wayne freedman joins us with more. wayne? >> looks normal now a typical tuesday afternoon. passengers waiting to be picked up. you should see this place an hour ago. we're going to let pictures do the talking on this one. in any airport observers can find readings days before thanksgiving and christmas. not to say it doesn't happen other times. two elements soldiers coming home, families waited almost a year for them. >> williams making a big fuss over her son, his fiancee making a fuss, too. multiply those times 75, then times loved one that's gathered and exploded with joy as california national guard quarter master company returned home from afghanistan. fathers, sons, mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, nieces and revenues. one big tangled crying and screaming mess. every soldier who left home in july returned safe, and sound. finally. >> they've been painted and photographed. but to appreciate a moment like this, one must live it. >> wayne freedman abc7 news. >> patrol says it will recommend two teenagers be charged with assault with a deadly

today a group came back and wayne freedman is live with the story >> reporter: we have covered all kinds of home comings. today a joyous home coming. one look outside of the terminal today to see there is something special happening. >> we want to appreciate it and welcomed. >> hardly alone. >> it will be worth it. about 15 minutes. >> we've just been told the plane hasn't landed yet. >> when are you getting married? >> yet to be determined. >> so she waited for her fiancee z robin for her son. >> he left home in july. and got to afghanistan. so firgs week in august. >> they came >> they came to greet california national guard quarter master company. fathers, sons, mothers and daughters brothers, sisters. uncles and aunts. nieces and nephews, friends, neighbors, and one big tangled screaming weeping mass. every soldier who left home in july returned. safe and sound. finally. valerie making a fuss over her fiancee. >> i am just happy to see him. >> this is a lot. >> as long as suns and now daughters have gone to war there have been home comings like this. painted and photographed. but to

wayne freedman has results of the investigation. >> it's not a matter of reading between the lines and between blacked-out names. this report shows content of a private investigation defending the mother of six awaiting charges for going on to campus of a school and allegedly choking a 12-year-old boy she said had been bullying her daughter. >> tells me my client did nothing wrong. >> the defense attorney cites three witnesses twochl kids and a school aide say she confronted the boy, but never touched him. one children interviewed said the boy choked himself. and then, blamed her to get even. >> the kid was very specific. that saw it in how it was done. he put his hand up like this, choking himself. and he described very specifically, that to my investigators. >> that investigation reports sheriff deputies chose to ares her anyway. there is no comment from the sheriff's department the district attorney's office issued a statement that reads in part, we're endeavoring to ensure integrity of the investigation. therefore, we'll not communicate further on particulars of any evidence. >> it

wayne freedman has results of the investigation. >> it's not a matter of reading between the lines and between blacked-out names. this report shows content of a private investigation defending the mother of six awaiting charges for going on to campus of a school and allegedly choking a 12-year-old boy she said had been bullying her daughter. >> tells me my client did nothing wrong. >> the defense attorney cites three witnesses twochl kids and a school aide say she confronted the boy, but never touched him. one children interviewed said the boy choked himself. and then, blamed her to get even. >> the kid was very specific. that saw it in how it was done. he put his hand up like this, choking himself. and he described very specifically, that to my investigators. >> that investigation reports sheriff deputies chose to ares her anyway. there is no comment from the sheriff's department the district attorney's office issued a statement that reads in part, we're endeavoring to ensure integrity of the investigation. therefore, we'll not communicate further on particulars of any evidence. >> it

wayne freedman is live at the scene. wayne? >> behind me, chp officers this is still an active investigation almost 24 hours after the fact. let me show you, this is a bumpy road she said she hit a pot hole. look at the road here, if a car goes into this ditch about 50 feet in front of the site, a driver does not have a chance. by any description, the road can be tricky. >> the speed limit is 45. it's a narrow, rural country road. very bumpy. >> today, kids trying to find meaning in the loss of the 17-year-old passenger in the fated car. >> she would say hi no matter what. just so happy. hayed everyone happy. if he she wasn't happy, she was happy. >> few traces of the accident remain. dirt, a downed line, and broken branchs the teenager told officers the car hit a pot hole. she hit the brakes they didn't work and the car went off the road. ashley was the only fatality. >> i've never lost anyone. ever. and this is horrible. i don't know how to deal with it. >> cheyenne williams spent the last weekend with ashley and her boyfrien

. >> yes wayne freedman is live with the story. wayne? >> take a listen to this sound over my shoulder. four bands playing on four stages. what began as a stream of people has become a river. they're expecting 25,000 people a day for three days and tonight, it wraps up with a two and a half hour concert by the cure. speaking of the cure here they are. fans next to the stage, planning to wait all day or tonight. >> is it worth it? >> definitely. >> for the cure? robert smith! >> you get intimate with that music. >> the people will get into it again is a miracle. last year's promoters failed to pay all of their debts. this year a new company began after paying vendors owed from the first concert and change the business model. >> do you know anything about rock and roll? >> no. i'm a businessman and started a lot of businesses. this is day one of three. year two of -- well, we shall see. we'll see. you're looking at it live now. crowds continue to grow. in about an hour, we're going to talk to vendors who was shorted last year. he is still w

today a group came back and wayne freedman is live with the story >> reporter: we have covered all kinds of home comings. today a joyous home coming. one look outside of the terminal today to see there is something special happening. >> we want to appreciate it and welcomed. >> hardly alone. >> it will be worth it. about 15 minutes. >> we've just been told the plane hasn't landed yet. >> when are you getting married? >> yet to be determined. >> so she waited for her fiancee z robin for her son. >> he left home in july. and got to afghanistan. so firgs week in august. >> they came home. >> they came to greet california national guard quarter master company. fathers, sons, mothers and daughters brothers, sisters. uncles and aunts. nieces and nephews, friends, neighbors, and one big tangled screaming weeping mass. every soldier who left home in july returned. safe and sound. finally. valerie making a fuss over her fiancee. >> i am just happy to see him. >> this is a lot. >> as long as suns and now daughters have gone to war there have been home comings like this. painted and photographed. b

. >> wayne freedman has the investigation. wayne? >> reporter: what we have here is a defense attorney trying to keep a case from going to trial. the attorney, who you'll hear from in just a moment said there should be no crime m a parent trying to protect his or her child from a bully saying the real culprit is the still unnamed bully. >> reporter: this is a content of a private investigation for the santa rosa mother of six awaiting charges of going on to campus and allegedly choking a 12-year-old boy she says had been bullying her daughter. >> my client did nothing wrong. >> the defense attorney says two kids and a school aide say he confronted the boy but never touched him. one children interviewed said the boy choked himself and then blamed her to get even. >> the kid was specific that saw it in how it was done. he put his hands up like this and choked himself. he described very specifically to my investigator. >> according to the report, deputies chose to arrest her anyway. the district attorney only issued a statement reads, q

but some folks keep trying, and as abc of news reporter wayne freedman finds out, they often end up in unlikely hands. >> reporter: here is to the mystery of romance, fate delivered in a message in a bottle. >> this is going to sound crazy. >> reporter: he claims that he loved finding messages in ocean trash, he blogs about them and produces videos about how to open them. yes, people do get distracted like this. and one bottle he found in the british west indies concerned him. >> it said may, 2007, please return this note to john, and it gives his last name as well as address. >> reporter: that would be john buckle of cupertino who has thrown more than his fair share of bottles. there is a rumor that you have been littering the ocean. >> i'm afraid so. >> reporter: two strangers now linked by the cruise near the azores. >> it was a veranda kabin right here. like a balcony, off the balcony. >> reporter: he wants to know when and where a bottle came to shore. clint is obsessed with making connections. >> i had a dream to meet everybody in the world. as i got older i realized it wouldn't

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> there's no water flowing from the sky any time soon. >> that's right. >> spencer christian is here. boy, toasty. what a nice night. i stepped outside tonight. it's really nice in the city. >> balmy. one of the warmest san francisco nights we've seen. waiting for giants baseball. great night for a walk. but it was hot today, though. here's live doppler 7 hd. mainly clear skies. a few high clouds around. some still off shore working their way over land. here's a live view from the camera looking along the bay bridge. clear and mild again tonight. warm to mott again tomorrow. cooler pattern begins on friday. that will continue through the weekend and into next week. satellite image shows a dome of warm to hot air dominating our weather picture for one more day. then we get a sharp cooldown as this system moves in closer to bring us clouds and a sea breeze. it will be cooler in all areas on friday. we'll start the forecast animation at 9:00 friday morning. notice as the sea breeze develops, high clouds, low clouds and certainly a sharp cooldown. temperature

vic lee, abc7 news >> at abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on the ceremonies from walnut creek>> we observe memorial day objectively. we have more loved ones to mourn. >> he made the best of it. >> how old was sne >> just a baby. >> too young to leave behind a wife and child among services one in walnut creek is solemn. this year they ran out of programs, it was so big due, no doubt to three new plaques for fallen sons of world war i, ii, and korea. >> my brother was proud to serve. >> memorial day is not a holiday celebrated. it's a day we observe. >> it's truly emptiness. it's like a knife going through my heart. i miss him every day. it feels like it just seems like yesterday. >> for those who lost someone, every day feels like memorial day. owe long time politician died. the former assembly man spent 38 years in state legislature, chairing ways and means committee and got national attention when doomsberry promoted a task force promoting self esteem. it's justice department's biggest antitrust investigation ever. if you're a driver it may affect you. >> yes. a lot going on

wayne freedman is live with the story. wayne. >> good evening, dan. that number of fires keeps changing. i talks to the police a while ago. now they're saying it was 13 separate fires last night, plus another fire on wednesday night. the area behind me, one of those that burned last night, in a suburban area, next to hillside, next to very dry brush. dry grass, high temperatures, and an arsonist in novato, they have become a recipe for anger and concern. >> it's scary, but it was here two years ago, and we thought it was somebody in the neighborhood who left, and now it's back. >> what do you make of that? >> disease, obviously. >> this morning, monique echoed the sentiments of most the residents. two years ago, a string of 60 unsolved small arson fires frightened this community. now they're dealing with what happened last night. 13 fires within a mile of each other burning simultaneously. ten of those fires burned brushy grass. >> 12, that's a really, really hard nut to swallow because we have a very tight-knit community here. the homes are close tog

wayne freedman is live with the story. wayne. >> good evening, dan. that number of fires keeps changing. i talks to the police a while ago. now they're saying it was 13 separate fires last night, plus another fire on wednesday night. the area behind me, one of those that burned last night, in a suburban area, next to hillside, next to very dry brush. dry grass, high temperatures, and an arsonist in novato, they have become a recipe for anger and concern. >> it's scary, but it was here two years ago, and we thought it was somebody in the neighborhood who left, and now it's back. >> what do you make of that? >> disease, obviously. >> this morning, monique echoed the sentiments of most the residents. two years ago, a string of 60 unsolved small arson fires frightened this community. now they're dealing with what happened last night. 13 fires within a mile of each other burning simultaneously. ten of those fires burned brushy grass. >> 12, that's a really, really hard nut to swallow because we have a very tight-knit community here. the homes are close tog

president's staff doesn't like surprises but as wayne freedman reports, president obama got a surprise. >> i was -- i don't know. there is the rose bowl. >> this preoccupation with self first has become an epidemic. kristina, who is about to graduate from college; typical of her generation but a little more famous than most of them now. >> that's president obama. >> that's not real? >> yeah, it is. >> indeed. when the president spoke in mountain view, she was on the v. i. pitting baseball list. >> she got the invite a few days ago. >> gosh, she debs it. >> she's a poster child for presidential policy. >> eighteen the doctor looks at us and said she has a brain tumor and it has to come out. the second thing they told us is she is now deemed uninsurable. >> due to a lifetime insurance cap that disappeared with the affordable care act. pam had written a thank you note to the president. it touched him enough that he wanted to meet and thank the family. >> we had seats with our name on them. >> which should be enough for most people but not kristina. look carefully. after the speech she wai

wayne freedman is there with a story about unique graduates. wayne? >> have you ever heard of warrior nba? it's becoming a trend. many paying with education with a gi bill. you might wonder what it is a veteran would bring to business. it's the time of the year again. for making the scene. 200 graduates prepared to step from academia into the real world. >> i didn't have a clear picture of what i wanted to do, you know, as a career. >> that is ten students graduating from the class. >> one class mate has a wide variety of technical business skills. that someone like me won't v a lot of them haven't stood off a deck of a nuclear submarine or run a mission in afghanistan to survey an engineering site. >> brandon served in the navy. both men bring a different kind of marketability. >> if i can be put into that situation, i can be in most situations and survive. >> it sounds like a job interview. >> yes. >> do you have a job yet? >> i do. i'm going to work for oakland raiders. >> so does jonathan. >> energy focused software company. >> the old yir we get,

president's staff doesn't like surprises, but as wayne freedman reports, president obama got a surprise>> i was -- i don't know. there is the rose bowl. >> this preoccupation with selfies has become an epidemic. kristina, who is about to graduate from college, is typical of her generation, but a little more famous than most of them now. >> that's president obama. >> that's not real? >> yeah, it is. >> indeed. when the president spoke in mountain view, she was on the vip list. >> she got the invite a few days ago. >> gosh, she deserves it. >> she's a poster child for presidential policy. >> eighteen the doctor looks at us and said she has a brain tumor and it has to come out. the second thing they told us is she is now deemed uninsurable. >> due to a lifetime insurance cap that disappeared with the affordable care act. pam had written a thank you note to the president. it touched him enough that he wanted to meet and thank the family. >> we had seats with our name on them. >> which ought to be enough for most people, but not christina. look carefully. after the speech she waited carefull

in santa rosa, wayne freedman abc7 news >> today, a canal lick school issued an apology to a senior left out of the annual year book because she was wearing a tuxedo the school said it omitted her portrait because it violated a dress code the principal says the last days have been revealing and this is an opportunity to learn, to grow as a community. the for trit will be displayed on saturday. >> a man wanted for killing a woman after a fender bender last fall has been caught in miami. he was arrested on friday on the process of being excited green accused of killing the woman in the city. she was spot and wounded it happened in november and the couple and several friends leaving when the fender bender and the shooting happened. >> prosecutors say they will ask for the death penalty against this man and how will prosecutors perceive with the case anyway? abc7 news is live tonight with that story. david? >> this will be a challenging case. no body or crime scene has been discovered yet the district attorney believes it has a death penalty case. seeking the death penalty carries some risk.

. >> wayne freedman abc7 news. >> that is cute. what a great selfie. >> we have much more head on this friday night. coming up minutes leading up to last month's fatal air collision over the scomba dramatic moments. >> big recall. is one of these in your driveway? problems with a million and a half ford and chrysler vehicles >> coming up a response in washington. here in the bay area. >> and better late than never. a wrinkle in motherhood. abc7 news >>> developing news out of arizona a pilot is unscatheed after this happened. his military plane crashed in the deserts south of phoenix jet went out around 3:00 this afternoon after experiencing engine trouble. you can see charred wreckage. the jet and pilot out of the air station yuma. he only had a small cut on the nose. >> two weeks ago a teacher flying from half moon bay to amador county. a report says the hawker was trying to pass the cessna. as the hawker passed he heard a thump then saw the cessna go down in the bay. the pilot david plum was killed the hawker has damage the pilo

. >> freedman says there've already been several arrests including the thief that stalled the beep bike that was tethered to this chain. police and cycling advocates hope that thefees will get confused. >> at any time throughout city any bicycle can be a bait bike. >> 3000 of the san francisco bait bike stickers are said to be given out in the coming months. >>> oklahoma's governor is calling for independent review of lethal injection protocols after a botched execution yesterday. oklahoma stop the execution of convicted murderer clayton locke in about 20 minutes in the procedure. he'd been declared unconscious but started rising and calling out. he died about 45 minutes later. now questions are being raised about the drugs used. another note oklahoma supreme court had ordered a stay of the execution, but the governor mary fallin to fight the ruling. >>> the british actor who played the tune town detective in who framed roger rabbit has died at the age of 71. paul hopkins retired from acting two years ago after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. family members say he died last ni

penalty are likely to be innocent managing editor of magazine reporting on criminal justice ice freedman believes that the authority should be more transparent about the executions. there's no question that bad things are happening resulting from the use of these new and largely untested drugs that the government is not providing information on where they got them or some cases what drives our state reports that it is executing people. on behalf of theo keep the safe as part of the republic criminal justice system and so on. if that's the case in the has a right to know what's going on during that process what drugs are using what the effects of the strokes or where the drugs came from the notion that government can execute people. basically in secret using drugs that there are not disclosing where they kept him from or what the terms are his and greet in moral issue. all pre election violence in iraq a look at why washington finds build it with our team i'm on break the eye. what if we still don't buy these that betrayal all i've got it that way. the chair all by them why do we. by any

. >> in cupertino, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> good tail there. >> did you feel warm up today? >> yes. >> not extreme. by weekend we'll see locations into low 90s. quite warm. sunny skies, some coastal clouds getting more prominent now. and so there have been weather. light snow, that has ended for now. drops remain behind. 66 in morgan hill. and our sutro camera shows blue skies, then, low clouds over the bay now. reads in other locations santa rosa, napa, 66. and and a live view from our mount tam camera. low clouds gathering along the coastline. we'll have cooler weather monday, mem wril day. it's going to be nice and warm. but not as warm as weekend. satellite shows that upper level low here in the bay area and thunderstorms heading out, moving eastward opening the door for high pressure to bring us warmer weather pattern into our inland locations approaching the holiday weekend. you can see highs in livermore in mid to upper 80s. cooling tuesday, wednesday, this is indictive of what most of the bay area can suspect over the next seven days. fog spreading beyond the coast.

first things new owners did is pay vendors what they're oweked from last year the new ceo told wayne freedmanis plan is similar to that of a start up. >> do you know anything about rock and roll? >> a businessman. >> sky 7 hd gathering to give a good spot to see the headliner, the cure. that should be a good show. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> you don't have to worry about the heat if you're doing outside activities. >> it's cooling down and going to be nice. is this rock and roll and wine? together? >> spencer is there. >> let's talk weather, first. >> taking a look at live doppler 7 hd, you probably felt sea breeze today. we have sunny skies inland but clouds thickening over sfo. we have delays because of strong, gusty winds. you can see low clouds hovering over the airport there. notice how much cooler it was everywhere today. so marine affect being felt around the bay area. you can see current readings 56 degrees in san francisco. 63 in morgan hill. 55 half moon bay. beautiful view of the sky from our camera. looking at clouds for sun rays to burn through. mid-60s now in many locations. cloud

wayne freedman with more. >> in an office four flights above van ness avenue he goes to work at 93.nited states marine corps retired colonel john stevens. he looked tough in that picture >> the stuff tells only part of the story. look around, you can see he remains dedicated to raising a million dollars more for a memorial in the presidio. >> we need to have people know about wars so we can hopefully prevent wars in the future. >> he lived them. >> from attack on pearl harbor and world war ii to korea to a difficult battle, 20,000 marines surrounded by 100,000 chinese in temperatures of 40 below at times. >> what is it like? today, 100 remain alive. hopefully, he'll be able to make it in to san francisco, where anyone can eat from the restaurant and bar. if you look it's a last man bottle. >> it's model of brandy. >> something might have been a luxury in one of the cold nights in 1950 but there is a twist to such bottles. >> what is the fun of being a last man if you have no one to drink it with? >> good point. >> it's for last man not 2 or 3. >> yes. >> one more after a war filled

wayne freedman with more. >> in an office four flights above van ness avenue he goes to work at 93. united states marine corps retired colonel john stevens. he looked tough in that picture >> the stuff tells only part of the story. look around, you can see he remains dedicated to raising a million dollars more for a memorial in the presidio. >> we need to have people know about wars so we can hopefully prevent wars in the future. >> he lived them. >> from attack on pearl harbor and world war ii to korea to a difficult battle, 20,000 marines surrounded by 100,000 chinese in temperatures of 40 below at times. >> what is it today, 100 remain alive. hopefully, he'll be able to make it in to san francisco, where anyone can eat from the restaurant and bar. if you look it's a last man bottle. >> it's model of brandy. >> something might have been a luxury in one of the cold nights in 1950 but there is a twist to such bottles. >> what is the fun of being a last man if you have no one to drink it with? >> good point. >> it's for last man not 2 or 3. >> yes. >> one more after a war filled with

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman was there. wayne? >> reporter: carolyn, if you've been to walnut creek, anyone living around walnut creek knows tradition of the ceremony. it's large and today, they added three more plaques downtown to the fallen of world war ii, world war i, and korea. in walnut creek, those who fought and gave their lives are not forgotten. when brook heard her son's name, she smiled. it was a different smile. a sentiment only those that lost a loved one in battle can understand, or appreciate. >> how old was he? >> 23. >> that is young. >> just a baby. >> too young to have a monument with his name on it or two bronze stars for actions in afghanistan. too young to leave a wife behind and a daughter born after he died. >> she knows her daddy fought in the war. he was fighting bad guys so we can be free. >> those left behind bear sorrows mostly alone, but they do find comfort on memorial day. traditi tradition dictates a formal performance. >> those who have fallen while serving our country are not faceless people or

first things new owners did is pay vendors what they're oweked from last year the new ceo told wayne freedmanis plan is similar to that of a start up. >> do you know anything about rock and roll? >> a businessman. >> sky 7 hd gathering to give a good spot to see the headliner, the cure. that should be a good show. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> you don't have to worry about the heat if you're doing outside activities. >> it's cooling down and going to be nice. is this rock and roll and wine? together? >> spencer is there. >> let's talk weather, first. >> taking a look at live doppler 7 hd, you probably felt sea breeze today. we have sunny skies inland but clouds thickening over sfo. we have delays because of strong, gusty winds. you can see low clouds hovering over the airport there. notice how much cooler it was everywhere today. so marine affect being felt around the bay area. you can see current readings 56 degrees in san francisco. 63 in morgan hill. 55 half moon bay. beautiful view of the sky from our camera. looking at clouds for sun rays to burn through. mid-60s now in many locations. cloud

that is where we find wayne freedman live tonight. wayne, it looks nearly full. i guess it is not. is that right? >> no. it's not. where i'm standing would give you an indication of that. come june, it will be that way. as to why? >> a water fountain in oakland on a hot day we take them for granted in this time of a severe drought in california. and why not? we're not even in the rainy season. >> this is an exciting day for east bay mud. >> opening of a long planned water pipeline from the sacramento river. here is an extremely pleased east bay mud manager. >> it won't make sense to not use it. when you have it available to you and you pay for it. >> by the time it closes $5.2 combrinl gallons will have flowed down this creek, and into the reservoir. that is enough water to fill the o dot co coliseum, 24 times. >> would you regard it as an engineering marvel? >> yes. i would. >> what would romans say? . >> i think they'd be impressed. >> eileen white is the manager of operations and described how tree pumps put water 130 miles over coastal hills. it's luxury when the governor asked

wayne freedman shows us from napa county. >> maybe you've heard california expects this to be one ofthe busiest fire seasons ever. here are number that's may frighten you. >> they're at 90% of what average year we'd see for this time in bay >> bay ten, that is 1350 wildfires we'd have seen 700. all the more reason to put crews through a round of training. on a day with projected 97 degree heat. >> it's warm today it's warm. >> yes. >> above average. >> if you think it's hot, imagine being these guys. what they have to wear. this just one piece of gear. >> how hot does it get? >> i don't know. i'm not sure. >> you'll lose a quart of water per hour. >> how do they function in the weather? what is their secret? it's common sense. >> i don't wait until it's too late >> they drink water. gallons of it. take out a cold one, put in a warm one. >> that is probably the number one thing that will take you down. >> it's a good tip. whether fighting a fire or trying to get through a hot day. >> and it is hot out there today. >> please stay hydrated. it's warm under sunny skies right now. cooling

in santa rosa, wayne freedman abc7 news >> today, a canal lick school issued an apology to a senior lefte annual year book because she was wearing a tuxedo the school said it omitted her portrait because it violated a dress code the principal says the last days have been revealing and this is an opportunity to

wayne freedman shows us from napa county. >> maybe you've heard california expects this to be one of fire seasons ever. here are number that's may frighten you. >> they're at 90% of what average year we'd see for this time in bay >> bay ten, that is 1350 wildfires we'd have seen 700. all the more reason to put crews through a round of training. on a day with projected 97 degree heat. >> it's warm today it's warm. >> yes. >> above average. >> if you think it's hot, imagine being these guys. what they have to wear. this just one piece of gear. >> how hot does it get? >> i don't know. i'm not sure. >> you'll lose a quart of water per hour. >> how do they function in the weather? what is their secret? it's comn sense. >> i don't wait until it's too late >> they drink water. gallons of it. take out a cold one, put in a warm one. >> that is probably the number one thing that will take you down. >> it's a good tip. whether fighting a fire or trying to get through a hot day. >> and it is hot out there today. >> please stay hydrated. it's warm under sunny skies right now. cooling is on the wa

wayne freedman is live tonight with more on that. wayne?u might want to wonder with pressure, why am i standing in the shade? those guys look for shade all the time. it's a difference, they told us of 15 degrees. do not allow the impending flow to fool you. it's hot, tough work. a progressive hoseling. it's likely they'll be lugging it it he's done this countless times and will, begin. >> this year, so far, we've had over 1350 wildfires across the state average year around 700. >> all more reason to put crews through one more round of training. even on a day with projected 97-degree heat >> it's warm. >> yes. it's above average for this time of the year. >> seemed to be a perfect opportunity for us about working in the heat from pros guy who's work in tinder brush. aside from conditioning they shared a secret. >> i get on it, get ahead >> they all do they drink water. take out a cold one, put in a warm one. >> doing work to build across the water for hours. >> maybe more, when dressed in a

wayne freedman abc7 news >> a important tool in san francisco emergency preparedness plan getting a boost. crews adding to the firefighting system. abc7 news join us now live. carolyn? >> what you see is part of an effort to add additional sources of water to fight fires in case of a catastrophic drought or any major disaster. this is something special. a critical piece of san francisco firefighting strategy what. is being built is a storage tank that holds 75,000 gallons of water. this is a picture of abc7 news photographer heading down low below to check out construction on 30. >> the use would be under really emergency conditions. big cost consideration we're going to need immediate water from n.event of a failure. >> this system of storing water is thought to be unique to san francisco. and when when you see this, it indicates a sissern below. >> so far, they have not been used during loma prieta earthquake, fire boats hauled in water from the bay the mission bay inferno fought using high pressure water hoses the chief says the tanks are critical. >> people say well, you don't use it

wayne freedman is live with that part of the story. >> this man grew up in half moon bay. he was a nice man, by all accounts. this restaurant behind me tells a story of how there was birthday party. he saw them and put on an air show just because. a tribute to a man everyone knew, or knew of. >> last night at the grocery store, people were talking about him. >> his name was eddie andrini. if you want to see his picture, visit airport cafe, it's on the wall with other legends. >> i'm surprised he liked to split his meal with whoever was with him. he liked blts. he was an icon he would glow. you had respect for him. >> in his fancy biplane he was the best, safest pilot most of them had seen. >> he can do more with that steering than any airman alive. >> this is the stunt. here is eddie talking about flying. >> i don't really know anyone else doing what i'm doing >> he owned a construction company and mastered more than the sky. he was also a community leader, they say his greatest tricks may have been in finding ways to build consensus among people who didn't agree. >> and h

. >> in cupertino, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> good tail there. >> did you feel warm up today? >> yes. >> not extreme. by weekend we'll see locations into low 90s. quite warm. sunny skies, some coastal clouds getting more prominent now. and so there have been active weather. light snow, that has ended for now. drops remain behind. 66 in morgan hill. and our sutro camera shows blue skies, then, low clouds over the bay now. reads in other locations santa rosa, napa, 66. and and a live view from our mount tam camera. low clouds gathering along the coastline. we'll have cooler weather monday, mem wril day. it's going to be nice and warm. but not as warm as weekend. satellite shows that upper level low here in the bay area and thunderstorms heading out, moving eastward opening the door for high pressure to bring us warmer weather pattern into our inland locations approaching the holiday weekend. you can see highs in livermore in mid to upper 80s. cooling tuesday, wednesday, this is indictive of what most of the bay area can suspect over the next seven days. fog spreading beyond the

wayne freedman abc7 news >> a important tool in san francisco emergency preparedness plan getting a boost. crews adding to the firefighting system. abc7 news join us now live. carolyn? >> what you see is part of an effort to add additional sources of water to fight fires in case of a catastrophic drought or any major disaster. this is something special. a critical piece of san francisco firefighting strategy what. is being built is a storage tank that holds 75,000 gallons of water. this is a picture of abc7 news photographer heading down low below to check out construction on 30. >> the use would be under really emergency conditions. big cost consideration we're going to need immediate water from n.event of a failure. >> this system of storing water is thought to be unique to san francisco. and when when you see indicates a sissern below. >> so far, they have not been used during loma prieta earthquake, fire boats hauled in water from the bay the mission bay inferno fought using high pressure water hoses the chief says the tanks are critical. >> people say well, you don't use it on a regu

wayne freedman has more on his background for us. wayne? >> today at this time of the day residents are saying the skies are empty. he used to practice in the sky above and used to entertain this community he wasn't just a pilot he was a community leader. this is a gathering place, today n a community best known for fishing and halloween pumpkins most eyes turn to a blue sky with flags at half staff outside half moon bay airport today. >> he liked to split meals with whoever is with him. he liked blts. this cafe is no different. he showed up here almost every morning. his picture is on the wall. >> you know it's like that. that white stuff there. he cares. you know? the best pilot people have seen, doing a stunt he's performed hundreds of thousands of times. just this once, the margin was too small. >> eddie would tell you it's hard work. and that it's -- like -- life sometimes come out of nowhere. and just more than a week ago, david plum died in a mid air collision. he had performed here. it's been a tough eight days now this community po

wayne freedman with a story you'll see only on abc7 news. it's been said to succeed in music a pefsh former needs to sing what he feels this road includes sabrina tims and a daughter they had together named hope. a the relationship never quite worked out. . >> i wanted to settle down and get married and... >> i wanted to follow my dreams >> he wanted to travel and do music. >> only their history and responsibility of co-parenting kept them together. otherwise he were far from a perfect match. so they thought. >> i'm medicine she needs. >> in the figuretive sense. she became sick and needed dialysis and put her name on a list to get a donor. and got lucky. . >> i was told we're a perfect match all the way through. perfect and it was just kind of a miracle. >> with a bonus. >> they said because we have a child together i had no antibodies against him. >> so tuesday they will go for surgeries followed by long recoveries. to make that happen, daniel had to give up a national tour but might have been the biggest break of his career. >> in the end

area are on the job earlier than usual the crew in santa rosa took its first flight today wayne freedman joins us live now from santa rosa. >> if you've seen the airplane it was moments away in walnut creek. but that will be a long fire season, a given as you consider this fire base closed two months late last year, this year, opening six weeks early. they fly together and fight tires together. >> each day is different. >> every year, too. consider it's still may cal fire chief and his pilot on duty ask ready to fly a month afl earlier than usual. >> probably head over to the coast. >> and do what? >> just review some of the normal flight maneuvers and get air with radios. >> officially, california fire season began last week. and the agency has already battled more than 4500 acres state wide and we're still in spring. >> what happened to the first day? >> same thing, we show up to work make sure equipment is ready. >> if you look over a fire and see a twin tailed spotter plane there is a good chance chris will be in it. quarterbacking the aerial attack. >> ground resources put fires out

that is where we find wayne freedman live tonight. wayne, it looks nearly full. i guess it is not. is that right? >> no. it's not. where i'm standing would give you an indication of that. come june, it will be that way. as to why? >> a water fountain in oakland on a hot day we take them for granted in this time of a severe drought in california. and why not? we're not even in the rainy season. >> this is an exciting day for east bay mud. >> opening of a long planned water pipeline from the sacramento river. here is an extremely pleased east bay mud manager. >> it won't make sense to not use it. when you have it available to you and you pay for it. >> by the time it closes $5.2 combrinl gallons will have flowed down this creek, and into the reservoir. that is enough water to fill the o dot co coliseum, 24 times. >> would you regard it as an engineering marvel? >> yes. i would. >> what would romans say? . >> i think they'd be impressed. >> eileen white is the manager of operations and described how tree pumps put water 130 miles over coastal hills. it's luxury when the governor asked

area are on the job earlier than usual the crew in santa rosa took its first flight today wayne freedman joins us live now from santa rosa. >> if you've seen the airplane it was moments away in walnut creek. but that will be a long fire season, a given as you consider this fire base closed two months late last year, this year, opening six weeks early. they fly together and fight tires together. >> each day is different. >> every year, too. consider it's still may cal fire chief and his pilot on duty ask ready to fly a month afl earlier than usual. >> probably head over to the coast. >> and do what? >> just review some of the normal flight maneuvers and get air with radios. >> officially, california fire season began last week. and the agency has already battled more than 4500 acres state wide and we're still in spring. >> what happened to the first day? >> same thing, we show up to work make sure equipment is ready. >> if you look over a fire and see a twin tailed spotter plane there is a good chance chris will be in it. quarterbacking the aerial attack. >> ground resources put fires out

wayne freedman is live with that part of the story. >> this man grew up in half moon bay. he was a nice man, by all accounts. this restaurant behind me tells a story of how there was birthday party. he saw them and put on an air show just because. a tribute to a man everyone knew, or knew of. >> last night at the grocery store, people were talking about him. >> his name was eddie andrini. if you want to see his picture, visit airport cafe, it's on the wall with other legends. >> i'm surprised he liked to split his meal with whoever was with him. he liked blts. he was an icon he would glow. you had respect for him. >> in his fancy biplane he was the best, safest pilot most of them had seen. >> he can do more with that steering than any airman alive. >> this is the stunt. here is eddie talking about flying. >> i don't really know anyone else doing what i'm doing >> he owned a construction company and mastered more than the sky. he was also a community leader, they say his greatest tricks may have been in finding ways to build consensus among people who didn't agree. >> and h

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has the developments. >> normally when you go to court, you go to a house like this one. you sit in a room, you've got a judge, a jury. very formal. today, different. we went to the beach. just like any other day in court the judge and attorneys arrived on time this morning, drove past a disputed gate, down a controversial road, to a private and very beautiful court exhibit by the sea. for an hour or so. >> i hope once the judge saw this magnificent beach, and this sole access, i would hope that would help her decide the issue her. >> the judge wore neither robes near beach attire. she looks around the 53 acre property purchased in 2008 by billionaire who co-founded sun micro systems the question, will the court allow him a private land owner to gate this road, and close off coastal access without a permit on land the general public used for a century? >> this is a direct attack on the people of california, and their rights to enable themselves to enact laws that will give them access to public beaches. >> the surf rider foundation brought the case fo

putin is a member of the same flat society that tom freedman wrote about. he has to sell goods overseas and he made one important move already. he annexed crimea and in 1954 crimea was part of russia and then at the time they decided to celebrate an event in ukrainian history by giving crimea to ukraine as a gift. and it meant nothing because the soviet union wasn't going to collapse. it was 86% russian and a russian base primary. when they absorb crimea back to the russia they also took a million and a half russian voters out of the political system. if they absorb the three or four other cities they will take several million more russian voters away from the ukrainian body politics and you will ensure that the government that is elected in these elections will be pro-eu and nato. so he has a complicated problem on his hands. >> host: isn't that interesting? the topic of the discussion is ukraine: is it the next cold war? and i am wondering it will be a cold war based on what our reaction is to what is going there. is that fair to say? >> guest: that is fa

. >> charlie: and do you believe it was a mistake, also as some do -- tom freedman being one that comes to mind -- to push nato membership in front of the georgians and talk about it to the ukrainians, scaring the death out of the russians? >> yes, it's a mistake. some of the worst mistakes in foreign policy are made when you're on top. it's failing to take yes for an answer or not realizing when you've gone far enough and recognizing that ukraine -- that the russians could never deal strategically with ukraine being either a nato member or a full e.u. member right up on their borders was something we should have understood. >> charlie: so what should ukraine be? >> well, of course, you know, kissinger, as soon as this happened, said finland, that's the answer. >> charlie: yes. i'm not sure finland is enough, that the russians could tolerate as much of a relationship with the west that finland has in ukraine. but as i said, i think ukraine has to be a buffer state, and it will -- the other piece of this that just doesn't get talked about nearly enough is that so much of what's happening

want to start with sam freedman. what did you make of the interview?e said, listen, i didn't get money for it. i released it because i was upset at what he said. he liked black fwirls, but he liked them light-sdin skinned. >> i think there's a particular american psychosis about race that he's part of. donald sterling being akin to strong thurman the senator from south carolina who found out had had a biracial child. i think of him akin to lee atwater in the george h.w. bush election. so i don't think anything more odd. it's sadly very reel to me that someone who is attracted to black people or people of color as lovers, as sexual play things, as entertainment on a basketball court is repelled by his own attraction and revials those people when they're his tenants or would be tenants in his rental properties. as tim said before, why does it take the secret taping, the talk to the mistress, the talk to the et cetera court service operator to raise this issue. there's a long track record of discriminatory charges against him that go back 12, 13 years. >>

milton freedman would look at sweden and think that's the place. who would ever have thought that? sweden and chile is interesting. it's not washington is bad but look at crime, what happened in new york, lots of people look at that. >> charlie: bring it back, this is the great debate in the united states. you know, it is the debate between how do you lower taxes and -- or raise taxes or lower taxes and, at the same time, a hard look at entitlements and -- >> i think that's exactly -- >> charlie: -- and raising revenue. >> that's exactly what we need. and the problem with america is you have such an entirely ideologically polerrized system you can't get to any agreements in any practical measure. >> charlie: they don't trust each other. >> they don't. and an interesting example, what happened in sweden, they hit the big government in 1993 and collectively decided they've got to look for pragmatic solutions, taking ideas from the left, taking ideas from th the right,t putting a balanced budget at the heart, fibbing long-term entitlements. is it possible for a democratic country to d

and i thought ann freedman in new york magazine made a great point.ut was she pushy as a boss or a woman? and that i think is part of the problem in all of this. i'm not in the "new york times." i don't know her, but we will probably never know. >> it's a very important question because to your question, that's the line that women walk every day as sort of is it okay to be pushy as a woman, pushy many my workplace, what if that happens to be who i am. >> i would like to issue a challenge to the employers of america. we have an enormous amount of research demonstrating the gender gap and the biases that obtain in hiring and promotion in salaries. so to anyone else in a managerial capacity, look at the numbers. if you are paying a woman less than somebody who is working for her, fix it. if you're offering her less than her predecessor, offer her the same amount. the only way to stop discrimination is to stop discriminating. >> in this context it's actually true. >> people need to move forward and not do it anymore. >> thank you for joining us. thanks to

freedman's tweet, the risk to this country right now for mers is extremely low. we're taking it very, very seriously, though, because as i said, a proportion of people who get infected don't just have a mild illness but become very sick. so we don't want that to spread. that's the same reason cdc pushes for people to get a flu shot. most people have other mild illness, might keep you in bed for a few days but you get better, but a good portion of people with influenza end up in the hospital and die every year. we don't want a new challenge coming into our country for which we don't have a vaccine or treatment yet. so we're being very agrees sniff tracking people down and making sure we control it. but in general, the risk to most people in this country is extremely low. in terms of the cure for h.i.v., that's something that is an ongoing discussion there are many researchers working very hard and i won't go into it because frankly it ill would take -- it would take us in another direction but it's an important aspect of public health as well. >> the hill had this