neighbors safe. jeff: so, are you ready, lindsay, to do this? lindsay: i'm ready, jeff. jeff: three, two, one. oh, and there it goes. that's exactly what we wanted. remember, conservation takes action. volunteer in your community. enjoy your local wildlife and defend animals wherever you can. [music] [wolf howls] >> on abc7news, the latest from maui for the search for survivors in a series of devastating wildfires continues. how you can pitch in to help with the relief effort. another case of san francisco's driverless vehicles creating a motionless mass. the fired up response from one

official to a traffic jam he is coming dangerous and unnecessary. at another site shows care. this one involving fire and fireworks. abc7news starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. no alarm. no text that was telling us we needed to evacuate. >> five days since the start of the deadly wildfires still burning in maui. comments from many fire victims are starting to turn from fear and despair to anger. thank you for joining us on abc7news at 5:00. i am j.r. stone. let's get to the latest. 93 people have died from the wildfires, at least, marking the deadliest national disaster in u.s. history, just a small percent of the fire zone has been scorched -- search, with officials describing troubling scenes as they try to find and

identify remains. according to the pacific disaster center, more than 2200 structures were damaged or destroyed on maui, and the town was decimated in a matter of a few hours. melissa hayden has the latest from maui where some of the locals are starting to show frustration. >> teams continue to search the rubble of the historic town of lahaina, looking for victims or possible survivors of the deadly fires which tore through parts of maui tuesday. >> this is the largest natural disaster we have ever experienced. it is also going to be a natural disaster which is going to take an incredible amount of time >> to recover from. >>more than 22 hundred structures damage, the flames burning more than 2100 acres. >> patients, prayers, and perseverance. that is what we needs. -- me. many expressing anger at the local government. >> there was no alert, no alarm, no text.

>> i saw no management of the situation whatsoever. >> authorities responding overnight saying that the speed of dachshund to -- and intensity of the flame made it difficult to warn residents. fema has been authorized to bring in all of its partners to help with the recovery. and the president appeared to suggest that he would visit the devastated areas. thousands of people after their homes were destroyed, and mesic -- many residents still unaccounted for. >> we are looking for missing relatives. >> they are now working together to try to reunite families. one resident created a public spreadsheet where people can track down their loved ones. by early sunday, nearly 5000 names were on the list. and throughout the weekend, long lines of residents trying to get back into their homes. >> they won't let us there. >> access through that main

roadblock is for emergency crews only. they are asking residents to take an alternate route, and some locals describe that dangerous route. j.r.: dockworkers up and down the california coast are stepping up to get critical supplies to maui residents who have been devastated by wildfires. as abc7news -- as a reporter show sets, here in san francisco there is still time to get your donations on the boat. >> one pallet at a time, bay area dockworkers determined to get at least one container filled and set to sea, providing much-needed supplies to those devastated in the maui wildfires. >> toiletries, feminine products, clothing, garbage bags, pet food. >> this is a member of international longshore and warehouse union, and she says it is expected to take about 13 days for this shipment to dock. >> this container will go to the

port of oakland and be loaded on the ship, and go to hawaii. >> the container, located at mason street, capturing the attention of san francisco tourists. these two are visiting from australia, a country that has seen its own wildfire wrath. check out the hat. this is a firefighting family. >> we have seen what they've gone through. >> the cou donation to help keep supplies coming in. >> this is home for me because it's my favorite family vacation. i was hoping to bring my family there at the end of the year. >> in los angeles, their union counterparts are playing their part. >> it took us back because some of our members are missing through the fires. and the hotel workers who lost their homes and the places to work. >> and gary herrera is the president of local 13.

>> when they reached out to us about local 42 out in hawaii and said we need help, this was a no-brainer. we were going to do this no matter what. >> back in san francisco, a message from maui. -- from maui. >> we wish all the best, and good on you. you're fantastic. j.r.: certainly hits overly hard. donations of all kind -- kinds continue to pour in. one central kitchen tweeted this video today, a convoy of trucks heading to maui with meals for first responders and families. that's the area of hawaii which has been most affected by the fire damage. a lot of people want to know what they can do to help go to abc7news.com where you will find a list of fundraisers, charities, and verified nonprofits who are all helping the people of hawaii recover from the wildfire. the images seem to get more alarming.

another weekend and another dangerous scene from a barrier sideshow, this one involving both fire and fireworks. j.r.: injuries, but this one ended with a car fire. this is one of multiple sideshows that happened in vallejo and oakland. people are getting dangerously close to spinning cars, some even lighting fireworks. sharp words today from the president of san francisco's board of supervisors about the expense and of self -- expansion of self-driving car technology. a friday night fiasco where crews rubble taxis became disabled across town. this is what it looked like in north beach, the heart of the supervisors district. 10 driverless cars stalled, creating gridlock. this is a day after the state public utilities commission gave the ok for cruise and waymo to

begin charging for 24/7 rides, and outside lands was blamed for disrupting their wireless bandwidth connectivity. the supervisor said that was no excuse. >> what that portends is that in a major disaster like what we just saw and what we have seen in here with the loma prieta earthquake, these things will turn into 2000 pound bricks on our streets at the precise time that we need to be getting all of our emergency apparatus going. >> he and other cities officials have expected -- opposed the expansion of the rubble taxis. the wake might bring another indictment for donald trump to do with. the latest legal hurdle threatening to derail his election hopes. also, what seems to be a never-ending math problem for california's schools, the event at the state capital this week

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j.r.: welcome back. the early presidential race continues to be overshadowed by legal matters, former president and republican front runner donald trump is facing another possible indictment this week for his suspected interference in the 2020 election. truck is accused of spreading false claims about the outcome in the days after the election,

and also made a call to a state election official asking him to find more votes. it could come as early as tuesday. >> we have been say this over and over again. we counted three times. he lost the state, he continues to say he did not, and it is crating a lot of tension and a lot of chaos. >> meanwhile, david weiss has been appointed as special counsel to oversee the investigation involving president biden's son hunter biden, who is set to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and avoid a gun charge, but that deal collapsed last month. hunter biden is set to respond to a judge on monday. and if it's designed to hel solve the teacher shortage in california is scheduled to take place in sacramento tomorrow. the state superintendent of public instruction will host a teacher recruitment summit at the state capital. the summit will be a brainstorm session involving officials from

school districts, future credential programs, and other so-called pipeline programs where school districts usually find is bionic aspiring teachers. he has vowed to increase compensation for teachers, prioritize training, and improve working conditions. a live look now at traffic across the golden gate bridge, slow coming into the city, and starting tomorrow night, some of the southbound lanes of the golden gate bridge toll plaza will be closed for roof work -- roadwork and repaving. traffic will remain open in both directions, but drivers should expect delays during the overnight hours. give yourself a little extra time to get wherever you are going. that work will begin tomorrow at 9:00 p.m.. one of the bay area's biggest summer concerts happen in golden gate park right now is in its final date of 2023. when we come back, a look ahead at the last night of outside

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♪ j.r.: the final day of the music festival in golden gate park, well underway. music lovers got a head start earlier today, packing the venue this morning. today's headliners, the 1975, megan thee stallion and o all playing soon to close out the festival. i'm joined by spencer christian. 11 years ago today, i was at outside lands watching stevie wonder.

>> oh my gosh. >> while these are great and the performers are wonderful, i don't know if there stevie wonder. >> well, at least we had great weather this year. even with a little bit of morning mist, the sun came through in the middle of the day and burned off the cooling morning mist. here is a larger view of the active weather to our east, over the sierra, thunderstorms all over the place moving into the central valley. in the bay area we are getting a few passing high clouds, and a nice little breeze, 22 miles per hour right now, most other locations 16-18 miles per hour. not much to talk about really here, the 24 hour temperature change except that the difference between the inland areas which are two or three degrees warmer than this time yesterday and places like oakland or hayward which are cooler than they work at this time yesterday. here's the deal from circle tower looking over san francisco

, to maturities at 67 degrees, oakland 31 degrees, 83 degrees, san jose, and lower in half moon bay. clouds have lingered most of the day on the golden gate, pleasant and breezy there. hovering in the 80's and 90's north, and concord and livermore are checking in in the mid-90's. a lovely view from emeryville looking towards the golden gate, we have a few high clouds passing by, as i mentioned, the blue skies just all over the bay area. we have a mix of high and low clouds plus anti-drizzle overnight, triple digit inland heat tomorrow through wednesday, three consecutive days, at a much cooler pattern develops at the end of the week. the forecast animation looks like this. high clouds strewn by, lots of patches of drivel -- drizzle offshore, a few along the coastline and maybe a few around the blade -- pay.

we will be greeted by these conditions, lots of high clouds. those thin out and give way to sunny skies by midday, and afterwards we start to sizzle. tonight, look for low temperatures on the mild side, if not mild-warm. upper 50's, low 60's in the bank, inland areas mid and upper 60's. it'll be uncomfortable he warm and some of those locations. highest mark in the south bay, 92 degrees in san jose, mainly 80's but redwood city tops out at 90 degrees tomorrow, 67 degrees at half moon bay, 72 degrees at pacifica, may be a good day to go to the beach. downtown san francisco hive 73 degrees. north bay heights, 93 degrees at santa rosa, petaluma and novato, and upper 90's in the inland or upper 80's in the east bay, upper 90's to over 100 degrees in the east bay. here's the accuweather 7 day,

that summer sizzle of triple digits will last three days, and on thursday we see temperatures moderate just a tiny bit, and then a big cooldown comes our way friday, saturday, and sunday. j.r.: now to the lawyers and dance auditions, gold auditions help, hundreds of dancers attended pulmonary auditions and now the top 60 return for the final debt -- round of auditions. only 35 of today's dancers will be making the gold squad dance teams. winners will be announced august 15, good luck to everybody involved. speaking of sports, there's some football going on today. >> that means basketball is right around the corner. football first. preseason stock, 49ers opener in las vegas, the root to the rescue. giants working overtime to get back on the winning track, finally. sports is next.

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>> now, abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> the giants looking to salvage the final game of the series against the rangers, and it looked like it was going to be a disaster until it was not. als leading rangers, looking for a homecoming michael conforti, a second home or in as many games, 15th of the year, dead center field one for the giants on that swing. logan webb, amazing on the back, they needed a stop. got some help from the defense,

what a catch. bad shout, fun. oh, but you know what, it ends up in the glove and he makes the play. in the night, gabe kapler pulls in a favorite poser, webb, two thirds innings, struck out six, got a standing ovation, and allowed one run, because is equal -- ezekiel durham never stopped running, the game is tied at one. out webb. no decision. it was not happy. the giants down to-one, patrick bailey facing forward, that ball is gone. ballgame. they twittered -- tweeted out, bailed out. they needed that. the a's looking to avoid a sweep in d.c., how about a career day from zac taylor from nearby delaware, tumors in this part of a career-high four hit

day, family and friends limit, there in the stands, easy to find, oakland got a seven-to lead in the night, they blow it, nick allen cannot headlight, and we are tied up at seven. and the very next better, jammed , and that's how it is going for the a's. center field for the second straight game, washington walks it off, the a's swept an 8-7 moss, f -- the first time the ever led by five and lost. the 49ers opening the preseason where they hope to end the postseason. las vegas, which will host the super bowl in february, but before that, a lot to keep your eye on, including the cornerback position. brock purdy not plan, jimmy garoppolo also sitting out against his former team. trey lance got the sack twice, but did leave one touchdown drive second quarter, kiefer chris connelly should have been

picked, but it ends up in the hands of ross dwelley, duke shelley had it, and there's the spot for dwelley. two-minute drill to end the first half or trey lance, now it 24 yard strike to conley, gets it moving along with the niners missing, trailing at the half, lance, 112 yards, sacked in the second half, sam donald diving right there, 37 yard gator, five out of 84 yards, and this fan wearing that fur coat and gold chain, not as bad as it looks overall for the starters, and we can confirm we did not get that guy in las vegas. our cameras are in las vegas. we were looking for him. it's andy reid there? the good thing is that it is just preseason. >> and you always want to get out healthy. no injuries. j.r.: going up, a surprise almost too much for one dog

owner to bear, what she found right outside her front door which had her and her dog scrambli

j.r.: what iranians floridians, notably on the lookout for creditors, have been not expecting to encounter another kind of creature. we were wondering -- this woman was wondering why her dog was barking up a storm, and that is

when a bear peaked his head around the corner, startled her and her dog, and the bear scampered away. she lives next to a wildlife reserve, and bears, while not too common, are known to run the area from time to time. spencer, i could take, i lived in florida, and we saw some bears. >> you dead? my gosh. >> we saw three of them up in a tree, there is -- think of the bears. >> i was thinking alligator. >> lots of alligators. we have that too. that's why i'm here. thank you so much for joining us, we will see you back here at 6:00. >> linsey: tonight, the deadliest wildfire in modern american history, the painstaking search for victims. and new reporting on why the island's emergency warning system never activated when it was needed the most. more than 90 confirmed dead. the staggering toll likely much higher. only a smallct