>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> a deadly accident in the east bay. it is affected students at high school on the first day back from summer vacation, a classmate was killed. thank you for joining us. >> counselors have been sent to the high school to help students who knew the young victim deal with the grove. the 17-year-old robert orlando would have begun the senior year today. kira?

>> eric, i spoke with a close friend of robert orlando and his boss at the part help time job, both remembering him as a kind and caring young man always with a smile on his face. very carefree. he is gone too soon. the mourn began with an announcement. >> and a moment of silence for a senior who never made it to the first day of school. 17-year-old robert orlando was killed last night when the car he was a passenger in ran off the drive in danville and crashed into a tree and through a against and died at the hospital. >> i went to the lake with him and a few family friends with his and...he was so funny and he lit up a room. he was so cool. >> three was a bus boy and pizza maker at a pizza company. his manager, too upset to go on camera said he was the most reliable employees, a great kid, loved by everyone, always smiling.

>> the survivors are seniors at san ramon valley high school. the driver and other passenger are being treated for broken ribs and a broken leg. the cause of the crash is under investigation. police say they don't think alcohol or drugs were a factor but do say speed could have been the cause the. >> it is not how you want to start school the first day of school with grief counselors is not the way to start. >> counselors are on campus to help the students mourning the loss of orlando, grieving for someone who died too soon. >> he was really cool and he didn't care what anyone thought. he was a really nice kid. >> now we are back here at the high school and you can see on the marquis they use it to wish happy birthday to the students a school and a school district that really is invested in their relationship with their students. they want them to know grief counselors are here as long as they needed.

>> thank you, kira. tomorrow night at 8:00 the bay bridge will close to all traffic with workers switching from the old bridge to the new eastern span over the labor day holiday affects tens of thousands of drivers. it looks as if it is ready to go as we begin the countdown. abc7 news reporter joins us from the terminal in san francisco, the temporary terminal to show us how people are planning ahead. >> you will not see the transbay express bus here starting on thursday morning as riders bypass the bay bridge if five days. car. truck. moisture. bus. the closure will not discriminate even if you car pool or take public transportation. >> i will stay at home. >> you are not going to work? >> i don't think so. >> a.c. transit buses stop running across the bay bridge at 7:10 wednesday evening until it opens back up next tuesday

morning. the buses will run back and forth 0 to the bart stations. riders are ready. >> i take transbay to the city and sometime action transit to bart, same time, just expect more of a crowd. >> car poolers already dropped the formality and now they are dropping their cars. >> nothing i can do. i will try an hour earlier, happen on bart. >> bart will run 24 hours a day during the closure with overnight trains on an hourly scheduled serving 14 stations. do not underestimate the desire by many to avoid it all. >> what are you going to do when the bay bridge is closed? >> call in sick. >> you really are going to call in sick? >> no. >> what are you going to do? >> take the bart. >> last time the bay bridge closed over labor day week was in 2009 and bart saw a 30 percent increase in passengers. >> thank you.

you can visit abc7news.com for a look at commuter resources on bart, a.c. transit and san francisco bay ferry and you can explore abc7 news real time traffic maps to see where the worst gridlock is occurring during the closure. check out caltrain's live construction camera to see how close the bridge is to opening and when the bridge opens we will notify our twitter followers at abc7 news bay area. >> developing news on the massive wildfire burning in the sierra near yosemite national park which has claimed more land. the thousands of firefighters on the line are making progress. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest information. katie? >> the numbers have been updated: the fire nearly 180,000 acres big much the national weather service points out that is the size of the entire south bay. firefighters have containment at 20 percent and there are more than 3,700 firefighters on the job. the flames are massivet the

smoke is just as dangerous. the plume is so large that you can see it from space. nasa took this picture from the international space station. on earth, it is creating a health has arrest. >> my throat hurts really, really bad when i breath. >> it hurts my eyes. >> schools are close asked nasa is flying a research plane over the fire to collect air samples. the governor says water quality is a concern, too. >> move the ab and loose debris on to the water and the water contaminated that is bad. >> san francisco gets the water from the hetchy reservoir inside yosemite national park and the fire buns into the park but it is still miles from the yosemite valley and the half dome. more than 4,000 structures, including homes, are in more immediate danger. >> they did say you better be ready to go when we tell you. when that comes, i'm out of here because you are not going to stop anything with water hose. >> thousands of people have already evacuated homes can catches and business owners who

were counting on a labor day week rush are out of luck. >> everyone who lives here, on outbounds businesses, is terrified. >> so far the water supply for san francisco is safe but if that changes the city can switch to reservoirs. >> thank you, closer to home a fire tied up crews in oakland this morning and break out just before 3:00 at a two-story house on 50th avenue. giant flames could be seen shooting from the home. crews fought the fire and made sure no one was inside. >> the fremont police officer was hurt in a scuffle after he interrupted a robbery. the officer spotted a man trying to steal a woman's cell phone and hitting her in the chest. this happened on saturday night. he ordered the man to lie on the ground and the fight broke out. other officers arrived and it took five officers to get handcuffs on the suspect. the first officer suffered cuts, scrapes, and bruises and injuries to his hand. police say the suspect was under

the influence of a controlled substance. >> a 32-year-old man is under arrest accused of molesting a nine-year-old boy and taking video of his feet. the man is being held on $5.1 million bail at the west contra costa county detention facility. he met the child in the video became section of the target store two weeks ago. they say he forced the child to touch him inappropriately and took him to the bathroom where the child got away and ran to his parents. he is also accused of trying to take photos of weapon's feet sat the same store. this image was captured at the store two days later when he returned. >> police are searching to two men who robbed a couple at a parking lot at at post office in palo alto. the couple, both their 50's, got out of the car to mail letters and two men pulled up in a newer model black see dap, got out, pointed a gun, and the suspects

got away with the map's -- man's wallet. >> apple union square store is getting reviseed design on stockton streets which saved the fountain designed by the late artist. apple sparked criticism in mail when it was revealed new plans did not include the fountains. the fountain will be moved to the north and closer to the sidewalk. >> a memorial service for the beloved san francisco artist, ruth asawai, 87, mother of six, passed away. she brought arm programs to public schools and the school of the arts is named after her. she designed fountains at ghiradelli square and other squares. >> we could be days away from the military strike in syria. >> oakland police and other

local agencies are teaming up today and what they are looking for in the

>> the united states is closer to taking military action in syria saying there is no doubt the syrian government used chemical weapons again its own people. the defense secretary says united states forces are ready to act on strike orders from president obama the syria says it will defend itself using all means available.

u.n. inspectors are delaying a second trip to investigate last week'sing ad attack and they want to increase security after snipers shot at their vehicle. >> new this morning, facebook is releasing a new report show how often governments demand customer information. the menlo park giant said they received requests from 74 countries asking for nervous on 38,000 users in the first six months of the year. half of those orders came from authorities in the united states. facebook says they give the government information in 79 percent of those cases. facebook says the report including requests made if security reasons and criminal investigations. >> oprah, jamie foxx and others are among the celebrities who will join in celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. the trio will join president obama and former presidents bill clinton and majority, tomorrow at the tribute at the lincoln memorial. the let freedom ring

commemoration remembers dr. dr. martin luther king jr. i have a dream speech with musical performances. >> in san francisco, plain clothe police will wear cameras during property certain. the project comes after questionable drug raids at residential hotels in 2011. the prosecution dropped dozens of cases after footage from the hotel security prompted allegations the officers lied of the circumstances of drug searches and arrests. police were also accused of stealing from suspects. the cameras will be warn on their chest. >> oakland police, the c.h.p., and the coast guard and other bay area agencies have joined forces to clean out the oakland estuary. dozens of officers gathered at jack london square boarding boats and will patrol the waters looking for abandoned or illegal boats and anything el in the estuary they deem "dangerous."

>> mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> holiday coming up this weekend and putting summer to bed in most parts of the country but here it will get warmer in september and october. i will talk to you about the cooling trend coming this week and update the sierras as more thunderstorms are possible today. >> next on abc7 news what this picture could review about the new iphone. >> and a happy couple video is going viral on

>> covering be19s san sandy hook elementary -- benicia and san ramon. >> we are seeing pictures that suggests that the new apple smartphone will come in gun metal gray. usualry they have come in white and black but this picture from a japanese website show as gray colored we sim card trade so if this picture is real, the new iphone is available in four colors: black, white, gold and gray. the new iphone 5 is expected to be unveiled september 10. when you are ready for the new iphone, you may be able to get a little cash for the old one. a website quotes sources saying they. launch a trade in program allow owners to upgrade to the newer models as a discount. you have to will eligible and you can get $250 toward a new phone depending on which model you trade in.

the technical site reports the program is already available at some stores. samsung is a week away from debuting a new smart watch telling the korean times that the galaxy gear looks cool and is going to be on sale september 4. it will have a 2.5" display and likely need to be wirelessly connected to a smartphone. no word on how much it will cost but it looks cool. >> look at this, a time-lapsed video from our camera this morning, you can see the top of the pyramid building through the low cloud cover. >> where are the clouds? >> back to the coast barely in san francisco and the east bay and they moved back. we started ten degrees cooler this morning and now we are ten degreer warmer than yesterday so a quick transition. live doppler 7 hd shows we have wins to contend with this

afternoon from 2:00 until 8:00 in the evening and southwest wind will blow around 15- to 25-knots across the bay water and also the delta and look how light and variable the winds are, indicative of high pressure sitting on top of us and a reason why it will be so much warmer today than yesterday. our fat of the wind is 13 miles per hour, and fairfield is coming from the north at five miles per hour. so enjoy today, it will be one of the warmest in the forecast. the clouds are hugging the coast and will break up, maybe not so much sunshine as yesterday and they are on the right side of the screen, with smoke and the brighter whiter colors are the thunderstorms that are developing. young in antioch, a warm spot and a lot 70's and mid-to-upper 60's around the bay and upper 60's to low 50's along the coast into san francisco where we have a beautiful picture from south beach looking to twin peaks and sutro power -- tower above san francisco right now and it will be brighter this morning and all the way to the afternoon and

that is why it will be warmer today and mild through friday and still think it will be cooler this weekend. it is not warm sunshine at golden gate with many people two to seven degrees warmer with a very typical late august day with temperature 81 in san jose and cupertino, and mid-to-upper 80's around los gatos and gilroy, and everyone else is in the 70's and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast with a touch of sunshine and downtown is 68 and south san francisco and across the golden gate bridge at sausalito is 70 and warmer at low-to-mid 60's, and 70 on the east bay shock and hercules is 80 and not so comfortable in the east bay valley, mid-80's to low 90's at brentwood. tonight we will be in the 50's and 60's and more extensive cloud cover for a cooling trend for tomorrow.

i will show you what it looks like in lake tahoe, isn't that terrible? it is from the fires, the winds from i don't sell and you can barely see the lake from heavy smoke. we will see a few thunderstorms to the left of yosemite village headed to the north. the yellow and gray is are we have smoke advisories and warnings and flash flooding possible south of this. here is the forecast, thunderstorms are right around the fire during the afternoon into the early evening they will dissipate and it will be tough on the firefighters today and the valleys at 93 degrees with a west win at 15 miles per hour but much nicer in the high country at 72. here is the seven-day forecast, we lose a couple of degrees tomorrow and thursday and 5- to 10-degrees cooler through the holiday week. >> thank you, mike. >> we have a heart warming picture of a couple but it is

now going viral on the intent. it looks like a woman giving her husband a piggy back ride but the former marine is actually a double amputee and he lost his legs after stepping on an improvised explosive device in afghanistan. he met his wife while recovering in the san diego hospital and recently they took family pictures in idaho. she was carrying him across a creek when the photographer snapped this picture. it is amazing, the photographer posted that picture to her facebook page where it went viral. that is lovely. >> pandas. next on the abc7 news the other new arrivals making headlines at the washington,

>> big milestone today for the pennsylvania girl who received a lifesaving double lung transplant. well hear about the recovery. at 5:00, not all product packaging is created equal. "7 on your side" helps you fine the products packaged to give you the most for your money. >> the national zoos tiger cubs got a checkup. the washington, dc zoo now has two new tiger cubs.

the three week old cubs were examined yesterday and passed the exam with "roaring colors." they were chipped like the average household pet but they will grow up to be 300 pounds. they don't have names yet. >> from all of us, thanks for joining us. >> would wants to be a millionaire is next. see you later.

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