san francisco public schools welcomed students back this morning kicking off a new school year for more than 50,000 kids. i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. drivers are urged to be extra careful around campuses all this week as police step up traffic enforcement to ensure chairmhuus safety. there are new programs and emphasis this year. for more, we'll go live to amy hollyfield at hillcrest

elementary school. amy? >> reporter: hi, there was a lot of talk this morning about things like innovative learning and goals, but that was the adult talk. it was the children and their eagerness that really stole the show. listen to this earnest answer we got from a cutie pie when we asked him how he was feeling on this first day of school. >> well, i'm kind of feeling nervous and also excited because new year, new me. >> reporter: that's how jaden trotter started his fifth grade year this morning at hillcrest elementary school. it's that kind of enthusiastic attitude the superintendent enjoys seeing for himself. so he toured a few schools like hillcrest on this first day. >> do it throughout the year, but definitely on the first day. i want to be amongst the students. >> reporter: dr. vincent mathews first watched a third-grade class approach math with an innovative problem-solving method. next, he stopped by the wellness center where students' mental health is the priority. jaden was happy to lead the tour

even though when we asked him what a superintendent does, he wasn't quite sure. >> superintendent is like, they want to know about stuff. they like come to places and ask people what is this about. >> reporter: when we told him the superintendent is the boss and asked what he'd like to change, jaden said he'd lightning to see more play structures. we asked a mom the same question. her focus was on security. >> you know, like keeping the school safe and -- last year we had a crazy guy come on campus, try to kill a kid. i -- to his car. so we try to keep the school safe. >> reporter: we asked dr. mathews about answering to such a wide range of opinions. >> part of doing this job is to do everything we can to keep the pats on the back, the good things we're, do keep those things going. also to look into the areas we need to improve and try to keep making things better.

>> reporter: he says his goal this year is that all students are thriving. so here we are with a clean slate, everyone has ideas and goals. the superintendent says they really do look at today like it is new year's day. live in san francisco, amy thank eld, abc7 news. san francisco muni says service in the city is normal this morning. that's after san francisco unified warned students and staff that there could be delays because of an ongoing driver shortage. muni officials estimate half of the school district's 57,000 students use public buses or light rail to get to and from school each day. today a bay area law firm files suit against the spa chain massage envy. this after dozens of customers across the country accused its massage therapists of sexualmion ore live from the san mateo courthouse in redwood city. matt? >> reporter: yeah, this is a major lawsuit, and the attorneys in this case are looking for

more alleged victims to come forward. >> this lawsuit seeks to give a voice to all the women in california who were sexually assaulted at a massage envy. >> reporter: attorneys bobby thompson and brian kent today say seven unnamed women have come forward claiming sexual misconduct from massage therapists at massage envy franchises in southern california, sacramento area, and the bay area, and claims that range from inappropriate touching to rape during their appointments. the attorneys say the massage therapists at the burlingame location raped the client. hee was arrested and faces -- he was arrested and faces 14 charges including sexual battery by fraud. complaints were made against the pe yethe hwastillclient was ald conti worki at massage envy. >> if somebody reports an assault by a therapist, why is that not being reported to the police or massage therapy board?

it creates an atmosphere that allows predators to continue doing what they're good at which is deceiving people into sexually assaulting customers at these locations. >> reporter: massage envy has 25,000 mass am -- massage therapists, and buzzfeed last year revealed more than 180 people nationwide claim they were sexually assaulted at a massage envy. wreeched out for a statement -- we reached out for a statement, while they weren't able to comment on active litigation, they said, "we remain committed to our commitment to safety plan which is further strengthening our existing policies. safety and will always be our priority, and we will never stop working on it." the next hearing is in september. >> thank you. san rafael police are looking for the gunman responsible for a shooting that took place outside a house party. it happened yesterday in the sun valley neighborhood near 5th avenue and j street. a woman who lives nearby heard

two men arguing before the gunfire broke out. >> a woman in particular with terrifying yells, just blood curdling. and i heard two -- sounded like gunshots, and then everything was quiet. >> investigators say a 20-year-old man was hit. he's expected to survive. police arrested the man from washington state who was visiting the home. the investigators are not sure if he pleaded in shooting. an update on the mendocino complex fires. the archer fire is 74% contained -- the ranch fire is 74% contained. the river fire is 100% contained after burning 49,000 acres. late last night, cal fire issued new mandatory evacuations. they're in the area you see in the orange. north of the glen colusa county line, east of the mendocino national forest foundry, south of county road 308, and west of county road 306.

♪ right now, a funeral is taking place this morning for vo was killed earlier this month battling the mendocino complex fires. battalion chief matthew burr chet died after he was hit by a tree. firefighters throughout utah and the nation are attending the service in west valley city. he leaves behind a wife and a young son. take a look at this now. these are the latest numbers in the carr fire burning in shasta and trinity counties. the fire has burned nearly 230,000 acres and is now finally getting close to full containment, but still only at 88%. our meteorologist here now in for mike to talk more about the air quality from these fires and, of course, the fog that we're looking at in san francisco. >> yeah. we continue to have wishes air quality thanks to smoke from the mendocino complex fire moving into the atmosphere. the good news -- we will see improving conditions in the coming day. i want to show you satellite, you see the imagery overhead, that smoke right outside ukaia. that is the mendocino fire

complex. and that is what is filtering into our neck of the woods locally. you see the haze from time to time, that means we have moderate air quality across the board. if you have respiratory issues, you want to take it easy as you're out and about today. the good news, we'll see refreshing onshore winds pick up on tuesday, and that's going to help to get some of the smoke out of here. improving air quality the next 24 hours. what's also improving are visibility. earlier we had dense fog in the north bay and along the coast. visibility is on the rise. good news there. the fog is lifting. temperaturewise, still chilly in san francisco. 55. 64 in san jose. 62 in oakland. this afternoon, sunnier skies, but fog will roll back later tonight and usher in even cooler air as we head into tuesday. we'll take a look at how warm we get and the cooler air approaching tomorrow. that's coming up. we just learned that district attorneys from several counties across california plan to give an update on the golden state killer case tomorrow

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the jury in the paul manafort trial is back to bork to decide his fate. president trump's former campaign chairman is accused of tax and bank fraud. abc has the latest from the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia. >> reporter: day three of jury dla deliberations in the case of paul manafort. the jurors parring over a mountain -- pouring over a mountain of evidence, nearly 400 exhibits. the former trump chain chairman is accused of tax and bank fraud, allegedly stashing money in offshore bank accounts. prosecutors and special counsel robert mueller says manafort failed to pay taxes in millions. he defrauded banks out of millions more. crimes the government claims manafort allegedly committed before his work for the president. >> i think it's a sad day for our country. >> reporter: friday, the president weighed in. >> he happens to be a very good

person. and i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> reporter: that support and the fact the president didn't rule out a pardon welcomed by manafort's defense team. his lawyers appear confident about the amount of time the jury has taken to render a verdict. and on day one of deliberations, jurors asked the judge for the definition of reasonable doubt. >> continue deliberations, a good sign for the defense? >> a great sign. >> reporter: prosecutors unlikely starting off the week feeling nervous. even though jurors were instructed to only consider what was presented in court, it's possible they heard president trump's support of muster. if don convicted -- of manafort. if convicted, he could face rest of his life in prison. reporting outside the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia. actor kevin spacey's latest film tanked at the box office. and we mean tanked. on friday, "billionaire boys club" took in only $127. the movie only played in eight theaters nationwide. analysts believe the record low

may be linked to the scandal surrounding spacey. more than 20 people have accused the 59-year-old oscar winner of inappropriate behavior, sexual harassment, and assault. the distribution company for the movie said it still wanted to release the film to give the hundreds of other people who worked on it a chance to see the final product. you'll want to get your tissues ready because this video of a reunion nearly 70 years in the making is so touching. today a 92-year-old mother and her 71-year-old son got a chance to see each other for the first time since the korean war began. he was only 4 then. they got separated in the panic of trying to flee south to south korea when the communist north was taking over. the reunion is truly bittersweet. the north is only allowing the mother to see her son for 11 hours over a three-day period and under intense supervision. the reunions only happen when north korea and south korea are on good terms. this is the first one in three

years. an important warning for parents wite potentially danger mistake you may be making during your daily walk. and the cloud cover was thick this morning. but we're finally starting to see breaks in it. sunshine will prevail later on today. a live look outside at the bay bridge. we'll look at the temperatures this afternoon coming up.

accu-weather live doppler 7 along with satellite showing the cloud cover over parts of the region right now. it is breaking

skies later on this afternoon. outside we go. a live look at san rafael at this hour see something sunshine breaking out. the north bay, a similar story. say hello to the south bay. san jose, morning cloud cover. getting brighter peeks of sunshine out there. we'll make it to the 80s in the subway tod -- in the south bay today. cloud cover in san francisco. we're on the chilly side, only 55 in the city. 62, mainly cloudy in oakland. 64 in san jose. where the sunshine was breaking out earlier, brentwood at 6. hour by hour -- 76. hour by hour, we'll time it out by 1:00 this afternoon, away from the coast, lots of sunshine. even a few breaks for sunshine right along the immediate coastline. then to the evening hours, 6:00, we expect fog already rolling in and encompassing san francisco and patchy fog ind around the east bay shoreline. as we head toward the later hours of monday night, the marine layer intensifies and deepens. that means fog will return overnight into tuesday. highs today with the sunshine breaking out will begin the warming process after a cool

start to the day. 80 in san jose. 65 in san francisco. 69 in oakland. 81 the high in santa rosa. no intense heat inland. no 90s to speak of. in the 80s later this afternoon. about 87 in concord, 86 that high for livermore. want to give you an update on the tropics. hurricane lane is southeast of hilo, hawaii. the track has changed the past 24 hours tmp. it does take a northern turn by late in the week, friday and into the upcoming weekend. now you do notice within the cone of uncertainty which is the area that the storm could potentially travel, it does now include oahu and kauai later this week. we could be talking about strong winds and heavy rain. we'll keep you updated. we could likely see tropical storm if not hurricane watches today or tomorrow. back here at home, the as game

will look nice later. 65 degrees at the coliseum. as the game wraps up, 10:00, cooling to 60 degrees. enjoy. here's the accu-weather seven-day forecast, the next seven days, a cooler afternoon compared to the weekend today. tomorrow, the coolest day we have all week. we'll see coastal drizzle, as well. as we head into wednesday and thursday, we're either at or slightly below average with the little change, and really you see no real warmup in sight. even saturday and sunday, comfortable. 70s and 80s away from the coast. enjoy the bright sunshine later on this afternoon. >> wow, feels like back to school. >> totally. >> thanks. to a story that might surprise most parents. a common way to keep babies cool in strollers may actually be making them way too hot. abc ex-poekzs the danger -- exposes the danger that blankets pose. >> reporter: you're out, it's nap time, and your baby's in the stroller. it the easiest way to encourage sleep, put a blanket over the top. it's 89 degrees today.

it's baking. the question -- if we put this thermometer inside of the stroller, put the cover down as you would when baby's napping, and cover it when a blanket, how hot will it get inside? this blank set a thin muslin. it seems breathable. i check under the blanket after just ten minutes. wow. it's 98, 99 degrees. it's gone up almost ten degrees. that's hot for a baby. we tried the same thing with a thick blanket thinking it will be much hotter. but -- 102. only a little bit hotter than the thin muslin blanket on top. what's interesting, there's no baby here. so there's no breath being ex l expell expelled, no 98-degree heat generator. meaning that stroller seat could get even hotter. if you think walking ventilates the stroller, think again. ten minutes of walking, we checked the temperature again. wow. 100 degrees. pediatricians say there isn't an exact temperature that will

cause a child to overheat, but it's never a good idea to cover a stroller with a blanket. >> babies regulate heat as well as adults do. >> reporter: while we don't know how many children overheat from being covered in strollers, it's important to remember that heatrash and heatstroke can happen in a flash. >> the baby's going to get flushed. the heart rate's going to start to go up. and then they might start to act confused and not be really with it. >> an important safety warning there. we've seen a lot of legendary first pitches over the years. but there's none, n-u-n nun, better than this.

a nun with an arm wowed the crowd at yesterday's chicago white sox game. check it out. that's sister mary jo sobieck of maryland catholic high school in suburban heights throwing out the awesome first pitch. sister mary j through a bullet -- mary jo, threw a bullet that has gone viral. so impressive. she did the arm bounce trick with the ball before the pitch.

she played college volleyball and softball and knows a thing or two about sports. everybody, this is wonderful! appreciate it! go! >> the number 60 she's wearing, sister mary jo says, the speed of her fastball. >> whoa! >> 60 miles per hour. >> she's got some skill. >> that's crazy. >> the trick shot with the ball. >> i think that was incredible speed. from all of us, thanks for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is up next. we'll leave you with a live look at sfo where the fog is lingering. >> yeah. we'll see sunny skies this afternoon, but comfortable in the 60s and 70s on the shoreline. enjoy.

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