city official to a traffic jam he is calling dangerous and unnecessary. and another sideshow's care, this one involving fire and fireworks. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> off, no alarm, no text telling us we needed to evacuate. >> it has been five days since the start of the deadly wildfires, still burning in maui. the comments from many fire victims are starting to turn from fear and despair to anger. thank you for joining us, j.r. stone. let's get right to the latest from maui. j.r.: at least 93 people have died from the wildfires, marking the deadliest wildfire disaster in u.s. history. just a small percent of the fire zone has been scorched and searched, with officials describing troubling scenes as they find and identify remains.

according to the pacific disaster center, more than 2200 structures are damaged or destroyed on maui, and the town was decimated in a matter of a few hours. abc's melissa -- melissa. has more from maui, where locals are showing frustration. christ can -- teams continued to search looking for victims or possible survivors of the deadly fires which tore through parts of maui beginning 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 damaged, the flames burning more than 2100 acres. >> patients, prayers, and perseverance. that is what we need. >> many now it works -- expressing anger at local government. >> there was no alert, no alarm, no text. >> i saw no management of the

situation whatsoever. >> authorities responded saying that the speed and intensity of the flames complicated efforts to warn citizens. resident biden signed a federal disaster declaration, giving fema the ability to bring in all of its federal partners to help with recovery. on sunday, the president appeared to suggest that he would be visiting the devastated areas. thousands of people displaced after their homes were destroyed, and many residents still unaccounted for. >> we are looking for some relatives that are missing. >> the committee trying 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 still, threat the weekend, long lines of residents trying to get back to their homes. >> they will not let us get through. >> maui police say that access to that main road is for

emergency crews only. they asked residents to take an alternate route and some locals described that as a dangerous route. melissa down. >> to get critical supplies to maui residents who have been devastated by the wildfires, as tara campbell shows us, here in san francisco there are still -- is still time to get donations on the boat. >> dockworkers determined to get at least one container filled and set to see, providing much-needed supplies to those devastated in maui wildfires. >> toiletries, feminine products, clothing, courage bags. pet food. >> this is a member of the international longshore and warehouse union and she says it is expected to take about 13 days for the shipment to dock. >> this container will go to the port of oakland, get loaded on

the ship and go to hawaii. >> the container located at northpoint and 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 hats. this is a firefighting family. >> we hate to see what people go through and communities go through. >> it does affect them. i'm sorry, i'm feeling for those people. >> the couple made a cash donation to keep the supplies coming in. >> this is home for me, it was my favorite vacation destination. i was hoping to take my family at the end of the year. it's essential that i play my part. >> in los angeles, you counterparts are playing their part. >> took us back because our own members were missing. for the fires. and hotel workers lost their homes and places to work. >> gary herrera is the president of local 13. >> when local 42 reached out and

said they needed help, it was a no-brainer. we had to do that. >> back at san francisco, a message from maui. >> i wish you all the best, and good on you for fighting the fire. fantastic. >> tara campbell, abc 7 news. >> donations of all kinds continue to pour in for fire victims, the world kitchen tweeted this video of a convoy of trucks heading to west maui with thousands of meals for first responders and families, west maui is the area of hawaii that has been most affected by the fire damage. a lot of people want to know what they could do to help. you can go to abc7news.com, where you will find a list of fundraisers, charities, and verified nonprofits that are all helping the people of hawaii recover from the wildfires. it wildfire in lake county near the county line this afternoon has burned 15 acres.

cal fire is reporting progress in keeping that fire from spreading, and it is located off of highway 20 to the east of clear lake oaks. a portion of that highway is closed. water dropping helicopters and air tankers have been called to help with the containment, and you can see some of the smoke here in this video. 14 fire engines, and other resources, are unseen on the ground. the images seem to get more alarming. another weekend and another dangerous scene from a bay area sideshow, this one involving both fire and fireworks. reports of injuries, but this sideshow ended with a car fire. this is video from the multiple sideshows that happened in vallejo and oakland overnight. people are seen getting dangerously close to spinning cars, some even lighting fireworks.

supervisors about the expansion of self-driving car technology in the city. this follows the friday night fiasco, where cruise taxis became disabled across town. this is what it look like in north beach. the supervisor of this district sought 10 cars stalled, creating gridlock. this was a day after the state public utilities commission gave the ok for cruise and waymo to be able to charge for 24/7 rubber taxi rides. they blamed the outside lands music festival for disrupting its wireless bandwidth connectivity, but the supervisor said that is no excuse. >> what that portends is that in a major disaster like what we saw in lahaina or san francisco with the loma prieta earthquake, that these things will turn into 2000 pound bricks on our streets at the precise time that we need to be putting all of our

emergency apparatus out. >> he and other officials have opposed the state's decision to expand rubber taxi services within san francisco. the new week might bring a new indictment for jonathan -- donald trump. the latest hurdle threatening to derail his election hopes, and what seems to be a never-ending math problem for california's schools, the event at the state capital this week which could help solve the teacher shortage. >> thunderstorms in the sierra and a heat wave building in the bay area. we have the accuweather forecast coming up when abc 7 news at 6:00 continues.

juntos together we stand up to cancer. on saturday august 19th join stand up to cancer one night to save lives. so, just stand up with us. tune in saturday august 19th 8/7 central j.r.: former president trump could face his fourth indictment for allegedly interfering in the 2020 presidential election results in georgia. the president's son, hunter biden is under fire as he changes his plea status in a court filing friday which comes as a special counsel is appointed in the hunter biden investigation. aaron katersky has more from atlanta. >> donald trump is leading in the polls against his opponents as he seeks the gop nomination, but his legal troubles are

mounting. the former president facing a possible fourth indictment this week for his alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 election in georgia. during a phone call in january of 2021, he urged the secretary of georgia to find votes for him to win. the district attorney says that her work is accomplished and at least two witnesses have been called to testify early this week before a grand jury. trump has been unsuccessful in trying to disqualify her from prosecuting him and has denied all wrongdoing. gabriel sterling, a top elections official has repeatedly rebuked the former president's claims of fraud. he thinks that trumps rhetoric, including a recent campaign act -- ad attacking willis could lead to violence. >> we counted the ballots three times. he lost the state. he continues to say he did not lose it. and it's just crating a lot of tension and a lot of chaos. >> president biden's son is facing his own legal challenges.

he was set to plead guilty to tax charges last month and would have agreed to eight diversion on another gun charge but the deal collapsed. merrick garland appointed david weiss as special counsel to oversee his ears long investigation into hunter biden. his attorney spoke out on face of the nation. >> i'm prof -- confident that if the prosecutor looks at the facts, the evidence in the law, the only conclusion can be what the conclusion was on july 26. there is no new evidence to be found. >> prosecutors saying that the parties are at an impasse and the government believes the case will not resolve short of a trial. the judge has given hunter biden until monday to respond. j.r.: an event solve the teacher shortage is scheduled to take place in sacramento tomorrow. state superintendent of public instruction tony thurman -- will post a summit and

session involving officials from school districts, teacher credentialing programs and other so-called pipeline programs, where school district usually find inspiring creatures. he has vowed in recent months -- aspiring teachers. he has vowed to improve competition, improve training, and working conditions. the warriors in search of some talent, but in this case basketball skills are not required. to join the dance team, auditions now over. and parts of the bay area in for a hot week. spencer christian is up next with your accuweather forecast. >> in sports, we have football. the 49ers preseason opener in las vegas and the rug comes to the rescue. the giants get back on the winning

j.r.: that to the dance auditions, for the gold squad and blue crew, held in thrive city. hundreds of dancers attended primary auditions and the top 60 return for the final round of auditions, only 35 of today's dancers will be making the two

dance teams. the finalists will be announced tuesday, august 15, certainly, good luck goes at everybody. i'm joined by spencer. great weather for dance auditions. >> what a great weekend of weather. it's one to be great for the next few days. a little bit toasty in inland areas coming up. to protect its in lots of places. maybe i went prefer and dancing the coast. live doppler 7 relate thunderstorms so that -- through the sierra, down into the foothills and the central valley. meanwhile, just a few passing high clouds heat -- here in the bay area, and a calm but breezy afternoon, evening out with wind speeds from anywhere from 10-80 miles per hour, and gusts up to 23 in san jose. 24 hour temperature change shows inland areas, especially the east pace -- east bay up up to

three degrees. here's the view from sutro tower looking over san francisco, 64 degrees here in the city with low-mid 70's in oakland and 82 degrees at san jose, 75 degrees at palo alto, 59 degrees at half moon bay. low clouds and fog in the golden gate the picture there all day. it is two degrees at novato and santa rosa, 39 degrees in napa, hovering in the 90's elsewhere. a beautiful view from emeryville, sunlight reflecting off the bay waters and a few clouds in the sky, our forecast headlines are these, and mix of high and low clouds and petty drizzle overnight. triple digit inland heat tomorrow through wednesday, and a cooler to -- pattern develops at the end of the week. for the overnight hours, the passage of more high clouds, patchy drizzle near the coast line, and a lot of it on the coast. that all clears out early tomorrow, and it continues

warming inland. overnight lows mild and warm, mainly in the low-mid 60's, along the bay shoreline is 60's, which is uncomfortably warm some spots overnight. low 90's in santa clara, on the peninsula we see upper 80's and 90's in redwood city, low 70's on the coast, downtown san francisco 73 degrees tomorrow, highs mainly in the mid 90's, in the near east bay, low-mid 80's, the inland east may well have numerous 100 a great or 100 degree plus a temperature days. here's the act with the seven-day forecast, tuesday and wasn't bringing us triple digit inland heat, moderating just a bit on thursday. and mild-one day on friday, then cooling down next weekend. >> now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. christ the giants looking to salvage the final game of a three-game series against the texas rangers. it looked like it was going to be a disastrous weekend until it

didn't. the leading rangers looking for a homecoming sweep but not today. bottom of the two, scoreless, dan center field, 15th of the year, 1-0. giants, ace, logan webb -- asus logan webb was amazing on the mat, and luis matos with the catch. a bit of a slip in the stumble but he hustles and keeps his eye on it. camilo doval -- struck out six, got a standing ovation and did allow the one-run because his mother was on base on display as he ran to deep sure, j.p. martinez never stopped running, and he scores and ties the game at one, web, you can see the frustration, in the 10, down to-one, patrick bailey, low

liner is gone, he snaps the four-game slot, giants win. thanks in part to pat the bat. cracks -- >> we need -- needed that one. good teams don't get sweat. i feel like there was a lot of negativity around, and i think we are second or third in the wildcard. it's pretty cool to be there in august. the >> post baseball around the corner, a career day for zach gehl from nearby delaware, of two homers in the game, part of a career high for hit day, there are his fans and famil 7-5 gaming with two outs, and nick cannot handle the outer, game ties as the bullpen blows the lead and the next batter is jeter downs, and he gets jammed and this thing falls for the second straight game, w

box it off. first time they have ever led by five or month -- more runs in the night and lost. they have lost 85 games this season. the 49ers hoping to end the post season -- preseason where they hope to end the postseason. you have a lot to keep your eye on until then, including the quarterback position. brock purdy and jimmy garoppolo also sitting out, trey lance was sacked twice in the uptake series, but what about a touchdown drive here in the second quarter, chris connelly should have been picked, but it ends up in the house -- hands of ross dwelley. look at this, do shelley had the ball, and there's a lucky bounce there to a 49er. lance plane for time, twitty four yard strike to conley, the niners missed a few in the half, lance at 112 euros, sacked. here is sam donald, nice pastor running dow, five of 8, 80 four

yards, and i love this niners fan. he is winning. for code, popeye gold chain, the left -- niners lose 34-7, it doesn't feel as bad as it looks. >> i was excited to get back out there. to go play real football again and go compete again, that felt good first and foremost. obviously, the score showed it from drive to drive, just have to keep going. >> we practice real hard, we don't have to address any of the bonds today, but guys got a lot of valuable repetitions and that gives us a chance to make our team and coach them up tomorrow. >> four weeks from now, the niners opened the season in pittsburgh. i wonder what you like better, the fur coat or the chain? that's what this is all about. j.r.: i love the fur coat, i was going to keep it on the positive. i love the standing ovation that

burst out at the ballpark. he deserves it. >> what an amazing run he had here, three world titles, the giants fans will never forget that, they're trying to do something special this year. j.r.: coming out, a surprise almost too much for one dog owner to bear. what she found right outside her front door which had her and her pooch scrambling to get back inside

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