and has burned 2500 acres. wayne freedman is on the ground live for us tonight. what can you tell us? >> reporter: dan, first thing i tell you, it has been a surprise. you talk about that number of acres, 2500 acres now. two hours ago, we were saying 200 acres, because it keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. we spent a lot of time earlier today. we're on highway 128, which is closed all the way to higha 121. let's show you some video from earlier today. one witness said he counted 20 lightning strikes. he said the big one sounded like an explosion and saw flames immediately. it's in steep terrain. it got off to that fast start. by 10:00 a.m., just four hours in, chp had begun evacuating residents. cal fire's report at 2500 acres, threatening 200 structures. we saw one of those structures earlier today in a canyon off of

a speech ro-- speech roateep ro. so it's a tough fight in there. a fight evolving situation. as far as the evacuees are concerned, they're getting out of here. they're going to the cross walk community church in napa. they are getting information there. so this fire continues to burn, sparked by lightning. we're hoping we don't get wind, and cal fire, as of now, is still saying zero containment. we're hoping that changes sometime soon. from napa county, wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> wayne, let me ask you about the evacuees for a minute. better safe than sorry. anyone decided not to evacuate? >> reporter: dan, i'm sorry for the three-second delay, but that has to do with where we're at in our signal. yes, there are people in there who have stayed.

most of them have left. if you go through the area and look at the gates, there are these tags, they say evacuate. we saw chp going in there, knocking on doors, making sure people were gone. i saw two people who stayed behind. the owner of the house, trying to protect it for his mother. his mother has lived there a long time. he was up and down. he talked to the firefighters on the ground and said come up here and give us a hand and they did. the other guy lives on the edge of the region, not far in. he's got a big spread. he said he wasn't going to leave. he was going to stick it out. he couldn't believe hleave his behind. >> wayne, thank you. we hope those two wil be okay. thank you very much. and spencer christian is tracking conditions for firefighters and the heat that has just taken over the bay area, spencer. >> ama, the heat is just

oppressive. we have two major factors, the heat and the lightning strikes let's look at the cluster of lightning strikes going on right now, just moving out into lake and mendocino counties. it's a wide path of lightning strikes, dozens of them. this has persisted throughout the day, and into the evening hours. the red flag warning remains in effect now until 7:00 this evening. it may be extended later than that. and on we go to look at current conditions near the hennesee fire. the conditions have not improved, it's 95 degrees, humidity is at 33%. wind, the steady wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour, but we have gusts right now to 11 miles per hour. and there have been stronger gusts earlier in the evening. the week ahead doesn't bring much relief temperature wise to this area. the high tomorrow is expected to be around 104. it will drop into the mid to upper 90s over the next few days

and back into the 100s again later in the week. and for the entire bay area, we still have dangerous heat wave, excessive heat warning in effect for virtually all of the bay area until 9:00 p.m. wednesday. more on the weather outlook a little bit later. ama? >> spencer, thank you. four fires are burning near alameda and santa clara counties. they make up the marsh fire. more than 1700 acres have burned. mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for ten homes on welsh road. evacuation orders are in effect for far eastern contra costa county. lightning strikes started multiple places on the northeast side of mt. diablo. just over 1100 acres have burned and no containment. no homes have been destroyed or damag damaged. the river fire east of selinas is 10% contained. the fire was also sparked by lightning. 2800 acres have burned and evacuation orders are in effect.

happening now, conservation is helping the power grid. they're seeing lower demand than earlier forecasts because of conservation and lower temperatures. a flex alert is in effect designed to get everyone to preserve our power systems. the flex alert goes until 10:00 tonight and also tomorrow and wednesday from 3:00 p.m. until 10:00. to do your part to save energy, set your air conditioner to 78 degrees, turn off unnecessary lights, and avoid using major appliances from 3:00 to 10:00. >> some total individual actions is total impact that we will have over the course of the next 72 hours to mitigate the impacts of deenergization, that we're likely to experience this evening and tomorrow evening in particular. >> governor newsom is calling for an investigation into the weekend blackouts. he signed an emergency proclamation allowing some energy users and utilities to use backup energy sources to relieve pressure on the grid. still, thousands of pg&e

customers are still without power in san jose because of heat related outages. some lost power all weekend long in that blistering heat. reporter kris reyes went to the neighborhoods that felt the impact. >> well, we have been without power 60 plus hours, since friday night. >> reporter: inside carl's home, at least half a dozen medical devices that need power. all of them help to keep his son alive. during other power outages he would get advanced notice, but not this time. >> during this power outage, we got no information. it was all run around. >> reporter: his lifeline, this extension cord running from his neighbor's generators. that generosity, a saving grace for this street, too. >> i'm prepared more than most. i have generators and stuff like that. but some people don't. >> our neighbor came down and he said stay with me, i've got a generator. so doug came down and got me. >> reporter: thousands in san jose lost power over the weekend as early as friday night.

this map shows thousands more are still affected. like daniel fastler. >> i got sick and threw up. i knew i was overexhausted. >> there was so much, we filled up the entire trash can. >> reporter: lisa lockwood lost all her food in the fridge. that was before getting her power back monday morning. >> the worst part is the frustration of not getting any warning and no answers. we've had the same message online from pg&e since friday. >> reporter: this wasn't even part of the rolling blackouts from over the weekend. san jose's neighborhoods lost power because of heat related outages, including blown transformers. so residents not know it's not over yet. >> are we exempt from a rolling blackout? like everybody else. >> reporter: kris reyes for "abc7 news." >> are you prepared for a power outage? go to the "abc7 news" app or go to abc7news.com to see what you should do now to prepare for a power outage. it can be as simple as putting a bag of water in the freezer.

and you may thank yourself later for that. one of the most important ways to do that right now is to focus on our health and the threat of coronavirus. the state has worked through a backlog of data that was causing issues with the number of new cases reported each day. in the most recent 24-hour period, the number of new cases was below average. the number of deaths is far below average. and hospitalizations continue to decline, down 21% in the past two weeks. since the data backlog is clear, the state can make changes to the watch list. counties land on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. all bay area counties are on the list. here's melanie woodrow with the changes. >> reporter: after days of analyzing and accounting for backlogged cases, the governor released the new numbers with certainly today. a seven-day average of 9,446, with a backlogged cases added in. for yesterday, 6,469 covid-19 cases. >> those case numbers are high,

but they are trending in the right direction. >> reporter: the governor also noted a 6.5% positivity rate. after the governor became aware of the data glitch and underreported cases, state officials froze the watch lists. with all the backlogged cases accounted for, the dwofr nor -- governor revealed what that meant. august 3rd, there had been 38 counties on the list, now there are 42. mendocino county is among those counties added. and santa cruz county has been taken off. factors driving mendocino's elevated covid-19 transmissions include family and community gatherings, as well as outbreaks in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. in order for a county to come off the watch list, it must meet all its thresholds for three days consistently. during the question and answer period, the governor was asked why he didn't initially know about the underreporting issue. >> i certainly have a responsibility when things do come to my attention, and i'm

being very transparent about when they did, which is important to take responsibility to fix them. >> reporter: melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." being on the watch list means that certain businesses can't be open, including many that operate indoors like salons. today, many hair salons around the bay area opened in protest despite state and county orders to remain closed. it was an emotional day for many. leslie brinkley talked with these rebels with a cause. >> don't touch it. no touch. hold on. >> reporter: christine palmer owns this salon in pleasanton. she technically opened today, but not to cut or color hair. >> it is an opening. you're in here, but it's not -- i'm not breaking any rules to make my stand. >> reporter: the stand includes fury directed at the state and counties for keeping salons closed. in many cases since march. this is a protest. >> we should be grouped with like professionals, like med

spas and dentists who are legally open, rather than lumped in with bars, restaurants and family entertainment. >> reporter: this salon says they were even visited by the police today according to the owner, who believes someone called to complain. >> i was absolutely shocked that we had a police officer come today. i think that people thought that we would be doing services. and if we had people working or cutting hair, that the fine would have been $1,000. >> reporter: there there were signs that opened for business. >> it was a matter of reopening against state orders or losing our businesses, and our employees having to find jobs elsewhere. it came down to a matter of just surviving. >> reporter: some salon openers say stylists are operating speak easy style. they say they're closed, the windows are blacked out but tell clients to come to a back door and knock to gain entry to get a

haircut. >> unfortunately, when operations are like that, the doors aren't open and there's no regulation. we know of stylists that are going into customer's homes, and that's really not a controlled environment. >> reporter: this movement of angry stylists is called open safe california. some say they intend to remain open every day this week, and it remains to be seen if there will be repercussions. i'm leslie brinkley, "abc7 on our website, we keep a running tally of counties on the state's watch list. we've even made an interactive map so you can look at individual counties and see how long they've been on the list. you'll find that on our website, abc7news.com. two weeks of the biggest political theater of the year began today as the democrats kick off their convention. republicans start next week. tonight, you'll hear a bay area perspective on the national events. also ahead -- >> god bless you, lady.

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was our only boy. and he filled the room, he filled our life. >> reporter: on sunday around noon, he was working at this safeway, when a suspect drove up, shot him, and fled the scene. >> reporter: garza was simply doing his job, according to his co-workers, delivering groceries in this parking lot. >> there's nothing that can explain what happened or justify it. it was senseless. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting, napa county confirmed this 23-year-old from martinez was arrested and charged with murder. >> i thank the napa police department. i want to give them my love. they don't give a lot of thanks right now in these times, but they deserve a lot more than

they're getting. >> reporter: high school friends filled his book with notes to this baseball player who dreamed of going pro one day. his co-workers left candles and balloons to those who remember him. tonight, they're holding a vigil in his name. his family still searching for answers. >> he was good to people. people loved him, and -- we miss him. >> reporter: in fairfield, luz pena, "abc7 news." >> you can see that family's grief. happening now, an online learning session started minutes ago about the history of sir francis drake. marin county is holding the discussion that holes members of a local indigenous tribe and a history professor. a statue of him was recently removed. a san francisco man is speaking out about a woman's

racist rant toward him and mexicans. dion lim dring brings us this exclusive story. >> nasty, nasty -- >> god bless you. >> reporter: this racist rant, recorded by stanley gonzalez, is nothing than shocking. the exchange started when he noticed this woman making abrasive remarks to a latino man walking his dog. >> she turned around and started screaming racial slurs like your dog looks like you, mexican dog. >> reporter: stanley then sprang into action. >> for me, i've been seeing too much with what's going on with the nation. i felt like it was my duty. something just snapped. i had to defend this man. >> reporter: but the insults didn't end there. when stanley walked to his vehicle up the road,

the woman was waiting for stanley and he started recording. >> keep following me, i'll call the cops. >> i'm not following you, you're following me. >> reporter: the incident prompted the vice mayor to speak out, condemning the incident. issuing this statement saying in part -- >> reporter: those on social media praised stanley's handling of the situation. you were so composed in this video. how did you keep so calm? >> i didn't want to stoop down to her level. >> reporter: he has this message to anybody who finds themselves in the same situation. >> don't let these people filled with hate and anger get away with it. let your word be known. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, "abc7 news." >> and if you are dealing with issues of racial or social injustice where you live, we are here to help you find your ally. go to abc7news.com/takeaction for a list of local resources.

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if you think it's hot here, and yes, i do, be glad it's not 130 degrees. that is the preliminary temperature recorded at death valley yesterday. it's still been confirmed by meteorologists. that would make it the highest temperature on record in the world since 1931. dan, we're not really anywhere near 130, but even the other day, i walked outside and said to myself, i would not survive living in the desert. just couldn't do it. >> i know, right? it's too much. i can't imagine it being 20 something degrees warmer than it's been around here. and spencer, we have had a little humidity to deal with. it almost feels east coast like.

>> we've had this subtropical moisture flowing up from the tropical systems in the pacific. so we've had haze, humidity fueling thunderstorms. so we have a heat wave and lightning strikes. here's a live look, we still have lightning strikes going on, dozens of them in lake county and mendocino county. we had lightning strikes here in the central part of the bay area over the weekend, this morning, and the previous morning. right now, 24-hour temperature change, it is several degrees warmer at this hour than at this time yesterday. seven degrees warmer here in san francisco. seven degrees warmer in santa rosa. six degrees warmer -- whoops, oh, i'm sorry, i said warmer. someone just reminded me, it's cooler than at this time yesterday. but it feels hot, because i've been hot for so long. hot in a temperature kind of way. winds right now are rather breezy. 24-mile-per-hour winds here in san francisco. and all across the bay area, we

have wind speeds of 10 to 15 miles per hour. and here's a few of clouds above that. that tropical moisture flowing through the bay area. 65 in san francisco. once again, a bit cooler than at this time yesterday. oakland, 79, 84 in redwood city. 81 in san jose. gilroy, 94. and 63 in half moon bay. and the view from emeryville, not much of a marine layer, we have a shallow bank of low clouds developing offshore. but no cooling influence over the bay and inland tonight. 84 degrees right now. 86 at napa. 92 in concord. 96 at livermore. and the view from mt. tam, again, you can see the haze with the high clouds and the moisture path. these are the forecast features. dangerous heat lingering for the next two days. cooler in all areas on thursday. and then a warmer pattern develops again for the weekend. dangerous heat wave is still with us, as a result an excessive heat warning in effect for all of the bay area until

9:00 wednesday night. and during that time, not only will it be warm, but a high risk of heat related illness. overnight, a few high clouds and moisture, and very shallow marine layer will develop near the coast, but will not push across the bay and have any kind of a cooling influence inland during the overnight hours. tomorrow, another mainly sunny day with a few hazy high clouds. overnight low temperatures, not very low at all. we'll see upper 60s to upper 70s generally. so warm and muggy and uncomfortable generally speaking. highs tomorrow will range from low 70s at the coast to upper 80s and low 90s near the bayshoreline to triple digits. 106 in the hottest areas tomorrow. wednesday, a slight cooldown, temperatures moderate, upper 90s inland wednesday and thursday. temperatures bounce back again at the end of the week. this is how the accuweather

seven-day forecast shapes up. thursday, the coolest day in the forecast period. back up to 100 degrees in the warmest inland spots friday and saturday. and back above 100 inland on sunday and monday. we're not getting much of a break from this heat wave. dan and ama? >> spencer, thank you very much. as we continue here tonight, the democratic national convention starts this evening. next, a bay area perspective on the impact of one of tonight's headliners. that's senator bernie sanders. abc network coverage of the democratic national convention begins right after "abc7 news" at 6:00. it runs from 7:00 until 8:00. and because of the convention, jeopardy and wheel of fortune won't air at their usual times. catch them at 10:00 p.m.

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won't see big crowds like we're used to. no big balloon drops. the events are being hel viuathe decrnal coention hasts fir day today. already we have a sneak peek at one of tonight's main speakers, formers first lady michelle obama. >> i know joe. he is a profoundly d lly decent guided by faith. he was a terrific vice president. he knows what it takes to rescue an economy, beat back a pandemic, and lead our country. >> in addition to michelle obama, u.s. senator bernie sanders, who won the california primary, will take the virtual stage tonight. "abc7 news" reporter stephanie sierra previews what bay area's fan base is hoping to hear tonight. >> i'm asking every democrat, i'm asking every independent, i'm asking a lot of republicans to support your candidacy. >> reporter: in the race for the 2020 democratic ticket, sdersea

former vice president joe biden by eight points in california's primary, but fell short of winning the party's nomination. >> vice president biden was not somebody i supported. so trying to get behind this and being a strong cheer leader is not easy for me to do. >> reporter: john was the former latino press secretary for the sanders 2020 campaign. but tonight, he says the senator's big bay area fan base is all on the same team. >> understanding who the current president is, what the administration has done to this country. >> reporter: charlotte hurst agrees. hopeful the vermont senator reinforces his vision for equitable health care. >> the fact that he just medicare for all from the beginning, to the end, is -- that's what we need. that's what we're fighting for. >> reporter: and senator sanders made it clear, that trust isn't going anywhere. >> joe, what are you going to do for the 500,000 people who go bankrupt in our country because of medically related debt? >> reporter: democratic

strategist nate bower expects senator sander's progressive platform will impact joe biden's vision moving forward. >> i think that joe biden is smart enough and he's been around long enough to know that he's got to reach out to these folks who are the most progressive wing of the party and make sure to include a lot of what they believe in, in his platform. >> reporter: reuniting the party by establishing goals for the future. >> this convention will say a lot of what the push of the democratic party will be, heading up into 78 days until election year. >> we can beat president trump. >> stephanie sierra, "abc7 news." >> the democratic national convention runs through thursday. next week, the republican national convention begins, and also runs for four days. abc will provide network coverage each day for each event, which you can watch right here on abc 7 every evening. abc news is the first network to land a joint interview with joe biden and kamala harris. you can watch the primetime

special this sunday at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. the candidates will sit down with david muir and robin roberts to talk about their history making presidential ticket. earlier today on getting answers on "abc7 news" at 3:00, we spoke to congressman ted lu. he explained why he's calling for an fbi investigation of the postmaster general and mail delays. >> we already know that the post office has been sabotaged by the post office general. they've implemented sweeping changes, they have slowed mail delivery. so we wanted to make sure this is not criminal behavior. that's why i'm asking the fbi to investigate. >> the postmaster general has agreed to testify before congress next monday about the allegations and the concerns it could hurt mail-in voting in november's election. the house is planning to vote this weekend to give the cash strapped agency $25 billion.

a tesla stock surge helped boost the nasdaq today and the s&p 500 fell just five points shy of its record high. not a good day, though, for the dow. it lost 86 points, closing at 27,844. the nasdaq picked up 110 points, as tesla stock surpassed $1800 a share for the first time. the s&p closed up nine, at $3,381. stock in the company of hut was up today, despite they the fact that they're closing 300 locations. most of the restaurants that will shut are designed for dine-in, which is heavily restricted. pizza hut has 6,700 total locations in the united states. overall, pizza sales have exploded.

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a group of bakers is rising to the occasion to raise money for the black lives matter movement. some were not able to attend a local protest bhu wanted to do their part. our journalist has this story. ♪ >> people loved baked goods. we can bake anything you ask

for. cupcakes, cakes, pies. really anything you're craving. >> baking for black lives matter is an organization i started. we now have over 25 bakers in the bay area, helping us out. the way it works is we collect donation receipts to black lives matter related organizations and funds, and in response, when we see people's receipts, we give them any baked good of their choice. after george floyd, i really needed to do my part. i didn't go to any black lives matter protest because my parents are on the older side and i didn't want to put them at risk. so i decided baking would be a better way to help out. the bay area chapter has raised just over $9500. so we're almost at that $10,000 mark. it's really amazing to be such a part of a large, important movement in our country's history. >> sometimes it feels

insignificant compared to this huge, huge problem of such deep, systemic race im. but it feels good to be doing what i can. a lot of people are just grateful that they can support the movement and also get really good stuff in return. baked goods make people happy. i'm so grateful for all the support. >> great story. we invite you to join better bay area project thanks, and share your gratitude for everyone who is making a difference during the coronavirus pandemic. use the #betterbayarea to show us how you're saying thank you and we'll share wit the community. our efforts to build a better bay area include getting a vaccine for the coronavirus. there is an ethical debate about a strategy that could speed up the testing that involves deliberately exposing volunteers to the virus. here's dion lim with the story.

>> reporter: right now, roughly half a dozen government backed covid vaccines are lined up in clinical trials. thousand also receive doses of a specific candidate, then return to their normal lives, where researchers will follow them for signs of infection or immunity. but what if they didn't have to wait for those volunteers to come into contact with the virus naturally and exposed them to it drib will t deliberately? >> these things are not done very often, certainly not in the modern era. they were done in the years past. >> reporter: dr. maldonado is a researcher at stanford. she points to smallpox as an example, wen a doctor tested his own vaccine on an 8-year-old boy. before trials evolved, human challenge trials offered a relatively simple and fast way to get data back on a vaccine. but with dangers included. >> of course, the risk of a healthy young person is not zero

no matter what. so you could risk somebody getting very sick. >> reporter: with the disease there is no approved treatment for. but on friday, dr. anthony fauci confirmed that the u.s. is now working on a weakened version of the covid virus, which would be needed for a human trial. he said the move was only precautionary and no trials are planned. but at a recent briefing, leaders in the medical community have been debating the pros and cons. >> so there are disagreements how much risk volunteers or participants would be subjected to. >> reporter: at least one vaccine group at oxford requested permission from the uk to conduct a challenge trial. if the numbers of available volunteers were to drop. and some advocates argue that tests with a weakened virus could be conducted safely. still, with millions of doses required worldwide, the stakes may be historically high.

>> if we don't produce a safe sack fe vaccine, we will lose the confidence of the public. >> reporter: dion lim, "abc7 news." >> and with no shortage of current patients, dr. fauci says he believes the current trial structure will prove the quickest path to a vaccine. "abc7 news" featured a special series of stories exploring the bay area's role in testing a vaccine for the coronavirus. catch this on our app and website. stay here with us. we are enduring a heat wave that's not like most we experience here in the bay area. spencer has the forecast, next. >> students have rented places because they're going to college and the college has gone virtual. what happens next? a lot of bad news. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side is coming up.

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happenng today, the first day of school for the bay area's largest school district, san francisco unified. students here, like in virtually all schools r starting are remote learning because of the coronavirus. student also get two hours of live instruction a day. the district has set up more than 13,000 chrome books and 3,000 hot spots to get students connected. we spent a week focused on education issues as students go back to school. all those stories are available on abc7news.com and our connected tv apps. here's a real dilemma. students and families around the country are grasping for ways to pay for college apartments that no one will be occupying. many find themselves stuck in long-term leases they signed

well before the pandemic. so what to do. michael finney is here with the story. michael? >> i've got to tell you, all the families we're talking to say land lords are much into negotiating about this. that has these families fearing the worst. rising senior edward wang checks out his play list on spotify, a december traction from the coming cool year. he has no plans to move back into his apartment since his classes will be online. >> i'm just waiting to see which actions the land lord takes against me. >> reporter: edward signed for the apartment alone, assuming he would split the rent with four other roommates. that's now unlikely to happen. these near empty streets would normally be filled with returning students. by the end of the year, he expects to owe $60,000 in back rent he says he won't have. it's the same situation around san jose state university.

cat cat cathy cong guaranteed the lease for her son he signed for in january. but she has since lost her job of 22 years. >> i am under a tremendous amount of financial pressure right now. >> reporter: state senator scott weiner says more needs to be done. >> california is not doing enough to address the realities of what people are facing, whether it's renters, whether it's small businesses. >> reporter: edward says his land lord is refusing to negotiate the lease. we reached out to land owner properties. it says they are complying with the law and try to find new tenants to take over the lease. cathy says she proposed going into mediation with her son's land lord but he declined. she says the company also declined to give her 24 months to pay off the lease. the management company has not

responded to our request for comment. >> i was hoping that the property owner would show some sympathy. >> reporter: edward says if he can't settle with his land lord, he'll only be left with one option. >> i would have to declare bankruptcy. >> we're now at the cliff, and we're going to see huge economic ramifications. >> reporter: senator weiner authored a bill that would have offered some assistance to small land lords that would have helped these families. but that has failed in the legislature. so right now there's no help out there. we'll keep track of this and i'll report back. ama? >> all right. we know you will. thank you, michael. real estate in california continues to prove lucrative. last month, july home sales set another high record price. of over $666,000.

the bay area has the highest price in the state, more than a million dollars, ranging from $1.7 million to just under $500,000 in solano county. prices are up year over year in all of the bay area. but when you look at month-to-month changes, san francisco saw prices drop more than any other local county, down 7.8% from june to july this year. let's turn now to tonight's bay area business watch with an aviation theme. here's a live look at san francisco international airport. it plans to reopen the international terminal that's been closed since april. boarding area a will open september 1. about two weeks from now. while it's been closed, crews added clear plastic barriers and a lot of signage about social distance. in las vegas, almost 1,000 employees are going to lose their jobs. most of the layoffs are working as fast food clerks, restaurant hosts, bar tenders and servers

in the airport's dining areas, run which a company called hns host. europe's largest airline, the budget carrier ryan air, is cutting flights by about 20% over the next few months. it's not planning to cut routes just reduce frequency to countries seeing an up tick in coronavirus cases and tighter travel restrictions. let's turn our attention back to the heat, which has not yet let up. >> yeah, it's rough. spencer christian is here with the latest. spencer? >> i'm sorry to have to direct our attention to it once again, but it's pretty miserable. a live look at we still have oppressive heat across the bay area that will be with us. dangerous heat wave with an excessive heat warning for virtually all of the bay area until 9:00 wednesday night. that's when we finally think we may see relief. but not tonight.

it's going to be warm out there. overnight lows under hazy conditions, ranging from upper 60s to upper 70s, which is more like daytime highs. that will be -- those will be the overnight lows.ws. topping out around 100 degrees around the bay shoreline. and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. on saturday, we expect to get some modest measure of relief as highs will reach only into the mid 90s inland. low 80s around the bay. so cooler if all areas of thursday. but friday and by sunday, monday, we'll see temperatures inland above 100 degrees again. back up near 90 around the bay and up to about 70 on the coast. so no sustained break from this heat wave is in sight. i'm sorry. >> we forgive you, spencer. thanks. >> for now. >> yeah, for now. let's turn our attention to larry beil. talking some 49ers football, larry.

>> imagine being out wearing pads and trying to practice in this heat. the 49ers did so. they put the pads on for the first time in training camp. that's when it starts to get serious. bu

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good evening. the 49ers had really high hopes for jalen hurd. he's big, strong, fast, and often injured. and now hurt again. the coach says he got hurt in practice, probably out for the year with a torn acl. today's practice marked the first day in pads for the 49ers, as chris alvarez reports, this is a totally different training camp. no preseason games, with the regular season opener less than four weeks away. >> they wanted pads, let's go. >> reporter: for the first time since walking off the field at super bowl liv in miami, the

49ers donned the pads. >> it's a lot more fun with the pads on. >> it was definitely exhilarating to be back and to be back in pads and hit each other again. >> reporter: training catches are accelerated this year. with no preseason games due to covid-19, every practice becomes more vvital. >> you don't really have the time to build up until that first game. we try to get in shape and get ready, you've got to go in ready, because in a couple weeks, what you like it or not, we're playing arizona. >> the key is knowing how fast it's going to come. it will be the theme of the whole -- these whole two, three weeks that we have to prepare to the week we're preparing for week one. >> reporter: quarterback jimmy garoppolo looks to build up the momentum of last year's super bowl run. >> he knows the offense as well as he ever will.

it's what you do best, so it's not about having an off-season or him learning more so you can do more. it's about what we all do the best. i'm excited with all the guys, and we'll work it that way. >> reporter: chris alvarez, abc 7 sports. >> thank you, chris. ashton davis, standing back flip. davis was drafted in the third round by the jets. should get a lot of playing time. man, i wish i could do that, just once in my life. the nba playoffs began today. toronto surprised the raptors having family members do the intros. >> number 7 --

>> how cute, huh if raptors and nets. kyle lowery for three. he had 16. fans will remember fred vanvleet. 62-33. vanvleet, undrafted out of wichita state, 8 of 10 from there's. as the raptors cruise 134-110. jazz and nuggets. donovan mitchell and murray both went off. in the fourth, utah by three. stepback three and tied at 111-111. denver up two, spider mitchell ties it at 113. he had a career high 57 and lost in o.t. murray with the drive and the reverse with the left hand. nuggets win 135-125 to go up 1-0 in the series. just a few minutes ago, the celtics beat philly in game one of their playoff series. and the clippers are playing dallas right now.

if you're an nba fan, this is nirvana. you have a quadruple header. i'm not saying i watched every game, but i'm not saying i didn't. >> thanks. it is fun, larry. thanks a lot. all right. join us tonight for "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> i'm amanda del castillo in san jose. an update to a story we brought you friday. this special education teacher who showed up to a virtual class reaches out to a student. at 11:00, frustration from parents. and more bad news for a bay area based clothing retailers. >> and coming up next, coverage of the democratic national convention from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. here tonight. but that is this edition of "abc7 news." look for news any time. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. tanks for joining us. see you later tonight.

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this is an abc news special. four years ago, the convention looked like this. tonight, the democrats meet virtually, wi virtually. with millions out of work, unrest in america and coronavirus still surging, the stakes couldn't be higher. moments from now, senator bernie sanders and former first lady michelle obama make the case that it's time for joe biden and the democrats. live from new york city and across the country, the democratic national convention. now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good evening and welcome to our special coverage of the democratic convention. a convention unlike any before in american