today with dale earnhardt jr.'s last ride in the bay area after announcing his retirement at the end of the season. but as ktvu leigh martinez reports, he wasn't the only driver nascar fans were rooting for. >> reporter: the fastest people at the sonoma raceway are arguably the fans who came three days early just to get best of the seats. we talk today a couple of fans today. everyone has a different favorite. coming in with a trailer three days ago with seth severson at the barbecue pit. team sonoma has a full view of the tracks directly below the official spotter. >> i try to throw them off every once and a while, you know. >> reporter: the only woman in this pack was pulling for the only woman on this track. >> we've all got to be a little different, all the guys, you know, they want the top dogs, but i'm sticking with danica for sure. >> reporter: down in the stands there were more danica fans. >> i hope she wins it. she can do it. >> yeah. dana has got to get off to a start. >> no, but today i am. >> reporter:

lap 31, patrick gets spun by earnhardt and then slammed by her boyfriend, ricky stenhouse jr. number 15 car did not finish. i wonder who's sleeping on the couch tonight. earnhardt in 15th. with 22 laps to go, harvick passes keselowski to take the lead. he would never give it up. harvick takes a checkered flag for the first time at sonoma. >> we had weekendses where i felt our car was really good and in position to have a chance to win. one thing or another, just didn't go right. today everything just went right. felt like we were in control of the race and just had to see what happened with the yellow flags and green flags and where the race went from there. ran green and we were able to manage our car and stay out front. >> former ace catcher stephen vogt has been claimed off waivers from milwaukee. he had been struggling this season and last thursday was designated for assignment. athletics were swept in the first. sonny gray's pitch gets away. gray is there and tags him in the face for the out. with the game tied in the eighth inning, oakland takes the lead at alonzo am hits

. >>> today was dale earnhardt jr.'s last right here in the bay area after announcing his retirement. but as leigh martinez reports, he wasn't the only driver nascar fans were rooting for. >> reporter: the fastest people are arguably the fans who came three days early to get the best of the viewing seats. we talked to a couple of fans today. everyone has a different favorite. coming in with a trailer three days ago is seth severson. team sonoma has a full view of the track directly below the official spotter. >> we try to throw them off. every once in a while you get one of these. >> hey. >> reporter: the only woman in this pack was pulling for the only woman on this track. >> we all got to be a little different. all the guys, you know, they want the top dogs, but i'm sticking with danica for sure. >> reporter: there were more danica fans. >> we can do it. >> yeah. >> reporter: as a local hero, carl larson was hoping for his second consecutive win. his fan base came out for him. >> i saw him win the gold cub at the spee

check iing the website and thiss dale earnhardt jr.'st race in sonoma. >> and special activity there. >> you're all about those cars. >> dale earnhardt jr. is a little boy -- no, he's not a little boy. >> i've heard of his dad. >> exactly. >> and we're going to have some cooler weather. that's the key. it's still going to be quite warm in parts of the bay area. looking at tomorrow's forecast inland up to 92 degrees and 81 by the bay. the coast at 70 degrees. sunday's forecast also looking really nice. and if you are going to be driving, you can find some different weather. wide range in temperatures from the coast to the inland valleys up to 88 degrees there. and, of course, we have the pride forecast as we will have some beautiful weather. temperatures reaching into the upper 60s. now there will be a few more clouds in the mix giving you just a little bit of shade. it won't be bright and sunny all day and temperatures near 70 degrees for the afternoon. warmer in sonoma at the raceway with temperatures start iing ou at 67 degrees so may

dale earnhardt jr. loses control and is run into by danica patrick. n lap 31, patrick gets spun by earnhardt, and then she gets hit by her boyfriend, ricky stenhouse jr. his car got the worst of it and did not finish. earnhardt wound up sixth. patrick came in 17th. with 22 laps to go, kevin harvick passes to take the lead, and he would never give it up. harvick, who is from bakersfield, takes the checkered flag. it's his first win of the season. teammate clin boyer came in second. >> we've had weekends where i felt like our car was really good and in position to have a chance to win and, you know, one thing or another, just didn't go right. today everything just went right. it felt like we were in control of the race and just had to see what happened with the yellow flags and green flags and where the race went from there, and it ran green, and we were able to manage our car and stay out front. >> former a's catcher stephen vogt has found a new team. he's been claimed off waivers by milwaukee. the all-star had been struggling this season and last thurs

it will be dale earnhardt jr.'s last race at the sonoma raceway before he retires. more than 40,000 fans are expected to attend. raceway officials and highway patrol expect significant delays along 107 and 51. so >>> it will be time before the warriors return to the basketball court. today's great cause that brought together some all-star players and a live look outside. >>> it's shaping up to be a great weather weekend for the parade. meteorologist drew tooma is up next with your pride weekend forecast. >>> a and the a's youth movement was in thnchlts warriors were back in action today but not on the court. they were on the baseball field. take a look. they were at the oakland coliseum. kevin durant, totally out of his comfort zone. draymond green was at the game where all proceeds went to junklife foundation that helps build water wells in africa and encourages kids to drink more water instead of soft drinks. >>> now your accuweather forecast. >> and we're tracking a cooler finish to the weekend and part of early next week temperatures will go slightly -- we have

there's more to know™. >>> in sports, dale earnhardt jr. t at sonoma race way after announcing his retirement earlier this year. you can see dale jr. in the toyota save mart 350, the race starts at noon. >>> the a's trying for a three game sweep in chicago. first pitch at 11:10 a.m. and the giants will try to avoid being swept by the mets. >>> last night, the giants became the first major league team this season to lose 50 games. here's rick quan with the highlights in in this morning's sports. >> good morning. how quickly things can change. just last year the giants had the best record in baseball at the all-star break. now they're on pace to lose more than 100 games. after designating aaron hill for assignment, the giants called up rider jones. in his first big league at bat, jacob degrom gets him to ground out, jones went 0 for 4. scoreless until the fourth. johnny gives up a solo home run to wilmer flores. san francisco pulled even in the seventh. brandon belt leads off with a 14th home run of the season. and tied 1-1. not for long. the

it will be dale earnhardt jr.'s last race at the sonoma raceway before he retires.,000 fans are expected to attend. raceway officials and highway patrol expect significant delays along 107 and 51. so >>> it will be time before the warriors return to the basketball court. today's great cause that brought together some all-star players and a live look outside. >>> it's shaping up to be a great weather weekend for the parade. meteorologist drew tooma is up next with your pride weekend forecast. >>> a and the a's youth movement was in thnchlts warriors were back in action today but not on the court. they were on the baseball field. take a look. they were at the oakland coliseum. kevin durant, totally out of his comfort zone. draymond green was at the game where all proceeds went to junklife foundation that helps build water wells in africa and encourages kids to drink more water instead of soft drinks. >>> now your accuweather forecast. >> and we're tracking a cooler finish to the weekend and part of early next week temperatures will go slightly -- we have a fair amount

evenale earnhardt, jr. has said he finds this one challenging.so are you nerus about it or how do people approach it when they get here? >> yeah, i'm a little nervous. there's three cup drivers in here that have a lot more experience on road courses, but i think it's just easiest to take that as a learning experience and talk to those guys as much as you can. great exposure to being out here in front of the monster cup series. >> this is beautiful. i'm liking this pace, but can we go a little faster? careful what you ask for. okay, oh, my gosh. okay, i'm not so sure about this. how fast do you take some of these curves? >> this is probably the fastest part of the race track here. >> great. >> amy. >> try to do your best out here. >> yeah, awesome. >> amy. >> got my harness on. yeah, i can hear you. yes. >> it looks like it's a camry. are their child seats in the back seat? >> yeah, there's a booster seat back there for my photographer. >> perfect. it looks like my car. that one looks like it can go over 100 miles per hour. be safe. have fun. >> c

tomorrow's event is of special significance because it will be dale earnhardt jr.'s last race at sonoma raceway before he retires. more than 40,000 fans are expected to attend. raceway officials and the highway patrol expect there to be significant traffic delays along highways 37 and 121, which are both single-lane roads. >>> it's going to be some time before the warriors return to the basketball court. so why not catch them on the baseball diamond? today's great cause that brought together some all-star players. >>> a live look outside shaping up to be great weather for tomorrow's parade. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with your pride weekend forecast. >>> i'm rick kwon. in sports the a's youth movement looking pretty good against the white sox. as for the giants, it was another tough day at the park. as they become the first team in the majors to lose >>> warriors were back in action, but not on the court, they were on the baseball field at the oakland coliseum. kevin durant looked like a basketball player out of his comfort zone. i think they look great. dra

dale earnhardt, jr., racing for the last time at sonoma loses control and is run into by danka patrickun by earnhardt as she gets hit by her boyfriend. his 17 car would not finish. earnhardt woubd up 6th while patrick came out 17th. kevin har vic passes brad to take the lead. he would never give it up. har vic takes the checkered flag for the first time in sonoma. in fact, there's been say different winner for the last eight years. clint bowyer came in second. >> you know we've had weekends where i felt like our car was good and in position to have a chance to win. one thing or another just didn't go right. today everything went right. i felt like we were in control of the race and had to see what happened with the yellow flag and green flags and where the race went from there. it ran green, we were able to manage our car and stay out front. >> former a's catcher steven has been claimed off wavers by milwaukee. he had been struggling this season and last thursdays was designated for assignment. they were being looing for a three-game sweep. it gets away from josh begly. gray is there i

this will be dale earnhardt jr.'s last time to race here. >> i'm really sad. i love dale jr., i have since he came on the circuit. and i'm really bummed out. >> reporter: even dale jr. says this track is a challenge for him. now, look at these stands. they will be full. they're expecting more than 100,000 people to come through here this weekend. there are still tickets available though if you want to head this way. if you're not coming to this avoid the area. traffic's expected to be bad. especially on sunday and in the morning as fans arrive and then around 4:00 p.m. as the fans leave to go home. reporting live in sonoma, amy hollyfield. >>> northbound lanes will close for a race next week. according to kate larson, the bridge board voted this morning to close all northbound lanes for the san francisco marathon. that race is scheduled for sunday, july 23rd. now during previous races one lane was allowed open, but given global terror attacks involving vehicles they want to take extra precautions this year. so the northbound lanes will be closed from 6:00 to 9

dale earnhardt, jr. will make his 18th and final appearance at sonoma. gates open at 10:00 a.m. today. drivers start practicing at noon. >> in petaluma, only hounds will be named the ugliest dog in the sonoma marin fair. the winning pooch and his or her owner get a trophy, $1500, and a flight to new york for media appearances. sweet pea took home the prize last year. judging is based on appearance and personality. it celebrates dogs who may have imperfections but are lovable and adoptable anyway. contest starts at 6:00 p.m. >> can't wait to have one of those on perfect pet. how many people will jump at that? >> the uglier they are, the more lovable. >> hi, everybody. we still have concerns with heat, but notice, it's just a select few areas now. mainly our east bay valleys. you can see the areas in orange. this is until 9:00 this evening. places like the tri-valley, out to highway 4 corridor and up into sonoma, solano county. here's a look from walnut creek. you can see our air quality is fine, but it's the inland east bay that could have poor air quality, putting all of us unde

now it turns out eagles hater dale earnhardt jr. to ride a car with an eagles logo on it next week at pocono after all. the nfl stepped in and barred earnhardt's sponsors from using the eagles logo even though it was to help promote a teach's program. earnhardt is a big redskins fan. he was dreading having to ride at pocono with the eagles logo. he won't have to any. >> thank you jeff. >>> the big race in dover this weekend on the track but there's also a race in the skies. today marked the start of the american leg of the international drone racing association series. 10 professional teams from around the world are competing in these races. it is all part of the fan zone at dover. the finals for the drone races will take place in the netherlands. goldman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy... vo: as a goldman sachs president, phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. leaders should stand for the people, not the po

a lot of people will be keeping an eye on dale earnhardt jr.festivities kick off tomorrow with qualifying, but today other races there on the track. so a lot of fun. this is the biggest weekend of the year in sonoma. a lot of beer and wine. >> better this weekend than last weekend wb the heat. >> on the blacktop. >> perfect timing. >> low 80s with that event. fire danger in place that we see in late june. but cooler temperatures. right now 72 in san jose. and we will talk about how chilly this weekend in a few minutes. >>> plus did johnny depp go too far. the remarks he made about president trump that are having the secret service ask questions. johnny depp is offering up an apology tonight, for some controversial comments he made about president trump. depp raised the question about presidential assassinations. nbc )s keir simmons has the story. ==pkg== (:14-:19) (1:16-1:36) oc back to you trt 1:37 raj/rail one down, one more to go. "space-x" is half-way to history now, i want to clarify, i am not an actor. i lay for a living. however, it has

dale earnhardt jr. has never captured the checker apivhere. races. >> we had some rough days here.n't come in here with high expectations. so when we have a bad day, it's you into the tracks like daytona where you think you should win. and if you have a terrible day there, you beat yourself up forever trying to figure out what happened. k day, it just wasn't meant to be. >>> the a's in chicago toi take on the white sox. top one with a manx1÷ on. chris davis is going for a jog through theu park. his 19th of the season. just like that, the a's up 2-0. more powerball in the fifth. matt joyce with his ninth of the year. right now, the a's lead it by the score of 3-0. we'll have an updated score and completeeeb 11:00. the giantst at 7:15 at at&t and they definitely need a win. >> the a's and giants hurting right now. &háhp &hc cable 13.háhp &hc our neighbor to the north issues its official guidelines for pot use. the dos and don'ts for canadians. oçp#é+11:00, the won an oaklandcó bay southwest flig that stepped up toelphen a stranger needed it the most. >> that's going to do it for t

dale earnhardt jr. has never captured the checker apivhere. races. >> we had some rough days here.ome in here with high expectations. so when we have a bad day, it's you into the tracks like daytona where you think you should win. and if you have a terrible day there, you beat yourself up forever trying to figure out what happened. k day, it just wasn't meant to be. >>> the a's in chicago toi take on the white sox. top one with a manx1÷ on. chris davis is going for a jog through theu park. his 19th of the season. just like that, the a's up 2-0. more powerball in the fifth. matt joyce with his ninth of the year. right now, the a's lead it by the score of 3-0. we'll have an updated score and completeeeb 11:00. the giantst host! the mets tont at 7:15 at at&t and they definitely need a win. >> the a's and giants hurting right now. &háhp &hc >>> join usk>qlx tonight at 9:0 cable 13. our neighbor to the north issues its official guidelines for pot use. the dos and don'ts for canadians. oçp#é+11:00, the wo an oaklandcó bay southwest flig that stepped up to help when a stranger needed

we talked about it being dale earnhardt, jr.'s last race. a sentimental favorite.weekend of it. they bring their campers and rvs and make it a weekend event. >> they are already here. they moved in, if you will, yesterday. the rvs and campers came and set up shop here. close to the racetrack. those folks are ready to go. it is one big nascar party all weekend long here at sonoma raceway. i know you talked about the traffic. certainly bears repeating one more time. highway 37 all weekend long is probably a good spot to avoid unless you're trying to get to the raceway. >> nascar has been running there since 1989. ricky rub the first winner. they're always welcome in the bay area. appreciate it, alex. >>> we should have cooler temperatures this weekend. bay area firefighters are still on high alert. in vallejo yesterday firefighters battled extreme temperatures to save homes from a grass fire. flames spread quickly up the hillside to the several homes in the glenn cove neighborhood. four homes were damaged but firefighters got there before it was too late. >> we've go

. >> reporter: dale earnhardt jr.'s last race in sonoma.the number fans keep track of, how long they've been coming. >> we have been coming here for 15 years. we do it every time, it's awesome. it's a whole family event. >> reporter: the tracks rise and falls with tight turns and narrow passing space, inviting a roughneck racing style, which spectators embrace. the stands will be packed here over the weekend. but no problem grabbing a spot in the shade. >> not into baseball, basketball, or any kind of stick your ball sport better than what's got horsepower. >> you argue with the the person in front of you, you're friendly, of course. but your racers are having fun out there. it's all a good time. >> reporter: fans rooting for favorite drivers try to top each other. >> i have matt kenseth the number 20 from wisconsin. >> reporter: what are his chances? >> very small. >> we have kyle larson all the way around. it is real easy and larson at the top of the leader boards, awesome. >> reporter: crews are bracing for hot weather, which means greas

sonoma raceway today nascar, dale earnhardt jr.make his last appearance and retires at the end of the season. a lot to get out and do in the bay area. we hope you enjoy this cooler weather. thanks for making us a part of your morning. more local news tonight at 4:30, 6:00, and 11:00. we you have a great day and enjoy your week. . >>> this sunday the battle over healthcare, can the gop plan pass? some republicans say their bill is too harsh. >> i could not support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of americans. >> others say it may not go far enough. >> it's going to fix the whole problem. >> while democrats and the left are unanm sly opposed. >> thousands of people will die. >> i'll talk to independent bernie sanders of vermont. plus the democrat's loss in georgia leesds for calls for nancy pelosi to step down. >> you've got to beat the republicans and carry this toxic brandon your

dale earnhardt jr. with his final run at sonoma finished 6th.on the final lap kasey kahne went hard into the retaining wall on turn one. kahne was shaken up as he put in a dent in the wall. kevin harvick was in the lead. the bakersfield native crosses sonoma off the four active tracks on which he had never won. the victory margin to come with nine seconds to win in his year. >>> the season of auditioning youngsters, sunny gray got a win column today for the oakland a's in chicago. the youngsters getting recognized around major league stadiums now. the a's trailed 2-1 heading into the 8th. they pulled even when khris davis lined one off the left. tyson baretta hopped around in the 2nd. then they pounded that lead in the 9th. adam rosales takes david robinson deep to make it 4-1. rosales hits a home run. doesn't exactly take a traditional home run trot. matt joyce with a homer of his own as the a's go on to win 5-3 with his first win in more than a month. gray evens his record at 3-3. >>> and a popular former member of the a's couldn't have asked

today's event is of special significant because it will be dale earnhardt jr.'s very last race at the sonoma raceway before he retires. more than 40,000 fans are expected to attend and raceway officials and highway patrol expect significant traffic delays along highways 37 and 121 compromise are both single lane roads. >>> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argan. >>> good morning, the low clouds and fog are back, except for around concord this morning. so as we check out live doppler 7, live camera shot here, you can see the marine layer and it looks pretty, doesn't it? although the fog will cozy up to the coast today. 55 in san francisco, it's 56 half-moon bay, 60 in oakland, 61 in mountain view and san jose. nice, dark picture here in the city with partly cloudy skies on the way. 55 in nevado. we have a wind out by the delta nearly 40 miles an hour. that dellal breeze not only transporting the cooler air, but patches of low clouds there as well. that's why we have the low cloudiness into the livermore valley. concord's clear and you're looking clouds in

today's event is of special significance because it will be dale earnhardt jr.'ast race at the sonoma raceway before he retires. more than 40,000 fans are expected to attend. raceway officials and the highway patrol expects significant traffic delays along highways 37 and 121, both of which are single lane roads. >>> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argan. >> good morning to you, and as you look at live doppler 7 or out your window, we have gray sky. it is getting sunny around walnut creek, still a fair a. clouds around, it's clear in conco concord, elsewhere, good deal of low clouds and fog. 56 minute delays here. due to the gray sky, temperatures topping out in and around the low 70s from points around san mateo and south of there, slightly warmer. 61 in san jose. you will be shy of average today, 61 in mountain view, 60 in oakland, with 50s half-moon bay and gilroy. so that sea breeze today keeping it temperate around the bay or cool i should say in the 60s with sun in the forecast. but the clouds will stay at coast. it's 56 in santa rosa, 57-and-a-half

that is dale earnhardt, jr.'s truck. this is his final race at sonoma raceway.s a big deal. >> it is a big deal. he and his father were a big part of the sport. he has come around on road course racing the last couple of years. he seems excited to tackle the track and the fans will wish him well. >> speaking of the fans, as you mentioned, the campgrounds are packed. we have rvs, thousands of them already here. for people who have never taken part, describe it for us. it is like a big nascar party up here in sonoma. >> it is an all weekend event. there are interactive displays that you experienced this morning. great food and activities all morning leading up to the big show. there is an air show on sunday before the race. a little of everything. >> if we have the video earlier this morning as you talked about, we had the all access pass. i got to ride around with one of the drivers this morning and experience this course firsthand. it is just under two miles each lap. ten turns. left turns, right turns. that makes this a very unique course in terms of the course

. >>> today's event is special significance because it'll be dale earnhardt jr.'res. more than 40,000 fans are expected to attend. raceway officials and the highway patrol expects significant traffic delays along highways 37 and 121 which are both single lane roads. gates opened about an hour ago at 7:00 a.m., the race starts at noon. >>> and now here your weather. >> hey tiffany, good morning to you. we are settling into our summer time pattern. delays at sfo, 46 minutes, you can see all the clouds here on the peninsula. allowing for temperatures to be below average in some locations today. 61 in mountainview, 62 in san jose. sunny skies in the inland east bay. it'll be nice this afternoon around 70. 58 by the delta, strong gusty winds now, that's transporting the cooler marine air into our inland valleys. highs in the low 80s today with 75 in fremont, if you're headed into the city, cool and breezy. low 60s, you'll get some sunshine at times, and the look ahead, we're looking at temperatures coming down through tuesday, and then coming up right on through the en

earnhardt juniojr. starting 11th. jimmie johnson starts 14. kyle busch fine tuning his ride after upsetting second place finish a week ago. martin truex jr.g next to bush tomorrow. he's looking forward to the race which he considers his hometown track. >> a win is huge anywhere. i think i have more friends and family in this race than any race i go to. i have a lot of good memories. it's hard anywhere and special anywhere but here's it's a little sweeter. >> never count out jimmie johnson. >> before we go tonight, we want to leave you with the latest on the terrorist attacks in london. six people were killed. 30 people were injured in two attacks. it began when a white van veered into a crowd on london bridge running down pedestrians. soon after a man started stabbing people at a market. there is no word on motivate or claim of responsibility. the story is still developing. for the latest go to "6abc".com. caking castle is next. news tomorrow morning at 6:00. now for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a good night. see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ what if there was a paint... ...where eac