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KGO ABC7 News 600AM June 22, 2024

It was a very busy night for firefighters in contra costa county. In fact, firefighters had their hands full with brush fires burning between bay point and brentwood. This is where a grass fire came close to an apartment complex at lone tree way. It may have been sparked by a remnants of a professional Fireworks Show that ended moments earlier. Illegal fireworks have displaced four people in san jose. Officials say a neighbors fireworks landed in the backyard of a home just before 10 00 last night. It quickly started a twoalarm fire that spread to the fight. To the house. The back of the home suffered moderate damage. The flames were put out in about 25 minutes. Oakland firefighters responded to another illegal fireworks fire on skyline boulevard. It was just before 10 00 when a vegetation fire broke out about 200 feet off the road. Fire Officials Say bystanders confirmed the accidental blaze was started by fireworks. It grew to about a quarter acre but was very difficult to get to because of steep terrain and tall vegetation. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana said the illegal fireworks in the bay area began early and often. Before the sunset, official fireworks displays went off. This is cell phone video of illegal fireworks in oakland. Police across the area have been especially concerned. We urge people, especially during the tough times with the drought and the dry conditions that fireworks can be very damaging. This is why they are concerned. Crews spent hours battling a brush fire in the oakland hills. Justin graham noticed the showing before his afternoon run. A bunch of hikers told me to stop and turn around. They said there was big fire that just happened, and they just witnessed fireworks going off and the fire starting around that and they were actively starting the Fire Department. And he also heard something. Its fourth of july, they might have been having to have fun but thats the wrong place to have fun. Investigators found a firework on the hill and they determined eats what started the brush fire that consumed about three acres. No homes were damaged but it was still a scary afternoon this brought back memories of the deadly fire here in 1991. All of us in the neighborhood remember the oakland firestorm. And all of us know that its a drought and we are all very worried about one little firework setting a fire right up over the top of this hill right into our homes. The almeda county Sheriffs Office said they devoted four deputies to patrol for illegal fireworks in hopes of keeping the holiday a save one. Abc7 news. Take a look at the show of mostly illegal fireworks in the east bay. This video was recorded last night from our emeryville camera t shows a nonstop display of professional grade pyrotechnics lighting up the oakland skyline. Now to the legal ones and of the biggest and brightest shows in the bay area. A huge crowd gathered along the waterfront to watch last night. They could hear them, but could they see them . Leslie brinkley has more. From pier 39 to the marina green, four barges in the bay launched 10,000 fireworks from tubes controlled by computers. Patriotic precision half obscured by the fog. A lot of people gave up and left after only five minutes. You cant really enjoy the show, and it is not worth staying for. But just coming here cost a lot. It was 50 to park. And earlier in the evening sparklers on their heads, flags on their back, the crowds warmed on to ledges and grassy spots to stake out a place to watch the fireworks. A good Energy Environment the music, and just everything about pier 39 is really cool. Got to love the city and america just enjoying the time. Fourth of july, even though the fog is all messing us up, but thats how San Francisco is. Are you cold . Yes. How cold . Very cold. And i just moved to california, and this is freezing im not used to this. It doesnt feel like july, it feels like december. But in the end it was the fog that dampened spirits. A lot of snap, crackle and pop, but not a lot to see on this very San Francisco fourth of july. Leslie brinkley, abc7 news. The city of san jose topped off its fourth of July Celebration was a Fireworks Show as discovery meadow last night. Show was revived last year of after a decade of budget cutbacks. But employee pay cuts and Staff Shortages made it d to spend money on the spectacle. So members of the local rotary club funded the show this year as well as last year. Abc7 news was in downtown redwood city for one of the largest 4th of July Celebrations in the bay area. Thats the Stanford University band getting in the action tree. It featured a concert and Fireworks Show last night. In alameda people were out early yesterday morning to get good seats for one of the largest fourth of july parades in the country. Around 170 floats and 2500 people took part in the celebration. The city billed the 3mile parade route as the longest in the u. S. And typically draws more than 20,000 spectators from around the bay area. We want to see how you are celebrating the holiday season. Send us your pictures and video using the hashtag abc7 now and we may show it on air or online. Authorities are out looking for a teenage boy who fell off an inner tube and into the water. It happened around 3 30 yesterday afternoon. He was getting towed behind some type of personal watercraft when he fell in. Divers spent the afternoon looking for him and into the evening but he wasnt wearing a life jacket. Even strong swimmers should be wearing life jackets, especially being towed. The water is 200 to 250 feet deep in the area where he fell. At least 3000 in donations will go toward a santa clara family bury their mother. Sonya died last week after falling into a river in sacramento. The body builder was celebrating her new u. S. Citizenship last sunday at the rage on the river event when she somehow fell into the water. Firefighters rescued her but she died on wednesday. She leaves behind two adult children. If you want to help with the barrel expenses, go to our website abc7news. Com. Abc7 news has obtained new video showing the arrest of a man accused of killing a woman last week. He admitted to shooting katie steinle, and it was accidental. He said he wanted to shoot at sea lions and his gun accidentally discharged. Steinle lived in San Francisco but was a native of pleasanton. This video shows the moment he was taken into custody by police about an hour after the shooting last wednesday evening. It was filmed along the embarcadero near pier 40 by a bystander. We have a link to this on our website abc7news. Com. Weather check now. 6 08 is the time. Some fog in parts baste area . Certainly. Mist and drizzle at the coast but otherwise at the airport we are clear. And as this view from the exploratorium camera, 59 in San Francisco, and it looks pretty nice right here. But we will see changes more fog floating through the area today. And ill have your high temperatures, talk about a cool week coming up. Lisa, thank you. Also ahead a crash land on a Southern California beach startled beachgoers. Why Officials Say a single engine plane went down. And plus one win away from redemption. You will hear from the u. S. 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Four years ago the americans lost the championship game to japan in a heartbreaker, coming up short in a penalty kick shootout. And they have not forgotten. Its always there, and thats what happens in heartbreak. The heartbreak never goes away. But now we have an opportunity. An opportunity for the u. S. To win its first womens world cup since 1999. Whats it like playing in this big of a game against this big of a rival . Its amazing. Its what we live for. Team usa is peaking at the right time. Five straight shutouts from an outstanding defense. And the offense has caught fire, dominating topranked germany in the semifinals to come away with the 21 victory. I think we have good momentum and good confidence within our group. The u. S. Is facing a really tough Japanese Defense thats worn down their opponents. Japans strong offense has often controlled the tempo in games, something the u. S. Wants to avoid. They are really unique. Nobody else plays like them. U. S. Fans have been desperate for another world cup title. Stung win in 1999 feels like a lifetime ago. And now with a whole new generation of american soccer fans cheering them on, this squad has a chance to make history of its own. Karen traverse, abc news washington. Taking you now to san diego county, where no one was seriously injured when a small plane crashed yesterday on a plane crashed yesterday on a crowded beach in carlsbad. Singleengine aircraft was towing an ad banner when it lost power. People on the beach got out of the way so it could land but the piper aircraft flipped over when it tried to top. A boy on the beach is treated for a cut on his head. He is expected to be okay. And the pilot was not hurt. 6 14 the time. State investigators will look into why a tree fell in mt. Diablo state park in the east bay and injuring new campers one seriously. Park Officials Say a portion of this tree came crashing down at mt. Diablo state park around 10 30. Two men were injured. We were sleeping in the tent and we thought whats the crackling . We thought maybe fireworks, fourth of july, and then it started crashing and a loud boom. Park Officials Say a portion of this tree came crashing down at mt. Diablo state park around 10 30. Two men were injured. We thought what is that crackling, maybe fireworks fourth of july . Then it just started crashing and a loud boom. Her family were in tents nearby. I was like really scared because i didnt know what happened. According to park officials a portion of the tree crashed into the campgrounds where two families were staying. One man had a minor back injury and was taken to the hospital as precautionary measure. Another had more serious head injuries and was airlifted to the hospital. Ive had some bad luck camping myself, but never that bad. Experts will come from sacramento to get a closer look at the plea and investigate why a portion of it may have fallen. In the midst of it, families left their belongings behind mind, including childrens toys. Some left and said they were too upset to speak on camera. They said their friend was in the hospital but hopefully would recover and be released soon. Besides the area taped off, the park is otherwise open. Melanie woodrow, abc7 news. Turns out the most expensive zip code in the u. S. Is no longer in the bay area. For the past two years athertons 94027 has topped the list, but its not the highestpriced real estate in the country anymore. Property sharks said the honor now goes to 11962 in sagafonic new york. In the hamptons about two hours away from new york city, the median sale price for a home runs 5. 21 million. Thats 75,000 more than atherton. Some people call it americas music, so what better way to celebrate jazz than the fourth of july. Yesterday abc7 news was on fillmore street in San Francisco for the annual fillmore jazz festival. Music played on several stages. The free festival runs today from 10 00 in the morning to 6 00 tonight. Contra costa Fire Department protects us outside our homes and inside as well. Last night they extended a helping hand to bear, he had terrified but was eventually brought down into the arms of a firefighter. Those dogs hate the fireworks. In some areas we have mist and drizzle, but other areas partly cloudy skies. It will be a cooler day for some especially inland. And we are going to have a look at a cooler week ahead in just a moment. Ill tell you why. 5 51 53 was the official sunrise. Weather will be dominated not only by the marine layer all week long with some minor changes, but theres an area of low pressure that will be enhancing the low clouds and fog. Right now visibility is just about a mile, half moon bay. So other issues. As we widen its this area of low pressure here. This isnt doing much how long for low cloud and fog to grow staller in sports. It will continue to drift all week long. Also up to the north around lake county and mount shasta, some thunderstorms. They will not affect us. We will have the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada once again each and every day this week. Look how the sun is lighting up our east bay this morning. A pretty shot. Temperatures are mild, in the 60s there. 63 for oakland and mountain view. 61 good morning san jose. 60. Half moon bay 67 degrees. You arent going to see any sun all week long at the coast. San francisco, you will be hardpressed to get sun as well even on the eastern side. San jose looking good this morning. Its been nice down there. 60 by the delta. Winds very gusty this morning. 62 concord and livermore. And the southwest wind bringing in the air conditioning. Mother nature doing what she does best today bringing inland numbers down. A good five degrees or so. 57 in santa rosa. Finally from the sutro tower camera, there is the low cloud deck. And on the coast its wet and damp. Otherwise gradual cooling each and every day, and finally we will begin to see a warming trend next weekend. But it has been warm. You are probably like what am i talking about . You will notice the cooling. Theres the low each and every day, allowing for the mist and drizzle and the cooler temperatures. The area of high pressure, though, brings us the sunny averages. By say, wednesday thursday, some subtropical moisture could be pulled up from the low as it gets closer to the coast. Heres the trend. We should be in the low 80s san jose. 81 today. Theres the slight cooldown. Then look what happens wednesday and thursday. Just mid70s. All in all we are talking about temperatures railroad pleasant here today with little change from santa clara 80. Changes here breezy and cooler, 78 redwood city. Less sun in San Francisco at 67. Same deal in the north bay a little breezier. Near east bay partly cloudy, 71 in oakland. Then the nice day from concord it pleasanton today. Low to mid80s. Accuweather sevenday forecast today, the warmest day out of the next seven. Then looking at the cooldown, more significant cooling all throughout the week. Numbers kind of bottoming out by wednesday, thursday. Maybe that sprinkle or isolated shower by then. You can see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime with the abc7 news weather app. Its free at the apples app store or goggle play we have more information on our website. Typical to see everyone freezing last night. Its been so dry, we really need the rain. I know. Thats not happening. Okay. Keeping it real. Thank you. Coming up next, an upset in the world of competitive eating. San jose res dent who is the new hot dog eating champion of the you can save over 500 bucks when you switch to progressive. Thats a fact. But this whole blondes have more fun thing. Standing by for fun. Dan harrison joins us from new york to tell us what is coming up at 7 00 on good morning america. Good morning. Coming up on gma, it was a dicey fourth of july in parts of america and we are covering all of it. Starting with this deck collapse at a beach house in the carolinas. 20 people hurt. At least one victim airlifted to the hospital. We will have the latest on what is a breaking story. Also breaking, look at this. A plane crashing into a crowded beach in Southern California. People running for safety. Miraculously only one minor injury. We will have the latest on what went wrong here. The and finally the final of the womens world cup is today. This rematch, four years in the making, will be live from canada. Its coming up on a very busy sunday morning on gma. See you soon. Our time 6 24. The bots are bake. This revival of the abc hit show battle bots is more than cold steel. We get down to the nuts and bolts of what makes a good competitor. Zooey, you are breaking boundaries with your bot building. You are proving that building bots is not just for guys . I hope so. I was glad to see i was only the only female at the event. Its a mail dominated sports. I got to thinking, know what . It cant hurt to try. Little girls out, there you can do it. Keep taking science and math classes and work hard. Zoeys terrifying battle got bot chomp took three months to build for 20,000. You can catch the carnage in the new series premier tonight on abc7 news. Google may have a new version of google glass in the works. Last week the fcc approved a device called gg1. Thats the first clue. It takes it one step further pointing out it doesnt have a category. Usually a filing will say smartphone or wearable. Also the file documents mention swiping gestures and comes with a rechargeable battery. The wall street journal article suggests the new version of google glass could be out very soon. For the first time in nine years, famous easting contestant Joey Chestnut bit off more than he could choo. The new champion is matt stonie. Yesterday Joey Chestnut lost to matt stoney. Both men are from san jose. Gives me a reason to definitely come back next year. Ive been looking for a competition for a long time and now i have it. Hungry. Joey is an amazing competitor. He brings 100 to the fourth of july and hes a legend in the sport. To beat him this year, i trained hard. Cant say i was confident but i came prepared. The next closest competitor to matt and joey ate 34 hot dogs in 10 minutes time. O

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