on abc 7 news at 5:00, a tragedy that shook an international community. today the honor for victims of the balcony collapse and a tribute to those who helped in a time of crisis. >> as i was swimming up, i was praying, lord, please let me get to my babies. i've got to get to my babies. >> a survivor of a boat accident that killed 17 people talks about the moment the boat was submerged. why that vessel remains under water tonight. the series of events that led up to a highway closure in the bay area that left people skulk for hours. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> victims of the balcony collapse honored t year after led to new safety measures in california. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm dion, eric has the night

off. we begin with an honor to six lives lost. live in berkeley where there is now a tribute to those victims. cornell. >> hi, dionne. that contribute is a black in the corner of the park. flowers line the pace of it. it's a permanent reminder of six lives lost. >> we pray they are at peace and with one another. >> reporter: prayers mark the new black at the memorial park remembering six students, five of them from irl, who died when the balcony they were standing on collapsed at the library gardens complex in june 2015. >> we in ireland feel a great sense of contact with the tragedy, the loss of these six young people at the beginning of their lives. >> the victims' families laid flowers at the base of the black and the strawberry trees nearby. fire captain rick guzman

remembers that terrible night. >> we rolled up on scene. there was essentially a pile of bodies on the sidewalk. it was difficult to take in. >> they revealed the balcony's failure was a result of water damage. details concluded they tried to save money. it led to safer balconies statewide. >> the effort we took has led to a statewide movement to strength en. >> amanda into on behalf of her sister and all the families. >> you guys have been absolutely phenomenal in getting things done and supporting us. i don't know how our families would have gotten through out without all of you guys. thank you. >> here is what it looks like today. all the balconies removed. a small sidewalk memorial pays

tribute to the students. >> there was a quote from irish poet james joyce engraved in the black which reads they lived and laughed and loved and left. we're live in berkeley, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> so fitting, cornell, thank you. in developing news, a person died when a drive tried to escape from police crashed on an east bay freeway. traffic was snarled for hours. abc 7 news was on westbound highway 24 in orinda while investigators searched for clues. contra costa county sheriff said the sped away after being stopped by police. they lost sight of it. moments later it overturned near the b.a.r.t. station. one of two people in the car died, the other in the hospital. take a look at what drivers had this morning, lanes occupy after 3:00 this afternoon. breaking news out of lake county right now. take a look at this, another wildfire started.

this time near kelseyville. this abc 7 view shows smoke in the air. they have issued an evacuation order for the area. so far the fire has burned about 60 acres. to developing news now on the ferguson wildfire burning near yosemite. there are new mandatory evacuation orders. yosemite west and anderson valley area are now under an evacuation order. yosemite national park remains open though the fire's path is heading toward the park. a red cross shelter has been set up at the new life christian churches in mariposa. that fire started eight days ago and charred more than 42 square miles and just 42% contained. breaking news out of los angeles where people escaped from a trader joe's a short time ago. police surrounding the silver lake neighborhood after a car

chase ended at the front door. the suspect ran inside that store. it is still unclear if that suspect is armed. police officers carried one person who appeared to be injured away from that trader joe's. developing news out of midwest now where the search is under way for a college student with ties to the east bay. more than 100 volunteers met at a fire station in brooklyn, iowa, to locate 20-year-old molly tickebetibets. she was last seen on wednesday. they reported her after not seeing her wednesday. >> we hope we can get her found and brought back home to people who love her. >> she's probably about 5'2", brown hair, brown eyes, beautiful smile, great with kids. >> searchers have combed acres of farmland on foot while a helicopter assisted them from above. tibbets attended elementary and middle school at piedmont. she's currently attending university of iowa. the latest out of the

southwest, out of southwest missouri where 17 people died on a tour boat. the coast guard said the poet had passed an inspection in february. abc news reporter in branson where a survivor is talking about what happened when she was thrown into the water. >> reporter: riding the ducks, a favorite pass time for tourists but the trip ending in tragedy. >> waves crashing over my face. every time i would get my head above water, i would say, help, help. they were throwing life rafts to everybody. i couldn't reach it, get there in time. >> at 7:30 p.m. a severe thunderstorm for the area including table rock lake, branson, missouri, in the middle of the zone. >> be advised we have strong thunderstorms moving through right now. intense winds and rain in branson. >> by 7:00 p.m. those thunderstorms turning deadly for passengers. the boat tossed around the lake by 63 mile-per-hour wind gusts and 6' waves before capsizing. >> i was there with my husband

and our three children who were nine, seven and one. >> tia coleman survived the accident. her husband and children did not. she lost nine family members. >> i couldn't see anybody. i couldn't hear anything. i could hear screams. it felt like i was out there on my own. >> the 13-year-old nephew the only other family member to survive. he's been released from the hospital. relatives say he'll have a difficult road to recovery. >> he tried to save one of the kids and couldn't do it. >> said he didn't have the energy. >> the ntsb and coast guard now leading the investigation. >> we'll look at the vessel, we'll look at the operation of the vessel, we'll look at the people involved, we'll look at the environment. >> authorities say it will take several days to get the equipment in place to raise the sunken vessel. abc news, branson, missouri. a scare today for people at the california state fair in sacramento. take a look.

looks like an action movie. monorail actually caught fire this afternoon. can you see those sparks flying as people ran from the monorail. cal fire says the small electrical fire was contained to one fire and the operator was the only one aboard the train. take a look, a car causing damage outside the front doors of a post office in san rafael. a fire department tweeted the picture you see here. responding crews closed the post office to check and make sure the building was safe. no one was hurt. the oakland a's and their fans are trying to set a record when san francisco giants visit the coliseum tonight. the aides say they have sold every seat and that includes the top level of mount davis above the outfield. that level includes 8100 seats. mount davis is open this weekend for the first time in 13 years. so if every seat is filled tonight, the a's will likely pass their all-time attendance

record of 55,000 at 6:00 we'll hear from the a's president on the future in oakland. some pros shared their expertise with a group of possible future hall of famers. >> point your shoulder at your target. >> just ahead the point of this practice, though, is just to have fun. we'll take you to an event in the east bay designed it promote play. before the internet and television, there was radio. ahead, a local tribute to radio's golden age. and accuweather outside from sutro tower showing you the fog already making a return this afternoon. we'll let you know what it means for sunday in the accuweather forecast coming up.

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. happening right now the second day of the rugby world cup sevens at at&t park. forty teams representing 28 nations during that tournament and fans are thrilled. >> this is actually my first time, a rugby supporter but first time at sevens, so really looking forward to it. >> you can learn the rules of

the game in less than 30 seconds watching this video. we posted it at our website abc7news.com. mean time golfers out on the green once again at a san francisco golf course. abc 7 news at golden gate golf course where a teach rather clubhouse is now open where the original one once stood. that course reopened yesterday less than three weeks after a fire there. flames destroyed that clubhouse that was originally built in 1951. it's still not clear exactly what start thad fire. many bay area children lived out part of their dreams today playing on a major league baseball field. abc 7 news was at oakland coliseum where the athletics players and the team's medical staff hosted an event called play. play stands for promoting a lifetime of activity for youth. kids from station -- moved from station to station to learn about skills and activities that

can help keep them active for years to come. they also learned about injuries. music is a powerful force that can bring people together. see for your self. up next an event across california that brought hundreds of thousands of people together in unison. well, it is a bright but breezy start to the weekend. san jose soaked in sunshine with a live look outside. that fog, though, rolling in on the coast as we speak.

the voices of thousands including singers in berkeley filled the air across california and around the world today. ♪ ♪ we all need somebody to lean on ♪ >> sound great. you are looking at a video from live stream produced by big sing california. choruses perform ten songs in six venues from sacramento to

san diego. organizers tell us the idea was to have fun by sharing the joy of singing and making music. hundreds came out today to help preserve a piece of radio history here in the bay area. abc 7 news was at the california historical radio society in alameda for their annual radio by the bay fundraiser. it raises money for a society which operates an education center and vintage radio museum. attendees had a live performance and got a chance to bid on radio equipment and historic memorabilia from heyday. >> accuweather forecast from drew tuma. >> afternoon sunshine last week, the weekend shaping up similarly. live doppler radar showing you cloud cover right along the coast kind of stretching over san francisco right now. look what's happening to our east around lake tahoe and

sierra. numerous thundershowers popped up this hour. look at the lightning count right now. 181 lightning strikes just in the past 15 minutes the storm will put into action over the last hour. they are slowly moving to the north in the last hour. do the same thing tomorrow afternoon as well. outside, sutro tower in the midst of fog from east bay hills camera. that marine layer will be with us overnight tonight. right now that's causing our microclimate to be in full effect today. only low 60s right along the coastline. inland, well into the 80s and 90s. 90s current number in brightwood, pulled down to 69 in oakland. a warm 80 in san jose with sunshine, santa rosa checking in at 79 degrees. a bit of a breeze out there as well. on-shore flow keeping the coast cool. we can see around the region gusts over 20 miles an hour at times. we will have this wind once again tomorrow as well. so overnight tonight here is the call. we have clouds along the coast right now spilling in and around

the bay. away from the coast our inland cities will be rather mild in the 60s overnight tonight around the immediate bayshore line. can you see temperatures in the mid if not upper 50s. 12 hour day planner on sunday. take a look. fog early on for the coast and bay. sunnier skies do prevail midday. by 4:00, similar temperatures. the breeze with us gusting 10 to 20 miles an hour at times. highs for sunday late today, love tomorrow more of the same. 73 for oakland, 84 in san jose, 91 antioch. 85, high in napa, 75 san mateo, 90 in concord. the beach forecast tomorrow will have early morning cloud cover giving way to afternoon sunshine. it will be breezy in the afternoon. uv index high. 71 high in santa cruz, 64 for ocean beach. ocean water temperatures at 61. thunderstorm threat will be to the east of us around lake tahoe and to the south and to the east. lightning and downpours

happening once again like you're seeing now. accuweather forecast, tomorrow a sunny afternoon, take a slight dip in temperatures on monday. we're back to where we are today on tuesday and wednesday. down the coast steady pattern. by friday and saturday, one week from today we finally stay in the 80s inland. we've been in the 90s for several days. >> i heard in the newsroom mild to wild. >> mild to wild. you never know what you get. >> i like it. drew, thanks. the a's, congratulations to them, they can fill the stadium. >> big night for the a's and giants. a's add some depth to their bullpen making a trade with the mets. madison baumgardner known for

the a's are expecting a record crowd at the coliseum when they take on the giants for game two of the bay bridge series. giants won last night's game 5-1. first pitch tonight in about 40 minutes. this afternoon a's playing let's make a deal with the mets trading for pitcher, the 28-year-old right-hander with 117 saves since the start of 2015. that's tied for third most in the majors. the gingp pitcher pitcher pitch bobby wahl and will l l l l they transferred gossett to disabled list, 40 relief appearances this season with the

mets. in june of 2016 giants gave up dh at the coliseum to let pitcher madison bumgarner bat. the first time it happened in 40 years, he doubled and scored. it will not happen tonight. bumgarner, who has just one single in his last 18 at-bats this year will just be on the mound for the giants as they try to take game 2014 he still leads all active pitchers with 17 career home runs. hunter pence will be the dh. tiger is causing a major buzz at the open championships. for the first time in more than 2,000 days -- that's right, 2,000 days -- tiger grabbed a share of the lead in a major after the first round. third round of the open championship at carnoustie. woods with best round in major in years, five under 66. how about that approach on 10. nearly holes out. tied for six at five under along with rory mcilroy. up an downed for bogey's five

birdies, one under 70. three guys tied for lead including xander with consecutive top tep finishes at the open. defending open champion jordan spieth starting hot, drove the green on one and drops the egle. spieth a six under 65 today. it's him, shotley and kisner tied at the leaderboard but spieth knows nothing is certain tomorrow. >> pretty much a new golf tournament tomorrow. it's ideal the leaderboard. >> i've been there close enough to win this year. given what happened the last few years, i didn't know if that would ever happen again but here i am with a chance sunday at a major championship. be fun. >> last night raiders head coach

jon gruden and owner mark davis visited famous watering hole, sports bar in san land rochlt it's going to be featured prominently in espn preview shows. the coach loved every minute of it. >> this one of my favorite places i've ever been to. i'm back as a coach. i've been gone for a long time. this was more fun than i ever had when i was here the last time. i felt it was important to come out here, reunite with the raider fans and get in the right frame of mind before training camp starts. >> hard to believe they report for training camp practice. >> is it

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in lake county where a wildfire has erupted and is forcing people to evacuate from their homes. is brisbane about to double in size? the proposal residents are going to be asked to vote on this november that could reshape the city. once again getting you back to that breaking news we first told you about at the top of our newscast coming out of los angeles where you can see there those people who escaped from trader joe's not too long ago. now, police are trying to determine if there are hostages inside the store. they surrounded the supermarket in silver lake neighborhood after a car crash ended near the store's front door. our sister station kabc notes a suspect ran in that store. still unclear if that suspect is

armed. well, of course, have an update on abc 7 news at 6:00. also feel free to tonight -- to breaking news. as we come on in the west. the violent and danger royce standoff unfolding at a trader joe's in southern california. officers in s.w.a.t. gear, surrounding the store. a person being dragged out unconscious. an an. also breaking tonight the ntsb just revealing new information in that tourist boat disaster. the vessel was facing near-hurricane-force wind gusts. plus, we go inside the final moments onboard the sinking tourist boat. from her hospital bed, the devastating memory of her drowning sister-in-law begging, grab the baby, and the shocking things she said they were told

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