x building -- >> abc seven news. >> isn't it wonderful that this year there is an official juneteenth holiday? >> marking a day for all americans to commemorate the end of slavery. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dion then. it's juneteenth. across the bay area people marked a moment that shaped our nation's history, when freedom came for slaves in texas. in the east bay, abc 7 reporter cornell barnard talked about the significance of the day. >> are you happy about freedom and victory? i know i am today. >> berkeley's 35th annual juneteenth celebration was back on adaline street after a two year pause. >> now, nobody has to ask, what

is juneteenth? now, we are all celebrating it and happy about it. >> juneteenth became a national holiday in 2021, commemorating the end of slavery in america. >> it means us having a day for us and our people and all of the struggles we have been through. just rejoicing and life getting better. >> all of our clothes are made in an nigeria benefiting local communities. >> it was a time for small business owners to shine. >in oakland, lake merritt was celebrating juneteenth in a big way. richard johnson was talking to his grandson about why the day is so important. >> we need more days like this, you know? because, this is a day where everybody comes out and just let's go, just feels free.

>> stop the killing. put the >> guns down. >>there were extra police officers on duty and a street closures near the lake near the scene of gun violence at last year's festival where one man was killed. chef dion greene wants to move forward and focus on what is good. >> we hope we can continue in the near future to keep it going and help the festival get bigger and bigger. and keep a positive and safe for everybody. in the east bay, cornell barnard abc7news. >> on this juneteenth the bishop of the diocese of oakland released a video apologizing to those who have experienced racism by the catholic church. >> i apologize to anyone here who has suffered any form of racism from members or official representatives of the catholic church in your lifetime. the video includes a discussion with bishop michael barber and

the most senior african-american priest diocese. in 2020 bishop barbara announced the formation of the diocese of oakland racial justice tasks force charged with addressing systemic oppression and racism. since juneteenth falls on a sunday this year, the federal holiday will be tomorrow on monday. this means government offices and in the stock market will be closed and most banks will also be closed and there will not be any postal delivery. in the east to be, two instances of anti-asian graffiti at the same house are being investigated as a hate crime. san leandro leandro police say y somebody vandalized a for-sale sign at the home of with an anti-asian message. this morning the same message was found painted on the home's garage door. investigators say the realtor, property owners, and most recent tenants of the home are all of asian dissent. abc 7 is proud to help celebrate pride all month-end year-round.

san francisco's 52nd annual pride parade is next sunday. abc7news spoke with interim executive director suzanne ford, who explained why this year's celebration is extra special. >> i think the resilience of the lgbtq community in the face of the pandemic will be center stage this year. i mean, the history of the lgbtq community in san francisco is marked with resilience. all the way, the last 52 years. i think that is essential. also just for the city of san francisco, i mean, we are back. you know, this festival is the biggest thing that happens to san francisco for the whole year and is essential to the recovery of the city. >> celebrity grand marshals for the parade include champion -- jeopardy champion amy snyder and actor sherry holland. members of george floyd's family will be marching in the front of the parade. abc 7 is proud to be a sponsor

of the special coverage of the parade for the first time live next sunday, june 26 iran air ran air brenda -- on air and on your abc7news app. to see opera coverage, head to abc 7 news.com/pride. to the other big parade in san francisco. staging is underway for the warriors championship parade tomorrow. you can see there that barriers are ready to go with equipment on hand. the warriors are describing the celebration as a free flowing and engaging even for fans. that parade kicks off at 11:20 am at market street and main street and inset market and dates. -- eighth. live coverage starts at 10:00. check out our parade guide at abc7news.com. new details about a vta employee arrested over accusations that he threatened gun violence at work. investigators say he was upset

over the transit agencies vaccine mandate. another employee on friday called the sheriff's office to report threats at the agency's bus yard. this all came more than a year after a disgruntled vta employee shot and killed nine coworkers at the guadalupe railyard. many economists warned of serious fears of recession in the coming months due to a rise in inflation we have not seen in decades. the stock market wrapped up its worst week since the pandemic and this morning u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen joined abc this week with george stephanopoulos with a more toned down outlook. >> i expect the economy to slow. it has been growing at a rapid rate as the economy and labor market has recovered. we have reached full employment. it is natural now that we expected to transition to steady and stable growth. but, i do not think that a recession is inevitable. >> wall street analysts say the

u.s. economy currently has 40% of a chance of entering a recession next year. earlier last week, the federal reserve again raised its key interest rate with the biggest jump since 1994. getting down-and-in dirty to help save the earth. the push to save our soil. a group in the bay area is taking a different approach to preserving the land. and, happy father's day. it's a day to celebrate dad. the east bay event that made him feel like a king for a day. >> we will look at sunny skies for the warriors parade and a sizzling heat for the first day of summer. our

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>> thousands of self-proclaimed earth buddies pounding the pavement in an effort to save the planets soil. the music concourse in golden gate park is the location for one of a series of save our soil walkathon's hosted by a group dedicated to slowing down the degradation of the world soil. the organization believes soil is going extinct at: for where the use of more organic material in agriculture to preserve the land. >> 52% of agricultural soil has already degraded and in 60 years we will lose farmable land. this is an issue that affects every person on the planet. >> today's event included a three cayenne 5k walk as well as several musical performances. organizers say it is one of 60 events held in the u.s., canada, and south america today. it has been a fair father's day

for thousands of dads and their families and alameda county. today wraps up opening weekend of the county fair. in honor of father's day, dads got into the fare for free until 3:00 p.m. today. >> i love it. i wanted to do the horse races but mama would let me. but it's always a great time. >> tonight's highlights will include a light show and a concert by a you to tribute band -- u-2 tribute brand - bed at the elementary -- alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton. this was awesome. the role the warriors played and today's big reveal is coming up next. >> get ready for triple digit temperatures. but not before a great day for the warriors parade. the warriors parade. i wiety that we were brought up in,

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a new development in the case of a stolen custom bike belonging to a nine-year-old boy. he is riding high again. >> surprise! do you like that? is that cool or what? >> the moment is so precious. the warriors seem bike was discovered missing last month from the family garage in san francisco. the bike became a family project with benny designing it since he was three years old. he has won several awards for it. when the warriors learned the bike was stolen they asked the san francisco bull rider council to build benny a new one. benny got his new bike today.

>> i got my bike back. i saw the designs. it is a new bike. a good seat. digger. has light. >> are -- our own luz pena brought you the story when his bike was for stolen last month and was there for the surprise today. the warriors jumped in to the low rider counsel to pay for the cost of the new bike. smiles all around. warm and fuzzy. it's good to see something positive after such a terrible story the other week. >> what a sweet story and a great ending. maybe, a new beginning. >> let's think of it that way. >> we have also weather coming our way for tomorrow's parade. let's start with what is happening now. much like yesterday. it white breezy. dusty near the coastline, gusts up to 33 miles per hour.

unlike yesterday, we have had quite a warm up in the last when he four hours. the change reflects 10 degrees warmer in napa than this time yesterday. 11 degrees warmer in san carlos. san francisco, five degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. from sutro tower over san francisco it's 66 degrees in the city now. 71 in oakland, 84 men -- mountain view, santa clara, 59 in half moon bay. a few of the expensive blue sky over the bay from the emeryville,. 76 petaluma, low 80's santa rosa and napa, 90 fairfield, 82 concord, 81 livermore. santa cruz beach will probably be a popular place the next couple days as temperatures continue rising. sunny and warm tomorrow for the warriors parade and juneteenth. triple digit temperatures develop inland tuesday and wednesday. the heat will ease gradually towards the end of the week. but it will not turn fuller anytime soon. overnight, high clouds and a

couple patches of low clouds near the coastline giving way to a mainly sunny day tomorrow. overnight lows mainly in the mid 50's. it will be pretty mild. if you are cooler overnight weather, go to the coast where we will see upper 40's. tomorrow, the 12 hour day planner. at 11:20 tomorrow morning when the parade starts it will be quite mild. under sunny skies in san francisco. upper 60's to about 70 by 7:00 a.m. -- 11:00 a.m., rather. it is the afternoon, we will see temperatures in san francisco in the low to mid 70's. highs on the coast tomorrow, upper 60's around the bay shoreline. low to mid 80's and mid 90's inland. tuesday, numerous locations inland will have temperatures ranging from 100 to 105 degrees. not much of a cool down wednesday. upper 90's to 100 in the warmest spots. a little cooler thursday. here is the seven-day forecast. tuesday, the beginning of summer officially at 2:13 a.m. pacific

daylight time. it will sizzle like summer tuesday and again wednesday. a gradual cooldown going into the end of the week. it will still be warm all the way through next weekend. mid-60's on the coast. >> thank you, spencer. moving onto sports. chris alvarez is joining us with a preview. all eyes are on the parade tomorrow. >> coming up in sports, on the eve of the warriors championship parade on abc seven. let's give it up for kevon looney. though warriors ironman talks free agency.

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sports with chris alvarez. >> the warriors celebrate their seventh title in franchise history tomorrow. fourth in the last eight seasons. see all the coverage live on abc seven starting not -- at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. warriors center kevon looney is a three-time champion. he had a career year playing all 104 games this season, regular season and postseason combined. what a run for the ironman that was plagued by injuries earlier in his career including two hip surgeries. entering the summer as a free agent he said he would love to run it back the warriors. >> this one was really special for me. all of the things i had to go

through and the team went through to make it back to the mountaintop. it was an amazing feeling. i have been here my whole career. you never know what will happen. i just knew i would come back. we just one. to be part of something special. like i said, you never know. >> giants going for the sweep in pittsburgh. fans with great seats on father's day. alex cobb gave up a couple solo homer's. rookie jackson linsky ties it. he gives pittsburgh the lead. tyrone leading. that is his fifth of the year. all of a sudden, we are tied at three. what a swing. bottom nine, so when ski. walk off winner. the giants are off to atlanta for four game series beginning tomorrow.

the a's and royals, happy father's day from the coliseum in the east bay. offense really struggling. seth brown trying to change all that. first inning, one nothing. just 12 weeks until the niners opening season in chicago. with the joe montana jersey he is ready. they're rookie for oakland got help. carlos santana popped the red side and seth brown, the bastille -- basket catch, what a play. bottom 6, 1 nothing. that is the hit and they have been writing for doubt -- waiting for. gauff, final round of the u.s. open in brookline went down to the wire. will zalatoris took the lead at minus six. but he gave a couple back fighting matt fitzpatrick down

the stretch to one the u.s. amateur nine years ago at this course. a long bird on 13 gives him the lead. that a taurus falls just -- that -- will zalatoris falls just short and fitzpatrick makes poor. will zalatoris mixes -- messes by a fraction. fitzpatrick at minus six become the second player to win a u.s. amateur and a u.s. open on the same course. the other is the great jack nicholas who did it at pebble beach. a big father's day hug for his first ever pga tour victory. tomorrow at 6:00 we will talk a little with jordan poole. he just turned 23. happy birthday. he's an nba champion. he has always asked the question, is batman a superhero? is he? >> tough. he technically does not have

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watch. two bears caught on security camera fighting in a home carport yesterday in south lake tahoe. this is vicious. lisa quick and her dogs went out to chase the bears away. she says she sees bears every day, but has never seen them fighting quite like this. it appears neither bear was injured. that's all the time we have for this edition of abc 7 news at 5:00. i'm beyond land. thank you for joining us. we will see you back here in about half an hour for abc7news at 6:00.

tonight, several developing tonight, several developing stories as we come on air. treasury secretary janet yellen responds to growing fears of a recession, saying she doesn't think a recession is inevitable but she acknowledges inflation is a problem and she does expect the economy to slow in the months ahead. what she said about those skyrocketing prices at the pump and a possible gas tax holiday. also tonight, the new evidence against former president trump that the january 6th committee plans to present this week. one of only two republicans on the committee, congressman adam kinzinger, says donald trump's role in the capitol insurrection would rise to a level of criminal involvement. will the department of justice bring charges? the results of our new poll, do americans think trump should be prosecuted? the growing travel nightmare. hundreds of flights canceled today, leaving thousands