two breaded chicken patties plus fries and a drink for $4.99. three patties for $5.99. or even four for just $6.99. four patties? well, tickle my elbow! no thank you. try my really big chicken sandwich combos. starting at $4.99. . good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, september 25th. >> we made it to wednesday. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we are tracking some hot weather, mike. >> we are. the high fire danger. let's start with that. that ends sooner than the threat of heat. it's only up in the north bay now. it goes to 11:00 this morning.

you can see all of solano county and the higher elevations of marin, sonoma, napa, lake and mendocino counties. 11:00 thi m7:00his he winds gustg t t24 bouncing around. it's warm this morning. upper 50s to upper 60s. warmer than average at 80 to 90 at noon. a new crash in dublin, westbound 580 at 680 is slowing things down. it's blocking a lane as well. traffic is heavy on westbound 580 making your way towards dublin, towards the dublin interchange. we'll keep an eye on this for you. westbound 580 always slows out of tracy with an earlier crash near 205. that's been cleared. you can see very slow, 11 miles per hour on westbound 205, slow into the altamont pass. the drive time as we keep track of that, tracy to dublin is 46

minutes right now. westbound 4 antioch to concord, still green at 15 minutes. >> thank you. breaking news, a wildfire is burning in vallejo on maher island. >> here's what we know. this fire broke out about two hours ago. that's when firefighters got reports of smoke in that area. right now about 20 firefighters are on the scene. it broke out at the south end of mare island, a former u.s. navy base used for other purposes now. we'll keep you updated as we get more information about this fire. happening right now, nearly 50,000 pg&e customers across northern california are waking up without power because of the high fire danger. >> the latest round of shutoffs happened this morning around 2:30. check out the map. pg&e decided against large shutdowns because of improving

weather conditions, but at 4:30, 708 customers lost power near calistoga, napa and the northern end of lake berryessa. and 700 customers are affected in santa rosa. >> there will be cooling centers open again today because of hot temperatures. yesterday business owners and residents waited to find out from pg&e to see if they would be affected by the possible power shutoff. a power generator company has seen a 200% increase in business in the last two years since the north bay wildfires and especially this week. residents have been planning how to deal with emergency shutoffs for months. >> you know, if you haven't planned, you're a little late in the game honestly. you don't just plug in a generator. >> other residents topped off fuel tanks and bought what they needed for three possible days without electricity. safari west in santa rosa is

in the power outage zone. the executive director of the wildlife preserve says it has generators that can run the entire facility and they can get everything online with 30 minutes notice. they will be open for business even if there is an outage. you can find out about dangerous weather conditions through the abc 7 news app. you can customize the app for the topics and places you're most interested in. we're tracking more breaking news. the ceo of vaping company juul is stepping down. >> the move comes as health experts issue an urgent warning telling people to stop vaping immediately. abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson is tracking these developments in santa clara. good morning. >> good morning. you can see that juul sign over my shoulder here. this is major breaking news for the company. kevin burns is out as their ceo. and k.c. crosthwaite is their new ceo. this comes as the cdc and the

california public health officer are telling consumers to stop vaping immediately until an investigation as to why so many people are being hospitalized is finished. we've learned some new information from juul as well this morning. juul labs announced the company is suspending all broadcast, print and digital product advertising in the united states. and also refraining from lobbying the administration on draft guidance and committed to fully support and comply with the final policy when effective. the last few months hundreds of people have been hospitalized across the country with serious lung conditions that are suspected to be linked to vaping. the "los angeles times" says in california there have been two deaths due to the illnesses as well as 90 people who have been hospitalized according to health officials as of friday there have been 530 cases of lung injury nationwide as well as seven deaths. massachusetts' governor called on a four-month ban of all

products in the state yesterday. and santa clara county approved a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under the age of 21. you can see the signage here, back out here live, it does say you have to be 21 years old to enter the building. also another note here in santa clara county, there was a survey taken recently where 3 out of -- or excuse me, 1 out of 3 teens say they tried vaping. that's here in santa clara county. reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> thank you for that update. developing news out of washington now this morning where the trump administration is set to release a transcript of the president's call with the president of ukraine. that call took place in july is at the center of an impeachment inquiry announced yesterday by nancy pelosi. president trump acknowledged he asked ukraine's president to investigate joe biden and his son, hunter before that call president trump froze nearly 0 $400 million in aid to ukraine. he denies it had anything do

with his call to investigate the bidens. now that an preechlt impeac inquiry is under way, now the question is what are the next steps? >> reporter: impeachment is a three-step process starting with what house speaker nancy pelosi did starting with an opening of a formal investigation. there are six committees trying to figure out if there are grounds for impeachment. now, from there, everything is on the table. here is usf law professor bill. >> the whole mueller investigation, anything else, an impeachment inquiry is not limited to one particular topic. >> reporter: from there here's what will happen. the committees have to decide if there are grounds. if there are and if there is evidence of wrongdoing, it then goes to the full house. if there is a vote to impeach, then it goes to the senate for a trial. the likely judge will be chief justice john roberts. if two-thirds of the senate vote to convict, the president is removed from office. now, remember, congress has

never successfully impeached a sitting president. there have only been two impeachment trials in u.s. history. president andrew johnson and bill clinton. both were acquitted. >> to reach more on the impeachment process, go to our website, abc7news.com. happening today, a san francisco real estate developer is set to file a proposed initiative to expand the california consumer privacy act. more than 620,000 verified signatures would have to be collec get this issue on the ballot. in the proposal californians would have more control over the collection of their health and financial data it would also increase penalties for companies that wrongly share and sell data about children. >> all right. here's a look at your activity planner for today. what you're looking at are just hot conditions. something you don't want to mess with as you head out during the afternoon hours. if you have stuff to do, make sure you do them early this morning if you can at least before noon.

look at the temperatures, just about everywhere but the north bay are warmer. one of our warmest mornings this week. i would like to say it's our warmest. tomorrow some of us will hold on to these warm temperatures. still 80 in pittsburg. 79 in antioch. brentwood, 73. interior neighborhoods, mid to upper 60s. we're all over the place, upper 50s in the north bay. 68 in san francisco. 70 in san carlos. upper 60s in mountain view. 66 in hayward. we'll go from warm to hot possibly san francisco, we will touch 90 in many neighborhoods for a couple hours this afternoon. these are the hourly temperatures. at 3:00, 89, starting off at 69 this morning. east bay, 67. high clouds and sunshine through about 11:00. then the temperatures take off under that full on sunshine. near 90 at noon through 6:00. here's the north bay, high clouds and sunshine through 10:00. we'll be well into the mid 90s

at noon. near 100 from about 3:00 to 5:00. be careful. frances? >> all right, mike. luckily for traffic we're tracking one hot spot, it's in dublin, westbound 580 approaching 680, the dublin interchange. the number 3 lane is blocked. traffic is backing up on westbound 580 through dublin. it's been slow out of tracy, so the drive time right now is 47 minutes. southbound 680 making your way from dublin down to mission boulevard south is green at 15 minutes. we'll check out the 680 ride in walnut creek, that is southbound traffic on the right-hand side moving well past treat where we had some earlier debris and it's looking good through highway 24 as you make your way down to the bay bridge toll plaza. in the south bay, no problems at all, headlights are northbound 101 that's 880 moving well across your screen. it's delay free in the south bay, it's also looking good on the peninsula and no major problems in marin county.

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coming up on 5:14. and if you're just joining us, good morning. if you're about to leave, 7 things to know. what we're dealing with are really hot conditions. look at this, about 18 to 22 degrees above average. a heat advisory today. we have poor air quality and we still have high fire danger. >> number two, hundreds of pg&e customers are in the north bay without power because of the high fire 708 customers lost power near calistoga, napa. pg&e decided against large shutoffs because of better conditions. >> number three, there are questions about whether the president -- number four, the ceo of juul labs is stepping down.

the federal government is investing a spike in people getting sick from vaping. number five, people who are living in rvs will soon face limits on where they can park in mountain view. city council members voted last night to ban rv parking on many streets. number six, a new crash just reported near the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see with this live shot, things are just backing up beyond the end of the parking lot. >> number seven, b.a.r.t.'s extension into san jose may be delayed until 2030. that's according to a report in the "mercury news." b.a.r.t. and vta say it's just a preliminary effort. building a better area means shining a light on issues impacting people across our region. >> the housing crisis led to more homeless people on the street now people in one san francisco neighborhood are taking mat near their oter in t hands. they are blocking people from sleeping on the streets with boulders.

luz pena has that story >> you are looking at a turf war one night where everybody was done. >> reporter: this was the tipping point toer this neighbor who wants her voice to be heard but her identity protected. through a neighborhood facebook group, dozens on this block raised $2,000 for a solution to a problem they say got worse with time. drug dealers. >> they are out on clinton park regularly. >> reporter: rachel gordon with the san francisco public works confirmed her department did respond to multiple requests from neighbors at clinton park. these neighbors said they also attended multiple city meetings in search for answers and help. in one of those meetings someone advised these neighborers erne boulders, here they are, 24 of them. >> it's not a tripping hazard. they're not getting in the way if someone is getting in and out

of cars. there's no parking there. >> reporter: for now the city is not planning to fine the neighbors. in the past the neighborhoods put barriers and planters. eric mill says he is coming back tonight to sleep. >> someone tonight will tell you to move closer to the road. he will only comes around once. once he turns the corner right back to where you are. >> reporter: now others in the area are considering boulders for their streets. >> i'm hoping we won't see boulders all over. luz pena, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our building a better bay area group on facebook. we learned about a new battle between the bay area and the trump administration over salt ponds. specifically the ones tucked near the redwood city side of the san mateo bridge. you're seeing sky 7 video over the saltworks site. environmental group say the ponds act as vital wetland

habitat for wildlife. they are asking a judge to overturn an epa decision that would remove protection for the ponds. saltworks says nothing has been proposed for the site. a fremont police officer suffered a little range anxiety on the job last friday. he was chasing a felony suspect in the department's tesla when the battery showed it was down on juice. >> i'm down to six miles in battery on the tesla. if someone is able to, can they move into the number one spot. >> after that call, police called off the the the the the t an reasons. apparently the last person who used the car failed to put it on the charger. >> fall started this week, but it's so warm out there. >> i know. it's causing issues, especially people in the north bay, thinking about them with no power. hopefully it will cool down soon, mike? >> tomorrow a little bit.

they'll have to wait until friday in places like the north bay to get the comfortable weather. can you imagine 100 degrees this afternoon and no air conditioning, not being able to breathe clean air because you have to open up the windows and let that unhealthy air in just to keep it cool as you can? so 5:19, here's sfo, it's clear and 67 degrees. no changes today. all right. maybe a degree or two warmer. the only thing we'll notice are high clouds roaming through the sky. last poor night for slping. en aoo night and mor sea breeze 70s for highs. that's what we're dealing with this morning. lows this morning will be our highs this weekend. mid to upper 90s in the south bay. san jose, morgan hill at 97. 97 in los altos and redwood city. mid to upper 9

peninsula. today we will get to 92 in san francisco. up in the north bay, widespread upper 90s to low100s. upper 70s at the beaches. at the east bayshore, a degree or two warmer than yesterday, 92 to 96 degrees. hot again in the east bay valleys. 99 in san ramon. everyone else 100 to 102 degrees. some 60s and 70s around antioch tonight. some of the yellows and oranges, those are still the 70s and 80s in the mills and mountains. here's tomorrow. we wake up clear. but we're going to watch that southerly surge. watch this at noon. it starts to hit the monterey bay. as we head into the afternoon and evening hours, it lines up along the coast. look at thursday afternoon. it drops us about 10 degrees across the board. 60s, 70s, 80s friday. 60s and 70s sunday, monday and tuesday. >> a new injury crash in

livermore. that's a bad spot, but in the eastbound direction, to reverse commute. eastbound 580 at greenville, it's causing a bit of slowing in the westbound direction, especially once emergency crews get there. traffic has been slow westbound 580, a crawl out of tracy, it picks up through the altamont pass. slow making your way through dublin because of another accident near the dublin interchange, westbound 580 at 680, they're trying to clear from one of the lanes. there was an earlier accident at the bay bridge toll plaza, which has already been pulled off to the right-hand side. and traffic is now backing up almost towards westbound overcrossing. metering lights will probably be turned on shortly. live shot of the san mateo bridge. and spare the air day, consider mass transit. in today's "gma" first look, a california executive has been sentenced in the college admissions cheating scandal.

>> the $250,000 bribe will get him some time in prison. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, more prison time in the varsity blues scandal. four months behind bars for devon sloan, the sinema w p guilty to paying $250,000 bribe to get his son accepted to the university of souther california as a water polo documents. 53-year-old father of four purchased water polo gear on amazon, posed his son in the backyard and had graphic designer doctor the picture t sloan is the second parent embroiled in the varsity blues college admissions scandal to be sentenced. what could this sentence mean for other parents? we'll have much more coming up at 7:00 a.m. with uruguyour "gma" first look

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now at 5:30, pg&e has shut off power to thousands of customers across northern california. >> and democrats in the house take the first step towards possibly impeaching president trump. we are live in washington with what happens now.

and forget parking an rv on most streets in one south bay community. this is all an attempt to crack down on people who are calling them home. >> good morning. it's wednesday, september 25th. thank you for waking up with us. >> here in our mustard and ketchup colors. >> very bright. >> i like the yellow. makes us happy. >> coordinating with your hot forecast. >> reminds me of the sun beating down on me later this afternoon. i just melt. >> oh. you guys look great. i do have some good news. east bay hills, taken out of the high fire danger. no longer in the red flag warning. the north bay mountains are until 11:00. we have to be careful once again. look at this. mendocino county to santa clara county, santa cruz, we have increased risk of heat illness from 11:00 this morning to 7:00 this ev everywhere but the east bay hills, the coast.

the sutro tower, near 80 at the coast, 90s and 100s. dangerous heat everywhere this afternoon. >> we had a hit and run at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. things are backing up towards 880 overcrossing. about a 15-minute wait making your way to the toll plaza. we have a problem reported in solano county area. northbound 680 at lake herman or north 680 near the benicia bridge. a possible car fire. we'll keep you posted on this. northbound 680 flowing well at this point. eastbound 580, an injury crash is causing slowing in the westbound direction. >> thanks. now our other major story is president trump is set to release the transcript of his call with the ukrainian president. >> the call is at the center of an official impeachment inquiry launched by nancy pelosi.

we go to washington for more. good morning, inez. >> good morning. house speaker nancy pelosi had been on the fence for months, but she is now making her move as more than two-thirds of house democrats say it's time for impeachment. house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the first step towards impeachment. >> the actions of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. >> reporter: the historic move comes after president trump admitted to asking the president of ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden, and his son hunter, just days before that phone call president trump ordered to freeze more than 4$40 million in aid to ukraine.

>> this is about the president abusing his office in seeking political dirt about an election that's upcoming. >> reporter: trump insists -- >> there was no quid pro quo. >> reporter: calling this presidential harassment and authorizing the transcript of the phone call to be released. >> when you see the call, the read out of the call, which i assume you will see at some point, you will understand. that call was perfect. >> reporter: while the trump administration initially blocked congress from seeing a whistle-blower's complaint related to trump's call with ukraine's president, sources now say the complaint is undergoing a declassification process by the white house for its possible release. this as adam schiff says the whistle-blower now wants to speak to congress. schiff has requested an interview for tomorrow after the acting director of national intelligence appears before his committee. >> reporter: an impeachment inquiry is just the beginning of a long process, even if any impeachment articles

were to pass the house, two-thirds of the senate is needed to convict trump and senate republicans say there are no grounds for impeachment. >> thank you. >> we talked to republican national committee member hermeet dillon after pelosi's announcement. she thinks they will regret it. >> as a republican, they look back on their impeachment effort of bill clinton regrettably. democrats may wish they had not gone down this path. >> we have more on abc7news.com. we have a full look at the impeachment process. >> the time is 5:35. right now pg&e has shut off power to hundreds of customers in the north bay because of an increased risk of fire. >> thousands of people have been in the dark for hours. amy hollyfield is on the way to calistoga now. good morning. good morning. we've made it. we have found a dark spot in

calistoga. we're at a dark arco gas station. these are our lights that are lighting this place up. you can kind of get a sense of the lights being off here. you can tell that the pump is not working. this station is closed. it's dark here. let me show you a map of all the areas impacted by this power outage. pg&e has turned the power off to 708 customers near calistoga and napa in the northern end of lake berryessa. in sonoma county, 711 customers near santa rosa along porter creek road lost power for the next few hours. businesses in the wine country have been getting ready for this. some have rented huge generators to keep their businesses going because of the threat of these power outages. these generators are expensive. tens of thousands of dollars to rent, because the possibility of losing inventory like grapes at

the wineries is also expensive. they have done this, they say they don't like it. but they're dealing with it. >> the power service shutdown, i do think it is a good thing. but as a business owner, it causes me a tremendous amount of anxiety. it costs a lot of money to put the infrastructure in to get the generator here. >> pg&e says they are shutting down power so its equipment won't spark a fire during the hot, dry and windy conditions. this how the toutage is suppose until about 12:00 this afternoon. that's when they think they can turn it back on. we drove down downtown calisto a calistoga, everything is fine, but when you go a little north, everything is dark. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news.

new developments in mountain view, the city council voted to restrict where people can park rvs and trailers along many streets. dozens rallied on a ban before rv parking before last night's council meeting. the council voted 4-3 to ban oversized vehicle parking on narrow streets. many homeless advocates believe the new law will disrupt lives. >> most of these people will want to stay in the communities with their families and friends and homes and schools. >> we're trying to balance their concerns and needs with the needs of residents, other people who live in mountain view. >> reporter: mountain view's new raw takes effect june 30, 2020. it applies to mainly residential streets. rv parking will be allowed in many commercial and residential areas. the b.a.r.t. extension into san jose could be delayed longer than anticipated. it may be delayed until 2029 or

2030. the vta and b.a.r.t. says this is just a preliminary estimate. coming up, the bay area is on high alert for wildfires. what one fire department is doing around-the-clock. and the giants go 16 innings against the rockies. the record that both teams set in last night's marathon. and let's check the weather with mike nicco. look at that beautiful live shot of the bay bridge. we're gearing up for a warm day. >> the flags are not moving. the air conditioning off in san francisco. let's look at our temperatures. 77, that's one report out of daley city. 69 in pacifica. look at 61 to menlo park to san bruno at 67. we have a 70 in san carlos right now. 67 in san jose. mid 60s up the east bayshore.

mid to upper 60s around san ramon and concord. 80 in antioch. here is the san mateo bridge. peninsula, high clouds, sunshine through 1:00. jumping from 67 at 7:00 to 90 at 1:00. 1 c 1:00 to 6:00, low to mid 90s. south day, going from hot, hotter and hottest. in the south bay, 69 with high clouds hanging around through 1:00. already at 90 then. mid 90s from 3:00 to 5:00. a couple hours there. 85 at 7:00. 68 this morning. low 90s at noon. mid 90s to near 100 from 1:00 all the way to 7:00 when the sun sets. temperatures will still be in the 90s in our east bay , the p

large. >> yours will be. >> i do have solar thankfully, that's one reason i bought solar for events like this. let's talk about the roads. any hot spots out there? >> there definitely are. one in solano county, northbound 680 approaching lake herman, it was reported as a car fire, it may just be an abandoned car. it looks like it's slowing in the northbound 680 direction, it is affecting southbound 680 heading to the venetian bridge. slow ride through vallejo at 29 miles per hour. an injury crash in livermore, eastbound 580 greenville is causing slowing in the westbound direction coming out of the altamont pass. it slowed down already out of tracy. the drive time

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afternoon hours. we have that high fire danger through the sacramento valley into the foothills. that goes through the evening hours. critical fire conditions like the north day is automobiling with. temperatures near 100 in the central valley. mid to upper80s monger ray to los angeles. we have showers for the sierra this weekend dropping our temperatures from the 70s to the 40s. in the east bay, fire crews are not taking chances with the high fire danger in the oakland hills. two extra engines have been patrolling the hills nonstop looking for signs of fish. there fire. >> as you may know from our history in oakland with the oakland hills fire and lately over the last few years with some of these fires, we're always kind of behind trying to catch up when the fires start, our plan today having extra team out, extra apparatus out, we'll be able to get a jump on hopefully anything that might start off a fire. >> the oakland fire department

wants to get residents to sign up for ac alerts on their phones, they want people to call in if they could see anything that could spark a fire. happening today, julian castro is visiting the bay area. he will visit the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station in oakland and meet with residents at 11:30 this morning. that's where oscar grant was shot and killed in 2009 by a b.a.r.t. police officer. after that he will tour a homeless encampment. he released a housing platform to end homelessnesses by 2028 nationwide. the u.s. coast guard will be conducting an active shooter drill on yerba buena island. shots will be heard in the area from 9:00 to 10:00 this morning. the coast guard will be using blanks during the exercise. the purpose of the dreill is to provide realistic training so they can safely respond in the event of an active shooter scenario.

the san francisco police department is stepping up traffic enforcement at 4th and bryant. this area has turned dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists in the past few years. mayor london breed says traffic collisions are unacceptable. >> the problem is we're having too many collisions that are occurring in our city that are causing harm to people an we need to unfortunately step up our enforcement. >> here's what she's talking about. this video here, we saw several motorcycle officers assigned to the intersection to keep an eye on drivers. there are five more games left for bruce bochy before he retires. last night the giants extended his career by six inning as san francisco and colorado battled into the 16 charlie blackmon hit a home runner to beat the giants 6-5. 25 pitchers were used by both teams in the game. the giants and rockies play two more games before the giants

close out the season at oracle park with three games against the dodgers thiso, city pools will be open for free again today because of the hot weather. normally scheduled activities like lap swim and swim lessons at the pools will continue as usual. one area of each pool will be kept open for anyone looking for a place to beat the heat in the water. that's probably a good idea for people today. i think that's smart. go to the pool. >> absolutely. that. the ball, go see a movie, something with air conditioning. something that will filter not only the heat in the air but also the poor air quality that's possible in the east bay. most of the bay, around the bayshore and the south bay. >> definitely thinking about that and people who are having to not have their power this morning because of the heat. >> i know. we're thinking of all the negatives to that. not only weather-wise, but other things. >> safety. >> safety, yeah. absolutely. i feel bad for those folks. hopefully they can find ways to get around it also. let's talk about what's going

on. we can't avoid it, let's jump in and show you the winds. they're out of the northwest at 14 to 24 miles per hour. we still have a high fire danger up in the north bay including mount tam. everything you experienced yesterday, expect it again today, possibly a degree or two warmer. it will be mild to warm tonight. our last really uncomfortable night sleeping. ready for autumn this weekend? i hope so. it's 20 to 30 degrees cooler than today. mid to upper 90s throughout the south bay and in santa cruz. we have mid to upper 90s on the peninsula. look at san mateo, palo alto, 96. touching 80 at the coast today. look how much warmer we'll be on the bay side. low to mid 90s downtown, south san francisco. upper 70s north bay coast to 88 in sausalito. then we jump ten degrees in san rafael to 98. we keep going up until we weere 103 in cloverdale.

101 in napa. 92 in richmond. that's as mild as it gets along the east bayshore. 94 in oakland. 96 in fremont. 99 in san ramon. tonight's temperatures, mainly in the 60s once again. the yell lows aows and oranges and 70s. everybody is saying carl the fog, we know you take vacation, when are you coming back? this is tomorrow. late in the afternoon hours, the marine layer establishes and pushes in. look at our temperatures on thursday. 10 degrees across the board. another 4 to 10 degrees on friday. 60s and 70s saturday through tuesday. >> we have a new crash in hayward, southbound 880 at winton. traffic has been slow on that southbound 880 stretch from 238 making your way out of castro valley through hayward. traffic is moving under 25 miles per hour. then 27 mes p hour once you

make your way towards industrial. it's getting crowded on the san mateo bridge on the westbound side, that's on the right-hand side making your way towards foster city and san mateo. and here's a look at the east shore freeway. headlights move westbound on 80 right here through berkeley and into emeryville. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up into the maze right now. if you want to avoid all that, consider mass transit for spare the air day. b.a.r.t. and ace train reporting no delays. that ride on westbound 580, we've been tracking the drive time for that. there's a crash in the eastbound direction at livermore. it's impacting the westbound ride. tracy to dublin is 1 hour and 3 minutes. amazon is expected to announce new products and services today at its seattle headquarters. the gadgets will feature voice assistant alexa and there are rum otherors of a high-end smar speak

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welcome back. breaking news, a wildfire is burning on mare island in vallejo. sky 7 has just arrived over the scene. you can see this live picture. >> look at what we're seeing

about this fire. it broke out around 3:00 this morning. it's pretty expansive. about 20 firefighters are on the scene now. the fire broke out at the south end of mare island. we're just getting an update from vallejo fire officials. we'll have this new information at 6:00. right now let's show you live over this wildfire that is burning on mare island in vallejo. good morning, guys. let's talk about that again. it's right now 68 degrees, relative humidity is about 65%. the good news, the winds are not blasting through there like they normally would be this time of the year. they're out of the southeast at about 5 miles per hour. so pretty ideal conditions for firefighters this morning. rockies in town with the giants, 6:45, 80 degrees. 71 by the end of the game. unusually warm at oracle. do you have enough water? drink before you get thirsty today. if you're outside, know where the shade and air conditioning

is. know the difference between heatstroke and heat exhaustion and who to call if you are kuk so succumbing to either of those. for thursday, 100s are gone. back in the 70s and 80s. friday, 60s and 70s. expect more of these temperatures through the weekend. let's get back to frances. >> a few incidents. the first one is eastbound 580 in livermore at greenville, it's impacting the westbound ride out of the altamont pass. that's been a crawl this morning. especially heavy because of this injury accident in the eastbound direction. southbound 880 getting jammed up through hayward. along that whole stretch with an accident at winton. the hbound 680 past the benicia lane causing slowing in both directions. and check this out. okay. you have to look at this screen. this is atlas. it is the most dynamic humanoid

robot. it looks agile. some people think this is creepy. you know there has to be a bay area connection. boston dynamics created atlas. here's the question, what do you do with this flipping gymnastics robot? >> i'm sure somebody will come up with something creative. sharing family photos on social media can be fun, but one mom is warning it could be more harmful than you think. i'm jobina fortson tracking breaking news in the south bay. juul's ceo steps down as the cdc and state health officials are warning consumers to stop vaping. i'll have the latest next. >> and we showed you the video, a realtor attacked at an open

now at 6:00, power is out in parts of the bay area. pg&e is cutting electricity to some customers in napa and sonoma counties becaudanger. > here's a live look through our east bay hills camera. a red flag warning is in effect for much of the east bay and the north bay. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, september 25th. we want to get to that high fire danger. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike nicco. good morning. >> good news, the east bay hills and the diablo range, out of the high fire danger, but vallejo, mare island up towards yucaipa. here is the eat advisory for everybody except those at the coast. increased risk of heat related illness today. i wanted to show you what was going on at mare island. i apoliz