none of it spilled into the bay thanks to the containment by the san quentin fire department. we have homes evacuated along with 40 people. you might wonder what's taken so long. let's begin with the rig itself. both of these tanks have holes in them. >> the trailer was difficult to plug. we put a sump in place to try to collect as much product as we could and we collected as many as we could. >> reporter: the other issue has been draining whatever fuel remains. they were using another tanker to do the job. but that is so filled with dirt and grime that crews from alliance tank lines ran out of filters. that alone caused at least a six-hour delay. commuters have not been happy. >> we were in it for about an hour and a half. >> what's it like out there? >> frustrating. it's just where it's sitting. it's basically just stop and go. >> speaks of that stop and go. here's more from stop and go sky seven. this evening it's not fun.

this truck is the quiet point surrounded by a sea of barely moving traffic. as we come back live, here is the truck on the ground. the good news as we said a few moments ago, they have drained the gasoline and diesel feel out of there. as much as 4,000 or 5,000 gallons out of there earlier. they tlink there might have been 8,000 total. the next is to have a tow truck moved in there. they thought it was any moment. now at least half an hour, so that's the next step. move the truck and check the road bed underneath. do any repairs, get anything cleaned out. at best they're hoping 8:00 to 9:00 tonight. live in marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7. >> all right, wayne. thank you. let's take a look at the drivetime traffic right now and you can see the red spots. those are the hot spots where you would expect 101 near larkspur and greenbrae. so things are moving very slowly. live pictures now.

we'll check the evening commute on the richmond bridge. and there's nobody there. our suspicion is everybody is taking alternate routes to try to do anything they can to by pass th bye pass th bypass this area. we were told it would be a lengthy alternate route. so everything coming into san francisco looks like it's moving very smoothly at this hour. >> if you're stuck in that marin county commute, you have to bring your patience. let's go back to that -- >> big rig fire. >> yeah. big rig fire. this is a problem as well in the fairfield evening commute. this is sky 7 in fairfield right now. okay. we just changed -- this is a live picture of sky 7? >> yeah. this isn't fairfield. >> this is interstate 80 and travis boulevard. this is a big mess. this is because of a fire. >> we have multiple traffic disasters going on. maybe disaster is a little bit of an overstatement but big

problems. obviously in fairfield, very slow going here on 80 at travis boulevard. at one point all lanes were shut down. this was because of a big rig. different from the one that we had shown you earlier. smoke and fumes prompted evacuations of a couple of businesses, and traffic obviously, the overflow, is well into the 5:00 hour. >> all right. we're going to move on to some other news of the day right now. this is -- it looks as though -- >> this is the previous story we were talking about. >> we were trying to get this pi up. >> this is the big rig that caused the traffic that we showed about 20 seconds ago. >> yeah. the crews are putting out some hot spots. that truck went up in flames on interstate 80 near the travis boulevard onramp. i think we've given you the information of that. a man suspected of driving drunk caused a crash killing others earlier this week. that accident happened early saturday and close all southbound lanes of highway 101

at blossom hill road. authorities say 22-year-old casey olsen was driving in the wrong direction before sideswiping a tour bus and colliding with multiple vehicles. he's being held on $250,000 bail. san francisco police want to find the thieves who are stealing cars right down the block from mayor ed lee's home. this is happening in the glyn park neighborhood. they didn't seem to care that motion sensitive lights were shining on them. more of the story from abc 7's reporter vic lee who's live at glen park. vic? >> reporter: car thefts are on the rise in san francisco as well as other bay area cities. now right up here is a small street where mayor ed lee lives. well, we're not going to reveal the name of that street in deference to the mayor's security concerns, but for whatever reason it's become a magnet for car thieves. this year auto thefts in san francisco have jumped 10%.

bay view and ingleside police districts have the highest numbers of stolen cars. this quiet street controlled by officers is only a block long. it ends in a cul-de-sac. it's glaring example of how brazen car thieves have become. >> i'm shocked that, you know, there has been so many car thefts, especially on this street. >> this person, mayor ed lee? >> we had three stolen vehicles this year taken on the mayor's block where he lives. >> more specifically, three stolen cars in just three months, all in the middle of the night. one of them so brazen that tleevs stole the car parked in front of this home, even though sensor lights turned on while the security camera caught them in the act. neighbor christina did not want her last name used. she saw the video and says the thieves weren't even fazed. >> it was very calm.

nothing was rushed or hurried and they definitely looked like professionals. >> reporter: all three cars were recovered. jacqueline paul was very lucky. hard to believe but she actually found her own stolen saturn. >> i was driving and going underneath the free way to get onto bay shore. i noticed the car in front of me. >> reporter: she called police and they arrested them. in the meantime. >> all the cars are lock and neighbors are keeping an eye out for each other. >> reporter: and they e-mailed mayor ed lee. it goes to show you no community is immune from it. >> reporter: police arrest add man and a woman after officer say they stole what's known as a bait bike. they chained an expensive canon dale bicycle to a stop sign which is notorious to bike thefts. officers say it wasn't long before the man -- the man is accused of cutting the chain and the accused woman rode away on

the bike. both of them are charged with grand theft. a wildfire in shasta county sparked by an exhaust from a truck has sparked a new set of evacuations. the so called bully fire has destroyed 15 homes and other structures. the fire has burned 4,700 acres. that's almost the size of the city of san francisco. it's only 15% contained at this point. firefighters really hampered by steep terrain with temperatures reach ing 108 degrees. a sacramento man was accused of driving the truck while tending an illegal pot farm. a woman said she was attacked last friday morning by a man who looks like this police sketch. this happened at the park in the college terrace neighborhood. that's right off the southern edge of campus. more now from abc 7 news reporter nick smith. >> wow, have you seen him,

jackson. >> reporter: michelle bailey and her 6-year-old son live in a home that borders a park for more than six years. she was shocked to hear a woman was attacked here. >> never a problem but never cops in neighborhood because there was never a need. >> reporter: but there is now. the quiet space that sits at the end of this tree-lined cul-de-sac tucked away from foot traffic and strangers is now part of a police investigation. >> this is a very unusual occurrence. >> unusual and serious enough for palo alto police to release this sketch. they say a man forced himself and grope add woman after thshe left the bench they were sharing. >> she was grabbed bihm him like a hug. he started kissing her neck. she was resisting and getting away. >> reporter: police say the attack didn't stop there. the stranger's actions became more aggressive. he grabbed her chin, closer to

him presumably like he was going to kiss her mouth. >> reporter: police say she was able to shofl him off before running away and eventually contacting the police. >> the community very responsive and if they recognize this sketch, they're going to give us a call. >> reporter: take a look. police describe him as a middle age man standing about 5'3" and weighing about 170 to 180 pounds. the man was also describe as having a potbelly, slightly unshaken with short salt and pepper hair. police aren't the only one keeping an eye out for the suspect fitting the description. they're looking for anything and anyone out of place. >> none of us knew who that was, but it's the sort of thing that we will keep an eye out for. >> we have posted a link to the suspect's sketch and his full description on our website. anyone with information is asked to contact the palo alto police department. in pail low alto, nick smith, abc 7 news.

much more ahead on this monday night including a weapo s s cache. the stun guns and specific. also, ahead, the standing room only. how far the airline industry might go to squeeze more passengers. man versus marines, swim 30g miles through cold shar

the escalating battle took a new turn when a patriot missile drew down an arm. hamas released the video of that drone. more than 185 palestinians have been killed, 80% civilians. no israelis have been kill and there's no sign of a cease-fire. a peacemaker from jerusalem is meeting with bay area profit

maker heidi kuhn. it's a leadership program called the american university. >> we have more than 28 nationalities continuing to this american university. we have a lot of people from the gulf frrks iraq, from syria, from israel. we believe in education, we believe that children, muslim, christians, and jews, when these children study together, play soccer together, eat together, i think that's the best dialogue we can start. >> he describes himself as an arab christian. h was born in jordan. he and heidi worked with the israeli consulate to get land mines removed in bethlehem last year. now they're planting white roses as a symbol for hope during the middle east conference. the tsa says they've kaud passengers trying to carry on 35 loaded guns in just the past

week. that's not all. the agency's instagram page features truly bizarre items confiscated earlier this month like the ball and spike chain weapon known as a morningstar taken from a passenger in chicago. a passenger from washington, d.c. had two throwing knives in his hollowed out book. we've got an impromiezed explosive device training kit. the ied is not real but it's not allowed on a plane. tsa agents found that in a checked back in honolulu and a passenger in las vegas tried to get this six-bladed throwing star through security in a carry-on. wow. >> oh, my goodness. let's talk about the seats people sit in, right? if you think your economy class seat sun comfortable now -- >> wait until what's coming next. michael finney with more on air travel. it's getting snugger. >> these are considered the good

ol' days. your airbus has the idea for a new type of airline seat and it's gone so far as an attempt to patent it. let me show it to you. there we go. it saves room by making passengers sit on a bicycle-type saddle with only the small of the back cushioned, and the word cushioned is being used very lightly here. there would be no trays and little handlebars between each passenger. it looks like the seating for a viking warship although there aren't any paddles, at least not in the drawing. this is not the first time an airline has come up with a new stuff-them-in kind of plan. you may remember a few years back the president of ryanair suggested that passengers could stand during flight. >> great idea. we're downloading less music and streaming more use of ondemand streaming music like pan doria and spotify. jumped 42% in the first half of

this year. this while sales of digital downloads dropped 13%. streaming music does have some drawbacks such as the need for an internet connection and audio quality can sometimes be poorer than downloads. still the consumers appear to enjoy the convenience and definitely the price point. hotel with a great view, check, good view, check, and your own paparazzi, check. if you have ever wanted to live like a rock star, then roll nyc hotel, new york city, has you covered. for $125 a night you get a great room, makeover, and personal paparazzi. >> i think anybody's who's interested in the package is not afraid of the camera. it's really a different generation in terms how people communicate with the world in terms o their own social media digital footprint. >> reporter: while the crew was putting together this story

people stopped and started taking pictures assuming they were famous. they weren't, aren't, or weren't. >> now they are. wow. >> the camera shows up and everybody starts to pay attention. >> michael, thank you. >> i prefer to travel with my oe own paparazzi. if you've ever been on a long flight, you can understand how tedious 14 hours stuck in one place can get. how about being stuck in the ocean. man was for 30 hours. from the islands to the golden gate bridge. abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana has his story. >> reporter: he swam through the cold satty waters of the pacific ocean. it was a painful trek. >> it's not comfortable. it's a long time to be swimming. things break down. >> reporter: take a look at the video. he's not wearing a wet suit. >> 53 to 55-degree water. he said he had jellyfish, some harbor seals, no great white

sharks. >> reporter: phil kkutie is par of it. in 1967 two people attempted this but only ted erickson made it through. this year two more men tried it. locke made it and beat the time set in 1967 by 40 minutes. after nearly 14 hours in the water joe locke made it past the golden gate bridge, even tapped the concrete base of the south tower to make it official, the timing is also important because there ee so little snow melt this year less water was pushing big currents out of the bay and that certainly helped. >> it's just timing everything just right. so it my be another 47 years -- hopefully it's not another 47 years. >> reporter: but he also started swimming at midnight to get to the golden gate after noon.

the goal was to make it to aquatic park but he had to dodge a car doe ship and then the currents changed. what now? one thing's for sure. he's not interested in training for other courses. >> i've done the english channel and catalina and jib bral tar as well. >> reporter: he's looking for some rest. sergio quinn ta in, abc 7 news. >> that is amazing. let's take a look outside with meteorologist sandhya patel. a little wind out there. >> reporter: a little breezy. i'm noticing a lot of cloud cover. we're not only seeing the mid and high-level clouds do to the monsoonal moisture but low clouds developing. let me show you live doppler 7 hd and why it might be feeling a little humid to you. this is all mid and high level cloudiness moving in from the southwest what we call monsoonal

moisture. all that you've seen offshore is mostly evaporating before it reaches the grounlt but there could be a few sprinkles developing. most of it has stayed offshore or south of the bay area as you'll notice as we looped this. the action has been in sierra, nebras nevada, where we've seen numerous thunderstorms. as i take you in closer, is vee thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:45 this evening. hail possible with the heavy rain and heavy rain is going to remain in the forecast going in to tomorrow. flash flood watch posted for tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. you see the areas in green under the flash watch but, of course, it's fwoert have the thunderstorms with the rain as opposed to dry lightning. our humidity level is a little higher than what we're used to. right now 59% in san jose, 70% in oak lanl, 39 in live moor. 63 in napa and low clouds in half moon bay.

94% there, the highs so far 63 degrees in half moon bay all the way to 102 in ability yountioch. 107 in ukiah. pretty hot there. santa rosa. 86 in san jose. 76, oakland. san francisco, 72 degrees. here's a beautiful viewen from our san jose camera. the clouds are coming into your area first and that's why it's been pretty cloudy there. 61 in sfraan francisco. 66 in oakland. here's a view from our south beach camera with all the clouds moving in. low 80s around santa rosa. 82 in livermore. clouds down below. stacked up above our tower camera. heat eases inland tomorrow and we're looking at muggy conditions the next few days. here's look at the satellite and radar. we're watching the disturbance moving in pulling up the monsoon moisture which has resulted in

the clouds and moisture here in the bay area. and this is really going to continue overnight into tomorrow. so you will notice mugginess around. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy for your tuesday afternoon. tomorrow morning it's going to be pretty mild. you don't need a jacket or sweater. upper 50s to low 70s and staying on the sticky side in the south bay tomorrow afternoon. we'll call it humid. 94 in lohse pea das. 8 5rks redwood city. mild at half moon bay. 68 degrees. the sun will be filtered by the clouds. 70 in downtown san francisco. 66 in the sun district and in the mortgage bay, mid-80s. 84 in cass ttro valley. 87 in concorde. accuweather seven-day forecast, the humidity will still be up as we head into the workweek. by the weekend it's back to our dry heat, mid-60s to low 90s our

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apple might be hiring former white house press secretary jay carney. apple communications announced she was leaving the company two months ago and the tech giant has been searching for a replacement ever since. an article suggests that carney is in the running for the job. he cently stepped down from his post at the white house. he's also a candidate for heading up public relations for u ber, the ride sharing business. in business news, the architect behind google glass is now working for amazon.

he isn't saying exactly what he's going to be doing for amazon, but industry insiders speculate he'll work on the company's new fire phone. that device includes features designed to recognize objects around the user. in the meantime google has purchased a building for $65,000 as well as leasing space at the spear tower. that's bringing google's footprint in san francisco to roughly three quarters of a million square feet. protesters protest that too many google workers are living in there while raising rent in silicon valley. today was the groundbreaking for an expansion of a ronald mcdonald house in palo alto. for more than 35 years, the facility has been providing housing for families of children receiving care at the children's hospital. right now it has 47 rooms but there is a waiting list that's even longer than that.

the expansion will increase capacity to 123 rooms. families living at the ronald mcdonald house says it does more than just provide a place to stay. >> beneekath that they have the things they need for children. activity room. so i'm concentrating more on the baby and not having to worry about my other children. >> it really is a home away from home. when it's completed next year, the ronald mcdonald house will be the biggest in the country. >> and they do great work. up next the former player for the oakland a's and why he's bein

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with more confidence than any more. and does bundling your insurance really save you baunldle? it's all coming up in half hour on abc 7 news when larry and i join you at 6:00. larry and cheryl? >> see you in a half hour. tomorrow night major league baseball will honor the first openly gay baseball player. >> he spent four years in the major leagues and two years with the a's. >> he said prejudice drove him out of baseball sooner than he wanted. berke would die from aids-relatsed complications in 1995. tomorrow his family will join baseball commissioner bud selig to address the media about berke's legacy. >> nice to see him honors though. all right. world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm larry beal for dan ashley. for sandhya patel and everyone in the newscast, thank you all.

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