screen. police still shot them off for hours. the view from our tower camera showing you what happened in the mission district after sunset. it's not just, you know, little sparklers or bottle rockets. these are almost professional-grade pyrotechnics. to the county fire in napa and yolo counties. rugged terrain making it difficult for firefighters to get a handle on it. see the charred area in red. cal fire says it's spreading to the north in places crews can't get to. the yolo county sheriff's office has lifted evacuations, although a stretch of highway 128 is closed. as of this morning the fire is up to 86,000 acres. containment now at 27%. and firefighters are confident they will have this fully contained by tuesday. >> it is 4:30. just joining us, let's get an update on weather and traffic starting with meteorologist mike nicco. the full wind shift yesterday brought all of us clean air. you can see from the visible

satellite yesterday all the smoke was moving through the central valley up into the sierra and that's what's going to happen today. herere lest conditions, about 59 degrees, humidity 74% and calm to about 7 mile per hour winds. as we head throughout the day, the winds are going to pick up especially during the afternoon and into the evening hours and they're going to hit around 20 to 25 miles per hour which is not going to help the firefighters but push the smoke away from us once again, especially into the central valley. you can see from about stockton southward to bakersfield, unhealthy air. traveling that way, be careful. >> we're taking a look at the bay bridge where i mentioned a minute ago a high wind advisory. right there the flags aren't looking too bad but the cash paying lanes are stacked up a little bit on the left-hand side of the span. headed towds t bridge. no majors delays and no metering lights as of yet. pretty great all the even out of the central valley. we are expecting hopefully light traffic today, the day after the holiday.

southbound 17 the ram top northbound 85 we have partial closure there due to an accident. and there are flares that are burning their way out there. just be aware i'm not seeing too much slow traffic in the area. thank you. you can see the fireworks in san francisco. carl the fog himself tweeted happy independence from me day. >> abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard took in the celebration. >> reporter: a fireworks spectacular lit up the night sky over san francisco's waterfront. the fog stayed away, but the crowds didn't. tens of thousands of spectators got a crystal-clear view. >> it's very, very beautiful and it's an excellent turnout. >> it's great. it's amazing. >> super. >> hi. >> reporter: some started celebrating early, setting off their o iiror crowds. police closed the embarcadero near pier 39, trucks created a road block preventing anything from getting through. traffic getting to the

waterfront was jammed for blocks and blocks. how long have you been sitting in the car? >> i don't know. i fell asleep. >> reporter: some drivers say they circled more than an hour looking for parking. >> the traffic is horrible. >> reporter: hopefully they made it into time to see this, amazing fireworks celebrating independence, american style. now the tough part, the drive home. we're told the traffic is backed up from here in north point and the embarcadero to the bay bridge. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. 4:33. a man from san leandro faces charges following a discovery by bart police. they released a photo showing a gun, officers found it on him yesterday a .9 millimeter weapon with an illegal high capacity magazine. he is barred from possessioning any firearm because of his criminal activity. the sister of a security guard shot and killed in san francisco is thanking police for

arresting a suspect less than 24 hours after the crime. 61-year-old security guard rolando romero was face timing his wife in the philippines when working his job at fitzgerald avenue. now this was monday morning. suddenly he realized he had been shot. romero died at the hospital. on tuesday officers took cardell coleman into custody and booked him on a homicide charge. >> these men, who does this thing? i hope he do have a conscience. you know, to think that he -- no one he killed is a person not to have that kind of death. he doesn't deserve that. >> again, his sister tells us that she thanked officers for their quick work. happening now, secretary of state mike pompeo is traveling to north korea looking for answers about its nuclear plans, this is pompeo's third trip. he will try to get answers about kim jong-un's intentions after new intelligence suggested his

country has continued to ramp up its capabilities. president trump and kim jong-un agreed to the denuclearization of the summit in june. the no guide post or framework was established to achieve that goal. california's net neutrality bill expected to take a big step forward. lawmakers will likely announce an agreement at the capital. the measure has been hotly contested and there's been weeks of negotiations about this bill. no details have been released about changes but democratic leaders are calling it the strongest net neutrality protections in the nation. it bans internet providers from slowing down or speeding up certain web traffic, was repealed nationwide last month. never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's jump in with the temperatures, about 54, down to 52 degrees t es thi morning. let's see about our other neighborhoods. we've got 56 in belmont, 60 palo alto, union city and saratoga at 58, pittsburgh, walnut creek, good morning, petaluma here at

about 55 degrees, 49 in american canyon, one of our cool spots. a look at the western side of the bay bridge. traffic today as far as your weather and commuting, looks pretty good. clouds to sunshine if you're driving, ferry ride limited chop today and limited breezes and then if you'r taking mass transit, cool this morning. 60 this morning with a mostly sunny start. 75 by noon, low to mid 80s for the afternoon hours, back to 78 by 8:00. a look at what's going on in the south bay, we've got clouds rolling in late. so at 8:00 we'll call it mostly cloudy and 60. by noon at 74. hanging out in the upper 70s to near 80. very comfortable. high clouds around 6:00 and 8:00 and our last stop will go to the peninsula where we've got partly cloudy start and temperatures hanging out mainly in the 50s and it will be around 70 at noon. very comfortable afternoon. mid to upper 70s. the high clouds from hurricane

fabio will be rolling in about 8:00. ought to be a gorgeous sunset. if you cash it, hash tag it abc 7 now. thanks for being here today. >> glad to be here i should say. >> i know. it shut your -- >> fireworks didn't have any. >> no. >> not at my household. >> some people are not fun and follow the law. >> we didn't have any in our neighborhood and we have the marin county fair over the hill. >> good sleeping. >> well -- >> missed the fireworks but slept well. >> all right. >> there you go. >> how is traffic? >> traffic is looking good, san rafael, 101 past the north gate mall and the marin county fair which wound up yesterday, the last day. looking good for about an 18 minute drive from novato into san francisco. as a matter of fact, let's take a look at the golden gate bridge, you still have two lanes or i should say three lanes headed in the northbound and three lanes in the southbound. the zipper truck is right here getting ready to go and

reconfigure your traffic lanes to three to two headed north and fouroud. not that confusing once you're out there and traffic is light. take a look at your south bay drive in a couple minutes. a protester creates a fourth of july spectacle on the statute of liberty. the political point she was trying to make and a dramatic way. >> this is one fourth of july that hundreds of families won't forget. the homecoming celebration for returning troops. >> it's a boy. >> it's a boy. you're going

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the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]

you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> we know that the southern san joaquin valley will have poor air quality and a temperature of about 98 in fresno and 94 yosemite, 113 in palm springs 84 in l.a. this is what's fabio, some of the high clouds moving into yosemite as we head throughout the afternoon hours. tahoe is going to be a gorgeous day. at least temperature wise. but the hazy conditions will be out there once again. we'll stay in the upper 70s today and tomorrow which is average but the mid 80s starting saturday through wednesday. slight chance of storms tomorrow. reggie. >> thanks. president trump lashing out at opec this morning blaming the oilteor rin com down. prices are high, especially in the bay area.

san francisco drivers currently 3.81 a gallon, across california the average 3.66 a gallon, 80 cents higher than the national average. the president tweeted that opec is doing little to help rising gas prices. officials say president trump was only thinking out loud when he questioned advisors about the possibility of an invading venezuela. a senior administration official says the president suggested a military option to remove president nicolas maduro from office last august. an invasion may backfire. the u.s. says corruption, drug trafficking and human rights abuses are rampant in venezuela. and a woman who climbed the base of the statute of liberty yesterday is in an act of defiance is due in federal court this morning. >> abc shows us how the fourth of july was a demonstration. >> reporter: more than a million gathering to watch macy's fourth of july fireworks spectacular.

♪ >> reporter: but earlier in the day, a different kind of spectacle. the nypd involved in an hour's long standoff with a woman who climbed on to the statute of liberty protesting president trump's immigration policies. >> unauthorized person climbing the statute of liberty at this time. >> reporter: before her climb seven protesters were issued summons on liberty island for dropping a banner that read abolish i.c.e. the group acknowledging she was one of them, but they say her actions were not part of the planned protest. >> we would love to talk about the issue and not the action. >> reporter: officers with ropes and climbing gear eventually reaching her, attaching a harness and taking her into custody. >> happy fourth of july to everybody. >> reporter: amid those political protests, the president spent the holiday hosting a picnic for military families at the white house. maggie rule, abc news, new york. 200 service members made it home just in time for the fourth

of july and after a nine-month deployment no words were really needed when the couples united. welcomed home from afghanistan with cheers and music. they said it was this type of unconditional love and support that got them through some tough times. >> as a mother, it's a very, very hard process, i'm not going to lie. it's nontraditional and it's tough on me as a mother. >> nerve wrecking. that's to say the least. nerve-racking. not knowing if she's going to make it back. >> i'm happy to see him after this long journey. >> the brigade moved more than $100 million worth of rations during their deployment. big congratulations as well to the curry family. steph and ayesha revealing the birth of cannon w. jack curry on instagram yesterday. the little guy was born on monday. ayesha captioned one photo, my heart is full, god has been too good to us. the couple has two daughters,

5-year-old reilly, 2-year-old ryan. for the record cannon will be eligible for the draft in 2036. maybe they're hoping for an explosive three-pointer with that name, right. cannon. >> cannon. you can do whatever you want, by the way. >> that's true. he's going to have sisters that make sure he's taken care of. >> look over him for sure. >> my sister still looks over me. >> oh. >> yeah. somebody rips me on facebook she's right there. >> that's sweet. >> that doesn't happen often but she's there if it does. always great to have older sisters. never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. 4:45 on thursday. feels like monday. if you had yesterday off trying to re-set the clock. two-day work week. how about that. and look at walnut creek where we have clouds starting to roll in but they're not going to stay very long. so warmer and then mostly sunny. my first accuweather highlight. mostly cloudy, cool to mild tonight in the extended summer heat in our inland neighborhoods. a look at the setup, we have the

area of low pressure that's finally steering away the smoke as we talked about, but it's also drawing heat from the desert southwest. the high clouds, brighter whiter towards towards l.a. that's coming our way and those are some high clouds from hurricane fabio which is also bringing us the dangerous surf startin da i will show you that in less than seven minutes. the fog and you can see 7:00 and there you go, by noon all the way back to the coast. we're going to open up from time to time across the north bay for a little more sunshine at the beaches. see what it does for our temperatures, we'll head down to the south bay, upper 70s in sunnyvale, and milpitas, low to mid 80s around morgan hill, upper 80s to low 90s. 80 in redwood city, everybody else in the mid to upper 70s on the peninsula, 71 mill bray, low to mid 60s across the coast, downtown south san francisco and sausalito, low to mid 80s through the north bay valleys and east bay shore with oakland

at about 73 and 85 to about 91, little warmer in our east bay valleys. tonight's temperatures 50s. concord, antioch in the 60s. few high clouds tomorrow and warmer temperatures be. the heat will peak saturday and sunday and fall back to normal levels tuesday and wednesday. hey, sue. >> good morning. we are headed outside to the south bay, highway 87 is looking great this morning. past the sap center in both directions and we'll head across town taking a quick look at highway 280 as well is moving very nicely. the headlights headed underneath highway 17 towards cupper tino, an idea of where we're looking this darkng. a look overall, our traffic maps are looking great out of the central valley slowing up and over the altamont and a look at your drive time leaving this morning looking great, 30 minutes, tracy, into dublin, antioch to concord on 4 and 101

to san francisco. netflix is considering a new more expensive subscription offer to users. >> a study finds yes, your p is spying on you. here's tech bites. >> netflix is testing a new pricing plan. it's considering adding an ultrasubscription tier that would offer simultaneous high definition video streams. >> netflix says it would cost about $17 a month, but it's unclear if it would actually ever be put in place. >> new research confirms that yes, your phone is spying on you. researchers studied android apps and the media files being sent from them. >> they found the apps don't turn on your phone or record your voice, but some of them do send screen grabs to third parties without your permission. and emirates is giving everyone a chance to see what first-class is like. >> it's launched a virtual reality experience on its website. it lets you wander around inside an a-380 including its on board showers. users can book their seats within the virtual environment. >> those are your tech bites.

>> have a great day. >> it is hard to move on from what we heard about screen shots being sent to third parties. >> what? okay. but we are going to move on. >> we have to. this pup needs to be reunited with his owner. the san francisco fire department say someone found this little guy on the street and dropped the dog off at a firehouse. the pup was taken to san francisco animal care. if he looks familiar, contact the fire department or sf animal care. >> that is my kind of dog. i love dogs like that. i hope he gets a home. >> a bay area summer camp is making a different difference in the lives of developmental disabilities. >> joey travolta, brother of john is in charge of the future's explored film camp at st. mary's college. 53 campers, some have autism, have some down syndrome, are -- and among other disabilities, spending two weeks making short films. travolta says the social and life skills that go into film

making go into everyday life. >> with the camera, you can take lighting, take writing, acting, sound, editing. >> i kind of like it when we're just hanging out and filming and show us the like editing film editing. >> and after the camp all of the students' work will be shown at a red carpet event at the vine cinema. >> that's awesome. music meets nature, the melody about to fill the air at san francisco's botanical garden. >> tick season is in full swing and things to do to prevent getting the diseases they carry. >> give me a maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing, with energy upgrade california.

all right. looks like we are back so let's talk about what's going on because you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we're going to do the giants, cardinals are in town. the red birds taking on the giants at at&t park. 7:15, 62, dropping down to 58. >> thanks, mike. what a bad day in houston. they are drying out this morning after some pretty frightening flooding. heavy rainfall left one to two feet of water in some neighborhoods. several roads were flooded and the city had to actually cancel its fourth of july concert and festival downtown. fortunately the rain tapered off in the afternoon but they are still reeling from the effects of the hurricane earlier this year. the second most powerful democrat in the house of

representatives in the hospital this morning recovering from pneumonia. steny hoyer treated with an tie biotics after admitted on tuesday. the 79-year-old maryland democrat is expected to be back at work soon. hoyer is the minority whip, second in power among democrats behind bay area's nancy pelosi. tick borne diseases are on the rise and according to a report they are part of a growing public health problem leading to potentially serious illnesses. one variety of a disease transmitting tick can be found in every state and lyme the most common. the best way to avoid a tick borne infection is not to get bitten. insect repellant may help and wear your clothing properly. sorry about the sound bite. the centers for disease control estimate 300,000 americans develop lyme every year and we could see more this year. that's because longer seasons of warmer weather mean that there's a longer period of time for ticks to be active. happening today a whimsical

event combining music with the beauty of flowers. the start of san francisco's botanical gardens annual flower piano event at golden gate park. 12 pianos scattered throughout the grounds and anyone can play. there are some scheduled professional performances. you better hurry, flower piano only runs through july 16th. never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. a look at what's going on in pleasanton, the alameda county fair starting at about 11:00 today and it's going to be 71 degrees. about 84 at 3:00, 79 with the high clouds coming in at 7:00 and 65 as we head into the evening hours. now we've got the beach hazard statement at 5:00 this morning. 4 1/2 minutes from now. south faces beaches, rip currents and sneaker waves. the reason why, fabio which continues to move away from us, other than the high clouds, it's now a tropical storm. it's going to continue to weaken and move away from us. not a threat to us and not a threat to hawaii other than

those dangerous surfing conditions the next couple days. sue? >> all right. we'll take a look outside at the richmond san rafael bridge. light conditions heading from richmond into marin county. and you've got very -- just a couple headlights through your screen there. a look at this problem, brand new, coming out of the cull de cut tunnel, a car that hit the center divide blocking the left lane and there's been several near misses with other cars passing it. please be careful. apparently the responding party is outside of the vehicle and it's a very dangerous situation leaving the thank you, sue. when east bay congresswoman barbara lee retires from politics she could consider a career in baseball. the a's tweeted this photo of lee throwing out the first pitch at yesterday's a's games. she can't imagine a better way to spend the fourth. it started with sonoma and a

bit of a backlash for eating a kit cat incorrectly. now it's ending with a proposal. when evan bit into a kit cath bar like a sandwich instead of eating it in segments he got roasted on sonoma and his girlfriend hailie was the one who shamed him sharing the gaffe, making it go viral. evan had the last laugh when he surprised hailie with a diamond set in a kit kat in the sideways direction. they tweeted out photos of the happy couple. >> you know, that's actually cute. >> i like love. i'm into it. i like kit kats. i'm in. >> why a local restaurant is serving up free meals today. >> a fourth of july show on this fifth of july. this drone show didn't happen as planned yesterday. so that means you may have a chance to check it out tonight. >> amazon announcement, the company reveals new details company reveals new details about

good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings. right now at 5:00, a big grass fire burns as fireworks explode in the background. the busy night for fire crews across the bay area. >> good morning on this thursday, july 5th. >> we appreciate you being here on the 5th. never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. that means meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning. let's take a look at what's going on with live doppler 7. marine layer, the gray, cloudiness will allow temperatures to return back to average. a look at san