tracking the activity. new military action from president obama announced as insurgents gain ground in iraq. >> an exciting day for us at abc7 news, with east bay children at the end of the day will have a dream playground. >> we will have great weather for building the play ground. >> the top story is tropical storm at 3:00 a.m. if hawaii where residents are expecting tropical storm to make land fall. >> it has at tu tourists are taking the weather in stride. rising water shows the rain falling and the weather became more severe with winds causing power outage and many have decided the best thing to do is to hang loose. to hang loose. >> no worries.

in 22 years and people are piling into shelters for recollection and business owners are boarding up shops. >> they have been waiting and waiting to move on shore. the big island. >> what going on? you can see the gulf last hour radar return and you can see it is on shore at volcano national park and that is where the best radar returns are showing up with the red and the darker reds which is precipitation rate of 3.25 hour staying over this area for three hours. the southeast half of the big island is under flash flood

warnings until 5:30. though are 3 1/2 hours behind us. winds have tapered. we were getting up around 40 in hilo, although we have been up to 55 miles per hour. it is starting to create the weakening of the storm with wind at 60 miles per hour. the big island is taking a direct hit with the storm and the good news, it will manufacture quickly to the south of all of our isles and it should be out of here by saturday morning. the other good news is july i don't is category three but it will be to the north of the island and on the forth side of hurricane that is where we fine the worst weather it will pass north of it and it will be the boat we -- better part of the storm. >> thank you, mike, we will

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of tropical storm iselle with more on the flight destruction the storm is causing. >> a mixed bag at sfo. incoming flights have been canceled but outgoing flights are flying. a broad eye from honolulu was canceled. a united flight from kona was supposed to be here at 7:00. this is right in the middle of the summer travel season forcing some people to cut their vacation short. >> we were supposed to come back friday but we would be flying between hurricanes and we didn't want to risk it. >> i checked hawaii flight ms. and out of san jose and oakland, oakland flights are on time but in san jose delays up to two hours and one

captionlation -- cancellation is alaskan flight to hawaii. united and alaska and hawaiian airlines and delta are watching closely. >> we will continue to follow the situation in hawaii on air and online with coverage continuing on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. there was a fatal accident before 11 o'clock, a harley and a nissan were involved. a 29-year-old concord map riding the motorcycle died at the seen. he may been speeding when he entered the intersection. the driver of the car stopped and is cooperating. big day at use 7. we are making the push to build

dream play ground for children and families teaming up with disney and kaboom and oakland residents. you can see the preparations being done in oakland taking place today. it will take six hours. the play grounds are part of disney's "healthy living initiative." when it opens it will be next to a middle school at 62nd. >> they will have to meat inspection but so many are so excited about it. we cannot bit to build it. >> will be there for are midday show and you will hold out for the opening ceremony. >> this is the park. the forecast at 8:00, 59 with clouds. we are wear sunscreen and money 60's through 1:00 o'clock and

ribbon cutting at 2:30 and we open it will be 71. we have to let everything shut -- settle. more cloud cover or a wider coverage with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's and a few longerring 60. by noon, 60 at the coast, low-to-upper 70's and stay in the low-to-mid 60's and we will see more sunshine than yesterday and mid-70's around the bay to upper 80's inland and enjoy the evening, 60 at the coast and home 70's for bay and inland. >> we are enjoying a pleasant friday morning commute mostly away from perk become along i-80 westbound. traffic is lightening. we had a rough patch with a few accidents but they are cleared. no injuries involved.

off of the transition road headed into berkeley the drive is fine. we have metering lights on the bay bridge but we have gaps in the traffic. in the east bay we have an accident blocking one lane eastbound direction along highway 24 at broadway with slowing andly construction there wrapped up and if you are moving along in the westbound direction into the tunnel you notice break lights and everything else is on time. >> coming up, two airline disasters months apart and the announcement as the airlines tried to recover. >> google and now facebook admitting your photos are not private. >> a new way to coup you in -- p you in the know, everything you need to know will stay on the need to know will stay on the screen throughout the entire

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news. coming up on 6:4 and tracking tropical storm that came ashore north of the black sand beach, just north of that around volcano national park taking the brunt of it. the flooding rains are the big issue for three or four hours. we will watch this. more news with ebola virus outbreak an international health emergency. in switzerland the world health organization declared it requires an extraordinary response to stop the spread. it is the largest and longest in history. 900 people have died in west africa. the f.d.a. is lifting the hold on the experimental ebola drug used to treat two infacted -- infected americans. malaysian airlines is

getting an overhaul and be owned by the government soon. the investment company that owns majority stake wants to buy out other shareholders as the stock has fall an quarter in a year. they are trying to recover from two disasters flight 17, hot down over ukraine. of course, flight 370 disappearing in march. >> google admitted they turned over gmail user after scanning explicit child images and facebook does the same. they said the user photo d.n.a. is used to test whether it is a child abuse image if someone or something were found authorities are notified. no word if there have been arrests from facebook. who years island rip arrested nixon made history and was the first and only united states president to resign from

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novato is reporting nine miles per hour. there is a chart cut off where you fineing for. the marine layer is deeper today pushing through the east bay hills to the valley as it rolls over and cascades to the lower will vase. we will have afternoon sunshine and the coast will see more, breezy from the bay bridge north to the delta communities gust be at 15- to 25-miles per hour. clouds at night and coastal drizzle and minor fluctuations. 69 in santa cruz and cool at the boardwalk and upper 70's to low 80's. warmer in morgan hill. mid-70's most of the peninsula and cooler at millbrae and upper

sick and low-to-mid 60 into downtown san francisco. south san francisco is 68 and sausalito is 70. with the flow developing along the coast we get sunshine and 63 and sun this afternoon at 65. we are in the low-to-mid 80's inland valleys. home 70's along the east pay shore and 75 in san leandro and fremont. warmest in the east bay but not unbearable. mid-80's, nearly 90 at highway four around antioch. slightly cooler at the game than last night. the twins come in and we are cooler with the tampa rays lead and the humidity leaves with the warm weather. >> the seven-day forecast shows couple of degrees cooler tomorrow and we still do future

have a chance of rain in the forecast but tracking it on tuesday and when and thursday. steady as you go. we have heavy traffic building over the san mateo bridge. so heavy that it is slowing things down. we saw a nine mile drive across the water and now it is 12 minutes from hayward to foster city. to the north bay we have fog spreading over 101 law santa rosa with limited visibility. we are at top speed. along 101 accident free and along 37 it is coming from vallejo we are seeing a slow down headed in the westbound direction and eastbound traffic is not so bad. at 101 to 580 the drive is clear and continuing over the golden gate bridge with no accidents with all the construction wrap

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iselle is causing flooding with rain the issue. a flash flood warnings is in effect for the southeast part of the big island. some of the showers and thunderstorms are rolling in with proceed exception rates of 3.5" an hour. the heaviest rain is falling on volcano national park so that is where the flooding will take place. we do not sigh all of the rain falling because the radar is not able to cheap up and over the mountains but raining over most of the islands right now and you can see up to this area we are

getting showers and that will head up to honolulu so everyone is going to be touched by rain but the worst of it will be on the big island. tourists are happy at bi39, the sea lions have returned to the dock a move after they vanished. they have been a popular attraction since first arriving in 1990. they have returned for 20 years until 2009 when they vanished foe three months. pleading and feeding and construction projects are probably the reason. 200,000 people are expected at the outside lands music festival if san francisco. at golden gate park fans will see more bands on more stages and more local food and drink tents. the concert sold out in one day. the combination music and food

and art is a celebrate of bay area culture. there are "no parking signs," near golden gate park. near golden gate park. abc popular show will end on monday next month and know mention of who is going to be joining "the view." morning news continues at 6:30. hundreds of gallons of water flowing from a water line with a response from city officials is angering the neighbors. >> a serial stowaway would promised not to do it again is

arrested in california at the airport and now attention is turning to her health. at sfo some hawaii-bound travelers are dealing with another day of cancellations. the latest on iselle and julio and the local forecast. a lot of fog will be around for the weekend. i am leyla gulen in the traffic center. this is the san mateo bridge loosening us but all if all no accidents to report. this is the all new use 7 news now with traffic and weather through the entire commercial through the entire commercial break with a look at the entire

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iraq trapped iselle has made landfall. we will tell you about it. mike has been tracking it. we have tourists posting this video of fast-rising waters on the island of hawaii as the rain was falling. >> iselle is bringing highlands and flash flood warnings for the big island and is ruining plans for tourists but a seattle couple will tie the not come you know what or high water. >> we getting married saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. and the plan is to get married on the beach. at sunset. >> hurricane julio could cause those plan toes be in jeopardy which is a stage three hurricane.

it will hit in 36 hours. now to our reporter at sfo talking about the travel impact. mike has been tracking the storm with live doppler 7 hd. mike? we will look at it showing you how it is coming to shore and the brunt of the storm is hitting volcano national park right now to the southern most tip of the big island. you can see the area in the southeast area with flooding taking place right now and it is still dark. hopefully folks are seeking higher ground. this will continue until 5:30 with the possibility it could be extended. as far as the winds, that hasn't been as big of an issue with fastest winds at 55 miles per hour and 43 at hilo through the morning and honolulu later in the morning hours at which point

the winds will drop down. july i don't is a category three storm increasing overnight with winds at 120 miles per hour. you can see iselle will stay to the south of island but still put them in the northeast quadrant but julio will pass to the north. kristen and eric? >> continuing coverage with our reporter at sfo with more open how bay area travelers trying to get to hawaii are doing. the good news is most flights to hawaii are still on tie. i checked at all three bay area airports and i saw a few cancellations incoming flights, one of outgoing flight in san

jose. oakland has all flights on schedule. at sfo, a and a flight from kona was scheduled for 7:05. some people flew out of the bay area yesterday refusing to let the storm ruin their vacation. >> so worried about hurricanes but: we are trusting. u.s. sell has been downgraded to a tropical storm but affecting flights all oh the country. in san jose this are a couple of major delays including one up to two hours and one cancellation to hawaii. airlining including united hawaiian, delta and alaska are waiving fees if you are flying to one of those defendant station -- those destination if you want to my there or cancel. >> iselle is a direct hit on

hawaii the first since 1992 for the island when hurricane hit at that time. there were six people killed and $2 billion in damage and vacationers were forced into emergency shelters for days. one city was shut off from the outside world. we will follow the situation in hawaii, on air, and online with coverage thousand on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. . >> it is calmer. the bay bridge toll plaza shows gaps in the traffic away from emeryville. if you have three or more people you can whiz by in car pool lane. that will get you to work quicker. we have report of debris which

is blocking one hane at southbound nimitz at 23rd. new york traffic is moving along fine up to the maze with in delays and outside lands music festival is at golden gate park so expect heavy traffic. muni is re-routed with parking impact there, as well. plan ahead. have fun. san jose neighbors are frustrated because underground water line is broken and crews will not fix it. a pan live on south 20th call us to say worry is flowing down south 20th for 24 hours and robert holmes called the city and the water department yesterday and said inspectors looked and said it would not be fixed until next week because we have water leaks all over the city. >> i think it will cave in by

then. under the receipt is filled with water and the water is busting through wherever it fines a back point. >> officials said they will not know how much damage this is until they are underneath. we made a call to the city and we hope to hear back this morning. >> bay area. would known as the serial stowaway is in custody. again. if los angeles. she news conference back to l.a.x. she was arrested at l.a.x. yesterday. she was spot getting off a shuttle bus yesterday morning. a judge ordered her to stay away from the airport unless she had a ticket. police arrested her on monday when she snuck pass security at mineta and flew to los angeles produce a ticket. she wondered through three terminals trying to sneak on to another flight. so could be evaluated for signs

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gates in the mid-60's from sunshine to stars. >> outside lands music festival, more sunshine today than the next couple of days but stuck in the mid 60's. upper 90 to low 100s through the central valley but the high country, thunderstorms today, a break tomorrow, thunderstorms again in lake tahoe on sunday. as we take you to the car crash blocking one lane with possible injuries eastbound 80 at the tolls in the westbound direction with traffic moving along fine. drive time traffic, tracy to dublin, traffic is gone. 16 minutes from antioch to concord and coming in over the golden gate bridge, all if all

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following walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. is a big day for us at abc 7. we are making the final push for a dream playground for appeals to enjoy in oakland. >> it is a team effort. good morning, kristen and eric. this is a team effort. it is not only the community but a nonprofit grouch called kaboom and our partner, disney. they own us and what they have decided to do is keel up with-- to do is team up up to put

something special together. this shows preparations done to the park in the city with the big build today taking six hours the joining me is the project manager. come on over to talk about what kaboom is about and why it is important for the neighborhood. >> it is important because it takes a neighborhood to do this. we have 200 volunteers to take eight weeks of planning and processing to build a dream for the kids. >> the kids had a hand in this. >> eight weeks ago they drew their dream playground. they drew everything from slides to rocket ships. we took the idea and put it into a reality and we are doing that today with 200 volunteers. >> why is it possible they play a role? they are playing and it is a sense of ownership. the kids on it, and they see different things happen and the

adults know if something is wrong. >> a lot of our team here to get their hands in things. how can the team today make a difference? >> it is showing they are part of the neighborhood to help out joining the neighbor parents and families and here to support them. >> thank you, alex. kristen and eric we will be here all day with a special report from wayne talking about the progress. i will tweet pictures all day long. i will have a report at 11 o'clock today. whatever you are doing, whether it is planting seeds for the community, i want to be on your team. trading is underway on wall street. the dow is up ten points to 16377. if your medical bills are

weighing down your credit score, this fall, the top credit score provider will make changes to put less of an emphasis on medical debt. if the only unpaid debt is medical it could go up by 25 points. other debt, though you may not see an increase, if anything. the 49ers are holding the first official public tour of the new levi stadium with advance tickets sold out. only limited dates are available for the rest of the month. the 49ers museum is officially open to the public with tickets available all weekend long for the museum with unique gallery and exhibit spaces including five lombardi trophies and statues of legends. >> last night jim harbaugh and his team opened pre-season if baltimore against his brother's team, the ravens.

many starters did not play so the ravens rolled to 23-3 victory. but it is just pre-season, folks, don't get excited. >> play matters for everyone which is why we excited to build playground in oakland. >> you are ready to play. >> got my sneakers on. >> sneakers today and hard hats. we will help put the playground together. well run into a ton of sunshine at 59 and mid-to-upper 60 throughout the afternoon, working hard but hopefully not sweating with the ribbon cutting we will be around 70 degrees. at look at what is going on now with a tropical storm i thought the winds would be the biggest issue but the flooding was going

to be and as we see a ton of moisture rolling through they will have flooding probably the next hour and ten minutes and that flood warning will be extended with winds at 15 at oakland and 14 at concord and a stout see freeze fattest this afternoon and along the beaches and coming from the northwest at 15- to 25-knots through san 15- to 25-knots through san pablo bay and sass filtering into the east bay neighborhood but it will return to the cost by 11 o'clock with afternoon sun. clouds return at night. drizzle along the coast. between 10:00 and 11 o'clock we will see increasing sunshine north to south across our coast

in the afternoon although it may never clear out at half moon bay. upper 70's to low 80's in the south bay and we will go from 75 at los altos to 67 in millbrae and low-to-mid 60's loan the coast including downtown strap and upper 60's to 70 for san francisco, and 20 degrees warmer in the valley and low-to-mid 70's along the east bay shore with oakland at 72 and mid-80's to 90, refreshing weather east bay. the game is cooler than last night from sunshine to stars and 62 by 10:00, and the seven-day forecast is a couple of degrees forecast is a couple of degrees fluctuation in the temperatures but along 280, you can see coming away from highway 17, mice can clear in the south

direction and moving along. we do have this accident at the toll involving four vehicles and possible injuries involved and one lane is blocked but westbound traffic is not too bad along skyway northbound 101 connection we have a stalled big rig so that is blocking one lane causing a slow down and we are looking at delays if you are traveling into san francisco on 101. the rest of the peninsula is wide open 280 through san mateo, in problems. >> all morning long it is abc7 news now. >> we will have weather and >> we will have weather and traffic throughout the insuranceu want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance?

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and 25,000 people do not have power and flights are delayed or canceled. >> american jets have two bomb on iraq because militants are throwing artillery, this is the first battlefield role since 2011. >> police are vetting a frightening home invasion with suspects assaulting a 54-year-old grandmother while babysitting her grand child. >> expect heavy traffic at golden gate park at outside lands music festival with 200,000 people expected to turnout. the headliner is kanye west. tomorrow is tom petty.

six, friday lite commute. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza you can see it is only 13 minutes from emeryville to san francisco. we do have one accident if the clearing sames eastbound 80 but the rest of the bay area has accident-free continues and not too much congestion. >> it is playground build as we have been telling you and we proud to build a dream playground for children in east oakland. we are teaming up with disney and kaboom and local residents to build a new playground. if you want to were what us put this up we will live stream it at it will be fun. >> a lot sunshine and temperatures are comfortable, at mid-to-upper 60's. mid-to-upper 60's. >> have a great

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