nascar has come to town once again, and when the roar of the crowd fades, as wayne freedman reports, we may have learned something available about the state of our economy. >> after awhile it is one, big dusty, noisy blur. >> we save money just to come to this. this is an important event for us. >>ingg for him and big for the other people who will pack infinish yuan -- infinion race way. >> the tattoo hurt like heck. >> welcome to day one of three completing with the 350 on sunday. it is different here because it is a road race. >> we have left and right hand turns. a left, a left, a left. >> but beyond the competition, there may be a sub plot here because some financial pundits are the american academy at large. >> were you ahead last year? >> williams followed nascar from event to event selling burgers and burritos. she says she is even with last year, she means she is down from years before, but if the economy were really hurting, would people like john forester have the cash to camp out at a place like this all weekend? still, his fortress was $20,000 a weekend and some have had

light bulb like you've never seen it before. >> from the fire station in livermore, wayne freedman, "7 news." >> governor jerry brown has issued a proclamation declaring june 19th as juneteenth. it was june 19, 1865 two years after abe lincoln emancipation proclamation that the last slaves were finally freed by the union army in galveston, texas. for six decades the festival has educated people and celebrated. this year, the festival is taking place on fillmore street between geary and folsom and it starts at 11:00 this morning and runs until 7:00 at night. this that might be a nice stop for dads on father's day. >> yeah, if you don't like it too hot. right now 59 outside our studios but how about 77 by the delta. upper elevations, the winds are gusty, they are warming us up today. >> also ahead, it's being called the best white water seasons in years but great conditions can make it the most dangerous. i'm a dancer. and until now, my feet showed it. [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate healing foot cream. 7 penetrating moisturizers and vitami, 'cause foot skin's 20 times thicker.

wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: if you live or work around santa clara university this oldfamiliar. you might even know some of the model citizens who live inside. >> shouldn't you be studying? >> no. what for? >> reporter: they are newly graduated seniors. a quick look around reveals that none of them majored in house keeping one can find intelligence in life in what they read and what they practice. >> you are into compressed air. >> yes. all different uses. >> reporter: and beyond the obvious ones. just move from the kitchen to the basement and get a look at this contraption with its gages, gears and gadgetry. >> took a normal bike and we run it on compressed air. >> as kevin showed us, the air tanks attached to a small three piston engine through a couple of hoses squeeze the throttle and that is one third of a horsepower there. >> it comes from the expansion of the air from the tanks. >> reporter: that is the theory anyway but what works in the basement doesn't always translate to the street. you want to see if it really works, right? >> having fun? >> absolutely. >> r

as wayne freedman reports, this is one close they're comes with humanitarian complications. >> china camp state park is not so much a place where time stands still, as one from which time has marred on. and not always in a good way. >> in the old days out here there should be 30, 40 boats fishing out there and you don't see one. >> nowadays it takes a person from the old days to remember. around china camp that would be frank kwan. >> he's a steward and ambassador and caretaker and a friend. >> and he's also the soul of the place. >> he's the last resident from what used to be a fishing village of 500 people. man who left just once to fight in world war ii. a man from a family who occupied the same shoreline park in the park since 1890 and that's where things get complicated. >> do you feel like moving? >> no. >> but frank kwan may not have a choice because when california drafted its list of state parks to close for budget reasons, china camp was among them. all 1500 acres, including that house. frank lives in it. but the state owns it. they are looking at him as a special case. >>

as wayne freedman reports there are memories that will last for generations. >> one of those things saniscoians hardly think about and if they do they take it for granted jshes the remains of the sutro bathhouse at. as close to regional argu archaeology. archaeology. >> if history had gone according to plan we would see apartments or condos in this spot but 45 years ago this week there was a giant fire here that destroyed the building but saiived the place in its own strange way. >> it was doomed. it was going down. the fire was just the final touch. >> reporter: james smith is an author and expert about san francisco's lost landmarks, he he and former restaurant owner jim are two of the jfer more rare people who actually remember the splendor that once stood here. >> it was wonderful. spent all day in there for 10 cents. >> it was like an old victorrian home expanded a thousand times. >> back in 1895 the mayor spent a million dollars of his own money on this gift to the city. he built the bathhouse as a palace, thousands of people came every day. >> it is the first time that people had

wayne freedman has more. >> reporter: just try to count all the bikes in san anselmo, more bikes thanactically. >> it's the hub. >> last out post in a flat valley that leads to paradise. more challenging roads. no wonder they have eight bike shops but only one of them is like this. and one that is missing one kind of rider. >> he will never be one of them. such a tire wouldn't look right on a pre-world war schwin and big fat red tires. >> it's kind of like the cadillac, it's different. >> for all the high-tech bbh they have the highest number of antique steel cruisers. >> this will last another hundred years. >> by fades, fortune or design pretty much collectibles came from low key motors or his front yard. >> sometimes i put low mileage. >> the neighborhood kid all grown up, a bike guy that raced for 15 years that built a word of mouth business that stuck to stick market. >> if you are oiled enough and look closer, they bring back memories, good memories. >> lots of holder people, i had this bike, this is my bike. they want it back. of them just some of them just want to talk about i

. >> from the daly city history miami, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >>> a bay area company is supplying technology that could help millions of peoplean enegat an enemy that the attacks from e air and spreads disease. carolyn johnson has more. >> in just a fraction of a second, this mosquito will be blasted out of the sky. even in this super slow motion video provided by the developer the speed of the kill is something out of a video game. technically speaking that is not far off the mark. stan is senior vice president of the company that power the intense 3-d animation in today's video games. but those chips known as gpus do more. >> it's evolved into gpu that uses in a variety of applications that you have to simulate information. >> everything from 3-d imaging from hospitals to facial recognition for homeland security. now a research company found in part by bill gates also turned to the gpu to help power a laser based system to kill mosquito.oa mosquito and female mosquito and shoot it down. the recognition of trying to find it is done on a gpu. a laser fence that could protect villa

abc7 wayne freedman this is one closure that comes with humanitarian complications .it is not a place for which time stood still but marched on and not always in a good way . it takes a person from the old days to remember. he is a stewart and ambassador. it is a man who left just once to fight in world war ii. and it is in 1990. that is where it gets complicated. it closed for budget reasons and china camp was among them . frank lives in it. we don't really know. just past the front door. it is the only place he knows and the only uncertainty. >> we don't know. we are figuring it out. generations have franchised from the state and still sales shrimp there. it is more trendy than ever and places with movie tars and an old cigarette manage that is empty . how many have been stripped by the back sides. the store is scheduled to close two. this is a historical place. it represents a savings ofing ofy i a year. >> we are talking peanuts as far as the money is concerned. >> his business and home and park visited by are you i paying customers a year all in limbo. >> maybe s

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reporting live, wayne freedman abc sevennews. >> you heard wayne just describe a flash over. it is a comug bustion and causing everything to ignite. they happen more awn than you might think. >> smoke billowed out of the four story house on berkeley way in diamond heights. the home sits on a hill side and made it harder for firefighters to handle. >> the houses are upside down. and the front door is on the top and all of the heat is coming up at them. >> what happened next according to the firefighters in the house was a flash over. this video simulates one when all of the smoke rises to the ceiling and creating a dark layer. that is a hot combustible cloud that can ignite the entire room. >> it gets very hot quickly and you are talking about thousands of degrees faren heit . firefighters with special equipment can help save them but only very briefly. >> you are in the furnace. >> the fire chief had first hand experience with flash over and now trains firefighters in the simulator. they bought it after two contra costa firefighters died in a flash over. teams train in it ann

from the sutro bath house at land land's end in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> what a beautiful setting, too. >> and there is is a time lapse view this afternoon looking over the city of san francisco. you can see low clouds and fog here trying to work inland a little bit. there is a path across the bay. cooling is on. there is a area that will continue that trend throughout the weekend. high temperatures warm, up in chico with highs up of 9 to. and there is nice and mild, and mid-80s tomorrow, 60s and 70s around the bay. and there is the accu-weather forecast. a bit of an increase in temperatures on friday. cooling continuing throughout the weekend into next week. >> and there is a colorado artist created a unique niche with explosive performance art, creating a portrait of john lennon and did it in less than four and a half minutes he combines motion with music. he can turn a large blank canvas into a work of art, pulling the audience into his create activity. >> so they can experience what they'd normally see on a gallery wall. what is the creative process? >> so let us gib.

wayne freedman is live there with the story. >> on the surface it is a fire of suspicious origin. it is not the first for the district. it is happening in a district that can ill afford it. the west contra costa school district laid off 82 people and cut $15 million from the budget and now having to pay for this. if he were still alive and in richmond this morning, dr. martin luther king jr. would not be pleased. >> they don't want to know the history. >> go look at the sign on the school and look at the damage inside. when martin luther king jr. elementary burned last night, someone did it on purpose. >> the crews had's mup - mup - multiple start. >> we had a fire in presby and cornado and this is our fourth fire and we are concerned with the outbreak in the year and half. >> only partially saving grace that martin luther king jr. elementary was to be replaced by a new

wayne freedman abc sevennews. >> prosecutor announced that they would not seek the death penalty against six people charged with the fatal shooting of a tourist. there was a shoot out near unisquare while visiting san francisco with her husband. a total of seven suspects were arrest eight are being sought. six are charged with murder and a minor charged with being an accessory. the decision not to seek the death penalty is based on the defendant's ages. >> hall of famer joe montana took a tumble riding on an all terrain vehicle. he was not seriously hurt but has stitches above his eye. his stitches were enough to keep him from appearing before the city council tomorrow. he will be near the proposed 49er's new stadium. >> we should get a ruling by tomorrow afternoon on same-sex marriage. the decision to overturn prop 8 should be thrown out. thrown out critics claim because the judge who made that ruling is in a long-term same-sex relationship. >> james ware argument in court today. they argued that the judge had a conflict of interest because he is in a long-term relationship with another

wayne freedman has more on the lawsuit stemming from mehserle protest last year. >> it is a social back drop, a lawsuit that lawyers filed and waited to file for this day because they knew it would get attention. it was a legal warning shot over the bow of the city of oakland. >> riots are unconscionable. >> and the day that mehserle walked out of a los angeles county jail oscar grant returned to oakland in a figuratively sense. his image on windows in the places where owners fear the worst. >> it helps and lets people know. >> they worry about the public protest and in some cases riot damage that followed every phase of the story. for the city of oakland it is a matter of trying to do right and charged with doing wrong. oscar grant and johannes mehserle back in the news. they are filing suit. they claim that police wrongfully arrested and detained the protesters last november. police did not have probable cause and violated the city's own management control policy. >> it is not let's get the police, this is a source lawsuit with 150 people unlawfully arrested. there might have been oth

. >> from china camp state park, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> don't go away. 7 on your side is next.a woman is told no electricity until she pays someone else's utility bill. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side is coming up. fresheni breath? that's easy. keeping teeth strong? that's tough. so our dentist recommended act. [ male announcer ] act mouthwash restores enamel and makes teeth up to 2 times stronger. act. stronger teeth and fresher breath in every bottle. >> if you rent, you may not receive the pg&e bell. you may not also realize you are responsible for it anyway. here's what happened with one bay area woman. >> when kristi and her son moved into this rental house, they had lights, they had heat, and they had a fishtank, and then everything shut off. >> we aren't going to restore your electricity until you pay us $4,600. i said how is that possible? >> to her amazement, pacific gas and electric company told her they will not turn on her power until she paid more than $4,600 for somebody else's utility bill. >> i asked them how are they holding me responsible if my name is not