>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: 6:00, your morning commute maybe up to a slow start if you plan on taking bart. >> pg&e working to restore power to thousands of people in the south bay. the outages and power concerns for today. kumasi: here is a live look outside. a bit but lisa is checking the conditions right now. there is a chance of dangerous conditions this afternoon and there is relief a few days away. >> that is what we want to talk

about, the relief, finally saying goodbye to the triple digit temperatures. good morning. thanks for being here. kumasi: let's check in with lisa because we are excited about a potential cool down but we are not there yet. lisa: we are not. some of us had that yesterday but not all of us. there is fog off the coast that sea breeze yesterday, the southerly wind provided relief for part of the bay area and is bringing temperatures down a little bit today. we are looking at numbers this morning still on the mild side but not as hot as we were yesterday at this hour. upper 60's in the south bay. 64 downtown. mid-60's in santa rosa. starting on warm again. compared to yesterday, nine degrees cooler. air quality is not the best. we have an air alert today. excessive heat warnings in the inland valleys. 106 the high. we have taken san francisco out of the advisory. by noon, 80's and 90's so a little better today.

we have one more very hot day before everyone cools off for a fantastic weekend. kumasi: thank you, lisa. thousands of area residents are waking up without power this morning and most of those people are in the south bay. let's look at the outages in the area right now. it shows you where people do not have power concentrated in the south bay around san jose. at this point, there is no timetable for when all of these customers can get power back, but these outages happened even as the state was able to avoid widespread outages from rolling blackouts. you can always check online to see the situation in your area by going to the pg&e website. >> we were able to avoid the widespread rolling blackouts, but there are still concerns about the power grid this morning. today, authorities warning the power supply may not meet demand as people are turning to keep cool. ryan curry joins us live in the newsroom with the latest on what everyone needs to do to do their part. good morning. ryan: under another flex alert

this evening, making it the eighth day in a row officials have asked us to cut down on our power usage. although temperatures will be cooler today, it will still be a hot one, putting more strain on our power grid. californians will be asked to reduce the amount of power they used. last night, we were able to avoid the rolling blackouts. but kauai so -- but cal iso said that was largely due to the changes we made. state lawmakers say we need to do more to invest in renewable energy to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. >> this is really all ofan -- really an all of the above strategy. >> the power didn't go out in several places in the bay area,

but those were not from calling for rolling blackouts but other heat related issues. for today, those recommendations of turning off unused appliances and setting the thermostat to 78 or higher will be crucial yet again as the heatwave is not over yet. ryan curry, abc7news. kumasi: thank you. as we heard him just mentioned, another flex alert today from 4:00 to 9:00. same thing we have been doing last seven days, close your blinds, pull the curtains to keep the windows closed and the sun out. if you need to use major appliances like the dishwasher, washer, and dryer, do that. you can avoid the oven and stove from heating up the house during the hottest part of the day and set your thermostat as low as 72 degrees before you move it up to 78 at 4:00 p.m. if the weather gets too hot again, commuters may have delays getting home.

yesterday, bart had to shut down two stations. our reporter joins us live from a station with more on what is going on this morning. >> good morning. the good news here is commuters will not have to worry this morning as service has since been restored to the pleasant hill station as you can see right behind me. here you can see people going up the escalator find us. but the only thing is the morning commute maybe slower than usual. we got an update from bart officials after midnight saying they are recovering from an earlier problem and are now single tracking between here atd pleasant hill and concord -- here at pleasant hill and concord. the areas are sharing the same track this morning and will have to wait for each other in the impacted areas but it is still a big improvement from last night when the station had no service,

instead offering a bus bridge where passengers had to get off the train, get on a bus that took them around the section of the track impacted, and get back on the train. we saw crowds of people rushing to get to the buses last night. one rider we talked to was forced to jump through these hoops to get home to antioch. >> yeah, i had to get over to antioch from san francisco. it has been pretty hot. we are just trying to get to our destination. they said the trucks were warped a little more bart issues. we have to get on this bus bridge. >> bart officials told us this was all because of a heat related trackside problem, but that happened as bart was already slowing trades down systemwide because of the heat, causing 20 minute delays for all commuters. that is a new policy because it major element that happened back in june. as we all are expecting triple digit temperatures again today,

it is best to check for more delays as they are possible in this heat. >> ok, thank you. you will want to keep track of the temperatures anytime in the weather on demand section of the abc 7 bay area tv streaming app. you can download it for roku, apple tv, amazon, and google to. kumasi: fire crews are making progress on a fire that has already scorched nearly 4000 acres, destroying dozens of buildings. two women have died in this buyer. cal fire has identified how or where the fire started but neighbors told us they think it started at a sacramento fire mill. people are still under evacuation orders this morning but some already return home. an even bigger fire is burning in siskiyou county. it has burned more than 11,000 acres. governor newsom already declared a state of emergency for the

county and the cause of the fire is also under investigation. >> when it comes to the fight against covid, it looks like all of us may need to get a single covid vaccination every year. that is the word today from health officials. dr. anthony fauci says we will be dealing with covid for the for siebel future need to start thinking about covid vaccines much like we do the flu vaccine. >> we likely are moving towards a path where the vaccination cadence is similar to that of the influenza vaccine with any will updated covid-19 shots matched to the currently circulating strains for most of the population. >> the newly updated boosters were authorized last week. appointment for this shot began earlier this week. they will be free, but we know future doses may have to be paid through your insurance. not because the federal government funding is dried up. kumasi: the red carpet rolled out for a royal visitor to san francisco. >> plus, demanding answers after

the i team obtained body camera video showing the takedown of a gardener holding a beer. lisa: happy wednesday to you. yesterday, two degrees shy of a record in san francisco at 98. how about 19 degrees cooler today? i will let you know if we can spread the cooling around in a few minutes.

lisa: good morning. we are back taking a look at san

rafael for your wednesday morning commute. light movement passed the northgate mall and civic center. you are smooth sailing across the golden gate bridge. not one ounce of fog this morning. no delays at the richmond parkway or the richmond-san rafael bridge. the parkway has some roadwork out there. we are getting reports of slow traffic on the richmond parkway headed to the bridge. once you are at the toll plaza, it is an eight minute drive across the span. a heads up once again that we have a commuter alert for bart riders. the concord and pleasant hill section is single tracking, resulting in about 20 to 25 minute delays on the antioch line. that is expected for most of the morning. lisa: yesterday, we beat some of the daily records by about 10 degrees. that happened early because by about 12:00, 1:00, we had a 24 degrees drop in 20 minutes around napa, parts of the bait.

that search came up from the south. this is hurricane kay, which will run parallel to baja here. by the time it gets to southern california, getting some pretty good rain friday, saturday, maybe into sunday for us. much cooler air. we are in the 60's and 70's where it is mild to warm once again. we are looking at the cool ocean temperature and the fog offshore. breezy offshore winds to help the bay stay out of the fog advisory. we are in our fourth day of this heat wave. it started on sunday. two or three days left as we look at the low clouds and fog setting up along the coast. it will only be a little better along the shoreline in parts of the north bay and peninsula. otherwise, still looking at triple digit heat but not 110 or

115 today. by friday after a heat spike on thursday, we are back to where we are today. by saturday and sunday, it is getting better out there. here is a look at some high temperatures around the bay area sponsored by disney plus day streaming tomorrow. >> my friends -- ♪ >> we have no idea what is in store for us. [laughter] ♪ >> that was very, very impressive. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the moment. for a treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema. cibinqo — fda approved.

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>> welcome back. an emotional city council meeting lasted late to the night intent -- in san rafael. this comes five days after the i team obtained body camera video of the footage that left the men with a broken nose and concussion. >> the san rafael city council saw the largest audience since the pandemic began, standing room only. people with signs in hand and plastered on the wall urging justice for matteo. there were tears, anger. >> abused by police officers, handcuffed unjust them i will not stand for this anymore. >> i hope you understand the level of damage that has happened and i continues to happen. >> they came because of the i team report from five days ago to protest the treatment of

matteo on july 27 in the canal district. he admitted to drinking beer on the sidewalk with his friends after a long day of work and explained in spanish and english that he had to stand to retrieve his id. but two officers moved quickly. >> stop. >> the crowd was especially upset with the smiles of both officers after. the mayor announced this evening they hired an outside independent investigator to review the conduct of the officers and their supervisors that day. >> we will work with community partners to determine how we start rebuilding trust with each other. >> after days of refusing my request for an interview, i finally confronted the police chief. i am dan noyes from channel seven. what do you say to the people from san rafael about what happened? >> we are really concerned about this incident, obviously, as we shared in our spokesmen have shared. we are doing a full and comprehensive investigation and our people will be held accountable. >> the council listened to the

complaints late into the night, promising not to move onto other business until everyone was heard. for the i team in san rafael, dan noyes, abc7news. kumasi: september is suicide prevention awareness month. after two decades of increases, the national suicide rate is going down in the u.s. a cdc report before the pandemic showed the suicide rate in america had increased 33% from 1999 to 2019. the numbers actually started to dip in 2018 and 2019 and dropped 3% in 2020. a mental health expert addressed what might be behind this drop. >> people are calling for a multitude of reasons. they are either actively experiencing suicidal thoughts, may be feeling down and alone. going back to school and "back to work" has impacted people's mental health. the one silver lining in this is that people are talking about

needing mental health services in a way that hasn't happened in the past decade. people are readily acknowledging the need to take care of themselves from the mental health perspective. kumasi: he says the new three digit national suicide hotline is also making it easier for people to get help. that number is 988. we also have a list of local resources at abc7news.com/take action. >> a british woman with a hypersensitive sense of smell may lead doctors to a medical breakthrough, developing smell tests that could detect parkinson's disease. she noticed her late husband smelled it differently before he was diagnosed with the disease. scientists researched what she can smell and if it can be used to identify people before they are diagnosed. researchers developed a test that can be used by running a con swab on the back of someone's neck. they are hoping the test can be rolled out and used for a quicker diagnosis. kumasi: another to parents and

caregivers this morning involving baby formula. the fda is advising against giving mothers touch baby formula. this is being sold without proper clearance according to the fda. it adds the label contains claims for seven nutrients that do not meet the requisite for infant formula. the other big issue is according to the fda that mother's milk has not been properly tested for the presence of potentially harmful bacteria. the fda says do not buy it and if you have it, throw it away. >> google is planning on revealing new technique to month. it is set for 7 p.m. pacific on october 6. google is launching its neck generation pixel phone with a new chip, a pixel watch built entirely by google, now expected to be released with the new pixel phones. they will also be expending the nest smart home devices too. kumasi: everybody is just coming

out with stuff. >> of course they are. they want your money. kumasi: this is the time. >> just before the holidays. people can add it to the wish list. kumasi: not me, but yes. people can do that. lisa: did you turn it on yesterday? >> i did not. i resisted. kumasi: so proud of you. lisa: he should be our person of the week. kumasi: i will nominate julian. [laughter] lisa: i wanted to see if he was going to hang tough all week, and he has. julian: ok, the nomination is in. you need to join us at 7:00. lisa: around his house yesterday, hotter and hotter and hotter, but we are all doing our part. it helped. today, temperatures will come down a little bit. yesterday, we had some all-time records. beat the old records by 10 degrees easy.

we are talking about redwood city and san jose at 109. that was an all-time record. today, upper 90's. 115 in napa. 116 in santa rosa. we had a 24 degrees drop because of the sea breeze. 63 in sapalo a low 70's and san jose. yes, it is certainly a warmer start out there. san francisco, upper 70's today. 98 yesterday. two degrees shy of a record. upper 80's to low 90's in pacifica. 60's and 70's to start. five to nine degrees cooler, but it is still mild out there so not as warm as we were at this time yesterday. today, the temperatures are 10 degrees cooler inland, but still the excessive heat warning for most of us with 105 in concord, 99 in santa rosa. for san francisco, the immediate coastline ticket out of the advisory. 109 in redwood city is not happening today. we get a heat spike tomorrow for

112 inland and more mid-90's around the bayshore. by friday, we have cooling spreading through the weekend and feeling pretty good out there. julian: thank you. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00. kumasi: ginger has a look at what is ahead. ginger: coming up on gma, it is all about your extreme heat and the wildfire threat because it is not just those record-breaking temperatures but the all-time september heat and all-time heat pushing your grade to the limits. relief could be coming, especially for southern california, but that could come with some flash flood from the hurricane. we will be talking about all of it. and the massive juul sentiment. the company agreeing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to agree it marketed to children. with apple expert to to announce their new products, we will tell you how to give your current smartphone a refresh. it might not cost you anything. in our exclusive interview with

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kumasi: welcome back. the queen of the netherlands is waking up in san francisco for the second day of her tour. the mayor hosted her at city hall for a brief flag raising ceremony on the balcony. after visiting community leaders to talk about lgbtq rights, it was off to salesforce headquarters with a seminar on the challenges facing both regions. >> here in san francisco and california, so many of our competitions stem from our lack of housing. i know the netherlands faces the same challenges, especially in its largest city, like

amsterdam. kumasi: this is the first visit by a european royal to san francisco in 17 years. the queen is traveling without her husband. the king is recovering from pneumonia and could not make the trip. kumasi: she was sticking, what is going on with this heat? julian: did not -- julian: she was thinking, what is going on with this heat? kumasi: did not sign up for that. julian: the dangerous heat gripping the bay area continues. we go inside a pg&e command center as they were to keep the power on. kumasi: the threat today of rolling blackouts as we enter the eighth flex alert begging i wrote -- eighth flex alert day in a row. julian: we take a live look outside. a beautiful

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join us on a wednesday morning, and we have another flex alert scheduled for today. people waking up without power. we will tell you where people are getting affected the most in the bay area. kumasi: it has been a decades long issue with the power good. what experts are saying during this record-breaking heat wave. julian: we are taking a live look outside right here this morning from our santa cruz tower camera. a beautiful shot as you wake up on a wednesday. lisa back with us ready with her full forecast across the bay area. we will talk about when we might be able to finally see some relief. kumasi: good morning, everyone. julian: let's get right to lisa here as we talk about the forecast once again, this eighth consecutive flex alert day. lisa: that's right. we got into this heat wave on sunday so i am talking about the fourth day of triple digit heat. two more to go. tomorrow will be hotter than today. as we look outside right now, it is pretty from san francisco, where we had a big drop in

temperatures yesterday from 98 down to the 70's in about 30 minutes. 63 in the city. 72 in san jose. from mount tam, it is in the 80's. very dry you will. 64 and santa rosa so the fire danger is elevated at the excessive heat warning continues through thursday at 8:00. we are slightly cooler this morning. air quality is not great. poor air quality east and south bay and pretty much everywhere looking at temperatures at least 10 degrees above average. san francisco and the immediate coastline ticket out of the heat advisory. the rest of us through thursday. notice the warm up to the 90's at 1:00.thank you kumasi: -- kumasi: thank you. people are waking up with no power. many of those people are in the south bay. here is a look at it right now. there is no timetable of when all those people you see in the

green and yellow in the south bay will get their power back. these outages still happen even as the state was able to avoid widespread outages from rolling blackouts. you can always check online to see the situation in your area by going to the pg&e website. julian: although the strain on the power grid we are seeing this week may be new to us this year, the race for the energy supply has been going on in the state. zach fuentes spoke with an expert who weighs in on the change and how long we can continue to see these annual outages. zach: it was the year 2000 when rolling blackouts first hit the bay area. in 2001, they spread to the entire state. since then, a lecturer says he believes has done as much as possible to take care of the electrical grid. >> i look at other states like texas, whether it is cold or hot, they are suffering because they have issues with their

grid. we don't have the same issues. we are aware of what is the problem. zach: stage three emergency alerts mean rolling blackouts are more imminent. california reached the level once in 2000 and 38 times in 2001. after 2001, the next time we saw the same alert was twice in 2020. over the last two decades, california has led the country integrating solar and wind sources to supply the grid. but at times when the clean resources are not producing enough and demand is high, better resources are used. as a last resort, fossil fuels. a lot of steps have been taken to fill in gaps during higher demand periods. this san jose powerplant behind me started operating in 2003 to help fill gaps when demand was at its highest. it is not the only one of its kind, but still, strain on the energy grid continues to be a problem. a major part of that issue is climate change. >> for example, if you talk

about some of the hydraulic powers that use water to generate power, it is running dry because of the dry weather. zach: as the impact of dry weather continue, will the strain be something we live with annually? he says it depends on several factors. >> the solution has multiple parties that have to take action before we can say we will not face something like this. better resources for the grid so the grid can keep pumping power to us, better practices by us, and dealing with climate change as a reality. zach: zach fuentes, abc7news. kumasi: we went inside a pg&e command center where the utility is working around-the-clock to do with the heat related equipment failures. those can take longer to fix. many bay area communities have seen the impact of failing transformers. pg&e says they are stacked up and ready to respond. >> the hardest hit areas, the most impacted are projected to be here in the bay area so we have crews coming up from

elsewhere that are not as heavily impacted, ready to respond at a moments notice -- moment's notice. kumasi: if your power goes out unexpectedly, you should call them and report outage so they can assign someone immediately. julian: service is not restored between two east bay stations, which is welcome news to some commuters. lena howland is at the station with an update we got woman to go. good morning. lena: good morning. that's right. and it's a go, bart gave us the update that service has been restored on both tracks between this pleasant hill bart station you see behind us and the conquered bart station after a little more than one hour of single tracking this morning. but commuters are still being urged to plan for at least a 10 minute delay. this causes delays of about 20 minutes because all trains in this area worshiping the same track earlier this morning and had to wait for each other in

the impacted areas. it was a big improvement from last night when this station had no service, instead offering a bus bridge where passengers had to get off the train, get on a bus that took them around the section of the truck that is impacted, and get back on the train. we saw crowds of people riding bart rushing to get to the buses last night. one rider was forced to jump through these hoops to get home to antioch. >> the inconvenience is we got to hop off bart, get on the bus come and go to our destination. >> these are not the guys to get mad at. they are out there working hard. lena: but officials told us this was all because of a heat related trackside problem. that happened as bart was already slowing trains down systemwide because of the heat, causing 20 minute delays for all commuters. that is a new policy because of a train derailment that happened back in june.

as we are expecting more triple digit temperatures across the east bay today, it is best to check again for those delays before you head home this evening. in walnut creek, lena howland, abc7news. kumasi: thank you. already, vulnerable groups face challenges during this heat wave. we are talking the people who experienced homelessness. temperatures hit 108 degrees there yesterday. those who live in tiny homes say being insideas ue. they asked for donations on facebook. a local caterer donated items and ice cream shop gave out frozen popsicles. >> i am happy because they are given a little relief and being treated like human beings. when it is hot, you don't want a hot drink. you want a cold drink. but i am sad that even have to be out here and having to do this. >> thank you so much. kumasi: it was the third straight day they donated those

drinks to those without a permanent home. san francisco's recreation and parks department, if you are looking to cool off, listen to this, offering a free dip in the pool for the whole family. today, they are not charging admission for afternoon swimming at many of its neighborhood pools. free family swim hours very -- vary depending on the location. you can find that information online. cooling centers like this one in san jose are open all around the bay area. they are convenient places to get something cool to drink, especially if you don't have ac. the transportation authority this week is offering free rides to cooling centers in santa clara county. we have a list of all the cooling centers around the bay area on our website, abc7news.com. julian: there are new developments in the fbi search of former president trump's mar-a-lago estate. the washington post is reporting this morning some of the documents seized last month attained -- contain information

about nuclear information. it was secret. there is video of a separate investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. surveillance video seen here from january 7, 2020 one, shows a local georgia republican party leader escorting two operatives into the county election offices. the people reportedly worked for trump's attorney. the woman escorting the two people is accused of submitting false certifications to declare trump the winter in georgia. kumasi: still to come, steve bannon set to turn himself in on fraud charges. why he is still being prosecuted even though the former has already parted him. julian: you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange this morning. looks like we are opening up. another update coming up. the san francisco founded juul is set to fork over hundreds of millions of dollars amid

accusations it advertised to underage buyers. kumasi: don't forget, you can watch us for a whole extra hour now. abc 7 at 7:00 is live weekdays on the abc 7 bay area streaming app. you can download it for your phone, tablet, tv. lisa:lisa: trying to keep you -- lisa: trying to keep you cool in traffic this morning. once again this morning, free rides being offered to santa clara county cooling centers. just hop on board a bus and tell them to take you to the nevis cooling center. this is in the westbound forget a little hazy out there but a solid stream of light. speeds of about 20 to 30 miles per hour as a funnel into the bay bridge toll plaza. the lights are turned on, sold out here. you are looking at a 45 minute drive from highway 4, the cora door all the way to san francisco.

overall, slowing over the altamont pass with speeds of five to nine miles per hour, was a very slow. high winds and a one hour 10 minute commute from tracy. lisa: all-time records yesterday. 109 in san jose. 110 in redwood city. 114 in napa. 115 in santa rosa. right now from our east bay hills camera, we will be hot today but not as hot as yesterday. 63 in san francisco. 72 in san jose. a sea breeze at the coast.san francisco , upper 70's today instead of the 98 yesterday. it was 93 in pacifica. low 60's now. we are beginning to turn a corner sort of but tomorrow will be warmer than today so that is why i said sort of. nine degrees cooler in hayward. five degrees cooler on the peninsula. 98 is better than 109. looking at 90's around the bay. 110 yesterday, 94 today.

san francisco coming down in the 70's. 15 degrees cooler from santa rosa today at 99. in the east bay, it was 102 in oakland. 88 in oakland. as we had inland, 102 in san ramon and 105 in concord. here is a look at high temperatures sponsored by disney plus day streaming tomorrow. >> my friends -- ♪ >> we have no idea what is in store for us. [laughter] ♪ >> that was very, very impressive. ♪

julian: it is 6:46 a.m. as you join us on this wednesday morning. usedacxpd to be indicted. authoritoveretcher's body. her cause of death has not been released. we suspect already faced tempering with evidence charges. kumasi: new this morning, for my trip advisor steve bannon is expected to turn himself in tomorrow on fraud charges. bannon is accused of duping donors giving money to build a wall along the border. bannon cannot be pardoned on

state charges and double jeopardy is not a factor because he was never convicted. he was previously convicted this year on a separate charge related to the capitol riot. he is waiting for sentencing on that conviction and faces up to two years in prison. julian: students in uvalde, texas, are facing a new school year more than three much after the deadly mass shooting that kill 19 students and two teachers at robb elementary school. the first day school today and you can imagine their parents too. officers are there along with new fencing and comfort dogs for kids. one was up with her son three and a half month ago and was in the classroom next door to where the gunman carried out his buddy rampage. -- his bloody rampage. >> i am nervous. i love school so much. if that happened, i will go to school. i know it will not happen again. julian: they lost their

10-year-old daughter lexie but chose to send their older kids back to uvalde schools. they say they really needed that routine. air travel topped pre-pandemic levels for the first time the labor day weekend. the summer travel season coming to a close with quite the rush. eight point 7 million people passed through u.s. airports since friday, topping 2019 levels. despite the increase in passengers, cancellations, and delays decreased. kumasi: have used the gift card you were given for your birthday? many people answered no. a new survey shows how many of us get them and never use them. a poll found 47% of americans are holding onto gift cards, doctors, or store credit. the average amount is $175 a person. experts say keep the cards where they are handy, so next to your computer, even in your wallet next to your credit cards. don't put them in a drawer

because you will forget you have them. we are talking about a lot of money here. 21 billion dollars worth of unused gift cards. julian: today is the day. apple has an event to unveil the newest iphone and apple watch. we should expect two versions of the iphone 14, april model and a standard version -- a pro model and a standard version. there will be an apple watch and a possibility that could reveal an updated model of the airpods and a virtual reality headset that would be new. the event streams live at 10:00 a.m. on apple's website. it is time for your morning money report. juul agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a sweeping investigation into its products. 39 states joined forces in 2020 to look into its marketing tactics specifically its messaging directed at teens. the attorneys general investigated the claims about safety and benefits of the

device as a smoking alternative. juul was headquartered in san francisco but moved to washington, d.c., and 2020. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trade gets underway this morning. you can see we got up about 122 points right now. a local dump is about to pay nearly a quarter million dollars in fines for environmental violations. it is a place most well-known by residents for extension. it must pay 210 thousand dollars to the bay area air quality management district to settle its total of 30 violations spanning the course of six years. according to the management agency, the violations since been corrected. kumasi: pop star rihanna's lingerie line is subject of a lawsuit. it includes a santa clara, and three other counties and accuses the company stores of violating

automatic renewal state law. customers complained that when they purchase an item from the online store, they were automatically enrolled in the vip program. that charged their credit cards $50 every month until they canceled. two fans had to be removed from the arthur ashe stadium in new york after this haircut prank . this is a youtuber known for his pranks in the stands of the u.s. open tennis quarterfinal. he had a barber's cape, getting a buzz. people in the video are like, what is going on? they had to cut it out once security came and took them off the grounds for disruption of play. apparently this is not the first time he has done this. he also got a trim during an nba game this year. julian: paying all that money for the tickets just to get kicked out before you actually see the match. kumasi: and for what? julian: make it make sense.

make it make sense. kumasi: it doesn't. [laughter] kumasi: but you know, he probably has a lot of followers. julian: i hope he does. lisa: that is what matters, right? kumasi: that is what matters in this world. lisa: look at this. lightning strikes. not what we like to see in california any time of the year but there is the risk of seeing thunderstorms as we get the subtropical moisture, which in turn will cool us off by the end of the week. things are changing. not dramatically in terms of our heat right now. it is herman cain kay running parallel -- it is herman cain kay running parallel to baja -- it is herman -- it is hurricane kay running parallel to baja. you can see cloud cover from sfo. 63 downtown. 66 in palo alto. 72 in san jose. look at the golden gate bridge where you see cloud cover as

well. comfortable here today in the 70's. 64 incentive russia. in the date-krumm it is approaching 80 degrees. we are cooler in some spots but still warm out there. heat related illnesses exist. possibility today through thursday. our heat will spike today after a slight break today and much cooler over the weekend. as we get into friday, a lot like today. tomorrow, unfortunately the ridge rebuilds. saturday and sunday, it is very comfortable, back to average. 96 in fremont today. 99 in santa rosa. 94 in vallejo. julian: thank you. if you are looking for something fun to do, you can visit the san francisco zoo for free today in honor of california biodiversity day. the event celebrates the state's exceptional biodiversity while encouraging actions to protect it. the zoo says all san francisco residents get free admission today. you need to show proof you live in the city. some animals have been getting

cold treats because of the hot temperatures out there. kumasi: so you are the leader of a country giving a very serious speech and a small child dressed as superman starts riding his bike around you. this is what happened to the president of chile on sunday. he was giving a speech and this happened and went viral. he was calling on chileans to cast their vote for a new constitution, which ultimately got rejected. but even with all of this going on, the president kept talking as the child rode around in circles. either did not care about what was happening -- he said he did not care. all he wanted to do was write his bike. julian: two new arrivals are at the aquarium in chicago. they argue sea lions -- they are new sea lions. the three-year-old and his pup just arrived. they had been at the smithsonian

national zoo in d.c. he was raised by one of the aquarium's other sea lions so there are now three generations of sea lions hanging out. the pup will slowly be introduced to other sea lions and learn to socialize. kumasi: so cute. julian: very adorable. kumasi: up next, the seven things you need to know today. julian: we have a new way for you to watch abc 7 news in partnership with abc 7 news and hulu. you can watch them drop the day live, a company should have the best local and national news available to all hulu subscribers. you can find it within the news hub on hulu. kumasi: a live look outside at

want a permanent solution to homelessness? you won't get it with prop 27. it was written and funded by out-of-state corporations to permanently maximize profits, not homeless funding.

90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations permanently. only pennies on the dollar for the homeless permanently. and with loopholes, the homeless get even less permanently. prop 27. they didn't write it for the homeless. they wrote it for themselves. kumasi: if you are just joining us, here are the seven things to know this morning. lisa: number one, the excessive heat warning continues for in the valleys. not as hot as yesterday but

still talking 106 in livermore and upper 70's in san francisco. kumasi: another flex alert has been called for today because of high demand on our power grid. california voted rolling blackouts yesterday after people come back from power use. julian: a spare the air alert has been called today due to the worsening air quality. kumasi: bart has fully restored service between concord and pleasant hill stations. there were some delays this morning because of heat related track issues. officials might slow trains in the east bay again today if temperatures get too high. sue: they are experiencing delays right now but that might improve. there is an accident westbound on 205 just west of 580. that is the reason for the nasty commute out of the central valley. highway 4 does not much better heading out of concord, but into the city looking good from san rafael. julian: documents seized from

former president trump's florida home included information on foreign country nuclear capabilities. they were so secret that many national security officials do not have access to them. kumasi: number seven, have they gone too far? yes. i think so. it was too far with this lady sitting, gazing up. anyway, these cup noodles are coming in a pumpkin spice flavored. apparently, they think it is the perfect blend of sweet, savory, spicy. you could even put cream at the top you can get it at walmart starting next month. sue: on noodles? julian: chicken, beef, veggie, shrimp. kumasi: pumpkin spice is taking over. julian: how did we get here? kumasi: people love it. it is gorgeous. julian: beautiful shot right here.

the news continues at 7:00 on the abc 7 bay area app. we good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, as we begin this wednesday morning with you, searing heat. fast-growing wildfires and the possible relief on the way for the west coast. the west on fire. record-breaking temperatures fueling wildfires that are forcing thousands from their homes. evacuations expanding as buildings burn while the extreme heat pushes energy demand to an all-time high and the hurricane on the move. could it finally end the heat wave? breaking overnight, russian president putin set to meet with chinese president xi. when the summit will take place as ukraine launches a major new front against russian forces and the new evidence the toll of sanctions is taking on russia.