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Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. I just think its crazy how theyre going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year. Closed for business. An east bay fire station wont be open ahead of the july 4th holiday. How it could triple Response Times in one community. Good evening. Im eric thomas. For the fourth time in five years, station 94 is closing its doors. Station 94 affects People Living in five cities, bethel island, nightson, brentwood, oakley, and byron. Abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley is live in brentwood with more on this story tonight. Leslie . Reporter hey, good evening, eric. This station along with one in oakle, one in Discovery Bay will remain open. But closing the station out in knightson, that is going to dramaly increase Response Times for 115,000 people. These engines are parked in station 94 in knightson. Theres no one to drive them. The station closed july 1st. Its a funding problem and a personnel problem. The east contra costa Fire Protection district says they pay firefighters 30 less than other districts. So many leave to go elsewhere. So to balance their budget, theyre paring from four stations to just three stations to cover 250 square miles of dry grass, farms, subdivisions, and rural roads. Your farthest companies are now traveling even farther. So the fires going to get bigger, or people unfortunately if theyre injured are going to have to wait longer. Between now and october, we are transitioning to a sound threestation organization that is not adequately able to protect all of our citizens. Reporter three times voters turned down ballot measures that would have provided additional funding. The district is not part of the county or part of the cities they serve. I just think its crazy how theyre going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year for them. I mean these fire trucks are in and out of this place all day long, all night long. If theres a fire that goes on right here, how long is it going to take for present wood or oakley to get here. Theres are times when we can have 20plus minute Response Times. Reporter the chief says the average Response Time will be 13 minutes, double whats recommended, with crews from just three stations now covering 7,000 calls a year because fire station 94 is now a parking garage. In nightsen, im Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. Fire danger will remain high for the foreseeable future. Lets check the forecast with meteorologist drew tuma. Fortunately tonight were dealing with fog keeping the humidity rather high. Coastal clouds right now will be moving inland. One of the reasons they will move inland is an active breeze, especially through the delta right now. You look at fairfield, and the winds are gusting to about 33 miles per hour. What that will do, act kind of like a vacuum and suck some of that Coastal Cloud cover inland. 24 th is going to be a similar setup to what is happening on the fourth. Temperatures in the mid50s to upper 60s with that breeze, and there will be areas of fog around as those fireworks go off to celebrate Independence Day. Were take a closer look coming up. A coast guard cutter will try to tow an abandoned boat discovered today along the San Mateo County coast. The coast guard was called to an area near the mussel rock park. It appears the boat had been abandoned for a while. An aggressive response from firefighters kept a fastmoving grass fire from growing out of control near santa rosa this after. Cal fire planes, ground crews, and bulldozers swarmed the three acre blaze. It broke out in sonoma county. It was under control in under an hour. No homes were threatened because the fire was surrounded by nothing but vineyards. Bay area air quality managers are asking residents not to set off their own fireworks this july 4th to limit air pollution. The smoke, dust, and soot from fireworks can cause asthma attacks, coughing, and eye irritation. Meantime, Alameda County firefighters are warning of the danger of fireworksrelated fires. They say heat, dry grass, and sparks can be a recipe for disaster. A better idea . Attend a professional fireworks show. We have a complete list of all the big shows in every bay area city. Youll find it on your smartphone. Just open up the abc7 news app. Happening now, a man who is refusing to surrender to police is locked in a standoff with Fremont Police officers. The confrontation is happening on farwell drive and buchanan place. Officers have their weapons drawn. Police say the man is armed with a knife and is accused of hurting someone during a disp s dispute. That victim is being treated for nonlifethreatening injuries. We have some sad news to share with you tonight. An oakland teenager who battled cancer has passed away. Tonight we remember Darryl Aikens. There he is. Here he is. The one and only. Last month, Darryl Aikens got to experience a day he thought might never come. This is like a dream come true. Mcclymonds high graduation. The former High School Football player hadnt been to school in a while. Darryl had leukemia, and even after a bone Marrow Transplant last year, doctors told him he had only months to live. What makes you want to keep going . I got something to prove. Last december, with the help of abc7 news, aikens got to fulfill a lifelong dream when he needed it most. Whats up, man . Whats going on, brother . Despite his condition, darryl was able to make it to a warriors practice and be one of them if only for a little while. At the time, he told us the teams superstars inspire him. But in the end, it may be the other way around. Someone so strong and courageous, you know, we can learn a lot from him. And probably doing more for us than we could do for him. His mom said the warriors visit gave her son hope as he fought for his life. I was like this is cool. I love to see the big smile on his face. He deserves it. The ultimate warrior, darryl ac aikens died today surrounded by family. He was 18 years old. His family has started a gofundme page to pay for funeral expenses. We have a link on our website at abc7news. Com. The suspect in a friday night concord crash that claimed the lives of two boys was arrested this morning on suspicion of vehicular homicide and other crimes. Lemuel wilson jr. Was arrested overnight and also faces hitandrun and driving on a suspended license charges. The crash along highway 4 killed a 5 and 10yearold boy. The wreck also injured a 3monthold baby and their moth. Wilson is accused of running away after the wreck but later turning himself in when he checked into Highland Hospital for treatment. Bail is set at half a million dollars. Abc7 news has learned wilson jr. Was the stepfather of 16yearold regina jeffries, who was shot and killed in june of last year during a vigil for another homicide victim in downtown oakland. The family pastor tells the east bay times the loss of jeffrey struck wilson and his wife especially hard. Jeffreys killing remains unsolved. Outrage tonight after a video tweeted earlier in the day by President Trump. He posted this to both his personal and the potus twitter account. You can see him appearing to pummel a man whose face has been covered with cnns logo. Abc7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson has reaction tonight. Reporter one thing many republicans were hoping to celebrate ahead of this july 4th holiday was a vote on the Senate Health care bill and the end to obamacare. That fell short after Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell was forced to delay the vote following a report by the congressional budget well, obviously that wasnt Tiffany Wilson. President trump tweets a video in whichs pe he appears to pum man. These are other reaction to that in papers today. Well hear from Tiffany Wilson on that story in just a couple of minutes. Much more ahead on abc7 news at 11 00. When if comes to homeownership and avocado toast, one San Francisco Company Believes millennials can have it all. Their offer to prospective homeowners next. Im Cornell Barnard in one south bay city where the fourth of july parade is so fantastic, would you believe they set chairs up months ahead of time . That story is coming up. And on the road to recovery after being rescued from a as we mentioned a couple of minutes ago, theres outrage tonight after President Trumps controversial clip. Heres abc7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson. Reporter President Trumps supporters say they elected a fighter. So this video showing the president circa 2007, taking down a man on secured by cnns logo, doesnt bother them. Hes doing what we sent him to do. On top of that, he can have fun doing it. More power to him. This man says the tweet is not a threat to the freedom of the press. All of this is taken out of context. Its humor, and its injected, and thats the way a modern president works. Reporter the only context President Trump provided to the clip were two hashtags, fraud news cnn and fnn. Cnn responded with a statement that reads in part, it is a sad day when the president of the United States encourages violence against reporters. Todays tweet follows mr. Trumps attack of msnbc morning joe cohosts last week. On abcs this week, athnnnnna said america cannot stand for this. This is going way too far. The president of the United States is inciting violence against the free press. Reporter previously planned impeachment marches took place around the country today. Several hundred people gathered in San Francisco. Its just insane what hes doing to this country. Reporter this man calls President Trump the master distractor. Hes really defaming the office. He doesnt care about the office at all. Its all about himself. Reporter a few hours ago, President Trump tweeted again, calling the media both dishonest and fake. The base is fascinated with it. We love it. Reporter in San Francisco, Tiffany Wilson, abc7 news. It could be standing room only for one Independence Day parade in the south bay this year. Thats because spectators started reserving spots on the parade route in morgan hill months ago. We sent abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard to find an empty seat. Reporter its one of the oldest fourth of july traditions in california. Morgan hills Independence Day parade going strong since 1876. It is a good oldfashioned hometiny parade. Reporter parade cochairs maureen and bob hunt say 50,000 people are expected this year, and many really cant wait to save a seat. Drive along the mileplus route, and youll find chairs everywhere. Big chairs, small chairs. Some standing up, others lying down. Believe it or not, spotsaving started as early as the month of may. So why do people put the chairs out so early . They want to make sure they get a prime spot. They love it. We love them. Reporter some folks even block spots off with caution tape weeked ago. Were in the mix. Reporter skyler thornton brought four chairs out for his family. I marched in the parade as a kid and i want my family to enjoy it as much as we did growing up. Reporter some chairs are protected with padlocks, but most are not. Call it the Independence Day honor system here in morgan hill. If you put your chair out two months ago or two days ago, safe to stay it will still be here waiting for you july 4th. Im sure theyll move them in a little bit just in fun. But as far as i know, nothings ever been stolen. We do have a lot of honest people in morgan hill. Reporter the Police Department says its perfectly legal to save an early spot. And, yes, theres still room for folks who show up late. We put on one hell of a good parade. Reporter the parade starts at 10 00 a. M. In morgan hill, Cornell Barnard, abc7 news. Little james brown cover there. A lot of red, white, and blue helping people get into the Independence Day mood this afternoon. Abc7 news was at the meek mansion in hayward for todays july 4th celebration. The event featured something for everybody. Good music, good food. I like all the vendors talking about the Public Services for the Hayward Community and getting knowledge out there about that. The only tough part was keeping track of her triplets. Each wanted to explore Something Different at the celebration. Arent they adorable . Okay. Millennials can finally buy homes and get their avocado toast too. If youll remember, back in may, an australian millionaire gained note ryety for saying millennials arent buying homes because theyre eating too much avocado toast. Tonight, a San Francisco based online lender has a new deal. Anyone who takes out a mortgage this month will get a months worth of avocado toast. It will send them in three shipments to keep them fresh. And, yes, sofi says gluten free is an option. Two fawns rescued from a fastmoving arizona wildfire are recuperating tonight after escaping a traumatic experience. Heres are the fawns being hand fed at a wildlife facility. Officials say one of the fawns appears to be disoriented still and was not doing all that well. Both were rescued by firefighters after they were trabed yesterday by advancing flaems. Wildlife rescuers hope to release the fawns back into the wild after the fire is contained and both animals are smonding well to rehab. In acuweather tonight, were halfway through the holiday weekend. Weve experienced comfortably Cool Temperatures and part of the reason why is a pretty deep marine layer thats with us again tonight. Life doppler 7 along with satellite showing you the picture around the region. Those Coastal Clouds that will begin their trek inland once again overnight tonight. Outside we go. Live look from our exploratorium camera atop pier 15 he shoing you the cloud cover that is essentially cutting the San Francisco skyline in half right now. As we take a look at the next couple of hours on your july 4th evening, take a look. The evenings going to be pretty comfortable. By 7 00, temperatures in the 60s around the bay. Low 80s inland. As we go through 9 00, that fog is going to be expanding to a similar picture you see right now from the exploratorium camera. We do expect by 11 00 as many of the fireworks festivities are wrapping up, fog will be making its way inland with temperatures cooling off into the 60s and 50s around the bay. Current numbers out there right now, its rather comfortable inland. Were still in the 60s. 65 right now in brentwood. 62 that current number in concord. 61 in san jose. 54 in San Francisco. 59 right now in napa. Heres the call. Overnight tonight you do notice a lot of gray shading on your screen. This is the fog. It will make its presence known across the majority of the region. Some patchy fog in san jose overnight. 58 the low there. 56 in oakland. 53 in san rafael. Overnight in San Francisco dropping to about 51 degrees. Highs on your monday, if you like todays temperatures, youre going to like tomorrow as well. Little change in our afternoon highs. Comfortably 82 in san jose. 81 in santa clara. Along the peninsula, 78 mountain view. 75 redwood city. Downtown San Francisco, yafrn sunshine, 64. Into the north bay, 79, novato. About 73 for vallejo. East bay, 70 the high tomorrow afternoon oakland. 74 in fremont. About 69 in berkeley. Inland were comfortably warm. About 82 in san ramon. 85 in antioch. 83 will be that afternoon high in livermore. If you are headed to the beach tomorrow, we will have that gray start in the morning. The clouds are going to be slow to clear. By the afternoon we will get some sunshine. Wear that sun screen. Your ocean water temperature bumped up a few degrees in the past couple of hours to 58 degrees. Were going to fast forward to future weather into tuesday night. This is 11 00 at night on july 4 4th. Here is where the fog is going to set up shop. As you go south, we have clearing skies from palo alto, san jose, and fremont. We do expect more in the way of stars. So here the accuweather sevenday forecast. It stays breezy tomorrow afternoon. Very similar to the winds today. Fourth of july looking great with some fog to contend with for the fireworks. But wednesday, thursday, and friday, its a very summerlike pattern before we turn a bit warmer over the weekend. But just a bit. Disneyland resort. Celebrate the summer of heroes, only at hero up a drone captured some breathtaking video of