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KGO ABC7 News 600AM July 14, 2024

Numbers coming up a few degrees in the inland valleys today, but the week ahead looks rather typical. I will explain and have a detailed forecast for pride festivities in a few minutes. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Happening today, volunteers will install the annual Pink Triangle atop twin pinks in San Francisco. The Pink Triangle was once a symbol of hate used by nazis to identify homosexuals. It is now a symbol of gay rights. It stretches 200 feet across and can be seen for 20 miles. Thats what the event is about, remembering the hatred of the past to help prevent it from happening again. The installation starts at 7 00 this morning. There then will be a commemoration ceremony with elected officials and the San Francisco lesbian and gay freedom band at 10 30. It is the 27th annual dike march starting at delores park. It seeks to bring lgbtq people together to celebrate unity and raise consciousness about the community. The rally starts at 11 00 and march at 5 00. Organizers expect tens of thousands of people to take part in the festivities. The pride celebrations kicked off last night with the 15th annual trans march. Thousands of people took to the streets of San Francisco from delores park to market street. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena was there. Reporter San Franciscos more colorful than ever. The is ath annual trans march kicked off with rainbow flags and outfits worn by more than 6,000 people, adorning our city from delores mark to market street. It means i get to come together with my community and see the people that support our community. Reporter jenny has been a transgender woman for three years. For her it was a dream come true. I came out a few years ago after having a neardeath experience. Reporter in the crowd, different faces and stories. I have a family thats not as supportive, so to know that people are out there who want to love you at a familiar level is really nice to know. Reporter for andrew martinez, marching meant freedom after fleeing mexico in fear for her life. It is more dangerous over there, more danger because theres not much human rights as we have here. Reporter alice clark and her church gave out hugs and told many they were loved. People that come for a hug say thank you, thank you so much, and the hugs go on for a while. I think they really are more nourishing that way. Reporter at hamburger marys drag queens reminded the crowd that pride for them is everyday. This is our life. Yeah, we do shows, you know, all year long. Many of our entertainers are fulltime performers, not just at hamburger marys but around the country. We have a list of many pride events taking place this weekend. You can check it out on our website, abc7news. Com. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. In the south bay a fouralarm fire devoured a condominium complex under construction in santa clara, sending workers running for their lives. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo has the details. Reporter just a few hundred feet away from massive flames and heavy, dark smoke, witness video captures the intensity behind fridays fouralarm fire. I will say it is not taking a minute to spread the fire very quick. Reporter boses bus niece took a hit, his windows cracked across the street from the construction site. Plastic parts on one car parked nearby appeared melted and more. What would have been a mix of 58 affordable and marketrate condos, consumed by fire damage. One worker at the site was injured in their escape. Others recalled what happened moments before running for their lives. I thought somebody had a torch or Something Real close to me because it felt like a lot of heat. I got scared and i looked up and there was a fire in the corner of the building. Flames produced such intense heat surrounding structures started to smoke. Ten homes were temporarily evacuated. Some residents even grabbed garden hoses to keep the fire at a distance. Others did what they could to alert neighbors. This location, it is squeezed in here pretty tight and theres a lot of Residential Property here with older residents. They were knocking on doors, getting people out. Reporter three dozen firefighters were on hand. Atf investigators also responded. The fire was contained around 2 00 p. M. , though crews stayed on scene to monitor hot spots. The heat was unbelievable, and then it just took off into the sky and obviously developed into this unfortunate occurrence. Reporter at one point a person of interest was detained by Santa Clara Police for questioning, but we learned that person has since been released. Now, Santa Clara Police tell me that until santa clara fire says it is a safe scene, no investigators have been able to access the site. So well have to wait for that. For now the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Im reporting in santa clara. Amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. Legend usa, the developer, sent us this statement saying, quote, we will work with local authorities and related companies to conduct a thorough review of what happened and how to effectively prevent any such instances from happening in the future. We first sent out the alert about this fire at 11 24 a. M. Yesterday through the abc 7 news mobile app. It is one way to stay on top of breaking news as it happens. Just be sure to enable the push alert feature. Time now is 6 206. Former Vice President joe biden is in the bay area for fundraising today. Today he will make his way to los altos. This comes after the democratic debate and the confrontational moment between biden and senator Kamala Harris over civil rights issues. Abc 7 News Reporter liz kreutz has the details. Reporter Vice President joe biden seemed to put the past 24 hours behind him as he arrived to this ritzy sea cliff home friday night to kick off a weekend of high dollar fundraising. Vice president biden, do you have any regrets about the debate last night. Reporter no luck getting an answer, but earlier at an event with Jesse Jackson he seemed to be looking for a doover. Before i start i would like to Say Something about the debate we had last night. Reporter he went on to reference this moment when california senator Kamala Harris confronted biden over his comments about working with segregationists in congress and on school bussing. There was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her Public Schools and she was bussed to school everyday, and that little girl was me. I did not oppose bussing in america. What i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. Thats what i opposed. Reporter the morning after he sought to clarify. We all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a Campaign Debate exchange cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. Reporter but in california where biden leads among democratic voters, some supporters may now be second guessing. Tom mcinerney, a longtime democratic donor from the bay area, says he is pulling back support for biden and warns other may do the same. The reason he says he is pulling back support is because of the hite amendment and comments about working with segregationists. As far as this vits, it is bidens first visit to california since launching his campaign. He has a fundraising event in los altos but no public fundraising events. Liz kreutz, abc 7 news. Kamala harris is expected in San Francisco for a fundraiser and she will participate in the pride parade on sunday. Lisa argen is tracking the forecast for us and so far were off to a cloudy start. Yes, in some areas. Here is a live look from walnut creek where it is nice and sunny. Temperatures range from the mid to upper 50s mostly in the east bay, some of the valleys dropping into the upper 40s. We are looking at some fog to start, plenty of sunshine. Comfortable temperatures, not too hot out there, but a bit of a warming trend. I will explain next. Lisa, thank you. Also ahead, 50 years later, how new york citys stonewall riots sparked the modern gay rights movement. From a gas tax to a chat bot crackdown, what you need to know about the new good morning, everyone. We are taking a live look outside from our abc 7 roof camera. You see a slight breeze out there, the flag flopping around a little bit. We will get a check of the full accuweather from meteorologist lisa argen in a little bit. First, pride celebrations are underway on both coasts this weekend. In new york city theyre taking on a special significance. 50 years ago a crowd at the Stonewall Inn took a stand for lgbtq rights. Abc News Reporter josh einiger has the story. Reporter they celebrated in the village, celebrated progress, 50 years since there really was nothing to celebrate at all. On one level, you know, it sort of made me sad but on another it is like how far weve come. Progress is not guaranteed. Progress is won by fighting back. Reporter this was the kickoff to pride weekend, itself the grand finale of an entire pride month. All of it, all of the flags and flamboyance, all of the rights to marry or just live a life, all of it started at the Stonewall Inn. Every right and freedom that they have today happened because of people brave enough of our elders the make it happen here, right here on this very spot. 1969 on this very day reporter stacy lentz is coowner of the stonewall where 50 years ago christopher street looked a lot different. Thats the night something called the public morals squad, part of the nypd, raided the place and set off days of protests that gave birth to a movement. It was just wrong, plain and simple. It was wrong. Reporter the night of the stonewall raid jim waters was only 9 years old. Now hes one of the Police Departments highestranking chiefs in charge of counterterrorism. And where once Police Officers were targeting the gay community, half a century later his cops are instead looking out. They are a highvalue target, if you will, and so there are people that have been very vocal about not believing in what they believe and looking to do them harm. Were here to protect them. Reporter there are no specific or Credible Threats against any of the revelry in new york this weekend, but the nypd is taking no chances with strategically placed blocker cars to protect the crowds to undercover cops within the crowds to camera and radiation detectors above the crowds. With more than 4 Million People expected to attend the pride march on sunday, cops are taking no chances as they work to keep this landmark celebration safe. In new yorks greenwich village, josh einiger, abc 7 news. New developments on the canine flu outbreak in oakland. 200 infected dogs are being moved to a warehouse there. Oakland Animal Services says the warehouse was cleaned and filled with kennels and play areas. Pet food express has donated bowls and leashes and set up an Emergency Fund to help out with costs. The dogs will be gar quarantine between four and six weeks. Omoinveralew ls io thgas g u sen a gallon. Anybody purchasing ammunition will be required to undergo an instant background check to search for felony convictions and Customers Companies rather must disclose whether customers are interacting with bots in online chats or actual humans. Thats a few of the changes. To see the rest head to our website, abc7news. Com. Also in the east bay, after a 2 1 2 year delay the new embarcadero bridge in oakland is finally open to the public. The project was put in place in 2015 to retrofit the bridge for earthquakes. Now the bridge meets all seismic Safety Standards and is taller with more sidewalk space. The bridge links Jack London Square and the Brooklyn Basin and is part of the San Francisco bay trail. Meteorologist lisa argen tracking the accuweather forecast. Hi, lisa. Hey, chris. This morning waking up to patchy fog. We will call it partly cloudy and some of the fog along the coast, also San Francisco, oakland, the san mateo coast. Looking at it to clear rather quickly, and the sunup about 25 minutes ago. So we had some pretty nice pictures out there. In fact, from the roof camera you can see the compressed layer right here. Highs today in the mid 60s. Should be very pleasant for the pride celebrations. Nearly identical for tomorrow. It is 53 in San Francisco as well as san jose. 54, Half Moon Bay. Oakland checking in at 57. 53 down around the santa clara valley. You can see the fog here from the Golden Gate Bridge where it will be partly sunny at our beaches. From sten son to bodega bay down to montero and Half Moon Bay it will be cool but we will get some sun there. Speaking of cool, how about the upper 40s santa rosa, napa and petaluma. Certainly chili there with numbers about seven degrees cooler than yesterday. 51 in livermore. They are skiing at squaw today, four lifts open, a high of 60 degrees. They said they would stay open until the 4th and they certainly are. It should be a Beautiful Day there. Mild to warm for pride weekend. Minor ups and downs for the week ahead. So if you are looking at any heat, it is not going to happen. Just comfortable weather. And looking at typical weather for the 4th meaning we will get a little bit of fog we will be tracking for your fireworks, but throughout the Morning Hours you can see the strip being pulled away from the san mateo coast and at 5 00 it comes on back. We get some high clouds as well. Waking up tomorrow with the high clouds, the low clouds are along the coast. Once again, pulling back to the shoreline for some partly sunny conditions at our beaches and looking beautiful here in santa cruz. Check it out with a lot of sunshine. Numbers will be in the lower 70s so comfortable there, high clouds, breezy winds up to 20 miles per hour. About 63 at ocean beach. 65, Half Moon Bay. If you are headed to pleasanton for the fair, low 70s noon time. Upper 70s at 3 00 and mid 70s by about 6 00. A little breezy at 9 00, at 63 degrees. For today in the city, mid 60s starting out with some fog. Almost identical tomorrow, maybe 67 for a high. Overnight lows dropping into the 50s so perfect weather out there. Highs today in the inland east bay, coming up a few degrees, in the mid 80s in concord. Fremont, 76. On the peninsula, 75 here in palo alto. Temperatures near 80 in napa. The accuweather sevenday forecast today and tomorrow. Download the accuweather app and monday will have a minor dip. Tuesday, going in the other direction, getting a little warmer. Through the rest of the week we are settling into a pattern with typical low clouds. 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay, upper 80s inland with fog for the 4th. Into the Holiday Weekend we are getting a little warmer to bring in some of the summer heat. It looks pretty nice. Lisa, thank you. As the bay area celebrates lgbtq pride we have been digging through our archives and found an amazing sie stoes ative y of gay atyen tenears t s oa prolifera special interest bars unparalleled in the growth of San Francisco but on the finer things in life. The conspicuous consumption of certain commodities that sets the trend for any special lifestyle. The germ nation of the gay clothing business was right here. The town squire is the magnet of the highfashion world and started 16 years ago by a gay couple who still keep it at the top of the fashion heap. Whats the reason for gays interest in this . Part of the reason that gay people are, i think, are avant garde in fashion is because they have extra money to spend in that direction. We are streaming the series unedit unedited. Watch our this is how driving should feel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. Whit johnson joins us from new york to tell us what is coming up at 7 00 on good morning america. Good morning. President trump touching down in south korea. What is he saying about the lastminute offer of a visit to kim jongun. Former Vice President joe biden fighting back after coming under fire on stage. How he is now defending his civil rights record. Finally, the u. S. Womens soccer team advancing to the semifinals of the world cup, taking down the french team in extreme temperatures. How team usa is preparing for the next faceoff, all ahead on jam. Gma. It has been more than a month since the San Francisco board of supervisors passed the ban on Cashless Stores. Where do things stand today . Our 7 on your side Michael Finney has been keeping track of the progress. Reporter amazon go is still opening Cashless Stores in San Francisco and still getting rave reviews, even if the Shopping Experience feels to some like it should be illegal. I felt weird. I felt like i was stealing from amazon. Reporter the board of supervisors passed and the mayor signed the brick and mortar cashless ban more than a month ago. It gave businesses 90 days to comply. With 35 days now passed, no one seems in a hurry to implement sweet green after. Amazon go before the ban. And amazon go after. No

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