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good morning i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. breaking news in ohio right now haz-mat crews 100 people have been evacuated. you are looking at live pictures of that fire that is still burning. officials are trying to big out what the material is. police say the tankers may be carrying sulphur. it appears 11 cars were knocked off the tracks when the train derailed after 2 a.m. near the ohio state fairgrounds. officials say it is not clear what caused the train to go often tracks. so far two reported injuries. we'll continue to update this story throughout the morning and online at abc7news.com. this morning we have to look at the air quality and the possibility for slightly higher fire danger. >> let's check in with mike. heat we are most concerned

with today then the poor air quality the heat is going to be more -- to be in more of our neighborhoods. mid to upper 90s throughout the north bay. 100s clear lake, cloverdale and ukiah. 80 oakland. 72 in san francisco for the cool spot. third spare the air of the summer season as the east bay valley and santa clara valley will have the poorest air quality. >> if you want to take mass transit no major delays. very quiet on bay area freeways here's a live shot 680 walnut creek and this traffic is moving southbound past the north main exit towards highway 24, 24 looks good to the caldecott tunnel. developing news. san jose firefighters keeping an eye on the hot and dry weather.

they put out several fires last night in kelly park. katie marzullo is live at the scene. where the fires deemed us is push ? >> reporter: yes. -- because of the number of them there are were two or three fires that broke out in the same location at kelly park last night. take a look at some of that video from last night this was around 8:50. two to three fires are being called suspicious. they burned 8 to 12 acres couple different estimates before firefighters were able to bring those flames under control. not an official cause. officials as well as residents near this park acknowledge the homeless and homeless camps in the creek are a problem. >> homeless encampments are a problem in the creek areas too early to make a determination that it is a homeless encampment. it could be accidental for

some unknown reason it could be intentional, too early to say. >> reporter: fire crews brought the flames under control after 10:30 last night no structures were damaged and no one was hurt. as you heard from mike, another hot one today in the 90s here in san jose, no doubt residents and people in general will be on high alert for fire danger today as well. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 4:30 four in contra costa county investigators trying to -- to determine what caused a grass fire along highway four. the fire forced the highway patrol to close westbound lanes at willow pass more than an hour those are piles of lumber burping in the middle of a feel the fire spread to 12 acres. fortunately the fire was nowhere near homes and nobody was hurt. oakland police investigating fatal shooting near the coliseum.

a 15-year-old boy was not around 8:00 last night on the 6700 block of leona creek drive he was taken to a hospital where he died. >> oakland police also investigating a shooting that left a 20-year-old dead the body was discovered in the backseat of a car before noon yesterday. authorities believe the victim may have been shot somewhere else and driven to the intersection near the seminary off-ramp and 580. mountain view man in custody in connection with a deadly pedestrian crash. the 21-year-old is charged with one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. police believe he was speeding when he ran a red light. a 50-year-old man was waiting for a bus when he was run over, he died at the scene. house republicans are set to vote again today to try to

repeal president obama's health care law. gop lawmakers are criticizing the law as a threat to the nation's economic recovery and they are predicting some democrats will join them. if it is approved in the house it is not expected to pass in the senate. most of the law was just upheld by the u.s. supreme court. democrats say republicans have not come up with a good alternative. at the white house today, president obama will meet behind closed doors with democratic congressional leaders. they will focus on the plan to extend bush era tax cuts. mr. obama wants them to expire at the end of the year for people who earn more than $250,000 annually. meantime, mitt romney moves his campaign to houston today. he will talk economics in a rare appearance before naacp. the organization has largely supported democrats but romney hopes excel a message that his policies would be better for

blacks who have an overall unemployment rate of over 14%, higher than the national average of 8.2%. governor brown is expected to sign the california homeowners bill of rights into law. the new law would stop banks from foreclosing on a house while considering a loan modification. requires banks to provide a single contact person to work with each struggling homeowner. the law will increase penalties for the criticized practice of robo signing by banks, an automatic approval for foreclosures without reading documents. california's high speed rail project is facing new challenges after the funding was approved. the legislature's vote last friday is giving way to smaller challenges before the state can break ground in the central valley next year. two opponents of the rail praopblg are close to reaching settlements with the state. union pacific has threatened to stall the project is close

to reaching a deal. some peninsula opponents say they are close to settling a court battle. in san francisco supporters of free muni for low income use are planning a rally before the transportation planners meet to vote. the metropolitan transportation commission allocated four million dollars to support the pilot program and san francisco supervisors approved another $400,000. the project will need near five million dollars to get the free muni for youth program going. time to check the weather. mike has been telling us if you like the heat you going to love today. >> what time did you turn your air conditioner on eric? >> about five minutes before i got home. [ laughing ] >> smart man. good morning. it was a very hot day inland and it will be worse today live doppler 7 hd showing

absolutely how dry the air is this morning. the let's talk about how it is going to change tomorrow and through the weekend with you can see orange that spot of very dry air sitting on top of us. some green to our south to our east and north the storm track still well away from us thanks to high pressure. clouds at the coast this morning, finger fog will try to roll across san francisco and head to oakland most of us 50s to near 60 through the 7:00 hour. noon temperatures rapidly warm clouds back at the coast, 60s. 70s and 80s around the bay, 80s and 90s by noon. by 4:00, still hanging out in the 90s maybe even a few 100s left in the east bay valley, 70s and 80s around the bay. by 7:00, starts to cool nicely. upper 50s to low 60s along the coast into san francisco, 70s

around the bay and 70s and 80s inland. still hot inland tomorrow and temperatures drop nearly two to 12° by the time we get to saturday no major accidents. we have roadwork in antioch eastbound 4 loveridge all lanes taken off at the off-ramp then back on until 5 30, no problems westbound also in milpitas the connection ramp blocked from eastbound 37 to northbound 880 as well as westbound 237 to north 880 that is scheduled until 6:00. it will mikely be cleared earlier. here's another live -- live shot 680 walnut creek san mateo bridge no problems across the span westbound on the right earlier we showed you minor delay at the bay bridge toll now it appears to be gone. 4:40. a trip to rome comes to an

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good morning. this is the abc7 morning news live look from our roof camera towards san francisco east bay or south bay heat. mike is following the temperatures and the fire danger and he'll wrap that upcoming up. in southern california, a middle school teacher is in custody this morning after leading police on a wild chase. there goes. let's show you. a pe teacher behind the wheel. officers tried to arrest him on child abuse charges.

the chase through los angeles county came to a brief stop in torrance when an officer hit the truck causing it to spin and crash foot side of a big rig. but that didn't -- that didn't stop him he took off again. several miles later the pick up went flying often road over an embankment into a -- tree the wanted teacher was taken to a local hospital under police custody. us air ways investigating a mysterious odor that forced four crewmembers to get sick shortly after takeoff. they reported feeling ill on the flight from north carolina to rome. the pilot decided to divert to philadelphia. the sick crewmembers were taken to the hospital they've been released. no illnesses were reported among any of the 176 passengers, they are scheduled to continue on to rome today. parents listen to this, warning about a safety product that could turn into a deadly

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whichever if you are inland wealth of one in the east bay valley, santa clara valley cloverdale clear lake 90s around the bay 80 oakland 85 san mateo comfortable 65 half moon bay. we are going to be in the hottest area across the country including salt lake 103, portland 84. 79 seattle everybody else east of the rockies in the 80s and 90s that comes with humidity. most airports on time. flight arrival delays into houston all of our local airports in san francisco, regional california airports are on time. use our flight tracker abc7news.com. in the news, the mountain view city council voted last night against google's plan to build apartments in the city's north bay shore area that area is them to to several dwindling species including an owl.

google has been looking to build units for its employees. environmentalists say the impact from humans and pets from such a development would eradicate the owl. >> they can build houses across 101, a 10 minute walk. there is foot bridge just completed it is not that far. >> if we could provide an option for them to get a little closer so they can take their bike or walk it would be great for environment and traffic in the bay area. >> google conceded there are other places to build apartments with the reject google won't be able to build on north bay shore land they own. record heat across the midwest mike has been talking about and east coast is driving up produce prices. the hot conditions in the great plains especially followed a mostly dry win -- winter together stunting the growing season especially corn a third of the crop in poor condition.

the cost of food will follow, dairy, beef and chicken you will all pay more all come from animal fed corn. this morning government officials are warning parents about the dangers of cords used for baby monitors, there have been at least seven deaths of infants and toddlers who were strangled by the cords and three others nearly strangled. parents are being urged to place cords three feet from any part of the crib or play area and never insign the crib or the edge of it. health officials issuing warning about common barbecue tool that nearly caused a man his life. this 31-year-old man experienced stomach pain so severe went to the emergency room. his doctor ordered a cat scan and discovered he had swallowed a small wire brush

bristle that got caught in his steak. >> the doctor said you are an interesting fellow. one of the most expensive steaks i've ever bought. >> to me this is a huge public safety issue. >> the bristle could have lead to a fatal infection. the cdc says at least six similar cases have been reported in the last few months. here's a question about cleanup costs about -- in the wake of a youtube sensation. as we showed you yesterday morning the video has gotten more than five million hits. the team that shot it paid $1200 for permits, $50,000 for police overtime that rally car left skid marks all over the city. >> they hired a company to cleanup the marks anything leftover we've been told they would wash off in the rain.

>> some reports said it got only a few complaints after the video most of the shooting was done early morning hours and a few weekends. >> they did pay for the city crews to clean that up. >> apparently they did. we don't recommend driving like that we do recommend you get out and enjoy the day if you are inland you maybe want to drink a lot of water. >> do everything you can to stay cool, stay out of the sun maybe stay in the pool, sunscreen, all those things we talk b you know what they are, follow them today and tomorrow. then it will start to taper -- taper and things get back to normal. one finger fog rolling across san francisco now as we look down from sutro tower. live doppler 7 hd very dry that allows temperatures to drop down to comfortable levels.

monterey bay inland temperatures in the lower to middle 50s. today will be the hottest afternoon in the forecast. also the most widespread poor air quality. comfy tonight clouds along the coast the rest of us clear cooling trend will begin tomorrow at the coast and start to move inland through the weekend. today, everybody is getting warmer, concord 101 today, four degrees warmer than yesterday oakland 80, san francisco 72. fremont 90 and san jose 93, five degrees warmer than yesterday. high pressure on top of us is going to hold on inland at least today into tomorrow. that pushes our temperatures except for dublin at 99, well over 100 throughout the east bay valleys upper 70s richmond berkeley low to mid 80s the rest of the east bay shore fremont castro valley upper 80s to near 90 lower to upper

90s south bay today los gatos around 98° near 90 most of the peninsula san mateo 85. millbrae 79 coast mid 60s low to mid 70s downtown south san francisco into sausalito mid 90s to 100 through the north bay valleys cooler at beaches mid 60s 67 monterey, 80 santa cruz near 100 morgan hill and gilroy central valley 110 in fresno to 114 in palm springs tahoe 88, big sur eight -- 84. the heat in many areas. temperatures drop four degrees tomorrow another eight friday and another four saturday, a couple more sunday. sunday one of the cooler days as temperatures get back to normal. if you want to stay cool head to the golden gate bridge also a lot of fog now traffic is light around the bay area

looking good we don't have major accidents reported on bay area freeways. different ride 101 san rafael looks clear then head to the golden gate bridge and all that fog you want to give yourself a little extra time or slow down. live shot of the oakland maze and we have an easy ride this morning, westbound heading towards the bay bridge toll, westbound 580 delay-free at this point even livermore heading to the bay bridge. one more shot for you clear as well in san jose, headlights northbound 280, 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. a giant panda born at a tokyo zoo has died. zoo officials say the six day old died of pneumonia. a zookeeper found it lying on its mom's chest not breathing. this was the first panda born at the zoo since 1988 and was

naturally conceived. the much anticipated baby had been celebrated across japan. giant pandas have a low birthrate. in italy the captain of last january's shipwreck says he was distracted by a phone call when the cruise liner crashed. the captain told an italian tv station that he blames himself for being distracted but also said destiny played a role. 32 people died after the hull was gashed by a reef and the cruise liner took on water. last week a judge lived the captain's house arrest order but said he -- judge lifted the captain's house arrest order. he's accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the liner while passengers and crew were still onboard. >> sinking of a luxurious yacht in lake tahoe still a mystery there were more than a dozen on the yacht shortly before it went down in the tahoe keys marina.

not clear what happened to the 86 foot vessel neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal sunday night. the 3.2 million dollars yacht had three bedrooms, three bathrooms, fireplaces and a helicopter pad. breaking news in the midwest. fire crews are battling to control burning railroad cars. derailment forced 100 people to he . critical meeting that keeps -- keeps one bay area college in session. the deadline to find the solution. serious charges facing a san jose principal. why prosecutors say her failure to alert police may have helped a teacher sexually abuse more children. good morning! wow.

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