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Elsewhere look for upper 50s to near 06. And even oakland hitting 62 right now. Heres what you can expect this afternoon with a live look from emeryville. So inland east bay areas will be in the 80s. Around the coast in the 60s. And in s. F. And around the bay temperatures in the upper 60s to upper 70s. We have a big warmup in store for us. Ill tell you when and where with the sevenday accuweather forecast. Chris. Thank you. Now to breaking news from the san lee a en degree freeway. All lanes of north lanes of interstate 880 are closed after a Fatal Shooting on the freeway. 880 was shut down after a pedestrian was found dead near the overpass. The San Leandro Police department is investigating the incident as a homicide. No one has been arrested. Again, all north bound lanes are closed. Traffic is being diverted off the interstate on to Marina Boulevard around the scene. They drove up and found the person who had been shot. Rest assured, this is not an incident of a freeway sniper. Again all northbound lanes are closed, and traffic it being diverted off the interstate on to march roenicka boulevard, around the scene. This is happening on the san rean degree freeway. We will bring you more details as soon as we get them. A threemonthold baby is back with his mother after Vallejo Police say two men kidnapped the infant. Officers arrested John Brumfield and Michael Jones yesterday. They stadiumfield forcibly snatched the baby from the grandfather at his home. It appears the suspects were headed toward the Greyhound Bus station. Brumfield was in a relationship with the childs mother burks it remains unclear if hes the childs biological father. A man is at San Francisco General Hospital after getting swept up in the waves at ocean beach. A kite surfer tried to rescue him, but couldnt hold on to his kite and make the rescue. Two others managed to pull him out of the water and start cpr before emergency workers got there. One of the rescuers said he saw the man struggling in what he described as choppy water. Mark estrada made his First Court Appearance yesterday following wednesdays killing of Sergeant Scott lunger. We have more. The 21yearold mark estrada was appearing for his First Court Appearance yesterday following thursdays killing of Sergeant Scott lunger. We have more. The 21yearold marcus judge read the charges against him. The courtroom was packed. If you ask teachers neighbors, friends, they all say hes too kind. Court documents reveal estrada is the registered owner of the white truck involved in the shooting. He went to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his side and admitted he was shot while in the drivers seat of his truck but he would not say by whom. Sergeant lungers partner fired at the truck. They found a handgun and ammunition at the crime seat and at his house. His attorney said its speculation that his client is guilty. We dont know the totality of the circumstances in this case or how those bullets occurred inside of his car. Police tell me they are not currently looking for other suspects, but investigators still want to talk with the three people seen getting out of this car at estradas house after the shooting. Grieving members of the community continue to bring flowers to the Hayward Police department. Its very hard. We wanted to come and show our respect. The Senior Baseball League will dedicate their game to their fallen teammate. He will always be in our dugout and on the field in spirit. Mark estrada is expected to enter a plea at his next court day on august 24th. Abc7 news. Sergeant lunger, a 15yearold veteran of the force, will be laid to rest on thursday. His funeral has been moved to oracle arena. Its scheduled to begin at 10 00 a. M. And is open to the public. You can offer your condolences by sharing this badge on social media. You can find it on abc7 news bay area. The city of san leandro will honor a Fallen Police officer today with a naming of a street in his name. Officer nels was shot and killed ten years ago today while responding to a disturbance call on doolittle drive. He was the first officer killed from san leandro in 40 years. He was a good friend to all of us, a great family man. He was a father and a son and a brother. And he is still missed by many. Its something that none of us will ever forget. The city council will rename a stretch of hayes street between east 14th and davis officer dan neime way. A celebration of his life will take place at root park at 1 00 p. M. Today. Also happening today, a Community Forum will take place in San Franciscos Mission District to focus open several acts of vandalism against a mural. Surveillance video caught a man splashing some kind of flammable liquid on the mural and tried to burn it last month. There has also been graffiti on it. It was debuted at 24th and bryant last month. The mural mixes images from latino and lgbt culture. Todays discussion begins at 10 00 a. M. At the Mission District campus of city college. Now to the fire burning near the lake. It has destroyed 6900 acres in napa and solano counties. Right now its 30 contained. One structure has been destroyed, an outbuilding. 140 more structures are being threatened. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman has more. The evacuated residence are trying to return home. Here is what it looks like, here is what it looks like, burstwith an occasional burse of flame with the line of cars waiting for the highway to reopen after almost 48 hours. Ive been sleeping at my exs house in davis. How has that gone for you . Not too bad. I think ive worn out my welcome though. It looked like a bad one when it broke out as 500 acres burned in the first hour on the way to nearly 7,000 acres now. People left homes and vacationers, their campground, in a hasty exodus. Kind of scary. It happened so fast. This womans family has been here since 1850. Her first concern is a missing bull. He might be a wandering in the fire. Whats his name . Fred. Over and over the past few days weve heard about not property, but appear malls. The lucky one, like this cat named gray, still look a little frightened. Someone left food for her. Cat is okay, you are okay . Yeah. Oh, yeah, and the ordeal never completely over until everyone comes home safe and sound. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Highway 50 is back open this morning as crews begin to gain ground on a fire in eldorado county. Take a look at this video. They are removing the cones. Highway 50 is one of the main routes to lake tahoe. Drivers are being escorted through the fire zone one direction at a time. The fire is 30 contained with about 200 acres burned. The cause is under investigation. One of the most vital tools in fighting a wildfire is the attack from the air. It takes a special sort of pilot to fly in those difficult conditions. And as abc7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom found out, later or lately theres something making their job even tougher. Cal fires air tanker 86 didnt always firefighters, it was an old sub chaser during the war and it used to carry torpedoes. Er right, you are sitting on a retardant tank. His job is to drop the 1200 gallons of retardant in exactly the right spot while flying 120 miles an hour in heavy wind. You are practicing every day you fly. Its not a science, its an art. In some ways fires are easier to fight than enemy submarines. Well, they dont shoot back thats one thing. But it comes with challenges. Turbulence that approaches the severe category and visibility is limited by the smoke. They will drop load after load, sometimes going through this 50,000gallon stash in a single day. You are sitting in your own sweat all day long. It can get up to 120 in here. Now they have a new danger. More often they are finding out they arent alone up there as people try to get a closer look at the fire using drones. Drones and wildfires dont mix. There is this Public Service announcement. Even small drones near a fire puts people at risk. In this Southern California fire, cars burned on the freeway, while planes were grounded while waiting for airspace. I cant afford to bump into a drone. Word seems to be getting out. Dont dry your drone at all near a fire. Drone photographer gave us these images after the south napa earthquake. But for the fire, hes keeping it on the ground. Air tankers need more space than you think. Im 5 miles away from the edge of the fire, and they are flying over me quite frequently. In santa rosa, abc7 news. To get the latest information on the fires you can down load our free abc7 news app for smartphones, tablets and apple watch. Just enable the push alerts for instant updates. Time approaching 6 11. Weatherwise works he are expecting a warmup on the way . Yeah, yeah a warmup next week. Chris, you were also mentioning the winds for the fire. They will pick up later on this weekend. Thats not good news for fire weather. But pleasant in tahoe with highs reaching 78 today. Ill let you know when triple digit heat will hit our way. Thanks, francis. Also ahead a somber ceremony honoring heroes and it takes a suddenner tone. A memorial planned in the east bay for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. And the devastating impact of californias drought and what is being done to save tens of thousands of fish from parched now that theres foster farms simply raised, its tougher than ever to be a foster farms chicken. But foster farms simply raised chicken is 100 percent natural with no antibiotics. Well youre an herbalist. Help us to be natural. Will those herbs do it . Those . One grows hair, the other increases energy. Gasp do i look natural herb man . Can i call you herb man . 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What so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming the memorial is dedicated to the victims of 911 and three Hayward Police officers and a firefighter who died in the line of duty. But those here at the groundbreaking today had heavier hearts. When we planned this, we didnt know sadly this week we were going to have another name to add to the list. The name of Hayward Police Sergeant Scott lunger, who was killed wednesday during a traffic stop this week. His name will be installed on these tenfoot tall. Representing the planes that went down that tragic day. The man behind it, michael emerson. A veteran marine sergeant. This is his seventh memorial project since 911. Eight years ago in union city he built this granite tribute to to victims of flight 93 who lost their lives in this field. This family lost family members on that flight. To this family, each one of these memorials is as painful as the first. You have to keep moving, but it doesnt make it any easier. Always fresh. Emerson is on a patriotic mission. I want to make sure that people remember not only 911 but also veterans and first responders. Thats why those here believe its important to include sergeant lungers name on the memorial stones. Almeda county sheriff, greg ahorn. We do hope his name will be first on this memorial, and we hope that its the last. Amen to that. Vick lee, abc7 news. The California Drought has gotten so bad state authorities have gun evacuating fish from folsom lake. Crews siphoned out nearly 68,000 rainbow trout. They will distribute them to cooler waters. Right now the hatchery is 71 degrees, and its warming quickly as the lake level falls. Rainbow trout will start dying at 75 degrees. Its not what with we want to do but to keep life going and keep the species going, its what we are doing. The fish will be released into donner lake. It should remain cool enough at 7,000 feet to keep the fish alive. Two of the biggest soccer teams are here today for a game in the bay area and a lot people are worked up about the matchup. Sergio quintana caught up with players and their fans. Getting a chance to snag a signature from the soccer stars is something people travel from around the country to do. South carolina. Where are you from . From atlanta, georgia. How many in your group . We are ten from portland. Most of the people in kurt smiths group drove here in portland, oregon, just to see barcelona play against Manchester United at levi stadium. This 11yearold anton smith is the youngest of the group. He hopes to get an autograph from some of the players. Unfortunately he was on the wrong side of the sidewalk. Natalia was a little better placed. You can see her getting her jersey signed. She and her boyfriend came from atlanta. Im like shaking right now. I was really excited. Her small collections of signatures made the trip a big success. Actually people got all kinds of things signed as the team loaded up for their afternoon bus trip. And this is where they were headed, at t park. Barcelona teammates were the honored guests of the giants in the matchup against the as. In San Francisco Sergio Quintana abc7 news. A highflying colorful tradition will take flight over berkeley beginning this morning. You can expect to see sights like this during the 30th annual berkeley kite festival this weekend. It will be at cesar park today and tomorrow. Garlic lovers are gathering this weekend in gilroy, tasting a smorgasbord of garlicky food. The 37th annual garlic festival is taking place this weekend. News meteorologist was there yesterday and got recommendation for anyone heading out there for the very first time. The firsttimer, what should someone absolutely do when they are here for the first time . You have to eat the garlic ice cream. I mean, come on, thats what its all about. What does it taste like . Like garlic. You hate it or you love it, but youve got to love it. Its something you have to try. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which runs through tomorrow. For more information on ticket prices and times, just go to our website abc7news. Com. As we have france ding here for a full weather check in for lisa argen this morning. Its true, you have to try the garlic ice cream. You may not like it but its one of the hits there. I like it. Its sweet and spicy at the same time. And the other thing to prepare for is the traffic heading down there. 101 is always bad. Give yourself extra time for that as heres look at live doppler, showing you clouds at the coast. They will stick around most of the day. We have overcast conditions, as well, with our sfo camera and you can see for yourself. Temperatures cool in the north bay where there is some fog in santa rosa 54 degrees. Its foggy down 101 to petaluma. Fairfield 58 concord and livermore at 60 trees right now. From the exploratorium looking out toward the bay, you see a light breeze there on the water. So we have areas of morning fog. Not that many. A mild to warm weekend ahead and possible record heat next week. We will keep an eye on that as well. Looks like it is going to hit tuesday and wednesday. The radar satellite image shows this upper level trough. This is going to face through this weekend. We will still keep things on the sunny side but it will be breezy. Then sunday night, as the trough passes through, winds will pick up. So locally brisk in some areas late sunday evening. Then check it out. By wednesday midweek, High Pressure builds and we will see a stronger offshore flow. This helps increase temperatures. So triple digits for inland areas tuesday and into wednesday. And we could possibly break some records. Highs today in san jose, 80 degrees. Plenty of sunshine there. 90 in gilroy for the garlic festival. On the lower part of the pensins law, upper 70s so mild. Only 63 in pacifica. If you want the cooler temperatures, head to the coast where it will be cloudy. Partly cloudy conditions downtown San Francisco at 67. Napa and sonoma low 80s for you. But we will hit the 90s in cloverdale and lake port. And in east bay for the kite festival, 69 in berkeley with the winds picking up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon. Lots of 70s through oakland. San leandro, fremont 76. And look for some upper 80s in antioch and brentwood. And low 80s through walnut correct, san ramon and pleasanton. We are slightly below average in livermore at 84 degrees. Heres the look at the week ahead. To give you an idea of what to expect. Average in livermore is 88. But today and tomorrow we will be in the mid80s. So enjoy the slight relief because notice how things are going to ramp up on monday and we will see 100 possibly on tuesday, 102 on wednesday. I dont think we will break any records in livermore because the records are 106 and 108 respectively but it will be hot out there. You will see that with the accuweather sevenday forecast as well. The warmup on monday climbs and peaks on wednesday. Humidity rises thursday and friday. But slightly cooler numbers. We have also temperatures reaching the 90s around the bay and 70s at the coast. So if you want to head to the beach midweek, that would be a great time to do it. In berkeley do you think there will be enough wind to help the kites take flight . Definitely. We will see a slight b