jobina: now at 6:00, bay sports mainstay since the 1940's set to close. we life with what next the racetrack.

reggie: in m curb shop lifting. drew: record heat in california, hot weather fueling dangerous wildfires. the latest forecast, the news at six starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. look over san francisco on a bit of a monday, july 17. all is well. reggie: thanks for joining us. drew: it is still excessive heat warnings in effect, those are over. i live look outside from the exploratorium camera. high clouds brought a few lightning strikes two parts of the north bay weight loss made. no new fires started from the lightning strikes.

you are in the 60's and 70's, the 60's and 70's, warmer spots right now. the high clouds first thing, they get out of here in the next couple of hours. still hot inland, not as hot as over the weekend. a cooling trend continues the next couple of days. 70's around the shoreline. a cooling trend over the next six minutes. jobina: we are going back to the bay bridge toll plaza, beginning to fill in. the lights came on at 5:40 and it does not look like we are seeing any slowdown from the stall that was reported. chp is running a traff traveling in the westbound direction, we are working to get details. as you approach the midspan, tracy to dublin, drive times are around the same. about 50 minutes, everything else on time. kumasi: an announcement from

golden gate fields, the racetrack in operation since 1941. it will be closing by the end of the year. lena howland live at the racetrack. lena: good morning. the end of an era for horseracing in northern california. golden gate fields doors by the end of this year, leaving this part of the state without a major racetrack. a group that owns golden gate fields did not give a reason behind the closure but said the group today announced it will double down on the training venues. by closing golden gate fields at the end of the 2023 racing meet. it is unclear what will happen to the stables and horse handlers that live in the buildings on site. and if all of them will be able to transfer to the socal racetracks.

annable accidents -- animal activists are taking credit for the soon to be closure, but those who eat, sleep and live horseracing believe this happened for another reason. >> i want to push back on people who feel this is a score for the animal-rights groups. i don't think it has anything to do with this. it is about four crop size right now in the country. it has while. track this year. increase field sizes and add a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at santa anita getting in january.

live in alameda county, lena howland, abc 7 news. reggie: a pair of wildfires burning in california, one in yosemite national core -- park. smoke is impacting the trails. half dome. the pico fire -- this fire no containment so far. kumasi: a person has burns from a car that caught fire in the so rabbit fire. containment has grown to 26%. it started friday afternoon. firefighters say it is dry brush. some evacuation orders are in place. you can see where any wildfire is burning in california by

using our wildfire tracker. you can see if smoke is affecting the bay area. you can find it on our website, abc7news.com. reggie: jury selection begins in a federal trial against san jose state university athletic trainer shop. he is accused of sexually assaulting female athletes dating is back -- back as far as 2000 nine. up to three former athletic directors will testify. he was charged with civil rights violations by the doj and now faces up to six years in prison. kumasi: contra costa county health officials are said to get out more information about the release of coke dust from the refinery earlier this month. they are expected to talk about the release and what has been caused after.

high levels of toxic metals. they concluded there was no long-term risk to the public health. reggie: we can expect a big announcement in a few hours on the future of night markets and former markets in california. -- farmers markets in california. a news conference is planned today at 11:00 a.m. at the novichok --donut shop. kumasi: republican candidates spend the weekend in early primary states. a major shakeup in the campaign of former governor ron desantis. jobina: the iowa caucuses are less than six month away and abc news has learned that florida governor ron desantis has cut about one dozen staffers with more changes expected, including eight shift in his messaging. the candidates just released the latest fundraising materials,

giving insights into where things stand. dissent has has been burning through cash. they are navigating a cash crunch after hiring too many staffers early on. in florida, former president trump taunting dissent is for entering. >> their which thing -- they are wasting such precious time and resources. jobina: the former president has yet to commit to august. trump raked in over in the second half of the fundraising. more than $20 million of r desantis got over $1 million. then we have chris christie with just $1.6 million and former vice president mike pence at

$1.2 million. the latest fundraising figures are only part of the picture. they do not include money going to pacs or superpacs kumasi: another self-driving car stuff on the street in san francisco, a crowd enjoying an event led to the confusion. reggie: and the mega-jackpots available as powerball and mega millions continue with no big winners. you could win nearly $1 billion tonight. drew: after the excessive heat inland over the weekend, cooler weather moving in the next couple of days. we

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no one hit the powerball jackpot and in california, eight people matched four numbers plus the powerball, winning just under $24,000 each. it is now worth even more, an estimated $900 million. the jackpot also taking u next drawing is tomorrow night. drew: dew points this measure how much moisture is in the atmosphere. it feels m you will notice that as you step outside this morning. 72 in walnut antioch in livermore, 72 in dublin. we have the marine influence keeping temperatures cooler. widespread 60's in the north bay. high clouds this morning. we will keep the clouds along the coast during the day but the afternoon, hot inland in the

90's. coffee excessive heat we had over the weekend. no watches or warnings in effect. temperatures above average. cooler weather living -- cooler weather midweek. we will detail those numbers in about nine minutes. reggie: local safeway stores have new devices to prevent shoplifting and more escalation on the crimean peninsula overnight. aqui bridge linking russia to the region was attacked. a live look outside, it is 6:12. we will be right back. ♪ asthma isn't pretty. it's the moment when you realize that a good day... is about to become a bad one. but then, i remembered that the world is so much bigger than that, with trelegy. because one dose a day helps keep my asthma symptoms under control. and with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy helps improve lung function so i can breathe easier for a full 24 hours. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems.

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reggie: an explosion on a bridge connecting crimea to russia's mainland killed a couple and left their daughter hurt. russia says the attack was staged by ukrainian special

services and above two drones. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attack. the bridge is important for crimea, a major hub for the war in ukraine. this is the second strike bridge since october when a truck blew up two sections. the new device being installed at safeway supermarkets, sliding barriers will only open after you scan your receipt. they have been installed at two stores, safeway stores have been targeted by saw dust shoplifters. other supermarkets have similar barriers and consolidated entrances to try and curb theft. safeway has yet to respond to a question for comment. kristen: -- kumasi: more than one million dollars raise yesterday at the aids walk san francisco at golden gate park. we are proud to be a media sponsor. it was hosted by

anchor dan ashley. he has been a longtime supporter and done this event for decades. the quilt first constructed in 1985 was on display yesterday and it stretches five football fields. quilt organizers are advocating for more awareness about the virus. >> we need a lot of awareness and this is what it is about. it is about educating, membrane those we have lost and continuing to be in the face of those people that just want to say it is a gay disease or that it is over. kumasi: live with the virus. find all of our coverage on the aids walk san francisco on our website, abc7news.com. reggie: video of a self-driving car stuck in the middle of the street in san francisco. >> doesn't have any idea what to do. reggie: you can see the car

trying to maneuver in the middle of both lanes on thursday. drivers were honking at the before moving around it to get through traffic. witnesses say the car could not figure out where to go during a pop up rifle dead show in the haight-ashbury neighborhood. one of old san francisco colliding with new. kumasi: i appreciate the effort. everybody has been talking about the barbie movie. it will be in theaters at the end of the make -- week and a michigan family is putting on a rb themed light show outside their home. ♪ i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world kumasi: i am here for this. this family regularly festive displays for the

neighborhood. they do it for halloween and christmas. this theme is time to with t 1997 hit, barbie girl by aqua. barbie hits theaters on friday. drew: this movie does not need any more press. jobina: now they can't do any. kumasi: do it, we are going to do it all. reggie: we can even see it because it is sold out for days. jobina: a good problem to have. drew: for sure. weatherwise, we have high clouds this morning. a live look from our east bay hills camera, you can see the hiking was clouds that brought a couple of lightning strikes to the north bay late last night. it is all because high-pressure, that was the one responsible for the heat this weekend.

showers up and around the area of high pressure. centered over parts of the north bay last night, lightning strikes in sonoma and napa county around 9:00 or 10:00 p.m.. no new fires were started and any a threat of lightning is gone today. it is not the forecast. it is about the heat easing in northern california. southern california still dealing with excessive heat warnings and heat advisories. all the watches and warnings have expired. warm to hot inland, not as bad. about 105 70's and 80's around the bay shoreline, 60's around the coast. continuing to cool us off, inland we will find a more comfortable night. 50's and 60's. we get rid of most degree heat, mainly in the 70's and 80's. a similar story wednesday but by

thursday, hottest day this week. the heat is easing. the next couple days come, closer to average midweek. hot inland by friday. with the triple digit heat is short-lived. no excessive heat warnings. jobina: transit for your commute, you are in great shape. everything is running on time. golden gate -- looking live at the san mateo bridge, beginning to fill in for people traveling westbound toward the peninsula. no problems to report. it is just busy. seam thing goes at the bay bridge. from our south beach camera, if you're traveling toward the toll plaza, the lights came on at 5:40. reggie: now to ginger zee with a look at what is happening on gma. kumasi: good morning.

>> good morning, nice to be with everybody. we keep it going with the story you have been talking about, deadly flash flooding in pennsylvania. deadly heat in the south, not breaking in pieces like phoenix. details in the arrest of a suspected serial killer in long island, how a pizza crust outside his office may have helped track him down and could he be linked to other unsolved murders? plus some families have been forced to cancer summer vacations. what is being done to speed up the passport process and what you need to know before you head abroad. and how one man lost more than 100 pounds and kept it off. he has some great tips and an important one, first thing you have to ask yourself before you start the health journey. michael port -- michael bolton

is live, music and a performance. reggie: i haven't seen him in a little while. kumasi: i'm ready for that. >> he sounds the same, he is just rocking. his voice held up. reggie: he did that of disney songs. his was hercules. if i'm not mistaken. >> i think you're right. i will try to go catch him. reggie: could he do a private encore? kumasi: little requests. and michael bolton at 7:00.you we wil

kumasi: a pair of cyclists from norway just completed a bucket

list right across the u.s. to celebrate a medical milestone. these friends have been writing for 25 days straight about starting new york on the 21st of june. cycle through west virginia, missouri and utah, making new friends. they arrived in san francisco over the weekend, completing 3400 miles. it was a journey they were not even sure they would get to make together. >> one and a half year ago i got a diagnosis of a brain tumor. to get a serious message like i got, it is no reason to delay. kumasi: money for cancer research in norway. one right in the books and now cancer free, they are hoping they can do another ride like this in the near future. tens of thousands of fans packed into oracle park to say one last goodbye to the legendary bay area band the grateful dead. the bandstand and company group

wrapped up three sold out shows last night at the ballpark. each ran for nearly four hours. fans share their excitement about seeing the band. >> the grateful dead and to have my last one here, it is bittersweet . >> when i was my son's age, 17, 15, jerry garcia was still alive. i loved it. >> i love the grateful dead. the last show i thought they played one of my favorite songs and i was all most tearing up. it was great. kumasi: restaurants around oracle park said the final shows have boosted business all weekend. if you have ever wanted to live in a haunted mansion, a special one has just listed on zillow. the mansion featured in disney's new movie haunted mansion. the property on the secluded bayou dates back to 1823.

it includes photos of the home as it was decorated for the movie. there is no price listed but they zillow price estimate says your soul. [laughter] disney's haunted mansion premiered over the weekend at disneyland. disney is the parent company of abc 7. not your soul. next at 6:30, church reportedly targeted by protesters for supporting the lgbtq community. the reaction from church leaders. and the disappearance of an alabama woman, she is now back at home but investigators are still trying to figure out if she was lur

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over for a bay area woman kidnapped in mexico. the relief or family is experiencing. kumasi: hot weather can be devastating for wine lovers and vineyard owners. the heat impacting the great harvest. reggie: and taking a self he causes this chain reaction crash at the tour de france. the a we have been through this before. she was in the way. kumasi: and everybody fell over. reggie: good morning. kumasi: what you point to do, post a picture? drew: i would. i don't know. kumasi: we want to say happy monday, it is july 17 and we will start with drew. drew: this

mild air inland and in the north bay. spots starting in the 70's this morning in our hills, even warmer. hanging onto some warm air over the weekend. up our warmest spots in the 70's, 50's close to the coast. we've elevated humidity thanks to high clouds. lightning strikes in parts of sonoma and napa county, no new fires this morning. we have the clouds giving way to sunshine quickly today. so hot inland, just not as excessively hot as it was over the weekend. the cooling trend has continued the next couple of days. let's check with jobina and see the traffic. jobina: check out. bay bridge toll plaza, the lights came on at 5:40. we have not had a blocking issue so far this morning in terms of your commute so we should be in good shape as we continue through the morning. if something changes i will let

you know. san jose looking live at 87 where we are clear. the highway four commute is slowing down. any out to conquer three minutes. tracy to dublin has increased to 54 minutes. reggie: details into the closure of golden gate fields. it will shut doors by the end of the year. the racetrack has been operation in the east bay since 1941. lena howland joins us live with more. we know: after more than -- lena: after more than of raising, golden gate fields will close its doors after its final racing date this year. the group that owns the fields did not give a reason but said the group today will double the corn racing and training menus by closing golden gate fields at the end of the 2023 racing needs.

it is unclear what will happen to the stables and horse handlers who live on site and if all of them will be able to transfer to the socal racetracks. while eight horses have died at the track this year, ownership's claim -- ownership claims horse fatalities are down more than 50% over the last five years, making california among the safest states for our bread racing. animal activists who have been calling for the shutdown of this racetrack for a while are taking credit for the closure. >> i am thinking about the horses, all of the horses that went through the confinement at golden gate fields that we were trying to eliminate. i am thinking about all the horses that died at golden gate fields before we were able to shut this place down. lena: those who live horse racing believes the closure happened because the number of horses think born across the country has been down for quite a while. this will leave norman

california without a major racetrack. you may remember baymeadows in san mateo that originally opened in 1934. it was shut down and turned over to developers in 2008. live in alameda county, lena howland, abc 7 news. kumasi: a special team of counterterrorism investigators from the indian government will be in san francisco. they are in town to look into a suspected arson attacked on july 2 at the indian consulate building. this is according to the news mastery -- newsmagazine. a exterior of the building. the officials will be in the city for a week. reggie: a drag queen bible study our at a library prompted a protest. demonstrators showed up outside of calvary church yesterday.

they tell the protesters are told they said negative things to the lgbtq community kumasi: a reunion for a bay area family after their loved one was kidnapped. we have told you about monica, originally from san mateo. the 29-year-old was abducted in mexico about eight months ago. her captors released her friday night. a search for her abductors is ongoing. >> i think we can all agree -- three little easier. it is a happier day. i'm getting married in a week so this is the best wedding gift i could have received. kumasi: walking from working 20 lead to.

travel specialist say if you are planning to visit abroad, there are important precautions to take. >> you always want to make sure someone knows where you are at all times. whether it is a best friend, a family member. especially if they are going to a different country. kumasi: not only with family, but also the dog she was walking when she vanished. reggie: the search for a person accused of a mass shooting in georgia has come to an end. after evading search for two days, he was killed by police. a police officer and a deputy were hurt while trying to arrest 40-year-old andre longmore yesterday. he is a killing four people in a rural area. >> thank you for

the kindness he treated others with. reggie: spree started saturday morning with an attempted carjacking. the motive is unclear. kumasi: learning more about the arrest of a man suspected of being a serial killer in new york. architected arrested after a years long search, he's accused of killing three women more than a decade ago and suspected of killing a fourth woman in the go-go beach area. -- in a they're looking for evidence that could link him to six other local murders. >> will see if he is involved and if not, we will continue to go after those that committed these crimes and hold them accountable. kumasi: police say he googled the beach investigation more

than 200 times. he has pleaded not guilty and is due in court next month. reggie: an alabama woman who went missing after reporting a child walking on the highway is home safe but it is unclear what happened. 25-year-old carly russell disappeared last wednesday. she called 911, stopped to check on a toddler and called a relevant dust relative to tell them what she saw. relative lost contact. officers who went to the call found her car and some of her belongings but they do not find her or the child. she returned home on saturday and was taken to the hospital to be evaluated. kumasi: killer storms and deadly heat looming over tens of millions of americans. dangerously high temperatures claim more lives, raging floodwaters brought a family outing to a and -- i deadly end. jobina: the death toll expected to rise after flash flood outside of philadelphia. five people were killed and

overnight two children were missing, including a nine-month-old boy and a two-year-old girl. authorities in bucks county say this family was visiting in south carolina when the dust from south carolina when the vehicle got swept away by floodwaters. the son and father were able to get to safety but the grandmother, mother and two children were swept away. a biker died after trying to help hikers who had no food or water. 14 states are under heat watches and warnings. el paso, texas has seen triple digit temperatures for 30 consecutive days. four people had to be taken to the hospital for heat exposure at a car show. a biologist in neighboring new mexico's warning about the impact on wildlife and says that birds are struggling to adapt. >> birds that are most susceptible to heat stress will just be gone. kumasi: smoke from the wildfire

burning in canada is triggering more air-quality alerts. dense smoke expected to be over the great lakes and parts of new york and pennsylvania while hazy skies are expected for much of the northeast today. reggie: in the north bay, much of the wine country experienced a triple digit heat over the weekend. it is a huge contrast to the wet and cold winter we had and it is good news. why lawmakers have been waiting for that cool -- but are concerned the later great ripening could lead to a different harvest which could lead to wildfires and fall rain. they are behind after the last drought impacted seasons. kumasi: we saw a lot of hot temperatures across california this weekend, including a spot that is typically the hottest place on earth. death valley, the national weather service says the

temperature peaked at 128 degrees. at furnace creek yesterday. that is the exact location where the hottest temperature on earth was ever recorded. 134 degrees in despite the dangerous heat, the valley has become a hotspot for tourism. >> it is great to have someone back at home who is not on the journey with you who knows where you are going, when you should be in certain places and when you should be checking in with them so that if you don't check in, they know to let someone know you have not checked in. kumasi: park ranger extreme it is dangerous. most people can only last outside for a few minutes before they get back to an air-conditioned car or building. my family went here for our family reunion in vegas. they are like are you coming? i don't know the answer. i was back at home.

if y'all did not come back i was going to call someone. reggie: and not be in the search party. still ahead, elon musk continuing to lose money on twitter. how many businesses have dropped advertisements from the site. kumasi: let's look at the new york stock exchange, starting down on about 30 points. reggie: then meet the golden bachelor, you will not believe this man is in his 70's. please tell me how you do this. how do you keep it looking great that long? kumasi: i see that in your future. reggie: with the help of science. stay with us on the abc 7 area streaming app at 7:00 for abc 7 at 7:00. we are live every weekend -- weekday from seven :00 to eight clock a.m.. drew: high-pressure responsible for excessive heat over the weekend, slowly moving to the east.

around it, we have moisture writing up and around the ridge, and have lightning strikes in parts of sonoma and napa county late last night. thankfully, no new fires started because of the lighting checks and that threat is out of here. that is not the forecast a. of high clouds will be moving out as well. it brought increased humidity late last night. this measures how much moisture is in the avenue -- atmosphere. it does feel muggy this morning. future weather showing you the high clouds overhead, out of here by about 10:00 a.m.. increasing sunshine. temperatures are hot in linz, just not as hot as over the weekend. no watches or warnings in effect because of the heat. 90's in our hottest spots, 93 in concord, 94 santa rosa, 96 livermore. a warm one in the south bay with sunshine today. 68 in the city. the trend is for cooler weather to continue to move in here by

midweek. we are closer to average for this time of year. the numbers go up by the end of the week. we show you that with the seven-day forecast at

reggie: sport commentators say a spectator along the route of the tour de france caused a massive crash. they stuck there are about to get a picture of an american cyclist who hit his shoulder and caused the polyp. nobody was hurt. the race continued. remind people to be mindful when you're watching. a similar incident happened in 2021 when a woman held a sign and clipped a writer. why are they so close?

kumasi: they have the rails up but not enough. reggie: they are in front of the rails. kumasi: second emhoff headed to new zealand for the fifa women's world cup. he will lead the presidential delegation from it on thursday. he will also attend the first match on saturday between the usa and vietnam. he will meet with government leaders and students while visiting the country. reggie: elon musk, the owner of twitter, says the platform has a negative cash flow. he announced it is because of a 50% drop in advertising and heavy debt load. twitter lost more than 1000 appetizers since he took over the company in 2022. he stepped down as the ceo and now a former market executive is the new one. we look at that new york stock

exchange, we are up about 16 points. kumasi: we now know the identit of the golden bachelor, a new show coming to abc this fall. are you ready to meet him? 71-year-old gary turner from indiana is a retired restaurant or. he married his sizable sweetheart, they were together 43 years, had two daughters and in 2017, six weeks after she retired, she got sick and passed away. >> she got robbed. every day that goes by that is that thought i had. >> what do you think she would make of this? >> i have a picture in my closet of her. every day i give her a nod and what do you think about this? for a while i was having a hard time thinking about other she would be ok. but we always told each other when one of us goes we want the other one to be happy. she is saying yeah, gary.

do this. reggie: so emotional. i was not ready. kumasi: so wholesome. reggie: i hoped it was going to be drama. kumasi: whigs being snatched. reggie: that has to do with the contestants. jobina: what is the age range for the contestants? reggie: i don't know, but now that i see gary come at my age. -- i see gary, my [laughter] drew: we need a gay bachelor. reggie: golden bachelor. kumasi: can when it airs? 's mondays at 10:00 p.m. this fall on abc 7. i don't think it is going to be

too much drama. it has to be the women picked. but if you come on that show with drama, gary is going to be like no. he's not in that space. drew: i don't think he always has the final say. wide range of 20 to 80? a mix. kumasi: how old the daughters are. jobina: he is in his 70's. drew: the show fighting for gary. mix it up. kumasi: i really can't wait. drew: this east bay hills camera, partly cloudy skies this morning.

we had excessive heat warnings in effect over the weekend. no more heat alerts for us in northern california. southern california dealing with excessive heat but we are on our way to cooler weather the next couple of days. high pressure in control this weekend sliding to the south and east, that will bring heat relief across the state. temperatures stepping closer to average by the middle of the upcoming week. wednesday, near average for this time of year. still hot inland, no excessive heat warnings in effect. you will see that warm weather, in the 90's we go in our warmest cities. 70's and 80's around the bay shoreline. 60's on the coast, a marine layer. we will see that marine layer surge even farther inland. bidders cooling into the 50's and 60's, more comfortable overnight that it was this morning and a lot of spots. temperatures by tuesday, we get rid of 90's in most areas, warmest basically in the 80's for afternoon highs.

similar story wednesday, closer to where we should be for this time of year. but by thursday we will start to see the he creep up in linz, 90's returning. friday the hottest, we could have spots close to 100 inland. cooler weather a spike in the heat by friday. no excessive heat warnings in effect. over the weekend, we are above average but not nearly as warm as we were last weekend. expect a lot of sunshine. jobina: quickly, bringing in our life camera from the golden gate bridge, i want to let you know the chb has canceled the fog advisory from northbound 101 entering sausalito. it is all clear, walnut creek showing you 680, nice and light traffic in both directions. northbound and southbound on 680, no problems. drive times have remained consistent, increasing a little from antioch to concord. i will give an overall view of our map.

the bay bridge, richmond-san rafael bridge crowded near the toll plazas the westbound direction, everything else is moving. reggie: can we look at this background? this is a live picture outside. gorgeous. what did you do over the weekend? a berkeley teenager slam around the island of manhattan. she's only 15 years old. she took part in a marathon swim known as the 20 bridges which takes swimmers under 20 bridges. it took her almost nine hours to complete. can you imagine swimming for nine hours? she said she did this to raise money for a great cause. >> i swim for anyone who's been touched by cancer, the patient, survivor or someone who has dealt with cancer. i hope we can someday find a world where cancer is not some the people had to go through. >> reggie: her parents cheering her

on after she completed the swim. she raised more than $60,000 for cancer research. kumasi: congratulations. reggie: i'm never going to do that, but i would certainly never do it in the east river. can you imagine? the things in their? kumasi: she will be ok. next, the seven things you need to know today. reggie: watch all of our newscast live on our app, available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. kumasi: i'm you saying you wanted to be a contestant on the golden bachelor. reggie: don't be watching right now. this is when he wakes up. we will be

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kristen: it is 6:57. here are the seven things you need to know this morning. the company that operates golden gate fields is planning to close the horseracing facility by the end of the year. they plan to focus on their raising venues in southern california. reggie: a bay area native kidnapped in mexico eight months ago has been released. she has been reunited with her family and her dog. her captors have not been arrested. kumasi: a team of

counterterrorism investigators from the indian government is reportedly coming to san francisco today according to the newsmagazine india today. it took place at the consulate building on july 2. reggie: last night it was pack for the last show of dead in company. they wrapped up last night at the park. drew: a live picture from our map town -- mount tam cam. it is still warm to hot i 90's today but not as bad as temperatures over the weekend. around the shoreline in the 70's, we will see the 60's. jobina: traffic is are main delight it is busy at the richmond-san rafael bridge. your speeds will pick up.

kumasi: trophy yesterday in the golf tournament in lake tahoe, this is the first time he has won the celebrity tournament. reggie: pretty amazing. jobina: the hole-in-one had me on the floor. how can he be that good at multiple sports? congrats. what are the genes? ♪ good morning america. for our viewers in the west, extreme weather from coast to coast. deadly flooding in the northeast and the scorching heat for millions. brutal weekend. torrential rains slamming the northeast at least five people

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