♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ up next, the alameda county sheriff's investigation into how taylor swift's music is used. also governor newsom now has a date for his recall election and when he will face voters and the dozens of people who want his job. healthcare workers are wain volving fireworkduing control in san francisco and what officials are doing to try to put a lid on it. building a better bay area, moving forward and finding solution. this is abc 7 news. pling musi drown out the conversation? >> they turn up the music to keep his face off youtube.

good evening and thank you for joining us. you are watching abc 7 news. that alameda county sheriff sergeant is being investigated by internal affairs after paying a taylor swift song from the cell phone and attempt to keeping protesters from posting it to youtube. tonight they are speaking out to our reporter. and we have the story. >> reporter: members of the justice for stephen taylor coalition and anti-police terror project were outside the steps of the courthouse tuesday when they filmed this interaction with sergeant shelby of the alameda county sheriff's office and they were listening over a outdoor speaker to the pretrial hearing of officer fletcher facing voluntary manslaughter charges for killing taylor and walmart last year. they begin filming james with sergeant shelby and bert said shelby took issue with a banner supporters had put on

the steps outside of court. >> we found interactions with law enforcement. >> reporter: he took out his cell phone as well but instead of hitting record he hit play. >> are you playing music to drowned out the conversation. >> reporter: the song was by taylor swift and the purpose? >> a very frustrating situation we were in and we have family members trying to hear for the first time in over a year testimony regarding what we believe to be the murder of stephen taylor. we want people to see her interactions with law enforcement so we can show what is really going on and it is very telling that these officers seem to want the oppo spokesperson for the sheriff's office said it has been referred to internal affairs for a possible codecool >> i think everybody agrees that is not a good look for law enforcement and for our agency in regards to an attempt to it looks like to censor youtube content by triggering the

copyright algorithm or alert. >> reporter: the sergeant said training will go out by weeks end. >> the men will be briefed that this is not the procedure and we don't do this. >> i have not seen anything like this before, but again, we are trained to do our best to expect the unexpected from law enforcement and this is just another instance of that. a date is now set for the governor newsom recall election. this afternoon the lieutenant governor announced that the election will be on tuesday, september 14 and the decision came hours after the secretary of state shirley weber sent notice that a sufficient number of valid petition signatures were collected allowing the election to take place and the groups behind the effort submitted more than 2 million signatures and 2.1 million signatures in fact d 1.7 million were valid. today's announcement also means those interested in running can officially file the paperwork.

the deadline is july 16. a 30-year-old woman and eight-year-old girl are in the hospital after they were shot last night after their car passed by a vallejo church. they said they sprayed the car with gunfire as she drove near sonoma boulevard near chestnut street and some of the rounds hit the fellowship center. the woman is listed in critical condition and police say the child's condition has been upgraded from critical to stable and the police chief called the shooting intolerable act and asked the community to reach out to police with information about who may have done this. healthcare providing for a and the consumer product safety commission released a report saying fireworks related injuries and deaths jumped during the pandemic and we have more on why some healthcare providers are concerned the numbers could go higher. >> reporter: as bay area families prepare to celebrate the fourth of july holiday,

healthcare providers are bracing for a possible uptick in fireworks related injuries. >> there are no safe fireworks. >> reporter: this doctor director of the regional center in san jose said her team is staffed up ahead of the weekend. with more people hosting backyard gatherings, she said some may be tempted the light off illegal fireworks potentially putting friends and loved ones at risk. >> every year we see patients who the parent say i didn't know the sparkler was so dangerous. >> reporter: she is also chief of plastics and reconstructive surgery at sc bmc said she has seen too many people come into the er with preventable injuries. >> there is nothing fun about the stay in a burn unit or the loss of a finger or an eye injury or permanent vision loss or disfigurement. >> reporter: the warning comes as the fire department urges the public to attend professional displays as opposed to putting on their own at home. not only are fireworks illegal in santa clara county, but the states severe drought conditions have many concerned about health and fire danger.

>> it is bigger than ever before, that danger and the need to evolve a coordinated and multidisciplinary interagency resp beore ney or relevant. >> reporter: despite the pleas, officials know that many will choose not to listen but they will be ready to assist however they can. >> at the end of the day we are here to take care of everyone, and we will take care of you and provide the best care we can do regardless of what happened or how the situation occurred. the city of oakland is planning several temporary street closures over the weekend and grizzly peak which you see here will be close between skyline and centennial because of fire concerns and that will be closed for 24 hours starting at 5:00 a.m. on sunday and the city will also close some roads and restrict parking on both saturday and sunday between four clock a.m. and midnight and again as a

safety precaution. emeryville is not planning any fourth of july activities but the city is planning closures along powell street and frontage road and that is a prime location for viewing fireworks across the bay in san francisco. a new class of recruits with the san jose fire academy got deep into the weeds about how to fight a wildfire. and it kicked off today a training course and they got familiar with the equipment and tactics of fighting brushfires. officials use the opportunity to remind the public to not light fireworks in the coming days. >> there are plenty of other ways we can celebrate the holiday without causing is e danger to our community and putting people's lives and property at risk. >> officials say they hope people listen to these warnings but they will be ready to respond to fires erupted over the july 4 holiday. if you want to see legal fireworks, or want information on other events in the bay area, and those of the really good shows, you can go to our website, abc7news.com. we continue to focus on

public safety in the bay area and neighborhoods in the bayview district reached out to ing and traffic violations were just not heard. we went to check it out and we are live now with this story from the newsroom. >> reporter: one of the things that neighbors told me is that this kind of stuff doesn't necessarily happen in neighborhoods like pacific heights, for example and if they do the city acts quickly to remedy the situation. we went and found that residents of the bayview are looking for equity of treatment. >> reporter: neighbors began taking pictures after complaining that the block of this street between gilman and fitzgerald in the bayview has become a place to illegally dump trash and old applnc. cely fire and could've spread to surris the rub. the ci unaccepted street meaning technically they are not responsible for the pick up, so who is x we did some research.

it says it shall be the duty of the owners of the lots. and what if they don't do it? section 400.5 says the director of public works shall remove or cause to be removed the rubbish or debris. >> reporter: we contacted the department of public works and they said they run an illegal dumping operation here twice a week, but daniel, a neighbor, said the trash never seems to go away. >> reporter: how long has that been there? >> for months. >> reporter: for now, to that trash has been cleared but the mayor said the city will codumping. >> we will be looking through some of that garbage and looking through some of those things and doing investigations and going after people. >> reporter: the board president represents the district and he said cameras will be instleinhotspots like this one.

and then there is the issue of parking enforcement or in this case the lack of. during the day people park in front of fire hydrants, block the yellow pads used by people with disabilities, and that night, the sidewalks are taken up by parked cars. this supervisor said there is a reason for having so many cars in the area. >> we have a lot of people who live in homes and to drive and because of the lack of transportation options and opportunities. so we have to improve transportation first. >> reporter: speeding is another issue and he said nothing is done. we spent three hours near that intersection and didn't see a single police patrol car. >> i drive around the city a lot and i see this bad in any other neighborhood and that bugs me. >> reporter: it is because of neighbors like him that problems are being addressed and for example residents have long wanted more options when it comes to public transportation. you did hear that. remember, many were front-line workers during this pandemic and in january of this year,

they finally got the 15 bayview hunters point express line and walton said people in the bayview deserve more and better. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. targets that it is closing all six of its san francisco stores early because of crime and specifically theft and shoplifting. all the stores in the city are operating from nine a clock a.m. until six a clock p.m. the company said for more than a month there stores have experienced an alarming rise in theft and security incidents. the san francisco mayor said cutting hours is not the answer. >> we need to make sure again that when these kinds of crimes occur that there is an accountability component. when the police officers make an arrest and some of these cases which they had including the one you saw all over the news in the walgreens with the guy on the bicycle and an arrest has been been been been

the question is will this person be held accountable for what they did? >> that man the mayor is talking about is facing 15 counts on multiple cases in san francisco including this video caught on camera camera camera reporter. a lot more to come. up next covid cases are up across the united states and white health officials say we need to be cautious this weekend. and we do see sign

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>> reporter: as the delta variant spreads rapidly across the u.s., public health officials are concerned certain pockets of california a fourth of july surge. >> as the delta variant comes in, you're at a high risk and this is not a good time to not be vaccinated. >> reporter: this epidemiologist doctor rutherford said the real concern is about unvaccinated people gathering and potentially spreading the strain known to be significantly more transmissible. >> probably 30% or 40% more transmissible than the alpha bear -- variant and uk variant. and you remember the rose garden when there were how many infected it was like 10 out of 75 or something like this and this could be 40 out of 75. >> reporter: the masking guidance recommends even vaccinated people stay masked when attending mega events which include 5000 or more people in doors. or 10,000 people outdoors. >> in the past few days we have seen a director for man unty an she expects the rate will more than holiday.

>> i won't be surprised if it goes from three cases to 20 cases a day. >> reporter: even though more than 90% of the eligible population is vaccinated here with at least one dose, she said it only takes one unvaccinated pocket to trigger a serious outbreak. >> met everybody is following the rules. so people who are not vaccinated or not wearing masks and that is what increases the risa -- rate of transmission. >> reporter: she said gathering for large fireworks celebrations for kids 12 and under who are not yet eligible for the vaccine should be cautious and wear masks. for those were eligible, it is not too late. >> most important, the message for everybody going at the fourth of july is to get vaccinated today. >> we are committed to to to to make the bay area and even better place to live including helping you prepare for what could be a challenging summer facing a major drought

heightened wildfire risk and heat waves getting worse. we are learning more about the effects of our changing climate on your health. the latest revelation comes from a study at stanford on the links between climate change and allergies. we have a look. >> reporter: if you suffer from allergies, pollen season can be the most uncomfortable time of the year, but what if that season with its explosion of sneezing and watery eyes suddenly stuck around? >> we know with climate change and the increase in temperature, the pollen season is getting longer. >> reporter: in a newly released study, she and her colleagues at stanford set out to measure that change and they found that the pollen season in the bay area has increased about half a week per year over the past few decades driven by differences in heat and rain patterns. >> we are looking at a pollen season now that is about two months longer than it was 20 years ago. >> reporter: to make matters worse, the stanford team also found evidence that the pollens

themselves are getting more allergenic. why? because of the heat. for allergy patients, that could mean significant adjustments in their treatment regimen and lifestyle. >> people probably have to start the medications earlier than normal and stay on them longer than traditionally they have had to. truck she said this trend is similar to what we have now come to see with california's wildfire season, which some have begin to view year-round, adding more evidence and urgency to the fight against climate change. >> you can learn more about climate concerns facing the bay area in the climate section of our abc 7 news connected tv app which you can download for apple tv and android tv and fire tv as well as roku. we are getting closer to the fourth of july weekend, and

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state and federal education leaders applauded oakland unified officials praising them about how they gave out laptops and hotspots to tens of thousands of students last year and they called it oakland undivided initiative a national model. >> millions of kids were without a computing device and still today there may be 1 million students in this state without access to internet and that was unacceptable then and it is unacceptable now. >> oakland undivided delive 29,000 computers and 10,000 hotspots. you all did that. truck the district said donations and additional funding from the feds mean they can make sure students are connected for the coming school year as well and oakland officials also say they plan to expand free wi-fi citywwi-fi c >> that is incredible. >> it is impressive in making a huge difference. we will look at the holiday

weekend coming up and how hot willie got? how about not hot at all. does that good?sound good?sound? we will actually enjoy a break from the heat and temperatures will be in the comfort zone. i will show you a live picture tonight from our camera and you can see some clouds and nobody obviously on the ski lifts and there are thunderstorms and the summertime storms are flaring up again and some of these turning strong and severe around markleeville with hail and heavy weighing -- rain. in the bay area we do have some fog hugging parts of the coastline and we had drizzle and measure this morning from a few hundredths to six hundredths of an inch, and that actually helps to serve to lessen the fire danger at least ng el d it doesn't replace the fact that we are in extreme to exptnal drought but it

sts are 23 h and 26 in fairfield do have a healthy marine layer from the east bay hills camera that will be rushing into some of the valleys again tonight. 62 in the city and 68 in oakland and mid-70s around san jose and 79 in morgan hill. a lot of sunshine in san rafael and the seabreeze is going. 76 in santa rosa. low 80s in fairfield and concord and that is where your this afternoon as well. a nice day in santa cruz with a combination of fog and sunshine. foggy areas for the fourth of july fireworks and we do look at seasonal temperatures through the holiday weekend. we will check out your 12 hour planner for the fourth of july. it will be the typical combination of fog and sunshine and upper 50s to mid 70s at noontime and a mild afternoon if you will be out and about. we will have fog around the coast and the bay for the fireworks, but inland and for the fireworks shows they should

be fine. i would dress in layers because it will cool off. the drizzle now the coastline going into the will have widespread gray first thing in the morning and pulling back to the coast by evening and hanging there just like today with temperatures in the morning at 50s and 60s and the afternoon high will look like this at 88 62 in half moon bay. 65 in san francisco. 77 in san rafael and low 80s in santa rosa and mid-70s in napa and fremont. here is a look at the wind. it will remain on the gusty side not just tonight but if you are stepping out tomorrow, keep that in mind. you will want to grab the windbreaker. the seven-day forecast has sun and clouds tomorrow with low 60s to upper 80s and not a lot of change going into the fourth of july. it will be a fine looking fourth of july. if you like it warmer, midweek next week it will be back to the summer spread with 90s inland and 60s coastside. we will be right

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he returned to venetia about 18 months ago. >> she noticed her front yard was the perfect size for an american flag and it took about seven hours to create this work of art outside of her home with spray paint. >> we have not been able to have any festivities for the fourth of july this your last year, so i decided that i would paint my front yard as an american flag with the help of my husband and some frfr >> she served in the military for about five years with a tour of duty in iraq and she said she is pretty patriotic. i would say so, right? she is hoping the lawn art will turn into a holiday tradition. >> that is is is is is is is that is about as patriotic as you can get. i love it. world news tonight is next. we appreciate your time. >> all of us here thank you for inviting us in your home tonight and our next newscast is at 6:00. >> we will see you then.

tonight, the trump organization and its chief financial officer indicted on charges of tax fraud. a dramatic legal moment unfolding in front of the cameras here in new york. cfo allen weisselberg arriving in court in handcuffs. prosecutors unsealing the 15-count indictment, accused him of running a 15-year tax fraud scheme, providing off the books compensation for top executives including apartments, tuition and cars. some of the checks allegedly signed by donald j. trump. the former president responding. jonathan karl standing by. also tonight, the search and rescue effort resumes in surfside, florida. rescuers temporarily pulled off the pile when the remaining part of the south tower began shifting. president biden and the first lady traveling there today, thanking first responders, meeting families of the victims and moments ago, stopping to see