may occur. watch me. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. last year had the highest reported level of hate crimes since 2001. this is not just attack on one community. it's a stance that all of us need to stand together against tate against all of our communities and that's what this is really about. the state's biggest spike in hate crimes and hate incidents in more than 20 years. that's according to a new report from the california department of justice. good evening. i'm amidates and i'm karina nova several state lawmakers and community activists. spoke about the concern over the increasing numbers and what's being done to fight back abc 7 news reporter unser hassan has more from san francisco's chinatown. hate crimes and hate incidents in california in 2021 were worse than any other year that we've collected this data.

since 1995 c assembly member matt. haney is talking about data from a new hate crime rept t cal thae crime was up by 177 percent but blacks in california are still targeted. the most not only was african-americans the highest group to suffer from. hay crime. we were also the highest group to be discriminated against for businesses and financial institutions according. to the report. there was a 30% increase in hate crimes in california between 2020 and 2021. it's the highest increase since post-911 in south asians and muslims were targeted vince pan with the group stopped aapi hate says racist political rhetoric over the past few years translates into increased hate crimes and hate speech and the united states. we have a number of first amendment protections, but that does not mean that we have to accept these things pan ads the number spike because more people feel comfortable.

reporting penn says that helps to create more data data that is necessary for finding solutions. he also praised the attorney general's report for breaking down the data into subgroups and at those local levels. don't take the time to distinguish between south asia and southeast asia and east asian, you know, that's going to lead to solutions that aren't as precise see is someone phil tann retail shops. he introduced state assembly bill 2448, which would require businesses to train employees on how to spot discrimination and harassment in any kind of restaurant. they go into some sort of store the tool to get out go home to where they're whether it's from so so again, these are just common it's escalating. he says the numbers indicated need for more legislation that goes beyond the will justice system. we can't just assume because we're california that this doesn't happen here. i think what this report shows unfortunately is it does happen here and we have to take action

in san francisco on sahasan abc 7 news. police in palo alto are investigating racist graffiti written on a playground as a hate crime police received a call last night reporting vandalism at eleanor party park on center drive in palo alto racial slurs towards black people were found written in black marker on a play structure. the graffiti has since been removed by the city's park services and public works team, but so far, there are no suspects. anyone with information is asked to contact the palo alto police department. hundreds of kids left without a place to spend their summer break after a display of swastikas at their summer camp created controversy within the organization abc7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains the issue that caused the camp cancellations. hidden villa in los altos has been a place where people can escape into nature and kids can create memories through summer camps, but this year a change in early june nearly 1,000 children were left without a place to spend summer break as all camps were canceled due to staffing shortages and safety hidden

villas communications director jessica duval telling us in a statement when several staff members resigned an early june we knew we would be unable to responsibly provide a safe summer camp experience the reason for the resignations according to a letter shar. their website by hidden villa board chair peter hartzell controversy regarding these symbols of a lotus and buddhist swastikas on their historic duvenate house in the letter hartzell said members of the camp leadership team experienced harm from the symbols that appear similar to the nazi swastikas, but matt mcdermott with the hindu american foundation says, these are not what many know to be the nazi-hooked cross hitler chose it specifically if you read some of his writings as a simple symbol of his concept of an aryan race and of anti-semitism but within the hindu and buddhist traditions in the jane's tradition, it's a universally a symbol of good. good luck of auspiciousness hartzell said hidden villas original owners purchased these tiles while traveling to asia 1913 decades before the reign of nazis in germany hidden villa

decided to remove the tiles but not before resignations and thus the cancellation of the camp mcdermott hopes. this experience can be used as a learning lesson. we have to be aware obviously of the sensitive history of this, you know, the a legacy of the nazis, but today there are over a billion people that use the swastika around the world in a peaceful manner in the way that it's been used for literally millennia. we received a message from hidden villas former camp director who says the swastika tiles are just one concern and adds there are bigger more systemic equity issues that need to be addressed hidden villa will resume summer camps next year in los altos destin dorsey abc 7 news. in the east bay a change, most people won't notice until there really in need the east contra costa fire district has merged with the contra costa fire protection district to create one agency for the entire county officials say this will mean reduced response times for fire and medical emergencies and new fire stations and crews, especially in east county.

we came together and we were innovative. we were inclusive. we had teamwork and we are never married to the path to achieve success. we're only married to the conclusion of once and for all. correcting inadequate fire protection services to the residents of these contra costa the fire district held a transfer of command ceremony today in brentwood. the new con fire will serve up to nearly 800,000 residents and 11 cities. firefighters across the bay area are staffing up for the july 4th holiday weekend concerned that illegal fireworks may start a wildfire abc 7 news reporter canal bernard joins us live from marin county with those details cornell. yeah, i'm a fire crews across the bay area. definitely will be up staffing preparing for possible fires started by illegal fireworks. check it out the hill behind me burn just this week. it was not started by fireworks,

but it does show how dry things are. crews want people to be smart and safe. you know, we've got everything from bottle rockets to aerial mortars santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal shows us nearly 500 pounds of illegal fireworks recently seized from one individual now facing charges a lot of these can cause injuries they can result in fires lumenthal believes the use of illegal fireworks has increased during the pandemic. he believes this july 4th won't be any different even though most north bay cities have outlawed the sale of safe. same fireworks county officials tweeted this message don't spark a fire this fourth of july. we're trying to prevent injuries to our community, and we're also trying to reduce the fire threat. the santa rosa community has been through a lot since 2017 enduring monster wildfires and property loss. i just can't forget how how many friends and family members had to be evacuated independence day

can be a nervous time for ellie effort. i think that there needs to be caution. and so i'm i'm grateful that they have had to make the steps that they have as far as outline and not having the stands. to keep us safe much of the east bay has been the epicenter for illegal firework activity lighting up the skies and in the streets, we've put the word out that fireworks are illegal in the city of oakland. we are also proactively closing grizzly peak road italian chief tr. chin says last year her department was busy on the fourth responding to numerous structure fires caused by illegal fireworks chin helps people think twice and use caution this holiday the loss of property the loss of someone's home is never a good thing and especially attributed to illegal fireworks. it's it's heartbreaking so yeah, and chief chen says don't be

fooled even though weather may be cool and foggy. all it takes is one spark to start a fire because drought conditions are definitely still with us. we're live in marin county cornell bernard abc 7 news right cornell thank you and a handful of local police agencies and fire districts have announced programs to report illegal fireworks. i'm sure you've been hearing them already. in contra costa county people can call the toll free hotline you see on your screen city of oakland has also set up a tip line to report illegal fireworks and in san jose you can fill out an online report or call the tip line oakland city officials are anticipating many people will celebrate the holiday at lake merritt and today there are some road restrictions in place. you can see the areas in red along the east side of the lake officials say road barricades and limited parking help. keep the lake safer for everyone by giving emergency vehicles better access. they say it also helps cut down on parking congestion double parking and traffic jams. if you're looking ways to celebrate this weekend, we have a full list of events around the

bay area on our website for parades and fireworks shows. just go to abc7news.com. for those people heading out of town for the long holiday weekend today was expected to be the busiest air travel day of the weekend an air travel has not been without headaches. let's take a live. look at sfo at last check nationwide there were more than 5,000 delayed flights and more than 500 cancellations again. that is total across the country. health officials and now even lawmakers are warning people to be careful while celebrating this holiday just this afternoon senator alex padillo tweeted this announcing that he is test. positive again for covid he says he's experiencing mild symptoms but is grateful to be vaccinated and boosted. he added that he'll be working from home for the time being padilla also had covid in march. after the break governor newsom signs two new gun safety bills into law with some stern words for the supreme court and gun manufacturing companies plus a pigeon problem at one bart

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investigating a deadly shooting that happened last night in hayes valley officers say they responded to the shooting on rose street near buchanan just after nine o'clock. they arrived to find a 20 year old man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital where he he succumbed to his injuries so far, no rest have been made in that case. the s capitol governor newsom signed two gun safety bills into law today and posted this video to twitter. members of the united states supreme court to right-wing republicans all across this country. do you have no common decency respect? or even common understanding the kids should not have one of

these. this is an ar-15. this is a weapon of war a weapon of mass destruction. good news if there's any is that this ends at least today in california? i just signed a bill so the gun industry and those that are backing this industry could no longer market to our children. i didn't even have to do this as ridiculous. both the law prohibiting the marketing of certain guns like semiautomatic weapons to children and the bill to further restrict ghost guns go into effect immediately. today marks the 29th anniversary of the worst mass shooting in san francisco history. it happened at the high-rise located at 101, california street back in 1993 a disgruntled law firm client opened fire on the 34th floor killing eight people in critically wounding six others in the aftermath of the shooting california passed some of the strictest gun laws in the country that also helped to repeal a law that gave gun manufacturers immunity against lawsuits and senator diane feinstein cited it as the reason

she pushed for the federal assault weapons ban, which took effect the year after that deadly shooting. coming up a unique way to celebrate independence day and enjoy san francisco's annual fireworks show. we're going to tell you about the hidden gem that lets you view it all from the bay.

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lower. longer. pigeon problem at the el cerrito del norte station a hawk named pac-man is now scaring them off the transit agency hired southern california based falcon force after trying to solve the problem in numerous ways over the years handler. ricky ortiz says when he and pac-man first came in late may there were pigeons everywhere now just their presence is effective. usually when the birds see me walking they already they already know so they usually start to take off if there are any and if not, then i just let him go. he usually just flies, you know from first to perch and him back and and that's enough to get him out of here.

beautiful bird ricky and pac-man come to the station three times a week for eight hours a day. as you gear up to make fourth of july plans, we have a different way for you to enjoy the san francisco skyline and the fireworks. have you heard of the water taxi? you might have but abc 7 news reporter loose peña is showing us the hidden gem that even locals don't know about. so when you think of a taxi you think of this? but in the city by the bay taxis also look like this. here we go. my first water taxi experience. hello everybody. we hopped on board one of san francisco's hidden gems. everyone on board was experiencing a water taxi for the first time too. this is a really cool 4th of july audi. fantastic. yeah. yeah who needs to go to? yes, sir, you know i mean we got this we got the water we got tanya and her water taxi these water been around for

almost 10 years and if you've sailed in one consider yourself lucky you guys have lived in san francisco for how many years forever. this is your first water taxi first time first time ever. what do you think? i think it's great. i never heard of it captain. tanya has been picking up people at pier one and a half for years for $10. a trip or 15 for an old. she goes all the way to pier 39 oracle park and for a little extra to chase center and for july 4th. they'll have a special trip. and of course there's a bonus, but you're also a tour guide. yes, you talk about alcatraz a lot. it's part of my tour. it's nearly impossible not to make friends with everyone on board former taxi driver for me taxi driver terry. yeah. and a swimmer cold water swimmer. yes, and future a future boat captain so much. so this group encouraged captain tanya and i to do something

unexpected by the way only children get to do this. sometimes okay, so we're gonna switch you'll be there. i'll be the reporter you be the captain. okay meet captain lose. hello,yes, and i'm the reporter. yes. so captain lose. where are we headed? okay, so we're going to the ballpark right now. okay, awesome. now, you know of one of san francisco's best kept secrets. hidden gem by the bay park the horn are coming in san francisco captain loose abc 7 news. that's great. i think that spencer isn't that the boat that we used to always see in the four o'clock behind it would be behind karina larry and i would you know our little our little yellow rose. that was it. it looks so i'd like it. it's definitely not the weather taxi that i know so now it's time to get on i mean and 10 bucks 14 bucks. it sounds like a deal, right?

yeah. that was a great story loose. is cute. let's take a look at what's going on with that weather. we're going to start with the travel weather because tomorrow well, this is a big travel weekend as you know, so tomorrow berry airports will see a mix of sun and clouds clouds in the morning sun here in the afternoon, but it's going to be although mild. it's going to be windy with afternoon temperatures ranging from about 64 to sfo to 72 down at san jose on we go to other locations popular travel destinations. honolulu will have some sun and showers tomorrow high of 75, new york city heavy rain, maybe thunderstorm is high of 86 chicago mostly sunny 582 angeles partly cloudy a high of 63 right now here in the bay area. we've got very windy conditions gus up to almost 40 miles per hour in san francisco 25 to 30 mile per hour augusta most other locations, and you see the fog is spilling through the golden gate right now. nice view from mount tam current temperature readings 57 in san francisco 62 at oakland. we have low 70s and mountain view, san jose santa clara and 57 at half moon bay and the view from memoryville shows the local clouds and fog about to swallow san francisco 75 degrees in

santa rosa right now pet. 768 at napa low 80s at fairfield at concord and 74 at livermore and a nice fairly clear view from our rooftop camera. looking toward the bay bridge. these are our forecast features low clouds and patchy drizzle be with us. we'll be with us the next two nights breezy to gusty this weekend and cooler than average, but some are warmth will return around the middle of next week overnight. we'll see lots of low clouds and fog and a few high clouds as well and again some patchy drizzle, especially near the coast, but maybe even a few places the bay as well overnight. is mainly in the mid-50s highs tomorrow under sunny or afternoon conditions near 60th the coast mid-60s around the bay shoreline and mid-70s inland now the all-important holiday weekend forecast. i told you it's going to be a little gray and cooler than average and windy over the weekend, but yet sunnier and milder on monday 4th of july, but that doesn't mean we're going to have smooth sailing or clear viewing for the for the fireworks here in san francisco on monday evening. the clouds will start to roll in again just as if if i works begin, but other locations away

from the coast inland and around thill be clearer and milder. so good viewing there. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast after a cooler than average weekend and certainly a breezy to windy one. we'll get karma conditions on monday and a little bit warmer on monday and then we get the return of summer warmth wednesday, thursday and friday of next week. high temperatures climb back into the upper 80s to load 90s inland and upper 70s to about 80 around the bayshore line, but i kind of like the cool weather this weekend. it's been nice. yeah ref. reshing i think so. all right. thank you spencer. kevon. looney is reportedly staying with the warriors our sister network espn reports. the two sides agreed to a three-year 25 and a half million dollar deal this past season looney played in all 82 regular season games and all 22 playoff games the warriors drafted looney in 2015 an update now to the story we first reported yesterday about ucla and usc leaving the pac-12 for the big 10 today the pac-12 tweeted this

statement saying that the board of direct met this morning and authorized the conference to explore all expansion options. it went on on to say that the 10 university presidents and chancellors remain committed to a shared mission of academic and athletic excellence on behalf of our student athletes cal athletics. also put o statement saying in part regardless of what the future holds we maintain our steadfast commitment to the athletic and academic success of our student athletes will be right back. if you're washing with the bargain brand, even when your clothes look clean, there's extra dirt you can't see. watch this. that was in these clothes... ugh. but the clothes washed in tide- so much cleaner.

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congratulations new citizens it was held on the flight deck of the uss hornet in alameda. the new citizens took their oath of allegiance to can now apply r their us passport and register to vote alameda mayor marilyn as the after was among the first to congratulate the new citizens and highlight their importance in this country.

immigrants have long played and important role in american democracy and as new us citizens this continual striving to create a more perfect union is now your fight as well. she also pointed out how special the timing of today's ceremony is coming just a few days before we celebrate independence day. finally tonight. president. biden is said to award the medal of freedom to 17 recipients next week and some of those receiving the nation's highest civilian honor include simone biles megan rapinoe denzel, washington gabby gifford's the late senator john mccain and the late apple ceo steve jobs, overall the group represents olympic athletes and academy award winner the first american to receive the covid. jean vaccine outside of trials lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and civil rights advocates. the awards will be presented during a ceremony at the white house next thursday. right that is it for now world news tonight with david noir is next. i'm amade and i'm karina nova

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tonight, the holiday weekend off to a rough start as tens of millions of americans head out for what's expected to be record travel over the fourth of july. thunderstorms forcing temporary ground stops at nearly a dozen major airports along the east coast. more than 4,000 flights delayed or canceled today. the tsa bracing for millions of travelers at airports across the country. airlines struggling to keep up with the surge of passengers, cutting back on schedules because of pilot, crew, and staff shortages, and drivers facing the highest gas prices ever over july 4th. near los angeles cars lining up around the block for up to $50 in free gas. the severe thunderstorm watch at this hour. 50 million bracing for dangerous storms in the northeast. damaging winds and large hail from d.c. to philadelphia, new york to boston.