larry: it is national gun violence awareness month and today local leaders and parents called for tougher gun regulations. julian: suzanne fawn has the details. reporter: he's been fighting for more than two decades now to get guns off the streets. the ongoing efforts are a reason why she is part of this mural in the tenderloin on howard street. her youngest son was shot and killed in july of 1996 while he was attended a graduation party in his neighborhood. >> african-american and being young men of color. gun violence is the leading cause of death. reporter: today, leaders gather to push for stronger gun restrictions. >> 120 people everyday are lost to gun violence. reporter: leaders say california has the toughest gun laws in the country. >> we already>> --

>> we already have a 10 day waiting period, not just for background checks but for ammunition. we have a ban on assault weapons. reporter: that has not stopped the mass shootings. >> one of those mass shootings was in half moon bay on a beautiful san mateo county coast. seven people were killed. the worst act of violence in the history of san mateo county. reporter: leaders say the rest of the country needs to step up their efforts to stop shootings. >> we have to have a national ban on assault weapons because if not, they bring them here. we need to let them know that enough is enough. let's get our gun safety -- our commonsense gun safety laws passed through congress. reporter: our data team compiled this information from 2019 to 2022. you can see the shooting death rate is significantly higher nationwide than in california. the data pulls from news reports and police reports and does not

encompass all the shootings. but it's the most yum! brands of data available. for mother mattie scott, she continues to fight the curve gun violence. >> i don't want any mother or grandmother to go through what i went through 28 years ago. the pain never goes away. you have to relive the nightmare all the time. larry: the man accused of causing a deadly home explosion in san francisco in february is facing new charges now. prosecutors sent the 53-year-old price with -- charged with murder. he was previously charged with involuntary manslaughter along with reckless burning manufacturing drugs and child endangerment. the explosion killed his wife and severely injured her caregiver. julian: the public defenders in san francisco are showing their frustration over what they say is an illegal backlog of cases overdue for trial. todaym public defender protested on the steps of the courthouse, saying the backlog which dates back to the start of

the pandemic is denying more than 1000 individuals their constitutional rights to a speedy trial. >> this is the modern civil rights movement. the injustice happening in the criminal legal system right now. our clients being detained past their last day for trials is a humanitarian crisis and the constitutional crisis. julian: the public defender you just heard from claims more than 100 people are currently sitting in the san francisco county jail months and in some cases years past their trial deadlines. organizers plan the demonstrations -- planned the demonstrations for every friday through july. larry: operation overdrive. the department of justice will give san francisco more federal resources to combat the city's fentanyl trafficking epidemic. operation overdrive helps local and state authorities identify criminal drug networks in areas with the highest rates of violence and drug poisoning deaths. the initiative is expected to launch in san francisco in the

coming months. north bay is underway to convert an empty office building io supportive housing complex for on house people. larry: it's happengn psammophile. cornelbeard looks at how the nonprofit behind the project looks to make it a model across the bay area. reporter: it is a where meetings were once held and papers were shuffled. >> this basically was empty and wasn't being used for about a year or so. getting it refurbished from that to living spaces. reporter: this 41,000 square former office building is on its way to becoming a supportive housing complex. 41 studio apartments for those formerly on house. >> the residence will be -- resident s will be receiving services on site and across the street. reporter: the project is all thanks to a partnership between marin county and nonprofit eaton housing, creating affordable housing communities across the

bay area >> working towards a goal of producing 10,000 units in 10 years. reporter: she says the idea for this complex was born during the pandemic, when empty hotels or commercial properties were used to shelter the on housed or those at risk of losing their housing. >> just a number of people -- the number of people who are in need of housing is so great. we are trying to make in. reporter: there are challenges to transform the empty office space into housing. >> the elevators are here. they are actually shut down. reporter: a lot of red tape and permits are being avoided. >> cost wise, permits wise, and helps the building is existing for short. reporter: homeward bound is getting people into the housing complex and they say the idea is long overdue. >> converting an office building to supportive housing is a great use of basically derelict space. it really will be life for those who get to live there. reporter: housing advocates hope

this giant office space conversion can be used as a model for other parts of the bay area and beyond. this is eaton's first project, and she hopes it's not the last. >> it's expensive to convert offices to housing but we are taking note of everything we learn to see if we can do it again in the future. reporter: the project is scheduled to be complete in late 2024. cornell bernard, abc7 news. julian: a groundbreaking ceremony was held on treasure island to celebrate a retrofit project. it will improve on and off ramps on the west side of the bay bridge and create bike lanes for cyclists. >> this work is intended to build a thriving community. to recognize that part of that community has already existed here and still has many needs that need to be met. julian: the project's expected to create over 1200 jobs. funding will come from federal, state and local grants.

it will support treasure island's existing community end up to 20,000 additional residents, as the island continues to build new homes. it's expected to be complete sometime in 2026. larry: tributes coming in from around the country this afternoon for pentagon paper whistleblower and activist daniel ellsberg. the 92-year-old passed away peacefully from pancreatic cancer earlier this morning. his family says he continued his passionate fight for peace until the very end. he was a defense analyst he leaked the pentagon papers in 1971 which revealed damming information about the u.s. policy in vietnam from 1945 to 1967. >> he was a courageous person. the pentagon papers played a very big difference in our understanding -- many of us knew for a long time that we were not being told the truth about what was going on in vietnam. larry: the oakland congress member barbara lee offered her

condolences and a statement adding "dan was not only a courageous truth teller who exposed the u.s.'s lies about the vietnam war and continued to fight to protect our democracy, he was a brilliant mind and a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and husband." president biden will be in the bay area monday. the three-day visit will kick off with a fundraiser by wealthy democratic leaders. it will be held at tesla investor steve wesley's home in atherton. it will help fund the 2024 reelection campaign for president biden. tickets to the fundraiser ran up to $100,000 apiece and are now sold out. julian: poion of state route nine wilbelosed in saratoga next week as crews worked to improve thicic saratoga ridge. the closure will take place over a span of 82 hours as crews install a temporary bridge there . >> once we install the temporary bridge, that will still allow motorists to travel on state route 9 while doing that work on the bridge. julian: the closure will begin

thursday at 9 p.m. and continue until monday june 26th at 7 a.m. this is in order to preserve the bridge's integrity. work is expected to be completed by the end of this year. sand maintenance is underway this week at ocean beach. part of the great highway, shut down while crews remove sand buildup there. they will be closed to vehicles until the end of the month. sf public works will move roughly 30,000 cubic yards of sand. larry: coming up -- barricades added in attempt to deter sex trafficking, but five months later, are they really working? the warriors announced their replacement for bob myers and we will talk with the coach of the bay area's newest sports team. meteorologist: a beautiful spring day. i will let you know but is going to continue for father's day coming up, when ab

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julian: the warriors did not go far to find their new president and general manager. today the team announced mike dunleavy junior will take over the post vacated by bob myers. the move is a major promotion for the 42-year-old who served as the vice president of

operations. he played five of his 15 nba seasons with the team. he was not popular as a player, blamed for a lot of the team's woes. his dad also a former nba player and coach. he stepped down earlier this month after 11 seasons with the doves and for memorable championship runs. larry: turning out to rugby and the expansion professional rugby team coming to the bay area. the golden state retrievers kick off their season next month. joining us is the women's kelly griffin. thanks so much for coming in. >> really excited to share rugby with everybody. larry: you are the first rugby player i've ever met that does not have a broken nose. i'm really happy for you. how have you managed to avoid that? >> i tackle with my shoulder and not my face. larry: first lesson for everybody. do not tackle with your face. that's a good rule. you guys launched this league in 2021 in the middle of the pandemic so this is almost like a rebranding. a jumpstart.

>> we launched the league in memphis and last year and expanded to three tournaments. . this year with the expansion teams, including the golden state retrievers, the whole league is going to have five tournaments. one which will be at paypal public. . i'm really excited about that. -- paypal park. i'm really excited about that. larry: traditional rugby has 15 players but this is rugby sevens. it is really cool. they've got a men's and women's team in each city. with equal pay. which is really groundbreaking. >> one of the great things about the league as they are about equity and each team has a men's and women's, we are seem everything, same day in the same stadium. larry: tell us about your big kickoff event taking place next month. >> we will be at paypal park july 15. it's going to be the f west conference teams. both men and women spirit each game is only 15 minutes long.

may be 16 minutes. it's nonstop action. seven players on the field for each team. a huge party in the stands. people come dressed up in costumes. there's going to be music. it's a great event for the whole family. larry: pro rugby, people in this country don't know as much about rugby. if you go to australia or new zealand, its enormous. how long do you think it's going to take to kind of capture the imagination of fans and create a level of awareness to get them into the stadium? >> i think the momentum in the u.s. is really building. there's way more youth programs and university teams. it's going to be in paris and l.a. and 2028. -- in 2020. with this leg promoting it, it's going to really explode. larry: in this area, they've had incredible teams for

decades. in berkeley, you have a little bit of a foothold there >> there's also the cow women's program that has been around for a long time. one of the best nonprofessional women's 15 steam in the country is also in berkeley. san francisco has teams as well. san jose. there's a good hold of rugby players there. the bay area is a great place to bring in the greater sports fans out in the bay area. larry: sevens is split on the same sized field as the 15 player, so so much room for the players to run. it is nuts in the best way. >> i often compare -- the analogy i like to use is kind of like three on three basketball but playing full-court. lots more running and lots more space. it's a lot of fun. larry: the teams, the golden state retrievers, the logo i'm looking at, the retriever looks so sweet and

cuddly unkind. >> it's just a fool you. -- and kind. >> it's just to fool you. we have some of the best players in the world on our team. a gold medalist coming in from new zealand. she's going to be on the retrievers. she wanted to represent golden state. it's going to be exciting. larry: that's awesome. some start players coming at. kelly griffin, check them out next month, thanks so much for coming to the studio. >> thanks for having me. see you in july. larry: never tackle with your face. . that's what we learned today. julian: turning our attention to the forecast, it's been a beautiful day so far on this friday. let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel. we've been following this warming trend. i've been loving it, sandhya. meteorologist: it feels so good to be out in the sun and have a warm up. i think you will love tomorrow as well. let's take a look at

a live picture right now from our mount tam cam as we look across the bay. we are seeing a bit of haze. there's plenty of sun to be found. winds are picking up, gusting to 32 mph in oakland. that's going to help to move the marine layer along that is with us near the coast this afternoon. from the kgo roof camera, you will notice it is breezy along the embarcadero. at least we have blue skies. 73 santa rosa. 82 fairfield. 79 concord. 82 livermore. sunny skies here are your temperatures. 65 san francisco. 68 oakland. pretty mild for mountain view to palo alto. 75 san jose. 61 half moon bay. this is the weekend we celebrate dad's. for father's day at 7 a.m., temperatures in the 50's. if you're taking dad out for a walk or hike, it's going to be comfortable weather.

noontime, for lunch plans, temperatures in the 50's-60's. mainly sunny. winds picking up in the afternoon and that will turn cooler than tomorrow. keep that in mind. make sure dad has a jacket. it will still be nice for father's day just different than saturday. we do have fog near the coastline. you can see some of it from the santa cruz camera not stopping people from enjoying the beach right now. patchy drizzle in the morning. mild to warm weather tomorrow afternoon and gusty and cooler for father's day. hour-by-hour, the fog feels across the bay you will notice the patchy drizzle right near the coastline. that's going to hang around well into the afternoon. the rest of you are looking at sunny skies. temperatures in the 50's and 60's tomorrow morning. really comfortable, not too cold. not to warm -- not too warm to start the day. 79 san jose.

75 mountain view. 71 san mateo. low 60's coast side. it'll will be breezy with lingering fog and daily -- in daly city. the north bay, 74 psammophile, 75 santa rosa -- 74 san raphael, 75 santa rosa. berkeley, 67, oakland, 69 after the morning fog. inland, a warm one. not quite as warm as what we would expect around this time of year. 84° livermore. 81 and concord. as we look at the winds, they will be picking up for sunday afternoon going into the evening. 35-40 mph winds. keep that in mind for your father's day plan. it's a nice weekend. wendy and cooler on father's day. juneteenth will remain gusty. summer starts on wednesday. can you believe that? julian: where has 2023 gun? larry: we are almost halfway home. -- 2023

larry: we are almost halfway home. meteorologist: we are not rushing. [laughter] julian: a dramatic claim today about the impact of the pumping of groundwater. a study published in the journal of geophysical research claims the pumping of groundwater has shifted the distribution of the water enough to alter the planet's tilt. according to science.org, the change is far too small to affect whether or seasons. but the findings could help scientists gauge other phenomena, including sea level rise. larry: celebrating pride from the pink triangle to flowers to a lot of laughs, we will tell you what you can see this weekend. julian: and high over the alameda county fairgrounds. we

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feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin-d. julian: a pride month tradition will return to twin peaks tomorrow. a handful of volunteers began installing the iconic pink triangle today. more than 600 people will help get the job done tomorrow beginning at 7 a.m. for 28 years, organizers have used the hillside to reclaim the pink triangle which the nazis forced lgbtq people to wear during world war ii. larry: flowers and rainbows will be an abundance at the floridaville which opens tonight. we spoke with the co-founder this morning on our streaming show abc7 at 7 a.m.

>> it produces luxury flower shows all over the world. we bring flowers to the people in a much more creative way. most importantly, we tell stories through flowers. we are very excited to be here in san francisco aligned with san francisco pride and telling stories of many rainbow champions. you will see manikins like this from the pride community all done in flowers. you will see harvey milk in flowers. who invented the pride flag in flowers. there are so many connections to the local city. but also bigger trail blazers that are more internationally were widely known. it's just an incredible and touching experience, and arts at the same time. something people really connect to. think about it, from birth, to death, and a major milestone is marked with flowers.

people really connect with flowers. flowers make us happy. but it's also an art form. we work closely with local florists in every city. we have about 23-24 local san francisco florists that have each come and designed an installation at the show showcasing their talent and creativity. it is a really amazing pahip. larry:wers are fantastic. floridaville starts tonight and runs thruly 4. san francisco pri parade is just days away. you can watch it live on sunday, june 25 on abc7 and our bay area streaming app. larry: julian: the juneteenth holiday is on monday but the celebrations have already started. ♪ [singing] julian: mayor london breed's second annual juneteenth kickoff celebration began today with an event called "the evolution of our music." the gathering served as a call to action. >> we will keep fighting here

in this city to make sure that black people receive their just due, that we right the wrongs of the past, and we will make sure that we achieve equity here as a black community. julian: juneteenth commemorates the events of june 19, 1865 when union soldiers arrived in galveston, texas and formed -- informed the enslaved black americans they had been freed by executive decree. this was two point five years after the emancipation proclamation was signed. president joe biden made it a national holiday a couple of years ago in 2021. larry: coming up -- the battle over sex trafficking and those barricades in one san francisco neighborhood. >> kind of like a battle. people have been tampering with locks. julian: we've been following this for months. barricades installed to deter sex work and trafficking now five months later, are they

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. ♪ >> were there women soliciting? julian: it's been five months since the city installed barricades to deter sex trafficking in san francisco's mission district. the question tonight, is it working? >> people have been tampering with locks. >> it is a cost for the city. >> kind of like a battle. julian: stephanie sierra has been digging into this for five months now, now talking about the cost to taxpayers. reporter: it certainly has not

been a cheap process. from smashed signs to cut locks, the city's attempt to deter sex work along the street has faced one hurdle after another. and the latest one is not even working. it is costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. out with the old, in new. over the past five months, we have seen new barricades installed to deter alleged sex work along san francisco's cap street, not once, not twice, but three times since data shows that it has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars when you add up the cost of materials, the staff time to install them and the maintenance and repair to keep the barriers standing. it -- with the latest investment, it is still not working. these collapsible steel bollards were installed a month ago. according to the city, they alone cost taxpayers more than

$250,000. in the intersection's already look like this -- and the intersections already look like this. destroyed, pushed down, broken off the hinges, banged up, sticking out. in this intersection, only one left standing. >> people have been running into them and over them and knocking some of them down. reporter: danilo saw it happen right before the team got to the street. >> it was a white car, it went off that way. reporter: when did it happen? >> a couple of minutes ago. reporter: he manages an apartment building and says he was working in the apartment, managing the video feeds, when he saw a driving this white prius, remove the bollard, and drive through. he ran out to put this screw in to help keep it standing. reporter: how many times would you say this has happened? >> about five times. reporter: just in the last week? >> yes. reporter: it was not just cars

that caught his attention. his building technician, pablo, spotted a large rv parked adjacent to the bollards at the corner of 20th and cap. >> it was morning. and midnight. >> all night. reporter: video surveilla shows the rv sat in the middle of the intersection all night through 2 p.m. monday. castro side leave. reporter: what do you think they were doing? >> they tried to stay all night here, sleeping. reporter: were there women coming to the truck? >> women and men, yeah. reporter: were there women soliciting coming to the truck? >> yes. >> there is still definitely a sex trafficking problem going on in the area that has not

been dealt with. reporter: her neighbor is concerned about trafficking operations coming back to crowd the street. >> neighbors see groups of women being dropped off. whether it is near the bollards or on the blog. we are seeing groups of women being dropped off. people are still seeing pimps monitoring them. reporter: neighbors say there needs to be a continued police presence because the bollards do not appear to be working. >> this needs another lock. >> we need another lock. reporter: neighbors have even placed these planters as temporary replacements. >> have worked so hard and the city have has worked so hard to have a completely fail. reporter: this supervisor represents the area. do you agree replacing and repairing the bollards is not a financially sustainable option? >> absolutely. that's why we want to work with mta to figure out a way for them to install something that is sustainable that would also

accomplish the goals. reporter: how do you think this role that could have been handled more effectively? >> this was not the solution. we didn't have to continue to pour money into it. i think really evaluating how we can have bollards that will be more durable, so we'll have to come back to this or waste another dollar on it. reporter: it will spending more money. neighbors say the submitted pictures of the broken bollards 3.5 weeks ago and are still waiting for them to be fixed. sfmta told the team they are still waiting for the material to do that. certainly not an effective, cost effective solution or efficient. larry: it seems no matter what solution is attempted to be implemented, in a week it is useless and we have to move on to the next solution. reporter: and the turnaround time to repair it, a lot of taxpayer money. larry: thanks, steph. coming up -- why night owls' late night

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well -- [laughter] i guess we are all doomed on this set. [laughter] >> can i just say, as someone who anchors an 11:00 newscast, which means i don't get home until about 12:30 p.m. -- 12:30 a.m. saturdays and sundays, does this mean that our bosses can cut us a little bit more slack? larry: i like where you are with this. [laughter] julian: i think also the morning team wants in on the action, too. waking up at 2 a.m., starting your day with a morning show at 5 a.m. >> what if you are not consuming alcohol or tobacco and people like larry and i are just working really late night shows? are we still doomed? >> unclear. unclear. [laughter] i think we should push the agenda anyway. julian: lay recep speak for yourself when it comes to -- larry said to speak for yourself when it comes to the alcohol. [laughter] if you love the movie, "the devil wears prada," we've got quite the job for you. they are looking for an assistant.

you must have at least one to two years of experience in administrative support, strong writing, and proofreading skills, and an impeccable attention to detail. the salary ranges from $60,000 to $80,000. they have not set if therapy is included -- said if therapy is included. if you've seen the movie, you have a picture of how tough the boss is. >> obviously for all of us, i don't think we want to be anna's assistant, but when you are 21 years old, imagine doing one or two years, you would be good to go. >> if you last that long, right? [laughter] >> it certainly looks good on your resume. >> exactly. if you survive this, imagine what you could do it another job. >> there you go. >> in the lions den. >> they have taken over facebook and now they are setting their sights on tiktok. the newest influencers are granfluencers? what is this?

grandparent influencers for the uninitiated. they are pulli pulling huge brand deals previously reserved for genz'er s. the creator economy is worth $250 billion and that could double to $480 billion by 2027. >> what? >> i'm not going to give you a hard time about this because if i could be your agent on this, there's a lot of money to be made. not to mention actually follow one. there's this woman named baddiewinkle, stealing your man since 1928. [laughter] larry: i didn't know we were going there. you are not going to dress me in one of those ridiculous c ostumes -- >> absolutely, larry. >> go, gr shouldn't be any state

sort of discrimination. larry: i can see my next career. [laughter] i think our bosses upstairs probably see my next career also. julian: there could be worse things to do in your golden years. [laughter] oh, what was that? a little bit more, please. larry: i don't want to be a gif. julian: it's too late. i'm making one right after the show. remember rubik's cubes? were everywhere at one time -- they were everywhere at one time. a 21-year-old from long beach solved the puzzle and just 3.1 seconds. -- in just 3.1 seconds. the fastest time ever. he began playing with the cubes when he was just seven is a form of therapy for his autism. and look at him go now. larry: that's amazing. three seconds. i love when he set the record, he examined that first -- it first.

we should give a shot here right now. the man directing our program right now as we speak is the closest thing to a rubik's cube wizard as we have in this building. >> that's true. larry: he's handed me the cube a few times. [laughter] he handed me the cube he showed me how to do it, that i just stared at it. [laughter] my brain shut down. i couldn't do it. >> i think that is why we are in use and we read. >> we can't do anything else. >> chris can do it for sure. he's amazing. what was frustrating is, you got so close and then you go, oh my gosh, how do i solve that last bit? >> right into the trash. [laughter] can't figure it out. larry: i never got close with the last cube. i think being a granfluencer,

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larry: it is pride month. on month long we are celebrating with the lgbtq+ community. julian: you can catch the sketch ready show that

celebrates the queer experience. larry: it is all inspired by 90's sitcoms. ♪ >> and meant to be a good -- a feel-good experience. >> audiences can expect a lot of laughs. we want folks to be seen, feel joy, to laugh with us. >> having open conversations about what are the ways that we can be programming for our community? ♪ >> the social group started in 2018. centering on celebrating the experience of the black and brown queer folks. just celebrating the queer experience. we all come together. we put something together live for the audience. >> mighty real is expired by 90's sitcoms. it is a sketch comedy variety show.

mighty real is going to have a lot of sketches and stand up. we even have some poetry for the show, too. >> at centers the narratives -- it centers the narratives and experiences. i was inspired by saturday night live, and the mickey mouse club, let's take those elements and put our experience into it. sketch comedy particularly tends to center white men. >> what makes mighty unique is the full production of this show is made up of black and brown queer folks. we are behind the scenes, in front of the scenes. on stage, behind the stage. ♪ >> there's a lot of really funny sketches and song parodies as well. one of my favorite sketches is about what happens when a young guy brings home his partner of a different ethnicity and how his family response to

that. it is a really comedic opportunity to -- opportunity for people to see there when experience is reflected, when they've done something outside of the boxter family disagrees with. >> the main mission is to create more spaces where folks of color and especially queer folks of color can come together in community and just laugh and just have that queer joy. because we often don't really get that in everyday life. we often don't feel safe in everyday spaces. with our show, mighty we want our black and brown queer folks to be seen, we want them to feel joy and laugh with us in this safe space knowing that their lives will be affirmed. >> the entire cast is women a women of color, that is just underrepresented. seeing a cast of women in much of anything let alone comedy, that is what makes this show really special. ♪

the festival approached and said, we have this festival next year we would love you to be a part of it, and that was the first time. the five years that we've been doing this work, that someone has recognized us and said, we are going to give you a contribution and let you have free reign and create whatever you want. >> this feels big. because last year we were not a part of any festival. we just sort of through it together -- threw it together and performed at piano fight in sf. to be part of a larger festival, we are excited to be able to bring in more audiences. especially queer fol to see the show. ♪ >> i think what's really important is the entire breadth of this show has so many nuances about the queer experience. our cost is not all u --

not all it is about telling stories and being able to laugh at themselves and the experiences and make light of what typically is seen as may be a disadvantage. >> come sit back and relax with us this saturday, june 17th at soma arts in san francisco. ♪ julian: the san francisco pride parade is just nine days away. once a abc7 is a proud sponsor. you can watch the parade live sunday, june 25 on abc7 and are abc7 bay area streaming app. larry: hopefully nice weather that weekend. this is father's day weekend. it's a time to shower dad with gifts and bubbles. [laughter] julian: tell your daughters what you are looking for here. meteorologist: that's right, julian. let both your daughters know what to do. let's talk about what weather we

are expecting if you are taking dad to the alameda county fair and pleasanton. it is going to be beautiful tomorrow. 74 sunny and mild at noon time. rising up to the low 80's. it is still going to be pleasant later on at night. fog along the coast o doppler 7. it will hang into the afternoon tomorrow. inland, low to mid 80's for your saturday. someday you will notice temperatures drop off, winds pick up. monday, juneteenth, the cooling continues. it'll still remain windy. the warmest of the week and will be tomorrow. it is going to be nice as we had towards summer. -- head towards summer. julian: county fair season is here. let's be honest, we all know why we go to the fair. >> fair food is the reason people come back every year. larry: we will have a look at

the alameda county fair. julian: my money is on fi

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the heart of pleasanton, the stage is set for the alameda county fair. the smell of curly fries and deep-fried oreos is already wafting over the midway. >> fair food is the reason people are coming back every year. we've got the classics. a foot and a half long corndog as well as a brick of curly fries. reporter: complete with all the classic rides, games, and even pig racing. >> on your mark, get set, go. >> it's not like your normal racing. it is a family-friendly show. we have the cutest little athletes spinning around the track. we'll have a bunch of different shows as well as a children's tractor pull. reporter: fair officials are making safety a top priority. that is in response to what happened at the contra costa county fair last month when a series of fights forced officials to close the grounds

early, while requiring minors to be accompanied by a parent or guardian after 5 p.m. >> we do have alameda county share of sea or on site so if something were to occur, there is quick response time and ensuring guests and staff safety. reporter: for music lovers, the fair has a lengthy lineup of big artists performing throughout the summer. including jesse mccartney, ashanti, leanne rimes just to name a few. concert tickets do not include fair admission this year. so if you plan to attend a concert, you still need to buy a general admission fair ticket or season pass to access the fairgrounds. >> it is new this year. we had a big sale starting back in december. it ended yesterday evening. but just to give people the opportunity to take advantage of the discounted prices with their admission. reporter: the fair runs through july 9 and disclosed every monday and tuesday with the exception of the third and fourth of july.

larry: looks like so much that's going to do it for this addition of abc news at 4 p.m. abc7 news at 5 p.m. is up next with dan and dion.

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