main issue who should beonsiblt. one plan would let judges how much pg&e pay when the fires are caused by their equipment. we're going to get a quick check of your weather and traffic. francis usually when we have these weekends with outside lands, it's kind of -- weather. is that the case today? >> you can see it right now. we have the low clouds and fog coming in, this is the view from the east bay hills camera. it's always cloudy this time of year in san francisco and cool. but we will see improving air quality today. along the coast in central bay we expect good air quality. but there will be some lingering smoke through parts of the north bay and east bay.

near 80s around the bay. looking at the roads we have one significant collision this morning although the backup doesn't look as bad as it did a few minutes ago. northbound 680 it was blocking all lanes a few minutes ago. crews were able to open the far left lane. you may want to stick to 880 to bypass that. no word on how long it will take to clean up. to dublin, already at 32 minutes. westbound 4 in the green at 13 and southbound 101 to san francisco you're looking okay at 16 minutes. a retired redwood police officer is in custody after a 17 hour standoff. >> he was taken into custody around 7:30 last night. it started with a report of a domestic violence assault. we're told the female victim is

okay. he's identified as 55-year-old james mcgee. >> we knew he had police training, so we approached it in a way that would be the safest way to resolve it. >> pretty surprising. it's pretty quiet here. >> people along windsor way were told to shelter in place. happening today, more testimony at the sentencing hearing for the two men charged in oakland's ghost ship warehouse fire. families of the people killed in the fire are slamming the plea deal. families are calling the agreement a sweetheart deal. al men na-and harris had their back to the stand during part of the testimony yesterday. >> they should have faced us.

they should have looked at us. >> the sentence is unfair, it's unbalanced. it's neglect. >> they could have faced life in prison if convicted in trial. they already spent a year in jail and could end up serving only half of the sentence with good behavior. the fire took 36 lives and we have not forgotten them. you can read about them on our website and app. the first sexual abuse lawsuit will be filed against presentation high school and its current president and former principal, mary miller. last year a group of alumni accused the call girls school of failing to report sexual abuse complaints. several have alleged the school covered up more than a dozen cases that go back at least three decades. school officials said the campus responded appropriately to

reports of sexual harassment or abuse. they say the allegations are different now than what was reported to the school at the time. earlier this year the then principal, mary miller, declined our request for an interview but said we cannot erase the feelings or change the perceptions of some. but we can learn from it and move forward with greater resolve. a federal judge stopped the deportation in progress yesterday, threatened to hold attorney general jeff sessions and other homeland officials in contempt if the mother and daughter were not returned to the u.s. >> reporter: a mother and daughter seeking asylum in the u.s. were deported by the trump administration while their case was still being heard in court. during their hearing, the judge was told the mom and daughter were already on their way back to el salvador, reacting to the news the judge said this is

outrageous, somebody in pursuit of justice in a united states court is spirited away while her attorneys are arguing for justice for her. he immediately ordered the government to turn their plane around and threatened contempt charges starting with attorney general jeff sessions if the situation isn't fixed. the aclu tweeted, the mother and daughter are going to have to fight the trump administration's policy. they're challenging a policy change that aims to speed up the removal of asylum seekers who fail to prove their cases. this comes as the parents of first lady melania trump became citizens through a process the president has repeatedly criticized as chain migration. >> under the current system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. >> the lottery system and chain migration, we're going to end

them, fast. >> reporter: the president's inlaws moved to the united states and were recently sponsored by their daughter. their attorney said they received no special treatment. sources tell abc news, the mother and daughter are now are on their way back to the u.s. to a detention facility in texas. happening today, the weekend kicks off the weekend. >> we're talking about the singer the weekend who is headlining this first day of the three-day outside lands festival. jessia castro live at golden gate park. hi, jess. >> reporter: hi. good morning, you're right, the weekend kicking off the weekend, which is pretty fitting. it's going to be a fairly nice down. outside lands historically pretty cold. it's misty this morning, we're at the front gates, there are some lights we've been seeing some action this morning, some

cars coming through. looks like they've been testing the lighting and the sound effects. headliners this year include the weekend, florence and the machine and janet jackson. this morning they're making the final changes and adjustment. and there's a new grassland area celebrating cannabis. there are also new safety features. >> really only letting clear bags through our gates here. if you have a small purse or fanny pack or something like that, that's okay. >> this is the music festival's 11th year, it also features 83 local restaurants, 41 wineries, and breweries. it is going to be a lot of fun. i don't know if you can see the sign out here, it says that all bags have to be clear beyond this point. those are the larger bags,

backpacks and large purses. smaller bags don't have to be clear. i can tell you you definitely need to bring a jacket out here like you have in years past. i know frances was talking about the weather. i know she doesn't control the weather but if we can ask her to make it a little bit warmer that would be nice. >> we'll do that right now. jess is right, every year at this time, especially at golden gate park, it's a little cool. >> yes, jessica was right about that. it's a jeans and jacket day, breezy this afternoon. here's the day planner, if you're headed to outside lands i might see you there. still gray by noon, will start to clear out, but breezy this afternoon, winds up to 10, 20 miles per hour, and gusts to 30 miles per hour. temperatures top out in the low

60s and by 7:00 dropping to the upper 50s. it's going to be chilly if you're staying for the headliners. we have the fog out there. we have dense morning fog especially near the coast, but hot temperatures inland with lingering smoke through parts of the east bay and north bay. highs today range from 66 in san francisco, 74 in oakland, 86 in san jose, and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so we're going to get slightly cooler into the weekend, because we have the stronger onshore flow and the high pressure weak weakening. that's going to allow the air quality to improve as well. we have a rough start this morning but you have better news now. >> we have the rollover crash in milpitas. things are looking much, much bette there. back to no significant problems

the way we like it early on a friday morning. hopefully this will turn into a friday-light commute. it's looking that far on the san mateo bridge. mass transit looking good today. it is not a spare the air day, but if you can use mass transit, always a good idea. no delays. normal service, no delays for san francisco bay ferry. >> the sales force transit center ready for its debut. the trump administration unveils plans for space force. break through tech in silicone valley could make it happen. outside not the only p

>> announcer: you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we still have red flag warning for the lake county and surrounding areas especially for the carr fire so we could ridge gusts up to 25 miles per hour and low humidity. i want to show you the satellite image from yesterday. see the smoke in the area? and especially the donald fire heading towards southwest lake tahoe. smoke and haze expected there today and there's an air quality alert for today. it appears the pentagon is

moving forward with plans to form a new branch of the military, called space force. silicone valley already planning how this could expand their business. >> reporter: today's war fighters, the pentagons name for our troops benefit from a wide range of technology. the space force comes at a time when the white house would like to see an $8 billion increase in space defense spending. many projects in development could be deployed. the air force research lab is working on new antenna systems that allow spacecraft, aircraft and satellites to quickly change communications frequency. it could provide a work around enemy jammin monitoring of

>> some of the wearable technology which we can monitor what's going on in someone's body as an integral part of their clothing, tremendous opportunity to move that rapidly into the field. >> reporter: watch as he flexes his forearm, it replaces a joy stick in operating a drone. the professor is working on a system so brain signals control the drone. they plan to tap into top tech innovators, including engineers. happening today a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held for the new sales force transit center in san francisco. the ceremony is at 11:00 a.m. and tomorrow a neighborhood block party will officially open to the public from noon to 4:00 p.m.

starting sunday it will be the hub for bus service and muni buses have already been using the center. the jazz fest kicks off. the festival features r&b and nationally recognized as one of the biggest latin festivals in one of the country. the main stage in downtown san jose, headliners including herb albert and lanny hall, johnny kill, and kool & gang. celebrate good times, come on. i'm guessing the folks going to jazz fest can maybe wear shorts and a t-shirt as opposed to everyone outside lance who will be in their winter coat. >> exactly. of course, it's going to be nice down in san jose. perfect weather.

but right now we are dealing with fog and low clouds you can see it with live doppler 7, some of the fog has creeped in across san francisco into parts of the bay. here's the golden gate bridge, you can barely see the lane changer. so we have dense fog this morning near the coast and then it's going to be very warm to hot inland with lingering smoke through parts of the north bay and east bay valleys. but cooler and better air quality comes in today and continues into the weekend. highs today in the south bay, san jose will be 86, gilroy 96 degrees and santa cruz 75 degrees. for the echb for the events going around the bay, perfect weather. check out the coast, still cool there with the sea breeze and cloud cover. only 60s for the sunset

district. mid 90s through napa, and that's where we'll see the hazy skies. and it's a pool day if you're heading to the inland areas or staying there. almost near 100 in brentwood. here's the seven day forecast. so we've got still a very warm day but we have the hazy skies in the inland areas and east bay areas, slightly cooler and better air quality saturday, sunday and into monday. love to hear that news. and traffic looking great so far this morning, too. we had an early issue on 680, that is gone. one potential problem on eastbound 580. the lighter side of traffic, it does sound like we have a solo vehicle crash, seeing heavy traffic in the area, it's in the construction zone, they're doing grinding and epaing work. at least one lane closed. and then the typical heavy traffic on the westbound side out of tracey.

101, the southbound looking light, the commute shouldn't have any issues. a bill designed to regulate balcony construction faces its first test next week. it would face contractors that settle for $1 million or more to report the settlements p. it requires balconies to be inspected every six years. it's in response to an accident in berkeley where six students died after a balcony collapse. >> contractors had $26.5 million worth of settlements that were secret between them and plaintiffs for shoddy worksmanship over the past previous three years. >> the bill will come to a committee vote next friday. samsung unveiled its galaxy note 9. panasonic has figured out a

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each day so grab a jacket heading there this weekend. the coast guard said the owner of this abandoned cabin cruiser has six days to sell the ship before it's removed and scrapped. it was anchored outside the marina monday night and went adrift. it landed on the rocks and it's not leaking fuel but it is a safety hazard. >> climate experts around the world come to the bay for the global action climate summit next year. the onboard lab allows researchers to examine and catalog hundreds of fish and marine life. this week it's docked at the embarcodero and offering tours to the public. >> it's only been in operation for a few years and it's

equipped with the latest technology as possible. >> if you're an interesting in taking an onboard tour go to abc7news.com. never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. headed to the giants game tonight, it's going to be a cool one. 7:15 temperature around 53 degrees. and the breeze is strong into the evening hours. typical summer weather there. which means cool and cloudy in san francisco. in liver more we're at 88 but temperature will be dropping. looks like the coolest day might be wednesday there. we're looking at the golden gate bridge where it is foggy, we have reduced visibility but to advisory in effect. it is out there, so slow down and increase the distance. slow downs castro valley you're

in the yellow. highway 101, not bad just ten. and northbound 280 to san francisco, wide open in ten minutes. nasa plans a mission to touch the sun this weekend. they're planned to launch the sparker solo probe tomorrow. it'll go around the sun for seven years coming closer and closer each year. parker will hit a speed of 430,000 miles an hour during its final orbits before burning up. that will make it the fastest ever human made project. >> jelly belly is rolling out new flavors with a twist, stink bug and dirty dish water are being offered in its bean boozeled collection. >> there's a flavor called barf.

>> that's disgusting. and bugger. they look identical to regular ones. the only way to tell them apart is to take a bite. dirty dish water looks like birthday take. and sting bug like toasted marshmallow. >> that's one of my favorites. >> you might get stink bug instead. wings, beer and sports betting. the restaurant that's looking into sports gambling why you eat. we're getting new video of people trying to protect their homes as the holy fire is forcing tens of thousands of evacuations. a whistle blower speaks out

good morning south bay let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is "abc7 mornings." it's 5:00 on this august 10th, mike and natasha has the day off, alexis is here today. >> jessica castro is reporting in the field today and you are never more than seven minutes away from the forecast. >> we're showing you live doppler 7 satellite image. we're starting off with fog, thick in some parts. here's a live view and here's how your day planner works out. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it will be breezy this afternoon and that's going to allow for temperatures to come down a little bit from yesterday and also improve air quality. by this afternoon temperatures still very warm inland, in the mid 90s around the bay we reach near 80 degrees. and at the coast the sea breeze

keeps