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former white house press secretary sean spicer is in the bay area tonight. >> the ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now.
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ordered to evacuate now, new neighborhoods threatened by flames tonight as one of the mendocino complex fires jumps in size again. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. in hours the threat will increase exponentially, red flag warning. strong winds, high heat, low humidity. >> bad news for firefighters. ranch fire threatening to spread. new mandatory evacuation orders for lake county, area shaded in orange. evacuation warnings issued for western clooussa county
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lou louisern and clear lake area as >> 84,000 acres, 33% contained. river fire containment increased by 50%. >> being fuelled by hot temperatures and difficult to access rugged trying to stop the northern push to lake pilzbury, full of summer rentals and the national forest. >> difficult with the weather. >> bring in spencer christian. >> the conditions are challenging. red flag warning in effect tomorrow. gusts up to 30 miles an hour,
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making containment very difficult. and low humidity, the fuels will be dry. temperature of the ranch fire, 66, wind is calm. that's good news right now. river fire, temperatures in 60s as well. humidity is rising a bit. gusts in the area up to 17 miles per hour. wind gust animation overnight. relatively gusty, calm down early, reintensify late. high fire danger persists. more later. dramatic new video today, showing terror of ukiah mother of three when family was trapped and ranch fire jumped the road. >> can't see anything. >> that is scary, smoke so thick. she couldn't find an escape route. that's when a cal trans tree
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crew supervisor came to her rescue, knocked on the window and guided the family out of the wy. >> sheriff says he's worried may be more victims of the deadly carr fire. facing that red flag warning we're talking about as they work to contain this fire nearly 127,000 acres right now. 37% contained. there's a bit of good news. sheriff says only five neighborhoods in redding remain evacuated. most orders have been lifted in the city. another deadly wildfire to the south. ferguson fire, western edge of yosemite park. containment up to 41%. four of the five entrances to the park are closed because of the wildfire. thick smoke shut down the valley and other parts of the park until at least sunday. two firefighters have died
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battling these flames. for more information on fires and latest on evacuations and maps, abc7news.com, and the abc7 news app, enable push alerts. president trump's former press secretary spoke in san francisco, sean spicer revealed his trying moments in the white house. kate larson with what he said. >> tonight he said that president trump's particular attention to the exact words and phrases that he used as press secretary was unusual compared to other politicians he's worked for. about his time in the white house spicer says many moments he wished he could have done better. >> replayed that day in my head more times than you can imagine. >> attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. >> says the first briefing was day he would like to do over.
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got a call from the president that surprised him. >> he was, what was that? what do you mean? i went in tough. he's like, that was horrible. >> spoke to sold-out crowd in san francisco at commonwealth club event. said everything about the role surprised him. including melissa mccarthy's impersonation on "saturday night live." >> million thoughts. okay, funny, well deserved. oh, my god. >> on his resignation said he knew there was no coming back from some of his blunders. >> too often was becoming the story. >> speaking about new book, "the briefing," slow sales before the event. after he spoke lined up. >> i thought answers were honest. >> we all had preconceived notions coming in, certainly. i actually like him. >> liar liar.
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>> other than the lone protester outside, no public outcry about spicer's san francisco appearance. there was an hour full of interesting nuggets tonight. spicer says melania trump is the president's closest adviser and said that mueller investigation should continue until its conclusion. back to you studio. happening now, firefighters located a person stuck at bottom of cliff near the legion of honor in san francisco. called to the scene, victim fell down the cliff in remote area of land's end. man had been watching sunset, got so dark, couldn't get up the steep surface. being checked for injuries. authorities in san jose need your help to identify a man found dead at apartment complex. look at this sketch. body found on june 19th, parking
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lot of the complex on wells court. blue colored jacket, blue socks and shoes, black shorts. police found driver of truck that struck and killed bicyclist in lafayette. sky7 above the scene. tree covered street. driver not arrested and investigators looking for witnesses to the collision. anybody who drives in palo alto, good news. key stretch of road about to get easier. synchronizing traffic signals across a doozzen blocks. live with the story, amanda. >> reporter: the effort to alleviate the traffic will first
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start with traffic count. agencies will take the information, reprogram the lights for better traffic flow. city of palo alto estimates 20,000 drivers use the avenue daily. peak hours, bumper-to-bumper traffic. but a new program would cut the time up to 40%. >> gotten difficult for people to get out of their driveways, traffic stopped both directions in front of their homes. >> reporter: lived here 20 years. 14 traffic lights between his street and the bum barton bridge will be part of the first time three agencies will be in coordination to get drivers through quickly. >> hopely will make improvement.
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hoping significant. >> reporter: project got the green light and more than $81,000 in grant money from the metropolitan transportation division. others are not convinced. >> i think some of the reports are exaggerated. >> reporter: monday night's city council meeting, mayor liz nitze addressed the talk. maintained that 5:00 drive yielded little traffic, suggesting alternate routes to avoid university avenue altogether. says entire project should take about a year. but good news,news, traffic aleleviate in about a month and no construction disruption according to the city. abc7 news. construction may soon be under way to improve one of san francisco's busiest bus lines. muni presented the final plans for geary rapid project.
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create more red bus lanes in this area. estimated cost is $35 million. construction supposed to start this fall. you will be very glad to know alameda county firefighter mauled by dog at fire last month is getting better. battalion chief with some of his team, one in light blue shirt. bitten in the face by pit bull as about to interview a teenager rescued from house fire in san leandro. he's on the mend. 12-year-old girl taken from washington airport. what she was seen doing on surveillance video before she disappeared. >> hundreds sickened by tainted salads, linked to california produce company. spaghetti straps and -- are okay. easing the dress code. first "jimmy kimmel live."
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unidentified man driving the car. alameda school district is getting out of the business of the being clothing police. dramatically loosened the dress code for the school year. >> looking at athletic shorts. >> reporter: went to local clothing store to see what's in on alameda campuses this school year. >> short shorts, yes. >> reporter: no longer prohibited. >> spaghetti straps and shorts will be okay. >> reporter: designed to enhance student freedoms and reducing body shaming that came with dress codes of the past. >> earlier dress codes made students feel ashamed of her bodies and humiliated in front of classes when called out. >> not that enforced eighanyway. >> reporter: picking up registration packet.
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>> sent home for having ripped jeans, couldn't get back. parents at work. >> not okay. should dress appropriate. >> reporter: others worry won't be a positive. >> not a crop top, tank top, should be covered up. especially girls. >> why? >> boys might get wrong message. >> reporter: not anything goes. hate speech or pornographic is strictly prohibited. otherwise school officials believe it's up to the parents to police their kids. and they don't worry about the new policy producing distractions in the classroom. >> i think it's a good thing. now people can show who they really are and had a they want to wear and stuff like that. >> what are you going to focus on? >> school. >> reporter: abc7 news. there are new developments for massive parasite outbreak,
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salinas company linked to it. fresh express, salads tainted to mcdonald's and trader joe's sandwich wraps. for more information, abc7news.com. >> check what you have at home to be safe. weekend weather forecast. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is off, spencer christian is in. >> i'm a little bit taller. live doppler 7. mainly clear skies across the bay area, just a little patch of fog along the coastline. was windy day. breezy evening, but right now most locations are much calmer, winds in most locations, except farther inland. 24-mile-per-hour gusts in concord. rooftop camera looking along the
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embarcadero. 56 in san francisco, upper 60s in oakland and mountain view. and 55 now at half moon bay. check out this view. partly cloudy skies over the san francisco skyline from exploratorium camera. pier 15. napa at 60. 54 novato. 61 in livermore. looking back to san francisco, forecast features, slightly warmer tomorrow and saturday than today, minor cooldown sunday, warming up again next week, temperatures approaching 100 degrees inland by midweek. overnight, partly clear skies, but expanding areas of fog and possibly coastal drizzle. overnight lows in low to mid-50s. tomorrow, sunny day from coast to inland.
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breezy again. high temperatures from low 60s at coast to low and mid-70s around the bay. low 90s inland east. 83 the high in san jose. red flag warning again in effect for areas near the carr fire, mendocino complex fires. red flag warning extends beyond redding into the sierra. wide area. relative humidity is dangerously low, winds strong and gusty. accuweather seven-day forecast. after a relatively warm two-day period tomorrow and saturday inland, low 90s. temperatures drop off on sunday, warm-up on monday. look for upper levels at 100. stealing hearts all over dub nation. upkate on canon curry.
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brace yourself. cuteness is coming. new picture of canon curry. aeesh sha curry posted this on instagram. sweet baby boy one month old today. so in love. no wonder. cute kid. steph curry, competition in my world, this little man stole my heart. >> look at those eyes. >> you've been there. >> i have. on to sports. >> more cuteness is coming. sports is next. boom. giants losing players left and
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evan longoria, 11th of the year, 1-0 giants. madison bumgarner, didn't have best stuff on the mound but gives himself the lead in the fifth. eighth inning, giants bust it open. score five times. austin slater is making himself a presence in the highlights regularly. giants win fourth in a row. 8-1, hanson is safe, knock arizona out of fourth place. dodgers came in tied for first in n.l. west. l.a. joins them in 20 home run club. seven homers. everybody had a hit. puig and joc pederson added two home runs apiece. dodgers crush the brew crew 21-5 to take over sole control of first. giants five back of l.a.
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nfl royalty at raiders training camp. woodson and peyton. derek carr is a student of the game. he just loved it. >> stinks one time we beat them while he was there, just decided he didn't want to play that one. no, i think the world of peyton. knew him before a little bit. just seeing him today and talking to him on more personal level, asking questions, really beneficial. nfl hall of fame game in canton, ohio. ray lewis among the eight inductees. bears and ravens, bears down seven late, tyler bray to tanner gentry. preseason, going for the win. two-point conversion incomplete, ravens take it 17-16.
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>> i'm ama daetz, for larry, spencer, all of us, thanks for joining us. >> see you tomorrow. >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, dave grohl, from fox news, bret baier, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from courtney barnett. and now, for the most part, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thanks for watching, thanks for coming. i'm glad we're here together. i have to say, you know --

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