good morning east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> a bay area strike team takes i bntlingmo the carr fire shasta county. >> at 5:00,s inn adfirernin ng b at 5:00.m. it august 1st. >> let's start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. remember the sea breeze we talked about how it was going to crank up today. we're starting to see that as i have the winds overlaid oivn do 28 in fairfield. another headwind toward the close there. drizzle and mist hanging in the air as the gray continues to overspray our neighborhoods this morning. temperatures almost the same, low to upper 50s, stay in the 50s at the coast today for the most part. 68 to 79, a few degrees cooler at noon, 74 to 87, not as many

90s inland for the rest of us. >> good morning, mike. i want to head down to our biggest issue this morning, it is improving in the south bay, a three-car crash happened about an hour ago on north bay 680 around hostetter road. one of the vehicles was facing sideways from the initial collision when hit again. unfortunately we did have in injuries. they're working on cleaning that up. the far right lane blocked. you can see the residual delays, down to about nine miles an hour for two mes n the scene. san mateo bridge, quick check here as well, westbound 92 okay around the mid span. a disabled vehicle that is pushed off to the left shoulder. that vehicle getting some assistance right now. next traffic update coming up in just about ten minutes. >> thank y time lapsed videoou shows t river fire as it grows out of control in mendocino county. this is being combined with the

nearby ranch fire and together they have burned more than 80,000 acres. you can see here where both of them are on this map, the ranch fire 10% contained, the river fire 12%. evacuation orders were lifted last night for finley and kelseyville in lake county. abc 7 news was in kelseyville when people started returning home. homeowners wanted to thank the firefighters but know the fires are a long way from being fully contained. meantime there are still many road closures in place and lake county authorities took theseo yesterday. they are accused of being unauthor ride in evacuated areas in fact mendocino complex fire. three had been previously warned to stay out of those areas. there is a new wildfire burning in northeastern mendocino county. mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for the highlighted part of mendocino, and kavelo. this is the eel fire. the latest update from last

night it has burned 400 acres. the fire fight continues on the carr fire, mainly burning in shasta county, but last night it crossed into trinity county. trinity is west of french gulch and in total burned more than 112,000 acres. containment at 30%. eric thomas has more on the fire that has destroyed nearly 1,000 homes so far. >> reporter: tonight there's a growing emphasis on the trinity side of the carr fire now that flames have reached over the county line. >> firefighters say these flames have crept down the ridge and are finally down here to the road's edge where they let it burn. there are no structures here. they're content to fight itt f s away from here. >> afraid the little town of lewistown is going to burn. >> reporter: ron pearl who retired to livermore a few years back is one of the trinity county evacuees who checks this map locally for updates on the

fire, information he can't get from fire department websites. >> as far as the updates on-line, everything is for shasta county, not trinity county. >> reporter: the map has become a town square for lewistown folks to share what they know. and not far away in the parking lot of a cvs pharmacy, a little enclave of travel trailers has sprung up, filled with people who had to flee lewistown over the weekend and rough it. >> no electricity. no showers. no nothing. >> reporter: late this afternoon, cal fire and other emergency responders held a community meeting to update folks on the fire fooigts effort. >> i can tell you our number one priority besides safety is to get you home. >> reporter: there is no timetable for that and weary firefighters are doing their best but edith and thousands like her have one wish. >> i just want to go home. >> reporter: more than that, she wants a home to go home to.

eric tom eric thomas abc 7 news. a task force from the bay area is in whiskey town. it has seen a lot of devastation there, but members found an undamaged american flag still flying at the town's cemetery. the team decided to lower the flag to half staff in memory of the firefighters who died battling wildfires this year and the task force is made up of an alameda fire battalion chief and a team from the arendo fire district. they posted these photos on-line. for more information on the fires including evacuation orders and what to do in case you need to evacuate, go to abc7news.com or use the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts to get the latest breaking news when it happens. this is the moment that defined 49er dwight clark. the catch. one of the most memorable plays in sports history. > the bay area knows dwight was much more than that one play. a private memorial service will be held to celebrate his life. abc 7 news reporter amy

hollyfield is live where his family and friends will say good-bye. >> this will be a private memorial service not open to the public. it will be filled with family, friends, former teammates. dwight clark is known for making a catch. it was on third down with only a minute to go. he made a touchdown against the dallas cowboys which sent the niners to their first ever super bowl. that was in 1981. clark caught the ball with his fingertips and the play was forever known as the catch. clark was known for more than just that epic play. he was known as a humanitarian who cared about giving to the community and after his diagnosis for bringing attention to the als disease. his remains are buried on former owner eddie debartalo's property in montana where he has the goal post that was standing during the play. his remains are the exact distance from the post as he was when he made the catch. he will deliver the eulogy at

today's service. joe montana will also speak. he's the quarterback be who threw that ball to clark on that day. the service is private but they are allowing our cameras inside. we will be able to capture all the kind words said today, all the speeches, so stay with abc 7 news. we'll be able to bring those to you later in our newscast later this afternoon and evening. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. look at the temperatures in the 90s, low to mid 90s yesterday. now they're back into the mid . alleysba50s through o e v al mid 60s. ong wan jose at 62 7seel, santa. foggy and misty. hard to see across the golden gate bridge. the clouds will be stubborn at the beaches as the brooesz

today. seasonal conditions, nothing too extreme and breezes across the entire bay, whether coming out of the west, south of the bay bridge or coming out of the southwest, north of the bay bridge through the delta. this will start at about 11:00 north of the bay bridge and 2:00 this afternoon south of the bay bridge. the winds out of the northwest gusting 30 along the coasts through at least 9:00 tomorrow evening. a look at san francisco, mostly cloudy and drizzle from 8:00, then we'll start to see the drizzle dry a little bit, especially on the bayside by 10:00. it will hang on the coast side through about noon and then we'll see 60 degree temperatures during the afternoon hours. all right. let's turn it over to alexis and find out about the commute. >> our main issue so far today has been in the south bay, gs are looking better. the far right lane wh we had all of the main laocked you crash scene, but pretty much everyone getting by with no issues right now. that backup really has

cleared out. one lane blocked. i will keep an eye on that, should be totally clear before long. want to take you to the central valley, eastbound 580, various lanes closed until 11:00 for grinding and paving work and you're slower on eastbound 580. westbound to 580 down to 22 miles an hour. speaking of traffic, the trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars got better gas mileage. that argument outlined in a draft proposal obtained by the ap on new mileage standards. the administration is working on the plan and it could be released as soon as this week. the report shows the administration plans to challenge california's long-standing authority to enact its tougher pollution and fuel standards. helping our friends up north. how the bay area is supporting dozens of animals who don't have a home in redding anymore and how you can help. >> serena williams will never forget last night in san jose.

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accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> check out the marine layer this morning. a lot of mist and drizzle as you get closer to the coast. the sea breeze is faster today and the closer you are the more likely you will have below average temperatures from 70 in oakland to 77 in redwood city.

livermore and san jose and napa, averag to b average. comfortable day today. >> thank you. cats and dogs looking for homes in the redding area before the fires are going to be up for adoption in the bay area starting today. 90s cats and dogs have been brought to the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek and to three other nearby shelters. they were moved to make space for new arrivals up north and when they arrive at arf they are tested and given an assessment to check their behavior. >> they're getting individual attention. they're out of the smell of smoke which, obviously, if we can smell it their sense of smell is so much greater, so they're settling in and they're they're amazing animals and showing remarkable progress. >> here's how you will be able to tell these are the dogs that came from the redding area. all have been named after as and giants players. to the ferguson fire burning west of yosemite. plans to reopen yosemite valley on friday have been delayed

until sunday or later because of the heavy smoke. park officials also closed the valley to the public. the fire has burned 58,000 acres and 33% contained. dramatic video to show you, a large bus on mount diablo clearly over the double yellow line, nearly misses a cyclist. one cyclist told us she was warned to get as far right as she could and nearly ended up as paint on the side of the bus. >> if i had not moved over as far as i could, it would not have been a good day for me. i mean a bus that size, that's not able to maneuver and take the sharp curves, it should not be on a mountain. >> a spokesperson for the california state parks says the agency contacted school in charge of the bus. large groups are required to have a permit. but the corners are too tight for a large bus to stay on its side of the roadway, double stripe or not. park officials tell us the chp is reaching out to school groups

to talk about safetyisar ning about the dangers otofs a niral dance cra >>eopl across the country ehe veha ieenn my feelings challenge and c's m >> in theoo lk the growing fst dangers kekef o cehallenge. the dance craze has people jumping out of a moving car and dancing alongside it while the car keeps moving. for some getting in their feelings ended in the hospital. 18-year-old anna warden from iowa had to be airlifted to the icu after she tripped trying to do the challenge. >> the last thing i remember was opening my car door. >> reporter: she hit her head causing a skull fracture, blood clotsz and bleeding in her brain and now has to relearn how to walk. but warden isn't alone. incidents like hers are prompting a warning from the federal government. >> we realized this was a really unsafe driving behavior that

could lead to crashes and injures. >> more on this dangerous craze, with your first look, new york. >> common sense goes a long way. house minority leader nancy pelosi wants answers. according to the chronicle she is calling for a sweeping investigation into the cleanup of the former hunter's point naval shipyard including the navy and epa. she fought for decades to obtained federal funding for the shipyard which has been a super fund waste site since 1989. the main cleanup contractor at the shipyard is tetra tech. former workers accuse the company of violating safety standards to make money and make the site appear clean whenera w forget her trip to san jose and that's not a good thing. she suerheoster ceer. e had plenty of bay area support at the mubadala silicon valley classic last night but

she lost in a match against johanna konta and it lasted just 52 minutes. for context the average singles match is about two hours. williams said she has so many things on her mind and doesn't have time to be shocked about a loss. the tournament continues in san jose today. ouch. >> we still love serena. >> o-1 is a tough loss. almost got to try to do that. lia,enryve he break. she's just coming back. >> had a bad day. she wi be back. >> shell was gone and pregnant r so long. >> i have better news. >> this is really fun. some piltsz departing sfo are requesting reroutes to fly over our beautiful sites of the city. >> an air traffic controller tells the chronicle they must request the reroute before they depart and have to request that through the tower. air traffic can't be congested, the weather has to be clear and

flights can't be running late. passengers get glimpses of the bay and golden gate bridges, sausalito, alcatraz and in the east bay from 3,000 feet before the plane zooms to its destination. a close look, it is beautiful, but that's kind of hard to do in thyuean'tay b be running late. >> no. >> has to be clear. >> that's true. >> especially from sfo. to hawa your best chance. >> really? >> out of sfo. >> because the piltsz are trying to give you like a pre-vacation look before you go over the pacific. i appreciate that. thank you, pilots and captains for looking out. >> it's neat when you can fly over the city and the fog is coming in. sticking up through it. it has a wavy line. it's neat. if you can get a chance to see that. let's go to hawaii is what i'm saying. >> okay. >> all right. take a look at what's going on, weather wise, since we're stuck here. never more than seven minutes away. mostly sunny and hazy for all of us. a few high clouds will roam our

sky. clouds and mist return the next couple nights and minor tweaks throughout the forecast. a look at the cloud cover and notice by the time we get to noon it's still locked in at the coast, most of san francisco except for the bayside and that one finger fog pushing across the golden gate which is going to be there all throughout the day. let's take a look at our temperatures, we've got a wide range in the south bay. we're so long from north to south. the closer to the water, upper 70s, get into san jose, 81, 90s around morgan hill and gilroy and 74 at santa cruz. brightest and warmest spot. 77 in redwood city, menlo park and 61 at half moon bay, one of the warm spots along the coast. most of us in the upper 50s. south san francisco 65, sausalito 66, mid to upper 80s through the north bay except for sewn, napa and vallejo the breeze will keep you in the mid to upper 70s, upper 60s for richmond, berkeley and oakland. 80 in arenda.

76 fremont. inland 86 in san ramon to 96 in brentwood. my accuweather seven-day forecast, looks like it will be cooler tomorrow. slight spike in the temperatures friday and coolest sunday and monday. here's alexis. n and 0 morning, mi do want to i sitecchuation o in the south bay. really no backup to speak of. rit a h tthad all lanes blocked about 1 0 minutes.wee are blocked but noos have c rleared did get gatm chp that t that in the three-car crash. no metering lights although i expect those to flip on in the next ten minutes or so and a check of drive times we're doing good this morning. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 49 minutes, starting to fill in on westbound 4, antioch to concord in the yellow and southbound san rafael to san francisco looking great in the

green at 16 minutes. >> thank you. there is a new recall to tell you about this morning. lettuce in 25 varieties of salads and wraps could be contaminated by a parasite asnown cyclospora. the products delivered by caito are sold at trader joe's, walgreens and kroger. the dates between july 18th and 23rd. it could take 2 to 24 days to develop symptoms. we have listed the brands on abc7news.com. angie's list responding to a false advertising claim filed by the san francisco district attorney. angie's list an on-line home services directory. the san francisco d.a. accusing angi of makingalsee' lis amisleo ec bievingtha conduct background checks on the people coming into their homes. angie's list only checks the principal owner or relevant manager of some

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every trend. every room. on any budget. it feels even better when you find it for less. good morning bay area. >> let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 wildfire emergencies. new veo in the redding area. there is good news for folks in mendocino county. >> if you go out and want to buy groceries you nee a a card. >> but do you need an ir.d. the comment making headlines this morning. we'll break down the other stories out of that very interesting rally. >> how would you like to shop for other people as your career? no, you don't need an i.d. for this. how one man is making six

figures going to the grocery store. >> good morning, everyone. wednesday, august 1st. wouldn't that be nice to make six figures. >> i love to grocery shop. i will do it. >> alexis -- >> that's my dream job. >> alexis has a thing for grocery stores. >> yeah. you know what i'm doing. >> helping you pick things out. >> leave him at home. he's not a good grocery shopper yet. >> haven't taught him yet? >> not yet. >> too little. >> how is the shopping weather? >> oh, man it's a little misty this morning. cool, may have to wear a jacket, may have to also slow across the north bay. the fog is back and visibility less than an eighth of a mile. twes in half moon bay. look at this from the exploratorium camera at pier 15 the mist hanging over san francisco. temperatures almost the same as yesterday as our cloud cover and mist pattern. lower to upper 50s, stay in the 50 at the coast, 68 to 74

around the bay and inland from noon to 4:00, slightly cooler and the 79 to 87 inland. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. and overall we're looking at an average morning on the roads. looking at a pretty packed bay bridge toll plaza, though. have not gotten word that metering lights are on, but i think it's safe to assume that they definitely are. so unless you're using the carpool lanes you will have to sit through a wait there. things are looking good, westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, about 12 across the bay bridge into san francisco and southbound 101 in the green coming in at nine minutes. >> thanks, alexis. new overnight a two-vehicle crash in san j o rso e hospital. here's new video of the crash at 19th and taylor streets. a van flipped over and hit a power pole causing a power outage in the area. the second vehicle, a sedan, suffered significant damage. fire officials say the crash happened around 11:30 last night. the van driver is okay.

the other driver has major injuries. the home of apple headquarters won't be getting a per person tax, at least not yet. >> cupertino city council is delaying the issue after a number of businesses gave the idea a thumb's down. it's a tax for new employers and abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in cupertino. hi, matt. >> good morning, jessica and reggie. 16 people spoke out at last night's city council meeting here in cupertino and all 16 people were against the propose pro-posed head tax. those are going to get a chance to vote in two years. the proposal would change the business license tax from being based on square footage to paying per employee. the bigger the company the more you pay. apple could contribute the most under the plans, several million colors. business -- dollars. small owners like daniel, the owner of bittersweet cafe says if it impacts apple it will impact him. >> apple is about 90% of my

business. anything that happens at apple happens pretty much directly to me. as well as any other small business around here. >> reporter: the city says it would use thet traffic congesti. a major concern the lack of a specific spending plan. voters will decide this measure in the year 2020. live in cupertino, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. this morning some people ving in kroi counties are back home. >> combined they have burned more than 80,000 acres. the ranch fire abc 7 news was there as some of the first cars returned back into kelseyville and spoke to one resident who lives on the border of kelseyville and lakeport, he returned home monday only to get trapped on his property while he tried to put out hot spots. >> i had flames to the left and flames to the right.

i felt i could be surrounded by flames so i got out of there. >> many. people returning home last night said they were more worried about looters than the fire. firefighters in redding workinouarhe tcklo out the carr fire which is now burned more than 112,000 acres. it is 30% contained. drone view 7 shows you theho ermeere ediv ro thrie groudgnd.ne cal fire gave drone view 7 pilots special permission to fly over the fire zone yesterday. there's a growing emphasis on the trinity county side of the carr fire, now that flames have reached over the county line. the national park service has closed whiskey town recreational area and will not likely reopen this summer. about 40 boats destroyed at the marina this week and the budiilngles fttanding are t ohe fire station and plourooms. the staff was ordered to leave last week. as you know the wildfire in

redding forcing hundreds of families to leave their homes. a man in the back of a pickup truck recorded his harrowing escape. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. wow. stunning to see the video. justin sanchez recorded the scene as his family evacua flames burning homes and you see fire looming in the background. he and his family are safe. unfortunately their home was destroyed. lot of people talking about and scratching their heads about president trump and his comments regarding grocery shopping that have the internet buzzing. mr. trump falsely claimed a photo i.d. is needed to buy groceries. the president returned to the white house last night after speaking at a campaign rally in tampa, florida. his remarks occurred as he was

making an argument for stricter voter i.d. laws and claimed i.d.s are groce on a card, you need i.d. you want to buy anything you need i.d. and your picture. >> president trump also accused democrats of obstructing his agenda and supreme court nominee judge brent kafanov. today the trial for president trump's former chairman paul manafort enters day two. attorneys in the case offered opening arguments yesterday in the first trial brought by special counsel robert mueller. both sides told jurors there was a liar in the case. prosecutors say manafort believed the law did not apply to him and lied to the irs. manafort's defense team countered and blamed the prosecutor's star witness, richard gate, manafort's former deputy. the defense says gates is willing to save anything to save himself. manafort facesaud

tax evasion charges. facebook is sounding the alarm this morning. the menlo park company has uncovered efforts to meddle with u.s. politics amid the midterm elections. it does not know who is behind the campaign. it could be russia but there's no link to russian ip addresses. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. just had a small earthquake to the east of gilroy in the hills there. it's only a magnitude 2.5 but because the depth was two miles, shallow, some of you may have felt it and why you're waking up and shaking. our temperatures, 52 in san leandro, most of us in the mid 50s until we get to hayward and union city, 58 and 57. broaden out and we have 60s from concord, antioch and brentwood, san jose 62, 57 clos. novato and santa rosa, cooler

50. cloud cover over the san mateo bridge it's a little cleaner than say over the bay bridge where we have mist this morning. as far as the ferry ride the entire bay is going to be breezy this afternoon. it will be cool this morning but warm this afternoon. not as hot as yesterday. in fact, in the south bay we barely get up to 80 this afternoon with high clouds streaming in. start off with 62 this morning. the high clouds and sunshine about 70 a it 8:00. for the north bay, we start off 54 degrees with all ofhat fog out there and mist. we're sunny by noon and 76, hanging out in the mid to upper 80s during the afternoon hours and for our east bay valleys some of our warmest temperatures, most in the mid to upper 80s after starting off at 62 at 8:00 this morning. very comfortable 76 at 8:00. one of the areas we will see the haze this morning. couldn't see mount diablo yesterday during parts of the day. all right. let's bring in alexis to talk about the morning commute. >> overall doing pretty well. we do have one new issue in the east bay if you are traveling

between vacaville and fairfield westbound 80 past manual campos parkway. a disabled suv in the left lane in a blind spot there. some folks are coming close to hitting that. chp on the way to assist that driver and hopefully get that moved offer to the side soon. i want to check out the san mateo bridge starting tolil wes. we did have a disabled vehicle around the mid span. very quickly pushed offer to the shoulder and that is totally gone from the boards now. no delays around the toll plaza and the rest of the way across the bridge. if you ever find yourself driving in idaho better make sure you drive the speed limit. police there are enforcing a new law targeting people who drive too slow in the left lane. also known as the passing lane. so far two people have received a $90 ticket since last month and three others have been warned. state officials say slow-moving cars can cause collisions. the speed limit in idaho is 80 on freeways in rural areas.

i know there's a lot of people saying, amen. >> me too. >> i hate when people do that. granted you're always stuck in traffic here in the bay area. doesn't matter. >> there are no fast lanes really. >> that's right. >> honestly. >> in idaho, if you find yourself there, you should be able to cruise through with no problems. >> sounds good. >> yeah. >> 80 miles an hour. all right. look at the aftermath of a parking garage that collapsed on to cars. we're getting video of the moment this happened. >> we're also following the story of a man accused of using dating apps to meet and kill women and now

seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> let's talk about the potential for haze. like yesterday, no spare the ai biggest fires, the mendocino complex where the air is unhealthy, very unhealthy around the carr fire and ferguson fire. the san joaquin valley under the air quality warning until 8:30. thunderstorm threat possible in the sierra once again in places like yosemite that could get a thunderstorm while the rest of us will be dry, mid 90s to 100s through the central valley. >> thank you. and now to that frightening

she dated a self-proclaimed serial killer. >> daniel drayton is expected of killing a woman and sexually assaulting at least two others and met these women on-line. this morning we're hearing from zenaya barney who thought she had met her dream guy until the relationship took a very dark and violent turn. barney says drayton attacked her at a park when she ended the relationship. >> when he was choking me, i can't even like describe the feeling. that's when i kept feeling like this is it. >> barney says three work men in the park saw what was happening and then helped her. the 26-year-old mom says she's sharing her story to warn others looking for love on-line. investigators say drayton claims to have committed as many as seven murders. the authorities have not been able to verify the crimes ever occurred. now to a story caught on camera, look te overhead, did you see that? goes crashing down a section of

the parking garage. it's the second collapse. you see the right side there had already collapsed. this is in irving, just outside of dallas. so the second collapse happened just a few hours after the first one. altogether in all of this, 30 cars damaged, somewhere were piled on top of each other and others crushed. the good news, no one was injured. officials still investigating what led up to all of this. they have to sift through thousands of pounds of concrete and could take a while. to the showdown over 3d plastic guns, last night a judge put a temporary stop to the release of downloadable blueprints showing how to build an untraceable plastic firearm. a federal judge in seattle issued the restraining order. a texas group called defense distributed is behind the blueprints. the firm had reached a settlement with the trump administration to legally publish the instruction on-line as early as today. ia pushed a judge to blockdg

agreed. marijuana businesses won't be aet up shop in san llancisco's chinatown. the boaredd t of supervisors vo to amend the city's planning code yesterday to prohibit dispepsryes in the neighborhood. there were concerned that pot shops would drive up commercial rental prices and displace long-time chinese residents and businesses. san francisco has reached a first of its kind deal in california to tax uber and lyft rides. the supervisor the ride share s cayompanies agreed to l the city tax a percentage of their revenue. the money will be used for transportation infrastructure projects and here's a breakdown of the tax, a 3.25% tax will wil applied to single use ride, 1.5% stacks will be applied to shared carpool rides. the supervisor has agreed to withdraw his measure which would have placed the decision to tax uber and lyft with voters in november. parents are encouraging their kids to spend more time

playing video games even hiring tutors to help them out and drive up scores. >> it's about a game called fortnite. the game has more than 125 million players worldwide. it's become a social ground for a lot of kids since kids on the play ground most likely know your score. some parents shell out money, real cash money, to coaches to make sure that junior starts winning. some see this as a way of bonding with their kids. >> i think our time with them is super limited especially with work and i was kind of watching them play and i thought like i should check this out. >> many people say paying for video coach is no different than hiring a pitching or a basketball coach and there could be added benefits. one parents hopes one of his kids goes pro to fund his retirement. >> mike and jessica's faces during that story. >> i am speechless. really? get outside and play.

>> i live in one of the most competitive sports areas in the bay area where we see this all the time, amazing the tens of thousands of dollars. >> real sports, coaches. >> hoping their 10-year-old will get a scholarship or become pro. >> like baseball or football. >> this is falling along the same lines. he's investing hoping his kid can pay for his college through a scholarship. >> sitting on the couch. >> like the hedgehog. let's not get crazy. >> all right. wow. >> missed your calling, reggie. >> i know. i could have made tens of cents. >> people would have watched you on youtube and paid you. east bay hills, what's going on, the smoke off in the distance as mount diablo starting to become more prominent. at least this morning. it will be harder to see this afternoon as the haze develops. mostly sunny sky but due to high clouds. mainly cloudy and patchy drizzle. in the extended new month,

pattern the same. high pressure to our south, and low pressure to our northwest, pumping the same wind flow in and pretty much the same temperatures today. upper 70s around milpitas and sunnyvale and flirt with 90s around los gatos, and gilroy. on the peninsula very pleasant weather, breezy compared to yesterday, mido upper 70s. notice the white along the coast that's the cloud cover that's going to keep us in the upper 50s to barely 60. bayside more sunshine. mid 60s downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. notice the cloud cover of bodega bay, near 60. 76 in napa due to the breeze there. low to upper 80s as you get deeper into the north bay valleys. 60s in richmond, berkeley and oakland. we'll take a look inland where 86 in san ramon but still very hot and very murky conditions around brentwood and antioch. couple degrees cooling tomorrow and then stops. warmer for friday and saturday.

have a good day. here's alexis. >> i want to take you back to the fairfield area where i told you about the disabled vehicle was sitting in a bad spot there in the left lane. unfortunately someone did hit that vehicle. everyone in the first vehicle got out before that happened and we do have minor injuries person in the second vehicle. that did turn into a minor collision. just past manual campos parkway. championship play championship is on t-- chp is o scene. >> the bay bridge metering lights were on about 5:38. i think they were on before that. stacked up before that. a check of mass transit, we're great this morning but reminder for that upcoming track word for bart this weekend, and through august and september. 19th and west oakland stations will last the entire weekend. >> alexis's favorite story of

the morning. a florida man said good-bye to the classroom and hello doubling his income delivering groceries. ed spent 20 years teaching students never making more than $50,000 a year. tired of working two jobs to make ends meet and he became an employee of an ier grocery deliver service called shipped. he says he's making more than $100,000 a year. ed works a lot, up to 60 hours a week and doesn't get summers off anymore but the raise in pay is more than worth it. >> wow. new at 6:00, a warning for women this morning, new research showing that soccer could pose a serious health risk. >> first the fallout after >> first the fallout after someone called police on

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the officers association responding to one supervisor's call for more foot patrols after an armed robbery on sunday at the iconic palace of fine arts. the san francisco board of supervisors unanimously passed its budget that includes $32 million for additional resources for the pd that will bring on 250 more officers over the next four years. tony montoya the president for the police officers association says more officers are needed in general. >> even if we were able to attain that goal it's not going to keep up with the people we'rn k d siceair unus hours before the benefit goes away. an african-american woman from sunnyvale says grocery store employees called police while she was buying food to feed the homeless after attending church. >> it happened at the safeway on shoreline boulevard in mountain view. according to our media partner

the mercury news safeway employees associated her with another man in the store they suspected of shoplifting and by the way, we should note martin received an apology from safeway after police said that she was so she got that apology. >> certainly applaud her good deed and sorryha t to her. we are overall doing okay, we don't have any major problems right now. we are looking at the fog once again for golden gate bridge. we don't have a dense fog advisory in effect from chp but boy, definitely have dense areas here at golden gate and across much of the north bay as well. slow down and drive for conditions here today. drive times looking okay too in most areas. southbound 680 highway 4 to walnut creek, another 8 continuing on to westbound 24, to highway 13 and then westbound 580 tracy to dublin, just under an hour in the red at 58 minutes. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you, alexis. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather

forecast. #sweep today. a day game as the a's try to take all three from the blue jays. 65 to 68. uv index going to be high today, burn factor high. s su ndra a aer tahoe for today andki tomorrow. keorry cold front is going taobr ldco, the change that could be o coming to your next flight to make it more comfortable. >> an emotional moment for a bay area strike team battling the carr county. >> what one san francisco >> what one san francisco supervisor is demanding

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good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> good morning. it is wednesday, august 1st. we're august. >> nothing has changed outside.

meteorologist mike nicco is about to confirm that. >> new month, same weather pattern. little tweak to it today, though. hi, everybody. the winds are faster coming off the ocean. you can see the wind bars blowing from the coast to inland and that's brought us once again drizzle and mist and look at the gray, clouds covering about all of our neighborhoods. now, as far as what's going to happen in the accuweather 12-hour planner, waking up the same this morning, cloud cover, mist, drizzle, and temperatures will see a little bit of a cooling, couple degrees near 70 to 80 noon around the bay and inland, 74 to 87 at 4:00. how about that commute. here's alexis with the details. >> looking busy here at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights officially on about 5:38. i think maybe they were turned on a few minutes before that. filled up before that. looking at those normal delays back into the maze. just hearing about a crash around the 580 and 80 merge been the maze a little further but does not sound serious.