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KGO ABC7 News 1100AM June 27, 2017

Those at the Army Installation or the general public. Thanks for joining us. Im reggie aqui. And im kristein sze. A gas problem thats delaying muni. Peegy is on the street near hayes street on franklin saying someone hit a gas line by accident while digging shortly after 8 00 this morning. Pg e crews were able by 9 00 a. M. Buses that normally run are not able to run through and diesel buses are being brought in. A change for all of us that drive the Golden Gate Bridge regularly. Once again youll be paying more to make that trip. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live at the bridge. Reporter hey, reggie this. Bridge section pens i have to maintain so starting on monday if you have a fast track pass is will cost you 6. 75 to get across the bridge and but the this its 7. 75. Drivers tell us they have some questions. Its becoming part of the july 4th tradition. This is the fourth year in a row the Golden Gate Bridge toll has increased by 25 cents. We have a fifth increase coming next year. The board decided on these toll hikes to help with the bridges budget deficit. The increases have customers wondering what they are paying for. The increase on the golden gate, i still wonder where all that money goes. I just think its excessive due to the fact that they are not really doing anything thats showing me what they are using it for, you know. Like the bridge is still red. I mean, and they have got the moveable barrier reporter bridge isnt stateowned like other bridges are, so a district spokesperson points out the golden gate relies on tolls and fares and some grants to pay for maintenance and operations for the bridge, buses and ferries, and also for any projects like the new suicide barrier. Some drivers say 25 extra cents seems fair. I dont have a problem with that. That bridge is expensive to maintain. 25 cents is very easy. I think its the next raises that people are going to think about carefully. Reporter she is right to look ahead. Next year is the last hike that is scheduled, but Officials Say its not going to be enough. They are going to need more money, so they will have to look at future toll increases to keep up with the cost of doing business. Live in San Francisco, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. Palo alto will vote tonight on a controversial proposal to drastically increase the cost of parking in the heart of silicon valley. If approved, commuters, workers and shoppers will all have to dig much deeper into their wallets. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller is live in downtown palo alto with more. Matt . Reporter kristen, everybody is frustrated with the parking situation here in palo alto. Theres not enough of it, and next they will have to pay more to do it. Parking is a problem in palo alto, especially for workers and their employers. People basically have to move their car every two hours, or we have to pay that 8 daily or parking the free parking is like impossible. Reporter chris tobias owns trip action, a corporate business in the district. You can park free for most spots for two hours. If you want to stay longer, you microsoft bay a daily or annual permit. But the problem is if you want one, its hard to get. Its a oneyear waiting list, and theres like 200 people on the waiting list so were going to be waiting for a while. Reporter city council will decide if the price of parking permits will go up. The finance committee is recommending big increase. If approved by the city council, annual parking permits for the california avenue district would go from 149 to 365, a whopping 145 increase. Annual parking permits for downtown will go from 466 to 730, a 57 increase. Daily permits would also go up to 25 for california avenue and downtown palo alto. City says justification for changes include bringing the costs closer to what other cities charge in the region and also reduce cars and increase Public Transportation use, but businesses, like benjamin moore, say the cost of a bad parking situation is high and can keep customers away. Or if they want to have, you know, lunch and come in here and shop, you know, the meter maid constantly is monitoring their parking space, where ive seen people get tickets, so its not good. Reporter City Council Meets at 5 00 to the. Theres more to this parking issue than just california avenue and downtown palo alto. If you like the details, go to our website, abc7news. Com. Reporting live in palo alto, matt keller, abc 7 news. Thanks, matt. Developing news now, syria denies its planning another chemical weapons attack on its own people. The white house says it has evidence another attack is in the works. Abcs maggie rulee shows us the Strong Language the white house now has for Bashar Al Assad. Reporter a latenight warning for the white house, accusing the regime of syrian president Bashar Al Assad of planning another chemical weapons attack on his own people. In a statement, quote, if, however, mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price. This statement came from White House Press secretary sean spicer, accusing assad of preparing an attack similar to the one he carried out on april 4th. That one killed at least 70 people, including many children. The white house said that attack crossed a red line, and their response was swift. A u. S. Led missile strike on a Syrian Air Base within 63 hours. Abcs military analyst Steven Ganyard says this time we could see an even bigger strike. If he didnt believe assad is getting the message, he could expand the target set, including the syrian headquarters or even assad himself. Reporter syria denies they were responsible for the prior chemical attack and russia the charge is unacceptable. The use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is absolutely abhorrent. Its illegal under any rule of war. Reporter and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley tweeted that any future attacks on the people of syria will not only be blamed on assad but also those who support him, like russia and iran. A San Francisco family is grieving the death of a father who saved his young daughter before drowning. The two were kayaking sunday without life jackets off brandon island state park north of antioch when their kayak overturned. Avalrados older daughter saw it all. She said her father and sister got into trouble when waves caused by nearby boats overturned their kayak. He really like tried to get her safe first and he went like that and his head was in the water and he couldnt breathe but he made sure she was safe. He was very brave. He always he never he always took care of us. He always played with us. Reporter a jetskier was able to grab avalrados young daughter. After that her father went under the water and divers found his bod few hours later. Investigators say avalrado and his doubter were not wearing the life jackets, even though they are provided for free onshore for anyone to use. Children under 13 are also required under California Law to wear life jackets. San jose police are looking for more potential victims of swim coach Timothy Nguyen under arrest accused of molesting and intimidating children he worked with at a private club they called quick silver swimming. A parent tipped them off about nguyen saying he was being inappropriate. Detectives found at least three teenage victims he was texting with. If you have any information, call san jose police. The fourth of july is a week out, and already an east Bay Police Department is busting illegal fireworks sales. Newark Police Say Let this be a warning. Officers went on craigslist and found a buyer they say was selling illegal fireworks out of his home. Police seize the several thousand dollars worth of product and booked the seller in jail. Newark allows socalled safe and sane fireworks but many cities have a total ban so know what is the law is. Taking action after the high rise fire in london. The extreme measures germans are taking to protect their people from a similar fate. And a wildfire is raging in u. S. , now the largest in the u. S. The reason firefighters say it could take a full month to control it. And a Major Development on the senates revised Health Care Bill. What Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell, the majority leader, announced moments ago about plans for a vote. Have you noticed the stubborn clouds outside . A little bit slower to see the sunshine in many areas. Open the Weather Window from mt. Tamalpais. Look what they do to the temperatures. 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Find your code in special boxes of lucky charms. Theyre magically delicious. New this morning a high rise in germany is said to be evacuated after inspectors discovered the exterior siding is similar to that of londons Grenfell Tower. Hundreds of buildings in the uk alone are suspected to have been fitted with the flammable material. The Grenfell Tower burst into flames nearly two weeks ago killing at least 79 people. British officials confirm it was sparked by a refrigerator fire. Police are also looking at all aspects of the cladding system and its insulation saying samples collected so far have failed fire safety tests. Developing news in Southern California where firefighters are trying to get a handle on a fast moving brush fire thats forcing people out of their homes. Evacuations are underway in eastern Riverside County because of the manzanita fire that sparked yesterday near the town of beaumont. Flames have spread to 5,000 air, and the fire is just 10 contained. New developments now on the Massive Wildfire in utah. Its now the largest active wildfire burning in the u. S. The Brian Head Fire has grown to nearly 50,000 acres. Thats three times the size ever manhattan. Approximately 1,500 people have been forced to evacuate their homes. Firefighters say they likely wont have the fire contained until july 15th at the earliest because strong winds continue to fuel the flames. This just in. The Health Care Bill in the senate will not go to a vote this week. All morning the Senate Majority whip insisted republicans would be able to muster up enough of its members to get that bill passed. Obviously something changed. The fight that led republicans to at least for now stand down. I wont vote to proceed to unless the bill changes. Reporter today the Senate Republican Health Care Bill seems to be on life support. You put all this together and get to the 50 is going to be very tough and the cbo score doesnt help any. Reporter with democrats united in opposition the gop can only afford to lose two votes but today six republicans are on the record saying they cannot support this bill, and some republicans are taking their opposition one step further, threatening to prevent it from even being debated on the senate floor. Moderate republican Susan Collins tweeting i want to work with my gom ap and dem colleagu. Senate will wont do it i will vote no on mtp, short for motion to proceed. A necessary step before the bill could even be considered. Democrats taking to the Capitol Steps overnight in protest. Ill tell you right now. This crazy evil bill, its not about going together. Its about leaving people behind. Reporter the nonpartisan cbo score estimates 22 million more americans will become uninsured over the next decade under this plan. 15 million more uninsured next year alone but Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell plans to push through a vote this week. So unless we act more americans will be left trapped, forced by obamacare to buy insurance, but left without the means to actually do so. Reporter even though things look bad for the republican bill at the moment, house leader paul ryan cautions that no one should bet against mcconnell in his words. The Vice President pence is hosting his own Charm Offensive for wavering gop senators invading them over for dinner tonight. Reporting from washington, lana zach, abc 7 news. Senator Mitch Mcconnell said he wont have this vote come this week. It will happen sometime after the july 4th break. Here in the bay area, some doctors say the republican plan will leave some patients with fewer options. A resident physician at sf general tells us what a multibillion dollar cut in medicaid spending could mean. I think thats my big concern, you know, patients will get a lot sicker before they feel like, you know, they are able to come into the Emergency Department and brave all the expenses that they might face. The proposal meantime to bring universal health care to california was unexpectedly stalled in sacramento on friday. Lawmakers put it on hold saying it was incomplete and didnt include any way to pay for it. Serena williams makes a splash on vanity fair. The mustsee cover and what shes revealing about her love life that has bay area connections. And a live look at our emoryville as promised well take a look at the warming trend but need to get a little cooler before that happens. Lets open up the Weather Window on the golden gate. Fog hanging around. Northwest wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Flag on the right side of the screen there, pretty much unfurled. Temp tuesday below average. The cloud deck, and dry for the next couple of nights except drizzle near the coast. Summer warmth is reserved for the weekend. Overlay the cloud cover on top of the temperatures, hayward iss cloudy and 62. Sunshine in brentwood and already 79. A little cloud cover around san jose and 67. Still socked in in clouds and 58 here in San Francisco. A little more sunshine around that, but about 70 degrees. Wnds are going to be strong all along the bay shore today starting at 1 00 to 9 00. Remember yesterday it stopped at the bay bridge and didnt go south but this time it does and thats another reason why the cloud deck is hanging arounded a the reason its going to be cooler than average. Some sunshine is break out. San jose 280 at 17. If youre exercising, no summer heat to worry about. Hard work, do it now and this evening. Pretty comfortable. Beaches, a little bit of sunshine and it will be chilled with temperatures mainly in the upper 50s to low 60s. All right. Lets start in the south bay and milipitas 73. San jose only 75 and quill roy about 76. Santa cruz one of the brightest and warmest spots along the coast and pacifica 61 and millbrae 69 and low to mid70s for the rest of the peninsula. About 64 today in San Francisco and thats because im counting on some sunshine breaking out here in the next hour or so. If youre going down to the ballpark, consecutive wins are possible. Down to 55 by 10 00 and the breezes will make it feel cooler than that. Up in the north bay about 73 to 79 through the valleys. Along the east bay shore because of the sunshine and the breezes, berkeley is always the cool spot this time of the year at 69. Well be 72 in fremont, and as you head into the east bay. 76 at san ramon because the wind is coming up through crow canyon. Around 80 around antioch and brentwood. Even cooler tonight with more cloud cover. 51 to 56, our destination. A little bit warmer tomorrow, and you notice we tack on a degree or two just about every day, an before you know it its the weekend and were in the low 60s at the coast. Were nearing 80 around the bay and 90s saturday and sunday inland. Good weather to be outside but not too harmful. Sounds perfect. After coming back from new york, im so grateful to be back in the bay area in our weather. Got a little hot and humid. Too much humidity. All right. Thanks, mike. New this morning, tennis star Serena Williams graces the cover of vanity fair as she prepares to become a mom for the first time. The 35yearold wimbledon champ is showing off her growing baby bump on the cover along with her amazing arms for the august issue of the magazine. Williams details how she found out she was pregnant taking six pregnancy tests and also reveals how she fell in love with her fiance, cofounder of San Franciscosbased reddit. The couple is planning to get married in fall after the baby is born. Just read the most interesting fact from that article. Alexis had never seen a tennis

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