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temperatures runs the gamut. are meteorologist is on the roof. hopefully, you're not getting too hot. >> it is cool to say the least, 62 degrees, we are tracking intense heat and land. dangerous especially toward concord, 103, 107 in brentwood. going to cloverdale sitting at 110 degrees right now. away from the coast we are dealing with brutal temperatures, onshore breeze and fog at half moon bay only 56 degrees. excessive heat warning in effect for large portion of the bay area. all areas shaded in pink right now and this is where temperatures are exceeding 100 degrees, high to very high heat risk in the hottest locations, we do have a heat advisory for the northbay valley and south bay valley, san jose, santa rosa as well, temperatures in the 90s right now.

we are in store for one evening away from the coast, back on air for abc7 news at 11:00. we have cities 70s and 80s. tomorrow is another hot day, we will show the temperatures and when relief hits us with the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> we will be watching closely. thanks. places to escape the heat, cooling centers open and bay area hotspots this one at the centennial recreation center at morgan hill. here are some other locations, the coopertown library in san jose has a few cooling centers including one at the camden community center. in santa rosa, the steel lane kennedy center and he spake, antioch community center. asked to conserve power to the heat wave. the state power grid operator requesting everyone to conserve electricity. power officials say extreme heat and growing wildfire of

southern oregon threatening transmission lines continues to strain the state's electric grid. the alert runs until 9:00 tonight. check out current temperatures where you live with our real time weather tracker on our abc7 bay area connected tv app. search abc7 now wherever you stream. in east an, hundreds of people came out for save oakland event. the oakland police chief remember those lost to gun violence but called on the community to act as partners. reporter cornell barnard brings us this report. >> reporter: community march for peace led by oakland police chief armstrong. the chief posted this rally at lake merritt calling for gun violence to stop. >> today is about saving lives, standing up and speaking our voice. today is about a safe oakland. >> reporter: many neighbors have their own ideas about safety.

>> is it too much? >> i think the community -- >> reporter: the chief calling on community neighbors to play a role preventing crime. this as oakland recorded 71 homicides so far this year, the city recovering from chaotic fourth of july weekend with fatal shootings, illegal fireworks, and sideshow involving 300 cars where spectator was injured. >> we can't it will take law enforcement and community coming together. this is that day. >> reporter: but how? faith leaders urge not to stay silent. >> it is time to stop hiding behind lord god. i did not see nothing, i don't know nothing. it is not my problem anymore. >> reporter: some neighbors say it is everyone's problem. >> this is out of hand because of the people out here, not the police. individuals, and you see something happen in the neighborhood, get on the phone and call police.

>> reporter: 200 to 300 people came out for the event. not everyone that showed up likes the message. anti-police protesters showed up and tried to disrupt the event. last month, the oakland city council voted to divert $18 million from the police department budget. >> this is not about politics, it is about saving lives. >> reporter: the chief says small community town hall meetings will be held this summer around oakland talking safety and crime prevention. cornell barnard with abc7 news. moving on, health is one pillar of building a better bay area. vaccination clinic focused on the deaf community. that deaf counseling advocacy and referral agency hosted the event one of the first deaf run nonprofits in the country to pfizer and johnson & johnson vaccines were available at today's clinic organizers say many in the deaf community found the state my turn website confusing. pop-ups included interpreters to relay information about the vaccine's. >> we can see people face-to-

face and the deaf community feels a lot more connection to be able to come and ask questions and touchbase, maybe talk about frustrations. we can always call on video but in person is a great way for deaf people to communicate. >> a second clinic will take lace july 24 in santa rosa. developing news, crews in the final stages of operations to send business magnet richard branson in the space. gio benitez has a look at how the space rivalry is heating up between branson and another billionaire. >> reporter: virgin galactic making final preparations for the spaceship unity flight carrying company founder richard branson. the rifle between branson and amazon founder jeff bezos is heating up. richard branson tells gma this is not a space race. >> i know it is painted as a race.

honestly, i don't think either of us see it that way. we are not in direct competition. >> reporter: the bezos blue origin space company firing shots on twitter posting this graphic comparing the companies. blue origin says the new shepherd capsule, named for the first american in space, alan shepard, flies farther than the virgin spaceship, 62 miles above the surface past the carmen line, which many believe is the true edge of space. virgin will reach 55 miles. >> the united states recognizes 50 miles at the definition of space. nasa recognizes that definition and so does the faa. >> reporter: sunday's flight expected to last 90 minutes. unity will be attached to the mothership eve as it takes off, 45,000 feet, unity drops. the rocket ignites and takes branson and five others to the edge of space. where they will experience weightlessness for a few minutes before returning to the surface. tomorrow's flight was announced a week ago after bezos announced his blue origin will launch july 20.

gio benitez with abc news, truth or consequences, new mexico. >> race are not, pretty exciting. a day of joy and relief for racial justice advocates. confederate statues removed in virginia, where they are going now. i was shaken. i could not believe it. >> and a small miracle, delicia: this is where all our recycling is sorted -- 1.2 million pounds every day, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. but that's not all you'll find here. there are hundreds of good-paying jobs, with most new workers hired from bayview-hunter's point.

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the site has been much quicker since the demolition of the remaining part of the building. surfside mayor charles burkett told the media today the area will likely be cleared sooner than expected. he says much of the debris is at ground level or below. the death toll went up overnight to 86. a pet cat missing for more than two weeks since the collapse in surfside, florida is safe tonight. binks was rescued from the rubble and dropped off by good samaritan at a rescue center in miami beach. he lived with the gonzalez family on the ninth floor of the condo building. a family friend says finding binks a life is a miracle. >> it is good news in the middle of this craziness and all of a sudden it brings hope for us and we need that. >> much-needed hope. crews at the site believes binks survived the collapse or escaped what was left of the be

building before it was demolished. circus catch as of two confederate generals removed from public parks in charlottesville, virginia. comes four years after they were flashpoint for rally that left one person dead. machinery lifted the statues of robert e. lee and thomas stonewall jackson off of their bases as crowds cheered. both statues will be placed in storage. charlottesville leaders say they are looking for new home for them either at a museum or military battlefield or historical society. just after the break, learn what 10 straight days on a teeter totter can teach you straight from a man who knows. >> this teeter totter taught us balance. >> okay. head out two friends are feeling after the many ups and downs they endured to break a world record. i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we're tracking excessive heat warning and heat advisories continue tom

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the 2021 sbes are happening tonight. the awards celebrate the best players, moments, coaches, and gains in sports. our sister station in new york has a preview. >> reporter: we are on the red carpet of the sbes and for the first time in two decades, the espy awards back in new york. look at this view, this is what will be the scene tonight. this is the rooftop of pier 17, all of the stars filing into the seats as we move along this afternoon. 20 different award categories given out as a full celebration of the return of sports after the year of shut down and pandemic. a lot of big stars expected including the big rapper, robin roberts expected to show it,

joe namath just to name a name of the stars we expect to see. host anthony mackie has been preparing. a big celebration of sports right here in new york i'm mike marza on the red carpet from the sbes. >> it should be a lot of fun. stuck it is a weekend of champions on abc and espn. 7:00 p.m. can you have searee match between conor mcgregor and dustin poirier. then it is the sbes on abc7 at 8:00. tomorrow is the men's wimbledon final, a euro final of italy versus england and on abc7, game three of the nba finals between the suns and bucks. another kind of sport, it is a record, two men broke the seesaw record in concord today. >> three, two, one. >> looking so excited. the pair passed hours at noon, that beats the

previous teeter totter record, which i did not know existed set in sacramento in 1971. one of the challengers set the record and has been dreaming about breaking it ever since. apparently it was a tough ride. >> this has been such a struggle, i have a hard time at night. the days are awesome because you are all out cheering us on, supporting us. it is awesome. thank you for all of that. >> chuck and his partner wanted to distract people and give people something to smile about . the record-breaking attempt ran for 10 days. congratulations to them. drew, i have so many questions. >> there is a record for everything. >> i suppose. right now we are getting close to record heat in concord, 103, ding dissly hot inland as a heat wave continues another day. we are dealing with intense

temperatures tomorrow to finish out the weekend. we will show relief from the heat picture. the 10 temperature along the coast, cannot get rid of the fog , locally dense fog on the coast, dealing with the wide range of temperatures. 106, it is dangerously hot in contra costa county. same and livermore, up north 109 cloverdale, 107 clear lake heat in the south bay, 99 the current temperature and gilroy. the entire state in the grips of this dangerous heat, 108 in sacramento, 113 in redding, 109 bakersfield, 116 palm springs. unfortunately, we will see the numbers again tomorrow afternoon across california. air quality, spare the air day today. current air quality moderate across the bay area. it goes downhill as you go toward the central valley around sacramento, we see more unhealthy for sensitive groups category. tomorrow we do not have spare that air day but we have haze

in the atmosphere. overnight tonight, the fog confined to the immediate coastline over the city and along the immediate an shoreline parts of the east bay, that's it. mainly clear skies and the big takeaway from the coast warm night in the 60s and 70s. not out of question along the coast to get drizzle overnight tonight. time-out the clouds, 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, fog across the city, it stays close to the coast tomorrow, we get rakes of sunshine if you're thinking of going to the coast to beat the heat. will get sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures will take off, by 10:00 a.m. 70s and 80s and by lunch time, we are exceeding 90 degrees at the warmest spots. starting with the south bay and 90 san jose, 80 cupertino, 100 in gilroy. we do have a heat advisory in effect. at on the peninsula 87, palo alto, 58 half moon bay. downtown san francisco spare,

56 downtown with clouds, 62 and the north bay, very intense converters, 108 cloverdale, 92, 91 in napa. the east an warm day with a bit of a breeze in 70s and 80s, 76 oakland, 85 union city. inland dangerously hot off of the excessive heat warning another day, 102 in print what 98 in concord. a little cooler tomorrow but that is hot for this time of year. accuweather forecast, heat wave continues, monday. we get closer to average and thankfully after tomorrow, the next seven days stay close to where we should be for this time of year. one more dave intensity inland and then we break it. >> we can hold on, thank you. shifting gears to sports. a weekend of champions. >> gosh, i have that list and can't be everywhere. abc has us covered, watching all of that.

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that will do as darin ruf scores, 3-0, san francisco. the injured esther posey watching the young catcher today, he comes through in singles in donovan solano, part of five rain-free in the third. 8-0, giants. two single that is first at bats and the fans are loving it. cruising, josh bell so fold. there goes the bat flying. wow. six strikeouts in six innings. good luck. brandon crawford, his 18th of the year, 3 off of his career high home runs, tied with any shortstop in league history before the all-star break, giants win 10-4. twins at the a's and rangers game in texas. they have food as well. the a's down 2-0, sean murphy, seth brown go back to back off of mike who has given up the most homers in the majors, we are tied up. going to extra innings, the twins are still hanging in.

they are gamers. both teams scored in the 10th, oakland scores four and 11, stephen piscotty, the a is win > tennis, top seed ashley looking for the first wimbledon final apiece. won the first 14 points as she takes the first set. and the other won the second. watch the reach for the one- handed backhand. pretty point from that shot. championship point into the net. she wins her first wimbledon and second grand slam title. stefan curry decision to skip the olympic games to heal and get ready for a new season with the warriors this ball. one of the added benefits playing the american century celebrity tournament in tahoe, plenty of both on the water. where is klay thompson? surfing legend kelly slater, that looks like a splash. to know look shot, aaron rodgers, packers quarterback, throwing the football, paying

attention on 17, walking side- by-side with alex smith. curry with the basketball knows what to do, that is a splash and walk off. chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes on 17, likes what he sees and breaks into a dance. he has 12 points. steph curry, nice shot from mahomes he is fired up. curry, the birdie on 18, he misses it and struggles with the short gain that still into the mix, 39 points tied for 6. curry finishes with tony romo. the leader of the family, tied. managing type 2 diabetes? on it. on it. on it, with jardiance. they're 22 million prescriptions strong.

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on abc7 news at 6:00, shocking video. a ride health engines at a festival and appears to be on the verge of tipping over. but then good samaritans came to the rescue. will california make good on governor newsom's pledge to end fracking? the action taken this week by the state. alternate at 6:00. it was a day to celebrate one of san francisco's much loved eccentric characters. amber norton was a self proclaimed businessman in the 19th century. local guide joseph amster let a walking tour from the embarcadero to chinatown to honor the life and legacy of the emperor and 10th anniversary of his tour.

participants encouraged to come in costume to support nearby businesses in chinatown. a great way to do it. tonight, the life-threatening heat wave across parts of the u.s. more than 30 million people facing extreme heat. the third dangerous heat wave in recent weeks following dozens of heat-related deaths nationwide. record temperatures coming in. death valley nearing 130 degrees for a second day in a row. the historic drought getting even worse, spreading across 93% of the west. california residents urged to cut water usage by 15% and conserve electricity. rob marciano standing by. also tonight, the growing delta variant threat. covid cases now back on the rise in half the country. the u.s. case average up 21% in just the last week. schools and parents now responding to new guidance from the c,