fewer lanes and major construction, a delayed completion date and now nearly no left turns. if you thought van ness was a mess we're just getting hi. eventually this is all going to get better for some of us is what they've been tell yugoslavia. the mta removeed the left turn >> welcome, everybody, to whiz northbound from van ness onto kids week. we've got some gifted young people with us today who are hayes street this morning. used to acing tests, but they're that means van ness will only truly gonna be tested today with

have two left turns. $1 million on the line. it's time to play >> reporter: at 10:00 a.m. it "who wants to be a millionaire." officially happened. the left turn here at hayes [dramatic music] ♪ street is no more. only two left turns remany as hey, everybody. the sfmta spends hundreds of welcome to "millionaire." from mount prospect, illinois, millions of dollars on this let's welcome back claire goodman. [cheers and applause] project. filled with pile ones and signs. this morning hayes street was the latest to make the big and they should be applauding change. it maked it complicated? you, because you're in the middle of a phenomenal game. >> yeah, a little bit. you have $30,000 in the bank. >> reporter: take a look at this map. it shows the impacted area. the only left-hand turns [cheers and applause] remaining from van ness avenue truly incredible. are northbound at lombard avenue you are out of lifelines. so you're out here on your own without a net, but $30,000, and and southbound on broadway. the next step is 50, they'll give it a week without which is a big one, you know. the configuration without the left turn at hayes, but then van ness between mission and mccallister street will be shifted slightly to make room to extend the construction zone.

mta officials say all of this is part of the $316 million van ness improvement project. >> by removing leftturn lanes we're making things safer for pedestrians crossing the street. it's also going to help us install our new transit, put buses in the center lanes there, and that's going to speed up muny for people riding the 37 and 49. >> reporter: mta says traffic signals will also be retimed with the goal of improving signals. but that doesn't mean drivers like the change. >> i have to go around and come back, and that's going to add like 7 to 10 minutes in rush hour traffic. >> reporter: the project is expected to be completed by 2020. one person has died in a wildfireurning right the california/oregon border.

the victim's identity has not been released. it's jumped and charred at least 8,000 acres. i-5 had to be shutdown in the area. it has since reopened. governor brown has declared a state of emergency and fire crews from marin county are now on their way. as of this morning the fire has burned more than 88,000 acres, 37% contained. and here's some perspective of just how big that really is. if this fire were burning in the east bay you'd basically go from h hercules all the way down to san leandro. officials expect full containment by this weekend. >> new at 11:00, richmond police aa home invasion robbery suspect

is in the hospital after a homeowner shot him. it happened shortly after midnight. police say the 47-year-old suspect tried to break into two other houses before he forced himself into the house on alta mira. that suspect was taken to a local trauma center and all we know he's still alive. fire officials have lifted a halth advisory that was in place this morning that refineries sent out a cautionary advisory after an incident they described as a unit upset. the warning went to a community nearby saying some people could experience skin irritation. we have not had any reports of any issues. thener reports police are increasing patrols along the embarcadero near where that crash happened. witnesses describe the car barrelling into the pedicab and then speeding off.

and this is surveillance video of the suspect's car. the pedicabdriver was critically injured and still in the hospital. and police are still looking for the driver responsible for the crash. happening now a live look at santa cruz boardwalk. the national weather service does have a warning of what's happening in the waters. it's a beach hazard warning and lasts until at least 5:00 tomorrow night. abc 7 news was at steamer lane a short time ago, and you can see these surfers are really enjoying the waves. you have to realize the current in that water right now is especially strong. keep a close eye on your kids and pets and as you know never turn your back on the water. elon musk is sending his own engineers to help rescue the thai soccer team trapped a flooded cave. 12 boys and their coach have been trapped there since june 23rd. musk is also offering rescuers

ne technology from his company. the engineers are going to arrive. this all comes after the first death in this rescue mission. elizabeth herr has more now on this race against time. >> reporter: tragedy in the race to free 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave. a retired thai navy s.e.a.l. and a triathlete killed while bringing air tanks to the cave along the planned escape route. he rejoined the overnight the thai navy s.e.a.l.s, writing today you get

some good rest, we will complete the mission for you. divers already navigating dark and muddy waters with near zero visibility are running out of time as seen in this new video in areas not fully submerged there's barely enough room for the rescuers to keep their hea system moving in authorities confirm waiting for the water to recede on its own is no longer an option. >> so will they move them before the storm? >> yes. >> definitely. >> yes. >> reporter: with so many workers inside the caval using up the air supply authorities say the boys could quickly lose oxygen. the only way out for the boys right now could be diving. a risky move but perhaps their only option. who lived nearly five years after being declared brain dead is going to be laid to rest today.

in december of 2013 she under went a tonsillectomy. services bt a nd ande buried ih. >> and happening today a ri richmond institution is closing its doors. she's originally from ethiopia and came to the u.s. from italy with nothing. homeless and an infant son at her side she started working as a hostess and eventually managed to buy it. now the restaurant is shutting down after a number of hard ships including a landlord tenant dispute. today she's going to be serving free meals in exchange for donations for her staff.

>> i'm encouraging them to leave good tips for my workers. it's not only aboutt' t us. leyou. >> and while the restaurant will close today, she says she has no plans to leave the community that she loves. abc 7 was in san jose this morning where people lined up to satisfy their cravings for dunkin' donuts. this is the first dunkin' to open in the south bay. the franchise owner tells us he hopes to sell up to 700 doughnuts today, and doing the math here, that's 8,400 doughnuts. it joins two other dunkin' doughnut locations already open in walnut creek. president trump mocks a sitting senator's heritage, and he did not stop there. the reason his rally in montana is making headlines today. and road rage caught on camera. what is behind this tiff in a

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new this morning new tariffs on chinese imports now in effect. the u.s. has slapped tariffs on about $34 billion on chinese goods. and china promising tariffs on its own goods. the trump administration has threatened to hit china with even more tariffs down the road. so let's see what the effect that's having on wall street. it looks like it's shrugging it off. mocking the me too movement, just one of the headlines from president trump's latest rally. >> reporter: today president trump is at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, he says going over potential nominees to take the vacancy on the supreme court. >> if you tune in monday at 9:00, i think you're going to be extremely happy with the decision. >> reporter: last night trump hyping up the prime time announcement at a campaign rally in montana.

>> it's time to retire liberal democrat john tester. >> reporter: the president then jumping to a number of different issues like immigration, nato and continuing his attacks on the media for questioning his readiness for his upcoming summit with russian president vladimir putin. >> i've been preparing for this stuff my whole life. they don't say that. >> reporter: trump then reviving this insult to democratic senator elizabeth warren about her past comments about her native-american heritage. >> you know those little kits they sell on television for $2? learn your heritage. >> reporter: and hitting the me too movement. >> we will take that little kit and say -- but we have to do it gently because we're in the me too generation so we have to be very gentle. >> reporter: but no mention of his epa chief, scott pruitt, the day h the president just hired bill

shine, the former fox news co-president who handled the network's sexual harassment scandals. shine is now the deputy chief of staff for communications. a road rage incident caught on camera. it shows a woman being berated by a pasadena city employee. >> you can't block her. you cannot. just because it says you have a building and safety -- >> you're lucky i didn't slam into your car. >> he said it kind of fast, but he accused her of cutting him off, so he decided to block her in. witnesses say the confrontation lasted a good ten minutes and the woman had her daughter in the car at the time. the city of pasadena says it is now investigating the incident. let's talk about something fun, the weekend. need some plans? we have you covered with some cheese and music.

the hot ideas from our partners at hood line. you've got my attention. and a sunny santa cruz. the high clouds are moving away and look at this, santa cruz and marin county

first hurricane of the 2018 season has formed in the atlantic. the national weather center says it was upgraded to a hurricane today, and forecasters say it's expected to fizzle pretty

quickly. it's now barrelling towards the lesser antilles, and as it passes that it should turn into a tropical storm as it head towards cuba. take a look this watch the elapse of color. just all the many colors that develop this morning. absolutely beautiful. i'm also going to but that on social media. it was pretty impressive. need to see it more than once. even with the cloud cover out there we're getting the remnants of fabio, throwing the mid and upper level moisture and the extra humidity. even without the sunshine our temperatures anywhere from 4 to 13 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. so that's us in a sticky and uncomfortable upper 60s to upper 70s right now. we're not used to this kind of humidity. the rest of the country may be making fun of us, but we're not used to this. and the

the breeze kicks in. you can see it almost looks like one of those wintertime atmospheric rivers. unfortunatehy, we're just not getting any wet weather out of it other nan a sprinkle or two. the sun is going to come out first in gilroy, and then to 81 as you head up to mount lopitas. low to mid-60s along the coast and mid-70s for downtown and south san francisco. go to the game tonight all the wine fest tickets are gone, but still the reds taking on the giants. we'll have low to mid-80s today. along the east bay shore upper 70s to low 80s. and as you move nut the east bay how about the valleys in the upper 80s to mid-90s. it's going to be even warmer

tomorrow. right now 75 in pleasanton. about 90 at 3:00. 85, checking out all your things that you need help with there at 7 on your side. here's a look at the east bay and you can see 12, 4 and 8, we've got a lot of cloud cover out there still, and that'll open us up to cooler conditions tonight. we'll warm up to the mid-90s inland, mid-60s at the coast and pretty much stay there through monday. and temperatures will start to drop down tuesday, wednesday and thursday. so it's been a holiday week. right in the middle of the week. >> that's true. >> so a lot of people have been taking it day off. how can we -- >> keep the party going? i have some ideas. actually, i don't, but my colleague jessica castro does.

>> it's a holiday weekend, and you can keep the party going by revisiting a childhood classic, catching a play. this weekend is the very last weekend to catch the play "soft power." a chinese executive visiting america falls in love. it has romance, laughter, intrigue and a show stopping number from a woman playing hillary clinton. it runs through sunday. tickets start at $29. and from noon to classic this week the davy featuring one of my all-time favorites, the little mermaid. performing the oscar and grammy winning score we all know and love. there are several performances this weekend. but if you're in mood for a show, how about some food? you may want to take a trip to

mac. they just opened up a new location. you can build your own mac and cheese dish and get creative. if you're a foodie you'll be interested in knowing they have an all-star chef from the michael nino group onboard. i'm jessica castro, abc 7 news and have a great weekend. they've been to the chapel and were already married when a huge problem almost

a reminder we are on 24/7 on our abc 7 news app and abc7.com. today on our news site we posted a poll on the best fried chicken in our area. make sure you download the abc 7 news app to get breaking news alert. by the way, this is not random. it's fried chicken day. our next newscast is abc 7 news at 4:00. good luck, bad omen, whatever you want to call it, take a look at how one wisconsin couple's wedding day almost took a bad turn. >> in my under armor camouflage, red sweatshirt -- >> oh, my god. >> what? do you see the person in the background? that person falls, too.

out of the shock of seeing that happen? anyway, the way the photographer actually captured that moment and the thew leweds are okay. they were taping an interview when they tree branch fell. they ended the wedding video with a quote our love is going to be stronger than that tree. that's why i love people because they're clever and can laugh about it.

i we worked with pg&eof to save energy because wenie. wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california.