>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding >> disgusting situation. i have no other words to describe how disappointed and disgusted i am. >> is essentially the same group

of people still spewing the same hate speech and hate rhetoric. ama: tonight, more racist texts sent by antioch police officers during the texting scandal. but good i'm ama daetz. dan: i'm dan ashley. the racist the police chief himself. ama: >> the texts were not just directed at suspects but this time toward their own police chief. officer jonathan adams writes "have you met the new" guerrilla emoji -- gorilla emoji -- "chief yet?" >> i know why am, and that is enough for me. >> after previous two reports,

the text contain homophobic slurs and racist tropes used against muslims and js. officers used racial pro while out on patrol. one writes "i'm really good at racial profiling." officer jonathan adams wrote "i am a trained expert, learned from the best in the business." >> it is essentially the same group of people. mayor thorpe: i read up until the chief was described as a "gorilla," and that was enough for me, in terms of what i needed to see. >> mayor thorpe has continually called for the officers involved, which is up to 40% of the entire police department, to be fired. he says the fbi's investigation is all that is needed. mayor thorpe: i said to the chief yesterday that all of these officers need to be fired immediately could we do not eat racists and our police department we need to move on

from this. it is costing our city a lot of money. it is costing the taxpayers money. frank: we want the officers fired, and we want them decertified, so they cannot just jump to another department. >> frank sterling soon the antioch police for excessive use of force and won. he said more can be done as the investigation continues. frank: we want the antioch police officers association disbanded, as the president of the antioch police officers association, rick hoffman, is a main factor in these text messages. >> last week, antioch city staff and the police department met with the california department of justice, who are also investigating the antioch police department. chief ford said a blueprint is being put in place on how to revamp and rebuild the organization. chief ford: i am very bothered by what i'm seeing and hearing, obviously, but i'm also very encouraged, because i know the organization, as we speak, is on the road to recovery.

this is not the same organization it was 18 months ago, before i got here. anser: in antioch, anser hassan, abc 7 news. dan: in oakland, continuing to investigate a shooting that sent an eight-year-old to the hospital. the child is still in the hospital. it happened just before 6:30 friday evening on eastbound 580. the chp said two people were shooting at each other when a stray bullet struck a child who was riding in an unrelated vehicle. both mayor shea tao -- sheng thao and the governor released statements condemning this. ama: a new bill mandates done owners have liability insurance. abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes has been tracking it from the beginning and has more. luz: called the first of its kind in the nation, the city of

san jose passed a last year. gunowners have to have liability insurance and pay a fee of $25 for that fee would go to a nonprofit with the money used to be used for training prevention and more. it was faced with backlash. claimants johnson taxpayers association. the group charged on second amendment grounds and ask the court to find it unconstitutional. >> it is going to be the law-abiding citizen who actually deter crime by having weapons in their homes who are going to be the ones who bear the boarding of this unconstitutional ordinance. zach: an attorney took on the case pro bono. >> we felt very confident that the ordinance was constitutional. the city did a lot of work on the front end to really craft something that it believed would be upheld because we are not -- the city is not taking guns away from people. zach: in a win for the city, the

judge ruled thursday that the insurance requirement for gunowners does not restrict firearm possession or use. in a statement sent to abc 7, the national association for gun rights said in part "this ruling is what happens when judges rely more on anti-gun groups like brady than the actual ruling authorities here, namely the u.s. because and u.s. supreme court." the $25 fee has not been worked out by the city. the court said it is not ready for judicial review yet. the howard jarvis taxpayers association told us the ruling on the fee is nothing new, stating in part "this is the third time the city has moved for dismissal in the third time its motion has been granted." they are ready to continue fighting. >> we are going to fight for the constitutionality of this law, until the very end. it may go up to the u.s. supreme court. we are prepared for that. zach: in san jose, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. dan: today, the santa clara

county sheriff's office announced that one of its own was killed by a suspected drunk driver. it happened on h 87 san jose early saturday morning. the chp says the 26-year-old driver, who was suspected of driving under the influence, was going the wrong way on the freeway. he is accused of slamming head on into deputy arturo romero, who worked for the sheriff's office for 24 years. romero was a married father of four and was set to retire in september. this comes as the office also mourns the death of officer richard reynolds, who died of cardiac arrest as he was leaving for work and he leaves behind a wife and six children. the peace officers research association of california is raising money for both the reynolds and romero families. ama: a north bay boy who suffered life-threatening burns to 90% of his body still in the hospital today to he was injured saturday when a fire broke out at an apartment on doesn't

avenue. neighbors say the boy is about five years old and uses a wheelchair and breathing devices. dan: take a look at this video tweeted out by the santa rosa fire department. it was taken as the department received reports of lightning and thunder storms. the thunderstorms brought very little rain but that caused some concern about rock -- about wildfires. only one fire appeared to start overnight. it was recorded just before 10:00 last night in colusa county. so far, it has only burned about 16 acres and is 50% contained, so it is not a big problem. ama: firefighters are trying to put out a lightning-sparked fire in yosemite park. the park's air quality has become hazardous with low visibility. fire investigators believe a lightning strike started the pika fire, that has burned more than 800 acres but some parts of the park remain closed. dan: there's finally some relief

for people living inland -- living inland after this weekend's extreme heat. these are life conditions at the east bay hills. sweltering the last few days. for details, let's go to abc 7 news whether anchor spencer christian. finally a break, spencer. spencer: dash --that call them in the newsroom. dan. [laughter] current low to mid 90's a place like danville, concord, brentwood, 91 in fairfield could 100 right now, so cooling has begun in ukiah. evening hours, temperature and fog animation, you can see the daytime heat will be slow to reseed -- recede, going up to the evening hours. overnight, a sharp drop in temperatures, overnight lows in the mid to upper 50's tomorrow morning, where this morning, they were in the low to mid

60's. much more tolerable weather. tomorrow, the highs will barely reach upper 80's in many inland locations. maybe one or two spots will top out at 90 degrees. wednesday, we see pretty much the same range of high temperatures. we start to thursday, and that will lead to our next warming trend. not as intense as what we had this past weekend, but warmer days do lie ahead, ama. ama: thank you. on the richmond-san rafael bridge, some community leaders are calling for a big change they believe will ease congestion and reduce pollution. they called for changes to add a third lane on the two-lane span during commute hours. their plan would be to open up a bike lane on the upper deck to drivers during the morning commute and install a movable zipper lane on the lower deck that could be used for either bike or vehicles on weekday mornings. proponents say heavy traffic

causes vehicle emissions to spill into surrounding neighborhoods. john: the streets and roads in the local richmond community are completely backed up. a lot of people are not even trying to get onto the bridge, it is just backing up the community. ama: the bay area council says voter approved bridge toll funding from measure three would be used to make these changes. dan: wine country concern from the vintners in the heart of one country. why some say the weather is confusing the vines, and the effect it could have on this year's harvest. ama: golden gate fields announced plans to shut down permanently. we will have more on the closure when abc 7 news at 5:00 returns. search for a brother and sister, just nine-month and two years old. the temperatures in the waters off of florida

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dan: the we get announcement of the upcoming closure of golden gate fields is prompting all sorts of speculation today could right now, the 140 acre parcel in albany is owned for recreation. any effort to rezone it would have to go before the voters. that is what happened in san mateo after bay meadows closed in 2008. . it is now a mixed use development with housing. jackie: when bay meadows shutdown, and when the construction began, it was within three years that we saw a whole new community. i think you are going to see that opportunity as well. it is really a blank canvas can be made into something pretty spectacular. dan: the owners of the truck, the stronach group, status closing the track to focus on tracks in southern california. it is not clear if stronach

plans to sell the property. golden gate fields opened in 1941. it's closure leaves northern california without a major racetrack. ama: happening tomorrow, discussing a proposal to increase mayor sheng thao's salary. this comes as the naacp oakland branch is opposing the rays. they say it is not necessarily -- necessary, because oakland does not have a strong mayor model of governance in which the mayor has more control over leadership positions and budgeting. the committee voted to approve the pay hike. dan: tenants expect a wave of affection now that the moratorium policy expired. landlords say the expiration is overdue. the city says the tenant protection will be replaced with new laws, including one that bans evictions for those who missed payments during the pandemic. tenants also cannot be evicted if they owed less than one month of fair market rent. ama: in san francisco, small

businesses could get a new financial boost under a new grant program. the city is that a $4 million for grants for business owners paired the money will go to design to strengthen businesses and fill commercial retail spaces in underserved areas. more information can be found at the website sf.gov. dan: an effort is underway to make it easier for california cities to open more gathering spaces like farmers markets. matt haney announced legislation that will simplify the process. it makes it easier to own and operate those sites. haney says marketplaces like these are a quick and attractive way to revitalize neighborhoods. mr. haney: many have not seen the level of business that they have before the pandemic, so we have to bring people outside, and bring people together, and we have to reduce every possible barrier and hurdle so that we can get that done. dan: haney points tonight

markets in particular with food, music, and culture as a great way to revitalize neighborhoods, because they bring people and after normal business hours. ama: still ahead, from the drought busting winter to the below average temperatures, there are concerns about how our recent weather will affect t thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts

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ama: in the north bay, there are concerns in wine country when it comes to grape growing. later than it has been in years, putting the crop at risk of fall rains and wildfires. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has more from napa valley. >> i think we are doing more leafing now, mostly pulling leaves. cornell: vineyard crews are busy creating more space for grapes to grow under the hot sun of the napa valley.

it has been a challenging season for the precious fruit so far, to say the least. >> it is certainly one for the record books. cornell: napa valley grape growers board member tom says it began with a drought busting spring, record rainfall, and below average temperatures into the start of summer. tom: this is my 43rd harvest here, so i have a few years to look back, and for sure this has been the cruelest start in the napa valley for probably the past 21 years. cornell: that cool spell means grapes of all varieties have essentially been left confused and super slow to develop. these are cabernet vines, and vendors say normally this time of year's, you see ripening of the grapes, but as you can see, no ripening here. they are emerald green. tom: the weather so far is pushing the entire harvest at least three weeks or so. cornell: davies says some grape

harvest may not happen until october or november, which could put the crop at the mercy of fall rains and wildfires. tom: if we do get an early rain, and early el niño season, with a late crop, that is not ideal. caleb: fire is always top of mind. cornell: caleb mosley is a vineyard manager and says these veins -- vines remain resilient. caleb: we can grow this big, beautiful canopy without a drop of water, partly because we had such a fortuitous winter and spring season. cornell: the napa valley grape growers told abc 7 news, "the temperate weather has resulted in steady growth, loose clusters, and concentrated berries. right now, then your teams are managing for canopy and sun exposure. we are expect -- we are anticipating a kick off in august." kayla: we are expecting cooler - -

caleb: we are temperatures, which is not the worst in the world. tom: it could be a great harvest, not a big plentiful bumper crop, but we could have some really great quality. it is just, you know, we are farmers, and so much can happen between now and then. cornell: in the napa valley, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. dan: there is hope, and like he said, quality. yesterday, aids walk, abc 7 proud sponsor, and they gave us a cool gift here, which comes into handy, the aids walk fan. ama: especially with how hot it was. dan: we need this a little less now than we did yesterday. ama: thankfully, spencer. spencer: that is true. dan is still my biggest fan. [laughter] let's take a look at what is going on with our weather. we don't need the fans today could it is cooling down. his breezy out there. gusts at 23 miles an hour in oakland, 26 at sfo.

a nice cooling onshore breeze. the cooling is more significant inland right now. the 24 hour temperature change shows lots of inland areas, especially travis air force base and fairfield. 10 degrees cooler than at this time last night, 6 degrees cooler in concord and other areas at the coast are warmer than they were yesterday afternoon. here's a look at emeryvill francisco, 66 degrees, oakland 69, 77 in mountain view. . low to mid 80's san jose and palo alto, and 61 at half moon bay. blue skies at the golden gate. traffic moving freely. 89 degrees right now santa rosa. 93 in novato. napa only 79, mid to upper 90's concord and livermore. one more live view from the rooftop camera here at abc 7. these are our forecast headlines, clouds will return to the coast and bay overnight. mainly sunny and cooler weather will be with us the next two days.

another warming trend begins near the end of this week. here is our overnight forecast animation. it will be fairly clear up until just before midnight. we will see low clouds and high clouds reaching across the bay and locally inland. we start the day tomorrow morning 7:00 or so, lots of cloud cover, but it will quickly burn back to the coastline, giving us another mainly sunny day. overnight low temperatures will be much more of our comfort zone tonight than the last couple of nights. we will see low generally in the mid to upper 50's were last night we had lows in the upper 50's to mid 60's. tomorrow, with the highs at half moon bay, 62 san francisco, 68 across the bay, oakland. both bay sugar were locations will -- most will be warmer. highest of the inland highs, most locations will not do that. cooler weather the next few days. highs inland in the upper 90's to about 100 on friday.

back to the upper 90's on saturday. three days of pretty warm weather coming our way at the end of the week but nothing as intense or extreme as what we had this past week. ama: thank you. we will be right back.

dan: a reminder, you can get our live newscasts, breaking news, weather, and more with our new abc 7 bay area streaming tv app on apple tv, google to become fire tv, and roku. just search abc 7 bay area and download it. ama: 49ers hall of fame quarterback steve young is getting ready to get back into the game as an assistant coach for a high school girls flag football team. he former 49ers quarterback, john paik, who will be the head coach. dan: that is fantastic. those girls will have a great time learning from him. much more ahead. ama: let's go to abc 7 news anger karina nova. karina: thanks. tonight, we will dig deeper into the new 128-page report detailing more racist texts sent by antioch police officer could

reporter anser hassan joins me as we take a deeper look at the department texting scandal. what more the police chief and mayor said about these new messages. plus, 7 on your side's michael finney joins me with a look at how you can benefit from higher interest rates. . what you can do now to try to get more cash. join us for those stories and more at 5:30 on abc 7 bay area streaming tv. ama: you can download be abc 7 app, or go to abc7news.com to join karina. dan: on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next. for spencer christian and all this us here, i'm dan ashley to we appreciate your time. ama: i'm ama daetz.

>> david >> david: tonight, the urgent search for two young children, a brother and sister, just 9 months old and 2 years old swept away in the storms in the northeast. all part of the deadly flooding, the storms and torrential rains in several states. flash flooding blamed for at least five deaths in bucks county, pennsylvania.