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>> ghost ship creative director max harris is expected to testify today. he and derick almena ishaed with 36 counts of involuntarily manslaughter, that's one count for each person who died in the oakland fire. harris is accused of collecting rent and booking concerts without permits at the ghost ship warehouse. prosecutors say both harris and almena is rm for the december 16th fire because they held an event without proper safety measures and filled the building with flammable materials. harris' lawyers say he was made a scapegoat for the tragedy and have denied all the allegations. because there's so much interest in this case, the judge says there will be and overflow room set up for spectators. jobi jobina fortson, abc 7 news. a quick update on weather and traffic where you live starting with meteorologist mike nicco. >> let's talk about the winds.
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still south through fairfield at 25. nice headwind if you're coming down 80. a little calmer everywhere else. it's not as moist. so it's going to go a away a little faster. all the drizzle i've been hearing about is mainly along the coast. from the exploratorium camera, mid to upper 60s by 4:00. look at this. we're already in the mid to upper 70s by noon. upper 70s to mid 80s for our bay and inland neighborhoods by 4:00. here is alexis. >> overall we're nice and quiet. i don't have many incidents to report many morning. if you're about to drive through the south bay, a live look at san jose, state route 87, south of min nate that san jose airport. light volume. shouldn't have anything slowing you down getting you to your flight. westbound 80 to the maze about
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16 minutes. 11 minutes westbound 80 across the bay bridge into san francisco. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo looking great in the green at nine minutes. chp is looking for the person who opened fire in the caldecott kunl leaving a driver shot in the head. >> the shooting happened in bore 4, the westbound side of highway 24 connecting orinda and oakland. a driver who was shot in the head is expected to survive. the passenger was not hurt. chp believes this is an isolated incident. the only suspect information released is that the suspect car may be white. in the east bay, a rumor about tolls on the bridges of alameda sparked a slew of comments and emails. the vice mayor set the record place. >> would you pay a $5.00 toll to exit alameda. >> i think it's laughable. it's putting a toll on people coming on and off the island.
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>> reporter: it's laughable now because according to the city of alameda, the rumors are not true. >> nobody has proposed a toll. there are no planned votes on a toll. >> reporter: with the 115 climate action and resiliency plan are options to release greenhouse gases including safe bike lanes, more bus lanes and more trees in the next 12 years. >> city staff said here is how to get to 50% reductions, but if you wanted to go to 80% by 2050, you'll have too blifts. one of those big lifts could look like a toll on our bridges. >> reporter: silver lining, al media residents are submitting their ideas on how to reduce greenhouse gases to the city. this mom was talking to her kids about it. >> we were in the store and the kids war talking about how they need more water bottles, they don't want to use the plastic
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ones. >> reporter: on july 16, they'll veet on the plan and if approved the city will decide how to implement that plan n. the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. homeowners in six counties will be banned from legally burning tree branches, leaves and other debris. cal fire is suspending burn permits. the dry hot weather that fueled last year's m fes will return this year. the affected include sonoma, napa, lake, solano, yellow and ka luis is a counties. one of the major issues we're focused on in building a better bay area is housing and rent. tomorrow the city council will looken control and tenant protection. they include requiring landlords to give more notice for rent increases and requiring relocation assistance. tuesday's meeting starts at 6:00
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p.m. at city hall. in the north bay, most of the money will go toward a homeless housing program. it's something roaner park has struggled with. a report report found 3,000 people in sonoma county. join our better bay area group of facebook. target is recovering from technical problems over the weekend that forced some stores to temporarily close. target says a vendor it uses to help accept payments had an issue at one of its davis centers. stores were unable to process certain card payments yesterday. on saturday, the retailer's checkout system suffered a national outage, a problem during routine maintenance is to blame. if you have ragu pasta sauces in your kitchen, check them. they may contain something bad for your health. the u.s. says it has more prove that iran was behind the attack on tankers in the gulf of
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oman. that story coming up. this rare blue lobster became an internet sensation. it is not going to end up on someone's dinner table. >> that's all ahead. first, it's 4:36. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> temperatures 53 to 55. it's filling in most of our neighborhoods and keeping us in the mid to upper 50s. daly city at 51 and out to trees see about 61 degrees. you can see clouds out there. as we look from south beach across the western span of the bay bridge. it's dry, not as much drizzle as he had to deal with the last couple mornings. for driving, we're okay. cool this morning, but if you're rurj to our inland neighborhoods, it's going to be warm this afternoon. 57 in the east bay valleys
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7:00. 74 at 11:00. comfortable evening, 78. will be around 60 on the peninsula at 7:00, 66 at 9:00 and 72 at 11:00. you can see the upper 70s for the better part of the afternoon hours. in the south, the same start, 70s at 11:00, then right around 80 degrees this afternoon. getting a little warmer, but at least not too hot compared to last week. i'll show you how warm it's going to get. first le wt's re hoping we can to it throughout the commute today. quick check of our traffic maps. taking you out to the tracy commute, we have folks moving westbound 205, 19 miles an hour. 16 miles an hour once you make it to 580.
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creek, 56 dreeks before an increasingly cloudy morning. air quality is going to be fine. breathe easy. let's take a look around the state. you can see the heat in chico, 102, 94 in sacramento, fresno 97, 92 in palm springs. yosemite we have a threat of thunderstorms, but not necessarily as you head farther north into tahoe. over the weekend we're going to have sunshine and temperatures pretty close to average. a little warmer in the morning, mid 40s. in the afternoon low to mid 70s. >> mike, thank you. new overnight, iran announced this morning it will stop complying with the nuclear deal it reached with several kuntsz around the world back in 2015. this is the same deal the united states withdrew from last year. >> that announcement coming amid growing tensions over attacks on two oil tankers. we have a live report from nata,
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state mike pompeo say it's clear ooi ran was behind the attack. but it doesn' appear the entire community reached that conclusion. the trump administration pointing to this video linking iran to brazen attacks on two fuel tankers in the gulf of oman. iranian revolutionary guard patrol removing an unexploded mine from the hull. secretary of state mike pompeo says the evidence is clear. >> it's unmistakable what happened here. >> reporter: u.s. central command adding the evidence also showed iran attempted to shoot down an american drone like this one monitoring one of the tankers on fire. pompeo spending the weekend calling his foreign counterparts to garner support. >> the world needs to unite against this attack from the islamic republic of iran. >> reporter: japan expressing
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skepticism while the german foreign minister saying it's not proof. >> this was taken from an american camera. this is the real data. >> reporter: uk officials say they completely back u.s. assessments. the pentagon is reportedly sending around 6,000 troops to the gulf region. over the weekend pompeo would only say all options will be looked at. >> we will always do the hard task it takes to protect american interests wherever they are. >> reporter: reggie and natasha, it's important to know iran's foreign minister denies all the allegations. saudi arabia says it agrees with u.s. intelligence and will not hesitate to deal with threats to their personal interests. reporting live in washington, mona koes rav difficult, abc 7 news. >> mona, thank you. an arizona family claims phoenix police officers used excessive force during a father
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and pregnant woman holding a baby. take a look at this video, it shows the officers profa profane commands. the police chief has apologized to the family and says an internal investigation is under way. >> the maker of rag gu is voluntarily recalling jars of pasta sauces because it could contain pieces of plastic. missizkan says it recalled the products out of an abundance of caution. >> reese foods is recalling more than 246,000 pounds of elmont ray breakfast wraps. the recall affects the eight-back size of the egg, potato, bacon and cheese wraps with a best buy by january 17 and 18.
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the rare blue lobster is now headed to a forever home. a cape cod restaurant posted a photo of the blue beauty last night. the restaurant displayed the lobster for a few days. the restaurant finally decided the blue lobster will live out his life at the st. louis aquarium. the restaurant owner says it's appropriate to celebrate the st. louis blues winning the stanley cup. >> that's a funny coincidence. >> what if the blues didn't win? let's not even think about that. look at the east bay hills and look at the gorgeous full moon. our east bay camera sits up about 2,000 feet. a little more compressed than yesterday which means it's going to go away a little faster. expect it to be a little warmer today. we'll see warmer temperatures today, tomorrow and wednesday. that cooling sea breeze will also bring us a very comfortable weekend. let's talk about what's going on
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this monday. 81 in milpitas, 81 in sunnyvale. everyone else in the mid 80s. on the peninsula today, mid 70s to around 80. low to mid 60s along the coast here. look at the upper 60s for downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. up through the north bay, we hit the 70s. sonoma 79. low to mid 80s around cloverdale. lakeport and ukiah mid to upper 90s. the farther north you go towards chico, the warmer it will be. 69 in richmond. low to mid 70s for most of the east bay until you get to union city, newark and fremont. mid 80s to near 90 in our east bay valleys. almost air conditioning weather. tonight back to the 60s in san jose. a little warmer tomorrow. we'll hold on to the heat inland be 90 wednesday, 78 around the bay. still free air conditioning at
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the coast. how about 60s, 70s and 80s thursday through sunday. that looks pretty nice. >> much better than the triple digits you showed us last week. we're looking at mostly green on our traffic maps this morning. one issue on the board so far. southbound 680 at pacheco boulevard, a crash on the northbound side of the roadway. sounds like a couple of the an tenuater barrels were hit and went into the southbound lanes. caltrans should be on the scene readjusting those into the correct position. hopefully that won't take too long. not seeing any delays through that area. a quick check of the san mateo bridge, so far, so good. slowly seeing the volume fills in in our usual busy spots. some people criticized the u.s. women's national team for too much celebrating at the world cup last week when they played thailand. >> we didn't see that in their match against chile. the americans scored all three goals in the first half of yesterday's game. carli lloyd scored twice in her
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sixth consecutive world cup game. team usa beat chile 3-0 to advance to the knockout round. the u.s. will face sweden on friday. apple's tim cook delivers the commencement speech at stanford. the challenge he issued to graduates as they start the next chapter of their lives. a special father's day gift from overseas. the new picture of the littlest royal. first, here is tech bites. walmart is stepping up its online grocery game. >> the retailer offering a new service featuring unlimited grocery delivers for $98 a year or $13 a month. the company's online food shopping service offers a $9.95 fee for a single delivery. the nation's first historical highway marker honoring computer programming. >> from dartmouth, offering basic, a programming language started in 1964.
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jill jill has entresto, and a na heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto ifre and it can cause harta entsto or aliskiren or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. where to next?
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orioles in town to take on the a's to night, 7:07 first pitch. it will be 68 degrees. pretty comfortable. cool by the end of the game. we'll drop down to about 61 degrees. i want to show you what's going on with our temperatures today, especially compared to yesterday. look at this. we're going to warm anywhere from about six to 12 degrees compared to yesterday. so 60s and 70s over the weekend. 70s and 80s today. >> thank you, mike. >> a wildfire in yellow county that forced people from their homes has been fully contained. the sand fire started a week ago saturday and spread to a thousand acres in a matter of hours. two people were hurt, seven buildings destroyed. just over 2,500 acres. it's the largest wildfire. the cause is still under investigation. 4:52.
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police say there's no such thing as a routine traffic stop when they pull over a driver. you're about to see why that's true on the water. marine county sheriff's department found a shotgun and found the man was a felon. they arrested the boat's driver. thousands of people can call themselves stanford alum. graduating stanford students streamed into the stadium to celebrate their time on the farm. >> they're doing the most. >> i was unaware. you're looking at video streamed by stanford. commencement speaker tim cook challenged the graduates to do more to protect their privacy online. >> the chilling effect of digital surveillance is profound and it touches everything. what a small, unimaginative world we would end up with.
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>> cook also praised the long relationship between stanford and silicon valley. giants like apple. he said the partnership created innovations that have changed our world in positive ways. this is sweet. meghan markle and prince harry celebrated father's delay by releasing a new photo of archie on instagram. i believe this is the first time we're seeing a glimpse of his face. it comes with a message, wishing a very first father's day to the duke of sussex. very cute, mike. >> always nice to see. here is a look at the of noon temperatures. the inland neighborhoods will warm up the most. we'll still have the free air conditioning at the coast. you can see the 60s there into san francisco and sausalito. 70s to 80s around the bay and 80s to 90s inland. we'll see a little more in the way of 90s in our east bay valleys tomorrow. on wednesday, you can see we're still holding on to these
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warmer-than-average temperatures. 80s to 90s inland. the sea breeze returns thursday. you can see the 90s wiped off the map for the most part. we'll be close in places way up north like clear lake and cloverdale. 70s in the north bay valleys. almost 80 in the south bay. 60s and 70s around the bay, the coast. that's about it as far as that warming trend. just a couple days. not going to be outrageous. no. 100s as alexis mentioned. let's turn it over to her right now and see what's going on with the commute. >> nice traffic report as well this morning. looking at no major issues so far for the monday morning drive. we are starting to fill in at the bay bridge toll plaza. certainly in the cash lanes on either side. fastrak just starting to slow down. car pool lanes should be open. we'll see. as slowly inching forward, closer to 5:15 every day those metering lights are flipped on.
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tracy to dublin our other slow spot, in the yellow at 42 minutes. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard, northbound 85 from highway 101 to cupertino still in the green at 14 minutes. "men in black" took the top spot in ticket sales. >> it fell short of his goal, earning $28.5 million instead of the studio's estimate of $30 million. "the secret life of pets 2" is second. disney is the parent company of abc 7. hundreds of people celebrated father's day with some fun, food and thrills at the alameda county fair. >> whoo. >> abc 7 news was in pleasanton as people enjoyed rides like the mega flip. no thank you. the fair includes a butterfly house exhibit where you can
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interact with hundreds of them. >> this is an opportunity for kids young and old to come in and just have an incredible blast. so they'll land on you. you get to feed them. it's a lot of fun. >> that looks more my speed. this season's concert series includes vince neil of motley crew, trace adkins and the gin blossoms. the fair runs through july 7. a little jolt to help break bad habits. would you shock yourself to prevent things like over eating. >> new video of a deadly wrong-way crash on highway 101. the other unscary scene that happened in the opposite lanes. the search
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good morning it's 5:00 a.m. >> you're never more than seven minutes away -- making small adjustments. making it better. >> want to fit into your life. >> always working for the people. love that. absolutely. let's see what i can do to help people out this morning. looking at the cloud cover. it's not quite as thick as it was yesterday, nor as moisture laden. the drizzle is combined to the coast. above the deck of clouds, you can see the full moon out there. it's absolutely gorgeous. that is from the east bay hills camera around 2,000 feet. temperatures in the low to upper 50s through
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