good morning. i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. and i'm eric thomas. it is not a hurricane yet but tropical storm sigh sick is bearing down on the gulf coast -- tropical storm isaac is

bearing down on the gulf coast. delaying the start of the republican convention. t.j. winick has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. activities here at the republican national convention have been cancelled for the day as florida governor scott and all of those in the gulf states have been bracing for isaac. isaac is growing more focused that center more clear. after at least eight died in haiti the storm ripped across key west sunday causing some flooding tracking west the storm is expected to pick up steam when it hits the gulf coast it could be a cat 2. >> i urge mississippi to mop for their local media -- to monitor their local media and heed all warnings issued by local and state officials. >> reporter: days before the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina, new orleans is on edge. >> with green that we were

like -- with katrina, we were -- >> reporter: drivers have already lined up for gas, residents buying plywood the city has declared a state of emergency, officials are warning, be ready for anything. >> we are encouraging all of our people to stay alert, monitor local conditions >> reporter: in south florida, millions pummeled by wind and rain as isaac is whipping up waves. >> going to ride it out and see how everything is going to go. >> reporter: across the state schools are closed for over a million students tampa will be spared the worst of the storm strong winds and half foot of rain in the forecast. as a result, republican officials have scaled back the convention from four days to three. >> got my raincoat, i'm ready for some weather. >> reporter: the republican convention here in tampa will convene for justify minutes today, a formality, before an

-- before adjourning until tomorrow t.j. winick. 5:03. warm gulf waters are known for picking up speed. we have to keep following the storm. mike is doing that. live doppler 7 hd along the gulf coast over the last hours definite turning and that counterclockwise fashion low pressure that the hurricane develops heavier bands of rain rolling through tampa st. pete the reason why they are going to have heavy rain there even though the storm is drifting west. track started way out east of the lesser antilles moved across the caribbean now into the gulf coast looks like it is going to pick up right now 65 mile per hour winds, moving west-northwest at 14. right to in o. or the south of

new orleans should hit there midnight wednesday as a category 1 right now. of course, abc7 news political reporter mark matthews is in tampa for the gop convention. we'll have live reports starting tonight at 5 p.m., of course you can follow mark on twitter and facebook for instant convention developments throughout this week. in a few hours the petaluma little league team will return to the bay area they put up a fight in their loss for the is is championship saturday but still return winners. john alston is live at sfo. >> reporter: good morning. quiet now but that petaluma little league team will return home in a little more than six hours from now after a month on the road, their flight is schedule get in about 11:20 this morning. those boys played their last game yesterday consolation game against pan marks the petaluma team won, they

finished third overall in the world series championships. petaluma and northern california for that matter have been mesmerized by the boys. now they will be treated to a heroes' welcome when they awry back home a stretch hummer limo is supposed to take them to the sonoma marin fairgrounds. >> they land 11:20, we are picking them up in style motorcade back to petaluma folks with balloons and signs at our fairground waiting to great 'em and thank 'em for making us proud. >> i'm really proud of the boys. that i given everything they have. i feel fortunate to be part of what they have done. >> reporter: now it is back to the real world once the boys and parents return they have catching up to do. the players have missed four days of school already and the grown-ups have to get back to

work, return to their lies, answer the mail, pay bills. -- their lives, answer the mail, pay bills. [ inaudible ] there will be a parade in petaluma next sunday. john alston, abc7 news. 5:06. san pablo police asking for the public's help in finding the person who shot and killed a man sunday afternoon officers were alerted by the shot spotter device yesterday following a brief search police found the 22-year-old victim shot in the head. police won't say where the shooting happened >> in vallejo, police are searching for a gunman wanted in connection with a double shooting. police say a man and woman were shot in front of an apartment building witnesses

say the man, woman and her four children were getting too a car when a man wearing a ski mask walked up to the vehicle and started shooting. the woman was taken by ambulance with a gunshot wound to the leg the man drove himself to the hospital before police arrived. the children in the car were not hurt. the national transportation board set to hold a meeting today to determine probable cause of last year's deadly air race in reno. september 16th, the aircraft crashed into the spectator box seating area during the races. the crash killed the pilot and 10 on the ground, 60 others were injured. organizers of the reno races have established a 77 million dollar fund to be distributed to those who were injured or lost family members in the crash. federal investigators are expected to return today to the scene of fatal plane cash near south lake tahoe. the plane crashed -- late

saturday night. the plane is registered to an -- multiple victims were killed. an employee told the reporter the owner, his by, daughter and two friends were flying to tahoe. the plane burst into flames upon impact and star aid small fire. -- impact and started a small fire. this morning, bay area man convicted for fighting for the taliban in afghanistan set to testify in a lawsuit claiming a ban on group prayer in prison violates his religious freedom. john walker lynn is serving 20 -- john walker lin is serving 20 years wasn'ts the right to gather with other muslims in the prison. right now they are only allowed group prayers once a

week the government says daily gatherings would pose a security risk. calfire hopes to have full containment of the ponderosa fire as soon as today many right now that 28,000 acre fire on the border of shasta and tehama is 80% contained. evacuation orders have been lived, the lightning spawned fire -- have been lifted, the lightning spawned fire -- milder weather over the weekend had a that? >> i think so. a little more humidity in the air and that is going to slowly move from us, area of low pressure responsible for that that is going to start moving northwest, high pressure coming back and that's why we are going to see a warming trend and more clouds at the coast than yesterday. through 7:00, cloudy, in the

low fives at the coast, mid and upper 50s bay and inland noon temperatures 70 bay warmest inland 78, 57 coast, 4:00 warmest temperatures inland around 87 for the bay, 78, 62 coast drifting clouds back into the bay upper 60s 7:00 clear inland during the eve mid to upper 70s, 50s at the coast. -- next three days temperatures closer to average, one to two degree jump everyday. 90 inland, 80 bay, 64 at the coast. still can't find trouble this morning. really easy ride. live shot in san jose, headlights northbound 280, this is highway 17 coming out of santa cruz mountains. no problems at all as you head through the south bay. san mateo bridge the drive time now from 880101 is 14

minutes probably a -- 880 to 101 is 14 minutes. 101 san rafael good southbound past the marin civic center. the only slowing in the east bay, coming out of the tracy area or further inland i o'-- farther inland i should say westbound 20519 minutes ago a traffic spotter reported it as moderate. -- heavy within the last 10, 15 minutes now heavy traffic and folks moving at around 25 miles an hour, like the traffic spotter towards 580. 5:11. frightening moments for a san francisco family. next, what we know this morning about a fire that forced them to flee their home. it is the verdict that has -- that is still the talk of the high-tech world.or

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. good morning. this morning investigators will be back in the mission district trying to figure out the cause of a fire we showed you smoke from a house fire at 5 last night the flames forced the family to evacuate the home. firefighters stopped before the flames could spread to nearby buildings.

they say it appears the fire started in a cottage behind the larger home. the sound of sirens could be heard racing up to the berkeley hills after a fire there last night around 6:30 along arlington avenue where the garage caught fire and threatened nearby homes. firefighters were able to quickly contain the two alarm fire, nobody was hurt. if you heard a warning siren in san francisco yesterday, rest assured no emergency. the department of emergency management says the siren was activated accidentally around 3:45 yesterday afternoon if you were confused, you weren't alone. the siren normally heard only on tuesdays at noon for testing or during a real emergency. this morning, jurors in the apple/samsung patent trial are speaking out. friday the jury award apple a one billion dollar victory against samsung. for -- apple bleed patented features from itch phones and

ipads were being used in competing samsung products. hogan says the smoking gun appeared when samsung ignored warnings from google executives that patent laws were being broken. >> and they demanded that samsung make a change to their software and hardware and in looking at what followed after that, we saw evidence that samsung chose not to pass that information down in fact among themselves saying we choose to ignore this. >> hogan happens to know a few things about high-tech patents he's an electrical engineer and has again through the process of having his own ideas patented. get ready for exciting announcements, abc7 news and several other sources are reporting upcoming announcement of iphone 5 on september 12th. there are reports apple will reveal ipad mini sometime in okay.

competitors are snaking smaller inch versions of the tablet. analysts say apple has to introduce a smaller, cheaper ipad if it wants to stay competitive. time for a look at our forecast tropical storm isaac down two -- downgraded to a one? >> spoeb a one it could ram up to two before it hits landfall. over new orleans it could be a one, minimal. good news there hopefully the winds stay low. here we don't have to worry about any type of strong wind yesterday it was cool except the coast where winds brought a lot of sunshine to your afternoon. right now we have light winds, they are blowing clouds back across our neighborhoods as we look southeast from our roof

cam. maybe drizzle tomorrow definitely fog starting to form in the north bay valleys. napa 46, santa rosa 49 clear there which could be conducive to fog formation the ref news the 50s monterey bay 51 inland sunny around the bay and inland warmer today most cloudy tonight drizzle if we have any at the coast warmer weather earlier in the week then cooling trend temperatures below average for the weekend. today compared to average, still four degrees cooler livermore, napa, oakland, san francisco, san jose five, redwood city seven degrees cooler than average this cool august continues to march on. right now through 7:00, trying to push into the east bay valleys and south bay.

fog and low clouds back to the coast by noon, pockets of sun will develop 50s and 60s, 70s, 80s rest of us south bay low 70's to low 80s, microclimates in microclimates. low to mid 60s peninsula coast, 65 downtown, 69 south san francisco and sausalito mid 70s to near 80 north bay valleys upper 60s richmond and berkeley low to mid 70s east bay shore, low to me 80s east bay valleys. -- low to mid 80s east bay valleys. mid to upper 60s carmel, monterey. couple degrees warmer tomorrow and wednesday, 5 to 10° cooler saturday, sunday. one problem on bay area freeways now san francisco north 101, 9th street near the off-ramp between the off-ramp

and right lane stalled big rig. also, westbound 80 for headlights through -- past university through berkeley, still fine towards the bay bridge toll, which is typical delays right now westbound 4 antioch, slowing as well out of tracy into the altamont pass. just the normal slow downs developing, golden gate bridge fine, looking good, you can see almost all the way cross the span. just a reminder, dumbarton bridge closed for labor day weekend starting friday night 10:00 until next tuesday 5 a.m. expect heavy traffic san mateo bridge 237 and 880, 101 alternates. mass transit looking good no major delays. 5:2010 >> great day for peyton manning. the super bowl winning quarterback puts the 49er defense to -- [ inaudible ]

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losing to the braves yesterday. starting pitcher lincecum was rocked again lasting only five innings allowing three runs, including a homerun. giants lose 7-1, they still maintain a two game division lead ahead of the dodgers. 49ers and raiders will be cutting roster down today from 90 to 75, as they prepare to play separate opponents in their final preseason game thursday. 9ers visited denver yesterday and former super bowl -- quarterback peyton manning led his new team to two touchdowns against 9ers defense in the first quarter. smith and his offense strike back smith to the wide open davis for a 44 yard score. that make sense? >> yeah 9ers added five field goals final was 29-24 9ers. how do you leave davis that wide open? there is going to be loud noises in the locker room about that.

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good monday morning, thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze in a few hours chevron officials will be giving us an update into the investigation of the refinery fire which left thousands complaining of health problems. amy hollyfield is live at the refinery. >> reporter: has chevron done enough? some say no. chevron is going to take the

opportunity today to brief people the investigation is going. but, some are getting information on their own. saturday people attended a forum called know your rights. set up by plaintiffs' attorneys who want to sue chevron for gross negligence. they believe the fire on august 6th, was preventable. one attorney says, he has more than 3,000 people who want to sue chevron. >> some people saying they are not going to do a claim some say they are going to do a claim they don't know what to do they are undecided. it happens all the time -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: four refinery work hurt in that fire. more than 14,000 people visited local hospitals. chevron house announced it will compensate people for any injuries there are people in the community who don't think chevron is doing enough. today's meeting is one in a

series of scheduled briefings set to start 10:00 this morning at the richmond city council chambers. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. it is 5:32 now. sunnyvale police continue to hunt for two robbers who shot a jewelry store worker last night. police say the two thieves appeared to be in their 20s drove way in a large maroon colored suv the victim was rushed to a trauma center. at least five jewelry stores have been robbed in the bay area in the past few weeks. another violent weekend with at least 10 shootings in oakland, three, children under 14 were shot. saturday night a 14 year boiled was shot while he visited his cousin. police are still looking for whoever opened fire. right now no word on the motive. the boy's grandmother says he was shot in the head and is in

critical at children's hospital. his 21-year-old cousin died at the scene. the grandmother says the boy moved out of oakland recently, for his own safety. >> let the aunt take over and raise him in another county, for what? he comes to visit to see his cousin for one afternoon and look what happens. >> on church street a 12-year-old girl was wounded when bullets tore through her home 3:30 saturday morning. friday a west oakland 7-year-old was grazed by a bullet while playing. residents and leaders are expressing frustration at not being able to stop the violence. moving on to a story we can smile about, still time if you want to take part in the big welcome home for the petaluma all-stars who will arrive at san francisco international in a few hours. the team became bay area heroes after a thrilling week at the little league world series in pennsylvania. they 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 land at san francisco airport 11:20 we have a motorcade bringing them back to petaluma folks on the ground with balloons, signs at our fairgrounds waiting to greet 'em and thank 'em for making us proud i am >> that's not all. the icing on the cake, the town organizing a raid for the team next sunday. we'll have more in a live report from john alston at sfo coming up in the next half hour. this morning, oakland mayor quan will unveil plans for a weeklong celebration of the city's professional sports teams called oakland loves its sports teams week campaign stars september 10th when the raiders host monday night football game against the chargers. it wraps up september 14th,

when athletics host orioles. the announcement a day after warriors named the firm hired to design the arena the team plans to build in san francisco, the nba team unveiled its plan to move in may, a's voiced interest in moving to san jose, raiders are exploringing options for a new home. this morning the america's cup world series is being called a huge success. the regatta drew thousands to chrissy field, oracle team usa scored two big wins one team captured fleet racing title, the other boat won the match racing crown another race in october. the series determined who qualifies for next year's race which will be held hear in the bay area. 5:35. tropical storm isaac has crossed florida causing local flooding gaining strength this morning and heading toward louisiana and mississippi.

forcasters expect it to become a cat 1 when it reaches gulf coast, downgraded from earlier predictions of category 2. more than 50,000 residents in louisiana have been told to evacuate, the louisiana governor jindal says he's likely going to skip the republican national convention he had been scheduled to speak tuesday forcasters issued hurricane warning for an area that includes new orleans. mississippi governor bryant has declared a state of emergency as officials prepare. >> the major concerns we have now are high wind, heavy rains and flooding and the potential storm surge areas and low lying areas along the mississippi gulf coast. >> isaac is expected to reach cat 2 when it comes along the gulf coast late tuesday or wednesday. wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane

katrina. numbers keep changing because storms are fluid. >> fluid, i like that, storms are predictable and unpredictable. how about that. let's check in with mike. i like 'em both that's what we have to deal with, not a perfect science we try to get it as perfect as we can so people can know what is coming. right out in outer bands moving away from tampa after it brought them heavy rain. isaac pulling west-northwest 14 miles per hour, you can see the track over the last several days now starting to accelerate on its way up towards new orleans. we have 65 mile per hour wind, just below that 74 threshold that you would need, sustained winds for a hurricane. over the next 12 hours i think it will become one. new orleans midnight wednesday could be a cat 1 with storm surge you are always worried about around new orleans, four to five feet if it does come

in during high tide that could be an issue. 50s through the morning hours, as we jump up into the afternoon hours 60s and 70s and all the clouds back to the coast and as 4:00 develops sunshine along the coast, 60s for you, 60s and 70s bay, 70s, 80s inland. next three days you can see temperatures will be warmer and closer to average with warmest inland around 90, 80 bay, mid 60s at the coast. good morning. traffic looking great, i think you will have a nice ride minor wait at the about toll for cash paying lanes, contra costa county southbound 680 good through walnut creek this is southbound highway 24 at the top of your screen, slowing westbound 4 out of antioch in the usual spots. westbound 80 carquinez to the maze has green to 20 minutes. things were -- has green to 20

minutes. -- 580 from the altamont pass to 680, 16 minutes before you get to the altamont pass i can show with you the waze traffic app how slow it is out of tracy, under 30 miles an hour, as you leave 205 and head into the altamont pass. the other typical slow spot is westbound 4 out of antioch moving close to 30 miles an hour lone tree out towards loveridge. of course you can get our app by going to abc7news.com/waze. 5:39. next, serious allegations made against a company responsible for screening luggage at san francisco airport. low flying helicopter will be buzzing the bay area starting today. the research it will be conducting that will help orotect northern california

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> a especially equipped twin engine bell helicopter similar to this one belonging to the national nuclear security administration will take measurements of the radiation

levels from the ground called background radiation. information the government hopes will pinpoint a dirty bomb or nuclear weapon in the future the helicopter will be glide in a -- flying in a grid pattern over the next six days. >> they need to know what the average background radiation is if they came back a month or year later and saw something higher they would be able to tell there was something new. >> the measurements are harmless, they are looking for natural background radiation that is always there and nothing special is being emitted. baggage screeners at sfo say passenger bags identified by x-ray months as high risk bomb threats are being loaded ton planes everyday without secondary inspections. -- a year long investigation by the examiner details alleged federal vialses by screeners who work for covenant aviation security the private company in charge of screening baggage and

checkpoint security the problem affects dozens if not hundreds of bags that pass through without human inspection after being flagged by the months. workers complain managers cover-up breaches and retaliate against employees who complain. according to one veteran screener, a federal investigation was launch two weeks ago into the alleged breaches. tropical storm isaac is raining on hopes for lower gas prices. respected doctors' group weighs in on the controversy over circumcision the advice they are giving. too fat to treat. the woman one doctor turned away because she weighed too much. we'll take you for one last ride on a favorite on the santa cruz boardwalk. see what is coming, next.

welcome back. warmer than yesterday one to 11° biggest jump inland 80s returning there, 70s bay, 60s coast, san francisco, san mateo, richmond. doppler quiet across the state not picking up rain not expecting any this afternoon 108 palm springs, mid 80s l.a.,

8 chico. -- nothing out of the ordinary today no matter where you travel across the state. time for your news. 5:48 now. this morning, minor damage but no injuries being reported from a swarm of small earthquakes that shook southern california. more than 300 quakes rattled rural imperial and san diego counties since late saturday night the largest 5.5. 20 mobile homes were knocked off foundations, 2500 homes lost power for a brief time yesterday. seismologists say such quake starts are not unusual in that region. tropical storm isaac mixing things up for the republican national convention in tampa, florida. the convention will officially open today, mostly empty hall then immediately recess. delegates arrived at the site 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 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 energy for tuesday. 172 delegates representing california on the convention floor in tampa. state gop leaders expect 800 californians to take part in various convention activities. mark matthews is in tampa for the and he's on twitter this morning i can attest to that he will have live reports beginning today on abc7 news at 5 p.m.. today we should find out more about the new ride that will replace an old favorite on the santa cruz beach

boardwalk. over the weekend members of the american rollercoaster end nice yas club took one last ride on the hurricane coaster that is due to be dismantled after labor day sold to amusement park in new mexico after 20 years of thrills in santa cruz. today, boardwalk officials will reveal more about the new ride that will replace the hurricane due to open next year. a lot of people can't wait to find out what that's going to be. say good-bye to that hurricane this morning meanwhile we are keeping an eye on what might be a hurricane. >> only hurricane ever to hit california by the way >> very nice! isaac is bearing down on new orleans interesting it could hit on the anniversary of katrina won't do anything like katrina did not that strong. show what is going on after my bad joke. 5:50, sausalito hazy from mount tamalpais wants on

tamalpais 2600 feet, -- winds on tamalpais 2600 feet, a little breezy. lack of clouds over sausalito, dry, clouds along the coast also dry this morning. tomorrow maybe a different story. clear a little fog starting to develop around napa and santa rosa, 46 and 49, clearly the cool spots everybody else in the 50s. monterey bay, nearly cloudy temperatures around 50 to 51. sunny around the bay and inland more clouds at the coast than yesterday. slight warming trend from the bay to a bigger one inland today. mostly cloudy tonight, coastal drizzle for tomorrow's morning commute and then right after this warming trend back down cooler than average for the weekend. today, one degree warmer in san francisco, 65, oakland 70, santa rosa 80. fremont 76, san jose 78. concord 82° in the 80s today,

11° warmer than yesterday. most neighbors will be in the low to mid 80s in the east bay valleys nice not having to run the air conditioning lately. mid to upper 60s richmond, berkeley low to mid 70s everybody else south bay milpitas 72 mid to upper 70s until you get to campbell and los gatos, 80s. upper 60s to mid 70s peninsula from north to south, low to mid 60s coast today mid to upper 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito mid 70s to near 80 north bay valleys, 62 bodega bay, mid to upper 60s monterey and carmel mid 70s rest of the bay sun and low to mid 80s inland. one to two degrees warmer tomorrow and into wednesday when the heat peaks with near 90 inland, we drop five to eight degrees by the time the weekend rolls around more clouds in the morning. here's frances. new crash just reported westbound 580 near mountainhouse as you approach

grant line road out of tracy. traffic spotter just reported it a few minutes ago already on the shoulder that was reported four minutes ago. things are slow as you can see 30 miles an hour, westbound 205 as you continue to the -- into the altamont pass slow all the way into livermore right now. we'll check out the commute elsewhere, south bay still fine looking good northbound 280 for headlights highway 17 across your screen northbound san mateo bridge also fine westbound on the right no problems on 880 through hayward or 101 peninsula. check out the bay bridge toll things are starting to back up for cash paying lanes. last week it got crowded at the bay bridge with theatering lights on around 6:15 we'll be keeping an eye on this, expect a lot of changes in the next 20 minutes. tropical storm isaac

threatening to drive fuel prices higher. >> here's jane king with the bloomberg business report. jane? okay maybe jane is not ready for us. jane you take your time we'll come back and talk to you later. california state will -- state university will launch a system wide online university that could add a quarter million students. >> right now the 23 campuss have an enrollment of 427,000, 50 courses offered online through individual universities. >> the new system will provide one common website for all courses plus the new ones the university plans to you ever a the vendor providing the service will be new jersey-based educational software maker pearson, which plans to begin testing soon. the nation's most influential pediatricians' group has revised its opinion of circumcision. they say the benefits outweigh the small risks.

recent research has bolstered evidence that it reduces chances of infection with sexually spread diseases, urinary tract infections and cancer. the academy says the decision should be up to parents and insurance should pay for the procedure. stunning headline out of new england where a doctor has reportedly turned away a patient for being too fat. like many americans ida is overweight admits she could lose a few pounds, 5'7, 245 pounds considered clinically obese. when she went looking for a new primary care doctor she was stunned to be turn away because of her side. >> -- turned away because of her size. >> she was telling me she couldn't care for me because i was over 200 pounds. >> there's an obesity center at u-mass that is much well -- much where staffed and has more resources than i do. >> the doctor may be well within her rights, she says

some of her staff has been injured in handling heavy patients and according to the american medical association's ethical guidelines patients and physicians should be able to exercise freedom in choosing with whom to interinto a medical relationship. many like ida say because it is legal doesn't make it right. 5:56. next, tracking isaac. we just received an update on the storm as it continues to move the u.s.. the glimmer of good news and preparations for the worst now taking place. the homecoming scheduled later today for the petaluma all-stars after their incredible run at the little league world series.