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new at 11:00. abc 7 news reporter explains how pet owners are dealing with this, including a couple searching for their lost dog. >> reporter: around san jose's neighborhood clear signs alerting people that their dog is policing. a day early but not less detrimental. >> we have been driving around, posting, talking to dog owners seeing if they see him to let us know. >> reporter: their marco, one of several dogs and cats posted to neighborhood forums, people pleading for help or posting in an effort to reconnect. >> we got online today. first thing i noticed there pos g goout help me find my dog. >> reporter: this dog owner says living in the area for more than a decade prepared him for the pyrotechnics, he navigated the noise by keeping his lab chet close. >> he sticks with me wherever i go and i am constantly petting him. he is looking at me what is going on? >> rally,bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: some encouraging news. several local animal shelters reported fewer pets separate friday th

these new hazard maps show the vulnerable areas in san francisco in the east bay. abc 7 news reporter cornell ter learned firsthand what the force of a tsunami can do when a quake in japan in 2011 left heavy damage. in 1964, a 9.2 earthquake in alaska sent a tsunami that did damage on the california coast and parts of the north bay. now, state geologist are giving us updated information about where a major tsunami can strike around the bay. new technology allowed the california geological maps updated. >> preparing for the worst, 9.2 off of alaska that is the worst case we are looking at san francisco. >> reporter: in the east bay, new maps show the event can bring tsunami waves into west oakland and lake merit along the waterfront it could be bad. >> it was first thought that waves from the tsunami would come this far, where i am standing near the ferry building. new maps tell a different story. check it out. sky 7 with sky map technology shows how far it can come, well into the financial district, almost as far as fremont street. >> tsunami waves could reach north be

we will continue to follow this breaking news and bring you updates on air and on the abc 7 news app as well. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00, live here on abc 7, hulu live in wherever you stream. now let's get to our other top story. >> i think we will have a significant surge over the next couple of weeks , i thought if we could get to 70, 75% vaccinated we would be in good shape and that would have been true if we were dealing with the old virus but the new one is twice as good as its job . >> twice as good and twice as contagious, a grim outlook from dr. walker as cases and hospitalizations rise at a pace not since seen since our last surge. stephanie sierra spoke one-on- one with dr. walker to break down what we can expect over the next two weeks . >> the doctor made it clear that we should expect changes, he believes a mask mandate will be going back to the bay area any day now and i went latest surge could peak within the next month. the question is will we keep it under control and avoid another lockdown? the bay area's fourth wave is growing fast. how fast? in a mere

with your first look this is abc news, new york. >>> and airbnb host in southern california is dying to have your business. >> he turned his home into a ghostly retreat inspired by disneyland's haunted mansion the homeowner is self subscribed as a disney super fan and renovated his house in a attraction airbnb. this makes this a disney fan's dream. guests give it a 5-star review compared to the real haunted mansion. disney is a parent company of abc 7 and you also know we have a real disney super fan here. >> it me! i love it! it looks great. >> looks like he did a great job. >> they really went all the way. the stretching room is in there. >> well do you want to stay there? i would stay there. let's do it. okay. >> not me but you. >> i don't like to be scared. i want to sleep in peace. >> you would go on the ride. >> and get off and go to sleep. >> i was worried for a second. >>> next at 5:30 the major milestone reached in the race to vaccinate in the bay area. >>> and san francisco supervisors expected to vote today and how it involves the biden admi i'm morgan, and there's more to

in the news room, back to you. >>> abc 7 news insider weighed in on this heist. he is as it is not out of the question that we could see more stores close because of this theft. >> you know, money is like water, it sinks. these stores do not have to make all of their money in san francisco. it is cheaper for them to close down and make money somewhere else. >> as you can see they are fairly organized. >>> new details, a man shot and killed a home intruder in fairfield. the third similar case, actually, in less than a week. when no one answered the door this morning the intruder began to kick it in. a couple in their 60s were inside. the man grabbed a gun and shot the suspect. two similar incidents happened recently in modesto when two armed homeowners killed intruders. >>> in the south bay, a major infrastructure project gets under way tomorrow morning. crews get started on making quake upgrades at the dam. they will build a tunnel to allow it to release more water in the event of an emergency or a storm. construction is expected to land two years. >>> nap a mean

new at 11:00. abceporter explains how pet owners are dealing with this, including a couple searching for their lost dog. >> reporter: around san jose's neighborhood clear signs alerting people that their dog is policing. a day early but not less detrimental. >> we have been driving around, posting, talking to dog owners seeing if they see him to let us know. >> reporter: their marco, one of several dogs and cats posted to neighborhood forums, people pleading for help or posting in an effort to reconnect. >> we got online today. first thing i noticed there were four new posts my dog got out help me find my dog. >> reporter: this dog owner says living in the area for more than a decade prepared him for the by eping lab chet avigated the close. >> he sticks with me wherever i go and i am constantly petting him. he is looking at me what is going on? >> literally, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: some encouraging news. several local animal shelters reported fewer pets separate friday their owners

these new hazard maps show the vulnerable areas in san francisco in the east bay. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard takes a closer lr: the bay area learned firsthand what the force of a tsunami can do when a quake in japan in 2011 left heavy damage. in 1964, a 9.2 earthquake in alaska sent a tsunami that did damage on the california coast and parts of the north bay. now, state geologist are giving us updated information about where a major tsunami can strike around the bay. new technology allowed the california geological maps updated. >> preparing for the worst, 9.2 off of alaska that is the worst case we are looking at san francisco. >> reporter: in bay, new maps show the event can bring tsunami waves into west oakland and lake merit along the waterfront it could be bad. >> it was first thought that waves from the tsunami would come this far, where i am standing near the ferry building. new maps tell a different story. check it out. sky 7 with sky map technology shows how far it can come, well into the financial district, almost as far as fremont street. >> tsunami

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning, everyone. glad to have you back with us. hope you had a wonderful and safe weekend. >> did we blink and we're right back here? >> yeah. yeah. i worked this weekend. i feel like i've always been here. >> i haven't blinked. >> i haven't blinked yet, no. >> we'll keep rallying on. i want to see more of the nails because they remind me of cardi b. nails. they're intricate and the jewels. >> i asked you about "space jam," earlier, have you seen "in the heights"? >> i am so far behind watching tv and movies. "black widow" is another one. >> you just want to be out and about, right? >> starting to return to normal. trying to go out a little more. >>> that's where we begin, with that struggle to return to normal as covid cases start to spike across the country. >> cruise season is getting under way in seattle today. royal caribbean's "serenade of the seas" will be the first cruise ship to set sail from the city since operations were halted because of the pandemic. with the delta variant on the rise, mi

thanks for joining us i'm larry beil . >> i'm kristen sze, you are watching abc 7 news at 4:00 live herelive and wherever you stream . >> the white house is reportedly talking to the centers for disease control and prevention about possibly updating mask guidance as the delta. continues to surge. say the cdc director said mask guidance remains unchanged now but there are new concerns over a new variant called lambda, the world health organization calls it a variant of interest that they are looking at about 700 reported cases in the u.s., none in california so far. our test positivity rate increased to 4.9%, and that is the highest it's been since february . >> in the meantime, three bay area counties are giving a strong recommendation to employers, suggesting that they require their employees be vaccinated. laura? >> reporter: hi kristin, so far this is a strong recommendation from health officials in just three bay area counties that's, they are grappling with how to encourage more people to get vaccinated, and the idea is to reach out to them, where they work.

abc 7 news vaccine team, go to abc 7 news.com/vaccine. >>> i'm laura anthony in oakland where it is gettingo the wire in oakland a's and their bid to build a new stadium at howard terminal. >>> and what could be the decisive game 6 of the nba finals between the milwaukee bucs and phoenix attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insurance — no matter what your income. how much is yours? julie and bob are paying $700 less, every month. dee got comprehensive coverage for only $1 a month. and the navarros are paying less than $100 a month. check coveredca.com to see your new, lower price. the sooner you sign up the more you save. only at covered california. this way to health insurance. the sooner you sign up the more you save. up here, success depends on the choices you make. but i know i've got this. and when it comes to controlling his type 2 diabetes, my dad's got this, too. with the right choices, you have it in you to control your a1c and once-weekly trulicity may help. most people taking trulicity reached an a1c under 7%. by

supervisor also wants the city to provide more advanced notice to businesses.>>> there is a new park in downtown san jose. abcews was at the opening on south first street near east read. this is a combination of a dog park and demonstration garden for community farm nonprofit. local artists painted the murals. >>> exploratory in san francisco reopens to the public today after a nearly 16 month closure and if you go, you will notice there is a lot more open space. abc 7 news anchornews anchornewc the museums managing director phoebe white what has changed. >> we have taken some exhibits off the floor. one is where you might have to remove your mask for example. we are bailing -- being really thoughtful about those experiences. we are focusing on observations. we are focusing on reflections. we are focusing on phenomena. >> the museum still has interactive exhibits for visitors to touch but there are also plenty of hand sanitizer stations. in addition to science-based attractions, the museum is featuring murals and photos by local artists depicting black lives matter demonstrations and the pandemic. there are s

better life. >>> this is abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news continues to lead the charge at looking at possibleation in the home appraisal process. an exclusive report about it how a homeowner almost lost out of $400,000 in equity because of an appraisal that she thought was to low. >> did you think i was just going to sit back and not say something? >> she asked the tough questions and challenge the praise of. and now the department of housing and urban development is investigating. >> reporter: according to the hud complaint the homeowner $439,000. this duplex has been in her family since 1959. that's when her uncle purchased the property and passed it down to her mother. it is now hers and she planned to retire she wanted to prepare herself to live on a fixed income. and that meant refinancing the adjustable rate mortgage picture started working with a lender who ordered an appraisal. >> out of the blue the appraiser returned the value of $800,000. >> what was your initial reaction? >> it confuse the loan agent. and that was a red flag. >> reporter: the $800,000 appraisal was $500,000 a less

trevor at, abc news, new york. >>> moving on to the major wildfires in california, the dixie fire in butte and plumas counties is now the large nest the state. the tam rack fire in the southern sierra remains out of control. the fire is moving quickly and has scorched more than 101 square miles so far. water drops like this one you see here are part of the assault on the fire burning on the california/nevada border. several homes have been lost to the flames so far. nevada's governor has declared a state of emergency for one county in the fire. a couple prepared to evacuate are members of the fire protection district. >> once we got our family settled, we would have our radios and the things we needed to respond to any medical emergencies or fires in our community. >> the fire started as a lightning strike on july 4th and is just 4% contained. crews expect to get full containment by august 31st. now northwest of that fire, the largest wildfire in the state continues its tear. the dixie fire now threatens thousands of homes and businesses, most along lake alma door's west shore in plu

. >> reporter: a gettysburg college investigative report obtained by abc news cites a written statementm cleary at the time with a general denial that he engaged in any actionable misconduct. koehler says despite her full cooperation with authorities, the district attorney at the time for adams county, sean wagner, declined to bring charges, saying the case would be hard to prosecute. >> and i said, why? what do you mean, not enough evidence? the district attorney at the time said, when alcohol is involved, it's really difficult to prove that a sexual assault occurred. >> reporter: abc news reached out to the former prosecutor in koehler's case, who is now a county judge. he declined to comment. >> in general, i've represented clients who were victims of sexual assault and wanted to seek accountability through the criminal justice system. i would say 90% of the cases and clients that i represent that are seeking criminal charges for their rapes are denied. >> reporter: koehler refused to give up her fight for justice. her attorney, laura dunn, says shannon's public appearances on platfo

trevor ault, abc news, new york. >>> moving on to the major wildfires in california. the dixie fire in butte and plumas counties is now the large nest the state. the tamarack fire in the southern sierra remains out of control. crews say the tamarack fire is moving quickly and has scorched so far more than 101 square miles. water drops like this one are part of the assault on the fire burning on the california/nevada border. several homes have been lost to the flames. nevada's governor has declared a state of emergency for one county in the fire's path. a couple who is prepared to evacuate are also members of the fire protection district. >> so once we got our own family settled, we would make sure that we had our radios and all the thing that is we needed to respond to any medical emergencies or fires in our community. >> the tamarack fire started as a lightning strike on july 4th and is just 4% contained. crews expect to get full containment august 31st. now to the northwest of that fire, the largest wildfire in the state continues its burn. the dixie fire now threat

. >> you are watching live on abc 7 news. cosby was serving a 10 year sentence over a 2004 encounter. he was charged in 2015 days before the statute of limitation ran out. pennsylvania's high court ordered cosby's release after finding that he was denied protection against self- incrimination. they say a previous agreement with a prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. prosecutors say it also shuts down the possibility of a third trial. late today cosby made his first media appearance. abc 7 news reporter leon melendez has react on that and from a bay area accuser. >> reporter: one of cosby's accusers told us that she was on the phone this morning with a friend who asked if she would be willing to talk to some of the women who have come forward in the case against windsor. remember, dominic has been accused of sexual assault by nine women. a few minutes after she hung up, she received wo&d of cosby's release. she told me at that moment she felt deflated. a few hours after his conviction was overturned, actor

in the news room, back to you. >>> abc 7 news insider weighed in on this heist.e is as it is not out of the question that we could see more stores close because of this theft. >> you know, money is like water, it sinks. these stores do not have to make all of their money in san francisco. it is cheaper for them to close down and make money somewhere else. >> as you can see they are fairly organized. >>> new details, a man shot and killed a home intruder in fairfield. the third similar case, actually, in less than a week. when no one answered the door this morning the intruder began to kick it in. a couple in their 60s were inside. the man grabbed a gun and shot the suspect. two similar incidents happened recently in modesto when two armed homeowners killed intruders. >>> in the south bay, a major infrastructure project gets under way tomorrow morning. crews get started on making quake upgrades at the dam. they will build a tunnel to allow it to release more water in the event of an emergency or a storm. construction is expected to land two years. >>> nap a meanti

abc's kaylee hartung in california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new video shows the conditions from inside the truck as firefighters work to save a housing development from the tamarack fire. that fire now burning over 68 square miles in mono county, california, and along the nevada border. it's just 1 of at least 79 large wildfires tearing through the drought-stricken west. the dixie fire reaching mega fire status, burning over 103,000 acres, and it's just 17% contained. and the bootleg fire in oregon now nearly 400,000 acres, the largest in the country and one of the largest in oregon's history, expected to burn until at least november. and, david, fueling these fires, are record-breaking heat waves and a megadrought. next week another heat wave set to bake the country pushing temperatures 15 degrees above normal. get ready, david. >> yet another heat wave. all right, kaylee, thank you. >>> we're going turn next tonight to the newly released audio from an interview with former president donald trump. the former president describing the crowd in the nation's capitol on january 6th,

. >>> abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutionss abc 7 news. >> in terps of somebody missing it seems like he just vanished out there. >> reporter: tonight, the mystery deepens in the search for a missing runner. the police say they have not found any significant clues in the disappearance of the hiker. good evening, thank you for joining us. >>> the 37-year-old husband and father was last seen in the hills of pleasanton on saturday morning. j.r. stone is live from the command stentor where the search is being organized. it is quiet there tonight but it will be busy at first light, i imagine? >> reporter: yes, it certainly will. what a busy day it was earlier, even into the evening hours. like you said it is quiet. you see that behind me at this command center. this is the focus where everybody joins together and then goes out and searches. i can tell you the whereabouts of this berkeley runner unknown. now some are starting to wonder if he is out there at all. >> reporter: volunteers with the sheriff's office scouring the area whe

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> tell you what. these food trends are getting out of control. >> we will file that in the folder of nobody asked for this. no one. >> i like airheads, i like chicken sandwiches, you don't have to combine everything. >> and it's like chicken is not -- no one asked for it. >> i can't wait to get to that story. but first, we're going to start here. we begin this half hour with the discovery of a stockpile of weapons in a hotel near the site of major league baseball's all-star game tomorrow night. >> four people were arrested after a housekeeper spotted a rifle while cleaning a room. authorities seized 16 long guns, body armor and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from two rooms at the maven hotel. >> authorities praising an alert housekeeper whose tip led police to uncover a large arsenal of weapons at a hotel in denver on friday. just one block away from coors field which is set to host tuesday's all-star game. >> we all want to extend a very heart felt thank you to a very alert, very astute and properl

. >>> abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> in terps of somebody missing it seems like he just vanished out there. >> reporter: tonight, the mystery deepens in the search for a missing runner. the police say they have not found any significant clues in the disappearance of the hiker. good evening, thank you for joining us. >>> the 37-year-old husband and father was last seen in the hills of pleasanton on saturday morning. j.r. stone is live from the command stentor where the search is being organized. it is quiet there tonight but it will be busy at first light, i imagine? >> reporter: yes, it certainly will. what a busy day it was earlier, even into the evening hours. like you said it is quiet. you see that behind me at this command center. this is the focus where everybody joins together and then goes out and searches. i can tell you the whereabouts of this berkeley runner unknown. now some are starting to wonder if he is out there at all. >> reporter: volunteers with the sheriff's office scouring the

news starts right now. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, there is abc 7 news. >>> i am not surprised something like this has happened. i am surprised it took so long. >> tonight, a napa doctor is the first tporpb face federal charges for phony vaccine treatments and fraudulent vaccination cards. good evening, thank you for joining us. >> abc 7 details the alleged scheme. >> reporter: selling immunization pellets with the promise of lifelong protection from covid-19. one of the complaints out lined against julie nazzi. the doctor operated her practice out of her town home in napa where agents spent mystery offed with sifting through the property. he recognized her face on the news. >> i am not surprised something like this has happened. i am surprised it took so long for something like this to come out and someone be in trouble of it. >> reporter: providing fake vaccine cards to patients. saying the fda authorized armful iningredients. according to the complaint, she instructed four total days of dosing are required before lifelong immunity is considered achieved. claiming d

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> so -- >> tom brady again, setting social media world on fire. >> a storm. i saw that video. i didn't understand that it was a video. i thought it was a caption where he was like, can't wait to be throwing to real running backs. ooh, is he saying that the team has no good running backs? or the patriots -- >> he meant that training camp starts soon. he puts out this video. a lot of people think that the video is in reverse. that they shot it in reverse because -- we'll get to that more. >> oh, yeah. >> those receiver jugs are supposed to shoot out, from the back. so -- i don't know. we'll take a closer look at that a little later. it's probably fake. if it was -- if anybody can do this, it would be tom brady. he is 45? i don't know how old he is. >> you don't know his age. let that man live. deciding to break it down and see what it is. regardless, that man is going to start conversations. >> uh-huh. the nfl is almost back. >>> first, we begin with the weather extremes being seen across the country and the rising death toll th

abc news chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, along with our abc stations, is doing an in-depthroot causes of gun violence called "one nation under fire." he spoke with two officers in new york city about the victims. take a look. >> who are the victims? >> when you look at who is getting shot in the city, 97% people of color. it's way off the charts. >> reporter: for chief judith harrison the fight is personal. >> as an african-american obviously it was painful to hear that 90% of your victims are people of color. >> horrifying statistic. it's not just about statistics. it's not just about people of color. it's about everyone. >> it's about everyone. important reporting there. let's bring in abc news political director rick klein joining us from washington. good morning to you. it's good to have you. just want to pick up on pierre's reporting. president biden has talked about combatting gun violence in america. what concrete steps is the administration taking? >> reporter: the president has called it an epidemic. he's made clear in his view it's tied to america's emergence from

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you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00. live here on abc 7. hulu live and wherever you stream. we begin our 4th of july coverage now with abc news, reporter jr stone, live on our roof tonight overlooking the embarcadero in san francisco and jr, i presume there are a lot of folks enjoying the day. >> reporter: pack your patience. we will be heading out. some people don't want to deal with the traffic so they are parking down the embarcadero and walking in. there is a hope that the fog will not be too thick come 9:30. we were just down at fisherman's wharf and you can see all of the people here. they have their blankets down and waiting it out until that fireworks show that starts at 9:30 this evening. it will last for 22 minutes and 16 seconds to be exact. now, if you are coming to san francisco you can see the fireworks fromfm aquatic park. northern waterfront, masks are optional. it was 50/50 this afternoon in the whatever wharf. the fireworks will happen with or without the fog. when we were out at aquatic park you and are looking at a live look the embarcadero, you will feel

in washington, faith abubey, abc 7 news. >> thank you, faith. >>> this morning you can watch live coverage of the first hearing into the capitol riots here on abc 7. it'll also be streamed online at abc7news.com. that special report starts around 6:30. >>> a major development in the fight against coronavirus. california will require all state employees and healthcare were workers to be vaccinated against covid-19. this mandate affects about 246,000 californians. state workers are expected to comply no later than this monday. the vaccine requirement has two approved exemptions for religious or extreme health reasons. unvaccinated employees will still have to wear face masks at work. >>> today in the east bay, some ninth and tenth graders are going back to school for the day to really get a sense of what life is going to look like when they go back to class. >> many of them have never stepped foot on school grounds because of the pandemic. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in richmond with what they're going to learn today and how other bay area schools are preparing to go back to i

you are watching abc seven news. right away, fireworks are back again this year across the bay area. matt is joining us with a look at what they are doing to prepare for tomorrow night. >> it is a lot of work to get everything ready for the big day. the waterfront is expected to be packed with onlookers hoping to celebrate, also hoping that fog does not get in the way. >> this show breaks open and looks like it pours out like a big horse tail. >> pat says until recently, it was unclear whether or not many fireworks shows with take place. >> everybody was saying no, no, no, no, no, no, then in may all of the yeses started coming in. >> there will be two barges and one aquatic park. the biggest obstles e fog, which could creep into the beta might tonight. ricardo and monica live in the north bay and say this will be their first fourth of july fireworks display as recently naturalized citizens. the pandemic, upending many traditions, including a big family gathering for dilip and cynthia. >> last year was a bit of a bum

there is abc 7 news. >>> it means getting out, finally. >>> oh, yes. finally. a new feeling of independence for the people in the pay area this 4th of july. the first major holiday since california relaxed its covid-19 restrictions. good evening. thank you for joining us. you are watching abc live. >>> the bay area is celebrating the 4th of july in true american style. parades and picnics were back on this year after canceled in covid-19 in 2020. abc 7 news reporter gives us a taste of red, white and blue across the bay. [music] >> reporter: marching bands were making a come back. so were the bagpipers the 4th of july parade was back. hundreds of people came out to watch. >> really great to have the community come together, finally. feels like the first time. >> i was super duper exci for the parade. it has been a very long time with covid-19 happening. >> reporter: covid-19 canceled last year's parade. it looks like the patriotic spirit never left. >> what does this 4th of july mean to you? >> being out without a mask and surrounded with family and friends. >>

abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, there is abc 7 news. >>> the variants compete against each other for hosts and the variants that is most transmissible is going to win. that right now it is the delta variant. >> tonight, the delta variant is the dominant strain in the united states. it is hitting the unvaccinated hard, especially in america's heartland. now the white house sent covid- 19 search teams to missouri and colorado to help them get a handle on the out breaks. it comes as a death toll from covid-19 passed the four million mark tonight. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the expert presidency how to stop the cycle of new infections and variants. >>> from missouri and kentucky to utah much of the u.s. is in the midst of a summer surge. the delta variant, the dominant covid-19 strain across the country. >> i would of thought we would of had a little bit more of a break. continued the downslope into august. >> reporter: he says the abbreviated break is easily explained. >> more people vaccinated in those

the new program will launch at the end of the year. live in alameda, amy, abc 7 news. >>> we are seeing heart pounding moments captured on the alameda county sheriff's office by the cameras. it is from a shoot out in a hayward hills back in april. wants to warn you some of this video is hard to watch. >> i got a gun. >> he got the gun in his hand. >> do not move! >> do not move! >> keep your hands down. >> drop the gun. >> alameda county sheriff's deputies say that matthew was hiding behind a fence after threatening several people with a gun and as deputies were looking for him, investigators said harry said tell my mom i love her and then he shot i deputies. >> the deputies returned fire killing him. >> multiple sideshowsmultiple ss police to the limit on the fourth of july. some of them drew hundreds of people as cars took over numerous intersections. as officers moved in on one of the sideshows, people in the crowd through firecrackers. police arrested at least one person for blocking first responders. gunshots were heard as officers had some of these vehicl

news starts right now. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, there is abc 7 news. >>> i am notprised something like this has happened. i am surprised it took so long. >> tonight, a napa doctor is the first tporpb face federal charges for phony vaccine treatments and fraudulent vaccination cards. good evening, thank you for joining us. >> abc 7 details the alleged scheme. >> reporter: selling immunization pellets with the promise of lifelong protection from covid-19. one of the complaints out lined against julie nazzi. the doctor operated her practice out of her town home in napa where agents spent mystery offed with sifting through the property. he recognized her face on the news. >> i am not surprised something like this has happened. i am surprised it took so long for something like this to come out and someone be in trouble of it. >> reporter: providing fake vaccine cards to patients. saying the fda authorized armful iningredients. according to the complaint, she instructed four total days of dosing are required before lifelong immunity is considered achieved. claiming doses

abc news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> i'm still processing this. is kind of a stunning revelation. >> a bay area woman who accused bill cosby of sexual assault is left stunned after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned his 2018 conviction. good evening. i'm ama dates. >> bill cosby is a freeman . release, billrison and back at cosby spoke with abc news by phone. >> and nobody had the sense to say wait one second, this doesn't match up with the truth. >> justices ruled cosby should not have been prosecuted because of a deal with former d. a. bruce caster that he would not be charged if he agreed to testify in a 2005 civil civil cl brought by andrea constand. cosby relied upon d. a.'s word he would not be prosecuted but his successor used his testimony as a key piece of evidence more than a decade later to file criminal charges against the comedian. cosby was later convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting constand, serving two of his three to ten year sentence before his release on wednesday. the court also bars further prosecution against

to allow stations and other time zones to join us for this special report. >> announc >>> this an abc newscial report. >>> we're coming on the air with breaking news the supreme court has just issued a ruling affecting how state voting rules can be challenged under federal civil rights law, this is a win for republicans here at the heart of the case, in section 2 of the voting rights act of 1965, which bans any measure that ultimately denies or bridges the right to vote of a u.s. citizen on the count of race n this case the court found in a 6-3 ruling that two arizona voting laws don't meet that criteria for discrimination, those laws invalidate ballots cast in the wrong precincts. something called ballot harvesting. now democrats argued the laws disappropriately hurt many minority voters. again, though, it's a win for republicans who insisted the measures are race neutral and afford equal opportunity for all voters. 14 states have enacted 22 new restretive voting laws so far this year, with an unprecedented 389 proposed restrictions being put forward in 48 states. let's get to terry moran

you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00 live on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you happen to stream. >>> ared flag warning just took effect for much of the bay area. >> live doppler 7 is tracking it all. we're seeing it in the form of high clouds right now. over the bay area, we do not have any lightning strikes to speak of. it's a different story over to the east. you can see the moisture streaming in from the south along tahoe over the past couple of hours we have had a couple fire strikes around the tamarack fire. we're watching that closely. to the east of fresno, you can see several lightning strikes. right now we're watching a line of moisture that's moving in from the south. it's falling apart, but we're still tracking the chance of the threat of lightning. that red flag warning is now in effect until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. we'll take a look at when we have the highest chance for lightning in the full forecast in a few minutes. >>> first, that red flag warning comes just as a key fire station in the fire prone oakland hills is closed at least for the weekend thanks to a malfunctioning

>> erielle, thank you so much. >>> and now let's bring in abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams., i want to read this quote from the d.a., kevin steel. he said cosby is free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime. explain what that means and how this happened. >> reporter: yeah, the supreme court here made no judgment about the facts of the case. the underlying truth of what happened here. what they did say is that that assurance made by the d.a., the first d.a., led bill cosby to answer questions in the civil case that he wouldn't have he would have, might have invoked his right against self-incrimination. new d.a. comes in, says, we want to use those statements, uses the statements and the pennsylvania supreme court ruled that the entirety of that was fundamentally unfair, so much so that they weren't going to just order a new trial, they were literally going to dismiss the charges and say that bill cosby cannot be retried again for these charges. >> and many people are now wondering if this is the end of the road. does this bar any future prosecutio

abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, there is abc 7 news. >>> the variants compete against each other for hosts and the variants that is most transmissible is going to win. that right now it is the delta variant. >> tonight, the delta variant is the dominant strain in the united states. it is hitting the unvaccinated hard, especially in america's heartland. now the white house sent covid- 19 search teams to missouri and colorado to help them get a handle on the out breaks. it comes as a death toll from covid-19 passed the four mark tonight. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the expert presidency how to stop the cycle of new infections and variants. >>> from missouri and kentucky to utah much of the u.s. is in the midst of a summer surge. the delta variant, the dominant covid-19 strain across the country. >> i would of thought we would of had a little bit more of a break. continued the downslope into august. >> reporter: he says the abbreviated break is easily explained. >> more people vaccinated in those states o

abc news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> i'm still processing this. it is kind of a stunning revelation. >> a bay area woman who accused bill cosby of sexual assault is left stunned after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned his 2018 conviction. good evening. i'm ama dates. >> bill cosby is a freeman released from prison and back at home. shortly after his release, bill cosby spoke with abc news by phone. >> and nobody had the sense to say wait one second, this doesn't match up with the truth. >> justices ruled cosby should not have been prosecuted because of a deal with former d. a. bruce caster that he would not be charged if he agreed to testify in a 2005 civil suit brought by andrea constand. cosby relied upon d. a.'s word he would not be prosecuted but his successor used his testimony as a key piece of evidence more than a decade later to file criminal charges against the comedian. cosby was later convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting constand, serving two of his three to ten year sentence before his release on wednesday. the court a

political director averi harper, mary and abc news contributor lz granderson, host of abc's life out on this fourth of july. thanks for coming in. averi, i want to start with donald trump. the case against the trump organization and its cfo, president trump was not himself charged, but this is his namesake company. how big of a deal is this? >> listen, the investigation is ongoing in the new york state attorney general office and the manhattan d.a. office. if there's any evidence surfaces that implicates the president, allen weisselberger is facing 15 felonies. we don't know what he's going to do. we know that president trump spoke with john santucci and he said he didn't believe that weisselberg would flip on him. time will tell. >> do you think president trump is at all worried? i was fascinated by what he said. almost as if he admitted it all really happened, that they didn't pay taxes. >> you see him running the same playbook for the scandal that beset him during his administration. portray it as a partisan witch hunt and basically in a way admit to things while claiming they're

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> from the fire escape, you had the celebration in the nation's capital, right here in new york city, fourth of july felt a little more normal. >> it felt a little more normal. >> welcome. thank you. >> july 5th, a new holiday. >> a new holiday indeed. it's nice though because i don't remember what i did, everything was kind of canceled. >> same. i probably watched something on tv but i don't know. >> we will get to all of those fourth of july celebrations but first we will get to the breaking news from near miami, the demolition of what remained of that collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. >> it was brought down overnight, leaving only a huge plume of dust behind. the demolition clearing away for the search efforts at the site to resume. >> with the entire structure now down, search crews may be able to gain access to areas they haven't accessed since the collapse. overnight, crews demolishing the remaining structure of the partially collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. residents in the area told to close their

we once >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. >>> good morning, everybody. rris in new york. we are coming on the air item now to bring you a historic moment in space travel which really could lead to a whole new era of commercial space travel for civilians. the unity spaceship 2 being koreyed by a larger plane, the virgin mothership eve which in moments will release the craft at 50,000 feet. its motor will ignite and the spacecraft will make its way to suborbital space 50 miles above. on board richard branson and crew of two pilots and three other civilian employees of his company, virgin galactic, the mission delayed by about 90 minutes because of weather but then all systems go at spaceport america in new mexico 180 miles south of albuquerque and right there on the ground in new mexico is abc's gio benitez. gio, you've been following this story for weeks now, just walk us through what we're about to see here in the coming minutes. >> reporter: so, dan, as you mentioned we're seeing incredible images right now. this is about 46,000 feet or so, so when it re

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live in pleasant hill, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> the covid surge has thrown a wrench rethe office. abc 7 news reporter explains how bay area tech companies are now responding. >> google and facebook now requiring vaccinations for those returning to the office. twitter closing their offices in san francisco and new york after they just reopened two weeks ago. major changes as covid-19 cases are again on the rise. >> most of the smart companies are deciding to leave their people at home as long as they can. >> tech analyst rob says those start dates are likely to be pushed back even more. most workers not in a rush to give up working from ho begin with. quiring their thousands workers to get vainnot a shock doctors. >> people ne to take step back and realize vaccine mandates are nothing new. >> while the move to e vainionss a g one, so far not the most popular one among companies. >> as we've been collecting data from all the companies we work with, less than 10% of companies are currently planning on requiring that employees show proof of vaccination before returning t

. >> and san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >>> city officials are downplaying the severity of crime in san francisco despsan videos like this one statistics from the police departments show that crimes have decreased in the city. the police chief and mayor gave a midyear report on public safety. rapes, robberies are down. what is your take on it? >> a mixed report we had some up and some down. violence up, some violence down. if you are a victim of crime it is the center of your life and chances are it has changed your life forever. right now san francisco as a city is reeling from crime and also from public relations nightmare,prroers argoviral on the internet, the mayor and the police chief made it clear today that no crime is good but that even while the numbers are down others are trending up in san francisco and its sole major city and other major cities are dealing with similar issues not as well as san francisco. put that all together but today i asked the mayor and chief or can be done right now to make things better and if they feel the city's district attorney is doing eno