across the bay area today. >> big show, san where else. san francisco wants to put on a world-class show and they do put on a world-class show. >> tonight's big fireworks spectacular in san francisco. good afternoon, happy fourth of july. >> glad you're with us. it could be another night of fireworks lighting up the fog. we hope not, but in parts of the bay area it's possible. team coverage this afternoon. spencer christian will have the fireworks were cast. larry: let's start with our abc7news reporter and a look at the preparations underway in san francisco. >> they are last-minute touches ready. the only team -- the only thing we cannot control as the weather, but so far i don't see clouds in the skies of we should be fine. it's the calm before the show and the team behind it are

getting ready to light up the san francisco sky. >> it's like christmas for santa claus. it's the busy day. >> pyro spectaculars gave us a behind-the-scenes look into the prep work leading up to the biggest fourth of july show in northern california. >> inside of the little pellets that we call stars and those stars is what makes the pretty colors, they make the flowers in the sky. >> considering last year the fog made it basically impossible to see fireworks, tonight they have a different strategy. >> we decided this year we would start the display at the deck. we have filled in the lower level that wasn't filled in last year. the show will still go up to 12 or 1500 feet, the upper level, but there will be things to see down in the lower level two. >> carolyn and her family are praying for no fog. they made the trip from canada

to san francisco especially for tonight. >> it was one of my dreams to see an independence day in america with the americans. i know americans love their country and i wanted to see that, song quite excited to see how it's going to be tonight. >> another family looking forward to tonight are the goldens. they didn't come as far as canada, there from the east bay but tonight they are staying in the city. quakes just enjoying the festivities. it's like a mini vacation. >> getaway, 24 hours away, you recharge and are ready to go. >> all the pyro technicians get ready for the show, san francisco fire wants you to keep something in mining kcc illegal fireworks. >> leave 911 open. if you feel it necessary to report this call 311 in san francisco but make sure you give an exact location and description of the person. >> those fines can cost you a

minimum of a thousand dollars. so it's not a smart decision to do that. a financial decision and safety decision in that respect. the best choice, just watch the professionals do it from pier 39. in san francisco, abc7news. >> the professionals have something called the dead man switch, what is that about? >> it's pretty cool, let me tell you. it's this little switch that someone, one of these professionals has to hold down a button for the entire show. meaning 21 minutes of the entire fireworks show. if they let go of that button, the show ends. so it's a lot of responsibility. i will show it to you at 5:00, you have to wait for 5:00 p.m. to see it. >> we will see you at 5:00. think of the pressure, one man, one button, 21 minutes. quick speaking of pressure, not

saying spencer controls the weather, he's just your messenger, but everybody wants to hear it will be clear. >> you said yesterday conditions with the ok. would you like to revise ok? >> no, i will expand on that. let's start with this graphic. this is our general fireworks forecast for the evening leading up to the 9:00 yemen hour, which we are waiting for. temperatures range from mid-50's to mid 60's. winds out of the west at 10 to 20 miles per hour and there will be areas of fog near the coast. let's take a closer look at this graphic. there will be fog here in san francisco. inland areas for fireworks, skies will be clear, no problem with viewing conditions, but it's iffy here in san francisco because everything depends on how deep and dense the fog is. right now we are saying it will be partly foggy here in san francisco and if you are in the

inland areas watching fireworks at any locations away from the coast in the bay, great conditions. if you are in san francisco, it's iffy depending on the density and depth of the fog, so if the fog is not so dense at 9:30 when the fireworks go off, we will have good conditions, filter fireworks in the fog is deep and dense, that's a whether expletive. >> gone from ok to iffy. it seems like we are going in the wrong direction. >> i will give you a more precise view of what's going on at 5:00 or 6:00. >> just the messenger. >> a day for fourth of july parades all across the bay area today. >> alameda's annual fourth of july parade is regarded as the longest in the nation. >> our abc7news reporter was there the parade kicked off. >> build is the longest july 4 row in the nation, the city of

alameda prepared to welcome 60,000 people to the island across a 3.3 mile stretch for its annual independence day celebration. >> it so much fun to see everyone come out. >> the red, white and blue, serious business for longtime residents who have found tried-and-true traditions for front row seats. hundreds lined the street overnight. prime real estate and what we are told was the heart of the parade route. >> we start with the chairs because you have to protectors -- protector turf. -- protect your turf. >> he admits this system only works if he's able to lock down seating. >> the chain is because people don't steal it, they get aggressive and move it so that they have room. >> well worth the effort is hundred participants, antique cars and community groups, local businesses, bands and more pass by.

joining the parade, there pride for the city of alameda and pride for the country on fulda display. >> we come together to celebrate our heritage and just everything we have today to share with others. >> this year's fourth celebration is the second in alameda since the height of the pandemic. the crowds, neighbors, newcomers, friends, families all here for the party and mr. phillips has preferred seating. >> i haven't seen anybody go to the extreme that we do. >> walking along the parade route, people tell me it's about this family atmosphere and that has been the reality in alameda. >> a steady and blue made its way down mainstream. more than 40 groups took part in the fourth of july parade. the city held a flag raising ceremony at the veterans memorial building before today's parade.

>> the fourth of july celebration in the south, they recognize the floral and agricultural heritage. it strives to uplift and the multicultural communities. roses are becoming a theme for san jose with the city holding its first carnival back in 1896. >> the birth of american independence brought people together at the largest madera parade. if the day of fun and celebration included post-parade festivities at the town park. the festival featured food booths, kids and showcasing work from local craftsmen. >> organizers say this is the largest fourth of july parade in all of north or in california and brings in participating groups from across the state to redwood city. each entry is invited and screamed -- screened by a committee. actor linda card alley was the parades gregg marshall.

>> if you are in east bay, grizzly peak is closed from skyline to centennial drive. in the past this has been a popular spot for people to watch fireworks seven celebrate the holiday. due to fire concerns, the stretch of road will be closed until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. there will be emergency personnel on him. ask washington, d.c. for the annual capital fourth concert. earlier today as did the rest of musicians including boys to men and belinda carlisle. that's held in front of the capital and lead into the fireworks at the national mall. you can find more details on the front page of abc7news.com. >> there's another light show tonight, this one in honor of an iconic landmark. >> weather puts a damper on the

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a spell at santa rosa junior college. he was last seen hiking yosemite national park, which issued an alert for anyone hiking in that area to call part -- part dispatch. >> highway patrol is on the lookout for a humvee that was stolen. somebody took the green humvee sometime after 10:00 last night. they made their getaway by ramming through the gates. witnesses saw it making its way to the coast. authorities say there were no munitions or weapons in the humvee, which did not have license plates. >> police are investigating a fire in san francisco at the indian consulate as possible arson. fire was started at the front door over the weekend. firefighters found smoldering debris on the sidewalk in front door, which caused exterior damage to the building. officials are still investigating and any attempt to vandalism or arson against u.s.

diplomatic facilities is a criminal offense -- criminal offense. >> the anniversary of sutro tower. the power was turned on july 4, 1973, 16 years after it was first proposed. that tower was proposed by our predecessors in 1957. while it initially faced opposition from residents, it is now an iconic part of the city skyline. the anniversary is being honored with a laser light display at sutro tower. the lights of the art installation will turn on tonight at sunset and you will see it across the city. this is what it looked like last night. this was the view from there. we will see if the weather cooperates. we are looking towards what is hard to make out with the marine layer that spencer was talking about. tim johns gives us an inside look at the project and others in store for the project. >> no one has ever done this before. >> look up sutro tower and you

will be greeted with something that looks like this. a new art installation of laser celebrating the tower's 50th anniversary. >> is a bit of an icon in san francisco. it's one of the few things that can be seen from every point. >> it will run from tuesday through saturday and is put on by local nonprofit illuminate their the same group that runs the leaders down market street during pride >> weekend. >>the plan was to run 12 lights around the base of the tower, shooting through the center of the tower and up. ask the sutro tower display is one of several they have planned for the city. they want to do installations at coit tower at grace cathedral. >> will be a spectacular summer in san francisco. >> some of those plans have run into problems. coit tower, is meant to run july 14 through the 16th but hasn't been approved by the two

cities park department. the founder believes the project will ultimately go through. >> everybody is aligned with what's best for the city's interests and we are moving forward like every city should. >> for him it's more than just a passion project, it's a way to highlight the beauty of san francisco and take away from the june gloom narrative. >> this is an antidote. this is to bring light and love and show our true spirit in dramatic ways. >> lasers. >> so often and in fog. >> as will many parts of the city be tonight. >> we are not so enshrouded tonight until maybe late tonight. let's take a look at what's happening, we have a brisk onshore wind flow, which is not unusual. 32 mile per hour gusts at oakland in 18 to 20 mile-per-hour winds in most locations. it's a few degrees cooler now

and most bay area locations and at this time yesterday. four degrees cooler in san francisco and five degrees cooler in many inland locations. the view from the rooftop camera looking across the breezy embarcadero. blue sky for those of us who want to see fireworks tonight. 67 in oakland. 76 in san jose, 71 in palo alto and half moon bay. looking at this direction, not so encouraging. at the golden gate we have low clouds pushing through the golden gate reaching out over the bay. other temperature readings, 72 in santa rosa, napa, 71. low to mid 80's at fairfield, concord and livermore. the emeryville camera looking back toward san francisco has clouds building off in the distance. forecast headlines with mixed viewing conditions for the fireworks. not so clear the coast. cooler afternoons will follow

and it will warm up at the beginning of next week. let's take a look at our fireworks forecast. low clouds will be developing late afternoon into the early evening hours. 9:00 tonight as we approach the fireworks, they will be areas of low clouds and fog's in san francisco. just a question of how dense and how deep those clouds will be. viewing conditions, the coast and bay, will be good. in san francisco, we have to wait and see. temperature ranges are comfortable for mid-50's at the coast admit 60's inland. overnight low temperatures in the mid-50's. highs will range from 59 a half moon bay. opening right around the bay shoreline, most locations are in the 70's tomorrow. inland areas, upper 70's in many spots and low to mid 80's in places like antioch of livermore

and on we go to the accuweather 7-day forecast. we have seven mainly sunny days coming our way and we are in a cooling trend all the way through saturday. although skies will be mainly clear. so storm up and tuesday of last week in the mid-90's and mid to upper 70's. we're still waiting as the minutes tick off the clock to see how dense a coastal fog will be. >> professional it sounds like you're trending towards deep and dense, where would you go in the sea to get a good view of the fireworks? >> work around the vote, go east across the bay. could go north across the golden aid. some areas will be foggy, but you can get up of corte madera. i have a pretty good view.

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shelters are concerned because of their capacity and there's nowhere for animals who escape their home during fireworks to go. >> dustin dorsey has a look at what you can do to keep your pet safe. >> while the fourth of july fireworks celebrations have been going on, tonight we see this guys light up and read, white and blue. for animals, it's not a celebration. more pets go missing on the fourth of july than any other day of the year. >> they don't know it's going on in to them it's just a lot of noise at it's very hard for them. >> we know what this weekend brings, but we don't know is the number of animals that are potentially going to be coming in. >> it's a known concern at san jose animal care and services but what's unknown is how they will manage an influx of lost pets. the shelter has been at capacity since the fourth. 820 one animals. as shea animal care and services jay toronto says the shelter is

working to find your for short-term stays. >> is definitely a problem-solving exercise and we do have flexibility in our shelter, although it is a temporary solution, it is not a solution we could implement long term. >> that's my it's important for pet owners to get specific plans before going out to enjoy fireworks. nancy willis with the humane society of silicon valley says anxiety is different for each dot in the way to calm them is different. >> for some, just keeping them at home in a quiet place, drawing the curtains are putting music on in the background will help. sometimes there are situations where it's worse. >> that's one pets run away. make sure your animals are microchip, habitat information or an air tag is critical to make sure they can be returned. if you find an animal in your

neighborhood, check the houses nearby. most animals don't stray too far from home. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. >> the fourth of july is providing a boom in business for san francisco. but there is one group of tourists that seems to be staying away. we look at what's behind the trend. >> it broke my heart because i thought my dreams were coming true. >> a young boy becomes the victim of a prank at target. see how the community and store coun

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solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> there are a lot of tourist in san francisco for the fourth of july holiday. >> tourist from china, which was once the city's top international market, haven't returned in the same number since the pandemic. >> here is why they seem to be staying away. >> when the chinese government lifted all covid restrictions at the beginning of this year, san francisco thought chinese tourists was foot entered san francisco except that it hasn't happened. in 2019, prior to the pandemic, china was san francisco's top international market with 500,000 visitors spending $1.2 billion a year. some local travel agents are blaming it in part on the current tense relationship between china and the u.s. >> about the politics, that's why people are not coming in. they might be dropping to the 50, 60 coming to san francisco.

>> it doesn't help that the state department is recommending americans reconsider traveling to china after a 78-year-old u.s. citizen was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges in may. another reason why people in that region are traveling to the u.s. is that there is a backlog of tourist visas and not enough flights to get here. >> if we travel abroad, it costs us trouble. we need a lot of documents to be here. >> in november san francisco will host the annual apex summer will -- were 21 economies from the asia-pacific region will converge here. >> japan has a hotel, china has a hotel, people are coming in november and we hope that that starts to restore the content -- confidence from the continent of asia for people coming back to san francisco to visit. >> travel groups from china and other parts of the region are

expected to make their way here in 2024 at the earliest. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> millions of americans spent this fourth of july in some sort of extreme weather. >> heavy rain dampened the festivities at the parade in new jersey, but it went on. down south small hail wall strong winds, downed power lines and trees in virginia and tennessee, air force thousand system the fourth at the airport . flightaware is reporting more than 2000 delayed flights and nearly 400 have been canceled. take a look look at sfo as thousands of travelers are still feeling the effects of stormy weather around the country. that's not stopping record-breaking travel numbers from thursday through sunday the tsa set the officer screamed nearly 11 million people with records across the country. >> following the supreme court striking down affirmative action in higher education admissions, legacy college admissions are

under scrutiny. several civil rights in africa -- advocacy groups had filed complaints against harvard for its practice rounding legacy and donor preferences that famer, -- favor, they say, white students. >> are petitioning the federal rights group to force harvard stop giving preferential admission to children alumni known as legacy admissions and those who give large donations. civil-rights groups are challenging this saying it discriminates against students of color. the complaint claiming nearly 70% of harvard's donor related and legacy applicants are white and receive a substantial boost based on their status. the group says preferential treatment has nothing to do with an applicants merit. instead, it is an unfair and unearned benefit that is conferred solely based on the family that the applicant is born into. >> one thing harvard can do to

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>> lets time now for the four of 4:00. twitter is about to get some new competition. on thursday, metta is expected to roll out a new social media app called rats. it's expected to look a lot like twitter and will be part of the instagram platform connecting it to hundreds and millions of accounts. metta isn't commenting about the laws, which comes as twitter has new restrictions including requiring users to logon in order to view the site. there's the limit, like

unverified, only a thousand a day. who's excited about least somewhat curious? >> out of the gate can take much more. i'm already overdosed on social media. >> i do wish it other than facebook/metta doing this. just to go from one goliath to another, i wish it was something that was well-financed and somewhat independent just to see some real sense of competition. >> i also wonder at some point if elon musk says, it was 44 billion, whatever, i got a couple hundred billion, i just have to write this off and move on. >> most of them probably started as bold obstruction. >> i like drew's said, i don't the guy have the

energy. >> remember when people and got down on elon musk buying twitter, but it seems like those are -- it doesn't seem like those are taking over. >> a trend helping people save money on rent. it's called the hot bedding when strangers share a bed, not simultaneously, but all sleeping in shifts. many people are using this as a solution so they don't have to pay for rent. in 2021 3% of international college students living in australia were reportedly hot bedding. i guess it's like air b&b but for your bad. >> do we change sheets? i'm not doing that especially if you have to change your sheets each time. >> you sleep on one side and the other person sleeps on the other. germs? all right.

>> if they are no germs. this is not a good thing. we are not there demographic. >> saliva, troll. i'm just saying things that could be on the sheet. about one woman who slept part of the time and the rest of the guy work the -- rest of the time back i worked overnight shift but when he had two days off she had to sleep in a closet somewhere. >> i get it's a clever idea for orcs for the schedule respective and given how expensive some things are, for some people it's very attractive. >> a by a white woman in central park while birdwatching now has his own show about his favorite hobby. do you remember christian cooper. he was all over the news and now he is a host of extraordinary burger. he made headlines in 2020 after

taking a viral video of a woman at the park who said tell police that an african-american man was threatening her. she was upset after he told her to put her dog on a leash. his new show is on national geographic, which is owned by our parent company, disney. >> good for him. >> i remember at the time, he does have these really sharp -- and he had a lot of personality and his passion for birdwatching was very clear. >> he gets to do something with that passion that could be rewarding in many ways. >> it's such a dramatic turnaround from where this all started, just imagine the trauma that he went through and all the publicity, the negative and for him to come out the other end with his own show and bona fide tv personality. >> success, they say, is the best revenge. >> thinking about oh well. >> this is a mean-spirited prank

against a little boy and his father. reporter kassidy williams with the story. >> it started out as such -- typical trip to target saturday. three men walked up and said they were working with the youtuber mr. beast. >> a said they wanted to do a challenge where we with the blindfolded and within 30 seconds whatever we could put in the cart they would pay for it. >> he makes videos about challenges rate gives away free stuff, so they believe that the men were working with him. they both put on a blindfold and started filling their cart and then tj heard the men running away. >> my heart sank, 100%. the last thing in this world i want to do is hurt him. >> it hurt my heart because i thought my dreams are coming true. >> the shopping cart challenge was a prep. they were not affiliated with mr. beast and it was one, upset

tj. >> my son said he couldn't hear them because he had to wear hearing aids and he said, that's why we are choosing you for this challenge because of the hearing loss. >> he took to facebook writing this post in the community responded. the town for persons with disabilities gave tj 200 out -- it $200 gift card and target matched it. his dreams of a shopping spree came true. >> i picked out a nerf gun, water balloons and water guns. >> but the lesson isn't about >> it made me feel heartwarming and happy. way. >> i'm not a mr. b's fan o anything about addie as 100 62 4 million followers. what's wrong with people?

who would do that? a little tip, suite little boy like that, down, pause, mean-spirited. the nice thing is that this little boy learned a lesson that good things happen out of bad situations and could people step forward and some people to that things. >> don't trust strangers bearing gifts out of nowhere. >> love the happy ending on the smile on his face. >> it's nice the way it ended

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>> this fourth of july, how are people spending their time? these people aren't, they are enjoying our son and you can see lots of clouds in both the santa cruz camera on the left on the tahoe camera on the right. >> how much fun would it be to be on one of those boats in tahoe? >> i'm pretty sure it's like a thousand dollars an hour, so i would not enjoy it. >> let's talk a see the fireworks come out looking great for san francisco. depends on where you are. just take a look. it's on the mild side as we approach 9:00 tonight. for fast near the coast, 60's inland, 10 to 20 miles per hour

with areas fog developing a and the coast and bay. it will be fog developing in san francisco. if you're watching fireworks in any place away from the coast and bay, you will have good conditions on the skies will be clear. we will have some fog on the question is, how widespread will it be, will it be dense and deep or thin and see-through? that's what we've been waiting for. i would say it's just a misty cloud layer that gives us fireworks, but the inland areas should have good viewing. his accuweather 7 forecast. mainly sunny skies through the seven day. continuing cool down into the weekend and then warming up early next week. at 4:00, 5:00 and hour-by-hour we see this guys change. larry: i want to see that see-through fraud.

that's my favorite fog, the see-through fog, the see-through fraud. >> notes of the north bay. a baby rhino. >> born three months ago in helping bring awareness to conservation and education at the wildlife reserve in sonoma county. >> let's go on safari. you feel like you've been transported to a whole another world. >> focuses on african wildlife and conservation education. >> it's a one-of-a-kind facility in the united states, you are driving in amongst the animals, you are in the enclosure when you are the vehicle. halfway around the world to do it. >> is a lot of things to do to stay overnight with 10 cabins to attending a lecture series.

>> people don't say or preserve things they don't care about and education is a key component. >> if we don't save these things for the future, they won't be here. i think when you start something like this, you aren't thinking 30 years out. you're thinking next payroll. your thinking next month. >> we opened our doors so this is our 30th anniversary. we love these animals, we know their personalities, they are part of our team >>. this one of our sweetest drafts. >> this is our ostrich, marilyn monroe. i want people to know how much care goes into the lives of these animals. >> we have a lot of animals on the critically endangered or endangered list so we do breed

endangered animals. the most exciting thing is the birth of our babies southern white rhino. such an adorable animal, very curious about the activity and the people in the trucks. he was named autolink after peter links -- auto blank after peter lang's. >> >> my father was a motion picture director. he did a show about an african lion and he really cared about this and really enjoyed the success that we were achieving. was a good tribute. >> foundation is our nonprofit of safari west. zoom safaris for children's hospitals.

it turned out to be a great program that we were actually enhancing and continuing after covid. we have 50 work with reduced several zoom safaris a week. we can help kids get more enthusiasm about conservation, wildlife, nature and that's what makes it worthwhile. we want them to have a real wonderful, strong memory of this place. >> i want them to experience joy. >> if they have joy, that means they're really connected and care about the animals they've seen in the wildlife. >> people feel they can make a difference in these animals lives with her directly here at safari west refining organizations helping these in the wild. >> we are not ticking the boxes of education and conservation and keeping the genetics going. quite sweep and fortunate enough to see people take away what

they've learned here and grow and become field biologists, veterinarians, animal caretakers. it's been very rewarding. >> a new reason to it's like a safari. you see the animals, drafts, rhinos, zebras. it was really cool. summer is heating up at the office and kicks off with a joyride. >> we don't belong anywhere. >> if you don't know where you come from, how do you know who you are? >> the adventure movie that shot the directors mother. >> this is abc 7 24/7.

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by abc7news at 11:00. the screenwriter from crazy rich asians is back for the director of a new road trip comedy, chore -- joyride. george pennacchio has a preview of the movie that opens friday. >> sex isn't shameful, it's beautiful. >> stop, right there, if i showed you some of the clip's the go along with joyride, i would probably get suspended or worse. when it comes to what you see in this film, the director gets right to the point. >> we jump right into the deep end of the nasty pool with this movie. >> my mom is a big fan but she's a good churchgoing lady, and i warned her, but she really wanted to watch this and there's

a certain part of the movie where it's revealed. and my dear sweet mother watched it and made this high-pitched sound that i have never heard a human being macon my life but she got over it and said she likes it. >> it's a kapok group. >> they all have the same face, that's how you know. >> for friends find themselves on a international adventure. they are searching for one of their birth mothers but they discover a lot more along the way. this movie is ultimately about friendship and there's something to be said about friendship, even when it's r-rated friendship. >> this movie is about four really great friends going on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure and they are reconnecting with themselves, their friendship and their inner freak. >> were you the sweetest child or was there a wild streak in you? >> like most kids, outside i presented as a really good girl,

but inside, there was just so much nasty rage and inappropriate humor, and this movie was just the best chance to get it all out there. >> joyride gets out there in theaters this weekend. in los angeles, george pennacchio, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news restraining 24/7. get the bay area streaming tv app and join us where every lot, where ever you are. that does it for abc 7 news at 4:00. news at 5:00 with dan and dion is coming up next. get more with nature's bounty. from the first-ever triple action sleep supplement... to daily digestive support...

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