fire department or what not. suwanna: yes, in santa clara county there are eight sanctioned displays, and they're located throughout the county. you can find the location on the website, santa clara county fire's website. damian: now, you mentioned that these are explosives. i mean, there are crimes. this could be a potential crime if you're found in possession of some of these. john: we have examples in here that some of it just by local ordinance might only be a misdemeanor. some others ends up--some of the stuff that we have in actually are, yeah, it's felony stuff. if you were caught with these and you are cited with them it's a felony. damian: no need to--i guess we will mention the drought that we're just coming out or still in, depending on who you ask. that kind of poses a different kind of danger as well. john: when we have fireworks that leave the ground and take off to god knows where, then all of a sudden you start realizing we have many structures that are made out of combustible materials. you mentioned, you know, the drought and such things. well, a lot of--we're getting into the season where in cali

chief suwanna kerdkaew and also chief john justice of the deputy fire chief of the santa clara county fire department. welcome to the show. well, i mean, let me kind of emphasize the importance of treating fireworks with the danger that they should. you couldn't carry this in, and i couldn't carry this in. we had to have somebody bring this in. talk about the--who brought those in and why that is.

firefighters are on the front lines right now, including these three, members of the santa clara county fire department who were sent down after battling another wildfire in monterey just last week. >>> and a quick detail here that we want to amend as something we reported earlier in our newscast about mike katherman's benefit taking place at famous day. we said it was taking place tonight. it's taking place a week from tonight on june 28th. famous dave's in san jose. for people who want to go down and honor the katherman family that's a good time to do it. >> the weather is nice at least for now around the bay area. there are places you can go to escape the heat. inland we saw temperatures get close to 100 degrees. concord up to 99 earlier today. right now outside tri-valley still 91 degrees. look at the numbers. just right next to the tri-valley. 68 in san francisco. not all that bad. 83 degrees in the north bay, 82 in san jose, 77 around the peninsula. here's the issue for fire danger for the bay area, the hilltops in those location we've got the very dry air in place of high pressure above. humidit

we saw several fire departments and santa clara county fire department, san jose fire department putting tall ladders up and hanging the american flag over the streets as the motorcade went by carrying the body of officer katherman and his family as well. and then we saw people lining the streets as well. >> as people were being seated here at the s.a.p. center they were watching a slide show of photos contributed by his family and also by his comrades, the fellow police officers he served with, that he rode on that unity tour, that memorial tour in washington, d.c. just last month. that is in the honor of fallen police officers across the country. his own father is going to speak here at this service, at the memorial service, and it will be interesting to see the picture that he paints. often time we -- give the family the privacy they ask for, but it's wonderful to hear from the family members the kind of person they were when they were not in a uniform. often it's the same kind of person in and out of the uniform, somebody who wants to serve who knew at an early age that they wanted t

abc 7 news was in san jose where police and deputies in santa clara county joined the fire departmentctive shooter training. fire crews are learning how to4 respond in the zone closer to the actual threat. tt(u$err from the scene. >> this is kind of a new concept with having fire in. and the santa clara county fire chief have been wonderful in working with us and training with law enforcement. i think it will be great for everyone. >> firefighters wearing bulletproof vests would be escorted by police into the warm zone where they could provide immediate medical care to victims. >>> the san9 jose city council has approved a controversial housing project for center road% it took a 15-hour meeting to get ads against frustrated neighbors. it ended at 2:15 this morning denying the neighbors stopping the complex for the homeless. the group plans to sue the city over a potential loss to their home values, citing increased crime and blight in the area. homeless experts say supportive housing could reduce crime there. >>> in san francisco, more than 70 media outlets are part of the sf homeles

county helping with the firefighting efforts. gilroy's fire department posted this photo yesterday of teams from santa clara county. a team from the livermore/pleasanton fire department arrived. crews from san may theriot and alameda counties have been dispatched. >>> weather isn't helping firefighters. temperatures are about to get hotter. we'll check in with abc 7 news meteorologist lisa argent for a check on the weather. >> you're right, we're looking at at least three, maybe four days of triple-digit heat in our inland valleys. right now we're starting out with clear skies. still 70s around delta and antioch. 58 san francisco. a couple of patches of fog may form overnight. 5:00 in the morning 60s. concord, vallejo. 73 in antioch. by 11:00, 8:00 we're looking at temperatures near 80 in antioch. speaking of antioch, take a look at the week ahead. forecasting a high of 98 tomorrow. low relative humidity, below 15%. with temperatures at 100 or better all the way into wednesday. you can see it's going to take till thursday where we see some relief. this is a bit of an unusual pattern where we usually see a day or two

santa clara county officials plan to show off dangers of illegal fireworks today. county fire department and sheriff's office will hold a news conference at 1:00 this afternoon. it is best to be prepared around 10,000 people nationwide end up in the e.r. during the fourth of july weekend. i do have to say, sometimes the firefighters just like blowing up things. >> keeping everybody safe. >> sure they are. >>> if you plan it hit the road this fourth of july, expect packed highways. expect it to be the busiest in more than a decade. >> that's right. take off early if you can. nearly 43 million americans will travel this weekend. majority of them are hitting the road, driving. most since aaa started tracking p. we know why people are driving. gas prices expected to be the low so far this year. >> meanwhile, is the heat coming this july? >> looks like the heat will come down this week. hopefully closer to normal but i don't see any rain of course in the forecast. and you really understand why there sapphire works ban. it's been so dry and the grass is just brown and crunchy. and so as we tak

santa clara county, are fighting the fire. the governor has declared a state of 0 emergency for the county. >> a popular watering hole closed in march because of some toxicalgy, but now the alameda health departmentse 16 and older, $2 for anyone 15 and other. for seniors, bring a towel and splash away. >> much more are to come, including diddley flooding in west virginia. coming up in 20 minutes, who is now stepping in to help find the missing, after several people have been killed in the flood watters. >>> two people are dead from a mass shooting outside of a dance studio in ft. worth texas. it happen inned the parking lot of the studio 74 dance hall. police found one person dead, several wounded. one of the wounded later died at the hospital. investigators don't know how many shooters there were. no arrests have been made. the studio is a nonprofit organization that teaches different types of dancing to children from lower isobar go economic backgrounds. ackgrounds. >> yeah later this morning within hundreds of fury animals will take over for the by annual corgi-con party. joining us live from ocean beach is cynthia lee, the founder. thank you for joining us, and tell us who you have with you r