You really cant see the ride or the view. For some neighbors who waited for this day, there were a whole lot more people than they bargained for. By evening, cars full of tourists snapping pictures were back so fast it was like they never left lombard street. Lee wiberg of sweden was among the first. How was your ride . Very good. Worth the wait . Of course. How long did you wait . Two hours. At noon a sign went up. Municipal Transportation Agency workers waved off cars for six hours. The tires swerving and going up to the wall. The world famous crooked street became a crooked footpath. This is just part of a trial after residents complained the cars, noise were just too much. You hear the comments about, you knew what you were getting into when you bought the place. 17 years ago it wasnt anything like this. Must be a local. Reporter residents can drive lombard. One woman says this new scene made her hit the horn a few times. She says the closure to cars brought another big issue. I think im more concerned right now about the pedestrians. First of all, im angry. Reporter for tourists, they just want to see what they came for. Maybe once a month doing this would be a nice change for people because you cant walk it if people are driving down it. So im okay with it. Im looking forward to the walk. I think they need to open it up. Reporter these closures will go weekends through july 13th. And also the fourth of july which is a pretty big test. A lot of people come out here. I spoke with muni. They are going to keep an eye on what happens during these temporary closures and then decide what to do next. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Bay area boxing fans had a special thrill tonight. Cheering on a gilroy fighter who earned respect in and out of the ring. Robert the ghost guerrero hasnt been in the ring since may 2013. Previously the wbc welterweight champ gained National Attention when he stopphelped. Guerrero took on komogai as people cheered him on. And he won. The ghost won by decision. It was a 12round fight. His friends say guerrero is known for giving back to bay area kids. He does a lot for the town here. A lot of youth that looks at him and looks up to him. The challenges he went through personally. Hes just a good role model. Casey adams, his pictures of guerrero on the wall in his salon. The boxer runs a Football Program for kids right there in gilroy. Tomorrows world cup matchup between the u. S. And portugal already appears to be a winner. Could set a viewership record for mens soccer in america. Nearly 20 Million People saw the u. S. Mens team get knocked out by ghana four years ago. Thats the biggest audience for an audience involving a u. S. Team. Tomorrow its expected to get broken. Yet another runin with authorities for another soccer player. Hope solo is now facing criminal charges. Police arrested the famed goal keeper early this morning in the Seattle Suburb of kirkland. Shes accused of hitting her sister and 17yearold nephew. Their injuries were noticeable and solo was drunk and upset when they arrested her. No word on what prompted that alleged attack. Solo is expected to face a judge on monday. So many clues, but still no sign of a Southern California firefighter who has been missing for eight days now. Dozens of searchers combed through Los Padres National forest today looking for michael herdman. He disappeared last week after heading into the wilderness to find his dog duke who had run off. Crews are focusing on an area where footprints believed to be herdmans were spotted. And they were trying to catch duke who was seen running nearby. The 36yearold was only wearing a shirt and shorts, no shoes when he disappeared. Authorities say they are still hopeful. Coming up next at 11 00 tesla is at the top. Well show you why the Bay Area Company is being considered the most important carmaker in the world. Plus, dont expect any relief at the pump. Why the problems in iraq will be costing you more money. 30foot waves and surfers risking their lives to surf on them. More on the big change coming to the mavericks competition. A developing story now. Iraq is tethering on the edge of war. Today the Shiite Militia marked in baghdad. The country as we know it could be coming to an end. The u. S. Remains committed to helping them fight back the insurgency. Reporter iraq is on a war footing with heavily armed well disciplined fighters flexing their muscles today. But these are not iraqi soldiers. Theyre shia militiamen. Thousands of them. Loyal to muqtada al sadr. A show of force with a clear message. They are ready to fight and die to defend iraq from sunni isis militants. But isis is sending out a message of its own. What gives you life is jihad. Putting out a slick propag d propaganda video and calling on muslims around the world to join their socalled jihad in iraq. And for isis, bringing in more militants and weapons became easier today. They overran the qaim crossing between iraq and syria which means they now control the border. Isis has its sights set on baghdad. Its small villages like this where some of the biggest battles are taking place. The only thing standing in the way of Kurdish Forces like these. An elite special forces unit belonging to the semiautonomous kurdistan region of iraq. Patrolling highways and towns, keeping a watchful eye on isis fighters below. They know they cant win by killing the endless stream of fighters. Their only goal in life is to get killed in the fight. Reporter only a political process can save iraq from breaking up says kurdistans Prime Minister. Do you believe the Prime Minister of iraq Nuri Al Maliki should remain as the Prime Minister . In my view, he shouldnt stay as a Prime Minister. Reporter for now, al maliki insists hell stay and retake all the territory hes lost to isis and two onetime enemies separately are backing him. American military advisers and the powerful Iranianbacked Shia militias who fought u. S. Troops in iraq for years. There are growing calls for the Prime Minister to step down, including from some of the most senior religious figures in this country. Despite those, the Prime Minister insists hes staying in power and has the backing of his most important ally, the government in iran. Ayman mohyeldin, erbil in iraq. Usually this time of year theres a drop in gas prices but not this year because of the conflict in iraq. According to aaa, the National Average is 3. 68 a gallon. Thats the highest this time of year since 2008. Here in the bay area its up a couple cents this week. A gallon of regular in San Francisco, 4. 22. San jose, 4. 09. Oakland, 4. 11 a gallon. Tesla is on the high road tonight. A new report claims the bay areabased company may be the most important carmaker. Morgan Stanley Research analyst made that claim to investors this week. He says tesla is now being viewed as a true competitor to other carmakers and some like gm and bmw even created their own Development Team to create long range vehicles. They say they cant wait to see hat the carmaker has in store next. I think the technology of this car should be the way of the future. I hope they can bring it down to a price point that everyone that makes it affordable and its good for the environment. And how many jobs theyve created in california and just made, you know, driving a car fun again. The report also says tesla is having a positive effect on the u. S. Economy. Several states along with california are competing to land a new 5 billion battery factory for those cars. The big surfing competition mavericks may be getting a makeover. The Northern California big wave contest now has new owners. A group called Cartel Management has purchased the Mavericks International surf contest where waves often exceed 30 feet. Terms of that deal have not been disclosed but the santa cruz centinal reports mavericks will get a new logo, Facebook Page and website. Take a look at this here. This is held in january, streamed online. The first contest was held in 1999. While its popularity has grown, the contest has been struggling financially. Lets check the forecast. Heres christina in for rob mayeda tonight. Hello, terry and peggy and everyone at home. Welcome to summertime. Not a bad day. Not a bad way to kick off a new season. Temperatures are pretty comfortable. Chilly out there if youll be headed out and about. Probably headed to bed soon. If you are going out, grab a coat. Temperatures tonight are going to reach into the 40s. But thats about it. By tomorrow, well see another picturesque day with temperatures climbing right around average for this time of year. So june gloom is returning. This is veryormal for this time of year. Right now mostly impacting the coastline. Starting to move over the inner bay. You can see that here from our oakland camera getting a little bit of that moisture onshore. Vivid from the San Francisco camera as well. And old glory getting quite a bit of pickup. A nice strong breeze out there tonight. Thats going to keep that fog from settling to the surface. Heres what were working with. 80 degrees for the south bay. Beautiful day shaping up for the peninsula at 76. Youll hit 64 degrees in San Francisco. If you are headed to the city tomorrow. Maybe a day trip. Want to bring a jacket. 82 for the trivalley. 66 along the east shore. And beautiful conditions out there in the north wbay where theres a little event happening. Nascar. The nascar Toyota Savemart 350. The race starts at noon. 73 degrees. Lots of sunshine. Bring your sunscreen and your earplugs. It gets very loud out there. As we head throughout the rest of the week, its going to be comfortable. Were going to lose these beautiful beach days with a little bit of a cooldown coming your way. 75 degrees. Gorgeous in santa cruz. Let me show you where were headed as we get into next week. Monday into tuesday, temperatures in the low 80s. Well drop into the 70s in the midsection of the week. The reason why, theres an area of low pressure on the way to the bay area. Thats going to keep your temperature out in the trivalley below average to finish off next week. And then take a look at this. Something we dont typically see in the summertime. Especially this late in june. We are expecting some showers by next friday. 2 00 p. M. Mostly to the north of the golden gate bridge. Back to you, terry and peggy. Christina, thanks. And we like christinas dress as well. We sort of match tonight. I didnt get the memo. I got the blue tie on. Lets check in with kate scott from the Comcast Sports net studio. How goes it . I was also planning on wearing that plum color dress. All three of us. Could have had the trifecta. Next week. Tonight, the reeling giants try to break out of their june gloom. Walking off to the third great win over the defending champs. All that and more coming up next in sports. Bay area baseball teams were in action today. As in search of their fifth straight win. The giants trying to avoid their seventh straight defeat. Lets head to arizona. Mccain family in attendance today. Checking things out. Giants up one. Hunter pence, he would send one into the stratosphere. Solo shot. His 11th of the season. Bottom of the ninth, sergio ramos. Two men on for goldschmidt who would fly out to right. Giants with it. 64. Their first victory in nine days. Game three between the as and red sox. Top eight, as up 10. Two on for mike napoli. Appears to be caught. No, no, it hit the dirt. Next pitch it does hit the dirt. Pedroia would take advantage. Were tied. Bob melvin not happy. He gets tossed. To the tenth. Coco crisp, hed erase that questionable call with one swing of the bat. Alberto callaspo scampering in from second to give the as the 21 21 walkoff run. Kevin love not having fun. They remain atop the nba. The lakers inserting themselves into this discussion. L. A. Willing to trade the seventh pick in next weeks draft to the warriors for thompson who then presumably flipped that pick to minnesota for love. Only time will tell if these rumors become reality. Third round of the u. S. Womens open at pinehurst. Juli inkster was on fire. this is her approach on 12. And it was a beauty. She would cash in for a birdie. Just a few minutes later. For the round of the championship. A 66. Twotime u. S. Open champ tied for third. San jose state product making a lot of people proud. Michelle wie has a good shot heading into sunday. The birdie on 3. On 9. Wie birdies again. She is tied at 2 under heading into sunday. That will be great to see wie get her first major championship. As you two know, ill probably be watching a little bit of golf and also maybe a little bit of soccer. Little bit of soccer. Big u. S. Against portugal game tomorrow. Im sure youll be tuned to that. Thats at 3 00 p. M. Ill be tuned to the television. Ive learned more about soccer from her tweets than i ever learned before. What are you laughing about . This dog has a face only a mother could love. Take a look at this. This is the worlds ugliest dog contest. That is harsh. Oh, well, maybe not. There is the new ugly dog winner. This is him. Peanut. 2 years old from greenville north carolina. Flew in especially for this competition here. Hes got a bit of an underbite there as you can see. Some scaly skin and unruly hair. His owner says peanut was abandoned and suffered serious burns as a puppy. This is the 26th year of the contest at the sonoma fair which helps raise awareness about animal abuse. Peanut took home the award. Shell use it to pay for veterinary bills for abused animals. 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