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the golden gate bridge for a time this afternoon. the cause that has protesters heading to the nation's capitol. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> they fell victim to the very threat they were protecting. others from the san jose police department is grieving the first of its kind. line of duty death in its history. thanks for joining us. i'm j.r. stone san jose police say a suspected drunk driver hit two of their community service officers. one of them has died. it happened last night on monterey highway and palm avenue in south san jose. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn tells us the community officers were conducting traffic control for an unrelated crash nearby when the second crash happened >> 81 year old ken sasso picks up garbage and tries to keep

monterey road in south san jose clean, even though he says it's a very dangerous area. >> i have to be very careful. that's for sure. >> on saturday night, san jose police say two of their community service officers or csos were working to control traffic at monterey road and palm avenue because of a crash down the road. a passerby got video of that first accident scene around 8:30 p.m. with all the fire trucks and first responders, they were all lined up here just before 10 p.m, police say a suspected drunk driver crashed into the two csos. the same passerby who saw the first accident scene told us they were surprised to see the second scene. a short while later. they saw first responders performing cpr on one of the csos. police say one officer died from his injuries. the other officer who was seriously hurt, is expected to survive. >> we saw all the all the police cars and fire trucks and so we knew it was pretty bad. >> officers arrested the driver at the scene and they suspect he was driving drunk. the san jose

police department released this statement saying, quote, our entire police family is heartbroken by this line of duty, death and our collective arms around his family, friends and teammates as we cope with this painful incident. neighbor ken sasso says police asked him if they could see his surveillance camera. sasso says monterey road has its issues. another neighbor tells me that police were at her home saturday nights asking to see her home. surveillance video. she says this intersection of palm and monterey has a lot of problems, and there have been many accidents here before. >> i think we need more enforcement of the speed limit along this corridor. nobody goes 55. they go 85, 95, 100, you know. >> san jose police say they're investigating the fatal collision that killed the cso. it's the first time in san jose pd history that a cso has been killed in the line of duty. csos help police respond to and investigate lower priority calls. on monday, acting chief

paul joseph is expected to provide more information about the investigation and the cso killed in south san jose, suzanne phan. abc seven news. >> developing news on the park fire containment of the gigantic wildfire slowly increased overnight. it's gone from 28 to 30%. containment lines have held steady despite hotter temperatures and extreme fire conditions. some light rain fell on the eastern part of the fire, but humidity has dropped and triple digit heat has returned. the fire's acreage has grown to more than 400,000, making it the fourth largest wildfire in state history. it is now 30% contained. flames have destroyed more than 570 structures, evacuated residents are slowly being allowed back like rick piro, who found the remains of his beloved family cat in the ruins of his home in forest ranch in butte county. >> out. there was a chair that

he loved to hide under because he was a little shy, so he sure enough found that he was curled, probably curled up there. and we get to uh- to let him go >> just heartbreaking to hear that piro lost his former home in the deadly camp fire six years ago. a man rafting on the american river drowned after he was thrown into fast moving and frigid water saturday morning. the rafter, who was in his 30s, was not wearing a life jacket. that's according to sacramento metro fire. he is the fifth person to drown in the region this year. firefighters are urging visitors to properly wear life jackets, which can be borrowed for free at some popular recreation spots in the north bay. the sonoma county sheriff's department says there have been four drownings on the russian river so far this year. warning signs about river dangers are posted near monte rio public beach. first

responders urge people not to go into the river without a life jacket if they can't swim. in the south bay, a child suffered burns in a house fire in east san jose. paramedics rushed the child to the hospital. the fire started yesterday afternoon at a home on clyde drive. fire crews posted these pictures and say the flames destroyed the home, damaged a backyard shed and the fence of an adjacent home. no word yet on what ignited this fire. a gps device helped catch a robbery suspect in vallejo, police say on friday, the man assaulted an employee and stole about $3,000 from a safe at a business on sonoma boulevard and redwood street. along with the money, he unknowingly took a gps tracking device. he then went to rob a second nearby business, but officers had his location and arrested him. investigators say he is a convicted felon who was on probation. happening now.

tropical storm debby is racing towards florida and gaining strength. the storm is expected to hit florida as a hurricane overnight, bringing historic amounts of rain to the southeast. abc news reporter faith abubey is in gainesville, florida, where people are bracing for flooding. reporter tropical storm debby rolling towards florida. >> the system is expected to strike the big bend region, where the panhandle meets the peninsula. >> it is going to move very slowly across northern florida and southeast georgia, and the result of that is less going to be a wind event at that point than a rain event. it is going to drop a lot of rain across many parts of the state. >> about 10 million people in its path, more than ten inches of rain in some areas expected, along with fears of life threatening flash floods. storm surges potentially as high as ten feet, more than 1600 flights canceled. >> you can prepare as much as you want, and just kind of

depends on what happens. >> workers in jacksonville clearing potentially hazardous trees. governor ron desantis urging residents to be on alert. >> most deaths from flooding are from individuals who are driving in flooded waters. it only takes one foot of moving water to move a vehicle, so please stay off the road. if a flood watch or warning is issued in your area. >> president biden has approved a disaster declaration for florida, georgia's governor activating emergency resources and a state of emergency declared in south carolina. faith abubey abc news gainesville, florida. >> an indigenous tribe ancestral to the bay area want to be recognized. they set off today across the golden gate bridge in their quest for federal recognition. we hear from the muwekma ohlone tribe, who are now on a journey they call the trail of truth. new hope tonight that the show will go on an update on a local theater company's effort to avoid a final curtain call. i'm spencer

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is calling the trail of truth the tribal chairwoman is leading a protest horseback ride across the country to bring awareness to the muwekma ohlone fight for federal recognition. without it, they have no land of their own or sovereignty. unrecognized tribes miss out on federal funding for everything from health care to housing and education. >> and we muwekma ohlone, along with other and recognized tribes throughout california, don't have access to it to educate our children for free, to uplift them from the generational trauma that we have faced, the poverty that we still live in. it's real. it's very real for us we're not going away. and that's what this truth is about. and

this journey, the trail of truth, started today at crissy field and will end in october in washington, d.c. the next stop is in sacramento later this week to bring their demands to the state capitol. >> and governor newsom, we will be following along the trail of truth as part of our continuing coverage. new details. cal shakes in orinda says it is $20,000 away from a fundraising goal. the regional theater company says it has raised more than $330,000 in an online campaign, and private matching pledges. cal shakes hopes to raise the rest by tomorrow. the theater company suffered a financial blow due to the pandemic and then expected funding fell through. cal shakes hopes to produce one play this summer season. some oakland a's fans have pretty strong feelings about the team leaving town, and that includes the front man for east bay punk band green day. the not so legal way he showed

his allegiance to the oakland ballers and let's head live outside an overcast day in much of the bay area, spencer will let us know when some cities could soar back into triple digit high temperatures. >> coming up in sports, five weeks in a day until the niners open the regular season. no camping with the niners in santa clara, plus searching for a win in cincy. giants go for a series win. it's a crowded wild card race. we

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the free and the brave. we're clapping that's our own dan ashley singing the national anthem ahead of the ballers game against the northern colorado owls. the new pioneer league team turned today's home game into an early halloween celebration, with costume contests and also trick or treating. the ballers are

getting some rock and roll love. green day's billie joe armstrong spray painted a green b over an a's logo at rogers center in toronto. armstrong posted the video and his instagram last week. the east bay native used to be a big a's supporter, but has become a big ballers fan since the a's announced their plans to move to las vegas. this is a milestone year for the fremont festival of the arts. this weekend's gathering is the 40th edition of the wildly popular street festival. tens of thousands crowded paseo padre parkway for the annual gathering. train rides, rock climbing and arts and crafts were a few of the many activities the festival was put on by the nonprofit fremont chamber of commerce. an army of 800 volunteers to help put on the festival. >> and they got everything for everybody here for kids to adults, and it's just a great time. but every year it gets busier and busier. so proceeds raised helped local after school

programs, medical research and to fund scholarships in fremont. >> had great weather today. they certainly did. i was just going to say spencer christian looked beautiful out there. >> yeah, it was, you know, many other parts of the bay area, especially near the coast in the in the bay had lingering clouds for much of the day, but it was sunny in fremont, so yay! we're all going to have some sunny days by midweek, but right now we're looking at a fairly substantial marine layer which lingered this morning for several hours, and there was even some drizzle near the coast and bay. but by the afternoon, most places were sunny. it's breezy. right now we have gusts up to 28mph at sfo and surface wind speeds here in san francisco up to 32mph. and it is cooler in virtually all locations right now than at this time yesterday, up to 8 or 10 degrees cooler in some spots because of the cooling effect of that lingering marine layer for much of the day. right now, though, looking down from mount tam, you see lots of blue sky, just a finger of fog reaching out over the bay. 59 degrees here in san francisco right now

we have mid 60s at oakland and hayward, mid to upper 70s at san jose, and redwood city, 57 at half moon bay. here's a view from, well, sort of a view at the golden gate where the fog is getting a little deeper, thicker right now. 79 up north in santa rosa, napa 72 upper 80s at fairfield, concord, livermore, 84 degrees. and let's check out our forecast headlines right now as we look westward from emeryville overnight and into tomorrow morning, we'll have fog and drizzle once again near the coast and bay by afternoon tomorrow, look for a sunny skies and a fairly warm summer pattern, but it'll get a lot warmer tuesday and wednesday. in fact, it's going to get downright hot as we expect some triple digit heat in our inland areas on tuesday and wednesday overnight. look for that deepening, expanding marine layer pushing across the bay locally inland. there'll be lots of patchy drizzle near the coast and some of it will move onshore, so there'll be some spotty drizzle in the early morning hours. but by midday we'll see sunny skies in most locations once again. overnight, low temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s, and then high temperatures tomorrow will range from low 60s at the coast to mainly mid 70s right around the bay shoreline. maybe a couple of

upper 70s up in the north bay, 78 at richmond going up to napa, 84 degrees 90 tomorrow at santa rosa, inland east bay will feature low to mid 90s. 91 livermore 92. concord 94. at antioch down in the south bay, we'll see a high of 84 at san jose. here's the accuweather seven day forecast tuesday and wednesday. it will be hot inland. certainly several locations are likely to hit 100 degrees on tuesday, maybe 1 or 2 places on wednesday, but certainly some upper 90s inland on wednesday. and then we get a cooling trend starting on thursday and taking us into the weekend as temperatures fall into a much more comfortable range. >> starting with some baseball where the giants were down two. nothing early to the reds today in cincinnati with a man on for matt chapman. at the time, the broadcast was doing an in-game interview with pitcher logan webb, who knew it was a tie game. as soon as the ball left, chapman's bat? well, there you go, chap chapman, center. >> that's got carry, that's gone well, webb, maybe that's what they needed.

>> tst needed you to get on uh. yeah. i want to stay on the mic. i'm gonna stay on he all game now. >> he didn't stay on the mics, but the giants b woke up. lamonte wade jr breaks the tie in the sixth. first home run over a month three two. san francisco and the defense strikes. here's chapman doing his thing barehanded pickup on the swinging bunt. throw across the diamond for the out. prevents the tying run from scoring there in the sixth. that is a platinum glove effort from chapman. he's just so good on defense and he's been hitting as well. the giants put it away with a five run eighth. this guy's been hitting tyler fitzgerald with a two run blast. july's nl rookie of the month continuing here in august, has ten homers in 16 games. that's barry bonds willie mays territory. giants win eight two back within a game of 500. there in dc tomorrow. four and a half games back in the final wild card spot. rubber match between the a's and the dodgers at the coliseum, a's were down two nothing until brant rooker goes way gone. 28th of the year ties it up at two and then in the

third, same score. runner on for cavan biggio. base it up the middle. it's going to bring her bring in the go ahead run. and then biggio going to try and get greedy and go to second. but he's out there. but that proves to be the game winning swing. dodgers win it three two. the a's host the white sox starting tomorrow. chicago enters the series on a 20 game losing streak, the longest major league skid in 36 years. if the a's beat them tomorrow, the south siders will tie the 1988 orioles for the most losses in american league history. now, the modern major league record is 23, set by the 1961 phillies, a mark chicago will tie if the a's sweep them this week. ouch. all right, just five weeks in a day from now, we're talking 40 niners football. they're opening the season against the jets monday night right here on abc seven. as of today, though, no new contracts for trent williams and brandon aiyuk. we'll keep an eye on that. brock purdy, eligible for a contract extension next season. he's going to make about $985,000 in base salary on his initial rookie deal. he's still under.

that's good money, for sure, but with success has come additional opportunities for some sponsorship money off the field. >> does that provide a nice supplemental income? seriously? >> next question. how do i describe it? >> like yeah, just security, you know, with our house where we live. and, when we travel and stuff, being able to, you know, fly first class and do like those kinds of things and, ubers like the more expensive ones were, the more private, like, i don't know how to describe it, but, i'm just thinking long term for my wife, and i like. yes, like the privacy aspect, like with privacy, comes expenses. and, and it's a little bit more expensive with that kind of lifestyle. so that's what i'm thinking of. >> that's so great. all right. hey, just see, this last night, the green bay packers held their annual family night. check out this young man getting a chance to receive punts. now the goal. catch three footballs without dropping any. got one. some coaching up. there's two one

handed catch. all right, let's get it. number three. here it comes. all right. keep your focus. young man. and he's got two footballs in his hand. and now he's got three footballs in his arms. and look at this. the packers squad goes crazy mobs him near the goal line over there i mean you talk about something you'll never forget in your life. that is so cool. i mean that was great. 123. and your whole your favorite team is surrounding you in a mob scene. that's awesome. it's just a real shame that he was wearing a green bay packers helmet. oh, here we go. jr bears bears guy. >> one thing's for certain whenever i see a chris alvarez sportscast, you see the 40 niners. i'm impressed with that. chris. >> i tried my best, man. >> yeah, i'm sure you'd have. the number of days we have until the first game. >> somewhere on you. i just said it. yeah. 35 and change there. >> we go. thank you so much. we'll check out uh. up next, an event sure to bring out the kid in all of us. next 25,000ft■!s f crazy inflatable fun

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anger and outrage after a san francisco food festival turns out to be not at all what they hoped for. plus, come for the fair stay for the huge sum of cash, the lucky person in california who just walked out of a county fair as a millionaire. we'll explain how it happened. people had an extra spring in their step that the alameda point this weekend there. that's where the big bounce america tour made another bay area stop, bringing with it the world's largest bounce house. organizers have inflated seven different inflatable attractions, including one that's 24,000ft■!s. this year's tour is bigger than last year's, when it paid a visit to the golden gate fields parking lot. tickets are on sale now, starting at $22 for toddlers. the attraction is open through the next sunday or so, but it looks like a good time, so it looks like fun. that's it for

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