its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness.

they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

it's supposed to start at 4:30, more and more people are filing into union square. expected to be speaking and poetry readings. and this event right now is expected to go at least for another couple of hours that's the latest reporting live in somerville, i'm ted daniel, fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: there is no relief yet from this extreme summer heat. but fox 25 chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is tracking heavy storms. let me tell you my lawn could use it. >> kevin: we need some rain. all of our lawns could use it. heavy rain to our south that we're tracking and it did hit 9o degrees soon after that. seen in past days this week. nonetheless, hot enough. these are storms that are tracking enough for us. along a cold front. that front playing a pivotal part in this forecast. notice heavy rain here stretching from southern new hampshire to peters borrow, there's manchester new hampshire, when you dig down under this the st and r. the sir, you'll find manchester and auburn, the deeper reds in here, showing where the rain is located. not seeing any rain rain and ligh

. >>> and a unique soccer tournament is taking over union square this weekend. we are joined live by two people behind the game giving players a second chance at supply plus, fundraiser for police k-9 teams. we will introduce you to a handler and his k-9 partner and details on how you can help. >>> all right. hello summer of 2016. it is a hot looking thursday in the bay. looking live there at the golden gate bridge. if you doubt me, let's take camera two right there. a bank of fog. traffic moving right along, and so are we. feeling a little bit like a rebel today. sal, gasia, i know you guys have a little rebel in you. a little bite. >> probably less than you, but i like it. >> i don't know. it's good, right? >> let's keep going. >> let's do it. >> welcome to "the 9". i should have said that long time ago. new this morning, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg says she regrets her public comments and criticism about donald trump. ginsberg said in a statement that judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. she promise toss be more circu

vonnie: union square is typically out after 10 years.t is the exit strategy for union square here? josh: that is a bit unclear at this point. they say they will eventually have to sell. the dividends will make kickstarter more attractive for whoever else comes to them. julie: an interesting company to be following. story inead the latest the latest edition of "bloomberg businessweek." path is interesting as well. vonnie: here is a look at oil. a bit of a comeback this afternoon. at $47.81. eight dollars. this is bloomberg. ♪ e vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." julie: commodity markets are closing in new york. let's see what is moving today. shery: oil bouncing back, just climbing because of some technical support as well as slightly weaker dollar. let's take a look at the price of grain. corn moving, down 2.4%. the contract is down for a sixth day in the longest run since march. we are seeing milder weather in the midwest. soy prices are down today because of those better weather conditions. let's take a look at the next chart -- we a

it is shoulder to shoulder in union square. behind the group you see here, different speakers are taking turns addressing the crowd. this protest is in direct opposition to the one that's just getting underway at somerville city hall. city hall, just a mile in distance, but in terms of mindset, these two groups are worlds apart. now the black lives matter group says they support -- >> disrespectful, because we understand, obviously, we wouldn't be calling for black lives matter if all lives didn't matter. our points in having the black lives matter banner is that all lives don't matter, because >> the reporter: so that is one of the organizers that spoke to us, a short time ago. this is a very diverse crowd, probably about 200 people on the scene here. we can turn the camera this way. you can see, there are quite a bit of police officers, who are positioned here all around union square. they are just hanging out because the protest is very peaceful and the organizers here say they plan to keep it that way, as long as it continu

snob, coming up, the cable car bell ringing contest in san francisco union square and historic first as a woman faced off with six men for the title. >>> and north korea calls u.s. sanctions a declaration of war. this as the united states blacklisted the country's leader for human rights abuse. >>> this after the u.s. targeted kim jung un after war creeps. >> north korea calls new sanctions a declaration of war as the united states blacklisted the country's leader and several others in leadership other human rights abuses. >> the only thing that we would respond with would be to once again to call on north korea to refrain from actions and i can't see how this rhetoric could do anything but that. >> the united states general is urging china to push north korea to omitter on human rights issues. they're taking the toughest counter measures to the sanctions. >> i did stress from minister wong that they do so in a peaceful manager and aid -- manner and avoid any escalation or misunderstandings that could put security and development in the region at risk. >> china said it opposes the u.

if you want to come down to union square, come by. all of union square is taking up by this event. >> i don't know if it was terrible, sal. it was okay, right? not that good. >> it was okay. leave it to the professionals. thank you, sal. >>> all right. when he was just five years old our next guest composed his first piece of music on the piano. >> at the ripe old age of ten. he is joining us on "the 9" after recently returning from the playing at the main stage at carnegie hall. >> joining us this morning is connor roham. thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having me here. >> fantastic. we saw you there on the screen playing the main stage. can you take us through that experience. what was that like for you? >> just go there and have fun. >> any nerves at all when you walked out on the stage? what do you think about as you are playing? >> not at all. you just have fun. >> that's a stiff time playing carnegie hall. they say practice, practice, practice. how many hours a day do you practice? >> about an hour. >> that's it? >> yeah.

eyewitness news tim fletcher is in union square. tim. >>reporter: health officials issuing this warning about traveling to south florida, but many in new york are having second thoughts. health officials in south florida take steps like spraying mosquitos the u.s. >> people people in our state likely have the zika virus as a result of the mosquito bites. >> the cases stemming from this square mile north of downtown miami. the cause of zika is a threat to pregnant women. health officials in great britain caution pregnant women should consider postponing non essential travel to effected areas until after pregnancy and a zone of one square mile in miami dade county is considered at-risk of active transmission. judgment call. if these were the first cases in a latin american country, the cdc will put in a travel advisory. that's because the first cases led to wide spread disease. they don't expect wide spread disease in miami. >> dr. richard, chief health and medical editor believes pregnant women should take precautions traveling to miami.

this is union square. tim caputo is there right now and joins us live. >> reporter: you can see the large group behind me. easily 10 people here in union square met starting at 4:30 this afternoon. due in large part to fact there is another rally happening at somerville city hall at 5:30. the organize told me they do not plan on marching to the other rally and potentially confronting the people in the real but they want to have a safe space here. this all stems from the black lives matter sign put up on city hall just about a year ago in august of last year that has recent lir stemmed controversy thanks in large part to the summerville police employees union which asked the mayor to take the sign down. the mayor hasn't done so so the group is planning on the black lives matter group, i'll step out of the way and show you the size of the crowd that gathered here today. has thrown their own rally, you see there is a diverse crowd out here right now. a lot of people plan on spending the afternoon here. this i

street soccer usa is hosting a tournament in union square for at risk kids and homeless teens. yesterday 64 teams played for, 15 minute match ups. organizers say the event is about more than the competition. it is about ending the stigma against homeless people in san francisco.>> people are out there trying and looking for opportunities and the homeless are people who are experiencing poverty and are not necessarily who you think they are. they are like everyone else. soccer highlights that. >> us men's national team and that earthquakes serving as the ambassadors for the tournament. several more games and events will be held today including the celebrity match between former pros and later this morning we will be life at union square in the city with more on the free event which runs from 10:00 until 6:00 today. >>> here is the instagram pick of the morning. it was posted by pat from sf to mac with a caption, dad angle. nothing like parking at a 45 degree angle. include the hashtag ktvu and you may see your picture on the air on this sunday morning. >>> time for weather. let'

they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

. >>> san francisco's union square was a hotbed for exciting soccer. street soccer usa hosted the 3rd and final leg of its 2016 cup series. thousands of soccer lovers attended the event sponsored -- >> celebrity soccer match. >> a mix of professional athletes and public figures. the current earthquakes forward tommy thompson. founder of street soccer usa reminded fans that the event was about more than just scoring goals. >> the purpose is a bigger goal. we are raising money and awareness for at risk youth. through the power of sports. >> officials say they plan to return to san francisco's union square. this year they will be back next year as well. >>> still ahead a couple of hours away from the republican national convention in cleveland ohio. we will show you a behind the scenes look. >>> after the break to officers tell us their first-hand account of the deadly sniper attack on police in dallas. >>> now back to kron4 news at 10. >>> to officers are giving us a first-hand account of the deadly sniper attack on police in dallas. >> they rushed to th

counter protest in union square. we are hearing from the owner of a convenience store who wrestled with a man before they took him down in dramatic fashion. live with the story you will see only on 5. >> the chase involving multiple cameras. at one point jumping behind this gun. >> very brazen. reporter: it has become routine for chris. that changed wednesday. >> i started walking and said what are you doing? he doesn't say anything. you are robbing me right now. i see you putting the money in your pocket. off, captured in the surveillance footage, running and flashing a gun. >> ether a trash barrel at me -- he threw a trash barrel at me. out of nowhere one of my employees bodycheck 10. -- bodyck hardware store and ditch the gun. >> those intense moments captured in these pictures. stressing the way it began is not recommended. >> the headline could of been a whole different story. random. he had been in the store several times previous to wednesday, a vendor who delivered chips. maria: it could be the speech of her

this is a live look from barnes & noble at union square. at midnight, "harry potter and sale. it's the script of a harry potter play currently running. >> i just love the story. it's really exciting. it just makes me want to keep reading. >> yeah. >> like i never want to stop. >> well, earlier wand making was an activity at a party the store hosted for eager fans. people have been at the store all night. >> okay. it's past somebody's bedtime. >> i mean, actually. >> for real. >>> new zika cases in florida are prompting a travel warning that precautions people. how health officials are working to stop the spread. >>> a specialty party going viral. the moment that created an unbreakable bond between this police officer and a little girl. >>> a live look outside now. children. have you seen haley? thank you for helping protec >>> it has been an interesting evening of weather for a lot of people. >> we definitely need the rain in the region. but it was way too much of a good thing in a small area. the same thing can happen tomorrow. if you are in one of these unlucky spots, can yo

. >>> san francisco's union square was a hotbed for exciting soccer today as street soccer usa hosted the 3rd and final leg of its 2016 cup series. thousands of soccer lovers attended the free event sponsored by the san jose earthquake. the centerpiece of the series, the celebrity soccer match featured a mix of professional athletes, public figures and local media stars. current earthquakes forward tommy thompson. owen nolan. the founder reminded fans of the event was about more than just scoring goals. >> the purpose is bigger goals. we are raising money and awareness for sports for at risk youth and homeless use -- youth and young adults. >> street soccer officials say they plan to return to san francisco's union square next year. >>> maybe we will get a team together. >> i don't think you want me. >> they said no soccer. no injuries, no soccer. keep it at work. >> jr is quite the goalie. >> that is what i understand. >> have a lot of scars from playing soccer. it's best if we stick to the newscast. >> things are really cooling down. >>> we had those 100 degree temperatures a couple

at city hall at 5:30, and the black lives matter counterprotests at union square at 4:30. for now live in somerville, jacqui heinrich, fox 25 news. >> 87? today. okay so, that breaks the heat wave but it's still plenty warm. we get hotter again tomorrow more human, too. some beautiful pictures being sent in to us. beautiful shot. then finally some fresh blackberries wild blackberries that seems to be growing. here's the picture of the day. you too, may be chosen to see your picture on the air. let's talk about the temperatures out there in the north end and beyond. 78? in boston right now. pretty warm. 75? to the west as well. these temperatures generally are going to 65 degrees is the dew point right now that's important to note because it helps you out with what your low temperature can be. you can't drop below the dew point but also how comfortable or uncomfortable you feel. this is moderate levels of humidity. kind of humidity in boston, for instance that you might want to start think about the air conditioning if you don't already have it on. these clear skies will le

maria: this is sky 5 over union square. that black lives matter we told you about, that is just beginning. the police union will hold a rally in protest over a black lives matter banner hanging over city hall. dueling protests are about to be anchor: all pregnant women should be screened for the zika virus. maria: that's whether or not they have traveled to areas where there's an outbreak. that's a big change coming from the cdc. zika, which is widespread in parts of south america and the carribean, has been linked to a birth defect. the cdc is also recommending a more sophisticated blood test for the virus. there are now 450 pregnant women a new threat in the fight against opioid abuse. officials say a drug used to sedate elephants is suspected in several overdoses in several states. ben: authorities say they've found carfentanil mixed with or passed off as much weaker heroin. the drug is said to be 100 times as potent as fentanyl. maria: if you're like many people you sit all day at work. but new research shows even one h

. >>> bells are ringing in union square were the 51st annual cable car bellringing contest is taking place. this is a live look. one of those guys is already ringing the bell. this is where cable conductors are facing off. >> our very own frank somerville and style castaneda are a couple of the judges. -- and sal castaneda are a couple of the judges. >> i'm here with cassandra griffin, the first female contestant ever to ring the cable car while. how excited are you? >> i'm overexcited. this is all new to me and i'm a little nervous. >> reporter: tell me what it's like to actually ring the bell. is there a style? >> it's like with them in the wrist. it's like dancing in the wrist. >> reporter: someone told me the reason there haven't been more women contestants is because you are doing a job where there are not a lot of women who do your job. what's that like? >> at one point, i came over here with two women and they left me here for like three years by myself and then other women started to come. at some point, we had five. it's a hard job physically speaking. i think that's what it

estos una protesta que comenzÓ a las cinco de la tarde de en union square unas 30 calles de esta zonaas mÁs transitadas de manhattan y esta manifestaciÓn es bastante pacÍfica pero lo que dicen es incendiario, llaman al cuerpo policial racista. esto ha sido descartado debido a la muerte de dos hombres afroamericanos a manos de policÍas en menos de 24 horas. como pueden ver, ellos se estÁ moviendo y se han esparcido por diferentes partes de manhattan. Éstos todo lo que tengo, regresÓ con ustedes con mÁs informaciÓn. eduardo: muchas gracias por el reporte y en medio de esta conmociÓn nacional hoy se dieron a conocer imÁgenes de otro caso de uso excesivo de fuerza ocurrido en la Última semana del mes de junio. el vÍdeo no muestra los primeros disparos que recibiÓ un joven de 19 aÑos por parte de elementos de la policÍa pero sÍ un disparo a quemarropa cuando el joven agonizaba en el piso. con carlos aguiar nos lo narra. juan carlos: aunque la grabaciÓn fue hecha con un vÍdeo celular a metros de distancia el vÍdeo muestra que el joven estaba tendido en el piso y no parecÍa ser una amenaza c

annual cup tournament at union square. street soccer usa and in particular rob, the co-founder who i will bring up and say a few words in a second has been an amazing partner over the past five-plus years as he works to empower our city's homeless youth and young adults and our shared belief that everyone should be able to get out and play and you can affect positive social change through sports has been the driving force and philosophy behind our partnership. i will bring rob to say a few words and give a quick recap of street soccer, but i want to thank and congratulate him on another successful tournament and hopefully rob's recap includes the goal i scored on chris wand loweski. >> thank you for a few minutes of your time. just to reiterate what phil said. we have had a great partnership and aligned so perfect will in terms of the just making sure we're accessing the least-served youth and young adults in our community with high-quality sports program and that is what the cup represents. it's the payoff for the youth t

be another one at union square and that will be for supporters of the black lives matter movement. the banner has been up for a year and this started last week as we reported when the president sent a letter to the mayor demanding that he take it down and replace it with one that says all lives matter. he claims the banner is disrespectful to police in light of the officer killings in dallas and baton rouge; however, the mayor here says he is absolutely not taking the banner down to bme against the home with meaning of black lives matter is wrong. >> reporter: the mayor went on to say that he supports his police force 100% hand this banner put up above police headquarters to honor those killed in dallas and baton rouge. the police chief does seem to be distancing himself from the police saying he does stand a counterprotest will start at union square at 4:30. jessica reyes, fox25 morning news. >>> a man faces charges of exposing himself to two children at an auburn mcdonald's. the kids' mom took a picture of sullivan as he left the restaurant and brought it to police. officers reco

of bees swarmed san francisco today, they clustered around a truck on gary, two blocks west of union square. when the truck took off the bees stayed in the area, some settled a parking meter. the bees were not aggressive, and it's unclear where they came from. more than a half dozen hotels have rooftop bee hives. when they swarm, they are happy, and they are not going to attack. >> new at 11:00, another shark sighting has beach goers spooked. >> for the second time in a month, one has been spotted at the beach. we spoke with a surfer who saw a shark leap out of the water earlier today. >> reporter: he did and he tells me you know the sharks are there, but when you see one it's scary. warning signs will be posted but the beach will stay open. the shark was spotted 80 miles off shore. they are not sure what type of shark it was. it was described as six feet in length. the shark was seen leaping out of the water. >> there's a lot of whale action and i saw a shark breech out of the water. >> reporter: this is the second reported sighting at the beach in just one month. but he is certain there's

. ♪[ music ] >> 7 contestants will show off their skills on motorized cable car 52 in union square todaye car conductor cassandra griffin is among those taking part. today's event starts at noon. >> that's unbelievable. a woman for the first time will compete? [ pause ] >> i did compete in it but in a celebrity status not official bell ringer and i won second place and my trophy is about this big and i go what do you do with a trophy this big? garage? kind of? debbie is a comedienne and the emcee is hilarious. every, single year. she is a san francisco tradition, as well. >> that's what -- >> it's not the tradition. >> where else can you do that? [ laughter ] >> where else? here's gianna with traffic. >> here's the thing we joke about summer traffic patterns but i'm not kidding it's a thing. here's drive times in an area near the eastshore freeway. as you work your way off 80 away from highway 4, we are seeing speeds dip to 25 miles per hour. after that heading through berkeley you're at 50 miles per hour so you're moving towards the bay bridge. you only bog down in the maze this morning

you can find the fun at union square. >>> the summer edition of the renegade craft fair is happening this weekend. there you will find several hundred hand selected artists and their unique work. it's at fort mason festival pavilion from 11:00 to 6:00. in the east bay eats, beasts eats, beat and brew. lastly we head to the the north bay community of petaluma where you can check out the river time revival. it's saturday from 11:00 to 8:00. in sports a's and quakes play at home. giants are on the road. i'm rosemary orozco and that is your weekend watch. >> there is never enough time to do everything. fun. and what is the weather going to be like if you are choosing what fun things? we'll get to weather in a second. first traffic. >> sal first. >> sal. >> not as hot. >> not as hot. thank you. >> but i have a friend i mine that can elaborate on that. >> can you tell me about the bay bridge and the maze. they are putting up new freeway signs. hopefully that is picked up. >> traffic is not effected very much by the bay bridge, what they are doing there. we will start off in gilroy with tha

. >> y >> demonstrators hit the streets here in new york city, they marched from union square to timeshanting and carrying protest signs. it was mostly peaceful. >>> on the west coast, in oakland, about 2,000 protesters marched from city hall to a major highway there, where they blocked traffic, set off fireworks and broke some windows. >>> meanwhile, one of the shootings that was the trigger for those protests was this one, live streamed in minnesota. the woman seen there in that video spoke about the aftermath. diamond reynolds says it all started when she and her boyfriend, philando castile, were pulled over for a broken taillight. >> she says he was reaching for his i.d. when officers shot and killed him. reynolds was remarkably composed during that live stream. but now that reality has set in, she says she's actually consumed with anger, understandably, as well as grief over what she and many others are calling a senseless shooting. >>> now we're going to take a quick look at some of our other news stories we're following for you this morning. >>> donald trump is campaigning in lo

as we speak, black lives matter, they're gathering down the street at union square. someone suggested if the two find a common piece of grass to meet on, maybe they can find common ground to talk about. i'm bill shields, wbz >> that would be good, bill shields. thank you very much. >>> a huge night at the democratic national convention. hillary clinton will address the crowd and formally accept her party's nomination for the president of the united states. liam martin has been covering the dnc all week long and is live in philadelphia. hi, liam. >> reporter: hey, paula. the theme here for the final night of the dnc stronger together and hillary clinton speech one night after president obama gave her his most spirited endorsement yet. >> there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as president of the united states of america. >> reporter: president obama, passing the baton to hillary clinton in a passionate testimonial on her behalf. >> if you're serious about our democracy, you can't afford to stay home

of bees swarmed san francisco today, they clustered around a truck on gary, two blocks west of union square. when the truck took off the bees stayed in the area, some settled a parking meter. the bees were not aggressive, and it's unclear where they came from. more than a half dozen hotels have rooftop bee hives. when they swarm, they are happy, and they are not going to attack. >> new at 11:00, another shark sighting has beach goers spooked. >> for the second time in a month, one has been spotted at the beach. we spoke with a surfer who saw a shark leap out of the water earlier today. >> reporter: he did and he tells me you know the sharks are there, but when you see one it's scary. warning signs will be posted but the beach will stay open. the shark was spotted 80 miles off shore. they are not sure what type of shark it was. it was described as six feet in length. the shark was seen leaping out of the water. >> there's a lot of whale action and i saw a shark breech out of the water. >> reporter: this is the second reported sighting at the beach in just one month. but he is certain there's

it's happening at union square from 2:00 to 3:00. it is free to attend.iants players are firing up the pizza oven. they traded in their baseball uniforms for chief's whites -- and it's all for a good cause. kron four's vicki liviakis checked it out in this morning's edition of dine and dish. >> reporter:sure pizza and sports go hand in hand. but pizza hand made by baseball players? giants first and second basemen - brandon belt and joe panik whipping up signature pizza pies - with the help of pizza master - tony geminiani here at slice house near att park. panik's specialty - the panik parm pizza pie with chicken parmagiana. belt's version - the monster meat pizza - spicy hot and loaded with meat. they're doing it for fun and for charity and in a way that gets the fans involved. a portion of every slice goes to the george mark children's house in san leandro for kids with life-threatening illnesses. the guys aren't leaving their day jobs with the giants. just yet. but the personal pizzas - pretty tasty. they're available now thru september 28th at the 2nd

so it happens today at noon at union square. we wish them luck.e cool for a woman to do that. >> mike nicco has a lot of rhythm. >> yeah, usually getting down in between all forecasts. >> yeah, poor sue, she has to listen to that because she's sitting right next to me. good morning, everybody. late start to the eastern pacific hurricane season, but this one is churning and look at how it's a category 3 major hurricane. good news, here is hawaii and this storm will weaken and ten to head to the north and away from hawaii. but it could bring some pretty rough surf there. back here at home, let's take a look at temperatures around the state. hottest of course down in palm springs at 107. not as breezy today. >>> slow traffic out of the central valley for the early morning commuters and high wind advisory over the altamont pass. so hang on especially the big rigs that tend to come in from the central valley toward the bay area before overturned vehicle slow lane near davis westbound 580 they're 1 0 near not seeing any slow traffic there, but cops are

new york and other major cities after police arrested several demonstrators in times square and union squares in new york. large crowds also marched through philadelphia gathering at convention center and city hall. none of those protests erupting to what happened in dallas. >> even the arrests made, relatively calm. protesters in los angeles late into the night. and in st. paul, minnesota, hundreds gathered gathered to remember the man killed by a police officer in his car. the aftermath of the shooting streaming live on facebook. a vigil was held the school where he was a cafeteria supervisor. would castile have been shot if he was a white man? >> and calls for justice ringing out in baton rouge where alton sterling after a scuffle, officers shoot and killed him. his friends and family asking why it all happened. >> that was a father that died. a brother that died. that was a human life that was taken. and what most people aren't looking at is it never should have escalated to that point. >> the louisiana justice department says its conducting a full investigation along with federal invest

. >> and we tracked down the source of the swarm of bees that buzzed over san francisco's union square. >>> police are investigating a deadly train accident involving a pedestrian. sky 7hd was over washington avenue and chapman road around 6:00 where an amtrak train struck a woman. they are talking to witnesses and trying to figure out if it was an accident or a suicide. >> it has been two days now since a southwest airlines glitch lead to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of delays. >> tonight passengers in the bay area are still facing frustrations. katie is live at the maneta san jose airport with news. >> kristen and dan, a lot of volume at the airport you wouldn't normally see. some of the southwest flights getting in late. the airline canceled 370 flights today alone. we know the feeling when you just want to get home or wherever you are going. some passengers have had that feeling now for days. >> ter ruey saw is trying -- teresa is trying to get home to san diego. >> they had pilots ready to go and i volunteer editor a flight attendant. they didn't have a flight cr

. >> and we tracked down the source of the swarm of bees that buzzed over san francisco's union square. and these are the lungs. (boy) sorry. (dad) don't worry about it. (vo) at our house, we need things that are built to last. that's why we got a subaru. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> police are investigating a deadly train accident involving a pedestrian. sky 7hd was over washington avenue and chapman road around 6:00 where an amtrak train struck a woman. they are talking to witnesses and trying to figure out if it was an accident or a suicide. >> it has been two days now since a southwest airlines glitch lead to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of delays. >> tonight passengers in the bay area are still facing frustrations. katie is live at the maneta san jose airport with news. >> kristen and dan, a lot of volume at the airport you wouldn't normally see. some of the southwest flights getting in late. the airline canceled 370 flights today alone. we know the feeling when you just want to get home or wherever you are going. some passengers have had t

and at union square. and now earlier at 4:30 this afternoon. live in somerville, jessica against the teenager convicted of killing his teacher may end with a plea deal. juvenile court judge in boston has scheduled a conference between prosecutors and attorneys for phillip chism. chism is serving a 40-year sentence for killing danvers teach are colleen ritzer. he is also accused of attacking a person after the arrest. attack was chillingly similar to the murder of ritzer. exposing himself to two children at a mcdonald's. the kids' mom took picture of sullivan and officers recognized him from previous interaction. they found him on a nearby bus and arrested him. >>> a new hampshire man who claimed to be a stabbing victim is now charged with punching an officer. merrimack police say 26-year-old cory high made a report that he was stabbed during an attempted robbery in a series of car break-ins. he punched an officer who tried to seize a cell phone as evidence. he is charged with theft and making a false report. >>> a serious accident in abington w

that is cassandra griffin giving it her all yesterday in san francisco's union square park she faced off against six men for the title unfortunately, she did not come out on top. the owner went to leonard oates who beat six-year champion, byron,. >>> sal, i hear got to do judging in that. how was it? >> it was fun because they also had amateurs who did it before the professionals. many of these people had good rhythm. i got to ring the bell myself. it's hard. it's a very heavy bell. they make it look easy but it's not that easy. >>> good morning, everyone. let's look at what we have. we will start with the gilroy commute. you will see that traffic coming in to the gilroy area is going to be okay if you are driving from gilroy to san jose with no major problems. through morgan hill it is a nice-looking drive. this morning we're looking at a commute where traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza is light. by the way in case you are just waking up, 880 is open right now through all of oakland. last night it was shut down for protest. this morning, it has been reopened. traffic is flowing no

they started in union square as a rally.urned into what i would estimate to be more than a thousand out here marching and chanting the entire time and much more than 20 blocks in new york city. >> obviously, we're having a bit of a transmission issue there. we'll get back to sara just as soon as we can. the justice department is standing by and it will provide assistance if minnesota investigators need it. jim grass is out front in st. paul, minnesota, with more on that horrific shooting opinion. >> reporter: philando castile and his fiance diamond reynolds pulled over for a broken taillight. reynolds streamed live what happened next live on facebook. >> stay with me. we got pulled over for a busted taillight in the back and the police -- he's -- he's covered. he killed [ bleep ] my boyfriend. he's licensed to carry, and he was trying to get out his i.d. and his wallet out of his pocket and he let the officer know that he was -- he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him in his arm. >>

today, more protests in new york, this one in union square was large, loud, and peaceful. now, this is being put on at vb memorial cathedral in oakland. the doors open at 5:30 and the event starts at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, kristy smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right kristy, thank you very much. >>> president obama is expected to speak at a memorial service in dallas on tuesday, but today from spain, he addressed the violence of this past week and also the results in protests. >> whenever those of us who are concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system, attack police officers you are doing a disservice to the cause. >> the president spoke about the movement, the reporters in madrid, there'll als be protesters who cross the like at demonstratio demonstrations, it's unfair to hold them responsible for those bad apples. he called on everyone concerned about police shootings and racial bias to maintain a truthful and respectful tone and also helped bring about real ainge. violence and protests continues on nightly news. that begins at 5:30. >>> family and

. >>> police are looking for someone who robbed a pricey boutique in union square today. half a dozen people went into the christian dior store and started grabbing bags off the shelves. this happened around noon. by the time the police got there they had run away. dior is taking an veinventory t figure out what was stolen. >> it is day four of the republican convention and donald trump will officially accept the nomination. >> it is packed. we're just a few hours from the biggest speech of trump's life. >> meanwhile the fallout continues today over what ted cruz failed to say last night. laura anthony is in cleveland with more on that. laura. >> reporter: that feud between donald trump and ted cruz still really going. we can tell today each side came out firing today. the big question is whether their animosity means this party is still deeply divided. one day after it was booed off the stage by the rnc, ted cruz doubled down on his relatively to endorse donald trump for president. >> i'll tell you the day that pledge was abrogated was the day this became personal. i am

here in new york city they marched from union square to times square chanting and carrying protest signs. about a dozen people were arrested. it was mostly peaceful. also on the west coast in oakland about 2,000 protesters marched from city hall to a major highway there where they blocked traffic, set off fireworks and broke some windows. >>> meanwhile one of the shootings that was the trigger for those protests was this one, livestreamed in minnesota. the woman seen there in that video spoke about the diamond reynolds says it started when she and her boyfriend philando castile were pulled over for a broken taillight. >> she whe was following the officer's orders reaching for his i.d. when he was shot. reynolds was remarkably composed but now that reality has set in. she says she's actually consumed with anger understandably as well as grief over what she and many others are calling a senseless shooting. >> and now we'll take a quick look at some of our other news stories we're following for you. donald trump is campaigning in miami alongside new jersey governor chris christie, one of hi

happening here at city hall at 5:30 and that counterprotest by the black lives matter supporters union square 4:30 p.m.. in somerville, jacqui heinrich, fox 25 news. >>> the dog that chewed off part of his paw is out of surgery and on the mend tonight. maverick underwent a two hour surgery yesterday. he is expected to make a very quick recovery will be put up for adoption in the next week or so. get this, the mspca says it received more than 57,000 dollars in donations for his care. >>> temperatures don't dropping through the 60s in line up of what the dew points are. i suppose there could be a patch of fog or two but it's not going to be a big concern for this forecast certainly. tomorrow when you're waking up to sunshine a few clouds that start to build up in the middle of the day. into the afternoon and evening. notice a couple isolated here by 5:00. but also note this front that's sliding southward from northern new england with some showers and thunderstorms. it comes through southern new hampshire and vermont. again a few showers and storms will want to keep going with the heating of th

. >>> happening today, car safety advocates drive a big white truck around union square in san franciscoed protest against tesla's autopilot system. a driver died after the auto drive did not distinguish between sunshine and the headlights from a tractor-trailer. they want tesla to disable the system and take responsibility if the death. tesla c.e.o. elon musk said that he is confident that software updates will improve the autopilot system. >> this man is in jail this morning because of a citizen alerting san mateo police of suspicious activity. police say a resident saw this man, 19-year-old rodriguez, looking into cars on elm street. a residents called 9-1-1. when officers arrived they found rodriguez taking dumbs from a car and several tools used to break in. they are working do find all the victims to return the belongings. >> san francisco police say the person who shot and killed a man outside a bar is still on the lose this morning. happened at 2:00 a.m. yesterday. a viewer sent this photo, two people got into a for it after leaving the bar. a car pulled up. a gunman get out and

. >>> caught red-handed after a jewelry heist in union square. san francisco police say the video helped them catch the thieves. yesterday they found the men and arrested them and made a big recovery. a half a million dollars in jewels. >>> the stakes just got higher. tonight's mega millions jackpot was the third largest in history, but no winners. here are the numbers for some is of the smaller prizes. you see the mega ball there, the total prize, 415 million bucks, but no winner. a lot of lucky people, or trying to get lucky people, ho. the lines were long and hannah's has told two jackpots in the past. so what now? no winner tonight, we roll over to next tuesday. the jackpot is now estimated at 449 million bucks. >> we live again another day. >> we've got a chance. up next, steph curry and some of the warriors were in action today, trying to convince a big name free agent to come to oakland. stay with us. (whispering) what are you doing up? (whispering) mom said i could have a midnight snack. well, i say it's late, and you need to go to bed. w

today, more protests in new york, this one in union square with large, loud, and peaceful. now the doors open at 5:30 this evening here at the memorial cathedral. this prayer vigil starts this evening at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, kristy smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right kristy, thank you for the latest there. >>> president obama is expected to speak at a memorial service in dallas on tuesday. but the day from spain, he addressed the violence. >> whenever those of us who are concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system attack police officers, you are doing a disservice to the cause. >> the president spoke about the black lives matter movement to reporters in madrid, while there are always be protester cross the line at demonstrations, it is unfair to hold them all responsible for those bad apples. he called on everyone concerned about police shootings and racial bias to maintain a truthful and serious, respectful tone to help bring about real change. >>> expanded coverage of the violence of protests across the country does continue tonight on nbc night

a memorial of flowers and candles sits outside the french consulate not far from union square. last night, people showed up at the consulate. at one point, the group began singing the french national anthem. >>> today donald trump used twitter to make it official that indiana governor mike pence is his vice-presidential candidate. pence waved to the crowd before wading through a mob of reporters outside trump tower in new york. the campaign's new logo is out. it's a matchup of the candidates ' initials woven into the america flag and trump's signature slogan is underneath. weijia jang is in cleveland where the countdown is on to the republican national convention and where security is tight. weijia. >> reporter: ken, the department of homeland security says right now there is no specific or credible threat to the convention. but government sources tell us that the plan for security is constantly evolving. the u.s. secret service is the lead agency on this but they are working with several other agencies including the cleveland police department that has 500 uniformed officers d

sfmta hosted the 53rd annual cable car bell-ringing contest today in union square. groups of conductors show off their skills and for the first time ever, a woman made it to the finals. she is san francisco native and 15-year conductor cassandra griffin. >> i wouldn't say i'm so good at what i do because these guys here are great. i'm just going to give it a shot. >> absolutely. the first place prize went to leonard oates who has been a grip for 16 years. griffin said she didn't win, she is still proud to be the first female finalist. ♪[ music ] >> anchorage, alaska, was a dozen degrees warmer than san francisco today. it is chilly out there! did not hit 60 degrees along the coast. there is the next round of low cloud cover and fog spilling over telegraph hill. coming up, when we warm up your weekend forecast and find out what is unique about this day, july 7, in san francisco weather history. ,, >>> weather time. another chilly day. out of all these numbers behind me it might be surprising that the temperature that's most below normal is not san francisco east 59 d

dozens gathered in union square and urged them to keep the banner up at city hall. >> gene: only on fox25, gas station covered in cloud of white powder. see in surveillance video. it happened at gas station in millis. we are told the powder is chemical that is used to put out fires at gas pumps and system malfunctioned because of the heat. two local girls, teenagers from natick, were caught in downpour. both say they lives. >> like my brain went to firefight mode. get out of here and no idea what it was. >> sara: >> gene: girls went to high school to have eyes flushed out and none of them suffered serious injuries. investigators think the recent heat wave caused fall function that led to the accident. recovered for e. coli. we post the full details about that recall along with list of the products. on our website at fox25boston.com. >> gene: >> catherine: governor charlie baker have vetoed a bill. it doesn't cover everything in the original bill. new bill does not offer access to environmental treatments that are developed to fight other diseases. the to pass the new bill or wait until th

. >> reporter: tucked into the alleys around union square marked only by the french tri- colored flags are the bastille day parties of the san francisco french communities like this one at belton place. scrawled on a chalkboard at chafee bastille is the date july 14th marking -- cafe bastille is the date july 14th marking the date. >> goosebumps, just to think about it, talk about it it's crazy. >> reporter: after celebrating earlier president francois hollande headed back to meet with his security teams in the wake of the attacks. in nice authorities tried to make sense of a bloody mile long crime scene. at cafe bastille there will be a new somber tradition that no one wanted on a day typically reserved for celebration. >> maybe a moment of silence will be appropriate for a minute to remember everybody who passed away, not just today but in all the events that were prior to that. >> now in a statement president obama said, "we stand in solidarity and partnership with france, our oldest ally, as they respond to and recover from this attack." this comes eight months after the attacks in