we are happy to have cornell back and that's important to us.we also are publishing books by cheryl cash in. her book just came out. she's a very well-known black legal scholar and she is latina opportunity and injustice in america through the lens of plays and not of course means class. and implies class where people live and what opportunities the place of residence gives them or doesn't allow them. so that is one look at it. her colleague at the black legal scholar is looking at the meritocracy and the inequities we have an american society and judging merit. it's a test stocker free -- test stocker c. so bonnie is questioning, what is that we use to measure, who has merit, who gets to go to the elite colleges? who they saw the opportunity in america. so the two women looking at different aspects of justice in america are powerful, powerful books are very proud of. >> a very quick look at some of the books coming up a beacon press in the fall of 2014. this is a tv on cease and two. >> we believe that all men are created equal. yet many are de

cornell bernard is live in san rafael tonight. cornell, the aide for some is too little, too late. >> that is right. the marin drought -- or the drought across california is taking its toll 0* ranchers, especially when it comes to just feeding their cattle. >> dinner time where his family has been ranching since 1868. but ted wonders if the drought could end his way of life in 2014. >> how bad is the situation for you here? >> it is critical. >> he is chairman of the ranchers association and every member is in the same tough situation. it produced no hillside feed for cattle forcing many ranchers to buy it. >> typically we feed two and this year we went through eight. >> a drought emergency will allow some members to recoup some money. eye guy we need all of the help we can get. >> what they need is rain. february brought more than 20 inches of rain to the res vair. rise voir. it helped replenish water springs. >> it is 30 days of being done. it is hard to go to sleep when you look at the long range forecast. >> farmers and ranche

. >> abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live where people gathered to remember her. cornell? >> dan, about a hundred people came to this vigil demanding answers. meantime, the sheriff's department defending its use of deadly force. there was music, prayers and candles for 18-year-old garcia. these people are demanding justice. tony read a statement trans plated by the -- translated by the family's priest. >> we want an investigation of what happened. >> he was shot and killed by the sheriff deputy. he responded to the p oi nt road after reports of a woman with a knife. this witness says he quickly turned the knife on the deputy. we agreed not to show her face on camera. >> i saw her chasing the car with the knife in her happened and holding -- in her hand and holding it like this. >> he was in a position where a woman was wielding a knife at him and to the point he was in fear for his life. in that quick decision moment he drew his weapon and fired. >> the department denies accusations that garcia was shot in the back. the family says he suffered from depression and was takin

i'm cornell bernard. firefighters will be ready as tomorrow's high heat pushes the fire danger to the extreme. already today, the east baysa at least two brush fires. we're joined with a look at the damage started by one fire today. lisa. >> this fire was put out fast by firefighters, but not before it did some serious damage. look at this rv. total loss, and this ski boat, it used to hold 14 people. that's destroyed, and the fire itself, however, started in that field. witnesses say someone was mowing very tall grass in this one acre plot when the fire suddenly started. there was a lot of smoke and the wind was blowing, which caused the fire to move to the boat and rv as well as people's homes. they rushed to the scene, they were not only fighting the fire but also staged in front of homes trooprotect them. those who live out here are very frustrated by what happened. >> i think it was a riding mower, which is what was crazy. 95 degrees in the middle of the day mowing two-foot-tall grass. should have bet

cornell bernard is live in the newsroom with what went wrong here, cornell. >> many believe san francisco blew an opportunity by letting george lucas take his museum to another galaxy far, far away. >> there is a a great disturbance in the force. >> george lucas wanted a place to house his massive collection of "star wars" and hollywood movie memorabilia, not to mention his art collection by american masters. he chose san francisco, but that didn't happen. instead chicago's waterfront won the battle to house the collection. it is also the hometown of lucas' wife, melanie hobb son. rahm emanuel was thrilled. >> this is a significant day for the city and a significant investment by george and melanie next to the other ma seems. >> his first choice was chris see field, but the presidio land trust turned him down cold. lucas was told to look elsewhere. the city scrambled for a plan b and offered up this site near piers 30 and 32 where the warriors abandoned to build an arena. there were letters of support and this sign begging lucas to stay. the mayor acknowledged a rare opportunity was misse

cornell you were an adviser in vietnam. and the president said he's going to send 300 advisors what are they going to do? >> we don't know. i was wounded throw times in vietnam. >> as an advisor. >> he doesn't plan to put them in combat positions. we can have them helping them with their trucks because they can move them forward or inteleigence communication and a whole range of thing little. what we have to hope they will be positioned so they can have a strategic influence. >> where will it be. >> baghdad would be the safest. air strikes and we have to think of them controlling the air strikes. >> put it over there and put them on the board. >> and hit the right targets. and it remains to be seen. let's put them where they are not in harm's way. and the question is what can they influence. >> it is apparent. this is a mess right now. does baghdad fall and if it doesn't. >> baghdad probably won't fall because baghdad is 69 percent shiite and the last thing is the sunnis want to do. this is a sunnis. isis is a sunni army. l

. >> abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live where people gathered to remember her. cornell? >> dan, about a hundred people came to this vigil demanding answers. meantime, the sheriff's department defending its use of deadly force. there was music, prayers and candles for 18-year-old garcia. these people are demanding justice. tony read a statement trans plated by the -- translated by the family's priest. >> we want an investigation of what happened. >> he was shot and killed by the sheriff deputy. he responded to the p oi nt road after reports of a woman with a knife. this witness says he quickly turned the knife on the deputy. we agreed not to show her face on camera. >> i saw her chasing the car with the knife in her happened and holding -- in her hand and holding it like this. >> he was in a position where a woman was wielding a knife at him and to the point he was in fear for his life. in that quick decision moment he drew his weapon and fired. >> the department denies accusations that garcia was shot in the back. the family says he suffered from depression and was takin

cornell? reporter: still no cause to this fire but just a short time ago, a woman who lost her home in this fire, made an amazing discovery right here in the ruins. after a long search there is nothing left of the house heather and evan thornton was about to start their new life in, but suddenly a miraculous find. heathers ann gaugement ring discovered in the rubble. >> oh, my gosh. >> we apologize. we came back a little early. hopefully we'll go back to cornell with -- right now? >> after a long search there is nothing left of the house heather and evan thornton were about to tart their new life in but suddenly a miraculous find, heathers' engagement ring. >> oh, my gosh, i saved my wedding dress and having this, felt like everything will by all right. our wedding will still happen. >> she also rescued her wedding dress moments before the fire destroyed their home. what a fire it was. sky 7hd beings overhead when embers blew into this old-town neighborhood, quickly igniting one house and four

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> it is going to be fun. abc7 is the only place to watch the world cup live this saturday. you can watch columbia and greece at 8:30 followed bayou raw go we and costa rica. and don't miss a moment with watch abc which lets you view the match as on your smartphone, tablet or your computer. >> well, a lot more to bring you. they are focusing on one girl's disease by treating her entire family. next on abc7 news, a special report on this unique approach that doctors at stanford are taking to find a cure. plus, busted for over sized baggage and overhead bins. have you seen people try to wedge the bags in those things. the movement that is shaming passengers who don't follow the rules. >> mommy, who is that a? >> that's your dad. >> and how jim harbaugh and his family are helping put an end to an epidemic of dad pants. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. 5* cloudy, cool start to your morning. this is giving uh quick glimpse. we have a warm up on the way just in time for father's day weekend. details on that, but

. >> and cornell bernard is live where butts was a teacher. cornell? >> that's right. brian butts taught music at this art school in daly city and his bond and his bail was set at $1.5 million. police believe there could be more victims out there. parents are shocked to learn a sub staw suit -- substitute teacher was arrested for molesting some of his young students. 28-year-old brian butts taught piano and guitar between april and early june while the school's owner was in europe. a 13-year-old girl was the first to report the crime. >> during the course of lesson s was touching her in the chest area over the clothing on several occasions. >> two more girls said butts touched them the same way during lessons. >> it is not supposed to happen. oh my gosh. >> parents whose kids had no contact with butts are outraged. >> most of the time for these classes it is best if there is like two teachers in there. that's the best possible scenario. budgets being what they are, it won't always work out. >> the district attorney believes there could be more victims and urmings them

cornell? reporter: still no cause to this fire but just a short time ago, a woman who lost her home in this fire, made an amazing discovery right here in the ruins. after a long search there is nothing left of the house heather and evan thornton was about to start their new life in, but suddenly a miraculous find. heathers ann gaugement ring discovered in the rubble. >> oh, my gosh. >> we apologize. we came back a little early. hopefully we'll go back to cornell with -- right now? >> after a long search there is nothing left of the house heather and evan thornton were about to tart their new life in but suddenly a miraculous find, heathers' engagement ring. >> oh, my gosh, i saved my wedding dress and having this, felt like everything will by all right. our wedding will still happen. >> she also rescued her wedding dress moments before the fire destroyed their home. what a fire it was. sky 7hd beings overhead when embers blew into this old-town neighborhood, quickly igniting one house and four

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> it is going to be fun. abc7 is the only place to watch the world cup live this saturday. you can watch columbia and greece at 8:30 followed bayou raw go we and costa rica. and don't miss a moment with watch abc which lets you view the match as on your smartphone, tablet or your computer. >> well, a lot more to bring you. they are focusing on one girl's disease by treating her entire family. next on abc7 news, a special report on this unique approach that doctors at stanford are taking to find a cure. plus, busted for over sized baggage and overhead bins. have you seen people try to wedge the bags in those things. the movement that is shaming passengers who don't follow the rules. >> mommy, who is that a? >> that's your dad. >> and how jim harbaugh and his family are helping put an end to an epidemic of dad pants. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. 5* cloudy, cool start to your morning. this is giving uh quick glimpse. we have a warm up on the way just in time for father's day weekend. details on that, but

cornell bernard joins us live with the story. cornell? >> ama, tenants living in this building on edge after a man broke into the lobby and stole all of their mail and packages. take a look at the suspect. clearly caught on tape. this man in this surveillance video is not delivering the mail. he is stealing it. it happened at this apartment building where 15 security cameras keep watch. the well-dressed suspect is first spotted outside. he appears to take something from his wallet to gain entry. >> he was good looking, dressed well. >> kind of fit in? >> yes. >> reporter: once inside the man is seen calmly using a crowbar to open the steel mailbox case piling mail from all 26 tenants into a bag and makes a second trip to get the packages. watch as he spots the camera and doesn't seem to care. >> even when he saw the camera, it is like, whatever. >> a total of 12 minutes. no one saw a thing. tennants fear their personal information was stolen. >> i do have personal mail coming in. i am concerned. it could be a credit card or credit card st

cornell bernard is live in san rafael tonight. cornell, the aide for some is too little, too late. >> that is right. the marin drought -- or the drought across california is taking its toll 0* ranchers, especially when it comes to just feeding their cattle. >> dinner time where his family has been ranching since 1868. but ted wonders if the drought could end his way of life in 2014. >> how bad is the situation for you here? >> it is critical. >> he is chairman of the ranchers association and every member is in the same tough situation. it produced no hillside feed for cattle forcing many ranchers to buy it. >> typically we feed two and this year we went through eight. >> a drought emergency will allow some members to recoup some money. eye guy we need all of the help we can get. >> what they need is rain. february brought more than 20 inches of rain to the res vair. rise voir. it helped replenish water springs. >> it is 30 days of being done. it is hard to go to sleep when you look at the long range forecast. >> farmers and ranche

cornell bernard is live in the newsroom with what went wrong here, cornell. >> many believe san francisco blew an opportunity by letting george lucas take his museum to another galaxy far, far away. >> there is a a great disturbance in the force. >> george lucas wanted a place to house his massive collection of "star wars" and hollywood movie memorabilia, not to mention his art collection by american masters. he chose san francisco, but that didn't happen. instead chicago's waterfront won the battle to house the collection. it is also the hometown of lucas' wife, melanie hobb son. rahm emanuel was thrilled. >> this is a significant day for the city and a significant investment by george and melanie next to the other ma seems. >> his first choice was chris see field, but the presidio land trust turned him down cold. lucas was told to look elsewhere. the city scrambled for a plan b and offered up this site near piers 30 and 32 where the warriors abandoned to build an arena. there were letters of support and this sign begging lucas to stay. the mayor acknowledged a rare opportunity was misse

cornell. >> good-bye, spring. is the deadline for lawmakers to pass a spinning plan for the upcoming here. governor brown wants to beef up the rainy day fund and pay down state debt but democrats pushing for restoration to cuts to welfare, healthcare and education. the votes are expected to last week a grand jury indicted 42-year-old ryan claimer lane on allegations he was trying build a remote control bomb. they also charged him with a possessing a handgun without serial numbers. he was arrested earlier this month after a manhunt. the authorities say it was prompt bid the discovery of bomb-making materials at his apartment. he faces up to ten years in prison if he is convicted >> it's happened again. another unruly passenger forcing a packed flight to land and this time it was caught on camera. here's abc news reporter on the growing number of unruly flyers and what can be done about it. >> reporter: chaotic moments aboard with jet blueline. an agitated passenger. listen again. you can hear the passenger's daught

cornell bernard is live in the newsroom with what went wrong here, cornell. >> many believe san francisco blew an opportunity by letting george lucas take his museum to another galaxy far, far away. >> there is a a great disturbance in the force. >> george lucas wanted a place to house his massive collection of "star wars" and hollywood moviet toia, not to mention his art collection by american masters. he chose san francisco, but that didn't happen. instead chicago's waterfront won the battle to house the collection. it is also the hometown of lucas' wife, melanie hobb son. rahm emanuel was thrilled. >> this is a significant day for the city and a significant investment by george and melanie next to the other ma seems. >> his first choice was chris see field, but the presidio land trust turned him down cold. lucas was told to look elsewhere. the city scrambled for a plan b and offered up this site near piers 30 and 32 where the warriors abandoned to build an arena. there were letters of support and this sign begging lucas to stay. the mayor acknowledged a rare opportunity was missed "i a

. >> and cornell bernard is live where butts was a teacher. cornell? >> that's right.brian butts taught music at this art school in daly city and his bond and his bail was set at $1.5 million. police believe there could be more victims out there. parents are shocked to learn a sub staw suit -- substitute teacher was arrested for molesting some of his young students. 28-year-old brian butts taught piano and guitar between april and early june while the school's owner was in europe. a 13-year-old girl was the first to report the crime. >> during the course of lesson s was touching her in the chest area over the clothing on several occasions. >> two more girls said butts touched them the same way during lessons. >> it is not supposed to happen. oh my gosh. >> parents whose kids had no contact with butts are outraged. >> most of the time for these classes it is best if there is like two teachers in there. that's the best possible scenario. budgets being what they are, it won't always work out. >> the district attorney believes there could be more victims and urmings them t

. >> and cornell bernard is live where butts was a teacher. cornell? >> that's right. brian butts taught music at this art school in daly city and his bond and his bail was set at $1.5 million. police believe there could be more victims out there. parents are shocked to learn a sub staw suit -- substitute teacher was arrested for molesting some of his young students. 28-year-old brian butts taught piano and guitar between april and early june while the school's owner was in europe. a 13-year-old girl was the first to report the crime. >> during the cof lesson s was touching her in the chest area over the clothing on several occasions. >> two more girls said butts touched them the same way during lessons. >> it is not supposed to happen. oh my gosh. >> parents whose kids had no contact with butts are outraged. >> most of the time for these classes it is best iflike two tr like two teachers in there. that's the best possible scenario. budgets being what they are, it won't always work out. >> the district attorney believes there could be more victims and urmings them to c

cornell bernard joins us live with the story. cornell? >> ama, tenants living in this building on edge after a man broke into the lobby and stole all of their mail and packages. take a look at the suspect. clearly caught on tape. this man in this surveillance video is not delivering the mail. he is stealing it. it happened at this apartment building where 15 security cameras keep watch. the well-dressed suspect is first spotted outside. he appears to take something from his wallet to gain entry. >> he was good looking, dressed well. >> kind of fit in? >> yes. >> reporter: once inside the man is seen calmly using a crowbar to open the steel mailbox case piling mail from all 26 tenants into a bag and makes a second trip to get the packages. watch as he spots the camera and doesn't seem to care. >> even when he saw the camera, it is like, whatever. >> a total of 12 minutes. no one saw a thing. tennants fear their personal information was stolen. >> i do have personal mail coming in. i am concerned. it could be a credit card or credit card st

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> it is going to be fun.bc7 is the only place to watch the world cup live this saturday. you can watcht greece at 8:30 followed bayou raw go we and costa rica. and don't miss a moment with watch abc which lets you view the match as on your smartphone, tablet or your computer. >> well, a lot more to bring you. they are focusing on one girl's disease by treating her entire family. next on abc7 news, a special report on this unique approach that doctors at stanford are taking to find a cure. plus, busted for over sized baggage and overhead bins. have you seen people try to wedge the bags in those things. the movement that is shaming passengers who don't follow the rules. >> mommy, who is that a? >> that's your dad. >> and how jim harbaugh and his fa an end helping put an end to an epidemic of dad pants. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. 5* cloudy, cool start to your morning. this is giving uh quick glimpse. we have a warm up on the way just in time for father's day weekend. details on that, but first, here is

. >> abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live where people gathered to remember her. cornell? >> dan, about a hundred people came to this vigil demanding answers. meantime, the sheriff's department defending its use of deadly force. there was music, prayers and candles for 18-year-old garcia. these people are demanding justice. tony read a statement trans plated by the -- translated by the family's priest. >> we want an investigation of what happened. >> he was shot and killed by the sheriff deputy. he responded to the p oi nt road after reports of a woman with a knife. this witness says he quickly turned the knife on the to not to show her face on camera. >> i saw her chasing the car with the knife in her happened and holding -- in her hand and holding it like this. >> he was in a position where a woman was wielding a knife at him and to the point he was in fear for his life. in that quick decision moment he drew his weapon and fired. >> the department denies accusations that garcia was shot in the back. the family says he suffered from depression and was takingd. deadly forc

cornell bernard is live in san rafael tonight. cornell, the aide for some is too little, too late. >> that is right. the marin drought -- or the drought across california is taking its toll 0* ranchers, especially when it comes to just feeding their cattle. >> dinner time where his family has been ranching since 1868. but ted wonders if the drought could end his way of life in 2014. >> how bad is the situation for you here? >> it is critical. >> he is chairman of the ranchers association and every member is in the same tough situation. it produced no hillside feed for cattle forcing manyo buy ranchers to buy it. >> typically we feed two and this year we went through eight. >> a drought emergency will allow some members to recoup some money. eye guy we need all of the help we can get. >> what they need is rain. february brought more than 20 inches of rain to the res vair. rise voir. it helped replenish water springs. >> it is 30 days of being done. it is hard to go to sleep when you look at the long range forecast. >> farmers and r

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with her father there. good evening, cornell. he is tremendously relieved, of course. >> reporter: yeah, of course he is, katie, and he is also very grateful to everyone who helped look for his daughter, ida. her family are saying in a cabin up the road tonight. she's been sleeping most of the day after her very long adventure. she wandered about two miles, by the way. and tonight her dad is just giving thanks. >> the infrastructure that blossomed into this effort that brought our daughter home to us, i'm extremely grateful. >> reporter: bobby rothschild can't say enough about the full-scale search to find his 9-year-old daughter, ida. this picture of a smiling, but tired ida was taken just minutes after she was found safe today. >> what was the first thing she said to you when you guys reunited? >> she said what was all the fuss, dad? >> reporter: rothschild says he and his wife turned their back for just a moment and ida wandered away from the family's campsite friday afternoon and became lost in the woods. hundreds of searcher

cornell bernard joins us live with the story. cornell? >> ama, tenants living in this building on edge after a man broke into the lobby and stole all of their mail and packages. take a look at the suspect. clearly caught on tape. this man in this surveillance video is not delivering the mail. he is stealing it. it happened at this apartment building where 15 security cameras keep watch. the well-dressed suspect is first spotted outside. he appears to take something from his wallet to gain entry. >> he was good looking, dressed well. >> kind of fit in? >> yes. >> reporter: once inside the man is seen calmly using a crowbar to open the steel mailbox case piling mail from all 26 tenants into a bag and makes a second trip to get the packages. watch as he spots the camera and doesn't seem to care. >> even when he saw the camera, it is like, whatever. >> a total of 12 minutes. no one saw a thing. tennants fear their personal information was stolen. >> i do have personal mail coming in. i am concerned. it could be a credit card or credit card st

so thank you very much in thank you very much, cornel, indeed. we've known each other since we were both very young. >> 1984. >> it's great to be here this evening. >> size has to say something about how the book came about. as he gathered come you can say what i'm trying to do in the book is to recover the sense in which du bois was in fact german intellectual and not just the american african-american and a course i was cosmopolitan person that we are ready now. as was mentioned, he spent two years, but he didn't get the degree there because he wasn't able to stay long enough to meet the residents. but he did write a thesis and published in this journal it's very well worth reading about the development of the american economy at the end of slavery and why different forms of labor regime, including sharecropping developed as a response to economic challenges of the cap to when the slaves were emancipated so it's just brilliant. eddie didn't get the phd because he wasn't there long enough to do the oral exam. so as a second as he went to harvard

good morning, lisa. >> good morning, cornell. we are starting out with partly cloudy skies. low clouds and fog have formed around the monterey bay and you will see some of those if you head out this morning. temperatures cooler. 57 oakland, 58 mountain view. and today we are featuring cooler air as the on shore flow six up. starting out with the coastal clouds. by moon time 60s and 70s. but the afternoon you have to go far into the east bay to reach the lower 80s. mid-70s around the bay. coast will remain breezy and another cooler day on tap for the week ahead. i'll have that for you in a few minutes. >> looks good. thank you, lisa. we have breaking news out of san francisco where an off-ramp near westbound 80 has reopened following a fatal accident involving an s.u.v. it happened just after 1:00 this morning at the fifth off-ramp near harrison street. that's fifth street, rather. the ramp was closed for about two hours while crews investigate. no word this morning on how many people were involved in the crash or what caused the

cornell. >> thank you so much.sident is seeking more than $2 billion if respond to the flood of immigrants illegally crossing the u.s.-mexican border. and also to help immigrant parents traveling without their parents. we have the latest. >> the drive to avert a humanitarian crisis and help tens of thousands of immigrant children along the mexican border is gathering steam. >> we can't help all, but we can help some. >> dallas county judge, clay jenkins, on saturday, promises dallas is stepping up and offering temporary housing for 2,000 children caught coming to texas without parents. >> we are going to take these parents from chain linkedden closers and put them in passionate care. >> over 50,000 children have swept over the border since october. federal law said the children must be transferred to the custody of the health and human services department within 72 hours after their arrest for illegally crossing the board, and then placed with families until a hearing in immigration court. but the wave of children

cornell. >> indicatedy. he's back with her family. her dad said the first thing she wanted to do is sleep. she just wants to thank everyone who helped find her. >> 9-year-old ida rothchild was smiling and safe today. she had a question for her dad. what is all of the fuss. >> robby can't say enough about the full-scale search to locate his 9-year-old daughter, ida. >> it's been a life-changing difficult experience. >> he said he and his wife turned their back and ida wantedered away from the camp site and got lost. two cyclists spotted her this morning. >> they were riding two and a half miles away from our locate when they saw and heard ida crying for her mom. >> she told police she kept walking to keep warm and amazesly she wasn't warm. >> she's an amazing kid. >> they're visiting from santa fe new mexico. returning with a story to fill. >> i'm extremely grateful this father's day that i did not -- that i continue to have my wonderful daughter, ida. >> cornell bernard abc 7 news. >>> a car drive into sunnyville. you can see the car.

cornell. >> thank you very much. developing news out of antioch where a man is dead after being hit by a car. it happened after 2:00 this morning on westbound highway 4 near oath street. a pedestrian was hit. he was pronounced dead at the scene. highway 4 was shut down for a short time while police investigated. no word on what led up to the accident. developing news out 6 antioch where investigators are investigating a shooting. responding officers found five people at the scene that had been shot. two others showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds. none of of the injuries appear to be life-threatening. no word on the arrests there. >>> developing news east bay where a custody is in custody after a high-speed chase that ended in a police shooting. someone led officers on a chase along highway 4 in pittsburgh. at one point the suspect stopped. a boy under 18 came out of the truck. he then ran his vehicle into police cars, causing officers to open fire outside of martinez. the suspect was taken to the medical ce

good evening, i'm cornell barnard in for ama daetz. today, the east bay saw at least two brush fires, near pleasanton one fire destroyed an rv and speed boat, witnesses say the person was mow iing, and the fi blew across the acres. the friends helped contain the fire. >> i think it was a riding mower, 95 degrees in the middle of the day, mowing two-foot tall grass, should have better sense. >> we pulled his boat out of there. we were afraid it could have caught on fire. but the fire department got right on it putting out whatever they could. >> authorities questioned the man who was mowing the field, then took him away in cuffs. we're told he was cited for causing the fire and then he was released. >>> and firefighters say dry brush and wind fuelled this fire in bay county, the fire was reported at solano and sassoon. nobody was hurt and no buildings were damaged. >>> looking above the bay, cooling off tonight. but tomorrow well it will really heat up. abc meteorologist has more with live doppler 7 hd. >> hi, cornell, yes, things are g

corne cornell?bryant street reopened to traffic and repairs on the pipe will continue tomorrow, water officials say the main broke when water pipes across town were being tested. a big repair job is happening the spot that was underwater thursday morning the view from sky 7 hd made bryant street look like a river. a water main break sent water cascading down hill. took crews on hour to shut it off. we isolateed and a leak and repaired it. a spike shows itself, here >> check this out the pressure was so forceful, it blew out the sidewalk. water got into this warehouse. the fire department says the system was not compromised the city says the pipe may have been leaking for months. >> this pipe had been leaking. there is a project may have contribu

cornell. >> indicatedy. he's back with her family. her dad said the first thing she wanted to do is sleep. she just wants to thank everyone who helped find her. >> 9-year-old ida rothchild was smiling and safe today. she had a question for her dad. what is all of the fuss. >> robby can't say enough about the full-scale search to locate his 9-year-old daughter, ida. >> it's been a life-changing difficult experience. >> he said he and his wife turned their back and ida wantedered away from the camp site and got lost. two cyclists spotted her this morning. >> they were riding two and a half miles away from our locate when they saw and heard ida crying for her mom. >> she told police she kept walking to keep warm and amazesly she wasn't warm. >> she's an amazing kid. >> they're visiting from santa fe new mexico. returning with a story to fill. >> i'm extremely grateful this father's day that i did not -- that i continue to have my wonderful daughter, ida. >> cornell bernard abc 7 news. >>> a car drive into sunnyville. you can see the car.

cornell bernard has details. >> reporter: firework stands are open for business in san bruno. sales will benefit local nonprofits. >> 4th of july is one of my favorite times. i like it. it's fun. >> reporter: samantha's dad jason says fireworks are a big family tradition but he knows it's dry and dangerous so he's got a plan. >> wet the lawn, put a piece of wood down and stand there with a hose. don't light them off. make sure we're safe. >> reporter: really careful there. the fire chief likes hearing that but knows not everyone is so careful. >> any time it's left up to the individual, there is extra concern you can't watch everybody. >> reporter: extra fire patrols will be out on the holiday looking for vie lolatorviolator. private property is the only place to light fireworks and a letter spells that out. linda is worried about fire. she's attending her family reunion where fire works don't go on sale until july 1st but signs are everywhere warning against using illegal fireworks but linda says it still happens every year. >> once it's nighttime, it's really crazy out there

cornell. >> lisa, thank you. developing news. new concerns this morning about need flooding in the midwest. rivers are rising and no way to stop them. crow river in minnesota is overflowing, flooding baseball fields and row. the damage is causing several states to call in the national guards to shore up homes and businesses. even though the rain has stopped, the mississippi river in minnesota won't crest until wednesday. islamic insurgents have landed more blows against the fragile iraqi military. here's more on the crisis in iraq. >> iraq is marching into a sectarian show down. an entire country under siege. 20,000 defiant shea fighters parade through baghdad. rocket launchers are ready, vow to go take on the uprising. they are showing their numbers and other strong holds. this is their growing responses to the isus. they are opening up the valley, leaving baghdad. an entire brigade of iraqi soldiers were i would. some soldiers are locked in a bitter fight to maintain control of the oil refinery. the u.s. wants to stop this from

. >> hey, cornell. he got off to a great start. he ran on the rail and stayed within striking distance, but when it came down to it, he fell short in the stretch, and the disappointment here was palpable. you can sood it in their faces. >> gave it all he got. you can't do betterthen that. >> there's a reason why 12 horses since 1978 have captured the first two races and failed to end the final leg to join racing royalty. it isn't easy. >> we were all hoping for a little bit of history today. we didn't get it. that horse is going to continue on and do some really good things. >> we have a definite connection to this horse. >> undefeated since laes december and finishing first in six consecutive races, all eyes were on california chrome. the two owners, this was their first venture into horse racing. >> and they're the talk of the country. they call this the people's horse. >> that's what he's called by who may know him host, victor espinosa. >> he was the leading aprebt nls in 1993. >> california chrome's fourth place finish at the

that's where cornell was.t's changed, went up a few degrees just since i talked to him. 103 in livermore. beautiful view towards downtown san francisco. so here's what you need to know. it will be clear and mild overnight. hot again tomorrow, which means another spare the air day. and then cooler by tuesday. i'll let you know how much cooler it's going to be. so we have this area of high pressure. and high pressure creates sinking air which usually warms up. so we have another hot day in store for us before it weakens on tuesday. the lows will be really mild with very little cloud cover. you'll notice a lot of 60s out there with the exception of san francisco. 58, half moon bay, 54. but check out the low 60s through oakland, concord, freemont and even san jose. so you'll wake up to mild conditions tomorrow morning. because the clouds really don't get a chance to pull into the bay, they reseed very quickly and disappear all together. 80s around the bay, 60s and 70s, with a stronger sea breeze. still warm, and l

cornell bernard is live in san bruno.eporter: san bruno is one of two cities in san mateo county where you can still buy fireworks. pacifica is the other. folks spending a lot of money here today. this box costs you $500. but with conditions so dry, firefighters hope everyone will use caution. >> well, we got this big package full of mostly fountains. >> they're showing off the makings for their july 4th july 4th celebration which includes sparklers. >> kind of tradition, something we like to do. it's not legal in all cities but we're glad there's still one around that does it. >> so-called safe and sane fireworks are allowed in san bruno even after a failed vote in 2005 to ban them. many say it's agree fundraising tool for nonprofits like colt baseball, raising $50,000 for them. in the last decade. >> a great fundraiser for our program. can't go wrong. it's a little intense for the week but the benefits last for years. >> anyone buying fireworks gets the safety tips and a letter from the city, saying private property is

cornell. >> lisa, thank you very much. killed after a house party turned violent in sonoma county. and the summer is off to a rough start at grass fires come dangerously close to home to the east bay. abc7 news at 8:00 is next. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >> good morning, i'm cornell barnrd, in for carolyn tyler. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. we may be looking at live doppler 7hd showing raindrops by the middle of the week. here's the east bay hills camera. not much fog. a little at the surface. 56 concord. and hook for temperatures to slowly climb t

>> good morning, i'm cornell barnrd, in for carolyn tyler. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. we may be looking at live doppler 7hd showing raindrops by the middle of the week. here's the east bay hills camera. not much fog. a little at the surface. 56 concord. and hook for temperatures to slowly climb through the 60s and 70s by noontime. we will get into the warmup. but by the afternoon mid-60s should do it for the inland east bay. 70s bay, 60s coast, and what about the rain? we will talk about it in a few minutes. cornell. >> thank you very much, lisa. breaking news out of the east bay. several people are displaced following a house fire in concord. the two alocker room fire broke out just after 6 :00 a.m. crews had the fire undercontrol about an hour later but it caused damage to neighboring homes. no reports of injuries and no word yet on what started that fire. >>> well, this morning firefighters warned that fire season is only going to get worst. the warning comes after a f

in san francisco, cornell, abc 7 news. >> all right. tomorrow federal regulators will officially release findings on the asian airlines crash at sfo. 3 people died as a result of that disaster on july the sixth of last year. boeing triple 7 slammed in the sea wall short of the runway. asian blames the plane complex control for the error while boeing said the crew did not follow procedures. at tomorrow hearing the ntsb will also make recommends on what changes should be made. lillian is in washington, d.c. for that hearing and she will have live reports for us throughout the day tomorrow. >> new at 11:00. federal government tighten restrictions on unmanned aircraft to keep up with the soaring popularity of drone technology. faa said model aircraft and drone are getting too close to airport and crowds and the people flying them are becoming more reckless. the new rules mean drone pilots will have to contact control towers for permission to fly within 5 miles of an airport. former pilot for delta told us tonight he's happy to see these cha

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. ♪ [ sirens ] [ gunshots ] >> brazil is a series of contradictions. it is the world's second-largest emerging economy. unemployment is low. a decade of heady growth and progressive social policies has reduced glaring discrepancies between rich and poor, to the point where now half the population is middle-class. but the hundreds of thousands of people living in poverty in rio de janeiro's shantytowns or favelas, have been left behind, concrete and corrugated metal shacks perch one atop another on the hillsides above rio. they are the locus of much of the violence. gang on gang, militia on gang and gang on militia violence confirm cultural notions of hyper-masculinity. brazilian culture is rife with violence and it comes from all sides. it comes from the

in san francisco, cornell, abc 7 news. >> all right. tomorrow federal regulators release findings on the asian airlines crash at sfo. 3 people died as a result of that disaster on july the sixth of last year. boeing triple 7 slammed in the sea wall short of the runway. asian blames the plane complex control for the error while boeing said the crew did not follow procedures. at tomorrow hearing the ntsb will also make recommends on what changes should be made. lillian is in washington, d.c. for that hearing and she will have live reports for us throughout the day tomorrow. >> new at 11:00. federal government tighten restrictions on unmanned aircraft to keep up with the soaring popularity of drone technology. faa said model aircraft and drone are getting too close to airport and crowds and the people flying them are becoming more reckless. the new rules mean drone pilots will have to contact control towers for permission to fly within 5 miles of an airport. former pilot for delta told us tonight he's happy to see these changes. >> if we h

in san francisco, cornell, abc 7 news. >> all right. tomorrow federal regulators will officially release findings on the asian airlines crash at sfo. 3 people died as a result of that disaster on july the sixth of last year. boeing triple 7 slammed in the sea wall short of the runway. asian blames the plane complex control for the error while boeing said the crew did not follow procedures. at tomorrow hearing the ntsb will also make recommends on what changes should be made. lillian is in washington, d.c. for that hearing and she will have live reports for us throughout the day tomorrow. >> new at 11:00. federal government tighten restrictions on unmanned aircraft to keep up with the soaring popularity of drone technology. faa said model aircraft and drone are getting too close to airport and crowds and the people flying them are becoming more reckless. the new rules mean drone pilots will have to contact control towers for permission to fly within 5 miles of an airport. former pilot for delta told us tonight he's happy to see these cha

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, human trafficking from victim to survivor. then, the first white house summit on working families. and, an all-male panel at a women's summit? hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary", a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, modern-day slavery. a new state department reports says 20 million people are being trafficked worldwide, mainly for sex. last year 44,000 were identified as survivors. "the journey from victim to survivor" is the theme of this year's report. it restates the u.s. commitment to stopping this depraved practice and assesses efforts by governments around the world to fight modern-day slavery. trafficking survivor and advocate elisabeth corey says th

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, birthing in the wild. then, pope francis says catholics should have children, not pets. behind the headlines: women's empowerment spurs economic hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, births at home and births in the wild lifetime tv, the commercial woman-oriented cable channel, is it was inspired by an online video of an australian woman and up to more than 2% for white women, who are a lot more likely than women of color to give birth at home with a midwife. why is home birthing on the rise. >> bonnie, that's what i want to know. i can only hope that this is a hapless fad that will fade before somebody dies. >> finally we