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the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. after an impressive lightning show earlier today, there's threat for more lightning overnight tonight. we'll have the latest timing in the accuweather forecast. pg&e says customers need to be prepared for rolling blackouts. hearing from people in bay area without power all weekend. american canyon, 18-year-old employee was shot and killed, coworkers say he was delivering groceries. abc7 news starts right now. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. tonight the bay area still suffering from this weekend's heat wave, which is far from over. brace yourselves for another

round of lightning, fires across the region and looming threat of power outages. good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. right to busy abc7 meteorologist drew tuma with heat and lightning. >> ingredients still in place to see more lightning next 12 hours. was active earlier this morning. we saw the lightning and heard the rumbles of thunder for many hours. what we're watching now through the same pipeline is another round of moisture off the coastline. live doppler 7 along with satellite there, roughly 550 miles away from the bay area. but this moisture as it moves north and interacts with the very warm temperatures we have now at night, does have the potential to again produce thunders. future weather, hour by hour, before sunrise tomorrow, 5:00

a.m. to 7:00 a.m., best chance to again see more lightning move through the bay area. for that fact, red flag warning is still in effect for entire region for the risk tomorrow of lightning strikes to start new fires. seen numerous fires earlier this morning. threat is still real next 12 hours. not only fire and lightning threat but in midst of a dangerous heat wave. we'll have all the details in full accuweather forecast in a few minutes, guys. to the latest on the fires burning around the bay area. mandatory evacuation orders issued for people near cluster of wildfires in eastern contra costa tonight. deer complex fires burned 400 acres near mount diablo. four different fires in the area. and marsh creek road residents

under new evacuation orders because the fire has unexpectedly shifted directions. south of marsh creek in brentwood also under mandatory orders to leave. community center and safeway parking lot in clayton are centers. >> constant fire concern out here, plenty of dead vegetation. do what we can to keep fire breaks around the property. >> firefighters say incredible lightning storm and extreme heat likely touched off the fires. ri ntghow containment is 0%. trio of fires east of milpitas, mandatory evacuation orders for ten homes on welch road. 0% containment at this point. mandatory evacuations for a wildfire sparked by lightning east of salinas.

2,000 acre river fire started this afternoon and grew quickly. flames jumped pine canyon this evening. middle school evacuation center in salinas. firefighters were inundated with calls for fires caused by downed wires. worked to contain this vegetation fire in sycamore park. lightning started this fast-moving grass fire that came dangerously close to apartment complex. >> saw the lightning and fire started right after this. wind, a crazy combination of things. >> cal fire said earlier it responded to 11 fires since 1:00 a.m. in santa cruz and san mateo county, most presumed to have started from lightning strikes. if fires weren't enough, pg&e says customers need to be

prepared for rolling blackouts through wednesday evening. customers in san francisco, san mateo and contra costa countys were told to expect outages tonight but warning wasn't necessary. heat wave has people blasting air conditioners and fans. issued alert asking people to conserve 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. spoke to pg&e this afternoon how the blackouts would work. >> it's statewide, not just bay area or pg&e issue. it's rotating blocks. 200,000 to 250,000 customers at a time. but depending how long, it's multiple groups. one group out for hour, another hour, hour and a half, most

relatively short. >> decision is on cal iso and some instances, given just a few minutes to shut down the poufrmt this is the outage map. many outages this weekend have been heat related. labeled yellow or orange, affecting most people. outages started friday evening and by tonight, many have had it. for some it's a matter of life and death. lauren martinez live in south san francisco with more. lauren. >> reporter: dion, we spoke to people who are not only losing food in refrigerator but having to make serious and costly decisions. bay area residents were warned they could lose power sunday evening in one of pg&e's rolling blackouts which has some concerned.

>> of course, of course, we have to be ready. >> reporter: some worried how an hour or two without power would affect others. >> yeah, try to live with it. feel sorry for the people on breathing apparatuses or something, what about them? >> reporter: in san jose, one neighborhood without power since friday afternoon. told a transformer blew, so one family-checked into resident inn hotel. >> if they had any humanity, they would have addressed our problem before it came to us checking into residence inn. >> reporter: husband has stage iv cancer and needs machine every day. >> i was toldselineim to shelter or hospital. >> reporter: due to covid-19, felt were not options. woe reimburse for stolen food

and hotel expenses but later told not guaranteed. >> said file your claim but it's difficult. i always say they'll reimburse people, they hardly ever do. >> reporter: neighbors who stayed home are tired. >> without power three days, 103 degrees. lost all food, sleep. >> reporter: pg&e is asking customers to conserve electricity through wednesday night. reporting from south san francisco, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> you really feel for those folks. lauren, thanks. there are ways to conserve energy and maybe avoid outages still beating heat. set the thermostat 78 or higher. keep the house cooler with fans instead of ac and draw curtains to block the sun. turn off unnecessary lights and

appliances, and use major appliances in morning or late evening. higher rates usually charged between noon and 8:00 p.m. in the summer. huge crowds flooded into marin looking for a break for the heat. only service station in town ran out of neighbors were upset that people may bring the virus to small community. >> concerning seeing that many people in west marin, period, with all that's going on. really a lot more people than we've seen out any of the weekends since covid hit. >> fortunately another tanker truck of gas arrived this morning. it was so crowded, national park service closed at least one parking lot because of congestion. quick reminder, always check the forecast where you live on

our free abc7 news app and we'll send notifications on power outages and breaking news. still ahead, 18-year-old safeway employee shot and killed outside a store in american canyon, new details about the investigation. as politicians and residents continue to debate defunding the police, san francisco is dealing with another issue. why record numbers of cops are leaving the force. outlook of coronavirus cases in california.

new details tonight about a shooting that's shaken a napa

county community. 18-year-old safeway employee was shot and killed, store off american canyon road. luz pena was there. >> we're getting multiple callers, three shots heard in the parking lot. there's a subject down on the ground. >> reporter: on the ground, 18-year-old safeway employee, nathan garza. delivering groceries to a customer in the parking lot. >> it's very wild for the area. nice community. >> reporter: took place around noon, investigators asking witnesses and customers to report any information about the suspect who got away. >> never heard of anything like this here, kids go to school here, everything. nothing. this is really shocking. >> reporter: tonight american canyon's mayor garcia confirming this is unprecedented in this

communit pointing to last shooting that happened 10 to 15 years ago. >> certainly our hearts go out to the family and loved ones affected by this. police and sheriffs office are on scene, investigating. >> reporter: american canyon police has not released information about a motive. there's no evidence it was over a mask despite social media speculation. safeway putting out a statement, our team is fully cooperating with americanconnion police department and napa county officer with this situation. coworkers leaving balloons to remember the high school graduate hoping to become a college athlete. no arrests have been made, suspect remains at large. in american canyon, luz pena, abc7 news. >> fairfield unified put out

this statement. nathan was a joy to be around, our hearts go out to nathan's family, friends and all who loved him. many of our staff members. san francisco police are leaving the force in record numbers. "san francisco chronicle" insider and abc news contributor is reporting that 23 sworn officers have resigned, 19 took jobs at other law enforcement agencies. officers gave many reasons for leaving, including the high cost of living. others are frustrated by expected budget cuts, calls for pay freezes and more defunding. read phil in the "chronicle" every sunday and tuesday. more than 620,000 people have tested positive, 78 hnz more than yesterday, 77

additional deaths due to coronavirus. tomorrow the governor says he'll break down the number of cases per county, tell us which counties remain on the watch list and which can come off. it's been frozen since a data glitch was discovered july 25th. turning to the weather, drew, a wild weekend and busy few days. >> heat wave continues another day tomorrow with excessive heat warnings and advisories still in effect and lightning coming in next couple of hours. live doppler 7 was busy this ac ofrng in lightning strikes movi through the bay area. right now it's quiet but widen out the picture and add on satellite, there's a cluster of storms, moisture moving from the south that will move into northern california likely around sunrise tomorrow morning.

that's our next chance to interact with the warm weather we have to bring more lightning strikes in the bay area. temperature-wise, another mild night on tap. 83 in concord, 75 in san jose, 82 in cloverdale. gilroy is warm 81 degrees. and you felt the humidity throughout the day. especially earlier this morning. dew point measures how much moisture is in the atmosphere, when they climb above 60 it's humid. that's what we have in a lot of cities right now. we have a lot of moisture in atmosphere that could also aid in creating thunderstorms early tomorrow morning. dangerous heat wave upon us. advisory still in effect, excessive heat warnings still in effect for tomorrow. risk of heat-related illness remains high. again a warm night. 60s to mid and upper 70s next 12 hours, and really what we're

watching closely is the threat for more lightning. future weather. hour by hour, looks like storms will approach 3:00 to 4:00 a.m. off the coastline. 5:00 a.m. expect some development in storms. with the latest guidance, 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, storms likely develop mainly in the north bay. they can shift north and south a little bit but north bay has best chance of seeing lightning in their neighborhoods. remember lightning safety, nowhere outside is safe when thunderstorm moves through. move indoors or into a car outside. lightning can strike as much as 12 miles from a storm. wait 30 minutes after the storm moves through before it's safe to go outside. red flag warning still in effect for threat of more lightning to create new fires. that will last until 11:00 a.m.

tomorrow morning. after threat of lightning in the morning, it's all about the intense heat. 105 in concord, 98 in san jose. 82 in san francisco, 90 in oakland, 78 the high in half moon bay. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast next heat wave through wednesday. thursday, fog returns to the coastline. meteorologist will have update starting 4:30 a.m. to track any storms moving through. >> busy days ahead, drew, thanks. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, things got wild in the east bay. zoo created

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wild encounters happening in the east bay. abc7 news at alameda fairgrounds in pleasanton, a drive-through zoo as safari adventure, sloth, monkeys, reptiles from the car. good chance to get kids out of the house. >> little ones enjoy it, all kids love animals, don't get to see these ones often. pretty cool. >> money went wild wildlife groups. >> just glad the python was socially distanced, eric. >> best seen behind glass, i agree 100%. chris alvarez with sports. 49ers, running game already

one of the best in the league, how man nicknamed the jet hopes to help this season. and

>> announcer: abc7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. >> a's entered the day with chance to sweep the bay bridge series. could have been the giants but san francisco blew consecutive leads in the ninth for first time in franchise history. negro leagues honored. san francisco sea lions.

brandon belt sneaks it over in right. tied 1-1. top five, big inning. tied 2-2. lightning storm from a's chad pinder to the bleachers, left 422 feet, 4-2 a's. two on for stephen piscotty, headed to hometown of pleasanton. 454 feet. five-rbi night for him. still in the fifth, bay area native marcus semien feeling at home. two-run blast. oakland sends 11 to the plate in the fifth. 11-2 after five. position player in ninth, tyler heineman pitching, clean inning. catch from mauricio dubon, one of the few giants highlights. a's win 15-3. big league best, 13-2 in lastdy there, having really good at-bats, putting together hits.

not always going to get hits but everything was seeming to fall for us. it's been a fun two weeks, no doubt about it. but still got left. >> got to get greedy and win as many as you can. >> similar to a hitter struggling through 0 for 10 or 0 for 15 rough stretch of at-bats, can't try to collect a bunch of hits in one at-bat or bunch of wins in one game. >> for those counting, and trust me, i am. four weeks away from the scheduled regular season opener between the giants and niners at levi's. mckinnon signed with san francisco two play. nicknamed the jet, he's happy to be back on the field and look forward to being a factor in

2020. >> do think i've opened up a different element in tool set and what i bring to the game. kyle does a good job of putting players in situations. to be back and healthy, hard to tone back a little bit. i work like i'm broke, hard to stop working. >> only worry about chet is sometimes might overdo it. that's how hard he works. he's put in the work, all he's gone through last few years, he's in position to have this comeback now. everyone's pulling for him. >> this abc7 sports report sponsored by river rock casino. after months with barely any sports, we've got all kinds of sports. >> you can tell about the smile on your face. much more to come on abc7 news at 11:00, battle over the postal service is heating up, edd moves some lawmakers may take. the democratic national convention gets under way tomorrow.

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>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. welcome back, once again i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. in the headlines, mandatory evacuation orders in effect near wildfire in eastern contra costa county, the deer complex fires have burned 400 air baggers near mount diablo. lightning storm and heat likely touched off the fires. pg&e says customers need to be prepared for rolling blackouts through wednesday

evening. california independent system operator says the record-breaking heat is causing strain on our meteorologist drew tuma, more lightning likely next 12 hours. best chance is right before the sun gets up here. close to 7:00 a.m. we'll see the threat of more thunderstorms moving through. not only storms tomorrow but heat to deal with too, deals in the accuweather forecast coming up next. even as the rate of new covid-19 infections slowly decreases, u.s. is quickly closing in on 170,000 lives lost. in north carolina, police broke up 20 college parties this weekend, including one attended by 400 people. and university of north carolina just announced a fourth cluster of five cases in just three days. junior hailey phillips says it

was enough to make her move back home. >> level of anxiety i felt through that was nothing i've felt before. >> this is the moment to get it under control. wear masks, close bars, decrease increa indoor dining, decrease outdoor dining. >> resigned from teaching job after district rushed to the classroom. highest rate of pediatric cases and hospitalizations in the country. three texas police officers were shot after responding to what turned into a hostage taking. cedar park, a suburb of austin. injured officers in stable condition. suspected gunmen bare agricaded himself into the home with family. expressed condolences to injured officers and is seeking justice

for those involved. republicans say it's efficiency, democrats say it's underhanded attempt to manipulate the election. recent changes at u.s. postal service are under the microscope and subject of a bill that could be passed this week. >> reporter: neither snow nor gloom of night but never mentioned election. in battle between republicans and democrats. >> post office has been losing money over ten years. >> let's save the post office. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for the house to return from recess this week, unprecedented move to be in session any time during one of the party conventions, both are coming up. pelosi wants a vote on the delivery for america act to keep the postal service from making any changes to operations in

place beginning of the year.sen called for postmaster general louis dejoy and chairman of the board of governors robert duncan to testify. and another demand. >> demanding that leader mcconnell go into regular session so we can have hearings. >> reporter: other democrats are on board. >> this is very serious. our members are concerned about the implications this has to have a fair election with every vote counted. >> reporter: if white house chief of staff mark meadows is right, republicans want the same thing. >> congress needs to come back and get act together and work. republican senators are talking exactly that. >> the democratic national convention is tomorrow, republican follows the week after. both events will look very different than previous years. abc7 news

how one believes can help the biden ticket. >> strength of democratic processes was demonstrated in the united states. >> reporter: staple of election process, thousands of the most politically active gather at republican and democratic national conventions to formally nominate their party's 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, pandemic will give a whole new look to this political tradition. >> interesting test case to see what a virtual convention looks like. >> reporter: at dnc, no longer traveling to milwaukee, attending remotely, and biden accepting from delaware, all

asked to stay home for safety reasons. rnc has also downsized. plans for some events in jacksonville, florida, scrapped ad no longer accepting it in charlotte, north carolina. >> looking at gettysburg and the white house. >> reporter: asking six delegates to travel as proxies. attendees required to take covid-19 test, wear a mask and have daily temperature checks. happy to be staying home. >> personally a little relieved we didn't go. >> reporter: some things will remain the same. who's who of politics. dnc, former president barack obama, former first lady michelle obama, former nominee husky, bernie sanders and governor gavin newsom.

likely a similar note. >> entire shape of the campaign has shifted because of the focus we're in. focus is economy, how we're going to recover, support people right now in the short-term. >> reporter: going into the conventions, latest abc news "washington post" poll shows biden ahead of trump by ten points among likely voters. dennis worries scaled down plans give more advantage to the biden ticket. >> one of the opportunities the incumbent has to put on a big show, burst out of the convention and take momentum into the fall. now that opportunity is missed. if biden is in fact the leader and polls are right, it's a big happens for the will be unconventional. liz kreutz, abc7 news. abc news is first network to land a joint interview with biden and harris, primetime

special next sunday 8:00 p.m. on abc7, candidates sit down with david muir and robin roberts to talk about their history-making presidential ticket. coming up on abc7 news at 11:00, pepperoni may be the next pandem

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a south bay family is demanding more oversight by their school district after controversial zoom class led by teacher shirtless. makailah was ready for freshman math at silver creek in san jose, when she logged on virtually, caught a glimpse of her teacher. told her mother who instructed the teen to snap a photo and log off. >> realized he wasn't wearing a shirt, and that was kind of awkward, made me feel

uncomfortable. >> identifies the teacher as richard kabral, superintendentss tell abc7 news he's on paid leave pending outcome of investigation. alcatraz will open first time in five months tomorrow. sky 7 flew over the penitentiary last week. won't be quite the same, main cell house locked up but park service offer outdoor tour, some of the history. temperatures taken before boarding the ferry and masks will be required. america's best-selling pizza topping is growing scarce, you can blame the pandemic for it. pepperoni prices up more than 150% in recent months. production has slowed because of delays at meat processing plants and demand for pizza is way wits ordering more than

previously. small pizza shops may have to opt out of the expensive pepperoni, big chains will likely be okay with long-term contracts. >> comfort food, have a slice of pizza, forget about the weather and heat, drew. talking about heat and threat of lightning again overnight tonight. any lightning strikes there is a fear for vegetation fires. red flag warning in effect until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow for chance of new fires for entire bay area. future weather, next chance of finding thunderstorms is close to sunrise, 7:00 a.m., future weather showing many cells developing that could contain lightning and brief downpour as well. something we'll be tracking closely on monday morning. storms will get out midday. afternoon is heat advisories and

warnings in effect. 105 in concord, 98 in san jose. 108 in fairfield. there's the heat advisory for the bay shoreline and excessive warning in pink for high risk of heat-related illnesses. tracking the storms starting 4:30 a.m. heat wave continues into wednesday before cooler air arrives thursday and friday night. next up, sports with chris alvarez. coming up, alex smith back in action after gruesome leg

>> announcer: abc7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. >> four weeks from today, scheduled first full sunday of the nfl season. ahead of that, 49ers foundations players for a purpose event go virtual, bid on amazing deals, proceeds to youth. former 49ers quarterback alex smith got the good news he could return to practice today, family drenching him in celebration. number 11 throwing darts first time since gruesome leg injury that ended sson. 17 surgeries and life in danger at one point, doctors thought they might have to amputate the leg but here he is. glad to see it. >> texted him before the season, before training camp got going, him beingthere, able to get cleared by his doctors, now the washington's doctors and

able to go out and perform shows the grit he has, helped me out a ton in my career and expect him to orr cal star aaron rodgers entering 16th season with green bay packers, says there's something missing at training camp this time around. >> yeah, it's strange, very strange. we've had some, obviously my 16th training camp, something special about the interaction with the first group of fans. and again, seeing the dedication, so many of those fans, especially for the morning practices would be there an hour early getting their spots. always thought that was a cool, special tradition. >> former shark joe pavelski had a career day for dallas stars, trying to even series against calgary. first career playoff hat trick,

game-tying goal with 11.9 seconds to go and dallas won in overtime, 5-4, it's even 2-2. foggy oregon coast, banden news for the final match. tyler drills his approach shot. grandfather won the amateur title in 1935 and grandson, excellent chance to do the same. he's feeling good. charles from reno needs the hole to extend it, slides strafaci first hugs his caddie, senior at georgia tech this fall. family does matter. final round of the wyndham championship, chris baker can't tee off, lady walking a dog in front of him. looks like dog is walking her. even if she wanted to stop, not

going to happen. dog there. baker with 5 under 65, tied for 20th. abc7 sports report sponsored by river rock casino. >> all right for golfers out there, natural hazard? and you get to drop -- >> oh, that's a great question. all i know, socially distanced, all is good, eric. >> true. thank you dion. that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim, thanks so much for joining us,

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