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>> a sense of closure this morning for alexis'family and those who knew her back. i am liz kreutz and we will have more on that story and other areas in a moment. let's have a look at the forecast with sheila jardin.
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much stronger onshore flow living in. breezy conditions as well. we are seeing some gusting winds. as he had further in the winds are only. we will track where and when we are seeing those winds. for now, i will toss it back to you. midnight. a spilling diesel fuel towards the burning cars. a person was pulled free from one car and the fire crews quickly put out the flames. >> it is amazing that they escaped both of these crashes relatively unharmed. we have one moderate injury, but
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there were no fatalities at this time. liz: it caused elaine closures for over two hours. roku been lanes of traffic. the family held a memorial giving the public one last chance to say goodbye. the family was waiting until all of her remains were located. her family says the service was not only about reflecting but moving forward. reporter: grief finally met with closure. they held a memorial in celebration of life. >> it has been a tough team months for us, but i'm just glad that we can bring her home. reporter: her car was found
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oakley but she was missing. police believe her boyfriend killed her. police killed him when they were serving an arrest warrant last year. a tip led investigators turner home. get it now with her remains back in the family's possession, they are choosing to remember their favorite moments together. >> she was kind with a bubbly personality. she was very funny. she is the jokester family. she likes to make fun of everyone, especially our mom. reporter: opened to the public. they say community support has helped them through the most difficult time in their life. >> some people have gone through similar things and lost family members or children, so having people who get it has been very
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helpful. reporter: the focus turns to finding justice for alexis. >> we are not done. it is going to be the court. reporter: there will be a funeral procession starting at this home and ending at the crematorium. anyone can join the procession but only the family will be allowed inside the crematorium. they want alexis all to themselves on her final day. liz: closure. a 65% containment they are busy shoring up containment lines and putting out hotspots. no buildings have been or destroyed.
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season. preventative efforts spotlighting the importance that residents have in doing their part. >> fire districts or fire departments can do everything within their means, and their power, but the reality is that we cannot be successful if we do not have the collaboration and partnership with the individual citizen. the individual citizens and all communities respectfully doing their part. liz: residents can stop wildfires by keeping their weeds and grass cut.
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edward ackerman on several felony charges. he lives in the area where the fire started. it consumed acres and destroyed 127 homes along with 60 other structures. there were air-quality advisories for the area last july. an event celebrating pride month was met with protests outside a petaluma library where demonstrators pushed back against a drag story our event that they do not believe is appropriate for children. cornell barnard tells us they were met with opposition. reporter: happening outside the library where drag story our was happening inside. they are larger-than-life and fun. reporter:
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demonstrators disagree. they did not believe that drag performers should be reading to kids. >> it >> i feel like we are losing moral ground in our country and this is not right to do this to children. reporter: event were also here and quickly outnumbered anti-drag protesters. >> if you think there is something not right about bringing children to a drag story our then do not bring your children. reporter: anti-clear and drag laws being passed across the country, events like this need community support. >> air sending a message that they think it is unsafe or
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somehow adult or sexualizing being cleaner or trends in public. that is simply not the case. reporter: they were prepared for the protest and notify police to help keep the protest peaceful. >> celebrities are experiencing these issues and challenges, and it has only been ramping up the last year. >> i am not scared of men in dresses. i'm scared of school shootings. reporter: drag queen to speak to us about the event. others say they plan to protest. liz: these demonstrations a year ago when men interrupted drag queen our. the men were described as part of the far right extremist group, the proud boys. our partners at the san francisco standard say no charges were filed by the da
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office because it did not meet hate crime criteria. the library kicked off its every month is pride month series and drag story hour developed a safety program. a begin of hope is shining bright. the installation was completed yesterday. 450 volunteers laid out one hundred 75 bright pink tarps. it was once used to brand people accused of being gay in concentration camps. >> to turn it into something that means something more, that means something that is celebratory in nature. liz: it in ceremony and the country's first ever --
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this is the first year since 20 10 that the city has had a brand-new triangle. >> we are the only city in the world that has a giant pink triangle covering every city celebration of pride festivities. liz: the lights will be lit up every night for the rest of pride month until july 1. the san francisco pride parade is a week away from today. you cah thparade live abc seven and on our streaming tv app. as we had to break, let's get a check outside. >> not quite seeing that marine layer, but it will be a little bit of a shakeup. i will have all of that coming up your forecast. liz: google is getting the green light in mountain view.
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district, thousands showing up to usher in juneteenth. >> it means a lot. reporter: steve nickname, harlem of the west. >> i would like for his history as well as he grows. the past is very important for the present. >> it means a lot reporter: valerie is one of the vendors. >> we are here hugging.
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and black people back to san francisco. >> it is a way to uplift our community and to remember the challenges, but to also be happy and celebrate and elevate one another. reporter: thousands showed up for the festival. what we have been through is historic and something that should not be forgotten. what should be included in textbooks, schools and businesses, the preserving history is important that we know where we come from and where we are going. we understand our purpose in understanding the past. liz:
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arts, culture and heritage of the black community and richness of african-american history and culture. as the community emerges celebrating resilience together is especially meaningful. today is a free parks day celebration of juneteenth. entrance. just for today, there will be a hike. you can catch nature hikes tomorrow morning and oakley. the first weekend of the alameda county fair is underway. the doors opened on friday. all of the classics including pig races. >> there has been a lot of
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things that happened throughout the year and there is no better place to be. >> it is one of the biggest fares in the area and i have been coming here my whole life. just having a good family day. >> the rides are great it tastes good, so there you go. liz: it runs through july 9. let's get a check of the forecast. will it be a nice day to go to the fair? >> that is the eternal question. definitely holding onto your hats because it will be a windy day ahead. because of this onshore flow we have moving through, it is moving the clouds out a little quicker. blustery and cool out there for this father's day. a slight warm-up comes our way
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by midweek. the first day and summer will be a little bit warmer. below average temperatures as we head into the work week. taking a live look outside on the radar, mostly clear skies. you can see some areas still noticing some limited visibility. the rest of you looking pretty good because of the winds. we have a little bit of a marine layer, but it will move out quickly. right now, not looking too bad. just starting to creep into the teens, but this afternoon, we will see winds picking up quite a bit. again, if you're going to be outdoors with dad, you have plenty of sunshine headed your
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way. the breeze will continue for the evening and it will die down with windy conditions along the coast. around until tuesday. highs today much cooler than what we saw. we are not going to quite see the same conditions. right now, no one quite making it into the 80's. 60's review with palo alto making it to 68. 59 degrees. sunny conditions heading into the sunset district or downtown. it will be a windy one. 60's and the bay. nice and cool at the beach. not to cloudy. 60's inland. no one making it into the 80's
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today. cooler and windy, but a lot of sunshine. lowe's tonight, be prepared because it will be cooler than what we saw yesterday. many of you not going to see quite as much marine layer or cloud cover. that seven-day forecast, breezy for you and on your side. just warm enough to start summer. below aver head into the next week. liz: we look forward to a little bit of a warm up. thank you. just ahead, a progress report on the drug crackdown. it look at what officers have done in the first six weeks since they began patrolling the a power outage is looming. that's just alert, he's always getting worked up about something. flex alerts notify us of preventable power outages.
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liz: working to stop the flow of fentanyl. earlier this week i joined a chp as the first tv news crews to get an inside look at the crackdown. six weeks ago, the national guard began their operation to crackdown on use and trafficking in san francisco. abc 7 news is the first television news crew to ride along as officers patrolled. he went out with them on monday afternoon. at the intersection, officers pulled over a man suspected of drunk driving. they arrest him and pat down other passengers in the car, checked the vehicle and let those men go. this stop is part of the enhanced presence. since the start of the year, accidental overdose deaths have been going on. almost every week there is more than the week before.
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a majority of deaths are caused by fentanyl and roughly a third happen in the tenderloin or south of market. that is why the governor has deployed chp. they have six to 10 officers patrolling daily, so is it working? it has been six weeks since the crackdown. what have you seen? >> pretty much what we came to do. we are stopping vehicles with hundreds of thousands of potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. liz: chp kilos of fentanyl, enough to kill two .1 million people almost three times the population of san francisco. the chp's -- two hundred 19 grams of cocaine and 30 one grams of heroin. they have made many misdemeanor and felony arrests.
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we know, as with anything that comes to the city of san francisco, it has to get here somehow. it has to be delivered to san francisco somehow. liz: up on the 15th federal building, a behind-the-scenes operation made up of roughly 30 different agencies is also underway. >> i think we have reached the tipping point. liz: mike director of the high intensity drug trafficking area. the federal task force has 20 national guard analysts led by matthew beaver's, working to dismantle trafficking networks in the bay area. >> speaking give that information back to law enforcement so that they can make an arrest.
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>> it is to the point where the dealers, even if they lose pounds, which is a lot of money, it is like nothing to them. liz: they are mostly people from honduras, a majority of the fentanyl they are selling is manufactured and brought in from mexico. some come from out-of-state. area, so we have to work with those communities as well. liz: we asked a recovery advocate if he has noticed an impact. >> there are some blocks that are better and definitely, i have seen the chp out there primarily doing traffic stops in the neighborhood, but i have seen some ship to south of market. liz: what grade would y
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so far? >> incomplete. we just --there has not been enough time. liz: they acknowledge that six weeks is just the beginning. they say their efforts are far from over. >> we will be here for as as it takes. my message to drug dealers is this. you might not see uniform national guard, but we are behind-the-scenes. we are going to figure out who you are, who your bosses are, who launders your money and who gives you your drugs to sell in the country. we will come after you and we will get you. liz: they are concerned this could lead to another war on drugs that could impact people of color disproportionately. others say we have reached a
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tipping point and that something clearly needs to be done to turn things around. you can see that full story on our website. still to come, president biden kicking off 2024 campaign in pennsylvania. showing some warning signs i had of his push for reelection. a restriction rules now in effect in one region despite the end of drought conditions.
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>> good morning and thank you for joining us. we will start this half-hour with another check of the forecast. shayla: today will cloudy but windy. temperatures are pretty
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comfortable to start the morning. we will notice an onshore flow much stronger than the last couple of days. it will bring us conditions. san francisco in the teens. winds they will pick up. just the start of some cooler days ahead. we will break that down in your forecast. for now, i'll toss it back to you. liz: president reelection campaign is underway. text eva steen has more on what the president did during this trip. reporter:
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campaign in the battlegrounds the, taking the stage in philadelphia and accepting the endorsement of more unions and 12 million workers. it is their earliest ever presidential endorsement. >> i am more honored by your endorsement then you can imagine. it is going to make a gigantic difference in this campaign. project right now in the country. >> we will have i-95 we opened within the next two weeks. reporter: the polls show signs for his reelection bid. his favorability is just 31 percent, down 15 points from the summer before the 2020 election. he will not hold regular rallies
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until later in the campaign season. president biden hence out for a series of fundraisers before the end of the month. liz: candidate ron desantis hit the campaign trail in nevada. one of the first to host a primary next year. he said the u.s. is off the rails. >> leftist government is destroying cities all over our country and destroying other states. i think what we are going to see in this election is that america has to make a decision because we need to restore sanity in this country. liz: he made no mention of former president trump. only days after d indicted o counts come this
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morning,g on the fallout and the ion the race, plu the republicans facing off against trump and one candidate bases -- faces all those questions. u.s. secretary of st blinken has arrived in china. it is the start of high-stakes talk and the attempt to ease tensions. his first meeting was with the foreign minister. he is set to meet with one of china's top informatics and possibly president xi jinping. antony blinken's establish normal channels of communication. the demo the career of music legend prints is up for auction. it has been hide -- it has been
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hidden in the attic of the person who signed him. it is still in the ori custom packaging and features unreleased music. the demo tape is part of the modern marvels that runs until thursday. we have heard this before but it appears we might be in the midst of a saurashtra shortage. a restaurant people have resorted to stealing bottles of saurashtra from a san francisco restaurant. a bottle of the sauce was going for $30. in the south bay, water restrictions are back despite job conditions ending earlier this year. water conservation must be a way of life or they will face fines. the new rules are being
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explained that are in the county. reporter: things may not b dry, but that has not stopped them from looking ahead. residents saved more than 10 million gallons of water. now, valley water is calling on the community to make water conservation a permanent way of life. >> our county is always under the threat of drought. droughts are going to become more severe, so we need to make sure that we keep up the good habits of water conservation that were developed during the drought and continue those. reporter: longer use sprinklers between nine :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
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>> this is a set of comprehensive, feasible restrictions that will make sure that water is not wasted in our county. because we have a water --limited water supply. reporter: if you continue to neglect conservation, it could result in a fine from your water company. residents we spoke with our split on the decision. >> every 10 to 15 years we get a lot of rain. but in the meantime, we are in drought. he had to conserve. >> with all the rain that we got last winter, i would have thought that we would be out of the drought and maybe have a lot more water to play with. reporter: the restriction keep our water supply fool in
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liz: the old days of fuzzy dice i giving way to a new fad. one vera has car with rhinestones for years until a small decal brought everything to a screeching halt. michael finney has her story. >> this is what i bought and it cost five dollars $.99.
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reporter: a lot of bleeding inside. >> that includes the steering wheel cover, little clips that hold things. reporter: even her license is bound in rhinestones. recently, she found this bling ring on amazon. with sparkling rhinestones that fit around a car's ignition. >> they are just fun. reporter: she stuck it on and then tried to start her car the next morning. >> ridiculous and so irresponsible. reporter: her car would not start, so she be charged battery and nothing happened. so she had the car towed to a mechanic. >> he had the car for about four days and could not figure it
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out. reporter: no one could find the problem. >> and locksmiths and nothing worked. reporter: in passing, mentioned the bling ring. >> he said, we have seen that before. reporter: he peeled off and the car started right up. >> i was blown away. it was ridiculous. >> if that signal gets blocked -- reporter: a locksmith sees this happen often and wrote articles about why a little sticker can disable a big car. >> the signal cannot get past the rain, so the car will not start. reporter: it is because of the antitheft system in most cars. your car keys seem to radio to the system.
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however, the b metal backing. if you put the sticker over the ignition, the metal blocks the system. the antitheft system thinks that someone is stealing the car and it shuts down the engine. can this little piece of bling disable a car? that's tested out. i start my car without the bling ring. it starts just fine. no problem at all. let's try this. i stick it right over the ignition. looks pretty good. now the big test. [laughter] it starts, kind of, and then it dies. it starts to turn but then shuts down, again and again. >> people say it is just a sticker, but it is not a good thing to put on your car because obviously, the vehicle will not start. reporter: she whizzes --
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she had known about this flaw before spending hundreds of dollars on mechanics. amazon does have a warning the website, but it is buried in small print. it says, do not apply to car ignition, if it has antitheft alarm. >> what is the point? just do not sell it. liz: let's get a weather as we had to break. >> a lot of cloud cover. it will be moving out pretty soon. i will have your forecast for when we will see some sunshine. liz: the giants take on the dodgers in l.a. we have all the highlights, coming up, and sports.
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liz: saturday was a big day for baseball. in the mlb, the giants face the dodgers. chris alvarez has a look at your morning sports. >> to run the whiting street to six. alex wood making his first start since may 30 first, looking good coming off of a lower back strain. just three hits allowed pitches. brandon crawford helping batting average in a big way. 1-0 giants. lamonte wade jr., that is gone part of a five ibi game.
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see you later. the giants with six wins in a row. snap a losing streak. carlos perez gets a hold of that one. 1-0 green and gold. the a's are down a run. a double into left field. we are tied at two. this changes things. what a catch in front of the dugout. what a plane. kyle schwaber back up the middle and through. the phillies stanford taking on forest.
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hit by the pitch with the bases-loaded. stanford is on top. brock wilkin deep to left. game tied at 1-1. a little bit to the right and following. it is in their but that is a great play. defensive play of the game. causing a weather delay. still 2-1 in the eighth. up the middle and through. taking a 3-2 lead late.
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that is you look at sports. liz: it is going to be pretty windy. >> this is a starting the morning with clear skies. many of you are actually seeing sunshine to start the day because we have a strong onshore flow. blustery and cooler conditions, but with it comes a little bit more sunshine. slightly warmer as the going to the first day of summer. a little bit of a warm-up and below average temperatures continue. it will be a cooler week ahead. live doppler 7 there showing mostly clear conditions.
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layer, but it will move out fast because of windy conditions. you head east, but this will pick up as we move into the afternoon. be prepared. it will be a windy one. some of you will s 30 miles per hour. breezy conditions by the coast. as you can see, still breezy as we head into monday morning. it will start to die down. tuesday, we are looking at a breeze. plenty of sunshine out there and much cooler than what we saw out there.
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not as much cloud cover today, so we will see plenty with air quality looking good. expect to see temperatures in the 60's. no one making it into today, so once again, we are talking about below average temperatures in the mix. with overnight lows are also going to be cooler. 40's and 50's this evening not as much cloud cover for the overnight hours. a little bit but not quite what we have seen the past few days. a cooler week ahead. breezy conditions and the coast only making it into the 60's. warming up just in time for summer. cool conditions to round out the
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week, so not feeling like summer quite yet, but it is coming, eventually. liz: we will look forward to wednesday. a reminder that you can catch all of our newscasts live and on-demand. it is available for apple t amazon fire tv and roku. stick when you were diagnosed with cancer. i know this has allowed you to see how hard life can be, but always realize it's full of opportunities to make someone's day better. there's been so much kindness surrounding you, starlight who made you smile even on your toughest days. never forget those who loved you so well and know that you have the responsibility to give back. love, dad. overactive bladder, or oab, can change your world. like going hiking, just to hike to the bathroom.
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today is father day. over the next four will be home to the immersive world of the secret garden. bringing it to acrobatic plans, juggling and jump roping. abc mornings, and events celebrating pride month met with protests. the reactions coming from drag story hour. th twin peaks and san francisco.
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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: a sense of closure for her family and those who knew her best. we will have more on that top story in a moment. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist shayla girardin in for lisa argen. shayla:

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