Shopping at the mall in san jose around 9 30 last night. The little boy was with his sister and mother were Holding Hands walking back to their car when they were hit. The gray mercede was moving at a low rate of speed. Ought driver of the mercedes did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. Currently we do not believe chop or drunks was a factor in the collision. It is a tragic situation. All the 60 year old boy, identified at by boy were rushed to the hospital and the child was pronounced dead. They do not know in the driver was distract ordinary did not see the family because it was dark. Occasionally, it is a highly congested area in the parking lot and we encourage people to go slow. Police are anding for whens to assist in the investigation. The summers with treated. She is expected to be okay, recovering from the devastating loss of taking time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her. There are markings on the ground where they took measurements. The drivers name has not been released. This is the 20th deadly collision this year. How terrible. New details out today on tesla, the Self Driving Technology is now under investigation after a man died in a car crash in florida. The machines family released a statement. Jessica castro is tracking this. There is real concern of the hands free driving, the crash happened in florida in may but just new is under scrutiny. We are learning more of the victim as his family speaks out for the first time. Tesla is now under a federal investigation after the death of 40 year old joshua brown, a federal navy seal and entrepreneur. By all accounts brown loved his car and is seen here in youtube videos featuring technology on his tesla model s and was on auto pilot when he ran into a semi in florida. Brown and the cars Driverless Technology failed to detect the white side of the tractortrailer against a brightly lit sky so the brake went activateed. Brown was reportedly watching a harry potter video. The family issue add statement through the lawyer saying in part and i quote, in honor of joshuas life and passion for technology the brown family is committing to cooperating and hopes the information learned from this tragedy will trigger further innovation. The family asked for privacy while they grieve. They said they understood the publics fascination with the new technology. We spoke to an engineering professor who said that no tech is foolproof. This is is a matter of safety but not a substitute for the driver. Tesla reminded drivers to have control and responsibility over their cars at all times. But, alsos stepped condolences to the brown family saying and i quote, we are beyond saddened by the loss. Ought victim did have a report of speeding with eight tickets in six years. That is being looked at. The National Traffic and Highway Safety administration will look at the auto pilot design and performance. Thank you. It is get away day for fourth of july weekend and you may want to hit the roads early. A new survey shows a Record Number of americans will be traveling. This is the calm before the traffic storm, with a look at ski way in San Francisco on your left heading to the bay bridge and the richmond and san rafael bridge where it is slow get cross the tolls. Our reporter is on interstate 680 in walnut creek. Amy . Yes, predictions are this could be an epic get away. Northbound 680, this is how the east bay and south bay escape to lake tahoe of the not too bad yet. Cy a good time to get away, it is expected to change. All the prediction for the fourth of july sound fun. Or miserable. Depending how you look at it. America is in a good mood. I have friends going to lake tahoe and a lot of friends just going camping. That means traffic. Aaa is predecking records will be broken in part because the economy is good and gas is cheap. Drivers are bracing. Horrible. The worst. The gas is lower so everyone is going to go out and the heat and everything. Everyone is going to take off and go south or north of lake tahoe where it is cooler. The estimate is that 43 million american will travel this weekend more than 84 drive. That is 5 million more than memorial day weekend. Some drivers are willing to leave at odd hours to avoid the crowds. I am supposed to see friends in pebble peach and i am threing at 6 30 on sunday morning to avoid and come back, like, Tuesday Morning so i dont have to deal with the traffic. I went away on memorial weekend and it was herrible. I tried to avoid it by leaving tonight before 12 00 so i dont have to drive on saturday and spend my if you weekend had and monday. In everyone does that it may now be so bad. Law inform is not taking a holiday. Many agencies have d. U. I. Task forces deployed all weekend. They have industry tolerance for drinking and driving. Thank you, in you are one of the 11 million americans flying to director different station be prepared to see extra security at the airport. Many major United States airplanes are ramping up security and adding extra k9 units. Experts predict new york, chicago, washington, dc, and las vegas, would be the busiest this weekend. If you fly out of the sfo you can expect to see extra officers this is from our camera, clear skies, good news if you are catching a flight. Meteorologist mike nicco is on the roof. Can we expect weather delays . They are fine. They will remain fine. Or places we have issues. Good morning, everyone, we will look at las vegas with early showers, and phoenix, and the storms have not hit washington, fill, and best but delays into those airports. Back at home, 76 in los angeles, get ready for 100s if you travel through the central valley. If you head up to lake tahoe a thunderstorm is possible, a slight chance tomorrow, and 80 through mop. If you are head to santa cruz it looks great, upper 60s with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and unfortunately, 10 degrees cooler at Half Moon Bay or a north bay beach. Can you stay on weather and traffic on the Holiday Weekend with the news app by downloading it for free. Enable the push alerts. All the power is become on for thousands of pg e customers in hayward after a car took out a power pole. The driver host criminal of the car at 5 15 and plowed into the people, knocked down the wires. Pg e mad to shut off power while crews reenergized the line. They are sometime working to restore power to 50 customers. If you live in petaluma, police went to you watch out behind Sonoma Mountain elementary. A suspicious person with a syringe was reported walking on the path behind the school. Pose detained the person but the syringe was discarded. They cannot find it. If you find it, call police. Dont touch it. Workers in the bay area get a best three cities where employees will have more money in the paycheck. If you plan to head to the Golden Gate Bridge we have a closure. It could cause major traffic hold lights. Plan for a safer Market Street. Is it working . They go ooh ooh. Hey they go ohoohooooh. Sitting, watching, waiting, wishing. I tell you one thing, you never knew it. At the back of the bus there is so much to give, so dream big. Yeah. And when they screaming get out, get out. All i wanna hear is get down, get down. Yeah. And when they screaming get out, get out. All i wanna hear is get down, get down. Get down, get down. Workers in three bay area cities are getting a raise, minimum wage is going up. In San Francisco, it is being increased by 75 cents to 13 an hour. And in sunnyvale it is going up 70 cents to 11 an hour and in emeryville it is raised to 13 for businesses with 50 or fewer raises and with more worker up to 18 14. 82 an hour. And Golden Gate Bridge is close ed tore to tour buses. You cannot park there from 11 00 a. M. To 5 00 people today, tomorrow, and sunday. On monday, vista point remains closed until after the fireworks in the commute took you across the Golden Gate Bridge you may have noticed the toll has again up. The drivers now spent 25 cents more to cross the span. For pay by play at 7. 50. Fast track is 6. 50. Car pool is 4. 50. A toll officer each career until 2018. A rate height on ferries is in affect today cost between 20 crept and 40 crept more to reside between San Francisco and oakland, alameda or vallejo with ferries from hark spur cost 50 cents more and claimer card fares are up 25ent whys on both lines. Many computers may realize this but the safer Market Street plan is working. Remember last area when restrictions were put place preventing drivers from turn on to market between 3rd and 8th . Traffic now has dropped by 22 and there is less risky behavior. Not only on park coat but on mission, part of initiative to eliminate all traffic related deaths by 2024. A it is finally rid and we help you land your Holiday Weekend. We have a look at the best fourth of july events for the whole family. We have look at what is happening across the country and different nays away from the bay area. I will show you the cooling trend and the look at what to expect when the sun goes down on monday evening. Mike will introduce us to the the fremont, palo alto, north and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Bay. Shear a question, are you feeling lucky . The fourth of july could start off with a bang. We are not talking about the fireworks, the Mega Millions is work 415 million. It is the 10th largest jackpot in United States history. The odds . One and 259 million. The drawing is tonight. At 8 00. I dont mind that it rolls over because i can by a bigger island. So true. Bay. Big picture. We are looking at the weather picture which is quite lovely. Mike . Yes, that is the big picture view of what is going to be a great weekend with Cool Conditions at coast, sunshine and warm conditions inland, and we are already see, the need for sunglasses from the exploritorium at pier 15 at San Francisco where we will be warmer and strong sunshine and seasonal at the coast and warm inland, inland cooling, and the cool of the highs are below average, next week. Notice the winds den at oakland and Half Moon Bay and 21 at fairfield and 15 at napa, a slight sea breeze and it will pick up east Golden Gate Bridge and north of the bay bridge at 1 00 through 11 00 if you are sailing or kayaking we have a small craft advisory. Here is what is happening along coast county not so much sunshine as year, especially from point reyes south, the clouds are going to be pretty stubborn through the day. We will see maybe a limit bit more tomorrow, and temperatures are in the midtoupper 50s at Half Moon Bay and San Francisco, and, still, some mid60s to nearly 70s around the bay and 70s in the south bay and, also, in the north bay and already 80 in san ramon. We will see where we are ending up this afternoon, lowtomid 80s through most the south bay, and santa cruz at 70, and midtoupper 80s los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy, midtoupper 70s for most of the peninsula, and millbrae at accident and redwood city at 80 are the exception and upper 50s, a brisk day at the coast, and downtown, south San Francisco, sausalito, midtoupper 60s, and upper 70s to my 80s through the north bay until cloverdale north is where we have the 90s and mainly lowtomid 70s along the east bay more and oakland at 72 and warm inland with lowtomid 90s in most neighbors, and if you are going to the marin county fair it just opened with of 6 degrees and remaining up to 74 and at 58 by the time we wrap it up at 11 00, and kool and the gang dont, and 91 at the alameda fair at 3 00, and dropping down to 66. At the game tonight at the coliseum, the fireworks are tomorrow night. 64 at 7 00. Drop down to 58. It will take a look from emeryville you can see the clouds are hunging the coast and you are in the 50s. We are in the 70s and 80s at 5 00 but everyone is in the 70s by 7 00, and even some 60s and 70s by 9 00. Right new, here is the sevenday forecast, what you are going see monday are temperatures in the my 60s, to low 70s by the time the sun is setting at 8 33 when we see a lot of the fireworks with temperatures on tuesday and wednesday and thursday below average. Cooler every day this weekend but nothing too extreme. Wear sunscreen. Now, a look at friday, so it is purrfect pet an adorable mar s. The 2yearold cat is at the east bay spca but would love to go home with your family. Workerscy she loves attention. She is patient. She is happy in a quiet home where she can relax. Call the east bay spca. The number is on the screen. The shelter is running a yet, white, and meow adoption. Adult cat adoptions are waived and you can get two kittens for the price one. Always first when they have a companion so adopt two. You good opportunity. Look for the ultimate fireworks viewing location for fourth of july . This is morning news anchor, wreck regular. Color. Smokeses surrounds you as you stand on top of your world war ii ship and 10 houston our country. The most patriotic fire worky place to celebrate fourth of july . You took me to the, spot. All the flying bridge my favorite spot to see the fireworks you get the park first works and the pier 39 fireworks so there is the water park and fireworks are great, and, then, over here you have pier 39. I went on the tour ship and you can watch from the deck on fourth of july. You have to climb some steps to bring comfortable shoes. There is great history at obrian delivering supplies to normandy, 35 for adults. Discount for kids and families. And the San Francisco opera plays carmen, at the ballpark. The cast is on stage live at the opera a feed will play down the street on the score board inside at t park. It is totally free. It is very popular. Look into this now. Also, a new exhibit of kubrik and a restaurant that takes you from taco to korean food. You can share your photos from the fourth of july weekend with abc7 by adding abcnowtoyourpicturesandvideowhe nyoupostto. We will post them online. Love is in the air at a koi pond in washington state, the unlikely bond define a dog and light piano today i saw a giant. It had no arms, but it welcomed me. hawk call it had no heart, but it was alive. train wheels on tracks it had no mouth, but it spoke to me. It said, rocky mountaineer all aboard amazing. The abc7 news app on the go on your schedule on one screen. All the weather and traffic and news that lives where you live. The news app is your source for everything i need to know, the weather traffic, and spores where you live. Coming up at 4 00, the g. O. P. And drum trump experters are making separate pitches for votes at the marin county fair is it a sign of a strained Republican Party . Vaccinating your child, a mandate new in affect that has families choosing sides at 5 00. This are plenty of fish in the sea but one dog has only cries for one. Check this out, daisy the French Bulldog loveing in more than to kiss her friend, frank, the fish, at a koi sign. They can stay all day kissing. He was at the park, and they developed a bond and who would wait on the side of the water, other fish go by and not pay attention, and, finally, this specific fish will swim up and give him a kiss. When koi rely you dont have food they leave you alone. That is a real love. Thanks for joining us. Have a great fourth of july. There are some people in this world with the attitude, hey, its only money. You will not be seeing any of those people on our show today. Its time to play who wants to be a millionaire. [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] hey, everybody. Im chris harrison. Welcome to the show. Are you guys ready to play who wants to be a millionaire . [cheers and applause] all right, lets do it. Our first contestant is notoriously frugal. If he wins today, hes gonna throw out his financial spreadsheet and have a little fun. From cheshire, connecticut, please welcome mike cole. [cheers and applause] mike, how you doing . Great, good to see you. Youre a tall dude. I am. Im 67. Theres a lot of good things that come with being tall. I can help old ladies get things