>> reporter: lake county making progress, in upper lake, one resident took note of the files he took with him and brought back home. >> it was a little frightening. >> being back does not always mean getting back. exhibit a, when you beat your mailman to the post office. >> well, it's in the box but we can't get to it. >> reporter: exhibit b when all you know and see remains obscured by smoke so thick, you might need a compass to find your bear rings. >> i live up in a mountain. i can usually see all the mountains around me. they're not visible at all right now. >> reporter: is that disorienting? >> yeah, it is. it's a strange feeling, definitely. >> reporter: this is what happens when the fires burn and smoke billows into the air. when the winds die, that same smoke settles in this basin.

here is the view yesterday looking down on lake county from highway 175. now from the same spot today, it looked even worse in a region known for the third cleanest air in this nation. pollution here averages less than ten mike grow grams per cubic meter. today doug gerhart from air quality management measured it in excess of 100. >> we won't be number three anymore after this fire. >> reporter: the smoke is so thick lakeport has given away 2,500 respirator masks in the last few days, that in a city of 5,000. karen thompson took three of them. >> i just leave my house, go to work, go back to my house. i don't go out and do anything that done to. >>epter: it turns o the smoky conditions will disappear once the wind picks up. we're getting a bit of a breeze right now. there's a trade-off. as the wind comes, the fires may

grow again. wayne friedman, nbc 7 news. >> thank you so much, wayne. at 469 square files, the mendocino complex fire is the largest in state history. to put it in perspective, the city of los angeles is 468.7 square miles. on the east coast, the fire is massively larger than the entire five boroughs of new york city. those five boroughs encompass 304 square miles. at least 58 major fires are burning in california right now. there's so many fires spread out so far, firefighters are coming from out of the country to help battle all the flames. in northern california, the carr fire has now burned more than 173,000 acres and is 47% contained. yosemite national park reopened this morning, but only for residents. it's been closed for more than a week because of the ferguson fire. those residents were warned not to drink or cook with the tap

water until further notice. the ferguson fire has burned 91,000 acres and is at 38% containment. police arrested a man in connection with the southern california wildfire that burned 12 cabins and led to evacuations. 51-year-old forest gordon clark is being held on $1 million bail. he was arrested in connection with the so-called holy fire which has burned six square miles and is still only 5% contained. today the trump administration ordered federal agencies to override endangered special protections to prioritize using water to fight wildfires in california. the director by commerce secretary wilbur ross comes after the tweet that said they didn't have enough water to fight the fires. we reached out about today's announcement and they the same statement.

we may not see the flames from those fires, but wunaly ai >> abc news anchor eric thomas live in orinda with more. >> reporter: in the east bay you don't have to go far to see it. mt. diablo was obscured by the haze. take a look. the blue skies we normally enjoy this time of year also covered with haze. this is not healthy to breathe in. it just sits there like the house guest who refuses to leave, an ominous blanket made up of vehicle exhaust, ozone and especially smoke from wildfires. >> i just noticed it's really smokey and difficult to breathe. >> i can just smell it and i would start sneezing and coughing really badly because of my allergies. >> reporter: that's why today and tomorrow have been declared spare-the-air days, meaning air quality is unhealthy and the people who monitor air quality

wish we would help do something about it. >> they're askingesents to drive less, if possible. touch with their own health. >> reporter: this respiratory therapist says they've been seeing more patients complaining of breathing problems during the fires. >> so things that you should really pay attention to, symptoms of cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest pain or any time you have any difficulty with breathing, you should really notify your doctor. >> dr. lee says people with existing respiratory problems may want to wear an n-95 filtration mask to keep out smoke particles. the most effective way is to stay out of the unhealthy air cmpletely. >> we recommend that you don't exercise outdoors during those conditions, particularly if you

u're aeerounger ition or if children, more at risk. >> reporter: you heard the bay area air quality management district say they'd rather you avoid driving and putting the exhaust from your car in the air. they also discourage any outdoor burning. yes, that includes barbecues. another spare-the-air day is on tap for tomorrow. in orinda, eric thom mats, abc 7 news. >> eric, thank you so much. >> let's get to spencer christian with a closer look at what all this bad air means. >> depending on where you are, you might be able to even taste or smell the smoke in the air. you can certainly see it from anyplace in the bay area. take a look at this from sutro tower over san francisco. the air quality is declining in all tomorrow will be another spa spare-the-air day. the satellite looping image shows you the smoke continuing. there's more smoke to our north

and to our east. but still we've got quite a bit of it developing here in the bay area. this air quality map has a color code indicating the levels of air quality -- the greens and the yellows have been pre quality. the yeorange is poor. indicating a steady decline in our air quality here. not getting any better tomorrow. larry? >> all right. thank you, spencer. new at 4:00, the son of a union city police chief has been arrested for attacking efrmtsk. police say tyrone is one of two suspects arrested for attacking a 71-year-old man who was walking in the park in manteca on monday. a 16-year-old was also arrested. in a statement from the june kbrun city police department the chief and his wife worked with

manteca police to help morning. a multimillion dollar settlement has been reached over that gas blowout, the methane release forced thousands from their homes three years ago. the leak lasted four months and prompted many health complaints. it was the largest single release of methane in u.s. history. under the $120 million settlement, so cal gas will reimburse local, county and state governments for costs associated with the blowout. jury deliberations under way in the case of weed killer manufacturing, dwayne lee johnson filed the suit against the pesticide manufacturer. after 2 1/2 years of spraying the pesticide, he was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. abc 7 has obtained a copy of the jury verdict instruction form. if you'd like to what the jury must consider, go to

abc7newsom. three democrac state senators jim beal of san jose, ben allen of summon and ricardo laura from los angeles county declined to vote on the audit. the state auditor would review why there's been such customer service meltdown at the dmv leading to hours' long waits. a broken pipe leaking thousands of gallons of water will take another week to be repaired. abc 7 news was at the intersection of arastradero and georgia avenue. a contractor accidentally damaged the pipe on july 11th oochs. the replacement part needed to be specially ordered and won't arrive until monday. the city can't shut it off because it's a large water main behind a voter mo several

$nearly 6 million increase to fund proposition f passed by voters in june. it provides renters facing eviction with legal representation. the backers say renters without a lawyer almost always get evicted. >> nearly always make a settlement where they move out or they'll go to trial and lose. >> annual evictions in san francisco have jumped by 26% over the past eight years. the changing face of san francisco. >> we've been under construction for eight years now and we are ready to open. >> we're getting a sneak peek inside the trans bay terminal ahead of the grand opening. the investigation into elon musk's comments about possibly taking tesla private.

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years ago, it's now the salesforce transit center. >> miracle? is that the appropriate word. >> reporter: on the ground floor is the grand hall. >> i call it the living room of the entire transit center. there's many different areas. below us is a terrazzo floor by local artist julie chang. above us a jenny that we'll see. >> reporter: the architects say the building is 125 feet tall. >> grand central had its own challenges, but i promise you, grand central is not in an earthquake zone. >> reporter: there's a train box below ground but trains are at least another ten years away. one floor up is the bus terminal and bus bridge. the bridge connects to the bay bridge, so the buses coming in and out will have their own route. >> a direct in to the station and a direct out. >> reporter: you don't need to ride a bus to enjoy the center. the rooftop garden is a gondola

ride away. this public rooftop garden is open to everyone. the architects say they even envision schoolchildren coming through for tours and lessons. >> when you go 70 feet above street level and find a 5.5 acre public park, your perceptions change. it is going to change people's understanding of where they live. >> from plants to a playground and a park, there's even a bus fountain with jets activated as buses pass under sensors on the bus stack. >> reporter: some retailers have already signed on, including a gym, a dentist and a couple of coffee shops. safety the paramount. live in san francisco, melanie wood roof, abc 7 news. >> it includes 100,000 square

feet of shopping and dining space. more than 35,000 transit riders a day will pass through the new terminal. what will the transition look like for bus commuters. we'll have a closer look coming up. tesla's board of directors says it's looking at a proposal to take the company public. the board said it learned of the plan last week. the board members are in discussions about the idea right now. meanwhile the "wall street journal" reports the securities and exchange commission has made inquiries to determine if it may have illegally manipulated the market. the 49ers will spend the upcoming season celebrating the legacy of one of their most popular players, dwight clark, who died recently from als. 9ers players will wear number 87 on their helmets. they'll pay tribute to him

during all 49ers game. the team will unveil pictures of "the catch" outside the stadium stadium from montana. there will be a tribute to clark's legacy during the game that day. it seems like the warriors just won the nba championship. we or already talking about a new season. the nba this afternoon releasing parts of its 2018-2019 schedule. the warriors will play on the first night of the season at oracle against the oklahoma city thunder. the warriors will host lebron james and the lakers. that's a 5:00 p.m. pacific time warri wl it heu can watch geab.

lakers on martin luther king, junior day. now with lebron there -- >> he's a bad man. >> renewed interest in that rivalry. >> spencer? >> air quality is bad, i hate to say. tomorrow is going to be warmer. here is a live view -- a view of live doppler 7. we see mostly sunny skies over the bay and our inland areas. we have the usual thin layer of fog at the coast and still breezy around the bay area. 23-mile-per-hour wind speeds in san francisco, 15 miles per hour across the bay and oakland. the warming has begun. i was talking earlier about a warmup midweek. look at the 24-hour temperature change. it's ten degrees warmer at palo alto and mountain view. eight degrees warmer at santa rosa. take a look at our current temperature readings under this

thick haze as we can see from sutro tower, 63 in san francisco, oakland is 68. 81 rat san jose, 93 at morgan hill, 57 at half moon bay. we're looking at a hazy western sky from emeryville. 87 in novato. concord 90, 92 in livermore. the view from the east bay hills camera, it will be warmer in most areas tomorrow. of course, the smoke and haze will continue to fill the air and we'll have a cooler pattern be geng this weekend. hoping for a change in air quality and improvement as well. overnight, seeing fog pushing locally over the bay. overnight lows will be generally in the mid or mid to upper 50s around the bay. low 50s along the coast. some of our inland areas will be mild witemratures dropping into the upper 50s to slow 60s. tomorrow, temperatures ranging from mid to upper 60s. low 80s around the bayshore

line. inland east bay, highs of 98 at concord, 97 at santa rosa. 101 at lakeport, 103 at ukiah. on friday, we'll see the temperatures easing up -- the heat easing up a little bit especially in our inland areas where we'll see upper 90s tomorrow, mid 90s on friday. it will be even cooler still on saturday. on sunday we'll see temperatures returning to more of a normal or average range for this time of year. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after tomorrow's rather intense inhand heat, we'll see the warmth holding inland for the next couple days. notice the nice cooldown on sunday and monday. starting the week next week, we won't have any temperature exremes at all. possibly if we get a shift in the wind pattern, we might have cleaner air quality asd like -- oh, it's going to be a little warm.

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keep the run time at three hours because they always go over. these moves were approved on tuesday night. the academy didn't announce what constitutes a popular film. celebrities are weighing in this afternoon. >> actor rob lowe tweeted, the film business passed away today with the announcement of popular film oscar. elijah wood weighed the oscars are basically creating an attendance award, ugh. >> here is a look at the poll again. 67% say it's about time. how else is the rock going to win an oscar? when i go to "the fast and the furious" and "the avengers." >> those could be artistic films that could win an oscar? >> no. but this would give them a

chance to win something. action, busters. >> because there is no category. >> that's exactly what this is for. i'm okay with the rock -- this is going into effect on 2020. so we have a few years to get used to seeing the rock strut up on stage. >> very artistic by the way. to one of the biggest music events of the summer. 47th annual cma fest in nashville featuring some of country music's biggest stories. abc's eva pilgrim got a preview. >> reporter: what happens when all of biggest chart toppers and thousands of diehard fans from all over the world descend on music city? >> it's electric. it really is. >> it's the annual cma music festival. the four-day music event of the summer. >> the energy is through the roof. >> and an epic party luke bryant

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>> it is juggling. before i came here tonight, i made dinner for everybody. that's what you do. that's what any working mom does. i just kind of have a little bit moran dom job. >> reporter: fans must also figure out how to juggle the jam-packed concert over nashville. we took one of country's newest sensations for a spur of the moment spin through the heart of broadway which quickly turned into an epic fan meet and greet. >> isn't it a little overwhelming. >> it gets a little overwhelming once in a while. but it is a family feel. >> reporter: for the big stars, this party is about the fans, a thigh, a chance to share the fun together. >> you can catch the cma fest tonight at 8:00 on abc 7 followed by abc 7 news at 11:00.

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district. >> reporter: it should have been an easy wen in a solidly republican area. president trump won ohio's 12th by double digits in 2016, but with tightening polls the president was forced to to the suburb columbus district to campaign for balderson. the president tweeting today, after my speech on saturday night, there was a big turn for the better. now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. democrat danny o'connor is not conceding. >> can you believe how close this is? we, we are in a tie ball game and you made there possible. >> reporter: balderson and o'connor are fighting to fill the remaining months of the current representative's term and will be on the ballot again in november. in another race with a late presidential endorsement, kris kobach has a narrow lead over incumbent jeff kolyer.

many feel his controversial canned see makes a gop win harder in november. kansas legislator laura kelly won the democratic primary. in ohio there are still more than 8,000 uncounted votes between provisional and absentee ballots. that could be enough for o'connor to tip the scale and force a recount. we won't know for at least ten days. emily row, abc news, new york. a new york congress pleaded not guilty to federal insider trading charges. republican chris kol lens surrendered to authorities after being indicted on 13 counts including insider trading, lying to the fbi, conspiracy and wire fraud. he's charged with sharing failed tests -- >> congressman collins cheated our markets and our justice system. he tipped his son to con fi denl

corporate information at the expense of regular investors, and then he lied about it to law enforcement to cover it up. >> prosecutors claim the inside information helped collins' family members avoid $768,000 in losses. lawyers for collins say the congressman will be completely vindicated and exonerated. in a series of tweet, jack dorsey wrote twitter didn't suspend jones or info wars because neither violated rules. the comments come after facebook, apple, spotify took down material this week published by jones. the man arrested at a new mexico compound was training children to commit school shootings. court documents filed today say that the man conducted weapons training at the compound where 11 hungry kids were found last week in filthy conditions. police arrested him andr

other adults. all of them facing child abuse charges. authorities say the remains of a boy were also found at the compound but they have not been identified. hundreds of children remain separated from their families at the border. congressman jackie speier invited a group of residents volunteering at the border to share their experiences. >> abc's kate larsen spoke to the group at the congresswoman's home. >> the children describe it as a cage for the most vicious of animals in their country and the children are housed there. >> reporter: belinda is describing conversations she had with children seeking asylum at the border in mccallum, texas. >> numerous human rights violations that we heard reshe and a group of bay area volunteers help central american refugees transition while they wait for a court date. 572 children remain in u.s. custody including whose parents have been deported

without them. >> they're coming to our country seeking asylum which is not a crime. but they're treated like texas last month with hernandez. the first time she went was with a group of women who accompanied congresswoman jackie speier. >> reporter: the hope is the information will improve the situation for families at the border in the future. >> they're going to continue to be the observers there because this administration has no compunction about violating the laws, ignoring the laws in this country, and we can't let that happen. >> reporter: the group of bay area volunteers hopes to travel back to the border in november. kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> taking a trip to the sun. nasa's newest venture and how it has bay area ties. plus, all this smoky air isn't just bad for your lungs.

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away from mechanical facial brushes that may lead to more irritation. her top two suggests, sunscreen and serums which can be purchased over the county. she says they protect your skin from pollution and damaging wildfire smoke. >> you want to go lighter rather than the oil-based creams you're using in the wenter. serums are very water based and light. usually the first step after you wash your face twice a day. >> if you've tried these options and still having issues, doctors say it's a good idea to consult your dermatologist. >> brandi hitt, abc 7 news. we have sunny skies, hazy conditions over most of the bay area. we'll see a little fog pushing over the bay. low temperatures in the mid to upper 50s around the bay.

inland a little milder. low 50s along the coast and low 50s along the north bay valleys. tomorrow, we'll see the warming trend continuing. hot in inland locations. look for highs at 98 in concord, 98 in concord. right around the bay, mainly upper 70s to low 80s tomorrow. mid to upper 60s on the coast. tomorrow will be another spare-the-air day. the air quality will be poorest in the inland, east bay and santa clara valley. after tomorrow's spike in heat, we'll see warmth holding on well in the inland areas on friday and saturday. a much cooler pattern will kick in on sunday. that will continue into the beginning of next week. >> thank you, spencer. >> talk about a spike in heat? nasa set for its closest voyage yet to the sun. the space agency's parker solar probe will lift off this saturday from cape canaveral and get seven times closer to the sun than any previous spacecraft. this is because of a

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complications who will benefit from these donations. >> it doesn't matter what time of year. we always have babies born. >> reporter: pauline says it's the tiniest babies who suffer without the milk. >> they can't tolerate any other food source. we're trying so hard to get those moms to breast-feed. sometimes when the babies are born too early, the milk doesn't come in on time. >> reporter: that's when her organization pumps up their effort. mother's milk bank serves nicus across the state. >> reporter: we're at alum rock avenue where it's easy to see the haze from the northern california fires. she says the stress from those fires can definitely donations are so important. amanda decastillo, abc 7 news. >> michael f a

special guest. >> the 38th annual comedy day is set to take place in about a month in golden gate park's robin williams meadow. 48 comedians take the stage. the whole deal is free. just show up. some of the greatest comics have appeared on that stage including robin williams and my two guests, debi durst and will durst. why do we need free comedy? >> good lord. everybody needs to laugh these >>colnte lau in order not t w we the rest of the world doesn't feel the same way we do. >> oh, my god! please help me laugh. >> it is an interesting time. good time for political satire.

>> yeah, yeah. the hard part is keeping up. i switch between the news and the giants. stuff happens between batters. >> who is going to be there this year? >> well, will is going to be there. margot gomez, diane amos, also known as the pine-sol lady. she'll be performing. >> felicia michaels. >> felicia michaels. >> brian copeland. >> of course brian copeland will be there. >> he's on the boord directors. >> we can't say no. >> we have quite a few people. i have messages out to other peop not confirmed yet. >> have to worry about their schedules. >> and getting here because we're a non-profit, all-volunteer organization. i'd love to get everybody here but we can'tcle to get them her

>> this is why i have you guys here. i wanted to talk about this and i wanted people to know about this event coming up on september 16. but also you guys are trying to sell tickets to a free event. >> no, no, no. we're trying to raise money. >> it's a free event, probably one of the last free things left in san francisco, but it costs money to put it >> staging. >> and rental of the park. >> what are the tickets? >> we have a gofundme site to raise money. and we're close to theant more. it's gofundme come day day 18. >>

too much? zbl i'm wearing a cardboard belt. i'm the producer. >> you have vip seating arrangement. that's pretty cool. >> anybody who donates $250 or more. >> or more, can get access to backstage where you can hang out with the come meks. there is a special seating area in front of the stage, in the vip seating area where you'll have access and be able to sit and watch up close. >> donate money. we just want to have meat in the sandwiches backstage. >> let me ask you this, can you take kids to this? >> yes. >> it's a family event. >> broad daylight, a family event. we always tell the comedians please keep it ean. >> although willie brown always drops the first f word. so it's kind of a classy f bomb.

>> this is our 38th annual. when willie was mayor, he would come and open the show. well, there goes the no swearing. >> hopefully london will come out and not swear. >> and it is comedyday.org, correct? >> that is correct. >> we will put additional information on our website so you can check it out and donate if you wish. thank you. >> thank you, michael. you're the best ever. >> he's the best. >> thank you. now to a life changing tragedy for one family. it's actually turning into a life changing event thousands of miles away. the story of hope and how one bay area family is making a difference. dan is here with a look ahead to abc 7 news at 5:00. >> coming up at 5:00, a big animal spotted roaming in a res dnl area. that's a mountain lion outside a house, where police are warning residents to be on alert. also, melanie just showed

you inside the transbay transit center. at 5:00, what you need to know before service begins on sunday. plus a bay area sheriff's office detonated something they thought was suspicious. but it turned out to be something completely different. we'll show you

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fest on abc and then abc 7 news at 11:00. some events can be life changing tragedies, also triumphs. the superintendent that claimed the life of a young boy's mother and left the child injured, has become a ray of hope thousands of miles away in africa. the update today is truly heartwarming. >> we first told you about abdul when he was 6 years old. he was injured in an auto accident when he was three months old, ejected from a car as it overturned 13 times. the accident took his mother's life and left abdul with traumatic brain injury. he's now ten years old. over the past five years, his father has been paying forward the kindness and support he received to help similar kids with disabilities in his native sierra leone in west africa, a nation where years of civil war have left young poem without limbs and physical therapy. a foundation has been created and >> it feels good to help other

people. >> reporter: the foundation orts 62 children, taking them off costs $150 per year to tuition, books and a school uniform. some have disabilitys. others do not. many have been abandoned by their families. abdul's father told us about how he discovered one girl had graphic arts talent. >> if we didn't take that child from that street, that talent wouldn't have come out of here and she wouldn't realize what she really has within herself. >> reporter: the foundation hopes soon to be supporting 100 kids in school. to raise funds, t-shirts are being sold for $20. a major fund-raising event is set for this weekend. if you would like to support the program in sierra leone, theadue fund-raiser here saturday in kirk park with lots of food and

entertainment. >> as david mentioned, it cost $150 to sierra leone for a year. the world bank estimates people in' era leone live on less than a dollar a day. that helps to explain why education is beyond what so many families there can afford. here in the u.s. the back-to-school shopping season is in full swing. this year expected to be one of the highest spending years on record. according to the national retail federation, total spending for k-12 is expected to reach nearly $83 billion this year. the survey found families on average will spend $680, $236 on clothing $187 on electronics, $138 on shoes. one surprising finding, teenagers and pre-teens are likely to spend some of their own money for those things. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil.

abc 7 news at 5:00 s s s s now. >> more residents turn home to areas evacuated by wildfires. now dealing with another problem. how the city is trying to help. >> lesson learned after a science experiment went wrong. the college project the bay area sheriff's office ended up detonating. >> a mountain lion caught on camera in san mateo. the stinky thing that may have attracted it to this area. >> i could hear something walking. if i could har something walking, it wasn't a raccoon. >> an alert about a mountain lion in san mateo. >> these are images one resident's security camera captured early this morning. police are warning you to be on the>>ha y foroing mountain lion in the heart of san mateo.

>> it was spotted at a home near hobart and edinburough, just two blocks from el camino real. it comes less than a month after one was captured in san mateo. that incident put a neighborhood on lockdown, the same one where this latest sighting happened. >> carlos is live in the neighborhood with how people are reacting. >> reporter: a lot of shocked residents. they say they never saw a mountain lion roam these streets. the house behind me captured these remarkable images with their home surveillance system. the sighting caught on surveillance video is quick, but it quickly shows a large 45-pound mountain lion roa