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 coast. a few 60s around 2:00.

75 to 85 bay and inland at 4:00. >> taking a look outside. good conditions at this hour if you're making your way from san rafael towards southern marin, traffic is very light. this is past the freitas parkway exit. everybody moving nicely for a 15 to 20-minute drive into san francisco. taking a look at the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza, these are the cash paying folks on the right-hand side. these are getting quite the jump start for those that have to sit around and pay cash. it's about an eight-minute drive across the san rafael span into stlal san rafael. otherwise we're looking good with the nasty nimitz not looking bad this morning as you make your way through hayward towards fremont. otherwise you're at the limit there as well.

guys. >> breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. breaking news from our live desk. coco the gorilla has died. we learned this morning she actually passed away on tuesday in her sleep at the age of 46. coco was known for her extraordinary mastery of sign language. what you probably did not know is that coco was born at the san francisco zoo. she then moved to the santa cruz mountains eight years later along with the gorilla foundation. she was featured in multiple documents and appeared on the cover of national geographic twice. she was an ambassador for all gorillas and an icon for interspecies communication and empathy. her sign language skills were incredible. >> the gorilla foundation says coco shared a special bond with robin williams. >> this is so cool. the two met for a video shoot in 2001. coco's handler said at the time she hadn't smiled in six months since her lifelong partner

passed away. williams made her smile. the two joked and wrestled, got into a tickling fight. coco expressed sadness after handlers explained that williams died in 2014. >> i love that video. an amazing rescue overnight in the santa cruz mountains after a vehicle careened off a cliff and got caught in a tree. >> abc 7 news reporter matt keller is off highway 17 with the details of the rescue. good morning, matt. >> good morning natasha and reggie. what an intense scene here. a car went off the road, 30 feet down a cliff and a driver was very lucky to be alive. check out the video and you can see why. this is when the chp responded to the crime at locust and aldercroft road last night. firefighters say this was a very technical rescue. they had to strap the car to the tree before they were able to remove the driver using the jaws of life.

they pld him all the way up the cliff in a basket. amazingly he only had moderate injuries. >> in essence, that tree is the only thing that saved his life. had that tree not been there, that vehicle would have been so far down the embankment that it would have been difficult to find, if not impossible. >> reporter: the road was closed for a few hours. the chp is investigating the driver for suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol. live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc 7 news. happening today, the house will vote on two bills focused on immigration. both preventing the separation of young children from parents. one crafted by house speaker paul ryan and moderates, the other by hard right republicans. neither has secured the 218 votes needed the pass. this comes after president trump signed an order to stop separating families who crossed into the u.s. illegally. 75 days after he started enforcing that policy and since then more than 2,700 families have been separated.

late last night health and human services said it's still seeking guidance on how to reunite children already separated from their parents. demonstrations are still happening over the trump administration's immigration policies. last night hundreds showed up in san rafael. their message was simple, families belong tol. >> we told him in a minimal sens and my 4 kbrrd daughter replied, that just is mean. >> if i had to escape violence and terror and come here and hope someone would welcome me with open arms and not rip my children out of my arms. >> east bay congressman barbara lee will head to the border this weekend. she said the executive signed by the president solves little. in contra costa county a community forum in bay point over growing concerns of toxic soil. experts will be on hand to answer questions and give an update. it centers around allegations that potentially radioactive

soil from hunter's point naval shipyard in san francisco was dumped at keller canyon landfill in pittsburg. the community forum is tonight at 6:30 at the ambrose community center on willow pass road in bay point. someone attacked a mom holding her mom in noe valley. this surveillance video shows the victim crossing 28th and sanchez. moments later she got hit in the head with a bluchbt object. he's now recovering from life-threatening brain injuries. her baby was not hurt. the attacker is still on the run. sfpd will update the community on the incident and give an overall safety plan tonight in the gym at the upper noe rec center. cupertino city council has put the brakes on a head tax for apple. council members voted to put the matter off for a year. the decision comes weeks after seattle repealed a similar plan

in face of fierce opposition from amazon, starbucks and other large employers. mountain view, headquarters of google, is the only silicon valley city that is still proceeding with the head tax. a santa clara county eaglet that fell from its nest sunday has been treated and released. there's a new concern this morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. look at this. beautiful picture this morning from the exploratorium. temperatures rebounding today from about four degrees in redwood city where we hit 80, redwood city where we hit 80, hayw

we'll take a look at temperatures. it's about 6:10. you notice everybody about the same until you get into the north bay where we're six to nine degrees cooler. a lot of us in the mid to upper 40s, even a little fog developing around novato. we'll check on those visibilities in just one second. low to mid 50s just about everywhere else to 49 in daly city. here is a look at santa cruz. more sunshine than yesterday. the last day to do yard work in

comfortable conditions. ocean, mild but breezy. in the bay, minor waves, not as choppy as it has been. peninsula, 58 at 8:00, sunshine by 10:00 and 64. hang around 70 at noon with mid 70s from 1:00 to 6:00. we'll take a look at the mini heat wave coming up. here is sue with a look at your morning commute. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on. looking at about a 12 to 15-minute backup from behind the line up to get to the toll plaza. your san mateo bridge, about a 20-minute drive across the bay from hayward over towards san mateo, 101 looking good when you make your way across the dumbarton at this hour. first reports of an accident, this one near bailey, westbound 4, lane number three is blocked. you can see the traffic backing into pittsburg. we'll have an update on that in

a few minutes. this morning we're learning the plastic problem is worse than we thought. it's because china is going to stop importing most of the world's plastic scrap starting in january. a new study says by 2030, 111 million tons of water bottles, yogurt cups and other single-use plastics will have nowhere to go. so you say recycle it. that will be nice. but there aren't enough recycling facilities to handle this crush of plastic. the only solution is for all of us to reduce the amount of plastic we use. at 6:00, the parenting alert. preschoolers at risk for depression. depression. plus, this officer has

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welcome back. breaking news, intel ceo is out. as you may know the multinational tech company head kwaured in sclera, brian cruise niche resigned. he had a past consensual relationship with an employee, a violation of company policy. chief financial officer bob swan will step in as interim chief. he's been the cfo for the company since 2016. this change is effective immediately. also hear at the live desk, i want to show you other breaking news that's also coming in here locally. this is at the port of oakland.

there's a truck fire reportedly. that's where you're seeing the large plume of smoke. i'll g getting more information for you. that's all we know, again, a truck fire at the port of oakland. we're trying to get a little more information, how this started, if there may be anyone hurt. i'll check back in as soon as we have the new details. back to you. 6:16 now. hundreds of people in san jose participated in a playful way to raise awareness about a very serious issue on domestic violence and sexual assault. >> marching down santana row yesterday, the point was to walk a mile in her shoes. san jose mayor sam liccardo says the solution starts with education. >> en suring that young men understand what no means, that young women are very clear in communicating where the lines have so everybody understands what respect means.

>> participants paid a $56 registration fee and that money goes to the ywca. there's new concern this morning for a popular eaglet in milpitas. the bald eagle fell 70 feet from its nest at curtner elementary school. the wildlife rehab cared for it and released it back into the wall. they received a call that the eaglet wasn't doing well and they needed to come back. they'll update us again on what's going on at 9:00 this morning. if you're a plas ser county sheriff's deputy, you need to free a bear trapped inside your car. >> this is in lake tahoe. the bear somehow locked himself into the car. the deputy used one of those tools to break open the window and made a run for it. the bear jumps out of the car

and it goes in the exact direction the deputy ran. fortunately it made a turn and ran into the forest and decided it was done with humans for the moment. >> breaks the window and boorks it. he's out of there. goodness, gracious. >> nerves of steel by that guy. >> it's hard to outrun. bears, though they look clumsy, surprisingly fast. >> they are faster than us. glad he turned around. let's talk about what's going on as far as our weather. in the high country, temperatures in the low to mid 80s with a lot of sunshine and no threat of thunderstorms, not at least for the next three weeks or so. we have enough marine layer clouds that there are delays at sfo for the third consecutive morning. call ahead. a look at our east bay hills camera, not san rafael. apologize for that. summer solstice, not as cloudy tonight. still comfortable, cool, great sleeping weather. moderate heat risk for friday and saturday. in san francisco, 50s and 60s,

warmer than yesterday e specialspecia especially on the bay side. east bayshore line, starting with cloudiness this morning, but faster sunshine means temperatures warming into the low to mid 70s in most neighborhoods. we'll move to the peninsula, and you can see we get sunshine faster here, also, even though you start off mostly cloudy this morning at 56. 80 at redwood city. warmer at the coast, still breezy, low to mid 60s for you. down into the south bay, we're starting to see more 80s show up during the afternoon hours. those are the highs, mainly in the 70s during the afternoon for the most part. today, up in the north bay, how about temperatures from about 82 in san rafael, 86 in santa rosa, cloverdale at 91. inland, how about this? 90s on the highway 4 corridor. that's just the beginning. look what happens tomorrow. 100s in the east bay valleys, 104 on saturday. a few hundreds may sneak into the south bay and the north bay. back to average by monday.

hi, sue. >> good morning. a little busier on the roads this morning as well. it looks pretty good right here. this is san jose giving a little bit of love to 101 and 880 as you can see the cars traveling in the northbound and southbound direction, all looking at the limit. across town to 280 at the 17 overcrossing there. it looks pretty good with about an eight-minute drive from san jose towards cupertino in the northbound direction. overall our traffic maps are showing a little slowing as we're seeing out there. this accident is still blocking lane number three, westbound highway 4 near bailey for about a 25-minute ride from antioch into concord now. >> thank you, sue. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. ginger sew is live from new york city with a look at what's ahead. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, reggie and natasha. nice to be with both of you. president trump is firing up supporters at a rally promising to still be tough on borders,

signing the executive order ending the separation of children from their parents. the big question now this morning, what will happen to those thousands of kids already separated? we'll cover that. also an incredible rescue caught on camera. it shows a father's love. a hero dad jumps into action after his son's car crashes during a nascar race. he runs onto the track to pull him from the wreck. it's hard to believe it, but he's getting into some trouble for helping his son. instagram passing a billion users and now announcing a major change. we'll hear from the ceo about the new video feature and tell parents what you need to know before your kids start using it. it's thursday. that means deals and steals, great summer savings, all 20 bucks or less. all coming up only on "good morning america." >> living life for the gram. >> i can't keep up with the changes. >> one of the billion.

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mt. diablo off in the distance. temperatures rebound back to average, if not a little above average, the beginning of what's going to be a really hot friday and saturday and to a lesser extent sunday. today's temperatures 4 to 11 degrees warmer now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> -- you see things are way better now. they've really been able to get a handle on this. another update for you because originally we believed this was a fire being report ed chp saying this was actually in a shipping yard container, so a container there at the port of oakland. sue hall helping me with this one. chp saying this was a container that went up in smoke. so we're trying to get a little better details if anyone was

hurt. what is inside the container, as soon as we get more updated information, i'll pass it along. many may not realize children as young as 3 can be clinically depressed. new research from washington university school of medicine shows an interactive program can loer the symptoms. researchers adapted parent-child interaction therapy used for disruptive behavioral disorders. the goal is to give children the tools to keep their emotions under control and train parents reenforce those tools. happening today, orlando international airport will announce plans to become the first airport in the nation to require face scans of all pa passengers on arriving and departing international flights. there are no rules for handling data from the scans. u.s. customs officials say it's an effort to make sure passengers aren't traveling with

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now at 6:30, we're tracking breaking news and remembering coco. one of the world's most famous gorillas has died at home in the santa cruz mountains. summer is here. the sun is kind of up and it shows we're about to heat up as well. mike has details on the soaring

temperatures. one woman proves baseball is all fun and games until a hot dog hits you in the eye. ouch. >> she's fine. she has a good story to tell. >> she's a great sport. good morning on this thursday, june 21st. >> alexis is off today. sue is here to get us through our traffic on this thursday. first we start with mike. kbru ear never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. >> if you like the warmth, you'll like today and especially the next couple days. i've time lapsed the last three hours. you can see the gray getting a little thicker. that earlier sunshine is a sign that high press sure is coming in and bringing warmer weather with it. this morning, in the 40s in the north bay valleys, the rest of us in the mid 50s through 7:00. we'll hit near 70 to 75 around our bay and inland neighborhoods. comfortable for lunch. 75 to 85, back to average at 4:00. sue is here, she's going to tell you about the commute.

>> we're going straight to the richmond-san rafael bridge. what is going on here? that's probably what all the drivers are asking themselves. bumper-to-bumper here. we don't have reports of stalls or accidents on the span. we're checking with chp. it's definitely slow and go and the backup is beginning to build into the richmond side of things. elsewhere, we've got this accident in towards concord near bailey road. westbound highway 4, lane three is blocked and traffic is stacked up into pittsburgh now for a 25-minute drive. let's take a look at our drive times here in just a second. this was the container fire that is visible from the freeway, from the shipyards, northbound 880 after 980. that fire looks like it's under control. we'll check back in a few minutes. coco the gorilla has died. we just learned this morning she passed away on tuesday. coco was known for her mastery of sign language. she had major ties to the bay

area. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the san francisco zoo. that is where coco was born back in the year 1941. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi, jessica. not quite that far back. but this is where she was born. this is where it started. she was 46 years old, born here at the san francisco zoo 46 years ago. coco had a special relationship with another celebrity here in the bay area, robin williams. those two met for a video shoot in 2001, and they had a special bond. she was very somber after her handlers told her of williams' death. coco was known for her amazing ability to learn sign language. she was featured in several documents and twice on the cover of "national geographic." he was also part of a project at stanford university. the western lowland gorilla died in her sleep in the santa cruz mountains on tuesday.

live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> as soon as we found out about coco we sent out a push alert. you can download the app and get personalized push alerts where you live when breaking news happens. we're going to turn to the crisis at the border. president trump doubling down on his hard line immigration rhetoric one day after signing the executive order to end the separation of families at the u.s.-mexico border. >> this morning the question remains what will happen to the children already taken from their parents. abc's stephanie ramos joins us live from washington with the details. >> that is the big question. after weeks of protests and debate, as you mentioned, the president signing that executive order saying that immigrant families will be able to stay together now and insisting he will still, quote, be tough on immigration. with a quick signature, president trump did what he said he could not do. >> we're signing an executive

order. we're going to keep the families together. >> reporter: 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 his policy during a campaign rally in minnesota. but also said that when it comes to undocumented immigrants -- >> we're sending them the hell back. >> reporter: -- some trump supporters agreed with the president's separation policy. >> did those images of children bother you? >> no. they're well taken care of. we're paying $700 a day per child. if a person goes to prison or jail, they're separate friday their children. >> reporter: for immigrant families going forward, zero

tolerance remains in place. now kids will likely go into d.o.d. or i.c.e. facilities with their parents. it doesn't override the floor ris agreement that says detained mike grant children cannot be jailed for more than 20 days. the president is expected to instruct the department of justice to not follow that law while the white house challenges it in court in order to keep families together while the parent is in custody. >> health and human services says they're still waiting for further guidance on how to implement the executive order. the families that have been separated including those 2,300 kids, they will not be immediately reunited. live from washington, stephanie ramos, abc 7 news. >> when we saw this "time" magazine cover, it certainly caught our attention. you can see the viral photo of the little girl crying at the border while president trump is looming over here.

the headline there "welcome to america." the facebook campaign to help reunite undocumented immigrant parents separated from their children has now raised nearly $16 million. three of fok's earliest employees started that campaign on sunday. for info on the debate you can go to our website, abc7news.com. i want to take you back to the scene of our breaking news in oakland. this is a truck fire at the port of oakland. sky 7 is above the scene right now. we have conflicting reports on whether this was a o container fire or a truck fire. you can see it is a truck fire. looks like it kind of flipped over there and they're putting water on what appears to be the cabin of the truck. looks like it could have been towing a container or perhaps it's just the bed of the truck, the back of the truck there. you can see some tires that they're putting water on and trying to hose things off. this is a fast improvement

we first brought you this breaking news at the start of the hour. there's at least two ladder trucks working this far. sky 7 just arrived on the scene and you can really see what's happening. exactly where this fire was located in the port of oakland. we'll keep tracking it. no word yet if the driver of this truck or anyone nearby was injured. we'll keep updating it as soon as we get better information. back to you. >> we appreciate the update. hopefully everyone is okay. this morning investigators trying to find the cause of this fire that broke out in an auto repair shop in oakland and international boulevard. it just took 15 minutes to get it under control. four engine companies, twro battalions out there. no injuries were reported. san francisco police identified a suspect in a string of cold case murders that terrorized the city's gay community in the 1970s.

>> is a serial killer named the doodler, believed to be responsible for as many as 14 murders in an 18-month span from 1974 to 1975. this is the sketch police released at the time. cnn reports sppd sent dna samples and will release an updated sketch of what the suspect will look like today. if he's still alive, the suspect would be in his early 60s. 6:39. a six-week-old puppy stolen out of a san jose warehouse on monday is back at home with its owner. police received a tip that led them to nyla and the accused dog napper. authorities found nyla in the central valley town of series. the suspect said he had given the stolen puppy to his girlfriend as a gift. >> lucky the police found him before other people. here is a look at alum

to 69. here is a look at low 50s around san pablo, san francisco, half moon bay. 49 in napa. a little cloudiness over the san mateo bridge, but notice the clouds a little higher and it's not as hazy has it has been the last couple mornings. a better commune drivingwise and visibilitiwise. mass transit cool this morning to warm this afternoon. 52 at san francisco, mostly cloudy. start to see sunshine at 10:00. full on sunshine, even at the coast we'll see sunshine more than we have the last couple days. even mid to upper 60s as you get on towards the bay side with the earlier sunshine. 55 in the north bay this morning, and 67 at 10:00. 76 at noon. low to mid 80s from 1:00 through 6:00. dropping down to a comfortable

76 by 8:00. in the south bay, a pretty nice day. typical summer day almost. 58 in the morning, a few clouds. sunshine by 10ek. sunglasses needed if you're heading out and sitting out doorts at lunch and 75. look at the low 80s during the afternoon hours, down to a nice 71 at 8:00. still have moderate heat risk coming up the next couple days. i'll show you that in the accuweather seven-day forecast. sue is in today. what do you have traffic wise? >> wondering what's going on at the richmond-san rafael bridge. you can take a look. it's bumper-to-bumper, stopped at the toll plaza. chp reporting there is an accident about midspan blocking the left lane. you merge on to just two lanes on that braj. that's taken it down to one lane in the westbound direction. right now a 20-minute delay just to get to the tolls. and then another 20 minutes to get across the span over to marin county. crews are in route to try to get that accident cleared. one lane blocked on the richmond-san rafael bridge. otherwise we've got a sig alert issued, this one for the benicia

bridge. it looks like it's just now improved. there's a piece of metal debris sticking up about three quarters of the way across the span, northbound direction. they'll have to repair that. for now you'll see slowing across the span. we'll check in with chp and get an update in a couple minutes. the big problem at the santa cruz beach boardwalk and how dozens of 14-year-olds are being dozens of 14-year-olds are being used to f

it depends on which way the wind blows how warm it will be in san francisco this pride weekend. 74 friday, nearly 80. maybe warmer in some spots saturday. the sea breeze drps up to 70 on sunday. we'll hit that at noon. 63 at 3:00, 62 by 6:00. the most excessive heat solano county, 100 to 108. fresno 110. they're slowly working their way up towards us. even low to mid 80s are possible at tahoe today all the way

through next wednesday. one more check from our live desk of the breaking news that we're tracking in oakland. a truck fire at the port of oakland. this is sky 7, a look from sky 7 at what's happening there. i want to call attention here to the back of the truck where you can really see a little bit of snow coming from that back of the truck. firefighters seem to have a handle on this fire. earlier this morning we saw a huge plume of smoke coming from this truck. we don't see any flames or that huge plume of smoke anymore. you see it smoldering in the back of the truck. there are tires nearby which has made it confusing. but we do believe this was a truck that perhaps crashed into this area and went up in flames. firefighters still on scene. as soon as we get more information, we'll pass that along on our website, abc7news.com. b.a.r.t. and muni riders will soon see a lot more police at the civic center station in

san francisco. more than 260 b.a.r.t. officers will be on patrol to try to stop the rise of people doing drugs. that's four times more presence than what you see now. the action comes after this video emerged showing dozens of people kbrusing drugs in a station hallway. the video made national headlines. anyone caught doing drugs will be offered help. if they refuse, they will go to jail. an amazing rescue overnight in the santa cruz mountains after a vehicle careened off a cliff and got caught in the trees. >> abc 7 news matt keller is live on scene with details of the rescue. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters and chp officers agree that tree saved a life near the santa cruz mountains. take a look at the video. a very intense scene. the chp responded to the call on locust drive. firefighters 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-ang rescue. it was very, very steep. we had to use tools, the jaws of life to cut him out. his feet were wedged underneath the dash and the pedals. >> firefighters used ropes to pull him up the cliff in a brass ket. he was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. the chp believes alcohol was a factor in the crash. live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc 7 news. oakland a's president says the team will match donations up to $5,000 to replace baseball equipment that was stolen at ricky henderson field. >> thieves also managed to steal this truck and wood chipper worth about $100,000 and damaged the baseball field by driving the truck onto it. the field is used by oakland

tech's baseball team and players work hard to maintain it and earn money to cover team costs. >> we hold fund-raisers like the christmas tree sale and things like that to earn the money to have that stuff and when somebody takes it, it kind of hurts. >> a gofundme page was set up late last night to replace the stolen gear. abc 7 news reporter kate larsen tweeted it and kaplan retweeted it to show his support. you can find information on abc7news.com. unemployment has dropped to a 17-year low. that's causing a big problem for the santa cruz beach boardwalk. >> they're facing a severe staffing shortage. according to the santa cruz sentinel, the problem is so bad the boardwalk is hiring 14-year-olds this year, 60 of them. they still have 200 positions to fill. starting pay is $11 to $15. you can fill out the application online and drop in for an interview between 2:00 and 5:00

p.m. monday through friday. amc theaters will now offer a $20 a month subscription that allows users to see three movies per week in any format. that includes i max and 3d. movie pass allows you to see one standard 2d movie per day for $10 a month. movie pass disrupted the movie theater experience, but there have been big questions about its financial viability. and this is the moment that changed instagram and possibly is going to change video from now on. it unveils a new app called igtv. what is it? >> instagram says users will no longer be limited to the one-minute individual kbroes. now they can be an hour long. ig tfrmtsv will play video the moment you open it like a television but on your phone. this can be a concern for parents who battled against inappropriate content on youtube

for years. instagram says it has a team of people dedicated to flagging appropriate material. the app plans to notify users when they're spending too much time on their phones. one thing we're going to do is set little alerts to say, hey, i've spent this many minutes. maybe it's time to put it down and have a conversation with the family. >> if you want to try it, you'll need to update your instagram app and look for the instagram tv i con. >> i'll be interested to see how that evolves and how i would use it? does anyone want to see an hour-long video of me walking around? >> the craziest incident out of philadelphia probably couldn't happen to a sweeter woman. >> kathy mcvay was at the phillies game monday night when a hot dog hit her face. >> i would understand a baseball, but not a hot dog. he >> here is how it happened. the phillie phanatic shot the hot dog out of a hot dog

launcher. it hit her square between the eyes. so you're wondering, how does a hot dog cause that much bruising? well, it turns out the hot dog -- kind of confused about this -- it was wrapped in duct tape. mcvay says the humor surrounding the incident is not lost on her. >> it gives people a good laugh. if that makes somebody chuckle, then that's fine. >> mcvay went to the er. she says everything is okay except for the obvious bruising. she says she still loves the phillies and she doesn't plan to sue. >> she's being very sweet about it. >> i think they probably wrap it in aluminum foil or plastic and put duct tape on top so it can shoot out of the cannon. >> yeah. but is that a good idea? >> no, it's not. >> 15 seconds of fame, gone, that hot dog shooting thing. not going the use that anymore. >> didn't work out so great. >> no, it really didn't.

not like shooting a nice soft t-shirt at somebody. sun is going to shoot hot rays at us this weekend. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk about some of the cloud cover that's out there. it's really going to go away faster today. that's why a warming trend begins. see are more stars, still very comfortable sleeping at night. look how quickly the clouds go away today. easily by noon. even at the coast we'll see more sunshine than we've seen the last couple days. let's check out our temperatures. wide range in the south bay from near the water in sunnyvale, milpitas at 77, 80 at san jose, gilroy at 92. 75 with sunshine on the boardwalk and santa cruz. 80 in redwood city. 71 in millbrae to 78 in plout. low to mid 60s along the coast. upper 60s in downtown, south san francisco. if you're going to the game this evening, dress for

the sf pride backpack for lgbt night. if you have one of those special tickets, you get that backpack. cloverdale and northward, 90s there. 70 to about 75 along the east bayshore. 77 in fremont for the warm spot. mid 80s to low 90s in our east bay valleys. this is one of our more comfortable days, especially if you're going to the alameda county fair. 84 at 3:00, about 77 at 7:00. then you'll need a hoodie when we close at 11:00 at san jose 57, antioch 60. the blisssterring heat is on for friday and saturday. still holds on sunday. no more 100s inland. let's see if we have an average commute. here is sue. >> not at the bay bridge.

every day the metering lights come on about the same time and you're just stopped. there we go. that's living proof right there. once we get past that onto the span, it's a little sluggish getting into san francisco. so from the back of the line all the way to the city, looking at about a 35-minute commute. back over the richmond-san rafael bridge where we lhad an accident about midspan. i just watched a fire truck go through. they're trying to clear that out of one lane of traffic and off to the right-hand shoulder. take a look at the backup approaching the tolls all the way back into richmond for a good solid 25-minute delay just good solid 25-minute delay just to get to the scene of the crystal geyser alpine spring water starts here, good solid 25-minute delay just to get to the scene of the passes through here, and is bottled right here. at the mountain source. naturally. crystal geyser is the only major u.s spring water bottled at the mountain source. naturally.

how far does crystal geyser alpine spring water travel from its source to the bottle? less than a mile and a half. crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source. naturally. it is 6:58. whether you're just joining us or about to go out the door, here are the 7 things you need to know before ygo. coco the gorilla who mastered sign language died at the age of 46. coco died in her sleep at the foundation's preserve in the santa cruz mountains. intel ceo brian crew san niche resigned. he had a past consensual relationship with an employee which is a violation of company policy. >> number three, right now fire crews are on scene of what appears to be a semi truck that caught fire at the port of oakland.

this is from sky 7. you can see crews still out there. no word yet on any injuries or how it started. >> number four, the chp suspects alcohol played a factor in a crash in the snuds mountains. the car ended up 30 feet down an embankment and pinned against a tree. the driver survived. number five, a new effort to find the doodler. the serial killer responsible for several murders in san francisco's gay community in the 70s. number six temperatures rebound under faster sunshine today, getting back to average. the real heat comes tomorrow and saturday. number seven, a sig alert at the venetia bridge. as you're looking at the richmond-san rafael bridge, that accident midspan trying to clear to the shoulder. >> we love you coco. so nice to know how much people are touched by her life. and it's interesting to hear about her san francisco ties. >> thinking about her handler

who spent all those decades with her. >> a live look at sky 7 going over the bay bridge this morning. a little gloomy this morning, mike. good morning, america. and breaking overnight, president trump firing up his supporters after his stunning reversal on immigration saying children will no longer be separated from their parents but then saying this. >> we're sending them the hell back. >> now this morning the big question, how will this affect the thousands of children and babies here in the u.s. already in shelters in tents and away from their parents? is there a plan to reunite them? also breaking overnight, protests erupting over this deadly police shooting. an officer opening fire on an unarmed 17-year-old running from a car. that officer new on the job sworn in just hours before. emergency rescues overnight. flash ds