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>> a fast-moving wildfire explodes -- thousands of people forced to evacuate. governor newsom declaring a state of emergency at the oak fire near yosemite is now californian's biggest fire of the year. good morning, everyone. we are going to start with the weather and lisa, good morning. lisa: we have that marine stratus firmly entrenched around the coast, around the bay. looking at live doppler 7 all the way down to southern california, going a little closer and it has a further extent this morning -- you see the circulation offshore. you can see it pulling the murray lay her back toward that late morning hours. 60 in palo alto with sunny skies. temperatures climbing into a comfortable range today. 54 in santa rosa, mid-60's inland, where it has been clear. even the airport getting more sunshine. for the next few hours, we will

climb through the 60's inland. low to mid 60's bayside. upper 70's and the inland valley by noon time. the fog will stay at the coastline. a few degrees with mid 70's around the bay. we will talk about a subtle cooldown coming your way in a few minutes. jobina: we start with developing news on the oak fire burning just west of yosemite national park. this photo from a traveler flying from san francisco to the east coast shows a massive plume of smoke and mariposa county. the fire has burned more than 14,000 acres so far. people have been ordered to evacuate and several roads are close. at least 10 buildings have been destroyed and thousands more remain threatened. alex presha has the latest from the fire zone. >> this morning, the oak fire raging. this time showing smoke and flames billowing high above the ridge and mariposa county. emergency crews working around the clock on the ground and in

the air, growing so big the smoke can be seen from the international space station. these are the front lines. a battalion chief guided us through. labl fan see wtag abt - t lger ee weekend like this one. that tree will come down sometime throughout the night. >> the fast-moving fire exploding this weekend after starting friday southwest of yosemite national park. >> look how close this fire is to the house behind it. all of this dry fuel, calfire tells us at least 10 structures have been destroyed by the oak fire. more than 6000 residents worst to evacuate come of the community on edge. >> it is difficult and only

appears it's going to get drier and hotter. >> evacuees hoping they will be able to return one day to their regular lives. the lucky ones will. >> it's heartbreaking because it has been year after year. >> overnight, california governor gavin newsom to clearing a state of emergency and securing a federal grant to fight this fire. jobina: and another fire in yosemite national park remained 79% contained this morning. the washburn fire is east of the oak fire and started on july 7. so far, nearly 4900 acres have burned. flames have threatened the park's famous giant sequoia trees aren't -- and are burning in an area hit hard by the drought. highway 41 was allowed to reopen so visitors could get into the parks south entrance. a stubborn fire in the east bay is finally out, or hopefully it is. the marsh fire started at the end of may and the smoke filled

the air in parts of contra costa county. may be the key word there -- as fires like the ones and mariposa county are cause for concern. >> after seven weeks of fire in the past seven days of flooding, it's blue skies over pittsburgh and bay point. >> they are tough to extinguish but it appears it has been extinguish. >> the marsh fire began it the end of may ignited at a fire in a homeless encampment. poor air quality prompted health advisories. the fire prevention district says 200 million gallons were dumped trying to put the fire out. >> it's impossible to get the firefighters out there because it's very dangerous conditions in the marsh area and it wasn't in an area we could get water on fire boats. >> he says it has been a busy fire season. fires have increased 20% since last year in the county. >> that number is up about 50%.

the indications are not good considering we are not yet in what is typically the peak of fire weather. as -- >> as fires burn near yosemite national park, crews have been called in. >> most likely they will be sent right to the line and probably have a pre-active fire fight throughout the night. >> the fire chief for the city of petaluma says despite the fires raising in -- raging in mariposa county it is a mild july. >> it has been fairly mild weatherwise. >> some of the previous fires were so strong they even created their own weather system. he says fire crews have more experience. calfire has more resources, that means they can get more aggressive getting near the fires. but he adds fire season is not

over. >> we have august, september, and october which can be really rough months for us. things can change quickly but hopefully the weather keeps on our side as much as i can. jobina: in the east bay, another search will be held in hopes of finding alexis gave. yesterday, possible clue was found in oak leaf. her family and several volunteers carefully combed through the area near rowley road. pieces of an iphone were found during the search and will be taken by police for further investigation. the family has been working to access her phone records and apple icloud account for more information. >> the police said apple is very hard to work with. we need our attorney to help us with that. jobina: the family is hopeful

that the phone is a match to alexis's iphone. he believes alexis's ex-boyfriend killed her in january but her body was never found. in the south bay, san jose residents held a rally demanding the airport to close immediately . it comes after a small aircraft crashed into a residential area, taking down power lines friday night. the airport was built nearly 100 years ago. the manager of nice air says the airport has been a good neighbor for decades and follows all regulations including the use of unleaded gas. nearby residents say it's not enough and the airport is putting their health and safety at risk. >> my messages this airport has to close. it's a nuisance airport, it's in the middle of a residential area. jobina: the san jose board of supervisors found children in the area have a high rate of lead in their blood. the board is expected to address the issue at hearing on thursday.

for the first time since the start of the pandemic, ro khanna met with a group of constituents in the bay area. he hosted a town paul -- a town hall to discuss abortion and rising inflation. he says the solution starts with bringing down gas prices and has several ideas how to do it. >> let's stop the export of our oil to countries so we can lower prices. let's buy back oil at a cheaper price to folks. let's go after the big oil companies. they are making big profits. tax them and get a check to working families. jobina: he is a fellow democrat but has been critical of president biden on several issues. he said the president is not doing enough to combat climate change and needs to declare an national climate emergency. this morning, thousands of people are taking part in a san francisco marathon. our camera captured the first runners going past the building.

the race kicked off at 5:30 this morning. the marathon began on the embarcadero at mission street. there are multiple categories this year, including a special program for those with disabilities. it's the first marathon in the state our registers will be allowed to register as non-binary. lisa: at the golden gate, temperatures are in the low 50's across san francisco. the winds have been a little breezy and we will see the fog stay put for a little while but a slight warm-up is on the way. it has been sunny all morning in our inland east bay valley. stay tuned to have a look at my seven-day forecast coming. jobina: also had come a public health emergency. the world health organization making that classification about monkeypox. monkeypox. what the san francisco mayor monkeypox. what the san francisco mayor it's beautiful out here. it sure is. and i earn 5% cash back on travel purchased through chase with chase freedom unlimited.

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live look outside from our exploratorium camera checking out san francisco -- foggy, cool, but we love that here. the head of the world health organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. cornell barnard explains what this means for the bay area where cases are rising. >> the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. >> powerful words from the head of the world health organization amid the rising cases of monkeypox. the emergency declaration is the first time the head of this u.n. health agency has taken such action. >> it's moving quickly unlike covid, we need to react fast, especially when we have a solution. >> mayor london breed addressing the rise in monkeypox -- currently 100 97 cases have been identified in san francisco but that number is expected to increase. she's hoping that declaration

will speed the delivery of vaccines. >> we had about 10,000 vaccines. we need about 70,000. we submitted a request for 35,000 to get us started. >> the san francisco department of public health telling abc news the acknowledgment that monkeypox is a global emergency only reinforces the way to address this emergency is to provide the resources necessary to local government, especially cities such as san francisco experiencing an increase in cases. governor gavin newsom's office tweeted this video saying california has received more vaccine from the federal government and is distributing them to communities most impacted. monkeypox clinics have seen long lines recently were some people have been turned away. it has put the city's lgbtq immunity on alert. monkeypox is impacting mostly gay and bisexual men. >> for the moment, this is an outbreak concentrated among men who have sex with other men,

especially those with multiple sexual partners. >> but experts say anyone can become infected. symptoms can start within three weeks of exposure including fever, headache and fatigue. and a rash or lesions on the body. the department of health and human services ordered 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine. zuckerberg general will open its monkeypox clinic until supplies last. jobina: we have everything you need to know about monkeypox including vaccine and treatment. just head over to our website, abc7news.com. developments in the san francisco city hall corruption scandal. john porter has been indicted on bribery charges. the indictment details allegations order bribed former public works director, mohammed new roof, with more than $100 million in gifts and donations. that was to entice him to get the city to improve -- improve

raising rates and pay more in fees. he pleaded guilty in connection with the scandal. a group of bay area high school students stranded in central europe will be on their way home started today. they've been stuck in prague since their flight home thursday with canceled. the group from saratoga high school was supposed to fly to frankfurt, germany and back home to sfo. they've agreed to charter a flight that will take the group from prague to frankfurt and they are expected to arrive in san francisco monday afternoon. in the north bay, caltrans broke ground on their final expansion project of highway 101 at the nevada narrows. it has been taking a very long time. we do helen has a look at how this will impact life for commuters. >> with the lift of a shovel, caltrans says the back ground of the north they will soon be

getting stronger. >> when we finish this project, it could be years from now, we will have over 50 miles of hov lanes from the sausalito to windsor. >> abe highway 101 is about to look a little different. caltrans is preparing to add a third hov lane from novato to the marin county line. >> obviously you can travel hov lane for most transit come a carpool lane, better for the environment, promote active transportation. >> this is the last part of the project that has been going on for more than a decade now. >> it's the start of something kind of knew but it's the last of all the project, so you can see the light at the end of the narrows, so to speak. >> assembly member mark levine has been representing the north bay during the entire project.

the total price tag around 750 million dollars from federal, state, and local dollars including gas tax money. >> we don't want to just pay the tax and wonder where it went. it's coming right back to the north bay and bay area. >> all with the goal of cutting down on traffic like this for more than 100,000 commuters a day. >> it's great for commuters trying to get home, trying to get to work, trying to get to their families and kids. >> they will just have to wait for two more years of construction. >> construction will bring challenges but it is short-term pain for long-term gain. jobina: a san francisco man who has been uniting his neighborhood through pancakes has served up his last plate. he cooks up pancake parties right outside his home in the mission district, saying it's a great way to get to know your neighbors. yesterday was his third and final party. branson and his family are

moving to the east coast but it looks like the spirit behind the events will live on. >> i went to a pancake party a couple weeks ago that was two blocks that way, so they are carrying it on. there's a couple that will be here later that have a happy hour thing on fridays on their front stoop. people just come and hang out. jobina: brinson says he's looking for a neighbor to give one of his griddles to in an effort to make sure the tradition continues. quite a turnout for an event to unite to san francisco communities. ♪ jobina: this is the second annual summer unity block party. it's a celebration meant to bring together san francisco's chinese and black residents. the event included several colorful dance numbers and plenty of fun and games for the kids. guest speakers included police chief bill scott. lisa argen is here with our

forecast. what's going on? lisa: we've been in this weather pattern -- it's going to be a month of low clouds and fog. nice temperatures and nothing too hot. the extremes not with us. we are concerned about the fires to the east of us, especially in yosemite where we could see or maybe smell the impacts as we get into monday as the smoke travels aloft and we get a wind shift in the high-pressure ridge. showing you this pattern because the low clouds and fog off the coast -- there is an area of low pressure to the north and west and we have that monsoonal moisture being steered by an area of high pressure to the south and east of us. that expands and the low drifts away. some of that smoke may be drifting into the bay area. you can pick out the plume here from the southern sierra and low cloud deck allowing for the cold start and drizzly start in some

areas. a little circulation offshore, we are getting clearing on top of mount tam by the airport. that will continue for the next few hours. another vantage point from mariposa to sonora. the foothills into the mountains, so far they've escaped the smoke in parts of tahoe but upper elevations aloft, you can see when we get those cameras from the highest elevations. when we look at the surface smoke throughout the morning hours, we get the wins going and that will allow for the smoke to drift through southlake -- get the wind is going. you continue to see the heavy smoke down by use committee -- down by yosemite and it does begin to drift back westward into our area. you will also see high clouds with the system as well. here's a look at the air quality which is compromised from sacramento obviously through

yosemite and good air quality here today. here is a look at the winds. they get stronger in the afternoon with that sea breeze. into our monday, this is where we get a better dealt breeze and that is going to instigate a little bit of cooling. we add in some high clouds and maybe even a lay or of some haze and things are going to look different for your monday afternoon. 57 in san francisco, 61 in palo alto. at the beach, lots of gray. temperatures ranging from the mid-50's to mid-60's with the sun. the sea lines may be another week or so. sunny in the typical range and this dictates the come verbal -- the comfortable temperatures. we are looking at a sunny and mild afternoon, today some 90's. 91 in livermore, 66 in richmond

with low to mid 80's in the santa clara valley. that breeze afternoon, typical july temperatures take us through monday with numbers a little cooler. the sun coming up a little later . morning fog, afternoon sun and the pattern is what you would expect, may be a few degrees cooler than come up by the end of next week, getting warmer. jobina: i love this weather. we can just keep it. just ahead, many parents getting ready to buy back-to-school supplies but inflation is making those supplies cost a lot more. we have some cost saving tips up next.

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jobina: many families are taking vacation in enjoying the summer but back-to-school is not far away. parents are looking for savings,

especially with inflation eating into paychecks. deirdre bolton has some advice. >> colored pencils, backpacks and tablets -- these are some of the items on many back-to-school shopping lists. >> there's very long lists for classroom >> and clothes shopping. with inflation or a 41 year high, prices for many of these items are rising. >> our latest survey shows families planned -- planned to spend over $860 on average. >> which would be slightly higher than last year. >> among the back-to-school items are electronics, clothing and shoes. only spending on electronics's plan to stay at more or less the same level that last year. shoppers are forecast to spend more on clothing and shoes. exactly what mom kate snyder is seeing personally. >> a lot of our inflation, things i've been able to see have been things like backpacks and clothes and shoes. >> in addition to

bargain-hunting early, she found a creative in-house solution. >> i have two daughters and they are pretty close in age. it's nice because we can swap things. like their backpacks they used last year, we will swap them this year. >> in addition to pro tips like shopping early in considering store brands instead of name brands, one experts says there is power in community. >> banding together with other families to buy items in bulk and split them across a group to save a little extra cash. >> another tip from one of the leading school uniform companies -- >> if you are shopping for a full year's worth of clothing, that's a significant expense. we recommend families spread that purchased throughout the year. jobina: still to come on abc 7 morning -- back to work. new developments about the police chief in richmond and what the investigation into her reveals.

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announcer: building a better bay area -- moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. jobina: good morning, everyone. we are starting this half hour with a look at the weather with lisa. lisa: we are pretty cloudy in most parts of the bay area. inland, it has been nice and sunny, the peninsula getting sunny. how about 81 degrees on top of mount tam right now with 21 percent relative humidity. 62 on the peninsula. this is vollmer peak that shows the marine lay or, mid 50's in santa rosa. mid 60's where the sun has been shining. as we look out to the bay bridge, you can see it is cloudy. air quality good today, turning moderate tomorrow as some of that smoke may drift into the upper labor -- upper layers of the atmosphere. today, the sea breeze will allow

for temperatures to stay on the comfortable side, even cool along the coast. how about low to mid 70's along the bayshore? we should reach into the 90's, low 90's toward brentwood and antioch. here comes the fog again. that plays a role in our forecast. we will talk about it in detail in just a few minutes. jobina: we are learning more about the police chief of richman who had been on leave since last october. according to our media partner, an investigation found she committed misconduct during a dispute with a family member. the investigation sustained allegations that french threatened to hurt a man she believed manipulated that family memory into working as a prostitute. it also found french opened an envelope containing that family members bank statement and took her cell phone. both are classified as misconduct. french returned to her job earlier this month. president biden says he's

feeling much better after testing positive for covid last week. he has been quite productive even while limited to videoconferences and phone calls. abc news white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us with more. >> the white house chief of staff said the president was on the phone and in conference calls yesterday. today is day three of president biden's isolation. he will test after day five. the earliest he would go back to in person work would be wednesday if he tested negative. his doctors continue to say he's feeling better and his symptoms were a sore throat, runny nose and body aches. all signs were normal and had no shortness of rest. his doctor said the president most likely contracted the ba.5 variant which is surging across the country. he will continue to take paxlovid and is using his inhaler two or three times a day for his cough. jobina: this morning on this week, white house covid-19

response coordinator talked with jonathan karl. he spoke to the president's team last night who told him mr. biden had a great day yesterday. >> this is a president who is double vaccinated, double boosted, getting treatments that are widely available to americans and has a mild respiratory illness. this is really good news and these vaccines are available to everyone and it's important everyone avail themselves of these treatments if they get infected. jobina: he says none of the 17" with president biden, including white house staff and members of congress, have tested positive. u.s. house members traveled with ukraine to meet with president to lenski. he briefed them on a missile attack in odessa that came one day after russia agreed to allow ukraine to export grain to address the global shortage. in a statement, president zelenskyy thanked the biden edmond's ration for the package to defend ukraine. the security assistance package

includes artillery rocket systems, drones and rocket systems. note to prince harry and his battle with the british government over security concern. the prince one illegal round in an effort to pay for his own police protection. >> prince harry going head to head with the british government -- winning the first round in his legal battle over security arrangements for him and his family when they visit the u.k. the duke of sussex is fighting for guaranteed security and says he's willing to pay for it. now the judge ruling his case can proceed to the high court. >> he says that since birth, he's been born into wealth that requires a level of security not just to keep himself safe but also his extended family, the people he marries, the children he has. he argues despite no longer being a working member of the royal family, he still receives the same level of threats regardless. >> l t

preconft ming thewere leinghe ral fold. prince harry telling oprah security is a priority. >> my family literally cut me off financially and i have to afford security for us. >> at the time a decision was made for the protection of royalty and public figures. the security would be granted on a case-by-case basis. but he wants police protection full-time when they are on british soil. >> when diana died, she didn't have these protections. she had a private security team at that point. it gets very clear prince harry feels police protection is superior and that is what he wants for his family. >> the prince arguing his personally funded team he currently employs cannot replicate the necessary police action needed whilst in the u.k.. so what's next? both prince harry and the british government have to sue bit more information for hearing can start, so this is part of a long but important process for

prince harry. jobina: two climate activists in italy glued themselves to a botticelli painting. video shows them kneeling in front of the painting. they each had one hand gluedasss the canvas. amanda seen ripping their hands off of it and taking them away. this is the latest incident of accidents -- activists taking action against climate change. protesters also glued their hands to a painting in london. as part of a class action lawsuit, t-mobile has agreed to pay millions of dollars after a cyber 2020 one. nearly 80 million americans were impacted by the data breach which exposed personal information. t-mobile is expected to pay $350 million and another 150 million dollars to secure its data systems. the company does not claim any responsibility or wrongdoing. a judge is expected to approve the settlement in december.

marvel has released a teaser trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming film black panther, wakonda forever. >> i am queen of the most powerful mission in the world and my entire family is gone. have i not given everything? jobina: i got chills watching the entire trailer last night. it's so good. it was shown at comic-con this weekend. he gives fans a peek at what is in store for the sequel without star chadwick boseman who died after a private battle with colon cancer. the movie will end phase four of the marvel cinematic universe. disney is the parent company of both marvel and abc 7. still ahead, using seeds to make the bay area better and more

beautiful. we would love to see it. here's a live look outside -- foggy at the golden gate bridge. lisa argen will have your full forecast in just a few minutes.

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jobina: key west florida is a long way from spain, but this weekend, it's home to its own running of the bulls. ed -- as part of key west hemingway days, dozens of ernest hemingway look-alikes road bulls through the streets. hemingway is one of america's famous authors but did you know his first author is based -- his first novel is based on his experience in spain, hence all of this. 30 eateries took part in the craving chinatown food event in san francisco. it was hosted by the community youth center. $10 bought participants a tasting pass, allowing them to choose for items. chinatown restaurants brought

out their best appetizers, entrees, baked goods and desserts. the spicy dumplings were the best. a group in the bay area spent the day celebrating the invention of the radio. nonprofit califnioric radio society held its fundraiser, radio day by the bay, including tours of the radio museum in alabama -- in alameda, a live auction of restored radios and a live jazz orchestra. ♪ jobina: he is doing his thing. dan ashley was one of the special guest auctioneers. the california historical radio society has restored and preserved radios and the history of radio for nearly 50 years. they hope this event will be enough to help them fund raise all the money they need to

renovate the museum. the bay area is the fourth largest radio market in the country. in the south bay, a unique attraction could be putting on a show starting today. check this out -- this is the corpse flower. you may recognize this. this is at san jose state university and is expected to bloom in the next few days. possibly as early as today. this is the part i think you all might know because the nickname comes from the smell. apparently it smells like rotting flesh when it blooms. you don't have to worry about that this time because the public is not allowed to seeit'd on youtube -- get the beauty and no smell. lisa: good morning, everybody. as we look outside, a beautiful site from mount tam where it is 81 degrees. north winds have been blowing

all night long so that dry, warm air is still in place for how warm will it get in your neighborhood? i have the answers -- your accuweather 7 day forecast is next. jobina: the giants lose more than yesterday's game to the dodgers with longoria likely headed to the injured list. chris alvarez has the details coming up. - you okay? - there's a flex alert today so i'm mentally preparing for the power outage. oh, well we can help stop one because we are going to reduce our energy use from 4-9pm. what now? i stepped on a plug. oh that's my bad! unplugging. when it comes to preventing outages the power is ours. check out this time space wormhole i creat how's it work? let me see your togo, and i'll show you.

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jobina: in sports, the giants will try to avoid being swept by the dodgers while the a's go for a sweep against the rangers. oakland takes on texas at oakland coliseum and san francisco faces l.a. at dodger stadium. the dodgers once again used the long ball to beat the giants. here's chris alvarez with this morning's sports. chris: good morning. the first two games and l.a., the giants lost and saturday

unfortunately, it did not take that long. house divided -- dad going for the dodgers and send going for the giants. mookie betts missed at bat and this time gets it all. trea turner, back to back home runs, 2-0 l.a., two home runs into innings. the giants manage two hits. evan longoria pulling his hamstring trying to beat out a double play. that's likely going to send him back to the injured list. bottom of the seventh, 3-0 dodgers will stop 4-0 dodgers. san francisco scored twice in the ninth. that is a tough call -- strike three to end the game. giants look to avoid the sweep later today. these a's fans just up the tailgate game. bases loaded, one out in texas.

ground ball, double play and domingo acevedo super pumped. a's open the scoring, bases-loaded, no outs. everyone -- one-nothing. josh smith -- look at this catch. what a play but nick allen tags and scores. play of the game -- a screaming liner, balkan dives and makes the play. so nice when you show it twice. the a's have won three of their last four. the quakes still looking for their first road win of the season in portland. they've never beaten the timbers at providence park. portland scored twice in the second to take the lead. he had said home followed by a cart and backflip -- 2-1,

timbers. espinoza nearly ties it portland's keeper just getting fingertips on it. winless on the road. three-time funny card champion robert height considers sonoma his home track. going for a fourth straight win -- the top seed going into today's finals. in topsfield, pruitt lost by a nose last year, earned her top seat of the year, going for consecutive wins on the circuit. finals are later today. that's your look at sports. jobina: now we are getting a check on the bay area forecast with lisa argen. lisa: we are looking at a satellite picture here of low clouds and fog. this stratus firmly entrenched along the coast, moving locally inland and our subtropical moisture is going to move up

through california in the next few days. that plume of smoke from the fire in mariposa county continues to rage. we are looking at our fog bank decreasing. more sun in the north bay and the peninsula. east bay has been sunny. parts of our near bay shore, you can see the smoke all the way from yosemite to sonora. it's in the upper levels of the atmosphere. you may be smelling smoke and parts of the sierra nevada but the wind flow is going to shift such that we could see moderate air quality in contra costa county. here is a look at the forecast for the near surface smoke and you notice it's well to the east of us. that onshore flow continues to push it out of the sacramento valley and it changes, getting a wind shift. the subtropical moisture moves to the north and the high-pressure is to the south and east and begins to drift

into parts of the sacrament of valley and parts of the bay area. our air quality remains good while the unhealthy air well into the mountains. we will continue to see low clouds and fog, breezy wind up the coast moving across the bay. throughout the day, here's a look at the afternoon where the wind strengthens and we will see up to 30 miles an hour through the delta. breezy in san jose and hayward and in the overnight hours, a little bit of a breeze, cool temperatures dropping into the 50's and through the afternoon, the breeze strengthens. sunny in the south bay come a current numbers and upper 50's. mid 60's in palo alto. looking at vollmer peak, the low cloud deck here will continue to evaporate. mid 60's by the delta. we will keep the clouds by that coast. if you are heading to stern grove, mid 60's and a bit below average.

the sun will come out in santa cruz. fog and low clouds along the bay and it peels back. a typical july spread where we have 60's to near 90. the south bay numbers to the mid 80's toward morgan hill. 73 in san mateo. 50's for pacifica. breezy and low 60's downtown. 85 in santa rosa, 80 in napa. it could be much hotter than that. we've really lucked out in july with comfortable readings. the accuweather 7 day forecast, few degrees warmer wringing back temperatures down to near average. cooler afternoons through the middle of the week, especially inland and looking at warmer weather by next weekend. if we could just keep it this way -- we know that's not the reality. we are enjoying it. jobina: i'm going to speak it

because i am obsessed. a long retired chemist in richmond found his magnificent way to give a gift of the garden to his neighbors. leslie brinkley spent a few hours with the wildflower guy whose seeds are taking root and helping build a better bay area. >> these are wildflowers. they planted themselves. >> he's known in richmond as the wildflower guy. >> that is a can and there is a marine one. these are the naked ladies. >> his brilliant blooms have taken over and abandoned strip of dead grass in the middle of the street starting in 1998. >> i got rid of the weeds and got a 10 send package of wildflower seeds, for heaven sakes. that's how i started. every year it grew bigger and bigger. i started with plot a, b and c.

then it was d, e, and f. i was like a kid in the sandbox. it was like my private island. i pay no taxes and no rent and the city gave me water. >> using only hand tools and hours of labor, he created this neighborhood garden and another along this scrubby stretch of land along a popular trail. >> when i discovered wildflowers, guess what? they live, they die, they compost and return to the earth. and i don't need any storage space like the material world. so that appealed to me. if everybody did it, we wouldn't have any pollution, would we? >> he doesn't just grow flowers. he also grows food. tomatoes and squash he delivers two neighbors. >> he's one-of-a-kind. he's a good guy. what he does for the neighborhood and everything that grows here is really great. >> this is a major street.

people pass by this straight and see this wonderful wildflower garden and often see gil out here working at all times of the day. it's an uplifting, great story. this really shows the power one person can have in making their community a better place. >> neighbors are starting to take on though workload as 94-year-old gil hooks to spread the magic. >> on this magic wand, i would like to save the earth and i would like everybody to think that way. jobina: up next, summer concert jobina: up next, summer concert series c mornings are our time, and i couldn't let stiff joints slow me down. so i started taking osteo bi-flex every day because it has joint shield... ...clinically shown to improve joint comfort within 7 days. osteo bi-flex - available at your local retailer and club.

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register. reservations are required but this is the other big portion -- they do not guarantee your entrance. i went last year and you are going to wait a long time, so make sure you get there early because it's first-come, first-served. then you opens at noon, the concert starts at 2:00. you can't make it in person, the good news is it strained on the stern grove website. especially because stern grove gets socked in with the fog in that area -- it gets cold quick. lisa: and crowded. maybe a few peaks of son but in the low 60's. it is a cool day, maybe a little too cool for you at shoreline but elsewhere, it's been pleasant around the bay. a few degrees warmer but the trend will be for typical july weather, with a few high clouds, may be haze from that fire drifting into the east bay. otherwise, looking at a comfortable pattern. jobina: look at this -- hey,

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