fully involved by the time firefighters got on >> i seen the whole fourth floor in flames. >> big raging fire and it was really scary. >> then i was like wait, that can't be real. >> i thought somebody had a torch or something close to me because it felt like a lot of heat. i looked up and there was a fire in the corner of the building. >> our major concern was to protect the surrounding neighborhoods. >> a homeowner putting water onto the roof. embers are trying down throughout the area. scott is my photographer. you can see on the ground there the embers. >> what a fight in santa clara. sky 7 is over the condo complex right now. firefighters are still pouring water on the building. the damage is extensive. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. this fire started along el camino real near scott boulevard around 11:00 a.m. smoke could be seen for miles

and people nearby were evacuated. >> news reporter chris nguyen is live in santa clara with the latest on this tragedy. >> reporter: dan and kristen, tonight the fire remains under investigation but i can tell you that police have detained a person of interest in connection to the case. take a look behind me. you can see what's left of the structure. it was in the framing stages of construction. this project broke ground in april of last year. and went up in flames in a matter of minutes. massive flames as well as smoke that could be seen for miles away. firefighters battle this had four-alarm fire at a condominium complex under construction near el camino reel and scott boulevard in jason c jason spotted a coworker. >> as soon as i seen him, i told him we got to get out of here. >> reporter: manny had been

working on the project over the past year. >> i looked up and there was a fire in the corner. >> reporter: nearly three dozen firefighters tried to keep the fire from spreading. >> the radiant heat from this fire was intense and starting to make buildings in the area smoke a little bit. so our first action was to put water on the surrounding neighborhood and then attack the fire here. >> reporter: the building known as the anantarraables was to include affordable and market rate condos. >> we do what we can to expedite the process to help the developers get that back online as quickly as possible. we are in a housing crisis. that was an important project in our city. >> reporter: the fire was contained by mid afternoon but crews continue to put out hot spots throughout the building. >> i got two daughters. so just thankful i made it out okay and you know, i get to see

them. >> reporter: a live look from sky 7. and you can see the firefighters remain on scene tonight. they will be here throughout the evening to put out hot spots. one worker suffered a leg injury after he jumped from scaffolding. he was taken to the hospital. but is he expected to be okay. we're live in santa clara, chriss wynn, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. 23 patients at san francisco's laguna han do hadn't endured physical and verbal abuse from six employee. >> the abuse took place in two wards that treat dementia patients and involve victims ages 30 to 100. >> eric thomas is live in san francisco where city officials say they are outraged by these allegations. ericing? they are outraged and more. it's personal for mayor london breed to says her grandmother was a patient at laguna hospital

till she died in 2016. the next question is what to do about this. >> reporter: laguna honda hospital serves the poor and elderly, people who need care but can't afford private nursing homes. today the mayor and city health officials called a news conference to address what was being done to patient instead of for them. >> this is not something we will tolerate. >> these particular acts that have occurred by a few individuals will be addressed. >> health officials say while investigating an unrelated dispute by two employees, they found evidence that 23 dementia patients in two wards were victims of abuse starting with improper talk about sex and it got worse. >> verbal and physical abuse. neglect, privacy violations, medication errors and the administration of nonprescribed substances to some residents in an attempt to pacify them. >> reporter: the six workers are

also accused of making unauthorized video and audio recordings and raiding the pharmacy for drugs to keep them quiet. this woman hassey husband has been has /* been here for months. >> i've seen nurses mess with them till they cry. >> we need to figure out how to prevent something like this can from ever, ever happening again. >> the six accused employees have been fired and laguna honda's two top executives resigned. the case is in the hands of law enforcement to see if charges can be filed. >> we are better than this and committed to restoring the trust of the families and the patients of laguna honda. >> mayor breed and other officials say they're not going to stop there. they plan to reorganize the administration of the hospital. the health department says it will present a plan to the mayor within 60 days. of course, we will probably be

hearing more about this. live at city hall, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> no doubt. eric, thank you. this is not the first scandal to rock laguna honda. the iteam uncovered hospital administrators used money from the patient gift fund to purchase airline tickets and expensive meals in 2010. the fund is meant to buy simple pleasures for the patients. you can find those reports at abc7news.com. >> abc news is committed toable a better bay area digging deep near the big issues. the gig economy has exploded and state lawmakers are looking for solutions to give independent contractors workers basic protections. dozens of gig workers from nannies to uber and lyft drivers testified in front of a san francisco board of supervisors committee today asking the city to support a bill which would grant the workers more rights and benefits. abc news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: one by one they shared what life is life working

in san francisco when you're not a full-time employee. >> in order to support my family, i have to work every day more than 11, 12 hours. >> reporter: this driver has a 3 and 1-year-old. he says he hardly gets to spend time with them. rebecca martinez is an organizer for gig worker withes rising. > what once used to be a lucrative gig as turned into a job you have to work 70, 70 hours a week. >> reporter: lyft is advocating for an approach in line with the interests of our driver community by modernizing isn'ts owed labor laws that make it difficult to provide both flexibility and benefits. an uber spokesperson writes we support efforts to modernize labor laws in ways that preserve the flexibility drivers tell us they value while improving the quality and security of independent work. it's not just ride share drivers fighting for benefits. this nanny now requires a

contract with paid time off and sick days from the family she works with. but she knows she's the exception. >> they're worried if they bring this up and they stress these points to their employers they'll be threatened with deportation. they're going to be threat.ed with no employment or there's going to be some form of retaliation against them. >> which is why all the worker support assembly bill 5 which they say would give them a voice, living wage and benefits. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> we did more than a dozen stories about ride sharing. the drivers, cars, rules and more during our ride share realities week. you can read all the storiesn our website, abc7news.com. look for the building a better bay area section. >> the bay area has been celebrating all of pride month leading up to the world famous parade in san francisco on sunday. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live where preparations are under way. hi, cornell.

>> reporter: hey, dan. we're about an hour away from this year's annual trans march kicking off from dolores park mot long from now. there's been a festival happening about all day here in dolores park. lots of speakers, singers, lots of activism. this weekend, it is all about pride. >> yeah, that, too. >> for these volunteers the weekend begins at this warehouse off bay shore boulevard. >> this is in pretty good shape. only one hole. >> reporter: almost 200 of these bright pink tarps are basically unpacked. 5,000 of these metal spikes will be needed to anchor the amazing 200-foot long pink triangle on top of twin peaks. he can see it for 20 miles on a clear day. patrick carney started the tradition 24 years ago. the pink triangle once a symbol of hate used to identify homosexuals by nazis.

>> to help prevent it from happening again. >> reporter: this year's triangle takes shape saturday morning. the annual trans an intergenerational brunch was happening in the park. organizers say trans people are more visible today than before. but many still face vi less and diskrimfation. >> they're being attacked every day. trans people are being killed every single day. >> reporter: the ambassador patty anne hall says she's living her best life. it's believed the movement was born 50 years ago following a police riot at new york's stonewall inn. this year the pride parade will celebrate the milestone on sunday. an stipulated 1 million spectators will be there. on this weekend when the colors of the rainbow are flying we asked what does it mean to you. >> celebrating that we can love a person of the same gender. >> pride means that we get to be fully ourselves. >> happy pride. thank you guys.

>> reporter: and the trans march begins around 6 pp at 1th and dolores. thousands are expected to take part. on sunday, gavin new? >> will be the first california governor to march in a pride parade. and we will be there. happy pride. we're live in san francisco. >> great stuff, thanks so much. it's not just people sbraing pride. news reporter lyanne melendez took this picture today of eight dogs dressed up with pride kerchiefs. she says the dog walker was outside her building and she had to take this picture. there are a lot of events this weekend for pride. we have a complete list abcnews.com. check that out when you can because we have so much information what's going to be special. >> we'll be seeing a lot of the rainbow flag. there's no rain in the forecast. right? so the what about the weather for pride? >> it will be absolutely beautiful for the pride festivities. i'll be back with a complete look at your weekend forecast

coming up. >> thank you, cindyia. biden versus harris. after the clash, we ask long-type residents about bussing and berkeley. >> 62 hours from now, your dmv experience could be, they say, a little easier. >> and later the exhibit now open in san francisco that's offering a vision of italy that might surprise most americans. >> i'm michael finney. today's free stuff

this is a live picture of a sea cliff neighborhood in san francisco's richmond district. former vice president joe biden is holding a fund-raiser at the home of doug hickey. >> he is a veteran democratic money man who has hosted fund-raisers for biden in the party before like this one in june of 2014. >> earlier today he was in chicago where he was quick to defend his track record on race

after last night's bruising presidential debate. >> the discussion in this race today shouldn't be about the past. we should be talking about how we can do better. >> biden is hoping to move on after his stumble when senator harris laid in his history on civil rights. >> there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> the fact is that in terms of bussing, the bussing i never -- you would have been able to go school the same exact way because it was a local decision made by your city council. that's fine. that's one of the things i argued for that we should not -- we should be breaking down these lines. >> vice president biden, do you agree today, do you agree today that you were wronging to oppose bussing in america then. >> no. >> do you agree. >> i did not oppose bussing in

america. what i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. >> well, that clash last night certainly generating a lot of talk about race and bussing. > absolutely. so we sent abc news reporter lesley brinkley to look at that since that's the place harris referred to in the debate. lesley? >> reporter: well, i'm standing on the street corner where kamala harris grew up. take a look at the yellow house behind me. above a nursery school on the second floor, she lived with her mother and sister during elementary school where she was busted starting in 1969. >> it was the first district in the country to voluntarily integrate the schools using a bussing plan. it was controversial. >> i an plan that al pers says is still in place today. >> i was really proud to see our history, the history of berkeley's voluntary integration talked about on the debate stage. >> there was a little girl in

california. >> the debate was keenly wat by judy helton robin from her home because kamala harris grew up two doors down and pre day spent time in her mom's kitchen after school. >> it was all true. she would leave here on the bus and go to school and come back. they would come here and my mother would watch over them till their mother would come home. >> reporter: harris said publicly she started kindergarten at about the same time berkeley unified launched their integration program taking black children up to the hills and white children from the hills down to the flatlands. she was busted 2.5 miles north from her home to thousand oaks elementary school where a mural now stands testament to the history-making era she grew up in. >> she was very smart. she was very much like her

mother. she wouldn't take no for an answer. >> reporter: as an adult, she came back to this kitchen to chat about politics. >> unbelievable. like my mother said, you're going to be president one day. >> reporter: in berkeley, abc7 news. >> all right. we've all been there, stuck at the dmv for hours but now they're cutting count on those wait times. starting on monday, july 1st, offices here and across the state will open an hour earlier. they will open the doors at 7:00 a.m. except wednesday when they hope at 9:00 a.m. doors will still close every day at 5:00. here are the bay area locations where this is happening. daly city, fremont, pet lup marks san francisco, san mateo and santa clara. the offices on center road in san jose and claremont in oakland have offer extended hours since last summer. it's all mart of an effort by the govern to change the way the dmv deals with customers in that business. >> can be a slow process.

just like waiting for the fog to clear. we didn't have too much problem with that this morning. >> we did not because the marine layer was broken up with cooler air coming through. the cooler than average conditions. let's show you live doppler 7 right now. you will notice that it's starting to brighten up. some high clouds still passing through the bay area right now. all in association which an trough that is pushing through producing a few showers as you notice to our south and to our east. that's about it. look at the whether from our cameras. some people are on beach soaking up the sun on this friday afternoon. evening lows 60s right now in san francisco. 69 oakland. in the mid-70s from red woo city to san jose. kgo roof camera, a nice sea breeze which has kept our temperatures in check. 81 in santa rosa. 75 napa. low to mid 80s from concord to fair feed. livermore at 78 degrees. we're getting ready for the weekend. if you are making plans or you

already have plans outdoors, check out the temperatures for a few cities. we take a look at two cities, napa 56 tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. concord 59. notice around lunchtime if you're going to sit outside, numbers in the mid-70s. pleasant. in the afternoon, low to mid 80s right around those locations. no extreme heat expected. here's a live look from our exploratorium camera. choppy. we do take a look at the pride forecast. mid 60s both days. fog to sunshine. our typical pattern both saturday and sunday. we're going to check out the parade forecast because the weather looks electric. in the morning, you might want to grab a jacket. 57 degrees. a cool start. low clouds around. the temperature will be up into the mid 60s. bright and breezy 3:00 p.m. later in the evening, teperature dropping to 59 degrees. if you're not staying here in the bay area but getting out of town, your travel forecast. mild weather here at the bay

area airports. mid 60s to low 80s. the outlook for honolulu, 88. showers. 9 in new york. chicago isolated thunderstorms, 76. los angeles 82. a live look from our east bay hills camera looking at sutro tower. mild to warm weather for pride parade. great weather for fourth of july. temperatures in the morning upper 40s to upper 50s. some fog around and in the afternoon, mild with filtered sunshine in the south bay. 80 in san jose, 78 sunnyvale. mid seventies from palo alto to san mateo. daily city 62. 66 downtown san francisco. 82 santa rosa. calistoga, be great day to be in wine country. 73 berkeley. inland, 86 in concord, 82 pleasanton. a look at the seven-day forecast. mild to warm weekend.

pleasant for pride. the temperatures fluctuate very little. next week, fine weather for the fourth. don't ask me about the fog. it's going to be around. we'll talk about that later on next week. >> thanks so much. >> lucky we're out of time. >>

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one seems in a hurry to make the change coming up in half an hour on abc news at 6:00. >> thanks. see you then. >> a new exhibit as fort mason is offering a vision of italy that might surprise most americans. >> the photographs are raw and passionate and for a time kept from public view. >> the photographs being exhibited in san francisco's museo i talio americano are known as nero sewer realist. photographs of impoverished children were replaced mute ly the dictator using photography as a means of propaganda and wasn't realizing that the photographers were actually documenting you know, the real

life. >> beca is anbeca is anbeca is three decades as fascism gives way to post-war devastation and the struggle to rebuild a modern italy. >> i can only raej how hard and rough it was at that time but you're right. the photographer at the same time captured the strength and the resilience of these workers. >> it's a journey that ultimately swings from the pain of life to la dolechy vita as the country eamericans into the spotlight of italian cinema, beautiful women and brash young men on scooter and roam romance and the struggles of modern life no longer hidden in the shadows. >> people wanted to look forward and get a new life. >> really fascinating. the exhibit is free to the

public and runs through september. >> what a great summer outing. > world news tonight with david muir is next. >> from all of us, we appreciate your time and we'll see you tonight, breaking news. the dramatic arrest in the case of the missing college student in utah. police now saying they found her remains. a suspect under arrest. the clues on their phones leading police to his home. debate shake up. joe biden's damage control less than 24 hours after being confronted by senator kamala harris in their first debate. the former vice president today defending his civil rights record saying it can't be summed up in 30 to 60 seconds answers. overseas, president trump joking with vladimir putin. laughing off a question about russian meddling. their first face-to-face meeting since the mueller report. putin now inviting trump to russia. pulled from the flam