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moving forward, finding solutions. >> this is seven news. now at six a new sign atop twitter ruffling some feathers. >> neighbors say it is too bright. the city says it might not be safe. >> more legal troubles for former president trump, a former property manager at mar a lago set to face a judge as the trump campaign faces questions about what it's doing with his donations. then a ride malfunction that left those on board spinning in reverse for ten minutes and fast it. have you all ever been on this ride? the music express, a himalaya, whatever. yeah, whatever. it's called when they go, who wants to go backward? who wants to go faster? who wants it to never end? i felt so bad for those people. >> wow. >> because it's usually like a bobsled. it is like a mountain related thing. there's never any snow. but. but it makes it look

like there's snow. i don't know. it's toward these people. so sorry. >> this centrifugal force makes you go into the person next to you. you've been on this ride, lisa. >> i guess as a kid, i'm sure you have to have it at every carnival. >> yeah. >> yeah. you sound like you worked there. that was pretty good. well it was a dream. now look at you. good morning, everybody. we are ending july on a pretty nice note. it's going to be warm inland. maybe not quite as warm as we had yesterday. we had more 90s and even some 80s around the bay shore. as we look at live doppler seven right now, a couple of features to point out. some high clouds to the south of us that will allow for a partly cloudy afternoon in parts of the south bay and east bay and then a feature here that is allowing that steady onshore flow and that sea breeze to keep our temperatures comfy. well, there's a look at the fog here, 59in oakland. it is 60 in san jose. beautiful view here. high clouds from vollmer peak. it is 50 in novato and checking out a slightly warmer start out there

and a slightly cooler finish well details on that warm up coming up. >> thank you lisa. good morning, everybody. starting here with the live picture outside from the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are officially on. no backup to report, though, really. so you should have a pretty clear ride into san francisco from the east bay. san jose 280. nice and empty as well. it's a true monday. we don't usually see the traffic pick up too much until we start getting a little closer to 7 a.m. and that's sticking true here today as well. so you're looking at an hour for your drive, tracy, to dublin and then antioch to concord. still resting around 20 minutes. san rafael to san francisco is right on time this morning. >> thank you, jobina. this morning, the city of san francisco is investigating elon musk and the company formerly known as twitter. they say musk did not get the proper permit before installing a giant x on the roof of headquarters. abc7 news reporter amanda delcastillo joining us live this morning with more on this. good morning, amanda. >> good morning. kumasi. yeah, you can only imagine that strobing light and why it might

be a problem for neighbors living nearby, especially when up against the night sky. now at this hour the x is atop the twitter headquarters or x headquarters, i should say, here on market street. and it isn't on, but it was on friday. and for elon musk, it might be the sign of a name change, but for others it was a nightmare. musk posted a video showing the x all lit up. as i mentioned, it's currently sitting atop twitter headquarters calling attention to the company's official rebrand and name change to the letter x. residents tell us the light was off saturday night as well, but was on strobing and bright on friday, city officials confirmed they're looking into it, saying, quote, a building permit is required to make sure the sign is structurally sound and installed safely. planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. the city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation. many neighbors we spoke with were not happy with the bright lights beaming into their homes.

>> i think it's way too bright. it was flashing directly into my apartment and just lit up my entire place and too bright. >> yeah, i would say too bright from below. >> we were walking our dog and we saw it and we were like, oh wow, what a spectacle. and then we get upstairs and we see like the ramifications of it. it's so bright and ridiculous. >> on sunday, the twitter letters were completely removed from the sign. outside company headquarters. this left just the x many tech experts maintain this is probably one of the worst times to do a brand change considering the platform was having trouble retaining users, adding whenever companies change their identity, it's assumed they're going to also lose a certain amount of customers as a result. but back out live the x still not shining, but supporters of both x and musk say he's never been one. to be subtle, and his rebranding has certainly become the talk of the town. the x being on brand for musk as well as what they say.

you'll hear from them in the next half hour. but for now, reporting live in san francisco, amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> amanda, thank you. a san francisco dog owner is talking about a near deadly day at the park. her dog was likely exposed to fentanyl mere larkin says she was having a normal afternoon with her french bulldog, rory at huntington park in nob hill when she started walking home, she noticed something was wrong. she rushed rory to the vet where they gave that dog narcan at first it was like a squeal. >> and then she kept moaning and moaning and moaning and i was like, rory, rory. they come out not more than 3 or 4 minutes. minutes later and tell me that she's like wide awake. they gave her a narcan shot immediately and it brought her back within seconds. >> rory is okay. the symptoms of a possible opioid overdose and a dog can be drowsiness, difficulty standing, not responding to commands. blank stares or general weakness.

narcan is currently available over the counter at local walgreens and cvs stores. and if you or someone you know might be struggling with drug addiction or opioid use, you can find a list of local vetted resources on our website. abc7 news.com/take action. >> happening today, the man accused of driving his family off of a cliff in san mateo county will be facing a judge again today. a judge will set a date for a mental health hearing into suspect dharmesh patel. patel has been asked to be placed in a mental health program if he's admitted that could potentially allow the felony charges against him to be dismissed. but telles attorneys say that he suffers from a major depressive disorder. he is charged with attempted murder in january. police say patel tried to kill his wife and two kids by driving his car over devil's slide into the pacific ocean. all four of them were rescued. as we get into august this week, there's some encouraging news this summer about the state's wildfire season. >> so far, we have seen the slowest season in 25 years. and we can thank the intense winter

storms earlier this year for that. the national interagency fire center tells our media partners that the mercury news, less than 25,000 acres have burned in the state since january 1st. that is 82% less than any year since 1998. california's soaking winter is largely attributed for the mild fire season. fire fighters say they really need the break after years of drought and catastrophic fires. you can see where any wildfire is burning in california by using our online interactive wildfire tracker. it also shows you air quality so you can check if smoke is affecting the bay area. you'll find this right now at abc7 news.com. >> happening today, the property manager charged in a new indictment alongside former president donald trump and the mar a lago documents investigation is set to enter his plea in court. jobina today's hearing comes as abc news has learned trump's team has paid millions of dollars in legal fees with cash from political donations. yes, gmac. >> so sources tell abc news the superpac that supports trump has

spent more than $40 million on legal bills in the first half of the year and just launched a fund defense fund specifically to cover costs incurred by allies involved in his investigations. and this is all happening as trump is facing another possible indictment for his efforts to turn over the 2020 election. and just days after new charges were brought against him in the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira was charged alongside trump on friday. he's due in court today. prosecutors accuse oliveira of destroying mar a lago security footage days after a trump subpoena for the video was sent to trump's attorney. >> that is quintessential consciousness of guilt, which shows that he knew what he was doing was wrong. it just gets worse for him at campaign events over the weekend, trump slammed the charges against him as, quote, ridiculous as what he called them. >> and we should also note that

in all of the cases, trump has denied any wrongdoing. >> coomassie thank you, jobina. still to come. going against public support. why bart's board of directors is opposing a bill to decriminalize those who evade fares. >> and a spinning ride malfunctions, leaving those on board going in reverse for ten minutes, not too fun. >> a live look outside from our sutro tower camera. a combination of low clouds and high clouds. for this last day of july. look at a cooling trend wh

>> welcome back, everyone. really scary moments for people on an amusement park ride in new york last week. so the ride malfus action and this is what happened. riders are spinning backwards for nearly ten minutes. in the video, you can see the ride operator telling

people to stay calm while they were trying to fix the situation. the general manager of the park released a statement saying safety is a priority and the ride will be closed while they work with the manufacturer . all right. >> good morning, everyone. as we look at live doppler seven, not a whole lot of fog out there. it is patchy and we'll look for a really nice day today to end the month. you can see how the marine layer is compressed here from the bay bridge and is 56 downtown, 60 in oakland, 55 half moon bay. we'll get into some sun, partly sunny conditions for some of you late this afternoon as the high clouds increase. but you can see that filtered sun there from vollmer peak numbers in the low 50s santa rosa novato dropped off to 48 earlier. 58 in concord. and here's a look at the trend of the cooler days ahead as we start out in san jose. should be about 81 for the average high coming in near that today and then dropping off tuesday, wednesday thursday day even friday. but we begin to see a reversal and looking like a

big ridge of high pressure will bring our inland communities some pretty good heat next weekend. as we look at the north bay near average today. and then dropping off tomorrow a few degrees into wednesday and thursday. but once again, looking at that heat, returning saturday and sunday, upper 80s in concord today, low 70s soquel's on the peninsula. >> thank you, lisa. coming up, taylor swift breaks curfew not once, but twice during her south bay shows who will likely have to pay that fine? then the new technology that n help reduce airplane sound for p shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions

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time now is 616. the us state department has ordered non-emergency personnel to leave haiti due to deteriorating security there. it comes after a nonprofit worker and her daughter were kidnaped outside

port au prince last week. local officials say about 80% of port au prince is run by rival gangs as well. >> money and lots of it. they start at 2 million usd and they may be settled for 200,000. it depends on what value they put on their kidnaping. when the us state department, they say they are working with haitian authorities to get them both released. >> a domestic violence incident led to fremont police discovering several explo plosive devices. officers made an arrest at a home yesterday. police say they tried to seize registered firearms that were locked in a safe at the suspect's workplace, which was on industrial place. that's when they also say they found those explosive tvs. crews were quickly able to evacuate that area before alameda county's sheriff's bomb squad detonated the devices. bart's board of directors has voted 5 to 3 to oppose a state bill that would decriminalize fare evaders under current state law. person caught

not paying three or more times can be charged with a misdemeanor. the proposed law could reduce that punishment to a fine no larger than $400 bart directors who oppose the idea argued at thursday's meeting that fare evasion is a matter of public safety. others said the bill has wide, wide spread support from the community and they also argued it would have little impact on bart, citing data showing that only 1.4% of fare evasion citations in 2022 resulted in a misdemeanor charge . >> and taking a live look at sfo this morning where a new first on the west coast gps system could be the solution to airplane noise in and out of the airport. according to our media partners at the mercury news, the new tech is called the ground based augmentation system. it gives pilots more options to avoid some of the peninsula's densely populated neighborhoods arriving flights could approach the runways at a higher altitude and then adopt a steeper descent rate. other routes would allow planes to fly

farther out over the bay, testing should begin soon, and it'll take years, though, for the full rollout out now to strutting their stuff on the catwalk. >> a modeling contest is went is underway in beijing over the weekend. it drew grand parents and participants between the ages of 55 and 80. organizers say modeling for the older population is necessary to keep up with fashion and changes in society. nearly 2000 people signed up for the contest, but only 12 teams made it to the finals on saturday. contestants were graded on their performance on the catwalk, which includes choreography, costume to the theme of the fashion show was celebrating a happy sunset in the new era. okay. see some more of it. >> it's not what you wear, it's how you wear it. huh huh? okay >> okay.

>> i like that. you should be able to strut your stuff. you shouldn't be so limited. you know? yes. let it. >> let it be at any age. >> mhm. yeah cool. all there, everyone. monday morning and we've got a pretty mellow start to the last day of the month. how's that. summer continues san francisco style with the low clouds, the fog, the sea breeze. right now it's 59in oakland, 55 in fremont. and we'll be looking at today very similar to yesterday, the upper 70s to near 80in parts of the south bay. notice the high clouds later on in the day, though, we'll be looking at peninsula numbers from the mid 70s. so that's a little cooler. 73 palo alto and at the coast here in the 60s, downtown 66 a nice afternoon. you may notice the low clouds and fog not as prevalent, but the high clouds up into the north bay. we were in the low 90s yesterday, so not quite as hot here. 82 petaluma, sonoma 82. but we're going to hold on to the warmth today.

inland and reserve that much cooler weather for the rest of the workweek. 70 in berkeley look for 73 in san leandro. so really nice on the east bay. you head inland and here's a combination of those mid 80s from san ramon to about 90 in pittsburg yesterday it felt pretty hot. still going to be warm here, but then as we get into the next several days, we're going to lose those 90, get back into the mid 80s inland, keeping it cool around the coast and the bay shore losing a few degrees. but by the weekend we're going to warm it back up. looking at some pretty excessive heat and, in fact, elevated fire danger. next weekend jobina. >> thank you, lisa. hi, everybody. we're starting here with our oakland, 8-80 of the coliseum camera. i wanted to let you know that we do have a stall reported and that's causing a minor backup on northbound 880 right around seventh street. so just a heads up to you there. it's out of view of this camera. the chp still have a fog advisory in effect for the golden gate bridge, even though it is not socked in. it's very interesting how they decide when

they do and do not want to issue those advisories. but, of course, we got to let you know regardless that we do have a couple other advisories of wind advisory for the altamont pass, also for the benicia bridge. and then as we bring you mass transit here, everything is running on time. so you shouldn't have too many issues as you head out the door. this morning. reggie and coomassie jobina, thank you. >> now we bring in ginger zee with a look at what's happening on gma. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, kumasi reggie. nice to be with everybody. so coming up here on gma, we do have to still talk about heat. but now we finally ended a 44 day stretch in el paso, texas, for example, of 100 plus, which breaks our old record by three weeks and then move that core of the heat east to austin, where they will break a 100 plus consecutive record by the end of this week. new orleans also in an excessive heat warning and then this morning, a story i know you've been following, former president donald trump may be facing a new indictment related to the 2020 election. and january sixth. plus, the new charges about what he told his employees to do with security. video subpoenaed by the special counsel and cardi b,

fighting back an audience member throws a drink on her and she hurls her mic into the crowd. what she is saying about the incident. also a new series, small business, big impact, celebrating a company that makes a huge difference. and then we're having a off it's national avocado day. two famous chefs pitted against each other for the golden avocado trophy. you do not want to miss it on gma drama. >> i like that the drama people don't play about their avocado. >> it really don't. or their guacamole. >> it's kind of. >> oh, and the chef marcella. oh my goodness. oh, you're about the mac and cheese. i'm all about this avocado idea. she has her own little farm in san diego . you've got to see this, chef. she's so put together. she's one of my favorites. but they're both really, really good. and i just consumed a giant something for breakfast that was not appropriate for the time. but wonderful. >> we don't we don't know. we eat. i just ate. drew made some macaroni and cheese with hot dogs. that was breakfast the other day. so we don't judge you at all. >> yeah.

>> no, it was good, too. >> i ate the whole thing. oh, that sounds like quite the. what did he do in, like, just, like what i ate last. put some froot loops on top, and then we're good to go. >> he is really proud of that recipe. >> he and i clowned him, but it was good, you see. i was like, okay, kamasi doesn't lie. >> if she eats something and she doesn't like it, you will see it all over her face because i've done it myself. and i know what that face stuffing we know. >> yeah. >> so there you go. and that time that ginger and i tried to make churros, and it was a complete disaster. not hers. mine look, i try. we'll see you at seven, ginger. we'll be

beyonce could bring another bump in business when she performs at levi's stadium next month. over the weekend, local businesses saw a taylor swift surge with fans in town and spending a lot of cash. swift had two sold out shows at levi's iguanas burritos villa in santa clara ordered

extra food and drink and called in more staff to keep up. and taylor swift's production crew ordered dozens of pizzas from pizza. my heart next door. >> the last time she was here, they ordered like, i think like 200. so we had to split it between, i think like two other stores and us to like fulfill it. >> wonderful for the business. it's been a it's been great. it's just nice to see everybody just, you know, tables full. >> santa clara's mayor says summer is traditionally slower for local hotels, but this time they were close to or at capacity city. the swift concerts blew right past an 11:00 curfew for levi's stadium friday and saturday night. now the stadium company, not taylor swift, will have to pay a fine on friday night. the concert went until 1140. saturday night. it was 1130. santa clara mayor lisa gillmor confirms the 40 niners company that manages levi's stadium will be hit with a small fine. and that was expected. >> remember, after concerts, it takes a couple of hours to break down the trucks. beep beep,

backing up. you know, the people leaving the concert in the neighborhood. so it's at least two hours after the 11 p.m. curfew for weekend concerts was one of the conditions the team had to agree to when building levi's. >> as the stadium is located in a residential part of santa clara, we have been all about the taylor takeover here on abc7 to catch up on to catch up on what happened or to go a little deeper with her levi stadium shows and fan interviews and her song choices and more. you can go to our website abc7 news.com or the abc7 bay area app for your smart tv next to 630, nordstrom saying when it's closing its store inside the san francisco center mall. how long do you have to how long you have left i should say to shop and the end of an era in san francisco, people head to anchor brewing for a final pint of that famous beer on its last

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at 630. >> what are the biggest shipping companies in the country? announces it's going out of business. 30,000 employees, including some here in the bay area will lose their jobs. americans can expect to see delays with their deliveries and chinese hackers installing malware on us networks and this could impact both military and civilian operations. >> cardi b did not take it well. >> when a fan threw something at her on stage. her response that a lot of people are talking about this morning. >> good morning, everybody. happy monday, july 31st. >> lisa is here this morning. how's our forecast today? >> oh, it's nice. we're going to see just a little bit of cooling and we'll reserve the major cooling for your tuesday. so as we end the month, they'll change is coming in our inland valleys , particularly the north bay, where we'll see less 90 degree readings, but what have you right now, isn't that pretty from mt. tam? it was hot in san rafael yesterday, 93, 59 right now in oakland at 60 in san jose. and you can see the deck of low clouds here, the bay bridge, san francisco in the mid

60s throughout yesterday. a little cooler today that sea breeze coming into play. and then we'll see some high clouds. here we are by the afternoon with some low 80s in concord and then the south bay about 80 with partly cloudy skies. jobina >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. we are starting here with the richmond , san rafael bridge. this is our busiest bridge so far this morning with westbound traffic under the limit until you reach about the center span there. by the way, if you are going to the bay bridge, the metering lights come on at 536. this is the san mateo bridge here as we have a live picture for you. we have a wind advisory for the benicia bridge and a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. even though it's not too foggy, there are blocking issues are minimal this morning. so we're still looking at about an hour for tracy to dublin that ride there, antioch to concord has increased just a bit. so you're looking at about 23 minutes. >> thank you, jobina. developing news, one of the biggest trucking companies in the us is shutting down and that could impact your delivery fees. trucking company yellow has a presence here in the bay area.

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us live in the newsroom with the announcement made overnight. gloria, good morning. >> coomassie yellow trucking company has already shut down operations and they're expected to file for bankruptcy as early as today. they do a ton of shipping for places like walmart and home depot. we have brand new footage from the hayward location this morning. there is a sign up at the gate saying that all of their operations have stopped. yellow trucking has nearly 30,000 employees and more than 12,000 trucks. it's nearly a century old. the government gave yellow a $700 million covid relief loan, three years ago to keep them functioning. and now they're expected to be the largest trucking bankruptcy in us history. yellow corporation has blamed its battle with the union for its financial problems. the company posting a video on its youtube page last month with the ceo addressing the issue. >> we are now fighting for the livelihood of our 30,000

employees. we will do all we can to save these american jobs. >> the international brotherhood of teamsters union putting out a statement saying in part, yellow has historically proven that it could not manage itself despite billions of dollars in worker concessions and hundreds of millions in bailout funding from the federal government. this is a sad day for workers and the american freight industry, and this could mean that delivery costs will likely go up as other trucking companies try to pick up the slack. live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. new details this morning about the company formerly known as twitter. a giant new sign is on top of the headquarters on the market street building in san francisco. and it's causing a real problem for people who live near it. and concern from the city. abc seven news reporter amanda castillo live in san francisco with some of the complaints. amanda yeah, reggie

as twitter now x is going through its rebranding, many are saying that the strobing light is really on brand for elon musk. >> and at this hour, we have not seen the x strobing this morning. but we want to get you to some video of what we did see. now, residents tell us the light was off saturday night as well, but was on pulsating and bright on friday, city officials confirmed they're looking into it, saying, quote, a building permit is required to make sure the sound and install. is also necessary for the a complaint and initiating an investigation . >> okay. it looks like we're having some problems with amanda's audio, but as you can see, the neighbors are very irritated about that flashing sign. and the city is now looking into it. so far, though, i don't think that you can see the statement from the city. so

far. it seems as if twitter is not allowing the inspectors to get up there. so we'll see what happens this week. >> anchor brewing. the oldest craft brewery in the country has served its last brew. earlier this month, the 127 year old brewery announced it was going out of business. anchor brewing's website says the tasting rooms last day was yesterday. the breweries operate will permanently end after today. more than two dozen groups have expressed interest in bidding on and possibly saving the iconic brewery. that auction process opens in just a couple of days. >> the man accused of stabbing and killing tech executive bob lee is expected in court for his preliminary hearing today. naeem mohaiemen, whose family hired a new defense team for him last month that includes attorneys from florida. molina is accused of killing lee in april. prosecutors claim it happened after a fight over molina's sister. molina is being held without bail. his preliminary hearing is set for nine this morning. it is expected to last two days in the south bay. >> a resource fair will be held today at san jose city hall to

help street vendors stay safe. this event follows several attacks on street vendors in the south bay community groups and nonprofits are aiming to help vendors with safety tips and resources on economic stability . three city council members are organized the this event with the berryessa flea market vendors association. the event runs from 1 to 5 p.m. >> nordstrom shoppers. it's almost over, at least as far as shopping in nordstrom downtown in san francisco. so sunday, august 27th looks to be the last day of business for the store inside the san francisco center mall, which used to be known as the westfield mall. that's according to our media partners at the san francisco standard, who spoke with two employees. nordstrom announced it would close its flagship sf store in may, along with the nordstrom rack just across the street. the company does say it will open five new nordstrom rack stores across the state, including one in san mateo. >> new concerns this morning that chinese hackers may have compromised critical us infrastructure. there is an urgent search for malicious

computer code that could affect power grids and water supplies. japan is tracking the latest on this from the live desk. jobina. thank you. >> kumasi is being called a ticking time bomb. the new york times reports the biden administration believes chinese hackers have installed malware on us networks that could affect both military and civilian operations. officials say the malicious code could disrupt power grids, communicate systems and even water supplies that feed military bases around the world. but the impact could spread much, much farther since that infrastructure often supplies civilian homes and businesses. is a national security council official did acknowledge the malware, did not acknowledge the malware directly, i should say. but did say, quote, the biden administration is working relentlessly to defend the united states from any disruptions to our critical infrastructure. and quote, back in may, mike soft reported finding mysterious computer code in telecommunications systems in guam, the pacific island, home to multiple us military bases.

now, more than a dozen us officials acknowledge microsoft could only see a small portion of a much larger issue here. they say the chinese malware effort predates the may report from microsoft by at least a year. >> what are we seeing today? you know, the threat environment at its all time highest just over the last year, we saw an increase of 953 new bad actor groups bringing the total of 3500 unique groups. >> earlier this month, chinese hackers infiltrate the accounts of the us commerce secretary and other officials at the commerce and state departments. reggie jimmy, to thank you. >> scientists have officially declared july as earth's warmest month ever recorded. parts of the country got some relief from the heat over the weekend and now the southwest prepares for cooler days. thank goodness cities including phenix, las vegas, el paso experience historic weather. this month,

phenix made history with 30 days with temperatures at or above 110 degrees. here in the bay area, certain areas also reached triple digits, which prompted severe heat advisories as the planet warms up and parts of the country sizzle under a triple digit heat waves. >> the importance of air conditioning has become top of mind for the biden administration. 1 in 10 households lacked ac and there are more likely to be low income people or people of color, which is according to the brookings institution and the folks who are most impacted by climate change are community of color. >> rural communities and communities who are lower income. >> that i don't want to believe that this government and these leaders think that my kids are not worth it. and your kids are not worth it. our children are worth it and we're worth it to bring a better future. >> last week, president biden expanded the low income home energy assistance program, which helps low income americans pay energy bills. but accessing the

funds is difficult, with nearly half of states not offering federal financial aid to cover energy costs. >> still to come, the uphill climb for many of trump's rivals in the gop primary race. the new poll just released overnight. >> and a live look right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're up right now by about 20 points. another update on the markets index. >> then another huge weekend for barr bernheimer. >> how much money these two movies pulled in on weekend number two. and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven. we are live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. you can download the app now wherever you stream. >> good monday morning to you looking at the big picture here, we've got clouds moving up from the south that will impact part of the bay area, perhaps the south bay, the central coast this afternoon with partly cloudy skies and then a feature here offshore that keeps our onshore flow going and allows for that marine layer. in fact, it is going to get taller and grow as we get into your tuesday and wednesday, initiating a

cooldown late today. right now, live doppler seven, picking up on the patchy fog half moon bay and pacifica. we'll get right into that cooldown tomorrow instead of those upper 80s to near 90, we'll have the low 80s inland widespread 60s from oakland to richmond. so we'll be out of the 70s along the bay shore. yesterday it was warm in fremont in the 80s a bit cooler today and then by wednesday notice the trend continues to be more likely. 60s coast side 70s bay shore with some low 80s inland taking you into thursday once again, little change. so if you like it a little cooler temperate, enjoy the next few days because after thursday it looks like a big ridge of high pressure is going to build in from the south and that could elevate our fire danger, bring back triple digit heat as we get into the friday, saturday, sunday time period for inland valleys. as for today, you'll notice the high clouds, partly cloudy. san mateo, 74 upper 80s in concord in the north bay, less in the way of 90s here with

about 82 san rafael. so that's a cooldown for you. 87 in livermore we've got those breezy winds throughout the afternoon and the accuweather seven day forecast. so we're about the same today. the cooldown, then the heat returns for the weekend. back

>> time now, 644. former president donald trump is leading in the polls. and we do have a new poll from overnight. i'm going to get to it. there it is. so he has 54, according to the new york times, ron desantis, a 17. mike pence with only 3. tim scott with 3, and nikki haley with 3. so again, donald trump way in the lead, according to this brand new new york times poll. administration's income based student debt repayment website is now online. it's in beta form

. federal student loan payments are set to resume in october. borrowers could start submitting applications for the saving on a valuable education or save plan. it aims to lower monthly payments for some borrowers and reduce overall debt. the supreme court struck down president biden's original student debt forgiveness initiative in june. this plan was sort of an answer to that. so here's a look at the site now. it is student aid.gov/idr r it estimates you can complete the application in ten minutes or less. you can also come back and save it during multiple sessions is happening today. >> demar hamlin will fully suit up in bills practice for the first time since his cardiac episode on the field. it's just the next step for hamlin as he enters training camp for buffalo . hamlin collapsed on the field in january when his heart stopped after taking a blow to the chest. he has been cleared to resume football activities. the bills first game is monday, september 11th. >> now it's your morning money report. gas prices are now at an

eight month high. experts say it's partly because of this summer's heat wave. extreme heat prevents refineries from running at full capacity, according to triple a, the national average price for a gallon of gas is $3.75. the average in california is $4.99. of course, in san francisco, we always pay higher . so it's 504. all the prices are up at least $0.10 from last week. and taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning, you can see that we are up about 49 points happening tomorrow, $1 billion mega millions jackpot up for grabs. the lottery soared to the billion dollar mark after no winners were declared in friday's drawing. it's the 29th consecutive drawing with no winners. the last winner dating back to april 18th. the prize now has a cash out value of 527.9 million. there's also an option for the winner to get one immediate payment, followed by a 29 annual payments. >> the internet is latching on to the latest incident of fans throwing things at performers on

stage, and this time it was rapper cardi b who was the target. know got on oh, so cardi b threw the microphone at the person who threw their drink at her during a weekend performance in vegas. the person was escorted from the show. now, in a separate video, you can see cardi b telling fans that she was hot and then asking them to throw some water. but it's not clear when that happened in the show at what point and how close it was to this happening. she addressed the incident on a radio show last night saying it was disrespectful to throw water in her face. now, this is just the latest of a trend of celebrities being hit by things from the crowd, notably bebe rexha, harry styles and drake. bebe rexha was hit in the face by a phone last month. and then this happened. she had a black eye. >> barbie is still winning big at the box office in its second week in theaters. the pink sensation held strong with $93

million. that's according to studio estimates. oppenheimer also did well for its second weekend, bringing in 46 million and out this past weekend, haunted mansion in third place with 24 million. it was a day for the dogs in san francisco. mudville had a special adoption event with a creative twist. people got the chance to meet and cuddle with older dogs on the presidio lawn in front of the walt disney family museum. the reason they were there is because the museum has a new exhibit called cats and dogs about all the cats and dogs that are in disney animated movies. and there were even live sketches of the dogs happening inside the gallery. >> we actually have a space that shows featured adoptable animals from multiple shelters around the bay area just to highlight animals that need homes and hopefully get more eyes on them so that they can find good, loving homes. >> the cats and dogs exhibit is open through january 14th. the museum is open thursday through monday. disney is a parent company of abc seven. >> it looks like a dog. it walks like a dog, but it is a man in a

dog costume and you all have to see it. okay >> what? no. >> so a japanese man reportedly spent. guess how much? $14,000. >> what? >> on this right here. a very realistic border collie outfit. he shared a video on his youtube channel, which is called i want to be an animal. according to the new york post, it took the company who made the costume 40 days. oh, my goodness, i don't like this. so it shows the man dressed up like a dog and going out for a walk at one point, which i don't know if i need to see on video. he rolls over and performs his tricks in exchange for treats. i kind of do want to see it. is it going to happen? i want to see him get into the outfit. >> how did he get in and out and how is he just like i don't think it looks that realistic. >> no, because it's like the face part. >> and i had a collie, so that's okay. >> you're the expert. they

should have had the people from frozen do this because the way. >> oh, yeah. >> the way they did that costume, the reindeer. yes. >> that's that's who needed to make that. >> yeah. him. is he okay. >> no. we all have interest. >> i don't know what. >> what do we have needing to express ourselves. i have different ways of expression and different things. >> like, you know, some people want to be mermaid somebody. some people want to be dogs. >> i'd be scared, though. like, if you come up to someone's door or something and you see that i don't like it. >> yeah, like if you want to be a furry, i'd be a furry. but that's not what this is. this is something else. ooh hey, lisa. >> monday. >> happy monday. we have a few changes for you this monday where temperatures coming down a few degrees, but high clouds visiting us late in the day. parts of the south bay, the peninsula and a system offshore allowing for that sea breeze to

stay intact. and those breezy winds, look how far the fog made it into the east bay this morning is shallow, but you can see it here from vollmer peak, 58, palo alto, it is 59 in oakland. and you can see how compressed it is at sfo, 50 santa rosa. we were down to look at this, 46. it was 48 earlier in novato. so certainly a cool spot there. as much as ten degrees cooler this morning. elsewhere, a couple degrees warmer with upper 50s. and here's a look at the wind profile today and tomorrow on this just lets you know that we're not going to get too hot as we get into your afternoon winds 20 to 30 miles an hour for your monday. they subside. we do it all again as we get into your tuesday. and that really is when the temperatures will be felt coming down. as for today, a little muggy in our inland valleys. we've got some high clouds. we have a return to some 90s elsewhere, 60s and 70s, downtown across the bay and the bigger cooldown down throughout the middle of the week. and we'll begin to reverse that trend on friday before things

get really hot over the weekend. jobina >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. we are going to start with a crash we're following right now in fairfield that has a backup that's extending into vacaville at the moment. so this is going to be on westbound 80 at manuel campos parkway. your speeds are down to around 11mph in the spot. we have at least one lane blocked and then not too far away in vallejo, we have what is their reporting as a disabled tractor trailer. but now there's an oil spill in the area. it's going to be eastbound 780 past glen cove road. a live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights came on at 536 and the backup is not that bad. i mean, it's backed up, but not that bad in here with a live look from walnut creek showing you 680 where we have light traffic in both directions. so aside from the issue in fairfield, generally everything is moving pretty smoothly. >> jobina, thank you. >> this is e-40. >> this is e-40. >> let me tell you all about e-40. >> tell me about it. vallejo native son e-40 is getting a

street named after him. >> so city council voted unanimously to change the name of part of magazine street to e-40 way. the rapper whose real name is earl stevens, is a proud vallejo native and a mega star in the bay area music scene and beyond. e-40 will be on the stretch of magazine street between laurel street and old glen cove road. the council also voted to rename the street to honor vallejo's longest serving pastor, reverend dr. carol broadfoot. >> this is cute. >> a kansas farmer going all out to surprise his wife for their 50th anniversary. knowing his wife, renee really loves sunflowers. lee wilson decided to plant some in his field. he actually planted 1.2 million of them. that's an 80 acre field covered with roughly 15,000 sunflowers for every acre. lee planted the flowers in may with the help from his son, and they somehow managed to keep it a secret from renee. the couple has been together since high school. >> it made me feel very special. and it's it could have been a

more perfect and versary gift than a field of sunflowers. >> people can stop by the field and take photos. sunflower season is short, so they'll only be picture perfect for about two weeks. you can tell he is so happy that she is happy. >> he's just like i did that. >> i don't know how he kept it a secret. >> no. >> maybe she saw them. >> how did she not see it? was it kept a secret? >> she just didn't ask any questions. >> right. which is. that's nice. that is good. >> up next is seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch all of our newscasts live. and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download the app now. you can start streaming >> and as you head to break, we're taking a live look outside right now at 655. we'll be right back

it's 657. if you're just joining us here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, the city of san francisco has opened an investigation into a huge x sign installed on the roof of x headquarters, formerly known as twitter. officials say a building permit is required for construction. the bright light is already angering people who live nearby. >> number two, trucking company yellow has shut down. it's filing for bankruptcy. yellow is the third largest trucking company in america. and with customers like walmart and home depot, they employ 30,000 employees, including some in the bay area. >> number three, anchor brewing has served its last beer. the company's website shows the last day for the san francisco tasting room was yesterday. the brewery will wrap up operations today, but it is not open to the public. >> number four, the last day for the nordstrom flagship san francisco store will be august 27th. that's according to our media partners at sf standard who spoke to two employees. and number five, the last day of the month featuring a few high clouds late in the day and a few degrees cooler. >> 60s downtown near 90 inland.

>> number six, we do have a large backup right now in fairfield due to a crash. it's on westbound 80 right at manual campus parkway. your speeds are down to around 21mph with at least one lane blocked and the backup extends through vacaville . >> number seven, even the bears need to cool off during the summer heat. this one was caught on video hanging out in the hot tub and somebody's backyard in burbank. police say after a while, the bear hopped out. it scaled a wall. it climbed a tree. what else? >> it just it's that like a human it just did a lot in this in these moments. >> let's eat some. >> honey, you know, this is the one time where i'm not that concerned about the bear. >> you said this is someone's backyard, and i want to know who's right, because isn't it a nice we come over, it's a nice view, and they're recording it very close. >> right. it seems like they're all side. >> yeah. or in they in some like you know nice celery or

something that could be i would like to know who they are or it could be staff that too you know. >> yeah exactly right. like, you know, i would need a staff if i lived there. yeah. >> clean that pool, make sure there was nothing on them on the ground like. >> yeah. not a leaf. >> no, i like this bear. i'm happy for him. yeah >> nice choice. it knew where to go. have a good day. >> good morning america. for our viewers in the west, severe storms sweep through the country as extreme heat scorches the south. dangerous storms touch down in the northeast, bringing tornados and damaging winds and more than 70 million americans are under