we were at the park as a thousand deadheads celebrated jerry garcia. this is jerry day. the annual tribute to famous band's founder. he grew up in the neighborhood help died in 1959 but his music and spirit lives on. >> all these people are like my family. i've grown up with these -- this fan base and this music so it's like being at home. for me. >> jerry day started in 2002 to raise money to fix up a run-down plopped. -- run-down playground. the mayor signed a proclamation to name the danger garcia. amphitheater day. now to drew tuma. a check of the forecast and how long this pleasant weather will stick around. >> the question, we're 2-2 in the month of august with changes on the horizon. right now live doppler 7hd is quiet in the bay area, pair of downpours to the east of lake tau -- tahoe. they're fizzling the next hour. looking outside, a gorgeous sunday evening on tap. just a few high thin sirius cloud -- cirrus clouds so if you headed out we have a breeze at 15 to 20 miles-per-hour. the sun goes down at 8:17. and by 11:00 it's a mixture of stars and clouds and tem

we were at the park as a thousand deadheads celebrated jerry garcia. this is jerry day. the annual tribute to famous band's founder. he grew up in the neighborhood help died in 1959 but his music and spirit lives on. >> all these people are like my family. i've grown up with these -- this fan base and this music so it's like being at home. for me. >> jerry day started in 2002 to raise money to fix up a run-down plopped. -- run-down playground. the mayor signed a proclamation to name the danger garcia. amphitheater day. now to drew tuma. a check of the forecast and how long this pleasant weather will stick around. >> the question, we're 2-2 in the month of august with changes on the horizon. right now live doppler 7hd is quiet in the bay area, pair of downpours to the east of lake tau -- tahoe. they're fizzling the next hour. looking outside, a gorgeous sunday evening on tap. just a few high thin sirius cloud -- cirrus clouds so if you headed out we have a breeze at 15 to 20 miles-per-hour. the sun goes down at 8:17. and by 11:00 it's a mixture of stars and clouds and tem

thousands are expected to flood the jerry garcia amphitheater in the park which is in the southeasternart of the city. garcia, who died 19 years ago, would have been 72 yesterday. four musical acts are expected to perform during this year's event and admission is free. jerry day gets underway at 11:00. as we bring in lisa for a final weather check. bring the jacket just in case you need it right? >> definitely starting out cloudy and by the afternoon partly cloudy and 70 degrees. right now we want to update you on the fire to the north around clear lake, lake county where the temperatures already at 79 degrees. partly cloudy, the humidity relative humidity continues to drop 44%. the winds so far are light but they will continue to increase just a little bit today hike they did yesterday. although the afternoon high should be about 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. so that's the good news. and the friend is for the cooler weather to continue into tuesday. 85 today, 80 in fremont, 73 in oakland with 77 san rafael. low 70s half moon bay. so look for partial afternoon clearing at the coast.

. ♪ you just ain't no good ♪ >> abc7 was at the park a thousand deadheads celebrated jerry garcia. is the on you'll tribute to the founder of the band, he grew up in san francisco and died in 1995 but the music and spirit lives on through this event. >> these people are like my family. i have grown up with these people, the fan base and music. it is like being at home. for me. >> jerry day started in 2002 to fix up a run down playground and this is the 10th year it has been held at the jerry garcia theater. >> san francisco nonprofit celebrate add major milestone this weekend. [ inaudible ] the young woman is one of 200 college graduates supported by alive and free the group that began as the boys club in 1987 aiming to protect young people from street violence focusing on decembering them to college. >> i did not have a blueprint or anyone that actually did if my family. i am the first male in my college to go to college and graduated. >> it helps you become success. what other choice do you have? >> the oared conference included old are graduates from the program along the donor

this is a jerry garcia tie. i forgot to mention that. >> nfl preseason football on thursday. let's start with the patriots, taking on the packers, and yes, that is tom brady and yes, he did play. finds gibson for ten yards. brady, 1 for 4. three and out. four and out. jimmy garofalo he's going to be the man if the four-game suspension for brady holds up. >>> aaron rodgers played the entire first quarter for green bay. it looks like he's ready. finds jordy nelson there. the packers win. >>> to baseball, blue jays and a's. mark buehrle, thursday was actually international left-handers day. bu buehrle is going to get the win. got to get some runs, too. one on board. let's put another one. three-run homer. blue jays win, 4-2. the blue jays host the yankees with david price on the mound. blue jays hot. mets still hot. we're out. >> we're still here. >>> up next in the pulse, another '90s sitcom possibly t getting a reboot. >>> his business is taking off. ) people are both soft and strong, which is why our products are too. and we believe in value, so we give you 60% more sheets th

that's the neighborhood where garcia spent part of his childhood. the first jerry day was held back in 2002. next sunday august 9th will mark the 20th anniversary of garcia's death at the age of 53. >>> coming up gunfire erupts in new york injuring 9 people. details on the victim's conditions and what led up to that violence. >>> another uproar over a second lion killed illegally in zimbabwe by another american. . >>> police in brooklyn new york are investigating a mass shooting at a house party that wounded 9 people. all of them had nonlife-threatening injuries. four other people suffered pipe or cuts an bruises it happened after 2:00 this morning in the backyard of a home host a party. so far no one has been arrested. >>> secretary of state john kerry had strong words of egyptian leaders during a visit to cairo. kerry said egypt would never be able to defeat terrorism unless the country showed greater respect for human rights. he struck a more amicable tone when discussing his hope for future relations between the u.s. and egypt. >> we have confidence in egypt, a

she was busy playing frisbee with jerry garcia. you don't go to the prom if you are playing frisbee with jerry garcia and we lived out this dream that i had one more dream and that dream goes back and i think you mentioned this at the time when i was a kid and i had the opportunity to come to washington d.c. and shake the hand of the ambassador to the israili united states. he grew up in a jewish america. there was no greater hero and when i met him i realized how i could resolve the two great loves of my life, my love for this country and my love for the country of israel. i said that when i grow up i want to be israel's ambassador. i had that dream so i'm living out the dreams of someday dreams i had nightmarish qualities. as a paratrooper in participated in several wars. my elder son was wounded in battle. sally lost her sister in a suicide attack in israel. i had to work for its awkward being in a few months later i was present at his funeral. there were tough part of the dream but there was joy. we raised a family and we made

bill walton and jerry garcia's daughter, a little work to do. 1-0 in the first.to it continuing with the tying run, the machine for the giants is buster posey. jason werth making the score 2- 1. buster doing it up. just to make sure, brandon blooper to left. maybe none more perfectly placed. 3-1 just to make sure. 5 innings, another dead head on hand enjoying his performance. it didn't smell right from the start. taking on the team with the second worst record in the american league. the jays are frightening. sunny gray against the line up. he scratched with back spasms. bases loaded. danny valencia turning it into a double play. the winner pulling that off. later ryan goin. all three games with a homer. 18 in the 3-game sweep. hottest in baseball, 12 in a row in the victory column. it will not be a surprise to wins it. beautiful afternoon. not so for tiger woods. this thing just won't go. 3 over 75. rory mcilroy with the leg up. first appearance since injuring his knee playing soccer. good shot outlet of the problem in the water. 71. meanwhile also at 1 under, j

. >>> greatful dead fans pay tribute to jerry garcia. jerry day was celebrated yesterday.e a look at the crowds. the first was held in 2002. a lot of dancing. >> it's jerry day. >>> time is just about 6:48. hey sal. >> interesting sights there. interesting smells i dare say. >> very colorful. >> very colorful. exactly. >>> good morning, everybody. let's go outside and take a look at the commute now. starting off with we are state 880 in both directions. it looks pretty good and light here so far past the oakland coliseum. when you get to the san mateo bridge it's getting a little bit more crowded. highway 101 when you get there has not been too bad. that whole stretch is getting busier now. at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is backed up. it looks like a couple of spiders taking a nap there. decided to take a nap in the middle of our shot. that is cool. no major problems getting into san francisco. >> my mic is not on? i think boris is is having breakfast. >> okay. i see. [ laughter ] >>> we do have a big fog bank out there. plenty of clouds to come along. you get gusts

. >>> a tribute today to rock music icon jerry garcia in the san francisco neighborhood where he grew up. jerry day the annual musical tribute to the grateful dead guitarist was celebratedded today. the same neighborhood where garcia spent part of his childhood. the first jerry day was held 2002. next sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of garcia's death at the age of 53. >> tie die will never die nor will the dead. thank you for joining us. tune in to the morning news at 4:30 a.m. >> sports wrap is coming up next everybody. have a great night. >>> a new feeling in 49er camp this year and a surprise visitor today. the raiders continue their camp in napa. and we'll hear from one of their key defensive players. >> pitcher mike leek delivers in his giant's debut but can the team rally in the ninth to take their series with the angels. >> and the a's finally have reason to celebrate. >> a record breaking day at the drags in sonoma. be ready in the pits and be ready bay area. sports wrap is next. >>> good evening everyone welcome to this sunday night's

. >>> abc7 news was at mcclaren park as a thousand deadheads celebrated jerry garcia. his is jerry day. it is a tribute to the band's founder. jerry grew up in the excelcier neighborhood, but he lives on through the event. matt keller took a break from news duties to scoop ice cream. it was root beer float day. other celebrity scoopers was christie yamaguchi. it raises money for leukemia and lymphoma and mothers against drunk driving and earthquake community fund. well done matt and company. >>> the dog days of summer lived up to their name this weekend in san diego. take a look. more than 50 dogs took part in this annual surf dog competition. getting the dogs on the board as you might imagine takes some training. one trainer says the first thing you have to teach them is to have a calm state of mind. i could never even teach my dog to come when i call them. that may reflect more on me than the dog. >> maybe. maybe. a lot of fun for everyone. a little baseball for you. giants got a great performance from their new starter but unfortunately he got no help from his offens

right behind me one of the many guitars for jerry garcia with the grateful dead. did you know there are 12 inducted members of the grateful dead here in the rock and roll hall of fame? as you look at this guitar 12 inducted members. that is still less than all of the candidates who will be on stage here in cleveland thursday for the debate. 17. >>> a busy birthday today for president obama, and one thing he may be wish forg when he blows out the candles is a little more support for his legacy iran nuclear deal. correspondent kevin corke has details from the white house tonight. >> reporter: the president spent part of his 54th birthday welcoming u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon to the oval office. climate change syria even isis among the topics of conversation. but hours later his focus shifted to the iran nuclear agreement as he welcomed jewish leaders to the white house to address their concerns about the deal. >> he will reiterate his view that agreement is not based on trust but rather based on our ability to impose the most intrusive set of inspections ever

she was busy playing with jerry garcÍa. you don't know to the prom.we lived out this dream, but i had one more dream and that dream goes back, i think you mentioned this, the time when i was a kid and had the opportunity to watch dc. he was the same hero of the 67 war. there was no greater hero. when i met him, i realized how i could resolve the two great loves of my life by being israel's embassador to the united states. i want to be israel's embassador. i'm living out the dreams. our eldest son was wounded in battle. sally last her sister in suicide attack in israel. a few months later i was present at his funeral. we made a life. finally in 2009, i realized the ultimate dream when the new elected prime minister of israel named me as israel's embassador to the united states, and i came into office at a time of just almost unprecedented challenges on so many different front fron. this country was in the debt, worst financial crisis since the deep depression. there was war trauma, and exhaustion about two difficult wars in the middle east, and for isr

jerry day honors the life and memory of the grateful dead singer jerry garcia.72 yesterday. four musical acts are expected to perform during this year's event and admission is free. jerry day gets underway at 11:00. lisa, we know a lot of people will be heading out there to celebrate. >> definitely. it will start out cloudy, and by the average some sunshine near 70. pretty nice day. more sun in oakland at 83. 74 in santa cruz, 80 san jose. the accuweather seven-day forecast, upper 80s inland. a cooler day tomorrow. the coolest day will be tuesday. below average and then a slow, but gradual warmup until friday we cool it back again. >> lisa, thank you. and thanks to you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. the news continues now online, on twitter facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. don't forget if you see breaking news where you live, be sure to tweet us using the #abc7 now. for lisa carolyn and the retail space of us here at abc7 news, "good morning america" is next. abc7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. we leave but a live loo

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. >> where we enjoy the music of the grateful dead and jerry garcia from the excelsior, could be a placeyes, could be very nice:a couple other things that we're working on in this area. we're planning on issuing our first e-newsletter to volunteer list that we have developed over time for the program. so we're really trying to get the message out that we're going to be ramping up cleanpowersf. we're very close to finalizing a new brochure. we are making website upgrades. and we're going to have some swag pretty cool t-shirt to distribute. so with that, i'm going to shift gears, unless there are any sort of follow-up questions about the schedule. >> commissioner crews? >> thank you so much. every time -- every time -- [laughter ]are you also doing some meetings where the department of the environment as well? >> we are. we have met with the department of environment recently, principally focused on energy-efficiency programming and we're the department of environment is developing a proposal for us for a number of different potential efficiency programs. we do -- i think as we mentioned a

. >> jerry garcia is gone. the next best thing is on our plaza.l this blue oyster couch. >> i love that. >> except it's white. >> we can change that. >> we can. we'll get a work on that with our technical colors here as we say hello to heather childers. good morning to you. >> should go out with a cow bell. good morning to everyone at home. a fox news alert. a student is shot dead at savannah state university, and the gunman is still on the loose. christopher starks was shot at the student union last night. the university was put on lockdown for a short time. classes are delayed until 10:00 a.m. while the man hunt continues. >>> the american teen hours from learning his fate for helping isis. this 17-year-old from virginia admitted to raise money and recruit fighters for the terror group as well as helping other teens travel to syria. the former honor student faces 15 years in prison. >>> a charles manson follow her and convicted if he long could be a free man. bruce davis could be eligible for parole. he's been in prison 43 years for the murder o

. >> where we enjoy the music of the grateful dead and jerry garcia from the excelsior, could be a placee very nice:a couple other things that we're working on in this area. we're planning on issuing our first e-newsletter to volunteer list that we have developed over time for the program. so we're really trying to get the message out that we're going to be ramping up cleanpowersf. we're very close to finalizing a new brochure. we are making website upgrades. and we're going to have some swag pretty cool t-shirt to distribute. so with that, i'm going to shift gears, unless there are any sort of follow-up questions about the schedule. >> commissioner crews? >> thank you so much. every time -- every time -- [laughter ]are you also doing some meetings where the department of the environment as well? >> we are. we have met with the department of environment recently, principally focused on energy-efficiency programming and we're the department of environment is developing a proposal for us for a number of different potential efficiency programs. we do -- i think as we mentioned at the june 3