Live from the kgo tv broadcast center. This is abc 7 news. And that is that. Six hours, and 23 minutes. The giants proved to be marathon men as they won the longest game in history tonight. Fans endured a epic match up tonight, these diehards. This giants went 18 innings, it was the longest game in postseason history and tied for the second most innings ever. Giants pans were on the edges of their seats for hours and obviously celebrated when the team got the win. Yeah it was relief, i swear to god, it was relief. You kind of hang on the moment. Its just the spirit of our team, they give you a heart attack in the first, half of the game, and then they come back and they just bring it home. The giants are now up 20 in their playoff series, they need just one more win to move o the next game is monday at at t park. The highlights of tonights slowburner coming up in sports. Now to tonights other top story. The heat, temperatures hit triple digits in some areas today, the beaches were pack
A very, very big job. This bizarre ritual is something that firefighters do every day. Hes gauging the humidity. It tills him 34 , only increasing the fire threat in marin county. Hot weather isnt helping things here. Were now in consecutive years of drought conditions. Our fuels are at critical levels. Fuel moisture, which tells us were in extreme fire conditions right now. Reporter the doors to the firehouse are open today. Part of National Fire prevention week. And the neighbors are dropping by to say hi, and thank you. And it takes one person making a mistake to endanger this beautiful mountain. Reporter San Franciscos fire boat was on the bay showing the public what it can do in a fire emergency. On dry land, firefighters were at the explore tore yum teaching folks how to be safe. Call at 911, theres a fire. Reporter and people got a demo on how to use the fire extinguisher. Reed put out this controlled fire. Tell me why you think thats important, to know how to use one of those t
Spewing into the sky. Back in 2010 volcanic ash from an eruption in iceland shut down europes air space for six days stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers and costing the airlines billions of dollars in canceled flights. Howard, how is it looking out there . Right now pretty good here in toward pennsylvania, ohio, parts of kentucky and West Virginia. Showers and storms. These are matching east. I expect the Southern Area to kind of fall apart as it approaches the appalachians later this morning. But this afternoon refire. And thats what were going to watch as we head to the early to mid afternoon west and later afternoon here in d. C. So a 1 00, 2 00, 3 00, the Shenandoah Valley, the blue ridge. 5 00, 6 00 by us. Out toward stafford and toward tappahannock and cumberland, quarter mile visibility. The rest of us are okay. Its a warm, muggy morning. Readings in the 60s to 74 at reagan national. 66 in la plata. Well up in the 80s, mid to upper 80s for highs this afternoon. Lets br
You dont need your glasses. It it is 39 degrees. You can have my glass ifs you think it will help. Whether single lens or bifocal its cold outside no matter how you look at the numbers. 30s indeed across much of Northern Virginia and suburban maryland. Outside a mostly clear sky. Here is a view from our tower looking over capitol hill, a bright morning outside is on the way, but its off to an awfully cold start. Temperatures, as youre mentioning, down in the 30s in many locations. So be ready for a real chill in the air. 37 in leesburg. 36 in manassas. 39 in wind chester, even 44 degrees in washington. Not much of a breeze. Fortunately not dealing with much of a windchill. Nonetheless, its cold out there. Mid to upper 50s by lunch. Highs today only in the low 60s. The good news is well have plenty of sunshine. Well talk about the potential for a nice warmup coming our way. Were going to want that. Thanks, chuck. New this morning. Police are looking for a shooting in the district that s
Either Department Store or restaurants, i dont see anybody do that kind of thing. In his neighborhood residents who didnt want to be identified called the charges shocking. It is very surprising. Because hes very nice. Very cordial, very neighborly. Great guy. Now, police say that he turned himself in to authorities last week and was released on bond. Now, we reached out to the ramshead group about all of this, we have not had our calls or emails returned at this hour. Reporting live in savage, maryland brianne carter, abc 7 news. Thank you brianne. Today, a judge ruled information and testimony about an alleged murderforhire plot can be used in the upcoming trial of Michael Gardner. Gardner, you may remember, is accused of molesting a young female family member. After todays ruling gardners entire defense team stepped down. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg explains. As the father of a young girl targeted in an alleged murderforhire plot dan rice has a hard time putting his