good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. and i'm eric thomas. developing news, tropical storm isaac the storm is continuing its trek towards the gulf of mexico this morning already being felt in florida. you are looking at video from

last night showing rain in miami south beach, concerns are growing that isaac could cause problems along the gulf coast. this morning the national hurricane center tells abc7 news that isaac will grow to a cat 1 and make landfall late tomorrow. forcasters earlier predicted a cat 2. it could come ashore between new orleans and the edge of the florida panhandle as a result, voluntary evacuation orders are in place, in parts of louisiana and the state of emergency in effect in mississippi. of course we have our own forecast here we'll check in with mike. good morning. here's theç+wjh latest live dopr 7 hd imagery over the last three hours you can see an eye wall developing. heavier rains just pulled through tampa are moving away more storms on the way. we are looking at a tropical storm as katie and eric mentioned winds 65 miles per hour moving west-northwest 14 miles per hour, 360 miles from

the mouth of the mississippi to the east of new orleans. probably midnight tomorrow it is going to come ashore as a cat 1 with a surge of about four to five feet, which is devastating for the westlands around louisiana. as it moves into mississippi it has potentialal to dump 10 to 20 inches of rain. flooding in-- inland flooding going to be more of a . more in a minute on our forecast. -- this wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina making landfall on the gulf coast. seven years later parts of louisiana are once again under an evacuation order with >> we are calling on folks who live in low-lying areas in the 15 parishes in the hurricane watch area of louisiana to start voluntary evacuations today. >> louisiana governor jindal is scheduled to speak at the republican national convention in tampa tomorrow.

jindal says he will not leave his state, as long as isaac remains a threat. impending arrival of isaac leading to a run ons go in the gulf coast. long lines could be seen across the gulf coast over the weekend, including this station in st. charles parish, louisiana. the storm is already affecting production. london-based bp evacuating workers from its platforms. analysts say prices could spike before the start of the upcoming holiday weekend. first day of the republican national convention is cancelled because of isaac. delegates started arriving over the weekend and some took part in welcome event last night. the convention will convene today, all business recessed until tomorrow. eye rick is -- isaac is not expected to make a direct hit on tampa, but organizers decided to cancel today because some could have trouble getting to the convention due to strong rain and wind. >> mitt romney starting his day in new hampshire, he spent

yesterday morning at church with his wife and later today, later in the day yesterday, i should say, he stopped at a local high school auditorium and practiced his upcoming speech to delegates. he's scheduled to deliver that speech thursday. stay with the news for coverage on isaac and gop convention. in our next half hour live to tampa for an update on the storm. mark matthews will have live reports from the convention in tampa. you can follow him on twitter and facebook all weeklong. it is 6:04. in a few hours the pride of petaluma will return home to the bay area after an incredible performance at the little league world series. john alston joins us live from sfo. >> reporter: good morning. we are awaiting their return in a little more than five

hours the team will come back home after almost a month on the road, their flight is scheduled to arrive here at about 11:20 this morning. what a homecoming they will receive. the 11, 12 and 13-year-olds laid their last game yesterday a consolation game beating panama they finished third overall in the little league world series championship. the town of petaluma and the bay area have been mesmerized by the boys. now they will be treated to a heroes' welcome when they arrive home this morning, a stretch hummer is posed to pick them up here, take them to the fair grounds. >> a whole bunch of folks with balloons, signs at our fairgrounds waiting to greet 'em and thank 'em for making us proud. >> everybody is nice and finance any, [ inaudible ] -- and funny. [ inaudible ] >> you know these are lifetime friendships, right? >> yeah.

>> reporter: once they are all back they have to get back to the real world. not just the boys but their parents they have catching up to do. the players have missed four days of school while they were on this incredible run. adults have to do grown-up things like pay bills check e-mails pick up the mail, everything they've missed for the past thirty days or so the celebration is not going to end today. once the team gets here, they will go back to snow that county there will be a parade for them next sunday. for now we are waiting the arrival. flight is scheduled 11:20 this morning. john alston, abc7 news. >> you think they will need a note to cover-up absence from school? >> reporter: yeah, i think they have a pretty good excuse. >> thank you. san pablo police are 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 after noon yesterday, police found a 20 2-year-old victim shot in the head he was taken to medical center where he was pronounced dead. police won't say where the shooting happened. fatal plane crash in nevada the victims may be from fresno the plane crashed saturday night after takeoff from tahoe airport registered to the other than of a trucking company in fresno. an employee told a reporter the owner, his wife, daughter and two friends were flying to tahoe the ntsb is investigating. the ntsb is set to hold a meeting today to determine the 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 pilot and 10 people on the ground. 60 others were injured. organizers of the reno races

have established a 77 million dollar fund to be distributed to those injured or lost family members in that crash. just now 6:08 on this monday morning. we are following dramatic weather news in florida, gulf coast we must check in locally. >> let's do both, mike is here. here's a look at what is happening right now, area of low pressure to our north, brought breezes and cool weather yesterday, starting to pup a little farther north starting to fill a little and weaken, sea breeze slower today, high pressure coming in, going to bring sunshine inland, bring us more clouds at the coast today than it did yesterday. mainly cloudy through 7:00, temperatures in the 50s, as we head towards noon, sunshine around the bay and inland low to upper 70s, as we head to 4:00, sun, again around the bay and inland upper 70s to upper 80s clouds stubborn along the coast, 50s to low 60s, by 7:00, a few clouds back into the bay, 68 for you,

inland warmest around 78 at 7:00. high amounts of tree and ragweed, grass and mold moderate. next three days you can see a warming trend temperatures get closer to average we warm a couple of degrees everyday getting near 90 inland wednesday near 80 around the bay, mid 60s at the coast. here's frances with a new accident. possibly injury crash. this could be a potential hot spot for the morning. westbound 80 in berkeley, this accident is on the shoulder you notice cars are slowing, emergency crews just arrived, westbound traffic slow out of albany towards berkeley. i want to check out the drive time for you. right now from the carquinez to the maze 21 minutes this drive time has been growing westbound 24 to the maze delay-free. i want to show you the waze traffic app, traffic spotter

reported glass on the road westbound 80 this berkeley and this was reported 18 minutes ago, just before this crash. that might be the cause for the accident. you can see starting to back up into el cerrito and possibly richmond. we'll keep an eye on that we'll check out the bay bridge toll right now only the cash paying lanes backed up to almost west grand fastrak lanes still looking good. 6:10. fall-out doesn't seem to be ending following the release of prince harry's nude photos. the manage soon now making a cash offer. first, the hundreds of thousands of dollars the state is spending on ipads? despite tight budget. [ male announcer ] the magic of nature blooms in every seed,

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good morning. live look from our camera towards the bay bridge and the bay it is traffic there moving along okay we are keeping track of trouble spots, fan says is, mike is going to tell you more about the weather. all of that in a couple of minutes. new this morning, a review of state spending records shows california has spent more than 423,000 on ipads for state employees, according to a report in the chronicle. veterans affairs spent most of that, $95,000 for 127 ipads.

a spokesman for if the governor's office said some received the ipads in lieu of expensive laptops but admits they are a luxury and sends the wrong message during hard times. fundraiser in livermore brought in more than a million dollars and we couldn't be happier. the fundraiser benefits a camp where children with life-threatening diseases and disabilities can have a once in a lifetime camping experience. cheryl jennings has worked for years helping the foundation make wishes come true. the president and general manager of abc7, was recognized for the station's commitment to the foundation. :15. mike you were there as well? >> yeah, i was the one eating. did they show that picture again the food was phenomenal, all the vendors and wineries there, a million dollars, i

think there's a family that matches that. it could be two million dollars. >> wouldn't that be great with >> phenomenal organization glad i could be part of it. >> mild weather made you hungry? >> it was cold in livermore yesterday, in the 70s, naturally in the hundreds. everybody was actually i think happy that it was cooler and not so hot even though they were prepared with tents and all sorts of neat things. you can see from mount tamalpais clouds are rolling in keep an eye on sfo. let's move on and show you live doppler, looks dry now, tomorrow there maybe a little drizzle long the coast. guess who is going to school today? oakland unified district, cloudy this morning, about 50 two sun will break out at 11 at 61, breezy and 68 by 3:00, ,

64. -- warmer 82° by 3:00, 77 by 6:00, right now 40s around santa rosa napa everybody else 50s san rafael 60 temperatures in the upper 40s clear sky around the monterey bay and inland sunny today around the bay and inland a little more cloud cover at the coast temperatures jump 1 to 11° compared to yesterday many cloudy tonight drizzle possible at the coast cool weekend on tap. today everybody is cooler from livermore 83, four degrees cooler napa 79, oakland 70, san francisco 75. redwood city, 75 is seven december cooler than average. temperatures along the coast today, low to mid 60s, upper 60s to mid 70s around the bay and mid 70s to mid 80s as you

head inland temperatures jump a couple more december tomorrow into wednesday, cooling trend back to 5 to 10° by the weekend. have a great day. still keeping an eye on crash in berkeley, injuries reported westbound 80 near university. everything is on the shoulder, traffic always slows even if no lanes are blocked, sluggish ride westbound 80 out of albany, towards university just before you get towards ashby traffic heavy. grass fire reported in oakland area northbound 13 moraga, keeping an eye on this, they are saying the grass fire is starting to head towards a house but not causing traffic problems on highway 13 yet at this point, definitely avis able distraction. bay bridge toll for you cash paying lanes are backed up towards west grand, san mateo bridge if that's your route this morning, so far things are looking good this is

westbound past the toll, no problems on the dumbarton, dumbarton bridge closed for labor day weekend. :19. still ahead, prince harry's tabloid troubles may not be over yet. peyton manning and broncos take on smith and 9ers in preseason action.

>> good morning. :23 south -- 6:23, southeast, -- full forecast coming up. the 49ers and raiders will be cutting the rosters down from 90 to 75, as they both prepare to play separate opponents in their final preseason games thursday. 9ers visited denver yesterday and peyton manning looked good he led his new broncos team to two touchdowns in the defense in the first quarter. quarterback smith and his offense struck back, wide open davis how do you let that guy get that open for a 44 yard

touchdown? in the second half dixon fighting to a roster spot finds the hole for another 9er touchdown. 9ers added five field goals and won 29-24. see the raiders take on denver december 6th, one of two thursday night games that abc 7 will carry also the seattle game october 18th. prince harry expected to return to his military duties today less than a week after naked photos of him surfaced online. mirror newspaper reports his commanders are expected to talk to him today about the photos. tmz first published them last week. the paper also reports the royal family is bracing for other photos that could surface in the future. one magazine is offering one million dollars for any new, that's new not nude, photos of the prince. >> they may be both. >> worth a million i'm sure. expendibles 2 still tops

at the box office, the sequel is number one for the second week in a row earning another 13 million dollars. it was a weak opening for new releases all movies in the top five over the weekend have been at the box office for a week or more. bourne legacy number two, paranorman three, campaign 4th, followed by dark knight rises in 5th place. still ahead, we are continuing to follow our developing news tropical storm isaac making its trek towards the gulf. complete coverage. here at home, another bay area jewelry store targeted. the victim now recovering at the hospital. >> reporter: got questions about that chevron refinery fire? today you could get answers. i'll tell you when and where, coming up. here's a look at temperatures, they are running a little cooler than average

60s coast, san francisco, san mateo rip money 70s bay, 70s, 80s inland across the country -- rather warm 80s, 90s except no, seattle, portland 70s, 107 phoenix. key west in florida that airport is closed, we have flight arrival delays into laguardia and flight arrival

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good morning everyone it is monday the 27th, day of august starting out with cloudy skies as you can see from this picture from outside. thanks for starting your day with you us i'm eric thomas. i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. we start with our developing news. tropical storm isaac, you are looking at video we have now from miami this morning as you can see some clouds and rain, but for the most part, south florida is being spared the worst this morning. within the last 90 minutes we learned forcasters are predicting isaac is only expected to grow to a hurricane 1, category 1 hurricane earlier predictions called for a cat 2. isaac is expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow, expected to happen between

louisiana and the florida panhandle. >> mike, as we know even a cat 1 when it is heading towards new orleans can cause major problems. >> yeah it has its own issues new orleans because it is below sea level and the marshy area around it could get flooded. my biggest concern is once it makes landfall as a cat 1 how much rain is it going to drop? 10 to ten tip -- 10 to ten continues possible. eye wall was west of florida moving from florida general trend will take it towards new orleans where most of the models are kind of coming together with around south of new orleans there. 65 mile per hour winds as it comes ashore, midnight tomorrow as a category 1. with isaac moving closer to louisiana, some voluntary

evacuation orders in place. the mayor says residents need to be responsible for their own safety is what he said earlier this morning. >> our position right now is we are not going to have shelters of last resort. people can not rely on they sheltering people in the event that a major -- we will take whatever precautions we need to protect people. unfortunately, people party that the -- people hear that the wrong way and don't make pro firsts -- provisions. >> mayor went on to say new orleans is prepared for a cat 3. isaac expected to be a category 1 storm. these things can change. the republican national convention in tampa will be called to order today but all activities are cancelled until tomorrow because of the storm. the chairman of california's republican party 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 going to have a lot of energy for tuesday. >> he tells us 172 delegates are representing california on the convention floor. state gop leaders expect 800 californians to take part in various activities connected to the convention. stay with abc7's morning news for complete coverage on tropical storm isaac and the . we will go live to tampa and mark matthews will have live reports from the convention on later editions of the abc7 news follow him on twitter and facebook for instand updates throughout the convention. he's already tweeting about how the storm is affecting the california delegation. in a few hours, chevron officials will be giving an update on the investigation into the massi refinery fire which left thousands of resident -- into the massive refinery fire which left

thousands complaining of health problems. >> reporter: chevron has a lot to answer to. the company has received 18,000 claims from residents. today the company will take this opportunity to pull together a number of different agencies to answer questions and update people on how the investigation is going. the residents got information over the weekend at a seminar 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 this month was preventable. some community leaders have questioned whether chevron has done all it could since the fire that tore through the number 4 unit. although there does seem to be plenty of interest in suing chevron, there are some who are skeptical. >> it took us eight years in the '92 fire to get $100. they took all that money, and one guy bought an island they said.

so, it is like, they get paid and we get played. >> reporter: four refinery work hurt in the fire, 14,000 people visited local hospitals. chevron did announce it will compensate people for medical problems that some are questioning whether chevron has done enough. today's meeting will be the first in a series of regularly scheduled briefings, set to start at 10:00 this morning at the richmond city council chambers. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. 6:35 now. sunnyvale police hinting for two robbers who shot a jewelry store worker last night. five jewelry stores have been robbed in the bay party in the past few weeks. this time it -- -- police say the two appeared to be in their 20s drove away in a large ma loon colored suv the victim was rush -- maroon

colored suv the victim was rushed to a trauma center. it has been another violent weekend in oakland with at least 10 shootings, three victims are children under 14. saturday night at 9:30 a 14-year-old boy was shot while visiting a cousin. 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. >> on church street a 12-year-old girl was wounded when bullets tore through her home 3:30 saturday and a 7-year-old was grazed by a bullet friday. oakland mayor quan will announce plans today for oakland loves its sports teams week through september 10th through the 14th, kicks off the day raiders host monday night football and wraps up when a's host orioles. yesterday the warriors announced the firm that will design their new arena in

san francisco, the nba team unveiled plan to move back in may, a's voiced from in moving to san jose raiders are exploring several options for a new home. it 6:30 7. busy morning in the -- weather center. there's tropical storm spinning in the gulf of mexico. let's talk about our weather, visibility, we have low clouds, flight arrival delays into sfo, nearly 80 minutes i am check our flight tracker abc7news.com bottom of every page. right after katie, katie couric, not you. you can find her too on the bio-- bio page. you should have seen the look on her face -- any way, area of low pressure butting a little -- pulling a little

away from us. high pressure starting to move in we could see more clouds than we did yesterday many cloudy through 7:00, patchy drizzle at the coast, 50s noon everybody has sunshine except coast starting to develop pockets there, 60s around san francisco, oakland and san rafael, everybody else in the 70s for your launch hour, 4:00, 70s and 80s inland 70s bay, 60s coast, temperatures cool quickly once we get to 7:00, 70s inland, 60s bay, 50s at the coast into san francisco. we'll jump a couple of degrees everyday away from the coast warmest wednesday near 90 for our hottest pots inland near 80 around the bay and mid 60s at the coast temperatures going to be closer than average in the cool weekend. time for traffic here's frances >> things are slowing on westbound 80 through berkeley, second problem, let's talk about the first. injury crash three cars on the right hand shoulder.

westbound traffic slow approaching the scene past university. then there was a stall blocking the second lane from the left looks like it just cleared to the center divide. this whole stretch of westbound 80 very heavy now. we'll check out the drive time for you from the carquinez bridge to the maze, now over half an hour, 32 minutes. also westbound 24 drive time, 680 to 580, 14 minutes accident out of the caldecott tunnel on the shoulder not causing big delay. nearby southbound 13 at moraga, there's a grass fire to the right hand shoulder visible from the freeway it does look like it is causing slowing southbound, northbound speeds 63 miles an hour. bay bridge toll, metering lights on, traffic now backing up towards west grand for all the lanes. eric and our very own katie. >> thank you very much frances. investors reacting to the apple and samsung court ruling

trading underway on wall street. we'll have a live report from the strange straight ahead. i think what we are seeing is the dow is up about two points. coming up first, tracking isaac. states from louisiana to florida are bracing for what could be a category 1 hurricane. or

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. welcome back. 6:44. more clouds along the coast still mild, 60s to 70s bay with sunshine by noon. sunshine inland by 10 and 70s and 80s. here's your california live doppler 7 hd footprint there is nothing going on it is dry out there. in fact, 108 palm springs heat back there not bad in the central valley upper 80s to mid 90s through yosemite. mid 60s tahoe, big sur sun, 80 san diego, 85 in l.a.. we are following developing news this morning tropical storm isaac is moving towards the gulf coast while the worst of the storm is likely to miss florida, it is having an impact on this week's republican national

convention. t.j. winick is live in tampa with the latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: eric good morning. that's right activities here have been cancelled for the day as florida governor scott and others in these gulf coast states have been bracing for isaac. isaac is growing nor more focused that center more clearer. after last least eight died in haiti the storm rip add across key west sunday causing some flooding tracking west the -- the storm is expected to pick up steam when it hits the gulf coast it could be a category 2 hurricane. >> i urge mississippi to monitor their local media and heed all warnings and evacuation orders issued by local and state officials. >> reporter: days before the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina new orleans is on edge. >> with katrina we were all

like it is not coming towards us, at the end, the worst. >> reporter: drivers have already lined up for gas, residents are 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 weather conditions in their area to follow what local officials are telling them. >> reporter: in south florida, millions have been pummeled by wind and rain as isaac is whipping up waves. >> y much ride it out and see how how everything -- everything is going to go >> reporter: across the state schools are closed for a million students strong winds and over a 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 and i'm ready for some weather. >> reporter: the ran convention will convene for five minutes today, a formality before an adjourning

until tomorrow. -- t.j. winick, abc news. >> is florida still a tropical storm watch? >> reporter: that's right, miami and tampa we still are. but we expect that to lift soon as the storm moves away from southern florida. areas like the panhandle of florida we're talking about cities like pensacola and panama city, those remain under a tropical storm warning as does the rest of the gulf coast. >> t.j. winick, thank you. stay with abc7 news truth date for complete coverage on isaac. mark matthews will have live reports from the convention in tampa on later editions of abc7 news. >> he >> new poll shows mitt romney and president obama locked in a -- statistical dead heat heading into the republican convention 47% prefer romney

compared to 46% who favor president obama. >> 85% of voters say the economy is in bad shape. 70% believe the u.s. is on the wrong track. pollsters point out those two numbers can be very hazardous for incumbents. baggage screeners at sfo say passenger bags identified as high risk bomb threats are being loaded on to planes everyday without a secondary inspection. a year long investigation details alleged federal violations by screeners who work for covenant aviation security. the problem affects dozens, if not hundreds of bags that pass through everyday without a human inspection, after being initially flagged by the x-ray months. time for a look at our weather. nice, mild weekend. >> it was, almost kind of cool in some areas, especially inland where we in -- where we

were in the 70s. warmer weather on the way. good morning. some of the clouds hanging around east bay hills, causing flight arrival delays into sfo, nearly 80 minutes check ahead or use our flight tracker abc7news.com. live doppler, clouds not moisture laden this morning, dry now, confirming that your commute will bea9z¤í easy weather-wise. we'll talk to frances about the other things. drizzle tomorrow morning possibly along the coast. redwood city back-to-school today, good morning kids off to a cloudy start 56, sun by 11 and 67, breezy this afternoon, 75° at 3:00. other side of the bay newark unified school district cloudy and 55, mostly sunny and 68 by 11:00, breezy, warmer by 3:00 and 76. back over across the bay to millbrae, good morning kids,

excited, butterflies, make a good first impression my kids start tomorrow i should be using that pep talk tomorrow, 52, sunny spots and 65 by 11:00. right now, 48 in santa rosa, napa, cool spots, 60 san rafael, monterey bay lack of clouds, 40s inland sunshine around the bay and inland maybe a few more clouds at the coast warmer just about everywhere mostly cloudy, drizzle along the coast and after this warming trend, cooler weather for the weekend once again that's the way it times out now, san francisco 65, concord 82, 11° warmer than yesterday. east bay valleys, low to mid 80s out of 70s today. imaginely low to mid 70s east bay shore upper -- mainly low to mid 70s east bay shore.

peninsula mid 70s is -- san mateo and millbrae -- [ unintelligible ] tonight temperatures in the 50s everywhere green along the coast where i would expect the best chance of drizzle, couple degrees warmer tomorrow into wednesday, you can see we lose a couple of degrees everyday low 80s for the weekend mid 70s bay upper 50s coast well below average have a great day. breaking news in san francisco, a suspicious package is being investigated. we are hearing from the police streets are closed in the fisherman's wharf area at beach and mason one block radius on surrounding streets

by sheridan fisherman's wharf. traffic jammed westbound 80 drive time from the carquinez to the maze, 40 minutes now. that's all due to an earlier injury crash reported westbound 80 past university all here so just cleared tow truck left. then we had another crash in the center divide still, westbound 80 traffic jammed towards berkeley. i also want to take you to the bay bridge toll, with a lot of folks back-to-school, back to work, normal back-up, a little better than normal, to the end of the parking lot for some of the cash paying lanes that's better than we saw last week. quick shot south bay northbound 280 good no major problems south bay, peninsula or north bay. we have a crew on the way to that breaking news at beach and mason. fashion conscious teens

are giving retailers a rough back-to-school ride. >> jane king at the new york stock exchange live with that and investors responding to apple's big day in court friday. definitely are apple shares hitting a record high already this morning as investors celebrate that huge court ruling in favor of apple and against samsung last week after apple accused samsung of fringeing on six patents, apple shares now trading around $677. they had been as high as just one penny short of $680 if they close this way it will be an all-time high close. google shares down. investors consider this a set back to google which makes -- [ inaudible ] sorry about that. it is 6:53. as we get ready to hand things off to "good morning america" here are five things to know number one, tropical storm

isaac predicted to become a category 1 hurricane as it slams into the gulf coast sometime tomorrow night or wednesday morning. 50,000 people in one louisiana parish under evacuation orders. wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. >> number two, at 10:00 the first in a series of meetings will update residents on the investigation into the august 6th refinery fire. over the weekend resident as tended a rally. chevron has received 18,000 claims so far from people who are suffering breathing problems after the fire. >> number three, heroes' homecoming planned for the legal team from petaluma landing at 11:20 this morning, petaluma won the consolation game against panama sunday for third place in the little league world series. they lost to tennessee saturday but not before making a amazing 10-run comeback to force extra innings. number four, oakland mayor

quan will announce plans for oakland loves its sports teams week. starts september 10th and wraps up that friday. yesterday the warriors revealed the firm that will design their new arena when they move to san francisco. >> number five, calfire expects to have full containment of the ponderosa fire east of redding today, right now 80% contained. evacuation orders have been lived. fire destroyed 64 homes and scorched 28,000 acres. >> final check of your weather. thank you. good morning welcome to monday, welcome to a dry start live doppler, seeing clouds but not much moisture if any falling from them, the only time if you drive up into the clouds causing flight arrival delays into sfo nearly eight -- 80 minutes check out our flight tracker abc7news.com. as we look at temperatures

today, a little more cloud cover at coast, low to mid 60s sunshine around the bay upper 60s to mid 70s not as cool inland as it was yesterday, mid 70s to mid 80s. we are going to start off with a final check of the bay bridge toll for you, it is not bad, backed up to almost west grand. that's because everyone is stuck in the back-up on westbound 80, traffic slow approaching berkeley because of an earlier injury crash, the driver time on the east shore freeway is 45 minutes from the carquinez bridge towards the maze. you can see it is very heavy as you head through richmond on westbound 80. you can keep track of all delays if you have our waze app get the drive times even when we are not on air, while you are commuting. that's gonna do it for this edition of abc7 morning news. we want to remind you to go to abc7news.com for the latest on the breaking news we are

following in san francisco, where there's a suspicious item beeping inside a mailbox. you can download our alarm clock app for iphone and wake up to the latest headlines, weather and traffic on your phone. and the mel lieu flu tones of mike -- mike nicco. see you later.