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a fast spreading wildfire has forced evacuations of campgrounds in tahoe national forest. the 650 acre fire is burning near ever green gap which has been evacuated. campgrounds are also e v evacuatinging. the sheriff says it's spreading quickly. all of the vacationers driver from lake tahoe. drivers who do not need to be on i-80 are told to stay off the freeway. >> we wre tracking fire conditions, it's a cool night and the winds have backed off in the region. right now, the temperature is 64 degrees. the relative humidity is on the rise. that is good news. and the wind, really light in the vicinity. light in the east at 2 miles per hour. we will take you through the next 24 hours are the wind gusts in the region. you can see great news.

they stay below 10 americmiles s through this time tomorrow night. the firefighters have the advantage of mother nature as they battle the blaze. and we ego hour by hour. what you can expect as far as temperatures for tuesday. >> we look forward to that. thank you so much. former 49 colin kaepernick is back in the headlines for being one of the faces of nike ad campaign. here is more on the social media storm online. >> former niners quarterback colin kaepernick enveiled the ad on twitter which says believe in something, even if it means sacrificinev powerful. >> reporter: many customersthe@. kaepernick who spearheaded a move m against social injustice

for kneeling in the anthem has been out for a year. but the new ad is a keel with t the sports apparel giant. >> being independent. >> reporter: others question nike's true motives. >> you have children in sweat shops making shoes all over the world and you put them on kids and people will make a bunch of money. are they just trying to sell sneakers. >> reporter: but an an expert in sports culture believes in the end the ad campaign will boost nike's image. >> it's a continuation of athlete activism that nike is inserting himself into. >> reporter: in addition to using his image on the ads, they are launching new kaepernick apparel including shoes and t-shirts.

more than a thousand kaiserpermanente employees marched down the street. the service employees said that kaiser outsourced the f. >> jobs. >> reporter: as you see, 23 protestors sat down on broadway. they were processed but not arrested or charged. it was disaa pointing the union has chosen to ommitmo baylor. a bay area resident was killed in a helicopter crash in

afghanistan. >> reporter: as a teenager in the '90s, he refused to work for the taliban. in 2004, he began working for the u.n. in afghanistan and he was relatively safe on the ground. but when forces pulled out in 2014, his life was on the again. a reporter in afghanistan showed this video of a helicopter crash saturday. mohammed was on board and killed when it caught fire after taking off from a military base. >> i don't know -- i didn't know what to think or where to go. >> reporter: this man was friend with him for decades and theyd

the taliban. in a five-page letter, he wrote the court had a death penalty for him and he had to hide his family. he moved back to afghanistan in 2017 to be with his wife and four children who were in danger. >> it was a suicide mission for him. >> i told him he shouldn't go back because i knew that he was just receiving a lot of threats. >> reporter: they work together for the united nations in afghanistan in 2004. they do not believe that the herse helicopter crashed because of a mechanical failure. >> i think it was a bomb or the helicopter was hit by an rpg or something. >> his friends tell me they are frustrated. they feel he proved his loyalty throughout the u.s. throughout his life and died because asylum was not granted to family,

not soon enough. there is a go fund me page for his family. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much. a bay area man drowned while swimming in a reservoir today. the 26-year-old was trying to swim across with his brothers and started to struggle. the brothers tried to pull him to shore but he was thrashing around and went under water. a dive team couldn't locate him. the family was camping there for the holiday. in the south bay, san jose please are searching for a drive horse ran into two children on dice. >> kara:s and drove off. the children were badly injured but they did survive. a neighbor says her gardner witnessed the crash. >> stop, stop, and they were trying to make him stop. so, you know, but the boys did fl not stop. they just back up and make a

quick left turn. >> police say the suspect's vehicle is a white newer honda civic four door. an ambulance ride was in an accident. a woman was transformed to a facility and became agitated removing the safety restraints and jumping from the ambulance. she ran into the traffic and struck by a third. the woman detained early monday morning for reckless driving and hitting a pedestrian and several carses. an iraq war veteran and her rescue dog were reunited. n recnid the german shephard after seeing her on the news. they corralled the dog and bought her home and called police.

when they got to the police, in a nala was ready to gonchts we were trying to getter will in the car. >> it will'let's go, mom. martinez says she is thankful to everyone. the gulf coast is on alert as a tropical storm gordon reached the southern tip of florida this had morning and could hit louisiana and mississippi tomorrow. an evacuation order is ordered . flights in that region could be delayed or canceled. the battle over an empty supreme court seat begins tomorrow. in the morning, brett cavanaugh will begin the nomination on capitol hill. they are concerned the appointment could benefit the president in the russia investigation.

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you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. september is suicide prevention month and an iraqi war veteran is stairing the story how she took back her life with a back. a e remarkable journey or post-war healing and inspiration. >> reporter: approaching the span of the golden gate bridge,

4,000 miles in the making. sara lee is on the final leg of a journey of a lifetime. >> a lot of healing took place on this journey. >> reporter: for five months beginning in virginia, ten stays and 200 communities, sara rode away her pain. a journey that almost never began after her deployment. >> you forget who you are and what you are capable of. i lost friends to suicide. i decided to buy that bicycle instead of taking my life. >>reporter: from one does another, sara healed herself -- >> the generosity and kindness on the journey was mind blowing. >> reporter: she inspired and raised awareness to an epidemic. >> there are 20 suicide a day from veterans. and we need to find a cure. >> reporter: on this baylor day

escorted by american he will jo legion riders and veterans -- >> my jaw was in my spokes. >> reporter: the waves of the ocean beach lapping away her pain. >> i want to inspire my fellow veterans to take charge of your happiness, take control of yoush li your life. you can't be a slave to your pain. >> reporter: her journey is just beginning. she is starting to nonprofit to disconnect with technology and connect with themselves and each other. >> and a labor day tradition brought out hundreds of competitive cyclist and the whips around street cornersn the bike race. it took cyclists of all ages

around the plaza and surrounding streets. a museum housing bay area traditions shut its doors for the last time tonight. playland featured memorabilia from the ocean beach arcade that chosed in the 1970s. it featured pin ball machines, arcade games and relics. rising rent forced the owns to close shop. it was a wonderful place to take the family. >> it's hard to see it come to eand. i was hopinging to find a way to keep it going. just the way it worked out. >> the items will be auctioned off september 15th. you can preview the items on the 13th and 14th. time to get over to drew with the forecast for the week ahead. the unishl end to summer. >> i know, wrapping up a holiday weekend which concluded today with a spare the air day.

the air quality will be improving. live doppler 7 showing you a typical early september pattern. the cloud cover is descending in and around the bay and a live look showing you the fog right over san francisco at this hour and this time of the year, we have to talk about pollen. if you have been sniffling and sneezing, this is why. tree pollen is at high levels, elm and a pine trees, weed, grass and mold is low levels, ands the iv index is high tomorrow afternoon. 58 currently in oakland and san francisco. about 64234 san jose. so here is a look at accuweather. the big story tonight, the fog will be more widespread than it has been in previous nights. waking up to gray skies. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s in the overnight hour.

break down tuesday, back to school and work for a lot are of us. 12 hour day planner, we will lose the cloud cover and the sunny day, and however, you will have the haze in the atmosphere like we had over the weekend. it's nmoderate air quality day. highs tuesday, 84 in san jose, and 9 1, the eyes. along the peninsula, 76, 78 for mount view and san mateo, 73 degrees, downtown san francisco, sunshine, 1:00 in the afternoon, 66. and cloud cover early, 61 degrees there. and north view, sunshine, 84. santa rosa, 81 n the east bay, morning cloud cover for sunshine. 73 nor oakland, 78 for freemont

and 91 in brentwood. i want to take to you the gulf right now. we are tracking a system. the national hurricane center just came out. the update, gordon, winds are 65 miles per hour, 200 miles swooes of the mississippi. there are warnings in mississippi and alabama and the latest track has it strengthening to a category one tomorrow as i makes land fall. heavy wind and rain over the next 48 hours and the forecast back here at home. the morning light and afternoon sun. we dip a bit, wednesday, near or close to average to the upcoming weekend. no intense heat. >> definitely.

thank you. >> sure. some car engines, they are are supposed to purr. but not like this. the bay area kitten is a bit road wary. and morning on good morning america, russell

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with the yankees. the yankees do not play well here and over 40,000 people were at the game to see how it went today. and bases loaded in the bottom of the first two outs for mark canha. and a be on easy out. and error, the a's take a lead. but the yankees tie it up. a's regain the lead in their half of the second. matt chapman, he who hits doubles, and canha unleashes with solo shot in the sixth. the bullpen followed suit. they didn't allow a hit in four innings, and the threat ended in the eight. a's win 6-3 and get their fifth straight win over the yankees in the coliseum. they are 3 1/2 games behind for the told wild card any time you up with those ana battl

we have the best of them today and hopefully tomorrow we can do the same thing. a 7-2 lead but ruggle at coors giants got the rookies in the bullpen. a two-run shot and chris shaw, this is a memorable hit for him. his first career hit, also his first career home run and put the giants ahead by one. and san francisco gave it right back. tags tony watson for a 2-1 base hit. the rockies win 9-8. the giants lost 16 of the last 18 games at coors field. ouch. oakland plamps took to social media over the weekend to show shock and anger to hear that the raiders traded mack to the bears and a record setting deal that makes him the highest defensive player in the league. coach jon gruden addressed it with the team today.

they need to focus on their job. >> obviously we had the day off that day and that made it harder. i'm thinking at it all day, and now, i have a job to do. you lose a good football player. but me is one of pli best fwrends. and the hardest part is, i won't get to see my friend. >> u.s. open round of 16, number two seed roger federer against john millman. lost the first set and then won and it took the third in a tiebreak. fourth set, match point, fetterer's return is going to go long. that ended the three hour and ad minute match. millman advances. the first time federer has ever lost to a player ranked outside of the top 50. the abc 7 sports report. there are are many wondering if something is wrong with roger

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