live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> if you think the commute between the east bay and tran has gone dramatically worse, relief could be coming your way. >> i am natasha zouves. >> i am kristen sze. bay area transportation planners have approved $40 million in funding specifically to ease the bay bridge commute and alternatives. our reporter is at the alameda ferry terminal. katie, these are designed to be quick and short term solutions? >> good morning, kristen. we are talking one to maybe two years for some solutions.

that is relatively fast when we are talking transit world and how long it can take to get the projects moving. this is great news. the view of the bay bridge from where i am standing is gorgeous but it is another story when we are talking about the rush hour commute. the bay bridge is per perpetually congested. but there are temporary remedies including adding ferries and buses. >> these work. we do it during the bart strike and we will take emergency matters and make them permanent. >> they approved $40 million yesterday to relieve bay bridge traffic. it will fund additional ferry trips and new vessels as early as this fall. something that commuters from alameda are eager to hear. >> for the south san francisco route that started four years ago there were not man riders and now we have reached exist.

>> a.c. transit will aid in purchasing double deck are buses, that should arrive in a year and a half. >> it is crowded on bart. we are not going to fill the bridge. anything to ease the congestion on the bridge is great. >> h.o.v. lane and a new car pool lot should help. but it is all temporary as they keep to keep up the viral-type growth of the bay area. >> the unmoment numbers in san francisco are significant. we could be blessed with the problems we have in the bay area >> my personal favorite solution? they going to put more money toward catching h.o.v. lane violators. you know who you are. katie is on to you. thank you, katie. all the east bay now the only place where the upgrade is coming. relief could be on way for north bay drivers with local officials voting do give $18 million to

fund two key transportation projects in marin county. one will widen several miles of highway 101 south of petaluma referred to as the novato narrows. and the other will upgrade the san rafael transit center to allow for smart commuter trains in future. state officials will have the final say in september. >> driving contributes to pollution and pollution is already bad today. it is another "spare the air" day and here is a look at interrogate 680 in walnut creek where scorching temperatures will combine with the smoky haze from the monterey county fire. meteorologist mike nicco is on the roof with conditions where you live. mike? >> good morning, everyone. it looks like, with more sunshine than yesterday. not so much haze in san francisco. but, here is another look at the south bay, san jose, 280 at 17, you can see the visibility is reduced because of the smoke coming up from the soberanes fire. our air quality is good and we are all green. headed into the afternoon, inland east bay and the santa

clear valley those are areas where ground-based ozone from driving and burning fossil fuels and the fine particulate matter, could make it our way. look at our temperatures, it is still very hot inland, but, notice, san francisco, oakland, and redwood city not is hot. the trend is starting to cool. i will have more on that coming up. >> the heat plus the "spare the air" alert has promised a flex alert for a second straight day. that means state power officials are asking all of us to cut back on let drift. the hours are from 2-9:00 when you are asked to turn off unnets lights and not use major appliances and set the air conditioning to 78. or higher. >> now the wildfire burning near big sur. this shows how much the soberanes fire has burned the dark red being where it was on monday and lighter red, since that time, grown now to more

than 27,000 acres. the fire that break out has destroyed 34 homes and another 2,000 structures are threatened, and our reporter has the story of a man wondering, is his home still standing? no rest for the wirery. firefighters worked all night to use the bulldozers do create the fire blinds with flames from soberanes fire eating up the acreage. and homes. >> it was flames coming off ridge at 30-40'. >> rick's home is near where the flames were seen on sunday. he said he escaped with his important stuff but is not sure his house is still standing. >> i know my neighbor who lives on same property as me, he officially lost his house and showed me a picture the. >> many of his neighbors are concerned about their animals that could be left hype. he is now staying at hit boss'

place. can he go home? >> either way it, whether it is again or not, it is...a lot of beautiful nature is destroyed. not much to go home to. >> thank you. new details from oakland police after a sergeant was shot at over the weekend during a car crash. the department announced that the suspect has been arrested after a lengthy stand off last night in stockton. police say the suspect barricade himself inside of a home in the seaport district. after several hours, the suspect surrendered and the police moved in. >> a search warrant was issued where a firearm that we believe is consist went the firearm that was used on night of the incident was recovered. the saturday night incident started when a drink driver slammed into a police sergeant at 73rd and international boulevard in east oakland and a gunman walked up and fired shots into her cruiser.

the officer was not shot but still recovering from minor injuries. >> happening now, hillary clinton is preparing in the biggest night of her political career. tonight she will accept her pair's nomination for president. pop star katy perry will be performing. here she is rehearsing this morning for the moment at the wells fargo center in philadelphia. laura reports from the democratic national convention where clinton will address the packed house tonight. >> president obama handing off the mantle of hope. >> the audacity of hope: america you have seen the hope the past years. now i am ready to pass the baton . >> obama embracing hillary clinton as the woman for his job. >> there has never been a man, or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody, more qualified than

hillary clinton to serve as president of the united states of america. >> the white house in full force backing clinton and tear down her republican rivals. >> he has in clue about what makes america great. actually, he has no clue. period. >> the hopefuls taking aim from the develop. >> does anyone in this massive auditorium believe that donald trump has been paying his fair share of taxes? tonight, it is hillary clinton's big moment and she will take the day and accept the nomination and address the american people. that is after donald trump's stunning invitation to some to hack clinton's e-mail. >> russia, fur listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> donald trump now defending himself. >> i was being sarcastic. >> donald trump campaign responding saying it was filled with empty rhetoric last night

and the clinton presidency would be a third term pore president obama. try to type in melania trump and it is gone and is routed to his organization's website. the site was buyed from the internet in response to news organizations questioning a line in her biography that said she obtain add degree in design at the university of slovenia but she left college after a year to pursue modeling. "no comment," from the trump campaign. >> we are your home for coverage of the democratic national convention. today is laura an's last day in philadelphia the look for her reports. tune in tomorrow to see reggie aqui's wrap up of hillary clinton's big night. all the centerpiece of oakland get as face lift and we will take you inside the $7348 upgrade. >> what is the light that was in

the sky? social media was buzzing, a

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in third grade, i learned... we all make mistakes. but... it's all about how you fix 'em. mistakes, they're not so scary. all the city of oakland is throwing a party to celebrate the new public square. $7 million was purred into it. amy hollyfield is at oakland at the square. amy? >> yes, it look like it will be a fun party with lights they are hanging up over the square. there will be food and drinks and a band.

ban is starting at 5:00. it is free. but at the love people would live and work here are ready to start celebrating this. now. the founding is flowing for first time in 75 years renovate the space and ready for the public to enjoy it. >> i apudoma it is open we have been waiting for a year. all the square is four times larger than it was, which has brings dreaming of ways did use it. >> work at restaurant in the plaza, 40,000 people eat there but not enough space to fit so i have a beautiful space where they work. >> it is a lunch spot, but the artists see it as a potential stage. >> it is a theater and shared art space is we are excited about sharing it. all the area has been in transition for a while, but businesses are starting to open here.

and the hope is that the new square will pull in more foot traffic and help fill other retail spots. >> last negative things about oakland but to see the heart becoming so beautiful with all of the home-owned businesses and bridge beauty to something with a harsh history is amazing. back to the fountains, family build this as animal loveers and. withed the horses that passed throughout have a place to stop and get a drink. no more authorities but the down table back in action and they hope this area will be, too. many people, asking, a was that? we went to scientists for the answer and what he is telling us about the mysterious light. >> check identity these extremes: both of these are cooler than yesterday they are still 44 degrees from the coast

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>> santa clear, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. did you see the fireball in the sky last night? a lost speculation about what, exactly, it was, and jessica has the new video out of sacramento. jessica? >> yes, social media is buzzing of object that lit up the sky. i spoke with a scientist at exploritorium to get some answers. >> what is this? the big question so many asked.

it turns out it was space junk traveling at 18,000 miles per hour. paul is a scientist at exploritorium. >> it was the second same of the chinese rocket number 7 launched june 25. it finally decayed in orbit and came back to earth. >> tweet from the national weather service in utah and, yes, he said the space junk is a realens term. >> it is a real term. we lawned spacecraft into space orbiting satellites and rocket boosts and sometimes they come down. >> scientists were tracking it all. >> they are minutes off. they said 9:36 p.m. and it was 9:40 when it was reported. >> plenty of people to video and post to social media, facebook, twitter, insurance agreement, all lighting up.

in california, nevada, utah and idaho and plenty saw it in the bay area, as well. from livermore --. >> it was 50 miles up when it flows and you can see it. >> what is clear we are all fascinateed by out are space and the buzz is a testament we all are have a buzz lightcareer in all of us. >> this was exciting foe matter what it is. >> he today me that all of the social media videos are helpful, they help the scientists figure the exact area the space junk flew over. we talked on facebook at length about the bright light. i am jessica castro for abc7. >> can you still make a wish on space junk? >> you can always try. >> we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. there it is, people were wondering.

>> if you could make a wish i on not be here because i would have when powerball. this is just an absolutely gorgeous sunrise this morning. in case you want to see still shots you can go to facebook and twitter where i posted a couple. the colors were dynamic. outside, we have our own bright object in the sky, a lot of sunshine, after starting off with more fog and mist along the cost in san francisco and toward marin county, we will look from the east bay hills you can see the fog still hanging out the 12th "spare the air" day, cool at the host to hot inland and the eat will hold through tomorrow and next week we are average to below average for our highs. the winds are not very strong. at least in our reporting stations. if you have been on the ferry ride it is strong out there and i can see a few white caps to angel island and richmond-san rafael bridge. the small lasts through 3:00

tomorrow morning. temperatures are cooler in man areas but in the 80s inland and the rest us are in the 60s and 70s and 50s along the coast. you can see the cooling trend is going in the south bay, it will take us into the mid-to-upper 80s and milpitas on one end and los gatos at 93. on the peninsula we go from mid-70s to mid-80s from millbrae to palo alto and nearly sick at the coast and downtown and south san francisco and sausalito cooler-than-average with mid-to-upper 60s and low 80s to low 90s from petaluma to santa rosa and 100s at cloverdale and clear lake. at sonoma county fair it just started and the temperatures were up to 87 at 3:00, and 80 at 6:00, not is hot as it has been, and along the east bay shore, close to average, and union city and fremont, upper 70s, and upper 90 to low 100s inland, but, again, if you are at game, nationals in town take on giants

at 55 dropping to 52 dids which is exceptionally cool even for at&t. my seven-day outlook shows places like antioch and brentwood and discovery bay squeeze out one more 100 tomorrow and everyone else inland is in the 80s and 90s and upper 70s to low 80s an the bay and upper 50s to low 60s at the coast and we will continue to cool until monday when we hold there at average for tuesday and wednesday next week. imposive heat and the "spare the air" likelihood is going to end tomorrow. we will keep an cry on the fire just in case for the weekend. >> new this morning, the uber app is getting an up grade to change how some companies do business. a new feature allows businesses to order and pay for client rides even in the customers do not have the app. the platform called uber industrial has been testing at two dozen department stores for the past few months of the uber industrial is only launching in the united states, and canada, but there are plans to expand to

all 76 countries across the globe that use uber. >> aspiring pokemon masters, ready for take two? the big event last week you have another chance at fun and where

>> at 4:00, it could seem like kids play but doctors say something most teens do most days could prevent dementia in older adults. >> concerns of formaldehyde in flooring, we have ways to breeze easier at 5 o'clock. >> it is time to power up again because happening tonight more than a thousand people are expected to take part in a pokemon go crawl at fishermen's wharf in san francisco after a similar event in delores park. the wharf will have 70 stops with active lures from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and 40 businesses in the area have special dailies for pokemon players and you can win all kinds of prizes, as well, so it could be worth, in you have not downloaded and are one of few, try it out. >> social, it is good exercise, look up once in a while and do

not run into trees or cars. from all of us thanks for joining us.

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