wildfires. >> sure does. yes, it does. >> people having to evacuate and then the weather not cooperating, mike. >> not at all. they have a red flag warning for the high fire danger due to a northwest wind, 25 miles per hour and temperatures well over 100 again this afternoon. it is bone dry up there. conversely back here at home a nice sea breze keeping once again most of us out of this extended and expanded heat wave that's gripped our state for the better part of a week. it's pretty misty out there also around the bay. let me throw up the clouds and see they're spreading to more neighborhoods and that's going to help take a sting out of the heat even inland where low to mid 90s will be dominant than the mid and upper 90s we've had the last couple days. we're waking up this morning to mid 50s to about 60s, my accuweather 12-hour planner, 59 at the coast, 72 around the bay, 85 inland at noon and comfortable evening for most of us, still a touch warm inland at 7:00, about 82 degrees. how about the traffic. >> let's see what roads are doing this morning.

here's a look at your drive times. 8 minutes westbound on the bay bridge. and as we're talking about the bay bridge, let's see what that looks like right now. you can see the cash lanes are stacking up. metering lights are not on. that should be happening in the next 30 minutes or so. and we are following breaking news in the south bay. a crash has left a chp officer hurt. >> the accident happened on clayton road in an unincorporated part of san jose and abc 7 news reporter matt keller just arrived there on the scene for us. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. this all started as call to chp for a vehicle crash here on clayton road. this is a remote area up here near mount hamilton and this is outside the city limits of san jose. take a look at the video. you can see it here, when officers arrived they found a vehicle that looks like a motorized car towed by another vehicle. the person ran off and the cart rolled back and hit the officer and his patrol vehicle. off. as for the officer's injuries a

spokesperson says they couldn't comment but are not considered life threatening. reporting live in san jose, matt keller >> thank you, matt. develop news in redding, fast moving flames forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across shasta county. the carr fire started about 28 miles west of redding near the town of french gulch and burned all the way into the city limits. the wildfire has grown to nearly 29,000 acres and only 6% contained. cal fire says a privately hired bulldozer operator was killed fighting or battling the fire. three firefighters have been hurt in this. an area hospital is treating several burn victim. several mandatory evacuations have been ordered. our abc affiliate in redding krcr was on the air but had to abruptly stop their broadcast and get out. >> right now we're being evacuated. that's why we are kind of closing out right now.

>> yes. >> we are going to leave the station because it is now unsafe to be here. so like i said, we have all the information on our website. of course we'll be updating you from there as much as we can. >> we're going to go out on the mercy sky cam and leave you with this picture. please, please evacuate, everyone. stay safe. have a good night. >> boy, i know so many of you have friends and family who live in the redding area and this is scary. cal fire says dozens of homes have been destroyed and nearly 500 are still threatened. this morning the marsh fire in clayton is 75% contained and burned about 250 acres since it started wednesday afternoon. cal fire says one home burned, 13 structures are still threatened, there is a mandatory evacuation order for marsh creek road between morgan territory road and gill drive. firefighters expect to be in the area cleaning up for at least two more days. new this morning, shots fired in oakland. police were investigating the

area near 73rd and bancroft avenue around 11:30 last night and placed markers where they found shell casings on the ground. we are still working to find out if anyone was hurt. happening today, a man accused of killing a safeway co-worker in santa clara is due in court. 25-year-old gauge mccartney set to be arraigned this afternoon. the body of 54-year-old ray hyde was found across the street from the store last friday. investigators say the men worked together in the meat department. it's not clear what led up to the killing. this is the first homicide of the year in santa clara. a frightening attack in mountain view. a grandmother managed to fight off a woman who tried to kidnap her grandchild in broad daylight at fair month park on fairmont avenue. amanda dell castillo says how police found the suspect. >> reporter: police say it was along fairmont avenue, a toddler, mom and grandmother were approached by a woman

wearing a white mask over her mouth wednesday. the bizarre actions were followed by a brazen demand. >> a woman driven up, stopped, got out of her car and said i am here to take your child. >> reporter: police say the suspect is 31-year-old schauntel gomez, a transient out of monterey county. mountain view pd says when gomez reached to take the child, grandma took action and in the scuffle, grandma suffered injuries to her head. gomez then turned to the toddler's mom, making threats. >> that seemed to be enough to kind of thwart her attempts and she turned around and got back into her car and drove off. >> reporter: gomez didn't get far. a patrol officer found her early thursday morning turning into this shell station just two and a half miles from fairmont park. in gomez's car police found drug paraphernalia and the white mask victims described at the time of the attack. it was similar to the one seen here. she was arrested for attempted kidnapping, criminal threats, battery, and possession of drug

paraphernalia. >> i'm very shocked, especially for this road that's probably the first time i've ever heard of our street having any problems whatsoever. >> reporter: neighbors say what happened wednesday isn't common for the area and admit they're concerned prior to the failed attempt was low. >> we are here and we feel safe. >> reporter: in mountain view -- you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast forecast. the heat lingering 3800 feet in the east bay, mount diablo 80 degrees right now. it's comfortable everywhere else. after temperatures in the mid 90s we've cooled off into the mid and upper 50s from concord and pleasant hill to pleasanton, highway 4 with mid to upper 60s around brentwood and antioch and heading to about 60 in pittsburgh. 63 in san jose, pretty toasty up in the hills in los gatos about 78, mid to upper 50s around the bay shore. look at the low 50s in pacifica,

52 novato 50, napa at 53. what are you thinking about doing on friday, going to the beaches, breezy and mainly gray unless you go to santa cruz. out and about cleaner air, no spare the air today and a small craft advisory if you're going to be out on the bay, north of the bay bridge from about noon until 9:00. that's where it will be choppy and the breezes will be fastest. waking up to cloud cover, mist in san francisco through 8:00 and then becoming cloudy at the coast but mainly sunny around the bay with temperatures in the 60s during the afternoon hours. in the south bay we'll be partly cloudy and 62 at 8:00. nearing 80 at noon and hanging out in the mid 80s for the afternoon hours. nothing too extreme for you and a delightful evening, get out and enjoy, 73 degrees at 8:00. weekend forecast coming up next. >> thank you, let's take a look here at your traffic. you can see mass transit on the green right now. things looking very good on bart. 40 trains in service right now. and let's take a live look outside at our golden gate

bridge cam. hard to see the bridge at all this morning. it's definitely foggy out there. but there is no fog advisory issued at this point. the plaintiffs who have sued over the cleanup of hunter's point are demanding san francisco city leaders take action. they want the city to use money to test the soil at the shipyard and check for cancer and other diseases. the lawsuit claims tetra tech put lives at risk falsifying results from contaminated soil samples. tetra tech denies the claim and offered to pay for retesting at the former naval shipyard. it is expensive to find a place to live in the bay area. >> it is. for the first time in six years you can save money if you rent instead of buy. a little bit of good news. true leah found more than 12% cheaper to rent a home in san jose than it is to buy one. thep gap is 5.5% in san francisco. still not cheap by any means. the median rent is 3500 per month in san jose, a little more

than 4,000 a month in san francisco. at the end of the day still renting and not owning anything. >> no. >> bittersweet. >> $4,000 and that is the median. >> that's the median. >> ouch. one of the most influential candidates convention wraps up in san jose. it is a chance to not only network, but to learn about some of the trends in the budding industry. the headliner yesterday was former deputy attorney general james cole. he crafted a memo that opened the door for states to legalize cannabis. current attorney general jeff sessions has rescinded the memo. cole says he wants the federal government to deal with cannabis as a medical pharmaceutical substance. >> if it's got a medical use let's find that out. if it doesn't, let's find that out. let's not ignore it. let's just do the science. >> a lot of people showed up to hear him speak. about 7500 people showed up for the summit's first two days. it's almost back to school

shopping season. this year some parents are adding an extra tim item to the list. >> amazon's surveillance technology is supposed to help police catch criminals. >> it's 5:10. abc 7 the only place you can see

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> it's 5:12 on friday. we still have the heat advisory for the areas in orange. we'll start from the top and head south. we've got mendocino and lake

counties, solano county and the diablo range where highs will reach 96 to 108 degrees today. had means be careful all the way up until about 8:00 and then things will start to cool off nicely. here's jessica. >> hot weather across the state, mike, and it's been a tough thing for firefighters to deal with. here at the live desk where i am we're staying on top of the car fire. people who live in and around redding taking to sonoma cial m to share stories. evacuating and feels like the apocalypse. #carrfire. what an eerie photo there. this video taken by a viewer named highland gypsy. she says the carr fire made it to downtown redding, evacuation orders have been issued for most of the city. then stay safe. you can see the orange glow as that video plays. looks like a helicopter there in the sky trying to help fight

those flames. and then this last one here, from a viewer named anja, live from redding, you can see those flames right behind some of those homes there. certainly a really tough situation that we will update throughout the morning as our show continues. reggie? >> tough night for those folks. california is among a dozen states suing the trump administration over new restrictions to the affordable care act. the state attorney general announced the lawsuit on twitter yesterday. he says the new regulations would allow small businesses to give workers minimal health care coverage. he says insurers would be able to discriminate based on health status, age or gender and raise premiums. the white house has not yet responded to the lawsuit. the u.s. is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world. that is according to a new "usa today" investigation which looked at records from 75 hospitals. the report says each year 50,000 moertsz are severely hurt during

childbirth in the united states. about 700 mothers died. half of deaths can be prevented with better care while maternal deaths rose across the country california is the exception, deaths in the golden state fell by half between 1990 and 2015. safety experts and hospitals in california work together to set practices that society continues the gold standard of care. a flaw in amazon's surveillance technology. the facial recognition system falsely associated 28 members of congress with mugshots in a criminal database. democratic representatives sent a letter to jeff bezos demanding answers and cited an aclu test which recognition appeared bias toward people of color. amazon has been selling recognition as a crime fighting tool. some parents are adding a new item to their back-to-school shopping list, bulletproof inserts to fit inside a backpack

designed to stop a bullet fired from a handgun up to a 44 magnum. inserts are becoming more popular after recent school shootings. a gun shop owner in west palm beach florida, said he sold 200 inserts within the past year. >> they can't leave the school, the school under lockdown and they're sitting in the classroom like a sitting duck. this will at least give them some extra layer of protection. >> i actually think it's a great idea. it will be awesome for kids to have something to be able to protect themselves. >> inserts weigh about a pound and cost about $120. small price to pay to protect your children, but boy, a sign of the times. >> yeah. i don't think it's anything any of us wanted to see. the founder of papa john's pizza is suing the chain. john schnatter resigned as chair of the company after he reportedly used a racial slur during a conference call. now he wants access to the company's books and records. in a complaint filed yesterday he said he wants the documents because of the, quote,

heavy-handed way the company has treated him. schnatter calls the resignation a mistake. in today's "gma" first look, the mother of a missing iowa college student is talking about the moment she found out her daughter disappeared. abc news reporter alex perez has details. >> in this morning's "gma" first look mollie tibbett's mother is speaking out to abc news. it's been nine agonizing days since her daughter vanished. >> my son scott, he gave me a call, saying mom, did you know mollie didn't go to work, at which point i said, i will be right home. >> the university of iowa freshman set off alarms with family and friends when she didn't show up for work in brooklyn, iowa. volunteers combing through the dense cornfields near her running route but no sign of the 20-year-old. >> there is really no clues. there's a dci agent who says she has been in the business for 23 years and only one other case where she had so few leads.

so i can't speculate. i'm just hoping for the best. >> and we'll have more of the exclusive interview coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look i'm alex perez, abc news chicago. former san francisco first lady and former fox news host kimberly guilfoyle is accused of inappropriate work place conduct. she left fox news l week. sources tell t"the huffington post" she did not leave voluntarily. a human resource investigation into sexual misconduct including the sharing of inappropriate photos. gill foil's attorney says the accusations are baseless. music fans, the daily schedule for outside lands in san francisco is available. janet jackson will be performing sunday, august 12th. that. of people excited for thousands expected at the festival at golden gate park.

the weekend kicking offuturetin saturday. if you want to check out them a there you will see all the details including tickets that you can plan ahead for. >> all they need now is good weather. hopefully that will happen. >> that's right. no fun sitting in traffic unless you are in india. some frustrated commuters turned a mumbai traffic jam into a jam session. ♪ >> this video shared on twitter shows a crowd of people huddled around musicians in the middle of the jam. one is playing the cello, the other, obviously, brought his drums. the duo popped open their truck and they just -- or the trunk, i should say, and they started going to town. why not. they weren't going anywhere. >> making the best of it, right. that's what we're doing on a

friday. >> that's right. >> drum set, never leave home without it. >> right. >> weather center. >> the noise people saw it. i keep it quiet while we're on the air. >> only commercial breaks. >> that's when i serenade you. >> uh-huh. >> let's talk about what's going on. the sunshine is going to serenade a lot of us as we head through the weekend. except if you're at the coast where the cloud cover will be dominant. near full moon hanging over the bay this morning. you can barely see if you look closely, it's illuminating the top of the marine layer which did grow overnight and going to reach more neighborhoods. still going to be hot inland but not as hot as it has been. foggy spots, mostly cloudy, cool again tonight, the highs near average levels as we head through the extended. the players on the map, we still got a low to our west and a high to our east, the high is slipping to the east allowing the low to take over and with this clockwise flow that's what's pumping up the marine layer and bringing a little more cooling as we head through the forecast. for today low to mid 80s in the

south bay with san jose at 86, still too far away from the sea breeze. los gatos, morgan hills and gilroy low to mid 90s. 70 to 82 your spread on the peninsula today. 60 to 63 along the peninsula coast with mid 60s in downtown, south san francisco. sausalito 67. low to mid 60s north bay coast. mid to upper 80s inland until you get to santa rosa northward where we hit the 90s and triple digits once again around ukiah. how about upper 60s in richmond and berkeley. and then low to upper 70s from oakland to freemont. 90s at san ramon to 100 in brentwood. my accuweather seven-day forecast, temperatures sunday and monday for the most part, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, pretty average for this time of year. all right. a check of the morning commute. >> thank you. let's check your traffic out there, and your drive times in the yellow for tracy to dublin,

46 minutes, westbound antioch to concord, 50 minutes, southbound direction on 101. live look in san jose on 87 looking south of the airport, traffic moving along nicely right now. heading to san jose this morning, you should be there on time. no problems. 49ers hit the practice field for the first time after opening training camp and there was an encouraging sign. cornerback richar sherman was on the field and practiced without limitations yesterday. he tore his achilles last november and received a $2 million signing bonus for passing his physical on first day of camp. >> so into it mentally with regards to football, athletically looks the same, looks great, and he will tell you he's rusty but he'll continue to work and get better but we're excited to have him and he's really good for the room and glad he's here. >> by the way, suspended linebacker reuben foster on the

field, he can work out but will miss the first two games. >> up next the seven things you need to know. >> ahead at 5:30, roseanne >> ahead at 5:30, roseanne ba

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hitting the officer and patrol car. >> number four, the man charged with murdering nia wilson at oakland's macarthur bart station is due in court. 27-year-old john cowell accused of stabbing wilson to death. >> number five weather wise a tale of two forecasts. once again the coast and the bay. average to a little below average while inland neighborhoods will be five to ten degrees warmer than average for at least one more day. >> and number six, a live look at the morning commute. this is the golden gate bridge. you can't really make it out right now. it's very foggy this morning. friday light, though, for most of the bay area right now. >> and number seven, get those breath mints ready. the gilroy garlic festival kicks off. garlic ice cream, fries and everything, garlic shrimp, very popular. >> too early for garlic bread? >> i don't think it's ever too late or early. >> i don't think so. >> am i right about that? coming back for another 90 minutes of news.

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good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." the flames keep spreading in northern california. now cal fire says a bulldozer operator died on the front lines. >> a chp officer recovering from injuries after a hit and run in san jose this morning. and a sight you won't want to miss. the longest lunar eclipse of the century. good morning. it is friday, july 27th. thanks for joining us. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco here to help us plan our day. >> good morning, guys.

a little mist. did you run into some of that this morning? >> yeah, i felt it. >> kind of felt refreshing if you've been sitting in the 90s and 100s during the afternoon hours. spotty mist near the coast and the peninsula once again. possibly as you cross some of the bridges across the bay, you can see the gray taking over. more neighborhoods, the marine layer grew and going to touch more of our neighborhoods this afternoon. it's not going to be as hot as it has been. our exploratorium camera at pier 15, how gray it is over san francisco. mid to upper 50s for most of us through 7:00 and near 60 at the coast today, from 71 to 77 around the bay with the hazy sunshine. 84 to 93 inland. yeah. break from the upper 90s and 100s. 7:00, heading out, dress for 58 at the coast, 70 around the bay, 83 inland. >> thanks. take a look at traffic this morning. we're going to do a tour off our bridges including the richmond/san rafael bridge, the traffic is building but flowing nicely. our other drive times right now

as you're making your commute into work, golden gate bridge six minutes, westbound bay bridge ten minutes and san mateo at 12. and now we go to developing news in redding, the carr fire has really ballooned in size, ripping through shasta county and into west redding. >> it was a rough night. several areas are now under mandatory evacuations. one person has died. the carr fire tripled in size yesterday, growing to nearly 29,000 acres. you're adding in scorching temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions and a terrible combination. the fire just 6% contained. dozens of homes have been destroyed and there are 500 still threatened. cal fire says crews found the body of a privately hired bulldozer operator who was clearing vegetation in the fire's path. flames burned over him and his equipment. >> as we mourn the loss, we also battle a fire that is moving

extremely quickly and erratically into western redding. >> such dangerous conditions for firefighters. there are at least thwho got hu and one of the hospitals in the area has confirmed it is treating several burn victims. the carr fire was sparked by a mechanical issue involving a vehicle on monday. obviously they need all the help they can get right now in shasta county. some is coming from the bay area. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in san mateo as our fire crews head in two different directions. amy? >> hi, jessica. the bay area is springing into action, san mateo is one of five counties here in the region that is sending some help. one team launched from the peninsula yesterday. they are heading north up to the carr fire. that fire is threatening redding and has killed one person, so firefighters definitely need help up there as that fire continues to grow. but, officials say they can't ignore the southern part of the state. they need help down there too.

the city of san francisco is sending 22 firefighters to help on the cranston fire in riverside county. those who are going to help say there was no hesitation. >> everybody is willing to participate with the idea that at any point in time, you know, it could happen here in our city. >> reporter: and look at this, shout out of appreciation on twitter. thank you, sffd for rolling to help us in riverside county and then in all caps god bless you firefighters from the north. that shows the solidarity across the state during times like this. the bay area firefighters, their department at home want you to know they are not short staffed here. the staffing levels here are normal and safe. they are just sending the extra strike teams they can spare at this time. reporting live in san mateo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. governor jerry brown has

declared states of emergencies in mariposa where the ferguson fire is burning. it has charred more than 44,000 acres of land. it is only 27% contained. this is the one burning near yosemite. no flames in the park itself, but the fire has resulted in the closure of the park's valley floor at least until sunday. happening today the man accused of stabbing 18-year-old nia wilson to death at oakland's macarthur bart station is scheduled to be back in court. 27-year-old john cowell is charged with first-degree murder and did not enter a plea on wednesday. today he is going to be arraigned on a parole violation that happens at 9:00 a.m. he's scheduled to answer a plea on the murder charge next month. and the funeral for wilson will be held next friday at ax gospel church in oakland. it will be open to the public. a 28-year-old woman is in custody for the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist in crocket. christopher bunag was killed after a driver hit him from

behind on san pablo avenue. they received an anonymous phone call about the driver which led to an arrest. a bombshell dropping overnight in the ongoing russia investigation. multiple sources tell abc news michael cohen, the president's former personal attorney, claims that then candidate donald trump was aware of the june 2016 trump tower meeting before it happened. cohn says he was present when donald trump, jr. informed his father of the meeting. cohen is willing to state this to the special counsel investigating into alleged russian election meddling. north korea has turned over remains of what are believed to be a u.s. service members killed during the korean war. a u.s. air force plane carrying the remains landed in south korea last night. kim jong-un committed to returning the remains during his june summit with president trump. about 7700 u.s. soldiers are listed as missing from the korean war. the remains of 5300 of the soldiers are believed to be in north korea.

you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk temperatures up in the north bay. one kind of sticks out, the 48 in novato, the first 40s in a long time and 76 still in clear lake. in the higher elevations it's warm. most of us in the low to mid 50s. 51 in santa rosa, 53 in napa and vallejo about 57 degrees. mid to upper 50s along the bay shore, to 59 newark, redwood city hit 60, san jose 63. look at the mid 50s around lafayette and san ramon. the temperatures are 40 degrees cooler than you were yesterday afternoon. daly city about 52. san jose at 87. see it's cloudy this morning and a little mist out there. be careful during the commute i had to turn my windshield wipers on once or twice. ferry ride gusty north of the bay bridge. mass transit a huge summer spread. east bay, waking up mainly cloudy and 60 at 8:00. becoming partly cloudy and 66 at 10:00. sunshine and mid 70s afternoon hours.

67 at 8:00. may need a light jacket this evening as you head towards the 9:00 and 10:00 hour. on the peninsula about the same temperatures and same sky conditions and let's go up to the north bay, it's going to be a little warmer, cloudy and 57 at 8:00, hitting 80 at noon, some neighborhoods 90 at 4:00 but a nice 71 at 8:00. hope you enjoy the day. get a check of the traffic. what's going on? >> you will need the air conditioner in the north bay today. mike, thank you. a live look here at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were flipped on at exactly 5:27 this morning. that's ten minutes ago. you can see that we are pretty friday light. all around the bay area in fact. let's take a look at mass transit on the green right now. no delays if you're taking bart, 47 trains in service this morning. the trump administration is still working to reunite hundreds of children taken at the border with their families and more than 1800 are with their parents or sponsors. but about 700 more remain in

government custody. there is no clear idea when they will be reunited. a federal judge gave the trump administration until yesterday to reunify all eligible children. some sprarntsz been deported and their children need to be flown to their home countries. abc 7 news has learned that two girls are now back with their families after living at a children's facility in pleasant hill. the girls have been separated from their families at the border. an east bay congressman worked to reunite them. a group called southwest key runs the shelter for children ages 12 to 17. facebook's mark zuckerberg is under new pressure this morning. some investors are even calling for him to step down as company chairman. this is after the company's stock plummeted nearly 19%. the loss chopped $119 billion off its market value. facebook's stock closed at $176 a share, down more than 41 points from wednesday's all-time high close. investigators reacted to quarterly earnings report that

missed slowed user growth. it was the biggest one day drop. >> pg&e lost nearly a billion dollars in the last quarter because of claims from the north bay wildfires. state investigators blamed the utility for some of the fires that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. 45 people died in those fires. pg&e faces more than 200 lawsuits that could cost it more than $10 billion. governor brown is proposing steps to reduce wildfire liabilities for utilities. pg&e says those measures are not enough. governor brown has a plan to upgrade california's 911 system, but it's going to cost you. >> stuck at the stop, san francisco muni going into overdrive to ease a citywide overdrive to ease a citywide ? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less.

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redding. who wants to fight a fire in that. most of the state still under the same advisories and warnings. today fingers crossed, should be the last day for most of these. temperatures 117 in palm springs, still over 100 in the central valley, 95 yosemite. they will start to pull back a little bit as we head through the weekend. we'll take a look at our forecast coming up. here's reggie. >> thanks, mike. roseanne barr is back doing an interview with sean hannity and appearing on stage in new york city. >> she went to a comedy club and discussed the twitter incident that got her fired and her sitcom canceled on abc. she insists the tweet storm directed at valerie jarrett was political not racist. barr said she did not know jarrett was black and also says her tweet was mischaracterized. >> yeah, i'm sorry that anyone thought that was a racist and not a political tweet because it was, in fact, a political tweet. and not a racist tweet whatsoever.

and, you know, i can talk about it until i'm blue in the face and they're never going to accept it and i accept that. >> barr added she was stunned by the negative reaction to her tweet. californiaens may have to foot the bill to overhaul the state's aging 911 system. governor jerry brown is proposing an increase in taxes to pay for the upgrade and wants to place a flat fee on cell phones, land lines and other devices capable of contacting 911. the current system dates back to the 1960s. the upgrade would make it digital allowing dispatchers to receive not only calls but texts and video. any tax increases would require the support of two-thirds of the members of the state legislature. a big ruling for employees in california hourly workers. the state supreme court says employers have to pay you for the time that you spend after clocking out doing things like locking up or setting store alarms. the ruling comes from a lawsuit by a former starbucks wor

said he had to spend ten minutes every day closing. under california law workers have to be paid for any time they're required to be on the employer's premises. thousands of firefighters who attended a cal fire academy are going tok wages for overtime. the sacramento bee reports as part of a settlement, cal fire will pay out $4.1 million. it covers firefighters who went to the academy for over the past five years. the settlement also clears up what hours the cadets are considered to be on duty. this has caused some confusion and led to punishments for misconduct. if you feel like you're spending more time waiting for the bus you are not alone. a we first told you yesterday morning, there have been long waits in san francisco for the past several months. muni officials say the transportation agency has a shortage of bus drivers. they have 40 operator openings and they're struggling to train their existing employees. >> we have to train our operators on the new vehicles we have, operators on the radio

system we have, train operators to run the bus shuttles for tks. all this together kind of added to our operator availability issues we have going on since may. >> the president of the local union that represents muni operators says a bargaining change that restricts pay for new operators is one of the major factors in the shortage. muni officials say they expect more operators to be trained on their new vehicles by the end of august which should relieve some of that congestion. welcome news if you drive the golden gate bridge. in april engineers began scaling the 700 foot tall towers to get an up close inspection. their report says despite 81 years of rain, wind and fog, things are looking pretty good. the team of climbers found some rust and some corrosion on the rivets but no real structural issues. the towers could use a paint job and cosmetic work which bridge officials say they will be working on. >> she still looks great. needs a little bit of a lift.

>> that's right. >> the longest lunar eclipse of the century is going to happen today. it's supposed to last one hour and 42 minutes and 57 seconds. the event however will happen during the daytime in the bay area so unless you are on-line or know someone in new finland you will not see it. the werearth will be lined withe moon and sun but the moon will not be blacked out. it's still a cool event. >> very cool event and with technology you can be on-line. >> yes. >> yeah. >> on your phone. >> we're looking at it right now. the moon is almost full and just about to set. that's one of the reasons why we can't see it. as we look from our east bay hills camera back towards the west, that 99.9% moon is technically full tonight when it comes back up. here's a look at what's going on with our accuweather highlights. hazy sunshine this afternoon except for the coast where it will be partly sunny, summer spread today from 60s at the coast to 90snland.

foggy and cool and the summer tended. mperatures. at the cloud extensl continue through the weekend and as long as that marine layer gets bigger and penetrates deeper into our inland neighborhoods we'll start to take the sting out of the heat. it's back to the coast mainly by noon. and even there are a few pockets of sunshine will develop. the south bay, one of the sunny pockets at the coast, 76 in santa cruz, low to mid 90s, los gatos and low to mid 80s with san jose at 86. we'll have low to mid 60s, menlo park 76 and then low 80s around palo alto and redwood city. low 60s along the coast to mid 60s at downtown and south san francisco. mid to upper 80s through the north bay valleys. farther north the less influence the sea breeze has, 90s and 100s. richmond and berkeley in the 70s along the east bay shore and low to upper 90s in our east bay valleys. my accuweather seven-day

forecast, sleep easy tonight with 50s and 60s out there. and notice the temperatures taper tomorrow and remain pretty close to average with that summer spread. morning clouds and afternoon sunshine through next week. here's a live look at traffic right now. you can see the highway 4 to the maze is at 19 minutes, looking good on the bay bridge with 9 minutes and san francisco to sfo 9 minutes. a live look at the bay bridge and looks like so far so good. no major accidents or problems to report. if you plan on driving or walking around san francisco sunday morning a marathon could complicate your travel just a bit. some streets will be closed for the san francisco marathon. the race starts at mission and the embarcadero at 5:30 in the morning. the course loops around the city and part of it will take runners across the golden gate bridge. the sidewalks along the bridge will close for five hours starting at 5:00 a.m. a free shuttle will take pedestrians from the welcome center to vista point and back. i love marathon day and i don't mean that running.

i mean watching other people run. it's relaxing. >> there's an energy about the city. >> it's cool. >> 28,000 feet up, a daredevil takes a spin on skis and makes history. >> and chilling new details emerging about the thailand cave rescue. why the 12 boys felt and saw nothing. as they were pulled out. >> we leave you with a live look outside at ten minutes before

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> coming up on 5:53 on this friday. no matter whether it's ugly or lovely, grab your christmas sweater and wear it to the giants game tonight. it's christmas in july.

maybe you have a christmas sweater with giants logo on it. it's going to be 60 at 7:15 under sunshine, breezy with increasing clouds and 57 by the time the game ends. game two of the set with the brewers. have fun, look good. >> thank you. some new information gathered by abc news is revealing the rescue of a youth soccer team from a cave in in in thailand was more probable than thought. a rescue official told officils he deemed the operation successful if one of 12 made it out alive. member of the british dive team could not believe how calm the boys were. >> the children were extremely brave, very confident, there was no sign of distress and no hint of a problem. >> we are learning the boys were out cold, completely unconscious during the rescue operation. not just satev reported.

according to a rescuer, the boys felt and saw nothing and matt gutman will reveal more details about the rescue in a special edition of "20/20." watch it here on abc 7 at 10:00 p.m. followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. a $40 million yacht owned by education secretary betsy devos was untied from its dock and set adrift. the captain of the sea quest called police on sunday when the crew realized the boat was floating. it had been moored on lake erie, west of cleveland, ohio. the 163 foot long yacht hit a dock and cost thousands of dollars of damage. it's one of ten vessels owned by devos and her family. investigators are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify who did it. let's check your traffic this morning. it is friday, our trouble spot is usually westbound tracy to dublin. it's in the red right now at 52 minutes if you're going on 580 this morning. it's to be expected. not friday light there. but otherwise, friday light

across the bay area except for that one spot. san mateo bridge looking good right now with cars flowing in either direction. mike? >> all right. garlic lovers it's your weekend to head to gilroy. the 40th annual festival and we will have spicy temperatures with low to mid 90s during the afternoon hours. starting off in the mid to upper 50s in the mornings. going to take a crack at the san francisco marathon or just going sit and watch either way dress for temperatures about 57 degrees. misty in the morning. then it will become partly cloudy by 11:00 and we'll warm up to 63 degrees and a little breezy as we head towards the end of the race. good luck. >> there's nothing wrong with watching. >> nope. speaking of watching, watch this, a skier has set a pretty amazing world record. this is drone video of a polish daredevil becoming the first person to ski down k 2, the second highest peak in the world. he strapped on the skis after he scaled the peak, it took him seven hours to reach the bottom.

k 2 on the china/pakistan border is considered one of the most dangerous mountains in the entire world to climb. 350 people have done it. a bear in colorado wound up in a tight spot getting stuck in the storm drain. crews popped off the manhole cover and as you can see from the video the bear was able to figure it out and took off. it did not want to be a part of this. it went into an open space behind the neighborhood. officers aren't sure how the bear got stuck but found a dumpster that had branches and berries in it and maybe that caught its attention. there might have been a picnic basket under there. >> or one of the berries rolled in there and had to find it. >> i had to go back to a cartoon for that really stupid observation. coming up next at 6:00, new information emerging about the controversy that cost former san francisco's first lady kimberly guilfoyle her job at fox news. >> a wildfire in northern

california. more evacuations ordered in redding as a massive wildfire rages out of control. >> plus the investigation under way in the south bay after a chp officer got hit by a cart. >> we leave you with a live look outside right now. the embarcadero looking very nice. no cars out there right now. that's a nice drive. and we hav

live where you live this is 7 news. a chp officer hit by a utility cart overnight. an update on the officer's condition. this video is scary. california on fire. thousands forced from their homes overnight in shasta county as the car fire burns into redding's city limits. oehend work there, g.e family members and friends. this is a huge concern for us in the bay area. good morning on this friday, july 27th. natasha and alexis have the day

off. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. check in with meteorologist mike nicco. it's hot across the state, mike. hard to fight those fires. >> it is. we'll take a look at how bad those conditions are going to be today coming up in less than seven minutes. we'll focus on us because we're immune from all that right now. thanks to the sea breeze, you can see the winds blowing from the coast, even faster than they did yesterday, gusting to 31 in fairfield, 14 concord. look the at the gray taking over. it won't be quite as hot for you today. unfortunately still reach the 90s this afternoon in my accuweather 12-hour planner, but only 70s around the bay and '60s at the coast. heading out this morning look for a little fog, little bit of mist near the coast. temperatures very cool in the mid to upper 50s. let's take a look outside with your traffic this morning. bay bridge toll plaza looking very light right now. we do