everybody getting off to a good start this wednesday morning. if you are headed out right now dry times 80 westbound highway 4 and 101 out of santa rosa. 6:02 now. in the news in morning construction incident created a scare at the world trade center site a short time ago. initial report said a fire had broken out on the 88th floor of the freedom tower the skyscraper rising from ground zero where the world trade center once stood. more than 80 firefighters rushed to the scene to make sure everything was okay. crews say the initial report may been someone welding. the freedom tower will rise more than 100 floors above lower manhattan. firefighters put out a fire at a home in santa rosa. this fire broke out 1:newery five this morning on price avenue. neighbors -- neighbors in another house woke up the two in the burning home, nobody

was hurt. investigators believe the fire started outside the home and spread inside the house. it took 45 minutes to bring the fire under control. >> in two hours the south bay's newest casino will hold official ribbon cutting ceremony. sue thompson joins us live from casino matrix. >> reporter: good morning from the south bay. the doors are open, bright lights are on. at 6:00 on a wednesday morning, believe it or not, the parking lot is packed. san jose's newest card room matrix canine -- casino is betting on big success. the casino opened yesterday they called it a soft opening for family and friends. immediately word got out and they opened their doors. the official opening will happen this morning at 8:00. this is a 50 million dollar remodel of the old guard den city card room. you won't find slot machines

here but you will find 49 card tables, big screen, restaurant, sports bar and valet parking. no secret matrix did have trouble getting a city permit to open. they had soap trouble they had to push back the opening by three months. now today, the city council at least some of the city council leaders and even the san jose mayor will be here to welcome the new gaming hall. patrons say they excited too. >> i think this place is definitely going to be a great addition. going to bring more revenue many something that is new, i think needed, i think it is going to be a fun place. >> reporter: nicole mentioned revenue, that is a big part in san jose they are allowed only two card rooms both combined bring in 15 million dollars in revenue every year. at least here at matrix they say they will have 800 jobs,

based out of here, much more to come on this a little later of course the opening at 8:00. sue thompson, abc7 news. many east bay residents believe chevron did not do enough to warn them about monday's fire. hundreds packed a meeting at richmond's auditorium last night some claim warning sirens did not work. others say they never received reverse 911 calls advising them to shelter in place. many worry about the long term health affects of the materials released. >> does my grandchild have to look forward to having cancer many do i have to put my horse to sleep? a lot of horses are getting cancer. where is it coming from? >> i offer apology for disruption and concern that we caused you. pollution officials report

early eupbld cases show the fumes from the fire did not exceed health standards in terms of anything toxic. local hops and health department report nearly 9 -- local hospitals and health department report nearly 900 people got treated. abc7 news has obtained copies of some of the 911 calls made after the fire erupted. they convoy a bit of confusion by neighbors. officials issued a shelter in place order for richmond, north richmond and san pablo. police advised residents in oakland still -- hills to stay in. refinery fire's impact on gas production will likely mean higher prices at the

pump. the refinery produces 16% of the region's daily consumption. analysts expect within a week or so gas prices will likely rise above $4 and climb higher at stations already at that mark. increase yesterday by 36 cents per gallon, analysts say the largest one-day increase on record. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage on the chevron refinery fire latest on abc7news.com, twitter and facebook. hawaii officials are investigating a personal watercraft crash at a honolulu harbor that killed a bay area teenager. officials say 16-year-old was rushed to the hospital in critical after a jet ski she was leading was hit from behind by another personal watercraft. she died the following day. investigators say it appears a 20-year-old rider rear-ended

the teen they were both taking part on aloha jet ski tours. mike big warm-up coming in the next few days. good morning many live doppler -- good morning. live doppler -- instead radar at:08 trough of low pressure to our wet winds southwest to northeast. clockwise flow winds out of the southeast drawing up warmer weather if the desert into the east bay valleys, this morning mild, mostly sunny, a few clouds at the in the 50s. by noon from 63 at the coast, 73 at the bay to 83 inland. 90s at 4:00, inland mid to upper 70s around the bay. coast low 60s temperatures start to taper a little mid 80s by 7:00 inland, low 70s

bay, a few clouds at the coast temperature of 60°. if you have allergies moderate amounts of tree, mold, ragweed and low amounts of grass. next three days, hottest, especially inland our hottest areas are going to be near 100 not only tomorrow but friday and saturday, poor air quality likely probably our fifth, sixth and seventh spare the air of the summer season. mid 80s warmest points around the bay upper 60s to low 70s, comfort at the coast, plenty of sun if you want to head to the coast also friday and saturday good morning. we go now to the pittsburg antioch area highway 4 westbound very slow out antioch typical as you make your way towards pittsburg into concord drive time there once you get past hillcrest still under 10 minutes. out of the central valley bunching up as you head 580

westbound. altamont pass things pick up heading towards the dublin pleasanton area dry time 20 minutes a little over 20 minutes if you are heading out and traffic is pretty conjested towards the 580/680 junction. live look at san mateo bridge traffic flowing nicely that is westbound taillights, headlights towards hayward in the eastbound direction. bay bridge looks like metering lights just turned on, no major problems heading into san francisco. :10. the san francisco company partnering with staubaches to change the way you pay for -- with starbucks to chain the way you pay for your morning could have stkpwraoeuplt >> standoff at hoover dam shutting down the tourist attraction. >> letting loose in africa, the dance moves from secretary of state hillary clinton as she continues her tour of the continent.

the hoover dam is back open i have an pick-up truck ran through a security checkpoint 4:30 yesterday afternoon. a s.w.a.t. team responded quickly and surrounded the pick-up truck. the man inside taunted police to shoot him, but he surrendered two hours later.

police closed the road as a precaution. officials say they are still not sure why the man bypassed that security checkpoint. secretary of state clinton remains in africa for her 11 day tour. she attended a dinner last night in johannesburg, south africa not before breaking out moves. the dinner hosted by the foreign minister, she let loose and danced with the crowd. looked like she was having a good time. today she is in cape town where she will preside over an ceremony to shift control of an aids treatment program from the u.s. to the south africans. she has stops ahead in niger ghana, be nine and turkey. >> wow! -- >> she is from chicago got those chicago moves. starbucks teaming up with for a new credit card partnership. the coffee giant will now use square to protest all credit

and debit card transactions at stores in the u.s.. starbucks' customers will be able to use square's mobile app to pay for drinks and food. starbucks says square's technology will allow customers to be charged by saying their name. can we run that video of secretary of state clinton again getting down there in africa. >> we should that was good stuff. let's do little rain dance we are not going to get any. heat is the word. a few fingers of fog trying to move in at the coast, even the coast hardly clouds, northeast from sutro tower, tiburon, sausalito, that's what we have going on now, no flight arrival delays. live doppler you will see with

the lack of cloud cover, dry this morning. excessive heat watch friday saturday, sunday, if you are traveling to the south 110 to 120 possible even a little warmer if you dare to venture into death valley during the weekend afternoon hours. i wouldn't, but if you do send some pictures. i'm kidding. 49 napa, 48 santa rosa, rest of us in the 50s. low to mid-50s monterey bay salinas inland 57. today almost total sunshine mostly clear, mild, heat is going to taper next week. 63 today pacifica, 76 oakland. as you head into the east bay valleys, hot spot will be brentwood at 100°. let's take about what is going to happen as far as

temperatures and the rest of the east bay valleys, mid to upper 90s if you didn't need the air conditioning yesterday, today more tempting. a lot of mid to upper 80s south bay los gatos nine mid 70s to low 80s north to south and the peninsula, mid 60s coast near 70s downtown south san francisco, 75 sausalito, mid 60s sun at beach in north bay upper 80s to low 90s valleys mid to upper 60s monterey and carmel upper 70s to low 80s rest of the bay. day game a's and angels sunny, 69 at 12:35, 75 by the end of the game. thursday flew saturday hardest to cope with not only triple digits inland also poor air quality that could stretch into the south bay warmest mid 80s bay near 70 at the coast

significantly cooler back to average by next week. walnut creek southbound 680 towards 24 junction, summer light no problems, traffic flowing smoothly through the san ramon valley to the 680 junction. here's your east shore commute traveling by golden gate fields, you will find yourself in company we don't have major stalls or accidents towards the macarthur maze. once you get into the maze and head to the bay bridge toll, minor delay, metering lights on fast track and carpool lanes are the best way to go, streaming by no problems upper deck great way to go today, mass transit bart on time everybody on schedule with the heat today and more likely in the next couple of days spare the air days, bart is your great alternate on mass transit. 880, 238 to the maze, 24 to

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and we've go a great day when the sun is really gonna turn on full tilt you are going to feel it especially inland. mike will talk about temperatures approaching the triple digits all coming up. right now, a big scare at the oakland raiders' training camp in napa, running back mike goodson was carried off the field way neck injury. monday he was talking about how much he enjoyed his first preseason with the team. seen here last week caught a pass and urned upfield before receiving a -- and turned upfield before receiving a punishing hit. raiders were not sure how badly the injury was a ct scan was negative. no word on when the running back will return to practice. across the nation and here in the bay area, neighbors came together last night for national night out. in san jose they say they

realized the importance of community involvement. the city's police department is short staffed more than officers to protect the city of nearly one million. the department says it prioritizes violent crimes. burglaries and property crimes are not at the top of their list. still ahead, the construction tool causing a brief scare at the world trade center tower in new york city. >> the cost to pump gas at safeway going up. the reason the grocery store chain says it can no longer offer a discount to its club members. first, and new, the east bay road shutdown overnight after a fatal motorcycle crash. and the help police are asking from the public. i'm katie marzullo live in richmond. a controlled burn still burns at the chevron refinery. unit number 4, a crude unit is still shutdown. residents are angry. we'll take to you a fiery town hall meeting. -- highs from 60 at -- from

66 at half moon bay to 98 antioch, two to 11° warmer today than yesterday many around the country 80s and nighties in most areas. -- and 90s in most areas. philadelphia flight arrival delays of 46 minutes. ronald reagan washington national

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good morning it is wednesday august 8th. you are looking at a picture of a beautiful san francisco clouds high and low there. we have a warm-up on the way. mike is going to tell us more about that in a couple of minutes. right now, i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. let's not wait let's have mike tell us right now. >> okay. >> coming up on 6:30 live doppler, clouds not dropping precipitation most stuck at the coast where they will dissipate into sunshine this afternoon. you will see the smallest amount of warming upper 50s to mid 60s during the warmest part of the afternoon from noon to 4:00. starting off with mostly sunny sky around the bay, 50s. we'll top out in the mid 70s to mid 80s by 4:00. inland mild, 49 to 63,

sunshine already near 80 to near 90 by noon. mid 80s to low 90s by 4:00, with areas hitting 100 between that timeframe for the first time this week. more in your seven day forecast. good morning. tough to see with the sun coming up this is the bay bridge back-up beyond the overcrossing metering lights. toll lanes of the fastrak lanes i should say and carpool lanes are moving well incline section reports of a stall on the left lien on the upper deck heading into that -- left lane on the upper deck -- embarcadero -- [ unintelligible ] new this morning construction incident created a scare at the world trade center site high above lower manhattan in new york city a short time ago. initial reports said a fire

broke out on the 88th floor of the freedom tower the skyscraper rising from ground zero where the world trade center once stood. more than 80 firefighters rushed to the scene to make sure everything was okay. crews say the initial fire report was quickly caused by a welding for: the tower will rise more than 100 floors. temperatures -- tempers flare richmond now the company is promising compensation. [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: i'm trying to get reaction from chevron this morning, two calls i have not heard back. as far as the refind last check the control burn is still burning to burn off residual chemicals and the number 4 unit where the fire occurred still shutdown and no word on when either of those two things will change.

there were plenty words last night at that town hall meeting. some 700 residents packed the place they were we emotional and angry questions about how and why something like this could happen. they were not happy with the warning system. although the haz-mat department says 18,000 calls went out to warn residents to shelter in place. haz-mat director was shouted down when he tried to explain further last night >> at the same time chevron has the ability to push a button at the refinery to activate notifications, to sound sirens to start the telephone calls. that was started at 6:30 -- >> does my grandchild have to look forward to have cancer? do i have to put my horse to sleep because it has developed cancer? a lot of horses are getting cancer. where is it coming from, from

you guys? >> reporter: chevron has said it will compensate victims of this refinery fire. epa investigating the hydrocarbon vapor leak the original leak that ignited the fire. the epa says there could be stiff fines levied against chevron saying the company has a history of violations. katie marzullo, abc7 news. despite big plumes of black smoke the bay area air quality management district says the fire created virtually no air pollution. according to a analysis of air samples levels of toxic pollutants were below standards for the children and elderly. despite what air quality officials found, people flocked to local emergency rooms to seek medical treatment most for respiratory problems. >> i still don't have my

balance correct. i still have burning in my throat. >> air quality officials say weather conditions were favorable during the incidence allowing the smoke to rise and disperse. if you want to read the air report, we've posted it on abc7news.com click on see it on tv. >> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the chevron refinery fire. we'll have the latest information on our website abc7news.com and twitter and facebook. :35. part of a major street in livermore will remain closed while police investigate a deadly motorcycle crash. neighbors heard the crash around 12:35 in morning and a police officer patrolling the area discovered the victim. police believe the motorcyclist lost control approaching portola avenue. a driver told officers the biker passed him going fast, moments before the accident. the driver didn't see the

crash. now, livermore police want to hear from anyone who might have witnessed it. the head of california's fish and game commission is expected to lose his post today. dan richards was criticized by animal rights advocates for shooting a cougar while hunting in idaho, it is legal there not in california he even posed with the dead animal in photos. his fellow commissioners are expected to vote to remove him as head of fish and game but allow him to reman a commission member. he says he will fight to keep his job. new casino matrix set to open less than two hours from now. people are already inside playing cards as you see. the ceremonial opening takes place 8:00 this morning, officials want to take advantage of the date to

promote a number considered lucky in some asian cultures. matrix held a private opening yesterday for family and friends. if you buy gas at safeway you will no longer get a discount by using a club card. there was a 3% discount, the chain claim the policy change is not related to a judge's ruling that blocked the price reductions at within location that would be dixon where an independent owner accused safeway of illegal price cutting. state law bars retailers from selling below cost if they intend to harm competition. moderate earthquake give a late night jolt to the los angeles area, no damage or injures. the 4.4 quake -- struck at 11:23 centered two miles east of yorba linda in morning orange county, 35 miles southeast of l.a. authorities

say the quick shock was felt throughout the region. 6:37. in this region, warm-up coming our way, if you take us pwhrof above the clouds cool picture. >> after the cool-whip a warm-up. >> absolutely. i wanted to show you this beautiful picture of the clouds cost kating through some of the -- clouds cascading through some of the higher elevations. isn't that cool how fast the clouds are moving almost like water rushing through the sierra. we can see area of low pressure to our south, southwest to northeast flow, area of high pressure clockwise flow southeast flow funneling in the warmer air from the south drawing it up into our neighborhoods and why we are going to see the warmest days today, tomorrow, friday and saturday in the forecast 40s to 60s most of us in the 50s, through 7:00, 49,

santa rosa, 63 antioch. look how quickly we warm by noon, low to mid 60s coast. 80s to near 90 inland valleys of the east bay. by 4:00 80s to 90s, 70s and 80s around the bay, mid 60s along the coast. low to mid 60s along the coast at 7:00, 69 in oakland. 70s to even a few upper 80s still hanging around at 7:00. near 100, warmest thursday through saturday poor air quality likely all three days in the east bay valleys and santa clara valley. you want relief, coast upper 60s to around 70. good morning. if you want to beat the heat and do your part to keep the pollution low take mass transit everybody is on schedule this morning, nobody reporting delays. one of the tougher dives out of the central valley again this morning slow up towards

the altamont pass. things pick up into livermore and slow again on dublin pleasanton interchange. altamont to 680, 30 minute drive. 101 northbound still a stall blocking left lane at the embarcadero there and we have a stall at the bay bridge also, right lane on the incline section tough to see with the sunrise, beautiful, but traffic is bumper-to-bumper behind the toll to at least the west grand overcrossing. beautiful ride coming from marin over the waldo grade, fog-free, lovely drive past the toll plaza into san francisco over the golden gate. 6:40. ahead, the new strategy for facebook as it tries to increase ad sales. trading underway on wall street. we have a live report from the new york stock exchange. the dow is down 21 points. first, new legal action from kidnapping victim

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the coast today 60s a few 70s around the bay a lot of 80s dominate until we get to inland valleys north bay and east bay more 90s. doppler quiet now. we will pick up radar returns, scattered thunderstorms over the sierra today from 105 yosemite, 115 palm springs it could be 83 in san diego, 91 l.a.. 85 tahoe. big sur 73° today. 6:45. we have a reminder about the sleep train dream campaign for every new like we get on facebook page this summer one dollar will help foster kids. easy way to help fill the needs of foster kids go to facebook.com/abc7news your like will help change lives. let's check in with josh elliot for what is coming up on "good morning america" in 15 minutes. good wednesday morning.

your latest olympics news live from london. plus, the legends of the soccer pitch. the u.s. women ready to face japan for gold. we'll meet this team that has the whole country cheering, it is next right here on "good morning america." lawyers for kidnapping victim jaycee dugard want a judge to sanction u.s. government attorneys after accuse them of witness tampering. her legal team filed papers claiming government attorneys convinced former chair of the u.s. parole commission to stop serving as their expert witness. her kidnapper philip garrido was on parole when he abducted her. the lawsuit accuse federal parole agents of not meeting with garrido as frequently as required. the state of california paid dugard 20 million dollars. she was held for 18 years at his antioch home before she was discovered. new poll shows mitt romney

with the lowest personal popularity rating in 24 years. 40% of respond s favored romney with 48% seeing him -- unfavorably. president obama is favored by 53%. 43% see him as unfavorable. the poll shows the president with a 22% lead among women. the two candidates are tied among men. general david petraeus is denying a report that mitt romney is considering him for his running mate. the drudge report sparked speculation this week. a spokesman for -- for petraeus said he would not seek elected office saying he's happy as head of the cia. president obama appointed petraeus to that position after he led u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. if you are not careful and you are not good at math, you may be getting tricked by clever marketing. >> you are so good at math.

jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with that and why stocks are lower this morning. good morning. we should pay -- lower start here on wall street, we've been on a winning streak, three straight days of s, good ones last friday. blame it on disappointing results, including those from walt disney reporting weaker than expected sales. disney owns abc. mcdonalds weaker sales for july setting the tone. right now with the dow and s&p and everything trading lower dow down about 20 points or so, well off of the lows of the session we started off down 50, 60. bloomberg index squeaking out a slightly positive day.

facebook out with new tool to boost sales of ads. users who click on ads on facebook pages will be linked to an online store where they can purchase the application as facebook struggles to boost ad sales. many consumers may be losing out they can't tell the difference between a good deal and a bad one. a study says shoppers are more likely to choose hand lotion labeled 50% more than labeled 35% off because of poor math skills. most people are helpless when confronted with percentages. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. 6:49. >> you never have problems distinguishing the best deals from the fake deals. mike numbers going up in the bay area. they are.

good morning. a little fog hanging around the golden gate bridge this morning, hard time making inroads into the bay no flight arrival delays into sfo, oakland, north san jose this morning. let's show you live doppler 7 hd, one feature you don't see is rain. another fee you -- another feature you see is excessive heat watch, really? 110 to possibly 120 friday saturday and sunday. as far as what is happening here at home, we have temperatures that are running in the upper 40s around napa and santa rosa, 64 antioch, everybody else mid to upper 50s. low to mid 50s monterey bay inland to gilroy. salinas 57, warmer of he where almost total sun out to the east -- -- the heat will taper

but it will take next week. 76 today oakland two degrees warmer than yesterday. concord 95. san francisco 71, san jose 85. this afternoon santa rosa seven degrees warmer than yesterday, fremont 83, 11 degrees warmer than yesterday south bay mid to upper 80s, 90 los gatos, 80s from redwood city menlo park south on the peninsula north of that mid to upper 70s mid 60s along the coast today, run at 70 downtown south san francisco, 75 sausalito upper 80s to low 90s north bay valleys sun and mid 60s beaches. east bay valleys you will hear humming of air conditioners today, mid 90s to near 100 in brentwood. upper 70s to low 80s most of the monterey bay. mid to upper 60s carmel and

monterey. day game a's and angels, a lot of sun, take the sunscreen, 69° first pitch forecast, 12:35. 3:00, about 75. 60s around fairfield, antioch, livermore most of us in the 50s, most clouds like this morning hanging out at the coast. three toughest days to deal with the heat, thursday through saturday, probably poor air quality those days. sunday through tuesday we lose four degrees each day temperatures back to average by tuesday of next week. >> to the peninsula now stall an north 101 embarcadero road slow from 237 through palo alto and menlo park. crews are trying to get it out of lane. 24 eastbound at oak hill road accident don't see significant slowing in the noncommute direction for this hour of the morning. westbound 24 good towards the caldecott tunnel.

nice drive from san jose towards cupertino, 280 northbound at the 17 interchange, traffic flowing nicely. san mateo bridge westbound, everything looking good coming from foster city towards hayward, to problem eastbound direction as well. bay bridge back-up extending beyond west grand overcrossing with a stall still at the right lane on the incline section the reason for slow traffic approaching the san francisco side. 6:53 now. you have been waiting for these pictures this morning we have the first color snapshots of mars from the nasa rover. that is the rim of the crater in the background. the image is fuzzy because the dust cover is still on the camera. there will be better images in the days ahead. california historical society honored congresswoman nancy pelosi. the organization presented pelosi with this year's of california award for her

groundbreaking 25 year career on capitol hill. cheryl jennings served as emcee. in 2007 pelosi became the first woman elected speaker of the house. >> none of what we could have accomplished would not have happened without the imagination, intellect, integrity, without the innovative spirit of california. and that is what we all bring back to washiton, d.c. ii >> the historical society -- honored california league of women voters for the ground breaking work it did paving the way for congresswoman pelosi to make history. here are five things to know before you go: number one, construction incident created scare at world trade center site this morning. somebody thought a fire broke out after they saw flames from a welder's torch on the 88th

floor. more than 80 firefighters rushed to the site everything was okay, nobody hurt >> number two, some richmond residents claim chevron waited too long to let them know about the refinery fire. you saw video from a heated meeting last night. 950 people were sent to local hospitals seeking treatment for breathing problems. number three, people are already playing cards inside the new casino matrix this morning. the new 50 million dollar card club on airport parkway in san jose set to hold an official ribbon cutting ceremony at 8 a.m.. this after four months of delays as -- number four, livermore police believe speeding may have played a role in a crash that killed a motorcyclist this morning around 12:35 a.m. near portola avenue.

a driver told police the motorcyclist passed him at a high speed before the crash. number five, no more discounts for safeway club card holders as they fill up at safeway gas stations. one final check on weather and traffic. lack of clouds away from the coast this morning, live doppler is dry and we do not have any worries at our airports all on time. temperatures above average from the coast mid 60s mostly sunny this afternoon, mild to warm weather around the bay, sunny, 73 to 83. temperature spread inland from 85 to 100. first reports of an accident highway 1 in the half moon bay area south of 92. both directions involved. we'll have an update when we come back in about 20 minutes. right now live shot of 80 berkeley towards the macarthur

maze in company there slow and go no major stalls or accidents. toll plaza metering lights on looks like the fast track in the commute lanes are wait to go. thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >> don't forget if you haven't already done it you can download our new alarm clock app for your iphone wake up to the latest headlines, weather and traffic all right there on your phone. it is free. it is free. thanks for joining us.

good morning, america. flipping out for aly raisman. the american gymnast with a spectacular show, tumbling her way to a gold medal. and the all-american showdown. misty may-treanor and kerri walsh set to square off with their teammates for a gold medal. we're live from london. breaking right now. race against time. medical 911 at the bottom of the world. an american in distress and stranded in antarctica. now, a team of rescuers, rushing to get there. fighting vicious weather and sub-zero temperatures to land their plane. and police haul joan rivers out of a california costco after she handcuffs herself to a shopping cart, claiming the superstore won't sell her book. how she's fighting back right now.

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