. >> cornell barnard tells us sonoma cou host to a triathlon. >> first to finish iron man with a time of eight hours and 42 minutes. cow bells and cheers from the crowd after they finish a 100 mile bike ride and 200 mile swim and 26 mile run. supporting her fiance, tim. >> i did it and i know what it means. if someone wants to do it, you have to go after it. some people want to challenge themselves so that's what they want to do. >> for many businesses, iron man is more than a race but a lifesaver after a tough sevenen months a months after the wildfires. >> it was fright skpng quite for a fewen months and been a

cornell barnard. >> would you take harry to be your husband. >> reporter: a proper british tea party to watch the wedding at the sir francis drake hotel. >> i think it's really exciting, actually. i think they're really nice people. >> i loved it. i woke up at 3:00. her expressions and you see a lot of love between her and the prince. >> reporter: $125 to show off their fas ncinators an some things for meghan, like donuts. >> people like donuts everywhere. >> sure, sure. >> reporter: nobody does pomp and circumstance like the royals. let's talk about the amazing wedding dress. >> gorgeous, very elegant. >> reporter: in the meantime, up on the hill, wedding bells chiming here at grace cathedral. the bells chimed at noon to celebrate the royal wedding. the episcopal church has ties to the uk. stopped to listen. >> i think they are a fabulous couple that are going to do good things for this world. >> reporter: harry and meghan? congrats from the bay area. cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> if you didn't wake up early to watch the royal wedding, you can get a full recap of the video and pict

santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> winds are creating problems for firefighters. destroying a home and three others, abc7 news started in the backyard of a home near cassidy street and spread quickly. it got so bad, firefighters called for a fifth alarm because of the flying embers. no reports of injuries and the cause is not yet known. >>> in the north bay, police need your help identifying a man they say exposed himself to a teenage girl inside a drugstore. and central marin police released this surveillance photo of him and went inside the rite aid last night and told police felt someone brush up against her and when she turned around, saw the suspect exposing himself. >> we have an update on a story we shared with you on abc7 news and arrested a man suspected of stealing rainbow flags and they've been taken from a pole outside of the chamber of commerce and one of them ended up being tossed into the russian river and deputies were led to 55-year-old vincent while investigating a bomb threat. they say o'sullivan set off a pipe bomb to harm members of the lgbtq

live in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> no doubt it will be a beautiful ceremony today>>> an iconic east bay restaurant closing its doors after 25 years in business. how the owner will use the phenyl meals to help employees who will lose their jobs. >>> a beach brawl between a woman and police officer, it was all caught on camera. what sparked the fight and the investigation that's now under way. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. after 14 consecutive days of below average temperatures, yesterday we jumped above. today will be the warmest hey, want thedone.est internet? and now, xfinity mobile's included. you could get up to five lines. you could save 400 bucks or more a year, which you could spend on a funk-tastic music video. ♪ dance party boom. ♪ simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet, with three times the speed of at&t and directv, and tv for $35 each a month for a year when you buy both. and ask how you can save with xfinity mobile. click, call or visit us today. to california schoolsd, need big change. mar

. >>> cornell barnard live at the wave water park where you see idsle gaine after a serious scare last year. cornel. >> the city says without ade i use. it has been a pretty chilly day in dublin. not too many families using the slide but kids and adults were eager to try it out. >> a parent was first to splash down. on day, mike says he had no fear. >> none, whatsoever. totally safe. i felt totally safe. convincing his son to ride was a different story. he declined. one year ago a person hydroplanned off e waaterhe tpark, jam me suffered these injuries onis h accident last year. >> we tested the water slide for height. but didn't test it for weight, really my son is the gneui out. ridiculous. sued for $2.5 million and a settlement was reached with the slide's manufacture. the city's 48 foot was also closed are both safe. >> the slides have been recertified with the state of california. we went through sting.ex lowering the water level at the base. >> 11-year-old was the first to try it out. >> it was awesome. >> other kids were not far behind to take the plunge. >> hopefully they had g

cornell barnard is live with this story. >> reporter: reaction comes along and sees the opportunity and only needs a few thousand votes. >> reporter: isn't surprised by little's strong showing. >> mr. little cannot win here in california. but what he can do is use the number two position for a platform to raise his anti-semitic profile. >> reporter: patrick little did not respond to our request for an interview. >> with the election now a month away, state republicans also facing friction from within. john cox received 55% of the vote short of the 60% required.. it is similar to the outcome from the state democratic convention last february. democrats also failed to give senator opponent an endorsement. >>> attorney general jeff sessions expected to visit the san diego border tomorrow. discussing immigration enforcement action. the immigration and custom enforce amount deputy also joining him. president donald trump was there in march to survey border wall prototypes. >>> police in san jose investigating an overnight murder and shooting. in a second incident, a few hours later, an offic

cornell barnard has local reaction. >> so many people can't get enough of the royal couple and theirodern fairytail wedding. they got it. >> meghan, will you take tarry to be your husband. >> a rebroadcast at the sir francis drake hotel. >> you can't not watch. it is addictive. >> i loved it. i woke up at 3:00. her expressions and you see a lot of love. >> paid $125 to show off their fascinators and eat tea and a few american twists thrown in like doughnuts. >> are they frowned upon? >> people like doughnuts everywhere. >> sure. sure. >> nobody does circumstance like the royals. let's talk about the that amazing wedding dress. >> gorgeous and elegant. she is a lovely person. >> the bells chimed at brace cathedral at noon to celebrate and the church has historic ties to the u.k. pedestrians stops to listen. >> it is a great honor to them that we recognize what is going on in england. >> harry and >> on the den in san jose opened 3:00 this morning for a royal wedding viewing party. a british breakfast and engagement rings and mugs. a champagne toast and a toast. if you didn't wake up e

cornell barnard has the story. >> reporter: if swimming, biking and running long distances is your thing, the iron man triathlon says bring it. >> we have almost 2,000 athletes competing from 47 countries. >> reporter: it is second year iron man has staged its race across sonoma county, just what local businesses need. >> it's been a little slow, but i think things are starting to bounce back. >> reporter: keldkelly has put the welcome sign. and ray plans to serve a lot of beer and food at his restaurant belly after a challenging year. >> sonoma county, we're still here, growing and we're bigger and better than ever. >> this is great for the community, great for us. you couldn't be in a better environment. i'm from wisconsin, so good to be here this time of year. fantastic. >> reporter: sadly business never recovered after the fires for lucy's french chocolate shop. she will close this weekend for good after six years in business. >> it's not an easy decision, but it doesn't make sense to keep pushing forward when you know that it will take much longer for the community to come back. >>

in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> people have been sending us their pictures all day. we want to see yours. >>> governor brown wants to put away billions of dollars in a rainy day fund. >> critics say it is raining hard right now for many californians. >>> and nasa's plan to launch lasers into space will be the coolest project of pretty much all time literally. details just ahead. >>> some budget analysts think california can afford to spend more on some social welfare programs. governor brown put billions of dollars away in a rainy day fund. some believe the savings may be too conservative and want the surplus to be spent on social programs. >> there is probably a better balance that can be struck between making investments in the people who haven't really seen the economic recovery in their own lives and saving for a rainy day. >> the governor faces a june 15 deadline to pass a budget. he is expected to strike a deal on the plan before the june primary. >>> an online project to honor the u.s. service members killed while serving during the vietnam war needs your help

live from santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> winds creating problems for firefighters. firefighters tell abc7 news it started in the backyard of a home and spread quickly. it got bad that firefighters called for the fifth alarm because of flying embers. the cause not known. the winds blamed for knocking down this tree in campbell at 2:30 this afternoon. off ramp to wind chester boulevard and the roads are clear. we are in for another gusty day tomorrow with cooler conditioners. let's get the latests from meteorologist drew tuma. >> the winds strongest through delta and gusting through afternoon and right now wind gusts of 25 miles an hour in fairfield, 23 in napa and the bay shore line, the winds are active and coming off of the ocean whaeater. so cooler today than this time yesterday. a live look from the golden gate bridge camera. the marine layer and future tracker winds showing early tomorrow morning, the winds will relax and calm down and that's how your morning will start. winds less than 10-miles-per-hour and the winds turn active one against. the temperatures sh

cornell barnard is out there and will talk about what's going on.ll switch gears and take a look at the exploratorium. when you look like glass, you know it's going to be a warm day. also a day full of haze, but not a spare the air day. building warmth back for the weekend. nothing like we're seeing today which are temperatures in the low to mid 70s from the coast into san francisco. upper 70s to mid 80s around the bay. we've got temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s until you get to places like antioch at 93 degrees. let's look at tonight's temperatures. you'll notice clouds starting to develop at the coast. that's going to jump start the cooling for the coast and the bay tomorrow. we'll still be hot inland. temperatures tonight in the mid 50s to low 60s except for the low 50s at the coast. see the drop in temperatures, the coast and bay tomorrow. the inland neighborhoods get into it wednesday. coolest day is thursday with drizzle for the morning commute. dry this morning. let's find out about the commute. here is alexis. >> very quiet as you wo

at the presidio, cornell barnard. abc 7 news. >>> in san jose, a 21-gun salute by the marine corps was held at oak hill memorial park. the ceremony brought together several generations of veterans for a patriotic and solemn service. dan noyes had the privilege of emceeing the event. sam liccardo also attended. he spoke of the sacrifice of the men and women of the south bay who severed in the armed forces. >>> president trump marked his second memorial day as commander in chief by laying the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. president trump stood by general joseph dumb ford and jim mattis. for a look at other events in the bay area, go to abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. >>> in sports, warriors a couple of hours away from tipping off in the biggest game of their season. it is game 7 of the western conference finals. who is nervous? >> nobody. >> no. of course not. >> you see andre iguodala. he will not play again because of that bone bruise that's kept him out for three games. chris paul is questionable fo

cornell barnard as the story. >> reporter: if swimming, biking and running long distances is your thing, the iron man triathlon says bring it. >> we have almost 2,000 athletes competing from 47 countries. >> reporter: it is second year iron man has staged its race across so sonoma county, just what local businesses need. >> it's been a little slow, but i think things are starting to bounce back. >> reporter: kelly has put out the welcome sign. and ray plans to serve a lot of beer and food at his restaurant belly after a challenging year. >> sonoma county, we're still here, gowing and we're bigger and better than ever. >> this is great for the community, great for us. you couldn't be in a better environment. i'm from wisconsin, so good to be here this time of year. fantastic. >> reporter: sadly business never recovered after the fires for lucy's french chocolate shop. she will close this weekend for good after six years in business. >> it's not an easy decision, but it doesn't make sense to keep pushing forward when you know that it will take much longer for the community to come back. >

drivers keep an eye for these two, they might be back cornell barnard. >>> driver of a van stabbed outside. waved down by a man in the parking lot. the driver was attacked. a passenger in the van says nothing triggered the attack. >> my boss pulled up and asked him what his deal was. and the guy straight out pulled out a knife and stabbed my boss in the neck and took off running >> the driver was stabbed in the throat and neck and is in critical condition. the police searched for the subject but have called the search off. >>> a fire right now oakland coliseum b.a.r.t. station. witnesses tell us it is underneath the stairs to the b.a.r.t. bridge. no reports of injuries. >>> protesters took to the streets in san francisco tonight after officers were not charged in two deadly shootings. >> abc7 news on valencia s s s nearly 100 demonstrators blocked traffic. one officer shot woods in 2015. woods was on meds and armed with a knife. the da announced the officers will not face criminal charges because under the law, no crime was committed. >>> tonight 24th annual annual l memorial. each year he

cornell barnard tells us the chp is not mused. >> reporter: the bay bridge is meant for cars and trucks but certainly not these guys. >> look at this [ bleep ] -- >> reporter: this driver used his cell phone to capture two young men riding their motorized scooters on the eastbound lane article? ing thursday afternoon's commute. >> i thought it was [ bleep ] crazy. >> reporter: that driver wants to remain anonymous. he first encountered them on first street. he expected them to make a right on harrison but they kept going onto the bay bridge. the scooters can only go 15 miles an hour but this pair seemed to be having a blast. >> seems like they didn't care. they didn't have a care in the world. they were having a good time. >> reporter: the two are riding bright green scooters owned by lime. they sent us a statement. this week, san francisco issued an ultimatum to scooter companies to remove them from city streets by june 4th while officials work on a permitting process. meantime, drivers, keep an eye out for these two. they might be back. in fran, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> concord

cornell barnard has the story. >> reporter: a small rally on the steps of city hall, but with a large, loud message. >> what do we want? >> change. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: bay area student activists demanding change after yet another high school shooting. >> we are heart broken, but we are not shocked. >> reporter: students say school shootings have sadly become the new normal. >> our message tonight is that we won't stop fighting. >> reporter: jake cohen admits he is fearful at school. >> i have to use my fear to empower myself. >> reporter: mean of these students traveled to sacramento last monday to rally lawmakers for you gun laws. >> we are interested in legislation and getting our voice across. >> reporter: while the rally was happening students from mercy high school arrived for their prom at city hall. some say senior year has been tough. >> we have a right to our lives, we shouldn't be afraid of going to school. i don't want to get shot. i don't want to die. >> later the students staged a die-in on the sidewalk. >>> houston texasan's football star j.j. wat

in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> concord police are investigating after the driver of a van was stabbed outside a cvs store on tree boulevard on clayton road. he was waved down by a man in the parking lot. police say when the van stopped to see what the # wanted the drive was attacked. the passenger said nothing triggered the attack. >> by boss pulled up and asked him what his deal was and the guy pulled out a knife, stabbed my boss in the neck and took off running. >> the driver was stabbed in the throat and the neck and is in critical condition. police searched for the stabber but have now called it off. >>> protesters took to the street in san francisco last night after officers were not charged in two deadly shootings. >> how do you spell murder? >> s-f-p-d. >> abc news was on valencia street where nearly early earlya demonstrators blocked traffic. one officer shot and killed a man on meth in 2016. another killed another man who was acting aggressively in 2016. on thursday the d.a. announced the # officers will not face criminal charges because no crime was committ

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cornell barnard has the story. >> reporter: a small rally on the steps of city hall, but with a large, loud message. >> what do we want? >> change. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: bay area student activists demanding change after yet another high school shooting. >> we are heart broken, but we are not shocked. >> reporter: students say school shootings have sadly become the new normal. >> our message tonight is that we won't stop fighting. >> reporter: jake cohen admits he is fearful at school. >> i have to use my fear to empower myself. >> reporter: mean of these students traveled to sacramento last monday to rally lawmakers for you gun laws. >> we are interested in legislation and getting our voice across. >> reporter: while the rally was happening students from mercy high school arrived for their prom at city hall. some say senior year has been tough. >> we have a right to our lives, we shouldn't be afraid of going to school. i don't want to get shot. i don't want to die. >> later the students staged a die-in on the sidewalk. >>> houston texasan's football star j.j. wat

. >> reporter: in san francisco rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> president trump deployed 1600 national guards troop to the border. the border patrol is calling it a colossal waste of resources. the border patrol saw no benefit from last month's deployment. he said previous deployments helped alleviate the workload. the union previously endorsed the campaign and praised the president's border security efforts. >>> mcdonald's shareholders decided not to take a step against banning plastic straws. the proposal received less than 8% of the vote at mcdonald's annual shareholder meeting yesterday. mcdonald's says it is working to find a more sustainable solution for plastic straws and adopted come postable straws in certain markets. >>> if you see someone that looks like former president trump around town, it's probably him. he's been in san francisco. someone in the public defender's office snapped this photo outside the adobe building in soma yesterday. the office posted the peck tour. according to a specs person mr. obama jokingly said get back to work. >> this is so funny. look

. >> cornell barnard tells us sonoma cou host to a triathlon. >> first to finish iron man with a timeeight hours and 42 minutes. cow bells and cheers from the crowd after they finish a 100 mile bike ride and 200 mile swim and 26 mile run. supporting her fiance, tim. >> i did it and i know what it means. if someone wants to do it, you have to go after it. some people want to challenge themselves so that's what they want to do. >> for many businesses, iron man is more than a race but a lifesaver after a tough sevenen months a months after the wildfires. >> it was fright skpng quite for a fewen months and been a struggle. >> not today, we found owners feeding a full house of customers. officials predict iron man can generate a $13 million for the region. >> spending money locally now post-fire is important than the first donations coming in during the fires. >> reporter: the city signed a contract to host the event for the next three years. >> people coming out it is all going to be terrific and going to survive. >> reporter: the region, still l s sonoma county strong. >> dozens of mothe

in santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> three people were hurt when this deck collapsed in the backyard of a two story home near mills college in oakland. sky 7 was over the home after the deck crashed to the ground around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. a fire department spokesman says two people were taken to the trauma center. >>> and this morning we're hearing from a san francisco mayoral candidate under fire for proposal to eliminate some of the sanctuary city protections. indicate tu katie utehs spoke with angela alioto. >> we will fight. >> reporter: protesters are upset, angela alioto is trying to change the sanctuary policy. it would remove protections for violent felons. on the board of supervisors back in 1989, she authored the original sanctuary city ordinance. subsequent supervisors changed it, she says this initiative gets it back to her original intent. >> the intent of that legislation was never to protect felons. convicted felons. >> reporter: critics say that she uses trump talking points for political gain. >> this is not the climate to do and i think it is irrespo

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> for the first time ever, nasa launched an enter inter-planetary mission from the west coast. a rocket destined for mars lifted off near santa barbara. >> three, two -- >> the rocket is carrying the mars insight lander who can dig into the surface of the red planet, something that nasa hasr done before. always two new satellites were launched named after the disney pixar movie. they will hopefully send back da data. it should descend to mars around thanksgiving. >>> and of course earthks down here -- >> and we're getting in to a cooling trend. a live look outside, you can see some of the fog there. the low lying fog with 51 in san francisco, 53 in oakland. a few 80s yesterday. today now not so much. we will be cooler and breezier and the cloud cover as well. so i'll pinpoint your afternoon forecast in your backyard and talk about the week ahead in a few minutes. >>> also ahead, a pro surfing competition 100 miles away from the nearest beach. where the world's best pro surfers will be hanging ten today. >>> my confusion quickly turned to youts rage. i didn'

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> for the first time ever, nasa launched an inter-planetary mission from the west coast. a rocket destined for mars lifted off near santa barbara. >> three, two -- >> the rocket is carrying the mars insight lander which can dig into the surface of the red planet, something nasa has never done before. always two new satellites were launched named after the disney pixar movie. they will hopefully send back data. it should descend to mars around thanksgiving. >>> lisa argen is tracking the forecast for us. >> pretty gray out there. we have some overcast from the low clouds. from pier 39, you see these fellows waiting for smun like the rest of us. 51 in fran. and wi san francisco. winds over 20 miles per hour, so another cool day, but we will have partly cloudy skies. i'll detail it for you in your neighborhood coming up. >>> one of our new cameras. thanks. and also a pro surfing competition 100 miles away from the nearest beach. where they will be hanging on 10 today. >>> my confusion quickly turned to outrage. i didn't agree whatsoever and i expressed the fa

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> for the first time ever, nasa launched an inter-planetary mission from the west coast. a rocket destined for mars lifted off near santa barbara. >> three, two -- >> the rocket is carrying the mars insight lander which can dig into the surface of the red planet, something nasa has never done before. also two new satellites were launched named after the disney pixar movie. they will hopefully send back data. it should descend to mars around thanksgiving. looking forward to seeing some of those images. >> cindo de mayo, looking pretty nice out there. clouds around, but a pretty sunrise from the sutro tower camera. isn't that beautiful? going to be cooler today by as much as five to seven degrees in some spots. we'll keep the cooling trend going, but changes for your sunday certainly brirt out there for part of the day. and then we'll talk about the temperatures coming up and down all week long. >> a gorgeous sunrise. >>> also next, a pro surfing competition 100 miles away from the nearest beach. where the world's best pro surfers will be hanging ten today.

cornell barnard tells us the chp is not amused. >> reporter: the bay bridge is meant for cars and trucks but certainly not these guys. >> look at this [ bleep ] -- >> reporter: this driver used his cell phone to capture two young men riding their motorized scooters on the eastbound lane article? ing thursday afternoon's commute. >> i thought it was [ bleep ] crazy. >> reporter: that driver wants to remain aunanimous mouse. he first encounted them on first street. he expected them to make a right on harrison but they kept going onto the bay bridge. the scooters can only go 15 miles an hour but this pair seemed to be having a blast. >> seems like they didn't care. they didn't have a care in the world. they were having a good time. >> reporter: the chp got several calls about the bay scooters when officers never found them. we showed it to this officer. he says it is a first. >> completely illegal. no motorcycle of any kind can be up on the freeway. >> reporter: the two are riding bright green scooters owned by lime. they sent us a statement. this week, san francisco issued an ultimatum to