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morning commute. only the coliseum station was evacuated but as riders well know, that's all it takes to bring the system to a stand still. from sky 7 hd you can see police officers and canine units searching the oakland coliseum bart station. the dogs search every inch of the perimeter. a bart spokesman says someone called 911 saying they'd heard about a possible bomb threat. the station was immediately closed. as police and alameda county sheriffs deputies investigated, ac transit buss arrived to rescue stranded commuters but bart couldn't avoid major system wide delays. some riders say they never saw a bus and had a nightmare of a commute from the east bay to san francisco. >> was told we weren't going through, had to go back to west dublin, got off at -- went all the way back to dublin, got off at dublin, switched to the train to get to san francisco. so it's been, like, an hour and a half commute. >> they said if you have

alternative means to get a-to-a station on the other side of oakland than by all means do that but there was no other alternative. >> law enforcement give the all-clear around 9:00 a.m. they didn't find a bomb. immediately following that all clear bart commuters were said they could expect eight to 12 minute delays through the coliseum station. right now there are no reported delays on any lines. abc 7 news. traffic is just inching along on southbound 101 in marin county near seminary drive and mill valley after a garbage truck overturned and blocked a couple lanes, the chp opened those lanes about 90 minutes after the accident that shut down the two left lanes but the damage was already done. i was stuck in that traffic. in fact, i was sitting there for so long i started shooting video on my iphone on the mounting thing on my windshield. i was stuck in that big delay. i got here about a minute and a half before airtime and sent that into the newsroom so

hopefully that stuff will be moving along very soon. everybody's stuck in there. we have breaking news to tell you about. a limo fire in have leia. you're looking at -- have v.a. laio. you're looking at fairgrounds drive outside the vallejo fairgrounds gas station and we understand the fire department has put it out. everyone got outokay so no injuries. however you can say vallejo fireworking that scene cleaning up after that limo was just charred. san francisco fire investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at an apartment complex that sadly resulted in a woman's death. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield joins us from park merced with the latest. amy? >> reporter: firefighters say there was evidence inside the burning apartment that the woman who lived there was a hoarder. . residents say they never saw fire but it was the smell that got their attention. there was an awful smell, they say, and they tell us she had

plastic items in her unit so they think they were smelling burning plastic. the fire alarm went off at the 13-story high-rise in san francisco. but most residents didn't take it seriously at first. >> we were laying there for an hour because this happens often and we realized it smelled outside and we came down. >> usually there's a fire alarm. we don't get out that much because it's a fake alarm most of the time. but today it was like serious. it was scary. >> reporter: the unit next door to hers was on fire and smoke was drifting out to the hallway. the woman inside the burning apartment home was found dead inside. residents out on the sidewalk still questioning whether there was anything serious going on did not know that the fire was a fatal one. >> oh, my goodness. wow. >> reporter: residents say the victim has lived here for years but they didn't know her well.

>> she live bid herself, no children, no family. and she usually keeps to herself. very private life. >> i knew her for 20 years but, yeah, she was -- she kept to herself until the last couple years. she was a nice woman. >> reporter: as fire investigators rummaged through the unit, they discovered multiple small fires burned in the unit. they haven't said why. they say there was evidence of hoarding inside the home. >> they had to move things away and i could see filthy piles everywhere. yeah, there was a lot of stuff. >> no information about the woman has been officially released yet, but residents are speculating she was in her 60s. firefighters are still trying to figure out what started the fires. there was no other damage done to the rest of the building. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news.

>> amy. thank you. it's shaming up to be a very hot weekend across the bay area. >> our meteorologist with a first look at our sizzling accuweather forecast. mike? >> thank you very much, ladies. good morning to you. i thought we'd use the roof cam to show you the sunshine over san francisco. this is one of the areas i'm forecasting a record high. the record right now is 282. it will be an old record when we break it 90 in richmond. 97 in san jose. oakland falls short, 89 and livermore is 101. you have to get to 112 to set a record. places like san jose right here, you can see it's not very hazy yet but the possibility of poor air quality is definite in the santa clara valley and that's we have a spare the air day also. happening now with this heat wave, one of the bay areas biggest festivals happening this

weekend is taking precautions. the gilroy garlic festival begins today with several new features to keep attendees safe. abc 7 news reporter nick smith is live in gilroy. nick? >> reporter: kristen, look at these people around me. this place is packed. what they've done this year for 2014 is they've introduced the gilroy garlic app. they want to make sure that all the attendees here find a way to stay cool, stay dry, stay hydrated and, should they need help, they have a new app to help them find it. where there's smoke there's fire. for 36 years, organizers at the annual gilroy garlic festival have decided to make a few adjustments in an effort to keep the celebration of their culinary gems fresh and attendees safe and comfortable on a day that could see record temps. brian beau is the festival's executive director. with thousands expected to attend, crews added canopies over cooking and event station, shade tents for folks to sit and

eat and this year rain rooms and misting stations when things get really hot. >> we have plenty of water, frozen lemonade, plenty of stuff to keep them hydrated. we have a couple free water booths so people can make sure they stay hydrated and enjoy their day. >> making it easier to folks to find a watering station or their group if they're separated. a technology upgrade. 2014 will introduce the downloadable gilroy garlic app. >> they can get the app, they can see it a moving map where they are in the park, how to get from point "a" to point "b.." >> >> reporter: and one of the things everyone attending a festival always finds themselves looking for one of these, a port a john. >> the air is going to get hot so it's going to be a hot one today. well, all weekend but we're ready. >> reporter: we found crews trying to get ahead of the heat by putting these in n place early. more than 240 port-a-johns will be set up around the park to accommodate the crowds. sun, garlic, and fun. who could ask for more? the garlic festival is strictly volunteer.

last year, the group gave back more than $350,000 to area nonprofits. this year they're on track to beat that number. in gilroy, nick smith, abc 7 news. we have developing news now in west africa. the investigation is getting under way this morning into the air algerie passenger plane that went down. a french military drone spotted the wreckage in neighboring mali on the edge of the sahara desert. the president of france says there are no survivors of flight 1517 and revised the death toll. a final passenger manifest shows there were 118 people on board, that's up from 116. nearly half the passengers were french. investigators have recovered one of the two black boxes. they believe the accident was most likely weather related but they have not ruled out terrorism. in eastern ukraine this morning, half a dozen experts from the netherlands and australia arrived at the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17. a spokesperson says the dutch team found traces of more human remains. this morning, for a third day in a row, more planes arrived

carrying the bodies of 74 victims. malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down over ukraine last week, killing all 298 people on board. both russia and ukraine deny any direct involvement in the missile attack. now to the crisis in the middle east. israel's security officials plan to meet today to discuss international cease-fire proposals. meanwhile, fighting between israel and hamas continues for the 18th straight day. the israeli military says it hit 45 sites in gaza, killing a leader of the militant islamic jihad group and two of his sons. the latest cease-fire proposal is a plan calling for a five day humanitarian truce during which time israel and hamas would negotiate political, economic, and security issues facing gaza. just ahead on abc 7 news at 11: 11:00, word pope francis is planning his first visit to the u.s. where he's going and when he'll

be there. and scenic shots of the space needle in seattle caught the attention of the authorities. plus, bay area thrill seekers get their chance to run with the bulls. but the event is not sitting well with some.

these images of seattle's space needle look spectacular but could land an amazon employee in hot water. a worker launched a drone

equipped with a camera from a nearby hotel to get the shots. the drone caused quite a stir, startling tourists on the observation deck and security guards who then called police. officers tracked down the drone's owner who told them he was from out of state and just bought it. laws on drones are not on the books yet but the faa has issued guideline which is include keeping it well below the height of the space needle and away from populated areas. pope francis is planning his first trip to the united states. according to a report in the catholic news service, the pontiff will attend the world meeting of families in philadelphia september of next year. philadelphia's archbishop says the pope accepted his invitation to come to the city of brotherly love. the pope has received invitations from other cities, including new york, washington, d.c., and the united nations. hundreds of thrill seekers will try to take life by the horns, as they say, and run with the bills in the east bay. the great bull run will be held tomorrow morning on the racetrack at the alameda county

fairgrounds in pleasanton. this is similar to last year in virginia. police will try to dodge eighteen 1500 pound bulls. tickets for the privilege of running with the bulls cost you 75 books. the group people for the ethical treatment of animals, or peta, has launched an online petition to halt the stampede but as of now it's going on as planned. >> so they're going to pay a lot of money for the chance to get hurt. >> some people like it, i get. pamplona in pleasanton. >> easy for you to say. >> not real lift. our meteorologist is coming up. >> i'm gored to death with that story. >> oh! >> that's all i could come up with. it will be about 100 there so hopefully everybody's taking precaution. it's going to be a hot one. i'll have your temperatures coming at you. the ocean water, if you're heading that way, still warmer than average. we'll look at local temperatures the there. it may be warmer than average all seven days of the forecast. i'll have that coming up.

>> home movies from the archives of buckingham palace. a candid look at britain's royal family like you've never seen them before. plus a whole new perspective on one of life's most important moments.

happy couple cans enjoy watching their marriage proposal over and over again thanks to gnaw a new invention. >> will you marry me? >> yes! oh, my goodness. oh, this is so gorgeous.

>> how did they get that video? four college students from michigan have come up with a cool idea called the ring cam. a jewelry box with a tiny camera built right in. only the person proposing actually knows it there's so you're able to capture that genuine element of surprise. the ring cam inventors are planning to pitch their idea on abc's "shark tank." >> isn't there a little red light, though? you saw that? >> just a little clue. >> she was so dazzled by the diamond. >> right. exactly. don't even notice. we are going to notice the heat and it's a spare the air day. >> poor air quality in stan a clara valley but all of us should do our part not to drive or anything that will create more ozone in the atmosphere during the afternoon hours. it looks like the winds will pick up a bit tomorrow. keeping our fingers crossed that possibly we will not see a spare the air tomorrow. it's a beautiful picture of half dome right there. isn't that nice looking? i was going to use that as part of -- our -- headlines.

but i've got to fix something here on the computer. sorry about that. as soon as i get this fixed we'll get everything rolling here. a little bit of a hangup. all right, let's move on. there you go. visibility, live doppler 7, everybody doing well, even the clouds along the coast are lifting. you can see right here with our visible satellite that half moon bay is now out of the clouds and over the next hour or so most of the monterey bay. here's santa cruz where i saw them grooming the sand and it's getting a bit of a workout. it will be busy there today as we'll hit 91 degrees. 65 is the water temperature in san francisco. 60 in bodega bay, eight degrees warmer than average. five degrees warmer than average at half moon bay. there it is again. isn't that a grnls you picture? i just want to put that up be there because it would be nice to be there. cooler in the higher elevations today. record heat possible today. air quality poor and tracking humidity next week and

thankfully temperatures will pull back a little bit but that humidity comes in, man it will feel worse than the dry heat. cold front has moved on. now we're watching the high pressure and notice the northerly gradient. that will bring us the clearing along the coast today. probably not as sunny along the coast tomorrow and for sure sunday so if you like the beach and sunshine, go today. mid-to upper 90s down south. 100 in gilroy. 95 in san jose. we'll have low to mid-90s on the peninsula. upper 70s to near 80 along the coast. mid- 80s south sausalito. upper 80s berkeley and oak land. air conditioning and weather, you have to pay to stay comfortable. if you're going up to the sonoma county fair in santa rosa, 81 already. mid-80s by 7:00 and you'll need a coat by the end, 66. if you're going to the game tonight it will be in the mid-70s at 7:15. we'll drop down to the mid-60s.

where nick -- i wonder if he's partaking in anything garlic down there. i hope he brings something back. 100 at the gilroy garlic festival. giving away to total sunshine in the afternoon hours. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. that light sea breeze will knock the temperatures down most significantly at the coast. we'll still push 100 inland east bay while the rest of us are flirting with the 90s. we drop a couple more degrees sunday but stay well above average. mid-to upper 80s around the bay and mid-to upper 90s through at least wednesday. >> mike, thank you. >> you bet. >> we are getting a first look at those rare home movies showing young members of the royal family growing up out of the spotlight. one clip here you can see queen elizabeth laughing and dancing at home with her younger sister princess margaret. another clip shows a young prince george with a rocking horse given to him by president obama and his family. the footage is part of an exhibition at buckingham palace

opening to the public tomorrow. >> that's fascinating. mike will be back. coming up, friday's perfect pet.

coming up on abc 7 news at

4:00, we sit down with astronaut buzz aldrin will where you can meet one of the first men to walk on the moon this weekend. on abc 7 news at 5:00, dogs are seemingly everywhere these days but this is helping authorities investigate a environmental disaster so we hope you'll join us later today for abc 7 news. time for friday's perfect pet. mike is back to introduce us to a couple new friends. >> a couple new friends. stephanie honk from the san francisco spca is here. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too, mike. >> tell us about your friend lovely. >> so we have the lovely lovely. you can see she is an adorable chihuahua mix. we think she's a chihweanie. a chihuahua mixed with a weaner dog. this is as big as she'll get. she doesn't know how tiny she is. she has a large personality. she is great. she is perfect. >> tell us about other animals? does she get along with those? kids? what age. >> she is lovely. she is absolutely lovely. she gets along with everyone. she loves children. she is great to walk with.

take her out to dog parks, anything, she is wonderful. >> i love chihuahuas they just shake 2 whole time. tell us about what's going on this month. >> for all the cat lovers out there we have a cat days of summer promotion which means that cats and kittens our adoption fees are waived so this is the last week end so if you want to grab a kitten, come by this weekend. >> if you want to grab lovely come on by, too, or any other animals they have at the san francisco spca. nice seeing you. >> mike, thank you so much. thanks for joining us at abc 7 news. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. have a great day. >> stay cool. take a live lookout side right now at a our beautiful s

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