lucky store to issue a ticket which is a winning ticket. >> reporter: out of the 44 states plus washington, d.c., and the u.s. ticket was purchased right here in san jose. california lottery officials says the winner has a full year to claim the jackpot. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> congratulations whoever that is. don't forget us. thank you. if you're plank to head to yosemite, think again. >> that's right. the main route into the park and parts of yosemite will be closed at noon today and it's because of this major wildfire still roaring. the map shows you the ferguson fire burning west of yosemite. you can see the stretch of highway 41 that is shut down right now. the highway along with the yosemite valley will be off limits until at least sunday. the fire is producing a haze of smoke making it dangerous to breathe and ob securing a lot of the views inside the park. rangot o friends are

leaving and i'm going to just like higher places where the smoke isn't. >> for visitor safety we have to close the roads. we can't have>> flame have burn miles in mariposa county. the ferguson fire is only 26% contained. it is 4:31. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. a quick update on weather and traffic. hi mike. >> hey, everybody. i want to dovetail on what you were talking about. look at this area in gray which does bleed into the central valley south of modesto towards stratford. air qualiy warning because of all the smoke down there. nearly 2 million people affected by that particular smoke. we've also got one around san luis obispo until 3:00 this afternoon. along the cy llnd s franc

it's going to be even hotter inland this afternoon with the mid 90s at 4:00. still pretty comfortable around the bay, 80 and coolest at the coast, 61. we'll talk about when this heat breaks coming up. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. we are talking about the fog once again. a dense fog advisory for golden gate bridge. there you go. there's the reduced visibility starting off pretty dense this morning. slow down, drive for conditions. that is not causing any delays. also actually still looking good out of the central valley. we were in the green a moment ago. just flipped over to the yellow. westbound 580 tracy to castro valley 43 minutes. highway 85 to the san jose airport, 11, highway 1 to san francisco wide open at 10 minutes. >> thank you. this morning, the suspect in the deadly bart stabbing is due to appear in court. >> 27-year-old john cowell faces charges including first-degree murder accused of stabbing 18-year-old nia wilson to death

and injuring her sister letifah. the attack sunday at macarthur . he has a long criminal history which includesicer and assault and paroled in may of this year. some bart passengers are getting nervous about riding on bart. bart's board president has answers for people concerned about their safety and abc 7 news anchor ama dates has details. >> reporter: plenty of questions of the stabbing death of nia wilson. those adding to the memorial say safety should never be in question. >> it's a worry for our youth now, are they going to be safe, are we going to see our sisters come home and family members come home. >> reporter: carrie was in the same social circles as nia. she says safety is always a concern of hers. a report by bart found macarthur is among the stations with the most violent crime. the richmond coliseum, san leandro and daly city cities joined the list.

abc 7 news was there as bart a . >> why not have bart put an officer on every train? >> budget. >> how much would it cost to put an officer on every single train? >> we don't have enough officers to deploy them at every single station. >> reporter: bart runs 75 trains a day through 48 stations, down 25 officers right now with plans to start new recruits soon. >> our marching orders to our patrol officers to get out of the car and walk the stations and get on the trains and be visibility. >> reporter: that can't come soon enough. at the time of sunday's deadly attack bart pd says its officers were at the macarthur station. even so accused murderer john cowell was able to escape after taking nia's life. ama dates, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your concerns so we can follow up with bart officials reviving the #dearbart which we launched five years ago

during the bart strike. use it when you post your comments on twitter or facebook so we can find them and hopefully get answers for you. plastic straws and containers may soon be gone at restaurant and bars in san francisco. the board of supervisors has approved an ordinance banning businesses from providing straws, stirrers and toothpicks and customers would have t like packets and nap skins unless at a self-serve station. it faces a second vote next week. if it passes and mayor breed signs it into law it would take effect next july. opponents are concerned about disabled people who need straws to sip drinks. a hearing will begin to determine if a north bay school district can prevent a 5-year-old girl from bring cannabis school to her. the press democrat reports the girl has a rare form of epilepsy

that causes frequent and long-lasting seizures. they're in con valley school district does not allow students to bring the thc oil on campus. the girl was preparing to start kindergarten this year andad. nd ante emploes misusing and wasting hundreds of thousands of tax dollars. in one case the dmv worker slept at her desk at least three hours a day. she got away with it for three years, despite complaints from other workers. the wasted hours cost the state $40,000. in another case, a cal fire chief had two workers build a tiki room on a state-owned home that he rent out. and a csu employee spent $7,000 for an electric car charger that isn't compatible with the campus power grid. never more than seven

minutes away from my accuweather forecast. talk about what's going on temperature wise. some of our coolest temperatures here in san francisco, we've got 54 in sunset and sunnyside, 55 everywhere else. the marina and financial district at about 56 degrees. want to go out to tracy. i know we have some of our earliest commuters from tracy. it's 73. once you get through the altamont pass, roll the windows down and enjoy t in the 50s and 60s as you head throughout the rest of the bay. a look at part of the commute, the western side of the bay bridge. use that as the backdrop to talk about we have foggy spots this morning around santa rosa and along the coast and into san francisco. it's going to be gusty everywhere on the water today for your ferry ride. and mass transit, yep, a huge summer spread from '60s in san francisco to possibly triple digits back into the east bay valleys. sunshine and 66 at 8:00. already 75 at 10:00.

mid 80s by noon on our way to upper 80s for the afternoon hours. down to about 77 degrees by 8:00. a few high clouds filtering with that sunshine. east bay valleys air conditioners running hard once again. maybe a skip that five or six or $8 coffee and breakfast this morning because you will need it to apay the air conditioning bill over the next couple days. your 12-hour planner for the east bay where there is a little bit more comfort, mid to upper 70s with a few high clouds and sunshine. 6: running that air conditioner. >> definitely not looking forward to the highelderly. >> for sure. >> the commute here this morning we're looking okay. san mateo bridge no major delays. light volumes and no blocking incidents along that route. on the peninsula an earlier crash blocking two lanes,

southbound 101 past woodside road. at one point blocking all lanes, we're hearing it's blocking the two right lanes at this point. i'm not seeing any delays. it did sound like we had three or four vehicles total involved there. i will keep an eye. a closer look at the central valley commute coming up next. thank you. happening right now, we are looking live here at the spacex rocket headed into space at any moment now. so we're waiting to see if this thing launches. it's foggy it looks like. they actually rescheduled this launch from the other day, hoping that they can launch this thing, reggie, some time today or they will have to reschedule and try tomorrow. >> and here's what's happening here. they're trying to carry ten satellites into orbit and this is the seventh in a series of launches to replace 75 satellites owned by oridiam communications. >> there you see. >> it is firing and it's very hard to see but i'm assuming we have liftoff at this point. >> exciting none the plpz see

those -- >> there we go. there's the rocket taking off. >> interesting thing is they're going to do that signature spacex landing to recover the rocket. >> so maybe our producer can help us out here, looks like the camera is situated on the rocket, so we're seeing that vantage point from the rocket as opposed to from the ground which we usually see. >> right. so like i was saying a second ago, they're going to try to recover this rocket again. it's going to come back to earth and land on a drone ship, but they're also going to try right now to recover the cone of the rocket. >> oh. >> which is somethi succsful done yet andatchith tt tecol t catch it,heouestingia so tre you go.

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when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. same areas under heat advisory and excessive warning today and tomorrow. affecting about 15 million people. 119 in palm springs, 80s to 90s around san diego and l.a. over 100 easily all through the central valley. even near that yosemite with an isolated thunderstorm today. we've got a small chance of a thunderstorm but more like smoky conditions throughout the sierra from tahoe up and down towards

yosemite and then cleaner air but still very warm upper 80s through the weekend. >> thank you. abc news has obtained the 2016 secret audio recording between donald trump and his attorney michael cohen it. >> captures a conversation between the two men talking about a plan to buy the rights to a former "playboy" playmate's story about her alleged affair with president trump. >> reporter: secret audio of donald trump and his former attorney and fixer michael cohen. >> so i'm all over that. and i spoke to alan about it. when it comes time for the financing which will be -- >> listen, what financing? >> we'll have to pay. >> pay with cash? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: the recording from september 2016 captures a conversation in the weeks leading up to the presidential election. then candidate trump and cohen discussing plans to purchase the rights to former "playboy" model karen mcdougal from american

media inc that owns "the national enquirer" and purchased her story about her alleged affair with donald trump but never ran it. >> the transcript makes it clear it clear at the end that president trump says, quote, don't pay with trash. >> reporter: his attorney rudy giulana saying that trump wanted to paycheck to document the payment but cohen's attorney lanny davis told cnn it was e c >> the tape contradicts mr. giuliani and the word cash is heard by everyone. >> reporter: abc news has reviewed the recording but hard to understand the end of the tape as far as the proposed payment to david picker. >> no indication of any crime being committed on this tape. the president did not know about this before this conversation. at least with regard to the transaction. >> reporter: giuliani admits the president discussed the payment with cohen but says that payment

was never made and that conversation recorded was the first he had heard about the plan. >> listen to the tapes. this is not a man shocked about karen mcdougal. >> reporter: investigators are looking into whether cohen may have violated campaign finance laws and growing speculation he may cooperate with investigators pmean for president trump.uld abc news washington. this morning pop star demi lovato is said to be up and spending time with her family after she was taken to the hospital. she has publicly spoken about her struggle with an eating disorder, mental illness and substance abuse. she cold robin roberts it started after being bullied as a child. >> i've suffered from cross addictions over the past few years. i was trying to control my eating disorder, trying to get help for it. >> just last month the singer released a new single titled "sober" hinting at a possible relapse. celebrities reacting to the news

on twitter, this is ellen, writing it breaks her heart she's going through this and she is a light in the world. brad paisley, praying for her, addiction is a terrifying disease, no one more honest or brave than this woman. california state university executives who already make six figure salaries are about to get a raise. the chronicle reports yesterday the trustees approved a pay increase for 23 campus presidents, five vice chancellors and the chancellor. csu executives have received a 2 to 3% raise annually since the year 2014. meanwhile, assembly speaker anthony rendon says the legislature would not have approved an increase in the budget if members had known this is how the money would be spent. >> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. 4:47. you have a look at our temperatures today. >> quite a spread, about 40 degrees from the coast all the way to our inland neighborhoods. hi, everybody. let's talk about fog first. we have two-mile visibility in

petaluma, one mile in santa rosa. we'll keep an eye on that and see if it gets thicker through the commute. walnut creek, we're looking south on 860 where the temperatures are 62 degrees on your way to about 98 this afternoon. even hotter inland. milder around the bay and coast. it will be partly cloudy tonight cool to mild once again like we had this morning. and in extreme heat finally fades for your weekend plans. in fact a look at the cloud cover, not as extensive this morning. back to the coast, maybe an hour quicker but still going to be sticky along the coast today and by 7:00, what little cloud cover there is moves across san francisco. down into the south bay, 81 milpitas, 87 san jose to 98 gilroy. santa cruz mid 70s to low 80s. low to mid 60s along the coast. downtown about 68 degrees. south san francisco 73. same in sausalito. mid 80s around petaluma to low 90s for most of the north bay.

see the trifecta of 100s in cloverdale, ukiah. mid to upper 70s, same areas will hit 80. newark, union city, freemont, and da. move inland, mid 90s to triple digits. good news we'll drop back into the 50s and 60s again tonight. my accuweather seven-day forecast we'll start to break the heat just a little bit tomorrow. it really backs off for saturday and sunday when we say good-bye to the 90s and 100s and hello to the 80s inland, and 60s at the coast. >> good morning, mike. we are taking a look at the central valley. always one of the hot spots we can count on at this early hour and once again we've got roadwork on the eastbound side of 580. between north flint and grant line road various lanes to be closed. not terrible yet, but we are seeing volumes fill in on the westbound side of tracy. westbound 205 down to 24 miles an hour and 16 miles an hour to 580.

bay bridge toll plaza our other busy spot, stacked up in the cash lanes but no metering lights. about 40 minutes to go. >> thank you. apple may be adding color to its next iphone. >> yelp's restaurant reviews will have added information. >> in today's tech bites a change for the iphone. >> reports say the next iphone will come in several different colors including white, taupe, yellow, orange and blue. the phone is expected to be unveiled this fall with a 6.1 inch screen which is more than half an inch bigger than the iphone 8 plus. and walmart is expanding the grocery deliver partnership with postmates. >> available to shoppers in los angeles, san diego and val amazon said it's expanding its grocery deliveries to several new markets. yelp is giving you health inspection scores of restaurants along with its reviews by customers. >> the program started five years ago in san francisco, but now it's going national. yelp calls it a win for customer food safety. >> the restaurants are calling

it a stunt. probably giving it one star. >> those are your tech bites. >> have a great day. outside is going green but not what you might think. festival organizers want to cash in on legalized cannabis. >> and mayor london breed takes the wraps off a plan

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dealing with fog this morning but one of those inland areas that's going to be so much hotter than average, seven to ten degrees in the north bay and the rest of us one to five. >> thank you. a new study found traces of radioactive particles in napa wines but don't be alarmed. scientists say they're safe to drink. french researchers tested bottles of wines made in napa in 2011 the same year as the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan. they found small amounts of cesium 137 and the key word here is small. experts say there is more naturally occurring radioactive material in our own bodies than in the wine, so you don't need to toss the san francisco mayor breed is launching a push to clean up the streets. the mayor unveiled ase of many more to come. breed is pledging nearly three quarters of a million dollars for the effort. the money will pay for so-called

fix it teams that swoop into neighborhoods removing graffiti and picking up trash and fixing broken lights. >> during the campaign all i heard from people all over the city is, clean up the city. clean up the city. well, i'm not going to clean up the city by myself. all of you are an important part of helpin us to clean up this beautiful city. >> the campaign will also pay for programs that employ the homeless to help keep downtown streets clean. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. take a look at where the extreme heat is going to be, the dangerous heat in mendocino and lake county today and tomorrow. temperatures could reach 110 degrees. thinking about going to the coast let me remind you we still have beach hazards for the southerly swells that will have dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. it's not the size of the waves but the amount of energy and the rip currents could pull you from the coast making it hard to get back in. be careful there.

>> good morning, mike. you want to be careful on the roads this morning, too. we've got fog once again today including a dense fog advisory for golden gate bridge. looking live at our camera you can see we have a lot of reduced visibility. slow down and increase the following distance between you and the other vehicles around you this morning. drive times looking great for most of our bridges today. westbound 580, richmond/san rafael,p minutes, across san mateo, 12, westbound 4 a nine minute drive across the dumbarton bridge. san francisco's biggest summer music festival returning in a couple weeks with a new twist. >> the outside lands festival embracing the recreational marijuana culture since it became legal in california at the start of the year. at a special area now called grasslands, visitors will be able to learn more about marijuana and how to integrate cannabis products into their daily lives. here's the catch, they will not be able to buy or consume anything that actually contains

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>> someone who bought a mega millions ticket in the bay area won $512 million. we are live at the store where it was sold. that mega millions ticket. you really missed it. yesterday was the day you needed to be nice to everyone, you know what i'm saying? >> i've been going through my phone trying to figure out who lives in san jose. no one has won that i know? it's about the poker face, mike. >> my wife and i were talking yesterday, always milpitas or san jose, want to make a road trip. looked at traffic, no, we'll buy a ticket at our local place which never has a winner. >> look what happened. you're still here. >> still here. >> welcome to work. >> yep. wife will be getting up in an hour and half heading off to work also. take a look at the winds because they are pushing the clouds around, coming to shore and heading to the south bay. the south bay seeing increasing clouds, alo