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good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. richmond and contra costa county plan to share what they've dug up in their investigation into the huge chevron refinery fire. they called a news conference for 10:00 this morning. amy hollyfield is live with a preview. >> reporter: chevron has received more than 18,000 claims so far. today the company plans to bring a number of agencies together to brief people on how the investigation is going so far. people informed themselves saturday, they went to a seminar about learning your rights put together by some

attorneys. one attorney says more than 3,000 have signed up to seek legal action against chevron. plaintiffs' attorneys say they believe the fire at the refinery was preventable. some community leaders have questioned whether chevron has done all it could the fire -- it could since the fire. although there does seem to be plenty of interest in suing chevron, there are some who are skeptical. >> it took eight years for the '92 fire to get $100. they took all that money and one guy bought an island they said. they get paid and we get played. >> reporter: chevron did announce it will compensate people for any injuries. there are attorneys and community leaders, warning people and saying they need to demand more. today's meeting is set to be one in a series of regularly

scheduled briefings, scheduled to start 10:00 this morning at the richmond city council chambers. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. tropical storm isaac has crossed florida causing some local flooding but the storm is gaining strength this morning as it heads towards louisiana and mississippi. more than 50,000 residents in louisiana have been told toe way the louisiana -- likely going to skip the republican convention. mississippi governor has declared a state of emergency as officials prepare to get hit by sick it >> major concerns we have now -- heavy rains and flooding in the -- and potential storm surge areas and low-lying

areas along the mississippi gulf coast. >> isaac is expected to reach category 2 status when it comes ashore along the gulf coast late tuesday or wednesday, wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. 4:34. we want to check in with mike to see what is going on with the forecast. here's a look at isaac, right now churning in the gulf, past the keys overnight, thankfully, a tropical storm with winds around 60 five miles per hour accelerating a little -- 65 miles per hour accelerating a little. most of the models are honing on new orleans has the storm continues to drift west minimal affect on tampa, they had soaking thunderstorms, they could have soaking thunderstorms again today, storm surge, winds not a big deal for tampa and the rnc

convention there. we are going to watch new orleans probably tomorrow night into wednesday morning. we'll keep an eye on that our forecast in a minute. sunnyvale police continue to hunt for two robbers who shot a jewelry store worker last night around 5:00. police say the two thieves appeared to be in their 20s they drove away in a large suv the victim was rushed to a trauma center. five jewelry stores have been robbed in the bay area during the past few weeks. another vie hrefpbts weekend in oakland, 10 shootings, they victims children under 14. saturday night at 9:34 teen-year-old boy was shot along 85th avenue. police are still looking for whoever opened fire. there's no word on motive. the boy's grandmother says he was shot in the head and is in critical condition at children's hospital.

his 21-year-old cousin died at the scene. the grandmother says the boy had been moved out of oakland months ago for his own safety. >> raise him in another county, for what he comes to visit to see his cousin for one afternoon and look what happened. >> on church street a 12-year-old girl was wounded when bullets tore through her home. friday a 7-year-old grazed by a bullet while playing. oakland residents and leaders are expressing frustration. this morning mayor quan will unveil plans for a weeklong celebration of the city's professional sports teams, it is being called oakland loves its sports teams week. it wraps up september 14th. the announcement comes a day after the warriors named the

firm hired to design the arena that the team plans to build in san francisco. the a's voiced interest in moving to san jose raiders are exploring several options for a new home. america's cup world series is being called a huge success the regatta on san francisco bay drew thousands. oracle team u.s.a. scored two big wins. one team captured fleet racing title, the other boat won the match racing crown. there will be another race in october. the series determines who qualifies for next year's america's cup race. 4:37. big welcome planned for the little league team from petaluma who will be landing at sfo a few hours from now. they became heroes after a thrilling week at the little league world series in pennsylvania. the all-stars from petaluma won their consolation game

sunday, beating panama 12-4 to finish in third place. they lost to tennessee in extra innings saturday. not before making a amazing comeback scoring 10 runs to tie the game in the 6th. >> they landed at san francisco airport, 11:30 we have a motorcade bringing them back to petaluma folks on the ground with balloons and signs at our fairgrounds waiting to greet 'em and thank them formation us proud. -- for making us proud. >> we'll talk about looking at

the water vapor imagery here this is a look at humidity just tried to get rid of that. here's a look at area of low pressure to the north. you can see how it has pushed cooler air our way, especially yesterday. also relatively dry, we'll see a lot of sun again this afternoon even though starting to see late push of clouds now. temperatures 50s through 7:00, noon all clouds out of the bay, out of inland valleys and clouds developing along the coast. won't be as thick as they were this morning 50s there, 60s, 70s bay, 70s inland 80s by 4:00. temperatures today around one to six degrees warmer than questioned. by 7:00 clear, 60s and 70s, 50s to near 60 coast.

temperatures closer to average as a warming trend continues tomorrow, peaks wednesday and we'll drop a little thursday upper 80s to 90 warmest spots inland 80 bay mid 60s coast. overnight roadwork through pittsburg into antioch eastbound 4 loveridge all lanes blocked detour until 5:30 the same monday through thursday morning, 12:30 to 5:30 lanes blocked. roadwork in novato westbound 37 to south 101 connector ramp just reopened. as you continue the ride southbound through san rafael looking good towards 5:-- 580 to the golden gate bridge nice ride so far southbound 680 fine near north main towards highway 24 the san mateo bridge good to go in both directions light eastbound

into hayward. a low flying helicopter will be buzzing the bay starting today. next, the research it will be conducting that will help protect northern california and the nation from a terror attack. after a brief pause, gas prices head in an unwanted direction. how much you can expect to pay if you have to fill up this morning.

good morning. this is a live picture from emeryville toward the bay bridge traffic moving along okay. if you wonder what we have in store weather-wise since some of us are going back-to-school this week mike will tell you more, coming up. you may notice a low-flying

government helicopter over your home starting today. homeland security officials say not to worry it is part of a plan to improve safety and fight terrorism this twin engine helicopter belongs to the national nuclear security administration. it will be taking measurements of the natural radiation levels from the ground. information the government hopes will help pinpoint a dirty bomb or nuclear weapon in the future. the helicopter will be flying in a grid pattern over san francisco, pacifica and oakland over the next six days. >> they need to know what the average background radiation is if they came back a machine or a year later and they saw something higher they will be able to tell there was something new there. >> uc berkeley engineering professor norman says the measurements are harmless, they are looking for natural background always there and nothing being emitted. >> the average price for a gallon of gas jumped seven cents over the past two weeks. a gallon of regular nationwide

$3.76, driven higher in part by tensions in iran. as you know, gas prices in the bay area are much higher. this morning aaa reports the price in san francisco is $4.21. $4.16 san jose, $4.15 oakland. 4:45. doctors group weighs in on the controversy over circumcision. too fat to treat. the woman one doctor turned away because she weighed too much. republicans vow not to let a one-day convention delay caused by hurricane isaac get them off message. why they say they can do as much in three days as in four. one last ride on a favorite on

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temperatures from one to 11° warmer from our coast to inland 60s along the coast into san francisco, richmond, san mateo 70s bay mix of 70s, 80s inland. warmest weather across the country phoenix 70s seattle and portland and new york efrbls in the 80s and 90s. best chance of severe weather along the gulf coast with isaac flight departure delays laguardia everybody else on time flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. 4:48. there's been another attack on coalition troops in afghanistan by an afghan soldier. nato says the shooter turned his rifle on the international troops killing two. the associated process the dead service members are american and that brings the number of u.s. troops killed by afghan alleys this month to 12. -- allies this month to 12. nato will only say an investigation underway. this morning people in he will sal did are breathing easier, tsunami warning has

been cancelled. first a strong magnitude 7.4 quake hit, 86 miles southwest of san mig gel followed by a second quake in the same area. -- quakes generated eight inch swell along the coast. there have been no reports of damage or injures. minor damage but no injuries reported from a swarm of small quakes that shook southern california more than 300 quakes have rattled rural imperial and san diego counties. 20 mobile homes were knocked off foundations and 2500 homes lost power for a white seismologists says such earth -- for a while. seismologists say such storms are not unusual. >> the convention will officially open today in a mostly empty hall and then immediately -- delegates

arrived over the weekend the storm is delaying the huge gathering until tomorrow when mitt romney will be formally nominated. republicans will try to pack four days worth of speeches and events into three this week. the chairman of california's delegation is downplaying the impact of isaac. >> i think the fact that it is happening early on is just a slight delay, would have been more trouble fit happened during the middle of the convention our delegates are streaming in. i think they will have a lot of bottled up energy tuesday. >> 172 delegates are representing california. gop leaders expect 800 californians to take part in various convention activities. mark matthews is in tampa for the gop convention and he'll have live reported beginning today on abc7 news at 5 p.m.. follow mark on twitter and

facebook for instant developments all week. today we'll find out more about the new ride that will replace an old favorite on the santa cruz boardwalk. over the weekend members of the rollercoaster enthusiasts club took one last ride. it has been sold to amusement park in new mexico after more than 20 years in santa cruz. boardwalk officials will reveal more about the new ride that will replace the hurricane due to open next year. 4:51. one thing that is not a mystery is the weather. monday right, 4:50 in the morning. >> you might want -- let's go outside and show what is going on, good morning, a few low clouds starting to

stream in as we look southeast from our roof cam and downtown san francisco, let's take a look at live doppler and find out what is going on. you can see it is dry out there, we have a little bit of low clouds and fog trying to form in our valleys. hard time developing temperatures in the mid to upper 40s napa and santa rosa. rest of us mid to upper 50s los gatos 51. monterey bay inland full house, 50 watsonville and monterey, 51 santa cruz gilroy and salinas. because we have a late push of clouds i think they will be easy to get rid of 10:00 out of inland valleys noon back to the coast not sure we'll see as much sunshine as we saw yesterday at the coast now that high pressure is coming back and stagnating the air yesterday low pressure overturns the air things out

moisture sun comes out high pressure tends to concentrate lower levels that's why the fog 50s, 60s coast, 60s, 70s bay, 70s, 80s inland 7 milpitas, -- 72 mill milpitas. -- [ unintelligible ] upper 60s richmond berkeley low to mid 70s rest of the east bay shore 10° warmer than yesterday inland 68 monterey, mid 70s rest of the bay low to mid 80s inland many any drizzle at the coast cloudy except for inland valleys partly cloudy back to the 50s. we gain one to two degrees tomorrow, couple more

wednesday cooling trend will hit over the weekend. here's frances. nice ride for across the golden gate bridge not much fog not much traffic heading into san francisco, more cars on i-80 through berkeley westbound flowing well from the carquinez to the maze only 18 minutes delay-free at the bay bridge toll. since there's not much going on, dumbarton bridge closed for labor day weekend, starting friday night at 10, closed through tuesday morning, 5 a.m., keep that in mind, you will see extra traffic on 92 and 237 and 880 and 101 getting to and from alternate routes. mass transit so far systems reporting no delays, ace, bart, caltrain, muni looking good. 4:54. california state university plans to launch a system-wide

online university next year that could expand enrollment by a quarter million. cal-state's 23 campuses have an enrollment now of 427,000. currently, 50 courses are offered online through the individual campuses the new system will provide one common website for students to use and will add new courses. new jersey-based software maker pearson is designing the system and will test it soon. >> the -- the american academy of pediatrics says the benefits outweigh small risks research bolstered evidence that circumcision reduces chance of infection, urinary tract infections and cancer. the decision should be up to parents and insurance should pay for the procedure. stunning headline out of the new england this morning where a doctor added insult to

injury for a patient who was turned away for being overweight. like so many of us ida is overweight and admits she could lose a few pounds, 5'7, 246 pounds and considered clinically obese. when she went looking for a new primary care physician she was stunned she was turned away because of her size. >> she was telling me she couldn't care for me because i was over 200 pounds. i've never heard anything like that. >> obesity center at u-mass that is much better staffed and has more resources than i do. >> the doctor may be within her rights she says some of her staff have been injured, handling heavy patients. according to the ethical grade lines patients and physicianses should be -- guidelines patients and physicians should be able to

exercise freedom. ida says just because it is legal doesn't make it right. we continue to knoll developing news, tropical storm isaac picking up steam -- next evacuation underway this morning along the gulf coast as hurricane warnings stretch from new orleans to the florida panhandle. when where learning about the victims of a fiery plane crash near tahoe. dinger flames pose to some homes. -- danger flames pose to some homes.