Way. Hes a live look at santa cruz wre police have tripled fines forreaking the rules when it comes to fireworks and being drunk in plic. Janeane . Reporter a lot of people are here at the main beach. They came up saturday and ended up staying for the whole holiday weekend. Well, with all the extra people, thenou add some alcohol and then fireworks, police are on alert. A lot of people had the same idea surf and sand. The suns out, perfect holiday, fourth of july. Its just going to get better. Reporter traffic was thick in san cruz, with out of towners making their way to the main beach. Aelatively peaceful setting now, but check out what the beaches loo like at night. Fireworks being set off at sea theyre illegal in santa cruz and unincorporated areas of the county. The sparks fly and you dont know where theyll fly. It was very close to hitting a family when i was there. Own fireworks instead of going and watchg someone elses. Reporter did you bring any . No, we did not. Reporter Law
Who come out to see it in person. It gets ignited, launches up in the air about 600 feet in the air and explodes. Reporter jeff thomas says it only takes four seconds for that fireworks shell to explode in the air. That short fuse makes this prep work so important, where 10,000 fireworks shells are delicately being placed into launch tubes on barges for one of the biggest spectaculars on the west coast. Usually all systems go, but those are in the back of your mind, did i do everything i could do to make this wonderful for everybody. Reporter he says the computersynchronized show will dazzle everybody, that is unless an uninvited guest shows up like last year. Everybody asks about the fog, and that is certainly, were in San Francisco, so we know it could be here. So we try to get that variety of altitude. Reporter fog or no fog, the show must go on. It is nice to be here on fourth of july. Reporter we found lots of tourists who came to San Francisco for the scenery and fireworks. Last
Afternoon. And 80 in napa. As we get into the evening hours, the fog will return. It looks like it will return in time for area fireworks. San francisco as well as the Berkeley Marina. I will have a look at tonight and into the weekend coming up. Thank you, rosemary. Sal is off today but were watching the roadways for you. Want to give you a live look at interstate 80 along the east shore in berkeley. If are looking for fireworks tonight, university avenue, they start closing off those offramps at 5 00 in the evening. Trafficwise not that bad this fourth of july morning. 280 in san jose not a lot of cars out there at this time. Happening now, people have already staked out their front row street in dan villa head of the parade. The event is one of the largest Independence Day celebrations held in the bay area. Christien kafton is joining us live from danville where many of the best viewing spots are snagged up. Reporter that is right. If you want a seat to one of the biggest viewing pa
A good Tuesday Morning and a happy fourth of july to you all. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt. We begin with another provocative act by north korea days before a major meeting of world leaders. Hours ago they launched its tenth missile this year. But this one is a bit different. It could be capable of reaching alaska. Abcs emily rau joins us now from washington with the latest. Emily, good morning. What do we know so far. Reporter this missile did not pose a threat to north america at any time but this is a big step. North korea claiming this as its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile potentially pushing closer to the goal of reaching american soil. The latest Missile Launch from north korea, an act of defiance from dictator kim jongun. President trump tweeting deposit this guy have anything better to do with his life and going on to suggest china could take action and end this nonsense once and for all. Speaking to reporters in tokyo, japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe says he
Theyre still going on in the court behind me. You know, Business Owners are testifying this afternoon about how their businesses have been devastated by the construction out there. Lifeguards telling stories about how they got rashes from the contamination in that pond of the basin but the government says the shut down is costing taxpayers about 125,000 a day, and theyre asking the court to let them get back to work while they try to figure out what happened here. Absolutely not. If theres a problem, you need to stop, figure it out and do something thats going to work. Reporter residents and locals not buying the governments explanation that they need to complete the dunes project, have everything in place before they know for sure how the system works there. Theyre stumped. Reporter stumped for now admitted an army corps of engineer project manager and theyre hydraulics expert saying, theyve seen this kind of prolonged ponding before working a similar project in sea isle. And it all w