lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. and our breaking news continues on twitter @abc7newsbayarea. >>> friends and family honored maya angelou today. today those who loved her honored her life and achievements at a memorial in north carolina. >> reporter: they called it a celebration of rising joy. both tearful -- >> the loss i feel -- i cannot describe. >> she was the ultimate teacher. >> reporter: and triumphant. >> she touched people all across the globe including a white woman in kansas who named her daughter after mya. >> reporter: friends and family, bill clinton, all thankful for angelou's life lessons. >> her great gift in her action-packed life was she was always paying attention. >> reporter: in angelou's last interview with abc news i asked what she would say to her younger self. >> dare. dare to be more than you think you can be. dare. >> reporter: and dare she did. >>> angelou was born in st. louis and at age 14 she moved to oakland. as a teenager she studied dance and drama in san francisco. in her mid-20s a

lisa amin gulezian joins us live with the latest. lisa?re in the la quinta inn. take a look inside the lobby. that is where berkeley police is paying a lot of attention. there is an event, perhaps a birthday party happening inside the hotel when the shootings happened. not only are officers taking a close look inside but they were focused outside of the hotel near that tree on the ground you can see there are two white pieces of paper. i was over there just a few minutes ago. it looked like there may have been bloodstains there. it is not clear if the shootings took place inside our outside of the hotel. i'm waiting to speak to someone from the police department to fill me in. i saw an ambulance answer the corner and the victims are inside the ambulance. i will be bringing you more information in this newscast and on twitter. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. and our breaking news continues on twitter @abc7newsbayarea. >>> friends and family honored maya angelou today. today those who loved her honored her life and achi

new at 11:00, lisa saw mean gulezian -- lisa amin gulezian has the story from san jose. >> it is scary, oh my god. >> he is watching on-line feeds of the riots in brazil. some of the violence is hard to watch. >> you couldn't convince me that the country is going to be secure enough for me to go. >> the 41-year-old father was supposed to go to the world cup for 12 days. it would have been a dream for this former college soccer player. he planned to spend $25,000 for a chance to go to s games. he lost his $5,000 deposit since can selling his trip because of safety concerns. >> a chance of being kidnapped. the other thing is you don't want to be in a country where the people are not happy about you being there. >> many in brazil are angry that the government spent $11 billion on the world cup. that's not stoping hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from going to brazil. the government has 157,000 troops and police on the ground to protect them. >> i think brazil is a safe place. they are doing things, but overall it will turn out to be a good event. >> still optimism is pouring out of th

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa, how is the boy doing? >> he is okay. he was released from the hospital earlier today and he is now resting at home at the via camino apartments. the two people who saved him actually live in this complex they are loving and attentive parents so when she looked out her window and saw something strange in the swimming pool she reacted. >> i reacted. i took my pool keys and went there. >> she saw a little boy face down at the bottom of the pool. the mother of two who doesn't know how to swim jumped in. >> that was my mothering thing. i was thinking of my baby. if my baby was there i would have done. >> based on what he saw he was not hopeful. >> he was white and bloated and the eyes were half open. we did mouth to mouth breathing and then after that he started breathing a little bit. >> medics arrived and rushed the victim to the hospital. today a fencing crew came to reinforce the gate since it is still not clear how the little boy got in. for those who live here, they say it is not that hard. >> it is not c

new at 11:00, lisa saw mean gulezian -- lisa amin gulezian has the story from san jose. >> it is scary, oh my god. >> he is watching on-line feeds of the riots in brazil. some of the violence is hard to watch. >> you couldn't convince me that the country is going to be secure enough for me to go. >> the 41-year-old father was supposed to go to the world cup for 12 days. it would have been a dream for this former college soccer player. he planned to spend $25,000 for a chance to go to six games. he lost his $5,000 deposit since can selling his trip because of safety concerns. >> a chance of being kidnapped. the other thing is you don't want to be in a country where the people are not happy about you being there. >> many in brazil are angry that the government spent $11 billion on the world cup. that's not stoping hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from going to brazil. the government has 157,000 troops and police on the ground to protect them. >> i think brazil is a safe place. they are doing things, but overall it will turn out to be a good event. >> still optimism is pouring out of

lisa amin gulezian is live now with more. lisa? >> larry, crews left hours after boarding up the house, but investigators say the fire started in the right front part of the house near the living room. they are also sure the cause of the fire is not suspicious the house on san carlos way went up in an instant. huge plumes of smoke went into the sky. >> we saw smoke coming, but the flames were pretty big. >> people rushed to the single story house to help. they knew an elderly man lived here with his adult son who was outside in the driveway when the fire started. this neighbor who is a retired firefighter could only make it halfway through the side window before he had to turn around. >> it is so black and hard to see. everyone was overtaken. >> he wanted to save the victim, but he couldn't. >> i know the guy is a nice man and he is kind to everybody. he is a good family. >> firefighters tried to reach the man, but they were too late. >> went to the front door and then they located him in another part of the house. >> they located

new at 11:00, lisa saw mean gulezian -- lisa amin gulezian has the story from san jose. >> it is scary, oh my god. >> he is watching on-line feeds of the riots in brazil. some of the violence is hard to watch. >> you couldn't convince me that the country is going to be secure enough for me to go. >> the 41-year-old father was supposed to go to the world cup for 12 days. it would have been a dream for this former college soccer player. he planned to spend $25,000 for a chance to gameto six games. he lost his $5,000 deposit since can selling his trip because of safety concerns. >> a chance of being kidnapped. the other thing is you don't want to be in a country where the people are not happy about you being there. >> many in brazil are angry that the government spent $11 billion on the world cup. that's not stoping hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from going to brazil. the government has 157,000 troops and police on the ground to protect them. >> i think brazil is a safe place. they are doing things, but overall it will turn out to be a good event. >> still optimism is pouring out of

lisa amin gulezian is live now with more. lisa? >> larry, crews left hours after boarding up the house, but investigators say the fire started in the right front part of the house near the living room. they are also sure the cause of the fire is not suspicious the house on san carlos way went up in an instant. huge plumes of smoke went into the sky. >> we saw smoke coming, but the flames were pretty big. >> people rushed to the single story house to help. they knew an elderly man lived here with his adult son who was outside in the driveway when the fire started. this neighbor who is a retired firefighter could only make it halfway through the side window before he had to turn around. >> it is so black and hard to see. everyone was overtaken. >> he wanted to save the victim, but he couldn't. >> i know the guy is a nice man and he is kind to everybody. he is a good family. >> firefighters tried to reach the man, but they were too late. >> went to the front door and then they located him in another part of the house. >> they located

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa, how is the boy doing? >> he is okay. he was released from the hospital earlier today and he is now resting at home at the via camino apartments. the two people who saved him actually live in this complex they are loving and attentive parents so when she looked out her window and saw something strange in the swimming pool she reacted. >> i reacted. i took my pool keys and went there. >> she saw a little boy face down at the bottom of the pool. the mother of two who doesn't know how to swim jumped in. >> that was my mothering thing. i was thinking of my baby. if my baby was there i would have done. >> based on what he saw he was not hopeful. >> he was white and bloated and the eyes were half open. we did mouth to mouth breathing and then after that he started breathing a little bit. >> medics arrived and rushed the victim to the hospital. today a fencing crew came to reinforce the gate since it is still not clear how the little boy got in. for those who live here, they say it is not that hard. >> it is not c

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa, how is the boy doing? >> he is okay. he was released from the hospital earlier today and he is now resting at home at the via camino apartments. the two people who saved him actually live in this complex they are loving and attentive parents so when she looked out her window and saw something strange in the swimming pool she reacted. >> i reacted. i took my pool keys and went there. >> she saw a little boy face down at the bottom of the pool. the mother of two who doesn't know how to swim jumped in. >> that was my mothering thiningthinking of my baby. if my baby was there i would have done. >> based on what he saw he was not hopeful. >> he was white and bloated and the eyes were half open. we did mouth to mouth breathing and then after that he started breathing a little bit. >> medics arrived and rushed the victim to the hospital. today a fencing crew came to reinforce the gate since it is still not clear how the little boy got in. for those who live here, they say it is not that hard. >> it is not closed

in berkeley, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> congratulations to the crushers, that is fantastic. >>> abc's new singing competition "rising star" is back with a competitor from northern california. the group trinity will hit the stage tomorrow night. >> we're really, really excited to be here. but it is definitely insane to know that you can -- your future can be made or broken in a matter of a minute or so. >> right, yeah. it's crazy. >> the show makes you the judge with the "rising star" app, download it for free and vote on your favorite performer during the show. it is right here on abc 7 tomorrow night at 9:00. >>> for a check on weather let's get the latest. >> you can see a few stars of your own across the bay area. take a look right now. the night falling over the bay bridge and san francisco. a look right now from our east bay hills camera. we can see pretty clear conditions persist. our live doppler 7 hd showing just a few clouds starting to hug the coast. especially the fog as you head a little closer to half moon bay, six miles visibility there. otherwise unlimited acros

lisa amin gulezian has more on fan excitement. emotions can be worn on your sleeve or on your face. pride is beaming from so many on this first full day of weekend world cup play. >> you get to share in the passion together and you can hear everyone else cheering. >> civic center plaza was live as world cup live debuted on the big screen. they are hosting live parties throughout the month. >> we want people from every neighborhood and from tourists from all-around the world to come out and watch the most popular sport in the world altogether. >> and they did. england, italy and japan all had a strong san francisco showing. >> seeing the different cultures of the people from different areas, that's cool. >> there were even groups taking soki bumps together. a place where some took the game against the ivory coast seriously and others did not. >> the thing that is special about the world cup is people from all over and some who aren't even sports fans can come and unite. >> i feel we are ready for this. >> i am chinese so china in the world cup, the next closest thing. >> the world cu

lisa amin gulezian has more on the fan excitement. >> emotions can be worn on your sleeve or on your face. pride is beaming by so many on the first weekend of world cup play. >> you get to share in the passion together. you hear everyone else cheering. >> civic center plaza was packed as world cup live debuted on the big swing. the city is hosting a watch party throughout the month. >> we want people from every neighborhood, from tourists from all around -he world to come out and watch the most popular sport in the world all together. >> and they did. england, italy and japan all had a strong san francisco showing. >> teams in your nationalities, that's cool. >> there were even groups kicking soccer balls together in honor of team japan. they take the game very seriously, while others did not. >> the thing about the world cup is people from all overcome here and unite. >> the ivory coast, i don't know, i just feel like i would root for them. >> i'm chinese, so china is in the world cup. and -- is not in the world cup so i will cheer for japan. >> lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> one

in almeda county, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> you can keep track of bay area heat and spare the air days on twitter at >>> there was a fire at simms metal manager on industrial parkway. this picture shows them putting out quite a bit of black smoke. >>> at berkeley two people are recovering from injuries after being shot. it happened at the laquinta inn just before 7:00 last night. some sort of party was taking place at the hotel at the time. no word on the victims or any arrests. >>> developing news it in oakland. police are investigating a triple shooting that left one person dead. it happened around cool 30 last night. a woman died at the scene. she has not been identified. two men were also shot. they were taken to the hospital. their conditions are not no one. no word yet on any suspects or arrests. >>> a square at the hayward bart station after two groups of teenager fire shots at each other. police are cracking down on youth violence in the east bay. sergio quintana has details. >> reporter: it's not clear if the shooting is connected to any incidents over the last week,

lisa amin gulezian has more on the fan excitement.cheers and applause] >> emotions can be worn on your sleeve or on your face. pride is beaming by so many on the first weekend of world cup play. >> you get to share in the passion together. you hear everyone else cheering. >> civic center plaza was packed as world cup live debuted on the big screen. the city is hosting a watch party throughout the month. >> we want people from every neighborhood, from tourists from all around the world to come out and watch the most popular sport in the world all together. >> and they did. england, italy and japan all had a strong san francisco showing. >> teams with different cultures and nationalities, supporting their team, that's really cool. >> there were even groups kicking soccer balls together in honor of team japan. they take the game very seriously, while others did not. >> the thing about the world cup is people from all over come here and unite. >> the ivory coast, i don't know, i just feel like i would root for them. >> i'm chinese, so chi

lisa amin gulezian is live in san jose with the race to lead the bay area's largest city. lisa? 4*. >> residents turn to city hall for answers on the growing crime rate. they promise to improve public safety. >> i am phoning loyal supporters and asking them to vote. >> the campaigning seems to have paid off for mayoral candidates dave cortezi and sam lacardo. both promised to improve public safety, but in different ways. >> we can keep our neighborhood safe not by spending more, but spending smarter. >> it offers better disability benefits and higher pay. he is backed by the public employee union. the county supervisor is confident he can work through problems and start hiring and retaining officers immediately. >> so the money is there to get back ip by 140. one of the reasons is economic. >> there are street ready officers in san jose. five years ago there were 1350. the councilman insists that the city doesn't have extra money. that's why he wants the police department to do more differently jie. there are things like utilizing technology and data analytics that candy ploy ou

lisa amin gulezian is live now with more. lisa? >> larry, crews left hours after boarding up the house, but investigators say the fire started in the right front part of the house near the living room. they are also sure the cause of the fire is not suspicious the house on san carlos way went up in an instant. huge plumes of smoke went into the sky. >> we saw smoke coming, but the flames were pretty big. >> people rushed to the single story house to help. they knew an elderly man lived here with his adult son who was outside in the driveway when the fire started. this neighbor who is a retired firefighter could only make it halfway through the side window before he had to turn around. >> it is so black and hard to see. everyone was overtaken. >> he wanted to save the victim, but he couldn't. >> i know the guy is a nice man and he is kind to everybody. he is a good family. >> firefighters tried to reach the man, but they were too late. >> went to the front door and then they located him in another part of the house. >> they located

lisa amin gulezian is live in san jose with the race to lead the bay area's largest city. lisa? 4*. >> residents turn to city hall for answers on the growing crime rate. they promise to improve public safety. >> i am phoning loyal supporters and asking them to vote. >> the campaigning seems to have paid off for mayoral candidates dave cortezi and sam lacardo. both promised to improve public safety, but in different ways. >> we can keep our neighborhood safe not by spending more, but spending smarter. >> it offers better disability benefits and higher pay. he is backed by the public employee union. the county supervisor is confident he can work through problems and start hiring and retaining officers immediately. >> so the money is there to get back ip by 140. one of the reasons is economic. >> there are street ready officers in san jose. five years ago there were 1350. the councilman insists that the city doesn't have extra money. that's why he wants the police department to do more differently jie. there are things like utilizing technology and data analytics that candy ploy ou

lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> the contra costa fire marshal tells us there has already been significantly more fires so far this year than usual. usually we are at this count in september or october, not mid-june. >>> embers from a wildfire blew across 680 and ag nighted a home. yesterday the owners looked toward rebuilding. sky 7hd captured she's these amazing pictures of the fire. it burned several outbuildings along with heather and evan thornton's home. yesterday they found heather's engagement ring buried in the charred remnants of the bedroom. >> i saved by wedding dress already, and this is just like, everything is going to be all right. our wedding is still going to happen. >> heather's cousin started a campaign to raise money for the wedding. a local church also offered to host their upcoming wedding reception. the wedding was supposed to take place at their house. >> officers found a teenage boy at a party shot in the chest. three other people were also chest. they were all taken to the hospital where the teenager died. suspect got way in a car being driven by a woman. and two o

lisa amin gulezian is live in san jose with the race to lead the bay area's largest city. lisa?> residents turn to city hall for answers on the growing crime rate. they promise to improve public safety. >> i am phoning loyal supporters and asking them to vote. >> the campaigning seems to have paid off for mayoral candidates dave cortezi and sam lacardo. both promised to improve public safety, but in different ways. >> we can keep our neighborhood safe not by spending more, but spending smarter. >> it offers better disability benefits and higher pay. he is backed by the public employee union. the county supervisor is confident he can work through problems and start hiring and retaining officers immediately. >> so the money is there to get back ip by 140. one of the reasons is economic. >> there are street ready officers in san jose. five years ago there were 1350. the councilman insists that the city doesn't have extra money. that's why he wants the police department to do more differently jie. there are things like utilizing technology and data analytics that candy ploy our offi

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has details from berkeley. mostly smoke. you see flames and the flames came up in minutes. >> it started moments after a landscaper fired up his lawnmower to clear some very tall, very high grass. it was very dry. >> that's what was crazy. 95 degrees in the middle of day mowing two foot high grass. should have better sense. >> fire officials are warning homeowners this weekend will continue to be hot. create defensive space but do it correctly. >> he was trying to do the right thing, but he did it at the wrong time and it was causing a fire hazard. >> he was cited for causing a fire. he was later released. even though the firefighters put it out quickly, it destroyed kevin's boat and motor home. >> what can i do? it's out of my hands. all my projects for summer just changed. >> neighbored watered down the property hoping to stay ahead of the fire. they were successful, but the resentment was still there. >> very frustrating. not that i have to replace things, but to have people who don't take care of the property. out here e

in berkeley, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> happening today, officials at levi stadium in santa claraill practice what it's like to have an actual event at the venue. this is only a drill, though. officials will close streets, set up barricades and test traffic systems. it's a dry run in preparation for the stadium's first event in august, an m.l.s. match between the earthquakes and the sounders. the 49ers are scheduled to play their first preseason home game at the stadium on august 17th. hard to believe it's here already. a beautiful day today. the pride parade coming up in a short time. giants game at 1:00. what can people expect in. >> it will be warm out there. you are probably feeling the difference already. we are looking at temperatures responding well into the 60s and 70s in most location. the doppler is not detecting any fog. it will stay that way. some warm nights ahead as well. that's always a bonus with the heats. but the downside the high fire danger. a lot of people probably want to head to the beach today. in santa cruz temperatures approaching 80 degrees and a light s

lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> the contra costa fire marshal tells us there has already been significantly more fires so far this year than usual. usually we are at this count in september or october, not mid-june. >>> embers from a wildfire blue across 680 and ag nighted a home. yesterday the owners looked toward rebuilding. sky 7hd captured she's these amazing pictures of the fire. it burned several outbuildings along with heather and evan thornton's home. yesterday they found heather's engagement ring buried in the charred remnants of the bedroom. >> i saved by wedding dress already, and this is just like, everything is going to be already. the wet willing still happen. >> health are's cousin started a campaign to help raise money for the couple. a local church has offered to host their upcoming wed league accepting. the wedding reception was supposed to take place at their house. >>> contra costa firefighters saved very small lives yesterday when flames gut add vacant home in pittsburgh. fire raced through a home being used for storage along hillcrest avenue. it took about an hour to g

in berkeley, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> happening today, officials at levi stadium in santa clara will practice what it's like to have an actual event at the venue. this is only a drill, though. officials will close streets, set up barricades and test traffic systems. it's in preparation for the stadium's first event in august, an m.l.s. match between the earthquakes and the sounders. the 49ers are scheduled to play their first preseason home game at the stadium on august 17th. hard to believe it's here already. the stadium looks beautiful. a lot of people heading to the pride parade in a few hours and it's going to be beautiful, right? >> that's right. a warmup starts today with plenty. 90s. some could see a 730 degrees at the coast near stinson. mid-and upper 60s with sunny skies the next couple days at ocean beach. a few wisps of clouds right now. 2 1/2 mile visibility half moon bay but that will not last. we will look for a mild day there with the heat over our east bay hills. from vollmer peak you see the haze. air quality will be going down. fire danger going up as the tempe