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 have t metering lights flipped on. about a little over a half hour

ago, you can see traffic is running smoothly right now. let's take a look at drive times for the other bridges in the bay area. you can see everything in the green right now. westbound san mateo bridge at 14 minutes. everything else less than that. we are following breaking news right now in the south bay. an unusual crash that's left an officer injured. >> this happened on clayton road in an unincorporated part of san jose. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live on the scene. >> good morning, reggie and jessica. this started as a call of a crash up here on clayton road earlier this morning. this is a remote area outside of the city limits. take a look at the video and see what was happening here this morning. officers arrived and they found motorized car being towed by another vehicle. the chp says the person who was towing that vehicle ran off and the cart rolled back and hit the officer and his patrol vehicle. >> i really can't comment on that right now, but it's not life threatening.

>> reporter: now police say the suspects were able to get away at the time and there were no arrests. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. developing news now in redding, that is our big story today. fast-moving flames forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across shasta county. the carr fire started monday about 28 miles west of redding near french gulch. it has burned all the way to the city limits. the wildfire has grown to nearly 29,000 acres. it is only 6% contained and you can see just how vicious this fire is. cal fire says a privately hired bulldozer operator was killed battling the fire. three firefighters have been injured. an area hospital says it is now treating several burn victims and mandatory evacuations have been ordered. last night our abc affiliate in redding krcr was on the air. they had to abruptly stop the broadcast and leave.

>> right now we are being evacuated. we are closing out. we are going to leave the station because it is unsafe to be here. like i said, we have all that information on our website, and, of course, we'll be updating you from there just as much as we can. >> we're going to go out on the mercy sky cam for please, please evacuate, everyone. stay safe. have a good night. >> cal fire says dozens of homes have been destroyed and 500 others threatened. >> we're staying on top of the carr fire through social media. some of the posts from people who live in and around the redding area. this is from a viewer named vanessa, saying evacuating. feels like the apocalypse. you can see those flames very eerie this morning. and this video here shared by someone with the handle highland gypsy saying that the carr fire already has made it to downtown

redding and evacuations orders have been issued for most of the city. you can see the fire raging. if you look closely looks like a helicopter there flying in the air trying to fight those flames. i want to show you this picture, this is also from redding, and you can see huge flames up from behind some of the homes still standing this morning. so some incredible images on social media. reggie? >> this morning, the marsh fire in clayton is 75% contained. it has burned about 250 acres since it started wednesday afternoon. cal fire says one home has burned, 13 structures are still threatened, and there is a mandatory evacuation order for marsh creek road between morgan territory road and gill drive. fit to be in the area cleaning up for at least two more days. let's take a look at the latest drought map that shows nearly all of california falls into some category of drought. we have yet to reach the worst stage which is exceptional drought but you can see the comparison last year on the

left, the drought is much worse now. happening today, a man accused of killing a safeway co-worker in santa clara is due in court. 25-year-old gage mccartney is 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, though, 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 grand child. mountain view police say schauntel gomez is under arrest. police say the 31-year-old was wearing a white mask when she approached a mom, grandmother and toddler. the woman got out of her car and according to police said i am here to take your child. police say there was a scuffle and grandma suffered injuries to her head. >> it seemed to be enough to

thwart her attempts and she got back in her car and drove off. >> gomez didn't get far. patrol officer found her yesterday morning turning into the shell station just two and a half miles from fairmont park. in gomez's car police found drug paraphernalia and that white mask the victim described at the time of the attack. plaintiffs who sued over the cleanup of hunter's point are demanding city leaders take action. they want the city to use money to test the soil at the shipyard and check the area's residents for cancers 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. a work place controversy has cost san francisco's former first lady her job. >> plus, the reason the disgraced former ceo of papa john's is suing the company he founded.

>> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast forecast. we'll talk about our north, red flag warning, high fire danger through at least midnight because of a northwest wind at 25 miles per hour. then they've got exceptional heat. highs today from 105 to

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> welcome back. clock ticked over on 6:10 on friday. 60 menlo park to 52 in daly city. most of us in the mid to upper 50s along the peninsula. east bay shore, palo alto, low to mid 60s. hills, los gatos, 76, antioch 68, look at most of our inland neighborhoods in the east bay mid to upper 50s and low to mid 50s up in the north bay. just a touch cooler than it has been. starting off gray at the coast but if you're going to santa cruz that's where we will find the sunshine. mainly gray today. cleaner air, no spare the air if you're going to be out and about. going to be playing on the bay or delta we have the small craft advisory from 1:00 this afternoon to about 9:00 during the evening hours. for the southwest winds gusting to nearly 30 miles per hour. that sea breze is going to end our heat wave. i will tell youed when comi-- t

you when coming up. >> mass transit this morning, we have good news in the category, no delays anywhere, including bart, ace and ferry service. take a live look right now at a very calm and peaceful richmond/san rafael bridge, just like we want to see it on a friday morning. new this morning, former san francisco first lady and former fox news host kimberly guilfoyle accused of inappropriate workplace conduct according to the "huffington post." guilfoyle left fox news last week. now sources tell them that guilfoyle did not leave voluntarily and there was a human resources investigation into sexual misconduct including the sharing of inappropriate photos. guilfoyle's attorney says the accusations are baseless and made by disgruntled employees. outside lands is two weeks away and a better idea of the exact lineup. >> the big business of pot, the summit under way in the you now

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"abc 7 mornings." >> all news. >> all morning. >> it is 6:14. california is among a dozen states now suing the trump administration over new restrictions to the affordable care act. >> state attorney general javier announced the lawsuit on twitter yesterday and 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 also raise premiums. the white house has not yet responded to the lawsuit. the founder of papa john's pizza is suing the chain. john schnatter resigned as chairman 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 he want the documents because of the, quote, heavy-handed way the company has treated him. schnatter called the resignation a mistake. one of the most influential today in san jose. it's a chance to not only network, but also learn about some of the trends in the budding industry. the headliner yesterday was formero that opened the door for states to legalize cannabis.

current attorney general jeff sessions rescinded the memo. cole 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 just not ignore it. let's just do the science. about 7500 people showed up for the summit's first two days. music fans the daily schedule for outside lands in san francisco now available. >> you already know janet jackson will be performing. that's going to be sunday. she is closing out the event on august 12th. thousands are expected. the weekend, beck and nerd will be kicking off. they are performing friday august 10th. future will be hitting the stage the next day on saturday and, of course, janet finishes it up. check out the full schedule go to abc7news.com and there you will get all the details including tickets so you can plan ahead. >> so much fun every year.

usouee bundle up.it's and foggy t mhis year for the san francisco marathon this morning and same this morning. a look from our exploratorium camera. you can see the cloudiness that's out there. a little mist hanging in the air also and above it you can see from the east bay hills it's going to be a gorgeous sunrise if you can see the way it's changing the colors on the clouds. running a time lapse on that so hopefully you can capture it and put it on social media later on, #timelapse and under mike nicco, abc 7. the rest of us have the cooling sea breeze. foggy spots, cloudy and cool, same tonight as this morning, highs near average levels. that means inland is going to pull back a little bit. san francisco, foggy and 53 this morning. but a lot of low to mid 60s as we head into the afternoon hours from the coast to the bay. we're cloudy over along the east bay this morning, mid 50s. we'll top out around 80 in hercules to 69 in berkeley, 79

in fremont. starting off cloudy along the peninsula. watch out for delays sfo. we'll warm in the 70 in millbrae to 82 in redwood city. cloudy, low to mid 60s. south bay starting off cloudy and about 60 at 7:00. sunshine this afternoon and a widespread of temperatures from sunnyvale at 82, gilroy where the garlic festival starts at 96. north bay mostly cloudy and 53. sunshine and breezy, especially the closer to the water. that's why san rafael is 83 and santa rosa 90s. we'll head inland where we're starting off mainly sunny and comfortable in the 50s. we'll end up around 90 in san ramon. mid 50s to mid 60s again tonight. notice our temperatures taper just a little bit every day. expect this weekend upper 50s at the coast to low 60s in san francisco, mid 70s around the bay and upper 80s to low 90s inland. looks nice. >> let's check your traffic

outside right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's. light throughout the morning and look at that, very light right now as well. so that's some good news driving through there. check your drive times around the bay area. some good news at the top if you look at that, tracy to dublin, westbound, 46 minutes right now. it's in the yellow. that's much better than what we saw about half hour ago when it was in the red. a little bit of good news there for folks on 580. no one works on friday in the bay area. they just watch "abc 7 mornings" and "good morning america" which follows the show at 7:00. >> that's right. and whit johnson live from new york city with a look at what's ahead. good morning. >> jessica, reggie, good morning to you both. it's great to be with you. coming up on "gma," a bombshell claim from president trump's former attorney. the new report about michael cohen saying then candidate trump knew about the infamous trump tower meeting with russians supposed to offer dirt on hillary clinton. something the president has repeatedly denied. we'll have the very latest this morning. also ahead, ap exclusive

interview with the mother of the iowa college student who vanished over a week ago. new details about what happened that morning and why she will never give up hope. plus, the new warning for parents about young athletes and heat stroke. our demonstration, how hot it gets under the helmets and what one state is doing to protect its players. also it is friday and we're ready to rock and roll into the weekend with fallout boy. here for our party in the park. you're stuck with me on the promo. all the anchors including george went to the party and ready to dance dance to fallout boy. >> i don't blame them. fallout boy is fun. >> i'm going to be sticking around to see george dance. >> yeah. >> me too. >> i'm not sure, i can't promise that much, but it's good for me. i'm from san francisco so this is like the bay area reunion. >> i know. yes. we'll take you any time that you are willing to come here or everyone abandons you. >> have a great weekend.

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off. we are here for you, you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> cooler inland but still hot but the danger is just about over as we have the heat advisory until 8:00 for the east bay hills and diablo range and north bay. contrast that with what's going on at the coast where we have spotty mist and temperatures in the mid 50s. look at all that gray. the cloud cover on live doppler 7. in fact, this is the way it looks from understand neath the gray as we look from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. let me roll out the accuweather 12-hour planner which you can get on our accuweather app which is free to download. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s through 7:00. stay near 60 at the coast. comfortable at noon to 77 at 4:00. and then 83, at noon to 93. still a little heat coming at you inland. i'll talk about the weekend forecast and cooler weather coming up. taking a look at traffic right now, a live look at san rafael, 101 and hey, we're clear. we've been doing good traffic wise this morning.

no major incidents to report. our bridges seem to be okay. you can see our drive times this morning mostly in the green, a little tougher from tracy to dublin at 45 minutes. otherwise, pretty traffic light today on this friday. now on to developing news in redding, the carr fire has exploded in size, ripping through shasta county and into west redding. >> that means several areas are now under mandatory evacuations and one person has died. the carr fire tripled in size yesterday, growing to nearly 29,000 acres. hot temperatures, low humidity, windy conditions, all of it making it worse. it is now just 6% contained. dozens of homes have been destroyed and nearly 500 others that are 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

battle a fire that is moving extremely quickly and erratically into western redding. >> at least three firefighters were also hurt. 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. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. mike, the weather conditions have really hampered some of the fire fighting efforts. >> it's been very hot for several days. now we've got the winds that are being produced up to 25 miles per hour. blowing from northwest to southeast. that's what's heightened the fire danger across places like redding and red bluff where you see the red flag warning is in effect now all the way through midnight. that's when we're going to have the most dangerous conditions. also battling the heat, an excessive heat warning continues until 8:00 this evening. the highs 105 to 112.

not only do we have blowing, dry air, but also feeling like a blast furnace up there with the temperatures at 112. it couldn't get much worse for the firefighters and those trying to escape the flames. >> thank you. meanwhile, governor brown has declared states of emergencies in several counties including mariposa where the ferguson fire is burning near yosemite. it has chard more than than 44,000 acres of land and 27% contained. there are no flames in the park itself in yosemite, but the fire has resulted in the closure of the park's valley floor. at least until sunday. you will have to make other weekend plans. back to what's happening in shasta county, they need all the help they can get. any support. they are getting that from the bay area. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in san mateo for us this morning. our local fire crews heading in two different directions. amy? >> hi, jessica. yeah, the bay area is responding and this is a regional effort.

san mateo is just one of five counties in our area sending firefighters to help. a group of them launched out of south san francisco yesterday. they're headed north up to the carr fire. they say they are willing to jump in with the attitude it could happen here and we would want the help. 22 firefighters from san francisco are headed south. they're going to the cranston fire in riverside county. >> not necessarily surprised that we're doing it. it's unfortunate that we're at a point where we have so many of these devastating wildfires that we do have to do it. >> reporter: a look at this picture, this is taken in southern california by the santa clara strike team. they are on the cranston fire where it is miserably hot. fire officials do not know when these teams will be home. they do want you to know that staffing here at home is at safe, normal levels. they only sent the firefighters that they could spare without sacrificing service here. reporting live in san mateo, amy

hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. i should note that our colleague laura anthony will be traveling to the redding area to cover the fire that is exploding overnight and now into this morning. look for her reports later today on abc 7 news. happening today the man accused of stabbing 18-year-old nia wilson at macarthur's bart station is scheduled to be back in court. 27-year-old john cowell is charged with first-degree murder, but he did not enter a plea on wednesday. today cowell is set to be arraigned on a parole violation at 9:00 a.m. he's scheduled to enter a plea on the murder charge next month. the funeral for wilson will be held next friday at ax gospel clutch 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 tuesday night after a driver hit him from behind on san pablo avenue. the chp received an anonymous phone call about the driver which then led to an arrest.

developing news, trading began on wall street moments ago and investors reacting to twitter's newly released second quarter earnings report. the san francisco-based company is now seeing its stock tumble. it looks like we are getting close to down 16%. now before today twitter's stock was up 79%. twitter reported the number of active users worldwide dropped by a million since the first quarter and that trend is expected to continue as the social media company removes fake accounts from its platform and twitter had a net income of more than $100 billion that matched analyst expectations, but it's not helping them this morning. facebook's mark zuckerberg is under new pressure today, some investors are calling for him to step down as company chairman. this is after its stock plummeted nearly 19%, chopping $119 billion off its market value. so this morning investors are watching to see if it will recover. right now you can see it's

actually slightly up. facebook's stock closed yesterday at $176 a share. down more than 41 points from wednesday's all-time high close. investors reacted to quarterly earnings reports that missed expectations on revenue and showed slowing user growth. it was the biggest one-day drop in value for any publicly traded company ever. right now, the trump administration is still working to reunite hundreds of children taken at the border with their families. officials say more than 1800 children are either with their parents or sponsors. but about 700 more remain in government custody with no clear idea when they will be reunited. a federal judge gave the administration until yesterday to reunify all eligible children. officials say some parents have been deported and their children need to be flown to their home countries. a new bombshell dropping overnight in the ongoing russia investigation. the president's former personal

attorney now claims that then candidate donald trump knew about a 2016 meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer before it happened. cohen says he was present when mr. trump's eldest son, donald trump, jr., informed his father of the meeting. cohen is willing to state things to the special counsel investigation into the alleged russian meddling. earlier this morning, president trump responded to cohen's allegation, here's what he tweeted, quote, i did not know of the meeting with my son, don junior, sounds to me like someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam. he even retained bill and crooked hillary's lawyer. gee, i wonder if they helped him make the choice. unquote. you are never more than seven minutes from my accuweather forecast. hi, everybody. start with temperatures down in the south bay. mountain view 58, same thing in morgan hill, the rest of us in the low 60s. until you get to san jose, 63

degrees we've got 60 in redwood city and cupertino. mid to upper 50s about everywhere else until bay, low 50s in novato. for your commute, there's a little moisture hanging in the air, especially the closer you are to the peninsula and the coast. it's going to be a little gusty north of the bay bridge during the afternoon and evening hours and a gigantic summer spread taking mass transit from inland to say san francisco. here's a look at the peninsula, waking up mainly cloudy, 61, becoming mostly sunny and 66 at 10:00, sunshine low to mid 70s throughout the afternoon hours. up in the north bay start off cloudy and 55 at 8:00, sunny and already 80 at noon, we'll tou90 briefly at 4:00. for san francisco a lot of cloud cover especially along the coast, little more sunshine around the bay, low to mid 60s across the city today. we'll take a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast for the weekend coming up. >> thank you. we've been doing pretty well on the roads this morning but

there is a minor delay on the bay bridge toll plaza. a stalled car in lanes five and six. we are being told that the bridge crew is on their way to clear the roadway. right now looks like things are doing okay there overall at the bay bridge toll plaza. let's check your mass transit as well. we've been in the green throughout the morning. no delays across bart, ace or your ferry service. speaking of getting around, if you are planning on driving or walking around san francisco on sunday morning, a marathon could complicate your travel. some streets will be closed for the san francisco marathon. the race starts at mission and the embarcadero at 5:30 a.m. the course loops around the city part of it will take runners across the golden gate bridge and 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. breaking ws t run inthe sou. our matt keller is live with the investigation. >> a live look n at the big

board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we're up 37 points slightly this friday morning. we'll have another update on how the markets are doing next. >> plus radio shack planning a comeback three years after filing for bankruptcy and shutting down all its stores. >> as you get your day into gear, keep on top of weather and traffic through the entire commercial break with abc 7 news now.

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> still tracking air quality issues in the san joaquin valley about 8:30 tomorrow morning. you could breathe poor air quality with the 3.3 million people underneath that advisory. the 100s through the central valley. 117 in palm springs. 86 l.a., 95 yosemite with all that smoke and about 88 to 89 degrees today in tahoe. check out these spicy temperatures, low to mid 90s, 40th annual gilroy garlic fest vap. the san francisco marathon starting off sunday, drizzle, 57. then ending it gusty, partly cloudy and 63. breaking news a chp officer is hurt after a very unusual crash in the south bay. >> this happened on clayton road in ant of san jose. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live there for us. matt? >> good morning, reggie and jessica. this all started as a call for a crash here on clayton road. a resident reported it and this

is what officers found when they arrived on scene. >> upon arrival there was a vehicle being towed by another vehicle. right when our officers got on scene, the person that was towing that vehicle ran off and that vehicle actually rolled back and hit our officer. >> reporter: that vehicle was mort rised car. the chp wouldn't comment on the specifics of the officer's injury but it was not considered life threatening. he was taken away in an ambulance. this is on the way to mount hamilton. police say the suspects towing the car were able to get away and no arrests. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. we're going to take you to shasta county and our friend and our former co-worker and executive producer carrie, she has a home in redding and carrie, first of all, good to talk to you and i'm anxious to find out how you and your family are doing? >> hi, reggie.

unfortunately you guys are getting me at a bad time. we pulled up on my [ inaudible ] on what used to be my [ inaudible ] and it's not here. >> oh. >> carrie. >> oh, sorry, sorry. my god. okay. so this was a 6,000 square foot house and a shop. and i'm looking at it and there's two chimney stacks standing, metal roof on the ground. everything is ashes and it's still burning. my mom got out safely last night. her and the pets. my sister and my family we all got out safe. but yeah, her house is gone. >> we're glad to know you andil >> you too. >> under these circumstances so difficult to talk to you. you were able to get up there.

there is still fire burning in the is area. do you feel safe? >> there's still -- well i'm with a support team who -- this is what they're trained for doing. i grabbed a ride with them this morning. and i'm up here now just trying to get a look at some of the damage around town. when i got to town last night about 9:00, it was absolutely chaos. it was gridlock on the streets, people trying to evacuate. there were some mixed messages about reverse 911 had gone to the wrong area at one point and i think people thought they had to leave and then it got canceled so when the real one came out for most of west redding or parts of west redding i don't think people thought they needed to evacuate the second time. so i think it did catch some people off guard. last night, 9:00, 10:00, midnight, the streets were packed as people tried to get what they can and get out of their houses. i will tell you, we've driven around parts of west redding this morning and a lot of land

marks like the elementary school i went to on social media i was seeing last night it was gone, i was happy to see it was still standing this morning. i'm just trying to give people a good perspective of what the situation is here. but a lot of west redding is still vaitevacuated this mornin. i would say most of the neighborhoods of the west side of town are evacuated. the streets are a ghost town. oh, my gosh. i don't know if you just heard that, but a piece of metal roofing fell off the top of the chimney stack that used to stand two stories tall and it's now rubble and a piece of the roof sitting up on it came down. my mom's [ inaudible ] is perfect in front of the house where it was yesterday. yeah. it's just crazy. it's very thick smoke. the streets are empty. there's a lot of fire crews out and about. the chp is out and about. just trying to keep the streets

cleared and you can see the dozers and heavy equipment out and just trying to keep the structures that are left protected. >> oh, carrie. >> our hearts go out to you. i'm so sorry. we've been thinking about you so much. i've been looking at your posts and just praying and crossig my fingers and hoping this was not going to be the outcome and i cannot -- >> we're going to go to our house next and we'll see. >> our thoughts with you. we've been thinking of you this entire time. we mentioned so many people in our newsroom have ties to redding and you are one of those folks that we've been thinking about through this entire thi. >> we'll let you go. this has been a hard time to call in to us and thank you for reporting on what is going on there and -- >> my favorite bay area station. no worries. >> thank you, carrie. >> thank you. >> take care. >> and i just want to say that, obviously, that washe justsa thr was an expletive that went over

the air, we apologize for that. in the heat of the moment when something like that is happening to you, you can understand that was not what she intended to happen and again, we are sorry for that. >> absolutely. and our thoughts with everyone that has ties to the redding area right now. such a difficult situation, mike, they are, obviously, dealing with and our hearts go out to someone that we know so well, and in that moment, having to talk about i mean imagine pulling up to a property that you have known your entire life and seeing it gone. >> someone we care deeply about also and tried to understand the pain she's going through and her family is going through. maybe they will be able to talk to some people they know in santa rosa going through it right now, i'll get on the phone with carrie and tell her what my parents went through when their house burned through three years ago. it's going to be a life-changing situation for them and it's going to take years to get back to where they almost can be like before. but it never really i same.

definitely hearts, thoughts, prayers, everything going out for those folks. all right. back here at home, trying to switch gears a little bit, we've been immune from this thanks to the sea breeze. the worst thing it's doing for us causing us delays at sfo. a look from sutro tower this morning. we've got hazy sunshine this afternoon, except for at the coast where it's going to be cloudy. summer spread from 60s at the coast to nearly 100 in the north bay, 90s in the east bay and south bay. mostly cloudy, foggy spots and cool. what you're seeing this morning kind of repeat it tomorrow morning in the summer spread that's going to continue through the extended forecast. we'll jump to now. 60 at the coast, upper 50s over the week and into monday. we'll drop into the mid 70s by sunday around the bay and into the upper 80s and low 90s and hold steady with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine through thursday. back to you. okay. thank you. let's check our streets out th morning. let's go ahead and see what's

happening right now as we zoom in here. and we look at the north bayfou now blocking two right lanes.r, is some residual delays. you see it in the orange where we have it circled on your screen. head's up if you're going northbound 101 in that area. the san mateo bridge camera. no incidents there and things are moving along nicely. >> we do have an update that came in about the carr fire in shasta county. they released new numbers from cal fire and we now know it has burned 44,450 acres. >> containment is down to 3%, it was 6% last night. that has changed dramatically. and at least 20 structures have been destroyed. our reporter from our abc sister station kxtv is in redding an lten. i igorho just outsi e, s jt srt a

couple of homes here. you can see it took out the fence. right now you can see some sprinklers are going moveau heing noisend want t make sure that we're gs. if you follow us over here you can see a wild spectacular, but very devastating images right here. blackness as you can see the fire claimed all of this. just over the way, a home has been destroyed. of course there has been emergency crews coming back and forth throughout this area since we've been here for the last 20 minutes or so. very startling and we're continuing to follow this right now. >> thank you for that update. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is going to redding and will have reports on later editions of abc 7 news and oabc

news app. >> welcome news now if you drive the golden gate bridge. in april engineers began scalint an up close inspection. their report saying despite 81 years of rain, wind and fog things are actually looking pretty good. te team of climbers found some rust and corrosion on some of the rivets to be expected, but no real structural issues. the engineers say well the towers could use a paint job and cosmetic work, but bridge officials say they are working on that. >> a bear in colorado wound up in a tight spot getting stuck in the storm drain. crews popped off the manhole cover as you can see from the video. the bear was able to figure out how to free himself and then made a run for it. right into the open space behind this colorado springs neighborhood. officers don't know how the bear got there, but they did find a dumpster nearby that had branches and berries that may have caught its attention. >> next the seven things you need to know before you go. >> first our instagram picture

of the day, if you haven't please follow us at abc 7 news bay area. see more images like this one and share your photos and video use the #abc7now. >> a live look outside right now, the bay bridge toll plaza looks pretty empty which is good news for folks traveling on this friday. we have your weather and

just joining us or heading out the door here are seven things to know before you go. number one, new numbers from cal fire. the carr fire burning in shasta county has nearly doubled in size. it's now grown to 44,000 acres and containment has dropped to only 3%. two people are now confirmed dead. number two, at least five bay area counties are assisting with mutual aid. they are responding to the carr fire we mentioned. they're also helping to battle the cranston fire in southern california where conditions are brutally hot. >> number three the red flag warnings up around the redding area through the rest of today and exceptionally hot everywhere except for most of our neighborhoods as you look at your accuweather 12-hour planner, 60s and 70s, maybe a few 80s around the bay but the 90s will stay inland. >> number four, a chp officer

injured when he got hit by a cart in san jose. investigators say the cart was being towed by another vehicle and the driver ran off when the officers arrived. the cart then rolled back hitting the officer. >> number five this morning, the man charged with murdering 18-year-old nia wilson at oakland's macarthur bart station is due back in court. 27-year-old john cowell is accused of stabbing wilson to death. >> number six, delays on northbound 101 past bay shore right now after a four car collision blocked two right lanes. a head's up if you're headed out the door. >> number seven, might want to get the breath mints at the ready. the gilroy garlic festival kicks off today. you will find all sorts of items laced with over two tons of fresh garlic. so if you got your garlic fries, noodles, garlic calamari and garlic shrimp. >> and ice cream. have you ever tried that? >> garlic dessert is not something i'm interested in. >> i've tried it. >> did you like it. >> not bad. >> really?

>> yeah. >> the breath mints are garlic too, though. >> that doesn't work. "good morning amer "good good morning, america. breaking news, deadly wildfires explode out west. the carr fire burning out of control in california. fire officials warn it's taking down everything in its path. dozen of homes up in flames. this fire nado sends flyi flying. our local station anchors forced to stop their live broadcast and get out. now the new fire warnings this morning. also breaking overnight, the stunning new claims. sources telling abc news president trump's former lawyer michael cohen said then candidate trump knew about the meeting with the russians in trump tower before it happened. something the presi