moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> we do not believe there are health impacts that will be experienced by the community. we are asking people to avoid close contact. there is no active release but if you were to come into close contact with the material, there could be concerns. >> a communitywide warning for people living near the martin is refining company after a release of coke dust earlier today.

thank you for joining us. dion: coke dust is a byproduct of trillium manufacturing and contains trace metals. it can be toxic. >> hunr has been following the latest, live from the health department not far from the refinery tonight. reporter: good evening. health officials gave an update. they say the release lasted just one minute around 8:30 this morning. as of now they still do not know how much coke dust was released or how far it spread. health officials have asked the refinery for what is called a 72 hour report. they say once they have that they will have a better indication of how much was released. >> at 8:30 a.m. this morning the martinez refining company had a release of one minute duration of coke dust. reporter: the contra costa county health department has a team collecting samples in areas that have been impacted.

some martinez residents who live near the refinery did see small amounts of black ash on their car. >> coke is made up of carbon and hydrogen. because of the refining process there can be trace metals and other chemicals or constituents inside this material and that is the reason we are doing a laboratory analysis. reporter: the martinez refinery processes crude oil -- crude oil. it produces enough gas to fill 250,000 cars daily. coke dust is a byproduct. in large amounts it can be toxic. how much was released is unknown. reporter: -- >> until we have that information and laboratory analysis i cannot speak further to health impacts or quantify the release. reporter: officials believe the health risk may be limited. >> there is background trace metals in the environment in general but if there is more than expected or other substances, the potential health impact, just kind of washing it

off with water, we do not think would disrupt the material to cause inhalation. that should be fine in terms of potential impact. reporter: but as the eye team reported there was a release on thanksgiving day last year at a different part of the refinery. as much as 24 tons of ash rained down on cars and homes. the fbi and environmental protection agency are investigating. congressman john garamendi who represents this part of contra costa county says the repeat pattern is a big concern. >> this refinery is establishing a very bad record. within one year and nine months there have been two major releases from the refinery which tells me they've got an operational problem. they've got a safety problem. they absolutely have to address it. reporter: the refinery did put out a short statement earlier today to warn residents of what happened and how to report a problem.

the bay area air quality management district say they are also monitoring the situation. reporting live, abc 7 news. dion: we appreciate that. the latest release comes after 24 tons of catalyst dust from martinez refining blanketed the community on thanksgiving evening last year. the company immediately claimed the dust did not pose a health risk but as the abc 7 news i team first reported, the release prompted investigations by the fbi and the epa as well as a criminal investigation by the contra costa county das office. the county issued an advisory against eating backyard produce. that was lifted last month. dan: across the bay area we are getting ready for intense heat. here is a live look at conditions outside right now dion: for the details on these increasing temperatures let's get to sandhya standing by. sandhya: it is going to get hot enough to be taxing on the body. let me show you that temperature

trend. all areas are running higher, two to eight degrees warmer. 90's inland, 50's coast side. we have our summer microclimates but the heat is going to build later on this week. an excessive heat watch has been issued for all inland areas. this begins at 11:00 a.m. friday and runs until 8:00 sunday. solano county goes on till monday night. upper 90's to near 110 degrees. that is dangerous. it is going to increase the risk of heat illnesses. especially for those who work outside or have activities outside. little kids, perhaps camps. friday, 90's, 100 inland. saturday, mid-100s for any inland communities. up to the north, mendocino county 110 degrees. sunday is going to be hot as well. these are friendly reminders. stay hydrated with plenty of fluids. never leave people our pets inside cars. reduce the time you spend outdoors and stay inside if you can.

know the signs of heat illnesses. i will let you know how long you can prepare for hot weather and when we will get a break coming up. dan: great information. charles manson follower leslie h today, freed after serving 50 years for her role in two murders. this comes after gavin newsom said he would not fight a court ruling she should be granted parole. she is expected to spend a year a micron transitional housing learning basic skills. dion: san mateo county is the first in california to offer their support for governor newsom's proposal for the 20th amendment of the u.s. constitution. supervisor david can a pop announced the proposal and introduced it during today's board of supervisors meeting to strengthen gun laws nationwide. >> this amendment recognizes the urgent need to prevent dangerous individuals from accessing firearms through commonsense

measures. these safeguards prioritize the safety and security of all americans. dion: the proposal for the 28th amendment raises the age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, prohibits assault weapons purchases, implements a universal background checks and institutes a waiting period to purchase firearms. dan: alameda county's board of supervisors voted today to adopt an ordinance to crackdown on spectators at sideshows within county limits. people attending a sideshow could face fines up to $1000 or spend up to three months in jail. the ordinance will be enforceable in unincorporated areas of alameda county. some bay area cities have similar ordinances including pittsburgh and san jose. >> supervisor dean preston is calling for a public hearing to address the ongoing car break-ins at some of the city's top tourist destinations. as suzanne phan tells us, supervisor wants an honest conversation about what's working and what's not.

>> everyone i know has been in the city long enough has had their car broken into. reporter: chances are you or someone you know have had a car broken into in san francisco. >> the last month there have been a series of them around here. reporter: at alamo square, andrea lee has seen it happen. >> it has been happening a lot. in the middle of the day. >> you see broken glass almost all the time. especially near alamo square. reporter: take a look at the data. while there is no publicly available up to date stats around san francisco car break-ins, we have a list of the theft incidents reported to police. those show a dramatic decrease in 2020, slight increases each year after, but not a return to pre-pandemic levels. what can be done? san francisco supervisor dean preston wants to know. that is why he's calling for a public hearing. >> we are not trying to reinvent the wheel with ideas. a lot of people have been working on this and thinking about it. what we want to emphasize is

what we are doing as a city is not working. 2017, the city launched the park smart campaign and put up signs. but we could be doing more. at minimum so tourists understand they cannot leave anything in their car anywhere in the city of san francisco. reporter: tourist destinations like fisherman's wharf have been a big problem for car break-ins. supervisor preston points out other trouble spots. >> we have three hotspots in district five. japan town, alamo square, and haight-ashbury have experienced ongoing problems. we are getting more complaints and i think that is partly because people are seeing more instance in their neighborhood but it is also the frustration of really not knowing what is the city doing about this right now. reporter: preston is calling for a public hearing on car break-ins to be held in september. >> take a hard look at what's working and what is not. >> suzanne phan, abc 7 news. dan: a bit of progress in the city of hayward two days after

getting hit by a cyberattack. the city website and some municipal portals are coming back online after a precautionary shutdown. officials first detected the problem sunday morning. as of yesterday afternoon they have not found any evidence of a data breach. we have reached out to the mayor and other city staffers for an update but have yet to hear back. dion: still ahead, putting the brakes on the expansion of robot taxis and why some experts argue the autonomous vehicles are safer than human drivers. >> more than 100 milli a micron reimbursements for bank of america customers. we will tell you why

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$150 million in penalties and fines. representatives say they eliminated double last year. the san francisco-based bank is the second-largest in the country serving 68 million customers. dan: the public utilities commission vote on whether to expand self-driving taxi service in san francisco has been postponed until mid august. as the controversy over taxis continues, abc 7 news reporter ryan curry talked with experts about what the delayed vote means for the city. reporter: for the second time in a few weeks the state utilities commission delayed a vote that would allow crews to offer paid rides 20 47 across all of san francisco. abc 7 has documented cars stalling in the middle of the street. the company claims the self-driving car's are safer than regular ones. >> it is a big yellow flag. it is a vote for the status quo. yellow flag because there are problems with ongoing operations

in the city. reporter: pete bigelow is a reporter focusing on autonomous vehicles. he says the decision to postpone the vote is not surprising and likely due to a lack of data. >> the city is looking for data and they are not getting what they want. reporter: whether stalling in the middle-of-the-road or malfunctioning near an obstacle, some are wary of having more access to av's. if you ask crews and whammo, they say it is beyond time they have access expanded. in a statement, cruise should be doing everything to expand this. weimo says not doing so has impacts on road safety. the board asked for incident data about the times the cars stall and block emergency crews. the company did not respond to that. >>

noteworthy event. sometimes it is a nothing burger. >> we do not have something that matches exactly what has been proposed here. that is something we would have to develop. reporter: a professor of engineering at arizona state university says despite the stalling, self driving cars are intended to be much safer than ones with drivers. >> a lot of accidents are not accidents, they are human errors or bad behavior of humans. we still have in the 30% to of fatality accidents associa with a drug impaired or drunk driver for example. reporter: ryan curry, abc 7 news. dion: a man accused of intentionally starting a grass fire and stealing a tesla stopped by a good samaritan trained in mixed martial arts. we will tell you what p

dan: valeo police are thinking a resident for using mma training to capture a suspected arsonist this past weekend. it happened saturday near the intersection of admiral lane and turner parkway. witnesses tell police they saw the suspect start a 15 acre brush fire. as the suspect was climbing into a car to escape the mma trained resident pulled the man out of the car and detained him until police arrived. dion: officials are calling it a sign of the state's strong water supply following winter storms. nearly 100 pounds in the south bay that were almost empty are expected to stay full all summer. abc 7 news southbay reporter zach fuentes has more on the purpose the ponds serve the story they tell about the statewide water supply. reporter: for months we have heard the state water supply is the best it has been in years. >> this year's april 1 result from our automated snow sensor network is greater than any

other year we have recorded since the snow sensor network was floyd roughly in -- was deployed roughly in the mid-1980's. reporter: not long ago this pond was empty. while percolation ponds like this might be nice to visit for humans and wildlife, that is not the purpose they were created to serve. they are water supply facilities that hold water from places like local reservoirs or water given to valley water from the state or federal government. reporter: it is funny to look at a beautiful pond like this and consider it a water supply facility but this is percolating down into the ground and feeding our underground aquifers. that is an important part of our water supply. reporter: because valley water has been able to start recharging the groundwater supply for the first time since 2018, nearly all the ponds can stay full. take a look at this, this is what is blocking water from the guadalupe river that allows it to move into percolation ponds. reporter: it is really exciting. we all dealt with those big atmospheric river's that came

through during the winter and it was really a boon for the water supply. not only locally but statewide. it is paying off through groundwater recharge. reporter: with more people expected to visit the ponds and see how robust the water supply is first-hand, valley water urges everyone to not ease up on conservation efforts that were developed when the supply was worse. >> everyone made great changes during the last drop and the drop before that. -- last drought and the drought before that. we are asking everybody to keep those in place. dan: let us turn back to the weather and this dangerous heat coming. dion: let's talk about the timeline. sandhya: yes, it is going to get intense and definitely dangerous as you both mentioned. that is beginning this weekend. we do start to see those triple digits in places like antioch as early as friday but you notice saturday is the hottest day at 106 degrees. still pretty intense on sunday before those temperatures begin to drop off. so i want to remind you, heat is

the number one weather-related killer in the country. know the signs of heat illness. heat exhaustion, you have pale skin you are sweaty, you have nausea, move to ac and drinkable water. if someone is suffering from heat stroke they are not sweating, high body temperature, you have to call 911. that is an emergency. we have an excessive heat watch for much of northern and central california shaded in dark red. excessive heat warning for much of the inland portions of california down south and heat advisory in orange in effect for parts of southern california until later on on monday. high-pressure bringing the dangerous and extreme heat this weekend. the coast is not going to feel it because this is what we have. it is not going away anytime soon. from our tower camera we have fog over the city. currently mountain view 72, san jose 82 degrees. half moon bay at 55. blue skies from the emeryville

camera. 90 in novato. 96 in vacaville. low 90's concorde and livermore. a dip in temperatures tomorrow as this trough passes to the north. it will enhance the marine layer. drizzle to start the day tomorrow. we have the fog on live doppler seven but beautiful view from santa cruz. not bothering people down there as you can see people enjoying the beach right now. fog and spotty drizzle tomorrow morning. wide range of temperatures in the afternoon and intense heat is heading this weekend with the possibility of records. let's go hour-by-hour. 6:00 still warm inland, 80's and 90's as we head toward tomorrow morning. we start with gray skies across the bay and coast. and the spotty drizzle going into the afternoon. upper 80's to low 90's for warmer spots. i will show you where those temperatures will peak. first thing in the morning watch out for that fog. temperatures will be in the 50's and 60's so not a terribly chilly start tomorrow afternoon. 80 in san jose.

90 in morgan hill on the peninsula. 74 in menlo park. san francisco, 65 degrees. it will still be gray along the coast. sunset district and breezy. 61 degrees north bay. 82 san rafael. 90's around ukiah. oakland, 71. 73 in hayward. head inland and it is going to be warm. 87 immigrant pleasanton. a minor dip tomorrow. do not get used to that because the heat is going to stick around for several days. the most intense between friday and sunday with triple digits inland. 60's coast side. the heat holds on monday but it drops off a little bit of heat relief on tuesday. by then we are talking mid-90's inland. dion: at least we had good morning ahead of this. sandhya: and those temperatures are going to be well above average. dion: thank you. dan: new pickle ball courts are

open now at san francisco's historic palace of fine arts. one of the fastest growing sports. three indoor courts will be offered which players can reserve for free. sf recreation and parks will give online access for players to reserve the court for 90 minutes time. the new space offers free clinics and 75 minute group lessons for four weeks. pickle ball officials say it is an effort to keep up with the sport's fast growing popularity. >> it is an epidemic. everyone wants to play because it is so fun and social. you can learn to play within 20 minutes. dan: the courts will open from 9:30 until 11:00 a.m. tuesday through saturday. dion: what a neat setting. speaking of sports, baseball commissioner rob manfred says the a's have started the process of applying to move to las vegas. manfred addressed the move during his news conference ahead of tonight's all-star game essentially blaming the

political process in oakland for the lack of a solution to keep the a's from moving. last month the nevada legislature approved up to $380 million in taxpayer money for 30,000 seat ballpark in vegas. any move would have to be approved by 75% of the 30 major league teams.

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ask your doctor about ibrance. dion: margaritaville is making a new home in the sierra mountains. the resort will open at lake tahoe this weekend. the global chain will take over the popular lake tahoe resort hotel and offer 399 rooms for visiting families and groups. located at heavenly mountain resort. this is the brand's first year-round lodging location at a ski destination. margaritaville will be the only all suite resort in south lake tahoe. dan: more news ahead. dion: let's get to karina nova with a look at the stories coming up at 5:30. reporter: it has been one year since the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline was implemented and thousands of people have turned to the 24/7 line by calling, texting, or chatting when they need help. tonight we will look at the impact in california.

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tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the flooding emergency. city streets washed away in parts of the northeast. more storms now coming. the homes collapsing into a ravine in california. and the urgent manhunt across state lines in the northeast. what they've now revealed tonight, and the new image here. first, the stunning pictures coming in from vermont. water rushing through towns. dozens of roads closed. entire communities cut off. a train trestle collapsing. the tracks dangling over a ravine. and the extremes across the u.s. tonight.