[man singing] i will rescue you >> this is all about community. look at all the people that are out here. dion: next on abc 7 news, an effort to come together as the lgbtqia+ continues to fight for their rights. plus, the case of possible criminal intent, the death of a elderly man out for a walk in the north bay. and women are getting into the game in a whole new way in the bay area. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dion: one of the first

celebrations of june pride month kicked off today in the north bay. a show of unity in the wake of legislation affecting lgbtq+ rights across the country. that evening and thank you for joining us. i am dion lim. today's events in santa rosa was designed to put unity and community. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is live where the event is happening trade organizers say the mission is to promote equality for all. cornell: for sure, dion, and that equality has been celebrated all day long at the sonoma county pride event. the theme this year is community come up with an emphasis on the word "unity," as many states are pushing back against lgbtq+ rights. ♪ downtown santa rosa, a huge crowd showing up for this year's parade. >> i love it.

i love all the people that are here to show our community love. we should all have a sense of belonging. that is why we are here. cornell: captain brian brought his daughter. >> i live here, she lives here, we wanted to have fun together, basically. >> this parade, this everything is a celebration of the fact that we have, so far and an acknowledgment that we have a long way to go. cornell: many believe in a new sense of pride unity as some states seek to diminish equality 540 anti--lgbtq bills have been introduced in legislatures this year. >> there are anti-trans laws and be lgbtq is strong in other parts of the country, and it is important to stand up for our lgbt community, especially our youth. >> my 13-year-old is marching. she has been questioning her sexuality, and she is out and proud this year, and we are supporting her and are excited to do that. cornell: pride organizers saying

this is the event they have ever hosted. safety and security measures have been increased to keep everybody safe. >> more and more, we have to have these events to showcase the people we are here, our rights are still being threatened, and also, you know, to encourage more people to celebrate and come out. cornell: here and the meaning and feeling of pride is still shining bright and cannot be tarnished or erased. >> pride means a lot of things to me, being able to show up authentically and be yourself around people that are celebrating queer joy, trans joy, and just being whoever you are, that is what it means to me, and it is really important. cornell: organizers tell me that they believe this event went really well today, and it was safe. they were concerned that protesters would show up, like they have in years past, but that is not happen. pride events continue on sunday across sonoma county.

we are live in santa rosa, happy pride, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. dion: happy pride indeed. good to see no major issues. onto the peninsula, the second annual pacifica pride parade and festival kicked off today. attendees got to enjoy a number of performances, and a number of activities were also offered along with tasty bites to eat. kids also joined in on the fun with their very own use music area and fun zone. the parade was hosted by the city of pacifica alongsidest pride and jefferson union high district. abc 7 is a proud sponsor of the pride parade your you watch the parade live on sunday, june 25, right here on abc 7 and on our live-streaming tv app. that it will be hosted by our abc 7 morning screw. moving onto new details today about a stabbing at at a san mateo high school. two students now are charged with bringing a weapon onto school grounds. police say they were involved in

an argument yesterday in a class which then turned an underage male student suffered a knife wound and a concussion could while investigating that incident, police say they witnessed a second attack happening outside of the school. police say that led to a chase and his discovery of a gun. an 18-year-old was arrested. police say that second attack was for retaliation for another fight. three people are in custody tonight in connection with an incident that included a knife attack at san mateo high school. an elderly man hiking on a remote road in the north bay died, and investigators are trying to determine if it is a criminal case. the marin county sheriffs office says the 83-year-old man was found yesterday near wild iris road with a head injury. he later died at the hospital. >> while investigating what happened in route to the hospital, it is believe the subject might be suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.

there is not any information at this time to indicate there is a risk to the public. dion: right now, investigators do not have a suspect but say they received a suspicious report from the area in the -- received suspicious reports in the area recently. they cannot confirm those incidents and the man's death are connected. his gun violence awareness weekend, and today, alameda county district attorney pamela price visited vision quilt, a group of a grade -- eighth grade students made the quote made up of i details -- of ideas to solve gun violence. a rally and march are planned for tomorrow across the golden gate bridge to demand action against gun violence. that is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. at vista point. the nation today has a new debt ceiling deal come up with just two days before the june 5 deadline, when the government would have run out of money.

abc news reporters doreen shaw tells us as the president signed the deal today, he praised the bipartisan compromise. zoreen: president biden praising the rays of the debt ceiling. they avert an unprecedented government default. pres. biden: the stakes could not have been higher. if we had failed to reach an agreement on the budget, and extreme forces threatening to take america for the first time in our 247-year history into default on our national debt, nothing would have been more irresponsible. zoreen: the agreement would suspend the debt ceiling for two years past the 2024 president's reelection while limiting federal spending. it puts new work requirements on some americans receiving food assistance and formally ends the pause on student loan payments. but taxes on wealthiest americans or big corporations, to demand from the white house, were not included.

pres. biden: the only way american democracy can function is through compromise and consensus, and that is what i want to do as a president, forge bipartisan agreement where it is possible and where it is needed. zohreen: for months, the president said he would not negotiate, but with the june 5 deadline looming and millions of americans social security, medicaid, and veterans benefits in jeopardy, the president and house speaker kevin mccarthy worked out a last-minute deal. reptile look harvey: rep. mccarthy: we did a pretty darn good deal. zohreen: the u.s. is at a risk of a credit rating downgrade, which could potentially send the zohrn shah, abc news, los les. y area this morning.shook the it happened after 5:00 some the usgs reports people ft

that quake as far north as ukiah and as far south as fremont. no injuries have been reported. a pursuit in danville ended in flames. a witness shares his account of the daring rescue emergency crews, when they found a car engulfed by fire. also -- >> this is the first professional women's bay area. dion: the bay area held a welcome party for the first soccer team of its kind. spencer: a sunny, summerlike weekend in the bay area now, but changes come for next week. i will have

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dion: in the east bay, emergency crews rescued five people from a burning car in danville last night. the sheriffs office at the car's driver ran a red light, and went officers tried to pull the vehicle overcome a pursuit began. moments later, a car collided with a second vehicle and caught fire. a witness says first responders jumped into action. >> we pulled up to the light, we saw a big fire outside a starbucks and four police cars and we were kind of wondering what was going on. as we parked the car and got out, ran over quickly, and we see that there is -- they are pulling somebody out of the car. they are breaking glass. dion: the driver was seriously injured. the four passengers were taken to the hospital. two people in the car that was hit were not hurt.

today, people across the bay came together to celebrate day in the bay in san francisco, to welcome the bay's first national women's soccer team, bay fc. it was hosted by a handful of soccer legends who say they are excited to announce their new team to the world. >> we have thousands of fans that are here supporting us. there has been pent up demand in the area for years and years. we have had many chances, many attempted having professional women's football here, and this is now part of the national women's soccer league. we are the 14th team within the league, and we are thrilled to be here. dion: guests got to enjoy activities including games, giveaways, along with food and autographs. bay fc's first game will be march 2024, but the team is already taking deposits from those who want to secure their tickets now. just ahead, it is a bay area tradition that welcomes the summer season. we are talking about street

festivals, and there are a bunch happening this weekend. we have got some of the highlights just ahead. spencer: i'm spencer christian. it feels like the summer season now because of a high-pressure system that is dominating our weather, but that low pressure system to our north may bring some rainy chances i will have the accuweather forecast coming up went abc 7 news through your cancer diagnosis. never forget those who loved you so well and know that you have the responsibility to give back. love, dad.

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features nonstop music until 7:00 tonight and for most of the day tomorrow -- most of the day tomorrow. fiesta colonial i this weekend. from biking to building prosperity, the east oakland futures festival showcases the food, art, technology, and culture of their community. hundreds of residents took to the streets for the block party, vendors, and community organizations offering services on-site. >> we have drones, we have education, mobility, power in play, so we really want more people to engage, see different strategies or options for their future come opportunity. dion: this is the second year of the event it also in the east bay today, the 45th walnut creek wine festival was held. maybe all of these are the

reason why spencer is joining us from home today. spencer jacob [laughter] spencer: i got a case of the sniffles i'm forecasting from my guestroom at home, to keep everyone else safe. let's take a look at our weather and what is in control of our weather it we have a high-pressure system bringing us sunny skies and summerlike weather. there is a low of north of that may change things a little bit as it slides southward. we are looking at nice, mild, pleasant weather with breezy conditions around the coast in the bay, 36 mile an hour in san francisco, 22 mile an hour winds at sfo. it is warmer than yesterday at this time could to 24-hour temperature change from about five degrees to 10 degrees warmer up your here is the view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco. 68 degrees in the city and in oakland. mid to upper 70's palo alto, san

jose, 57 at half moon bay. here's a light -- a nice view from emeryville, sunny skies, 80 santa rosa, 86 novato, almost 90 in fairfield right now, 88 in concord, 86 livermore, and there are people on the beach, and why not? it is beach weather right now could forecast headlines, partly cloudy and mild overnight. warming trend continues tomorrow, and there's a slight chance for showers, maybe even with some thunder early next week. forecast animation for tonight shows us a rather shallow marine layer building and pushing onshore across the bay. it won't amount to much. and we have sunny skies and mild weather, mild and warm again overnight lows in the low to mid 50's, so relatively mild overnight, and the tomorrow, nice and warm inland with high temperatures in the inland east bay, near 90 degrees in the north bay, mid-80's, mid-80's and the south bay, and upper 70's in some spots around the bay. and here is our accuweather 7-day forecast.

for tomorrow, look for high temperatures inland near 90, near 80 around the bay shoreline. monday, it gets cloudier and cooler, and temperatures drop off rather sharply, highs only up to maybe 80 degrees in the warmest inland spots. cooler still on tuesday when there is a chance of showers, possibly some thunder mixed in, because the atmosphere will be a bit unstable, and for the remainder of the week, sunnier toward the end of the week, cooler than average, mainly sunny skies, but a mix of clouds will be in the sky for most of next week. dion? dion: thank you. you are still considered to stay at home with the sniffles. chris: yeah he has that kind of guy could good guy. we are getting ready for nba finals game tomorrow. a little bit of history, a fun memory on this day five years ago, do you remember? plus, a significant splash, how history was made in the cove.

>> now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. chris: when the giants ballpark opened back in 2000, we thought these glatch hunger would be so easy to hit. it turns out it took until now, here in 23, for the 100 giants homer to splash into the code. lamonte wade jr. hit the homer and mako shark it was his fifth career splash. the giants only count splashes

by their own players, so barry bonds, 35 of them, he leads the way, and wade said it is an honor to be mentioned along the all-time king. lamonte: it has not really sunk in yet, but anytime you can be in the company of barry bonds, it definitely means a lot. i was trying to get a fastball early. he is usually in the zone earlier. i was able to take my shot and do it. >> felt like the right guy to get that big hit. we had to wonder if it was going to hit the water. got out way early in the game. so it was cool. a good moment for our fans to share with us in the dugout. chris: day in miami, -- marl regular day in miami, sandy was five of five with eight rbis. look at display from nick allen, the shortstop, what a play,

the a's, they got their rally caps on. shea ling allaire got the two outcome, that gave him a run, but the a's lose 12-one, 13th straight lasted ncaa tournament, cal state fullerton down at stanford. charles mike duke, first pitch swinging. solo homer, 4-2, the first of his two homers in the game. ? let makes it back to back. all of a sudden, it is a 4-3 game. the momentum swings back the other dugout, fullerton response in the bottom of the half, gave connor a three run shot to love center and it is 7-3 titans just like that. top of the knife, last chance for san jose state, the strikeout will end things. spartans fall 9-5. they had a relative season.

santa clara's elimination game pushed back because of weather. they were sent to start at noon, and they are now set to start at the top of the our peer they are in fayetteville, arkansas. fighters ago today, stephen curry, 93-pointers in the warriors game 2 against the cavs. he broke the previous round of eight. he was nine to 17, scored a game-high 33 points, seven rebounds, eight assists, and the warriors would sweep the series, gained back-to-back titles. a little fun trip down the emery lane. i still have the warriors basketball blues, but every day we get closer and closer to the next one. dion: that was a little bit of a flashback for me, too, covering it, being on the road in cleveland. that's all right. there will be more. chris: there will be more. dion: coming up, spotting a dog in the ocean is pretty rare, but

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dion: finally now, a rare all-white dolphin made an appearance in monterey bay. take a look. casper the group of whale watchers after popping up near the boat. the dolphin could be albino or lucid stick. both because a lack of pigmentation, which could explain the whiteness of his skin. the difference is an albino item has red eyes, which is quite a

sight when swimming next to others. chris: i was not aware of white dolphins. dion: no, no, i'm no dolphin expert either. [laughter] i would love to go on a whale or a dolphin -- chris: dolphin watching yucca dion: yeah! chris: >> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. a dangerous close call at sea. according to a new report out of canada, a chinese war ship seen nearly hitting a u.s. destroyer near taiwan. the video appears to show the war ship coming within 150 yards of the american vessel. it happened during a rare u.s./canadian joint mission sailing through the taiwan strait, the latest in provocative moves by the chinese military, and days after a chinese fighter jet came close to a u.s.