Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. A legend both on the court and off passed away. Warriors hall of famer, Nate Thurmond, is being remembered as one of the greatest basketball players of alltime and a man of grace and dignity to all of us here at abc 7. Thurmond was chosen as 1 of the 50 greatest in nba history. He lost his battle with leukemia. He was 74. He joined larry beil as an analyst on after the game. Larry looks back at a life of an nba legend. Nate thurmond had no trouble living up to the nickname big nate. Born in akron, ohio, Nate Thurmond was a force in college in bowling green, drafted third overall by the warriors in the 1963 nba draft, a big man who rebounded and blocked shots, playing along side greats like rick barry and Wilt Chamberlain and more than held his own against legends like abdul jabar. If you look at what he gave to the teams he played for, i feel he is one of the greatest ever to play the game. A seventime allstar, thurmond played 14 seasons in the nba and tallied more than 14,000 rebounds and became the first player ever to record a quadrupledouble, all in one game. Nate once pulled down 42 rebounds in a game. His number 42 has been retired by the warriors and the cavendish. Thurmond averaged 15 points and 15 rebounds per contest. In his best season nate averaged 21 points and 21 rebounds a night. In todays nba he would be a 100 Million Player for sure. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of fame in 1985. We welcome you to the naismith memorial Basketball Hall of fame mr. Nate thurmond. After his playing days he was the owner of big nates barbecue in San Francisco. A Warriors Community ambassador, classy and generous with his time and a fixture on abc 7s after the game where he predicted the warriors 2015 title and his parade route meal. Have something to eat. He may have fallen short of winning a championship as a player but took part in the warriors parade. Now they are celebrating the world champions. Received a ring from the team owner for his role in the organization. Nathaniel thurmond, husband, father, friend, leaves behind a legacy as large as his stature. I spoke with larry earlier tonight and spoke about his emotional last conversation with nate. He was calling his friends basically saying thank you. We were on the phone. He said we had a good run together. I was like past tense, what hear you talking about. It just hit me like he was calling me to say goodbye. I immediately broke down. I couldnt even talk. I was just sobbing. He said larry. Larry. Just hang on a second. Listen. I am 74 years old. I had a great life. I have a great wife. I cant put marcie through this anymore. I am not angry. I am at peace with what is coming. Its okay. He said in a few days i am going to see god. I said i dont want you to see god. I want you to see kevin durant with me next season. He said i wish i could do that but i dont think it is going to happen. I was just a wreck after that. Just a prince of a man. I cant believe he is gone. I wish that there was some way that it worked out differently but it didnt. Steph curry tweeted tonight rest in peace big fella, legend on the court and amazing man off. Steve kerr wrote so sadded to hear of Nate Thurmonds passing. And Cleveland Cavaliers forward lebron james said knowing you played in the same rec league as me growing up gave me opens of getting out. We posted this photo of the nba great. Now to breaking news in walnut career. A Police Officer has been hit by a car just west of interstate 680. The officer was walking when the car struck him. Now for the latest on the deadly terror attack in nice, france. Dozens of people running to the restaurant the moment a truck barrelled into the crowd outside. Isis called the truck driver a soldier. Police say he drove over sidewalks, dodged police cars to get to the bastille Day Celebration killing 84 people. It is once again open to the public. People are leaving candles and flowers in memory of those killed. The San Francisco city hall is lit up in the colors of the city of france. Unfortunately this has happened a couple of times the past couple of years. This was not supposed to be a weekend of singing the French National anthem in sadness. Several events were planned celebrating bastille day but instead they observed a minute of silence. The latest tragedy against one of our nations closest allies during their most cherished national holiday. For the french bastille day shows our values. One woman here had several cousins in the crowd there when the massive truck plowed through the celebration. We are very close to the truck. People were screaming. They came out with guns. There were a lot of foreigns. Among those still missing is uc berkeley student. His parents from San Diego County are headed to france to help in his search. There are some among the dead yet to be identified. Friends and family desperately are hoping he is safe. The newly installed french consul general had a simple message. We will never give in to the terrorist threats. In turkey thousands were back on the streets to show their support for the government after last nights attempted coup and flooded in the square to cheer democracy, at least 265 people died in the fail coup. Turkeys president is blaming a moderate cleric who lives in the u. S. For the coup and is demanding the arrest or ex tridition. The u. S. Said it will examine the evidence carefully and turkey will have to prove wrongdoing. He said he left more than 15 years ago and has nothing to do with the coup. In the race for president democrats are already slamming Donald Trumps pick for Vice President , mike pence. Trump made it official in an announcement this morning in new york city. We are the law and order candidate. Donald trump is a good man and he will make a great president of the United States of america. In a new video Hillary Clinton calls pence the most extreme vp pick in a generation. Still to come on abc 7 news at 11 00, a member of the British Parliament visiting the pay area got involved in our countrys passionate debate on gun control and a vigil for trees. The search tonight for who is cutting them down. We were near average but cooler air is about to work in the picture. The numbers ahead in accuweather. Fighting back, the brave store clerk confronting this new at 11 00 police in the south bay are looking for vandals who sawed apart trees in a san jose neighborhood. There are a few leads tonight. Lisa. Reporter a members gathered to talk about what happened to post these signs and ask for the communitys help. I hope it grows again or some day we will replant the tree. Adam phillip is heart broken. They held a vigil in honor of the 23 Young Chinese fringes cut down yesterday morning. It has been planned with some kind of object and not just broken off. It made me really sad and disappointed. I dont understand why the trees were cut down. Our citys forest planted the trees last fall and they have grown two feet since then and adam comes out every week to water and prune the trees. You care about the trees . I do. Deeply. For all of the benefits that they are go to provide to future generations of the community. The very community the trees are here to benefit is now cast with helping to find the ones responsible. I was really irritated in general how someone can do this with a project like this. It is a beautification project and something we should be proud of. It is not clear if all of the trees are dead. That is why our citys forests will continue to water the trees just in case. A 3yearold girl was rushed to the emergency room after she developed complications at a dental office. Deerwood road following reports of an unresponsive child. Members performed cpr and transported the girl to the hospital. Emergency responders do not believe there was negligence involved. A member of the British Parliament got a look at weapons seized by criminals in oakland today. All of these firearms were used in murders and shootings in oakland. Both men pull out handguns and shoot at each other in the streets and someone driving by is killed. 86 people died in oakland from gun related violence in 2014 compared with 43 in the entire country of scotland. Food brought people together in the east bay today. The largest event of its kind in america. All of the meals are certified meeting islamic dietary guidelines. Everyone is welcome. Food from every corner of the world, clothing and gifts and a fun carnival for the kids. A look at the forecast tonight and tomorrow. Start off with fog and a similar weather pattern shaping up over the weekend. You will notice the cooler air working in over the next 48 hours. Live doppler 7 showing you the coast is shrouded in cloud cover as it has been for most of saturday and now we are seeing a little bit of fog pushing in around the bay. Around richmond, berkeley, oakland. That is low cloud cover for the time being. Outside at 59 in oakland with the low cloud cover and 55 in San Francisco with the fog. 63 san jose. Overnight everybody will drop into the 50s across the region. You will have the Coastal Cloud cover moving in. Mainly for skies in the south bay. But along the coast tomorrow we have a chance of coastal drizzle developing. Hourbyhour picking up on some light mist and drizzle. Going into the morning the clouds pull back to the coast as it always does in july. It will be away from the coast and you will see a fair amount of sunshine. San francisco, we will have a fair amount of cloud cover and chance of spotty drizzle first thing. Perhaps late daybreaks of sunshine. Cool day in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Blue jays taking on the as. First pitch comfortable, 66 degrees. By 4 00 around 70 10 to 20 wind. Lots of sunshine in the way. 84. There is the 74 in oakland. Afternoon sunshine in San Francisco. 80 santa rosa. A cool 78 in napa for this time of the year. We will start off with a fair amount of cloud cover early on. We will always breaks in the cloud cover for sunshine. 59 for ocean beach. 69 santa cruz. 63 monterey bay. Current ocean water temperature at 56 degrees. We will jump ahead into monday. The coolest day we have in the next seven days. You know the 60s around the bay and inland cities will have a tough time getting out of the upper 70s. Tomorrow we have the breezy afternoon on the way. Cloudy on the coast. Monday, it is just cool for july. From the coast to the bay. That is where we bottom out. From there on we go up in the temperature department. Thanks a lot. Yeah. Still to come, see the first step for a hi. Is the internet still out . Yes come on. Work together. Work together. Do you have anything . No i dont have anything. Please come back internet. I love you. I love you so much. Just come back. Please. Please. Hes streaming a cat video. family laughs and the whole party is looking. Can i take a look . Mitch come on get high Speed Internet from at t with 99. 9 reliability at an everyday price with no extra fees. Keep calm, your internets on. He has broken ground. No shovels needed for this groundbreaki groundbreaking. The guide dog for the dog sent us this video. Puppies just like these guys dressed in superhero costumes will be trained to become service dogs. The 20 million facility is scheduled to open in 2018. All right. Time to talk sports now. One day after being called up by the as, ryan heely helps to lead oakland to victory and a crazy finish for the giants in abc 7 sports you heard of walkoff home runs but how about a walkoff balk. That is how the game tonight ended. After Jeff Samardzija walked the first two batters, Travis Jankowski takes off for third, Buster Poseys throw winds up in left and it is 10. Angel pagan with a tworun shot. The padres answer but the giants tie it up on solo home runs williamson and pena. Suarez strikes out derek norris looking and josh osich gets adam rosales on a grounder to first. The game still tied up at 55. In the 10th, posey connects off of Kevin Quackenbush to make it 65, San Francisco. That is his 12th homer of the season. That made these giant fans extremely happy. But Santiago Casilla couldnt close it out. Rosales singles off of the glove of Brandon Crawford and it is tied at 66. Casilla stumbled off of the mound and he is called for a balk. A tough, tough loss for the giants. Yesterday ryan heely made his debut and today he got his first hit off of r. A. Dickey. His teammates gave him the silent treatment. Sonny gray gave up three runs over six innings. The as got a pair of home runs from christian davis. As win it 54. After the contest he was treated to a pie in the face and a bath. San jose was winning 10. A questionable red card here. Toronto takes advantage. Justin morrow scores his first of the season. Qui quinntera gets red carded. Dawkins scores the goahead goal in the 70th minute. Quakes win snapping a sevengame winless streak. This abc 7 sports report. Later in the show british open highlights and more on the late, great Nate Thurmond. Thanks a lot. Still ahead a miracle at sea. Two pilots rescued after 20 hours in the ocean and a group people love my portobello mushroom buttery jack, made with portobello mushrooms, grilled onions, and garlic herb butter. Ever wonder how i came up with it . Well. Actually, i came up with it at the water cooler. But i thought youd like this cowboy story better. The portobello mushroom buttery jack is back. Part of the buttery jack family. Taste it before its gone. Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. Good evening. In tonights headlines another live look at walnut creek where a Police Officer has been hit by a car. Happened around 10 00 tonight at parkside drive and hill side court. We know the officer was walking or running when he was hit. We are looking to see the condition of the officer and what led up to the incident. The bay area is remembering a spor sports legend. Nate thurmond died after a short battle with leukemia. He was voted one of the 50 greatest players in nba history. Nate thurmond was 74. A minute of silence was held at San Francisco city hall for the 84 People Killed in a terror attack in nice, france. The countdown to cleveland. The Gop Convention gets underway on monday and could be the most controversial in years. A homecoming in indiana for governor mike pence. I am here to announce that today in new york city i accepted Donald Trumps invitation to run and serve as Vice President of the United States of america. The republican nominee announced his running mate insisting he never waivered in his decision. Indiana governor, mike pence, is my first choice. Now, i think if you look at one of the big reasons that i chose mike, one of them is party unity. I have to be honest. 50,000 travel to cleveland for the Republican National convention. Once and for all a possibility you would have an antitrump rebellion. Outside of the convention peaceful protests blocking off streets, demonstrators promising a larger showing once the convention begins. We expect thousands from around the country will express their anger. Police say they are prepared with barricades and fences and thousands of officers, many from out of state now here ready for any potential problem. In texas the final funeral was held for the officers killed in dallas. A Catholic Service was held today in fort worth for one of five officers killed in fatal shootings. Several Bay Area Police agencies sent officers to attend the funerals. After the funeral these photos were tweeted, different patch, same family. Proud to stand with dallas pd. Dallasstrong. A stunning story of survival from hawaii. Two pilots are recovering after being lost at sea for more than 20 hours. They ran into trouble on thursday in a small twin engine plane. The plane disappeared from air Traffic Control radar. They were spotted wearing life jackets and swimming to shore. One pilots father was overcome learning his son was safe. Beyond words. I am so surprised i cant not trip over my tongue and talk. Federal authorities are investigating why the plane went down and both politics are expected to make a full recovery. A man in maryland picked the wrong store to rob. The clerk grabs the firearm and he runs away empty handed. Police rested the man. He is charged with attempted armed po po pokemon go crashed. Plans to track down pikachu will have to wait. A group of grateful employees surprised his employees by his generosity earlier this year. Oh, my god. Are you kidding me . The workers at gravity, brandnew tesla. Last april price surprised every employee in the Seattle Company by raising the minimum wage to 70,000 per year. Through all of the successes and challenges of the past year dan never once put himself first. From an entire companys generous act to an entire community. I am in total shock. He is full of gratitude to those that think he is full of promise. 19 and homeless, no way to get back to Gordon State College in georgia for his second semester. I did not have a ride here. He had nowhere to live until his dorm room, covered by his college loans, opened in august. Police found him in this tent near campus. I am like man, this is crazy. Officers paid for two nights in a hotel room and he made it clear that he wanted to do it on his own. A go fund me page raising more than 150,000 for him. Fred who said his biological parents are not in the picture promised to keep his grades up and save money for medical school. Hopefully the day i graduate all of yall are there and i am waving to the crowd of yall. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 00, holding the water back. The rubber dam being used to cause intentional flooding along the Russian River and we will tell you what this conflict is all about. And cloudy skies along the coast and over San Francisco. We are t he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. So he knows exactly when he can settle in and think big. And when josh thinks big you know what he gives . Ill give you everything ive got and then some. He gives a hundred and ten percent im confident this 10 can boost your market share. Look at that pie chart boom youve never seen a number like that you feel me lois . Im feeling you. Yeah you do lets do this watch out he just had a whole thimble full of coffee. Woot woot the ready for you alert, only at laquinta. Com. La. Quinta yeah countless times over the years we reported flooding over the Russian River. The story is about an intentional flooding project. It has both wet and fishy byproducts. Unless you travel the Russian River by canoe you will never see this. The construction project along the waters edge. A big ushape. That is the superintendent. A very usual fish ladder with aquariumlike windows 3 1 2 inches thick. Now it has begun to fill after the inflation of a rubber dam above. A normal operation in the summer time. A trickle. It is certainly. In winter when it floods the water would be over my head, over the concrete and as high as the news van out there. This is how it looks in winter time. Troublesome but the water charges underground water. The water dries up. The district built the dam to create artificial floods. We used the ground to treat our water. It comes at a price and with the benefit. The district spent 12. 5 million. Last week it began filling for the first time with immediate results. A few minutes after the interview. If you build it, the fish will come. Even in summer. Take a look at this. These are two 8yearold lions, brothers, they were introduced to two females for the first time in over a year. Jabari established himself as the dominant male, tempers have calm and they accept each others presence. One of the few zoos in the u. S. To exhibit a group of adult male and female lions in the single exhibit. Now we know who the tough guy is. Now to take a look at the forecast. Live doppler 7, we are going to have fog and cloud cover. That is what you see right now. Cloudy coast and bay tonight with patchy coastal drizzle is likely first thing in the morning, sunshine around the bay and inland. A cooling trend comes our way the next two days. Overnight everybody drops into the 50s. Same in san jose. 55 the overnight low in richmond. Highs on your sunday, a lot of sunshine away from the coast. Really shaping up to be a nice day. Temperatures, a touch cooler in spots. 63, San Francisco. 80, san jose. The coast tomorrow, cloudy at the start with sunshine to finish and it will be cool. Most spots in the 50s. 63 for monterey bay. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Cool for july on monday and we will start a warming trend, friday and saturday a lot of sunshine and back to normal for july standards. All right. Thank you very much. Coming up, Phil Mickelson loses the lead after three rounds of the british open. Are you ready for football . Some of the bay areas Best High School players were at levi stadium tonight. Thousands of protesters stopped in oakland tonight. You guys be good[ bark ] ill [ bark ]later. Bye. See ya pal. Xfinity home provides 24 7 professional monitoring for 24 7 peace of mind. Aw. Aw. Aw. Aw. [ dryer running ] know what your pets are up to. Partys on . With xfinity home, connected, protected home. Xfinity customers get a great deal on xfinity home and ask about free installation. Call or go online today. See the secret life of pets, in theatres july 8th. Abc 7 sports. As we reported earlier in the show Nate Thurmond has died after a short battle with leukemia. Thurmond worked as a goodwill ambassador for the warriors after his retirement. He played 14 seasons in all and 11 with golden state averaging 15 points and 15 rebounds a contest and holds the franchise record for career rebounds. Along with being in the hall of fame, thurmond was named one of the 50 best in nba history. Nate called several people to say goodbye. He says larry. Hang on a second. Listen. I am 74 years old. I had a great life. I have a great wife. I cant put marcie through this anymore. I am not angry. I am at peace with what is coming. It is okay. Dont feel bad for me. He said in a few days i am going to see god. I am sobbing. I said i dont want you to see god. I said i want you to see kevin durant with me next season. He said yeah, i would like to but i dont think it will happen. I was a wreck after that. He is looking death in the face and he is trying to comfort me because i am falling apart. He will be missed. Some of the bay areas Best High School Football Players took part tonight in the annual allstar classic. Levis stadium. Marcus romero has this pass deflected right into the hands of fulton and the defensive back would take it back all the way. This short touchdown run. North kept it close. Romero with a td pass. South won it 2320 and gave the coach a gatorade bath. I never ran that far in my life. It was awesome to do that on this stage. Something i will never forget. It is the achallenge of takig strangers and trying to make a team. They are all smart Football Players. It feels good. I am going to be here in a couple of years. Watch for me. We will. The giants and the padres went to extra innings. Buster poseys homer made it 65, San Francisco. The padres scored two off of Santiago Casilla with the gamewinner coming on a balk and san diego wins 65 and going for a sweep. The as took on toronto. Ryan heely got his first hit, a threerun homer to give oakland a 42 lead. He got to celebrate with pie and gatorade. The final round of the british open should be a good duel between 46yearold Phil Mickelson and swedens henrik stenson. Hogwarts is supposedly in scotland. Mickelson with the twostroke lead and gave a young boy a souvenir ball. Mickelson regains the lead with another birdie on 16 but would give it up on 17. Leftys tee shot goes too far to the left and winds up in the rough and mickelson would have to settle for a bogey. That resulted in a twostroke swing as stenson birdies the hole. He now leads by one at 12 under par. This is your leaderboard. Stenson by one under mickelson. Haas followed by johnston. Mickelson was okay with shooting a 70. Today could have gotten away from me but i shot under par and kept myself in it heading into the final round. I would love to play the final round the way i did the first two and give myself a shot. Only one thing matters tomorrow. I know he is not going to back down. I am not going to back down either. It should be an exciting afternoon. If stenson holds on he would be the first man from sweden to win a major. Back to you. Final check on the forecast now, drew . Coastal clouds and a breezy afternoon tomorrow. Monday it will be cool for july before temperatures make a rebound and by next week, total sunshine going back into the 90s and 60s along the coast. Thank you very much. That is it for tonight. Abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. Thanks so much for joining us. Have a great evening and a better morning. Its tfrom the old way off buying and selling cars. 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