pg&e. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. an appeals court rejected a move by former swimmer brock turner to overturn his sexual assault conviction. his lawyer argued turner wanted to have outercourse with the victim and never intended to rape her. the judge said the argument lacked merit. the case got national attention when the trial judge gave him a six-month sentence. the stanford professor who led a recall effort against the judge applauds the decision. >> brock turner is a lying, unrepentant sex predator who never showed real remorse for his crimes and this decision by the appellate court shows why he never deserved the light sentence that judge persky gave him. >> he can appeal to the state supreme court but the high court is considered unlikely to take up se. 4:30, just waking up, good morning. here's a quick update on your weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco.

>> reggie, thank you very much. alexis, nice seeing you both. hey, let's talk about what's happening our other big story, we mentioned the fire weather watch, probably upgraded to red flag warning because we're a little more than 24 hours away from it beginning or less than 24 hours away from it beginning. forget today is thursday. it's 2:00 this afternoon through 11:00. about 530,000 people including around lake tahoe. the bay bridge toll plaza as the backdrop for a 12-hour planner. see temperatures are going to be the hottest today as we're nearing the upper 90s inland, near 80 around the bay and 60 at the coast. >> we are off to a quiet start on the roads. no major incidents to talk about. slight delays out of the central valley. 580 tracy to castro valley not terrible. highway 85 to airport, 12 minutes, highway 1 and san francisco great route into the city no delays at ten minutes.

we have a dense fog advisory in effect for golden gate bridge. not looking terrible right but now but this will thicken throughout the morning. bart's board of directors will take up a new, expensive and controversial security plan aimed at protecting riders. the $28 million proposal includes increased transit police patrols and more fare inspectors. the district unveiled the plan monday after a number of high-profile violent attacks on riders including the stabbing death of nia wilson at the macarthur bart station. some of the people evacuated because of the mendocino complex fires now have something else to worry about this morning. there's a neuro virus outbreak. about 20 people became sick. a cleaning crew disinfected the shelter. than me than,000 homes are still threatened and

the fires combined cover more than 470 square miles. firefighters are slowly getting the upper hand. people who had to evacuate during the carr fire are returning to the lake redding neighborhood. what they are finding, though, is stunning. on one side of the street houses are burned to the ground and ashes are still smoldering. across the street homes are untouched. it's similar to what we saw in santa rosa after last year's north bay fires. the carr fire has burned 176,000 acres and 47% contained. the trump administration announced it's overriding protections for endangered species in california to give firefighters more access to water while battling the state's wildfires. critics say this is an unnecessary move designed to score political points. abc 7 news reporter lilian kim has that. >> reporter: firefighters are battling as many as 17 wildfire. now the trump administration says it wants to help by lifting limits on waterways. the secretary of commerce issued

a directive to federal agencies to prioritize protection of life and property ecs. spite the fact that the director of cal fire says water isn't an issue. >> we have plenty of water. we have many lakes that are directly accessing from helicopters to drop that water on the fires and our fire engines have access to water on the ground. >> reporter: the trump administration's directive follow tweets made by the president. on sunday he tweeted california wildfires are being magnified and made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren't allowing water to be properly utilized. critics say mr. trump is exploiting the wildfires for political gain. stirring up an ongoing water dispute between farmers and environmental groups. >> this isn't the right time for armchair fire chiefs in washington, d.c., to try to tell california how to fight fires. >> reporter: john mcmanus is president of the golden gate salmon association. the group's mission is to protect and restore habitat comprised of central

valley rivers. >> it's fair to say that californiaens agree it's unfortunate that people in d.c. who don't know the facts on the ground try to weigh in and dictate how things should go out here. >> reporter: the directive would allow federal agencies to expe diet decisions about water under an emergency provision of the endangered species act. lilian kim, abc 7 news. solano county officials will discuss new technology to be used to accurately locate callers using mobile phones. apple will provide location dprauts its devices starting this fall. the county has been working with rapid s.o.s. to use the new technology to capture data once apple's upgrade takes effect and will help 911 dispatchers lower the time it takes to locate a caller seeking assistance. new developments involving a school district in san jose. auditors will investigate the alan rock district board of trustees. "the mercury news" report they

authorized the audit yesterday. the contractor was hired to do millions of dollars of construction work but failed to finish projects on time. in june a civil grand jury urged three trustees to resign. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here's a look at the temperatures around san francisco. 51 in the sunset, most of us around 53 degrees. the financial a little bit warmer as it usually is, 55 degrees. downtown we're 53. same thing in san leandro. healdsburg, 51. 57 palo alto. santa clara and saratoga and walnut creek. let's take a look at what's going on as far as your commute. notice not as much fog, no mist and drizzle unless you're really right near the coast. we'll go with good driving conditions for most of us today. the golden gate bridge could be the exception. ferry ride, going to be calm again this afternoon and mass

transit, it is a spare the air day. check out the east bay valleys, 64 at 8:00, 90s through 7:00, peaking in the upper 90s around 4:00. another area that's going to be pretty warm up in the north bay we're going to start in the 50s here. 56 under mostly sunny sky and mid 80s for the afternoon hours. back to 70 at 8:00. it's do you want to be outside today on another spare the air day. yesterday, i live out by mount debr diablo i watched the smoke come down and almost cover the mountain. >> that's not a good day to be outside breathing that in. maybe another day you can skip the outdoor exercise. >> we don't have any major issues so far, we are looking at a very empty richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. two vehicles heading westbound on 580 approaching that toll plaza. that is looking good this

morning. and then a quick check of drive times here as well. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 39 minutes. westbound 4, antioch to concord in the green at 14 and no delays although a dense fog advisory for golden gate bridge here this morning. southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco in the green at 17 minutes. years in the making and ready for its grande bute. what's being done to make sure commuters are safe when the transbay terminal opens up. an art installation rising in the north bay. the cause that is it is calling attention to and how you can help. help. california phones offerser free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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- ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." let's talk about the red flag warning, that high fire danger up in lake county and what you're going to see is not the entire county, the northern part, not under the red you see right there. this is going to start at 2:00 this afternoon and go through 11:00 this evening. it's because we'll have southwest winds gusting up to 25 in the valley, 35 in the mountains, and we still have the poor air quality in the southern part of the central valley. be careful if you're traveling through there. alexis? >> thanks, mike sis iutn infusion of cash behind a program that helps renters fight an eviction. mayor london breed says the city

is increasing its legal defense fund by nearly $6 million over the next two years. the money will fund proposition f, which voters passed in june. the measure provides renters facing eviction with legal representation. the city's new budget injected nearly $2 million into the program right away. >> we know, sadly, that most tenantses can't afford a lawyer and don't know where to go in the first place. as a result, too many san franciscans face eviction without knowing what their full rights are. >> evictions in san francisco had jumped by 26% over the past eight years. the price of a hotel room could be going up in palo alto. the city is putting a measure on the november ballot that would raise the hotel tax from 14% to 15.5%. palo alto on-line reports it would bring in about $2.5 million in more revenue. that money would be earmarked for infrastructure projects including a new police headquarters, improvements to the city's animal shelter and

the junior museum and zoo. this weekend marks the official opening of san francisco's salesforce transit center. >> the $2 billion projects has been under construction for almost a decade. >> reporter: what began as a competition 11 years ago is the sales force transit center. it features a board for advertisements and bus times and pays tribute to local artists. >> below us is a floor by local artist julie chang. above "uss there will be a jenny holster art piece we will see. >> reporter: this bus bridge connects to the bay bridge. there's a train box below grounds but trains are another ten years away. the public rooftop garden is open to everyone. the architects say they envisioned schoolchildren coming through for tours and lessons. >> when you grow 70 feet above street level and find a five and a half acre public park your perceptions change. it really is going to change

people's understanding of where they live. >> reporter: the garden is accessible by gondola and a fountain and jets activated. staff will clean the center between 1:00 and 5:00 a.m. and ambassadors will be on hand to answer questions. security is being provided by unarmed allied guards who will work in conjunction with san francisco police officers from southern station. there were also many surveillance cameras. >> if it becomes a place where people don't feel like they want to come because it's just not a safe place for their kids and their family, then we've missed the mark. >> reporter: in san francisco melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> the new terminal is not only big but there are big numbers associated with it too. the project cost $2.3 billion. it is more than a million square feet and 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. all right. mike nicco, we're waiting for mike to get to the desk. come on, mike. >> or maybe not. no. >> waiting for direction. that's all. >> sure. >> just waiting. okay. all right, mike, you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> but always a little -- never mind. let's talk about what's going on. serious stuff to talk about and some good stuff at the end of this. i promise. here's a look at what's going on from walnut creek. you can see the air is a little cleaner than it was yesterday, but this is one of those areas that possibly will develop poor air quality as we head into the afternoon. smoky sunshine will dominate again on the sixth summer spare the air. highs will roll downhill from here and going to start with a little bit of a breeze hitting us tomorrow. today, no breeze. that's why temperatures are jumping from 92 in los gatos, look at the upper 90s in morgan

hill and gilroy. milpitas, sunny 88 in santa cruz. 72 millbrae, everybody else in the low to mid 80s on the peninsula. mid 60s along the coast. look at the 70s, low 70s, downtown, south san francisco. also sausalito. we'll have mid 80s to low 90s through the north bay. temperatures flirting with the 80s up and down the east bay shoreline. move into the east bay valleys, look at this mid 90s to around 101 degrees. let's take a look around the state. you can see it's 107 in palm springs, 90s in los angeles. possibility of a stray thunderstorm there. better chance as you head over in towards the baja of mexico. as far as our temperatures tonight they will be a little bit warmer, especially when you get around antioch, concord, livermore, san jose, milpitas in

my accuweatherev-d forecast, temperatures back to average by sunday and we stay there all nextk. >> mi, o t here at about a quarter till 5:00 as you would hope this early in the morning. we have one slow spot getting out of tracy. looks like you're down to 22 hour respectively. that is certainly filling in a little delay on the eastbound side as well. grinding and paving work going on. lanes closed on the lighter side as well. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, a little stack up in the cash lanes as usual but no metering lights. we should have about 35, 40 minutes to go until they turn those on. unique piece of art taking shape in the north bay. abc 7 news was at lagoon park where jason phan is constructing a sculpture out of fallen branches. it's a reminder of the constant fire danger in the north bay. uk clip tis is one of the most .

a team will harvest fallen tree branches from the area. >> this piece i'm partnering with the park services. they're doing fire clearance so sapling and wood on the ground in the forest to clear the space, just to prevent fires. >> anyone is welcome to come out and help collect wood and help create the sculpture. phan hopes to finish it by next sunday. samsung is set to unveil its galaxy note 9 today. will it be enough to get apple customers to hang up on the iphones. imagine a home robot that wants to hang out with you. here's tech bites. >> in today's tech bites the big reveal by samsung. >> samsung unveiling its galaxy note 9 with a bigger screen, beefed up battery and souped up stylist, but with an expected price tag of $950, industry insiders wonder if it will be enough to compete with the i phone 10. a high-tech compression shirt promising to reduce concussions in sports like football.

>> the halo features an impact-resistant collar that fortifies your vertebrae. it hits the market in october. hitting stores then, is vector the latest home robot from anki. it won't vacuum or fetch a newspaper. >> what it is good for, answering questions, playing games, even purring when you pet it. it costs about $250. >> paying for a best friend? >> yeah. you and me. >> yeah. >> those are your tech bites. >> for $250 i'll come over and hang out with you for like ten minutes. >> i like that idea. scam alert, the new pitch con artists are using to part you from your money. >> own a piece of bay area tech lore. lore. what it will run you to buy the nature of a virus is to change. move. mutate. today, life-changing technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source.

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. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. pirates in town to take on the giants. jerry garcia night. 62 at 7:15, dropping down to 58 under a hazy and slight breeze. not as breezy as normal, though. >> thanks, mike. what could be one of the largest climate marches in memory will ke placefrancisco.ee f the ferry building where leaders of the group roise for climate jobs and justice.

hundreds of events are planned across the world. >> at the end of the day everything that's going on in the world affects us firsthand and it hurts us the most, so we want to let them know we're not down with this and if you won't provide the solutions we will provide them for ourselves. >> the march next month will come just four days before governor brown hosts a global climate action summit in the city. representatives from around the world will be in attendance. from the seven on your side team if your favorite celebrity reached out to you on social media this might have been a scam. disappointed. the federal trade commission is warning about imposter scams where someone on-line pretends to be a celebrity or someone you trust to get you to give money. some of the schemes involve fake donations to charity or claiming a prize. the ftc says don't send money, gift cards or prepaid debit cards to someone you haven't met. that means that beyonce is, in fact, not sending you messages

after all. sad. >> bummed out. the 49ers will spend the season celebrating the legend of dwight clark who died after a battle with als and players will wear clark's number 87 on the helmets this season. levi stadiums will have banners to pay tribute to clark. on october 21st the team will unveil statutes depicting his greatest play the catch outside the stadium. it will be 23 yards from a statute of joe montana, the same distance they were during the famous play. there will also be a number of tributes to clark's legacy during the game that day. you can own the house where the on-line ad service craigslist was launched in san francisco. 1 1250 square foot home is on cole street. it was built in the 1900s. craig newmark started business there. he tosold the home in 2005. it's listed for just under $1.4

million. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. more folks going to school today. dixon unified school district you're going to be going under a veil of haze and potentially poor air quality. temperatures near 100 degrees in the afternoon hours. check out hector, he is just south of the islands, just out of radar reach, which means good. they're not seeing excessively heavy rain. the surf it's a little dangerous at times, but the winds have also been kind of calm. it's still a category 3 with 115 mile per hour winds. it's going to keep moving away and by this time tomorrow its influence on the islands will lesson. the only thing it will have is the continuation of some dangerous waves there. we donald a bullet with major hurricane just missing hawaii. we are looking at a very light start to our thursday morning drive. here's a live look at san mateo bridge. westbound drivers no issues there and eastbound you are typically light this time of

day. we don't have any significant issues to talk about here this morning and mass transit is looking good too. it is a spare the air again today. if you can carpool or use mass transit, that's definitely recommended. bart, 34 trains in service. no delays. that's looking good. ace one out on time on the central valley and normal service, no delays for san francisco bay ferry. a broken pipe that's been leaking thousands of gallons of water into a palo alto storm drain for weeks will take another week to fix. abc 7 news was at the intersection of georgia avenue where the leaky pipe is located. a city spokesperson says the contractor accidentally damaged the pipe july 11th. because it's an unusual size the replacement part needed to be specially ordered and won't arrive until monday. the city can't shut the water off completely because it's a large water main supplying water to several customers. the harlem globetrotters known for their on-court trickery but this basket takes their skills to new heights.

watch as bull bullard hangs out of a small plane and sinks a trick shot from above. it happened yesterday in new jersey. the plane was going 70 miles an hour and it is the first time a globetrotter has made a basket from a moving airplane. >> that's pretty cool. you have to give it to him. >> that is awesome. what do kamala harris, bob iger and leonardo have in common? bet on all of them to win the next presidential election. next at 5:00 a.m. a breakdown of the official betting odds. resources are getting maxed out across california, how inmates are helping battle wildfires. plus, what

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. good morning bay area. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> good morning, 5:00 a.m. jessica is in the field. we'll talk to her in a second. alexis is here. >> good to benever han 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. we'll start looking at san jose where it's cloudy this morning a little hazy. the air quality is okay right now. in fact, it's moderate everywhere. there's a possibility just like yesterday that our east bay valleys could go poor and the santa clara valley could have poor air quality. now as far as your accuweather seven-day forecast, mid 50s to 60 degrees, in the 60s at the coast, go from the low to upper 70s around the bay and the quick warming, mid 80s by noon and upper 90s, one of the hottest days is going to unfold in front of us today. still in the 70s and 80s away from the coast at 7:00. remember it is a spare the