drew tomb ma and spencer christian are watching an the forecast. >> the heat today. starting with we're going to give you live doppler 7 showing we have mainly sunny skies everywhere including the coast. records so far for this date, oakland airport, 93. shattering the old record of 88 for this date. sfo93 degrees. shattering the old record of 58. san jose beat the old record by one degree, 97 degrees beating the old record of 96, moffett 94. we're looking at numerous triple temperature readings. morgan hill, fremont, which is not even inland, over in the inland east bay, 103 to 105. up north, clear lake, cloverally and ukiah at or or about 100 degrees. drew tuma has more on the heat. >> this can be very taxing on

the body from heat exhaustion to heat stroke. it's for that fact the weather service issued a heat advisory for much of the entire bay area. this lasts till 8:00 tomorrow. areas in orange triple digits. lake county and solano county, the hottiest temperatures will be recell over 100 degrees. it's important to know the difference between heat stroke and exhaustion. exhaustion, move insided to ac and drink cool water. when your body stops sweat, that is dangerous. that is heat stroke. call 911 immediately. that means your body has a high temperature and is shutting down under those conditions. also look before you lock. never leave children inside cars because in just 30 minutes with temperatures in the mid-90s, the inside of your car can be 130

degrees. we're going to deal with the heat for another day. when spencer christian comes back, we'll know how hot we'll get tomorrow and thel acweatr foreca i aite bit. that wilbe welcoief.its hottest look at conditions there. couldf right now. this is civic park in wall net creek which is usually crowded this time of the afternoon enjo child and one parent. the people who have come through haven't stayed long because of the heat. it's not just impacting here. we visit aid school in pittsburgh having real problems, as well. >> it's going to be up to 103 today. >> she's right give or take a few degrees. her niese and every other student at highlands elementary school on whare staying home. >> that they said they're not

having school till monday because the air isn't working yet. >> jose flores missed his message and brought his kids to school anyway. >> i walked in and the teacher let us know personally that the ac was not working. > pittsburg unified superintendent sent out an e mail to parents yesterday saying "i'm hoping we can start school on monday but i cannot give you a firm date till we have confidence that the work is completes and the air is functioning." pittsburgh unified is spending $1.9 million to update the air conditioning. dr. schultz promises to keep parents infoed miserable it was by looking at people working outside like these landscapers. we got complaints about the heat on b.a.r.t. cars during the morning rush. >> very hot. i had to take this off. the ac never works. >> reporter: but other people we talked to didn't seem to have a problem with the temperature on the b.a.r.t. cars themselves.

so we decided to do a little experiment. we got our own handheld thermometer and i took a ride on the b.a.r.t. trains. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you what i found. let me say it this way. temperature difference is pretty vast between being in a crowd t. car during rush hour and a fairly empty b.a.r.t. car midmorning. >> live in walnut creek, eric thomas, abc7 news. spilly heat. that happened in the south bay. >> this is a mess. several lanes of southbound 101 north of shoreline boulevard were closed after a sanitation truck turned over on the center divide. chris nguyen live with the details there. chris? >> reporter: larry, traffic has been an absolute mess on the 101 the entire afternoon. we are just south of san antonio road sheer the palo alto tote mountain view border. you can see caltrans crews right

now working to clean up the mess, the southbound side where three lanes are currently closed. let's show you rid video from earlier. the chp telling us a sanitation truck was traveling northbound on 101 when a black sedan trying to exit at san antonio road cut the truck off. truck veered right, hit the barriers on the right shoulder losing control and veered across all the lanes. it struck a white sedan, hit the center median and overturned landing on the center divide.k gallons of human waste. the chp telling us a small portion ended up on the roadway. as we looking from sky 7, the traffic has been building up throughout the afternoon. the chp reopening the northbound lanes and said it's it's absolutely miracle no one was hurt in this incident. it is unclear how long it will take for the southbound lanes to reopen to track but back here live, your alternate routes are

85 and 280. instead of taking 101. as for that black sedan, the chp telling me they have not been able to be locate the driver and asking the public to step forward if they have any rmatn . a chp motorcycle officer suffered major injuries in a collision near the bay bridge that ended crippling the morning commute. a driver interviewed into the hov lane just past the fellow toll plaza and lit the officer. the crash closes the two carpool lanes for several hours. the officer was taken to a local hospital and expected to survive. the driver has been identified as 23-year-old melik lockhart of brentwood. he was not charged for anything involve oth accident but arrested for a weapon violation because of a gun he had with him. >> developing news now in philadelphia. several police officers have been hurt amid an ongoing standoff with a man barricaded

inside a home. the scene from overhead, massive police presence there. officers appear to be rushing one person to a patrol car. at least six officers were struck by gunfire. their current conditions unknown. two sources also tell abc news this all started during a narcotics operation. >> dozens of inmates injured today in a riot at the correctional training facility in soledad. the riot involved around 200 inmates on the yord yard. it ended shortly after guards fired warning shots. eight inmates were taken to outside hospitals. 50 treated at the prison for minor injuries. >> counselors were on hand today as classes resume in gilroy 2 1/2 weeks after a gunman killed three people at the garlic festival. >> stephen romero, caila sal la dar, trevor irbe were all killed. jobina fortson was at the high

school this monk. >> reporter: the first day of school is often filled with excitement and nervous jitters. in this case, it's a day where you'll find foopd additional security and counselors. >> we've been preparing for today since the shooting. >> reporter: gilroy was already a close knit community but now bond by tragedy. just over two weeks ago, a gunman opened fire at the gilroy garlic festival killing three including a 6 and 13-year-old and injuring at least a dozen others. the festival is a popular spot for school fund raisers >> when the shooting occurred, we had -- we're estimating 500 students and family members at the park when the shooting occurred. so it's just incredibly that they got out safely. >>. >> reporter: and since then, superintendent dr. debra nor rez said they'ving had hundreds of students use the available counseling services. two additional counsel irs would

be on hand plus extra security and teachers have been trained how to substantial students still grieving. > they need help. they should talk to someone about it. make sure the feelings are heard. >> that's the conversation they had with their children. >> we were planning to go there the same day, and yeah, epr:ms toworry. >> safety. >> reporter: students were handed these gilroy strong bracelets as they entered the gates of the high school this morning. the superintendent tells me the new school year is a way for everyone to work fresh and work on healing together. also the counseling and security services will be in place through the end of the week and they'll have a dee brief to decide if they should stay. jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> today jerry hill held a hearing over pg&e's wildfire safety power shutoff program. the utility has cut power to communities if there's a high fire risk. hill wanted to examine what's

being done to maximize public safety. sam lick card doe spoke about his concerns 911 systems would be overwhelmed. >> the best case scenario we believe is that after a power safety shut down, there would be a search of 911 calls that will overwhelm our first responders coming from residents with respirators, coming from residents with medication ta needs refrigeration. >> last week the city of orinda held a drill to prepare for potential power shutoffs. make sure have you water and food on hand and a backup generator if you have medical devices that run on electricity. >> market plunge. dow dropped more than 800 points. why this could affect more than just your portfolio. transit trouble. the red transit lanes are creating more than traffic troubles for some businesses. one group fighting city hall has won the battle for now. and pricey housing. a depressing new report about

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>> today was one of the worst days for the stocks of the year. the dow fell more than 800 points dropping 3%. the plunge happened after the ten-year treasury bond yield dropped to levels not seen since 2007. abc news reporter meghan tevrizian has a look at the factors behind today's drop. >> reporter: stocks falling sharply today after the bond market raised another warning flag on the economy. the dow riding a roller coaster all day before closing down more than 800 points at the end of trading. the second biggest drop this year. the ten-year treasury briefly dropping before the two-year treasury's yield the first time since 2007 striking fear of looming recession. rebecca jarvis saying a couple things are rattling wall street right now. >> first of all, you have what's called the inversion in the yield curve. think about it like this, what it's telling wall street is that a recession could be coming in the next six to 18 months.

>> another issue, the trade war with china. >> from a wall street standpoint, the issue is now where do the talks go from here. is there even potential for any kind of resolution before the 2020 elections. goldman sachs believes that no, that's not going to happen. >> meghan tevrizian, abc news, new york. >> if you have driven in san francisco no doubt you've seen them, those red transit only lanes that line some major streets in the city like market street and mission. now more and more are popping up. that is the problem for some as you can see. it's these here where you're not supposed to cross the solid line into the lane and businesses say that is affecting them. if you're not supposed to be in that lane, how can you then make a right-hand turn into the drive away of a business. one group of business owners who fought back have won a temporary victory. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live on guerry street with their story. >> there is an interesting

story. the case of the city trying to ease traffic but who is going to pay for it? behind me it, roy brown coffee. if you look inside, there aren't a lot of the customers. there haven't been all day. if we look up the street, see a gas station, gameam thing.ng al. the issu isan t the .and al sorts o it. it has been ad living owning one of the few car washes in san francisco for corey urban and his brother, it's been a squeaky clean money machine siphoning business from gary boulevard and cook without major hassels almost three decades. now not so much. >> i have my life savings in this business. and 28 years of time work here. >> reporter: and he had an ax to grind with the municipal transportation commission since the we beginning of this year when it restriped the right lane for taxis and buses only.

merchants around here say it's hurt business by as much as 30%. >> as soon as they put this bus right lane only, nobody can park outside. can you imagine when they put theed lane? >> this used to be a shared traffic lane. >> people get scared from the red zone. $200 tickets. >> reporter: no doubt you've 14il of tm applause these transit lanes designed to ease traffic flow they discover this had one should never have been here because the city did not follow federal reporting protocols. >> they put in the red lane, removed bus stops. reported two-minute faster transit times. they didn't tell the public they removed bus stops in each direction to get the faster times. >> reporter: he says they created aid confusing traffic hazard. >> they did cheat. they have extra money to spend. >> reporter: the sfmta acknowledges making a mistake.

>> how can that happen. >> it is something that did happen. i don't have the details what happened in this case but it did happen. it's a misunderstanding and we apologize for that inconvenience. >> reporter: they may pay for it too pop the merchants will be taking legal action tcotheir los >> lk at it. it's lunch hour now. >> reporter: the ssmmta says this is just a hiccup in the road, so to speak. even though there are other streets affected by this, as well, the sfmta says they'll do the proper studies and put in the track lanes to the benefit of 50,000 people who ride on muni every day. live on geery street, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wayne, i find these lanes to be pretty confusing driving in the city. is there any way, is part of the plan to clarify where you can go right and make it easier for people to understand? >> reporter: well, supposedly.

you're able to cross these lanes but people see red. and people get paniky and don't want that $200 ticket and so they don't crosshe lanes and go in the businesses. there are 43 miles of these lanes in the city. 14 miles of them are red with more d on this. >> thank you, wayne freedman reporting there. we want to hear your ideas will building a better area. join our better bay area group on facebook. >> a new report that's going to make you more depressed about the housing market. according to data from the cmpass real estate and california association of realtors, you now need to make $343,000 a year to afford a medium priced home in san francisco. the payments on that home nearly $8600 a month. the report blames dropping mortgage rates, stagnating home price abc the fact that lower income residents are moving out

causing the average income to rise. that's awful. >> that is an insane amount of money. >> it's usually cooler here though. >> it is usually. you know when it's 83 degrees in san francisco, it's got to be blistering in the east. >> absolutely. we have hit mid 80s in san francisco today. it is blistering inland. some of today's records so far. these are the highest temperature readings just so far, just the records. oakland airport, sfo, san jose and moffett field have new record highs for this date shattering in most cases the old records. sunny skies across the region. breezy. but the breeze is not cooling things down. 24-hour temperature change shows part of the story. it's 10 degrees warmer in san francisco right now than this time yesterday. 11 degree warmer in oakland, 12 degrees warmer in hayward. it is hot. a live view looking across alcatraz toward the clear sky an francisco.ate. 91 oakland, 96 redwood city.

101 gilroy, 72 half moon bay. a blue sky over the golden gate. 102 in met petaluma, 103 concord and livermore. it's extremely hot. santa cruz, intense heat inland continues for two more days wit a much cooler pattern this weekend and warming up again early next week. overnight, almost a cloudless overnight period. mabe high clouds near the coast. lows range from mid 50s at the coast to about 60 near the bay shoreline to mid and upper 60s in inland east bay locations. highest tomorrow, once again numerous 100 degree plus readings will be found. north bay to east bay to south bay. lots of 90s around the bay shoreline tomorrow. it will be slightly cooler near the coast and bay on friday. but we'll continue to see triple digits inland on friday. saturday, there will be general cooling across the entire region

and sunday will be cooler still with highs inland just barely reaping 80 degrees in many locations. right around the bay shoreline, mid 60s, and low 60s on the coast. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. once again, dangerously hot in some locations tomorrow. once again, with inland high temperatures 106, 107. another spare the air day. it will still be hot inland on friday as i mentioned. up to about 100 in the hottest inland spots. notice cool down near the bay and coast and cooler in all areas on saturday and sunday. going to be a beautiful weekend. really comfortable. next week, gradual increases in temperatures. we're not expecting the heat wave we have right now the. >> thanks, spencer. >> jay-z teaming up with the nfl? yes, the new partnership is about more than just music. >> and are apple and spotify getting ready to

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>> mogul jay-z is teaming up with the nfl. ism theeague f its previous handling of colin kaepernick and his social injustice protests. rap erdened his move undercuts cp. rock nation will work with the league to enhance its live music performances and help choose acts for the super bowl. >> an arizona gun store is promising to be more vigilant following a controversial back to school ad it sent out last weekend. here's the online ad from tombstone tactical in phoenix. it says "now that the kids are back in school, it's a perfect time to take advantage of some great specials." customer marty ryan found the ad appalling and will no longer shop there. his daughter is a school teacher and his two grandkids started classes this week. >> how that can be missed is shocking. i cannot believe these guys put this together as a promotion and

especially when they use the words now that the kids are back in school, let's have the an assault rifle sale. >> i would apologize if anybody took offense to that. we sent that e mail out to well over 200,000 people and only received three negative responses. >> the shop owner says they go out of their way to promote gun safety will you but will now do a safety check on future e mails. >> a year since a grizzly murder mystery in san francisco. new details in the case including the latest on the suspects who are no longer behind bars. behind bars. >> an example oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box.

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remember that grizzly murder in san francisco last year? the torso of a man just a torso no, head, no hands found in a fish tank in his home south of market? >> what's happened in that case on the one-year anniversary of that story. ac7 news reporter vic lee is live in the newsroom with the follow-up. vic? >> reporter: larry, that is the $60,000 question. brian egg's neighbors and friends are asking what's happened to this case? has anyone been arrested? anyone charged? one thing's for sure. it's a murder that's hard to forget. >> it was quite a grizzly murder number one. it's like a memorable one. >> reporter: simon lives on

clara street south of market. the same ally wherer-old brian egg lived till he went missing. scot-free was also a neighbor and good friend. he now cleans up the alliway like egg did regularly. he waters the plants he cultivated with lobbing care. >> when he suddenly disappeared i knew there had to be something amiss there. >> reporter: that was back in june of last year. the message on egg's phone said he was away on vacation. suspicious because he never used voice mail and the voice was not his. neighbors also saw strange in other words his home. free asked police to do a welfare check on egg. they did, but it was only cursory. >> no response to the door. saw no suspicious circumstances. >> reporter: in mid-august, a big break. scott looked out his window. >> a big white crime scene clean-up crew. >> reporter: this time responding officers found someone in the house and a

strange odor wafting through a locked room. police found a body without head or hands in a large fish tank. they arrested lance silva and another transient living in the house, both charged with i.d. theft, financial crimes and homicide. through dna, the mutilated body was identified that as that of brian egg. he was murdered and died from blunt trauma. one year later, still no arrests. >> it appears they've gotten away with murder because nobody is in jail currently. >> reporter: silva and his friend were released. the da with drew charges saying more investigation was needed. neighbors are frustrated at the lack of feedback from police. >> nothing's happened as far as i know. >> i just wish that the police were being more active with the investigation. maybe they say that they are but it certainly doesn't appear that way to me. >> reporter: the da's office says there are no charges because police have yet to present a case. the sfpd says it's still under

investigation. now, sources tell us that the two men initially arrested could be charged with lesser crimes like i.d. and financial theft. possibly mutilation of a body. but authorities want to be sure first of all they're not the killers. so the investigation continues. vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you. a fresno man's cause of dath is under investigation after he collapsed during a talk coeating contest at a minor league baseball game. 41-year-old dana hutchings died shortly after arrival at the hospital. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. the fresno grizzlies released a statement say sag the team is devastated to learn of his passing and extends condolences and prayers to his family. >> the active director of citizen this and immigration services is under fire. the poem on the statue of liberty, says give me your poor,

your huttaled masses yearning to be free. yesterday ken cuccinelli said it's about people coming from europe while speaking about the trump administration rule that denies green cards and visas to immigrants if they're deemed likely to need government benefits. advocates have said the policy would favor wealthyer immigrants over those every poorer countries in latin america and africa. >> eric swalwell repeated that poem from the statut of liberty in his citizenship ceremony. oakland today. >> those words cannot be edits or changed. they are who we are. and why you are here. >> nearly 3,000 new u.s. citizens from nearly 100 countries of origin were sworn in at paramount theater. they include an iranian poet, composer and singer who has had works and performances banned in his home country. >> it's very important to me

because i came from a country that take freedom from me. >> two more citizenship ceremonies are scheduled to be held at the paramount theater next month. >> now to those new concerns about facebook. a report details how the social media giant hired outside contractors to listen to users audio conversations. >> abc news reporter marci gonzalez has the details. >> a new privacy concern with facebook. the social media giant confirming it hired outside contractors to listen to and transcribe users' audio chats on its messenger app. they explain they brought the contractors in to make sure the voice messages were being correctly interpreted saying users opted in to having their conversations transcribed. >> it's about what was there in the fine print and a lot of people have opted in frankly to a lot of things they probably

would be surprised they opted into. this is one of those things. >> according to a new report from the bloomberg, people hired to listen to the conversations said although the messages were anonymous, they were troubled by their work calling it unethical. >> critics are saying this is an invasion of privacy that the rules are not crystal clear to the users and in particular, this is troubling coming from facebook which just paid a record $5 billion fine to the ftc because of privacy issues. >> big tech companies including amazon and am faced scrutiny recently for collecting audio from consumers. facebook says it has ended the practice and that much like apple and google, we pause human review of audio more than a week ago. >> experts say this is another reminder to check your privacy settings and to avoid sharing anything you consider personal via social media. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> the trump administration is a step closer to relaxing federal regulations governing the amount of time truck drivers can spend

the proposed rule affects brakes that truckers are required to take and their time on and off duty. a group representing independence truck drivers comm approach that recognizes the need for flexibility in the hours of service rules. the prop finalized. >> this new video shows the dangers of texting while driving. this is in berlin, massachusetts. police say the driver was texting, veered off the road and hit that pole. flipped over in the process. remarkably, the driver was not seriously injured in this case. about to hit the pole right there. after more than 70 years, a northern california couple is still going strong. >> my mother bought us matching t-shirts when we were in high school. and so we've matched ever since. >> their secret to a decades long romance. >> i'm speser christian from the

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a couple has been together for nearly 70 years. they've stayed together because of their love of music and matching wardrobe. >> they've been wearing matching outfits nearly seven daeqs.

>> it's working. > that's hard to just coordinate. we have their story. >> promise me we'll still be sweethearts after graduation day. >> every note and every outfit harmonized. >>eporter:rnwaingt. ought usinic i thought she was the cutest little thing when she came into our town. >> by the time we were seniors we started going together. >> reporter: at 19 years old, they were married. now both 87 years young, frances knows the term happy wife, happy life all too well. letting his bride of more than half a century pick his outfits every day. >>. >> just lays it out for me and i don't have to worry about a thing. >> reporter: while it's obvious they are in tune with each other vocally, when asked about the secret to a happy marriage this

duet is very much in sync. >> jesus first, others second, yourself last. that's the way to spell joy. jesus and others and you, what a wonderful way to spel spell joy. >> reporter: these singing chaplains perform at their local church, hospitals and around the house. a pitch perfect match made how pray ♪ ♪ we will always be together long after graduation day ♪ >> they're so sweet. >> they're adorable. >> i love them. >> my take away from that is he basically learned quickly. >> yes. >> to say yes, dear, yes, dear. yes, dear. that's something spencer and i struggle with to this day. >> we've learned though, haven't we? i think so. here's a look at overnight conditions we're going to have clear skies overnight. it's going to be mild to warm. the inland and east bay will have low temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.

many locations around the bay lows of about60.san jose 64. tomorrow another hot day. perhaps hotter in some locations. look at all the locations from north bay to the east bay to the south bay that will have highs well above 100 degrees. we'll ceelo to mid-90s around the bay shoreline and mid-70s on the coast. and it's going to be another spare the air day with the poorest air quality in the inland east bay and santa clara valley. the seven-day forecast, minor cooling on friday mainly near the coast and bay. still hot inland. further cooling with a cooling breeze as a matter of fact over the weekend. weekend looking lovely especially what it feels like right now. another minor warmup midweek next week. mo triple digits in sight after friday. >> that will be welcome. thank you. >> more than 100,000 people signed a petition to honor former president barack obama on the same street as trump tower in new york city. the petition on moveon.org calls

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life. right? mitch is going home with his heart-shaped pillow. he used it during his recovery to put pressure on his chest in case he had to sneeze or cough. it was signed by cpmc medical staff. >> americans are taking a lot of prescription drugs. according to the centers for disease control, most adults aged 40 to 79 took at least one prescription drug in the past month. one in five took at least five. the study says most older adults are taking cholesterol lowering drugs but also anti-diabetic medications as well as bate blockers. younger adults mostly taking antidepressants along with cholesterol lowering drugs and ace inhibitors which lower blood pressure and treat migraines. women take more drugs than men. illinois is now the first state in the country where insurance companies must cover the cost of epipens for kids. democratic governor j. b. pritzker signed a bill into law

hailing it as a big step forward in protecting kids and families. they cost families about $600 apiece. the price has gone up drastically in the last second. it will take effect january 1st. >> many of us own a laptop or desktop computer. would it be devastating if we lost the data. >> some tips to save and retrieve your commutputer information. >> reporter: many of us have important information and photos stored on our home computer. what happens if there's a crash. bay area consumers checkbook, what happens? it happens all the time. a big problem is the device fails. either they drop something and it breaks or a lot of these cards these days don't last very long. people don't know that some of these memory drives only last

four or five years. they dee grade over time. but the biggest problem people have in terms of losing data it's not backed up. so the first step is really start a backup regimen. you do have to have a backup plan. i think. >> where in. >> there's lots of ogss. you can have a dedicated drive, an external drive you plug your devices into and back up to. that's kinds of a hassel. you have to do something. there are a lot of different cloud backup services available these days that will do things automatically and maybe even for free. so if you have an apple phone, for example, they give you up to five gigabytes for free to back up your stuff. amazon prime, you can back up your photos and videos to it for free. it has unlimited backup capabilities for you. there are lots of options. you need to pick the best strategy that works for you and stick with it. but one thing to know if you're using one of these backup drives that's an external drive, it has

a life span, too. it also -- it may not last more than four or five years. you need to replace that every now and then and again, you have to make sure you're plugging it in really so it is backing up your stuff. >> if you're not putting it up in the cloud. >> right. >> and you have a crash, is there a way to get it back? >> there is. we were surprised. we talked to a lot of different kind of people who rescue data for others. and found that usually even if the thing has crashed even if you've dunked in water or spilled something on it, they can get your data back. the first step is take it to a really good computer repair shop. we have ratings of shops. the next stop is you might have to go to a data recovery specialist. they take these drives and recover data for you. the thing to know is it can be really expensive to use one of those services. >> like what. >> physical damage to the drive it would cost hundreds, sometimes a thousand dollars or

more to recover your data. tell them how much it's worth to you to recover this. you don't want to get the bill afterward for symptom photos you didn't care much about. >> if you want to know more about this, kevin and his staff put together a bunch of information at bay area's consumer check. you can check it out for free. go to abc7 news.com for details. thanks for your time. >> there appears to be a thawing in reeses between apple and spotify, the music streaming service. a digital media company called the information reports the two are discussing a plan to allow iphone users to place spotify items. sweden based spotify has lodged an anti-trust complaint against apple. >> it is a taste of history in the south bay. up next, the restaurant that went from burgers to falafels and has been issing people more

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it's game night. tonight on abc7 at 8:00, catch "press your luck" followed at 9:00 by "card sharks." "match game" at 10:00. >> a falafel restaurant has been crawing companies more than 50 years. >> community journalist dustin dorsey gives us a look at the drive in. >> my mother and father opened up this restaurant in 1966. >> we took this place over from his brother and it was a burger place. like a little snow white drive-in. he started selling falafel balls. he started trying them up and

giving them as samples to customers because it was just burgers back then. they never heard of a falafel. nobody in this area knew what it was. and they looked at it and kind of really didn't think of it. but they loved it. now everybody loves falafels. it's just like a burger here in the bay area. >> it's my turn now. never had a falafel before. let's try this thing out. my goodness. so many great flavors. making a little bit of a mess. excuse me. flavor in every single part of this delicious dish. it's always tasting the exact same. >> it's my father's recipe. it's amazing how many people always ask why are they so much better. they just are. it was a great recipe and everybody loves it. >> neverveweavsh evees

we don't have preservatives in all of our dishes. we make them all fresh every day.years. and it's still just as good as i remember it. >> really good. definitely brings back a little bit of memories from past history. but definitely a great experience. i haven't been here in a long time. the food is awesome. >> all of us brothers and sisters are always one of us always here. and that makes a big difference i think. >> we've all been here too our whole lives. >> we grew up here. it was very important to my father and you know, it's a great place. and it's a lot of work and it's amazing, it's amazing little restaurant. it's like home. >> we should go on a field trip and try it out. >> now everybody's really hungry. >> absolutely. that does it for this edition of abc7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc7 "news at 5:00" starts right

now. >> the wow. how can homeless not fear the cops? >> reaction tonight to our story about this video of a woman attacked outside her building. the suspect saying he was not worried about police. it turns out he had a pretty good reason not to worry. >> a trush crashes and teeters on the edge of a median but not before it spilled is human weight. >> residents say who of is putting up these signs is missing the point. >> eight days of deliberations in the ghost ship trial. a last-minute change that has one defense attorney concerned. >> it's sweltering all over the bay area and records are being broken. >> now, news to build a better bay area. from abc 7. >> if you were outside today, you know it's a scorcher. at 2:00 this afternoon, it was 100 degrees in concord. in firefield, it was 99. in antioch, 98 degrees. in santa rosa, 96.

and in san jose, spot, 94 degrees. >> in pittsburg, one elementary school will remain closed this week because of the heat. today was supposed to be the first day you have school at highlands elementary but the air conditioning is not working. the district ente mails and made calls but some didn't know about the closure. officials hope to open the school on monday. at today's giants oakland a's game at oracle park this important message was put on the scoreboard. a reminder children, older fans and fans with medical conditions need to stay hydrated in this heat. >> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. we just learned that 3500 pg&e customers are without power in danville in this heat. >> pg&e doesn't specifically say it's because of the heat. it also doesn't say when power will get back on. >> let's check in with sandhya patel for what's