that could be a good sign that they at least got theoing to ha mess to deal with. no estimated time on when they're going to reopen. let me check my -- give me one second. i did set my stop watch. we've been in this anti 18 minutes and made it almost the distance between one on-ramp and one exit. it's definitely a crawl pace right now. if you can avoid this area, it i worth it. if you've got an extra 20 minutes, 25 minutes, you should be able to get around it. as we sit here and talk, the backup is building. keep this in mind as you're planning your morning. we'll keep you posted on your cleanup efforts and when they'll get all this reopened. live from san pablo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. the ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the boat fire off the coast of southern california that killed 34 people.

>> ghost card officials have recovered 33 people, one person is still missing. the ntsb says divers are also using sonar equipment to document the area. that boat is sitting upside down in about 65 feet of water. investigateers also say the conception did not have sprinklers, but it wasn't required to have them. coast guard officialsayey've ro. we've learned at least 15 of the victims are from northern california including a berkeley couple. jobina fortson is live with the update. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and couple mass say. daniel garcia and his partner you lay yeah were aboard the board on labor day weekend. friends confirmed to us that they did not survive. friends say garcia was the software engineer and developer behind fast l.e.d.

the couple was loved so much by their neighbors, many were too distraught to appear on camera to talk to us. >> this tragedy is unspeakable, just horrible. >> i feel like i've lost a part of my family. >> friends of the couple posted on social media that garcia loved scuba diving and he and the fullest. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> it is just so heart blaking to hear. thank you. we'll keep you updated as new information is released about the fire and the victims. go to abc7news.com to see what we know so far. download our abc 7 news app for developments. mandatory evacuations are ordered for residents of the la kres sta community near murrieta because of a fast moving brush fire. >> nearly 300 firefighters are battling what's been called the

tenaja fire. it probing obroke out around 4: yesterday and there's no containment. lightning strikes were seen in the area. so far there have been no reports of injuries. in the east bay, firefighters are guarding against flare-ups from a condo fire in pleasant hill. flames were shooting out of the window as fire crews arrived at the complex along gregory lane last night. you can see just how huge the flames were. firefighters battled to keep the fire from spreading. investigators are working to find out exactly what started this fire. developing news on hurricane dorian as it approaching south carolina. the winds have picked up again. now the storm is back to a category 3. here is a live look at the conditions in charleston. this is courtesy of the abc affiliate there. you can see not too much, and the camera shaking there because of those nearly 50-mile-an-hour winds. the city's big guest concern is

a potential storm surge. south carolina's governor has warned people to evacuate. the coast guard is preparing for rescues. we're seeing new video of the destriks in the bahamas. at least 20 people dead there, more than 200 still missing. disney, the parent company of abc 7 is donating a million dollars towards relief and recovery efforts in the bahamas in the wake of hurricane dorian. you can help as well. donations can be made by calling 1-800-red cross. you can text dorian to 507sz. or donate direct at redcross.org/emergency. the chp issued a blue alert for guadalupe herrera lopez. authorities say they got into a shooting with the 51-year-old man and they say he may be armed and dangerous. he drives a 2013 gmc sierra,

white. it has california plates with the number 25599h1. if you see herrera lopez or his vehicle, you're urged to call 911. in the east bay the jury for the ghost ship trial enters its fifth day of deliberations. yesterday jurors asked for a key piece of testimony to be lead back to them. freeland was inside the ghost ship after a 2014 arson fire. he tfted defendant derick almena testified nobody lived there. the report has never been located. the jury is deciding if almena and max harris are guilty of 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. download our abc 7 news app. we'll send out a push alert when that decision is made. a major new security blunder for facebook. a leak could affect hundreds of thousands of people. a controversial school vaccination bill is headed to

governor newsom's desk. the governor is demanding changes even before it arrives. dream big and be bold. a group of girls gets a superstar sur chiez outside the chase center. it's 7:36. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. dorian las gusts up to 140. it's moving north at seven which means it's on a collision course with south carolina. let's take a look at the track. you'll see it's making the jog to the east, parallel to the coast. gusting 60 miles per hour in charleston. 58, severe thunderstorms, we can get damage of that. you can imagine hours upon hours of 60-mile-per-hour winds, charleston will be buried in deep water. back at home it's pretty quiet. we have our own water in the form of mist. mid to upper 50s throughout san

francisco. we have 60 in walnut creek, fairfield, pittsburg and tracy in the low toa pretty mild morn. i don't-ku see some of the mist hanging in the air from south beach. cool to warm mass transit today, gusty breezes everywhere on the bay today. east bay valleys, 60s through 9:00, 74 at 11:00 and low to mid 80s for most of the afternoon hours. let's take a look at the peninsula. stuck in the 60s through 11:00. we should be in sunshine by then. then we'll have mid 70s as we head deeper into the forecast. then we will deal with the south bay which will have 60s through 9:00 and then ill guess we'll hang out with temperatures in the upper 70s with sunshine during the afternoon hours in the south bay. want to turn it back over to frances and talk about what's going on with the accident out there. looks pretty bad. >> we've got a horrible problem. we have a traffic alert.

a sig alert has been issued for this overturned big rig that caught on fire carrying live chickens. this live shot is from our abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield who is stuck in the backup. she's been sitting in this backup now for almost half an hour. this is on westbound 80 at san pablo dam road, and all lanes are blocked. traffic ask is paernt /* /- is apparently being detoured and you the get right back on. plan on at least half-hour delays right now. chp does not know when this will be reopened. i want to show you on the maps exactly where that is. westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. that's where the freeway is shut down. your alternates around this which are already going to take you at least half an hour at this point, you may want to consider the richmond parkway to 580. or if you're coming from solano county, head over to 680 and highway 24.

we'll keep you posted on this accident and

. we've got a fire danger with some of the thunderstorms, the dry lightning possible in the north part of the state. that's why we've got a red flag warning up there. that goes all the way through about 11:00 this evening. it starts in about 20 minutes. let's take a look at what's

going on. we still have thunderstorms possible around yosemite and also up towards tahoe. hug the novato border. even to the east of san diego and los angeles, between there and palms springs in the higher elevations we have thunderstorms possible. if you're heading to the tahoe starting tomorrow, the threat of thunderstorms should be average dropping from an average of 77 down to 71 on sunday. there's a new security headache for facebook. the phone numbers of more than 400 million facebook users turned up in an unprotected online database. up until april of 2018, people could enter another person's phone number to find him or her. facebook shut down that feature in the wake of the cambridge analytical scandal. the company says the database is old. it's been taken down. facebook says there's no evidence that any accounts were compromised. actress scarlett johansson is in the headlines for defending woody allen. his daughter accused him of

sexual abuse. johan ssson says she's talked about the abuse quite a bit and she believes he's telling the truth. she says she would work with allen any time. a controversial bill cracking down on medical exemptions for vaccines is headed to governor newsom, but the governor is demanding changes. under the bill, state health officials can investigate doctors who issue more than five medical exemptions a year. 06 fishls could deny or revoke exemptions. newsom thinks parents should be able to keep existing exemptions. he also wants doctors to be able to provide evidence to a review panel in their decisions are challenged. here at abc 7, building a better bay area means a lot of things, including young community members to dream big and be bold. that was the message at the newly opened chase center where a group of young women was treated to a celebrity guest. kate larsen was there for the

big reveal. >> y'all need to keep 700 plus. >> reporter: the afternoon started with a talk about credit scores -- no, that's not the sound of a free checking account, but rather a surprise guest, jogging in from the newly opened chase center. warriors superstar stephen curry showed up to inspire younger bay women on success. >> you don't need someone like me to tell you what you can go after. you can do it on your own, being bold, courageus, a vision, a plan of attack of how you're going to do it. >> reporter: curry helped the girls through a workout. >> that was very exciting. >> i really love basketball. he's one of my favorite role models of all time. >> no idea steph curry was going to show up. >> no, i did not. >> were you one of the girls scream? >> yeah. >> raquel williams is a player on the varsity basketball team. she attended the girls equity

and equality with steph curry through non-profit girls, inc. >> he wants to empower as many people as possible. i guess be a boss at it. >> what do you tell your own daughters as they start the school year and grow up. >> building self confident. being comfortable who who they are. at 7 years old, it might be a tough concept who they are. never start too early planting that seed about what truly special individuals they all can be. >> reporter: in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> i'd say that's a nice sur plies. >> you think they had a good time? >> i saw some of the girls like -- taking a picture. so cute. hi, mike. he's great, isn't he? every time you think he's done everything he can, he does something else. what a role model he is. 58, exploratorium, as you look at the cloud cover and mist

hanging in the air. may need to use the windshield wipers a couple of times. cooler than yesterday sunshine. coolest afternoon will hit weekend. we'll be near normal for most of next week. here is a look at the cloud cover. you can see how much more widespread it is this morning and how much slower it takes to get back to the coast. at noon, a little cloud cover along the east bayshore line. of course, across the golden gate bridge they'll be that cloud cover. you can see it by 7:00, already making the trip back to the east for the overnight hours. in the south bay, morgan hill and gilroy, holding on to the summer. 82 in san jose, 85 in los gatos. dropping to the mid to upper and upper 70s about everywhere else. mid 60s along the coast this afternoon with breezy conditions there. 68 in downtown san francisco. you head up through the north bay valleys.

low to mid 80s. cloverdale northward. along the east bayshore the breezy conditions keep you very comfortable. mid to upper 70s. some of the breezes will sneak into the east bay. here is a look at tonight. mid 50s to low 60s once again. about the same type of cloud cover. a lissal mist once again. a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow. saturday we get just a slight touch of fall. we'll rebound quickly sunday and hang out in the mid 60s, mid 70s and mid 80s through next week. frances? >> all right, mike. we have a major problem. a sig alert for westbound 80 in the richmond san pablo area, and we also have amy hollyfield live at the scene. i'm seeing a little bit of camera issues right now. let me take you to the maps and show you where it is. westbound 80 at san pablo dam road there's an overturned big rig that caught on fire carrying live chickens. it happened at 3:45. apparently it's right underneath san pablo dam road.

traffic is detoured off the freeway and right back on. amy hollyfield is at the scene, and it took her at least 30 minutes to get there in that backup. so you're going to want to avoid this mess. a sig alert has been issued. they don't know when it's going to be reopened. that's going to cause a major headache for the morning commute. if you take the richmond parkway to 580, that's an alternate right now. also, you may want to consider a big detour, taking 680 to highway 24. that will get you around that backup. here is a live shot of interstate 80 headlights moving westbound. this is past the accident. once you get past that, down to the bay bridge, it is fine. we'll stay on top of this and keep you posted and hopefully get a live picture, a better one in the next report. new technology is in the works to help prevent hot car deaths among children. critics question google's fine for privacy violations. here is tech brights. >> youtube forced to pay up. >> the company fined $170 million to settle allegations

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store in campbell. the fire broke out yesterday morning. firefighters say the fire started in the building's exterior which is what is prompting the investigation. the fire was contained to a corner of the building and a small portion of the store's roof. luckily no animals died in the fire and no one was hurt. restoration work is set to begin later this month on san francisco's ferry building. it's meant to preserve the building's history. they have a special blend of paint called ferry building gray that will cover the exterior. it will be a close match to the building's original color. portions of the facade will be repaired. windows, trim and decorative elements will take about two years. east palo alto has millions in federal money to finish infrastructure projects on one of the city's main woman. congresswoman jake i can spear handed the sit they ceremonial check yesterday.

it will be used to widen bay road. bike lanes will be added. bay road las suffered from flooding in the past, and the city says the project will clear the way for new housing and business projects. in the east bay a san francisco favorite is coming to downtown berkeley. tartine bakery is planning to open the newest location inside the graduate, the historic hotel one block south of uc berkeley's campus. it will serve bread, pace strays and. this is the fifth bay area location and it is the first that will be outside of san francisco. so i hope they like lines. >> is it good? >> it's good. there are two of them in my neighborhood. i have been several times. have you ever stood in line for it, mike? >> no, i have not. thank you for doing it for us.

>> any time you want to get something, call me. about two hours later i'll have a croissant for you. >> about how long it will take me to get into the city. that's perfect. hi, everybody. for some reason the winds dropped out of this graphic. what i was going to show you is the red which is hurricane-force winds are just starting to touch charleston. we're getting into the danger zone. today and tomorrow we'll see the worst of this storm for the united states with massive flooding around charleston, up the grandstand towards myrtle beach and parts of flk north korea. since the graphic isn't working, let me show you what is. 150-mile-per-hour winds. it increased in strength during the overnight hours, and it's going to -- it's going to hug the coast. it could hit wilmington, moorehead city as it moves on out with 100-mile-per-hour winds on friday. it's going to create dangerous surf up and down the east coast as it runs into halifax and november stoesh yeah with winds around 75 miles per hour. we'll get up to a foot of rain

in the carolinas and also in this area of canada. we have a traffic al left, major problem westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. all lanes blocked. we have a live camera shot at the scene at san pablo dam road. there's an overturned big rig carrying live chickens that apparently caught fire. you can see cages on the ground. we're hearing everyone was able to get out of their vehicles, so we're hoping not too many severe injuries from this crash. right now all lanes blocked. traffic detoured off at san pablo dam road and then you can get right back on. unfortunately it is causing at least half-hour delays at this point. you might want to head over to the richmond parkway, consider that as an alternate this morning, or even 680. that's a spot you want to avoid. 680 and 24 will also get you around the scene as well. we're also hearing about a new crash just reported on the san

mateo bridge. we'll keep you posted on that. that's a live shot of 680. here is a live shot of the san mateo bridge. >> a lot going on. thanks, frances. by next year, you could be paying for your groceries with just the touch of your hand. >> the "new york post" reports amazon is testing scanners that can identify a customer's hand print. it would be linked to their prime account and allow payment without pulling out cash, credit card or even your phone. the aim is to deploy the system in the whole food supermarkets. amazon employees already use hand scans to purchase from grer sre i my neighborhood in milwau wisconsin, where you could do this, with your fingerprint. i don't know what happened to that. it went away. it was like i movlived in the f toured and came back to the past. princess charlotte officially a student. new video from her first day of

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♪ ♪ try my $3 steak and parm loaded curly fries. get 'em delivered with doordash. a big rig hauling live animals flips and catches fire on i-80. our amy hollyfield is live near the scene. new video overnight showing hurricane dorian tropical force winds whipping south carolina. we're tracking the path