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answers. he's live in san francisco cornell. and the business community is still very, very confused about mask rules after june 15th the governor, promising more information and guidance tomorrow, this after cal osha did at about face we're on june 15th. to move quote unquote beyond the blueprint, governor gavin newsom says california is on track to fully reopen on tuesday. no more physical distancing substantially
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modified masking in the state of california moving beyond. these county tears. the red. orange. purple, but confusion over mask wearing is still an issue if anybody was confused, raise my hand after facing backlash, cal osha board members dropped a controversial new rule at its wednesday meeting, which said after june 15th vaccinated workers must still wear a mask if anyone in the same room is unvaccinated. people are really tired of wearing a face covering. the policy reversal praised by newsome, the osha decision to make a different decision encouraging in that respect, and we want to clarify some of that, and clarity is what many are demanding. it's frustrating for everybody, but until the new workplace proposal is developed by cal osha, those in the business community are demanding that all state agencies be on the same page. when it comes to who should wear a mask and where, with the lack of consistency, uncertainty from the workplace
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safety regulators from cal osha it's left us in a state of confusion. and it's something that the governor is going to have to address for now, for the next couple days, better to be masked than not to be masked. you know, the business community doesn't want any roadblocks on the road to reopening. they hope the governor will issue in order to bring mask rules in the workplace in line with state health guidelines, which basically say. if you're fully vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask in public with some exceptions, of course, we'll see what the governor has to say. tomorrow live in san francisco. cornell bernard abc. seven news. yes we will and cornell, depending on what the governor says tomorrow can cal osha adopt new workplace mask rules regulations by tuesday. yeah. you know, dan, that is very unlikely. cal osha says it can't adopt any new regulations for at least a couple of weeks. they have to vote on it. they have to adopt. that could not happen until june, 28. so for
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now, the bottom line is. hold on to those masks. best advice, thanks. cornell trust, abc seven to stay on top of this as we continue counting down until the day california reopens just a few days from now you'll find everything you need to know. at abc seven news .com/ coronavirus. happening now a vigil to honor a seven year old san jose boy. liam husted was killed two weeks ago and his own mother is under arrest for his murder. abc have a news reporter chris win is live at tonight's event, and chris. this is the first chance for the public to come together to grieve. that's righthat's righ dozens of people are here to support the family. if you take a look behind me, you can see some of them here at luckily in a park in san jose, which family and friends say was liam's favorite place to play. tonight an outpouring of support for a little boy from san jose, whose life was cut short after police say his mother killed him and left him
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in a remote area hundreds of miles away from home. but just to see that. everybody together in las vegas, everybody to come together and denver everybody to come together here. it's just it's just really almost overwhelming. but i appreciate it all. no, he does. family and friends say seven year old liam, who stead was a child on the spectrum, who could brighten up a room with a smile. liam's body was found by a hiker on a trailhead outside of las vegas on may 28th but wasn't formally identified until earlier this week after investigators got a tip from a family friend who recognized the sketch of the child and notified police in southern nevada, a memorial was set up by those who didn't know liam personally, but who wanted to give the community a way to pay their last respects. and on social media. a facebook group called justice for liam, who's dead now has more than 2000 members who are in disbelief
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over his death after a nationwide search, fbi officials found liam's mother 35 year old samantha marino, rodriguez, on tuesday morning in denver. liam's father, nick, who stead told investigators that marino rodriguez packed up her things and left san jose with their son on may 24th, but said he had no reason to believe that either were in harm's way. he was such a great boy. i just want everybody to know that he was amazing. that. >> as for liam's mother, she is currently in a denver jail where she is awaiting extradition to vegas where officials say she will be charged with murder.with murder.
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we are lives in san jose. i am chris, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. >> we are learning new details about the vta worker who killed nine of his coworkers before taking his own life. the transit agency released some records from san cassidy's personal history. melanie woodrow has the story. >> as investigators look for a motive and the vta deadly shootings, there is no information about the gun and. 20 year employee samuel shot oy and killed nine of his coworkers before taking his own life. the santa clara county sheriff's office previously released photos of molotov cocktails ammunition and firearms cassidy had in his home including a part of ammunition on his stove which started a fire there. vta says it has been examining cassidy's personnel file since including his disciplinary history. the transit agency says it found records of formal discipline for threatening behavior or violence during cassidy's lengthy vta career. it is releasing informinforminfm
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about four incidents on the last two years that resulted in disciplinary actions. in july 2019, cassidy was sent home without pay for two days because of insubordination. he refused to sign out a two- way radio. there was a verbal altercation between cassidy and a coworker in january of last year. at the time a coworker made a chilling report that another unnamed employee said about cassidy quote he's there is me. if someone was to go postal, it would be him. in october of last year cassidy refused to attend a mandatory cpr recertification siding coby concerns. vta said it made a number of reasonable accommodations with no resolution. last november, cassidy used a vta two-way radio for personal use and left work without permission. his dissatisfaction with his employer may have extended farther back than 2019.than 2011 customs and border protection stopped him in 2016. sources told abc news he was carrying books about terrorism as well as a notebook that detailed hatred for his
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workplace. vta says there are still thousands of documents to review. they say there is no documentation or history of complaints of cassidy making racist or threatening remarks to his colleagues. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> cassidy killed nine of his coworkers at the vta two weeks ago. we have links to help support their families. you will find them in the article a today story on abc 7 news.com. in san francisco fertility clinic will pay millions in damages for destroying eggs and embryos. pacific fertility center sent a note to patients that one of its cryo- tanks ran low on nitrogen and failed. more than 3500 ads and embryos were destroyed. a judge awarded $15 million to five plaintiffs. attorneys essay there are hundreds more waiting in arbitration. coming up here next, we are joint life by abc 7 insider so
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director. he said quote i standby my long legislative and civic record but must also take full responsibility for that tenure that i have struck my public relationships. for that i am truly sorry. and joining us now was abc news insider. you know san francisco politics very well over the the the the are you surprised by his announcement today? >> it is a bit surprising. he has a history of being both blunt and at times a drinker as well. he fights for his constituents. he does not shy away from politicians or mayors or to the city department heads. that is what happened this week. just the other night tuesday night at a board of supervisors meeting via zuma when he got into it with rec and park director phil ginsberg. >> thank you president a lot and and sorry for my interruptions but mr. ginsberg, not with a lot of respect but
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if you could wipe that smirk off your face, that would help these proceedings. >> then a little while later he upped the antethe antethe antete little bit on the off language area. let's take a listen. >> nobody threatens an elected official unless they have done something wrong and connie did nothing wrong and i did nothing wrong and it is totally bullish it. all right. i am done. >> thank you. if we could try to be a little bit more civil. i want to read this out loud. >> that was civil. >> that also set off a row of dominoes. reporters began looking at his conduct in the highways with staff and other department heads. it just went on where he said look i have this
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problem, i will try to take care of its. >> it was uncomfortable to watch. this is not the first time he has been criticized for alcohol abuse. >> what we had was an incident in 2018 a fire in north beach which is supervisor peskin's district where he got into it with the firefighters fighting the fire including fire chief then joe and his wife. they said he had been drinking. he said he hadn't, both had witnesses one way or the other. he also had a history of making late-night phone calls to department heads and city staffers. some of them not flattering and some of them feel like it was threatening. on this time however, he said okay i have a problem, i will try to take care of it. he is checking into a program but he is not checking out of city hall. he plans to continue his work, continue going to the meetings. so he is staying in. this is in the first time we had a situation like this. you might remember that newsom after it was revealed he was having an affair with one of his staffers said he had a drinking problem and went and held onto his job.
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so those think it is waterloo, gavin newsom is now governor gavin newsom. >> certainly in this challenging time, we wish him all the best in alcohol treatment. >> will be interesting to see how city hall reacts. the question is is it alcohol or is it after 20 years in and out of office that the once shining star of aaron peskin has gone tarnished and will he have the power he had going forward? that is the big question. >> mayor london breeds office has released a statement reading in part the mayor will not tolerate a work environment where department heads and staff don't feel like they can do their jobs and she has asked the city attorney and department of human resources for ways to handle these issues when they occur.
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>> there is a great debate over san francisco's great highway and today was a chance for people to share their points of view. during the pandemic the road was closed to cars to give people a safe outdoor space to socialize and exercise. they have gotten used to having it to themselves. the great highway rental on the western edge of the city next to the ocean. without access to it, cars are detouring onto neighboring streets. this is a story about building a better bay area. matt joins us alive. any idea which way this is going to go? >> well it is hard to know that meeting that started at one o'clock this afternoon is still going on. public comments just wrapped up about 15 minutes ago and my sense was the majority of commenters wanted to see the great highway hereghway hereghwa to cars. however there was definitely a big cohort of residents in the sunset and richmond who had a lot of concerns over traffic and commute routes. it is idyllic as it gets. >> to me it felt a little like santa monica feels,monica feels,
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boardwalk and santa monica, only better. >> martin lives in -- hill that says she comes out here twice a week to rollerblade. >> i envy people who live over here for this. it has really become a gift to me. >> she is fully in favor of keeping the great highway closed to vehicle traffic and effort supported by luke with the group kid safe sf. >> it has been eye-opening and it has been one of silver linings of the pandemic. >> there are several options such as keeping half of the how we open or opening it to cars during the week and closing it off on the weekends. he doesn't want to see a compromise like that. >> it is truly extended to its full extent down the coast all the way along the beach. it has provided people a complete save space to go from columbia park all along the beach without concerns about getting hit by a car. >> it has been less than ideal for commuters in the richmond and the residents who live in the sunset was a traffic on the side streets has gotten worse.
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>> they really got the brunt of it for a while. >> brett says the city did eventually install new stop signs and speed bumps which mitigated some of the issues. >> the traffic went up to some of the other streets. so kind of like you are pushing the problem along two different areas. >> a poll found support for some of the promenade was high among all city residents but among people in the sunset and richmond neighborhoods supports was a split about 50-50. that was apparent during the meeting as some residents pleaded for the highway to be reopened to cars. >> practically empty highway close to during the week causes more greenhouse gases, great stress and increased lack of safety for thousands of commuters and residents alike. >> i just checked in. they came back from a break. is is a joint meeting between the -- and the recreation and parks department so we are still waiting on a final vote. >> what happens after the vote
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tonight? >> i said final votes but really this is just the started this whole process. once they vote on this, this is really deciding which way they want to go, if they want to do this pilot project or not and then if they do, it will have to go through several more rounds of public comment before making it to the supervisors sometime later this fall. >> still much to do. thank you. >>
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world war ii submarine received a heroes escort on its return trip to san francisco this afternoon. fire boats spray their hoses as tugboats pulled across the bay. the submarine which now serves as a museum was in dry dock for repairs and restoration work. it is close for the pandemic but museum operators are hoping it will be open for tours starting next wednesday. >> it is really i remember the kids were little, we went. it is worth seeing a piece of world war ii history. drew is here with the forecast. nice to see some warmth come back. >> we have seen seasonably cool temperatures. i am talking as much is 10 degrees where we should below. we are going to reverse that trend on the seven-day. much warmer weather comes in especially next week. today? it was beautiful.
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a life look right now as we face south. great air-quality out there, fresh air and from this fogg free vantage point, you can see all the way down into the south bay. so we have limited particulate matter in the atmosphere. it is a nice day to breathe easy but we do have some new information when it does come to our drought. the drop mother released the new numbers earlier today and much of the states, you can see it is either in red or dark red. that is extreme or exceptional drought. 85% of the state is in those two worst categories. that is a huge jump from last week when it was just 74%. when you zoom and to the bay area, a big majority is in exceptional drought category. using much of the east bay and now that exceptional drought category has pushed into parts of san francisco. you can see those conditions just continue to get worse week to week as we enter our dry
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months of the year. right now it is a windy evening. we have that trend we just cannot get rid ofrid ofrid ofrif been so windy in the afternoon and the evening. as a focusing over 35 miles per hour around the bay shoreline anywhere from about 15-30 miles per hour. the numbers right now we were a couple of degrees warmer today compared to yesterday and that trend will continue tomorrow as well. 64 in oakland, 67 in palo alto. a breeze in the city, 67 in santa rosa, 71 that current temperature and brentwood. here is the story we are tracking. there is a storm system just sitting right off our coast. this cold front is going to move into the pacific northwest and bring some beneficial rain to seattle and portland which has been the trend so far this year. high-pressure situated to our south and east is going to prevent much of any rainfall from moving into california. so our dry pattern looks to continue. future whether showing you
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overnight tonight, we will see some high clouds streaming and especially in the north bay is that cold front gets closer. i want to show you how close this ring gets. by tomorrow afternoon, it is raining from eureka and as far south as cabello. i wouldn't be surprised. i would love to hear from folks if you do see a couple of raindrops at the bay area is really going to remain dry with just a mixture of sun and clouds and that breeze continues as well. tomorrow afternoon those wins will test again 15 to about 30 miles per hour. overnight tonight increasing clouds in the north bay, numbers mainly in the low 40s to low 50s first thing tomorrow morning. tomorrow a little bit cloudier compared to say is that cold front gets closer but not close enough to bring us any rainfall. 63 in the city, 69 in oakland, 73 in santa rosa and 74 in san jose. here is the accuweather seven- day forecast. a little cloudier and milder tomorrow, that warming trend continues. then next week, temperatures really take off.
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building a better bay area, moving forward finding finding i solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> from bad to worse in a matter of days, drew gave us the details minutes ago in his weather forecast. the third of california now qualifies for the worst drought category. that is exceptional drought as it is called. it is dark red on these us drought monitor maps. the new one is on the right of your screen compared to last week's map which is on the left. you can see the exceptional drought continues to expand. a drought this bad means water restrictions and increased fire danger. >> it is so dry in the east bay fire officials are saying the moisture levels now rival what they usually see in early fall.
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news reporter leslie brinkley says the big worry is that people will set off a legal fireworks and trigger fires in the next few weeks. >> in this simulation, and illegal fountain firework could accidentally lands on a roof and the 1200 degrees parks could ignite a fire. it only took three minutes for the flames to engulf what would have been an attic. contra costa fire protection district is more worried than ever with moisture levels low and an unprecedented proliferation of illegal fireworks in the community. >> 100% of our resources committed at one point less fourth of july, it is a very uneasy feeling to call our neighbors for help and they say we cannot help you, we are committed with our own fires. >> on june 8, the contra costa county board of supervisors passed a new fireworks ordinance that now holds property owners and vessel owners responsible if fireworks
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are found on their property. >> finds start at $100 and then go up. those fines go up, a discovery a homeowner was just nailed with a $26,000 fine for possessing a huge cache of professional grade fireworks last july 4. >> my office will work with our law enforcement partnersforcemes deter the use of illegal fireworks and to prosecute those who endanger our community. >> just two weeks ago, someone lighting fireworks any field in antioch ignited a fire that damaged several apartment buildings and displaced 40 people. if there were 100 fires last june and july attributed to fireworks, this year could be worse. and contra costa county, all fireworks even so-called safe and sane ones are you legal. the city of richmond is even experimenting with paying thousands in reward money to people who report on their neighbors who are playing
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fireworks. i am leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> today the city officially appealed the decision by us federal judge they tried to overturn a 32 year ban on assault weapons in california. news reporter stephanie spoke to attorney general rob about what happens next. >> six days after he california us district court rules regulating assault weapons unconstitutional, the state has filed an appeal to reverse the controversial decision. >> shameful in every way shape or form. >> the governor calling out the integrity of judge roger for his repeated attempts at overturning the decades-old ban first enacted in 1989. >> this was done on a day when reflecting the lives of thousands of families that were destroyed because of gun violence and he chooses to put this decision out on that day. that says everything about his character. >> the first line of the decision issued last friday ran
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the swiss army life -- knife the popular a are 15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. >> this is not an ar 15. this is a pocketknife. they are different. this is not a weapon of mass destruction. and they are 15 is. >> it was in a pocketknife that took nine precious lives in san jose. >> gun violence activists mattie calls the decision insulting. her son george was killed by an assault weapon 25 years ago in san francisco. he grew up with mayor london. >> her son should be here right now. >> this woman puts more people in danger and does not make us any safer. >> gun shop owner jeannie disagrees siding new laws won't solve the problem. >> we have been wrong as a state. they keep choosingkeep choosingg
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what you cannot have this, you can't have that. i don't think making new laws helps anybody. >> robin thomas the executive director of the giffords law center to prevent gun violence says the data proves otherwise. >> during the time of the federal assault weapons ban from 1994 until 2004 in this country, high fatality mass shootings were dramatically reduced by about 70%. >> was the federal assault weapon ban expired in 2004, thomas says mass shooting death increased by nearly 300%. i will say there are other congressional reports that back those findings. in the newsroom, stepnewsroom, p 7 news. >> onto vaccine watch. let's get a check on the progress that has been made in getting everyone vaccinated. 47% of california's population is fully vaccinated. that is ahead of the country as a whole which is about 42% fully vaccinated. while in england today president biden announced the united states will by 500 million doses of the pfizer vaccine and donate it to more
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than 92 lower income countries, president biden says the goal is to save lives and and the pandemic. >> this is about our responsibility. our humanitarian obligation to save as many lives as we can. our responsibility to our values. we value dignity of all people in times of trouble, americans reach out to offer help and offer a helping hand. that is who we are. >> this is the president's first overseas trip since he took office. >> moderna is asking the fda for emergency use use authorization to vaccinate kids as young as 12. it's vaccine is 100% effective they say among adolescents. pfizer is running vaccine trials for kids as young as five. and fda advisory committee discussed approving vaccines for kids younger than 12 and brought up some concerns. denise from our sister station in los angeles listened into
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their discussion. >> i am worried about myocarditis. >> a top fda advisory akin to a higher-than-expected number of heart filmation cases in teens and young adults after their second dose of a covid-19 vaccine. the cdc reported 226 cases of myocarditis among people under 30 mostly in young males. >> before we start vaccinating millions of adolescents and children, it is so important to find out what the consequences are. >> almost have recovered, more than he does remain hospitalized. other panelists argued whether whether a direct correlation. >> we are not even short there is an association. it is very hard that is over hundreds of millions of doses. >> the panel did discuss how lowering doses in children could mitigate potential side effects. >> to see if they could hit sweet spots where someone benefits -- perhaps less of the
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potentially associated myocarditis or other adverse events. >> given the reduction in cases, one expert argued whether covid-19 vaccines should be authorized in children at all. >> i don't really see this as an emergency in children. >> most felt great letting these vaccines for younger kids is essential given we cannot predict infection rates in the fall. >> who knows what things are going to look like. i would just like to have the ability to use this vaccine if we needed. >> this is an illness that takes the lives of children. we know that over 300 children have died. >> the ap says more than 4 million children had tested positive since the beginning of this pandemic. most modernity and pfizer expect to have the results on younger children in the fall. denise, abc 7 news. >> if you have questions about coronavirus vaccines, ask the abc 7 vaccine team by going to abc7news.com. >> stay with us in the recall of governor new some. you will hear from candidate
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rounds to talk about running for governor. she released a new campaign at this week. >> newbies faces were covered but the governor has been preaching something different and public. >> where your mask. >> that was in reference to governor newsom's dinner at the french laundry last year. she says he thinks he's he is king. she was asked about the unfounded view of some that trump one the last election. >> are you one of those republicans? >> i'm not going to get into that. that election is over with. i do think donald trump did some do things. >> but did he win? >> he was a disruptor when he was president. i want to do the same thing. i want to go in and be a thoughtful disruptor. >> angeles spoke to jenner after her appearance on the view. >> i feel like i'm the face of
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the republican party for the future. i want to bring the republican party to me and be more inclusive. >> the california department of finance estimates the recall election cost counties $215 million. democratic senate leaders said the legislature will cover the cost. telephone is last recall was in 2003 and resulted in arnold schwarzenegger becoming governor. put together a documentary called total recall. you will find it on our bay area and you will find that on apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. it will warm up this weekend. weekend. you are looking at worksman cycles, weekend. you are looking we've been building bikes for a hundred years. but our customers' needs have changed, so we expanded our product line to include electric cycles. we used the unlimited 1.5 percent cash back from our chase ink business unlimited ® credit card to help purchase tools and materials to build new models. and each time we use our card, we earn cash back to help grow our business. it's more than cycling, it's finding innovative ways to move forward. chase for business ® . make more of what's yours ® .
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>> the array of 64 sensors can be wrapped around an arm. the sensors pick up signals the brain sends two muscles to move. what it does next is a breakthrough. >> we have 64 on the forearm. then we were sensor to recognize 21 gestures. >> doctor -- is a you see researcher and a member of next flex commit san jose-based consortium that is developing this ultralight and flexible tool that will allow gestures to operate robots, cars and many other devices. art is director of the fab operations. >> it is amazing how many different aspects of the medical community that we are touching. it could be anything from where bell's two things that might be even be implantable. >> applications appear limitless for use by the military to monitor stress and fatigue. by industry who help workers lift heavy objects or to help monitor progress of physical rehabilitation. >> not only that but even protecting work surfaces. we are working with a company right now that is introducing a
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product that will be able to keep surfaces free of microbes. >> the defense department is providing major funding and helps to advance us manufacturing abilities and global competition is fierce. >> we are certainly keeping an eye on the rest of the world because many other countries are investing heavily in this technology. >> imagine a world in which gestures will create a touchless future. david louis, abc 7 news. >> that is fascinating. >> onto the forecast. drew, the wind has died down a bit and it is getting warm out there. >> those warmer temperatures are really going to be felt inland first and then next week, we are tracking some pretty high temperatures away from the coast. we have some kind -- high clouds moving in. overnight lows mainly in the 40s in the north bay around the bay shoreline. we will be about on either side of about 50 degrees. tomorrow will call it a blend of sun and clouds out there for
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the most part. is a little bit warmer to finish out the week tomorrow compared to today. 63 in the city. 74 in san jose, 77 in concorde, 73 that high in santa rosa. as we fast-forward into the weekend both saturday and sunday are shaping up to be pretty nice. early saturday morning we will have that coastal cloud cover by the afternoon we will see a lot of sunshine, temperatures average if not slightly above average and a carbon copy forecast to finish up the weekend on sunday. both days we will still have that onshore breeze at times. testing over 20 miles per hour. so just be aware that. here's the accuweather 70 forecast. it is cloudier but it is milder compared to today. we will keep that warming trend with some morning fog to sunshine. just is like that monday but then temperatures really take off next week by wednesday and thursday. we will have that summer spread where it is very hot inland, warmer on the back that coast will have the foggy temperatures only in the 60s. >> all rates.
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abc 7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. >> the giants were scheduled to play the nationals in washington dc tonight. they will make it up with a doubleheader on saturday and we are hearing from long announcer duane for the first time. he was undergoing chemotherapy treatments and will miss some games. he spoke about his situation on the giants talk podcast. >> each day, i find that i start going well is my voice, is it weaker now? can i do this? what is going on? so each day is a little bit of a different day. and each day i get up thinking am i going to do the game today or not. we are going day is basically the best way we can do it right now. >> cannot wait until he is back every day and gets a clean bill of health. hosting the rules tonight, center fielder could be nearing a return from that right hip strain which is forcing him to
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miss 11 games. he had a full work at the coliseum today. according to his manager he may not need a rehab assignment. he may be able to just come right back. he is eligible to return whenever ready. yunus and the bucks down 0-2 to the box desperately need this game and they came to play the greek freak with authority down the middle. the box 30-11 lead in the first quarter. then they went stone cold. kevin durrant three in the third, suddenly this is a one- point game and then later in the third, p.j. tucker, remember him from his rocket stays face to face -- get off me. a security guard almost made it worse. they were in the fourth quarter tied at 74. let's talk about putting in work. oklahoma pitcher giselle tossed a complete game yesterday, got the wind in the college world series and came back today and went the distance again in the decisive game in the women's college world series. oklahoma city.
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the scene for oklahoma and florida state, winner take all game three. joslin from hawaii. a loja really means goodbye. 88 career homer. third inning, sooners of 3-1. jade off the wall and left with two runners on. coleman drove in three. 5-1 oklahoma, one out away from the championship. giselle warez gets devon on the pop up and let the begin. it is their fifth championship. oklahoma wins. the stanford men are getting ready for the ncaa super regionals and lubbock texas. texas tech is at home. they're going to have a sellout crowd behind them. very tough to beat they know exactly what they are walking into. >> we have some young kids who are going to go through the first time but that is just part of growing up as a baseball player. i think it will do wonders for
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maturing our players and hopefully we have a hero in our dugout that rises to the occasion. >> speaking of heroes yesterday we had a mom with a baby make a catch in the ball in the stands. stretching out over the seats and makes the grab of a home run ball in cincinnati. he is pumped, mom is pumped. you will see on the replay the adult, i got it, went right through his hands. sparky had his glove. he has some skills. he has desire and now he has a souvenir. sports on abc 7 sponsored by river rock casino. you know you don't want to be? the guy that went like this and have the ball go right through his hands. >> the kid also has the ball and a bruise on his side. >> [ laughter ]. coming up tonight on abc 7 at eight, it is the real rubble, the aaron brockovich story. followed at 9 by two hours of rubble and then stay with us
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