It drifts to the right. And in Joshua Browns case, the auto pilot was working and neither the auto pilot nor the driver noticed the wight side of the tractortrailer against the brightly lit sky so the brake was not applied. Some view it as a setback to autonomous cars. Uk berkeley professor horowitz. People should view this as not safety but not as a substitute for the driver. Reporter trugman went back to the dealership and got more pointers. We drove back to the freeway with him, the auto pilot was working. Look, mom, no hands. Reporter and now the true test. Well go around this curve up here. It was a bit nerveracking, but guess what . Oh, my gosh, it is doing it. Vic lee, abc 7 news. And yn early reminder of the dangers posed by fireworks. Palo alto caused a fire and burned along camilla drive but crews were able to distinguish the fire before it became a bigger threat. It was the third fireworks related fire theyve put out in the last 24 hours. The show must go on. And it will. That pledge from the marin county fair after a blaze destroyed a fireworks barge. Sky 7 hd shows the barge. A fire broke out in the civic sent lagoon around 3 30 this morning. And you are looking at pictures shared on facebook by san rafael firefighters. Crews faced challenges reaching the burning barge. The flames never reached the three other fireworks barges, though. Keep your drones on the ground, please. That plea came today from the men and women who fight wildfires in california. Planes like this along with helicopters played a major role in slowing the spread of wildfires. Now the drones are flying all over the place and pose dangers to fire crews in the air and on the ground. Drones probably will have a place in the Fire Fighting world at some point. When they can be coordinated. But when the drone shows up and nobody knows it is there, we get shutdown. We are not helping the people that need our help. Cal fire said it is grounded aircraft at four recent fires because of drones being flown to capture video above the flames. Cars listen up, jiffy lubes and one Firestone Store will have their registration suspended for five days because of accusations of fraud. They also face fines and probation under settlements that state regulators revealed today. Abc 7 news was first to report on two major undercover investigations by the California Bureau of auto repair. One operation focused on jiffy lube franchise owned by the cola family. Agents posing as customers say they found a pattern of fraud at those stores around the bay area. To try to get the vehicle and the consumer to do a repair on the car that wasnt necessary. Reporter state documents show they sold a range of Unnecessary Services adding as much as 240 to the bill. Under a settlement with the state, 31 jiffy lubes, including stores in eight bay area counties, will be suspended for five days. That means they can only perform minor services not regulated by the bureau of auto repair. The franchise is also being fined 220,000 and will be on problems for three years. Fraud is a very big concern for the bureau because that is actual theft from consumers. Reporter the second undercover sting focused on Firestone Stores. This one tried to sell Unnecessary Services ranging from 70 to 2,600. The state settlement in this case also calls for a fiveday suspension. 21 other california firestones, including six in the bay area, will be on problems for two years. They were accused of selling but not installing important safety features on new tires. Firestone is being fined 83,000 to cover the cost of the investigation. All of the suspensions go into effect july 14th. Both firestone and jiffy lube declined to comment on the settlements. But we posted their past statements at abc7news. Com. East Palo Alto Police have arrested a man accused of sexual assaulting a woman he offered to drive home. Police used dna evidence found on the victim to link the 21yearold Victor Marquez to the february attack. Investigators ran the dna through the states data base. He matched the profile and was arrested this morning. A new package of gun control laws will take effect in california. The governor has signed them today. The nra and other gun Rights Groups are crying in protest. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live in the newsroom with more for us. And they are crying out pretty loud. The critics accuse the governor of exploiting fears over recent terror attacks for political gain but the governored is it is about said it is about safety and protecting the rights of gun owners. Releasing this magazine, the way it is done now, will soon be illegal. If i press this and this dropped, this would now be considered an assault weapon. Reporter and assault weapons are illegal in california. Gun store owner Scott Jackson is showing us the bullet button on this ar 15 and under the loophole you could avoid your rifle labelled as an assault weapon if you needed a bullet or a pin to release the magazine. The new law is in favor of nonremovable magazines. Every time there is more terrorist attacks, they are going to try to cut down on the gun laws and take our rights away. And the criminals are exempt from the law. Reporter and lawmakers talked about the san diego attack and last months attack in orlando, florida, that killed 49. I think the American People are ready for a change. How many people have to die before we say enough is enough . Reporter this state senator of berkeley authored a law that would ban the possession of highcapacity magazines and the governor signed that bill and others and others that ban bullet buttons and require background checks to get moougs and ban the loan of a weapon to anyone without a background check and make it a crime to file a false report that a gun was lost or stolen. Gun regulation is good for california and for the country if we could get washington to take some action. Reporter the governor did veto four other bills passed by lawmakers and they are expected to be challenged in court. Derek thomas, abc 7 news. In less than an hour the Highway Patrol will be out in full force on bay area roadways. This is a live look from the walnut creek camera. From 6 00 p. M. This they they will be out there looking for speeders and those under the influence during this fourth of july holiday weekend. Last year 2600 people were killed on the state roadways during this period. A san jose family is devastated tonight, after their child died after he was hit by a car at the oakridge mall. The family were heading back to their car when this happened. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen has more. Reporter on the eve of the holiday weekend, customers at Westfield Oakridge remain in disbelief. This is a safe place. Going to the mall, you shouldnt worry at all. Reporter around 9 30 last night police a family, including a young boy Holding Hands with his mother and sister, were hit in the parking lot while wacking back to their car. Police tell us the driver of a 2015 Gray Mercedes who was moving at a lowrate of speed was responsible for the accident. The driver of the mercedes did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. Currently we dont believe that alcohol or drugs was a factor in the collision. Just a very, very tragic situation and tragic incident. Reporter the 6yearold boy who has been identified as antic anticeta god re and say this part of the mall is congested and wonder if the driver was distracted and didnt see the family because it was dark outside. Many shoppers are in disbelief. It breaks my heart. I cant believe a mother losing their child right in front of their eyes. It is sad she had to go through that. Right now the family is requesting privacy as they deal with unmanageable loss. Police are looking for witnesses to step forward with information and reviewing the mall surveillance video. Just be very careful when you are crossing the street and make sure you look left and right because you might be paying attention but drivers dont sometimes. A reminder to always be aware of your surroundings. In san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. A animal control officer rescued four dogs from a sinking car. Animal control posted this picture of officer mark garcia holding two of the dogs. I dont think that is the right pie picture. It is not. He jumped in the water and rescued the dogs. The two chihuahuas and pit bulls are recovering at the animal shelter. The Sheriffs Office said the driver crashed into the water around vallejo around 10 00 last night. Both the driver and the passenger are in the hospital. Much more ahead this evening. Coming up, vaccine inating your child. And an Emergency Landing and a Fire Fighting plane suddenly helps out its own. Or it needs help on its own. And the ozone layer and what scientists call the first fingerprints of healing. Deep diving, the white shark cafe. How scientists hope a new camera will give them new insight. Music and literature from californias new vaccination law takes effect today. That means personal and religious beliefs may not be used to ask for an exemption for your child. We see the effects of the law already being felt. Reporter ashley pitch ser one of thousands of california parents opposed to the vaccine law. She asked that we not show her 2yearold son who will instead be homeschooled. Well home school because i will not have the state make our familys medical choices. Reporter only a few other parents have decided to move to other states rather than be forced to have their children vaccinated as a requirement to enroll in school. The bill was prompted by a Measles Outbreak that started in disneyland last year. 113 people got sick. The governor signed it into law last year. School districts have reminded parents that personal and religious belief exemptions will not be allowed. Kids must be vaccinated against ten diseases. Already in california we are seeing a decline in the number of exemptions. The department of Public Health collected data during the 2015 fall semester, showing that nearly 93 of children in kindergarten received the required vaccine, up from the previous years. Amy bacharach is one of the founders of the Patient Advocacy Group Vaccine california. This coming fall numbers will continue increasing because parents are understanding the importance of vaccinations. Reporter only those with a problem could skip the process. It is only a matter of time before an underground network of doctors will make it available to help some parents circumvent the law. Abc 7 news. Well, it is just an extra 75 cents or so per hour but starting today many bay area workers will find a little bit more cash in their pockets. Because the minimum wage just went up in four bay area cities. 11 in sunnyvale. 11. 60 in el cerrito and 13 in San Francisco and emeryville. And some Large Businesses have to pay almost 15. We were at city hall today and they celebrated the new wage increase and we talked to a Small Business owner in the south bay. She said this increase will force her to cut back on some workers hours. There is still an affordability gap. So this is going to help people and i suggest that still to be a lot of people are working two jobs. They are counting on a certain amount of income but i cant afford to have them and i have to cut somewhere. Statewide, the minimum wage is set to hit 15 per hour in the year 2022. But due to voter approved pay hike in bay area cities and counties, that increase could come as soon as 2018. An investigation is underway after a dramatic Emergency Landing in chico. A plane loaded with 2,000 gallons of fuel just left on a training flight yesterday when the Warning System signaled a possible problem with the landing gear. Dispatch. And the airplane was going to come in and land. The tanker approached, expecting a smooth landing when it touched down, the crew activated an emergency braking system. Heavy smoke began billowing from the tires as the plane slowed. Then fire erupts from the tires before the dc 7 came to a stop. They were veterans, well trained and handled the situation very well. They were calm and collected when they got off the aircraft. No one was injured. Therefore the captain called it a good day all around. Some good news for the environment. New Research Showing the ozone layer over the antarctic is slowly healing. That hole was discovered back in 1985. The new Research Found that ozone depleting gases peaked in the late 1990s and that led to the whole shrinking by 1. 5 million square miles. The scientists credit the 1987 montreal protocol that cut worldwide production of ozone destroying chemicals. The study was published in the journal of science. Every winter great white sharks meet at a spot between mexico and hawaii and scientists call it it the white shark cafe. One then the male sharks dive deep, again and again, sometimes up to 150 times a day. But researchers arent sure why. They think the sharks are either feeding or mating. Now some shark experts at the Monterey Bay Aquarium are developing a oneofakind camera to mount on to a shark to help track them this mysterious behavior. It is still being tested but the scientists hope to have it working by next winter. Shark cam. The whales are feeding earlier than usual off of our coast. This viewer shared this video off pacifica showing three whales jumping out of the water very close to some surfers right there. Sky 7 hd was over the beach as one of the whales feasted on anchovies that is a very large mouth. Some are saying the whales are in the area for greater numbers in usual and some say they are drawn by plentiful food from the developing la nina weather pattern and others believe they were forced out of warmer waters where the food supply is running low. So it could be alarming but it is a nice sight to see them. They are spectacular. And it looks like we have some sun along the coast today. Our meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with the accuweather forecast. Peeks of sun near the coast today. Out here, bright sunshine in San Francisco looking toward the east bay. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd and well take a look at what is going on. The coastline right no dealing with the now dealing with the fog and inland dealing with sun. And if you are doing traveling and heading down to southern california, we have thunderstorms ven barstow and hesperia and south of palm springs. And if your travel plans take you there, keep that in mind. Here is a live look from the east bay hills camera and you see the marine layer there. And it has deepened and temperatures dropped. 60 degrees in San Francisco. 65 in oakland. San jose 70 degrees and half moon bay. Nothing but blue skies from our camera. 76 in santa rosa. 70 in napa. Mid to upper 80s in concord and livermore. Our highs so far today by the way, upper 50s at the beaches. To the mid90s in places like antioch. From our mt. Tam cam, this is what were dealing with this holiday weekend. So well call it foggy coast and bay overnight. Typical pattern for the fourth of july weekend with limited fog for fireworks viewing. Well take a closer look in just a moment. Tomorrow morning, it starts out with the fog along the coast and around the bay. Temperatures mainly in the 50s. As we look at the hour by hour forecast beginning at midnight, most areas are filled in by gray skies. 7 00 a. M. , that is how we start out. Now as we take a closer look here, you notice how gray it is right around the bay. Going into 10 00 a. M. , some of the bayside communities will see the sun but it is still going to be socked in around richmond and along the entire coastline which we do expect around this time. So get used to the fog along the coast. If you have guests or visitor from out of town, this is typical for us. 82 degrees in the south bay and morgan hill. 80 in gilroy. 79 in san jose. 76 in sunnyvale and milpitas. A nice day on the peninsula. Mild and 75 redwood city, 77 in mountain view. Up to 71 in san mateo. 77 pacifica where the fog will sit. Daly city upper 50s and foggy in downtown San Francisco, 63. North bay, san rafael, vallejo, 76 in napa. East bay, 69 oakland, 76 fremont, inland areas, 83 in concord, 90 degrees in antioch. 68 in livermore. So temperatures will slip a few more degrees. Were taking a look at the beach in santa cruz and here is your forecast. Upper 60s the next few afternoons. That is one of the rides there. You know that. Low 50s in the morning. Ocean temperatures 53 degrees if you are going, fog to sun. And speaking of, there will be fog and clouds along the coast for the fourth of july. Temperatures primarily in the 60s. Bayside and inland great viewing for the 60s and 70s. Accuweather sevenday forecast featuring the microclimate, upper 50s to low 90s. And dropping down to 80s and fourth of july is fantastic with a wide range of temperatures 60s to 90s. And middle of the workweek, the warmest spot is 82 degrees. We look at the bright side. When it cools down, the fire danger is lower, obviously we have to keep an eye on the drought and the wind. Larry and kristen. Thank you. Lets talk about singing talent. [ singing ] a bay area native hits it big. How you could get a live picture of a wildfire burning near the american river. Look at those flames. This fire is now grown to more than 2100 acres, forcing evacuations and threatening 2600 structures in el dorado and placer counties. Cal fire Officials Say they are worried that this trail head fire will spread out of control with hot temperatures forecast this weekend. So dry, too. Well it is friday, and that means it is finney friday. And Michael Finney here. Free art all from local people. I love this. Starting with the Free Download from amazon, you are going to receive. These are books from author andrea sneed, she is from the south bay and writing for years. You could pick any of the books that are on amazon that shes written. She writes action and adventure and romantic novels and even some for kids and two childrens books. 27 value, you could download any of them or all of them for free all weekend long. Now lets go to the music. This from the north bay. M. Rossi right now, her second single young hearts is number one on the charts in canada, and italy, she is a petaluma native and 18 years old and writing her own music and went viral with her last hit so get the cd signed and it is 7. 99 value and since it is signed it is worth more than that and only here on abc 7 and 7 on your sides finneys friday free stuff. Call 8005467177. Or at any time you could log on to website 7 news. Com. M. Rossi. Only 18. Mature sound. Isnt she amazing. Thanks, michael. Good stuff. All right. People are starting to dream big. I have a better chance when the jackpot is higher. That is what everybody thinks. Maybe it is the other way around. No matter, there are 400 million reasons to keep trying. Abc 7 news at 5 00 will be right back. Coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00, zika fears in the bay area. As president obama prepares for the possibility of fighting the mosquitoborne virus in the u. S. , what some in the bay area are doing to keep it away from us. Plus trump versus his own party. The strange sign of political infighting on display right now in the north bay. And a robot that will fight your parking tickets. The stanford student who invented it shows us how it works. All of that and much more coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. Ill invest in that parking ticket. I want to see that robot. And for now, grab your lucky charm, the megamillions jackpot has become the Third Largest in the games history. The jackpot is now estimated at 415 million. That has players flocking to stores to buy tickets. The odds are one in 259 million. That good. Larry thinks he will be one. There has not been a winner since march but still people we talk with like their chances. Usually i wait until the jackpot goes up. Because when i buy it low, it usually i know i wont win it. So i have a better chance when the jackpot is higher. Okay. Huh . The math doesnt add up but lottery fever doesnt add up. Even if there is a megamillions winner, tomorrows powerball has climbed. And kristen explains, your chances are still poor whether a lot of people enter or not. The number remains the same. You are good at math. World news tonight with david muir is up next. Im larry beil in for dan ashley. And im kristen sze. And well leave you with the whales off of pacifica today. Breathtaking. Well see you in half an hour for abc 7 news at 6 00. Breaking news tonight. The tornado threat for major American Cities at this hour. Dangerous storms hitting right now. 50 million americans in the path. Airports at a standstill, flash flooding in the southwest. All on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The attorney general and president bill clinton. The meeting that caused a political firestorm. Why she now says she wouldnt do it again. Donald trump unloading tonight. A new attack overseas. Isis claiming responsibility. Police on high alert here at home, as we go inside a secret fight to keep america safe. The first known deadly crash in a car with selfdriving technology. What one witness says the driver may have been doing at the moment of impact. And, watch your back
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