as we take a look outside from our walnut creek camera it's a great start to the morning. don't be fooled, a lot of bay area facing another heat advisory today as summer ste.it'soi this p much of the thursday, july 26th. 6:00 a.m. and you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> thank you very much, guys. let's start off by taking a look at the wind pattern. that has everything to do with how hot or not you're going to get today. you can see the winds coming ashore and heading into the south bay. we're seeing clouds spread throughout this area. calm the north bay. not as much fog as yesterday. a look at the gray that signifies the cloud cover that is out there. we're going to have a summer spread once again in my accuweather 12-hour planner. temperatures comfortable, mid 50s to low 60s. we'll stay in the 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay. look from noon to 4:00, 86 to 94 inland and still in the 70s and 80s at 7:00. it is a spare the air day.

do what you can. >> sure is. if you can carpool or use mass transit today that is recommended. yeah, you may want to use mass transit anyway if you're going to be traveling in the east bay. a crash slowing you down in the emeryville area, right around powell. we've got a better look at this truck. weve got it facing sideways two and a half right lanes are blocked and chp saying that truck hit some barrels and there's sand in the right lanes. they will need a street sweeper to clean that up. little bit of better news in the south bay, westbound 237 before north first street. four-car crash pushed to the side. the backup starting to unwind. next traffic update at 6:10. it could be a tough day for tech after facebook takes a fall. >> news of slower than expected growth sent after hours trading into a tailspin. it is possible facebook could lose more money and stock value than any other company in history. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in menlo park for us

this morning.ostbo $144 billion in afterhours trading and ceo mark zuckerberg lost close to $17 billion in value. all of this came after the earnings report was announced yesterday afternoon for facebook. facebook's user base and revenue grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter as the menlo park based company dealt with privacy issues. an executive warned it expects revenue growth to slow down in the next couple quarters. this was following the cambridge analytica scandal. they believe the shortfall had more to do with privacy rules that went into effect in may. for facebook, the company still earned $5.1 billion in profit, that's up 31% from the year before. facebook also revealed instagram has more than a billion users. reporting live in menlo park,

matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. developing news, fire crews hope to continue to gain ground on a 247-acre brush fire burning in clayton and contra costa county. overnight crews have been setting backfires trying to control the wildfire. it started just after 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the area of marsh creek road and morgan territory road. this morning, marsh creek road is closed at gill drive, clayton road and morgan territory road. flames have destroyed one home and three out buildings. 100 structures still being threatened and some families are evacuated this morning. the fire is 20% contained. there are dozens of fires burning across california this morning. >> they stretch from the oregon boarder to southern california. the cranston fire is exploding in the mountains east of l.a. near idyllwild. it's grown to 4700 acres in just a few hours. evuatest one home was desoyed.mi one person i ghe

fire. and the massive fire continues to grow near yosemite. now more than 41,000 acres and only 26% contained. visitors have been forced to leave yosemite valley because of the intense smoke. south of sacramento, highway 99 shut down yesterday because of a fire. the flames jumped the highway burning into a wrecking yard. outside redding, new video shows the car fire expanding overnight moving closer to populated areas. the fire exploded in size yesterday to more than 6700 acres and containment went down to 10%. we asked fire weather experts craig clemens from san jose state why so much of california is burning. >> because of our low precipitation or low rainfall year, we had slash winter that causes the fire season to move up a month. our fuels fuels fue are more like august/september.

the fire season could get worse as the summer goes on. nia wilson's family got their first look at the man accused of stabbing her to death at oakland's macarthur bart station. dozens of family members packed a courtroom yesterday. john cowell did not enter a plea to first-degree murder charges and remains in custody. his family says he's been in and out of jail for years without being treated for mental illness. wilson's mother disagrees. >> i don't want to hear he was crazy he ain't crazy, he playing crazy. >> nia wilson's murder has sparked an online movement. social media using the #say her name launched by the african-american policy forum to call attention to violence and hate against black girls and black women. it's used because the thought is if you say the person's name their story and the demand for justice will not be forgotten.

some posts linked nia wilson's death to white supremacy however investigators have said there is right now no evidence pointing to a hate crime. the recent crimes on bart have sparked an on-line conversation about safety. we asked abc 7 news viewers to post comments and suggestions using #dearbart and received a bit of responses from you and here are a few of them. sue from san ramon says on facebook i'm afraid to ride your trains because of the people shooting up, sleeping with their belongings nearby, feces, urine and abandoned drug paraphernalia. those are all incidents bart wants passengers to report. one twitter user did that and goes by daily bart user. she says she took photos of homeless people sleeping on trains and reported one of the incidents via the bart app. the response she says from bart, homelessness is not a crime. >> we have our peak hours, some times in the shift where it gets really busy and we have to prioritize our calls that come into our dispatch center and we're going

to take the crimes in progress and against people over somebody possibly eating a bag of chips >> bart sa t simple soluowtofir. from one mass transit option to another if it seems like your commute on muni has been extra crowded lately, you may be right. the issue keeping dozens of busses off the streets every day and when you could actually see some relief. >> plus the effort to oust deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. i'm tracking several spots of potentially dangerous heat, east bay hills, northern solano county, lake county and mendocino county. these excessive temperatures will last through at least

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santa rosa. gorgeous view running the time lapse on it. look for this later at mike nicco abc 7. beaches calmer at 9:00. the threat of rip currents and sneaker waves goes away. going to exercise best to do it early or late when it's cooler and around the bay today we have the small craft advisory for the northern half through the delta from noon to 9:00. going to be choppy and brisk. here's alexis with the morning commute. >> not good in emeryville. things getting worse here. it is a sig alert for this crash on westbound 80 right between ashby and powell. we have the three right lanes blocked. this truck somehow lost control and hit the barrels. no enjeinjuries and that's goods but they need a street sweeper to clean up the sand. we're looking at traffic maps. basically all the way back into the richmond area expect long bu ackups there.

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in the house to pass an impeachment resolution. new developments in the intensifying search for a missing iowa college student with bay area ties. investigators are now hoping her fitbit may provide clues. as we told you yesterday the fbi has joined the search in brooklyn, iowa, to track down missing college student mollie tibbetts. authorities believe she may have been kidnapped jogging more than a week ago when she disappeared. abc news contributor and former special agent brad garret talked to paula ferris on "gma" about what kind of information authorities could find through her tech accounts. >> it could be enormous as far as who did she have contact with the last, where can they locate the person she was talking to, if in fact anything happened to her while she was running, and that remains to be seen at this pit, the fitbit in conjunction with her cell phone may give them a location. >> the sheriff says tibbett's boyfriend is cooperating.

he was at work when his girlfriend disappeared and is not a suspect. "gma" will have much more coming up at 7:00 a.m. here on abc 7. medicinal cannabis at the center of a dispute between a santa rosa family and a school district. 5-year-old brook adams has has a rare condition that causes her to have seizures. her family has resorted to using cannabis oil to treat her and says the results have cut down on hospital visits. since drugs like marijuana are not allowed on campus, the union school district is proposing that brook be home schooled. her family is challenging the district and its policy. >> there needs to be a bill, an amendment to the bill, to allow all kids to access their medical marijuana that's legal in california. >> we want to educate every child in our community. this is a lovely little girl. we have two laws and we're stuck in the middle. >> a judge held a hearing yesterday and is expected to rule on the family's challenge to the district policy next month.

new this morning, imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by a burglar asking you to use your wi-fi. it's a bizarre story but palo alto police say it happened to a couple living on east charleston road near middlefield road. the couple called for help early sunday morning. they told officers that a masked burglar broke into their home and then asked to use their wi-fi network and they confronted him and pushed him out of their house. police arrested the 17-year-old suspect about a block away. new video this morning showing a dust devil stirring up hay as it sweeps across a field in the netherlands. the country is in the middle of a drought right now going through its driest july since the year 1976. a dust devil is a vortex that's sometimes compared to a tornado, not quite as violent. cool to see. that dust devil is fine. talk about this kid again. he breaks into someone's house,

allegedly, and then says, i need your wi-fi password. >> so bizarre. >> and the second time that night he did it. he did it to another homeowner too. >> really? >> starbucks wasn't open? >> he ran out of data. what in the world is happening? eupdate hisriminal but facebook status or something. >> it's too much, mike. >> could have went sideways really quickly. >> glad it didn't. >> he's a lucky man. talk to you about the heat out there and i think richard in ukiah has it right, he said i made myself get up at 5:00 a.m. to just enjoy the cool weather with coffee before the heat later and said he's not looking forward to getting his ac bill. amen. a lot of us aren't, but we have to do it to stay safe and cool the next several days. the east bay hills camera gorgeous sunrise with multiple layers of cloud cover out there. mild around the bay, hot inland with clouds to sunshine except at the clouds where it's clouds

to clouds. patchy clouds and warm hills tomorrow morning and the heat will ease a little bit as we head towards the weekend. still have the same players on the map. high to our east, low to our west, pumping up the warmth from the desert southwest and see it hits the peripheries more than anywhere with los gatos and morgan hill in the upper 90s. low to mid 80s for south bay, a sunny 75 in santa cruz. really comfortable around millbrae 72 and then san mateo 75 and the rest of the peninsula low 80s. 61 to 63 along the coast nearly 68 in downtown san francisco. 87 in sonoma, vallejo 85, the farther north 90s in santa rosa and 100s around clear lake and ukiah. mid to upper 70s for the east bay shore. and then we have the mid to upper 90s in our inland east bay neighborhoods. mid 50s to mid 60s cloud cover about the same as this morning. my accuweather seven-day forecast, a slow easing of the heat. hardly noticeable until sunday when temperatures are almost six

to ten degrees cooler away from the coast. have a great day. here's alexis. >> good morning. we are looking at a traffic alert unfortunately. this is a big problem in emeryville westbound 80 between ashby and powell. we have a truck that lost control and took out barrels and they cannot move it. it's blocking the three right gt a tow truck in position. they need a street sweeper to get the sand from the barrels cleaned up. one lane inching by at the moment sort of having a weird effect, the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights on because so many folks are stuck in this. coming in from 580 or 880 enjoy. that is one of the benefits of coming in another direction. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, bart the way to go there. eight minutes across the bay bridge. the rest of the way into san francisco, san francisco to sfo in the green nine minutes. >> thanks. want to take you to this live picture from our sister station, kabc in los angeles.

this is the cranston fire we were telling you about a few minutes ago burning east of l.a. this is near the town of idyllwild. 4700 acres and at last count it was only about 5% contained and this is the fire where they arrested a man yesterday because they say he is -- he set it and set other fires in the area as well. we'll keep our eye on this throughout the morning. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >> to ginger zee with a look at what's ahead on the show. hi, ginger. >> reggie, jessica, hello, so great to be with you on a thursday morning. coming up on "gma," breaking news, at the u.s. embassy in beijing. an alleged bomber sets off an explosion. thankfully no one besides the suspect is injured. we are live in the region with the latest there. also ahead, the urgent search for the missing clem student w -- college student. the fbi is joining the case. using data from her fitbit to try to find her.

the latest on demi lovato recovering in the hospital, what we're learning about the emergency medication, narcan, that was used to save her and how she's doing this morning. and it's thursday, and that means deals and steals. we've got savings on smart prler prlems, like stains of those to. a spill on my shirt in the morning. guess what, tori johnson going to fix it all, coming up on "gma." >> i still can't believe you swam with whale sharks yesterday and talking to us today. >> you survived. >> and here i am. i know. i survived. i got right out of the aquarium yesterday and was on a plane in like an hour and a half. it was pretty special. >> that's how she does it. ginger zee, always nice talking to you. >> thank you. >> you too. thinking about retirement you may have to push back those plans by a few years. >> and many of us carpool but a new study finds a specific type

your never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. a spare the air day, fourth one so far this summer season and we haven't exceeded any unhealthy standards out there. that's good news. keep it up to date. east bay, from solano we have a heat advisory. dangerous heat through at least tomorrow in most neighborhoods. this evening, up in mendocino county. more on the heat coming up. here'sss >> thank you. new at 6:00, major service

gaps causing a headache for commuters in san francisco. according to the examiner nearly 100 busses are sitting idle because of an operator shortage. with fewer busses on the streets riders are left waiting more than 45 minutes on some of the busiest routes. sfmta say it's a perfect storm of construction, training delays and union requirements. you can expect to see relief next month when muni resumes through the twin peaks tunnel. a target retirement age in mind, may want to add a couple years. a study from an organization called the index annuity leadership council found three in five americans are very likely to be working longer than planned. they should expect to push their retirement back by about two fi during rirthe counci sayst'sevoa nt planning for nex at se

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>> now at fight. the effort to stop a fire that has already destroyed one home in clayton. >> tracking breaking news out of arizona where one state trooper is dead, another injured after a struggle with a suspect just outside of phoenix. >> many people carpool to work through uber or lyft but a study finds ride share companies could be making your commute worse. good morning. it is thursday, july 26th. >> it's kind of a weird commute in the east bay this morning which alexis is going to talk about in a second. you're not going to believe what the bay bridge toll plaza looks like. >> i know. >> it's odd. >> strange. >> we'll start with weather and mike nicco. >> let's talk about the heat and the poor air quality. the two big stories this morning. it's our inland east bay neighborhoods and the south bay that had the potential for poor air quality on this fourth summer spare the air alert. if you can and you're sensitive to ground based ozone limit outdoor activities today. look at this gorgeous sunrise. this is from sutro tower this

morning. here's my accuweather 12-hour planner, same temperatures not as much fog. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. stay near 60 at coast, near 70s, inland areas that will bake from 86 at noon to 94 at 4:00 and a toasty 84 at 7:00. let's find out about that unusual commute. here's alexis. >> the first part of this is we have a traffic alert in emeryville. this is a truck that lost control, took out some barrels and a lot of damage done. they cannot move it. a tow truck is on the scene, westbound 80 around powell. three right lanes are blocked. a sig alert. we have a major delay from highway 4 trying to get to the maze about an hour and 15 minutes. this what is reggie was talking about. so many people stuck in that backup they have not turned on the bay bridge metering lights. coming in from 580 or 880, enjoy. this is your special treat as a result of that collision and there were no injuries. that is good news too. we'll take a look at drive times coming up next. >> thank you. developing news in contra costa county, air tankers and

helicopters will resume flame retardant and water drops on a brush fire in clayton. >> cal fire says the fire grew to 247 acres after igniting yesterday afternoon on marsh creek road. it is now 20% contained. you can see here a home that burned. >> and marsh creek road remains closed from morgan territory road to gill drive. >> reporter amy hollyfield live with new details and video that came in overnight. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. look at isom behowe close fire came to this house. we are on marsh creek road. firefighters did save that house. look how smoky it still is here and that's because little spot fires are still burning. firefighters tell me this -- these fires are all happening inside the perimeter. they are dealing with them. but they did tell me that they did stop the forward progression of this fire. so they are feeling better about the situation here. there will be a briefing at 7:00

this morning. that's where we will find out officially how the night went and what today looks like. this fire started at 2:40 yesterday afternoon. one home was destroyed along with three out buildings. evacuations were ordered and residents tell us about how stressful that has been for them. >> mostly just worried for the animals and just making sure everything is safe. i mean definitely been through this before, but the fact that we can't get in to get them is kind ofune. >> reporter: marsh creek road is still closed this morning. morgan territory is now open. but there is no power so beware, the firefighters told me the argument was they wouldn't evacuate a neighborhood for a power outage so there was no reason to keep the evacuation order in place. so morgan territory is now open. the library did turn into a shelter overnight for people who needed a place to stay. the good news on this fire no injuries have been reported.

we are expecting a briefing in a few minutes at 7:00. live in clayton, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. and firefighters are alert for flairups from a fire that shut down a stretch of highway 101 in santa clara county. they're watching things closely this morning. you can see here on our map, this is where the fire broke out in san martin afternoon. it burned about 20 acres before fire crews had it surrendered. sky 7 flew over the area as flames damaged vehicles as well. thick smoke from the flames blew across 101. at one point chp shut down the southbound lanes for a while. no word on what started this fire. they're watching for flareups this morning. want to take you to shasta county. new mandatory evacuations are in effect for the rapidly growing car fire. the flames have scorched more than 6700 acres and the fire is 10% contained. a chp officer took some pretty dramatic

video near whiskey town where it appears an entire mountain is on fire. >> i can feel the heat coming off this thing here. this is what the blaze is looking like. this whole mountain range. >> the fire started on monday and the cause is being attributed to the mechanical failure of a vehicle. we're tracking breaking news in arizona. a state trooper is dead after being shot during a struggle with a man. it happened outside phoenix. officials say several officers began fighting with the man last night, trying to take him into custody on the interstate 10. authorities say one of the troopers lost their duty weapon in the struggle. investigators say the man fired two rounds with the weapon. one trooper was hurt. the trooper that died his name is trooper tyler edenhofer. he was the trooper killed in this. >> our thoughts and prayers are with his family. lives have been shattered and ruined.

and we're all in a little bit of a state of shock this morning. trooper edenhofer was an officer in training and had just graduated from the state trooper academy in may. new this morning, the explosion outside the u.s. embassy in beijing, china. >> some scary moments there. a chaotic scene surrounding the building. witnesses reported seeing a small cloud of smoke rising and officers surrounding the embassy. chinese police say the explosion was caused by a man carrying a small bomb trying to hurt himself and he survived and appears no one else was injured. a santa clara safeway worker is accused of killing his co-worker. ray hyde's body was found at a park friday across the street from the store. the 54-year-old worked in the meat department and is being described as an active member of the cathedral of faith church in san jose. we're told he was a single father of three. >> who would want to hurt him? he was a very good man to

everybody. he was so nice and sweet and very humble. >> the suspect identified as 25-year-old gage mccartney is due in court tomorrow. police say that they are still piecing together the case and investigators will release more details after mccartney is arraigned. this is santa clara's first homicide of the year. the family of a man convicted of a rape and murder is now fighting to prove it was the golden state killer who committed the crime. 28-year-old joan anderson was killed in 1979. there are similarities between her case and the m.o. of the golden state killer. >> her ankles were tightly tied with a cord from the window blinds. she was bludgeoned over 20 times with a hammer. >> police arrested william lee evans for this crime and took he took a plea deal in the case. he died of a heart attack in prison in the year 2013. the orange county d.a.'s office has agreed to look for dna

evidence that might link the case to the golden state killer. the suspect joseph james deangelo. he may be connected to the crime but the process could take several months. happening today the trump administration says it is on track to meet the court-imposed deadline to reunite all the migrant children separated from their parents at the border. there are about 2500 kids covered under the ruling but there could be some bumpy roads ahead. some of the parents have been deported without their kids and hundreds more who can be reunited by immigration customs enforcement. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. near the coast like the golden gate bridge, west wind gusting to 20 miles per hour and mist hang in the air that will continue throughout the morning commute. ferry ride is gusty north of the bay bridge through the delta this afternoon and evening.

mass transit a huge summer spread once again. nearly 40 degrees from san francisco to our inland neighborhoods. 65 in the east bay valleys and 75 at 10:00, 86 in noon. that's comfortable compared to the mid 90s for most of the afternoon. and then 82 still at 8:00. peninsula much calmer conditions, 61 at 8:00. sunshine by noon and mid to upper 70s throughout the afternoon hours. comfortable 68 with sunshine at 8:00. and the south bay it's going to be warmer after starting off with clouds this morning, 63. 20 degrees warmer with sunshine by noon and hanging out in the upper 80s throughout the afternoon hours and also you're going to cool nicely to about 76 degrees by 8:00.okeheeat is goi linger longer in my accuweather seven-day forecast. you have an update on a problem out there. >> i want to take you back to emeryville. i am fortunate to have this on camera so i can keep track of this closely. they did pull the truck that lost control and took out a few

barrels this morning in the emeryville stretch, they dragged it off to the side. they have moved the vehicle involved in the crash. no injuries. that was it. nobody else involved. now they've got to clean up this mess and calling for a street sweeper. a little hard to tell if that is actually it. they may be making those cleanup efforts as we speak. some sand from the barrels went all over the roadway. we've got the three right lanes still blocked and you're looking at about an hour drive westbound 80 between highway 4 and the maze. we have a new crash westbound 24 inside caldecott tunnel and that is blocking the left lane in bore number three. use bore number four and definitely plan on some delays into the arenda area. it is no secret that bay area can have some nightmare xhutsz like the one i was talking about. a study says ride share services are only making things worse. the report by bruce shaler says options like uber pool and lyft line appeal to people who might normally choose mass transportation or another way to get to where they're going

without using a car. looked at san francisco with eight other major metropolitan areas and uber and lyft are disputing those reports. they are saying we're not making traffic worse. but yeah, you can see both sides of it. i love uber and lyft when it's convenient and savings you time. but other times you know they stop right in front of you, don't put their hazards on and more cars on the roads. >> always pros and cons with a new service. >> and obviously our cities are aware of this and they're working on solutions. we just don't have them yet. >> right. yes. >> alexis, thanks. visitors ordered out of yosemite as firefighters battle a raging wildfire. we'll tell you about tour operations in the bay area and how they're being forced to get creative. >> and oh, boy, we were ready for a problem on wall street. i know. you're saying doesn't look like it. we're up 141 points. if you're invested in tech or work for a tech company especially facebook, pay attention next. >> your favorite soft drink

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> about 15 minutes shy of 7:00 on this thursday already. the ferguson fire and what it's doing to the air quality in the central valley. see all the smoke filling that up and that's why we have the

air quality alert through tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. nearly 3.3 million people breathing potentially dangerous air and we've also got an air quality warning. also the excessive heat will continue again today and tomorrow. today another flex alert day for electricity. try to limit it from 5:00 to 9:00. temperatures well over 100 through the central valley, nearly that in yosemite to 120 in palm springs. reggie? thanks, mike. okay. let's talk about what's going on with facebook. you can see right there that not long after opening, facebook stock is down almost 18%. >> that's right. the sell-off started last night after their latest earnings report showed slower than expected growth. we've been seeing this hover in that 18 mark all morning long. down at least 17%. all morning. so these numbers could get worse, though. we're going to check in with abc 7 news reporter matt keller live in menlo park right now. this is not what people who hold

facebook stock want to hear, matt. >> yeah. a lot of money overnight in the stock market. facebook used to be a big thumb's up with investors, but this morning it's a big thumb's down. the stock plunging after the earnings report came out yesterday. so how bad was it? well, it was really bad for a lot of people. the stock was down 24% at one point in afterhours trading shedding about $144 billion in value. that's rebounded a little bit. that means ceo mark zuckerberg took a big personal hit losing $16.8 billion in stock value at that time. that's about a fifth of his net worth. facebook's user base and revenue grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter as the menlo park based company dealt with privacy issues and an executive expects revenue growth to slow down in the next couple quarters. good news for facebook, the company still earned $5.1 billion in profit, up 31% from the year before. facebook also revealed instagram has more than a billion users.

reporting live in menlo park, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> we'll be watching all day, thank you. turning to this, large parts of yosemite national park closed to visitors until at least sunday because of the ferguson fire. >> it has grown to more than 41,000 acres. it's just 26% contained. flames have not entered yosemite just to be clear, but the campgrounds and hotels in the area have been closed. it's a disappointment for many tourists in the bay area who have been looking forward to visiting the popular national park. >> we had somebody crying in tears last night because he really wants to go. >> yosemite tours have been canceled as well. tours of san francisco is not one of them. they have actually created an alternative tour that explores the wilderness area in the northern part of yosemite valley. that part of the park is still open. that may be one way to go if you're looking to go soon. >> at love these cam percent who have been ousted from yosemite

are flooding sequoia and king's canyon national parks and park officials sent out an alert warning visitors all lodging and camp grounds are full. they are discouraging commercial tour bus operators from visiting because of their limited parking and all the congestion. on to a major study that finds lowering your blood pressure to recommended levels can cut your risk of dementia. researchers in utah found that people who top blood pressure raekds was likely to develop mid cognitive impairment and 15% less likely to eventually develop dementia. the results are similar to other research that found lower blood pressure can cut your risk of heart attack and stroke. your morning money report, jetblue making changes and will impact your next flight. >> the airline planning to raise ticket prices and cut routes. they haven't announced which routes are being cut yet. the airline flies in and out of

all three bay area airports. jetblue cutting jobs at its headquarters. it's all to make up for higher fuel costs which jetblue is blaming for a $120 million second quarter loss. taking a live look now at the new york stock exchange. you can say that it is up 147 points. but that is not really where all eyes are right now. they are on the nasdaq, the nasdaq is down 80 or about 1% and a lot of that is connected to what's happening with facebook today. overnight asian stocks were lower because of president trump's announcement that he's holding off on new tariffs against the european union. the trade war is about to hit home. coca-cola announcing a price 't how much butal s higheht andt if you drink your coke withc straws andrrs wil sn saea all d

parks except for the one in tokyo. the company will eliminate them by the middle of next year. it estimates through million strauss and 13 million stirrers annually. the move on the announcement that starbucks is ditching straws from its store. >> straws are the new enemy. they have a target on their backs. that is for sure. >> no more straws. >> a young girl's love for lemonade has sparked a summer road trip. >> today you can help her. we introduced you to teresa this week. abc 7 news was outside the police department as she served up lemonade tofirefighters ther. her family set out ten days ago to sell lemonade outside police stations with one purpose in mind. >> to raise money for the fallen police officers. >> it's better to give than to receive and she's taken herself giving to the police officers.

>> teresa, such a sweetie, was inspired after watching a disney channel show. she'll be selling lemonade at the south san francisco and san francisco police departments. her family's love with lemons campaign has raised thousands of dollars for the families of fallen officers. you go teresa ann. >> she's adorable. >> what was your most memorable birthday. one man celebrated his day combining two of his favorite hobbies, music and exercise. ♪ >> that's one way to do it. the 27-year-old wanted to do something special for all july babies and he came up with this. it's his idea. the talented violinist performed "happy birthday" hanging upside down on monkey bars in a maryland park. >> he was getting quite the

ab workout there. >> talk about multitasking. >> he just created the best thirst trap in the history of thirst traps. he got to be on tv across the country showing he not only plays the violin but has abs. >> smart guy. >> very talented. appreciated seeing that. the rest of us feel awful. >> could you do that, mike? >> of course, not. i don't play the violin. >> you play the drums. >> got you. let's take a look at what's going on outside, you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. absolutely gorgeous.wer, this morning, the way it looks in san jose, about 61 degrees under a mostly cloudy sky. hottest inland but comfortable around the bay and coast. partly cloudy tonight, foggy in a few spots and cool, at least out of our hills. kind of the same as we've had the last couple mornings and the summer spread through the extended. take a look at that cloud cover and you can see it sticks to the

coast as it retreats back to there by about 10, 10:30 and going to keep you in the low to mid 60s. see what it does the lack of the clouds for the rest of us in the sea breeze as you get deeper into los gatos, morgan hill and gilroy, low to mid 80s south bay, san jose 87 and a sunny 75 this afternoon in santa cruz. nice on the peninsula from millbrae to san mateo and then hit 80s around redwood city and southward. low 80s. san francisco today at least on the bayside, 68. on the coast side about 63. we'll have upper 80s to low 90s through the north bay. farther north the hotter it is. santa rosa 93 but your eyes were drawn up here to the 100s. clover dale northward. nice day on the east bay shoreline. mid to upper 70s most of us. baking hot in our inland east bay neighborhoods with mid to upper 90s. my accuweather seven-day forecast a couple degrees of heat loss every day and you probably won't notice it until we get to sunday. one of our more comfortable days across the board. have a greats day.

here's alexis. >> unfortunately not much has changed here westbound 80 in emeryville around ashby. the three right lanes blocked. a street sweeper, i was able to get a better look at that. working on cleaning up sand from a crash. a truck took out some barrels and this has been a big mess. about an hour delay right now if you are coming in from highway 4. sort of having a weird effect on the bay bridge toll plaza. so many folks stuck behind that we still don't have any metering lights. it's almost 7:00 a.m. this is very unusual for a thursday. e c i or 880 enjoy. just a strange benefit to the crash. and we also have some trouble on westbound 24. still have the crash inside caldecott tunnel blocking the left lane in bore number three. you're jammed in to arenda. i wanted to show you what the backup looked like from the sig alert in emeryville and then a secondary crash in the backup in richmond that has cleared off to the shoulder. >> the toll plaza, boy goes to show you how many people use 80 in the morning. >> next the seven things you need to know before you go.

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just joining us the seven things to know before you go. number one, this morning fire crews are battling a 247 acre brush fire in clayton in contra costa county. one home has been destroyed. and the fire strted yesterday afternoon on marsh creek road. it is 20% contained. and number two, we've got some issues with your weather. not only is it going to be dangerously hot inland but the potential for poor air quality. it starts off in my accuweather 12-hour planner, but we end up in the 90s inland. >> number three a sig alert in emeryville. looking live at westbound 80 right around ashby. three right lanes are still down. a truck hit some breherusonenot and ten minutes from highway 4 to the maze. >> number four an arizona

trooper is dead after a shooting on interstate 10 man who got ahold of a trooper's duty weapon during a struggle. the suspect has been taken into custody. >> number five an explosion outside the u.s. embassy in china caused a brief scare. police say a man carrying a small bomb was the only person injured. there is no word on a motive. >> number six, a huge loss for facebook after suffering its largest stock plunge ever. it lost $130 billion in market value in just two hours after user growth and revenue missed its mark. ceo mark zuckerberg also took a personal hit. he lost $16.8 billion. >> number seven, beyonce fans, she has just released a new photo of her two twins. check it out. posted on her website. carter family is on vacation in europe right now and they look like they're having a fabulous time. >> look how big they are. >> i know no that is amazing, right. >> like selena gomez put

something out and beat her record so now she had to turn around and beat her record. >> good morning, america. breaking news, a bomb explodes outside the u.s. embassy in china. with dozens of people lined up outside, smoke fills the air, chaos on the scene. the suspect injured by his own device now in custody. we're live with the latest. also breaking, fires and floods. the cranston wildfire erupting out west. the fast-moving blaze scorching thousands of acres, destroying homes and forcing communities to evacuate. now a suspect under arrest accused of starting the fire. and in the east, historic flooding. nearly a foot of rai hist hersheyar the race to save demi. new details this morning about