it started at 1:30. we are on crest avenue in alamo, 3,000 square foot home. unknown how it started but the smoke owner was alerted by smoke detectors and exited without injury. the home was about to go on the market with the "coming soon," sign. when firefighters arrived there was a power line down so they had to be careful. another republican why they took the defensive stance but everyone is okay. no firefighters were hurt. they got the fire out. they are just mopping up and the red cross is here to help the william who lives here and was here at the time. we understand her husband was traveling. more breaking news from saudi arabia and a tragedy during the

an you'll pilgrimage. 453 people are dead from a stampede near the holy city of mecca. another 719 have been injured. it happened in the tent city of meena. this is the third day of the pilgrimage that usually is the most dangerous because so many people try to perform rituals in the same place at the same time. >> in the bay area new details this morning of the faulty rods on the bay bridge. a staggering new estimate on how much it will confident to fix them -- it will cost to fix them. >> $15 million is that right? >> from $15 million to $25 million to rare the water damaged rods and toll payers will foot the bill. in may, caltran was figuring how bad the situation was. they knew salt water was affected the 25' long rods but now they are saying it is likely that nearly all 400 of them used

to reinforce the bridge during the earthquake are damned to some degree. caltran engineers believe most of the rods have cracks in them which is a sign of corrosion that they were worried about. officials hope to recover some of the cost from the main contractor, american bridge who is blamed for not properly sealing the sleeves of the rods which led to the leaks. bay bridge panel will meet this afternoon to further discuss the issues and they are also looking at other firms to fix the rods. >> janet, thank you. pope freeway isis will deliver the historic address to the joint meeting of congress today and we will have a picture if the capitol with the scaffolding there for preservation project underway for a while we have been report on. that is the view of where the pope will have later today as he appears on the capitol balcony after the speech. congressional leaders have ask lawmakers to not touch the pope

as he walked down the center aisle and deliver only one standing ovation. >> pope is expected to speak of climate change, income inequality and religious freedom. >> a major highlight of the first full day in the united states on wednesday was the elevation of california father junipero serra to s. hood. he has been criticized for the harsh treatment of native americans. >> during the parade a five-year-old girl from southern california got past the barricades and the pope gestured for her. she got the kiss. the daughter of two undocumented immigrants had the warm affectionate kiss from the pope and she also handed him a letter. the pope said it was about immigration she is afraid her parents will be deported without a change in policy. >> thousands are invited to watch address from the capitol and each member was given

tickets. palo alto congressman held a lottery for heretic coats. >> it is something i had to be part of, you can sit home and watch and be here and say you her the right words but when you can see the activity an it and her it first person...not law a -- fought through a tv, it becomes something special. >> congresswoman was among few representatives in congress that offered up tickets by lottery. >> ama daetz has been reporting on the pope's visit from washington, dc and tweeted out this picture showing the basilica, still lit up after the canonization of father junipero serra. you can follow alma on twitter and she is on facebook, ama daetz. ought case of a missing family from benicia is a murder investigation. they found a third set of remains in the ruins of the cabin destroyed in a fire september is --

37-year-old puck buck and 36-year-old molly mcafter fee and their son, seven years old were believed inside the structure. >> this is a homicide and arson investigation. >> it turned out there were three bodies it injected a accept element of finality. >> since the remains have not been positively identified, the family is still officially listed as "missing." d.n.a. test result are not available until next week but if it turns out to be murder friends and family say they have no idea who the killer might be. >> temporary shelter close this morning at 10:00 forcing any remaining evacuees to fine another place to stay. at 6:00 p.m. tonight lake county officials will hold a community meeting at middle town high school. speaking of middletown, schools there are set to re-open on monday. right new the valley first is 82 percent contained.

it has burned 76 the acres and destroyed more than 1,200 homes. mandatory evacuations remain in affect for copb and authorities work to identify a 4th victim believed 66-year-old robert fletcher, another man, 61-year-old robert litchman is missing. >> a landfill in lake county cannot receive debris from the valley, rourkey or jerusalem fires until the laboratory tested found we asbestos and hazardous chemicals and the landfill said this is not enough space and it will be incredibly expensive to ship the debris out of the county. federal and state assessment team head to lake county to remove hazardous materials from the burned location. help is on the way to the many people who lost so much in the fire. abc reporter shows us how the community is coming together. >> the basket was filled with

stuff from her closet. >> i-i could do more. >> a shared feeling among many at the tap room. >> many employees have been affect asked we are trying to give. >> a few friends that lost their homes and wanted to do something to help them. >> 50 percent of sales, and 10 percent tips and sun percent of physical donations go to valley fire families. a few block away, another party for the same cause, this one organized by par lows -- carlos perez. >> we have raised $35,000. >> it will help folks like this william whose home was destroyed. the week has been a blurred. >> we are just moving forward and dealing with insurance companies and details, a lot of details. my husband has been on the phone for nine days straight. >> it is humbling. >> ask around and you will hear it is what neighbors are

>> a little taste of the cool but, mike, summer is not done with us yet. >> absolutely not. we said it would be one and done for fall but we have to wait for the weekend. 13 degrees warmer in napa, oakland is four degrees warmer the high and low end of the range. in san francisco, waking up to vine. in west povertial is cool, ocean beach at 60. crissy field is 61. glen park is 60. mission district is 62. sunny side is 63. through the ferry building it is 60. 40s yesterday and upper 50s to 60 petaluma, 58, machine condition beyond is 59, belmont andship drove at 60s. pittsburg is 70. 56 in santa clara. notice the flags on the ferry building, barely moving. we will hit 80 today in san

francisco. peninsula is 88, south bay is 90, antibay 788, inland east bay, 96. north by 92. san rafael, no fog pause of high clouds, and 70s in san francisco, to, 80s and 90s for the rest of us, and 60s in san francisco by sunday and 70s and 80s for rest of us and our weekend forecast is. coming up. leyla? how are you? >> good morning, mine, and here is a look at walnut creek, the drive on 680, looking snazzy headed away from highway 4 to highway 24 only taking you eight minutes. a if time to get on the roads but, city, very early and only 4:39. most of the bay area shows friend on the map is we are at posted speed. we have a problem an accident involving a make and it sounds like we have minor injuries northbound 85 to the northbound highway 17 transition. if you are coming up from los gatos and head up to 85, you could find it, and 85 is clear

all the way to cupertino with no delays. drive time traffic 101 southbound from santa rosa to petaluma is 14 minutes and castro valley to the maze is 16 minutes and 101 northbound at the 280 and 680 at highway 85 beyond the airport, 12 minutes. >> the battle over the warriors plan flares up where a new group coming out against the location. >> a brazen robbery caught on video and police are anxious to video and police are anxious to get this man behind bars.

>> novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is a first look from sutro tower camera down on san

francisco. fairly clear. you will find another hot day in some places. >> a group of ucsf scientists are speaking out against the new warriors arena plan according to the "san francisco chronicle" over a plan to build 18,000 arena. 20 prominent scientists detailed their concerns. they say the project essentially, an entertainment hub will make it less aping to i.p.o. tech researchers and believes increased traffic will endanger people needing to get to the three hospitals in the area. >> san mateo police are asking for help to identify a dangerous robber would held up a walgreens on tuesday afternoon. at the wallgreens here, hop over-the-counter and threat being a pharmacist. he demanded medication. the thief took the medication and let the pharmacist go and left the store.

>> what it is, an act of desperation, we may have someone that needs to be put in jail but needs help. >> miss say that the robber is a white man in his 20s with a possible triangle shaped tattoo near the corner ofly right eye. no one was hurt in the robbery. >> a man fremont police say was caught on surveillance video breaking into a home is expected to be in court. police credit the video with helping they will capture diaz who hurt the family dog after breaking into the dog when the pet ease glass. the dog has recovered. the period of the period of investigation wagon will have plummeted and some people are joining class action

lawsuits. customers are demanding local dealers by the car packs or offer compensation. >> new york paced nasdaq has a new center to attract the next red hot ipo, entrepreneurial center south the market in the financial district. it says the center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for entrepreneurs. warriors center will celebrate the opening by running the closing bell at nasdaq at 1:00 o'clock p.m. >> lieutenant governor is there, as well, and don't think he is joining the warriors. >> he played basketball >> from the past court to the kitchen, nba mvp steph curry is joining his wife on the rachel ratio. >> he said he is more of a professional taste tester while his wife is the real mvp in the kitchen and she will cook a

delicious steak and potato dinner a favorite in the steph curry house. you can watch the couple on "rachel," today at 1:00 o'clock. he is making the rounds' they begin training camp early next week. he is very smart man saily wife is the superstar in the kitchen. >> she tweets out picture of what she cooks and i look at them before we have breakfast...it looks so amazing. >> drop by the house. >> waiting for the invitation. >> is there an invitation? >> we will talk about that. >> meat and potatoes, maybe put some meat open his bones. >> we are looking at and feeling warmer and the golden gate bridge with the winds from west at only six miles per hour. hazy. not foggy. we have high clouds, sunshine, and warmer conditions today. a reverse of yesterday where the clouds came if -- in late.

it will feel more like fall next week but, still, no sign of any rain when we transition back to the cooler weather and we get the wet weather and still too early for that. the winds or light and variable and the two areas with high pressure we have talked about are dominate the forecast. very impressive looking cold front with a last cold air behind it but because of the high and clockwise flow it is deflecting most of that to the north away if us. we are just get the high clouds. temperatures today are 86 in milpitas the cool spot. we go from 87 in sunnyvale and los gatos at 92, and mid-90 around morgan hill and santa cruz, it is hype at 84 degrees and temperatures are more like what we find on the peninsula money 80s to redwood city and mountain view at 88 and pill bring is at 80 and low 70s along the coast to mid-70s in daly city and colma and sunset

and nearly 80 downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and upper 80s to low 90 through the north by valley from 85 in vallejo to santa rosa at 92 and low-to-mid 70s along the north by coast and the east bay shore 82 in research mop, -- richmond and oakland at 8 pa and castro valley at 88 and possibly need the air conditioning inland at 92 at san ramon to antioch and brentwood and livermore at 96. day game today, take the sunscreen, you can get sunburn, 76 at 12:30 and 83 at 6:30 with a light breeze. almost as warm tomorrow inland and we will break two to degrees and monday and tuesday are the coolest days. leyla? >> i have lights out in fremont. an accident happened around 11 o'clock and unfortunately they hit a transformer that

controlled the lights in the area. no traffic light until 3:00 while they order the parts so expect delays at the intersection and try to avoid it. as we pull out to the rest of the south by you can see mostly green and top speeds, 101 looking clear as you leave alum rock and head past the airport to 237, into mountain view, no delays, and 280 is clear and highway 85, fantastic shape with the exception of before you get to highway 17, that is where we have a motorcycle accident blocking a lane on the transition road northbound 85 to northbound highway 17 so you can see slow and go pushing in the northbound direction. >> apple will not be selling their brand new iphone in the stores in four states. >> here are the tech bytes. >> the latest iphone is hitting stores but not in all states. apple banned walk in purchases of the iphone 6s in four

states without sales tax, alaska, new hampshire, delaware and oregon. >> a robot is waiting at the apple store in australia. they are making it feel welcome and taking selfies with plans for the robot to purchase the phone without fume interaction. >> check out facebook's feature, 360 degree video of the star wars showing how it words allowing you to look in all directions with the mouse or with a finger on a mobile device. facebook said it is the latest move toward increasing user interaction. everything is better with star wars. >> sitting at director deck for a long stretch of time is bad for your health and the one thing you can do to reverse the impact and you do not even have to get up. >> financial help available to pay area homeowners who want to make their home more energy and

water efficient. >> san francisco skyline early on thursday morning and we will have more news and weather and have more news and weather and

>> a program for help homeowners pay for home upgrades is expanding with officials takingblies for alameda county and burlingame and through the hero pace program, property owner could buy new heat asking cooling systems or insulation and pay for it over time through the tax bill. this is interest charged, and homeowners is to spend at least $5,000 to finance it over 5-20 years with all the communities and details posted on abc7news.com. >> the california's historic drought is stressing the s trees that can live for 3,000

years. scientists say that they are finning more patchy of dead foliage in the trees than in the past. biologists have been climbing the trees to identify the most vulnerable growth. arrayeders will see gold on the home field with a faded light number 50 at the cove coliseum. every other team has pained 50 yard line markers in gold to honor super bowl 50, a golden anniversary but the raiders refused to do it but the owner mark davis said he backs the idea. the raiders say they will do it when they are finished with the year. >> new study suggests you may want to fidget. it can counteract health problems that come with sitting for a long period of time such as obesity and heart disease.

sitting a lot is common at work, and women who fidgeted had a lower risk of death during the timeframe than those that sat still. >> see, mom, you were wrong about that? >> go ahead. fidget. >> no final the weather. >> we are ten degrees warmer than the agency high, and 79 by saturday and back to average or below average through early part of next week. livermore is where it is going to be hot, mid-90 through the weekend and sunday we are back to 86. now, if you are traveling around the state, what do you need? high clouds and sunshine and 90 through the central valley, monterey at 7 a and lake tahoe is 82, and low-to-upper 80s around san diego and los angeles. not much fog at the golden gate bridge and we will find out how traffic is. >> fantastic. look at this, it is easy as you make it between marin and san

francisco so we are not fining any delays and have not seen the zip are -- zipper truck yet but we do have an extra lane in the southbound direction so there should be no delays. no delays reported for ace rain and if you are deciding to use golden gate transit we saw a bus crossing the bridge move along at top speed with no delays. i will take you over to construction that is were whering up and will be closed in minutes, at crow canyon road, with top speed in the northbound direction. >> happen tonight, san francisco can sound off on proposed new federal guidelines for hosting fires on ocean bench. the new regulations are not yet in effect requiring people to get a permit before a beach fire and another regular puts restrictions on firing during winter "spare the air" season. if you are interested in learning more the meeting is at 6:00 p.m. in the county fair

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on thursday, september 24. thank you for being here. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. it may say "fall," but it feels like summer. >> september tends to be very warm for a last us. that will be no exception but i have good news, the high clouds last night kept the fog from forming. visibility is great on live doppler hd. can you see it here from sutro tower looking to emeryville. it is warmer when you step outside but comfortable, 50s and 60s. by noon we have high clouds and sun, 60s at the coast and low 80s inland and we will