live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> an important lesson that could save lives. as hot temperatures and lack of rain increase the fire danger the men and women who fight the flames take a proactive step to keep people safe. hello, everyone. with the fire danger now at critical levels, bay area kicked off national fire prevention week by opening their doors to the public. abc 7 nice reporter cornell bernard live in mill valley with the details. >> caller: >> reporter: hi, katie. folks got to tour the fire department today and with the heat wave and the drought, it's

a very, very big job. this bizarre ritual is something that firefighters do every day. he's gauging the humidity. it tills him 34%, only increasing the fire threat in marin county. hot weather isn't helping things here. >> we're now in consecutive years of drought conditions. our fuels are at critical levels. fuel moisture, which tells us we're in extreme fire conditions right now. >> reporter: the doors to the firehouse are open today. part of national fire prevention week. and the neighbors are dropping by to say hi, and thank you. >> and it takes one person making a mistake to endanger this beautiful mountain. >> reporter: san francisco's fire boat was on the bay showing the public what it can do in a fire emergency. on dry land, firefighters were at the explore tore yum teaching

folks how to be safe. >> call at 911, there's a fire. >> reporter: and people got a demo on how to use the fire extinguisher. reed put out this controlled fire. tell me why you think that's important, to know how to use one of those things? >> just in case you have a fire. >> no one ever use z it until it's a natural emergency. this is a great opportunity where we have a fire contained and teaching folks how to put it out. >> reporter: a simple skill which can save your home and your life. in marin county, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. very important stuff. and adding fuel to the fire threat of course these unseasonably high temperatures. taking a live look outside. that's mount diablo from our east bay hills camera. temperatures there in the 90s for a fifth day. let's check in with meteorologist drew tuomo. drew? >> and once again, we are tracking very warm temperatures.

a live look from the emeriville cam, look at the sunshine. but we have cloud cover along the coast. location was key today. clover dale was 106 yesterday, but today they dropped down to 97. relief is coming but look at the coast. half moon bay dropped down to 17 delgs cooler today. so we have a light sea breeze that's kicking in. it is gradually cooling off parts of the bay area. look at our wide range of current temperatures right now. half moon bay at 59 degrees. but that sea breeze not enough to move inland. and san francisco, pretty comfortable compared to days past. temperatures right now at 71 degrees. coming up we'll track more relief on the way with the accuweather seven day forecast. you can track your weather from apple's app store and we have more information on our website.

>> thank you. we have developing news out of dallas. authorities have located the homeless man they have been searching for who may have had contact with thomas duncan, the liberia man in the hospital with ebola. meantime, duncan is now listed in critical condition. abc news reporter elizabeth herr has the latest from dallas. >> reporter: unconscious and heavily sedated, thomas duncan is on a ventilator unable to breathe on his own. his family tells abc news he's also on dialysis with kidney failure. >> we understand that his situation has take an turn for the worse. we know that ebola is a very serious disease. and we're hoping for his recovery. >> reporter: his family under close watch remains symptom free. officials say they are among some 50 people who require daily monitoring for 21 days. >> at cdc, we have seen the level of interest increase. in fact, we are getting 50 calls or e-mails per day before the initial patient was diagnosed

here, and now it's up to 800 calls or e-mails per day >> reporter: the results sparked false alarms including one on saturday, after a man traveling from liberia to new jersey got sick on the flight. he later tested negative for ebola. in massachusetts, former patient dr. rick sacre is back in the hospital, placed in isolation. but doctors do not believe it's a relapse. as for duncan, officials say right now he is receiving supportive care. not experimental medication out of fear they say his condition may get worse. in dallas, i'm elizabeth herr for abc 7 news. police are searching for whoever shot and killed a man in san francisco's bay view district today. it happened around 2:30 this afternoon on harbor road near engels street. he was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body. police say he's in his 20s.

anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact police. a fight led to gun fire in oakland leaving one man dead and two others injured. it happened outside a nightclub around 1:30 this morning. oakland police tell abc 7 news their officer saw a large group fighting at the intersection of 14th and franklin street. then they heard the gunshots. all of the victims are men in their 30s. all three know each other. family and is police are looking for a suspect to led them on a chase and rammed his car into a patrol car. they tried to stop him outside the trailer haven mobile home park. the driver didn't stop and led the officer on the high speed chase for two miles. it ended in the cul-de-sac near woodland avenue. >> somehow it made a u turn and faced head on with the officer. the suspect vehicle accelerate and rammed the front end of the

patrol car. the officer fired at the driver of that suspect vehicle. >> police aren't sure if gun fire hit the driver. the officer was not hurt and has been put on routine paid leave. the driver took off. responding officers chased the vehicle but stopped the pursuit because of dangerously high speeds. palo alto based hewlett-packard may be looking to split into two separate companies. very reports that the breakup would create one company that sells h.p. computers and printers and the other would focus on technology like servers and software. the announcement could come as early as tomorrow. consumers turning to mobile devices have forced h.p. to lay off nearly 34,000 employees in recent years. the company announced plans to lay off an additional 11 to 16,000 people by the end of this month. cal train raised the cost of some some tickets today.

a one-way ticket increased 25 cents and day passes are now 50 cents more. no fare increase if you use a clipper card and the move is actually to encourage riders to use the clipper card. the agency also will adjust its timetable to accommodate the replacement of four aging rail bridges in san mateo. cal train says the changes are in an effort to better adapt to growing ridership. the boys are back in town again. they are a bit exhausted as we catch one the giants fresh from their historic victory in washington, d.c. what madison bumgarner

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abc 7 is honoring hispanic heritage month. with posts to our instagram feed. today we recognized raising a reader bay area and community literacy specialist gabrielle rodriguez and jose sartorez. we have more details on instagram. the giants back in town trying to get some rest after yesterday's marathon win over the washington nationals. tomorrow they have game 3 of the division series. the team park around 6:00 this morning. madison bumgarner will pitch in what could be the deciding game tomorrow. he was more interested in bed

than talking to the media. >> i'll be there at the press conference -- >> you -- >> i'll be in the press conference tomorrow. >> i should say this morning, not tonight. it was the longest in postseason history. stretching into 18 innings before the giants won, 2-1. fans are sharing their giants playoff pride with us. lisa gets to the game early and she is determined to catch a foul ball. look at the size of that glove. can't hurt. and katherine one of the youngest giants fans. her shirt says it all. i love sf giants more than cup cakes. that's a bold statement. giants fans, we want to see your team spirit. e-mail your fan photos to us or you can tweet them to us @abc 7 news bay area. 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is often seen with his beats by dre head phones but now the nfl is banning players and coaches from wearing them. the new rule applies to all television interviews before practice or games. and up to 90 minutes after games end.

violators could face a fine. this is because the nfl recently inked a sponsorship deal with bose. ahead, a strange twist in the case of e-mail threats aimed at hundreds of students. and nothing peaceful about this prayer session. blessings for all creatures big and small. the history behind this annual tradition. and taking a live look outside. this is the view from our emeriville camera. look at that sun beating down on us. not as hot as

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new details tonight on a horrific crash in southern california that killed five teenagers. police now say an unlicensed

16-year-old driver was behind the wheel. he is the only survivor and was seriously injured in the crash. the car went off interstate 5 in irvine saturday morning as the teens were returning from an amusement park. investigators believe speed was a factor. harvard university police are investigating two e-mails sent from the same account this weekend, one threatening a campus shooting. the next an apology. hundreds of people affiliated with harvard got an e-mail friday stating a mass shooting would take place on saturday. the recipient list targeted those with asian last nights. and saturday, those same people got an apology for the first email. it read that it was written by the man's younger brother and he didn't mean it. it was the blessing of the beasts today in oakland. dozens of people brought their pets to the 15th annual ceremony at skyline united church of

christ. creatures of all kinds, dogs, cats, geckos, even horses showed up for the ceremony. church organizers say we bless them because they bless us. >> we heard people going through the worst times in their lives. the death of a partner of 30 years, the oakland fires, how their beloved dog or cat was with them through it all and sustained them in ways beyond our understanding. >> the custom is conducted in remembrance of st. francis of assisi the patron saints of animals and of san francisco. all right. all eyes on the skies as we suffer through another sweltering day. sorry about the commentary there. >> we know where katie stands on the heat out there. live doppler, we'll show you the -- not finding some moisture, but a light sea breeze kicking in. and depending where you are in the bay area, you're either comfortable or you're very warm at this hour.

live from the tower cam, downtown san francisco. warm today, but cooler than in the past two days. look at the temperatures right now. yesterday at this time we're at 91 degrees. san francisco at 71. so noticeably cooler. oakland, 80. 88 san jose. the treetops are barely moving out there. napa, 91. 82 petaluma. 95, concord. liver more, current temperature at 98 degrees. san jose camera, a bit of cloud cover upstairs. high, thin cirrus clouds and the forecast will call for coastal clouds returning tonight. still mild to hot for tomorrow. but tracking a gradual cooldown on the seven day forecast. little change. still that ridge of high pressure in control, bringing us the sunshine. the very warm temperatures and will continue to be well above normal across much of the bay area the next couple of days.

we are continuing to track what was a major hurricane. hurricane simon now downgraded from the category 3 storm to 1. winds right now at 75 miles per hour. it will weaken into the tropical storm tomorrow. it will bring some moisture to parts of southern california and also arizona as we head towards midweek. our forecast animation back in the bay area, coastal clouds early on monday morning. they'll pull back. tons of sunshine across much of the bay area. a light sea breeze, but inland spots still dealing with 90 degree temperatures. widespread in our highs tomorrow because of the sea breeze. 61 in san francisco. 59 the low in palo alto. if you're headed to at&t tomorrow, game time as not been announced yet. but the afternoon temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s. it will be a warm but sunny game. highs for your monday across the bay area, 89 in san jose.

87 redwood city. and downtown san francisco tons of sunshine. and santa rosa, east bay in the 80s. 86 union city. 93 antioch. the accuweather forecast will show you we're cooling off. back to reality wednesday and thursday with more seasonable temperatu temperatures. but next weekend we're back in the heat with temperatures well above normal once again. >> you're trying to torture me. >> a little bit of everything. >> okay. i'll enjoy the cooldown while i can. you know where they're feeling the heat, santa clara. 49ers stadium. hot down there. >> 90 degrees today. a lot of people were going underneath to watch it on tv. a man he exiled to kansas city, alex smith, facing off against

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well, it seems like the niners can't avoid distractions. kansas city in town. led by former 49er quarterback alex smith was the talk of revenge all week regarding his return. then jed york tweeted this. jim is my coach. we're trying to win a super bowl, not personality or popularity contests. any more questions? irritation with that message. smith got his team on the board

first. quicks to to travis kelce. 175 yards, 7-0, kansas city. a little shake and bake. colin kaepernick able to answer, 35 seconds left in the half. wide open to stevie johnson. and third quarter, chiefs regaped the lead. smith quick toss. look at that stiff arm on antoine bethea. 17-13, chiefs. frank gore, 107 yards. sets up one of phil dawson's field goals. the chiefs up 17-16. kaepernick on his back. look at this catch by brandon lloyd. oh, my. leads to another field goal. down to five with two minutes to go. smith overthrows it, picked off by perrish cox. only turnover of the game. niners wit 22-17. broncos and cardinals, peyton manning hall of fame career took another huge step forward. t.d. to thomas, his 500th career

pass. second only behind brett favre. manning four in the game. bucs and saints, bucs had the lead in the fourth. saints closed the gap. glennon sacked in the end zone by junior gillette. and kyrie robinson gets through the defenders. now saints are 2-3 on the year. titans 28-3 lead over the browns. game over, right? wrong. brian hoyer finds an open travis benjamin. 28-22 tennessee. hoyer connects with benjamin again. browns with the largest comeback in history. 29-28 that final. all right. giants return home from washington, d.c. after a six hour, 28 minute, 18 inning victory last year. the giants can clinch in game 3 tomorrow at at&t. shot heard around the world last night, top 18. belt delivers the winning home run off tanner rourke.

now they have madison bumgarner on the hill tomorrow. he knows the team can't relax against the nats despite the lead. >> it's important to come in tomorrow, and don't miss a beat. keep playing good baseball. you know, stay focused. don't relax any. i really like our chances and the way we play baseball in october. it's been -- you know, been special. >> i would agree. alds game 3 today between baltimore and detroit. orioles can clinch with a win. tigers trade deadline acquisition price pitched agd innings. tigers get one in the ninth hoping to stay in the series. perez grounds into the game ending double play. we'll

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