live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. ready or not, we're at the start of a two day mini heat wave for parts of the bay area. live look here at interstate 680 in walnut creek, just one of the spots expected to hit triple digits today. and people already seeking relief in air-conditioned places and cities are opening cooling centers and offering special opportunities to stay cool. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen ze, how hot is it going to be in your neighborhood? we have a first look at temperatures where you live, mike? >> good morning, yeah the heat remains once again. heat advisory, that's the big update, extended through tomorrow. originally it was supposed to end at 9:00 this evening, but the heat and the hills and then

the mountains is going to remain warm overnight in the 70s and 80s, that's why those areas are most susceptible to heat illness there. people that live or work let me look at what's going on along with the east bay hills camera. clearing out. fog made a late push this morning, it's gone. 62 at the coast, 67 by 3:00. bay, 77, 86. warm lunch at 87, hot this afternoon at 100. air will be cleaner and fall back into the 60s, 70s, 80s by 8:00. we have another chance of triple digits tomorrow and the threat of thunderstorms in my accuweather forecast. here's kristen with more news. this august heat is sending many people indoors to seek relief, and postponing the start of heat-induced projects. people and pets are trying to balance exercise with caution, matt. >> reporter: kristen, if you're headed to a park, make sure you find a spot with some shade.

i have a park bench here. there's some shade over there by the playground as well. now the goal today though for everyone, should be to find a way to stay cool and stay safe. these walkers weren't looking for deals in san jose, this morning, they were looking for exercise. >> keeps me moving. >> reporter: heat advisory is pushing people indoors all across the bay area, mall walkers are taking advantage of the free air-conditioning. >> it's nice, it's better than outside. >> the weather's always right here. >> reporter: michael has a big project today. >> layer of insulation in my attic. >> you're not going to do it, are you? >> no. >> reporter: it's a tough day, but he's making sure his worker is taken care of in the heat. >> disconnect the vent so it blows into the attic. just so he doesn't sweat. i'm not climbing up there to drag him down in case he passes out. >> reporter: the morning is a busy time in the summer here at butcher dog park in san jose. >> because the dogs don't like

it when it's hot. so i'd say almost everybody will be out of here by 11:00, or 11:30. >> reporter: dogs can overheat quickly. he keeps his four legged friend home in the afternoon. >> spend a couple hours here, go home, and decide if i should nap or have lunch. >> all right, nice life. >> reporter: is that you or the dog? >> both of us. >> reporter: yeah, more tips for your dogs, obviously make sure they have enough water. never leave them in your car, and if you are taking them for a walk, especially during the heat of the day, be careful on the asphalt and the concrete as well, it can burn their paws. obviously the dogs here in the dog park know they should hang out here in the shade. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. happening tonight, you can cool off for free. the wave is offering free swimming from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight. it's great way to escape the

heat. officials say they will open a portion of the sports pool and splash zone, but the water slides will be closed during this time period. cities are opening cooling centers to help you beat the sweltering heat. san jose hours at five of it's community centers to provide a safe, cool place. go to our website, abc7news.com for a complete list. how about a live look at santa cruz right now? don't you wish you were there right now like those folks? track the heat with the abc 7 news accuweather app, it is free, just search accuweather in your app store and download it. shifting gears now, breaking news out of afghanistan, the pentagon is confirming two u.s. service members have been killed. they were part of a nato convoy near kandahar in southern afghanistan, suicide bomber struck the convoy. the taliban took responsibility for this attack. the identities of the service members have not been released. whether you're walking, biking, driving, or taking muni,

big changes may be coming to the way you navigate market street. the better market street project was just approved, abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson is live with new details, tiffany. >> reporter: hi, kristen, city officials are trying to reshape market street for the next 50 to 100 years. and that means big changes for everyone who commutes up and down this corridor. here's how some people describe navigating san francisco. >> it's pretty crowded and a little bit scary. >> reporter: the city wants the experience to be better and now after years of debate, officials have a plan to drastically change the market street corridor. most notably, private cars including uber and lyft will be banned from tenth street east. >> i don't like it because that's how i make my living. i pick up employees for work here from the em bark dare row station and drive them in. i don't know where i'd be able

to pick them up if i couldn't do it on market street. >> reporter: san francisco's public works director says cross traffic will still be allowed. commercial vehicles and delivery trucks will have access to the curb lane while muni will have exclusive use of the center lanes. >> the idea is to reduce the amount of congestion on it, make it a beautiful street and a beautiful urban place where people can enjoy it and have a great experience. >> reporter: they show the new proposed look including a sidewalk level bike lane. >> i'm excited about one that's completely separate. >> reporter: the brick pedestrian sidewalk will be replaced with concrete pavers. >> it does get slippery. i don't know if concrete is better. >> reporter: it has an estimated $604 million price tag. the city already has about 100 million set aside for construction. construction is expected to begin at the very end of next year. it will be completed in six different phases. live on market street in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7

news. >> tiffany, thank you. developing news now, the dow has hit a new high. it passed 22,000 for the first time ever this morning. let's give you a live look at the big board. numbers from the new york stock exchange. we're hovering at just over 22,000, up slightly for the day, but a surge in apple stock raised the dow overall. shares went up 6% after a strong earnings report. new this morning, president trump just unveiled new legislation to reduce legal immigration to the u.s. the bill is a revised version of an immigration reform act introduced in february. it's called the raise act. the president says it would change the system from granting legal residency or green cards by giving priority to highly skilled immigrants. >> this competitive application process will favor applicants who can speak english, financially support themselves and their families, and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy.

>> the president made the announcement this morning alongside senators tom cotton of arkansas and david perdue of georgia. it's unclear when the senate may take up this bill. president trump has reluctantly signed into law new sanctions against russia. the bill was aimed at punishing the country for it's interfer election. the bill also applies new sanctions to iran and north korea, the president is not happy with the bill, calling it significantly flawed because it hinders his ability to negotiate. the new law restricts his ability to ease sanctions without congressional involvement. we send a push alert on the abc 7 news app shortly after the president signed the bill this morning. be the first to know when breaking news happens where you live. download the app for free and be sure to enable those push alerts. there is new concern over the rise in crime on b.a.r.t. here's what's grabbing headlines this morning, violent crime has risen 41% across the system this year. our media partner at the east

bay times made a list of which stations are the most crime ridden in terms of robberies. b.a.r.t.'s coliseum and bay fair stations top the list. each has seen more than ten robberies this year. the coliseum station along with the lake merit station have the most assaults and batteries. and property crimes are becoming a bigger problem, up 14% systemwide. the most are reported at these five stations. daily city, macarthur, fruit veil, and dublin. warning riders to stay vigilant and if you see something, say something. new developing news in minnesota, a fiery explosion at a private school. the search under way right now for survivors. amazon is on a hiring spree creating thousands of full-time jobs hot chicken wing challenge. >> why do you want to even try this? >> me. i would try it. >> next "right this minute

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developing news out of minnesota. rescuers are searching for two people in a collapsed building there in minneapolis. fire officials say a gas line exploded at a private zhool morning. firefighters quickly put out the fire and took five people to the hospital. police say one person is in critical condition, so far, no confirmed deaths. new morning, a royal send off of britain's prince phillip. the 96-year-old carried out his final official solo public appearance today in london

today. he met servicemen who have taken part in his 1600 mile trip in aid of charity. he will retire from public life after 65 years supporting his wife queen elizabeth. he has completed 22,219 solo engagements. happening today, amazon is on a hiring blitz, the retailers adding employees and expanding it's facilities. so, what does this mean for the online giant's future, jessica castro is here with more, jessica. >> yes, kristin, they're hiring all across the nation including here in the bay area. not uncommon for amazon to make a hiring push ahead of the holiday season, but roughly 40,000 of those jobs are full-time positions, experts say that could signal something bigger. >> reporter: amazon is getting bigger. the company going on a hiring blitz and expanding it's office space. in san francisco, the online giant is renting 180,000 square feet of space on market street.

this follows amazon's signing recent deals for space in both east palo alto and sunnyvale. now they're looking to hire more than 1,100 people in the bay area. meanwhile, in other parts of the country, a 12-state job fair was held today. >> this is actually one of the biggest hiring events in amazon's history. >> reporter: the online power house promising to fill 50,000 jobs in warehouses nationwide. >> we are expecting to offer on the spot job offers to thousands of future employees, so it's very exciting. >> reporter: they held huge job fairs from seattle to new jersey, the starting wages range from $11.50 to 13 bucks an hour. >> it's a fast-growing company. why wouldn't you want to work for amazon? >> it's like a cattle call. apply for a job and you could get contact through e-mail or phone and come on in for the interview. this is the first time i've done anything like this. >> reporter: may be retailers on

pause, online sales seem to be booming, whereas on the flipside, stores like sears and kmart are closing across the country due to slumping sales. >> on a related note, amazon recently acquired wholefoods for nearly $14 billion. this latest hiring rush has many experts wondering what else amazon has planned. jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> we'll see, thanks. we talk a lot about hot cars being a danger, but one mom is warning other parents about indoor heatstroke after her daughter wouldn't wake up from a nap. their story is next. live look outside through the tower camera. cheque out the top of the golden gate bridge. we have the fog there keeping us cool, but boy, elsewhere, it's going to get hot.

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especially today. in fact, i was looking at the spread across san francisco. it's 58 in ocean beach and the castro at 71 right now. the microclimates are hitting san francisco. here's a look at the fog this morning. it was like a dodgers fan, arrived late and left early. thank you. thank you very much. i like that. yeah, they're first place, yeah, they have the best record in baseball, yeah, they just got hu darvish, i'm not going to say anything about that. absolutely gorgeous though, isn't it? now this is the way it looks, it's already gone. let's talk about what's going to happen. high clouds and sunshine, heat hangs on. there's a chance of thunderstorms, tonight, tomorrow, and friday is the monsoon flow steers our way and the heat will break by the weekend. i'm not kidding about that flow. we're seeing high clouds at 20,000 feet. whoa, look at that. look how active that flow is. from the board we are arizona and the baja all the way up, getting dloes big sur, and this is going to migrate northward for the next couple of days.

keep an eye on that. we could use the rain, not likely. lightning, an issue, fire threat, could go up, right now. no advisories or warnings out there, 90 in san ramone. nice, 70 in oakland, 75, or 79 i should say in the baja. those temperatures are rising even with the high clouds. we'll top out 87 in mil piece, san jose 95, morgan hill and gilroy. temperatures on the peninsula, 77 to about 88, redwood city. mid to upper 60s along the coast today. mid-70s in downtown south san francisco. and if you're going to the game, it's on the san francisco side of the bay bridge now. 7:15, first pitch, always ten minutes later for the giants. 64 degrees, drop you down to 69. not as breezy as normal at the start of the game, the breezes may pick up a little bit as we head into the latter parts of the game. you can see the 100s and the lake port. upper 70s and looks like richard

there and berkeley to 80 in oakland, 88 in castro valley. yeah, my air-conditioning was running this morning. that's weird having the air drier on and air conditioner, doesn't seem right, does it? lows tonight, 67 in san jose. 76 in antioch. so we'll be pretty comfortable in most areas. definitely warmer in the highway four corridor. here's the forecast. get used to the high clouds around and chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow and friday. the heat does back off a little bit. it eases more through the weekend, by the time we get to next book, more clouds in the morning and temperatures back where they should be, 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay. upper 80s to near 90 inland. back to you, kristen. >> as many prepare for another hot day here in the bay area. important parenting alert about indoor heatstroke. one mom is sharing her experience about her daughter who wouldn't wake up from a nap. here's abc news reporter with the story. >> reporter: during a recent heat wave, 23-year-old mom two

of jennifer ama kept her girls nods avoid the heat. eventually putting her two-year-old anastasia down for an afternoon nap. while there was no fan in the room and no air-conditioning, jennifer says the shades were down and a window cracked. >> came upstairs and it was like a sauna in her room. >> reporter: but when jennifer checked on her daughter after about 90 minutes, she noticed something was wrong. >> her face was swollen and red and she was sweating. and she felt like somebody lit her on fire. >> reporter: jennifer quickly called for help and when the ambulance arrived, her daughter's internal temperature had reached 104 degrees. >> hour after i was playing with her basically, it was her on a death bed. >> reporter: the paramedics treated her who woke up after about five minutes. jennifer later posting this picture on instagram to warn other parents. >> the reason i posted it is because i don't the president to happen to somebody's els baby. it was horrifying.

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