even in the backyard. >> from santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> yes, it is game day.ight-hand corner. it's counting us down to abc's coverage of the nba finals game two. 6 hours, 44 minutes away. and we are also celebrating the best fans in basketball. throughout the nba finals we are sharing your fan photos, and we are choosing an abc7 fan of the day. today it's more like fans of the day. we are talking about that little guy and his dad julius. just part of three generations of warrior lovers, who is the first grandpa jim. he's not in the picture but he made the chair you see in the photos. we would like to see your fan picks, too. just use the #dubson7 when you post them to social media. include the city where you live and then we can give you the proper shout out if you are chosen as the next abc7 fan of the day. great day for basketball, lisa. >> that's right. people will have their tv sets outside on the decks, perhaps. enjoying the day. in fact the fog is situated right over the bay and we are beginning to see sunshine here in san francisco. so although it is gr

abc7 news reporter wayne friedman with more from santa rosa. >> once you learn a little more about him that he spends a lot of time tending his vegetable garden. >> yeah, climbing the ladder. >> training them, and they wouldn't be the first. he's done the same for people, too. you might even recognize the names. >> clifford gray, george johnson, charlie johnson. >> all those from the roster of the 1974-1975 nba champion golden state warriors. dick served as the trainer the travel agent, the equipment man, all 5'5" of him in a world of 7-footers who still remain good friends. >> well i always said let them look down on me instead of me looking up at them. >> the warriors will have the ball! >> even after 20 years with the team, dick remembers this game best of all. game four of the finals against the washington bullets in washington. warriors led the series 330, but -- >> this was a tight game. >> all the way. except they got about an 8-point lead at one time, i think. >> we watched it again in his living room. the final moments as the warriors came back and held to a precarious lead. >

even in the backyard. >> from santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> love that story, wayne.elebrating best fans in basketball. throughout the nba finals we are sharing your fan photos and choosing an abc7 fan of the day. today it's more like fans of the day. this little guy and his dad, julius, are part of three generations of warriors lovers. who was the first? well it's grandpa jim. he's not pictured here, but he did make the warriors chairs that you might be able to see in that photo. we want to see your warrior fan pics too. you can use the #dubson7 when you post your media. you could be chosen as the next abc7 fan of the day. lisa, where are your pictures? >> the littler, the cuter, i was going to say. >> definitely. >> well, you know, i'm living vicariously through you for sure. >> okay. >> no better way to do it. who is the number one fan? >> well, i think i am, i'm one of the number one fans. >> there's plenty of them. >> everybody is a fan these days. i like the weather. the change from the bloom miness. >> and get back to me on that because it is going to warm up q

wayne friedman talked with people who knew one of the victims. >> reporter: the church was founded inthe methodist church denied membership to slaves due to the color of their skin. the irony that the a.m.e. church does not discriminate anyone, so why suspect an unknown white male during bible study. it was a planned meeting with an unplanned disturbing and emotional topic. >> shock, disappointment, sadness. >> reporter: reverend dr. harold maberry of the first a.m.e. church. they met at a restaurant in the east bay. but their hearts in charleston, south carolina, where nine members of their church died at the hands of a gunman in an apparent hate crime last night. >> it is unfathomable that somebody in today's society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting, and take their lives. >> reporter: this mass murder cuts to so many issues. church sanctity, race relations, gun control. >> you weren't expecting for this to happen, but unfortunately now in this country we're not surprised. >> reporter: witnesses say the suspect, 21-year-old dylann roof, spent an hour i

mike shumann and wayne friedman and laura anthony. >>> a bay area woman at the centering of a supreme court case. the one thing justices say she has no right to know about her husband. >>> look for your papers, check your i.d.s. >> changing lives three years on, advocates have a message for immigrants who want to live in the bay area. >>> also the comeback plan that means big layoffs for a bay area company. >>> why state lawmakers just passed a budget they know the governor opposes. >> and if you're looking to save money on car repairs 7 on your ♪ ♪ ♪ it took serena williams years to master the two handed backhand. but only one shot to master the chase mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >>> effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. >> that was president obama three years ago today. he salvaged a program that changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children. abc 7 news reporter sergio c

wayne friedman joins us live from grimsby drive. >> reporter: good afternoon. a second ago a firefighting plane flew by and dropped on that ridge. 15 minutes ago that area was ablaze with flames moving towards these houses. as we understand, it is 100 acres. it did begin about two hours ago. it started in a regional park and then it spread very quickly and it's still going. it began in black diamonds mine regional park. all of this in antioch. we have seen jet planes, helicopters, firefighting crews from around the region. and all because this is extreme extremely dry brush. as7wr you see, we have homes nearby. let me talk to a person who's been here looking at it from the beginning. jack reedenburg. your house is nearby. when did this begin? what's your day been like? >> it's been pretty scary. this fire jumped up in my view when i was about two miles away shopping. i could see the flames on the hill and i came rushing over to my house to see the flames are right up at my back yard. >> reporter: are they gaining ground on it? is it worse than when it started?

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman has more. >> reporter: there's waiting for an appointment to show and then there's that gag p waiting for the nba finals. they're two locations two bcks apart. the warriors practice facility and the massive barber shop where e' owens talked about waiting for 40 years. >> this is special. >> reporter: at practice we heard pretty much the same sentiment. it's been a long time coming. >> reporter: it's been aong time for the franchise and a long seral days for klay thompson who finally received clearance to play again after a concussion. >> i feel great. these last few days. >> reporter: feels great loorksz great. from steph curry draining jump shots as casually as most of us blink to look gat inside the oracle arena today where with protective plastic on the floo crews installed final finishing touches. pardon the play words, but those words are everywhere even on tickets for which the going ratee're told ranges from $600 to 7,500. >> 7,500 bucks. >> how are you doing today? >> reporter: dre' was born and raised in oakland. he is proud right now, not

in san francisco, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> santa clara county residents can reduce gun violenceake cash this morning. the gun buyback event will be held at 8:00 a.m. to noon at the reid hillview airport. sheriffs deputies will be there to collect handguns and rifles and assault weapons from your car's trunk on an anonymous basis. assault weapons alone can bring up to $200. the buyback is to help spread awareness and reduce the amount of gun violence. >>> kormellen powell offered to drop her appeal of the jury verdict against her if the venture firm paid her $2.7 million according to court papers filed yesterday. the offer came after a jury rejected claims that cliner perkins discriminated against her. klin kline r perkins declined to comment. >>> they say dennis hastert sexually abused their loved ones, a teenage boys. >> reporter: one of the alleged victims identified. this young man steve reinbold the student manager for hastert's high school wrestling team who he called his great right-hand man. >> he damaged steve i think more than any of us will ever know. >> reporter: spea

cleveland tomorrow and get all things warriors from sports anchor mike shumann and reporters wayne friedman and laura anthony. >> good stuff. >>> we want to turn to our weather now. >> spencer christian here now with our accuweather update. >> hey, i want you to know i am the best forecaster on this roof right now. i'm also the only one on the roof right now. gloriously sunny skies across much of the bay area with just a few clouds. here's live doppler 7 hd and it is a lovely, breezy day across the"4s bay area with low clouds lingering along the coastline. speaking of low clouds, we have low cloud ceilings at sfo producing 30-minute delays in flights right now but no problems at oakland or san jose airports. here's the viewf kykyykú now. you can see it's breezy there as well as it is around much of the bay area. 59 in san francisco, mountain view 66 67 at san jose, 79 in morgan hill and 55 at half moon bay. here's a nice view of more blue sky looking southeastward from our southeast camera in san francisco. it's 76 at santa rosa napa 79, 70 in petaluma, mid-70s at concord and livermore. che