town of oakley, where residents here and hundreds of thousands of them out there, between here and bethel island could be facing a very serious public safety issue. here's the story. 30 years g, this part of contra costa county known for its or chartdz and vin beyond a reasonable doubts. today the home of nearly 150,000 residents, residents who thanks to the slump in the economy may soon see their already thinly stretched fire protection cut in half. >> it's wild. that's unsafe. a building boom, and then the slump, with property taxes falling through the floor and leaving the east contra county fire district which includes byron and bethel island $3 million short. it also means possibly cutting the fire force from an already bare bones 48 firefighters down to 23. according to firefighter union president vince wells, that means it could take up to 20 minutes in some parts of the district for the fire tux to arrive. >> what happens if there were two fires at one time? >> yeah, they wouldn't have the resources, so the engines would have to come from the other agencies. >> so it could take up

there's no other access to bethel except by air. we're 400 miles from anchorage, the largest city in the state. by air. because you cannot drive to bethel. so that project has stopped. another project is the air traffic control tower in anchorage. now, people say, oh, it's just a tower, what does it matter? well, you know, the tower's old, it needs improvements. and here's why it's important. it's not only important for alaska, and, again, the people who would do that project, it's important for this country. we're the third busiest air cargo airport in the sense of cargo throughput in the world. we move products from around the world through anchorage that are produced around the world and produced in this country. if you're shipping something to europe or asia and you're west of the mississippi, the odds are you're coming through anchorage international airport. almost 700 wide-body jets fly through there every single week carrying cargo. the third busiest cargo throughput in the world. it's an economic engine. it's a job creator.

that district covers brentwood, oakley, discovery bay, myron and bethel island.is $3 million short in its budget. potential cuts include dropping the firefighting crew 48 to 23. they are telling the city, some of them anyway, don't want dozens of new cell towers in their community. t-mobile wants to build 27 new antennas around the city. they say the towers would be unattractive and some people are worried about possible health hazards, t-mobile says it needs those to improve service in the area. >>> survived an attack and now he is home. how a bay area teen helped scare away a grizzly bear. >>> its a costly item for some people. hi, we're looking toave some money on our car insurance. grea at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> an e

the celebrate america event was sponsored by the bethel church.nd fireworks lit up the skies for the third of july celebrations. for more bay area fire work events visit our website at abc7news.com and click on the see it on tv tab. >>> now to leigh glaser and more on those record temperatures. >> wow. it was really a hot one inland today. we will shed a few degrees off tomorrow and tuesday and then it looks like by midweek, alan, we will start to cool things down for the entire bay area. a nice shot out there. this is from our high definition cam in the east bay looking toward the west. you can see the bay bridge there. the higher elevations in the last couple hours, some strong westerly winds have started to develop there. so that's why the camera was bouncing a bit. check out antioch. once again the hot or warm temperatures at this hour. 86 degrees. holding heat in concord. 76 livermore. 76 and clear skies. fremont right now 71. 62 in san francisco. in the north bay, santa rosa clear and 76 and napa has dropped off to 65 degrees. once again ton

that district covers brentwood, oakley, discovery bay, myron and bethel island. it is $3 million short in its budget. potential cuts include dropping the firefighting crew 48 to 23. they are telling the city, some of them anyway, don't want dozens of new cell towers in their community. t-mobile wants to build 27 new antennas around the city. they say the towers would be unattractive and some people are worried about possible health hazards, t-mobile says it needs those to improve service in the area. >>> survived an attack and now he is home. how a bay area teen helped scare away a grizzly bear. >>> its a costly item for some people. why some big-name prescription drugs could get bigger. >>> plus, why arnold schwarzenegger re-filed his divorce papers. [ male announcer ] this... is the montrose pet hospital -- montrose, california. in here, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. so they can run the office... even when they're not in the office. call at&t a

growing webber playing his third pole position of the season despite recent hummels and champ in bethel qualified outside the top two for the first time this season the german will go third out of the ferrari and under a long slow and fully paymaster sadie's nico rosberg the six mcclelland jenson button seventh off the bolton run however all this could change on for. monday the latest weather forecast predicts and eighty four percent chance of rain at the start of the race. starting now and get out evans is set to become a stray as first tour de france winner after a stunning time trial victory in the suburbs of grenoble the thirty four year old and two time runner up overcame a fifty seven second deficit to take the yellow jersey from andy schleck with his father frank schleck in third paired with a largely ceremonial final stage in paris germany's tony martin one saturday stage for the evans on defending champion alberto contador was third. in that and fever has banned for life former executive mohamad been her man after the sport's governing body found the official guilty of attempte

the district that covers brentwood, oakley, discovery way, byron and bethel island is $3 million short. potential cuts include cutting its firefighting crew interest 48 to 23 and closing half of the remaining fire stations. >>> neighbors in burlingame are telling the city they don't want dozens of new cell towers in their community. t-mobile wants to build 27 new antennas around the area. neighbors say the towers would be unattractive and so people are worried about possible health hazards. t-mobile says it needs them to improve service in the area. >>> it is 4:44 now. the national football league will have a season this year. the longest work stoppage in nfl history is ended after more than 4 months of bickering. the end of the lockout means players from both the 49ers and raiders and other teams con end their informal -- can end their informal practices and begin training camp this week. the raiders open tomorrow, 49ers open at their santa clara home thursday. >> i can't tell you how good it's going to be to have those guys, you know, in the building face to face, knee to knee, smell

wheel not on altogether forcing the winner to retire so i won't go first to the checkered flag while bethel got the better of all starter on teammate mark webber for second place russian batali petroff finished well. all right from england to argentina where nerves are juggling for brazil up a copy america the defending champions not win their last group game to ensure a progression into the quarterfinals after a second straight troll against the hard way this time the eight time winners helping the scoring thirty eight minutes in through johnson a typical personally and strike this. i think you do it through the second half hour ago i find themselves in front scoring twice within a dozen minutes manchester city strike the. twenty fifth international year the same then set up so she nelson both is who is schulte some crossed the line despite the best efforts of the people. i presume to listen to my. grades and to. salvage a draw for the whole i the result means that as well and i take control of group he says are free a side single factor one million subway's says our guns are always the ma

not altogether forcing the old nine winner to retire so along to first to the checkered flag while bethel got the better of total starter and teammate mark webber for second place russian that's how he better off he was twelve. from into argentina where nerves are juggling for brazil of the copper america that the offending champions must know when their last group game to ensure a progression into the quarterfinals after a second straight draw against partick why this time the eight time winners are opening the scoring thirty. same through johnson a typical brazilian strike this i but then midway through the second half of why i find themselves in front scoring twice within a dozen minutes manchester city struck a rocket something. that in his twenty fifth international. the same man then set up substitute nelson followed their shots somehow crossed the line despite the best efforts brazil bookkeepers says or i listened to the lies of late on in the last minute in fact fred making it to the salvage a draw for the older i. it's clear that we didn't play well and we're conscious of that so

it was sponsored by san jose's bethel church. fireworks lit up the sky in richmond at marina bay park. for more bay area 4th of july events, visit our website at abc7news.com. we have a list right there on the home page. >> we've got a map you can break it down county by county and click on. >> the temperatures, let's check in with mike. >> under the high pressure, the heat and high pressure has taken away the marine layer. all of us will be able to see fireworks even at the coast this afternoon. look they dry air, the orange significant any feisz, the deeper moisture and eventually the green are well up to the north where the storm track is. another day of above average temperatures, throw mid-70s in concord and antioch. you hear a few hair conditioners half moon bay is at 45 degrees. you'll be at 68 this afternoon. 75 in san francisco. you see mid-80s to 90s to the south bay. low 90s showing up in the north bay valleys but by far, east bay valleys the hottest with middle to upper 90s. mid to a upper 90s, gilroy and hollister. n

last night at shoreline amply theater in mountain view to celebrate america event was sponsored by bethel church and fireworks lit up the screen at marina day park. for more 4th of july events, visit our website at abc7news.com. we have a complete list. >> pancake breakfast and parades it's going to be perfect. >> check in with mike. >> we can start with pig in the blanketed and work with the brats in the afternoon. very nice. good morning. we've made, 235th nation's birthday. that is impressive. here is a look then we have some green. that is where the storm tracker, that is where all the wet weather is, 70 in concord and 75 in antioch. a lot of 70s and 60s until you get to half moon bay. by the afternoon hours, it is hot but not quite as hot as yesterday. 68 in san francisco, san francisco 75. and 90s showing up in the south bay. low on 90s in the north bay valleys and mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys. same thing around morgan hill and hollister. 80 in santa cruz, 70 in monterey. seven-day forecast, hotter tomorrow, probably spare-the-air day and 10-15 degrees cool are by friday

. >> reporter: a special fundraiser will take place this sunday at 8:00 at bethel a.m.e. church. all do donations may be made through sun trust bank. >> church services will continue at fort worthington elementary while the search is church is being built. >>> if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the traffic with kristy breslin. >>> so far, as the beltway goes, we're still seeing brake lights on the west side of the inner loop. that's from baltimore national pike, to liberty road. drive time, about 15 minutes. over on the north side inner loop, also slows down from charles street to providence road. average speed in that direction, about 45 miles an hour. 70, westbound, no improvement there. bumper to bumper from 29 to marriottsville road. and the harrisburg expressway, sluggish in the northbound direction. as far as accidents go, 195 westbound, an accident there at 95. and a couple of them in baltimore city. hillen road alt 33rd. holiday street, at saratoga. also east north avenue at st. paul. let's take a live look. you can see plenty ofa activity

the district covers brentwood, oakley, discovery bay, byron and bethel island. >>> the attorney for thethe norway attack says his hearing was closed because of fears he would send signals to other terror cells. 32-year-old suspect anders breivik pled not guilty yesterday. but he did admit to the violence which left at least 76 people dead in two locations. the defense attorney suggests breivik is insane. he claims to be part of an organization with several cells but officials say he acted alone. >>> just one more week until the debt deadline. the big blame game that's played out on prime time last night. >>> plus, no wedding dress, no tuxedo? no problem. how a soldier and his northern california girlfriend tied the knot thousands of miles apart. ,,,,,,,, ah, progress. what once took huge computers can now be stored on a single flash drive. yep, 4 gigs, just $5.99. will wonders never cease? [ male announcer ] staples has amazing back to school deals, like flash drives for $5.99. that was easy. hebrew national hot dogs are unlike any other all-beef hot dog. every bite goes above and beyon

sending out his force into what becomes the first significant land battle of the war, the battle of big bethel. he sends out a force, and right at the head of the force alongside the commanding officers is writing one of these escaped slaves who has been helping them scout. butler orders that this man be given a gun to use when they go into battle. extraordinary moment. this is about two years before what we think of as the beginning of black americans serving in the union army, the 54th of massachusetts. to me it's this moment that emancipation really begins. it's not something that lincoln sat down and decreed with a sheet of paper. i sort of close that chapter with a story that i love that hasn't been told very much, and it's a debate that emancipation proclamation is finally issued, and william steward, have many of the red team of rivals? and you know that william stewart was in many ways the can is an craftiest number of the lincoln administration. he was walking across lafayette, in washington, the emancipation has just been pro-claim. he runs into a union army officer and then stops an

>> reporter: due to cutbacks there were only 11 full-time nurses to cover 18,000 students in the bethelationwide there's no standard for school health care. if you live in vermont, you have one school nurse to just over 300 students. if you live in michigan, you have one school nurse to just under 5,000 students. so there's a great range of what children are receiving in the united states for school health services. >> reporter: and as schools suffer budget cuts, school nurses are becoming scarce. >> it is not a shortage of nurses, it is a shortage of funded positions. school districts need to make that a priority and need to have a funded position available for a school nurse to be in the building. >> reporter: the school acknowledges they could use more funding and more help. >> certainly, i think every school district could use more nurses. oftentimes it is a matter of funding and finding personnel to staff those positions. >> reporter: janette meres says the lack of a school nurse not only contributed to mercedes' death but also killed the heartbeat of her family. >> i don't see it

the district covers brentwood, oakley, discovery bay, byron and bethel island. >>> traffic and weatherund 101 approaching hellyer avenue. it sounds like one lane is blocked so there is some slowing just behind it. now, if you want to use 280 as an alternate, it's pretty heavy traffic here as well heading out of downtown san jose. you can see it's pretty sluggish past the 880 highway 17 interchange. 880 in the last five-minutes or so we are seeing a few brake lights in the northbound lanes past the coliseum. time now 21 minutes between 238 to the macarthur maze. southbound looks okay until you reach closer to hayward. then it starts to get sluggish through there. mass transit though problem- free. everything is on time. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> elizabeth, we have a few more low clouds and fog around the bay area this morning. not as thick as yesterday. out toward the dublin area, skies are breaking up. we are going to see more sunshine as we head in toward the afternoon. looks like warmer temperatures ahead. numbers this afternoon, mid-80s in the hott