sedan. you see it flipped over crushed under the trab. chp says the car was heading westbound on buckingham when it crashed through a fence on to the tracks. no passengers were on the train. i'm keeping a class eye on that as well. we have that fap tality investigation underway with that incident involving that empty caltrain train that was kaulg hauling some equipment there. we're not sure if that's going to impact any of our caltrain schedules this morning. we're waiting for word back from them. it's really early in the morning we're not seeing an impact yet. but i'd avoid the area of buckingham and west berlin in the redwood city area. i'm not seeing any major problems on our streets but that's where that one continues. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza we've got quite the backup in the cash lanes especially on the left-hand side expecting to be back at full volume. >> i know we had an extremely light day yesterday, today not going to be the case. let's check in with

meteorologist mike nicco and the weather is looking better, that air quality especially. >> more to leshl, easy to breathe. we've got it all in your seven-day forecast coming up. let's focus on today, the next 12 hours. you can see that's suit tro tower, the same picture just from a different vantage point, it shows how clear it is outside right now. 66 to 70 run 1, it's not any milder right now than it was this time yesterday, but, as you look through the day, 68 at the coast, 69 at 4:00 to 66 at 7:00. that's pretty cool. 78 around the bay, 82 at 76 at 4:00 and no more 90s for the most part. highs mainly in the 70s coming up next. back to you. could daca be coming to an end? we're just hours away from a scheduled press conference with attorney general jeff sfwlegsz and he's expected to announce the fate of the program protecting young undocumented

immigrants from deportation. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with more on what's happening. amy. >> reporter: hi, jessica. san francisco mayor ed lee is going to be showing his support for daca today here on the steps of city hall and he will be joined by so-called drooemers. that's happening this afternoon. we all know attorney general jeff sessions has been pushing president trump to end daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals and now word is that the sprez going to do just that. san francisco officials say they are ready do what they can to fight for it. >> i don't think there's much chance that we're going to change trump's mind, but i think what we can do is make a very strong statement of support for daca and for whatever congress decides to do. >> the fate of nearly 800,000 daca recipients would then be in the hands of congress.

so san francisco leaders say that's where they plan to focus their efforts. they're going to lean on congress representatives. they say it's going to be a community effort but they will do it to fight for dreamers and they will be here on the steps of city hall at 1:00 this fternoon.all at 1:00 this live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> download the abc 7 news app and being the first to no when attorney general jeff sessions makes his daca announcement this morning at 8:00. we'll send out a personal alert as soon as it happens. developing news out ever assistant abclara, police are searching for a 62-year-old woman who disappeared yesterday. they say the woman on your screen has dementia and is at risk. she was last seen at valley fair around 4:00 in the afternoon. she has brown eyes, gray hair and is about 5'10". contact santa clara police if you've seen her. the fbi and police in three states, including california, are looking for a potential kidnap victim. she is virginia paris, the santa

barbara sheriff's office believes she was taken against her will by a former boyfriend. they were last seen in this photo checking out of a motel in arizona yesterday morning. they were also spotted in a starbucks where paris told a customer she needed help. and police now think they are headed to los angeles in the victim's car that's described as a black 2017 chrysler 200 with california licenseplace plate number 7nge514. police say hetzel is considered dangerous and may be armed. >> the house will take up a hurricane harvey relief bill tomorrow. the $7.9 billion package would reflen mish rapidly depleting aid fund. the storm has killed at least 60 people. these homes are still underwater. today the serng and rescue team is back home after spending more than a week helping in houston. we hear their heartwarming home

coming. >> he was at texas for like nine days and we were missing him a lot so i made him a sign. >> families beamed with pride welcoming home firefighters who responded to hurricane harvey. >> definitely knowing he's there helping people that are really in a huge time of need is amazing to know that he was able to make a difference in so many people's lives. >> david watson is part of oakland's urban search and rescue task force 4 team. around 50 personnel landed at the international airport tonight following more than a week of deployment. >> a lot of it was just trying to keep people calm and try let them know that leaving their homes which was very hard for them was something that needed to be done. >> fema funded the mission. >> it's kind of sad to see that much stuff under water and for so long. even on our way to the airport we could still see parts of houston under water. >> while this is the bulk of the crew returning from houston still there are two dozen firefighters driving back wauflt equipment and they should be home thursday or friday. >> the message this crew is

bringing home to the bay area. >> the things i'm going to take away, always be ready to prepare for anything that you can. >> the task force 4 team says harvey's a reminder to stock your own home with emergency supplies. in oakland, katy ute tis, abc 7 news. happening today the san francisco board of super vierz will reconsider the ban on flavored tobacco products. it's a ban they just passed this summer. groups in sucht ban will rally on the steps of city hall today at noon. the board can either repeal or put it up for the next scheduled city election which is next june. supervisor marie ra cohen is a sponsor of the law and says she hopes if it lands on the balance lot health conscious voters will choose to keep the ban. also the city of alameda will vote to end the ban on marijuana medical dispense orreries. one to serve medical users and two for recreational users. a group plans to submit more

than 600 signatures in support of the ordnance. a consulting group says the dispensaries would jenn generate at least $800,000 a year in business taxes. a wild police chase in marin counted ended in -- they collided with a black bmw at the mill way off ramp on 101. witnesses say the crash could have been much worse. >> everyone was concerned, they were wondering if we were okay and they said it was really, really horrible and that was really terrible and they were wondering if we were okay. and then everybody just kept saying that we were really luck kr i can. >> both cars have significant damage but no one was injured. police identified the suspect as 45-year-old aaron lee of san rafael. he was charged with evading arrest, reckless driving and possession of methamphetamine. first responders had to pull a possible dui suspect from his

car. they say he lost control going around a turn yesterday, hit the curve and flipped his carpet told first responders he was trapped inside. they found he was not pinned or even hurt. they did help him get out of the car. investigators did not say if he's under arrest. no one else was hurt in this crash. now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> remember those clouds ant humidity we talked about yesterday to make the morning a little bit warmer? more most of us it is. just the inland and east bay valleys that are a little bit cooler. 5 degrees warmer in san francisco. tonight you'll start to dpooel feel a little bit more of that cooler weather you're used to with lows getting back into the 50s and 60s instead of the 60s and 70 you see right there. 63. right now west portal and lake merced some of the cool spots. the mission castro about 68, presidio 66. richmond, belmont, pleasanton, tracy, union city, saratoga, walnut creek, american canyon assistant clair ray set of.

60 nooinl in peat luma. the golden gate bridge, no mag right now but the winds are blowing about 19 miles an hour to that's cleaner air and that's why it's not going to be as hazy on the roads today. mild to warm for mass transit and we'll have a small craft advisory later today. i'll show that you in about ten minutes. quick look at temperatures, 60s at the coast, 70s and 80s today. the 60s will spread in san francisco tomorrow and even cooler for thursday, as summe is slipping away. alexis. taking a look at the roads this morning we've had quite a few issues already today. this will be a big deal if we were a little bit later in the morning. right now we have such light volumes it's not causing any backsup. westbound 92 past international as you make your way towards the san mateo bridge that's sitting in the far lane and they're having trouble getting a tow out there on the scene. ad a quick check of the south bay, 101 and 880 looking alt

light volumes there. in san jose not seeing major issues but definitely expecting those full volumes to return today. we have a problem on the roads south of gilroy, we'll check on that and starting to ramp up in the central valley next traffic update coming up in less than ten. thank you. more than a dozen wildfires burning in northern california. coming up, the effect they're having on the air you breathe. >> and a new report shows apple's next generation iphone will take a bigger byte out of your bank account. >> we're heading to break but keep tabs on live weather and traffic where you live rare live at the look toll plaza right now. abc 7 news now son your screen. we'll be right back.

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abc 7 zblorngz all news. >> all morning. welcome back on this day 1977 the voyager i spacecraft was launched and happening today as ina the celebrate the event. voyager i seen here was launched 16 days after its twin voyager ii. both are still going strong traveling a combined 24 billion miles. the voyager's originally explored jupiter and saturn. the air and space museum will

host this morning's convenient. we'll told a celebrity guest will have a galactic message towards voyager i. in oregon the huge wildfire growing in size to 4,800 acres. >> interstate 84 the route through the columbia river gorge is expected to be closed most of the day. they say it was most likely caused by fireworks and they have identified a suspect. mandatory evacuations are in cloes place and area schools are closed. yesterday the fire grew by 1600 acres. meanwhile, in california there are 29 wildfires burning throughout the state. here's a map showing where they are. the active fires are in red. more than 12,000 firefighters are battling these blazes. one of the largest threatening 2,700-year-old giant sequoias in medina county. they have forced the closure of highway 41, the surgeon entrance

in yosemite. the fire is 23% contained. it is better news than southern california. people evacuated by the la tuna fire are back home, cooler temperatures and a sudden downpour sunday helped ex-continuing kwish the blaze. . chard more than 7,000 acres and destroyed at least three homes. finally a breath of fresh air after days of haze over the bay area. the department of emergency management has lifted the spare the air alert for today. >> abc news reporter leann melendez has more on what caused the smog. >> reporter: visitors to san francisco's twin peaks were not battered by the traditional wind and fog. instead, people were marvelling at the hazy skies u.n. usual for this area. smoke from more than a dozen fires in northern california and oregon has been moving towards the bay area and staying here because there hasn't been a wind system to push it out. >> we've not had fresh wind, not had a lot of ventilation, so high heat, low wind, we're

breathing in smoke and ozone. >> reporter: add the vent high temperatures and the air quality becomes extremely poor. >> typically patients who are normally well controlled with their inhalers and their medications now are finding that those aren't working like they used to. >> reporter: patients also complain of headaches and coughing with all those particles in the air, doctors recommend not exercising outdoors. >> i wasn't running it when it was 106 for sure, i was inside just waiting for things to cool down. >> reporter: conditions were slowly changing, enough to lift the spare the air alert for tuesday. >> luckily now it's dissipating and we have some fresh winds coming? >> reporter: in san francisco, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >> the good news today it's going to get better. let's check in with mike nicco who's tracking everything for us. it was rough this weekend so everyone's still kind of getting over that. >> yeah, yeah. me being one of those. yesterday the smoke really got to me.

today much happier andy even though the air was clean, driving with the air conditioner on today so i wouldn't have to suffer what we did yesterday. look at walnut creek, we couldn't seechb see hardly any of this yesterday, now you can see the air is much cleaner. in fact, all of us moderate this morning through the afternoon hours and tomorrow the air gets even better as the sea breeze kicks in. dew points are the big story, low to mid-60s, it's muggy by our standards. we'll never get to that oppressive 70-degree dew points not with this particular system, but there's still some moisture out there. let's talk about what's going to happen today. cleaner air and a brighter afternoon so grab the sfwlass. tonight the marine layer returns, even better sleeping and cleaner air. and kpt tend we have below after range highs to make up for those all-time record highs. >> i don't know if will make up for it but it will try to balance what we had over the weekend. low the mid-80s down in the south bay, los gatos cooler at 79. 7580 on the peninsula today and

then upper 60s along the coast, 70 daly city and the sunset. 75 at downtown, south san francisco. sausalito about 72. supporter 60s along the north bay shore with low to mid-80s, about 80 to 85 through the bay valleys. east bay shore, 73 at richmond, oakland 77. few 80s around union city and fremont and our warmest temperatures about 85 to 88 degrees in our inland east bay neighborhoods. here's a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast and look at that, less humid were tomorrow temperatures about the same as today and then thursday and friday, i won't say a touch of fall but it will kind of feel like it over what we had over the weekend. and then we'll see a little bit of that summer warmbling try to return sunday and monday. when we come back we'll take a look at your lows and see if you're going to sleep better tonight and the a's game. i want to bring alexis in and now everybody's going back. no was on the roads yesterday. >> i thought had you like one incident. >> yeah, we had one incident the

whole morning, now we've got a handful to get to. >> already? >> we definitely do. i want to take you down to the san juan batista area, we've got a serious crash on north northbound 101. this was a crash with major injuries happened about an hour ago. they did have to bring med vac in so someone was airlifted from that scene. definitely expect some lanes to be closed on that northbound side. of course it's not even 5:00 a.m. we're not seeing delays in the area but i'm keeping a clais close eye on that. westbound 580 we kept it under a half hour the entire day yesterday, not the case today. in the yellow 38 minutes. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard 15. and 101 to couper teen oyou're in the green at 16 minutes. we'll talk more about that overnight caltrain crash in less than ten. a moose in washington state couldn't quite figure out a tire swing this weekend, pretty funny. a homeowner took this video of the moose acting as though he was going to charge the tire

then backing off and then just standing there. the homeowner said she wanted to get a closer look but realized she was wearing a big bluff if i red bathrobe and figured that may not go over too well with the bull moogs. the moose eventually left after finally realizeding h finally realizing his opponent was not going to fight back. do you let the music move you or you can move the music squl the new device allowing you to control sounds through body movement. we'll explain after the break. plus, are you thinking about getting a new car? the wrn why you may want to wait a while. but first this morning's tech bites. in today's tech bites for sticker shovg phi i foep users. >> it's a week away from its unveiling but brace yourself for this. >> the version with the most storage will cost $1,200. that same report says there will be two less costly versions. and these may be your wheels in the near future. >> a russian company showing off a proto type of its hover bike.

it will be available next year. >> it'sest matded the price will be somewhere between 50 and $80,000 but you'll never have to worry about potholes or puddles again so there's that. and super mario has a new job. according to nintendo's japanese website the is video game contractor has traded in his plumber's gear. >> there's some mystery of to what he does to make money but what he does to make money but whose gone going to clean

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a new musical device is create a special link between create a special link between music and the ♪ it lets people control music by sense oerz it's connect by a senzer via bluetooth. the faster users move their sensor, the faster the beat. photo tonic says over 1,000 possible mixes are included in the app. >> main goal is to allow everyone to make music whether so to create special link between music and our body because right now we are listeners. >> the motion sensor is available online for about $95. it will be featured at this year's ifa consumer electronic show in berlin. that's the world's largest trade show for electronics. it opens to the public tomorrow. fast or slow, matt?

>> slow, baby, take it slow. it's too early to go fast. >> wow. >> i didn't know if you were burping or doing a impersonation. >> sorry, baby. we got the winds coming in this afternoon, and they're going to huff and puff out of the southwest about 15 to 20 knots, gusting to 30 in the areas you see in yellow. what's it do to our temperatures? takes us down a little bit, 73 at 705 to 67 at 1005 for the a's game tonight. sleep a little better tonight, little less humidity and little more marine air and low to mid-60s for most of us. alexis. i want to take you back to redwood city, that's where we had a deadly crash overnight, a vehicle went through a fence, landed on the train tracks there and that was hit by an oncoming caltrain train. that train did not have any passengers on, it was just hauling equipment but the investigation is ongoing. that was around buckingham and west moreland.

we have been trying to confirm with caltrain if that's going to impact service this morning. we did talk to their representatives a few minutes ago. sounds like we're going to have a bus bridge today between palo alto and redwood city stations but we've not confirmed that yet. so standing by for more information there. also a quick check of the san mateo bridge, westbound 92 still looking good yust before you get to that point. we do still have that disabled tractor trailer block being the right lane, no back up yet. thank you. on a related note, it's taking carmakers longer to sell their cars. more than two months is the average now, but they're not panicking. the proof, 0% deals hard to come by. a few months ago they were everywhere, but not now. the automotive experts at edmonds.com are reporting that automakers have been stingy with those financing deals only 10% of loans in august had 0 aprs compared to 15% last august.

the new car buyer is paying 2 pes more in interest than back in july. people are returning to the bay area with their dirty vehicles and car washes are ready to handle the extra workload. abc 7 news was at tower car wash in san francisco where dusty cars were lined up for the burning man special. cost up to $350. pros who had been to the playa before said there are precautions you can ta >> you want to tape up aryour vents, windows, holes in the car, sun roof, things like that. >> this touchless wash was closed yesterday but starting today they expect hundreds of vehicles, each costing whun $20 to clean. >> they got their money's worth, though. there's a ton of dirt on those cars. >> bay area renters, stick around. next at 5:00 a.m., the core case that could have an impact on where you live and how much you pay. plus the fire burning in south santa clara county and how it could affect students today. it could affect students today. a live look outside, we're

good morning east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning thanks for joining us on this tuesday, september 5th. i'm matt keller, reggie and natasha are off today. >> we're already having a fun morning, some laughs today. maybe it's because it's cooled down a little bit and everyone's kind of back to normal. >> you think so? >> yeah. >> we can relax a little bit. >> you guys were a little edgy yesterday. >> i was just me all weekend, i'll admit if the i was not a nice person. >> too hot. >> too hot. >> no way. >> too hot to be nice, okay. fair enough. yeah, people should be a lot nicer the next couple days especially come wednesday and

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