good morning bay area. we want to start with a look from the exploratorium camera. hopefully you're sitting down right now. there's a chance of a thunderstorm, what? i repeat, there's a chance of a thunderstorm. do not panic. it is, in fact, july 12th. not woken up on a different month. you've not been asleep that long. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here to explain it all, meteorologist mike nicco. >> hey, guys. watching low clouds. that's when a chance of a stray thunderstorm or two rolls through the neighborhood as the monsoon steers moisture towards our neighborhood. a little bit of drizzle along the coast and across the golden gate and the bay bridge. a lot like yesterday. you can see the gray out there. most of us becoming cloudy. a little bit of a sea breeze developing once again. our temperatures are milder this morning. upper 50s to mid-60s. we expected that with the

increasing humidity. mid to upper 70s around the bay. mainly mid to upper 80s inlan. high clouds roll in at 7:00. thunderstorms follow. i'll talk more about that next. let's get a check of that commute. here's alexis. >> i have one new issue, though. if you're traveling through the santa cruz mountains, this is the counter commute direction. highway 17 near summit road we've got a disabled vehicle blocking the far right lane. whoever called it in, it's a blind curve there. no lights on that vehicle. obviously, dangerous situation. hopefully that driver is out of the vehicle and chp is on the way to the scene. still on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. we'll take a look at drive times coming up next. >> thanks, alexis. east bay residents are shocked after they got an anti-semitic robo call to support a republican candidate running for congress. >> john fitzgerald says he has nothing to do with the call

despite his own anti-semitic views. >> fitzgerald denies the holocaust ever happened and he says that israel uses congress and american soldiers in their quest for world domination. abc 7 news reporter lilian kim has more. >> republican john fitzgerald of concord is hoping to unseat another congressman. many have never heard from him. when voter ann nicholson listened to a call supporting his candidacy, it brought her tears. >> unfortunately, our world is going in the way of big lies right now. it's very troubling time to be alive. >> the robo call says it was paid for by the road to power.com which has had racist messages in the past. he said i have no affiliation to road to power or any of his, their affiliates or organizations. >> the rhetoric is similar to

what he said last month in a podcast. >> it all started with what i'd say jewish control and supremacy and that lovely state, country called israel that does all these horrible atrocities and blames them on everybody else and vilifies everybody else. >> it's not going to resonate in california, contra costa county. people are open-minded tolerant good people. >> it's rejected fitzgerald's campaign from the very begin. regarding the robo call, they say it may be a blessing in disguise. >> people who might not have known he was an anti-semite before will surely know that if they get this call. it won't help him at the polls, which is a good thing in a way. >> fitzgerald registered as a republican. he ran as a democrat in 2010 and 2012. lilian kim in the newsroom, abc 7 news. new details on the thailand cave rescue. for the first time we're hearing from some of the divers who pulled the boys out that of

flooded cave. new video shows the parents meeting the heroes who saved their sons' lives. divers from around the world assisted in the rescue. many of them say this was the most challenging dive they've ever taken on. >> it was to get the kid out from the water, take the mask off, put in stretchers, gently holding their hands so they don't get tangled. if they're stressed, don't pull the mask off. nobody has heard of a big operation and ends up this good. >> an update on the boys recovering in the hospital is coming up at 7:00 on gma after abc 7 mornings. san jose is setting up a fight between bike advocates and businesses. the city wants to make it easier and safer to ride a bike in san jose, but not everyone is ready to ride-along with that plan. reporter matt keller is live in san jose for us. hi, matt. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. check out all these cars parked

here on san salvador street. when this project is done, there will be no parking between 7th and 8th streets. these cars will be gone. bike lanes will be added all around downtown san jose. parts of the project involving parking, adding lanes. this could be a major problems. where are the customers going to park? the city says it leads to better safety and bike ways throughout san jose. >> growing as gridlock grows. more cycles need to be on the roads. >> i don't know how the fire trucks will get through. we're losing parking. we will have a big problem getting in and out of our driveways, which i showed to d.o.t. and we're going to lose businesses. >> san jose's department of transportation says recent education, outreach and improved infrastructure helped to significantly reduce bike and pedestrian crashes. construction starts next month.

we set up a link on the website with more details on what the project is going to entail and where the bike lanes are going. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. a quick look here for our viewers. you can see there are a lot of new lanes being added and for that closer look, just head to abc7news.com. the east bay park pulled the plug on an upcoming music festival. abc 7 news was in antioch where the xo music festival was supposed to kick off tomorrow. it canceled the event because of safety concerns. the park says the promoter, world class entertainment, failed to provide proof of liability for the contractors. they did not comment on the permit claims but says ticket holders will get a refund. investigators say an improperly installed electric livestock fence is to blame for the massive county fire burning near lake bear yes, sir a. it started on june 30th. it's burned 90,000 acres and destroyed 20 structures.

the fire is 89% contained. it's still burning, though. all evacuation orders have been lifted and the responsible party has been cited. check out these temperatures on the peninsula. we're flirting with 60 about everywhere. belmont 59. redwood city. and menlo park 62. mid-50s from half moon bay towards daly city. let's look at the east bay shore. upper 50s to near 60. same thing in the south bay. we hit 65 in los gatos. 67 in antioch for the warm spot. napa and san rafael, 55 degrees. a look at san jose with the clouds creeping on in. going to the beaches today, it will be a day of grayness with a few sunny spots. not too breezy. all right. rising humidity if you're thinking about exercising, especially this afternoon. it will be drier this afternoon on the bay. got some small areas of drizzle this morning. here's a look at san francisco. mainly cloudy and 59. behl see the sun start to break through the clouds.

not completely gone. they may be gone at noon for a short duration. they come back. we fall back into the low 60s. up in the north bay, a little bit of cloudiness and 58. we're seeing sunshine by 10:00 and 64. sunny this afternoon until 4:00 when the high clouds start to roll in. we'll hang on in the upper 70s in the afternoon hours. look at that comfortable evening. 65 degrees. take a look at the thunderstorm threat coming up. here's alexis. >> overall, nice and quiet today. no major incidents. no major mass transit issues. a live look at golden gate bridge. looking like visibility is okay. although, there are areas with a little bit of mist or fog this morning. you may have to flip on your wipers once or twice. the commute is looking great today. westbound 580 tracy to dublin already in the red at 57 minutes. westbound 4. antioch to concord in the green at 14. southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco also in the green

at 16 minutes. alexis, thank you. the california naacp is joining california builders and realtors to fight against a rent controlled ballot proposition. proposition 10 would allow california cities to expand rent control. right now, properties built after 1995 are exempt from rent control. but this proposition would do away with that meaning all properties could be placed under rent control. opponents say this would lead to fewer units being available for rent. >> what it does is it strikes fear in anybody who owns any land. fear that they're not going to get any fair compensation on their own investment. >> meanwhile, supporters of the measure say tenants need immediate relief from outrageous rent increases. >> marin and sonoma counties getting into the bike sharing craze. a plan is being formulated to create a network of bikes at transit rail stations, aka smart and key destinations along the corridor. according to the marin ij, the

system would provide a way for them to get to the train and get to jobs from the train. transit officials say this could help free up space on smart trains which have been inundated with bikes. a local startup promising you to get you a dmv appointment within two weeks. how does it work and is it even legal? well, we found answers for you. >> electric scooters are about to return to san francisco streets. but as rental companies expand, so does an increase in lawsuits. these bears at the oakland zoo are no for a surprise. zoo are no for a surprise. >> a

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this is a look at live doppler 7. i've loaferer overlaid the chance of thunderstorms. during the evening and overnight hours, some will drift our way giving us a chance. we'll talk more about that coming up. thanks, mike. new concerns about electric rental scooters. the industry is growing so fast, the cities are racing to regulate. it turns out riders are facing a learning curve. you're going to see what i mean in a second. despite safety procedures liken couraging riders to wear helmets and ride in bike lanes, many scooter riders are taking a risk. >> when you hit the cement at 17 miles per hour it hurts. when i came around the corner, i was going probably a little fast, i hit where the trolley

exchanges face first like over the scooter. >> oh, man. i feel bad for her. that looks awful. this has led to an uptick in lawsuits related to electric scooter accidents. one personal injury attorney in beverly hills tells gma he sees one to two cases a day. electric scooters are temporarily off the streets as the city rolls out a permit program. it's likely going to return in a few weeks. airbnb can boost tourism in some areas but black and hispanic neighborhoods are not seeing a benefit according to a new study. >> airbnb users typically eat at neighborhood restaurants in the area where they're staying leading to growth and restaurant employment. purdue university researchers say that doesn't hold true when a majority of the residents are hispanic or black. san francisco was among the cities included in the study. airbnb issued a statement saying they use a subjective and voluntary input to draw conclusions.

a rigorous analysis is wrong and that the study is deeply flawed. investigators with the california dmv looking into an oakland-based startup to promises dmv appointments within two weeks. yo governor started -- it took him three trips to change the title on his vehicle. now for about 20 bucks, a yo gov concierge will monitor the website in search of last-minute cancellations. private firms are typically barred from selling government services for a fee. the ceo of the company say the service is perfectly legal comparing to a personal assistant. >> people don't want to spend their whole day at the dmv. they're willing to pay even a fraction of what their hourly value is for us to help them. >> yo gov says bookings have tripled since june 1st. happening today, oakland zoo

celebrates california wildfire with a grand opening -- excuse me. california wildlife with the opening for the zoo's new california trail. >> yeah. it's 56 acres big and it's now home to grizzly and black bears, bald eagles, grey wolves and more. all the animals are native to california. tday the public can attend the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:00 a.m. four tons of snow will be hauled to the zoo today. it's an extra treat for the bears to play. that should look really cool. >> yeah. >> okay. i swear i'm not about to swear. what the fluff. if you haven't seen these videos, shame on you. >> they're super cute. people are posting themselves disappearing behind a blanket while their dog watches. not even the police canines are safe to this. we want to show you this video. the south wales police department post thd video tricking some of its dogs.

look. the dog looks around. he gets really confused for a bit. he can't figure out where his handler is. he sniffs around and there he is. what a good boy. he finally finds his handler. then, there's this dog. yep. looks around. hunts down his handler again. the same dog, though, wasn't fooled twice. look. he's start to go figure it out. i think it's cute when they look super confused at the beginning of it. >> and sad. where did he go? >> not always. >> i was so excited to do this at home. i did it with my dog. my husband is like, this isn't going to work. you realize that? he isn't going to care. he was right. he barely even noticed anything was happening. >> it's fun to see. dogs have different personalities. some of them react well to it.

others turn around and go back to what they were doing. >> bad personality. >> he's just independent. >> that's a nice way to spin it, mike. thank you. >> let's talk about what's going on. we may have an independent thunderstorm or two rolling through tonight. here's a look at san rafael. it's becoming a little cloudy. temperature around 59, 60 degrees. humidity in the air. i haven't heard of any drizzle in your neighborhoods. just mainly along the coast. low marine layer clouds and high clouds blowing in. seasonal temperatures today. thunderstorms possible tonight. then an easing of the humidity while the heat builds through the weekend and into next week. the clouds will be hard to shake today. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s across san francisco. so the microclimate getting smaller. as far as the east bay, you can see a lot of cloudiness, a little bit of a window of sunshine heading through the luch-hour. 70 at richmond. 80 in san leandro and free mobt. hercules at 80 degrees. peninsula, high clouds rolling in this afternoon into the

evening hours. the extra sunshine earlier will lead you into the upper 70s to low 80s. except for at the coast, it will be partly sunny and mid-60s. down in the south bay today, temperatures that will range from about 78 sunnyvale, 87 in san jose to gilroy at 92. up in the north bay, yep, a little bit of sunshine and one of our better chances for an area of thunderstorms tonight with mid-80s for the most part. our last stop the inland east bay neighborhoods where once again it's going to be warm enough to run the air conditioner. 87 in san ramon. to 95 in brentwood. my accuweather seven-day forecast. it remains muggy tomorrow. the chance of thunderstorms tapers during the afternoon hours. you can see the heat next week with morning fog and afternoon sunshine. alexis? >> all right. still quiet out there. really the only problem on the boards right now is that you're traveling through the santa cruz mountains. the southbound side of highway 17 sounds like someone ran out of gas. so not a great spot for that to happen. right around the summit. just south of summit road.

chp is still on the way to the scene. they're blocking lane number 2 on a blind curve. really a dangerous situation. we have a little backup approaching that. i am keeping an eye on that this morning. so far, that hasn't turned into anything more. northbound 280 before tenth street and san jose. someone lost a couch this morning that's been pushed to the side. thanks to the chp. so far so good for the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. a little stuck on in the cash lanes on the right. in the gma first look, hurricane chris causing dangerous rip current up and down the east coast. >> more than 100 rescues have been reported. victor oquendo has details. >> in the first look, in ocean city maryland this lifeguard sprinting to save two girls caught in a rip current tuesday. one of more than 140 rescues just that day as hurricane chris triggers alerts up and down the east coast. >> it's really rough.

you can't get out too far. >> strongly encouraged not to swim. >> been out here since 59 km or so. it was huge this morning. it's down a little bit. that current is still ripping. >> we went on the water with miami beach lifeguard brittany austin. >> how quickly can you get swept up in a current? >> you can go from knee deep water at low tide and step into a deep rip current. as soon as you take your feet off the bottom, it can sweep you up. >> we'll tell you how to stay safe at the beach at 7:00 a.m. i'm victor oquendo, miami beach. a colorado man captured incredible video of a lightning strike. take a look. >> wow. >> you can see the lightning strike the top of the tree and arc down the trunk. small branches break off from the tree, they go flying. no one was hurt besides the tree. >> right. that is pretty incredible. steph curry is firing back

at calls the warriors are ruining the nba. >> he called that the dumbest phrase ever. the team has caught backlash since kevin durant joined the all-star lineup and just last week signed all-star center demarcus cousins. curry went on to say, we're always trying to find a way to get better. if we were just happy winning a championship and staying stagnant, we wouldn't be doing ourselves justice. in about an hour, a 16-year-old girl from concord will tee off with a huge lead in the final round of the girls junior pga championship. she's entering the play with a 7-stroke lead. yesterday we posted a personal best. 8 under 64 at concern i hills golf links in lexington, kentucky. she set a record at 21 under par with a first and second place finish, she will earn a spot on the 2018 u.s. junior ryder cup team. you might recall that she was on

abc 7 news at 4:00 p.m. back in march. she sat down with dan ashley, talked about this. she's an incredible golfer and we wish her all the best. >> good for her. i like to see that. next the seven things you need to know as you start your day. the best states to retire in. spoiler alert. california is not one of them. >> we'll tell you about that story and talk to you about the b.a.r.t. in the early morning. you want to hear about several proposals being discussed today proposals being discussed today if you're an early b.a.r.t.

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the u.s. was spending too much. number 3, the adult film star who claimed she had an affair with donald trump was arrested at a strip club in ohio last night. the police report says stormy daniels touched patrons with her breasts. that is against ohio law. number 4, the b.a.r.t. board scheduled to look at two proposals when early train service is taken away in february. trains would start at 5:00 a.m., an hour later than normal while retrofitting the trans base tube. number 5, a bike lane controversy in san jose. next month the city is going to renovate bike lanes at the expense of parking spaces on busy streets and local businesses are not happy with the change. number 6, we've been tracking the chance of thunderstorms as the monsoon moisture moves up towards us. it will be our warmest night and a slight chance you can see the green of an isolated thunderstorm. so far so good for the commute this morning. if you are going to be driving out of the central valley, though, we have our typical delays. 205 to 580 our slow spot at 9

miles per hour and 12 miles per hour respectively, no major blockingincidents. this next story probably won't be a shock if you're planning to retire soon, you may want to move out of california. >> bank rate.com ranked the u.s. states based on cost of living, weather, health care and here are the best states to retire in. south dakota, number one. and then as you can see, utah, idaho, new hampshire, florida on the list. where is california? we have to go all the way down the list to number 45. cost of living and taxes are weighing us down. however, the study found that retiring here is still better than retiring in arkansas, louisiana, maryland, new mexico and new york. >> shocked to see bwe weren't last. >> a little better than dead last but barely. coming back with 90 minutes coming back with 90 minutes of news

good morning south bay. okay. b.a.r.t. is explaining why this video that i took of a man smoking meth is only considered a low level drug offense. president trump making headlines at a press conference overseas. what he's saying about nato and vladimir putin. >> a live look at 5:30 in the a.m. all is calm on the horizon. however, you are not reading that incorrectly on the screenment there's a chance of thunderstorms. >> wow. things are changing and changing quickly. right, mike? >> you mentioned a chance and the newsroom goes wild. >> it's july and it happens in the rest of the country. we've got a small chance. let's start off by showing you what happened last evening.

things fell apart overnight. we lost the heating of the day. the moisture and energy is still out there. it's backing towards us from the southeast. that means we're going to have low clouds this morning. you can see on the east bay hills camera. the high clouds that will move in during the afternoon hours. a little more humidity also when you step outside in milder conditions this morning. upper 50s to mid-60s. we'll hang out in the low 60s at the coast. upper 70s around the bay. our best chance thunderstorms will be once the sunsets. download our free app and watch live doppler 7. you can watch it on the app. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. start to go fill in. double-check. we have not gotten official word that the metering lights are flipped on. we should get word officially any minute now and have slight delays through the metering lights into san francisco unless you're using the carpool lanes.

so far, looking good. westbound 830. highway 4 to the maze. 10 across the bay bridge. san francisco to sfo looking great at nine minutes. >> alexis, thank you. developing news in oakland this morning. a 3 year old boy, a toddler, in the hospital after being shot. happened before 10:00 p.m. near 80th avenue in holly street, east oakland. they found shell casings at the scene. a short tame later, they showed up at highland hospital with the child. he was transported to hospital in critical condition. boosting defense spending after he complained the u.s. is spending too much. >> president trump wrapped up a news conference a short time ago. we're joined live from london where the president will be arriving. molly? >> reporter: jessica and reggie, good morning. it was a wild diplomatic ride. we woke up thinking it would be

about afghanistan and russia. president trump canceled the meeting. had an emergency session and clearly, a different agenda. >> it was unscheduled and free wheeling and more than 40 minutes president trump held an impromptu press conference announcing that nato allies would commit billions more. >> we're very happy and we have a very, very powerful, very strong nato. much stronger than it was two days ago. >> 33 billion to be exact. but no time frame and it's unclear what percentage that represents. trump has been pushing for every country to hit 2% of their gdp. asking for 4%. today he claimed victory. >> it all came together at the end. yes, it was a little tough for a little while. >> and took total credit for it. >> secretary general gives us total credit. meaning me, i guess in this case. total credit. >> last night leaders attempting another family photo.

just hours after blasting america's european allies. president trump accused germany of being held captive by russia. >> germany, as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia. >> later trying to make nice. >> we have a very, very good relationship with the chancellor. >> german chancellor angela merkel reaffirms her commitment to the alliance and british prime minister theresa may does the same. >> as vital to us as it has ever been. >> london did is gearing up for the biggest protest in years. >> i think they like me a lot in the uk. they agree with me on immigration i think. >> now back to that press conference. trump seemed to suggest that was new money. we just heard from french president emanumanuel macron wh denied they increased the spending. we're looking for clarity on the numbers later today. reggie? >> that news conference was really something. molly hunter, thank you so much.

abc 7 news now has three videos showing the same passenger on three different days. it appears as if he's smoking meth openly on a b.a.r.t. train. one was shot by a viewer, another by a producers. on the right-hand side of the screen, that's video i actually shot of this guy on a train i was riding. making things worse, the man sits on priority seating normally reserved for people with disabilities or pregnant women. this is a complicated problem for b.a.r.t. police. it's considered a low level drug offense. usually only worth a citation. >> an officer has to witness it personally or a rider who witnesses it has to be willing to report it to police and then stay there until one of our officers arrives and act as a witness in the case. >> b.a.r.t. could impose a prohibition oordt banning this person for a certain amount of time. but it is a lot to take on. because he would need to be cited three times within 90 days to qualify for that.

b.a.r.t. encourages you to use an app called b.a.r.t. watch. you can alert police by using an app -- i can say that b.a.r.t. offered the man to get help for his drug use. he declined. >> reggie, speaking of b.a.r.t. happening today b.a.r.t. will begin talks to figure out how to retrofit the transbay tube with as little impact as possible to the morning commute. but it actually could be -- service could be pushed back an entire hour for the morning commuter. it's going to maybe affect these early morning riders. we're going to check in now with abc news reporter amy hollyfield. she's talking to some of those folks. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi jessica. b.a.r.t. is planning to talk today about how to help these people. these early bird riders that we've talked to. they would like it if they keep the trains running. this february, they're going to start the trains at 5:00 a.m. an hour later. that's going to happen for 3 1/2

years. they'll do this to give crews time to retrofit the transbay tube. according to the san francisco examiner, today the board will discuss what to do. two plans on the table. one offers more bus service than the other. as they discuss, what that looks like, the riders are wishing they could keep the early morning trains running. >> it will let me wake up later, i have to stay at work later. i do believe traffic will increase, too. we'll have to adjust to it. >> reporter: so b.a.r.t. has done the math on this. they say starting later impacts about 2800 riders. starting later and letting the crews work longer on the tube will save b.a.r.t. about $15 million. they are not set to vote today. they're going to discuss how much bus service to provide. a final plan for early morning bus replacement westbound presented in september. live from the pleasant hill station, amy hollyfield, abc 7

news. amy, thank you. two san jose families are looking for a place to live following a fire that ripped through their homes. we were in san jose as they assess the damage yesterday. the fire appears to have started between the two homes. a neighbor tried to put out the flames with a garden hose. but had to watch as the fire spread to her house. >> it's devastating. we were able to go inside and i was able to look at the damage. it's overwhelming. it really is. >> i feel for her. firefighters definitely had a tough time. they were challenged by a gas meter that buckled and ruptured in the fire. the good news, no one was hurt. we're getting new details about the arrest of adult star stormy daniels at a strip club in ohio that happened in columbus last night. this is new video of daniels being taken into the police station getting booked on misdemeanor charges. the police report says daniels

touched patrons with her breasts that's technically against the law in ohio. here's the mugshot that was releas released. her lawyer claims it was a politically motivated setup. daniels is now out on bail. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. look at the low to mid-60s in the east bay valleys. it's going to be warmer than this tomorrow morning with that monsoon moisture. that humidity keeping our temperatures up. san jose, 65 in los gatos. you go from pacifica northward. we hit the mid to upper 50s with 53 right now in santa rosa. here's a look at the commute. it's getting cloudy. the closer to the peninsula and the coast and the east bay around oakland. you may run into a little bit of drizzle whether you're driving or on a ferry. the afternoon will be dry. warm to hot this afternoon. let's take a look at the peninsula. mostly cloudy and 64 at 8:00.

sun is breaking out near 70 at 10:00. already in the mid-70s by noon. hanging out in the 70s in the afternoon. the high clouds roll in at 6:00. by 8:00, partly sunny and 69 degrees. here's a look at the east bay. 61 and mostly cloudy at 8:00. lingering clouds, we'll call it mostly sunny this afternoon. the clouds will increase. they'll drop down to a comfortable 64 by 8:00. notice no chance of thunderstorm up through 8:00. >> it's going to happen after that, i'll show you a time by time frame after that. >> i got something else for you. >> all the drives begin in a few minutes. i want to start off with our traffic. so really our only blocking issue right now is a vehicle that ran out of gas. southbound highway 17. right around summit road. that is still blocking the far right lane. chp on the scene now.

they're waiting for a tow truck to arrive. no longer the dangerous situation that it was. they were saying that it was on a blind curve and that vehicle was dark in color. it was really tough to see. thankfully, they have chp there providing protection. hopefully, that will be totally clear soon. bay bridge, toll plaza. what a difference ten minutes makes here. the metering lights on as of 5:30 this morning. starting to back up quickly. >> no delays on b.a.r.t. no delays for muni so far today too. we'll look at drive times coming up next. thanks, alexis. the face of papa john's is stepping down. why he is now apologizing. why he is now apologizing.

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up to our north, look at this. today through tuesday, around mt. shasta towards happy -- south of that in the orange. highs up to 110 possible today and tomorrow. let's take a look at what's going on. 103 in palm springs. fresno. 102 in chico. 95 in sacramento. yosemite. a fireworks show today with the thunderstorms and 97 degrees. a slight chance of a

thunderstorm today. a better chance tomorrow, saturday and tuesday and wednesday across tahoe. jessica? thank you, mike. the founder of papa john's resigned after apologizing fog using a racial slur. forbes reported that john schnatter used the n-word during a conference call in may. they accepted his resignation after admitting the incident was true. he founded papa john's in 1984 and is the largest shareholder. he stepped down last year after blaming slow sales growth surrounding the nfl football players kneeling during the national anthem. uber laying off self-driving -- they're figuring out a way for the self-driving program after a deadly crash in arizona in march. that crash forced the company to suspend driverless car testing in all cities. a new development in the immigration crisis. a trump administration official

says all eligible migrant children under the age of 5 will be reunited with their parents today. that's according to reuters. a judge agreed to extend the deadline orange nay set for tuesday to give the government more time to track down parents. a july 26th deadline remains in place to reunite 3,000 older children with their families. elon musk wants to help people in flint, michigan, who have tainted water. in a tweet, he'll pay to fix the water in any house with lead contamination above federal levels. recent reports indicate that most of the flint water is at safe levels. musk later acknowledged that fact but said he would organ effort to add filters to homes that still need them. in 2014, the city began using water from the flint river without adding corrosion control chemicals. that caused old pipes to leak lead into the drinking water. the third movie about oakland hitting the theaters.

it's about friendship and the reality of life in oakland and grapples with issues like race, class and family. a grammy and tony award winning actor, daveed diggs co-wrote and stars in the film. he's in the film with rafael casal. they're friends since their time together at berkeley high. >> we wrote it consistently over the last ten years. there's been a ton of drafts. we almost made the movie two or three times. >> so many of our friends are in the movie, people we grew up with. it was really, really special. >> this is the third major oakland premiere this year after black panther and sorry to bother you. if you'd like to hear more from daveed diggs, we have more on abc7news.com. he was in the original broadway cast. he's doing amazing stuff. trip advise or named pearl's

deluxe burgers the 7th best in the u.s. they were in the restaurant tenderloin location yesterday. the rankings are based on millions of reviews. >> we offer good food, good service. fair prices and in a clean restaurant. treat people how you want to be treated. >> okay. so one of their specialties, which is what trip advisor is focusing on is called the king burger. that is a half-pound patty topped with american cheese, cheddar cheese and thousand island dressing. which sounds like a meal. but what takes it over the top is they put a quarter-pound hot dog right on that burger patty. you can find the full burger list on our website. abc7news.com. sometimes you have to take a nap. >> especially after eating a big meal like that. if you're in new york, it's as close as a destination called the dreamry.

it was conceived by the mattress company casper known for starting the mattress in a box trend. for $25, customers can get a 45-minute snooze inside sleeping pods furnished with casper mattresses, of course. the staff will provide fresh linen for every nap. you can pick up a toothbrush set and face wash. why didn't we think of this? >> they have it in tokyo all over the place. >> really? >> i like the idea too. the only problem, 45 minutes is not enough. as soon as that clock starts ticking, i would be oh, my gosh, this is costing me so much money i have to fall asleep. >> too stressful. >> i need an open time frame. >> i'll admit i could fall asleep pretty quickly. >> like right now. >> exactly. >> there you go. >> maybe you could charge by the minute and sleep as long as you want. >> i'd be okay with that. >> weatherwise, we've got changes on the way. we don't get this weather very often.

when we do, it gets a lot of people excited. if we get a little bit of lightning show we'd love to see it. #abc 7 now. low clouds are the dominant feature. looking at the golden gate bridge. look at the beautiful high clouds and the lighting from almost sunrise this morning. comes up in about seven minutes. mostly sunny, seasonal and humid today. slight chance of thunderstorms tonight and drier air and warmer air in the afternoon. low clouds over the top of us right now, the bright whites. they're expanding to the east as we head through 9:00. they will retreat back to the coast as they normally do. look how they're chased back to the coast by the high clouds that will take over during the afternoon hours and see that green, that's our first sign of thunderstorms developing in the central valley and roll our way during the evening and overnight hours. until then, 78 in sunnyvale. san jose 87. 90s in morgan hill. gilroy, los gatos, low 70s in santa cruz. mid-60s along the coast.

upper 60s. 67 in downtown. south san francisco at 69. same thing in sausalito. low to mid-830s through the north bay. low to upper 930s from cloverdale towards ukiah. low 70s in oakland. inland, we'll have upper 80s to mid 90s. tonight's temperatures in the upper 50s to upper 60s. our warmest and muggiest night. gets warmer next week with dry air. here's alexis. >> i don't know what's going on. we've got summer light volume. we're not complaining. hopefully it lasts. don't count on that yet anyway. here's a look at southbound 680, walnut creek. cruising along with no issues. everything looking good there. still mostly green on the traffic maps too. i'm having a tough time finding any slow spots. one through the hayward stretch of the nimitz. southbound 880 south of 92. not terrible. you're down to 31 miles an hour. no issues through that area. that's just heavier volume.

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aids walk coming up in san francisco. we'll see breaks in the cloud cover by the time we get to the lunch-hour at 60 degrees. rain is being blamed for starting a fire that engulfed a safeway store in phoenix. at one point the roof on the building collapsed. it broke out in the middle of a thunderstorm. it's unclear if lightning sparked the fire. people inside the safeway said the store shook before the flames appeared. that is something else. the phoenix fire department says everyone was able to get out. no one was hurt. as you can see, that store is a complete loss. you may be losing twitter followers today. the social media platform is planning to purge tens of millions of accounts. >> twitter is getting rid of suspicious accounts it previously locked. they will disappear from your follower list. a spokesperson says it's to make it more accurate and transparent. they had suspicious behavior like sudden tweets, bad links or

accounts a lot of people blocked. alexis? >> i think they're going to tap my twitter followers. what am i going to do? taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. that happened around 5:30. actually a little later. feeling like a summertime commute this morning. we're not complaining. we've got lighter volumes. of course, that is one of the heavier spots. mostly in the green here today. eastbound 80 near willow avenue, a vehicle went off the roadway. that's blocking the right-hand shoulder. emergency crews on the way to the scene. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. radar running there. you can see all the sweeps. i've overlaid the best chance of thunderstorms that will develop in the high country. with the prevailing steering current blowing from southeast to northwest, you can see the thickening clouds by 6:00. there's your first chance of a thunderstorm around 11:00, 11:30 tonight.

it continues through the overnight hours and it tapers tomorrow with the best chance across the north bay tomorrow afternoon. thanks, mike. next at 6:00, more bike lanes coming to san jose. the plan is pitting cyclists against business owners and drivers. robo call claiming to represent this local politics. he's denying any connection to it. it is shining a light on his own anti-semitic views. plus, the makers of these glasses say they'll cure your motion sickness. motion sickness. i don't know if it's

first a cooldown, now a chance of thunderstorms. a live look at the bay bridge where it doesn't feel like summer anymore. it was just here a moment ago. we could touch it and feel it. >> with our fingers. it's thursday, july 12th. you're never more than seven

minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's check in with mike nicco on the wacky weather. >> all right, jessica. we have a little bit of a sea breeze. we're seeing the clouds roll in. golden gate bridge and the bay bridge through the morning commute. you can see the gray, the clouds taking over our neighborhoods. we're going to transition to low clouds and high clouds. sunshine sandwich in between. temperatures in the 60s at the coast. mid to upper 70s around the bay. mid to upper 80s inland. back in the 60s and 70s by 7:00. it's after that when our best chance of a thunderstorm rolls into the forecast. more on that coming up. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. really, we're off to a very quiet start this morning. i just have good news in from chp. a couple moments to go for the commute. really didn't see much of a backup. we had a vehicle that ran out of gas. that is now clear from the