temperatures. the extreme, gilroy, morgan hill, 88 to 92. most of us in the 70s to low 80s with san jose right at 80. same thing at redwood city. the rest of your neighbors in the mid to upper 70s. millbrae at 71. a little sunshine along the coast means low to mid 60s today. upper 60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito, pretty close to average. we'll have low to mid 80s in the north bay until you get up to clear lake, cloverdale and ukiah. 70 at berkeley and oakland to 77 in fremont. 86 in san ramon to 90s on highway 4 from pittsburgh, antioch, brentwood and discovery bay. >> tonight, there you go, less cloud cover than this morning. 40s along the coast. the rest of us in the low to mid 50s until you get to antioch at 61. the triple digits are coming for

friday and saturday. the heat will leave sunday and we'll be back to average next week. have a good one. here's sue. >> clerking your south bay commute. highway 87 past the sap center. you can see it's pretty light this morning as the skies lighten up a little bit for your early morning drive. across town, over to 101, that's 101 at the 880 overcrossing. those headlights are headed northbound so you can see everybody is behaving nicely. in the south bay, no problems there. we do have activity happening with the pride parade with street closures already starting today in san francisco, fulton between hyde and lar ken. 9:00 this morning grove between polk and larkin. the parade is sunday morning at 10:30 from market street -- on market street to beale and from beale to 8th street. look for abc 7 and a disney float. that will be kind of fun. >> hundreds of people from

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5:24. here are the 7 things you need to know before you go. number one is breaking news from our live desk. coco the gorilla has died. we learned a short time ago she died in her sleep tuesday morning at the age of 46. she was best known around the world for sign language skills. >> rescue personnel say a man was saved by a tree he hit when he drove 30 feet off the road in the santa cruz mountains. the crash pinned the car against the tree nose down, preventing it from rolling over. alcohol may have contributed to the crash. number three, the house will vote on two separate bills focused on immigration, wurn day after president trump's executive order to put a stop to the separation of families who cross into the u.s. illegally. number four, there's a new effort under way this morning to find this killer called the doodler. the serial killer believed to be responsible for a strength of

murders that terrorized san francisco's gay communities in the 1970s. cnn say police have a suspect and plan to release a new sketch soon. number five, the warming trend begins today. temperatures rebounding. one of the reasons, look at the east bay hills camera showing a lack of clouds this morning. the marine layer is much thinner and that's going to bring us more sunshine and temperatures that will jump 4 to 11 degrees today. number six, we are following your thursday morning commute with a look at the eastshore freeway and your drive time from hercules into san francisco. 30 minutes, not bad at all. take a look at the bay bdge toll plaza. it looks like the metering lights have been turned on. we will clerk back. number seven, america's largest movie theater chain is creating a service to rival movie pass. amc theaters will offer a $20 a month subscription. it allows you to see three movies a week. the iconic film "sister act" inspired a night of song and spirit in san francisco. ♪

>> grace cathedral held a "sister act" pride mass bringing soul to celebrations marking san francisco pride. the evening included an empowering message of acceptance and unity. a grace cathedral group called the vine organized an event designed to reach out younger worshippers. the beyonce mass made national news in april. >> i wanted to go last night. but, you know, sleep. we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news including new details about the transition of power at san francisco city hall. we showed you the video of the man snatching a puppy in the south bay. this morning an update on the dog and the person accused of stealing it. >> plus an incredible rescue overnight in the santa cruz mountains. mountains. a car went off a crystal geyser alpine spring water starts here, mountains. a car went off a passes through here, and is bottled right here. at the mountain source. naturally.

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have into our live desk. a car careening off the cliff in the santa cruz mountains and the rescue caught on camera. you're waking up to a new season. summer is here. the bay bridge looking pretty. word on the street is you're going to feel it this weekend. one woman proves baseball is all fun and games until a hot dog hits you in the eye. >> oh, no. >> ouch. >> it's not funny, but it's also funny. >> how stale was that bud? it must have been rock hard. >> welcome to thursday, june 21st. coolerly a lot happening today. sue hall in for alexis. we're starting with summer. >> summer solstice this morning at 3:07. today is supposed to be our longest day, not our warmest even though we'll have more sunshine than tomorrow and saturday by a couple of seconds. you can see over the last couple

hours i've put the cloud layer on live doppler 7. it's trying to make an inland reach, but it's just too dry. in fact, expect a lot more sunshine today, especially up until 7:00 when we're in the upper 40s to upper 50s. starting off a little cooler but we'll end up warmer, 70 to 75 at noon. 74 to 85 around the bay and inland neighborhoods at 4:00. nothing outrageously hot yet. mid 50s at the coast at 7:00. nearly 70 to 76 around the bay and inland. great evening on the way. how about the commute this morning? >> pretty good. we have trouble spots as usual. but the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge right here looking great. we do have a volume of cars headed in the westbound direction over towards the foster city side of things. you're looking at about a 16 to 18-minute drive from hayward over towards 101. overall, looking pretty good out there. drive times, 580 tracy to dublin still 52 minutes.

highway 4 looking good and your drive into san francisco from marin, less than 20 minutes. there was an amazing rescue overnight in the santa cruz mountains. a driver careened off a cliff, then got caught in a tree. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is off highway 17 with details on that rescue. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. firefighters and chp officers agree, a tree saved this driver's life. check out the video and see for yourself. all of this happened in the santa cruz mountains. chp responded to the call on locust drive and alder croft road. fights say this was a very technical rescue. they had to strap the car to the tree before they were able to get the driver out. >> it was almost a high-angle rescue. it was very, very steep. we had to use tools, the jaws of

life, to cut him out. his feed were wedged under the dash and the pedals. >> reporter: firefighters used ropes to pull him up about 30 dpeet up t feet up the cliff in a basket, taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. chp does believe alcohol was a factor in this crash. live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc 7 news. vieters trying to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at an auto repair shop in oakland. it took 15 minutes to get it under control. oakland fire live posted this video to its twitter feed. four engine companies and two battalions fought the flames. no injuries were reported. now to the crisis at the border. president trump doubling down on his hard line immigration rhetoric one day after signing that executive order to end the separation of families at the u.s.-mexico border. what will happen to the children already taken away from their parents. abc's stephanie ramos joins us

live from washington with the latest details. good morning, stephanie. >> natasha and reggie, after president trump signed that executive order saying it will keep immigrant families together, he insisted he will still be, quote, tough on immigration. >> with a quick signature, president trump did what he said he could not do. >> we're signing an executive order. we or going to keep the families together. >> putting a stop to the separation of families crossing into the u.s. illegally. this comes 75 days after more than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. >> i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. >> reporter: overnight trump defended his decision to suspend the program during a campaign rally in minnesota. but also said when it comes to undocumented immigrants. >> we're sending them the hell back. >> reporter: -- some supporters agreed with the separation

policy. >> did those images of children bother you? >> no. because they're well cared for. paying $700 per day per child. if a person goes to prison or skbral, they're separated from their children. >> reporter: for immigrant families going tolerance remains in place. but kids will go with their parents for immigration proceed deposition. the order does not override the federal court settlement known as the floor ris agreement that says the children cannot be jailed mormon than 20 days. the president is expected to instruct the department of justice not to follow that law. health and human services say that are, quote, awaiting further guidance on how to implement this executive order. the families that have been separated those 2,300 kids will

not be immediately reunited. live from washington, stephanie ramos, abc 7 news. back over to you. >> stephanie, thank you. this is incredible. the facebook campaign to help reunite undocumented immigrant parents separated from their children has now raised almost $16 million. three of facebook's earliest employees started this campaign on sunday. for information about the immigration debate, go to our website, abc7news.com. it's 5:36 now. the arrest of joseph deangelo in the golden state killer case is reviving the attempt to find a suspect in a string of murders that terrorized the san francisco gay community in the 1980s. >> here are skechs released of the suspect nicknamed the doodler. he may have killed as many as 14 men in 1974 and 1975. they're trying to extract dna from crime scene evidence that they hope will identify the killer. if he's still alive, the suspect

would be in his early 60s. a 6-week-old puppy stolen out of a san jose warehouse is back with its owner. police received a tip that led them to nyla and the accused dog napper yesterday. authorities found nyla in the central valley town of series. the suspect reportedly told police he had given the stolen puppy to his girlfriend as a gift. flaring at chevron's richmond refinery is under investigation. sky 7 flew over yesterday afternoon. chevron says there was an upset in a processing unit that resulted in flaring for about two hours. no shelter in place orrer the us with issued. a level one alert was issued for the community which chevron says is standard for flaring events like this one. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. look at that. temperature in daly city 49, pacifica and half moon bay 51

and 52. menlo park 52. everybody else just about 53 on the peninsula until you get to san bruno at 55. same thing in plout, hayward, conco concord. 51 in san rafael and nor40s in north bay. pretty comfortable, a little cooler than yesterday in the north bay. emeryville, it's almost cloud-free this morning. that's a different start. don't have to worry about fog or a small craft advisory. still breezy but not quite as breezy. cool this morning, expect those stops to be a little warmer this afternoon if you're taking mass transit. san francisco out of the 50s today. noon to 1:00, jumping into the 60s. at the coast you'll seymour sunshine. north bay, we jump from 57 at 8:00. ten degrees warmer at 10:00. ten degrees warmer at noon at

77. comfortable 74 at 8:00. let's head all the way back to the south bay, 59 this morning. 67 at 10:00. total sunshine and total sunshine the rest of the day with 76 at noon and low 80s throughout the afternoon hours. back to about 72. we've got a moderate heat risk for tomorrow and saturday. more on that coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. how are you doing this morning? any hot spots out there? actually pretty good, pretty quiet. summer pattern is here. kids are out of school and vacations are happening. let's take a look outside. we'll go to san rafael where traffic is looking pretty good. taillights headed southbound past north gate mall and the civil center. you're looking at less than 20-minute ride headed into san francisco from the novato side of things southbound. speaking of which, looking across the golden gate bridge, looking good. looks like the camera lens is a little dirty. but two lanes in the northbound direction, four lanes in the

southbound direction and a beautiful morning to be headed across the bridge, the span. we'll take ooh look here at the central valley commute with about 55-minute ride from the downtown area of tracy in and up and over the altamont pass. already road closures starting today for the pride parade. we'll update that in a few minutes. new details this morning in the transition of francisco city hall. london breed's inauguration is set for july 11 pgt. the supervisors will elect a new president at the end of tuesday's meeting. the president's job is the second highest political position in the city. thieves take more than $100,000 worth of equipment from little leaguers in the east bay. now a big-time baseball official is stepping in to help. you can, too. you're about to meet someone who may be the sweetest person

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it's pride weekend in san francisco. look at the temperature swing from 70 friday to 80 saturday, back down to 68. sunday -- in fact, here is a

look at your sunday with the parade at 10:30. 60 at 9:00, 70 at noon. 62 at 6:00. some of the hottest temperatures rght here in the central valley. 100 to 108 degree highs. today 95 to 100. that's all. 110 in palm springs. 72 in san diego. if you're lucky enough to go to l.a. today, 77 degrees. it's going to be 80 in tahoe. this is just the beginning of many days in the low to mid 80s. this morning oakland a's president -- we just said this, cav law, i get it wrong every time. says the team will match donations up to $5,000 to replace baseball equipment stolen. >> on monday morning thieves stole thousands of dollars in baseball and soccer equipment.

the field is used by oakland tech's baseball team. players work hard to main taen it and to earn money to cover the costs. >> we hold fund-raisers like the christmas tree sale and things like that to earn the money to have that stuff. when somebody takes it, it kind of hurts. >> a gofundme page was set up late last night to replace the stolen gear. you can find the link on our website, abc7news.com. a win in sacramento on the efforts to build a new a's ball park in oakland. lawmakers advanced a proposal to speed up the environmental review process for the ball park. in addition, the bill would prohibit a judge from halting construction unless there was an imminent life or safety risk. the measure applies to both sides the a es are considering, howard terminal and the coliseum and now heads to the senate judiciary committee with a vote. cannabis coming to city college of san francisco. it will offer workshops about

the history of marijuana and cover the health care, science and politics of cannabis. the first workshop will be next month. the second one in august. people can register for the cannabis course online. amazon teaming up the northeastern university this school year to make campus life easier for students. they'll be given the option of being given an echo dot linked to their university accounts. students can ask what time classes are, how much money is left on their food card. it gives students instant access to information that they would have to call or go online for. this next story, the craziest incident out of philadelphia. >> this is kathy mcvay. she says she was at the philly's game monday night when a hot dog hit her in the face. >> i would understand a baseball, but not a hot dog. >> the team ace mascot, phillie phanatic shot the hot dog out of a launcher like the one you see here.

mcvay says the hot dog hit her square between the eyes. how does a hot dog cause that much bruising? it was wrapped in duct tape. mcvay says the humorous incident is not lost on her. >> give people a good laugh. if that makes somebody chuckle, then that's feen. >> mcvay went to the er. she says everything is fine except obviously the bruising. she says she loves the phillies. she does not plan to sue, but maybe they can think of something else to throw in the stands. >> i'm surprised this doesn't happen more to be honest when they're shooting things into the stands. if i throw a hot dog from this range at your face, it's going to hurt. >> t-shirts? they're softer. no t-shirts either? but hit her square in the eyes, what are the odds of that? >> she's a good sport. >> yes, she was. true fan there. let's talk about what's going

on. hi everybody. here is a look at our exploratorium camera at pier 15. you can see the broken deck of clouds that are hovering over our neighborhoods right now. faster sneen, warming trend begins today. we'll see stars tonight and still feel cool. you can keep the windows open if that's your prerogative and still feel comfortable. the hottest highs will be friday and saturday. let's talk about what's going on in san francisco today. 50s and 60s. going to be a little warmer than yesterday. a little brighter. upper 60s around mission and bayshore this afternoon and downtown at 67. along the east bay we'll wake up at clouds. sunshine really quick and temperatures pushing into the 70s this afternoon, low to mid 70s in most neighborhoods. 77 in oak laland. keeping an eye on sfo, hopefully not our third day in a row of delays. our highs will be all over the place, 80 in redwood city to 70 in millbrae, the coast low to mid 60s. one o of the warmest days we've

had in for you. morgan hill and gilroy stick out as they hover around 90. temperatures reaching the mid 80s in many neighborhoods. we'll go from 78 at sonoma to 91 in cloverdale. toasty in our beast bay valleys today with 86 in san ramon to about 92 in brentwood. see the lack of cloud cover tonight. not much gray except for along the peninsula coast. that means low to mid 50s tonight. my accuweather seven-day forecast, feeling hot, hot, hot again on sunday. just not as hot as it's going to be friday and saturday. hi, sue. >> good morning. we'll take a look right now. the usual slowdown suspect areas being out of tracy, 580. highway 4 westbound is starting to slow. we have metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza. for those of you headed to downtown by the civic center today, we do have road close yurs in advance of the pride

parade. fulton between hyde and larkin and grove between polk and larkin. of course, the parade is sunday down market street from beale to 8th street. lots and lots of people are going to be out and enjoying the festivities. be aware of the street closures. we'll have more tomorrow, too. there's new video of one of kilauea volcano's largest fissures. drone video captured the lava bursting from the opening yesterday. kilauea began erupting may 3rd. there's been enough molten rock to fill 58,000 olympic-size pools. there's no sign it's slowing down. hawaii's civil defense says the lava has destroyed 577 buildings and almost 900 people have reached out to the federal government for help. heads up for parents. doctors are warning that more and more preschoolers are living with depression. what you should know. first, instagram made a

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the giants tonight are hosting the padres, 7:15 first pitch, 62 dropping down to 57. if you buy one of the special event tickets, it's lgbt night and you get one of those nice stran pride backpacks. that's pretty cool. hopefully the giants get a win. have a good time. we'll take a look at other events in just a few seconds. >> i want it. >> i want that backpack, too. thank you, mike. this is the moment instagram changed the game. they have unveiled a new app,

igtv. but what is it? >> instagram says users will no longer be limited to one-minute videos. you can now see videos up to an hour long. igtv will start playing the video the moment you open it just like turning on a tv but on your phone. this could be a problem for parents who battled inappropriate content for kids for years. they say they have a team dedicated to flagging inappropriate material and plans to notify users when they're spending too much time on their phone. >> one thing we'll do is set alerts saying hey, i spent this many minutes. maybe it's time to put it down and have a conversation with the family. >> oh, hello. >> is it a bad omen that we just went to black. if you want to try it, you can update your instagram app and look for the instagram tv icon. what you're looking at is america's largest movie theater chain, creating a service to

rival movie pass. amc theaters will offer a $20 a month subscription that will allow you to see three movies per week in any format, including i max and 3d. movie pass allows you to see one standard 2d movie per day for $10 a month. amc will let you book tickets in advance. movie pass pretty much disrupted the whole movie theater experience. but there have been big questions about how they'll actually merrick money off that. this is not your typical big rig. tesla tweeting out the video of the electric semi crossing the golden gate bridge. the truck was unveiled last november. the semi can go from 0 to 60 in 20 seconds carrying an 80,000-pound load. >> kind of ominous looking. i'd stay away from that on the golden gate bridge if i saw it coming. the metering lights have been on since 5:21 this morning. the car poolers are getting

along just fine. a look at your drive time from hercules to the 80 corridor, all the way to the toll plaza. you'll want to add 15 minutes to the drive time to get from the tolls into san francisco. starting the bunch up for you there. otherwise, our normal slowdowns out there. we'll take a look at some of your mass transit options. ace train number 1 is running about five minutes late, checking in to fremont, we'll check back on that in a couple minutes. in the meantime, here is mike with a look at the forecast. >> that's not too bad. let's talk about what's going on out in pleasanton at the alameda county fair. it opens at 11:00. sunshine and 70. that strong sunshine will push us to 84 by 3:00. more comfortable, 7:00 at 77. 11:0062 degrees. heading to sonoma raceway, you've got to find shade friday and saturday. temperatures in the mid 90s with that burning strong sunshine. got my fingers crossed.

sea breeze is coming in for sunday's main race and temperatures dropping down to a more comfortable 78 degrees. of course, we'll tweet that as we get closer and closer. work to remove sandal long the great highway in san francisco has been postponed because of gusty winds. the annual project involves public works crews moving sand from the east side of the great highway back toward the ocean. the work is scheduled now to begin tomorrow and will last for eight work days. at 6:30, a dramatic rescue in the screws mountains. how a tree may have saved a life. a san francisco mom attacked on the streets. the action sfpd will take to ease concerns. a beloved primate from the a beloved primate from the bay area has

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a live look from our east bay hills camera. the sun is shining as we start the longest day of the year. but will it feel like summer when you head out. >> will it feel like the longest day of the year? hopefully not. we hope this is a good start to your morning, thursday, june 21st. thanks for being here. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. are we going to feel the summer heat, mike? >> in some we will. but most neighborhoods, no. we'll have to wait until tomorrow and saturday. you can see some gray. those are the clouds i've overlayed on live doppler 7 trying to fill in. but really, look at this. there's very few clouds in our east bay valleys. in the 80s to near 90 degrees. let's break down the day. the 12-hour accuweather planner. temperatures in the mid 40s in the north bay valleys. the rest of us in the low to mid 50s. pretty much in the 50s at the