♪ ♪ 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 this morning. good morning on this

thursday, september 5th. >> i'm consumekumasi. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> meteorologist mike nicco is standing by. there's a lone thunderstorm to the east of stockton. that will move north away from us. we've got the marine layer in. we've got mist coming out of that. it's kind of a humid morning out there as we deal with the increase in the marine layer. the fact that it's going to bring us slightly cooler weather as we head into the afternoon hours. in fact, 60s, 70s and 80s will be a more dominant feature of our forecast than the 90s we've been seeing inland for the last couple days. enjoy the break. we'll have a couple more days of cooler weather. i'll show you warmer weather coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. we have a traffic alert for westbound 80 at the san pablo dam road. all lanes blocked because of the overturned big rig carrying chickens.

traffic is being detoured at san pablo dam road, paerntly right at the off-ramp. you can get right back on. it's causing massive delays, at least half an hour if you're heading through that area. you may want to consider a few alternates, richmond parkway to 580 or get around the whole thing and take 680 to highway 24. we got word of a crash westbound across the san mateo bridge. we'll keep you posted on the delays and the sig alert. abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield live at the scene. amy. >> reporter: frances, they are right now rescuing live chickens out of this big rig. that's what the driver was hauling. you're watching chp officers carrying chickens. it's quite a site. i'll tweet it out in a second. check my twitter page. right now i want to show you this accident scene. this is what's left of the big rig that caught fire here. it's almost hard to know what you're looking at.

you can see the tires on the road. it's really just a frame that's left of the axel and the truck. it burned all the way down to the frame. you can see on this overpass. this is what the trick hit and then flipped over and then caught fire. they don't know why yet. they don't know what happened. they got the call about 3:45 this morning. and since then all westbound lanes in san pablo on interstate 80 have been closed. this is right at san pablo dam road, the exit, just past it. it took us about 30 minutes to get through it from one on-ramp to the exit. of course, that backup is just building as we speak. you'll want to avoid the area if you can. the driver of the big rig was taken to the hospital with some cuts but is expected to be okay. they do not have an estimated time of opening up this -- all these lanes. it's a huge mess that they have to clean up. not only the wreckage. but they also keep talking about all the oil on the ground. they keep telling us to be careful so we don't slip or get it on us. right now they're just saying

it's going to be a while. live in san pablo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thanks, amy. developing news in southern california, the search is continuing for the final victim of that boat fire that killed 34 people. >> the ntsb says teams are documenting the wreckage that's currently submerged and inverted. >> that documentation is occurring with side-scan sonar so they're mapping the wreckage before it is moved. >> the ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the fire. investigators say the conception, the name of the boat, did not have sprinklers on board, but that's also not required. this morning we're learning more about the victims including several from the bay area. >> carrie mclaughlin and christian takvam were on board the conception. you can see right here.

neighbors say mclaughlin's parents have gone to santa barbara to help with the identification problem. they were co-woerks at brilliant, a san francisco-based company focused on s.t.e.m. mclaughlin was a senior software engineer. takvam was an -- they brought immense passion, talent, leadership and warmth. they will be dearly missed. >> even though i didn't know for sure they were dead, i was already sorry for what happened to them. >> neighbors are clearly still processing the news. mclaughlin glue up in palo alto and was most recently a resident of oakland. live in the studio, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. developing news on hurricane dorian, it's strengthened to a category 3 heading towards south carolina.

meanwhile, officials in the bahamas say there have been 20 hurricane-related deaths. that number is expected to rise. megan tevrizian is in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: the biggest concern here is storm surge. officials now asking everyone to shelter-in-place. >> dorian restrengthened to a category 3 hurricane overnight and might make landfall as it inches closer. >> boarded up and packed. i'm on my way. >> reporter: a hurricane warning is in effect for the entire south carolina and north carolina coastline which is set to face the brunt of the storm and a dangerous storm surge of up to eight feet. south carolina's governor asking anyone who lives in the evacuation zone to get out. >> it is the water that kills people. it is the water that is the real danger. >> reporter: fema setting up operations at ft. bragg and the coast guard moving operation inland. dorian passing through florida, but the sunshine state for the

most part was spared. in the bahamas, new video this morning of dorian's utter devastation. homes and buildings ripped apart, left in pieces. the death toll, now 20, but expected to rise with more than 200 people reported missing. 70000 people in dire need of clean water and food after surviving a nightmare. in south carolina they're already experiencing high tide. with the additional rain and potential storm surge, we could see several feet of flooding before dorian passes through. megan tevrizian, abc news, charleston, south carolina. hi, sloid. here is the latest statistics. gusts up to 140. right now it's starting to make a jog to the northeast. it is going to hug the coast. it could, some of the little areas that stick out around wilmington get hit by the

eyeball. charleston gusting 60 to 65 miles per hour which is faster than a severe thunderstorm. in fact, right now, right by the coast, possibility of 74-mile-per-hour winds. so our first hurricane speeds making landfall in the u.s. is possible right now. look at the rainfall. all the way up the east coast and into canada with the heaviest amounts from charleston, up to a foot there, to even the low lands of north carolina, up to a foot there. not only do we have the surge coming in, we've got nearly a foot of rain falling on top of that. frances? >> i'll take it from here, mike. president trump is standing strong on his claim that hurricane dorian threatened alabama. critics questioned whether he knew geography. >> alabama could be in for at least some very strong winds. >> yesterday the president wanted to prove he was correct. he held up the map showing the original projected impact.

when you look at it closely, it appears to have a hand-drawn line to include part of alabama. >> that map looked like it almost had a sharpie. >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. >> it's a federal crime to knowingly publish a false forecast. fema and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration declined to comment on that map. happening right now, yahoo! is working to fix an outage. yahoo! mail users are having issues with their email. the website down detector recorded more than 5,000 reports of issues. the customer care account tweeted engineers identified the issue but they don't know how long it will take to resolve it. happening today, fog heads will be tuning in for the final hours of -- k fog. the ledge tear mugendary music >> it will be from dave morey's ten at ten.

last week it was announced the station willkn fm, a simulcast of the am sports radio station. kfog began its rest in 1942. r.i.p.k fog. >> sad to see things like that change. let's talk about what's going on temperaturewise. antioch and brentwood a little warmer, 67 and 70. in fact, you are the warmest. we have 60s from fairfield, vallejo, oakland, mountain view, san jose and los gatos. a look at sfo, expecting delays this morning. heavy cloud cover over top. misty through the morning. we'll have sunshine away from the coast. small craft advisory for the entire bay, not just north of the bay bridge. it's the entire bay. even south. here is a look at the north bay.

57 at 7:00. 60s at 9:00, 70s at 11:00. near 80 during the afternoon hours. a few low 80s around 3:00. as far as the east bay goes, in the 60s through 11:00. breaking out sunshine then. we'll hang out in the mid 70s in the afternoon hours. our last stop will be san francisco where sunshine will be at a premium early. we'll get a little more in the afternoon hours with mid to upper 60s. pretty gnarly accident out there. let's get to frances. >> a sig alert, traffic alert issued for an overturned big rig carrying live chickens on westbound 80. a full freeway closure in place. this is westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. traffic detoured off the freewa and right back on because it's right now the on and off-ramp. traffic is heavily backing up. you can see it's a crawl approaching the scene, causing 20 to 30-minute delays. they don't know when this is going to he open. this will be the hot spot all morning. for folks heading through the area, you may want to consider

richmond parkway and saab pand pablo avenue. you may want to consider 680 to highway 24 depending how long this is out there. headlights move westbound through berkeley. there it's fine. expect major delays through richmond and san pablo. the earlier accident on the san mateo bridge has been cleared. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. new details on the crash of kevin hart.

it's 5:15. seven things to know this morning. number one, a major traffic problem on westbound 80. an overturned big rig carrying chickens. no word on when this will reopen. number two, weather shouldn't be an issue with that. even though we have mist hanging in the air and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. that's your biggest concern during the morning. number three, the ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the boat fire that killed 34 people. coast guard officials recovered 33 bodies. one person is still missing. number four, in riverside county firefighters are battling a nearly 1,000 acre brush fire. they have zero containment. mandatory evacuations are ordered for the la cresta

community near murrieta. hurricane dorian regained strength and is a category 3 again. yahoo! mail users having problems with their accounts this morning. engineers have figuredout what's caused an outage but they don't know when it will be fixed. number seven, if you live in santa clara or santa clara countys you can get into the zoo flee today. today is the first of four good neighbor free days. every bay area county will have a free day, all in celebration of the zoo's 90th anniversary. in today's "gma first look," we're hearing the 911 call i ke. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look," new details on the dramatic moments following kevin hart's car accident. >> he's not coherent at all. he can't move.

>> reporter: this morning the chilling calls coming from kevin hart's home released after he was taken to the hospital following that frightening car wreck from sunday. >> there's something on on his back is pulling out on his spine. >> reporter: the 40-year-old actor and comedian now requiring extensive physical therapy after suffering a major back injury when his vehicle careened off a road in calabasas, california, crushing the roof of the classic car. authorities now investigating where speeding was a potential factor in the crash. coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll tell you what law enforcement officials are saying about the crash and what's next for hart's recovery. with your "gma first look," i'm adrian ban kefrt, abc news, los angeles. the trump administration rolling back energy standards for household light bulbs. the new standards were included in energy legislation implemented under president george w. bush, finalized under the obama administration. critics of the change say it will mean higher energy bills

and more pollution. the affected bulbs account for half of all conventional bulbs used in the u.s. senator kamala harris unveiled a plan at cnn's presidential town hall along with nine other presidential candidates. many candidates called for rejoining the paris climate accord and investing in renewable energy. her other initiatives include going carbon neutral and phasing out gas-powered cars. it is national -- boy is this specific -- cheese pizza day. >> get this. americans eat about 3 billion pizzas every year which accounts for about one-third of global pizza consumption. that's a lot. pizza chains including papa john's and girdano's are offering special deals today. >> it is my favorite food.

i'll eat any kind of pizza. i don't care how bad it is. >> no? >> i still will slightly enjoy it. greasy, you take the napkins and soak it up. >> or throw on parmesan cheese and let it soak it up and eat it all. i like when the pepperonis curl up, a little pool of grease on there. i don't do it often. one of my dark secrets. a look at what's going on in san jose. cloudy, 61 degrees. we've got breezy conditions. you'll need the sunglasses later today. it many will misty, mostly cloudy again tonight. in the weekend, temperatures will tank and then rebound sunday. let's take a look at the cloud cover. notice clouds hanging around the bay. pretty stubborn along the coast where we'll see a spot or two or sunshine. by 7:00 you can see the clouds starting to roll back.

let's talk about what's going to happen in the south bay. 78 in milpitas, 85 in los gatos, 90s in morgan hill and gilroy. not as big on the peninsula. mid to upper 70s and breezy conditions. mid 60s, 63 to 65 along the coast, only a two-degree spread. 71 in south san francisco. sausalito 72. low to mid 80s as you head into breezy valleys in the north bay. breezy along the east bayshore. some of the breezes will touch parts of the east bay keeping most of us in the mid to upper 80s. tonight we're looking at temperatures and feeling cooler weather with mid 50s to low 60s. extensive cloud cover and mist in the air. a couple degrees keerl. it's saturday that's going to have a touch of fall with 60s and 70s, our fastest breezes. get ready for mid 60s to mid 70s to mid 80s coast, bay and inland next week. let's get back to frances. that looks terrible, frances.

>> we have live pictures of the sig alert, a traffic alert issued for westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. amy hollyfield is live at the scene and will bring us another report in nine minutes. check this out. you see emergency crews trying to clear the situation, even carrying chickens to the other truck. an overturned big rig carrying chickens that caught on fire. traffic is fully stopped at san pablo dam road right at the on and off-ramp. it's going to be out there a while. no word yet as to when they can expect to reopen any lanes of westbound 80. traffic is jammed right now. i hate to take you away from the live shot because it's fascinating to see them carrying the chickens away. but this is westbound 80 san pablo dam road, traffic is jammed. 30 minute delays backing up through richmond. that's the spot to avoid. you may want to get off at the richmond parkway and take san pablo avenue as an alternate. traffic is already backing up there. if you want to avoid the whole

mess, consider taking even 680 to highway 24. so far this is looking green right now. >> that is one of the wildest live shots i've ever seen, frances. i'm still trying to process it and get over it. >> where are they going? >> where are they going? i'm not sure. we have a lot of questions. a new routine for princess charlotte. she's officially in school. we'll show you the 4-year-old's first day. a box office so that early retirement we planned.

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as we were sleeping, dorian decided to get stronger. 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds, gusts to 140. back to a category 3. it's skirting the coast of south carolina right now just off the coast of chafrl stop where we've had gusts reach 60 to 70 miles per hour. look at the heavy rain on top of the storm surge of up to seven feet.

the low lands are going to get buried, not only by rain, but also the storm surge. that will also continue up the carolina coast tomorrow. john travolta's latest movie "the fanatic," it's a flop. it didn't work out. it didn't work out. >> according to the hollywood reporter, it is the actor's worst opening in his whole career. it only made $3,000 on opening day, $3,000 on friday. this was even despite the fact that it was labor day. it only made $15,000 over the long weekend. the hollywood reporter says this is travolta's fourth bomb in a row. it received a 17% on rotten tomatoes and a one star -- that's just mean. >> a one-star review. >> he was here promoting that movie right here on "midday live," and he was lovely. >> and the dancing was lovely. >> we'll keep those memories in our heart. >> we'll do that. this is the perfect vacation

situation for fans of reality show "jersey shore." >> it's clean now after all those years. >> could it ever really be clean? get some holy water in there. the six-bedroom, one-bathroom house can accommodate 11 guests. it's a four-minute walk to the boardwalk, about 70 miles east of philadelphia. the price per night, $3,000. they even have the duck phone. a big day for the royal family. it's princess charlotte's first day of school. >> the 4-year-old attends st. thomas in south london. here she is earlier today with her parents, prince william and duchess kate. look at george. okay. the family walked to school together so they could meet the staff. this is like the most stylish first day of school walk ever.

>> they match. >> they match. kate's dress is stunning and cute. let's just let this go. >> princess charlotte is cute. but once again, is her brother hocus pocus pulling focus. >> let her have her moment. they have on the same outfit. >> he keeps taking the center of the frame. >> she's messing with her hair. >> i just love prince george. >> let her have her day. she can't even have her day? >> not when prince george is around. >> you stay home next time. coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including steph curry's surprise. this is the best live shot of the morning. take a look. it's a traffic mess. it's really interesting because a big rig that was carrying chickens crashed. those first responders are helping get those chickens into this truck right here. we're watching this. amy hollyfield is there. cooper!

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now at 5:30, a big rig hauling chickens crashes and catches fires overnight. the big impact on traffic right now. a lawsuit agains lyft. why more than a dozen people are suing the ride sharing company. also ahead, dream big and be bold. steph curry's inspiring message to these young women. in case you're getting up, what's going on? yeah, i did say there are chickens that are on the highway. now first responders will carrying them. >> ever so gently. >> saving them. >> it's wild. welcome to thursday, september 5th. >> we'll get to that story. first we have to check in with mike for the forecast. >> i wonder what friday will have in store.

this is just thursday. holy cow. >> no cows, we don't want cows. >> no cows. you can see on live doppler 7 it is gray just about everywhere. if not, it's trying to get gray in your neighborhoods. the exploratorium shows how low the clouds are hanging. can't see the top of the embarcadero center, let alone the salesforce tower. 57 to 63. temperatures about the same this morning. hanging out in the mid 60s this afternoon. mainly gray at the coast. clouds lingering, low and high at noon. 71 to 77. a little more sunshine at 4:00. back in the 60s and 70s, a comfortable evening on the way. the commute, not so much. here is frances. >> we have a traffic alert, westbound 80 shut down at san pablo dam road. amy hollyfield is live at the scene and will bring us the story shortly. we saw tires on the traffic is off at san pablo dam road and then right back on. delays are growing. you can see some of the tires

there on that road, on the freeway, westbound 80 and delays have grown to almost an hour now on westbound 80. so let me take you to the maps to show you where this is. this is a spot you'll want to avoid. traffic is jammed as you make your way from richmond to san pablo dam road. so avoid this mess, you may want to consider the richmond parkway to san pablo avenue which is already slow or avoid it altogether and take 680, which is slow southbound, to highway 24. 24 is looking good. here is a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. major delays on westbound 80. abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield is live at the scene with more information. >> reporter: i want to show you some of theic ch ens who did survive this horrible crash. these have all been rescued by chp officers at the scene and by animal control who is also here. some did run away, some did die. here are some of the survivors. now i want to give you a look of

what is left of this big rig truck. it's hard to even know what you're looking at because of the fire. a frame of it is left. we've got tires on the road. there's also spilled fuel. so some fumes in the air as well. it's going to take them a while to get all of this cleared up. you can see right here on this overpass, this is what the truck crashed into. and then it flipped over and then it caught fire. they got the call at 3:45 this morning. this is westbound 80 in san pablo just past the san pablo dam road exit. the driver did survive the accident. officers say it has been a challenge dealing with the wreckage and also all the chickens. >> in my time, 16 years, i have not seen that, but we're prepared for anything. we're doing our best to try to obviously take care of them -- we don't want the chickens on the other side of the freeway. some chickens, because of the

fire, they ran away from the loud noise and the scene. soren th s. we have animal control to assist us. we're assisting them. >> reporter: here is some video that we shot of officers carrying live chickens. it's quite a site to see them. as the sergeant told me, in this job they have to be prepared for anything. they don't know why this truck crashed. the driver is in the hospital. he's got some cuts. they say he should be fine. they still don't know why this crashed. they also don't know when all this will reopen. they have to clean up this wreckage. there's a lot of spilled fuel they have to clean up thachlt also want to check the integrity of the overpass that the big rig crashed into. right now they are saying it's going to be a while. reporting live in san pablo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. this morning, 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. >> coast guard officials recovered 33 bodies. one person is still missing. officials are interviews the five crew members and other witnesses. 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. investigators also say the conception, the name of that boat, did not have sprinklers, but it wasn't required to. coast guard officials still looking for one missing person. >> we have learned at least 15 of the victims are from northern california, including a couple from berkeley. abc 7 reporter jobina fortson is giving us the update. >> good morning. daniel garcia and partner were on board the diving boat, the conception, celebrating the labor day holiday weekend when it caught fire. friends confirmed to us that the couple didn't survive. garcia was a software engineer and primary developer behind lighting technology called fast

l.e.d. the lights in his yard were the envy of many of his berkeley neighbors. neighbors also tell us they were beautiful. the couple was loved by their community and many were too distraught to appear on camera to talk with us. >> this tragedy is unspeakable, just horrible. >> i feel like i've lost a part of my family. >> reporter: friends of the couple posted on social media that garcia loved scuba diving and he and his partner lived their lives to the fullest. live in the studio this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> so sorry to hear that. 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. you can download our abc 7 news app for instant updates. developing news in riverside county this morning. mandatory evacuations have been ordered for residents of the la cresta community near murrieta because of a fast moving brush fire there. >> the flames quickly spread to nearly 1,000 acres. near

nearly 300 firefighters are battling what's being called the tenaja fire. the cause of the fire is under investigation. lightning strikes were seen in the area. so far there there have been no reports of injuries. in the east bay, firefighters are guarding against flare-ups in this condo fire in pleasant hill. the flames are shooting out of the windows as fire crews arrived at the complex along gregory lane last night. you can see how huge those flames were. firefighters battled to keep the fire from spreading to other condos in the complex. no word of any injuries. right now investigators are work dog find out what started the fire. this morning hurricane dorian is approaching south carolina and once again gaining strength. now it's a category 3 storm. developing news on hurricane dorian, the winds have picked up again, and it's back to a category 3. we want to show you this live look from north myrtle beach courtesy of surfline. officials are concerned about a

potential storm surge. south carolina's governor warning people to evacuate. the coast guard is preparing to potentially have to rescue people. we're seeing new video of destruction in the bahamas. there at least 20 people have died and more than 200 people are still missing. disney, the parent company of abc 7 is donating a million dollars toward relief and recovery efforts in the bahamas in the wake of hurricane dorian. you can also help. donations can be made by calling 1-800-red-cross. you can also text the word dorian to 90999. that will donate $10 or donate online by going to redcross.org/abc. 14 women are suing lyft over sexual assault allegations involving lyft drivers. they filed a lawsuit in san francisco's superior court. itot have happened if lyft required cameras in their vehicles. the women want lyft drivers to go through fingerprint and background checks. lyft responded with a statementa

in part saying what the victims describe is terrifying, our commitment is stronger than ever to ensure our riders and drivers have the safest experience possible. happening now, the search is on for a man involved in a shooting in merced county. chp issued a blue alert for guadalupe herrera lopez. authorities say they got into a shooting with the 51-year-old man. they believe he may be armed and dangerous. he drives a 2013 gmc sierra, white, like the one shown in this photo. it has california license plate number 25599h1. you're urged to call 911 if you see herrera lopez or his vehicle. a facebook leak could affect hundreds of thousands of people. a controversial school vaccination bill is headed to the governor's desk. he's demanding changes even before it arrives. right now we'll take a look at what's happening outside at 5:39. here is meteorologist mike

nicco. >> pretty misty here. nothing like what they're dealings with. a quick update on dorian, category 3, major hurricane again. look at the 24-hour rain total. nearly 14 inches. thankfully that's mainly offshore. places like charleston and folly beach getting 5 1/2 to 7 inches of rain. still another 12 to 18 hours to go. upper 50s to low 60s with the clouds and the mist along the east bayshore. we've got mid to upper 50s in the north bay, san francisco, san carlos, pacifica. from fremont, mountain view southward, and in the eastbound, low to mid 60s. 60 in walnut creek as we look southbound on 24. misty spots if you're driving this morning. cool to warm mass transit. breezy everywhere on the bay today. east bay valleys in the 60s through 9:00. faster sunshine will push you i understand the low to mid 80s for most of the afternoon hours. as we get deeper into the

forecast, you can see the peninsula in the 60s through at least 11:00 with the sunshine breaking out after 9:00. we'll hang out in the mid 70s this afternoon. 69 at 7:00 and for the south bay, in the 60s through 9:00. sunshine and 70s at 11:00 and near 80 this afternoon before dropping down to about 71 degrees at 7:00. we'll take another look at dorian, give you an idea if you're heading to the east coast, how it will affect that. our weekend could have a slight touch of fall. that's coming up next. first, let's get over to frances. i don't even know what to say about that accident. >> it's a fowl situation. got that from reggie. >> i was wondering who was going to say it. >> i'll give credit where credit is due. here is a live shot from amy hollyfield who is at the scene. we have an overturned big rig carrying live chickens. this is westbound 80. all lanes shut down around 3:45 this morning. that's when it happened. you see emergency crews, they were out there carrying the live chickens away.

as you look at this mess, you realize they're nowhere near opening up any lanes of westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. it is right on san pablo dam road, so traffic is being detoured off the off-ramp and right back on. unfortunately, as i take you to the maps, what you'll find is the backup is a mess. it's a crawl on westbound 78 80 through richmond, at least a few miles of a backup. traffic delays are about an hour right now. avoid this mess altogether. consider the richmond parkway, san pablo avenue. that's a bit slow as well. you may want to consider 680 to highway 24. here is a live shot of interstate 80 through emeryville as you make your way past that accident. again, we have that major traffic alert westbound 80 san

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preparing for school this morning, prepare for a little more frizz out there. higher humidity, mist in the air. 57 to 61. 60s and 70s. 60s, 70s and 80s, a milder afternoon. high fire danger across the northern part of the state because of thunderstorms. you can see more in the' sarah

and heading into the mountains between l.a. and palm springs where it's going to be 91 and 106. lake tahoe, 77, no thunderstorms tomorrow. dropping down to a 71 after a crisp 36 in the morning sunday. >> thank you, mike. scarlett johansson is in the headlines for defending dlekt tore woody allen. allen's daughter dylan accused him of sexual abuse. he vehemently denies the allegations. joe land son tells the hollywood reporter she's talked to allen about the abuse claims quite a bit and allen maintains his innocence and she believes he is telling the truth. she says she would work with allen any time. a controversial bill cracking down on medical exemptions for vaccines is now heading to governor newsom's desk. the governor is demanding changes first. under the bill, state health officials can investigate doctors who issue more than five medical exemptions a year. officials can deny or revoke those 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 if their decisions are challenged. it is 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 them. facebook shut down that feature in the wake of the same bridge analytical scandal. the company says the database is old and has been taken down. they say there's no evidence any accounts were compromised. steph curry is helping to build a better bay air yoo. >> he surprised a group of young women for a group of women at the chase center to encourage physical fitness and financial health. the 250 girls had no idea the splash brother would be making an appearance yesterday. curry tried to inspire them to be their best. >> you don't need a man or someone in authority to tell you it's okay what to go of and what you can do. you can do it on your own by

being bold, courageous, having a vision, a plan of attack. >> i think it was so amazing how he wants to empower as many people as possible and be as inclusive as possible. no matter what you want, be a boss at it, as steph curry said. >> yeah. be a boss at it. i keep staring at his shoes curry helped the girls with a workout. it looks like they all had a blast. >> that's a great picture, too. >> a great picture for the beginning of the school year. >> look at me. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. mike, what you got? >> nothing like that unfortunately. no one screams and is excited to see me when i walk into work. that must make him feel just as good as ifeel. that is so neat. 56, 57 degrees around our studios here in san francisco. i want to show you this picture. look at the flags. they are unfurled as we've got a stiff sea breeze that's going to bring us a breezy and cooler afternoon. it's also going to keep the

clouds around a little longer. we'll get back to average as we head through next week. let me show you sthirng on satellite. the low clouds going from north to south along the coast and mid and upper level clouds going south to north in the central valley and into the sierra. that's where we expect thunderstorms today. back at home, we'll have sunshine this aftern the south bay, 85 in los gatos. a small, narrow frame there, that's because it's going to be breezy and keeps temperatures more homogenized on the peninsula. along the coast 63 to 75. 68 to 71 downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. along the coast low to mid 80s. along the east bayshore, 73 at richmond. warm spots will be hercules -- 82 in orinda. come out into the interior

sections. mid 80s to about 90 degrees. here is a look at tonight. about the same as this morning. mid 50s to low 60s, cloud cover and a little mist hanging in the air. a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow. the breezes really kick in for saturday. mainly 60s and 70s and then sunshine and warmer weather sunday through next week. let's get back to frances and talk more about that accident. we have a live picture of this full freeway closure westbound 80 at san pablo dam road because of an overturned big rig carrying live chickens. amy hollyfield is live at the scene and will bring us another report in about ten minutes. you can see they're still clearing the situation. emergency crews are at the scene. no word yet as to when any lanes will be reopened on westbound 80. so as i take you to the traffic maps, it is jammed right now through richmond, approaching san pablo dam road. traffic is being detoured right at san pablo dam road and right back on. the backup is a few miles and the delays are at least 45 minutes. it seems like enough people are getting word of this crash and

avoiding this mess altogether. you may want to consider the richmond parkway and san pablo avenue as an alternate. also a new injury crash just reported, northbound 680 at mckee. traffic is slow approaching the scene. thanks so much. new at 6:00, crazy rich asians was a hit at the box office. many people looking forward to the sequel. a big controversy causing the movie's co-writer to quit. >> the san francisco expandinexpanding. do you know how a free trial can end up costing you a small fortune. i'm michael finney. this is a "7 on your side" quick tip. many companies that offer free trials sneak in language that says, when the free trial ends, they can start changing you. how do you protect yourself. well, the little box you have to click in order to get the free trial, right next to it there will be some writing. in there it will say they're

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16 games in 16 days. today is day three. won the first two. let's keep it going. 12:37, 71 degrees under increasing sunshine. 76 by the end of the game.

hurricane force winds getting close to charleston. that will add to the damage on top of the storm surge and the rain. thankfully the strongest part of the storm is over the ocean. it will clip wilmington with 105-mile-per-hour winds. outer banks down to 100. it's going to create a lot of rain along the east coast as we head from friday into saturday. look at nova scotia getting up to a foot of rain and 75-mile-per-hour winds. that's what we're going to be dealing with in the hurricane. back at home, let's hope the a's have a great game today. back to frances. we have a traffic alert for westbound 80 closure at san pablo dam road. all lanes closed right now. live picture at the scene. it's all due to an overturned big rig carrying live chickens. the big rig caught on fire around 3:45 this morning. the live shot is from amy hollyfield who will bring us a report in a few minutes. i'll show you on the maps what it's done to traffic. a crawl through richmond backed up for miles. you may want to consider the richmond parkway and san pablo

avenue as an alternate. that is going to be slow as well. there's an injury crash in the south bay northbound 680 at mckee. traffic is slow there. sluggish on north 101 through san jose. if you're coming in from solano county and want to avoid the westbound 80 stretch, you may want to consider 680. it is slow southbound through walnut creek as you head towards highway 24. 24 is looking good right now. we see a slow ride westbound 80 out of the altamont pass. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up into the maze. samsung's foldable phone will soon hit store shelves. the galaxy fold will go on sale in south korea tomorrow. it will likely hit the u.s. market by the end of the month. samsung delayed the launch to improve the phone's foldable screen. in the east bay, a san francisco favorite coming to downtown berkeley. tartine plans to open the newest location in the graduate one

block south of uc berkeley's campus. it will serve bread, pastries, sandwiches and morning grab-and-go items. they haven't revealed an opening day. this is tartine's fifth bay area location, although the first one outside san francisco. that marks a special occasion to celebrate. you can get me a chocolate croissant any time. >> two hours? >> you better get there real early. >> camp out. bring a brook. >> they do have a line. new at 6:00, two of the biggest online retailers could be planning to raise prices because of the trade war with china. we're live in south carolina as hurricane dorian moves up the east coast. the conditions right now and the dangers still ahead. we're staying on top of the breaking news on interstate

right now at 6:00, chickens

on the freeway. you heard me right. a big rig crashes and bursts into flames in the east bay. the westbound lanes of interstate 80 are still closed. we have live team coverage of what has become a traffic nightmare. also this morning, we're live in south carolina as hurricane dorian takes aim at the east coast. this new video and dangerous conditions people are facing. good morning, it is thursday, september 5th. of course, as you have heard, we have a lot going on this morning. >> we'll start with meteorologist mike nicco. mike. >> i'll start with our local weather. then we'll talk about dorian in a second. first, we've been watching some showers and thunderstorms in the central valley and into the sierra. that's moving the the north away from us. we have a lot of cloud cover and mist hanging in the air for your morning commute. temperatures running from 57 to 63. low to mid 60s this afternoon with limited sunshine at the coast. 71 to 72 with clouds lingering around the bay. not so much inland