Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Several fireworks shows making for some loud nights in bay area neighborhoods, lighting up from lake merritt and daly city to walnut creek and vallejo. This morning, we have one reason why its happening much more than normal. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, june 21st. Happy fathers day to you dads out there. Im liz kreutz. Well get to that in a moment. Lets look at our sunday fathers day forecast with lisa argen. Hey, lisa. Hey, liz, good morning to you. Happy fathers day. We have our coastal fog and looking at Clear Conditions as well so its going to be a slightly warmer day today inland and that trend is going to continue as we go through the first full week of summer. Its gray in the city at 57. 56 in Mountain View. Oakland 61 and beautiful view from our sutro tower camera, sales force poking out in the distance 59. Less of a lel delta, milder thi morning, three to five degrees milder so going through
Deck, the fog. 54 in the city, 56 in san jose, 60 oakland, 61 in Mountain View. Our exploratorium camera shrouded in the low cloud deck with 54 in napa. A little mist and drizzle along th shoreline, and isnt this gorgeous as we wake up in the east bay to that sun coming up ten minutes ago. Well climb to the mid to upper 80s inland and the coast just then 60s with party cloudy skies. Well talk about fathers day in a few minutes. New this morning brand new video into our newsroom just one of the countless fireworks that happened overnight. Manyoalatt. That was from just after midnight but they really continued well into the morning. If you look at this video you can see that car even drove onto the grass to get around other cars and street trash as these illegal fireworks and hundreds of people had been there celebrating and this is a similar scene. San franciscos hunters point. People in several bay areacitief these illegal fireworks overnight. Theres been lots of fireworks in the past
Eric. A lot of people have been out here in Golden Gate Park today taking pictures, checking it out for themselves, where several statues once stood here in the middle of the park. Lots of reaction from the public. The mayor also has a lot to say. Lots of Power Washing happening in Golden Gate Park. Workers removing graffiti from pedestals that once held statues. [ [ cheers and applause ] friday night a group of several hundred people tore down the statue of Francis Scott key, who wrote the National Anthem and was a known slaveholder. The statue of Junipero Serra was also toppled. Serra established the California Missions and is accused of committing atrocities against native americans. The bust of Ulysses Grant was also brought to the ground. Another statue of spanish writer Miguel Cervantes was vandalized. Some park visitors had a lot to say. Its shameful. Its horrible. Its a sign of mob violence. It needs to stop. Reporter police say the crowd turned on officers and began throwing o
Also its first event since coronavirus restrictions were lifted. Those are some of your top stories on this monday, june 15th. We do begin this half hour with the autopsy report stemming from the Police Shooting that sparked new protests in atlanta. The medical examiner has labeled the death of Rayshard Brooks a homicide, saying the 27yearold died from two gunshot wounds in his back. The altercation happened after brooks was found sleeping in his car. One Police Officer has been fired and the District Attorney expects to reach a decision on charges in a couple of days. Abcs reena roy has more. Reporter rally cries echoing loud throughout the city of atlanta. Protesters shutting down a highway saturday night. Officers deploying tear gas. This wendys where 27yearold Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police later burned down. His family trying to cope with their sudden loss. I couldnt believe it. I didnt know that i was going to wake up to my husband never coming home. Its sad. It ha
Reporter yes, marcus. I actually broke the news to many people. The other folks i spoke to really just woke up to the news of the alerts over social media. The Supreme Court ruling is really a landmark decision. The justices said not only is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban on job discrimination because of someones sex, the law can also reach a prohibit bias based on an employees sexual orientation. This news is not only welcomed but a long time coming. Thats really great, thats awesome. Its going to be great for a lot of us. Its our likelihood. If i didnt have a job right now then id be on the street right now like a lot of gay people and trans people are. Its pretty messed up. Reporter many here are excited. Many calling it a huge victory for the Lgbtq Community because of it coming from a conservative court. Were live in the court, bay area news. That decision will have a lasting effect on the country. Nbc news will continue to cover this decision. Make sure you watch nightly news w