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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 2, 2017

Ill have your fourth of july forecast coming up. Kate . Thanks, frances. The San Jose Earthquakes a game that attempted to make an important statement about respect and civility. Quakes may have won but they lost trying to get fans to stop chanting homophobic slurs. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard explains. Reporter a spectacle at stanford stadium. The earthquakes versus l. A. This is our revenge game tonight. We have to win it. Reporter the earthquakes hoping to avoid a repeat of last years classico. When a keedefensive homophobic was said. We wont repeat the word. Many soccer fans have heard it before. Some is to intimidate the other team. But i dont really agree with it. Reporter before the game, the captain said the chant is not okay. We do not want to hear this chant, not tonight, not ever. One of the things you run into a lot is that people dont know what theyre saying is offensive. And so that one just suggestion that, hey, this is not something thats okay, usually 99 of the time will get people to stop. Despite the warning, a small group of fans crossed the line and chanted the slur anyway. Security teams told them to stop. This group was not a part of the chant. But some admit its kind of a tradition. Even though its bad. Each if you told us to not say it, its going to keep making us say it. Its pretty sad but its the truth. Its cultural. Others came to watch soccer and not feel uncomfortable. I dont think anyone needs to be offended. Doesnt matter who youre for. Come out and have a good time. In the end, quakes beat l. A. , 21. Cornell bar national guard, abc news. This man is a suspect in a crash in concord that killed two Young Children and injured a 3monthold and her mom. Wilson is in custody at Highland Hospital in oak loond with unknown injuries. Me and my husband send our condolence and our prayers out to the family. Amica wilson, the wife of this man, wilson jr. Says she took her husband to Highland Hospital in oakland. Turned himself in to a local hospital. He told them what had happened . Correct. The chp was looking for the man who killed a 5 and 10yearold boy, injured a 3monthold baby and their mother driving this dodge durango. They have evidence connecting wilson to the infiniti which drove across this grassy median off state route 4 and hit the durango on the so lon owe avenue on ramp. The yirng children were thrown from the suv. The infiniti comes across at such a speed, strikes the durango head on in the left rear. Catastrophic damage. The Infiniti Launches up over our heads and lands back here. Thats probably close to 100 feet from the collision impact point. That driver immediately flees the scene from eyewitnesses. Witnesses tell the chp the driver of the infiniti got out of the car cut up and bleeding and ran across the highway. I asked the wilsons and their attorney if len yell wilson was involved in the wreck . We dont know. Still trying to find out information. The mother is still recovering. Her 3monthold son is in serious condition at oakland childrens hospital. Alameda county firefighters are increasing manpower during a fourth of july holiday. A proactive effort to be prepared for a likely increase in fireworksrelated fires. Abc 7 News Reporter lonni rivera tells us that heatdrying grass sparks from fireworks are a recipe for disaster. On mission boulevard in union city, signs already send a message. Although some fireworks are legal, dont dare light them anywhere near this hill. Weve had a lot of messages and bannering. I know it was up earlier today. They have a sign up there as well. Safe and sane fireworks could be sold in union city in this booth. Theres one popular package. The name comes from the price. Cost 49. Firefighters will report any use of illegal fireworks. This week alone, Law Enforcement seized 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. As for legal stuff, evans explains whats allowed. We sell nothing that shoots in the air or blows up. Fire crews are out inspecting fireworks stands for safety precautions. That they have a fire extinguisher nearby and that the supply they have is under lock and key. Its not sitting out for people to come by. Once Independence Day ends, how you dispose of fireworks is important. Around 2 00 in the morning, people have thrown away the spent fireworks, they havent watered them down. Now were running the garbage can fires. He says soak the fireworks in a 5gallon bucket of water overnight, then dispose them a day later. In alameda county, lonni rivera. Abc 7 news. Several small bush fires were reported yesterday in the bay area, including this one in san jose near the east ridge mall. No word on how many acres burned and fortunately, no injuries were reported. Tens of thousands of bay area employees got a raise a as the minimum wage increase. In San Francisco, it went up to 14. And it will be 15 next year. The hourly rate increased in emeryville to 14. In san jose it went up to 12 an hour. San leandro got a 12. Californias statewide range remains at 10. 50 an hour. If you take the bus or ferry, your commute got more expensive. New muni fathres on the f line. It jumped from 2. 50 to 2. 75 per ride. Fares for children and seniors inees increas increased. A student at San Luis Obispo is the new miss california. Jillian smith fell to her knees after hearing her name announce north dakota fresno. Smith competed as miss yosemite valley. She won 20,000 in scholarship money and will represent california at the miss America Pageant in september. The new miss california will mae one of her forced appearances during tuesdays fourth of july parade in downtown p. Very exciting for her. Congratulations. A lot of fog this morning. I had the wipers on. Especially driving through San Francisco. We have thick fog and drizzle especially closer to the coast. Heres a live shot. We can still see the bay bridge from our roof tower. Ill tell you what to expect. There is sunshine on the way. Oh, good. Also ahead, Illegal Dumping taken to a whole new level. Neighbors in one inland Community Angry after someone abandoned an entire trailer on the side of a road. President trump takes more heat for his tweets. Some say his remarks could threaten his agenda. At enterprise car sales. Ly experience Great Customer service and get more for your trade. June twentyninth through july fifth. And let enterprise car sales flip your thinking about buying your next vehicle. Welcome back. Good morning. Were taking a live look at mt. Tam. The sun is starting to rise and we have a thick layer of clouds and fog over some parts of the bay area today as well. So people who live in crockett are upset about a growing Illegal Dumping problem. This trailerlike structure was left along the cummings skyway in may. One resident has called several county officials because now other people are vandalizing the trailer and dumping even more trash. Its getting uglier every day and it attracts more trash. Theres a huge dump thats been done right near it. People go, oh, its okay to dump it. Look at how ugly it is and they think its all right. The Public Works Department says consultants are determining whether there are Hazardous Materials inside that structure. If there are, the materials would have to be removed before that structure could be dismantl dismantled. A driver was arrested after a highspeed chase in california last night. The driver of this silver audi was reportedly wanted for reckless driving. No kidding. Speeds went higher than 100 miles per hour. After the driver got off the freeway and went into city streets, the chp was able to execute a pit maneuver to stop the car right there. The driver was then taken into custody. President trump visited a fourth of July Celebration in honor of u. S. Veterans. But hes taking more heat for his latest tweets aimed at two cable tv anchors. Elizabeth her reports, even republicans are warning the president that his remarks may hurt his political agenda. President trump marked this fourth of july weekend with a speech honoring the nations veterans. Youve shed your blood, youve poured your love and youve beared your soul in defense of our country. Our people and our Great American flag. But theres no holiday in his tweet war with msnbcs first couple. He calls Mika Brzezinski dumb as a rock. Her fiance and cohost joe scarborough, crazy. So much more vicious with women. He appears to have a fragile, i am pet us, childlike ego that weve seen over and over again, especially with women. The president commenting the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. But im president and theyre not. The latest squabbles come as President Trumps Obamacare Repeal plan is hung up in the senate. Trump tweeting to lawmakers, if they cannot agree on a new plan to swap out obamacare, they should immediately repeal and then replace it at a later date. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell quickly ruled that out. The president getting pushback from states resisting his voting commissions request for investigating voter fraud. Mr. Trump tweeting, numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. What are they trying to hide . The states citing their own privacy laws. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. There are more politics to come on abc 7. On this week, Ohio Governor john kasich will talk about the republicans failure to create a workable health care bill, the threats to Homeland Security and President Trump he is upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin will be discussed. This week with George Stephanopoulos can be seen here at 8 00 and stay tuned for our morning news at 9 00. A coalition of local independent amity viss demanding that President Trump be impeached will march in San Francisco this afternoon. They will rally at 1 00. It will wind down market and back to the plaza. Activists who include groups are demanding that Congress Remove the president from the white house. I dont know about this one. A Lowcost Airline in colombia is considering ripping out all the airplane seats and making passengers stand for the entire flight. It would be similar to riding a b. A. R. T. Or muni train. Theres Research Going on to find out if you can fly standing up and that his airline will be very interested in anything that makes travel less expensive. The carrier has daily flights to miami, but nowhere else in the u. S. Several airlines talked about the idea but never actually received approval. The storied eureka theater in the financial district is closing its doors. It was best known for creating and commissioning groundbreaking plays. In 1988 it commissioned tony kushner to create angels in america, which premiered at the eureka in 1991. The play went on, of course, to be a huge broadway hit winning a tony award and a pulitzer prize. But the company has fallen on hard times. Some significant funding left them and made it difficult, if not impossible, to continue renting this space. The venue will be renamed the gateway theater and continue to operate under new management. Its collection of manuscripts and poster will go to the museum of performance and design. Had to double as goat wranglers after 100 animals got loose in town. Officers believe the goats knocked over a fence and escaped from an area where they were eating grass and brush for fire prevention. They rounded up the goats and returned them to the fenced area. Hopefully they fixed the fence, too. Kfc is launching a new ad came pain for its spicy Fried Chicken sandwich called the zinger. Its also launched the sandwich near the edge of space. This video was just released this morning. It shows a straddle light balloon carrying a cargo of a chicken sandwich lifting off from arizona on thursday. The balloon is expected to come down today. Kfc dropped a single coupon for someone to find on the ground. Skiing at tahoe on the fourth of july. Yep, you heard me right. Theres plenty of snow this year and no shortage of takers. Five lifts open at squaw valley yesterday through the fourth. The resort posted this video of skiers and snowboarders. 3 inches of snow melts away each day. After 60 feet fell this past winter, 7 feet still remain. A few prefer to be in the water this time of year. Visitors and locals are also flocking to the beach in tahoe city where they can see the snowcapped peaks from a distance. All right. I have good news for folks heading to tahoe. Ill tell that you in a little bit. Live doppler 7 with a satellite image owe showing were starting with the low clouds and fog. Its filled into the north bay and parts of the bay and east bay as well. As you head out the door, you might want a light layer. Temperatures mainly in the 50s. Heres a light view toward the bay bridge. Oakland 57. Mountainview, 59. San jose 57. Low 50s in Half Moon Bay. Heres a pretty shot. This is from the east bay hills towards mt. Diablo. We have more temperatures in the 50s. Through napa, milder at 58. Concord at 58. Livermore at 54 degrees. So fog, low clouds, especially in San Francisco where theres drizzle. You can see that here with the transamerica tower in the background. We had to turn on our wipers a few times this morning. Slightly warmer inland temperatures today. There is High Pressure building off in the inland areas. Then we have a summerlike pattern that continues through the fourth of july. Which means were on Cruise Control for the weather. That means fog. Low clouds. And then ill show you the animation model pulling back to the coast. Lingers there. Well keep it cool, cloudy at the beaches. Breezy as well. Half moon bay 59. San francisco 64 degrees. Once again, if youre going to the fill more jazz festival, it should be nice. Plenty of sunshine for everyone else. San rafael, 80. San jose warmer at 82. This time antioch will top off at about 90 degrees. Yesterday it hit 88. When i say a little bit warmer, by a couple degrees for some inland areas. At the beach, thats where we see the lingering cloulds all day. The breeze is going to switch from northwest to southwest this time. Santa cruz might get more cloud cover and thats why theyll be a little cooler. Now in tahoe, plenty of sunshine there. The snow will be melting pretty quickly. Temperatures are going to be in the 80s for the next few days through the Holiday Weekend with plenty of sunshine and pretty nice viewing. For us here in the bay area, heres a 12hour planner for the fourth of july. So during the morning hours, weve got the fog once again. Then sunny by the afternoon and into the evening will be clear. However, around 10 00 p. M. , 9 00 p. M. When the fireworks start, the fog moves back into the beaches and the bay. Right now, if youre planning to watch fireworks in San Francisco, i want to show you, its going to be a similar pattern compared to tomorrow night. It looks like its going to be foggy in San Francisco and oakland for fireworks viewing. But it does look pretty good in the south bay or in parts of the east bay for fireworks. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Slightly warmer inland bumping up numbers to the low 90s. Little bit of coastal drizzle as we mentioned. Tomorrow as well as for tuesday, fourth of july. Notice, were just on the steady summerlike pattern with the fog and sunshine and then fog and low clouds once again. Summer in the city. My brother is in tahoe skiing this weekend and at the beach. Going do it all this weekend. Head to tahoe. Youve got the sunshine and snow. Thanks, frances. Just ahead, a family on a crosscountry vacation got detained by unexpected visitors. How we care about sourcing 100 at best foods, of our oils responsibly. And we care about incredible taste. Because at best foods, were on the side of food. Buying and selling hasnt changed much in decades. It is that sameness thats spurring the growth of up nest. Michael finney has been checking out the operation and has the story. Reporter Michael Wallace is talking with me about his recently purchased San Francisco condominium. It comes after a search that took more than one year and more than one real estate agent. 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