firefighters, this massive fire broke out just after midnight. this man tells us what he saw before it ignited. fireworks return to san francisco, the touching moment we caught on camera. heading home after the holiday weekend. the highway expected to be the busiest in the bay area today summer heat is returning. mike is tracking a warming trend including 100 degrees in some spots >> it is monday, july which means you're up or the fireworks kept you up all night. >> i didn't see anything i couldn't look that far because of the clouds. >> 3 times, whatever, i was woken up last 9:30, 12:00, 12:30.

>> anyway. it's just something we expect. let's talk about what is going on weather wise. at least it was damp with some midst and it was cool and we have the on shore breeze at 25 in fairfield and you can see the midst hanging from the exploratory camera at pier15. i ran into some slickness as i drove in. 76 degrees for the bay and low to mid-80s inland. they will feel comfort compared to the heat wave coming that's coming up. developing news this morning, fires kept the crews in oakland busy overnight. this is video from a three alarm fire at spencer street. the fire started on the roof. a man said he saw fireworks going off in the air before the fire. there's no report on injuries

or how much damage was done. a sea of illegal fireworks filled the bay. >> the fireworks are clearly visible despite the fog. pg & e caught the view. as you can see, lighting up the night sky. we're waiting to find out what may have sparked the fire that burned close to a home in martinez. it burned west of interstate 80, you can see the heavy smoke coming from the brush. it's unclear if anyone was hurt. fire officials were on high alert because of the fourth of july. >> the extremely dry grass. live in concord with new information from contra costa fire officials. >> good morning to you.

contra costa pavilion was the place to see a professional fireworks show but it wasn't enough to stop people from setting off their own show of illegal fireworks. fireworks lit up the sky, many did spark fires they spent weeks preparing for fourth of july seizing hundreds of pounds of fireworks. it's why the city of concord decided to go all out moving the fireworks show to the pavilion so people can enjoy it. >> people want to sit in their front yards and watch, maybe they won't do something silly like blow off illegal fireworks. >> the protection district responded to 48 grass and exterior fires and about 5

structural fires last night which were actually a 20-40% reduction from last year. the department thanking everyone who helped not using illegal fireworks and reporting fires when they saw them. live in concord. >> thank you. in the south bay, there were numerous reports of illegal fireworks last night. they captured a lot of activity in the hills >> there's cleaning up after the fireworks. here's a look at san francisco mission district last night. >> so this is what kept me up. one of many things this is at 25th and harrison people lighting roman candles. cars weaving through the streets. another car backed up to the fireworks. there was a small crowd watching from the sidewalk. legal fireworks are back

along the san francisco waterfront although kind of hard to see, which is the tradition. even though the pandemic is not quite over yet, thousands celebrating independence day. >> this is what the fourth of july fireworks show looked like in san francisco on sunday night. as long as you didn't mind a little fog, the phenomenal. >> i'm not too, too worried because i think even if we don't see some fireworks we can still have a good time, just have fun. >> it feels good to be back out here since we had to miss last year due to the pandemic. >> reporter: with the re- opening now in full swing, thousands came to san francisco for the fourth of july. some wore masks, others wore no

masks at all. >> i love fourth of july. >> this little usa blanket stand, completely sold out in an hour. >> we got these nice beautiful blankets to keep warm. >> while the fireworks show left lifelong memories for many here, some made memories during the interview. >> what we are celebrating, we are celebrating the color blue, they're going to be big brothers, you're having a big brother. >> just many of the fourth of july moments in san francisco. >> abc >> it's the tail end of the holiday weekend. let's look outside now at sfo expecting a big crowd today.

the airport is already surpassed the 40,000 passenger mark per day during the holiday weekend and the number of people flying nationwide hit record today. if you're flying today, make sure you get there early. aaa is going to be the busiest stretch today. experts predict traffic will be 340% more than normal. president biden says that america is coming back together. he hosted and did a barbecue on the south lawn and watched the fireworks display on the national mall the president praised americans for making strides against covid. though the nation missed

goal of vaccines, 58% are fulle vaccinated. kamala harris visited some l.a. firefighters to thank them for their service it was a surprise service where the vice president and second gentleman have a home. the group brought firefighters cookies from a women-owned wome small business. the national association of hispanic firefighters chose gonzalez, he is honored to be selected to work during the pandemic. developing news from surfside, florida. the part of the condo that was still standing is now just a pile of rubble.

crews demolished it last night. now they are for survivors. >> crews demolished the rest of the condo in surfside. the blast starting from the bottom of the structure and within seconds the building come crumbled to the ground appearing to fall away from the existing rumble. >> gravity will pull everything straight down but it will have a little tilt where the material wants to stay away from the collapsed part so they can continue their search. >> they want to bring it down before any impacts from the storm are felt. >> as soon as the building is

down and once the site is deemed secure, we will have our first responders back on the pile to immediately resume their work. >> this morning, rescue workers acknowledging the odds of finding anyone is dwindling. they no longer believe there are any survivors under the rumble. >> the situation is too difficult for me to say that i believe there is a solid chance of finding someone alive. >> in miami beach, no firework this year, instead, inviting residents to stand outside with a candle to honor the victims and first responders. >> here's the latest. it's about to hit cuba later on in about 6-8 hours that's not

the issue with this one. it's going to be the rain that increases today and gets heavy tomorrow and wednesday over that area. then it will taper thursday as it rides up the east coast after that. here, we have drizzle. that's what we're dealing with this morning. we've been stuck in the pattern for a while and it will be damp at a few stops this morning. it keeps the clean air going. everywhere else is going to be good all the way through wednesday. with the drizzle in san francisco, 53 in sunny side to ocean beach at 56. temperatures in the mid-40s to a few 60s around union city and that 61. here's a look at oakland looking into the hills where

had about .200-inch of rain. that will be the big story. increasing sunshine away from the coast. notice the sunset, 8:34, we are passed the longest or the latest sunset of the year. now you're going to notice the sun going down earlier and when it does, we will be in the 50s, 60s and 70s. more on the heat wave coming. >> we're going to give you a breakdown of what is open and closed today. governments offices are closed. you won't get any mail because usps is closed. all right. fedex will only have some services available. most major banks chase and wells fargo will be closed today. one thing you can do is go

shopping. retailers on the screen, best buy, home depot, a lot of places open today. >> i'm checking to see if our starbucks is open. >> looks like one of them is open today. so we're good the fourth of july video that is facebook mark zuckerberg getting a lot of attention this morning. >> a look at the celebrations a party that went into the neighborhood. it could be

firefighters are gaining ground on two containment has gone up to 52% in the lava fire. firefighters are running into some rugged terrain in some places and can't get to the flames the sheriff's office

announced that 14 people were arrested for refusing to leave the area. a lightning strike sparked this fire. the salt fire has been more destructive. it wiped out 2 dozen homes in shasta county now it's at 15% containment and burned 9,000- acres and still threatening a number of homes in the area. this fire started on wednesday and investigators believe a spark from a vehicle on i-5 ignited it. small businesses around the globe are scrambling. they're trying to contain aranea tack that could be the largest on record. they believe that a russian- backed hacking group is responsible. >> teams are working feverishly to stem a damaging ransomware attack. >> we just shut everything down. >> at least a thousand companies that rely on remote

it services have been paralyzed. many are small businesses around the world locked out until a ransom is paid. a grocery store had to close stores because registers were locked. >> it impacts livelihoods. >> researchers belief a russian- backed group is behind the attack. they are believe to be behind an attack on jbs food. >> it's happening more and more often. there's one reason for it, they can get away with it. crypto currency is providing a means of composition that can't be tracked. >> the russian government denying any involvement in the attack. president biden on the heels of

a summit says he's constructed the community to investigate. >> if it is either with the knowledge of and/or consequence of russia, then we will respond. >> abc news obtained a document showing that they warned that ransomware attacks >> inspectors in maryland trying to figure out what caused fourth of july fireworks to go off hour before the planned show. >> at first, rescue crews thought it was a car fire then they figured out the fireworks meant for yesterday evening went off unexpectedly. employees had minor injuries and it's not clear why it

exploded. the town canceled the shows. here at home, piedmont had a new look this year for festivities the city decided to take the parade to the neighborhoods. a line of cars made its way around towns with house jazz band bringing the party to the community. >> we can't have the regular parade which is the biggest thing to hit piedmont every year. we're doing the best we can. >> we have seen it for a lot of years. >> what is special about it? >> it's fun to see the old cars >> organizers are hoping it will get back to normal next year. >> i like the band on the truck we're into that. >> look at this. this is mark zuckerberg and he's going viral with the

video. he carried an american flag while riding an electric surf board. john denver's country road take me home in the background and that has a million facebook. >> wonder if they got more more likes on facebook and instagram. >> it is something to see. >> he is moving pretty good. >> those things are pretty fast. >> i've never seen one of those things before. so this is new to me. all of it is a lot to take in at once. >> >> he trained for that. >> he looks really fit. >> you have the posture. >> strong core. >> yes. >> we're 20 minutes into the show and haven't talked about

joey chestnut. >> why are we doing it? >> we were doing just fine. >> we really were. >> bye. >> i was having an average morning until this. >> i just tanked yay. clouds then sun below-average temperatures today, tomorrow and wednesday they will be followed by cool and cloudy nights with drizzle and then thursday, another heatwave is on the way. it will continue. we have above-average heat. remember the same players we've had, they're still out there over the eastern pacific bringing us the on shore flow with patchy nighttime drizzle and moderate temperatures let's see what they are. we have mid- to upper 70s in most neighborhoods. the low 80s, 78 today in san jose. mid- to upper 70s for the rest

of the peninsula. how about near 60 along the coast and mid- to upper 60s for downtown south san francisco. if you're going to the game, it's an unusual start. 3:05 as the cardinals are taking on the giants increasing breezes and clouds toward the end of the game. up in the north bay, near 60 along the coast. around 79, 78 at nampa, 90 at clover dale. 69 at berkeley. as we move inland, mid-80s near 90. tonight you can see the green. seven-day forecast, just minorfluxuations tomorrow and wednesday and look at the heat building thursday and friday and take off 80s, 90s and 100s away from the coast. a do over, a new chance for california kids to adjust for grades. >> the phone call brittany

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as the ceo from amazon. he wants to spend more time on his other he's leaving his position after two decades and forbes is estimating he is now now now no billion. amazon web services andy will be taking over. a new report says brittany spears calls 9-1-1 the night before that dramatic testimony. >> i call the shots -- >> in this morning's first look, brittany's battle. in a new article, prize winner author writing that just hours before brittany's bomb shell statement, the pop star called 9-1-1 to say she was a

of abuse. they were worried about what spears might say the next day. a former friend of the family who helped create the conservatorship saying she regrets her action. at the time i thought i was helping and i helped a corrupt family seize all of this control. we'll speak act the reporting and what is next spears. >> if you have not read the article, get to it. because it's something else. it will blow your mind >> okay. and now, the portion of the air that i regret. every year, i just don't like hot dog eating contests i don't like eating contests but joey chestnut loves them. he won again.

>> he ate 76 hot dogs and the buns at the hot dog eating contest. >> he is beating his own record. look at that crowd. >> can you read it? >> is it safe to look? >> chestnut broke his own record eating 76 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. this was in front of a crowd of 5,000 fans. somebody appreciates it, at at minor league the women's champion ate 36 hot dogs he has a torn acl. >> the whole last sentence i didn't need to know. >> you have

digesting by jumping. >> we're good. >> thank you, mike for that. >> thank you >> i appreciate that. >> coming up, the story that will give you a thrill or make you want to look away. general again? >> experts say that the pandemic is putting kids at an increased risk at the pool. the steps you can ta oh, i've traveled all over the country.

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you want to have if you have a fear of heights we'll explain what is happening >> it is a beautiful view, though. i'm so scared for him >> okay. good morning. happy monday, july 5th. live now on abc 7. >> we're going to look at our weather. hey, mike >> thank you for joining us this monday. here's a look at the visibility, down to one mile. we have an on shore breeze in fairfield, you can see the golden gate bridge. it's going to get foggier through the morning commute. expect that to continue. let's look at what is going to happen with the temperatures. half moon bay at 60. average highs about 67, 68. a little cooler than average in oakland. you can get down to san jose at

78. mid-80s in the neighborhoods, quite a spread through the north bay to 82 at santa >> developing news, there was a heavy police presence in santa rosa overnight near beachwood and witnesses say that a car went by and someone fired shots into the crowd watching fireworks don't know about injuries yet. contra costa county road back open after a fire this is not far from the pavilion. the parks helped contra costa firefighters contain the fire. illegal fireworks filled the sky, the city held a fourth

of july celebration but that did not stop people from setting off their own fireworks. there were traffic jams trying to get home. some people were blocking off streets to shoot off fireworks. contra costa firefighters responded to 50 fires. >> concerns about fireworks were high because of the dry grass. more of what crews were facing over the holiday. >> reporter: good morning. contra costa was the play to watch the show last night but firefighters were busy responding to a lot of fires set off and caused by illegal fireworks. the fireworks lit up the sunday. many did spark fires they spent weeks preparing for the fourth of july seizing hundreds of

pounds of those trying to sell them online. people around the east bay could see them from the pavilion but firefighters made pleas asking people not to set off their own shows. >> it does challenge us continuously. >> i would like to undercover drug operations. >> the district responded fires last night and that was a 20 and 40% reduction from last year. the department thanking everyone who helped by not using fireworks and reporting -- fire whence they saw them. it was a very busy night for firefighters. people were shooting off illegal fireworks around the south bay.

this was happening right by a lot of people's houses >> the bay area celebrating in true style. picnics back this year. hundreds came out to watch the annual parade. if alameda, the celebration held onboard, a flyover honoring fallen men and women who served in the armed forces. >> for kids having this experience means everything to us, learning act the history of the country means everything to us. >> and the people who have fought for our country and our freedoms to be here. >> it's a great time to get back together with friends and family. >> president biden hosted at the white house for the fourth of july. he talked about the nation's progress and the fight against covid and urged unvaccinated americans to get their shots. reporter has the latest from

washington. >> fireworks on the national mall celebrating independence day and a celebration at the white house marking progress in the nation's independence from the coronavirus. >> this year, the fourth of july is a day of special celebration. we are emerging from the darkness of years. >> in the largest event of his administration, president biden hosting a barbecue for one thousand military families and essential workers and honoring the 60 3,000 american lives lost to covid. >> to heal you have to remember, we have to remember them. and we will f. >> the event comes after the biden administration missed its goal of all of americans receiving one shot by the

fourth of july. 58% are fully vaccinated. a poll shows that among those unvaccinated, 74% say they're unlikely to get a shot. >> my fellow americans, it's the most patriotic thing you can do. so please, if you haven't gotten vaccinated, do it now. >> the call to action more urgent with the variant now identified in all 50 states accounting for 26% of covid cases nationwide. >> we are seeing increases in cases in those areas in the country with lower vaccination rate. >> those concerns about the delta variant are gettingamplified, to avoid busy roads, experts recommend driving home before 1 p.m. >> search is getting back

underway for those in the building. the remaining portion was demolished. here's what it looks like this morning. 55 of the 136 units at the towers were destroyed when the building collapsed june 24th. the death toll stands at 24 although 121 people are missing. rescuers will start to make their way in parts of the underground garage. >> it is a race against time as tropical storm elsa threatens to bring dangerous conditions to surfside. right now, elsa is approaching the coast of cuba and expected to make landfall this afternoon. 180,000 residents have left the island as a precaution. it has battered caribbean islands killing 3. look at the rain falling toward florida. it's above 8-inches where you

see the purple and it turns to white. around miami, 6-8 to 10-inches of rain over a 24 hour period around that is going to make it very difficult for those that are still working on that condo complex. can you imagine all of that rain and everything. just tragedy. talk about what is going on at home. we have the golden gate bridge. your activity planner, there's % beaches, we'll have clouds and then sun if you're going to be out and about enjoying the extra holiday. and for the bay, there's a small craft advisory from 3:00 to 9:00 this afternoon into the evening. there's good news, pollen remains in check low to nearly moderate. the uv index will be high and that means a short burn time where it reflects some back at you. let's take a look at what is going on. pockets of drizzle in the 50s

throughout the neighborhoods and pretty much the same type of weather elsewhere. here's a look at sfo and you can see it's cloudy there and a little drizzle on the mountain for sure. that could filter down we'll see if it causes any delays of people trying to get back home. here's a look at what is going on with the planner today. 50s, 60s and 70s by noon. near 70s and 80s by 4:00 pretty comfortable the heat wave is coming up. kate middleton in isolation. i'm here to make a house call for just you. >> this is adorable. covid house calls the 80-y

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a new state law is giving students a chance to make up for poor grades. the governor signed it into law. they have the option to make up for the year. they can enroll in a fifth year of high school. that's for juniors and seniors they already accept pass or no pass classes. an indiana doctor worked as a family practitioner for nearly 50 years is going door to door to get his community vaccinated. >> a family practice doctor for 49 years, dr. john woodall at 80 years old is practicing to this day. both john and his wife never got covid during the pandemic

degrees extremely careful the past year when the vaccine became available, they didn't hesitate. >> it is the only thing you can really do to take care of it. i wanted to be prepared so that i could continue to take care of patients also. >> after realizing some were not as quick to trust the science, the couple thought it was they were mission to change their minds. >> here they come. >> strapping these signs around their neck and going door to door educating people about the vaccine and why they feel it's so important to get the shot. >> who can say no to signs. >> you bring this to church? >> every sunday. >> if the signs didn't work, his sales pitch is pretty good too. >> i'm making a special house call for you. >> at first, people were

asreceptive. >> we were a little discouraged they said we know about that and we're not buying in >> eventually, they opened up. the doctor answering any questions about the vaccine and the science behind it. what driving them to walk the street and do that? >> the black population is the population that has a high rate of infection. so we wanted to get out and see what we could do to help at least decrease that. there's still a few people out there that we need to capture and we're going to keep working on them too. >> they're cute. >> they are, i like them. >> what camera, here we are. winners announced tomorrow at alameda's porch of july event. >> they were on display over the weekend and each created a

video showing their decorations categories include the moststar- spangled spirit. boogie on the bay and the people's choice award. the winners expected to be revealed tomorrow at the city council meeting. >> san mateo broke out the trucks for the parade. this is a vintage truck. imagine doing your job while scaling down one of the tallest buildings in the country. if you don't like height, you won't like this video. this vid on the chrysler building. it was inspecting the panels from the top of the building down to the 72nd floor and has

a selfie stick. >> he has a whole selfie stick i admire the confidence. he's like this is my job. >> all it reminds me of, mike, do you remember this, watchi the original anne the one withcarol burnett where she said i want to see you shine like the top of the chrysler building. it's a terrifying tale. >> i've been working to overcome my fear of heights. >> that didn't help? >> it really didn't. >> that's how i feel about the hot dogs >> now you understand >> now i understand so i won't talk anymore about that. let's move on and here's a look at what is going on for the roof camera. you can see it is midsty, it

will turn into sunshine for the bay neighborhoods. heat wave begins thursday and it could get extreme in the inland neighborhoods and the risk is going to ramp up considerably through the weekend. today, we're staying the course. these numbers look pretty not unusual, pretty normal, what we've been in for two weeks. come up with your own, mid-80s down in the south bay. 74 to 79 for the rest of the peninsula. 65 to 69 for downtown and south san francisco. 59 for the bay and you head into the valleys, some 70s. 80s elsewhere until you get northward. along the east bay along the shore, berkeley at 69. you head into the valleys, the trivalley into the 80s.

warmer out fairfield and near the delta, pittsburgh, brent wood around 90 degrees. around the state today, 99 in chico. the record high today in tahoe is 89. the 86 falls short. you can see the heat building and look at palm springs that's what eventually we will tap into around thursday through the weekend. temperatures in the low to upper 50s tonight with drizzle. here's one of the examples extreme heat. possibly over 100 degrees thursday, friday, saturday and sunday in our inland neighborhoods. our seven-day forecast, until thursday, we have more of the same, morning clouds, drizzle giving way to afternoon sunshine and it gets hot, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday i'll touch more upon that next. kate middleton self-

isolating at home after coming into contact with someone who has covid. the duchess is not experiencing symptoms, she is fully vaccinated. her last visit was a twimbledon. she canceled the event celebrate. pope francois is alert and well after undergoing surgery he made his usual sunday appearance greeting well wishers from his balcony he underwent surgery to remove part of his he's expected to stay in the hospital for a week. this morning, a new report on children and pool safety warns that the pandemic is

putting kids at risk. child drownings are on the rise. it's the leading cause of unintentional death of children ages 1-4. they say if you have a pool, it's important to have multiple layers of protection including barriers and alarms >> make sure you designate someone to keep an eye on children each and every time. >> it's important for parents sign kids up for swim classes. >> another thing you can do is learn how to perform cpr on children. it could save a life >> deals and steels for the fifth of judge. big discounts extending. >> a major milestone for jimmy carter and his wife. 75 years of marriage.

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pandemic. it was transferring most of its routes to the bus was known for its 1 dollar seats and free wi-fi. former president jimmy carter and his wife are marking a milestone this week. >> the couple celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary on wednesday they first met in 1945 after they were set up on a date sister they talk about their long lasting love story >> every night, we try to make sure we are completely reconciled from all arguments during the day when we go to bed. for 75 years of marriage, we have always grown deeper in our love for one another.

>> i love hearing that. they are celebrating with a large party they invited 300 people >> that is fantastic. spencer is good friends with the former president and his wife. >> he will be there? >> better see him. >> all right, here's what is going on at home we have a high fire danger it's back up where we have fires northeast of mount shasta and under a fire weather watch. it's going to be most dangerous the next 24-48 hours we'll still have a little bit of an on shore breeze that is goingsave the coast from overheating keeping you in the 70s and 80s. we have 90s inland and 100s

through the entire weekend. it will be interesting to see how long this one lasts. >> thank you. new at 6:00, the canadian comeback. >> the most traffic jams to know about. the worst highway in the bay area. a heart warming story for you this ♪ windows open, i'm yelling unity ♪ ♪ side by side with my community ♪ ♪ celebrate, let's have a jubilee ♪ ♪ they've been there for us ♪ ♪ let's be there for them ♪

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making news at 6:00, fourth of july fireworks galore. the booms and blasts in the streets and overhead across the bay area. firefighters sharing the number of fires they had to put out. foggy fireworks once again in san francisco. although crowds are telling us how much it meant to gather again this year and the touching moment we caught on camera. let's take you outside outs this morning. the summer heat is heading our way. our 100 degrees in some spots. i'm just looking at how it's barely anybody on the road. >> nice. >> i'm not mad at it. >> are you looking at this mind us? isn't this nice? i like this color. i'm into it. a big cloud came right in front of the camera just as we -- i swear to you. a few seconds ago