wildfires burning across california have destroyed more than 200,000 acres. >> nearly half of that is from one fire in the redding area. we will take you there live along with full coverage on the wildfires burning in the north bay. >> it's our big story this morning. good morning to you on this monday, july 30th. jessica and natasha have the day off. alexis is here. >> yeah. >> thank you. nice to be here, reggie. you are never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. let's get over to meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you very much. all right. let's talk about what's going to happen here and sprinkle throughout the morning forecast. we will talk more about the fires across the north bay and the air quality across the entire state. we are like the oasis in the desert. we have the sea breeze. see the winds blowin from the ocean inland and you look at the cloud cover out there right now, there's actually some mist to deal with. also our air quality not a concern. our fire danger not a concern. here's a concern as you see some of the haze and mist hanging over the san mateo bridge.

mid to upper 50s, very cool, 50s at the coast, inland we'll go from 78 to 88. warming frietrend from noon to . most of us in the 50s at the coast, 60s and 70s towards 7:00. high cloud and hazy sunshine this afternoon. over to alexis who is double dipping this morning, traffic this time. >> doing okay here. one incident today and that is a sig alert in the north bay. southbound 101 past cloverdale. you're seeing the purple that means the road is closed and all lanes blocked due to a fatal crash around 11:30 last night. there is a detour, not much of a backup approaching that. we will keep an eye on that for later this morning. live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. so far so good here as well. light volumes pretty much the way all of our traffic cameras look at this point. we are getting new video from the air of the massive carr fire burning in and around redding. this was shot thursday night and you can see the flames ripping

through a neighborhood. erratic winds led to theire growing out of control. the death toll and homes destroyed continues to increase. >> yeah. this is devastating. abc 7 news reporter dion limb has been in redding since friday and joins us live this morning. hi, dion. >> alexis and reggie, good morning. yes, we are in one of the hardest hit areas of redding, 15 minutes northwest of downtown and the smell of smoke is still so thick in the air. as we were driving along this morning, we came along this giant tree just toppled on its side undoubtedly by the high winds and flames which also took down this home you see behind me. now nearly 40,000 people have been evacuated since the fire started and for many this has become their new normal. sh fire spreading to om cal fire 95,000 be acres but containment, the god news, has more than tripled toicture

come from a marina at whiskey town lake where you can see there dozens of burned out boats one of the most badly damaged area the berry lake subdivision. police are still concerned about hot spots and live gas lines. many homeowners were turned away. >> we're anxious to get home. >> to get home. my children and our cats are in lake california and we've been staying in an rv part. we didn't have anybody that could take all of us. >> reporter: now out of the devastation stories of resilience as well. we learned of a sheriff's deputy who lost his home early thursday, but has continued to serve his community, helping with the evacuations. we've met so many selfless souls out here in shasta county. now, a sixth life we have learned has been claimed by these fires. the sheriff tells me the man who died refused to evacuate his home, just another example of

how quickly these flames can move and how by not evacuating you're not only putting your own life at risk but also the lives of first responders. in redding this morning, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> thank you. this 14 foot albino python among the many missing pets after the carr fire. look at this. it belongs to redding reptiles, the owner is trying to find a home for 200 other rep tiles. closer to home cal fire is combing two fires and calling it the mendocino complex fire. the ranch and river fires have burned a combined 30,500 acres which is 10% containment. more than 10,000 structures are threatened and six homes destroyed. more mandatory evacuations were issued last night. abc 7 news reporter lilian kim has the latest from lakeport. >> reporter: the flames are getting closer to can clear lake and many of the towns alongside it are under mandatory evak

wayses. main street is a ghost town. there are few who are staying put. >> if it stays on the other side of 29 i'm not worried. if it were to jump 29, i think i would be more worried about it. >> reporter: ashes falling all over town, those who have left are doing what they can to insure their homes remain standing. the carr family is heading the warning and spent the afternoon packing as much as they could. >> there's so many people, kids, walk around, it's smoky, ashes everywhere. the tree. i mean it's sad. >> reporter: shelters have opened up, many evacuees gathered at twin pine casino in middletown. >> i've been in a flood before but never been in a fire. am i going to go home to a bunch of ashes or my house? >> reporter: now we're here and it's just take a deep breath. it's just one of those. you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the

middle of it. >> reporter: with so many fires burning throughout california concern is growing over resources being spread too thin and which case kim has a plan. >> if worse comes to worse we can just run down and jump in the lake. >> reporter: in lakeport, lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> find the latest evacuation information and most updated details on the mendocino complex fire with the other fires burning in california, just go to abc7news.com and that is all available on our abc 7 news autopsy as well. positive news this morning from napa county. the steele fire near lake berryessa is 65% contained after burning 150 acres and eight structures. the fire on saturday forced the evacuation of the berry es sa highlands community and nearby pleasure cove resort. one woman who lost her home said she did everything right, but still wasn't enough. >> we're prepared. we did everything, everything, cut everything back, everybody has been 100% prepared for this.

it happens so fast. >> there's a beam underneath the house that caught on fire and it's red tagged. i have to go. and i'm just going to do my best. >> no one has been hurt and the cause of that fire is still under investigation. we know the identity of the firefighter who died battling the ferguson fire west of yosemite. >> he's been identifieds as 33-year-old ryan hughes a captain of the arrowhead interagency hot shots and originally from hawaii. a tree fell on to him yesterday morning while engaging in a tactical operation. earlier this month a bulldozer operator died in the fire. here are some new photos from east of yosemite. you can see how poor the air quality is right now and in some places you can only see about a half mile ahead. full containment is not expected until august 15th. yosemite is expected to reopen on friday. you can find immediate fire updates on your devices by downloading our abc 7 news app and enabling push alerts.

you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk temperatures. very comfortable in our east bay valleys, at least san ramon towards livermore. mainly upper 50s to 61 concord, pittsburgh, 70 in antioch and 65 brentwood. around the bay shore, 52 in san francisco. 51 in santa rosa and pacifica. 50 in novato. oakland at 56, mountain view 57. san jose 36. los gatos about 76. a look at the fog hanging around and some of the mist in the air this morning. that's going to pull back to the beaches where it will be breezy and mainly gray today. it will be mainly gray if you are comfortable and kind of filtered sunshine due to the haze in the air and the high clouds and if you're going to be playing on the bay north of the bay bridge the small craft advisory from 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning southwest winds gusting to 30 miles an hour to 35. if you're in the east bay shoreline waking up to fog at

about 58, mostly cloudy at 10:00 and 63. 70s from noon to 6:00 with high clouds becoming more dominant during the afternoon hours. peninsula about the same. maybe not quite as foggy in the morning but mainly cloudy at 8:00 and sunshine by noon, 67. from 2:00 to 6:00 we'll have 70s. san francisco, it's going to be hard to shake either the low clouds or high clouds with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s throughout the day. the accuweather seven-day forecast next. here's alexis. >> good morning. we did have an issue for the central valley. i know it does not take much in this area but giving you the thumb's up. westbound 580 around north flynn road some wood debris scattered across several lanes. chp was able to clear that quickly. heavy getting out of tracy but not as bad if we had lanes blocked for any significant amount of time. live here at the bay bridge, we do still have a stack up in the cash lanes on the far right side. everybody else looking okay. carpool lanes open. 10, 15 minutes to go until they

flip the metering lights on. next time you catch a flight you could be tracked even physically followed by air marshals even if you aren't on a watch list and have done nothing wrong. the program called quiet skies, although just hearing about it now, it's been going on for years. matt keller like for us at the san jose airport. matt? >> good morning, rej, reggie. it was a secret program until now. even air marshals aren't fans of what they're doing. what are they doing? the quiet skies program specifically targets u.s. citizens not in the terrorist screening database or suspected of wrongdoing, according to the tsa. as first revealed, under the program thousands of unsuspecting americans have been watched by armed, undercover air marshal. they took notes on what they do, who they talk to, if they use the bathroom. >> we're seeing examples of the tsa following around people who

are no way significantly suspect. the criteria they're applying does not point to people who are potential terrorists. >> reporter: the tsa tells abc 7 news follow individuals who may have erratic travel parns adding it does not take race or religion into account. the president released this statement to the globe saying the air marshal association believes missions based on recognized intelligence are in support of ongoing federal investigations is the proper criteria for flight scheduleding. the program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable. live here in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. and there appears to be a problem with california's high-speed rail train. it's having trouble maintaining a high speed. >> that would be an issue. >> yes. >> this is one of the more probably see. chases you'll - >> do not drink and click. >> do not drink and click. we're breaking down what alcohol

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> outsize our neighborhoods you're going to find extreme temperatures, hotter and poor air quality. look at our colors here. sensitive groups in fresno, up towards sacramento. yellow and green, we're fine because of the sea breeze. then you go farther to the north up until the northern parts of the central valley, we will have

at least unhealthy air for sensitive groups that will spill towards reno. it could get worse like yesterday when we hit unhealthy air levels at times. >> thanks. in "gma" first look, six women are accusing cbs chair ceo less moon ves of misconduct. >> some are discussing whether moonves should step aside. here's abc. >> the "gma" first look, the head of cbs les moonves facing allegations of inappropriate behavior from unwanted kissing to sexual assault. the new yorker magazi magazine detailing allegations fom six women including ileana douglas, telling journalist row nan farrow during a business meeting in his office moonves began violently kissing her, pulling up her skirt, saying the physicality was horrendous. i couldn't get him off of me.

douglas adding she tried to talk her way out of the encounters but afterwards was fired from her show and told by moonves she would never work at this network again. coming up we'll talk live with the writer who broke the story row nan farrow. abc news new york. take a look at this video, the suspect behind the wheel of a toyota spieder that appears to be splashed with red paint. police tried to stop the driver wednesday morning on alta loma but he managed to escape ramming a patrol car. you could see there was black cloth covering his head. investigators say the license plate on the car came back as stolen. the driver and vehicle last seen in martinez. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg hopes to stay on the supreme court for at least five more years. now she is 85 yearsold, meaning rlr thaer 9th birthdaynch no she's already hired law clerks for at least two more years. the high-speed rail between san francisco and los angeles

may not attain thepeed it's legally mandated to reach. the train is supposed to get passengers from the city to l.a. in two hours and 40 minutes. according to the "l.a. times" computer sim lagsz of the train show it's 3 minutes and 10 seconds under the threshold. the rail authority has track bu it can still meet its trip time commitment. shopping on-line after pouring yourself a glass of wine, might end up costing you more than you planned for. >> according to a new report people who hit amazon after having a few drinks ended up spending more than $40 each time. cnbc obtained the survey conducted by arch stone recovery center. it shows gin drinkers spend the most, about $82 on average, whiskey drinkers are the cheapest buzz buyers that spent nearly $39 and boozy purchases often end in buyer's remorse, about 50% ended up returning what they bought. that's a lot. 50%. >> it is.

>> wow. >> did they do the survey to stop the returns? >> i don't know. >> wonder if they're trying to figure out if they should put more ads on their site. >> psa. >> don't drink and click. >> it also happens in real life, regular stores. >> bewe.>>kay. guess we're going to talk to reggie during commercial about what happened. here's a look at what's going on weather wise. good morning, everybody. you are never more than seven minutes away. let's jump into walnut creek where the temperature is about 58 degrees under a partly cloudy sky. we're looking south on towards 24. high cloud and haze, inland around the bay and coast. mist and fog, those morngsz are going to continue lead to seasonal afternoons. a minor middle of the week cooling for our inland neighborhoods. we're able to turn the air conditioners off some of us were over the weekend which was a

nice refreshing change. a look at low clouds, never completely leave the bay today from the richmond/san rafael bridge to the san mateo bridge. it's going to be cloudy along most of the coast during the afternoon hours. let's see what it does to structures. we've got the 70s around milpitas and sunnyvale. los gatos, 90s, morgan hill and gilroy. 80, the exception. most of us in the 70s on the peninsula today. very comfortable weather. upper 50s to low 60s along the breezy coast and only mid 60s around downtown and south san francisco. sausalito. low to mid 80s most of the north bay. cloverdale, ukiah, ones degrees. temperatures once again. the breezies keep us in the upper 60s, low upper 70s along the east bay shore. upper 80s to low 90s in the inland neighborhoods. mid 50s to low 60s.

my accuweather seven-day forecast we are really locked into this pattern that will see some minor cooling, possibly as we get a more stubborn sea breeze for thursday and friday and then saturday and sunday. temperatures close to average. not much of a change. alexis? >> sounds good. not much has changed with the commute this morning either. we're still looking at our one and only blocking issue in the north bay here. southbound 101 past cloverdale. we still have all lanes blocked due to a sig alert. solo vehicle fatal collision around 11:30 last night. we don't have an estimate on when lanes will reopen but an oil spill and some debris involved too. they're still working on the cleanup process. about six hours later. we are seeing some fog out there this morning. i saw some on the bay bridge on my commute today and seeing a little bit here on the golden gate bridge. as of right now we don't have any dense fog advisories issued. >> another person has driven off a cliff in big sur and the driver has died. the crash happened six miles south of where an oregon woman

went off highway 1 saturday. the victim a 39-year-old man. the coroner's office is working to i.d. him. investigators say it appears the driver was headed north and had trouble with the curve that caused him to cross over the roadway and then plunge off the cliff. with the state ravaged by wildfires, a new climate study has found humans are actually changing the seasons. lawrence livermore national lab researchers found burning fossil fuels sent summer temperatures soaring and caused larger annual temperature swings. researchers looked at 38 years of satellite based temperature measurements. they knew humans were impacting climate but no idea this kind of impact on the seasonal cycle. coming up next the seven things you need to know asurda >>e are getting an update on an important projects at the golden gate bridge. but you're not going to be able to see it when driving across it. a local homeless man made a sign asking for people to

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it's 5:23. here are the seven things to know before you go. number one, the mendocino complex fire in lake and mendocino counties has burned more than 30,000 acres. six homes have been destroyed and an evacuation center is open at twin pine casino. the carr fire burning in shasta county continues to grow to more than 95,000 acres. 17% contained. the death toll has risen to six, including a woman who died protecting her two great grandchildren. number three, let's open the weather window on san rafael, a place that's pretty clear this morning. if you like average weather, we've got it for you. nothing extreme today. we're within two to three degrees of our average highs no matter where you go. number four a porsche led a high-speed chase overnight. speeds reached 140 miles per hour. the woman behind the wheel eventually surrendered. number five, a tsa program

called quiet skies is tracking american citizens. according to the "boston globe" air marshals are surveying ordinary americans not suspected of any crime. number six, we're looking at a sig alert in the north bay this morning. this is southbound 101 just past cloverdale. all lanes remain closed. the detour is in place due to a fatal crash around 11:30 last night. number seven, mars is going to move to its closest distance to earth in 15 years. now it's still pretty far. just shy of 36 million miles away from earth. the space and sign center is hosting a viewing party at 10:30 tonight. another full 90s minutes of news including why a group of local moms are going on a three-day hunger strike today. also new overnight a deadly shooting at a local applebee's. what we know. >> homeless and hungry for the success. the inspiring story on the streets of mountain view. >> it has been a tough few days for people living in fire ravaged areas in northern

california. a look back at what they faced. >> this is that new normal. >> this is the new normal. >> a grim new normal. >> the firestorm exploding in northern california right now. >> the carr fire is flaring up here above whiskey town lake. >> 37,000 people have been forced from their homes now. >> leave when we ask you to leave into if you feel like you need to leave and nobody has told you, leave. >> get everybody out. >> we had two minutes to evacuate. >> didn't care about anything else. it was really close. >> wow. >> jump in the street. >> uphill, downhill it's burning in every direction. >> never seen it like this before. >> there's a strange orange haze in the air. >> everything is ashes and still burning. >> the whole subdivision is gone. >> home after home destroyed. >> just heartbreaking standing where homes once stood. >> the whole house is just completely burnt to nothing. >> each new day the extent of the destruction from the carr fire contiesevlitself. >> so i have nowhere to go and i'm just going to do my best. >> you don't realize how n

the middle of it. >> this is our family. we are really tight upthis is - here. >> i had a house five '97 and lost everything. i've been wanting to pay back and this is the way that i'm able to pay back. >> i know a lot of wonderful people that are always happy to help. >> we can't put the fire out for them, but we can take some of the worry out of their heart. ♪ you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? 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. at ross. yes for less.

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reaches speeds over 140 miles per hour. we'll show you how it came to an end. the unforgettable moment at the end of the san francisco marathon. >> good morning. it is monday july 30th. i'm stuck with guys today. it's okay. >> stuck? >> you got us. >> i'm okay with it. >> you got to move from out here to there. >> i did. sitting in the middle now. >> yeah. >> i'll take it. >> hope it's a good view. >> we've got a hazy view, little misty this morning. so far have been immune from the smoke and looks like it could be another day where the sea breeze keeps us cleaner than the rest of the state and cooler. here's a look at the cloud cover on dive doppler 7. the gray, we have high clouds also and drizzle as you get near the coast during the morning commute. here's the way my 12-hour planner breaks down. mid to upper 50s, 50s at the coast, 67 to 73, very comfortable around the bay today. inland maybe a little less comfortable, 87 to 88. see the high clouds rolling in this afternoon, in the 50s at

the coast, by 7:00, 60s and 70s for the rest of us. any time you want to check out this forecast download our accuweather app. it's free. >> we have one and only incident this morning. we don't have any change in cloverdale. sig alert in effect, lanes blocked on southbound 101 due to a crash that happened around 11:30 last night that was a fatality. an investigation ongoing and also working on cleaning up debris and an oil spill from the crash as well. so there is a detour in effect. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, have not gotten official word that metering lights are on, but looks like it. wildfires continue to burn in northern california. >> the biggest the carr fire in redding that's burned 95,000 acres. at least six people, including two firefighters have died. more than 800 buildings have been destroyed. closer to us, two fires, the ranch and river fires combined

over the weekend. cal fire is calling it the mendocino complex fire. a a amy hollyfield joins us live with more. >> 10,000 have been ordered to evacuate. power knocked out for 40,000, making the triple-digit temperatures uncomfortable. the fire forced evacuations on the west and north shores of clearlake. the fire is now at 30,500 acres. the town of lakeport is empty and has ash falling on it. the fire has destroyed six homes. the sheriff told residents it is getting ugly and time to go. >> sundays, so many kids and people walk around. it's smoky, ashes everywhere. the trees. it's sad. >> reporter: look at the lake. it is so quiet, you do not see the usual summer activity going on right now. this fire is 10% contained. we doxpt un the

fire and any progress they made later this morning. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. speaking of lakeport, police are patrolling the evacuated areas trying to keep homes safe. this man is behind bars. officers arrested 35-year-old sean moreyson in an evacuation area in lakeport. police say they found him looking into windows of evacuated homes. officers say he told them he was picking things up up from a family member's house but officers say he did not live there. firefighters believe they are making some progress after a devastating weekend. >> six people are now confirmed dead including two firefighters and several more this morning are still missing. live to redding, here is a look from turquoise court, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods. lake redding estates. see the devastation left behind. home after home. all you see are some of the

foundations and fire places. cal fire says the fire in redding has burned more than 95,000 acres, nearly 150 square miles, destroyed more than 800 buildings. thousands more are threatened. it is only 17% contained. among the victims in the carr fire a woman and her two great grandchildren. this is melody bledsoe, james roberts and 4-year-old emily roberts. they died after fire swept through their keswick estates home. we are hearing from melody's husband ed and his heart reas wrenching account of how he tried to save them. >> i talked to junior on the phone until he died. he just kept saying grandpa, he said, come get me. he said come and get me. the fire is coming in the back door. i said i'm right down the road. he said come and get us. emily said, i love you, grandpa. grandma says i love you grandpa. and junior says i love you. come and get us. i said i'm on my way.

i said -- he talked until he died. i tried to call him back. it went to nothing. poor babies and my wife. what did i do wrong? >> just gives you chills. they did not have time to get out. >> the car koig has -- carr fire have destroyed boats at whiskey town lake. >> the people of the town are resilient. one has not left and is waiting for the power to come back on where he lives. he's using generators until that happens. his neighbor has been there since the fire started. >> what's that been like? >> not fun. no power so there's no air conditioning no fans, no nothing. >> why didn't you leave? >> i want to make sure this house stays here. >> tough choices for these people who live in these areas. he says he ran out of food, but his neighbors helped out and

made him breakfast. >> as soon as we received updated numbers from the carr fire and sending out alerts for local evacuations and updates on the abc 7 news app. customize what alerts you want when. developing news, people at the scene of a triple shooting in antioch where one is dead and two others went to the hospital. >> it happened at 1:20 in the parking lot of applebee's near the antioch bart station. police arrived to find two victims, one pronounced dead at the scene and a third person driven to the hospital by friends. the investigation is in its early stages and so far no word on what led up to the shootings. new overnight a woman under arrest after a chase on 280. this porsche led officers from hillsborough to san jose reaching speeds above 140 miles an hour. california highway patrol officers tried to pull the car over near black mountain road just after 1:30. the driver took off and that chase went on for more than 30

miles until san jose police put out spike strips. the woman eventually surrendered near the winchester off ramp and the car had no plates. 130 miles per hour. that's a fast one. imagine how many miles she covered in that. let's talk about what's going on. we have coverage of fog that's developing across the north bay. ook at this, around santa rosa,. visibility around a mile. going to keep an eye on this as it could get thicker during mth morning. low to mid 50s throughout the north bay. the rest of our neighborhoods we have low 50s around san francisco and daly city, mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. you get to warmer temperatures around the south bay, brentwood and tracy mid 60s. let's go back to the south bay, 87, that is pretty cloudy outside. less likelihood of you getting drizzle here. if you're on a ferry we have gusty breezes through the delta

and a summer sprea taking mass transit. the only thing not average the cloud cover. mxture of low clouds and high clouds. low clouds will go away but the high clouds will take the place. filtered sunshine and haze in the north bay. cloudy and 55 in the morning. noon 67. then in the mid 80s during the afternoon hours. the quick drop down to 69 by 8:00. in the east bay valleys warm from time to time. at 8:00, 62. we're near 80 at noon. and upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon hours and our last stop we'll go back down to the south bay where we have temperatures around 80 for the better part of the afternoon hours and the high clouds will drop us down to 81 by 7:00. ought to be a gorgeous sunset with the high clouds. imagine driving 140 miles per hour? >> no, i definitely can't. especially with police chasing you. doesn't sound like a good idea. >> could we go that fast if we wanted to on the roads? >> some areas, they're pretty empty so far. our one and only incident in

cloverdale. we have all lanes of southbound 101 closed no backup yet, a detour to the side streets and 5:38. this area normally is not one of our busier stretches. a sig alert in effect as they continue the investigation for the crash and continue to clean that up as well. a lot of debris and oil spill involved in this one too. i guess that's what's adding to the lengthy closure. want to take you, a live look at eastbound 580 past sanquineton, lighter side of the san rafael bridge. a delay past that, reports to chp are that someone lost a couch and that is blocking at least one of the lanes. chp on the way to the scene to remove that and we will keep an eye on that. that is the marin county side to the eastbound. not the busier side of the commute. next traffic update in about ten minutes. happening today, a group of bay area moms will hold a three-day hunger strike in oakland to demand justice for migrant families. moms rising is calling for children to be reunited with their family. the government was under a thursday deadline to reunify

more than 2500 children separated from their parents. hundreds remain apart. the strike starts at 8:00 this morning outside the oakland federal building. president trump threatening to shut down the government over immigration. a tweet he says, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for border security which includes the wall. the chairman of the republican congressional campaign committee says congress would keep the government open. with less than 100 days from the midterm elections, congress is scrambling to secure $5 billion for border security in the next funding bill. they need to lock in the votes before the money runs out september 30th. a public school in san francisco could be shelter to 20 families who don't have a permanent home. the board of supervisors will take a final vote tomorrow to approve the program at buena vista man school in the mission. the board approved about $700,000 in funding for one year. the principal and vice principal

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> i have good news, we still have a red flag warning, high fire danger from mount shasta to corning it does have an end at 8:00 this morning. the winds will pull back and hopefully help the firefighters. poor air quality down in the san joaquin valley until at least 8:30 this morning. i think that's going to be extended. chance of thunderstorms through the sierra are not numerous enough, nor have enough moisture to help the firefighters. 91 in yosemite, 100 chico, 103 fresno. even though tahoe is away from the fire, look how much haze is going to hang around for the next six to seven days. reggie? >> thanks, mike. construction crews starting a year long projects togate bri. work started quietly and according to our media partners at the marine ij big crates of equipment delivered to the span over the past few weeks.

inside pieces of a platform that will be constructed underneath the span. that's so workers can safely install the suicide net. you will not be able to see the construction when you are crossing the bridge and that suicide barrier projects is expected to be done in january of 2021. happening today, the man accused of killing five people at a maryland newspaper will make his first court appearance. 38-year-old jared ramos accused of opening fire in the newsroom of the capital gazette last month. a grand jury indicted him on 23 charges. he has not entered a plea. ramos reportedly had a long relationship with the paper. the capital gazette written about him pleading guilty to harassing a woman. officials in contra costa will spray for mosquitos. three chickens tested positive for antibodies in martinez. the first evidence of the virus in the central part of the county. the spraying expected to start at 8:20 tonight.

a close encounter of the mars kind. >> the red planet will move to the closest distance to the earth in 15 years. mars will be shy of 36 million miles away from earth. that they will host viewings and activities at 10:30. it costs $8 a person. a great story about a man named david. i'm going to screw this. casares. >> he is homeless but won't be on the streets much longer because of this photo. it shows the unemployed web developer offering up his less sue may standing on a street -- resume standing on a street. the sign says homeless, hungry for success. take a resume. >> i told myself all i need is one person, you know, to take my resume and say, hey, i'm going to give him an opportunity to this guy. >> the sign worked. he now has hundreds of job

offers from top companies including netflix, google, amazon, bitcoin even offered to relocate him to tokyo. we don't know which job he's going to take. he called it a make or break moment. he was determined to find a job but this was his last stop and if this didn't work he would be heading home to live again with his family in texas. but that's not going to be necessary. >> wow. >> he could be in japan soon. we don't know. >> good for him. >> good luck to you. >> more than 27,500 runners woke up early for the 41st annual biofreeze san francisco marathon. >> the race started at 5:30 yesterday morning at the ferry building and also where it ended. the men's winner, 40-year-old jorge maravilla from mill valley. he picked up his son just before crossing the finish line. he had enough time in front of the second place time to do that. 32-year-old bonnie tran from san francisco was the woman's winner. also a half marathon and 5k and

some of our abc 7 employees ran the half. morning executive producer you're seeing there on the left, martin ortiz, you guys know meteorologist drew tuma, in the middle and our weekend anchor chris nguyen on the right. >> martin trained. >> he is responsible. that's very martin-like. >> the other two didn't train. >> no. >> and they finished in like 1:35, really fasts. >> what's the lesson? you don't need to train? >> that's what drew said. >> you know what that is, that's youth. >> yes. >> that is youth. you're right. >> it's youth and he's all legs. >> about as tall as you are. >> although i'm all legs and can't run. i don't know. >> sorry, didn't mean to go there. >> that's all right. we have our positive traits. >> yeah. >> mine is not running. what's going on outside even though i try. sutro tower look at that, see all the way across the

compressed marine layer to mount diablo. mist that makes it drizzle to san francisco and the east bay hills and coast. high clouds will filter the sunshine this afternoon. we'll have misty spots cool and cloudy tomorrow for the commute and in the middle of the week a cooling trend for our inland neighborhoods. the setup, the same area, high pressure to the east pumping the heat up through the central valley but we've got a low to our west that's pumping in that marine layer and keeping us out of the fire danger and the poor air quality. just a bitty island in the middle of this mess and chaos that's happening around us. enjoy it. be thankful. 77 in milpitas, low to mid 80s south bay, 90s morgan hill and gilroy. mid to upper 70s on the peninsula today. millbrae 68 because of the breeze through the san bernardino gap.

breezy and cloudy coast today. mid 60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. how about low to mid 80s most of the north bay but you look at lakeport and ukiah near the fires and still 100 degrees. upper 60s because of the breeze in oakland. low 70s to mid 70s for the rest of us. our last stop, inland, close to air conditioning weather, upper 80s to mid 90s, haze is possible. my accuweather seven-day forecast, notice not a lot changes. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. a few high clouds from time to time, two to four degrees cooler by thursday but back to average temperatures. turn it over to alexis. >> an update for you, mike, on a couple situations here, cloverdale, this has been our only issue all morning a sig alert on southbound 101 past cloverdale all lanes blocked, this is a fatal crash investigation that started around 11:30 last night. the coroner has arrived on the scene telling us the roadway should open back up in about 20,

30 minutes. we'll pass that along as soon as we have the information. in the meantime things are filling in in our usual spots. bay bridge commute is ramping up and we did get word the metering lights turned on around 5:28 this morning. things are starting to stack up into the maze. >> thanks. new at 6:00, the proposal that would bring three major changes to san francisco's northern waterfront. first the entertaining world record attempt that happened here in the bay area, the keyword being attempt. i know. i know. plus the local city that

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blue jays in town to take on the a's at the coliseum. 63 at 7:05 dropping down to about 58 by 10:00. a's pretty hot, still knocking on the door for that wild card playoff. we'll keep an eye on that. after a violent week in oakland, a game of hoops between police and community members presented an opportunity to build bridges and come together. abc 7 news at jam town in oakland yesterday to see mistake on a team called town business. the first ever building bridges basketball game. nia wilson was stabbed to death on bart and there was concern that a white supremacist group was coming to town. >> we've seen a week of senseless violence in our city. just to have an opportunity for everybody to come to a peaceful event where we can engage, get to know each other and just fellowship playing basketball.

>> when the buzzer sounded opd walked off with the highest score but the real winner was the city of oakland. one city in contra costa county could be a step closer to having a medical marijuana dispensary. the planning commission is expected to decide whether approving a conditional permit. the dispensary would share a building with an athletic training facility. the city can appeal an the commission meets at 7:00 tonight. taking a look at the roads this morning, we have only had one blocking incident and drive times are looking okay so far. westbound 580, that disappeared on me. a look at a bart delay first. about ten minute delay at bayfair station due to track inspections. here we go, the drive times not terrible out of the central valley, tracy to castro valley, northbound highway 85 to the san jose airport 14, highway 1 into

san francisco looking great in the green at 9 minutes. check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you very much. we'll start with the fire conditions and they're getting better all the time, around lake berryessa, we have temperatures at 26, winds less than mainly ten miles per hour and humidity 68%. the temperatures still going to be pretty warm today and tomorrow upper 90s and then we taper down to 88 by sunday. that's good news. that will give the firefighters a little bit of a boost in their spirit knowing they have better weather coming. 74 up around redding with 61% humidity. notice calm conditions, temperatures here look at 106 down to about 97 sunday. still very hot. as far as our poor air quality it's around fresno, bakersfield, sacramento, and all through the north bay only going to get worse this afternoon. a group of roller skaters in san francisco fell short of beaking a guinness world record. abc 7 news at hunters shoreline park in san francisco where

skaters from two clubs tried breaking the record skaters. these skaters are the holy rollers of the church of eight wheels. the group was not able to break the current record of 371 skaters. the organizer says he's not deterred and they will do it again. only this time hopefully break it. we were talking about this earlier, the funny thing was the restrictions they had over what you could wear including no feather boas. >> your wheel can get tangled up. leave those at home. >> disaster. coming up at 6:00, justice ruth bader ginsburg gives us a clue how long she plans to stay on the supreme court. soon if a san francisco public school could become a shelter for homeless students and their families. >> the battles against fires burning across the state. live in redding where fighters live in redding where fighters are starting to

good morning, bay area.

let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> can we admire this beautiful shot. this is great. not a bad way to start a monday. >> no. >> july 30th. 6:00 a.m. thanks for being there. natasha and jessica are off but alexis is in. >> thank you. it is good to be here. you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco is here too, take it away. >> lost in the fog this morning, up in santa rosa and places like gurionville, healdsburg, visibility less than a mile. that's where the thickest fog is right now in some of our reporting stations or over our reporting stations. fog along both sides of the bay this morning and mist to contend with. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. that's how you should dress when you head out. my accuweather 12-hour planner we're going to stay in the 50s with clouds at the coast, 67 to 87, 73 to 88 under hazy conditions and partly sunny this

afternoon. t'