>> 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. let's get it over to alexis and

find out about the commute. >> good morning. i want to head back up to our one and only blocking issue we've had today, a sig alert in the cloverdale area. southbound 101 south of cloverdale, we do still have all lanes closed due to a fatal crash around 11:30 last night. however, chp saying they're getting close to having this clear in about ten more minutes. we'll pass that along as soon as we get official word. the richard/san rafael bridge on the eastbound side of 580, someone lost a couch in the sanquineton area, looks like that has cleared and we're nice too. new video from the air of the carr fire burning in and around redding. this was shot thursday night and see the fire ripping through our neighborhood. erratic winds led to the fire growing out of control. the death toll and homes destroyed continues to increase. abc 7 news reporter dion lim has been in redding since friday and joins us live this morning. good morning, dion. >> alexis and reggie, good morning to you.

now as the sun begins to rise here in redding, you can see just how widespread the damage is. taking out much of this neighborhood about 15 minutes northwest of downtown. we're seeing an awful lot of trees just toppled to the ground from the high winds. now the latest numbers from cal fire show the fire spreading to 95,000 acres, but containment this is the good news, has more than tripled from over the weekend. it is at 17%. now some of the most eerie pictures come the marina at whiskey town lake. you can see dozens of burned out boats bobbing in the water in various stages of sinking. one of the most badly damaged areas the merry lake subdivision. we met many people trying to return home to salvage whatever they can. but police are still concerned about hot spots and live gas lines. many homeowners were turned away. >> we're anxious to home. my children and 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. we learned about a sheriff's deputy who lost his home early thursday, but has continued to despite all of this to serve his community, helping with the evacuations. we should it on out a sixth person has lost his life. authorities tell me he did because he refused to leave his home, which was evacuated. all the more reason why to evacuate even before you get that warning. in redding, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> thank you. now look at this image. a 14-foot albino python among the many missing pets after the carr fire. it belongs to the shop redding reptiles the owner said it escaped its enclosure. 200 reptiles are at the owner's friend's house while evacuations remain in plac cal fire is combining two fires and they are 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. shelters have opened up. many are gathering at twin pine casino in middletown. we posted the latest evacuation information and details on the mendocino complex at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news autopsy. >> -- app. >> not a lot of positive news except from napa fire where 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 berryessa highlands residential community and nearby pleasure cove resort. of course just beche iresoesn't mean people aren't losing things. this woman lost her home. she tried to do everything right.

>> 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 nowhere to go. and i'm just going to do my best. >> no injuries have been reported an the cause of the fire is still under investigation. find fire updates downloading the abc 7 news app. the next time you catch a flight you could be tracked and followed by air marshals. >> that's if you aren't on any wrong. it's called quiet skies, been going on for years but just now hearing about it. matt keller live for us at san jose airport. good morning, matt. >> good morning, reggie and alexis. yes, it was a secret program until now. even the air marshals are not big fans of this program. so what exactly is this program

that's taking place all across the nation at the airports? the quiet skies program specifically targets u.s. citizens not in the terrorist screening database or suspected of wrong doing according to the tsa. as first revealed to the "boston globe" thousands of unsuspecting americans have been watched by armed, undercover air marshals. they take notes on what passengers do, who they talk to, even if they use the bathroom. >> we're seeing examples of the tsa following around people who are in no way significantly suspect. the criteria that they are applying does not point to people who are potential terrorists. >> reporter: the tsa tells abc 7 news they follow individuals who may have erratic travel patterns and not a surveillance program, it does not take race or religion into account. the air marshal association president released this statement to the globe, saying the air marshal association believes that missions based on recognized intelligence or in support of ongoing federal investigations is the proper

criteria for flight scheduling. the quiet skies program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable. reporting live here in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. new at 6:00, san francisco's northern waterfront could soon get a major make-over. it will make it easier to get around. >> this is one of the more bizarre police chases you will probably ever see. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. a colorful sunrise developing right now. if you're locked into the clouds i'll keep posting pictures on sonoma. temperatures pretty close to average today 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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bed this morning. that looks nice. beaches, breezy, mainly gray today and temperatures in the 50s. pretty comfortable if you're out and about but on the bay this afternoon, starting at 2:00 through 3:00 the areas in yellow it's going to be choppy and going to be a little breezy. how about the morning commute this morning? hey, alexis. >> those clouds make you want to climb in and go back to sleep, mike. we are looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:28 this morning. we're looking typical but just beyond the toll plaza there, we're hearing we have a vehicle with possibly some mechanical issues and a small brush fire on the side. emergency crews are there but, of course, that could cause a little onlooker delay. i'm keeping an eye on that one. better news for bart riders in bay fair area, track inspections in the dublin, fremont areas. they've wrapped up that work and everything is resuming to normal service. new at 6:00, san francisco's northern waterfront may get a major make-over.

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could be a serial killer linked to as many as seven murders. 27-year-old daniel drayton was arrested at a los angeles hotel last week. that's where police say he was found with a woman who had been tied up and sexually assaulted. he was wanted in new york where investigators say he used the dating app tinder to prey on his victims. >> the common denominator in the cases one being a murder and one being a rape, is dating websites. >> two independent investigation as they progressed led our detectives to one in the same individual, that individual was tracked across the country. >> police say there could potentially be more victims out there. he faces several charges in new york and l.a. he's being held on more than $1 million bail. happening today the board of cbs is meeting and members will discuss the sexual misconduct charges leveled against chairman and ceo les moonves. six have come forward so far accusing him of decades of

sexual misconduct. it's detailed in "new yorker" magazine. actress and writer illeana douglas said how he kissed her and couldn't get lim off of her. a public school in san francisco could soon be shelter to 20 families who don't have a permanent home. the board of supervisors will take a vote tomorrow to approve the program in the mission. last week the board approved about $700,000 in funding for one year. the principal and vice principal created a plan to provide temporary housing for families in the school gym. the examiner reports the next step is to find a non-profit to staff the program. >> security justice ruth bader ginsburg hopes to stay on five more years. that means she would be leaving years old. she's hired law clerks for at least two more years. shopping on-line after

pouring yourself a glass of something or two might cost more than you planned. >> according to a report people who hit amazon after having a few drinks ended up spending more than $40 each time. cnbc conducted by arch stone recovery center. it shows gin drinkers spend the most, about $82 on average, whiskey drinkers are the less with $39, and boozy purchases often end in buyer's remorse, about 50% ended up returning what they bought. >> wow. 50%. >> yeah. that's a lot. >> that is. then it raises prices for the rest of white house aren't drunk shopping. >> this is shopping on amazon, right. hopefully amazon prime members and free returns. >> there you go. >> that's true. >> hopefully won't do it again. >> yeah. >> i think what you don't need to do is go on-line and buy a car, you know. that might be a mistake. >> yeah. >> hopefully like a pair of jeans. >> yeah. >> smaller purchases. let's keep it like that. all right.

let's talk about what's going on weather wise. here's a look at the east bay hills, see a colorful sunrise coming up as we have low clouds and stratus there that are going to be lighted from underneath or lit from underneath by the sun. a time lapse rolling on that right now. high clouds and haze, average to below average highs to the coast. we will see this pattern repeat pretty much every day this week with a little bit of cooling coming to our inland neighborhoods. talk san francisco, and you can see the cloud cover hard to come by. mid 50s and to 60 at 4:00, low to mid 60s on the bayside where we will see more in the eastbou in the east bay, partly sunny, richmond and berkeley and oakland and 70s about everywhere else. on the peninsula waking up cloudy this morning and mostly sunny at noon and then partly sunny because of those high clouds in the afternoon hours. 68 at millbrae to 80 redwood

city. only upper 50s to low 60s along the coast. in the south bay waking up mostly cloudy but high clouds and sunshine this afternoon, from 78 in sunnyvale, 90s around morgan hill and gilroy. fog around santa rosa, mid to upper 80s with high clouds and sunshine. inland mostly sunny but temperatures will reach near 90s in about all neighborhoods under a partly sunny sky. look at this, just not a lot of change. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine, temperatures maybe two to three degrees cooler by thursday and friday. hope you like consistency. >> i do. that's looking pretty good. we are looking at the roads this morning. we've only had one issue and good news from chp all lanes back open giving you the thumb's up. all lanes cleared, southbound 101 past cloverdale following a sig alert in effect for almost seven hours. a crash involving just one vehicle but was a fatality about 11:30 last night. oil spill, lot of debris. everything is gone and the purple should change to the

grown. didn't see much of a backup due to that. drive times, westbound 580, tracy to castro valley, 1 hour 15 minutes, in the red, northbound 101, highway 85 to the san jose airport at 12 and northbound 1 to san francisco in the green at nine minutes. >> "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 on abc 7 and my old pal rob marciano live with a look at what's ahead. hi, rob. >> hey, good morning reggie. i was in that great state all weekend long up in the fire zone and what horrific scenes and stories and it's not over. we continue to cover that, my friend. also on "gma," the latest on those bombshell allegations against the head of cbs. accused of sexual misconduct. the company now investigating. in a board meeting planned for today. we have the reporter who broke the story, joining us live on "gma." also ahead, an exclusive with the father of that college student now missing for more than a week in iowa.

he has an emotional plea to help find his daughter and we have new details about the night she went missing. plus, princess leia, lives on. how the late carrie fisher will be featured in the upcoming "star wars" and what her costars are saying this morning. and you know it's that time of year again, get ready for dancing with a twist, for the first time ever a special kids edition and we are revealing the judges right here this morning. dancing kids, television, i mean that's ratings gold. >> all you do is add in a couple cute animals and we're good to go, rob. >> you're right about that. >> beautiful drive yesterday over the bay bridge. i had a beautiful drive over the bay bridge. i love looking at that city skyline. love the -- peace out to you guys, wish i was still there. >> you're welcome any time, rob. thank you. california's high-speed rail is at risk of going slower than originally advertised.

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the air quality will only get worse, unfortunately. thanks, mike. >> another person has driven off a cliff in big sur and this time the driver died. six miles south of where an oregon woman went offer. the victim is a 39-year-old man and the coroner's office is working to identify him. investigators say it appears the driver was headed north and had trouble with a curve and caused him to crossover the roadway and plunge off the cliff. >> the rail between san francisco and los angeles may not attain the speed it's legally mandated to reach. it's supposed to get passengers to l.a. in 2 hours and 40 minutes. simulations show it's 3 minutes 10 seconds under the threshold. the rail authority has slowed long stretches of the track but it can still meet its trip time commitments. next at 6:30, a group of local moms are going on a three-day hunger strike today. >> a deadly shooting at an

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plus next time you visit sfo you might be wondering are people really buying this out of a vending machine? the answer is, yes. spoiler alert. oh, yes. good morning, on this monday, july 30th. 6:30. natasha and jessica have the day off. graced with alexis in the anchor chair. >> yeah, thank you. good to be here. double duty today. still handling traffic too and mike weather. handling the weather today. >> i'm going to try. absolutely. nice having you over here. i get to see you more when over here. let's talk about what's going on outside, hard to see in some areas because of the fog. look at the gray conditions that we're dealing with just about everywhere this morning as the sea breeze is in there and a little moist. unfortunately r you'll run into drizzle and mist. out of the marine layer deck how compressed it is, gorgeous picture from sutro tower this morning. all right. mid to upper 50s dress for that when you step outside. we won't leave the temperatures

along the coast. we'll escape the 60s and hit the 70s around the bay from noon to 4:00 and 79 to 89 inland. warmer there. most of us back in the 60s and 70s by 7:00. not a completely sunny day, though. >> taking a look at the roads we haven't had many issues to talk about so far this morning but i do want to take you out to altamont pass area. he a we are down to nine miles an hour, 12 miles to 580. stop and go heavy for several miles getting out of tracy heading into altamont pass. bay bridge toll plaza looking pretty typical here, metering lights on at 5:28 and i did tell you about a fire we had off on the right shoulder a short time ago. chp rolled through and didn't see anything. that is a nonissue. breaking news this morning, abc 7 news confirmed that former bay area m of oaknd ronas died.e mines an ine flo

social activism. he served in congress from 1971 until the late '90s and one of the firsts to call for the integration of gays and lesbians into the military. he served as mayor of oakland from 2007 to 2011. ron dellums was 82 years old and updates on this story throughout the day and on the abc 7 news app and here on abc 7 news. thousands are out of their homes as wildfires continue to burn in northern california this morning. the biggest is the carr fire in redding. it has burned 95,000 acres, at least six people including two firefighters have died, and 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. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield tracking the situation live in the newsroom for us. >> the fire is 10% contained, burned 30,500 acres.

the fire is closing in on clearlake. many towns around the lake are under mandatory evacuation. lakeport's main street is empty with ash falling all over the town. the twin pine casino in middletown is serving as an evacuation center. >> i've been in a flood before but never been the a fire. so it's -- am i going to go home to a bunch of ashes or go home to my house? >> we're here and it's just, take a deep breath, you know. it's one of those. you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the middle of it. >> the lake is very quiet right now. look at that. no signs of any typical summer activity and look at that air quality. it just does not look good. we expect an update on the fire from officials this morning. what's amazing as i'm watching for updates on the fire i'm looking at the other fires cal fire is working right now and having to update. they are very busy right now. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield.

>> hopefully we will see increased number of containment this morning. lakeport police are patrolling the areas trying to keep homes safe and this morning this man is behind bars. officers arrested 35-year-old morrison in an evacuation area lakeport police say they found him looking into windows of evacuated homes. officers say he told them he was picking things up from a family member's house but officers say he did not live there. we know the identity of the firefighter who died battling the ferguson fire. >> 33-year-old brian hughes, a capital of the arrowhead interagency hot shots originally from hawaii. a tree fell on him yesterday morning engaging in a tactical operation. this month a bulldozer operator died in the fire. some new photos from east of yosemite. you can see how poor the air quality is and in some places you can only see a half mile ahead. full containment is not expected until august 15th. yosemite is expected to reopen

on friday. stay with abc 7 as we continue to track the fires. you can download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts for breaking updates on evacuations. you can also find a guide with what you need to have ready to go if you get evacuated at a moment's notice on our website abc7news.com. new overnight, a woman is under arrest after this chase on 280. the porsche led officers from hillsborough to san jose. reaching speeds above 140 miles an hour. california highway patrol officers say they tried to pull the car over near black mountain road just after 1:30. the driver took off and the chase went on more than 30 miles and san jose police put out spike strips. the woman eventually surrendered near the winchester off ramp and the car had no plates. developing news, police at the scene of a triple shooting at the applebee's in antioch. one person is dead and two others are in the hospital. >> this happened at 1:20 in the restaurant parking lot on hill crest avenue. that's near the antioch bart station. police arrived and found two

victims, one pronounced dead at the scene. friends drove a third person to the hospital. the investigation still early on and so far no word on what led up to the shootings. happening today, a group of bay area mothers 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 and more than 1800 have been reunited but hun drez remain apart. the strike starts at 8:00 outside the oakland federal building. president trump is threatening to shut down the government over immigration. in a tweet he says, i would be willing to shut down the 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 for border security in the next funding bill. they need to lock in the votes

before the money runs out september 30th. 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 was at jam town on fourth avenue in oakland yesterday to see mistake on a team called town business. it was the first ever building bridges basketball game. last week 18-year-old nia wilson was stabbed to death on bart. there was also concern about a white supremacist group coming to town. this game was a welcome event for city and community leaders. >> this is like a reintroduction with the community and police to have a basketball game and then the difficult conversations. >> 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 and get to know each other and fellowship playing basketball. >> when the buzzer sounded opd walked off the court with the high score, but everyone agreed the real winner was oakland.

you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's take a look at temperatures coolest in daly city and pacifica. low 50s. 51 and 52. rest of us from half moon bay towards the peninsula in the mid to upper 50s. same thing along the east bay shore, most of the east bay until you get to concord and towards antioch low to mid 60s there. same thing in san jose, los gatos 74. 57 in fairfield, napa 75. look at all the moisture in the air. you may need to use the windshield wipers a couple times. alexis and i did as we crossed the bay bridge this morning into san francisco. so some misty spots, caution for your driving, ferry rides could be gusty north of the bay bridge through tomorrow morning at 3:00, mass transit, the summer spread once again. here's a look at what's going on in san francisco, we'll escape the 50s by noon. it will be pretty cloudy most of the day in the low to mid 60s and let's go over to the east bay where we've got 70s by noon with sun breaking out, partly

sunny this afternoon, mid 70s down to about 65 by 8:00. and then in the south bay we're going to hit the 80s for a couple hours this afternoon in between the cloudy start and the fairly cloudy ending. 140-mile-per-hour chase last night, i keep thinking about that. especially on our roads. >> yeah. we know who wants to drive fast in a porsche, mike nicco. >> but not in the way that that lady did and where she is this morning either. >> no. you want to do that like on a racetrack or something. >> right. >> any hot spots this morning or slow downs? >> we're looking good this morning, mike. we've had very few incidents to talk about and don't have any crashes on the board. that is good news. we're looking at a typical drive through emeryville at the moment. westbound 80 folks heading from the berkeley area from emeryville to the maze. nothing unusual. we, of course, have the bay bridge metering lights on. they flipped over to the on position at about 5:28 this morning but that's about it. really overall we're offer to a great start this monday morning. westbound 80, highway 4 to the

maze along the stretch we looked at in the yellow but barely. 28 minutes. about 11-minute drive across the bay bridge into san francisco and that just flipped over back into the green. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo still in the green coming in at ten minutes. reggie. officials in contra costa will spray for mosquitos today. three chickens tested positive for antibodies against west nile virus in martinez the first evidence of the virus in the central part of the county this summer. the spraying expected to start at 8:20 tonight and will end at 11:00 p.m. an iconic east bay studio about to close its doors for good. >> you're looking live at the big board at the no stock exchange. what we will be doing in just a moment. right there, a live look at redding where many people are finding this is all that is left of their homes after a deadly and destructive wildfire. abc 7 news anchor dion lim will be there for us live. >> taking a live look outside here is a look at the airport at sfo. everything is looking good here

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also the poor air quality. the air quality warning only goes until 8:30. i have a feeling this is going to be extended for the joaquin valley. thunderstorms won't bring rain and stop the ferguson fire. temperatures greater than 100, palm springs and fresno and chico. 96 sacramento. the smoke is not leaving the sierra. tahoe hazy today all the way through saturday. fire crews in shasta county are trying to get control of the carr fire. >> it's burned more than 95,000 acres and destroyed hundreds of homes in redding. six people have died. abc 7 news reporter dion lim is in redding with the latest. dion? >> reggie and alexis, many residents here tell me they consider the carr fire to be the worst in shasta county history. this is why. take a look, two my left you see just a shelf a home standing there on a hill and in every single direction you turn, homes completely leveled. we're in a neighborhood 15 minutes northwest of downtown. you can see this home is

leveled, except for a fireplace that's standing and then the random oddity, a home right next to it completely untouched. now the latest numbers from cal fire shows that fire spreading to 95,000 acres and has claimed 6 lives so far. but a bit of relief today as containment tripled over the weekend to now 17%. with nearly 40,000 people evacuated the red cross has set up five emergency shelters across the county. the biggest one at shasta college where on average they are housing 500 to 600 a night. many miss the comforts of home and getting adjusted to their new normal. >> taking a shower and getting clean clothes on and shampooing my hair, i can't go in and get clean clothes. it will take a while to get back into the routine. >> one of the evacuated is a sheriff's deputy with shasta county. he had less than three hours to leave his home with his wife and children and this is all that's

left. through it all, remarkably enough, that deputy has continued to work the front lines helping others in his community. across town the merry lake neighborhood was badly damaged. we met many trying to return home tole is vaj whatever they can. now we certainly ran into a lot of people, even some who have been trying to return to their homes, but the danger is still great. hot spots and live gas lines, authorities say they are turning people away. in redding, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you, dion. among the victims in the carr fire, a woman and her two great grandchildren. this is melody bledsoe, 5-year-old james roberts and 4-year-old emily roberts. they died after fire swept through their keswick estates home. this morning we're hearing from melody's husband ed and his 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. 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? >> that is just heartbreaking. we sent a push alert as soons we received updated numbers from the carr fire and alerts for local evacuations and updates on our abc 7 app. we're just learning about a secret program from the tsa that's been going on for years and it involves air marshals tracking people who aren't on watch lists. >> reporter matt keller live for us in san jose to explain

matt? >> good morning, reggie and alexis. excessive fidgeting or sweating, using a computer, cold, penetrating stare orei the attention of u.s. air mushls. t -- marshals. the program called quiet skies, used nationwide, targets u.s. citizens not in the terrorist 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 marshals. the marshals take notes on what certain passengers do, who they talk to, even if they use the bathroom. tsa tells abc news they follow videos who may have erratic travel patterns but it is not a surveillance program. the air marshal association president said currently the quiet skies program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable. reporting live here in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. to your morning money

report, unemployment is at record lows and now companies are getting desperate for workers. >> some are relaxing requirements for new hires. fewer jobs posted on-line are requiring college degrees. a million jobs were posted with no experience necessary. and self-taught programmers are now finding jobs at places like intel where you used to need professional training. an iconic bay area movie and music studio is closing. fantasy studios operates out of the zaentz center in berkeley. berkeley side reports the studio will close in mid-september. carlos santana recording his nine winning grammy album, as did green day and journey. fantasy studios produced "one flew over the nest" and the english patient. >> a couple things to note about the next story. silicon valley has a thing and two there is a vending machine at sfo that will sell one to

you. >> according to business insider, the vest vending machine averages about $10,000 in sales a month. japanese retailer unique lo started selling clothes out of vending machines out of airports and u.s. malls last year. it added down vests at $50 a pop and the vending machisells out 200 a month. >> it's a brilliant idea for san francisco, you see tourists all the time come here thinking it's california and wearing t-shirt and shorts. >> yeah. >> why not put it at the airport. >> before i lived here, i came -- i was living in texas at the time and came to san francisco for a visit in july, and i was freezing and had to buy a jacket down there like in the fisherman's wharf and wore it the entire time i was here. >> yeah. >> there's a market for this, mike. >> absolutely. if you can't wear the hoodie the vest would be more stylish. absolutely. it happens to everybody. that makes so much money offer that. people come out in the middle of summer, 50 something sdmeegs yeah.

>> oops. >> reggie, missed out again. another business opportunity. >> everyone takes my ideas. >> need to help you get those through the pipeline faster. we will think of something in a minute. here's a look at the mist and drizzle you have to deal with the closer you get to the coast. this is the golden gate bridge. those cars are coming in from the north bay and i bet every once in a while using the windshield wipers. beautiful shot from sutro tower. see how compressed the marine layer is squeezing some of the moisture out of it. we've got some high clouds that will be mixed with the smoke. and that's why we'll have hazy sunshine today. misty spots, cool and cloudy tonight, a little bit of a cooling trend, a couple degrees, as we head towards the middle of the week. we have a really steady, almost seasonal weather pattern. by noon still have clouds shooting through the golden gate bridge between the bay bridge and also the san mateo bridge and the clouds will be stubborn along the coast all day today. maybe a little sunshine across the north bay and coast. milpitas, 77, gilroy, 91.

redwood city 80, 57 to 62 along the peninsula coast with mid 60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. near 60 with mainly low to mid 80s in the north bay valleys. you get north of cloverdale when you see the upper 90s to triple digits. breezes keep richmond, berkeley and oakland in the 60s. 80 fremont. move into the east bay valleys, upper 80s to mid 90s. temperatures tonight will be hang outing in the mid 50s to 60s again. you can see the little bit of cooling that takes the 90s out of the forecast for thursday and friday. they come back barely for the weekend. all right. back to alexis, look at the commute. what's going on? >> well we're looking at some summertime volumes here on the roads this morning too, mike. very few blocking incidents to talk about and light volumes here too, san jose, state route 87 if you're traveling to mineta airport this morning no issues getting there. we're looking at some lighter than average volumes. everybody enjoying the summer

vacation here. westbound 580 tracy to dublin still in the red, 59 minutes for you, westbound 4 antioch to concord in the yellow at 24, no delays, southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, commute nice and light at 16 minutes. construction crews starting a projects to install suicide barriers on the golden gate bridge. work started quietly according to our media partners at the ma rin ij. crates of equipment were delivered 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. the suicide barrier projects expected to be done in january of 2021. and now to a pretty great story about a man named david. >> he's homeless but he won't be on the streets much longer because of this photo. it shows the unemployed web developer offering up his resume standing on a street in silicon

valley. 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. >> well, the sign worked. he now has hundreds of job offers from netflix, google, amazon, bitcoin offered to relocate him to tokyo. no word on which job he's going to take but he called it a make or break moment. he was determined to find a job. this was his last stop. fe didn't get work he would be headed back home to live with his family in texas. >> you know what, he was desperate for a job and came up with a creative solution and it worked. >> good for him. >> hopefully he's a real asset to one of our bay area companies. go do it, man. >> we have to keep up with him. >> up next, the seven things you need to know before you go. >> our instagram picture of the day, follow us at abc 7 news bay area. see more content like this and share your photos and video

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just joining us about to go out the door the seven things you need to know. breaking news, abc 7 news has confirmed former bay area congressman and former mayor of oakland ron dellums has died. we're told he died last night of an illness and he was 82 years old. >> number two, the mendocino complex fire in lake and mendocino counties has burned more than 30,000 acres. six homes have been destroyed and evacuation center is open at twin pine casino in middletown. >> number three the carr fire burning in shasta county continues to grow to more than 95,000 acres. it is only 17% contained. and the death toll has risen to six including a woman who died protecting her two great grandchildren who also perished in the fire. >> number four, good news, the fire threat is starting to wane. the red flag warning hopefully ends this morning. we're going to have hazy sunshine and multilayers of clouds and seasonal temperatures

with near 60 at the coast, mid 70s around the bay and 90s inland. >> number five a porsche led chp from hillsborough to san jose overnight. speeds reached 140 miles per hour. the woman behind the wheel eventually surrendered. >> number six, a tsa program called quiet skies is tracking american citizens. according to the "boston globe" air marshals are surveilling ordinary americans not suspected of any crime. >> number seven, overall it's been a quiet morning on the roads. we've got our typical slow spots including westbound 205 to 580 out of tracy. seven miles an hour on 205 and hey i think everybody enjoying summer vacation here and not heading into work today or seems like it. >> it happens a lot where i live. the last week in july the first week in august, everybody seems to take their vacation because all the summer activities are over, right before school starts. >> yeah. enjoy it while it lasts. >> i think so, yes. >> no lines in restaurants and stuff like that either. >> very nice. >> couple of things to look

forward to on "good morning america." updates on the fires and dancing good morning, america.ancing the wildfire emergency explodes overnight. at least 60 large fires blazing through the west. the carr fire scorching everything in its path. the death toll climbing. a great-grandmother dies protecting two children. another firefighter killed battling the blaze. the extraordinarily dangerous conditions as they fight the flames around the clock. under investigation, the powerful head of cbs, les moonves, accused of sexual misconduct by at least six women including an emmy nominated actress and a producer. now the board meeting today. will they ask him to step aside? the reporter who broke the bombshell story, ronan farrow, joins us live. new battle over the border. president trump now threatening a government shutdown if democrats don't su