we're in 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.

no injuries reported in that one. eastbound 580 where we have roadwork between greenville and 205. various lanes closed until 11:00 this morning and has a 20 minute delay. a look at this video, pretty crazy, chp says the driver of this blue suv led officers on a 30-mile chase going the wrong way on highway 280. all the way from >> -- near sfo to sunnyvale. several close calls with other drivers. the chase ended when the driver crashed into a big rig. no other injuries were reported. time lapsed video behind me shows the river fire as it grows out of control in mendocino county, this being combined with the nearby ranch fire and together they have now burned more than 80,000 acres. you can see here on our map where both of those fires are located. 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 as people started returning home. homeowners we talked to wanted to thank firefighters but know there's a long way to go before those fires are fully contained. there are still many road closures in place. lake county authorities took these five people into custody. we don't have their pictures for you, unfortunately. but i can tell you that those folks were arrested for being in the wrong areas, evacuated areas of the mendocino complex fire and three of those five had been previously warned to stay out of that area. reggie? >> cal fire says the carr fire in shasta county has reached trinity county, causing the evacuation of the small community of lewiston. the fire has burned 113,000 acres, 30% contained. lewiston evacuees crammed into a

theater to get an update on the carr fire but some say they aren't getting enough information about what's happening on their side of the county line. >> it's just a repeat of everything that's happening in redding, which, you know, we're sad for all of that too, but this fire is still active on our side. you know, it's raging up there. >> firefighters say they are trying their best to keep people informed but they are not always able to get into specifics. a task force from the bay area is in whiskey town. it's seen 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 posted these pictures. the task force is made up of an alameda fire battalion chief and a team from the arendo fire district. 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 mch 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 close friends will say good-bye today. >> good morning, reggie. as the service is private it is not open to the public. dwight clark died of als disease at the age of 61. he is known as one of the most beloved 49ers in the team's history. he served as a team ambassador in the bay area long after his football career ended. he was known for the catch, grabbing the ball with his fingertips on third down with less than a minute to go in the nfc championship game against the cowboys, sending the niners

to their first ever super bowl. that was in 1981. clark's remains are buried on the property of former owner eddie debartolo who has the same goal post that stood during the play. the tombstone is the distance from the goal post when clark was when he made the catch. joe montana will speak. he was the quarterback who threw clark that ball. the public is not invited to this service, but our abc 7 news cameras will be allowed inside. stay with abc 7 news to hear more about what friends, family and former teammates have to say as they pay tribute and remember dwight clark. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. a santa cruz man seriously injured two weeks ago is thanking the people who saved his life. brian hart shared his thoughts in his first instagram post since his injury and says he's been out of the icu three days

now making amazing progress and even being removed from his ventilator for 30 minutes yesterday. hart fractured his neck, back and ankle when he crashed into the cliff at steamer lane on july 14th. san francisco supervisor valley brown is demanding a hearing to investigate major delays on dozens of muni lines. this according to the examiner. we told you about the problem last week. a shortage of drivers forcing mun my to leaving busses parked and busses become crowded and some are waiting 45 minutes to get on a bus. muni officials expect more operators to be trained by the end of this month which should relieve some of that congestion. the bay area supporting dozens of animals who no longer have homes in shasta county. find out how you can help next. >> plus the trump administration's bizarre reason for wanting to end strict gas mileage rules. >> and you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. check out the fog this morning.

rolling in, a little misty and the sea breeze is stronger. expect temperatures close to average inland to a little below average as you get closer to the average as you get closer to the wate with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california.

pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future.

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> let's jump in with both feet starting with temperatures on the peninsula, mainly cloudy and 50s. 51 and 52. watch out for drizzle. 57 in hayward, fremont, 62 in san jose, 73 in the hills. we have 55 in san ramon to antioch, napa 57. check out the fog and mist across the golden gate. keep the low beams on and slow down. the beaches are going to be limited by the cloud cover for sunshine. going to be breezy there. seasonal conditions if you're going to be out and about to cooler than average and a couple small craft advisories. the first one at 11:00 this morning. the next one south of the bay bridge starting at 2:00. be careful there. here's alexis. >> good morning. i want to head back up to the fairfield area and update you on what started off as a disabled vehicle on westbound 80 that

turned into a collision. just minor injuries but an suv stalled out in the far left lane and unfortunately in a tough spot, several vehicles swerved out of the way and someone did hit it. both of those vehicles involved are off on the right shoulder now and just some minor injuries in that situation. a new collision in the trivalley at foothill road. rollover crash, and that is off on the embankment right now. sounds like we may have injuries. i believe chp has arrived on the scene, the right lane taken away. i'm guessing folks slowing down to take a look at that. stop and go from the 680 area in dublin. a check of the bay bridge toll plaza just before you get here within the maze, westbound 580 to 80 interchange earlier crash pushed to the shoulder. drive times next. >> thank you. tough drive this morning. speaking of driving the trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars got better gas mileage.

that's the point of view outlined in a draft proposal obtained by the associated press on mileage standards. the administration is working on the plan that could be released as soon as next week. reports show the administration plans to challenge california's long standing authority to enact its own tougher pollution and fuel standards. bay area congresswoman nancy pelosi now weighing in on the controversy at hunters point in san francisco. what she is demanding this morning. >> tennis superstar serena williams will never forget last night in san jose. what she's saying. we leave harry's meeting clients... ...from r away. but they only see his wrinkles. if only harry used some... ...bounce, to dry. he would be a less wrinkly, winning guy.

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"abc 7 mornings." >> all news. >> we're back at 6:15. some cats and dogs looking for homes in the redding area before the fires will be up for adoption in the bay area starting today. maybe you have some room for them at your house. 90 cats and dogs taken to the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek and to three other nearby shelters, removed to make space for new arrivals up north and when they arrive they're 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. they're settling in and they're they're amazing animals and showing remarkable progress.

>> if you check them out, all you have to do is look for the dogs named after a's 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. serena williams will never forget her trip to san jose and that's not a good thing. she suffered the most lopsided loss of her career in the tournament that's currently going on. serena had plenty of bay area support at the mubadala silicon valley classic last night but lost her match against johanna konta. it lasted only 52 minutes. for context, an average women's singles match about two hours. williams said she has so many things on her mind she doesn't have time to be shocked about a loss. the tournament continues in san jose today. she lost 0-1.

okay. attention all of you passionate chardonnay drinkers out there. you no longer have to settle for the red wine emoji. a white wine emoji might be coming soon to a phone near you. sonoma winery kendall jackson behind the effort that submitted a proposal with the technical committee the governing body tasked with regulating emojis. there is such a thing. and a decision is expected some time next spring, so you can visit napa during the spring and post all of those emojis with your white wine glass. >> let the white wine discrimination end. >> finally. >> it's been too long. >> the things we're focused on sometimes. >> up in the north bay that's where some of the poorest air quality is right now in lake and mendocino counties unfortunately because of the complex up there. it's unhealthy for everybody in lake and mendocino counties. we'll talk more about that as we

head through the next part of the show. let's focus in on san jose. here we are 280 at 17, cloudy this morning, about 62 degrees. look at that smoky sunrise from the east bay hills camera this morning, mount diablo in the distance. it will be sunny, mostly sunny, high clouds and haze once again this afternoon. seasonal temperatures for the most part. mainly cloudy, patchy drizzle, same pattern as this morning develops for tonight and for tomorrow morning. the new month the pattern is pretty much locked in. bear with me a lot going on in our micro climates from fog and drizzle in san francisco to look at the clouds, low clouds and high clouds and breezy conditions this kroonafternoon temperatures in the coast and mid 60s towards the bay. waking up to clouds, mist and drizzle in the east bay. we'll have high clouds, sunshine, breezy conditions, 67 in richmond to hercules and fremont is 76. 68 today in oakland. mostly cloudy right now on the peninsula. patchy mist out there. breezy this afternoon with high clouds and sunshine. 77 in redwood city, menlo park,

upper 50s near 60 along the coast. as far as the south bay goes we're waking up cloudy but high clouds and sunshine and mid say low -- upper 70s to some mid 90s out there. up in the north bay hazy conditions in the 90s and it's not going to be quite as warm but still a lot of upper 80s to low 90s inland. . my accuweather seven-day forecast, what you're going to see is a slight drop, a bump up friday and saturday and slight drop next week. morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. >> i'm seeing some of that mist and fog here on the bay bridge commute. once you make it to the san francisco side. so no major delays into san francisco. the lower deck of the bridge eastbound 80 around treasure island we had reports of a disabled limo and taxi that lost a wheel. those have disappeared from the board, though. looks like we don't have lanes blocking. somehow they were able to either clear both of those quickly or maybe that was just some misinformation called in to chp. we will take it, though.

want to head out to the central valley if you are traveling towards the tracy area, 580 from greenville to 205 various lanes blocked until 11:00 causing about a 20 minute delay. 580 tracy to castro valley, one hour to ten minutes, rollover crash in the dublin area. more next. no delays throughout the south bay or 280 into san francisco. >> thanks. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >> rob is live from new york city with a look at what's ahead. happy wednesday, rob. >> happy wednesday to you, jessica and reggie. we are celebrating that. i'll explain. first i want to get to some of the news, amazing survival story of 103 people on board this plane in mexico making it out alive after a crash during takeoff. we're hearing from a passenger who helped save some other people and learning new details about the american priest on board.

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good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> now at 6:30, wildfire emergencies across california. new video of the devastation in redding. plus the good news for some people in mendocino county this morning. if you go out and you want to buy groceries you need a picture on a card. president trump's wild night. he is lighting up the internet this morning after making that false claim about grocery shopping during a rally in florida. >> plus, apple's big morning. a smashing earnings report sending stocks soaring overnight. the nasdaq opening bell about to ring. >> a lot happening this morning. thank you for joining us. it is the first day of august, wednesday. wow. >> yeah.

it's all happening fast. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco, we are soaring above california with this image behind us. >> beautiful from the east bay hills showing the smoke off in the distance. i will show you another vantage point with live doppler 7. overlaid the fog layer and the fog is thick. in petaluma. less than an eighth of a mile. dangerous throughout the morning commute. it does thin out towards santa rosa. here's a look at the exploratorium, the mist and drizzle in the air. temperatures the same as yesterday, low to upper 50s. 50s at the coast throughout the day with limited sunshine. slightly cooler by a few degrees. hardly noticeable. the sea breeze will be faster. unfortunate you'll notice that. 74 to 87 at 4:00. 69 to 77 at 7:00. how about the morning commute? >> we've got a couple slow spots out there this morning but overall it hasn't been terrible.

taking a look at our traffic maps we will zoom in to the trivalley at foothill road. i was doing fine until i look over and everyone is laughing. thanks a lot, guys. okay. right around foothill road a rollover crash one vehicle involved and the right lane blocked. the vehicle ended up on the embankment. emergency crews are there. here's a check of the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on. our typical delay into the maze. new overnight, two-vehicle crash in san jose sent one person to the hospital. here is new video of the crash at 19th and taylor streets. a van flipped over and hit a power pole that caused a power outage in the area. a sedan suffered significant damage. fire officials say the crash happened around 11:30. the van driver is okay but the other does have major injuries. the home of apple

headquarters won't get a per person tax at least not yet. >> cupertino's city council is delaying the issue after a number of businesses gave a thumb's down to the new way of taxing employers. reporter matt keller is live in cupertino for us. >> good morning, jessica. everyone will get some time on this headed for the ballot but not for this november. voters will decide on this in 2020. several people got up in front of city council last night and spoke out against this new potential head tax. the proposal would change the business license tax from being based on square footage to per employee. the bigger the company the more you pay. apple would contribute the most from 7 to $9 million depending on the proposal. businesses with less than 100 employees would pay a base rate. 16 people spoke, all against the measure against the chamber of commerce. >> if we make our city less competitive people can just go across the board or other cities that don't have the head tax and they will be more than happy to

have a large company join their ranks. >> the city says it would use the general revenue to cut traffic congestion but a concern is the lack of a specific spending plan. the city will spend the next two years focusing on that. reporting live in cupertino, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. this morning some people living in mendocino and lake counties are back home after being evacuated by the wildfires. >> the fires have burned more than 80,000 acres. the ranch fire 10% contained. while the river fire is 12% contained. evacuation orders were lifted last night for finley and kelseyville in lake county. abc 7 news was there as some of the first cars returned back to kelseyville. we spoke to one resident who lives at the border of kelseyville and lakeport. he evacuated sunday night and returned home monday, only to get trapped on his property putting 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. >> apart from worrying about their homes a lot of people said they were worried about looters. firefighters in redding working around the clock to put out the carr fire which is now burned more than 112,000 acres. it is 30% contained. drone view 7 shows you the river ridge neighborhood where home after home burned to the ground. cal fire gave drone view 7 pilots special permission to fly over the fire zone yesterday. there's a growing emphasis now on the trinity county side of the carr fire, now that flames have reached over the county line. the national park service announced it closed whiskey town recreational area and will not likely reopen this summer. about 40 boats were destroyed at the marina this week and the only buildings left standing are the fire station and a couple of rest rooms. the staff was ordered to leave last week. as you know the wildfires forcing hundreds of families to leave their home. a man in the back of a pickup

truck recorded his harrowing escape from the carr fire. take a look. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my god. >> you can hear the anguish in his voice. justin sanchez recording this scene as hisamily evacuated. if you take a close look you can see flames near homes and also a fire looming in the background. sanchez and his family are safe. unfortunately their home was destroyed. we turn to president trump and his comment on grocery shopping that has the internet buzzing this morning. president 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. so he claimed i.d.s are required for about everything including grocery shoppig.

>> you know, if you go out and want to buy groceries you need a picture on a card. you need i.d. you go out and you want to buy anything, you need i.d. and you need your picture. >> president trump also accused democrats of obstructing his agenda and his supreme court judge nominee brett cava >> looks like we have a problem there. go back. happening today, dozens of cases believed to contain the remains of american service members killed in the korean war are scheduled to be flown back to the u.s. north korea returned 55 boxes of remains last week that will be transported from a south korea air force base to a military laboratory in hawaii for identification. north korean leader kim jong-un agreed to return the remains as part of the historic agreement made with president trump last month. today the trial for president trump's former campaign 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 were liars in the case. prosecutors saying manafort believed the law didn't apply to him and lied to the irs. meanwhile, manafort's defense team countering and blaming the prosecution's star witness richard gates who is manafort's former deputy. the defense saying that gates is, quote, willing to say anything to save himself. manafort faces bank fraud and tax evasion charges. facebook is sounding the alarm this morning. the menlo park company says it has uncovered new efforts to medal with u.s. politics. facebook has banned 32 pages and account. it does not know who is behind the campaign and it could be russia but they say there's no link to any russian it addresses. the san francisco police officer association is responding to calls for more foot patrols following an armed

robbery at the palace of fine arts. the san francisco board of supervisors passed its budget that includes $32 million for additional resources for the police department that will bring on 250 more officers over the next for years. the president for the san francisco police officer's association says more are needed in general. >> even if we are able to attain the goal it will not keep up with the people we're losing. >> he says more officers are retiring earlier, selling back a percentage of the unused sick hours before the benefit goes away. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's head down to the south bay, 62 in san jose, up in the hills 73, mid to upper 50s under cloudy conditions. san pablo at 55, low 50s along 101 watch out for that fog. fog and 54 at half moon bay with a little bit of mist. one of our warm spots brentwood at 62 degrees. here's what's going on as far as

your commute planner, going to have the mist and fog around throughout the morning going to become breezy across the bay this afternoon and mass transit cool to just mainly warm. it's not going to be as hot as yesterday. couple degrees cooler. in the east bay waking up to fog and mist, 59. sunny by noon and 68, high clouds and sunshine mainly upper 60s during the afternoon hours. as we go to the north bay we wake up with that fogginess and turn it mostly sunny by 10:00. hazy sunshine, high clouds and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. look at the sharp drop to 69 by 8:00, east bay valleys the warmest mid 80s near 90s as we go for mostly sunny this morning to mostly sunny this afternoon. low clouds this morning, high clouds this afternoon. we want to bring alexis in and see what's going on out on the roads this morning before you head out the door. >> we've got a rollover crash we've been following in the trivalley. traveling through the dublin, pleasanton area, a backup on

580. one vehicle involved. it flipped over and it's on the embankment. emergency crews are there. just giving them a little more room to work. you have heavy a couple miles through the 680 interchange and then a new problem on southbound 680 past antrade road. not seeing too much of a backup as you leave the sin noll area. that's there for long we will see a delay. obviously an area it does not take much to slow down. highway 4 to the maze, 26 minutes. not terrible if you are coming in from hercules and trying to get across the bay bridge this morning. once you make it past the metering lights only 11 minutes the rest of the way into san francisco. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo it is foggy and your flight could be delayed but you shouldn't have issues getting there in the green at 10 minutes. happening now a rise in zimbabwe's company as the country waits for results of the first leadership election since the president's rule ended last

year. the current president took over after the fall of robert mugabe. these are protests from the opposition party. the commission said it would say some time tomorrow when it could give the results even though the commission says it has most of the results already. they are worried the election will be rigged to keep the current president in office. one company behind rental bikes and scooters making a major move in the bay area. >> 6:42 looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> plus, fortnite frenzy. >> plus, fortnite frenzy. would you hire a coach

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> let's talk about air quality. we will have hazy conditions in the north bay and east bay where mount diablo will be hard to be seen this afternoon. the worst air quality is going to be around the ferguson fire, the mendocino complex and the carr fire where it's going to be unhealthy to very unhealthy for all of us. we still have that air quality warning for the san joaquin valley that's going to continue all the way through at least wednesday and thursday as you head towards the rest of the valley. thunderstorms in the sierra, otherwise pretty quiet. >> thanks, mike. happening today family and friends will say a final good-bye to bay area sports legend dwight clark. >> he will be remembered during a private service at grace

cathedral in san francisco and that is where abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us this morning. amy? >> hi, good morning, jessica. the public is not invited to this service. it is private. it will be filled with family, friends, former teammates and dignitaries who will gather here to remember him. dwight clark was known for making a catch on third down with only a minute to go and he made a touchdown against the dallas cowboys, sending 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. but clark was also 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 debartalo's property in montana. he has the goal post that was during the play and the remains are the distance from the goal

post when he made the cash. he will deliver the eulogy at the service. joe montana will also speak, the quarterback who threw that ball to clark. clark died of als at the age of 61. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. now 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 instructions on-line as early as today. but eight states and the district of columbia pushed a judge to block the blueprints. the judge agreed. marijuana businesses won't be allowed to set up shop in san francisco's chinatown. the board of supervisors voted to amend the city's planning code yesterday to prohibit dispensaries in the neighborhood. there were concerns 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 says the ride share companies agreed to let the city tax a percentage of their revenue and that money will be used for transportation infrastructure projects. here's the breakdown of the tax. a 3.25% tax will be applied to single use rides, a 1.5% tax will be applied to shared carpool rides. in exchange for the deal the supervisor has agreed to withdraw his measure which would have been placed on the november ballot. some parents encouraging their kids to spend more time playing video games, even hiring coaches to help bring up those scores. >> this is all related to the popular fortnite game. it has more than 125 million players worldwide. it's become a sort of social

prving ground for a lot of kids since they'll go on the playground and meet people in real life who know their scores from on-line. some parents shell out money to coaches to make sure junior starts winning these games. some see it 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. >> here's how the thinking goes. that paying for a video coach is no different than hiring a pitching or basketball coach. perhaps there are the same added benefits. one parent hopes one of his kids goes pro to fund his retirement. okay. now your morning money report. line the company known for those bike and scooter rentals has moved its global headquarters to san francisco. >> they were previously based in san mateo and now the 100 employees who work at lime's headquarters will call the financial district home. ironically all electric scooters are band in san francisco as the

city is sorting out regulations. san francisco hopes to issue permits to operators some time this month. apple is winning this morning. reporting $53.3 billion in profit during the last quarter. the news sent shares soaring, giving the cupertino a value of $960 billion. sli analysts say if the trend continues apple will be the first trillion dollar company. let's take a look at what is happening at the nasdaq this morning. as you can see, apple is up right now. they are well on their way to the trillion dollar mark. here's a look at what the dow is doing this morning. barely up. so not doing as well as apple. we'll see how it plays out today. stock futures were up overnight after report u.s. and china are trying to restart trade talks but it is not restarting the market, at least not in this early morning. >> a little bit up. little bit in the green. speaking of being up, a

florida man said good-bye to the classroom, hello to doubling his income by delivering groceries. ed hennessey spent 20 years teaching students, never making over $50,000 a year. tired of working two jobs to make ends meet, ed became an employee of the internet grocery delivering service called shipped. >> i make over 100,000 a year. >> delivering groceries. >> delivering groceries. >> how did you become the talk of lake mary? >> i guesses my approach and just making sure that -- grab some cereal -- making sure i know my customers and know exactly what they want. >> ed works up to 60 hours a week, he does not get any summers off anymore, but he says the raise in pay is more than worth it. he's more than doubled his salary. >> he's got an air conditioned office too. >> way to go. >> that's why i always went to the supermarket with my mom in the summer. >> and readily available snacks.

>> buy yourself snacks while on the job. >> yeah. >> that's my dream job, seriously. if you guys don't see me here one day that's where i'm going to be. >> look for you at safeway. >> yeah. seriously. >> we want you to stay, alexis, please. don't be tempted. >> better be nice. >> here we go. let's talk about what's going on outside. oh, first by showing you what we missed by not seeing the monsoon thunderstorms. look at the lightning fork its way through the thunderstorm last night about -- or monday night. about 35,000 flashes out of this one storm over glendale, arizona. man, that was beautiful. mother nature is awesome. here's our beauty today. sutro tower, a gorgeous start. you can see the smoke out there, different than the high clouds. you can tell the difference in colors and the low clouds bringing us mist this morning. mostly sunny and hazy and close to average this morning. what we're dealing with the last couple mornings returns tonight and minor tweaks through the extended. first let's take a look at the

cloud cover and you can see along the coast and across the golden gate that's where we'll have the clouds most stubborn during the afternoon hours. widespread to south bay, the closer to the water the breezier it is and coal in milpitas, mainly low 80s through the valley and low 90s around morgan hill and gilroy. breezy peninsula today. breezy at the coast. look at the cloud cover there in gray and white. mid 60s more sunshine downtown south san francisco, sausalito, a little breezy an 76 in napa to about 88 in santa rosa, to 98 in ukiah. along the east bay shore low to mid 70s until around berkeley and oakland and richmond and as you move inland 86 in san ramon but 96 in brentwood. my accuweather seven-day forecast, a little cooler tomorrow and then slightly warmer for friday and saturday and then cooler sunday and monday. it's august, but not much changes. >> we are looking at the roads this morning and not a lot has changed although i do have

better news in a couple areas. eastbound 580 and 205, various lanes closed. we had a 20 minute delay not long ago. looks like that has cleared out. maybe they wrapped up work ahead of schedule. our typical heavy volumes out of the tracy area on the westbound side of the road. 680 past andraids road, quickly pushed that off to the side there thanks to chp. a little bit of stop-and-go traffic behind that. dense fog across the golden gate. if you are driving across golden gate or the north bay, just be advised low visibility, you will want to drive for conditions. back to you guys. >> thanks. if you've ever been too hot or cold on a flight, there could soon be some relief. >> flight attendants are pushing for the government to regulate cabin temperature and to help their effort a union has developed a new app called too hot too cold. it allows flight attendants or passengers to file reports about temperatures on planes. the data is being compiled and will be used to argue for new

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do your thing, with energy upgrade california. 6:57. just heading out the door the seven things to know before you go. number one, firefighters still battling a pair of wildfires in mendocino and lake counties that have combined to burn more than 80,000 acres. the ranch fire is 10% contained, while the river fire is 12% contained. number two, firefighters in redding are working around the clock to put out the carr fire which has burned more than 112,000 acres. there's a growing emphasis on the trinity county side of the carr fire now that flames have reached over the county line. number three, weather wise, it may be a new month but mother nature doesn't go by the calendar. here's a look at our accuweather 12-hour planner with mist and drizzle this morning and low to mid 50s. sunshine this afternoon. not quite as warm as it was yesterday. >> number four, voters in cupertino will now have until

the year 2020 to decide whether they want to change the way the city taxes apple and other businesses. the proposed head tax would tax companies based on the number of employees. >> number five, president trump is falsely claiming that americans need photo i.d.s to buy groceries. the president made the remarks last night during a rally in tampa, florida, as he advocated for stricter voter i.d. laws. >> number six one of our bigger issues this morning was a solo vehicle rollover crash westbound 580 in the dublin area. looks like that has been contained to the right shoulder. stop-and-go traffic is thinning out from 680. >> number seven, national avocado day. take two. chipotle extending its free guacamole promotion because the website crashed yesterday. today a coupon code won't be needed and no i.d. needed if you use cash. >> first build a bear and chipotle, things are too popular. >> we like free stuff. >> i guess we do. >> yeah. imagine the i.t. department, though.

>> just trying to run the cash register yesterday. i don't know. that doesn't sound like fun either. >> no. >> hope you have a fun day. happy wednesday, everyone. thanks for joining us. "gma" is next. good morning, america. miracle survival. all 103 people on board this passenger jet surviving a terrible crash in mexico. >> everybody started just panicking, man. death was right there. >> the plane smashing into a field. the roof sheared off. the engines on the ground. the race to get everyone out before flames engulf the aircraft and what we're now learning about the chicago priest who was on board. overnight, president trump's raucous rally campaigning for allies. blasting his adversaries, calling himself the most popular republican ever and this call for voter identification. >> if you go out and