right now at 6:00, an urgent search for survivors off the coast of southern california after the devastating boat fire. what we are learning about the company that chartered the trip. dorian stalling out over the bahamas creating chaos and devastation. the slight movement we are just now starting to see. welcome to tuesday, september 3rd. my last day on the air with "abc7 mornings." >> this is it. four years. i know. we will talk about it later, so we are not going to get into it right now. right now we are going to talk to meteorologist, mike nicco. let's talk about what is going on outside, and look at the gray on live doppler 7. this is what it looks like at

the golden gate bridge. definitely cooler this morning. temperatures in the mid-50s to near 70 at 7:00. 62 at the coast. 72 around the bay, and we will get watcher, and 80 around the bay, and 64 at the coast and 60s and 70s. another comfortable evening just like last night on the way. let's get to the commute. hi, francis. >> here's a live shot of westbound 80 for headlights moving westbound through berkeley and emeryville. the drive time right now from the carquinez bridge westbound down to the maze is already 34 minutes, and we have slowing out there, including waiting times at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up with metering lights already on. the san mateo bridge shows things crowded on the right-hand side.

developing news, the ntsb will arrive in southern california today to investigate the deadly boat fire near santa cruz island. >> 25 people confirmed dead. it will take a while to identify them because of the conditions of the body. nine people are still missing this morning. among them is one woman social media page said she's the co-owner of worldwide diving adventures. jobina fortson is live with more on the company. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. a diver in the northbound which is familiar with conception, which is the name of the boat involved here, said the sleeping quarters were at the bottom of the boat with one stairwell leading in and out of the area,

so you can only imagine the chaos that was going on. we are also learning that social media posts are claiming a few people from the santa cruz people who were on the boat including the diving instructor and co-owner of worldwide diving adventures, and they advertised a weekend dive trip to the northern channel islands, and detailing the group would be sleeping on what is called a live aboard. we have audio from the early-morning may day call, and you can hear the challenges they faced. >> it's an engulfed boat. main objective is to look for victims. >> neighbors also told abc7 news off camera she and her husband

are both dive instructors, and it appears her husband was leading a second dive trip in costa rica this weekend. developing news on hurricane dorian. the category 3 hurricane remains a major threat to the east coast. there have been evacuation orders. government officials say at least five people have died. homes and businesses are destroyed and now they are dealing with flooding. live doppler 7 showing dorian off the coast of florida. all flights in and out of ft. lauderdale and orlando are canceled at this point. we with a man that was on one of the last flights.

>> we bought cereal, cheese-it's and bread, and the way they were talking to the radio, you will betuck and grounded, and we called the airlines and there were no flights for anybody. >> the couple's flight was not canceled and so they were able to leave. mike nicco you have been tracking this. >> yeah, it's not moving much, but you can see the eye is collapsing and that means we are seeing weakening, winds down to 115 miles per hour, and that's still a category 3. let's see what it's going to do rain wise. this is going to be less of a wind event for the coast, and the strongest winds will be offshore but it will be a beach eraser, if you will, and look at all the rain that will happen, and especially in the hraoepb r

kwra carolinas. at 6:05. we want to take a live look in florida this morning. you can track dorian as it moves towards the east coast on the abc7 news app and online. a relative tells abc7 news, a woman was reportedly just leaving a wedding reception after midnight yesterday when a stray bullet hit her. this happened on 21st avenue and east 22nd street. a fight at the other end of the street escalated and somebody started firing. loved ones are raising money for a funeral on gofundme. the man suspected of driving on to the tarmac of oakland international airport was found dead. his body was found about five miles from where his car was found on sunday.

a man rammed through a gate at the airport, and he was chased for two miles when he jumped into the san francisco bay. investigators found air soft weapons, hoods and a mask inside of his car. it's 6:07. do not plan on buying paper tickets at powell street station in san francisco. >> paper is over. powell street joins embarcadero station and 19th street in oakland. downtown berkeley is going to be next. an east bay man is in a battle with these three wild pigs. the solution that could save his lawn and the pigs, too. airport panic. the investigation into what caused an alarm to go off forcing dozens of passengers outside. and it still looks like summer outside and will feel like summer as we head into the afternoon hours as te

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waking up in san francisco, temperatures up to four to five degrees cooler than yesterday. most of us in the 50s instead of the 60s like yesterday. financial is 60 degrees right

now. let's take a look at other neighborhoods. belmont, san leandro and santa clara at 60. here's a trip across the golden gate bridge. watch out in the afternoon hours, if you are walking the pets. peninsula starting at 59 at 7:00, and sunshine by 10:00. we hit 80 this afternoon. as far as the clouds in the south bay, they should be almost gone between 9:00 and 10:00, and so will the 60s. we will jump in the olow to mid-80s this afternoon, and accuweather 7 day forecast coming up. we have anident for folks commuting from fairfield, and traffic is heavy as you make your way through fairfield.

also in discovery bay, westbound 4 at port hole, an earlier injury crash still may be blocking the right lane. traffic heavy in the westbound direction. in san jose there was an earlier fatal accident where a car hit a pedestrian on the story road off-ramp, and lanes are blocked so you may want to consider tully road as an accident. we have details on a chaotic evacuation at the airport. an employ hit an an an an people he approached ran off. dozens of people were seen on the tarmac waiting for police to get there. we have more about the story coming up on "good morning america." and two people robbed a popeye's because the

we are tracking this breaking news in oakland. right now 3700 pg&e customers don't have power. this information just come into the abc 7 news room. the impacted area southeast of lake merritt. no word yet on what caused this.

we have calls into pg&e to get information and we will bring you updates as soon as we have them on abc7news.com and our abc7 news app. and then people got away with $200,000 worth of phones and electronics. two cars seen in surveillance video were burned in a perth neighborhood. and then this is out of control. employees saw two women and three men with a baby in the drive through where the sandwiches were sold out, and the group became upset and tried to get inside the reaurant, and they left the baby in the car and one man had a gun and the employee was able to lock

them out of the store, and then nobody got hurt but come on. >> it's a chicken sandwich. three little pigs call a lafayette neighborhood home, but this fairytale is a nightmare for one family. you can see the trio of pigs rummaging in the yard, and the homeowner said he will install motion-sensored sprinklers that will scare them off. >> experts warn if you deal with a similar problem, don't adopt the pigs. they seem cute but they are wild animals and they can be predictable. >> that would not be my instinct ever, to adopt the pigs? >> they are pretty cute, but, no. >> the man needs to treat

lawn for grubs. >> only one of us here at the desk has a green hand, gardening knowledge -- >> or yard. >> yeah, or yard. >> probably got grubs, and they are getting food. they are hungry. i hope the sprinkler works. here's a look at the latest on dorian. it's churning and has drifted to the west 70 miles from the coast. this time yesterday it was at 85 miles per hour, and so one mile per hour of movement has not moved it much. back home we are looking at the east bay hills, and the marine layer is making its way over in the east bay, and there will be warm sunshine along the coast this afternoon. still a little warm around

morgan hill and gilroy. two areas that could reach the 90s, and you have got 82 to milpitas and santa cruz. we will have mid to upper 60s along the coast with pockets of sunshine today. low to mid-70s downtown. south san francisco, a delight full afternoon coming our way. mid-80s to near 90 through the northbound valleys. east bay shore, low to mid-80s until you get to san leandro, oakland and berkeley. mild temperatures for san ramon and pleasanton, everybody else around 90 to 94. another couple degrees of cooling tomorrow and then hanging in the upper 80s to 90 inland, thursday through the weekend. mid to upper 70s around the bay, and the mid-60s stick at the coast. a hot stop developing on

northbound 101 past shoreline. there's a new accident involving several vehicles, so traffic will slow on northbound 101 through mountain view. we will keep you posted on that. southbound traffic is on the right-hand side. there was an earlier accident also reported southbound 680 at monument, but i think that just cleared to the shoulder. also, we will check out the very foggy ride across the golden gate bridge, but traffic light out of marin county. as we show you drive times, it has been slow and go all morning long. westbound 580, tracy to dublin now over an hour. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 right here on abc7. >> ginger has a look ahead.

>> reporter: i am so far from the star earrings, the gem earrings we have been talking about, and i have the goggles on and the winds here in jupiter florida has been up to 67 miles per hour, and the wind field over the bahamas for the last 48 hours has expanded. we do anticipate the storm will start to move north staying far enough away from the east coast of florida to not bring a direct hit for sure, but certainly will be seeing impacts, and we are taking on the wind and have had the rain, and it's georgia and south carolina and north carolina as the storm meeakes i way this way. i will give you details right here. >> we appreciate it. she's still rock indiana in' it looking great.

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festival shooting opens. we're celebrating natasha, because it's her last day here on "abc7 mornings." it's your last half hour here. >> it's my last show open and last half hour. can we not? not yet? let's move on. mike save me and we will get into this. >> i was talking about we have at least one more foreshot, and we will talk about it then. notice the top of the marine layer, it's compressed and maybe some fog as you drive up into the northbound valleys and along the coast and into the hills. it's mid to upper 50s this morning and low to mid-60s at the coast. 80 to 84, and 74 to 79.

here's the latest on dorian. you can see the eye collapsing right there. we will hope it will continue to weaken, but that's a sign it's moving more to the north at a faster pace. rainfall amounts not going to be a real issue until you get to the carolinas, and you can see the reds and oranges. you are getting eight inches to a foot of water with a seven-foot storm surge. mike, our hot spot on mountain view on northbound 101 onshore line. sen cars could be involved in the crash and the middle lanes could be blocked. traffic heavy on northbound 101 from 237 past shoreline. also in fairfield we had a couple accidents, another one at travis that has been cleared but tr traffic is heavy westbound 80 through fairfield and to the core delia junction.

this may be a better option here as you head through the lower part of the peninsula. >> thank you, francis. we want to bring you breaking news. this was the scene at story road near the off-ramp from southbound highway 101. a pedestrian was hit by a car around 4:00 this morning. the westbound lanes on story road between highway 101 and felipe avenue will be shutdown until 9:00 a.m. and now to the news from hurricane dorian, and take a look at the view from above, nasa astronaut took the photos yesterday. dorian weakened lightly but still is a very powerful storm. let's take a look at hollywood, florida. about 100 miles away in the bahamas, dorian has caused

catastrophic damage and is blamed for at least five deaths. an estimated 13,000 homes are destroyed. >> in the midst of huh stoistor tragedy, the mission is focused now is such rescue and recovery. >> officials in the u.s. ordered evacuations in coastal communities from florida all the way up to north carolina. happening today, the site of the gilroy garlic festival will re-open more than a month after the deadly shooting, and three people died including a 6-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, and the community is invited the take part in a moment of silence at the northeast section of the park. happening this morning, a ribbon cutting ceremony for the brand-new chase center in san francisco. >> this marks the official beginning of a new era for the warriors and entertainment in

our city. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield live for us in mission bay. >> here's the front entrance. it's all lit up and ready to go. it's just beautiful. we do see some construction equipment here and there. today they will have motivation to tighdy up. they have company coming to cut the ribbon. the first event will be metallica and symphony will be performing and the tickets are expensive, around $400. the warriors will have a pre-season game here on october 5th. the 15,000-seat arena is attracting big talent. ariana grande is performing in

december, and elton john all wanting to perform at the arena. it has been under construction for 2 1/2 years, and they will have a block party on saturday to celebrate this new place, the new home for the warriors. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> looks great. thank you. we can watch the ribbon cutting ceremony live on abc7.com. >> check out the podcast abc7news.com/with downto abc7news.com/withauthority. the details emerging now from the boat fire. the couple that rescued five crew members. you are looking live at the market exchange. it looks like we are starting fairly down. 272 points.

we will continue watching that. plus, my heart is already beating really fast, a special message from me on my last day here at abc7. >> first, you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather 7-day forecast. here's mike. >> i got the tissues ready. >> thank you. >> hard to believe it's coming to an end. 56 in alan rock. 58 in morgan hill and milpitas. 63 right now in on the peninsula, 60 in san carlos. mid-50s up in the north bay. here's a look at san rafael. 56. you can see low clouds and patchy fog, but nothing thick so far this morning. as far as mass transit, cool to warm. we had a small craft advisory on wednesday, and not so much today. sunshine and in the mid to upper

70s this afternoon. east bay, clouds hanging through around 9:00 and keeping us in the 60s. mid to upper 70s during the afternoon hours. for san francisco we are in the cloud cover through 10:00 or 11:00. our brightest hours will be this afternoon, and that's when we will try and reach the low 70s, especially on the bay side. we will take a look at what else dorian is doing to the east coast, and if there's a storm in our future that could bring us a chance of a thunderstorm. welcome back on a tuesday, a busy tuesday, i bet. >> yeah, it's back to work for a lot of folks, and back to school, so we are expecting a busy commute, and we are seeing 101 past shoreline in mountain view, seven cars involved in the crash. the traffic is jammed on northbound 101 and it's backing up into santa clara. it's causing 17-minute delays on northbound 101.

also, the san mateo bridge getting crowded in the westbound direction, but no problems reported there. bay bridge slow to the metering lights and a foggy ride across the golden gate bridge. as we check out the drive time for you, westbound 80 across the bay bridge is 15 minutes and westbound across the san mateo bridge already 24

i want to show you live doppler 7 out of florida. the ban is trying to move across the state. so far rainfall has been up to three inches, and three feet in the bahamas. lucky over florida so far. we have a threat of thunderstorm along the east coast as we head through today. back here at home flooding north of los angeles in the mountains because of monsoonal moisture. in yosmite, 88. 100s in fresno, and 95 in sacramento and chico. 82 today 25 people confirmed dead,

and one person from santa cruz. >> jobina fortson is reporting live for us in santa cruz. >> reporter: social media posts claims there are at least a few people from the santa cruz area onboard that burning boat. that includes one woman that owns a diving company in santa cruz, and her name finstad. she is listed as a co-owner of worldwide diving adventures. and this man is familiar with the boat here. >> there's nothing worse in the world than this, because because

time on the boat, and i am surprised this happened because usually everything is well-run and there's a lot of precautions and i couldn't even speculate on what happened. >> sleeping quarters for passengers onboard were bunk beds below debt with one stairway leading in and out of the area. reporting live in santa cruz this morning, jobina fortson. at 3:30 in the morning roughly, we heard somebody knocking on the boat, my wife heard it because i could not hear. they were all in their underwear. i wish i could have picked all 35 up. i got the space, and if they all could have gotten in the water i could have got them out of there.

>> sunday night was the first time that couple ever laid anchor in that download the app to get breaking news sent to your phone. changes coming to free parking in tsa. in less than a month the time limit for parking in that area a without charge will be for ten minutes. the 30-minute free time did not reduce the amount of congestion they were hoping for and it has not made enough of a difference to keep that program going. all right, it's 6:44, out of a very dark year has become a life changing opportunity. i have been named a fellow, and the fellowship is so

big, and i can't believe i have been chosen to be part of it at stanford investigating some of the most pressing issues today, and i could not have said good-bye for anything less than a once in a lifetime opportunity. very few people get to come home twice. i know this. growing up here in the bay area, getting this job at abc7 was absolutely a homecoming for me. my parents watch every single morning, , mom, and hi and after the concussion recovery i had the challenge and working my way back to you for a second time, so thank you mom and dad for walking your child back here. last year when my head hit the concrete after the newscast i learn sometimes you can never foresee will come out of the blue, but with the opportunity equally amazing things can

present themselves and as i have said before and i will say again, you, dear viewer, dear friend, your encourage and celebration and prayers have been like honey on my heart. on this last day for me at abc7, i hope you feel my gratitude and i hope you come along with me on this journey. i am so excited. please look out for my post on social. i will be there. what is the most things is leaving this guy, and mike, and i am heart sick and i am also really hopeful for the commercial. i told you through the commercial break, i thought i

could do it fine. >> we were, like, no. you will make journalism better for all of us. >> and you will get to sleep in. >> which will help your recovery more. >> mike, thank you. >> i think there are certain times, and people believe in all sorts of things whether it's god or the light or kcoincidences, and sometimes people are brought together and you are on a path that were meant to coincide. that's how i think it was for us. natasha and i did not know each other and we were created as an anchor team, and the moment i met you, it was not a friendship or a co-anchorship, but it was something that was meant to be. i felt that way the entire time we have known each other. this is a bond that existed before we knew each other, and will exist after we know each other, and just like i feel

about my brother and the people closest to me in my life, we can be apart for a long time and the second we come back together again it will be like none of it happened. i am sad you are leaving but grateful we got to do this. >> thank you, reggie. that means the world. i am a mess and i want to keep this promise, you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's just wipe down the nonsense spewing all over my face and take a moment and look at the sunrise, mike. >> it's our last together. >> oh, my goodness, i remember when i first saw you two, i thought, how long have they known each other? five minutes? really. it was instant and fun to watch. all right. you can watch this from the other side of the screen now. you can pretend i am talking to you on that side of the screen.

east bay hills, if you just woke up, you got up about five hours after the rest of us. a steady weather pattern as we can expect this time of the year. no wild swings yet. you can see by noon most of it is pulling back. a few pockets will still linger. even that will evaporate this afternoon. temperatures from 82 to milpitas and 93 in morgan hill. an 8-degree spread in the city. we will try to touch 70 downtown, and more sunshine. sausalito, 75, but you get into the valleys and hit mid-80s to near 90 degrees, and along the east bay shore, upper 70s and berkeley. low to mid-80s elsewhere. we will have upper 80s to mid-90s for the interior

bay neighborhoods. 60s at the coast all week, and around 76 to 78 for the bay. 88 to 90, and that's a pretty quiet weather pattern. we have slow spots out there on the peninsula, and mountain view, an earlier crash has been cleared from the lanes but traffic heavy from sunnyvale to the scene, and it's clearing up so hopefully we will recover soon. there's a new crash further down the road on 101 at sfo. looks like lanes could be blocked on the sfo off-ramp for the accidents. there's a backup at the tolls and a crash reported across the span but that has been cleared from the lanes. here's a live shot of 101 in san jose. that's 880 running across your screen. southbound 101 on the story road

off-ramp, that's blocked due to a police investigation. natasha, congratulations. >> you are an incredible person. reggie, thank you for all the kind things you said. what am i going to do? >> you deserve that and more. what are you going to do? what am i going to do? you have done this whole newscast with my cold. what a way to end this. so sorry. max jets could remain grounded into december. >> yeah, the company has to resubmit documents now that propose the changes that have to be vetted by the faa. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange this morning, after the holiday we're starting off in not great territory. facebook is considering hiding the number of likes on posts. >> it may encourage users to

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are just joining us or about to seven things you need to know. number one, people are still missing on the deadly boat fire. the ntsb will arrive today to investigate the cause. number two, hurricane dorian a category 3 storm moving slowly past the northern part of the bahamas and at least five people died. all flights in orlando florida and ft. lauderdale are canceled today. and then police are looking for who shot and killed a mother of five. she was leaving a reception after midnight yesterday at a wedding when a stray bullet hit her. jury deliberations in the ghost ship trial resume today. the judge also has to decide how to handle jurors who have vacations booked this month. jurors have been on recess for the last week and a half. let's talk about your

12-hour planner. we will be above average away from the coast where we are stuck in the 60s. 80s and 90s for inland bay neighborhoods. a busy morning commute back to work, and tuesday back to school. hef kpwr heavy on 101 because of a crash. and today is her last day as she heads off to a new adventure to stanford university. >> i will miss you all so much. you at home and you at the desk here. i feel like mapart of me is missing already, and i don't how to put it into words, quite frankly. >> and there are people behind the scenes that are so fun to work with, even though we have to wake up at 2:00 a.m. >> you make it tolerable and worth it and the last four years

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good morning, america. diving boat tragedy off the coast of california. >> may day. >> the death toll climbing from the horrific fire in the middle of the night. 34 passengers trapped on board. dorian's destruction. the monster hurricane on the move causing catastrophic damage. killing at least five people, a path of total devastation as the bahamas are still being hit hard this morning by the biggest storm ever to make landfall there. >> we are in the midst of a historic tragedy. >> the airport underwater. and our team right there. >> swim, swim! >> as people are saved from the