Crews are mopping up the burn area. It started just before 4 00. There were no evacuations due to the fire and nobody was hurt. Firefighters are right nowvesti it was a long afternoon for fire crews looking to gets a handle on a fastmoving grass fire in martinez which may have been started by illegal fireworks. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live with the scary moments for People Living there. Cornell . Yeah, kristen, so many people scared for their homes and ranches. The fire started off of Franklin Canyon road according to authorities. Race add up this hill, took only minutes to get to the top. Fireworks the suspected cause for this fire and dozens of others in last 24 hours. Sky 7 was over the fire fight. A fast moving grass fire raced up a steel hill near Franklin Canyon road close to highway 4. Watch as helicopters do water drops and air tankers drop retardant on the blaze to try and stop it. Ive gotten to the point where i can tell how close it is. It seemed close. The fire reached 24 acres and threatened Marjorie Moores ranch for about an hour. I brought the car up to the driveway so i could evacuate if i needed to wondering why didnt i put together a container with everything i really wanted. It was certainly started by a human. Fire officials now have an idea about the cause. It was caused by something hot. Its likely that it was not a cigarette butt. Theyre not hot enough. Its possible it was fireworks. Firefighters got a workout on the fourth of july all over the county. There were so many grass fires they almost lost count. 37 fires in between 6 00 p. M. And midnight. We believe probably every one was started by fireworks. Yeah, its hard to believe no structures were lost last night. And all of those fires or in the fire today. Firefighters making a plea tonight, do not use illegal fireworks anywhere in open space. Live in martinez, cornell bernard, abc7 news. Thank you. No matter where you spent the fourth of july in the bay area, you most likely saw or heard illegal fireworks. This is video from oakland where residents say the noise from booms and pops to possible gunfire was nonstop. Police say they received at least 125 fireworks calls but did not issue any citations. Thats because officers have to actually see someone light the fireworks. This has been the worst i ever seen when it comes to the illegal fireworks. Ive received many e mails today, many phone calls from citizens trying to protect their property. Trying to follow the rules. They clearly know and we all know that fireworks is illegal. The Illegal Police did confiscate were taken to drop off areas where the Fire Department will dispose of them. Social media video captured a fourth of july sideshow in oakland last night. You see a car doing doughnuts while fireworks ed ploefr near the 880 freeway onramp. Police broke are up the sideshow and arrested people and issued 101 citations. They also recoveed 200 pounds of fireworks. Fog was arab with some of the fourth of july firework shows around the bay. Lets find out what the weather will be like for the day and the weekend. As you look at live doppler 7, hard pressed to find that fog hugging the san mateo coast right now and it will move across the bay. Kind of a cool loop as you see this is being swept from north to south. Today were anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday at this hour. Check out the goalen gate bridge finally getting clearing there. Its in the 60s 78 in san jose. 86 morgan hill. East bay hills, temperatures approaching 90 by the delta. Winds not too gusty. Well talk about your weekend forecast which includes a warmup for part of it. Eric . Thank you. Now to our coverage of the 6. 4 earthquake that struck Southern California yesterday. Video from the moment the quake hit shows panic and confusion at a fourth of performance. That area continues to be hit with aftershocks. Reporter sid garcia from our sister station in l. A. Travelled to kern county where the damage is worse near the town of ridge crest. Reporter two mobile homes were red tagged, one home fell off its foundation in yesterdays tremor. Other home, theorll stu tom of. Charlotte says she and her husband and their dogs buddy and peewee will find a new place to live. In the meantime, they do have a place to go. We cannot go and get our stuff but we can live in it. But we have family here and theyre being wonderful. Reporter about a mile away in this neighborhood, the garage was destroyed by fire. It wasnt red tagged but you can see the damage to the garage and front of the house is extensive. More than 24 hour after the quake, people are still talking about it. Thanking their lucky stars the damage they suffered wasnt major. I lost a bunch of my grandmothers antiques. Bunch of glass, standing there watching the medicine cabinet empty into the sink. After what happened here including Early Morning 5. 4 aftershock that hit just after 4 00 a. M. , the manager where the two mobile homes were red tagged has already talked to residents about being earthquake ready. Everybody feels on edge and alert. I feel alert. Not so much on edge. Im just feeling like i need to be prepared. Reporter sid garcia, abc7 news. Theres a big change today in San Francisco International Airport that could reduce traffic jams. Heres a live look from our sfo camera. An additional parking lot is now open for ride share drivers at the airport. The third lot is on san bruno avenue. It would double the space where drivers for uber and lit can wait to pick up passengers. Sfo has dealt with traffic backups. The local woman who worked to get equal pay at the mavericks surf competition is still fighting. This time raising money to create equal pay at an upcoming competition in mexico. News reporter Melanie Woodrow has the story. Reporter surfer Bianca Valenti is unstoppable in and out of the water. Her latest accomplishment raising 11,000 to support equal pay for women competing at the big wave surf competition in porto escondito, mexico. She surpassed her goal any just two days. Theres so much momentum behind this movement right now, its awesome to feel it. Thats the viva. The competition will be the First International big wave competition to offer a womans division with equal pay outside of the united states. She made waves like this before. She and three other women previously banded together to create pay equity in surfing convincing the California State Lands Commission which would only grant a permit for the mavericks competition off the coast of Half Moon Bay if women were paid the same as men. Bianca is motivated to champion equal pay for women for all the little girls and future athletes who are watching. She is the defending champion of the upcoming competition in mexico. This is video of her surfing the biggest wave. It was the first time women had competed. She received a 1,750 prize. The male winner received 7,000. Its not that fun when you are getting paid less. Especially 36 cents to the dollar, the date of the upcoming competition in mexico will be decided by the waves. She says theres no shortage of swell in the forecast. In San Francisco, Melanie Woodrow, abc news. Searching for a bone marrow donor. How a north bay Baseball Team is going to bat for a teenager with a rare form of leukemia. From homelessness to integration, San Franciscos mayor said he learned a lot at the u. S. Conference of mayors. We had an interesting conversation well show you next. Im Michael Finney with Healthy Eating and developing news in pacheco where sheriffs deputies are develop thing a whom decide near a bowling alley. They responded to reports of a man down in the paddock bowl shortly after noon today. At least one man is dead. They are interviewing witnesses in the area and the k9 unit has been called in. Today a closer look at the homeless crisis in San Francisco. The Citys Department of homelessness and support of housing released their full report after conducting a point in time count in january. Weve known that the count tallied about ,000 Homeless People but adds insight how theyre living. Most are sleeping in parks and sidewalks. But a growing number are living in their cars. Thats contributing to the overall 1 increase in the population. Homelessness is a problem in the south bay and many other places. I had a chance to speak with sam liccardo this week and solving homelessness was one big issue the mayors discussed. Aloha, mayor lick card doe. Good to be with you. Nice to have you. I understand it is wrap up now. I dont feel bad from fairing you away from the conference or the beach. What are some of the key conclusions and Key Takeaways that you are happy with from this years conference. Well, ive been engaged with my colleagues talking really about homelessness more than anything particularly for mayors of any city west of denver. Were all grappling with a major crisis in homelessness and exchanging ideas about what are the best approaces to seeing how we can get more folks off the street. Weve been also engaged in a lot of conversation around the census coming up next year. And how we can insure that cities are mobilizing to ensure everyone is counted because there are tens of millions of dollars at stake to cities like san jose and basic federal services around howing and education and health. Were exchanging best ideas to make sure were ready. Any concrete idea that jumps out as something that you might implement in san jose . There have been some really interesting ideas around energy. We spent a session yesterday when i was speaking on Climate Change and some very creative ideas. One city in florida is actually using ocean tides to generate energy. Theyll be launching later this year. A lot of eyes will be on that project to see if we can really use ocean power essentially as a renewable in a way that could dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. How about the issue of immigration . Certainly thats a big concern in Santa Clara County and san jose in particular with a population and whats happening at the border. Do the mayors take any action on that front . Yes, there have been resolutions that passed. I think mayors particularly in large cities throughout the country are united and standing up for the immigrant communities and insuring that the scare tactics from washington, d. C. Dont deter parents from going to work and letting their children go to school. Weve got to do everything we can. I think cities particularly large cities throughout the country appreciate the critical importance of standing up for immigrant communities. Mayor sam lick card doe of san jose, wrapping up the conference of mayors in hawaii. Thank you. I should say mahalo. Mahalo. If youve been to a Minor League Baseball game, some of the promotions can be unusual. The san rafael packs will have one thats serious. Wayne freedman is live to explain this to us. Unou can normally say a baseball game at any level can turn a life around by that may happen here tomorrow night. Were not so much talking about the final score as about the odds. Its a professional Baseball Team of last resorts and also first opportunities. The san Rafael Pacifics have no connection to a major league team. Theyre independent and yet optimistic. If anybody knows long odds. Its a baseball player. One reason that outfielder axl johnson will allow medical technicians to take a swap from his cheek tomorrow night because a few miles away, daniel rose faces long odds, as well. I dont think anyone should you have to go through you this. Shock, disbelief. Angry, despair. Despair. Fear and despair are the two emotions i think that dominate. Reporter daniel is in remission from a rare form of lew keep yeah where 90 of the time a bone Marrow Transplant would cure him, this case is an outlier affecting. 5 of all patients. The family needs to find that one in a million genetic match in a hurry. If he goes out of remission, theres not confidence they can get him back. Reporter he wants to be the active athlete he used to be when Doctors First assumed he had the flu. But it never got better. So on saturday night a donor drive at the packs game not only for daniel and many others like him around the world. Schw swabs go into a database looking for a match. The cure could be as simple as donating blood. What youre giving up is not much and for any other person it could save a life. When does the worry stop . It doesnt. Reporter at least theyre getting help and acting on it. When you hear how hard it is to find a match, then you know, you got to step up to the plate. The pacifics hope to have several hundred people here tonight. They hope everyone gets a swab. The owner told me if you come to the game just to get swabd hell let new for free. If you cant make it to the game, there is a website where you can order one of those kits and send it in as you would do a dna sample for your pet at abc news. Com. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Thanks a lot. We were just talking about how Minor League Teams want to be part of the community. This is an example ow they do that. I hope a lot of people go and i hope the weather is going to be conducive to good baseball. Meteorologist lisa argen. Cute little town up there. Many of you folks right in the middle of your holiday weekend. Looks pretty nice here. In San Francisco, lots of clear sky. It took all day. We finally got some clearing at our local beaches. If youre going to the giants game tonight, cardinals in town and a couple more hours of sunshine. About 60 7 00. As the sunsets after 8 30, the numbers will drop into the 50s. Winds up at about 12 miles an hour. Bring the jacket. Kind of cool out there. It will be a nice night before the fog pulls back in. If youre heading out of town, we do expect to see a nice day tomorrow with numbers reaching to near 90 degrees but heading to honolulu, how about a lot of sunshine. Rainy in new york, chicago rain. 90s to 70s from the east coast to the midwest and los angeles looking at 78 degrees. And a lot of sunshine. Back home, live doppler 7 looking at a little bit of fog left there right along the san mateo coast and from our sutro tower camera, you can make out the bridge there. Marine layer getting compressed as High Pressure builds in. 77 in redwood city. 65 into the city. 85 in morgan hill. Today the temperatures in a more summertime range from the 50s in at the coast to near 90 inland. Nice and blue out there. 85 santa rosa, 88 petaluma, fairfield 90, with 88 in our inland valleys. Its going to be a nice night tonight. We still have the low clouds and fog pushing across the bay tonight. Waking up to some gray and sunny, mild to warm again tomorrow. Tomorrow should be the warmest day that well see for a while because a cool down begins on sunday. We certainly have been settled into a lot of heat in the valleys. Hopefully thats enjoyable. Overnight 55 in oakland as well as redwood city. A lot of sun at the beach. 67 in santa cruz. Tomorrow its going to take awhile. We will see sunny skies. Mid 60s ocean beach. 65 in Half Moon Bay, 2 in santa cruz. Heading to the mountains, tomorrow 79. 74 partly cloudy on sunday. Overnight lows in the 40s. Elsewhere, 88 in santa rosa. 89 in concord. So should be a pretty nice day tomorrow. Look at the cool down on tap for sunday. Were below average as we get into monday. And then tuesday, just a little bit warmer. The accuweather sevenday forecast allowing the forecast to reach about 90 inland. 60s at the coast. Download our accuweather app and keep track of that cooling trend we have till about tuesday. We should warm it back up again, nothing too extreme. Keeping low clouds and fog at the coast. Very nice. Thanks, lisa. Its friday. And that means finneys friday free stuff. Free stuff. Next t free stuff. Next t this is how driving should feel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. Its friday. You know what that means, finneys friday free stuff. Michael finney is here with his offerings today. Okay. This is path water. Path water. This is different. Why is this different . Well, its in a nice bottle. Thats not it. Aluminum reusable bottle. Oh. You dont throw it out. This is such a great idea. Im glad somebody is doing this. Sometimes you get caught out and you need water. And you dont want to buy a plastic bots anymore. So now you have path water. It costs 2. 29. You get it for free. It keeps water colder longer. Yes. Its a winwin. I love that. Great item. What are you looking at . Im just thinking if youre out in the sun, you can put it on the back of your neck. Sure. There you go. Mushroom grow kit. Weve given these away before. These are very, very successful. People love them. Its back to the roots. A mushroom kit takes just ten days. Add water and you end up with all these mushrooms like a ton of mushrooms that normally cost 24. 99. Well give it to you for free. Thats if you please for the kids to see how its grown. How do we get. Delicious afterwards. They are. How do we get the good stuff. You go to the finneys friday free stuff page and you get to that by going to abc news. Com. Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate it. That waters mine, by the way. So i get a mushroom . Yep. Okay. A couple in sunnyvale doing their part to build a better bay area. Using animals to provide kids but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Im dion lim. Coming up at 6 00, a tes las captured a hit and run on camera has it happened. Hear from the owner why it wasnt his car he was worried about. And new at 6 00, 7 on your sides Michael Finney digs into the world of dog trainers. You might be surprised by weather found. Plus beating expectations. A High School Valedictorian has a dream of opening his own gel lat toe business and not letting and i curable disease get in his way at 6 00. Dion, thank you very much. As part of our effort to the build a better bay area, were highlighting people getting creative to do their own part. For more than a decade, a south bay couple has been using animals to bring smiles to kids faces. Community journalist jus din dorsey has our story. Reporter hi, im vickie. Im peter. Were building a better bay area. Welcome to animal happiness smile farm. Its a place for kids with need to interact with animals and find happiness. We dont charge for any of our services. There is never a question i cant afford that, quote unquote, therapy for my child. Anybody can afford it because its free of charge. The animals have the magical ability to calm my students and make them feel comfortable. Thats a magical thing. They get to learn how to work and how to learn a real vocational skill. They get to be connected with Community Members and just like the name of the organization, it brings them happiness and joy. This is lollipop. And she is our inspiration for animal assisted happiness. She created our firsth a little riley who is now our and i yell. Our daughters riding instructor asked to borrow lollipop to see a little girl with cancer. Lollipop went up the steps and into the house and stayed with riley who was in a wheelchair at that point for about 90 minutes. That was our inspiration we needed to do more with the animals we had for our four kids in our backyard for other kids. Animals dont judge. They dont care what color or what you look like or how you hold them as long as theyre gentle. Animal assisting happiness have been great neighbors to other nonprofits. And then outreach into our schools. Theyrable a better environment. Its important to b assisted happiness and our animal therapy programs because i think as a parent of four raising four children in the silicon valley, there is plenty of time behind computers and inside classrooms and the opportunity to get outside, experience the smiles that animal can bring especially when you make it more of an inclusionary environment, you take that away from kids. We have a lot of diversity in the bay area and this helps bring us together. Its not just about the typical families and kids. But we need to bring in the children with need into the equation. Once they experience this, theyll want more. Our hope is they want more and world will be a better place because of it. Cute. Want to take him home with you. Saw so many smiles there. World news tonight is next. Im eric thomas. For lisa argen, Michael Finney, thanks for joining us test testt tonight, rocked by aftershocks. New scares following that 6. 4 earthquake in Southern California. Children on stage when the quake hit. Hundreds of aftershocks less than 24 hours later. A major 5. 4 tremor jolting the region. Our team inside a store, rushing to safety. Also breaking, the explosion rocking college dorms. Buildings heavily damaged. Reports of injuries coming in. President trumps new plan to add a Citizenship Question to thcensus, even after being rejected by the supremcourt. And what he nosays is to blame for that historical gaffe during his fourth of july address. The road rage manhunt at
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