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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> who do you have medic 100? >> medic 100 who are you transporting? >> deputy, i don't know his name. >> a santa cruz sheriff's deputy has been killed after being shot in what investigators say was an ambush attack. two other officers are hurt. this morning we have brand-new details on the suspects. good morning, everyone, it's sunday, june 7th. i'm liz kreutz. a vigil will be held at the santa cruz county sheriff's office for 38-year-old deputy damon gutzwiller. he was married, had one child, and another one on the way. the last time the santa cruz
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sheriff's office last one of their own was the early 1980s. the first reports came in at 1:30 yesterday in the town of ben lomond, 30 miles south of san jose. police say this man, steven carrillo, is the suspect involved. he is an active duty u.s. air force sergeant at travis air force base in fairfield. this morning abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez has more. >> today we have last one of our own. he was a true hero. >> reporter: they're mourning the loss of 38-year-old sergeant damon gutzwiller. the sheriff said at 1:30 saturday afternoon a person was seen driving a van with bomb-making devices. police began investigating the van and were attacked. >> as deputies began
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investigating, they were ambushed with gunfire and multiple improvised explosives. >> officer down. lz set up by highland's park. >> reporter: sergeant gutzwiller was shot and taken to the hospital where he died. another deputy was either shot or struck by shrapnel from the bomb. investigators say the suspect is steven carrillo of ben lomond. taken down with the help of neighbors. >> my dog immediately went after the guy that was being tackled. >> reporter: the sheriff says carrillo was shot during the arrest. >> he survived and is being treated at a hospital. he'll be arrested for murder. >> reporter: for residents of ben lomond and surrounding communities, they've never seen so many different bay area law enforcement agencies at once. >> nothing like this ever happens here. ben lomond is a very quiet, sleepy place. >> reporter: the sheriff says this is still a fluid situation. as the department goes through this investigation, gutzwiller
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will be deeply missed. >> in this era that we're in, when you think about what you want to see in a police officer, compassion, caring, somebody who truly loves his job, who wants to help people, that's what damon was. >> reporter: reporting in santa cruz, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> our team is following crucial leads on the suspect. sources tell our dan noyes investigators found ieds inside carrillo's home. one theory is that deputies interrupted something big about to happen. it's prompted the fbi to take over the case. carrillo shared a facebook post last week making comments about equality. he has two children and a late wife who was in the air force. she died in an off-base hotel in south carolina in 2018. authorities said her death was not suspicious. california governor good afternoon newsome released a statement. he said in part, quote, he will
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be remembered as a hero who devoted his life to protecting the community and as a loving husband and father. he's ordering state capital flags to fly today at half st-sf half-staff. a vigil will be held at 2:26 at the sheriff's office. we sent alerts on stories like this one all night long with new information. if you want breaking news alerts, the abc 7 news app is free in the app store. other developing news now, we're following several fas fast-moving fires all made worse by the strong winds in the bay area. several broke out around the bay area yesterday including the quail fire that is quickly burning outside the town of winters along with the willard fire and the gulch fire in petaluma. we start with the quail fire. brand-new video from this morning, the fire is burning 1,400 acres at last check and is 10% contained now. at least 100 structures are
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threatened and evacuations are under way. evacuees can go to the three oaks community center in vacaville. overnight, san francisco fire department says it's sending firefighters and trucks to help this morning. the willow fire in concord is fully contained near east ol olivera road. firefighters are also keeping a close eye on hotspots overnight at the 107-acre gulch fire in sonoma county. it started around 3:00 yesterday along stage gulch road. let's get a check of the weather now, lisa, because a lot of this has to do with winds we're seeing this weekend. >> yes, liz, really the western sacramento valley, yolo county, where they have those fires, shows that the winds will continue to increase throughout the day. right now not bad. the relative humidity pretty low. winds picking up out of the
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northwest, chase more moist direction. they'll continue early tomorrow. back home, we're looking at the system to the north of us bringing in that cooler than average temperature reading today. as we look outside, san francisco, 55 here, 61 in san jose. exploratorium camera looking at a feathered friend and whitecaps on the bay. 22-mile-per-hour winds right now in oakland. novato, breezy. hayward, over 20 miles an hour. mt. diablo does look calm, but the winds are picking up throughout the afternoon. we're talking breezy, 20 to 25 miles an hour for most. at the shoreline, 35 miles from point reyes to half moon bay with numbers in the 60s to 70s. we'll talk about our warming trend beginning tomorrow in a few minutes. we expect countless more to be drawn out to bay area streets to fight for justice for george
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floyd and racial equality for communities of color. the golden gate bridge yesterday, a black lives matter rally organized by a bay area 17-year-old that became much more than she expected. drivers stopped in their tracks, including myself. abc 7 news reporter kris reyes has the story. >> reporter: sky7 over the scene around noon at the golden gate bridge. a peaceful march and a powerful turnout, one that the 17-year-old co-organizer behind the protest did not expect at all. >> literally this came together in less than 24 hours. my friend made fliers and we just kind of pushed them out. >> we posted them all over social media. >> it just blew up. >> reporter: at one point the crowd filled the road, stopping traffic. >> honestly, i feel like youth as a whole, this whole generation, we're really speaking up for each other and fighting for equality. it's a beautiful thing.
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>> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: on the ground, our own liz kreutz was on the bridge and witnessed some drivers getting out to cheer on proerz. it was aweso drivers. >> it was crazy hfz we want w o we want to end police brutality and also fight for systemic change. you need to think of the priorities. >> reporter: dozens of police officers were present, but no confrontations. >> we're here to fight for justice, not here to fight. >> reporter: kris reyes in san francisco for abc 7 news. protesters and marches are bringing out thousands across the bay area fighting for racial justice in our country. here are just a few of them. in san francisco, hundreds of
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people marched on mission street. some officers chose to kneel with protesters there. hundreds more marched in mill valley, shouting "i can't breathe" through their masks. in hayward, a solidarity protest was held in front of city hall. all the protests were peaceful. ahead, big changes in the bay area. we'll break them all down. plus -- ♪ what is that sound? a music mystery on the golden gate. and here is a live look from our emeryville camera.
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all right. here is a live look from our santa cruz camera. 54 degrees now in santa cruz. you see a few people enjoying early morning at the beach. we'll check in with lisa in a minute. abc 7 news is committed to helping build a better bay area by focusing on things like health, education, workplace, and the economy. it's a big step forward this weekend in restarting that economy. three bay area counties continue to reduce restrictions. in napa county, wineries can reopen indoor tasting rooms with social distancing. reservations are encouraged to avoid overlaps. servers must offer customers clean glasses each time they try a different wine. in sonoma county, many businesses including hair salons can reopen.
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we'll have more on that in the next half hour. tables in restaurants will be spaced six feet apart. people can attend indoor religious services. abc 7 news reporter luz pena visited a church in corona park where parishioners have been waiting for this day. >> reporter: the new health order came into effect 12:01 a.m. on saturday. several hours later, church was open. >> you feel more spiritual. i mean, i have that wonderful feeling. >> reporter: for close to three months, david bishop had been walking four miles from his house to church every day in hopes to see these doors open. today was that day. >> we found out this morning. >> i called this morning and the father answered the phone, yeah, we're open. >> reporter: four thomas diaz sent a letter to parishioners with a list of the guidelines. >> number one, sanitize your
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hands. a couple of people didn't have their masks on yet so we reminded them. they complied. and if they didn't have a mask, we have these available for them. >> reporter: this is how it works. every other pew will remain empty. if you come by yourself, then you sit six feet away from the person next to you at the end of this pew. if you come with your family, you get a bigger space while still practicing social distancing. in today's mass, there was no choir. this is one of the main changes father diaz had to implement to avoid possible spread of covid-19. >> music would be the biggest thing. so we had background music. two, putting communion at the end of mass. >> reporter: the county says they have a cautious approach, looking at local epidemiology, and waiting two weeks to seat impact before reopening other
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in sonoma county, luz pena, abc 7 news. meantime, we're expecting to learn more about how schools around the state are planning to reopen. tony thurmond, the superintendent, says students and teachers may be required to have their temperature taken. he says it has not yet been decided if they need to be tested for the virus before returning to come puss. >> dear class of 2020. i wish that the path to this point had been easy. but since we started high school, this road has been changing under our feet. we faced hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. violence in our neighborhoods and on our campuses. we've lost icons we admired so much and loved ones we miss so
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dearly. we have believed and sometimes we walked out of school for our beliefs. then 2020 came. our year. well, we all know what's been happening. >> such a beautiful video, a moving video made by two bay area graduating seniors, kyle and jordan, from the school of the arts in san francisco. and happening today, that very same video of theirs is going to be featured during the virtual graduation even, "dear class of 2020," that's the four-hour commencement even including the obamas, beyonce, and dozens of other celebrities. you can imagine these two seniors are thrilled to be included. >> what we were saying was resonating with more than just the people in our local community, that this is kind of a shared belief among all class of 2020 graduates. and so the fact that it's gone to the places that it has is so exciting for us.
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>> abc 7 got a chance to interview kyle and jordan last week. they said they wanted to do something to empower their fellow students that wasn't so negative. so they spent their free time working on this project, hoping to share its message with their school and now they get to share it with the entire country. >> that's incredible. we are glad it got picked up. we're excited to represent the student voice at this event. and just share from like a peer to peer perspective that we believe in each other, we support each other, and we can be stronger together. >> such a great message. the live stream event is on youtube starting at noon today. a shoutout, lisa, to those students, because boy, they're talented. >> so many neat things coming out of this, who would think, right? we not only have the wind to contend with, but the cooler than average temperatures. i don't know if you heard but we
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saw snow in the sierra last night, and still chilly temperatures there with the possibility of thunderstorms, hail, and very gusty winds. as we look at live done lowerpp quiet, right? we're under the influence of this trough to the north of us. you can kind of see it carving out from oregon to northern california, where it was snowing in the mountains early this morning. with that cooler air mass in place, we're looking at temperatures below average. and those winds as high pressure sits offshore. it will build in but the temperature gradients are struggling to try to equalize that pressure. and that's why we get the wind. san jose with a few clouds around. it is 56 right now in the city, 62 in oakland. good morning, redwood city, 57. 61 in san jose. mid-50s, pacifica. gusty once again at the coast. we're talking winds probably up to near 40 miles an hour. one of those windier locations,
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point reyes, perhaps. 59 santa rosa, petaluma. delta, in the mid-60s. upper 50s, low 60s in our inland valleys. curent check of our winds right now, you can see how breezy it is from oakland to hayward, anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour. pretty clouds here in san jose. breezy winds, windy coast. warming trend tomorrow. then we get that wind shift. instead of northwesterly winds, winds will back off, allowing for high pressure to warm us up. here is today, 30 to 40-mile-per-hour winds. as they back off, the direction changes. as dew points are lower today, it will get even lower with the north winds. and the relative humidity as well will get low. so we're always concerned about fire danger in the sacramento valley. still breezy winds. even with this onshore flow decreasing a bit, we're still going to see those north winds throughout the bay area. so not helping in the firefighting efforts. in fact, a little bit worse,
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because they're out of that drier component, that drier direction, and allowing for instead of a moist flow, a dry flow there. with higher numbers, we'll look for increased fire danger. into tuesday, looking at low 90s, a warmer day for everyone. looking at wednesday, mid-90s. 80 around the bay. but usually we're getting close to those 100s, right, you would think mid-week. no. we'll cool it back on thursday, with temperatures comfortable. but it looks like for today, the coolest day of the week. how about 62 in half moon bay, 68 in fremont with low 70s in the north bay. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we're windy at the coast, breezy around the bay. lighter onshore winds tomorrow. still breezy north winds. then looking at tuesday, wednesday, our warmest days with 90s inland. a bit of cooling thursday. on friday, numbers drop again for that usual pattern. less than two weeks away, liz, from the official start of summer. but you know, around here that means a lot of fog. >> right, in the city for sure.
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what can we say, at least it's summer. >> longer days for sure. >> thanks, lisa. ahead, the important role kids are now playing in the protests. - will invisalign aligners really work for my smile. - is there a better alternative to braces? - only invisalign aligners use smarttrack technology. it moves teeth more comfortably and predictably. and in many cases, it works faster than braces. (upbeat music) and in many cases, it works faster than braces. when visible set out to create the future of phone service... we tossed the stuff that wasn't working. and kept the stuff that was working. like verizon's 4g lte network. meet visible. unlimited data, messages and minutes. just $25 for your first month. join us at visible.com.
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here's a very sweet story, a look at new faces joining protests across the country. they may be young but they're playing an increasingly important role. >> reporter: this morning, some of the smallest americans are lending their voices as protests swell across the country. >> just to show people that black lives matter. >> reporter: kids helping raise the volume on calls for racial equality. >> if i get it, you should get it. it is very wrong to kill black people. >> reporter: 9-year-old aubrey johnson getting emotional, delivering this powerful message at a protest in ohio last week.
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>> black lives matter as much as white lives. it is so wrong. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: and the mini marchers seen by millions. this 7-year-old seen protesting in long island, new york. historically, children have always been essential in the fight for equal rights. in 1963, thousands of black kids marched to protest segregation in birmingham, alabama, part of a strategy to keep the protests nonviolent. but instead they were met with force. we've seen recent demonstrations turn violent across the country. police clark with protesters and kids sometimes caught in the mix. [ crying ] >> reporter: in seattle, police investigating this incident, a young girl allegedly maced by an officer at a protest.
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>> i'm not here to hurt you. >> reporter: but some officers are trying to change the narrative, this one in houston calming a frighteed 5-year-old after she asks, "are you going to shoot us?" >> you can protest, you can do whatever you want. >> we're all united, power in numbers, and that we can make a difference. everyone sees how many people are protesting. ♪ i look around and see what's being done to my kind ♪ >> reporter: this 12-year-old's cry for equality going viral. his song even shared by president obama. bryant says music is in him and it was his way of expressing his feelings during these times. >> i really have hope that we can change the world with all of our gifts if we can just come together and not be divided, if we can all be equal. ♪ i just want to live
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♪ i just want to live >> reporter: abc news, new york. >> amazing. gives us hope for the future, right? still to come, the second weekend of george floyd protests stretching coast-to-coast. how lloyd's family is finding solace this morning. the biggest brands in tech break out the checkbook for racial justice.
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building a better bay area. this is abc 7 news. good morning, everyone. we start this half hour with another look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you, liz. breezy winds especially in san francisco. today we'll see northwesterly winds keep our numbers from getting too warm. our roof camera, 56 downtown, 62
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in oakland, 61 in san jose. pretty clouds here in san jose. 59, santa rosa. mid-60s out by the delta. temperatures will be halted in their warming by the afternoon, and the winds picking up. right now we're looking at surface winds out of the northwest up to 22 miles an hour oakland, 23 miles an hour in hayward. we'll get a little stronger throughout the day. notice the color palette in the yellows indicating 60s, oranges trying to make their way into the valley, we'll see a few 70s. winds will be strongest at the coast, gusting to over 35 miles an hour. then a warm-up. stay tuned for details on that, liz. >> lisa, thank you. oakland police and the chp are investigating a shooting that left a man dead and a woman in the hospital. officers say they were conducting a criminal investigation around 10:45 last night when they opened fire, killing the driver of a car on cherry street. the female passenger was also
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hit with gunfire. she was taken to the hospital and is stable. it's unclear why officers fired shots at them. no officers were hurt. a white virginia officer has been charged after using his stun gun on a black man. the man said he couldn't breathe. meanwhile in minneapolis, the fired police officer who held george floyd to the ground with his knee will make his first court appearance tomorrow. abc 7 news reporter rachel scott has the details. >> reporter: breaking overnight, a virginia police officer arrested and charged with assault after this violent takedown of a black man caught on police body camera. the white officer, seen firing his stun gun as the man walked away. the officer seen leaning on the man's back with his knees. the man saying "i can't breathe." >> we can all agree the footage of this incident is unsettling. i want our community to know we are pursuing charges that are in line with current law. >> reporter: it comes as the nation is still grappling with violent videos like this one. two buffalo police officers now
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charged with felony assault after shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground. incidents like that driving huge crowds like this one overnight in seattle. police firing flashbangs to disperse a crowd after police say protesters through rocks and bottles at them. in denver, thousands marching through the streets, many gathering outside police headquarters, held back by fences. earlier saturday in minneapolis, the city where george floyd died while being arrested, the city's mayor booed, forcing him to leave a demonstration after refusing a protester's demand to abolish the city's police department. at the same time saturday, some of the largest demonstrations yet coast-to-coast, mostly peaceful marches from san francisco to new york, new orleans, to philadelphia. here in washington, the largest crowd yesterday. a see of protesters in the
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nation's capital pressing toward the white house. >> we want policy change to make sure everybody is treated equally in this country. >> reporter: overniht protesters painted "defund the police" on the street. demands for equality even sweeping across small towns. in saddlebrook, new jersey, where more than 80% of the residents are white, chants of "black lives matter." >> black lives matter! >> reporter: rachel scott, abc news, washington. thousands of people gathered for an emotional farewell to george floyd in north carolina, the state where he was born. abc news reporter victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: more than 10,000 people descended on the small town of raeford, north carolina, to celebrate their native son, george floyd. >> some death ain't about dying. some death is about waking all of us up. >> reporter: near his birthplace, hundreds of floyd's friends and family gathered at saturday's emotional memorial
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service. >> we must all come together and come to the front lines to protect each other. >> reporter: since early saturday morning when his casket was wheeled into the conference center, the line stretched for miles, filled with people who wanted to stand in solidarity with the floyd family. >> i feel so sad because it very well could have been my brother, my son, my uncle, any of those. i saw my people. you know, he's one of us. >> reporter: the local sheriff among those calling for change. >> we are part of the problem. [ applause ] it's got to change. >> reporter: floyd's sister saying his death is a turning point. >> i feel like god chose him for a reason, he selected my brother because he worked for him. he had a job for him and he called him home. his death is not in vain.
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>> and that was victor oquendo reporting. a memorial service for floyd will take place in houston tomorrow, that's where he spent most of his life. organizers in berkeley held a funeral procession yesterday to bury racism, as they called it. city councilmembers and community members marched from malcolm x community school to martin luther king jr. civic part. the family-friendly march ended with an actual casket where george floyd's name was read along with other victims of police brutality. in the east bay, a church in dublin hosted a socially distanced prayer service for peace, justice, and safe. dozens gathered and prayed for justice for black people killed by police, for the end of violence during protests and for the safety of police officers. vintage foster, who put the service together, says it's an important time and it's important to pray rather than argue or debate. >> church has to stand up. believers have to stand up and
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say this is not right, we will pray through it, we will fight against the racism. >> the prayers will held in multiple small groups throughout the church campus to allow for social distancing. new this morning, bay area tech companies are reportedly donating tens of millions of dollars to groups focused on racial justice and police reform. according to "the chronicle," the donations equal more than $30 million. now to the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. is close to 110,000 deaths now but reopening moves ahead. abc 7 reporter trevor alt has more. >> reporter: 18 states and puerto rico are seeing cases increase. but this morning new york is celebrating. governor andrew cuomo announcing
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a substantial descent from the state's peak, saying, we didn't just flatten the curve, we crushed it. >> congratulations to the people of new york state because they did this. >> reporter: tomorrow new york city finally starts the reopening process with other parts of the state moving into phase ii. business owners are eager to get back to work. >> people can't wait to go out, socialize, get out of the house. they're tired of being confine. >> reporter: but the threat of the virus is still looming as crowds protesting the death of george floyd converged on saturday. demonstrators like samantha law were passing out masks and hand sanitizer. does the crowd worry you at all? obviously you're being pro proactive. >> no, it doesn't, i think there's strength in numbers, as long as we do it safely. >> reporter: alabama's football team is reporting five cases. arkansas state has seven.
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university officials aren't yet sure what that means for the return of college athletics. >> my concern is the health and safety of our students, our faculty, and staff, and any guests who come onto campus. if that means playing with no fans in the stands, we'll do that for as long as it takes. >> reporter: in florida, a hard-fought return home for 92-year-old holocaust survivor stephi byrd. she lost her husband to covid-19 in march and find out five days later she had it too. as 12 weeks and a plasma donation from her daughter, her family calls her recovery a miracle. >> every single one did their best and took care of me like a baby. thank you. >> reporter: trevor alt, abc news, new york. >> ahead, a downturn on donations. how you can help make a difference. and here is a live look from our walnut creek camera.
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let's take a live look behind me at our golden gate bridge camera. people have been reporting suspicious musical tones coming from the area. if you've heard it yourself, your ears are not deceiving you. the bridge has started to sing. [ musical tone ] that's the sound. the handrails on the west side have been replaced with vertical slots to allow more air to flow through. during high wind days, like friday, the bridge emits whistling sounds that can be heard for miles. >> don't worry, you won't hear
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it every day. >> can it sing happy birthday to me? >> we might have to bring ha harmonics expert on the staff to see if we can take requests. >> i have yet to hear it but now i will be paying attention. lisa, you haven't heard it yet either, although you said it can be heard for all around the bay area. >> no, exactly, i haven't heard it either, but it makes sense. they have just gusty winds along the coast. another one today with those winds in excess of 35 miles an hour. that's at our beaches. right here, exploratorium camera, it's going to get choppy on the bay. numbers are in the 50s, going for mid-60s around average today. more 70s in your outlook, san francisco, nor the next seven days. also next, could the warriors still come back this season? a new report gives new hope for dubs fans this summer.
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welcome back. here is a live look from our emeryville camera. it is 60 degrees right now in emeryville. it's very clear. you can see the golden gate bridge in the distance. don't expect any protests on it today like yesterda, but you never know. let's talk sports. the warriors won't be playing a game that counts until at least december. here is abc 7 sports anchor chriss chris alvarez. >> nba fans, you're going to have to wait until next season. this season is done. that is what kevin durant is saying. he says it's over. he says he didn't think he was ready to play at the intensity needed when the league ramps back up in july. he hasn't played since game five of the finals.
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he signed a four-year dial last summer after he left golden state. the warriors finish with the worst record in the nba but is the season truly over? some teams have proposed ideas for regional mini summer leagues, training camps, and organized team activities. the warriors are among the eight teams that didn't make it. there's no indication of their interest level. the next season is scheduled to begin in early december. the wnba is proposing a 22-game regular season in bradenton, florida. the league was set to have a 36-game regular season start in may. of course that was altered due to the pandemic. sabrina ayescu was the first pick in april. the memorial tournament in ohio is set for july 16th through 19th. it will allow a limited number
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of fans after their state governor approved. golf's first major is set to be in san francisco august 3 through the 9th. we've seen nascar racing for weeks without fans. indy car got their season started. texas motor speedway of course with no fans. first race of the year, you can see the new windows on those cars, a nice safety measure. they held practice earlier in the day. a rookie would spin out and hit the wall. that didn't stop him from making his race debut. unfortunately, lap 38, crashes yet again, taking out alex paolo as well. the veteran drivers had a tough day. you might want to wait for the fourth tire there. scott dickson took the checkered flag for his 47th career win, 20 behind a.j. floyd for the most all time. still no fans allowed at sporting easements in the u.s. but that didn't stop this fox from crossing the track at the
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atlanta motor speedway during the truck series race. luckily the fast fox stayed out of harm's way. good to see racing back. of course no fans, hopefully they'll be coming back this summer to sporting events across the country. >> that fox was very lucky, that could have ended very poorly for that fox. we don't want to see that. >> definitely not. you do want to see a lot of sunshine. and we have that in store for you throughout the week. what about the winds, will they ease up? they will, but it will take a while. they're going to switch directions and still be quite breezy as we get into the workweek. it's also going to bring a warming trend. a live look outside from our sutro tower camera. the city bathed in that glow. low 80s for your monday in walnut creek, thursday you're back to about 81. looking at a cooler air mass perhaps by friday, upper 70s. there are the winds, they've
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been with us. each day getting just a little bit lighter, certainly not at the coast. there's a reason for that. live doppler 7 showing you a trough to the north of us. and this is carving out that cooler air mass. the inclement weather to the north and east of us. we had snow in the sierra, some thunderstorms are likely. very gusty winds. and to the south, high pressure trying to build in. and as it does, it's going to keep that steady onshore flow for the short term. as it moves overhead, it warms us up. the temperatures warm up, the winds shift out of the north and that's a drier component. emeryville right now, 56 in san francisco, redwood city is 60. good morning, san jose, 61 for you. gilroy 61. 50s at the coast. get ready for very gusty winds again from half moon bay to pacifica, ocean beach, and point reyes. it does look kind of stormy there, doesn't it? 59 in santa rosa. 30s this morning in the mountains.
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mid-60s by the delta. 61 in concord. it's been breezy around the bay area, 12 to 22 miles per hour, right around the bay. they'll continue to increase a bit, then increase quite a bit right here along the coast. santa cruz, you'll see winds over 30 miles an hour. looks pretty tranquil right now, doesn't it? breezy to windy today. warming trend tomorrow that lasts through wednesday. thursday's kind of nice too. it's the end of the week where we'll get much cooler conditions. here is a check at what you can expect throughout the afternoon as these colors 40-mile-per-hour winds. we're looking at that breeze also through the sacramento area. the delta, west sacramento. that's where we've got those fires to contend with. even though the winds dial back, we're still getting the breeze in the valley through your monday when we've got warmer weather. cooler weather today though for
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a the north bay. we're at around 70. highs today from 70 in oakland and san jose as well as palo alto and richmond to the low to mid-60s on the coast with those very gusty winds. lighter winds, warmer weather. that's going to bring a drying and a warming trend through mid-week. notice that summer spread. nothing too extreme. towards the end of the week, it's going to be a little bit windy and cooler. certainly on high alert with our low precip this season for sure, liz. >> sounds good, thanks, lisa. proper health practices are part of restoring the economy. abc 7 news reporter david louie puts the spotlight on a >> reporter: we use soap behind in hotel rooms. but it's not wasted.
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many hotels send the discarded soap to a nonprofit company comy recycles it into new soap, for the use of the homeless and especially now to help prevent coronavirus. >> we sent about 3 million bars of soap just in the last 60 days. if you multiply that by 80 hand washes, it's hundreds of millions of preventive times we're helping those in at-risk populations. >> reporter: however, the supply of discarded hotel soap has fallen 90% as a result of the economic downtown. buying soap is not allowed for the unemployed. >> the s.n.a.p. program, food stamps, doesn't allow individuals to buy products. >> reporter: the soap will be donated locally at
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cleantheworld.org. >> it comes to your home, you can engage in a fun activity to build hygiene kits that you can then hand out directly to your local food pantry. >> reporter: david louie, abc 7 news. >> i never knew that about soap. very cool. abc 7 is featuring as many high school seniors as possible. get your grad featured by going to abc7news.com. congrats to all of you, class of 2020. ♪
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gored. they started their small wedding outdoors just as thousands showed up to protest police brutality. they said they knew the protest was happening but decided to keep their date. they just wanted to be married. the couple ended up joining the demonstration after their ceremony. kari ann says it was a powerful moment. lisa, clearly a moment that they will never forget. >> that is a pretty cool scene for them to stumble upon that and be there in that moment. >> big reception, right? >> with all those friends around. good morning, everyone. we're looking at a breezy day around the bay. wind at the coast, 65 downtown, 73 santa rosa. less wind and warmer tomorrow. that's summer-ish for us. >> sounds good, thanks, lisa. thanks for joining us. i'm liz kreutz along with list list. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 p.m.
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