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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. overnight, lightning strikes off the coast as a severe thunderstorm warning moves across the bay area. we're bracing for another day of intense record-breaking heat after more rolling power outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, august 16. i'm liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. those thunderstorms were seen off the coast of santa cruz, on the peninsula, near pacifica, and all across the bay area overnight. from the lightning to the winds to the heat to now these brush fires we're tracking, we're following it all. let's get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what's happening right now. lisa? >> hey, liz. you know, when we had one of these thunderstorms around fairfield, the temperature went from the 80s to 100. that was a heat burst that came

down from the upper levels of the atmosphere with a thunderstorm. just amazing whether the around here. as we go in closer, you can see east of san francisco right over the bay, the lightning strikes. further south, redwood city on the peninsula, san mateo looking at the rain, the lightning. and it's been scattered about in the south bay from campbell to saratoga, up towards concord, a heavier cell with more lightning. as we go offshore, check out point reyes, all the way to the ocean, there is more activity. you can see a little bit of a break here in parts of the north bay. it has been a wild show all night long. the texture here to the clouds and the visible picture, that shows where we're having the lightning and the higher cloud tops in the atmosphere. 74 in san francisco, 68 with rain-cooleda arir in santa rosa. you're used to this, right, fire danger, red flag warning extended until 11:00 tomorrow for the entire bay area.

dangerous heat wave continues until 9:00 wednesday night. look at the cloud cover through the morning hours. we'll continue to see showers and thunderstorms. the heat is not going away. the cloud cover is not helping us in any event in terms of of f record heat. and the possibility of more thunderstorms. details on a wild morning, coming up. >> lisa, thank you. this morning crews are busy fighting several fires throughout the bay area, as we mentioned. a live look from our walnut creek camera of the deer fire in contra costa county. crews say there are four different fires in the area. two of them are contained. all of them were sparked by the lightning overnight. at least 100 acres have burned inside round valley park. and we have fire marshal steve ober joining us now from east contra costa fire protection. chief, thank you so much for joining us. what is the latest? this is really a complex, four

fires. >> this is the deer zone fire, an accumulation. we have three to four different fires that we know of so far. it's consumed approximately about 100 acres. and as you stated earlier, the first two were being able to be knocked down and brought those under control. and now we are fighting the last of the fires deep inside round valley regional park. and it's up on top of the ridge lines that we're actively fighting right now. >> of course the big question for so many people, because we've had a lot of people sending us videos from their homes, they can see the smoke, some people can see the flames. is this really going to be threatening any communities? do you expect it to be burning in a direction towards homes or businesses, any evacuations? >> right now, it's actually in the middle of east bay regional park, round valley. so we don't envision that it's going to threatening any kind of homes, anything out there along

those lines. we have both -- all of our -- [ inaudible ] this morning, and cal fire has been on scene with us from the first one that was reported in. so we have a pretty large presence trying to bring these fires under control as fast as possible. >> we mentioned that it was caused by the lightning, which we saw, if you could talk a little bit about that, and what are some of the challenges right now with fighting this complex. >> well, as you stated, we've had lightning strikes all throughout east contra costa early this morning. they've been in a number of different areas, spreading from the marsh creek road area all the way down into the bayern area. the hardest part about this is it's deep into the park, we're having to traverse with the four wheel drive firefighting vehicles, and use the trails to get all the way out to this fire.

>> chief, thank you. before we go, what are you expecting for the rest of the day? should people be on standby, people are going to be out and about trying to enjoy the weather and beat the heat. what's your message to folks? >> for today, we don't know how long the weather is going to hold or whether it's going to continue on with lightning strikes throughout the day. these days it's not exactly the best day to be out there in the open air when you have the lightning going on. definitely, you know, try to minimize any fires or barbecues or any type of additional threats that we just don't need during this type of whether. >> absolutely. thank you so much, chief, for joining us, we appreciate it. further south, we want to show you more fires that continue to burn. this is a look at a fire in livermore captured from brentwood. cal fire says it's working to put out a 50-acre fire near arroyo road. it's unclear if this picture is of that fire. the firefighters are also battling several other fires in

contra costa, san mateo, and santa cruz counties. it could be one of the other fires that crews are battling right now. and a live look from our sfo camera. because of the thunderstorms, a ground stop for some arriving flights has been issued. some departures are also affected. if you or someone you know is traveling, be sure to check your airline for the flight status. for the second night in a row, pg&e was ordered by the agency that operates the state's power grids to begin rotating power outages. it's unclear if there will be any additional planned power outages today. the outages affected up to 220,000 customers in the central valley and central coast, including monterey, santa cruz, and san joaquin counties. pg&e says power was restored around 9:30 last night and cal iso, the state agency, said there wouldn't be outages but then said they changed their

plans because of electricity demands and the unexpected loss of wind power. current outages here in the bay area, a pg&e spokesperson tell us there were several heat-related outages. and we're hearing there are some outages related to this morning's thunder and lightning. it's unclear how many people are impacted by that. the outages labeled with yellow here on this map are affecting more than 50 people. the orange labeled outages are more than 500 people. and the red labels are affecting more than 5,000 customers. earlier this morning we had one little red dot, then we had two. now we have several there. so clearly more and more people are losing power right now because of these weather conditions. some people experiencing outages haven't had electricity since friday night. abc 7 news reporter luz pena talked to families who have had enough of this heat wave. >> reporter: for the second day in a row, thousands of bay area

residents are in the dark. >> i'm thinking it will be on in a little while and it will be good, right? well, this morning, still no power. okay, now you really start to worry, because then i start worrying about all of the food that i have in the fridge. >> reporter: in san jose, teacher mariana garcia is one of the pg&e customers affected by rotating power outages. it's been over 24 hours for her without electricity. her biggest concern now is not having a lesson plan ready for her students. >> usually what happens is over the weekends you plan your lessons, you make sure that everything works. you start posting your things to google classroom and all of those good things that technology helps us to do. well, i'm not able to do that. and so i am crossing my fingers that monday morning i'm going to be able to actually go into my school's site to at least obviously prepare my lessons.

>> reporter: the outages are expected to affect approximately 220,000 pg&e customers. in the east bay, thousands were in the dark, with temperatures reaching over 105 degrees. driving was a saving grace for many. >> the only air conditioner we've got is my car. so luckily my tank is full. we've been cruising around livermore. >> with my health issues, i can't survive without the air conditioner. >> reporter: the heatel el hea increasing the amount of calls. in contra costa county, the fire district is gearing up. >> they're expecting thunderstorms and lightning strikes. if we have lightning during this very hot weather, we are worried about vegetation fires. >> reporter: a red flag warning went into effect at 11:00 in contra costa county. >> we have additional staffing, we have called back our crew 12 which assists with vegetation

fires. we have an additional crew working tonight. we also have our dozer on standby. >> reporter: in livermore, luz pena, abc 7 news. there are ways to help conserve energy and maybe avoid outages while still trying to beat the heat. first, set your authority at 78 degrees fahrenheit or higher. keep the house cooler with fans instead of the ac. be sure to draw your curtains to block the sun. turn off unnecessary lights and appliances if you can and use major appliances in the morning or late evening. higher rates are usually charged between noon and 8:00 p.m. in the summer. all right, lisa, what a wild morning it's been, a wild night. let's get a check of what things look like right now. >> i know, if you got up, i hope you enjoyed the light show because it went on for quite some time. gray skies right now as we look outside towards emeryville. temperatures in the upper 70s. high relative humidity, a muggy and cloudy-ish kind of day.

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first of its kind warning was issued by the national weather service. the loyalton fire burning outside of reno sparked a rare fire tornado and then a fire tornado warning. the national weather service tweeted that extreme fire behavior would continue with new fire tornadoes possible. fir fire-nados, as they're called, can occur with rotating fire columns. the loyalton fire has burned 20,000 acres and is only 5% contained. we will continue talking about the weather and these fires that we're tracking in just a minute. but let's get to another big story this morning, that is the turmoil in the u.s. postal service. president trump's newly-appointed postmaster general louis dejoy has imposed strict cost-cutting measures ahead of a surge in mail-in voting expected because of the pandemic. noisy protesters showed up at dejoy's home accusing him of engaging in voter suppression.

abc 7 news correspondent rachel scott has more. >> reporter: the battle over mail-in voting intensifying. president trump launching a new round of attacks, calling it a disgrace. >> universal mail-in voting is going to be catastrophic. it will make our country a laughingstock all over the world. >> reporter: democrats are calling on the new postmaster general to resign. congressman adam schiff wrote, she's load delivery, banned overtime and decommissioned mail sorting machines right before an election and during a pandemic. >> this is an attempt by the administration to make sure your vote doesn't count as cast. >> reporter: dejoy, a gop donor, was tapped by president trump to take the job at the post office, now under fire for cost-cutting measures that have slowed mail delivery nationwide. the president coming to his defense. >> i don't know -- i don't know what he's doing. i can only tell you he's a very smart man. >> reporter: protesters filling the streets outside dejoy's home, carrying signs reading, don't stamp out democracy. across the country, states bracing for a record number of

mail-in voting, now beyond with a warning from the post office that millions of ballots might not be delivered in time to be counted. rachel scott, abc 7 news, washington. and as part of abc 7's commitment to cover five major areas to help build a better bay area, we focus on health and the latest of course on the coronavirus pandemic. california health officials say there were more than 12,000 newly-recorded confirmed cases on friday. that total may include delayed test results. the governor said california has caught up with its reporting. the state reported 151 deaths, down 37 from the previous day. los angeles and riverside counties had the highest case counts in the state. the abc 7 news i-team has learned about a team by san mateo county jail inmates to obtain unemployment benefits. sources tell the i-team that at least 11 inmates used

county-owned computers to apply for benefits. some of those inmates face murder charges. the scam netted about $250,000. san mateo county sheriff's deputies and officers from other agencies arrested 21 people in three clients stretching from san francisco to the san joaquin valley. those suspects include girlfriends and friends of the suspected inmates. people all around the bay area were weak early this morning after being woken up by loud booms of thunder. check this out, this is video taken by a viewer in south san francisco. many families stayed awake to watch the lightning streaking across the sky all morning long. what a show that was put on for us this morning, lisa. pretty remarkable. i know you were late to work, almost, because you couldn't stop looking. >> i couldn't take myself away from the window. my husband was out there, we had a car that was open, the cover had to be -- it was just chaos. a lot of people were up. then the light show continued on

the way to work. the gusty winds. and we're looking at more rain out there. a lot of cloud cover. but the big question is, is all the cloud cover and rain helping to decrease the heat and maybe bring us some beneficial rain? the answer is no, because there is so much heat in the upper levels of the atmosphere that what we saw was, with a heavy thunderstorm over in the east bay, that brought the temperature from 90 to 100 in fairfield as the downdraft brought the very warm air to the surface, warmer air to the surface. really not boding well, because the lightning strikes are risky for new fires. but we're looking at some beneficial rain. but look at all that lightning. for a time this morning there was over 300 strikes in 30 minutes. as we zoom on into the east bay, check it out. the oranges and reds from san lyaneandr leandro, 880 to hayward. near berkeley, you can see the lightning strikes. emeryville, oakland, orinda.

a smattering here in the north bay. you had your light show earlier. still some rain in san rafael. westward, check out the activity from point reyes to bodega bay. as we go to to the peninsula and over to the east from palo alto, it's been an active morning. highway 92, milpitas, 880, you can see the rain there. you can see the texture to the clouds, this is where we have the lightning. the visible loop shows all the activity, cloud cover with embedded showers and lightning moving up to the south. san luis obispo, it's been training throughout the overnight hours. 77 oakland. 81 in san jose. the warm weather continues. look at that sky there from sutro. 68 santa rosa. just a mild morning. remember, we're in the bay area, not st. louis or chicago. 83, livermore. a look right now at the current

wind gusts this morning. driving to work, 66-mile-per-hour wind gusts. mt. st. helena, 48 miles an hour. mt. tam had a 45-mile-an-hour wind gusts. the chance of showers will be with us throughout the morning hours. then we'll see peeks of sun sunshine. still a lot of heat. we're looking at the possibility of a red flag warning and thunderstorms going right on through tomorrow into monday. so this map shows you the best chance of where we're going to see that next wave of energy. so this one is dying down. we've got the clouds, the humidity, the heat today. and then here we go through monday morning, you can see just the peninsula, the south half of the bay, and of course in the sierra nevada. we'll be watching it for you. as we get into tuesday, things remain unchanged. we are very with a remember arm. thursday, a bit of a break. we'll be taking the edge off the

heat then. in between now and then, a hot day with 81 degrees in san francisco. still some rain out there, maybe lightning and thunderstorms through the early part of the day. another round of it perhaps tonight into tomorrow. 92 in fremont. 95 in san jose. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, it's been quite some time since we've seen a string of hot days last this long. we're not cooling off overnight. so we're adding to the heat stress starting out in the 80s and even 90s in spots. and then as we go through tonight, we talked about more chances of lightning and thunder. and we've seen many fires started due to that. and we have the gusty winds that come out of those thunderstorms. so really a recipe that is not good for the next several days. >> absolutely. drink a lot of water, a lot of sunscreen, yes, stay safe. thanks, lisa. ahead, we'll introduce you to the warrior's good luck charm and how he got his lucky name.

this week the warriors will be in the nba draft lottery and they have a good luck charm to help get the top pick. lucky larry is a rescue job that the owner and his wife adopted in 2017. he and more than 150 pets sheltered in the arena during the hurricane. larry beil talked to them about lucky larry. >> we've been doing interviews for ten years now since you owned the warriors. for you to name your dog after me is like such an honor that i'm just overwhelmed. i knew we had a good rapport and relationship. yin it was that good. >> i hate to break it to you. >> huh? >> it wasn't after you.

>> what! >> it may seem kind of crazy. it was actually nicole's idea, my wife. when we adopted him, he was a miami hurricane doing. if you remember, back in -- it was 2017, nicole was on the board of the humane society and she brought up 160 pets with fedex as a partner. oakland airport, they landed, we went there, saw the dogs. we never had any idea to adopt one or anything like that. but i had an incredible attachment to him. she decided, when we finally got him, that we should name him larry o'brien. so he's larry o'brien. >> on lottery night, where will lucky larry actually physically be? >> as you know, steph curry will be our representative. and i assume he's going to do that from his home via, you know, a zoom call. and i think larry might be there with him.

or he may have his own place to be. i don't know exactly. they're going to tell me what that is. we'll make it happen. >> i know you've got a big lottery promotion surrounding, and larry is the centerpiece of this. we look forward to it rolling out and doing whatever we can to support larry, of course, because that's what i think about 24/7, is supporting larry. but your larry instead, this time, for the next week. >> thank you. we look to not only support larry but to obtain another larry. that's our goal. >> if you're wondering, larry is a miniature pinsch pinsch pinsch as they say. all right, still to come on "abc 7 mornings," a test case for the nontraditional. the pros and the scoot over. squeeze in.

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so i think this will be an interesting test case to see what a virtual convention looks like. >> unconventional tomorrow's democratic national convention will have no clouds but still plenty of guest speakers. overnight thunder and lightning strikes heard and seen across the bay area. the national weather service extended the red flag warning until tomorrow morning with more thunderstorms expected to develop. good morning again, everyone. we'll have more on the upcoming conventions in a minute. first, we're expecting another hot day today. let's get right back to meteorologist lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz. that big dome of heat, area of high pressure, that hasn't gone anywhere. we have a trough interacting with that that brought us all that crazy weather this morning.

as you can see, live doppler 7 with the lightning strikes continuing and the rain. taking you into the east bay, lafayette, san ramon, 680, look at that coming down. hayward also looking wet weather. san francisco, offshore, you can see more rain in point reyes, inverness, over into fairfield, american canyon, highway 37. southern marin county, more rain on the way. through tomorrow morning, liz talked about the red flag warning continuing. we're also looking at precipitation chances continuing in the shaded area in blue. we're still looking at another trough that's going to interact with this big dome of high pressure. there's the cloud cover from the golden gate bridge. 60s santa rosa. through 10:00, we are hot. here is noontime, over 100 with the clouds and a several-day

heat wave continues. and we'll talk about the extent of it and what you can expect for the rest of your sunday, next. >> all right, lisa, thank you. developing news, fire crews are working to put out a brush fire in mendocino county. take a look at the flames and smoke here. this is off highway 175 near hopland. flames sparked at 6:15 this morning. it's unclear how big this fire is right now but we're keeping an eye on it. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. the summertime coronavirus caseload may have peaked in the u.s. but it is nowhere near over. this morning hopspitalizations are up in 15 states as schools and colleges across the country struggle with their reopening plans. here is abc 7 news reporter trevor ault. >> reporter: across the country this morning, some schools are fighting desperately to plan around the pandemic. others are reacting as the virus hits home. at oklahoma state university, sorority pi beta phi's chapter

house is you are not quarantine with 23 people testing positive for covid-19. an oklahoma school district says 25 students are in quarantine because two students at separate high schools went to class after testing positive. teachers there now begging the district to move to virtual learning. >> i'm risking orphaning my three children, my unborn child, my husband's life, to teach other people's children. >> reporter: in arizona, one district outside phoenix already canceled its first day of school after more than 100 teachers and staff refused to come in. at ohio state university, messages telling 500 students they had a three-hour window to get tested led to these testing sites flooded with people. the university says students were aware of batch testing plans and that lack of social

distancing happened when everyone ran inside because of a thunderstorm. a new covid-19 test from yale is hoping to help with these kinds of problems. they're saliva swab tests which just received emergency fda authorization. it's designed to be cheaper than faster, although saliva-based tests are still not proven to be as accurate as a nasal swab. at the university of oklahoma, nine football players tested positive after returning from a weekend off. the sooners are still planning on playing this season although many teams are not. >> we enter the sports season without any planning. i think a lot of people hoped the pandemic would be over by now. and it's not. >> reporter: and in the face of this historic uncertainty, students like nebraska omaha freshman shayla fox are trying to opt for optimism. >> i'm a little concerned that the semester is going to end early again. but i'm excited that maybe next semester, at worst next year, it will be normal again.

>> reporter: trevor ault, abc news, new york. we're one day away now from the democratic national convention. the republican national convention follows the week after. both events will look very different. we have a predestr destro previ expect as they go virtual. >> once again, the strength of democratic processes was demonstrated in the united states. >> reporter: it's a staple of our election process. every four years, thousands of the country's most politically active gather at the republican and democratic national conventions to formally nominate their parties' presidential candidate. >> i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: but this image of this many people crammed into one convention hall space is clearly not 2020-safe. like so much else this year, the pandemic will give a whole new look to this political tradition. >> this will be an interesting test case to see what a virtual

convention looks like. >> reporter: at the dnc, speakers will no longer travel to milwaukee, instead joining remotely. even former vice president joe biden will accept his party's nomination from his home state, delaware. all delegates are being asked to stay home for safety reasons. the rnc has dramatically downsized. plans to have some events take place in jacksonville, florida have been scrapped and president trump will no longer accept his party's nomination at the main site in charlotte, north carolina. >> we're looking at gettysburg and we're look at the white house and we have other sites too but those would be beautiful sites. >> reporter: the rnc is asking delegates to travel to charlotte as proxies. john dennis is a trump delegate from san francisco who is happy to stay home. >> i'm relieved that we weren't asked to go. >> reporter: dnc speakers will

include former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama, former presidential nominee hillary clinton, senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and california governor gavin newsom. the focus from both parties will likely hit a similar note. >> the entire focus of the campaign has shifted, the focus will be on the economy, how will we recover, how will we support people in the short term. >> reporter: going into these conventions, the latest abc news/"washington post" poll shows biden ahead of trump by ten points. >> one of the opportunities the present incumbent has is to put on a really big show, burst out of the convention and take some momentum into the fall. now that's all gone, that opportunity is missed. i think if biden is in fact the leader, the polls are exactly

right, then it's a big advantage for the challenger. >> reporter: whatever happens, it will be unconventional. >> it certainly will be. and the conventions are also where each party also votes on their official party platform. this year at the dnc there may be a showdown over medicare for all. roughly 800 delegates from across the country have pledged to vote no on the party platform out of protest since it does not include medicare for all. bay area congressman ro khanna and jane kim, a bernie sanders delegate from here in san francisco who served as sanders' california political director for his 2020 campaign, say they both plan to vote no. >> many delegates are voting against the democratic party platform that the dnc committee has put forward. now, again, this does not mean we don't all come together to fight for vice president biden in this upcoming election. but it does mean that bernie supporters and other progressive delegates will continue to push on our nominee to better represent the whole of the democratic party.

>> a spokesperson for the dnc pointed abc news to the platform, which says the party welcomes advocates who want to strengthen the affordable care act and those who want a more extensive approach. ahead on "abc 7 mornings," another wrinkle to the pandemic -- school. and a live look from our sutro tower camera looking over san francisco and the bay. it is 75 degrees right now in san francisco.

here's a live look at live doppler 7. you can see thunderstorms across the bay yesterday. lisa is saying we could see more storms through tonight, so we're

tracking that all. we'll talk to her in a minute. right now you can bid on some pretty cool items and experiences all to benefit the east bay spca. today the organization is hosting a virtual auction fundraiser. prizes include private vineyard tours, autographed sports memorabilia and even getting to name a litter of dogs and cats. the money raise look go towards the spca's work to help treat the animals. and the auction starts at 5:00 p.m. on their website. lisa, i do want to point out we're hearing from point reyes, they're saying there's multiple hazardous continues in the park, trees downed that have blocked several trails. fire crews are on the scene with two active fires in the parks. they're asking people to avoid the point reyes area if they're heading in that direction, lisa. >> liz, there are a lot of lightning strikes at the coast, so that doesn't surprise me.

it has died down quite a bit. we've seen rain-cooled air bring temperatures down a bit. right now it's 74 in san francisco. with the cloud cover, maybe a little cooler. we've got muggy continues to deal with as well. chances of rain for your sunday and monday, we'll talk about that, and how long our excessive heat warning lasts, next. >> thanks, lisa. deja vu at oracle park. the a's mount another ninth inning rally for the second straight night. chris alvarez will have the highlights. so strong. so... not ripped. what're we talkin about... that's the hefty ultra strong bag hefty! hefty! hefty! (whispers) gimme. (confused) give me the bag?

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for some, this heat wave is too miserable to focus on learning. school districts are aware there may be blackouts as the demand puts pressure on the grid. some teachers now have a plan "b" in case they can't teach their students online. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez tells us about it. >> reporter: longfellow

elementary in san francisco was handing out chromebooks and hotspots for students. online classes start monday. the school district is hoping everyone will be connected. but it's not ruling out the possibility of power outages. this woman is a first grade teacher in san francisco. >> i don't anticipate that that will happen. and if it does, i don't think anyone is going to be stressed out about it. but just know that we move on and we do it in another way. >> reporter: san francisco unified told us if power goes out on monday, teachers may call students. in addition, students have nondigital learning materials to work with. oakland unified started classes last week. teachers there are instructing students to work offline if the power goes out. in brentwood, where temperatures were above the 100-degree mark, the school district there is giving teachers the option to work at their school site or at home, assuming one or both of those locations have have power

on monday. laura diaz is the parent of three children. >> we're not used to this hot weather. it's no use complaining, oh, my god, it's so hot. but we hope they'll be doing the best. we have to work with what we have. >> reporter: the reality is that not every school district is concerned because live instruction typically happens in the morning before there is high demand, which then puts added pressure on the electrical grid. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. and you probably saw mother nature put on quite a display this morning. our cameras around the bay area captured some of these amazing shots of the lightning show. we slowed down the video so that you can see the bolts. many people around the bay area were woken up by the thunder and are staying up and have been staying up to watch the lightning, including you, lisa, i know it was an exciting morning. >> it was, i had to remind myself, i had to get my tail out of the house and get to work, because it was quite a show from

early on this morning. and the winds are with us, we're getting pretty good rain, maybe making your grass a little greener out there, such an interesting phenomenon here in the depths of summer. san francisco, look at live doppler 7, you see the lightning strikes. still plenty out there, although this morning we had over 300 in 30 minutes. as we take you out towards the east bay, you'll notice that some of the heavier downpours are here towards discovery bay. marine county, mill valley, rain down to tiburon, the peninsula district from san francisco and daly city. now we're getting the steadier rains. also there is still more lightning offshore. here is point reyes. you can see the strikes here and the moisture to the west. in the south bay, a bit of a break for you in san jose. and it's been active from hayward and fremont. cloud cover there now, but in the north bay you can see the

rain showers embedded with some heavier downpours from novato, a break in vallejo. the delta is wet, you were hot this morning with that downburst after the thunderstorm. your temperature spiked to 100 degrees, bringing the warmer air from the atmosphere to the surface. you can see this is the activity that continues to stream up to the north. we've got humidity. we have clouds. we'll have the potential for perhaps some more showers and thunderstorms. and there is the wind from our roof camera. 73 in the city, 77 oakland, 86 san jose. it's 83 in gilroy, a comfortable 63 in half moon bay. 68 santa rosa. 79 by the delta, you went from 100 to 79. here is a look at the temperature change from once we had all that rain. we're about 14 degrees warmer, now three to eight degrees cooler due to the cloud cover

and rain. at 9:50 this morning, the temperatures continue to go up. with the wind gusts and thunderstorms, from 66-mile-an-hour wind gusts down to 44 miles an hour. very gusty winds out there, not helping with the chance of thunderstorms continuing from tonight into monday. a red flag warning, and the blue area here is what is highlighted to indicate we could see more thunderstorms in the sierra nevada, reno, the peninsula, down along the central coast. the heat is with us still through tuesday. 101 in napa, 108 in fairfield. notice the cooler air here, san francisco and oakland. so the periphery of that dome of high pressure definitely making its influence felt in the interior valleys, while the coast and parts of oakland feeling a little bit better. so we're going to have that range, getting into thursday, looking a little more decent, taking those pinks off the map. so the cloud cover with us

today. the risk, that red flag warning, the chance of thunderstorms continues throughout let's say early tomorrow. and looking at numbers from the 90s in fremont to the 80s in the city, triple digits inland. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we're looking at the heat wave to continue. a little impulse will allow for the lingering risk of thunderstorms as we get through your monday. otherwise, it's back to some sun and hot weather through most of the week, liz. >> what a week it will be, lisa, thank you. let's talk sports right now. the a's will try to sweep the giants in this week's bay bridge series. oakland starter mike fiers faces giants pitcher logan webb in the series finale at oracle park. first pitch is at 1:05. last night for the second straight game the a's rallied late to beat their cross-bay rival. here's abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. it has been a tale of two

seasons on each side of the bay. the giants seemingly in every game but defensive issues and the bullpen proved costly. meanwhile, the a's never out of a game, they strike in a hurry. oakland finds themselves with the best record in the american league while the giants last place in the n.l. west. c3po and r2d2 and chewy. a reminder, catch "star wars" on disney plus. mike yastrzemski lines it to right. trouble in right field and the relay gets past matt chapman in the dugout. yas comes home. 3-2 giants a triple and error. bottom seven, connects off former giant smith into the virtual fans in left and it's 6-3 giants. on to the ninth, trevor got back in after a blown save on friday, a's down to their last strike. and san jose native mark cana and the a's do it again, and 3-run homer gives oakland the need.

just like that it's 7-6 a's. out for the giants, elation for oakland. giants brought the winning run to the plate but liam hendricks gets mauricio dubon to pop out and it's deja vu all over again. a's win 7-6. oakland improves to an a.l. best 15-6. >> i was trying to go deep, just hit a homer, and let's win this game. try to get something up in the stone and i know he likes to throw that breaking ball, so i didn't want to chase that. so hit it into the left field bleachers. >> i'm confident in myself and my ability to pitch and i don't think that two back-to-back helps this at all. if they're spaced out, i don't think it's as big of a deal but it's two tough losses and i didn't pitch well in either one of them. it's part of it and move on. the 49ers struck goal when they took a 6'4" 250-pound tight end out of iowa in the fifth

round of the 2017 draft. his name is george kittle. his deal makes him the highest paid tight end in league history. things a little different at camp in santa clara these days, coach shanahan, gm john lynch wearing their masks. no doubt everyone excited about that five-year $75 million extension for number 85, who can do it all on the field. obviously an unquestioned leader on a team that fell just short of a super bowl victory last year. kittle owns the record for most receiving for a tithe end. he's ready to embark on a new season that's been labeled the legendary revenge tour but first, let's talk about that t-shirt in that campaign. >> this? it's one of those things i just get in the mail, one of the things i get in the mail, i keep it in my locker for a good occasion. i haven't seen you guys in a while even though host of you dm me once in a while. i wanted to put a good shirt on for you guys. i think the mentality today, take a step forward and i think the last two weeks we've done such a good job. we had a great team last year and we have a chance to be really good this year. to get the reps against really

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things will get better through the week, liz. >> i know we can all say we look forward to that. all right, lisa, thank you. thanks for joining us on "abc 7 mornings." i'm liz kreutz along with lisa argen. a packed day of wnba action is ahead. next at 10:00, the dallas wings face the phoenix mercury. at noon, the storm versus the sun. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. keep up with the latest with our accuweather app. now more than ever, it's important californians have health coverage. if you've lost health insurance, covered california can help. you may even get financial help to pay for your health insurance. just visit coveredca.com today.

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