As the show, countdown begins peace, good vibes and lots of red, white and blue are here at pier 39, local family and tourists are enjoying a nice stroll along the water. They are all looking for the big Fireworks Show tonight. People seem to be in a festive, patriotic mood. Spending time with family and relatives and incredible things in the past that they did for us. Probably be able the see from the ship. Its a pretty big ship. Were hoping to find a nice green area to sit in and enjoy the fireworks over the water. Thats what were looking forward to all day today. Reporter everyone seemed to comment about how chilly it is today. It is summertime in San Francisco. If youre planning oncoming down to see the show bring a nice, light jacket, scarf or blanket so youll be nice, cozy and c e comfy watching all the lights in the sky. Thats the latest from pier 39, abc 7 news. Thank you. Lets check in with the meteorologist for the fireworks forecast. The all important forecast. What about th
Apparently not everybody cared. And neighbors also reported seeing and hearing illegal fireworks shot off in petaluma last night. It looks like it was popular there, too. A fireworks mishap caused a man to suffer what police are describing as horrific injuries. It happened along port sailwood drive in thornton avenue. Police told abc7 news the man lighting a mortar type of firework inside a tube and went off before he had a chance to get away. The man is being treated. Hundreds of thousands of people enjoyed organized firework shows that lit up the skies across the bay area. In San Francisco, this is what it looked like or perhaps what it sounded like because as you can see, unless you were really concentrating on the low level fireworks, a lot of it disappeared behind the fog. When we saw the first firework shoot off, we were like, oh, really exciting. Two hours of traffic and then three hours to find a parking and then half of the fireworks are kind of cut off from the fog. Fog. Marl
And then the pattern changes significantly and start to see some heat, especially inland. Little bit of a heat wave developing there. See clouds out there, a little bit of drizzle near the coast and the east bay hills this morning. This is from the roof camera. See the winds blowing to the east. 12hour day planner, 53 to 59d stepping out now through 7 00. Upper 50s at the coast. Middle line is the bay. 71 at 4 00. 67 at 7 00. Check out the temperatures inland. Nothing too hot right now. Noon 79. 4 00 85. Hows traffic this morning . Im sure we have a lot of sleep deprived drivers this morning, too. Use caution and we have early trouble in the dublin area. Just before 680. Two left lanes blocked. Down to the left lane blocked and up to about a twomile delay and seeing the backups out of the Central Valley leaving tracy into dublin this morning. Quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza here and betting to see the metering lights today. Looking at drive times in less than ten. Thank you. D
And San Benito County today otherwise low clouds clearing back to the coast with seasonable temperatures. A modest inland warming trend thursday and friday with long range trends showing seasonable july temperatures and persistent marine layer along the coast. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james a gas station clerk is killed during an Armed Robbery attempt in the east bay. And this morning we have learned that the shooter is dead. The shooting happened on monday at the valero gas station on hillcrest avenue in antioch 57yearold mohammaed ataie was working when he was shot and killed by a thief. Sources have confirmed to kron four that the gunman was found dead, but police have not released more information. We spoke with the victims daughter who says her dad
Worker was shot in her hip. Shes here at Highland Hospital where shes in stable condition. As of right now her name is not being released. Thank you. Now to todays other big story. An Early Morning fire that lit up the sky. The four alarm fire broke out in an apartment complex under construction on valdez street at 24th street in oakland near broadway around 4 30 this morning. We have Team Coverage starting with abc 7 News Reporter. Reporter a press conference just wrapped up here about 45 minutes ago. The deputy fire chief just confirmed that all people were accounted for in this fire. All pets were accounted for. Behind me you see that building, that construction site where it all happened. Neighboring homes and businesses next to it did sustain some damage. They are figuring out how to get the crane out of there and dousing hot spots. At 4 30 in the morning an under construction apartment formed an enormous fire. They forced a defensive stance because the crane took on heat which ca