abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> we start at 5:00 with the breaking news from the south bay. >> crews on the christian of a grass fire in a rural part of san jose. our reporter is on the scene. katie? >> crews are here for several hours. the area is very dry. there is extreme fire danger. there are still many firefighters on the scene, up to 70. the fire started around 2:30 this morning. it spread to ten acres quickly. it took firefighters two hours to contain the fire which spread to both sides of the hill and moving toward the park. they are still working on hot spots and it is under investigation.

firefighters are not sure what sparked it but the conditions are extreme. the drive up sierra road have warning signs for "extreme fire danger," so firefighters are investigating the cause and will be on the scene for several hours making sure this does not re-ignite. >> good morning, i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. >> a check of the weather and traffic. drew, it will be hot? >> it is. there will be poor air quality. good morning. the "spare the air" day is in affect again. from sutro tower you can see we are fog free on way to a warm to hot day. century mark inland at the bay in the my 80s. you want relief at the coast and it is only in the low 60s. frances? >> off to a quiet start. a shot of interstate 80 through emeryville westbound traffic is looking good with no problems

from the carquinez bridge with road work. it will be cleared right now. westbound five to the bay bridge or if you are headed to the richmond-san rafael it is delay free. >> we have big news this morning for california students after years of delays, the state is moving forward with a land to teach lgbt history at school. jessica castro has the latest. >> there will be an outline put together for what kids will learn, a big step moving california closer for come mying to a law passed back in 2012. there have been multiple delays pushing to repeal the lawyer which asks schools to include prominent gay people and lgbt rights milestones and history. the state board education members will introduce concepts in the second grade, california's place in the gay rights movement in the 4th grade and additional lessons in

the 5th and 8th and 12th grade. some classrooms take lgbt history but most schools have hesitated without the guidelines from the state. also, part of the law, it is forbidden to use classroom materials that belittle the lgbt community or any religion. it is unclear when the curriculum will start. we expect a better team table after the meeting today. >> alameda county sheriff are searching for a murder women that could still be loaded. it was used in a deadly ambush shooting yesterday in an area of alameda county near hayward. a man walked up to a driver of this red pickup and opened fire. the gunman and his female accomplice, the get away driver, were arrested a short time later. authorities trying to figure out why the victim was targeted. >> two men make the first court appearance for shooting a guard during a robbery. detectives deal the armored

truck was targeted when parked outside a chase bank when a guard was shot. he is in the hospital. the suspect's escaped with cash. police captured one man after a short chase and the other was arrested hours later after a large manhunt. >> the recent shootings of police and several black men got a nationwide forum last night on the espies last night. athletes speaking out about the need for change. tonight, there is a landmark townhall meeting with the president. here is that report. >> this morning, as the protests continue, and racial tensions rise, four of the biggest names in the unanimous used the stage of the appcy awards to make a plea for change. >> we cannot ignore the realities of america. >> anthony, dwyane wade and lebron james called for an end to all violence, shootings in chicago, the police killings of black men, and the attack on

dallas police. >> the shoot to kill mentality has to stop. but be also, retaliation has to stop. >> rebound spoke with law enforcement, civil rights leaders and black lives matter activists to find solutions to racial bias and policing. >> we have to as a country sit down and grinds it out, solve the problems. all the president's conversation will continue on abc with a townhall on race and policing. president obama is meeting with community policing produced priorities but admitted the nation is not close to resolving issues between police and issues between police and communities of color. airs tone at 8:00 p.m. right here. >> the school is investigating reports that a man kicked two or more female students without their consent on tuesday, july 5 at memorial glade. the school believes that he may

have inappropriately touch add woman through her clothing. contact police if you have any information on the crimes. >> tomorrow morning, the republican ticket for president will be set. g.o.p. presidential candidate donald trump tweeted he will be making the announcement on his vice president pick at 8:00 a.m. our time tomorrow. we have confirmed the list is now down to these three men: indiana governor mike pence, former speaker of the house of representatives newt gingrich and new jersey governor chris christie. the convention starts on monday and the convention is two weeks away for the democrats. i will head to both of them so you can see my reports on monday morning from cleveland. >> crews believe a wildfire in southern california has stopped growing at least for now. look at the kinds of conditions firefighters have been facing as flames raced through ventura county breaking out yesterday afternoon and it has burned 78

acres. you can see how close it is to the residential area, with no one hurt so far. firefighters say no buildings have been damaged. >> good morning, on thursday we are off to a mainly clear spot with live doppler hd showing patchy fog and you can see it along the coast at half moon bay at this hour and parts of the richmond and sunset district seeing low cloud cover andly, discovery bay and brentwood, altamont pass, low clouds. mild temperatures this morning. right now 55 in san francisco, and 64 in san jose. vallejo is checking in with a temperature of 63. a "spare the air" day is in affect use mass transit. poor air quality inland with warmest temperatures inland at the century mark and 91 in san jose, and oakland is a warm 80 degrees this afternoon. that is weather. frances? >> good morning, everyone. it is a from start right now. we have not had major problems,

the bay bridge toll plaza is delay free at this point holding into san francisco. we had a couple of early accidents but they are not pulling anyone down. a little bit more crowded, though, on the roads through walnut creek southbound 80 near north main headed to highway 24 at the top of the screen, fine through the dublin/pleasanton into the south bay. there are a few brake lights on the usual spots, westbound 580 from tracy to castro valley now is at 43 minutes. >> we are still following the breaking news in san jose, the flames show from the grass fire that spread to ten acres, firefighters are making sure there will be no more flareups. banks want your business in a big way and what they are willing to give you. >> authorities point blame or >> authorities point blame or the deadly train collision

>> los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> "consumer reports" is calling on tesla to make major changes with the cell phone driving system on model "s" cars after a series of recent crashes they want the automatic steering function to be disabled physical updates are made to ensure a human driver's hands remain on the wheel. tesla is urged to stop using "autopilot," all. "consumer reports" claims it promote as dangerous assumption. >> a 61-year-old telephone

system could be an underlying cause of the deadly head-on crash between two commuter trains in italy that happen on tuesday killing 23 people and injured 51 more. the stretch of track did not have an automatic system to want when two trains were near. instead, the station masters have to call each other to advise. >> a fire at twin peaks left two people displaced in the area. two viewers shared photos of all of the smoke from the fire yesterday. sky 7 shows us the damage to the three-story home at 25th and grand view on the edge of the valley. no one was hurt. >> lake county sheriff deputies destroyed 23,000 marijuana plants this week, and narcotics detectives found the plants during a fly over near middletown. officers say the growers created an elaborate irrigation system to water the plants and it looked like people have been

camping there but no one was there at the time. >> berkeley church is is on opening doving for a sanctuary for those facing deporting. the search had ribbons of welcome and going beyond this. they can turn an office into a building as a sanctuary for immigrants being sought by federal agents. >> our government has failed to protect refugees and migrants. we need to do that. >> other churches in the east bay are also now pledging to offer sanctuary space to immigrants with deportation orders. all the vatican is giving more time to hammer out -- state is giving more time to hammer out recommend dayses for a stadium. the supporters rented nine sites on monday, that can cost up to $2 billion.

that is $700 million more then initially estimated. >> the extension in las vegas will be give east bay leaders more time to broker a deal to keep the raiders in oakland, the alameda county board has approve add measure to begin talks to sell their interest in the property. the city of oakland and a group led by nfl hall of famer would buy the coliseum simplifying the process to build the stadium. oakland city council will consider the proposal next week. >> steph curry has another ward for the mantle after the espy, looking harp with a blue velvet tux jacket and was typical humble self for setting the reward. >> got beat by a great team, congratulations to you guys. this is to celebrate and hoping we make a couple more when it matters most.

>> he went to hawaii with his family, got a little trip to disneyland, steph curry earned the honor by setting a record by making 402, three pointers during the season. >> congratulations for the new hardware on the mantle. hardware on the mantle. >> drew is here this hot day inland with live doppler hd showing clear skies and fog right along the immediate cost line and it is the gray shading on live doppler hd and even inland around livermore, there is low cloud cover burning off when the sun gets up here in 45 minutes with beautiful look from sutro tower and we are fog free over san francisco, clear and 50 in the east bay so we are on the way to a warm day. we do not have fog in july. the highlights shows sunshine and mild temperatures and heat alert inland, today and tomorrow

and cooler days are forecasted this weekend with the warmest temperatures on the thursday afternoon, concord going up to 98 degrees and antioch, fairfield, up to 100, and even livermore 100 degrees and most spots inland are right around the century mark today. if you want to take it easy on the activity lapper inland, and get a run in, do it early. it will be very warm and it will be tough to run in the conditions when it and hot. good for swimming. at the local bench we are fine, and just that there is a high u.v. index. put on the sun screen, unprotected skin can burn in 15 minutes. >> around the century mark today in the my 80s and at the cost you know that, in the lower 60, and on saturday and sunday, we are back down to more typical temperatures for this time of year. montrose? >> good morning, everyone, the beach is hooking good and

headsup, there could be a bit tough driving through monterey bay. the area is highlighted in yellow or gold shows thick fog. be extra careful. here in the south bay, no problems at all and this is northbound 280, highway 17, across the street, 17 looking good if you are headed to santa cruz and across the san mateo bridge, the ride is great in both directions, westbound on the right and eastbound is find out of san mateo. the drive time is all green, and westbound, 580 are across the richmond-san rafael is easy seven minutes, and 14 minutes across the san mateo bridge and nine minutes across the dumbo. >> you may remember when banks gave customers "toasters," and other rewards and now they are doing this again including $10 gift cards but one bank is offering $400 in cash for customers in certain cities including san francisco.

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their robotic vacuum in the united states after soling overseas for two years but now is available august 1. it costs $1,000. those are the tech bytes. >> a photographer takes pictures of places where people usually do not or can not go and wore a dwarfing mask and stuck in to the forbidden zone in fukushima in japan where a nine disaster was triggered and the town has barely been touched. you can see the laundry still waiting to be picked up, and there is the calendar still showing "march, 2011." apple is accepting legislations for a reality show that is filmed in los angeles, with the world of apps and the people

that drive the innovation, and creators get hands on guyance and promotion for their app. apple is choosing 100 people for the show. you can apply on the planet of the apps website until august 26. >> you that name...fun. seven thing you need to know to start color day. >> including a grass fire in san jose. 70 firefighters are on scene. >> talk about photo bum, the >> talk about photo bum, the moon tried to st

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the murder weapon is still missing. authorities say the gun could be loaded. >> new video just released by fresno police shows officers shooting an unarmed white teen after a traffic stop. the 19-year-old dillon noble hid his hand behind his back forcing them to shoot. >> police hope new cameras installed on highway 4 will end drivers getting shot. seven cameras have been install asked more are on the way. >> five, on the way to a warm to hot day inland, and you can see failed and livermore, all topping out at 100, and "spare the air" day is in affect. >> it is an easy commute on the westbound 80 ride with no sig-alert like yesterday, with traffic for headlights moving to the bay bridge looking good, but as drew mentioned for "spare the air" day, consider mass transit reporting thoughlies. >> 15, big news this morning,

out of los angeles, at the emmy nominations streamed live on the news app. jimmy kimmel will host the emmys right here. >> southwest is adding new nonstop flights from oakland to mexico. the flights are expected to begin in february, adding three domestic defendant nations last week at oakland, and new have 120 flights a day leaving oakland. >> nissan is releaseing a self driving car, a van with so-called pro pilot technology that will be released next month. it is not completely automatic, and is designed only for highway grave in a single lane. it controls steering, breaking, and action sellation. a new version in 2018 can change the lanes and in 2020 the technology will handle urban driving. >> done you have to change lanes

on the highway? >> reggie is known to do a good photo bomb and now only one who can photo bomb a photo. >> this happens when nasa was taking picture of the earth, moon was trying to steal thunder and scientists are excited about the photo bomb because it allows how the far said of the moon not seen from earth... >> and pop-up eateries are the rage in san francisco. ask san francisco students. students from the cooking class opened up their own pop-up pizza store on campus. way to go. a wood-fired oven and taught students how to run a food business and they had to market their juan day pop-up to the workers. audi. but forth it.

to see the smile on people's faces when they eat, wow, you made that person's difficult. >> i would like some pizza at 5:25. that is all i ever want. >> workers gave the pizza pop-up a try and the money the student raised goes back into the cooking program. >> stay tuned.

. breaking news with a grass fire on the eastern edge of the city. katie is on the scene at sierra road. katie? >> crews are on the scene for

several more hours checking for hot spots much it is very dry. you can see behind me the sun is coming up all of the grass in the remote area is mostly cattle land. let my show you some video of the flames that spread quickly to both sides of sierra road starting at 2:30 in the morning, reached ten acres and was headed to the park. firefighters took two hours to contain the flames. here is what they had to say. >> we have fully contained at this point with a line all the way around it and hit the hot spots and working on an overhaul plan. >> alum rock park at peak, 70 firefighters were on the scene investigating the cause. this is a remote election. it is unclear what sparked the fire on sierra road, the drive to get to our location, there are signs saying extreme fire

danger. we will check back with fires to see what caused the fire and, also, checking this with them as they look nor hot spots. >> glad to have that contained. the flames are looking intense. good morning, i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. now a check of weather and traffic, rue is here for mike nicco. drew? >> a hot day inland location especially very close to the century mark. at pier 15 you can see fog free view. that means another warm day in san francisco. here is the day planner, in the afternoon, 60s on the coast and up to 70s and 80s around the bay and warmest inland is up to 100. that is weather. frances? >> it is starting to heat up traffic-wise we have the bay bridge toll plaza picked up toward the 880 overcrossing maze with metering lights turned on. here is a look in the south bay,

northbound 87, traffic is fine, a few early crashes in san jose and they are not causing any delays. the low spot is westbound 580 through the altamont pass. >> thank you. if you commute from marin to the east bay the next story is going to make you smile, the third lane on the richmond-san rafael bridge is now a reality. we are on the bridge with more. amy? >> you have a year and a half to wait with the land to add a third lane to the eastbound part of the bridge so the lower deck and the plan is to open in december of 2017. they want to clear up the ugly, thick, traffic you can see during the rush hour, the land was presented to caltran yesterday clearing the way to start the project, the third lane is open during the commute hours and other times used as a shoulder.

plan also includes adding a bicycle lane to san rafael it will cost, $74 million for both projects, and it looks like construction could start in october. reporting from the san rafael richmond bridge for abc7. >> nice sunrise, thank you, a 31-year-old santa rosa woman was airlifted to the hospital with major injuries in a bad crash at highway 37 in vallejo, two children suffered minor injuries and she smashed her toyota into a concrete barrier near the on-ramp around 6:45 last night. that minutes all westbound lanes were closed, and they reopened after an hour. the sheriff said they are using all of the resources this morning to find a murder weapon used in an ambush in hayward with the driver being gun down sitting in the red pickup truck yesterday. police say another man walk up and shot him several times. the man and a woman believed to

be the get away driver have been arrested. the violence is rare for the neighborhood and people are on edge. >> knowing they would shoot one of my kids by accident, and you do not know, you are scareed knowing this could happen. >> sheriff said that finding the gun is their top priority now and investigators are trying to figure out in the victim was targeted. >> fresno police have released video of an officer involved shooting of a teen. the case now has garnered high interest from many people in the community. jessica castro is here with the video. >> it is body camera video sparking debate as the family is ready to file a wrongful death lawsuit. the boy's name is dillon noble shot device by police approaching them, and, twice, while on the ground. the last two shots are being questioned. >> drop whatever is in your

hands. drop. stop. drop, now. >> we are freezing the video in order to avoid show his final mobiles. the video is from june but only released last night. the family thinks deadly for was uncalled for but the fresno police chief defended the officers. he said that noble walked toward them with hands behind his back reached forly waste band on the ground fumbling with an unknown object which was plastic with clay inside. >> i will make the right difficult, the right decision for the officers the right decision for the community, one that is not based on political expediency and not swayed by public opinion or the opinion of officers. >> the officers were responding to reports of a man carrying a rifle down the street and regardless of that lawsuit, we expect the family to file today, police have started an internal affairs investigation and the district attorney will review

the case. >> it is disturbing to much with >> two men are under arrest for smash-and-grab burglary at a gun store and they are trying to figure out in they are behind other break ins. two were it is wearing gloves. bold. >> it happened in sacramento area yesterday morning. one was caught in the surveillance camera using the video, authorities identified the honda license plate and tracked it to a neighborhood in oakland near 68th. that is where they arrested the two. police are investigating in it is connected to half a dozen other incidents at gunshots. >> michael krol is laid to rest one of five an pushed by sniper, police officers from san francisco, richmond and concord were among the crowd law help form attending funerals for they of the officers. now we are hearing the military is investigating why the sniper got an honorable discharge from the army of being accused of

sexually harassing a fellow soldier. officer zamarripa's funeral is saturday. a man shot can killed in minneapolis will be laid to rest today. a police officer killed castile during a traffic stop last week in philadelphia, and his fiance documented the shootings on facebook live sparking national outrage and said that castile told the? he had a gun and a permit and followed the officer's instructions before being hot. it has been confirmed that can steel received the permit last year. >> the shes of racial discrimination and gun violence were addressed in an initial forum last night, the sports award show. >> many of you probably watched the appcies last night right hire, and at the stat of the show four of the most respected stars in the nba spoke from the heart of the recent string of degrees and hatred. the nba champion lebron james was one of people. >> invest our time, our

resources help rebuild them and strengthen them, change them. we have to do better. thank you. >> a powerful moment and world news tonight anchor david muir will moderate a townhall meeting with president obama as he addresses the national conversation on race and police and how we bridge the divide. the president and the people airs tonight right here. >> cameras are now on police officers. body cameras were worn for the first time by 20 officers. they received four hours of training and had a chance to record a video, and are attached to the uniform by magnets. cameras will be turned on for most calls including face-to-face. >> good morning, 5:37 a.m. on thursday. live doppler hd is traffic accidenting a little bit of fog. especially along the coast.

we have tighter view on live doppler hd with the sunset in richmond having low clouds, south san francisco, and half moon bay. half moon bay right now is reporting a quarter-mile visibility and some areas the fog is democrat. that is only where it is low, but it is immediate, and san francisco is 55 and hose is mild at 54 and 58 in san ramon, and 60 through fairfield. highs today a "spare the air" in affect because of poor air quality and in the south bay none is the high in san jose and fairfield and antioch and livermore at 100 degrees, get director runs in early inland areas, because it will be hot quickly and you cannot run when it is that hot. about 80 in san francisco. frances? >> good morning, everyone, a new injury crash reported as you come off the benicia bridge southbound at marine that vista. a motorcycle or vehicle went off to the right side and the message crews arrived at the scene and i don't continuing

they will block the lanes but it could cause slowing into martinez. we keep you posted where we are seeing a lot of slowing westbound 580 through the pass, and it is just a crawl as you make director way into livermore. the drive time on the tracy to castro valley. it has green to 47 minutes, and north 101 looking good from highway 85 to the airport at 14 minutes and into san francisco on 280 from highway 1 to san francisco it is nine minute ride. we oh in san jose northbound traffic and delay free through many other parts of the bay area. >> costco may not be coming to a city near you, a group trying to stop a planned costco has collected enough signatures to force the city council to take up the issue now. they are mostly concern about bad traffic in the area according to our media partner, the city council has three choices, and it can been big box stores altogether, put it before voters in november or call

special election in the spring. the city council will discuss the issue at the meeting. >> we all have gotten steamed behind the wheel but we have surprising results of a study on how angry some people get. how angry some people get. all the bay area bigs seeing

>> novato, oakland, sunnyvale, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we know a lost you do not love how the bay bridge works and there is a change to speed up the drive across the span. the toll authority has hired a company to lead the effort to upgrade the metering light system. the system dates back to 1974. the upgrade includes a real time algorithm to reduce traffic jams >> fur angry behind the wheel you are not alone. aa found 80% of drivers are angry and having aggressive behavior the last year. the report said that the most aggressive drivers are young man 19-39. men are three times more likely than women to get out of the car and confront another driver. most common beavers are purposely tailgating and yelling at other drivers and honking. >> gaming of pokemon go has attracted players around the world and in the bay area.

business owners want to cash in on the frenzy. pokemon go involves searching for make believe characters with the goal of attracting the elusive people monday. a pizza shop center near where the creatures could be, there is now a sign. >> izinging the allure of the stop next to us for pokemon, hopefully they will see our sign and walk a couple of extra feet. >> pokemon and pizza is a good combination. >> put a special item menu... >> other businesses say that, wait, they want to get in on this, too, in they understood how it wored so they will talk to the younger employees to get the information. >> neighbors and county

officials agree that it is a good whyed to fight west nile disease but right now there is a deep divide over fogging and many people opposeed screens like this, fogging trucks that are playing a pesticide mist as they cruise the streets in santa clara county. a group protested last night in san jose. >> they are using poison that is 96% undisclosed so that means we do not know what it is. >> anything bigger than a housefly there is not enough active ingredient in the products at the rate we apply them to hurt us. >> residents are concerned for human and pet health but also for the way the pesticide could affect bees and they want an alternate to chemical pesticides. >> a regulate is under way in sonoma to intentionally flood the russian river. it is different than any we have seen before. the county water agency and

building a safety the art fish ladder and inflatable dam to create artificial flooding. it is an effort to deal with the drought. the dam has water pumps from underground. we use the natural grind that is out here that was laid down over decades and hundreds of years and the background that exists is what filters and cleans our water. >> to comply with the endangered species act the district spent $12.5 million on the new fish ladder. >> big body of water sounds good for the hot day ahead of us. >> >> someone needs do tweet us. >> good morning, everyone, we are on way to a warm-to-hot day, we are getting cooling assessment of fog along the coast and half moon bay has visibility cut down to quarter-mile where the managua

is most dense. the highlights today, sunny and mild on the way for most, heat alert inland today, and, also, tomorrow with cooler days coming in weekend. highs starting in the south bay at 91 in san jose and 86 in sunnyvale and "spare the air" in affect for poor air quality south bay and inland, and 86 in mountain view and 75 in millbrae and 71 in downtown san francisco and 7 is for south san francisco and in the north bay, 94 san francisco, and 91 in vallejo and 80 oakland, that is warp, and a lot of sunshine and fremont 87 and inland, hot spots with heat alert here, and 98 concord, and 102 in brentwood. want did beat the heat? hit the beep, it will be nice, sunny and only fly in the ointment, extreme u.v. index. the seven-day forecast if you are not a fan of the heat, you will love the weekend, saturday and sunday, temperatures are cooling off to normal

>> watch out for the seagull on the roof, the traffic map shows a new injury crash we mentioned earlier, and southbound 680 off the benicia bridge, at marina vista off to the shoulder. there is also a possible overturn truck and it could slow things down and right now i put a sensor in moving at 66 minute. we let you know in it slows down. on southbound 680 it is fine through walnut creek and north main through highway 27 and down, all the way through the dublin grid. there are no delay on that part of 680 and we have we wrote northbound, southbound, the drive is fine over to the golden gate bridge and into san francisco. we will check out the slow drive times again in my next report. >> any are a fan of abc like we are, the abc app got an upgrade. >> it is cool. a great way to watch abc programs like "modern family,"

and abc7 news, on the phone or tablet and now you have more choices for binge were welcoming like "ugly betty," and oh throw back shows. just a tap away with original digital downloads through apple or google play. >> evaporateed lead with 9 race very tight between hillary clinton and donald trump. >> get ready to sneak out, silicon valley comic con is running. running. >> speeding up the trip t

video from california, a carjack suspect is leading deputyies on a chase through south los angeles. the sheriff said she carjacked someone at gunpoint. deputies tried to stop her by placing a spike strip in the road but she drove over it and you can see the result of the shredded tire. it ended when she pulled over at a casino when she was arrested. >> mexico officers are investigating how this ended up in the pacific: 32 colorfully wrapped packages. guess what they think is inside? cocaine. it was picked off in the waters on the west coast with 2,000 pounds, a ton spotted by 9 mexican navy. >> utah lawmakers are trying to prevent a danger during wildfire season, approving a bill to allow firefighters to disable and down drones that are 50 close to the fire scene. in california we have incidents

of drones trying to catch footage and forcing firefighters to drown the aircraft. lawmaker here have not enacted similar legislation. >> senator feinstein is one of three senators asking for a federal investigation of people represent am sites like san francisco-based airbnb, claiming that home represent am websites are causing housing short averages and driving up home and rental prices and want the federal trade commission to be involved and study the issues and the ftc to look at cases of racial discrimination by hosts. all the airport security experience could look different by the end of the year and hopefully better. the t.s.a. said up to 60 automatic check important lanes are installed in the next few months, allowing five people at a time to put belongings in bins to be screened, with automatic lanes speeding up the lines up to 40% in london. >> if you are headed to downtown danville you may want to allow a few extra minutes, because several streets are going to be closed for the "hot summer night

s "car show with images taken at a previous event starting at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, and continue until this evening, with the show running from 4:00 p.m., until 9:00 people. >> silicon valley comic con is running in the spring, and in addition to the convention center there are three more venues that fans can enjoy, and the event has attracted 60,000 people overthree days with general admission ticket on sale next month and v.i.p. tickets are available now costing you $250 to $550 a person. the comic con is april 21 to april 23. >> i will dress up as squirrel. >> rockin' the blue. >> and drew is going to go as as...would? >> i was in last year the best experience. >> we are talking about a hot day and, also, those with

breathing issues, be friend for the poor air quality in the east bay, and the santa clara valley. highs today are 71 in san francisco, 80 in oakland, 91 in san jose, 92 in napa, and the hot spots at 100 degrees. >> we will start off with a look a some of the slow drive times this morning. westbound 580 from tracy at castro valley is 45 minutes and north 101 is sluggish through san jose from highway 85 to the san jose airport. and that is now 60 minutes but northbound 280 from highway one to san francisco, it is green at nine minutes. here is a shot of 101 in san jose traffic is fine for headlights moving northbound when you are beyond the 880 interchange. >> a researchers and zeroing in on a better way to test for the zika virus. the issue is that the infection can be masked by other viruses can be masked by other viruses such as

hope for people with parkinson's disease. we a new study found that the leukemia drug could be safe for people with parkinson's disease. the drug can improve the print's production of the chemical that regulates movement and reduces the toxic proteins that build up in the britain of those with parkinson's disease. experts caution it is a small study in the early daysful. >> a major carmaker is willing to pay you if you can find bugs in their computerized controls. chrysler is focusing on the new jeep software handling everything on the vehicle. you could recall a year ago, two engineers hacked into and took control of the jeep cherokee. that was aest. it propertied fiat to recall a million.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. breaking news from the south bay this morning. >> fires battling a brushfire in east san jose right now. our reporter is at the scene on sierra road. katie? >> yes, we have changed locations to give you a better perspective of the sketch the fire. just over the little railing, you can see the charred grass. this is the sierra vista open

face preserve. cruise are still working on how spots. you can see it has video so quickly in this dry grass. let me show you video of the fire from this morning. it started at 2:30 and video to both sides of sierra road. firefighters got it contained at continue acres and it took two hours. here is what they say about the dangerous conditions. >> i remind people it is hot and dry at night, and fire risk is extreme. we ask people to be careful with all of the ignition sources. >> 70 firefighters were on the scene at peak battling the fire and there will be crews for several hours to make sure any hot spots go not flare-up. as we come back out i want to show you a sign, all around the area "high fire danger, no smoking," so plenty of wanting for people. fires say there were