accuweather forecast. here is meteorologist mike nicco. >> that's a mouthful. >> i say it in my sleep. >> do you? the whole thing. >> all the time no i'm sure you >> we looked back. there was smoke. do. you could spell burnt all over >> honey, you are never more the place. than seven minutes away from me annoying you again. >> that's why you're not there was still fire going on the back. the gentleman screaming, running out. sleeping well. >> probably why. >> the fda regulates good morning, everybody. e-cigarettes and advises consumers to use a vape device here's a look at something that could be annoying down at the with safety features to keep marine layer, clouds, the absence has allowed some really loose batteries in a case away from metal thick fog to develop from novato objects like keys and coins and avoid using a phone charger with all the way up to about windsor e-cigs. along highway 101. >> that's terrifying. you can see half mile there. less than an eighth of a mile, in washington state authorities have detonated a most dangerous in petaluma about a mile in santa rosa. we could see san franciscopetus mysterious mine found floating in puget sound. >> the mine was found hours 40s through 60s. earlier a few miles south of a mid 60s to 70 with more sunshine at noon and mid 60s to mid 70s military torpedo testing range. still a little the commute. the navy says it was safer to evacuate the area and move the ordinance far away from shore. >> gom. yeah, overall it's been okay. officials say the mine had we did have earlier trouble in castro valley trying to bounce decades of marine growth on it and had broken loose from its back from that. two incidents on northbound 238 anchor. nine of every ten illegal before you get to 880 and we are marijuana farms raided in still bouncing back down to 12 california this year contain

traces of potentially deadly miles an hour approaching 880 pesticides. for a couple miles there. that's according to new research from federal and state also southbound 880 is slow once officials. the chemicals were found in 75% you make it past the 238 of illegal pot farms last year interchange, down to 30 miles an as well. hour. researchers say those pesticides nothing was blocking there. are poisoning wildlife and could typical volumes that have filled in. pretty much the same story in endanger water supplies. more protections for renters walnut creek, 680 starting to on the peninsula. our media partner "the mercury see a few brake lights news" reports the palo alto city approaching the interchange. council approved an ordinance i'll prove that with light drive times coming up next. now in effect that requires landlords of buildings of 50 >> thanks. for the sixth time this units to provide up to $17,000 month thieves have hit a in relocation payments if california apple store and this time in the east bay. tenants are evicted through no >> the recent happened in walnut fault of their own. creek and these devices aren't there is a new mural of late supposed to work outside the comedian and actor robin store but they keep getting williams in san francisco. swiped anyways. >> i think it's beautiful. reporter amy hollyfield is live >> it pis. it shows his face, focusing on in walnut creek with more. the eyes. >> hi. he died in 2014 after struggling i was just shopping at this with depression and addiction. shopping center a couple weeks ago and all of the security an artist from argentina spent officers outside the apple store six days and picked subjects caught my eye. important to the community. they were quite a presence and he was a long-time bay area still this store was targeted resident and the mural is located on market street between and the thieves got away.

take a look at these pictures 6th and 7th streets an area i from the surveillance camera in walk past a lot and it could have used a little the store. walnut creek police released beautification so we're glad to these photos. no one was hurt in this attack. have it. it's warming up here in the bay area as we head into the no weapons were involved. it was quick. they came in, ripped the holiday weekend. >> but don't complain because temperatures here are nowhere merchandise from the security near what people are tethers and made the getaway. experiencing in the midwest and on the east coast. they drove away in a black the heat index all hitting at mercedes suv, police have the least 100 degrees this week. license plate, 5xrs835. you're watching here people in new york including gladys knight, simply watching the u.s. investigators say there were four people involved. open in new york city and you this was the second apple store can imagine how the tennis in the bay area to be robbed in players are feel and they have a the last week. here is video of it happening at long ways to go. the tournament just beginning. the store in the north bay. the humidity has made it feel this time it was five people and worse. they are dripping sweat as about $19,000 worth of they're playing the matches. electronic. mike, i have a lot of friends no arrests were made. police haven't said these two were connected but this is a here in san francisco that are going to the u.s. open this trend all over california. weekend. >> how fun. >> super hot sflishg, right? there have been six in the last month. this store is brand new. >> i think it will cool off a it's only been open about a little bit as we head into the weekend. good news for them and also for month. didn't take long, though, to the tennis players, some of capture the attention of those matches can go on for

thieves. reporting live in walnut creek, hours. >> that's true. >> imagine playing in the heat amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and humidity. >> such a shame. >> no kidding. >> i can't imagine playing the store looks gorgeous. sports at all. thank you. >> playing tennis. we're learning about a >> i'll give you lessons. >> i'm an indoor kid. disturbing discovery in san francisco. the case of a missing man a >> fair enough. talk about what's going on, murder investigation. maybe they need to put a dome we told you about this case stadium over there to regulate yesterday morning. police found the headless corps in a fish tank at a home on things. mid to upper 90s around washington, new york and boston. clara street near fifth. you can see the cooler weather they're working to find out if moving into places like chicago, the remains belong to brian egg, very hot yesterda air sweep acr the 65-year-old man disappeared last month. a neighbor says he got suspicious when hearing the great lakes and into the voicemail on egg's phone. northeast as we head through the next several days. back at home, absolutely >> brian is away and he will be gorgeous if you like a little back on the 12th of august. sun with your morning ferry ride. i have it for you from the it came and went. exploratorium camera at pier 15. no sign. the sun is back. >> now that was an answering had a hard time coming around machine at his home phone. yesterday making an appearance he never had an answering but today with us about all day and a little warming today. machine and the voice was not his. police obtained a warrant to cloudy, i think it will come back, areas of drizzle and above enter the home and arrested two people. they were charged with identity average warmth next week. september surge on the way. theft, financial crimes and enjoy the temperatures while you homicide. have them. the d.a.'s office decided not to

75 in milpitas, 71 millbrae to charge them formally because 76 in redwood city. they need more time to 65 in pacifica today to daly investigate. it has been a violent few city at about 60. days in the east bay. upper 60ss in downtown south san oakland police are calling for extra patrols. take a look at the map which francisco, 73 san rafael to about 75 in napa, petaluma, and shows the locations of four santa rosa. homicides since sunday. we'll have 71 in richmond to two in the middle near 72nd and about 72 in oakland and 75 in international boulevard may be castro valley. related. family members say 36-year-old 76 in san ramon to 83 in mario thomas was shot and killed brentwood. tonight you can see the cloud monday while sitting at a chair cover coming back and behind a laundromat. temperatures milder, mid 50s to low 60s. all right. tomorrow temperatures about the police say his murder may be same as today. just a little less sunshine. connected to one from sunday night just across the street. a little spike in the warmth friday as we get back to >> i lost three brothers from average. a little more comfortable saturday and sunday and the heat the streets and i'm just fed up. is really turning on next week. alexis? >> all right. >> police say there were two good morning, mike. i have a couple new issues to other homicides on sunday, one just before 1:00 a.m. on e talk about. one of those in walnut creek and we've got it on camera. street and another around 2:30 a.m. on international boulevard if you look toward the center of near 11th avenue. your screen, southbound 680 just before you get to treat it's a setback for the police department which has just boulevard, a crash involving two announced a 51% decrease in gun to three vehicles. violence since the year 2011 the two left lanes are blocked because of the cease fire and this one happened chp not on the scene yet. program. the husband of a terminally

vehicles slowly working their way around this. ill be east bay woman who moved not sure about injuries. to oregon to end her life after i don't have a lot of info. a brain cancer diagnosis will be starting to back things up in in san francisco tonight. that area. also have a crash right around hercules westbound 4 connecter to westbound 80 sounds like two brittney menard passed away in 2014 and fought to expand death vehicles are involved and we've with dignity laws nationwide. her husband dan diaz continues got at least one lane blocked, to be a passionate advocate for heavy once you make it napast the expansion of medical aid in dying programs with the brittney fund. that. he will be speaking at the i will have an update commonwealth club in san francisco tonight at 6:30. he will share his powerful story walnut creek crash and drive of dying with dignity and the movement towards legalization. times coming up in a few. good morni"good morning ame the city of san francisco coming up at 7:00. >> ginger zee live in new york working to make sure more things city with a look at what's ahead. hi, ginger. >> hi, reggie, jessica. go in the recycle and compost so nice to be with all of you this morning and, of course, coming up on "gma" we will be instead of the trash. talking about the heat here and mayor london breed made a waste the breaking news of the pope pledge. the goal to see 15% drop in all francis making his first public appearance at the vatican since solid waste by 2030. facing that explosive claim he covered up sexual abuse allegations against an american cardinal. the mayor's office says the city has cut its landfill disposal in we're live at the vatican with what he said. half over the last 15 years. the backlash over the disgraced to date the mayors of paris, comedian who returns to the milan, new york, london and more stage for the first time after

than 23 other cities have joined admitting sexual conduct and the san francisco in this movement. you want to head to the anger about his appearance. "gma" is going country, we have airport if you plan to fly out of town this labor day weekend. serious country music royalty >> the airlines for america joining us. garth brooks, trisha yearwood, trade group is estimating 16.5 live with us. million people have booked plus we're going to hear from tickets on u.s. carriers. luke bryant, sharing secrets and it expects more people are behind the scenes of his hits traveling by plane this year compared to last year and many coming up only on "good morning people are planning on starting america." >> i love luke bryant. the holiday weekend a little >> ginger zee i was just looking early. an estimated 2.6 million at your twitter feed. passengers will fly tomorrow. i have a question. friday expected to be the so you say that you eat peanut busiest travel day with more shells and i need answers. than 2.7 million passengers and >> what? >> yes. >> what's happening? on monday, more than 2.5 million >> yes. so paula and -- paula does a expected to fly. piece with luke and luke was >> i will be flying down here. grossed out because paula is eating the shell, i eat the >> i have a flight tomorrow. >> all right. shell too. look at this. caught on camera. we're finding out that we are not normal. another e-cigarette explosion. >> that's not normal. what fda is saying to keep you protected. >> an artist created this mural no. >> i have more followups. of a bay area icon. >> it is kind of gross. i guess you're right. they're salty and full of fiber. >> you don't eat the banana peel too, do you? >> this is the magic of tv.

we're starting off cooler but >> i'm not there. moeat lemon rinds. not where we should be. not where we should be. once we get there we're not thk you. >> okay. >> thank you. and everyone knows that when you're coming to san francisco a lot of your tourist friends want to check out fisherman's warrf. that could change as far as trying to get some locals to go there more off. >> also coming up a free music festival. ♪ it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during sleep number's 'biggest sale of the year'. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. and now, all beds are on sale. it's the last chance to save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed.

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>> sadly. >> yeah. good morning. it is wednesday, august 29th. thanks for joining us. natasha is off. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. a lot of people are los gatckin toward the weekend. >> see if there is any chance summer may come back in time for the unofficial end of summer. we have a little bit of a warming trend thanks to the extra sunshine that will come out and the lack of clouds that allowed the dense fog to form along highway 101 from santa rosa to petaluma and novato and not changing. look at the visibility, less than an eighth of a mile in petaluma to barely a mile in santa rosa. you can see it as you look north from the golden gate bridge. notice you're not seeing fog at the golden gate bridge and we will have a whole lot of sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures. start in the upper 40s and 50s, end up in the mid 60s at the coast with mid to upper 70s around the bay and inland neighborhoods. how about that commute this eek er lto hd backalnut

out the camera, southbound 680 before treat boulevard a multicar crash in the two left lanes. i watched as chp arrived and did have to temporarily stop all traffic. look off the right shoulder they were able to clear the crash off to the side. not sure about injuries yet but if they were able to move the vehicles, it is not too serious. quick check of drive times, highway 4 to the maze, 24 minutes, about 12 across the bay bridge and southbound 101 san francisco to sfo in the green at nine minutes. >> thank you. on the peninsula a suspect has finally been arrested in the nearly decade old killing of a 6-year-old girl. >> this morning we expect police to give us more details on how they tracked down this man on the run. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in menlo park. matt? >> good morning, jessica and reggie. this is a big deal for this community. such a tragic death almost nine years ago. now menlo park police say they finally got their man. here is a picture of the suspect. his name is shannon fox. police say he was street racing

in november of 2009 when he slammed into a car carrying the xavier family near the intersection of willow road and bayfront expressway in menlo park. 6-year-old lisa xavier was killed. fox was identified as the suspect. police say he fled the area and the country. he was never caught until now. people in the community were wondering if this hit-and-run case would be solved. >> i'm glad they're getting him. after nine years. justice will be served. >> that won't bring back lisa but it will hopefully provide closure for the families. >> reporter: lisa xavier was a first grader at laura elementary school when she was killed. a tree hon campus is lit once a year in her honor. a news conference at 9:00 a.m. is expected to shed light on fox's arrest. reporting live here in menlo park, matt keller, abc 7 news. breaking news from the abc 7 live desk.

>> we continue following breaking news at our live desk out of florida. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly scaffolding collapse that happened earlier this morning a short time ago at a hotel under construction outside disney world. workers were preparing to pour concrete when the platform they were on gave way. two workers fell six stories to the ground. unfortunately they died on the scene. a third was able to hold on to . we will stay on top of the story as it develops and bring you any updates. california is now the first state to end cash bail. under the new law decisions will be based on risk assessment rather than if the defendant can come up with a certain amount of cash. assemblyman co-authored a bill that governor brown signed yesterday. hundreds of california businesses with thousands of employees say it's going to put them out of business.

>> i am a second generation. my mother was first. and my daughter is a third generation. yeah, this is very concerning because we will be without any livelihoods. >> the law will take effect in october of 2019. a number of states have taken steps to restrict their cash bail systems. california is the first to completely eliminate money from pretrial detention. happening today a first look at what a safe injection site for drug users would look like in san francisco. mayor london breed will be in the tenderloin for the launch of a full-scale prototype at glide memorial church. the model of a safe injection site is similar to the one you're seeing in canada. on monday state lawmakers passed a bill for a pilot program which allows people to use heroin and other drugs under medical supervision. if governor jerry brown approves it san francisco will become the first to offer a safe injection

site. happening today, senator john mccain will lie in state at the arizona state capitol. it is the first of two days of services for mccain in his home state. a private ceremony is being held at the capitol rotunda. father reese, the president of saint ignatius college preparatory in san francisco, will be performing the invocation. this afternoon the capitol rotunda will be open to members of the public who want to pay their respects. on friday another viewing will be held at the u.s. capitol in washington, d.c., followed by a final memorial service at the national cathedral saturday. new this morning, dozens of employees at facebook say they're getting attacked for their conservative views. "the new york times" reports more than 100 have joined a group called facebookers for political diversity. this small group of employees claims their colleagues are quick to attack views that are e gup eral or lni. upset other facebook employees. some say their on-line posts are offensive to minorities. lafayette authorities upeffort so a bill to alter the

landscape around bart stations and give bart the authority to override local zoning laws to rebuild housing. parcels of land owned by bart within a half mile radius of stations could be developed for housing and local jurisdictions would have to conform to the bart zoning standards. bart has committed to build out its plots by 2040. tim grayson out of concord co-authored the bill to speed up the process. >> i think it's past time for our cities to come to the table with real solutions for housing, rather than continuing to have road blocks and trying to kill affordable housing development. >> the idea you give bart control over what could be big swaths of downtown areas in some of these towns doesn't make sense to me and they need to rethink what the m is and i don't think housing should be part of it. >> the bill is now on the governor's desk after the

assembly passed it. no major aftershocks after a pair of earthquakes rattled southern california. a 4.4 magnitude quake hit around 7:30 last night in lavern east of los angeles. surveillance video captured this shaking at a neighborhood in lavern. one person on the seventh story of a building in l.a. said on twitter, it felt like he was sitting in jello. 3.4 magnitude aftershock followed moments later. there are no reports of damage. scientists at cal tech say the prototype early warning system worked. it gave them a three-second head's up about that quake. the end goal is to push those alerts to your phone so you have at least a little time to prepare. prepare for cooler weather this morning. temperatures from 1 to 9 degrees cooler, 40s breaking out in the north bay and we have low to mid 50s in the south bay. even upper 50s around san jose at about 58 degrees. you can see 60 at san pablo, across the bay to novato it's 48 degrees right now. wearing a little heavier jacket

this morning. great news i did check sfo no delays this morning. no drizzle either if you're driving, ferry ride dry this morning and afternoon and light breezes and mass transit comfortable all day today. a look at san francisco, where that extra sunshine will push to 62 by 10:00, mid 60s along the coast, upper 60s in downtown as we head through a sunny afternoon. in the east bay we'll start off mainly cloudy and 60 and mostly sunny and 66 at 10:00. in the low to mid 70s what a delightful day along the east bay shore. need a coat at about 65 with stars. our last stop in the south bay, where mostly sunny and 60 this morning. 71 at noon. head out and see if you can have lunch outside today. upper 70s for the better part of the afternoon hours. a comfortable 68 as we head through the evening hours. been talking about foggy august forever seems like. september surge, we start talking about that yesterday, an updatealk to you and find out about the commute.

>> yeah. we were quiet to start and started having some problems roll in about 15, 20 minutes ago. one of those was in walnut creek. southbound 680 around treat boulevard. two-car crash blocking the two left lanes. they briefly stopped traffic. that is off on the shoulder now. flip to our traffic maps and show you what the residual delays look like. you can see that solid line of red getting into the northern part of walnut creek back up to about 242 in concord avenue averaging around 24 miles an hour. this is not a current issue. bart running fine this morning but we have major track work once again between 19th street and west oakland station. that free bus bridge will be provided. that is scheduled all day saturday, sunday and monday. as you look live at the san mateo bridge i have a question for the parents out there. who is the most likely to be a distracted driver. a survey says it's you. 73% of parents admit they do things behind the wheel they

shouldn't. 32% say they often use their phone while their kids are in the car and 70% of drivers in the volvo survey say they use their phone while driving. phones are the number one driving distraction beating out the radio, gps systems and other passengers. i feel like that is a really scary survey to get those results and, you know, it's just not worth it. i know we all want to look at our phones and check the e-mail and everything like that, but -- >> don't do it. >> you have to set the example for your kids. >> thank you. >> thanks. raiders to the rescue. the team made a massive donation to save some youth sports in the east bay. >> you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. the dow down 19 points right now. we'll have another update on the markets coming up next. >> holy guacamole, get paid to eat avocados right here in california. >> we'll have those details coming up. a live look now from our sutro tower camera.

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> a couple school districts heading back. fremont unified 57. 73 and sunshine this afternoon and new haven unified school district, 58 with clouds and 72 with sunshine. have a great first day.

w've got low to mid 80s, san diego, los angeles, chico, 91 fresno, monterey 68, breezy in yosemite 86, mid to upper 70s in tahoe through friday and flirt with the 80s starting saturday. walnut creek police trying to track down the thieves seen in these surveillance photos. they're accused of stealing merchandise from the apple store in a matter of seconds. >> this isn't an isolated thing. it's happened six other times this month in california. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more. amy? >> jessica, i just heard from someone on twitter who was here at the store when it happened and he saw a security guard outside the store when he walked in, but during the robbery didn't see any security officers, didn't see them doing anything. this is a brand new store here in walnut creek. it's been open just for a month. already, though, targeted by thieves. here are some still pictures from the store surveillance

camera released by police. saturday afternoon at 5:40. the man on twitter told me it was crowded, very busy, but no one got hurt. no weapons were involved. police say they got away with about $30,000 worth of merchandise they ripped from the security tethers. police have a license plate they want you to be on the lookout for a black mercedes with a license plate 5xrs835. license plate 5xrs835. investigators say there were four people involved. this is the second hit in the bay area in a week. check out this video from last wednesday when thieves targeted the apple store this happened at noon. five people grabbed electronics and got away, they drove away in a black honda. the license plate covered with black tape and got away with $19,000 worth of merchandise. no arrests have been made. police haven't said if they think the two are connected but this is a trend in california. there have been at least six apple store theftsz in california in the last month.

reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. in the east bay, we're learning more about the oakland raiders generous donation. >> the team is giving $250,000 to help save sports in the oakland unified school district and this comes after an anonymous donor pledged $35,000 monday. that along with other private donations helped save girls golf, tennis and lacrosse. seven others are set to be cut that includes boys and girls swimming, boys golf and boys tennis. >> officials have not said what the donation will go toward but they need $500,000 to save all sports and that is just for this year. that means the district is still about $200,000 short. >> the district superintendent like a last-second game winning touchdown. instagram making it easier to figure out if accounts users follow are real or fake. the app is launching a feature

called about this section and allow users to see the country where the account is located, plus former user names. in addition, instagram is allowing users with a large amount of followers to request official verification. coyote concerns in the north bay. >> some marin county residents are demanding action. coyotes attacked her dog named cairo. she let him go out to the bathroom and home surveillance shows the coyotes before they move in. >> i did not see the coyotes actually put him in the mouth but you hear it. >> she was taken off the front porch. the coyote came through like a freight train, gone. >> we should not be vilifying and persecuting wild animals native to marin county. >> coyote.org and the humane society says this is when

they are most active. norweigian air is offering discounts. the airline flies out of oakland. for $149 you can go to barcelona, london or paris. that's a one-way fare and does not include fees for a checked bag, a reserved seat or pay more for a blanket, pay more for food. you need to do the math and book your flight by september 5th which is next wednesday. sounds like a pretty good deal. the harley bluegrass festival in san francisco is coming up. three days of free live music and we know who will be headlining the outdoor concert this fall. artists include allison krause, graham nash and again, no tickets needed for the harley bluegrass. the festival starts friday october 5th and checkhe lineup going to abc7news.com. in the east bay a group of

teenage boys from san leandro not even old enough to drive just won a car in a citywide treasure hunt. >> christian williams designed the four hidden keys game and opened the website to san leandro high school students. four puzzles were located across the city. some required them to go back to the website and use tools to solve them. the teens worked together with one of them at home communicating to the other boys to help solve the puzzles over the weekend. >> they were actually very difficult which is like why i don't think like by ourselves we would have been able to like solve it especially as quickly as we did. >> that was probably the coolest thing that's happened to me in a long time, just watching these guys find the clue. it was unbelievable. >> the boys are all sophomores and say they will share the car, a chrysler 300, when they are old enough to drive. here is your morning money report. amazon reportedly has plans to start a free video service to compete with los gatos based

roku. >> tech news website the information reports the new service may be named free dive and will be supported by ads. it would be a free alternative to prime video airing only old tv shows. roku launched a channel which has old movies and tv runs, ads have been an important source of income for them. check in to see how we're doing at the new york stock exchange. we are slightly down about 23 points. >> you can get paid to eat avocados. researchers at ucla and three other schools are recruiting 1,000 people to try to figure out if avocados can help you lose weight. half the people in the study will eat an avocado a day for six months and the other half will eat no more than two avocados a month. in addition to free avocados people will get $300. if you want more information go to our website abc7news.com. yes, i would survive on less than two avocados a month. i like avocados, i don't dislike them, don't eat them daily.

>> i was just saying -- i was saying -- >> mike is judging me. >> they don't have to go farther than right here, you two, the two and alexis and i will eat more. that's all i'm saying. >> i'm not sure you qualify. you have to be a certain size. i tweeted it out and when you look at the fine print, you have to be a person of size for this to work out. they're trying to get people to lose a good amount of weight. >> you definitely don't. >> i don't know. >> you look great. >> depends on the day. >> yeah. >> or the scale. >> so we found out that ginger zee and mike nicco eat peanut shells. >> shells. >> with an avocado do you eat the skin or -- >> no. >> spoon it out. >> do you eat the seed. >> no. >> how would you do that? >> i didn't know he would eat peanut shells. these are relevant questions. >> i agree. >> no ginger zee and no paula to back me up. >> on your own. >> no nelson on twitter either. there are people out there that do it. in fact, i just posted the question. go answer it if you can on

twitter. all right. i'm on my own island again. talk about what's going on weather wise, that's probably e why we get along so well, we're all different. i happen to be different more often. all right. petaluma, i don't know, i mean it's just been pegged at zero all morning. your visibility is dangerously low. that's not going to change until we get past the commute. be careful. all along the 101 corridor thick fog. improving around santa rosa and novato. whoa, look who paid us a visit. the sunrise. it's back and will be warmer this afternoon because of that. clouds will come back and above average warmth our september surge is coming next week. mid to upper 70s through most of the south bay, gilroy and los gatos in the low 80s. 71 to 76 on the peninsula. low to mid 60s along the coast, not as much sunshine as yesterday. we'll flirt with upper 60s in downtown and south san francisco, mid to upper 70s through the north bay valleys.

along the east bay shore, low to mid 70s, t 83 degrees. going to the game tonight it's jewish heritage night. get yourself a theamed beanie if you have a proper ticket. 62 dropping down to 60. there you go september 5th through the 11th the bay area going to be warmer than average. you can see it kind of start friday and then it really starts to get warm monday and tuesday. here's alexis. >> we knew it couldn't last forever. checking out the roads, our quiet day couldn't last either. we are definitely heavy at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on very early today. 5:21 the official time. we have not had anything blocking that -- for that route the entire day. if you are leaving the east bay into san francisco things are looking typical. also in the east bay if you're traveling westbound 92 heavy getting out on to the san mateo bridge, about 24-mile-per-hour average. and southbound 880 stop and go through the hayward stretch as well. 16 miles an hour. 238 has recovered from a couple

earlier crashes. richmond-san rafael bridge 7 minutes, 24 minutes across the san mateo bridge with slight delays and 10 minute drive acro across done barton. happy birthday michael jackson. he would have celebrated his 60th dearbirthday. a dance tribute is taking place in his honor at the bay street plaza in emeryville. show up at 6:00 and dance. the event is free. oakland dance festival is hosting that celebration. >> so great. i loved his music. >> "human nature" number one. >> my favorite "remember the time". >> that's a good one. good video too. heartfelt thank you to fire crews from a young man more familiar with crossing finish than fire lines. >> abc 7 news at san francisco's fisherman's wharf where charlie kimble made a pit stop at a special event for bay area firefighters and our first responders. they helped put out the north bay fires last year and several also responded to fires in

southern california including one fire that threatened kimble's family. >> it's pretty tough but when you see it at home and how strong that community is from the first responders all the way through to the relief efforts and people helping to rebuild, i think it shows the strength of community. >> sonoma raceway

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if you're heading out theo . number one, breaking news throughout the morning, two people are dead after scaffolding collapsed in florida this morning. they were working at a hotel under construction outside disney world in lake buena vista. later this morning menlo park police will hold a news conference to discuss the suspect arrested in the death of a 6-year-old girl nine years ago. police say shannon fox was street racing when he slammed into the car lisa xavier was riding in. >> number three the late senator john mccain will lie in state at the arizona state capitol today. a private ceremony will be held this morning at the capitol rotunda. number four, walnut creek police want to find these four thieves. they rushed int the broadway plaza apple store on saturday and grabbed $30,000 worth of

merchandise. number five, check out the early sunshine and cooler temperatures this morning. upper 40s in the north bay. we still have a little bit of fog. upper 50s to the rest of us. we'll end up in the 60s and 70s, cooler than average this afternoon. number six, things are looking better in walnut creek, 680 before treat boulevard. a crash on the right shoulder but those speeds starting to pick up about a 10 to 15 minute delay. number 7, the conservatory of flowers announced the name of the new corps flower called amore. now they're waiting for it to bloom and when it opens we will smell the worst for the first 48 hours. i like the name, amore. >> it means love. >> yeah. >> yeah. love that smell. >> love stinks. >> i like it. >> that's a good one. what is stinks in spanish. i looked it up. m

good morning, america. summer scorcher. 59 million facing dangerous and deadly heat right now. a child dies in a hot car. the northeast on alert a underwater. now the severe weather is on the move. high-stakes showdown. the major election upset overnight in an important battleground state. this liberal candidate stunning the establishment set to face off against president trump's pick. breaking news, pope francis speaking publicly for the first time since that allegation that he covered up for a cardinal accused of sexual misconduct. we're live at the vatican with the latest.