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>> good morning, everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, august 21st. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you. here's a look at live doppler 7. we are in between systems. fog this morning, earlier this reached out toward concord and livermore valley. right now getting some sunshine in walnut creek and concord. also napa, you are brightening up. a look at sfo with delays of over 1 hour. very little clearing at the coast will make for a cooler day. 59 santa rosa, it's, it's in
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fairfield. it will be warm and nice but it will take for the second half of the afternoon to warm up into the low low 80s today. >> one person is dead as a result of the rollover accident. it happened on international boulevard and 54th street earlier this morning. we are waiting for an update from police for more details on what happened. >> developing news out of san jose. a possible stolen car with five people inside smashed into a parked bmw on mclaughlin avenue and quamy drive. it happened around 1:20 this morning. all five people in the hatchback are believed to be juveniles. the owner was trailing the car and saw the accident. the hatchback was stolen from in front of his house. it is now totaled.
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at least one person was hospitalized. no word yet on any arrests or charges. for the community of lower lake, it's an end and a beginning. it's the end of wondering what happened to their homes in the clayton fire, which is now 90% contained. and it's the beginning of starting over. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has more. >> reporter: there are families like the ramseys, sifting through the ashes of what was their three-bedroom home, looking for things like fragments of jewelry. >> we are thankful our neighbors are okay. but then we look here. and we just wonder, you know, why my house? >> reporter: then there are survivors like rhonda, who stubbornly refused to evacuate because her cat wouldn't get in a crate and escape. for four and a half agonizing days she hunkered down here with no water, no electricity and no cell service, protecting her
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pets and her property. the fire, only 500 yards away. >> i was look for dark smoke and the direction of the wind. it's variable. >> and you didn't have a cell phone, you had no way of knowing except watching? >> watching and using my fingers for wind direction. >> 189 homes burned down here this week, along with 40 businesses. >> this habitat for humanity office was in the process of rebuilding four homes destroyed by last year's valley fire and now their offices reduced to ashes. >> we are going to move into a new office this monday. it will be easy for us to move in because all we have to do is unlock the door. >> nothing to bring with you. >> nothing to bring with us. >> there's a neighborliness evident everywhere. this is one of the poorest counties in california. families who can't afford to lose anything, let alone everything. this man and his dog, wheeler, cruised through town, offering to help anyone who needed it.
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>> what is needed are walmart gift cards now. we've been giving out clothing from our church and all that. water. water has been just like gold up here. >> everyone is upset that an arsonist is likely to blame for all of this destruction. now they are trying to mine the gold out of what was lost to rebuild new lives. in lower lake, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. flames from the chimney fire are threatening a historic landmark. at least one strike team of firefighters has been assigned to protect hearst castle. tours were cancelled there. they may not resume until tuesday. abc7 news reporter sebastian it dean, sent us these pictures showing the smoke surrounding the castle. the fire has scorched more than 30 square miles. the fire broke out a week ago and it's 35% contained. officials issued an evacuation order for two communities near
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those flames. the blue cut fire in southern california is now 73% -- or 83% contained. the fire in san bernardino county destroyed the landmark summit inn restaurant along route 66. the owners plan to rebuild. some mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted. firefighters are holding the fire size at just under 60 square miles. the newborn premature son of a woman who died in a car crash is improving. the baby's family gave this video to our media partners. you see the baby boy moving his fingers inside his incubator at valley medical center. dulce capetillo was 8 months pregnant when she died in a car crash in san jose four days ago. her baby, named christopher, has been upgraded from critical to serious. early wednesday morning, her brother hit a parked car on the
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shoulder of highway 101 near tully road. police arrested the driver of the parked car on suspicion of being drunk. a gofundme page has now raised $12,000 so far to cover funeral expenses for dulce capetillo. surveillance video captured a violent collision in oakland last night. you can see a car turning just as two motorcycles approach the same intersection. bystanders rushed to help. one motorcyclist suffered very severe injuries in the crash. it was at 125th and per ealta streets. the other motorcyclist and the car's driver were also hurt. oakland police are now trying to figure out who was at fault. richmond police are offering a $10,000 reward to help solve the deadly shooting of a teenage girl earlier this month. police identified the victim of the shooting. a 19-year-old oakley resident corey maddy. investigators say the girl was
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riding a bicycle to a friend's house when someone shot at her. police have not determined the motive for that shooting. abc7 news was in san francisco's richmond district when highway patrol officers arrested a man they believe drove away after hitting a tollbooth on the golden gate bridge. his truck lost a tire after the crash. officers believe he was drunk. the bridge officials tell us there was only minimal damage to the tollbooth. >> american swimmer ryan lochte is still trying to explain away his claim that he and other olympic swimmers were robbed in brazil at gunpoint. now the other swimmers, plus surveillance tape, are putting ryan lochte's story squarely in the cross fires of the investigation. >> i'm sorry. >> overnight ryan lockty telling
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what he says is a real truth. he offers a long list of apologize. >> brazil doesn't deserve that. it's my fault. >> he's now taking full responsibility to the events that led to the confrontation seen in this infamous gas station video. you can see him pulling down the poster. the police immediately suspected efforts lying. but back in the country they hauled in the other swimmers for questioning. he told nbc last sunday morning -- >> and now admitsing he was still drunk during that interview. >> it was still hours after the incident happened on -- i was still intoxicated. i was still under that influence. i overexaggerate that part. the gun was drawn, but not at my forehead. it wasn't cocked at my forehead.
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it was toward my general direction. as you can see in the surveillance, that's when my hands went up. >> after days of silent solidarity and the release of that video, his teammates, gun that are and jack, issuing other apologize. they cricketed his first tale. he said we fully relieved ourselves on the back side of the building behind some bushes. and ryan lockty removed a postedder behind the wall which immediately caught the attention of the employees. they put the blame squarely on ryan lochte. he said ryan stood up and began to yell at the guards. after jack and i both tugged at him in an attempt to get him to sit back down. >> and despite eyewitness testimony and surveillance video, he said he was also somewhat extorted. although he is somewhat to be prosecuted here, he acknowledged he could lose endorsement and face a possible suspension by
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the international and the u.s. olympic committees. abc news, rio. >> what a mess. well, lisa, i hear some people are calling august fog-ust. >> yeah. it's been a little below average all month long. we are starting another cooling trend. here's a look from the outside exploratorium camera. i'll tell you where and how much cooling to expect in just a few minutes. ♪ i left my heart -- >> a day after san francisco showed it's hard to tony bennett, the legendary kinger serenades the city that stole his. >> i thought it was in my best opinion. >> fans wait for hours for an opportunity to buy a $100
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for that very first night all those years ago. >> reporter: to help celebrate his 90th birthday, tony bennett serenaded the audience inside the fairmont room just like he did when he first debuted the song more than 50 years ago ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> reporter: the audience was made up of the city's best known financiers, artists and politicians. and two women have a special connection to the song. they watched bennett sing it here for the first time. >> my husband, who loved to dance and loved parties, said that guy is going somewhere. he did go somewhere. >> and i love him because he's a year older than i am. [laughter] >> since that night a few things have changed. "i left my heart in san francisco" has become the city's signature song.
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for pauly and bambi, people would play that song over the years just so they could dance with their husbands at family parties >> as pauly said, we are going to try not to try. but last year their husband's passed away. >> it's more than an ode to the city, it's a tribute to ted and con and so many others. ♪ your golden sun will shine for me ♪ abc7 news. a group of shoppers says it's been worth the wait to get their hands on kanye west's newest fashion creations. abc7 news was in san francisco's chinatown. you can see lines stretching, stretching just to get into west pop-up store. a young man and his dad spent friday night outside, just to be part of the hype. >> i like kanye and i like his clothes. i like how you can resell the clothes for like a lot of money.
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>> for me it's a father-son thing. it's the only opportunity we get to do this. so i know nothing about the clothes or kanye, but i'm just here to support him. west's latest clothing line is themed after his newest album called "the life of pablo"? . happening today, walmart and the new haven unified school district are combining forces so students in union city will be fully supplied for school. the district is parking a bus outside walmart at union landing, challenging the local community to stuff the bus. stuff it with paper, pencils, paper, binders and notebooks. the bus will be parked in front of walmart from 9:00 this morning to 6:00 this evening. [applause] abc7 news was there for yesterday morning's ribbon
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cutting at burlingame's hoover elementary school. hoover is burlingame's first new school in 50 years. it cost $17 million to buy and renovate the campus. >> we have 21st century technology. we have chromebooks for students, we have large-screen tvs, document cameras, and we have wi-fi, powerful wi-fi that will allow us to use all of those simultaneously. hoover's opening will ease overcrowding at schools all over burlingame. classes begin on wednesday. snow are heading into there under cool conditions. >> that's right. august has been lower than average. we have a weak disturb bangs to the west of us and also to the east of us. it is allowing for a little bit deeper marine layer today. we are getting sunshine up in up in so and also into the east bay. the deck of low clouds evaporating here. it's brightening up. the sea breeze this afternoon will allow for cooler conditions
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east of the caldecott tunnel. as you look from this vantage point you notice still hazy out there. better air quality as the winds ramp up from the west today. right now 58 in san francisco, 59 morning hill. half moon bay at 57. from mt. tam its going to be really cool here with temperatures just in the 70s today, throughout much of northern marin county and even into sonoma. 63 concord, 61 livermore. but all in all pretty nice august afternoon on tap. here's emeryville. it's gray. yesterday didn't make it outs of the 60s. today it should get to around 70. becoming partly cloudy today but then we will have not only improving air quality but with a stronger on shore push, the comeback of the low clouds and fog could be a little bit earlier today. tomorrow looks like the temperatures bottom out near monday afternoon into the low to mid-80s. 60s in oakland. 70s around the bay.
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the changes come tuesday and wednesday. just slight changes where we are going to come up into the 80s in the inland east bay and the oranges want to make their way a little bit further west, and they will on wednesday. a warmer afternoon. but really nothing too extreme. we wish we could send some of the weather elsewhere across the state where it remains very, very dry. usually we are well into 80s in liver more. just into the low 80s tomorrow. just enough to warm you up this afternoon. it should be a pretty nice day throughout tomorrow. that will be the coolest day. then numbers up about five degrees as high pressure builds back in come tuesday and wednesday. but we will be looking at the low cloud deck, the marine layer just at the coast each and every day. here's a look at the wind profile. notice around 10 to 20 miles per hour winds today. throughout the afternoon it will continue to ramp up a bit, right on through the delta. then by 4:00, 5:00, looks like we will see a few more clouds enter the picture. it will be a cool and somewhat
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breezy evening out there. highs today in the south bay ranging from the mid-70s. peninsula low to mid-70s with 74 palo alto, 73 menlo park and san francisco low 60s for you, clouds, daly city, the sunset. and the north bay in the 70s. cooling off from sonoma to petaluma. near east bay looking at upper 60s only land. then sunshine low to mid-80s from livermore today. 83 for you today. it was 82 in pleasant ton. the accuweather seven-day forecast still partly sunny today. a little below average tomorrow. numbers come up midweek. pretty nice for the summer spread. looks cooler by the end of the week. carolyn. >> i like it, lisa. thank you.
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television and his cable tv would suddenly shut off. >> happened regularly and on the best show you watched. even football. even the tennis. >> even critical moments in the golden state warriors historic season. >> as the score was close, the tv would go out. >> steph curry was about to break the nba record for three-pointers when the screen went blank! >> i had to wait to see what happened. >> peter said comcast sent technicians out nine times over the past 17 months. they couldn't stop the outages. his comcast phone and internet also kept cutting out. >> never got fixed up to 17 months. finally he contacted "7 on your side," and we asked comcast to find the problem, and it did. >> as soon as i called "7 on your side," they came right away in a week. in a week. i couldn't believe that. >> comcast said it replaced a main cable line that had been obstructed by a doorway in
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peter's apartment complex, telling us multiple dwelling units present complexities that can make troubleshooting particularly challenging. in this case we started right away and worked as quickly as possible to resolve the issue. >> the tv is fine. my phone is fine. the internet is fine. now i know for sure they listen to "7 on your side." comcast also reimbursed peter for one month of the tv, phone and internet service to help make up for the outages. if you have a problem watching tv or with anyone else, contact us at abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." people of all ages cheered as a world war ii veteran completed a cross-country odyssey. you are looking at navy vet ernie andrews jogging the final
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steps of his cross-country run in georgia. he began his coast-to-coast trek in san diego nearly three years ago. he's now the oldest person to ever run across america. >> if an 88-year-old man gets this much attention in a relay, how about a 90-year-old running coast-to-coast? so i decided right then i am going to do it. >> to see a 93-year-old man run across the country, if he can do that, you can do anything. andrew served as a medic aboard a naval landing craft. it's the same kind of vessel that carried american troops to beachheads all over the world during the war. he is now raising money to bring a similar landing craft back to the u.s. much more ahead. overseas in turkey, dozens of people killed in a suicide bombing. who turkish officials are blaming for the attack. and the trump campaign has a new booster. meet the twelve-year-old running a campaign office for the republican nominee.
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>> welcome back, everyone. we are starting this half-hour with a look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> carolyn, good morning to you. clouds beginning to clear parts of the north bay and the east bay. but here's a cloudy look at the bay bridge. 58 san francisco. morgan hill 59. low 06's from mountain view to san jose. it's a little gray out there. we are getting the into partly cloudy skies. we have the evening giants game today. 63 with some sunshine in concord. livermore you are at 61 degrees. we will look for the fog and low clouds to continue to clear. by later on in the afternoon the sea breeze kicks up and we will begin to see the temperatures come down maybe three, four degrees in our inland valleys. 80s there. just about 890 in san jose and some 60s across the bay. we look at the coolest day of
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the week arriving and the rest of the week ahead which includes some fall-like weather in a few minutes. carolyn. >> lisa, thank you. developing news out of turkey where a possible suicide bomber has killed at least 54 people and wounded many others. they have say the bomber was between 12 and 14 years old. they are blaming the attack on isis, although that group has not claimed responsibility. turkey has been racked by attacks in recent months. in july 44 people were killed at istanbul's airport just days before a failed military coup. two mexican sources are reporting the son of jailed
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el chapo guzman was kidnapped and then released. he was kidnapped from from a restaurant monday. he is thought to be involved in a drug cartel. officials will only say a criminal group was responsible for the abduction. alfredo guzman is wanted by the u.s. in a warrants issued back in back in 2009. in louisiana at least 113 people have died from flooding. people who are grateful to have survived are now returning to their homes to find major damage. one house sat next to a river that hasn't flooded in all the years it was built in 1943. that all changed last weekend. the family who lives there was trapped because the water was too high. they floated on a mattress for two hours until it couldn't float anymore. >> it was coming up, but we didn't know it was coming up that bad. then it got up a little higher and a little higher, and finally we couldn't walk around anymore. >> that family took refuge in a small cubbyhole above the water and breaking a window to get to a boat that came to rescue them.
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a flood line now marks the height of the water inside that house at least 20 feet high now to your voice, your vote. and there's an unexpected leader for a donald trump campaign office that opened in colorado. it's twelve-year-old weston imeyer. it's in a key county west of denver. he's overseeing the volunteers who will be gathered to get out the vote. on paper it's his mother who is official field coordinator, but she's giving him all the responsibility. he hopes to inspire other kids to get informed and get involved. and he dreams of running for president himself one day. definitely. 2040, watch for me. 2040. ime r&b aron trump, if you are watching. in 2040 i will take you as my running mate.
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>> as you might know, baron trump is donald trump's ten-year-old son. he said he will continue in his role until school starts next month. donald trump's campaign had a major retooling next week. his new campaign manager, as well as republican national chair ryan priebes will appear on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> the artist explains what efforts trying to accomplish with it, and with other trump statues that popped up all over the country. >> the anatomy in the male region had to be extremely lacking. they wanted it to be pretty life-like, with some characteristics that were again caricature style, almost cartoonish. san francisco police considered the trump statue to be evidence. city officials say it cost about $4,000 to remove that statue and repair the damage it did to the sidewalk.
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justin timberlake and his wife jessica biel are hosting a fundraise are for hillary clinton in la. the fundraiser will take place tuesday at timberlake and biel's home. >> what should be a simple move-in for new students at san jose state this weekend is instead filled with frustration and headaches. that's because a new dorm is not ready to occupy. and a temporary solution is far from ideal. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story. >> any city, san jose. >> reporter: move-in day for new students at san jose state. instead is filled with frustration and headaches. a new dorm is not ready to occupy, and a temporary solution is far from ideal. the freshman took this video of the moment she saw her dorm room. the accommodations not what she
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hoped for. >> howry are you feeling about that? >> i was upset, but nothing i can do. >> three students bunking together. >> i have to share my room with two other people and i have a lot of stuff. >> her mom is disappointed. >> it's not what i expected. >> 820 san jose state students thought they had it made, moving into this brand new spacious dorm called campus village 2. but construction isn't finished yet due to last-minute delays. so students have been detoured into temporary housing in these 1960 era dorms nicknamed the bricks, slated for demolition. >> the rooms are tiny, the bathrooms aren't that good. >> this student from sin gall is not impressed. >> some found dirt and trash inside their new digs. >> i went to school in france and the rooms are already tiny and this is worse than france. >> we always had a contingency plan. if it wasn't done on time we knew we had these structures in place that would house just about the same amount of students. >> the university apologizes but appreciates the cooperation.
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this student is making the best of it for now. >> my mom said that's your first life lesson that not everything goes as planned. and i was like, i guess. >> reporter: the university will help students move into new dorms whether it's finally complete in three to four weeks. abc7 news. still ahead, an effort to keep memories alive. the fight to protect these ghost bikes in honor of bicycle -- of cyclists who have died. and here the view from the mounts mt. diablo camera. lisa argen is along shortly with the full accuweather forecast. ♪ ♪ award winning interface.
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>> welcome back. 9:60 on this sunday morning. this is a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. it continues to be overcast there. when will that list? lisa argen has all the answers coming up. happening today, time to pick up those paddles and head to san francisco's chinatown for the 26th annual chinatown ping pong festival. this video is from a previous festival. mayor ed lee is known for a wicked backhand. he usually stops by for a few of the games. the festival is being held at a grand ballroom at the hilton at washington and kearny streets, as well as jane parker school on broadway. the festival runs from 8:00
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until 3:00. any fun in the sun, lisa? >> pretty cloudy. 70s yesterday, close to that today but they have smoke to deal with, haze in the atmosphere while air quality in our neighborhood, it's better. but we are trending cooler. your forecast is next. >> also ahead, the 49ers look that like a new and improved team in their second preseason game. it was against the defending champ braincase. they may have found a backup quarterback. mike shumann explains coming up in sports.
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>> in sports the 49ers played on the road against the reigning nfl champs, the denver broncos, in preseason action, while both the giants and the a's had rough games. here's shu. he has all the highlights in this morning's sports. good morning. well, the 49ers started to get a feel for what chip kelly wants on both sides of the ball as they looked a lot better in their second preseason game against the world champion broncos. broncos would score on the opening drive of the game. former cal bear c.j. anderson with the 19-yard run. stopped at the 1. but c.j. bulls his way into the end zone. 7-0 denver. and reed missed last night's -- week's game because of the birth of his child. but last night he picked him off. six sacks for the niners' defense. hands off to carlos. knocks it in from four yards out.
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niners up 7. then the most bizarre sequence of events. and then 44 seconds left, denver at san francisco's 13. mark sanchez fumbles. mike davis will fumble on the next play. then sanchez fumbles again. and on the first drive of the second half davis would once again fumble. four fumbles in 59 seconds of action, and they weren't done. for the second straight week the niners fumble on their way to the end zone. harris loses the ball and denver recovers in the end zone. broncos go the other way. the rookie, the pass to philips. ties the game at 17. so the niners turn to the quarterback who earlier this week was painting his house. christian ponder just signed. runs it in from 22 yards out. then later in the fourth he's going to throw it 30 yards to anderson, son of flipper, for another flipper. 7 of 8, and the niners win. it's been painful to watch. they had their first two game win streak in august, but the mets took care of that of the starting pitching in the bullpen
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was a no show. about ballpark dog in the cove. was it delivered? the third inning. he crushes it to left center. 23rd of the season. matt moore allowed three runs in five innings. mets go up 3-0. colon allowed just two runs. one in the bottom half of the third. a splash hit. his 7th home run. and this guy goes for a swim. jake peavy out of the bullpen in the sixth. gave up two home runs. and 8th inning, see ya. 3 for 5, 3 rbi, and the mets take game three of the four-game set. 9-5, the final. a's in chicago to face the white sox. looking for two straight after a shutout last night. bottom of the first. the deep shot. watch this. hits off his glove. out for a home run, 1-0, sox.
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we saw former a's cespedes rough up the giants, while former giant cabrera doing the same here. the rbi double in the third and rbi single in the fourth. four innings, allowing 6 runs and the white sox go on to win it 6-2. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann. see you again tonight at 5:00. have a great day. >> lisa, let's talk about weather. below normal temperatures, correct? >> yeahs are the next couple 6 days. august has not been a hot month. you look at doppler 7, a little green on the screen. a weak disturbance off the coast. not doing much except to influence the cloud cover. there's another disturbance over the sierra nevada. we've had thunderstorms in the mountains and that will continue. we are in between the two and it makes for a comfortable day. we will have to wait until we see full sunshine here. it's been kind of cloudy. oakland at 61. 61 in morgan hill. clouds half moon bay, 57. from our east bay hills camera,
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looking pretty nice here. but still a little bit of haze there in the atmosphere. that will improve as that onshore flow, or we call it the delta breeze gets going throughout the afternoon into fairfield, where temperatures are coming out of the 90s into the 80s today. 63 in concord. 61 livermore. petaluma still at 57. and good morning oakland. temperatures will be comfortable today. it's going to take a while, though, to reach that upper 60s to near 70. so becoming partly cloudy, improving air quality. but then the west winds really get going. as that occurs we could see an early return to the low clouds and fog. that could bring a few more clouds in the outlook for the afternoon. and that brings the cool down. tomorrow looks to be the coolest day of the week. then a slow recovery. three to six degrees cooler right now than we were compared to yesterday. i'm showing you this because it pretty much represents the afternoon highs, which will be about that much cooler in our inland east bay. talk about perhaps some thunderstorm activity in the sierra nevada. 80 there.
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we have high surf advisory in southern california. and still around here looking at hazy conditions. and high fire danger there. so in our own little bubble we are kind of cool, below average. and even sacramento 87. as we look at san jose, we are below average. 79. it should be 83. tomorrow you will drop off into the mid-70s. and a bit of recovery for tuesday and wednesday. numbers just in the lower 80s. so pretty nice if you have to head back to school. nothing too extreme in terms of heat. we will pull back the cloud cover from santa cruz and monterey. but with the smoke and partly cloudy skies here, you will have some sunshine. a little less and definitely cool ocean beach to half moon bay. even stinson just in the low 60s today. oakland look for 76. napa, 74. and you will notice a few more clouds throughout the afternoon. fremont 73.
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palo alto 74. should see upper 70s as you get closer to the peninsula for late august, but we will be shy of that today. the afternoon game for san francisco at at&t park, low 067's. and that sun sets before 8:00. the upper 50s coastside. mid-80s inland today. slightly cooler, below average tomorrow. definitely cool for august. tuesday a little warmer. next week lower 80s for inland valleys. feels like summer is winding down. carolyn. >> i'm glad the air quality is improving. thank you, lisa. unique tributes to bicyclists struck and killed in san francisco are disappearing, and some families say it's happening with no notice. now there's a call for a city
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moratorium on removing those so-called ghost bikes and for new policies. >> reporter: if you never heard of a ghost bike, they look like this. spraypainted white and chained to a spot where a bicyclist was hit and killed. julie mitchell and her family made one for her 21-year-old son dylan, who died three years ago on the streets of san francisco after colliding with a garbage truck. >> people would stop and pay their respects, they would read it. people would slow down to see it. >> then one day it was gone. >> very disrespectful. like throwing my son in the garbage. >> devon warner organizes a ride of silence each year, making stops where bicyclists have died. all over san francisco she's noticed ghost bike tributes are disappearing and as a member of the city's bicycle advisory committee, she's introducing a resolution on monday calling on the public works department to hold up for a year on dismantling the memorials. >> i would like to work something out with the city that they would permit the putting up of the ghost bikes. of course, provided that no ghost bike is posing a public hazard.
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>> the head of public works said the currents policy is a two-week stay for all makeshift memorials, but he's open to change. >> if it's a piece of art or if it's something that doesn't involve a lot of maintenance, then maybe there is something we can look at and see what is reasonable. >> julie mitchell said the city should stop removing the ghost bikes or erect a permanent memorial to fallen cyclists like her son. >> the bicycle advisory committee meets tomorrow night at 6:30 at san francisco's city hall. coming up next, another fun-filled day in san francisco for sunday streets. we will tell you where you can enjoy one of the last summer weekends in the city.
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>> here are the winning numbers from last night's $110 million powerball draw. about no one got all six so wednesday night's jackpot goes unto $127 million. and the writtenning numbers from last night's $27 million super lotto plus. nobody picked all six in that draw either. wednesday's prize grows to $28 million.
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happening today, burlingame on the avenue summer festival. there will be special drinks, gourmet food for the adults, a special play area for the kids. this year's city leaders are excited because this events will show off burlingame's game's streetscape project. hang today, san francisco's sunday streets spotlights the mission district. sunday streets is a day of free, healthy activities that promote community in public streets. this is closed to cars. this is video from a previous event. there will be arts and crafts, street art, live musical and dance performances and many more activities. sunday streets runs from 11:00 this morning to 4:00 p.m. cool weather for that event, but it will still be lots of fun, lisa. >> that's right, carolyn.
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60s in the city. burlingame looking to top out around 70 degrees. today we will see an earlier push of the low fog and clouds. by the afternoon we are talking partly cloudy, low to mid-80s. cooler by as much as 5 degrees inland. 67 oakland, 74 palo alto. the accuweather seven-day forecast, upper 50s to mid-80s today. the cooling trend continues for below average numbers tomorrow. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we are trying to warm it up just a little bit. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler, along with lisa argen. the little league world series rolls on in williamsport, pennsylvania. at noon right here on abc7, tennessee faces new york in the winner's bracket. our news continues now online, on twitter, facebook and all your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. abc7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. have a great sunday, everyone!
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