a and a half have been asked now to evacuate. >> the nfl has cancelled tomorrow night's pre-season football game between the houston texans cowboys so texas players have return home to their families. >> the situation that was bad became worse when this storm came back and hit this area once again with more rain. abc news reporter is live in houston with latest on the round the clock evacuations. thousands of people have had to be rescued. this process continues as we speak. >> reporter: new shelters are now opening including this one that can house 10,000 people. they are taking people this from one of the overcrowded shelters as well as others just rescued today. relentless downpours has harvey moves northeast burying areas

along the texas-louisiana border. people and pets pulled to safety by first responders and selfless strangers. back out in their own boats saving lives. >> they keep bringing boat loads of people out to the truck. load them up and get them out of area. >> reporter: still more rescues back in hard hit houston. the sky is clear but water is still in homes. an estimated 30% of this county, 1700 square miles now flooded. >> people that are calling out, people have been stranded for days. >> reporter: with the water receding this some places, the death toll from this storm is climbing. police finding the six family members who died when their van was swept away. >> our worse fears have been realized. >> reporter: today evacuations in port officials waded in the water for 24 hours. and at this shelter. >> water is coming in from every angle.

it's coming in from the path room. it's coming from from the back door, the front door. >> reporter: more than 32,000 people are now living in shelters in texas from this overcrowded convention center to churches and mosques. some are reaching capacity. there is still space at this shelter and so many people are showing up here wanting to help. they've had to turn volunteers away. live in houston, abc news. back to you. >> i want to give you the latest now on the situation in texas. >> take a look at the rainfall totals but you heard the works. 52 inches of rainfall. a record for one tropical system. that's compared to bay area rainfall totals.

this 52 inch total that's hit the houston area is more than we get here in two to three years. let's take a look at the current position of the storm. it's moving through west central louisiana right now with sustained winds of 40 miles an hour moving towards the north/northeast still dumping heavy rainfall. not so devastating is what we have seen along the coast. the storm will be moving up into parts of arkansas, western tennessee, western kentucky by friday. it's still a dangerous storm that can wreak havoc of producing extensive flooding. we'll keep tracking it for you. >> spencer, thank you so much. the receding kraere ining w allowing some people to return

home and assess the damage and collect valuables. laura anthony is this spring, texas to show what one family discovered. >> reporter: i'm inside the home. you can see there's plenty of water in here. about half a foot or so. this time yesterday six feet over my head inside this living room. you can see the water lying there on the wall. let's show you what it looks like outside. these folks are suburb -- subdivision about 0 miles outside of houston just to give you an idea of the vastness of this disaster. you can see there's still plenty of water in this neighborhood but it's actually an improvement from what we saw this time yesterday or what these folks saw this time yesterday. they were just getting back into the neighborhood. people already starting to clean up and assess the damage. joining me now chad hickman and his son gaven, 12 years old. this is your folks house. >> yes, it is.

we have lived here for about 46 years. i live further north and my home is okay. my parents are with me. we're coming here to assess the damage and get what little things we can grab. >> you were telling us who you tried to put stuff up high. i see some chairs up there. >> this living room was sunk in. it's built in the 70s. everything else we put up as high as we could. we were thinking two or three inches maybe not six feet. >> 46 years your parents have been here. your family home. never flooded, right? >> never once. not from the creek. there's a creek next to us. it's never come up this high ever. not even this close. >> reporter: this just a snippet of what we're seeing. tens of thousands of people going through this same thing. these folks are able to get in. some neighborhoods the water is still rising. they are having to release water from the reservoirs. the rain has stopped for now. the water still coming, still

moving around. we'll be here. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> we're glad you were there. the flooding near houston is forcing the largest oil refinery in the country to shutdown. today motiva started closeing is massive facility. gas prices are expected to rise another 10 to 20 cent over the next weeks, but not in california. california has a state mandated cleaner burning gasoline that's not tied to texas or the rest of the united states. an associated press investigation shows that 9% fewer homes and properties in the houston area have flood insurance than five years ago. that's despite a growing population. the sharp drop in coverage means many residents will have to draw on savings or go into debt to fix up their homes or perhaps be forced to sell. data from the federal emergency management agency shows that houston harris county has fewer 25,000 flood insured properties

than this 2012. experts cite several reasons including tight fninances and te fluctuation in the oil industry. alameda county is taking steps to allow its 9700 employees to help officials in texas. employees can donate funds to help the massive recovery effort. county employees have options to donate up to five days of their accrued vacation time to the fund. well, americans continue to open their hearts and wallets to help the victims of hurricne harvey. >> abc 7 news anchor kristin is here with bay area celebrities that are getting tremendous support. >> let's start with new ded donations. hunter pence tweeted this pray for houston message and now he is pledging support as well. the texas native, he is opening up a coffee shop and a comic

bookstore in houston. here is the facebook page. the opening will be delayed because of harvey by one month. pence' teammate brandon first baseman there is pitching in. he's from the houston area and tweeted this sounds like a great idea. i'm in. in response to a coach's call for baseball teams to spend their extra shirts and shoes. a bay area non-profit that raises diaper donations is joining relief efforts. help a mother out is sending palettes of diapers to texas. diapers are not supplied even though they are essential to babies. >> wreee reached out to a siste austin bank that are assisting babies. we will be giving them 25,000 diapers to help support families in texas. >> nfl player jj watts fund-raiser is going gang busters.

he tweeted this saying wow, over $7 million now. his goal is now $10 million for fund raising. we're making it easy for you to help. abc station will be on air and online all day tomorrow. we call it day of giving. money you donate will go to neighbors most impacted by the storm so join our efforts beginning tomorrow on abc 7 mornings. >> we need your help. thanks very mump. we'll have a comprehensive look at the situation in texas tonight on a special edition of abc 20/20. city under way. ka tsa troe sfee in houston. rush hour sgis getting off a rush start in san francisco. sky 7 flew above the bar and metro station when the san francisco police bomb squad arrived. experts checked out a briefcase that had wires sticking out.

they discovered the briefcase inside the station. they face delays until the area reopened a little more than a half hour ago. police believe there may be another suspect on the loose after three officers were shot in sacramento county today. investigators say it all began when highway patrol officers chased two women driving a suspected, stolen car. the chase led them to a hotel along auburn boulevard in eastern sacramento county. someone wounding the two chp officers and one deputies. officers wounded and captured the suspect. they also arrested two women. a wildfire roared overnight consuming homes and forcing more evacuations. it's been burning since yesterday afternoon north of sacramento and destroyed ten homes and 20 other buildings. they say the girls arrested the man who they believe ignited the fire. they say he recklessly started an illegal campfire.

both santa clara county and san francisco asked a federal judge to issue a permanent order against president trump's policy against sanction ciuary cities. they limit the cooperation with officials. a judge has issued a temporary order preventing the president's oil from taking affect. federal funding makes up a large part of local budgets. >> the supreme court said time and again that you cannot use federal funds to coerce changes at the local level but the second thing is our founding fathers were clear that federal spending power was a power vested in congress not the president. >> the trump administration clai claims sanctuary cities provide havens for criminal activity. the intense 18 month effort

to stop a violent street gang. the fire inside a shop that restores vintage cars. one thing about it had neighbors on edge. the u.s. shows off its military might. 7 on your side michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post them with the hashtag ask finney. he'll answer those questions a little later. i'm taking a live look on our traffic flu san francisco. it's slow this both directions on the right hand side. that's your southbound trachk. on the left hand side they're trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge and over to the east bay. not

today richmond police and the fbi announce the results of an 18-month investigation into a violent street gang called the swerve team. they are facing charges for dozens of crimes including murder across 12 cities. we have more on the story. >> reporter: one suspect is outstanding. seven are in custody. this really speaks to the nature of the charges that they are facing. each is being held on $24 million bail. richmond police say the young men pointing guns in the you tube video are violent street gang members. >> a lifestyle that these folks are living total guns and committing crimes. >> reporter: they are accused of three richmond murders.

spanning 12 cities. >> some of the most e grejous criminal acts. >> reporter: this surveillance video was one of the first pieces in the puzzle. over 18 months the contra costa fbi crimes task force linked eight members of the swerve team. several who were already in custody for a string of violent east bay home invasions to all of these additional crimes now charged. the contra costa county sheriff's office used a federal database that includes pictures of shell casings to connect the remaining puzzle pieces. >> if we can link the people involved and prevent the next shooting then i feel like we have done our job. >> reporter: one of the suspects was a member of the neighborhood office of safety. a program that pays member a stipend in part to turn their lives around. >> the fact that it doesn't work for that person is just kind of reality of life. >> reporter: police say swerve

team gang member waters is still wanted. >> richmond police say they are hopeful that waters will turn himself into police. abc 7 news. thank you. swat officers responded an police closed the stretch of mac arthur boulevard. police reopened the road. no one else was found inside the house. san francisco firefighters are looking for the cause of a fire at a business that restores vintage cars. flames broke out before 1:30 this morning. one man told us he has two cars in there from 1949 and 1952

models. they look like they had lot of damage. the residents across the street was worried about what he was breathing when he smelled the smoke. >> saw fire trucks and a lot of lights. i shut my windows and tried to go back to sleep. >> owner's wife told us she and her husband had been in a dispute with the landlord for eight months because he shut the power off and have been running the business off a general ra ratser. they think electrical issues caused the fire. the driver of this sedan was taken to hospital in critical condition after it dropped 80 feet into a backyard. the driver was speeding on paradise drive early this morning when the car flipped upside down. the driver and his passenger needed to be extracted from the vehicle. no official cause of the crash has been released.

>> 80 feet. terrifying. let's turn our attention now to the weather forecast and the coming heat. >> yep. it's going to get dangerously warm in some places. >> we have five consecutive days or more of triple digit heat coming our way. a couple of those days we may see temperatures above 110 degrees. right now we're looking at mild to warm conditions under sunny skies. there's hardly any coastal going right now. looking northward, you can see we have sunny skies. oakland, 68. low to mid-70s at mountain view. here is the view from our east bay hills camera. way off in the distance we see low clouds up there. those clouds aren't having any cooling influence right now and won't over the next few days. napa, 80.

91 at fairfield, 92 at concord and 89 at livermore. here is the view at mt. tam. there's hardly a hit of any low cloudiness developing there. we can forget marine influence for a while. these are our forecast features. we'll see an intense heat wave tomorrow. extreme heat is inland by the end of the week. record high temperatures into the holiday weekend. we have spare the air day tomorrow. air quality will be poorest in the inland east bay and the santa clara valley. moderate at best. mainly clear skies inland. a little patchy fog along the coast. low temperatures range tr mid to upper 50s generally. a few locations we see lows in the low 60s. tomorrow's highs 100 degrees or higher. reach or exceed 100 degrees. morgan hill down south. we'll see mid-80s at oakland and

san mateo tomorrow. an excessive heat warning for those areas in red which will include livermore, san ramon and firefield. we expect highs at or above 110 degreeses. a high of 110 expected. 103 friday down in san jose and upper 90s in some locations like richmond and oakland. on we go to saturday. just about the same range of highs that day. more triple digits and more locations at or above 110 degrees. that's the dangerous heat we're talking about. here is the seven-day forecast. after four or five days of this extreme heat and i'm saying five

days because labor day looks like it could hold temperatures in our inland area. we'll finally get a break next tuesday. it's not going to be quick to drop the temperature level. it's going be a gradual decrease until temperatures reach into the warm to hot range as opposed to extremely hot. >> i don't recall 112 for a long time. >> it's been a long, long time. that's approaching record high levels for those dates. i think livermore record is something like 115 for those dates. >> it's amazing. just ahead, the amazing discovery made by two uc berkeley freshman. it led to a surprising reunion more than 16 years in the making. updated plans for the multiple implosions of the eastern span of the bay

tickets are already selling on the secondary market for $10,000. ticketmaster is warning fans to be vigilant and resist the urge to buy from stub hub. a man in new jersey has recreated the largest model railroad. it takes about two to three hours to tour this entire unique creation. the man who built everything from the ground up including the building since he considers himself an artist. >> i've gotten good at doing this.

>> it took four and a half years for him to build it. tths certified by the guiness book of world records. there's more than 200 dolls from around the world inside a 94-room doll house. >> that's so cool. two uc berkeley student who is became good friends when they met as freshmen discovered they had much more in common than originally thought. the students decided to share an apartment this year and that's how they found out their mothers went to college together and were pregnant at the same time when living in canada. the families lost touch 16 years ago. on monday the mothers were reunited thanks to good morning america. >> you guys were best friends. >> she's my best friend and my family. >> now what are we going to do? >> the whole family will get together. >> the two teenages who thought

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we're getting a measure of harvey's def stagvastationdevas. the storm is blamed for destroying 30 to 40,000 homes in the houston area. harvey has shifted to western louisiana. world news tonight has been reporting live from texas all this week. sent out this tweet today. look at all that water. this is a birds eye view of a portion of harvey's wrath. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is also in texas helping

our houston sister station ktrk and bringing us stories of flood survivor. she sent this tweet today. another area under evacuation orders due to a compromised levee. she'll have a live report. we also find stories of heroes, people giving of their time and skills to help strangers in need. there's a program in several california cities that trains volunteers to do that. vic lee profiles the one in san francisco. he's live at sf fire training facility. vic. >> reporter: the reason why people ought to go through this training right now is because the public gets complacent when there is no emergency and that ironically is exactly the time when you ought to go through this training to help yourself and to help others. in february in san jose flooding prompting evacuation of 14,000 residents and caused $100 million in damage. hundreds volunteered to clean up

the mud and debris and help people get back into their homes. disaster zone can spur ordinary folk into action. >> it's a place where people come together in the best spirit. >> reporter: he heads the city nert training. a program that stemmed from the 1989 earthquake. >> people were doing everything from helping us with the traffic lights all the way up to helping us actually carry the hose. >> reporter: nert trains neighbors to help neighbors by learning basics. first to take care of themselves then others. san francisco fire department wants this network and every part of the city before the next big disaster. >> if you live in an their that you have access to know who is there and who is supposed to be there and who is not there. >> reporter: nert teaches people how to search structures and leave a search marking for firefighters. >> once that's done then the

professionals that are coming behind will not search the same building over and over again. >> reporter: nert trainees can augment a 911 system that's overwhelmed. >> they are trained to give reports to the fire department in a very specific and organized way. >> reporter: they can also learn how to render basic first aid to treat people who aren't seriously injured th ed thus he overworked first responders. well, now you if you're afraid to help someone during an emergency because things go wrong and you could be sued, in california, there is a law and it's called the good samaritan law. that law is intended to protect people who go to the aide of other. if you're helping someone and using good faith, good judgment, you cannot be sued civilly. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> all right. thank you. one easy way to give is to help through abc's day of giving tomorrow. abc stations nation wide will be

fund raising on air and online. you can also donate to the red cross any time by texting the word harvey to 90999. that will make a $10 donation to the red cross that will appear on your cell phone bill. the trump administration is launching its push for tax reform today. they will vote a senator out of office if she doesn't go along. president trump took the stage in springfield, missouri. p mr. trump added he wants to work with republicans and democrats on tax reform and issued this threat to those who don't play ball. >> and your senator, she must do this for you and if she doesn't do it for you, you have to vote her out of office. >> also today vice president

pence will stand with the democratic west virginia senator who is up for re-election in 2018 in an effort to secure his vote for tax reform. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort former attorney and spokesman have been issue pr subpoenaed. they are related to an investigation centered around manafort's prooefrs woevious wo the ukraine pro-russia ruling party. special count robert mueller has issued dozens of subpoenas since taking over the russia investigation. overseas north korea signaling there may be more missile launches into the pacific and renewed its threat to one of america easter to's tr the u.s. is responding. abc news reporter elizabeth herr has the story. >> reporter: the u.s. showing off its military fire power

releasing this new video of its latest missile defense test off the coast of hawaii. successfully detecting and intercepting a medium range ballistic missile with another missile as seen in this pentagon force. a show of force with south korea conducting its own bombing drills. after north korea fired yet another ballistic missile that flew over japan on tuesday. claiming this is video of that launch and these are pictures showing the north korean dictator kim jong-un watching and smiling. the state news agency now reporting his regime is considering more missile launches calling this week's test a meaningful prelude to continuing the u.s. territory of guam. president trump initially responded with a statement saying all options are on the table. then tweeted this on wednesday talking is not the answer.

in an apparent contradiction to the president's tweet this reassurance from defense secretary james mattis from the pentagon. >> we're never out of diplomatic solutions. we continue to work together. >> reporter: the white house released statement saying the president spoke to the japanese prime minister for the second time this week. this to vow the two nations will work together to increase pressure against north korea. elizabeth herr, abc news, new york. still to come, the carjacking attempt that turned into a real drag for one bad guy in the pacific northwest. also, the couple trying to bring a sense of normalcy to the evacuees in the crowded houston convention center. i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post it with the hashtag ask finney. perhaps i'll answer in a couple of minutes. we see an absence of coastal fog that also means an absence

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this is probably the craziest thing you'll see all day. watch how this man tried to carjack a driver in can he nken washington. the driver put up a fight. this is one of the several cars he allegedly tried to steal that day. watch how he tried to pull another driver from his car while parked in a driveway.

the driver and passenger fought him off. no word on if the suspect has even been caught. >> wow. the rain has finally stopped in houston where one couple is giving back to make evacuees feel a little bit more at home. they have set up a barbershop in the corner of the houston convention center. a free haircut may not sound like much but it gives people a sense of normalcy that they need after experiencing that storm. >> you just want to feel something that feels familiar to you even if it's getting haircut. it's something that you normally do. it feels good. >> once people get into the chair they stop stressing about being in a shelter and begin to relax telling stories like they were in a regular barbershop. that is great idea. >> yes certainly is. all right. there's a lot to talk about on

weather. we have harvey and we have a lot of heat coming our way. >> we all may need haircuts to cool off. sdpr you're right about that. we need to cool off any way we can. suncony have much in the way of skies across the bay area and this time of year when we don't have any fog at the coast that means heat is coming our way. tomorrow we'll see inland locations reaching or exceeding the 100 degree mark. 74 expected high here in san francisco. it's only going to get hotter in the following days going into labor day weekend. a heat advisory is in affect for much of the bay tomorrow. these areas outlined in orange. the areas in red are under an excessive heat warning. that may be extended over a couple of days because the heat is expected to intensify. high fire danger will be with us thursday afternoon through saturday morning. red flag warning in affect.

it's really going to be hot and dry. here is the seven-day forecast for the next four or five days possibly. we'll see high temperatures inland. well above 100 degrees and certainly friday and saturday right now appear to be the hotst days in the forecast period. some inland locations may exceeds 110 degrees. that's really dangerous heat. so important to limit your exposure to the sun and heat if you can. stay hydrated. look for cool, shady places or just stay inside if you can. >> that's really dangerous. just ahead, the newly launched rapid response program in the south bay to protect immigrant families from separation. the 66 million-year-old fossil unearthed by a construction crew in colorado. that's pretty unusual in that area. i'm michael finney. i'll answer your question just ahead, including a car lease question. you've

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has the story from mountain view. >> reporter: for undocumented immigrants throughout the bay feelings of unease and unrest as many fear next. >> it is been a constant fear, nightma nightmare, panic attacks. it's not only me, it's my community. >> reporter: a newly launched program called the rapid response network aims to protect immigrant families from separation. a coalition of government and community leaders in santa clara county all hoping to provide critical support during and after immigration enforcement operations. the county has allocated $100,000 to fund the program for its first year including a 24/7 hotline that residents can call to report i.c.e. activity. more than 500 volunteers have stepped up for training. >> they are trained to ask questions, direct people as to what things they should say and not say. that's very important in terms of due process. >> reporter: this comes as the trump administration reviews daca which grants deportation

protections to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children. san jose student and native came to the u.s. when she was five. >> this is where i grew up. this is everything i know. i love this country. i hope people out there get that. >> reporter: in a letter to president trump governor jerry brown wrote in defense of daca saying to uproot these young people from the only country they have known as home is to turn our back on the future. it's cruel and run counter to the ideals this country was founded on. it has its krits i thicritics. ten attorneys general have said they will sue the government if it doesn't end daca. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. the rapid response network is searching for volunteers and will conduct its next training in sent. time for ask finney mp

michael finney answering questions. robert from santa rosa asked on twitter a question a lot of people have. how can i get out of a car lease in. >> okay. what i'm going tole you is probably not what you want to hear but most lease agreements require you to immediately pay the remainder of payments on your lease and on top of that an early termination fee anywhere between 2 and 4$400. that's to amphetamine out of the lease. the pest way to go about it is to find someone who wants to take over your lease and the easiest and cheapest way to find someone is through a service like swap a lease or lease trader. with these type of companies you can list your car online, find someone who wants the lease and then the company facilitates the process of legally transferring the lease. companies charge anywhere from 100 bucks on up for their sfrs and it also usually costs around 20$200, $250 from the transfer. this is why you have to think

about a lease. it's not a rent. it's a lease. >> you're stuck. >> joan from san francisco asked can you recommend top insurance companies for seniors to supplement their medicare program? >> i don't have a specific company but let me give you a couple of ways to find the right one for you. the california department of insurance has compiled a list for anyone looking to supplement their medicare or medicaid benefits. federal government has a similar set up. the feds they've got an easier one to use. it's managed by the u.s. centers for medicare and medicaid services. it gives you an idea of how much you'll pay which is pretty handy. i've put up some links on the website. i will put up some links on our website to make it easier for you to find it. >> ralph asking is a satellite tv company required to remove a dish from a rental house if it was installed without the owner's permission? >> the short answer is yes. satellite service providers require the homeowners or

landlord's approval before installing a dish on the property. some companies only require verbal approval but many have a verification process to set up. the company will remover the satellite dish and build any charges to the account holder. any damage done to the roof, any holes that need to be filled, that's up to the landlord to deal with and he's got to deal with it. >> interesting. how can people get this touch with you? >> what a great question. i should have just told you. if you have a question for me, you can record a 10 to 15 second long video. share it on social media using the hashtag ask finney. you can contact me through our facebook and station's website. a construction crew in colorado just unearthed something that's 66 million years old. a fossil is buried in the ground at the site of a new police and fire station going up in a suburb of denver.

they think it's part of a dinosaur's lower jaw. it could take a couple of days to dig it out. once the entire fossil is recovered, it will go back to lab to be examine and may go on display in a denver museum. many homeless people and those addicted to drugs face so many different problems that recovery seems impossible. a new clinic in san francisco may be in a unique position to put those fractured pieces back together. the clinic called health right 360 is now up and running at the corner of mission street and south van ness. they can find medical care, rehab programs and dental treatment. there are also more than half a dozen critical services ranging from help with housing, closing, high school courses and job counselling. organizers say the strategy is to treat the whole person until they can turn their own life around. >> it's a high intensity service

and the ability to move people into the service, back out of that service, into transition sal hou salal housing. i think that's what makes the service different. >> the nonprofit center grew out of the ashbury free clinic. >> it's unbelievable. still to come, the multiple implosions near the bay bridge this weekend. it could affect your ability get around. we have a look at what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> a family pet is mauled to death. its owner is now on the search for justice. her frustration even after the whole thing was caught on video. plus the old pictures that could be someone's pricely memories. the call for help from mountain view police. low fat versus low crab. what may be the

if you driver across, bike over our sail across the bay bridge, they will get rid of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. that will main headaches for some. >> reporter: the barges are in place so contractor can plant explosive charges to bring down these concrete piers that once supported the eastern span. sbl we'll start out with two

piers next to each other. those will be imploded just milliseconds a part. we're letting gravity do what gravity does, take it down. >> reporter: cal trans demolished three old peers aier. squeezing the schedule will save money and the local animal life. >> we have a very time window, september, october, november where the listed species in the fish in the way are not expected to be around here. >> it's $10 million in cost is really terrific from a public works project stand point. >> reporter: for security and safety the bike path on the bridge will be shut down the entire week before the demolition and the bridge will be close to traffic for a half hour while the explosions take place. >> reporter: the chp won't be handling traffic on the bridge. they will have boats in the

water. bart will also pause trains entering into the blast is over. it will take place every other saturday horng between now and november 11th. eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> bart is staging for massive labor day weekend project in oakland. it's pledging to get eight weeks of work done in just three days. 3100 feet of rail is being installed as well as track pads and new insulators to prevent elect from escaping into the ground and being wasted. the station will close after the last train friday night and won't open again until tuesday morning. there will be a bus bridge and likely some delays. we have a link at abc7news.com. >> that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. thank you for joining us today.

abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. hottest temperatures we've had all year. >> this week's 105 degrees temperatures. that will seem almost cool compared to what's coming. you'll definitely need umbrellas to hide from the sun. we're live in texas where rescues are ongoing. in san jose a woman says her pet was killed by two dogs living next door. she's angry, frustrated and very sad. >> just put my hands on her and tried to calm her down. they said it was the most brutal attack they ever seen. get ready. it will be hard to escape the heat no matter where you are in the bay area starting tomorrow. >> brutal. one dog has the right idea. we will all need to drink water and stay hydrated. i'm dan ashley. >> these temperatures could set some records. let's get right to abc 7

meteorologist. >> let's check out live doppler 7 now. you'll notice we still have fog near the coast. that's all going to be changing which is why a number of heat warnings and advisories have been issued. tomorrow an advisory shaded in orange. the area shaded this pink excessive heat warning. 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. it covers the hills and is valleys. the heat intensifies as we head towards friday and the excessive heat warning continues friday through monday for hls and the valleys where temperatures are going to top 100 degrees. heat advisory for saturday. the coast and san francisco you know it's going to be hot when heat related illnesses are possible and virtually everyone going under an advisory or warning over the next several days. high fire danger. the hill tops thursday evening through saturday morning. red flag issued for gusty winds. we have a fire weather watch thursday evening through saturday morning for lake county. this is a heat wae