♪ >> byron: finally tonight, balling like beckham. superstar lionel messi could make his u.s. debut as soon as friday night. another soccer legend may want to get the tissues ready. inter miami co-owner david beckham, who helped lure messi stateside. >> to bring a player like that to now play in mls, play for our team, it's bigger than just winning trophies. i might actually cry. i'll be emotional for sure. >> byron: we'll all be watching. that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here, same time tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. good night.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. dion: a stunning and sudden retirement. days before he's due in court to those texts were about chief stephen for but the chief told abc7news on monday that he was only looking forward. >> i'm very bothered by what i've seen and heard obviously.

i'm also encouraged because i know this organization is on the road to recovery. dion: lena howland has a reaction from the mayor and more about what's next for the department. reporter: after serving as the antioch police since last november, with more than 30 years of previous experience at the san francisco police department, stephen ford announced he plans to retire on august 11. this comes as his department is being investigated for racist texting scandal, something the public defender says 40% of the force in antioch are believed to be involved in. the chief did not give a reason why he's planning to retire but he said in part, i'm proud of what we've accomplished and firmly believe the groundwork has been laid for organizational success. i know our work to align us with the tenants of procedural justice and constitutional policing will keep the department headed in the right direction. i hope our engagement with the

community will continue and flourish. here's the antioch mayor. >> i can't speak to why he's leaving other than i don't have context. i can tell you that the racist text messaging scandal brings to light what we are trying to do here in the challenges the city has faced for a long time that wasn't dealing with it face-to-face. we are dealing with it. reporter: thorpe asked for the community's patients as they navigate these challenges but said the city will continue to deliver on the basic services promised. >> we are moving forward. we are going to have a recruitment, a national search for city manager. we are bringing on a consultant from for the recruitment of these executive level positions. we will add the chief of police that as well. we've been preparing for any changes as they happen. reporter: microbe amicus says the news caught him by surprise.

>> i have worked with chief since he came to the city of antioch. he's a good chief. now it's time for us to start the process to bring in a chief that will come in and deal with the issues that are occurring within the department and make antioch a safer place. reporter: no interim chief has been named. while this unfolds, city council will be taking the matter of public safety very seriously with staffing levels top of mind. >> i've requested that the police department give a report on staffing levels to ensure public safety and public transparency, communication to the public to allow the public to understand what we learn and what our staffing levels are for all of the divisions within the department. lena howland, abc7news. ama:

police officers and skateboarders. j.r. stone has been looking through those clips and is monitoring a city meeting tonight where this is the focus. reporter: this police commission meeting is still going right now. some heated moments with those upset with police and those backing police. tension between crowd members, the focus of this meeting though , the new video and the police chief responding to questions about policy and one with down. -- what went down. police commissioner's grilled the san francisco police chief about this. >> it is 7:19 p.m.. reporter: the police response to an unpermitted event earlier this month where skateboarders raced down this hill near dolores park. >> i still believe that there was a failure of de-escalation. reporter: police releasing new video showing the tense moments.

this body camera video shows a glass bottle being thrown at them. then another video showing the officer hit by a bottle. fireworks thrown at officers in this clip and then landing and exploding near officers. >> people laugh. it's just a firework. it's not so funny when you've lost your hearing permanently and now you don't have a career anymore. it's not funny when fingers get blown off. reporter: 113 people were arrested. muni and city of san francisco vehicles were vandalized along with mission high school being attacked. some of the individuals arrested spoke wednesday. >> i really don't understand why we were treated like animals the way we were. reporter: city officials calling for a full investigation into the treatment of the juveniles. >> do you have the age breakdown of the under 18's? talk of 12 and 13-year-olds. >> i do.

the breakdown is 112-year-old 813-year-olds, 714-year-olds, 2715-year-old, 24 16-year-olds. >> shame on you. reporter: chief scott taking a hard tone during the meeting, saying that to firearms, a replica firearm, nine fireworks, and backpacks containing spray paint were. >> there needs to be accountability for those acts that were happening. this was not all fun and games. reporter: it was clear that the room was split with those backing police and those questioning police tactics. >> a snack bathroom, phone call none of those things were done. nothing can change the look on my sons face when we got him that night. >> i guess the concept of responsible parenting is no

longer a life anymore. you allow a 12-year-old to go to an event like that. reporter: as to what happens next, those questioning the police tactics would like to see charges dropped but that's to be determined at this point. the department of police accountability is investigating complaints here to see if reform or change is needed going forward. j.r. stone, abc7news. dan: there will be more discussion about this as we go forward. a wave of violence over 10 hours today in oakland has left at least four people dead. two people were found shot to death inside a home on 80 9th avenue just before 1:30 a.m. three hours later, a woman was found shot to death on 18th avenue. at noon, a man was shot to death in a car on 106 avenue. oakland police provided a few more details about the woman found shot to death on 18th avenue. officers driving around on routine patrols found her body in the street.

that's when they discovered she had been shot. no arrests have been made in any of these killings. >> sadly, in the span of 10 hours, oakland experienced for homicides. two of which occurred in one incident. at this time, we don't believe any of these incidents are connected. dan: the homicides bring oakland's total for the year for 57. last year, the city had reported 64 homicides. we have an interactive tool to look at crime rates where you live by using our abc7news neighborhood safety tracker. there's data for oakland as well as san francisco and san jose. we are working to add other cities as well. you will find it on the front page of abc7news. ama: the president of stanford university is resigning. he will step down august 31. he says he was unaware of the mistakes before the scientific data was published. experts found he didn't engage in falsifying data but failed to

make corrections. >> this misconduct is something that is often charted in mystery. it's a conversation that needs to be brought to the fore because there's a lot that people who are in my position a year ago did not necessarily have context to understand. my understanding is that a number -- i don't believe that the number of these issues have been raised with stanford at the time you selected. ama: he will remain as a professor in the biology department and plans to retractor correct five of the 12 papers reviewed by a panel of experts. dan: a wildfire in oregon is surging to 13,000 acres. it's called the flat fire and it started over the weekend in the southern part of the state. it's one of more than 20 fires burning in oregon. the smoke is drifting south into california. there was even in air-quality quality advisory earlier this evening for the bay area.

we want to bring in sandhya patel. walk us through the current situation and what we need to keep in mind for tomorrow. sandhya: we will see the potential for more smoke as we head towards tomorrow. not quite as thick. let's take a look at the fire from the visible satellite earlier today. flat fire, southwest oregon. that smoke heading in our direction. taking you into the next 24 hours, you will notice that the haze is with us along with the smoke and upper parts of the atmosphere as you look from our camera towards mount diablo. air quality forecast is going to be moderate for most areas. not just because of the smoke but also because of the heat the next three days. good for sunday. the worst of the air-quality is up around ukiah. the rest of us, good to moderate. tomorrow afternoon, heating up inland into the upper 90's in our inland east bay. that's not the hottest day. i will be back to show you how

much hotter and where he'd advisories are going up, coming up. -- heat advisories are going up, coming up. ama: who wants to be a billionaire? the billionaire -- largest jackpot in u.s. history. check your tickets for those winning numbers. here they are. 7, 10, 11, 13, is 24 again. lauren martinez is l abc seven south following the drawing. anyone getting 50 -- filthy rich tonight? reporter: not me. one person won the billion dollar jackpot. they bought their ticket in los angeles. three people, three tickets from the bay area matched five numbers which means one of those people could be getting up to a million dollars. people were southbay. >> this is what a winter looks

like. reporter: hoping to win the $1 billion powerball jackpot. >> i played $10. reporter: tuesday night, no one hit the jackpot of $640 million. two tickets were sold in the bay area worth 287,000 each. one ticket was sold at this speedway express gas station on east capitol expressway in san jose. the mega millions jackpot is estimated to jump to 720 million this friday. >> i only play when it's more than 500 million. if i'm going to win, i want to win big. reporter: we went to mike's liquor and san jose where they've sold more than $400,000 worth of winning tickets from the california lottery. dorn alexander bought one of each. >> hopefully it's a they want here before. we are hoping. reporter: this was her fourth store. she is now on her way to tomorrow. >> today i invested.

reporter: it's risky buying tickets but he stays within his means. >> i don't need it all. i just need to get in the winners circle. reporter: jared james says when picking your numbers, avoid only calendar dates. like birthdays or anniversaries. >> only about 3% of the time will all the numbers fall within a calendar date. you want to use the entire place and spread your numbers out. the perfect mix is about three even and two on. -- odd. reporter: the mega millions drawing is this friday. the powerball jackpot now resets to $20 million. lauren martinez, abc7news. dan: here we go again. thanks very much. time now for the abc 7 advancer. our way of getting you ahead of the headlines. it's all about the summer of

strikes. for the first time since 1960, there are dual strikes in hollywood. actors joined writers on the picket line last week when sag-aftra walked out and now we are hearing a picket's plan for tomorrow in the bay area. the southbay labor council is calling for people to show up at netflix's headquarters in los gatos at noontime tomorrow. the picket is in support of the striking sag-aftra workers. revenue from streaming is one of the hot issues in the contract talks. another looming strike could have a drastic effect on your online deliveries. thousands of ups workers could soon strike if an agreement isn't reached. many are practicing picket lines , rallies around the country. negotiations are set to begin next week between the union and ups. both sides say about 95% of the contract is already agreed upon. the union is now asking for higher starting and hourly wages for part-timers. ama: a murder mystery on the

campus of uc berkeley. the skeleton is now identified but how did they get there and who was the killer? burned by mcnuggets. an extra hot order turns into a six-figure payout. trashed at lake tahoe. the new rule you may now need to are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you have downy unstopables

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in january was the victim of a homicide. the coroner's office used to dna evidence to identify the victim found on the campus. he was a texas man named lawrence mccreary. he hadn't been seen alive since 2009 when he was 36 or 37. >> wow. i feel sad for him. who was he. he was a human. he was there deceased all those years in a crawlspace. i can't imagine. it's really sad. i hope his family knows if they've been identify -- able to identify him. dan: police are asking anyone with information to come forward. a florida jury has awarded a family $800,000 after a four-year-old was burned by sizzling chicken mcnuggets. jurors decided that the family was not properly warned by mcdonald's and the franchise owner of a possible danger by the hot mcnuggets. the family had been seeking $50

million to compensate for the pain and suffering. seatbelt. the jury awarded the family $400,000 for the burn injury. mcdonald's attorneys did not comment today. ama: oakland unified school district is holding a job fair and it comes at an important time. the district is facing a major teacher deficit. with the district will offer hiring incentives. >> teacher salaries. look at whether or not they can afford a one bedroom. it's a big deciding factor. ama: school counselors and nurses.

yo ousd website. as you know, bring your resume. dan: major changes are coming to keep lake tahoe clean following what happened a couple weeks ago. visitors trashed the beach over the fourth of july weekend, leaving behind tons of garbage. the forest service as the current special use permit for the beach expires at the end of october. among the things being discussed is requiring people to make a reservation to control the size of the crowd. parking is among the things up for consideration. the beaches on a first-come first-served basis. who would do that? ama: it's awful. it is such a beautiful place. let's get to our weather. dan: sandhya patel is here. sandhya: you may want to head to the beach because the heat is

coming back. let me show you the heat warnings up and down the state. purser -- for parts of southern california, we have excessive heat watch down south. a heat advisory is going up for all areas shaded in orange which includes the bay area friday into saturday. high-pressure returns to the bay area. as it does, he'd advisory will go into effect. heat illness when the temperatures go up into the mid to upper 90's. 107 further inland. keep that in mind. fire danger increasing in the same general area. moderate category for most areas. moderate to high as we head

toward friday afternoon. 1500 feet deep. live doppler 7. it has pushed in over the bay. it's a little misty. tomorrow morning, watch out. you may encounter some thick fog. temperatures, 50's to 70's. you are hanging onto the worms well inland. keep that in mind starting off the day. murky view from our golden gate bridge camera. dense fog and patchy drizzle. mode tomorrow morning, drizzle. fog. towards noon, inland areas in the 80's. you are feeling the heat away from the coastline. don't expect it to heat temperatures in the 50's and 60's out the door. watch out for the fog and drizzle.

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ama: women's world cup is about to kick off. the first match starts in 30 minutes between new zealand and norway. let's take a live look outside the stadium with fans waiting to get in. look at that cute little kid. it's just past dark local time. new zealand is cohosting along with australia with the final taking place in sydney on august 20. dan: soccer is considered the global game and fifa expects 2 billion people to tune in. one fan made all the -- the trip all the way from minnesota to take in the action. >> i'm feeling excited to be here. i'm here with my aunt and we are excited to take in some soccer. they have some great culture here. lots of really awesome people we've gotten to talk to so far. ama: the u.s. has its first match on friday against vietnam. dan: the giants are playing good baseball right now.

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>> for a second, it seemed like i would have to explore other teams and do the thing. what i will say is, golden state made it very clear to me that i was a priority. they made it very clear to me that they wanted to do all that they could for me to still be there and be a part of what we've built. i'm a warrior for the rest of my life. i think that was one of the biggest things for me. doug said to me, just some contract. you are our partner for the rest of your life. that was huge for me. i'm very thankful. not for one second did they make me feel like i was an important. i was wanted in a major way and i'm very thankful for that. chris: giants and reds in cincinnati. this fan got a foul ball.

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