>> good afternoon. i'm chris zee. >> i'm dion him. we'll have more throughout the afternoon and evening. today's other top story, the recovery from yesterday's earthquake. >> get out. get out. >> aftershocks rattle already frayed nerves in southern california. >> if we continue to have these 5.0s or greater, is that going to continue to wear on these buildings? >> aftershocks from southern california's largest quaking in two decades continue to rumble near los angeles. the 5.4 aftershock hit the region earlier today. news reporter alex stone joins with us a look at the damage and recovery. >> reporter: as clean-up begins. >> our kitchen's completely destroyed. everything fell off the walls out of the cabinets. >> reporter: residents inside of the quake z ery tt we

have. i have no tvs. i have no dressers. i have nothing. >> reporter: multiple aftershocks continue to rock the region. abc's eva pilgrim experiencing one firsthand. >> got to get out. get out, get out. >> reporter: yesterday's 6.4 earthquake hitting just after 10:30 a.m. local time in the mo have desert, the epicenter 11 miles northeast of the town of ridge crest. this surveillance video inside of a market capturing the moment it hit, a store employee running for safety. these children performing in a fourth of july show when the ground start to shake. pete robles was underneath his th whole l to the oor, forced to evacuate. a nearby trailer park hit hard knocking this home off its foundation. >> i didn't realize it was going to be that big. it was big.

i'm shook up and i -- it was hard getting out too. >> reporter: seismologists have described this as a strike/slip quake meaning the two plates along the fault moved parallel to each other but in opposite directions. >> now a day after the main quake, the clean-up is only beginning as the threat looms of an even bigger quake. alex stone, abc news, riblg crest, california. >> hundreds of aftershocks have been reported since yesterday's quake including a 5.4 that hit just after 4:00 this morning felt as far away as los angeles and las vegas. residents say the aftershocks are not letting up. >> coming on nonstop, some of them pretty good but there's -- it's unbelievable. i can hear the house creep. i know when one hits because i can hear all the things settling in the house. i can hear the movement of the house first. and then i feel it. >> officials say the aftershocks could continue for days, possibly weeks and they warn that the worst may yet be to

come. >> yesterday's quake measured 6.4 in magnitude. what does that mean. >> was this nearly as low ma preetta? the answer is no. low ma preetta was 5 and a half times stronger. it's exponential. if you go up a point, 32 times more energy is released. i found this calculator to be really helpful. it makes it clear why an 8.0 would be so much more destructive and that i 6.0. the great san francisco erg quake after 1906 was a 7.9. the napa quake five years ago was 6.0. let's calculate the difference in strength. oay? the 8.0 would be, check this out, there. 1,000 times stronger than the 6.0. this is why each point, half point or tenth point in magnitude makes a huge difference in impact. >> following an erg quake, we

remind people what they need to have at home to prepare. we asked lyanne melendez to give us a refresher course. you've got to be ready. >> i have a confession to make. i love anything that has to do was survivalism. people who prepare for doomsday call themselves preppers. you don't need to be that extreme. you need the basics to get through those few days after the earthquake. they suggest having enough supplies for three days. others say it's better to keep supplies for a week even two weeks. water and food, of course, essential. you can now buy canned water with a shelf life of 50 years. there you have it. that's basically a lifetime. i'll be dead before that goes bad. the good thing is you don't have to buy water every five years. they sell food that keeps for 25 years, flashlights should be part of your kit and things to keep you warm because you may be outside if your house is damaged or you are afraid of going back

into the home because of the aftershocks. here's what i learned today and i learn something every day. i keep my supplies in the garage but it's much better to store them in the backyard because you can always get to the backyard. >> so what we do at our house, we have many rubber maid storage contain ares in the back of our house where we keep all of these supplies. you can always get into the back of your house but can't always door to your garage or your closet. >> yesterday's quake some people believe an earthquake in one area helps relieve the seismic stress in is your rounding areas. we found out that's not necessarily true. for the most part, earthquakes increase the risk of future earthquakes. remember we're here to make your life easier. we have a complete list of what you need to pack in your emergency kit on our website, abc7news.com. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc news.

i hope that helps. >> i learned a little something. i'm sure viewers did, as well. >> we do have a full list of resources at abc7news.com. it covers everything from what should be in that kit like lyanne mentioned to what to do when an earthquake hits. the page also covers other natural disasters like wildfires. >> in the east bay, fireworks could be the cause of a brush fire that threatened a home this afternoon. the fire started just after noon in a hilly area between franklin canyon road and highway 4. at one point, the fast-moving flames came a few hundred feet away from a home in that area. air tankers and helicopter drops helped ground crews get the fire out. crews are still mopping on on scene. >> in san jose, illegal phi works caught trees on fire and forced one homeowner to his roof to protect his home. unser hassan has a closer look at the problem. >> reporter: ronald molla is smiling now. saying even illegal fireworks

can be fun but last night, this was him. hosing down his roof trying to keep it from catching fire. >> yeah, i'm scared but like i said, i tried to do my best because all the others going through our house. i was wondering if the roof got on fire too before the fire department an rbi. >> reporter: he says just after 11:00 p.m., young kids were out playing with illegal fireworks. a nearby neighbor says one of them exexploded near a tree and quickly spread. >> it was like a bomb. >> reporter: the flames burned high above rooftops raining down ash and damaging a car. he's thankful no one was injured. >> i was thinking the house going to be in danger. then we can do nothing. unthe were 37 fires ra costa alone. reported in a span of six hours. crews in purk battle aid blaze here harbor and east third street that grew to two acres.

in san jose, we reached out to the fire department. they comment about the possibility of charges being filed. unser hassan, abc news. >> overnight, san francisco police and fire hit the streets searching for illegal fireworks. the departments teamed up for a special task force throughout the city. the ingleside police station says officers seized hundreds of pounds of i real liar works. >> spencer christian has a look at conditions right now. >> we've got relative humidity at normal levels. it's not hot. so the it is breezy outside. a live view, look at live doppler 7 showing little fog an the coastline. how breeze su is it? 21-mile-per-hour surface wind here? san francisco,zyutusty at the moment. 24-hour temperature change, it is warmer in most locations than

it was at this hour yesterday. three 3gz warmer in san francisco. it's cooler by 7 degrees at brentwood. that's the one that goes against the trend right now. a live view from our exploratorium camera looking at the skyline of san francisco, 69 oakland, mid to upper 70s at redwood city. 85 morgan hill. 59 half moon bay. from mount tam we see fog advancing through the golden gate. 84 santa rosa. 90 at petaluma and fairfield. 9 at concord and 90 livermore. weekend looks relatively nice, as well. the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. activists protested the border detention camps outside the san francisco federal building today. the group called on nancy pelosi to close the camps and provide immigrants. the protests come after a report

from the inspector general's office that described dangerous conditions at the overcrowded facilities. in a statement to the media today, president trump said they are run beautifully. >> a big change at san francisco international airport could help reduce traffic jams. an additional parking lot for ride share drivers will finally open. the third lot is on san bruno avenue and it will double the space where drivers for uber and lyft wait to pick up passengers. sfo has been dealing with track on mill brae avenue because of the pickups. >> we soon could be paying a lot more for shopping bags in san francisco. right now it costs 10 cents for each bag given at stores in the city. but supervisor valley brown wants to raise it to 25 cents sa wouush peo tog.franscs small commission voted to support the increase. if the board of supervisors approves the fee hike, you'll start paying more for the bags come next july. >> surfing equality.

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equal pay at mavericks surf competition has done it again this time raising money to create equal pay at the big wave surf competition in mexico. melanie woodrow has the story. >> bay area surfer bianca

valenti is unstoppable in and out of the water. her latest accomplishment raising $11,000 to support equal pay for women competing an the big wave surf competition in mexico. valenti surpassed her $9,000 fund-raising goal in just two days. >> there's so much momentum behind this movement, it's awesome to feel it. that's the viva. >> the competition will be the first international big wave competition to offer a women's competition with equal pay outside the quunts. she made waves like this before. she and three other women banded together to create pay equity in surfing convincing the california state lands commission which would only grant a permit off the coast of half moon bay if women were paid the same as men. >> bianca is motivated to champion equal pay for women for all the little girls and future athletes watching. >> she is the defending champion of the upcoming competition in

mexico. this is video of her surfing the biggest wave a woman has surfed in mexico last year after the event. the first time women had competed. she received a $1,750 prize. the male winner received $7,000. >> it's not that fun. when you get paid less. especially 36 cents to the dollar. >> the date of the upcoming competition in mexico will be decided by the waves. she says there's no shortage of swell in the forecast. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc news. >> valenti says she collaborated with organizers in mexico around the fund-raising idea and they were open to it. money paid to the inning surfers traditionally comes from sponsors and the hope is to bring more on board to create more opportunities for everybody going forward. >> on sunday, the united states will try to ca tour the women's world cup soccer championship. it would be america's fourth title since the event was founded in 1991. the u.s. squad will take on

netherlands in leon, france. america advanced with a nail biting 2-1 victory over england questions that the heavily favored u.s. squad will be too much for the young dutch team. >> our route to the final has been the most difficult that this program has ever seen. and so in terms of that and seeing the games be pretty close in the score lines, i don't know how we could possibly be overly confident. >> sunday will be a big day for u.s. soccer. the men's national team takes on mexico in the final of the gold cup. the biennial tournament between teams from the caribbean and north and central america. the dream run continues at wimbledon for 15 years coco e na h ve sets today.

this is gauff's first ever grand slam tournament, the youngest player to come through qualifying for wimbledon since 196. your unpected run began on monday when she defeated her idol venus williams in the first round and is back in action next week. >> joey chestnut is taking it very easy today as you can imagine one day after capturing his record 12th title at the annual nathan's hot dog eating contest. jaws chaoed down on 1 hot dogs yesterday, just three short of the record he set last year. abc7 news reporter liz kreutz spoke with joey todayover putting such a strenuous toll on his body. >> sleep, and yeah, leth archic right now. it's something that i expect. i've been doing it for a while. i make sure i try to eat healthy and not do anything crazy to

treat my body right. >> he sounds lethargic, too. he says he'll eat very little today, maybe salad and enjoy chicken or salomon tomorrow. >> a bear decided to beat the heat in southern california today. kabc shot this footage of a bear taking a dip in castaic, 40 miles north of los angeles. the owner spotted the bear with a cub. temperatures reached 79 degrees as the bear cooled off. the two bears made their way through the backyard before roaming on to nearby properties. imagine a 99 degrees day, like a bear party. >> you have so much fur like wearing a coat all year round. >> you have to bare all on a day like that. . >> a story i used to cover as a cub reporter. we should move along. things are getting grizzly.

live doppler 7, mainly sunny skies across the bay area right now. blue skies over the bay. that's the view from abc7. current temperature readings, 63 in the city, 6 across the bay. redwood city 75, 79 san jose, 86 morgan hill, 57 half moon bay and the view from mount tam showing the low clouds and fog through the golden gate over the bay, 84 santa rosa, 74 napa, 88 petaluma, 90 at livermore. the view from the east bay hills camera, another perspective on the flow of low clouds and an fog over the mariner head lands and over the bay. these are our forecast futures. fog continues pushing across the bay and inland overnight. sunny and mild to warm again tomorrow. much cooler pattern on sunday. overnight with lots of low clouds and fog across the bay and locally inland, look lows mainly in the mid 50s. low 50s in the valleys where it will be a bitow 60s

in some of the inland east bay locations where it will be a bit milder. forecast animation starting at 8:00 this evening shows the disappearing fog tomorrow morning. 8:00 tomorrow morning, there o o will be matches of low clouds and fog near the coast could. it will continue pulling away. mostly sunny skies. could be patches of low clouds lingering tomorrow. most of the day mostly sunny from coast to inland. that's a treat if you like sunny weather. high temperatures tomorrow range from about 65 at half moon bay to 67 here in san francisco, 73 across the bay. oakland lots of upper 80s to low 88anta 92 hinland east bay. at clover dale and ukiah tomorrow. but on sunday, notice how sharply temperatures drop, cooling trend begins on sunday and inland areas near 90 tomorrow. low to mid 80s on sunday.

further cooling on monday. most inland locations on sunday -- monday will have highs only in the upper 70s. but then on tuesday, we'll see temperatures beginning to rebound a bit. that takes us to the weekend forecast for tahoe. in case you're heading out that way, sunny skies mainly over the weekend. highs in the mid to upper 70s. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast for the bay area. i mentioned the drop in temperatures on sunday and monday. notice though how they start to bounce back on tuesday. then wednesday, thursday and friday of next week, high temperatures in a rather typical range for this time of year upper 80s to 90 inland. upper 70s to 80 near the bay shoreline and mid 60s on the coastline. kindfs go up and down and then >> i spent all of that weather cast trying to think of a bear pun and came up with nothing. >> how about this, not too cold. >> she didn't want to polarize

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or a bike ride. this year, the san francisco bay trail is celebrating the its 30th anniversary. and a big accomplishment for the bay trail is connecting the north bay to the east bay. >> the exciting thing here in richmond is the trail is going to open across the richmond-san rafael bridge in august. >> the bridge creates this opportunity for people to be able to commute from contra costa county to marin county. that's really part of what the bay trail is today, as well. it started out maybe as a recreational trail but over time seen as this place that can provide an alternative transportation mode. >> what attracted meed to it when i first noticed that there was one, i saw a sign by a trail in mariner. i really didn't think about how the whole bay area is connected by this one bay. the tug tre could bme. >> it's not a place just to get physically fit but also a place that you get and emotionally to dee compress

after a hard day. >> to me that's what brings to the bay area. it brings something for the families to go out to with their kids. all these different communities and different cultures it brings together is really something unusual and unique. >> all right. a frightening ordeal for a los gatos man and his son. the hit and run accident caught on camera. hear from the man behind the wheel of the car that was almost run off the road. run off the road. >> the big question ♪ ♪ run off the road. >> the big question ♪ this is how driving should feel. the tech-advanced nissan leaf. the best selli

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now, news to build a better bay area. from abc7. >> here are the stories making headlines at 4:3037 breaking news we told but at the top of the hour. a gas leak believed to be responsible for an explosion at a dormitory at the university of nevada reno. officials now say at least eight people suffered minor injuries in the building that partially collapsed as you can see. a grass fire burning in martinez near franklin canyon r. fire officials say the 24-acre fire may have been started by fireworks. cornell bernard will have more details at 5:00. >> hundreds of aftershocks continue to rattle southern california after yesterday's 6.4 magnitude earthquake. residents are assessing the damage today. at least two homes burned and

two others red tagged because of damage. >> in the south bay, a frightening ordeal for a los gatos man and his young son after they were almost run off the road. the driver got away but the incident caught on camera. news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >> reporter: during an evening drive on the fourth of july. >> i released that this car was speeding pretty aggressively. >> reporter: tense moments for a tesla driver all captured by his model x. watch as john's suv turns on to blossom hill road in los gatos only to be struck later by what appears to be a ford f150. >> he's coming close, hits my car. i hear my son's forehead hit the back seat. >> reporter: this video shows the truck almost lose control after the impact. he is grateful he and his son weren't seriously hurt. >> frustration, thankfulness making sure we're fine but even more anger as the guy is speeding off. >> reporter: other tes las

owners are glad the camera technology is built in. >> if anything happened, there's going to be evidence for the accident. so it's not just like a testimony from the driver. >> reporter: the los gatos police department says the case is under investigation adding drivers who flee the scene when involved in traffic collisions may be exposed to criminal prosecution for hit and run and subjected to revocation of california department of motor vehicles drivers license privileges. for now it's too early to tell if this was an accident or intentional act and if drugs or alcohol had something to do with it. >> people will be irresponsible no matter what community you're ed on social media to help find the driver responsible. in los gatos, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> minutes ago police announced an arrest in this case. someone who watched that video of the hit and run called in a tip that led police to a house on shamrock drive in campbell. officers say the truck you saw

in the video was at the house. so was 32 years dennis munz from san jose accused of hit and run and reckless driving. >> now to the question over the u.s. census. can the department of justice ask about citizen hadship. >> today was the deadline for the department of justice's lawyargumehy it's necessary. here's trevor all the. >> reporter: with the clock rubbing out for the government to make a new legal argument why the question is needed, president trump ever defiant insisting the census should determine who is and is not an american. >> we're finding out everything about everybody. think of it. 15 to $20 billion and you're not allowed to skemsk them, are you a citizen. >> reporter: today the president sayi options are still on the table for trying to get a citizenship question into the 2020 census including signing an executive order. this just days after his department of justice said they'd started printing the census without the citizenship question in response to a

deision from the supreme court. in a 5-4 ruling, john roberts rejecting the doj's reasoning for the question calling it contrived. >> i have a lot of respect for justice roberts but he didn't like it. but he did say come back. >> reporter: this afternoon, doj lawyers filed their response to a federal judge in maryland say they were still reanti-inflammatorying all available options following the supreme court's decision. perhaps further muddying the waters an answer president trump gave this morning when asked why the question was necessary. >> you need it for many reasons. number one, you need it for congress. you need to tore congress, for districting. >> reporter: that reasoning is exactly why the administration's opponents want the question kept off the census because congressional districts are drawn by total population, not the number of citizens a practice already upheld by the court. >> census officials have said if on the census, it will be less accurate. president trump says they can still print the census without

the question and add it later on if they get approval. trevor all the, abc news, washington. >> two u.s. senators want american flags bought by the federal government to be made in the usa. republican senator susan collins of maine and democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio sbroused the all-american flag act requiring the government to buy the government from u.s. materials and manufactured in the u.s. >> a 70-year-old runner recently disqualified from the los angeles marathon was found dead. police discovered a body of frank mezza in the los angeles river yesterday. they ruled out drowning. the discovery comes just days after marathon officials disqualified the retired doctor who set a record for his age group in the race. investigators say video shows mezza leaving the course. he denied he had cheated. >> a theft caught on camera. isasob at a

north face store in wisconsin. you can see several men enter the store in pleasant prairie earlier this week and it took less than 30 seconds from the time they entered until had he left. the group made off with $30,000 of merchandise. police are still searching for the suspects. >> get ready for a trip back in time. the gold rush town looking for a bit of gold rush excitement. >> and here's a look from down to the bay from our mount tam camera showing low clouds and fog pushing throu

all right. if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, how about heading back in time. >> is the town of columbia su packed full of gold rush history, about 135 miles from san francisco. reporter from our sister station in fresno has a closer look. ♪ >> reporter: welcome to columbia, california. >> ♪ >> reporter: where a street musician named tater will play music reflecting california's mexican heritage or songs from the more recent immigrants. ♪ i come from alabama with a banjo on my knee ♪ folks started coming to columbia and itd aftr jo walker dipped his pan into

a creek. >> and in his first dip, in the first minute, he got something pretty close to that. >> a gold rush brought 25,000 people to columbia. they live here, worked here, raised their children and died here. the rush lasted only about a dozen years but when the gold dwindled, the town did not fadeaway and become a ghost town. prospectors like juliette from oakland still come. not to find their fortunes but to have some fun. >> so i'm panning for gold and rockets and this is what i found. >> reporter: her grandma, sherry beyrle, says the trip here is a history lesson. >> they get to see how the olden days were. >> reporter: it is two hours northeast of fresno in the sieramans one of california's hick gold country towns and now a state historic parka live with museums and operating businesses. like eric white's vintage

blacksmith shop. >> what we mostly do is make unique gift items for the people that come and visit columbia. >> reporter: they still come from around the world like jenns from germany. >> we are here with my family. >> reporter: they think in this old west mining town is unique. >> you don't have anything like that in germany. >> alison and her family found it to be a mess sant stop. >> it's quaint, nice. we've enjoyed bringing the girls to walk around and enjoying ourselves. >> what makes columbia unique is it's still a leaving breathing town where visitors like vanessa and laura can get a feel for what life was like way back when. >> since we were younger when we came, we were more excitedcream a candy but now the old house flo encourages visitors to take a

close look. >> they need to go in every can and look around because every one of these is historical. >> reporter: like the old wells fargo office. >> the business was here. the parlor which nowadays we'd call the living room is there. >> there's a lot of history to see here in columbia. and at the jack douglas sal loon, you can taste the history with a genuine old fashioned sarsaparilla. mm. ♪ >> reporter: the keys to the antique piano and sal loon are being pounded often by jack douglas who is not related to the namesake. he taught himself to play a few years ago and learned old-timey tunes in a thoroughly modern way. >> i actually learned my songs from youtube. >> reporter: columbia state historic park has a lot to offer. take it from grandma. >> it's a great place to bring your kids and your grandkids. >> reporter: and after two hours of panning, the history lesson

juliette learned. >> well, it's sort of hard to find actual gold. >> reporter: in columbia, california, gene hagan son, abc7 news. >> a lot of fool's gold when i go packing but so much fun. >> it's supposed to be hard. if it was easy it, takes the fun out of it. >> it's not like the 49ers time, that's for sure. >> let's check in with spencer christian and see how your weekend is shaping up for you. >> gold be sunshine for you. a look at live doppler 7. low clouds and fog will advance from the coast across the bay and overnight. that's generally our pattern. lows iid 5tomorrom coast to inland. highs from mid 60s at the coast to mid-70s around the bay to upper 80s to 90 inland. if you're planning to go to the beach tomorrow, you'll find pretty good beach weather. maybe a patch or two of low clouds. breezy and mild with highs in the midst to upper 60s up to 72

at santa cruz. breezy with winds out of the west at about 10 to 20 miles per hour. the accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures will drop sharply on sunday and monday. bit of a two or three-day cooling trend. temperatures bounce back to more seasonal lebs wednesday, thursday and friday. this year's aids walk takes place sunday july 14th in golden gate park. if you'd like information, this is a 10k fund-raising walk benefiting project open hand and positive resource center. to register call 415-615-walk or visit sf.aids walk.net. >> there's nine days. can you make good weather for that, too. >> i'm trying. doing my a aad c the forecast f >> w. the bay area teen jumpin into politics, the frank talk about a real hot situation is

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25 years ago today. it's now the largest retailer in the world. and bezos is the richest man on earth. it would originally called ca da bra but quickly changed the name when somebody thought it sounded like cadaver. when it was first launched almost nobody had internet access. only about 5% but it has grown expo intentionally since then. >> amazon much catchier than the other one. a major company is hoping to make big leaps in renewable energy and it is not tesla. >> michael finny has the details. >> a history. we'll start with history. tesla's ceo elon musk floated the idea of solar panels on the tesla model 3 in 2017. he scrapped the idea saying it was too impractical. toyota says maybe not. it's ready to test new redesigned solar power cells for cars. the panels will charge the car's

battery while parked and moving. they're also thinner and more efficient able to convert energy at a rate of 10% higher than any previous version. apple is turning back the clock on the mac book laptops by bringing back the older keyboard style. users complained the keys on the current butterfly keyboards broke easily it left spaces in between for dust and dirt to get inside. apple says it will switch back to the scissors style design that with updated glass fiber switches making it more durable. the changes will first be seen on macbook air. the number of teens working summer jobs has been snag stagnant for about a decade. the bureau of labor statistics says only about 40% of teens ages 16 through 19 worked last summer dow about 50% who were working or looking for working in 2006. reasons for the decline include low pay, increased competition

for jobs as well as extracurricular activities and getting ready for college. >> i know. college prep is like a full-time job these days. >> no kidding. > michael, thanks. in the south bay, a clack deli of serving up signature ravioli and steaks more than 30 years. >> as dustin dorsey found out loyal customers of antipasto's deli say they come for the food and stay for the deli. >> reporter: they come from all over the bay area to try their famous dishes. check it out. who is antipasta's deli? >> it was our dad's original idea. he came up with this idea of the eastside doesn't have a go to spot. let's do some good meat, some good homemade products. great service. make people feel like they're at home and 32 years later, we're still here.

>> you think of it as the cheers of the eastside. people all come here. everybody knows each other. it's a real h environment.f you. people come from all over to buy them or come here to eat them. that was my dad's go to. when we first opened we weren't making our own. my dad was sourcing them out. he goes if we're going to do this we need to make our own. for months on end, he researched, he took, he mixed res peeps he got it to the perfect the ravioli he wanted. the machine that we have actually made at ravioli for my mom and dad's wedding. >> he found that machine inside. we're going to start making our own. here we are. >> this basically takes two days process. every batch comes out with 100

botches which it's 98 in each box. i love what i'm doing and i really like to do this. i love it. i really totally totally it surprised me when i see people walk now with eight boxes, ten boxes, 20 boxes. i'm like, obviously, i'm doing a good job, right. >> so we've got the traditional beef and chicken. let's try this thing out. brought my dad here. loves italian food. let's go ahead and check it out. mm. just as good as advertised. >> it's family run. the food's excellent. the lines are long but worth it. >> steak sandwich, medium rare. can't beat it. >> this is the best place for corned beef sandwiches. >> it's awesome to see people from all over all other areas all walks of life come in here

and enjoy this awesome homemade food. >> we take pride in the products that we put out. we take pride in the service we rye to guv our customers and try to make them feel at home. >> every day we come in and it's hope for us. so i mean, you've got your mom, my two brothers working with me. we've got a great, great crew that comes in with us. almost like family. and it's just it's home for us. that's all. it's what we know. we've been doing this 32 years and people come in and feel that. >> come and visit us at antipastas. >> i love that the story happened right before dinnertime. >> i know. i smell a field trip. >> all right. get ready to feel the bun. up next, a campaign with meat to bring back a costco favorite. the bay area team behind it and the famous hot dog and eater endorsing his efforts. >> and eric is standing by with

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coming up tonight on abc7 at 8:00, it's marvel's agent of shield followed bid two-hour 20/20. don't miss abc news at 11:00. the 2020 primary is well under way. but there election season one marin county teenager is focused on a much more conventional issue. costco's polish hot dogs. he launched a campaign to bring the dogs back. he now has the endorsement of hot dog eating champion joey champion. liz kreutz has the story. >> reporter: it's a different kind you hae revolution. >> it's time that we take our polish dogs back. >> reporter: move over, bernie. the bay area now has polish dogs 2020, very serious campaign to bring the beloved polish dog back to the costco menu. campaign video and all. >> join me in voting for polish

dogs 2020. >> reporter: the face and brains behind this campaign is 16-year-old izagani he prepared to take his campaign overseas or on a family vegas to europe. we asked why polish dogs. >> i love them with all my heart. they used to be at costco. >> reporter: he created a facebook page and youtube channel to promote his cause. his #is feel the bun. he does want polish dogs back and hoping this campaign sends a bigger message. >> i designed the whole movement so that it was easily accessible to my piers who could draw inspiration from it in order to raise awareness for things they care about, as well. >> reporter: on the polish dog issue, he's generating real support. needs toe put on a recovering the 71 hot dogs he ate on the

fourth. he also gave a ringing endorsement. >> i'm behind it. it would be good to get the polish dog back. more than one on the menus is a good thing. >> he's a len jepd in the food and hot dog world. >> reporter: liz kreutz, abc news. >> i'm thoroughly impressed. woo we reached out to costco. they did not have a comment this time on the 2020 campaign. we asked izagani if he might be running for president one day. he said he isn't ruling it out. for now, he's just focused on his campaign. spoken like a true politics. >> get the latest news with the abc7 news app. enhanced live video features, more customization and personalized push alerts to get more news you want delivered to your phone delivered in realtime. >> thanks so much for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. abc7 "news at 5:00" starts now. >> i brought the car up to the

driveway so i could evacuate if i needed to. >> a brush fire ignites here homes in martinez this afternoon. why illegal fireworks could be to blame. >> an explosion rockets a college dorm in reno. >> the after shacks continue in southern california. new video showing the frightening moments when the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck. >> now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my. >> we have to go. >> the horrified rye action at the university of nevada reno after a massive explosion severely damages a dormtory. thankfully, there are no fatalities. good evening. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. the blast happened inside argenta hall at about 12:45. officials say the building

partially collapsed. authorities say at least eight people were injured. one official says the blast seems to have taken place in a boiler room where technicians  were doing work. it is not clear how many people were inside. students could feel the blast throughout the university >> whole apartment complex shook. i live in college terrace. everything shook. >> reporter: were you scared? >> a little, yes. it was not -- it was yeah, def shook me quite a bit. >> reporter: ar jenna opened in 2006 and houses up to 750 people. the university's website refers to it as a civic engagement themed residence hall. classes have been canceled for today. >> a grass fire in pittsburg burned close to homes this afternoon. a neighbor sent a cell phone video from his