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moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. now at six helping hawaii. >> some bay area firefighters heading to maui today to volunteer. how you can help as crews continue to sift through catastrophic damage and the first of its kind treatment to help prevent drug overdoses. >> the therapy that could fight fentanyl deaths. >> now we all know how good steph curry is, but is he the best ever? wait until you hear who he says is the best point guard to ever play in the nba. good morning. >> welcome to tuesday, august 22nd. >> yes, we're going to start the check of our forecast with lisa. >> all right. thanks. getting a little bit back to normal today . it was kind of weird yesterday, wasn't it? was some of the haze and the fog that didn't clear in spots. and of course, what what happened in southern california. but as we look at live doppler seven right now, now you'll notice that a lot of cloud cover and still some showers in the mountains, but thunderstorm activity has

quieted down. we are left with muggy conditions, cloudy skies, that sun coming up at 631, all in the 60s. so still humid out there. not as muggy as yesterday, but still it lingers throughout the day. there's a look at our roof camera 70s by noontime. for most of us around the bay and inland upper 80s for our warmest locations. jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody at the bay bridge is our problem spot at the moment. we're following a crash right now on westbound 80 right past treasure island. your speeds as you approach the tunnel will be around 16mph. we do have a live picture here from our caltrans camera in the area and it looks much better than it did even i'd say ten minutes ago. the tunnel is very slow, though, as you move through that area. we also have metering lights on at the toll plaza. they flipped on at 538. so expect delays in this spot. >> thanks, jobina. this morning, president biden is back in lake tahoe after he has been where his vacationing after touring the devastation in maui yesterday, the president walked through lahaina after viewing the burned areas by helicopter.

he also spent more than an hour speaking with survivors and first responders during a community meeting. so far, 114 people have been confirmed dead and more than 800 people are not accounted for. the president has promised more federal aid and says the rebuilding will be focused on local culture countries. >> grieves with you, stands with you, and will do everything possible to help you recover, rebuild and respect culture and traditions. when the rebuilding takes place. >> fema says nearly 6000 survivors have already registered for federal assistance. the maui fire is the deadliest in the us in the last 100 years. more bay area assistance is heading to maui this morning. >> members of the san francisco fire department will be traveling there to help the community in need. they're going to be leaving from oakland international airport today. and that's where we find abc's seven news reporter gloria rodriguez. gloria >> good morning, reggie. those firefighters will be leaving from oakland international

airport where i am at 830 this morning. they will be volunteering their time in maui. and i've been in touch with them and we're hoping to catch up with them before they leave. this morning. members of the san francisco fire department will be traveling to maui to help the community after the devastating wildfires. the team of 11 firefighters will be assisting at a community distribution site at the lahaina gateway center. it is one of the only structures in town left standing after the fires, literally right after the tragedy. >> i got a call. i was very moved by that. the fact that people all from all over the world, from all over anywhere, would come together and help our community. >> well, there is working in the food bank, kitchens, shelter professionally. we are first responders. so if they need us for anything besides what we're volunteering to do, we're willing to do it. >> that is asian firefighters association president stanley

lee, who spearhead this campaign and recruited members of the rfa to help with relief efforts on the ground in maui. he says they represent aapi firefighters of san francisco and that many of their members have close ties to the people of hawaii. ozaki creative group in honolulu helped organize this trip, and lee says they could not just sit back and do nothing, live at oakland international airport. gloria rodriguez, gloria, thank you. >> and if you'd like to help with the maui wildlife relief efforts, you can make a $10 donation to the red cross by texting red cross to 90999 or by calling one 800 red cross. of course, any donation is appreciated. does ins of animals from maui are now at a bay area shelter or several of them that stepped up to help? >> 40 dogs and cats were already in shelters on maui before the fires and they went to several different shelters here. the animal rescue foundation in

walnut creek took five dogs and four kittens, one of which is already found its forever home. the ceo says for her, it's personal. after growing up in santa rosa, it means more more to me than i can possibly say. >> catastrophic wildfires ravaged our community twice, and i know what that feels like. i know the absolute heartbreak and confusion, the pets are going through health checks. >> they should all be ready to find their forever homes by the end of the week. >> now to the latest on hilary. this morning. people across southern california and nevada are drying out and digging out after a rare tropical storm dumped record amounts of rain. jobina is tracking that from the live desk. jobina. >> thank you, reggie small creeks transformed into raging rivers carrying tree trunks and boulders. some areas getting more than a foot of rain. and check out this video right now from oak glen in san bernardino county. the only bridge out of the town is now buried under

feet of mud in the mountain town of seven oaks. some 700 people were rescued, mud even washing into the fire station there and near palm springs, which saw its wettest august day on record. a giant front loader had to be called in to rescue at least a dozen people at an assisted living facility stranded in the mud. >> nearly all the low lying areas in this desert valley are filled with water and mud, including the interstate. this is the ten which has been shut down or crawling since the heaviest rains came in yesterday . >> lay in the desert town of cathedral city. at least 46 rescues were. reporter their crews responded to 1800 emergencies in the region. the flooding threat in some areas could last for days as rainwater washes down mountainsides. we'll continue to follow this. camassei. thank you, jobina. >> coming up, more cases of a potential deadly bacterial disease linked to an east bay spa. with the latest lab results have revealed. >> and the rescue underway right

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where the thunderstorm activity in southern california and the rain showers all winding down. we are left with some relative humidity from another system getting that assist from hillary and by the afternoon, things are shaping up for a nice day. look at our sleepy air sea lions this tuesday morning. pier 39, where the sun coming up in another 20 minutes. it is 65. downtown, 67 in palo alto. and the view from sutro showing the cloud cover with all the 60s north bay, mid 60s inland. and as we look at the high temperatures today near average 72, downtown 77 in oakland getting into full sunshine for most of us. a few lingering showers. but look at the warmup upper 80s, maybe even a 90 degree reading in our inland valleys. by wednesday, we are touching upper 90s near 100 inland. look at the low 80s in oakland. it won't be as humid, but it'll be warm for your wednesday and your thursday. we hold on to some of those 90s. that's a typical summer afternoon. soon while we have 70s in san francisco. 60s return with those onshore breezes really getting going into the

weekend. friday includes covid and that will allow for the cooler next several days. so the accuweather seven day forecast, we're warming up a bit today, more so wednesday, thursday and then cooling off friday into the weekend. kumasi thank you, lisa. >> coming up, the meeting about affordable housing in the peninsula that got disrupted and then baby makes four. what we've learned about rihanna's new bundle of joy. and as we head to break, let's take a live look outside right now. it's 611 and we will be right back. amd. >> sometimes i worry my world is getting smaller because of my sight. but now, now i can open up my world with the bismol. the bismol is the first fda approved treatment for people with wet amd that improves vision and delivers a chance for up to four months between treatments, which means doing more of what i love

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august the 9th. it burned for nearly 24 hours, sending hazardous smoke across many parts of the east bay. no cause for this has been given. alameda county prosecutor voters are now asking the public to come forward with information they may have about the fire. new information has emerged in an outbreak of legionnaires disease at a spa in richmond contra. costa county health now says at least four cases of the disease have been linked to zen day spa . two people died, two others recovered last results revealed a high level of legionella bacteria in samples, including from an unpermitted hot tub at that business. health officials say the spa didn't have the required disinfectant materials to operate a public hot tub. >> this particular business did not notify us that they were going to be operating a hot tub or a spa and so we therefore did not go through the plan reviewing process, which is the beginning stages of issuing them a health permit. >> contra costa health says the

district attorney's office will decide whether to move forward with criminal charges on the peninsula. a community meeting hosted by the city of millbrae was met with hundreds of people . listen to this. can see county executive mike kalicki in the video trying to speak to the crowd, but instead he is drowned out by you can hear it, the sound of people booing, yelling. officials were there to talk about details surrounding san mateo county's affordable housing plan. according to middlebury's website, the county was supposedly to convert a la quinta hotel into, quote, permanent supportive housing. >> a warning if you live in the peninsula, san mateo police say a bobcat has been spotted in the same area where a mountain lion was seen just a couple of days ago. the bobcat was seen in a backyard just south of abbott middle school sunday night. and here's a picture from last friday, a photo of a mountain

lion on vanessa drive in the hayward park area. the two locations are about three miles apart from each other. officials say if you come across one of these cats when you're outside, don't approach it. don't run. face the animal, wave your arms, make loud noises, try to scare it away. although i was reading the bobcats really don't usually get involved with people or to analyze like what kind of cat it is. well, i think i would know the difference between a bobcat and a mountain lion. >> i wouldn't. >> bobcat is a lot smaller. >> i'm just like also a cat. big cat by its three miles that close. >> so it's the same general area. >> it's in the vicinity. yeah >> rihanna and asap rocky are now parents of two too. yeah. tmz is reporting rihanna gave birth to another baby boy earlier this month. >> you'll remember she announced her second pregnancy in february when she performed at the super

bowl halftime show. their new addition name hasn't been revealed, but according to tmz, it starts with an r like big brother riza. rihanna gave birth to riza in may of 2022. congrats >> well, i first found this out from jobina jobina where she was on it. >> so got your news of all types , she said. >> the streets of san, she said, and the streets are right. the streets were right. >> okay. so what is that website pop crave trying to get on tmz's way. they really are. yeah we'll see about that on that's good. >> all right little weather news for you. >> it's better because yesterday it was a lot with the hurricane really traveling quickly to the north, the leftover damage with all that mud in southern california and our humidity and hazy conditions. today, though, things quieting down in the mountains and starting out with plenty of cloud cover here and humidity that will give way to

more sunshine. a drier air mass as we go through your tuesday. starting now, you can see the clouds from the higher clouds and the low clouds here. our exploratorium camera. look how mild, though. 65. downtown 68. mountain view, san jose with upper 60s on the peninsula from our east bay hills camera top vollmer peak. yes, the layered clouds with us this morning so feeling a little bit like the east coast, right low 60s right now. santa rosa, 66 in concord and in the south bay warming up mid 80s. san jose, partly cloudy , maybe a few lingering showers in the upper elevations. but overall, the drier air moving in 82. redwood city, millbrae 76. that's kind of a mild day for you. that boosts with the warmer temperatures to start out 68 in the sunset downtown 72. so the haze from the north bay clearing out throughout the later morning hours. here's 82 santa rosa vallejo checking in at 80 this afternoon from 77 in oakland. that's pretty warm with 82 in castro valley. but a nice afternoon and heading inland. we

will warm up through the 80s today could even see a 90 degree reading the diablo range ■those cumulus buildups maybe allowing for an afternoon shower or thunderstorm, but most likely it's going to be more sun today with upper 80s inland and the warm up tomorrow. and thursday. jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. i want to mention very quickly on camera here that we just got an update in from bart. they're facing a ten minute delay since wide due to a computer problem. so make sure to plan accordingly there. now let's zoom in to the crash that's really clogging things up towards the bay bridge. now westbound 80 past treasure island, it is in the process of clearing, which is why you see speeds have picked up. but the toll plaza is packed right now in the south bay. we're going to move over to san martin where we're following a crash on northbound 101. right at san martin. your speeds are down to around 20mph there. we have a wind advisory issued for the richmond-san rafael bridge and also the altamont pass. and then we'll end here with a clear look at the golden gate bridge coomassie. >> all right. thank you, jobina. now we are checking in with linsey davis live with what's

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from southern california. moving on and we'll get into full sunshine. even though it has been muggy, it still is muggy this morning. but wow, what a gorgeous view from mt. tam where the sun official up six 3165, downtown, 67 palo alto, and nobody's up here. up here, 39, everyone is still sleeping but that sun coming into play late in the morning hours downtown 60s to mid 60s out there in our inland valley. so yes, it is still muggy out there. and then by 9:00, we're at 70 degrees getting into some sunshine. our inland valleys, the fog pulls back. we get better mixing and we will see a mostly sunny afternoon at 1:00. we're in the 80s climbing through the upper 80s inland, low 70s downtown jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. so the good news is that the crash we were following on westbound 80 right after treasure island has cleared along the bay bridge. but we do have a big backup at the toll plaza just as a result of all of that. so traffic is into the maze and metering lights came on at 538 in the south bay here as you get close

to morgan hill, northbound 101 at san martin, we're looking at a crash right now still in that area where your speeds have dropped to 21mph. and then traffic is moving on the san mateo bridge. >> jobina. thank you. happening today, a vigil will be held for the four year old girl hit and killed by a car at the intersection of fourth and king streets in san francisco last week. that's not far from oracle park. it's right across the street from the caltrain station. neighbors plan to attend today's vigil to call for immediate changes to that intersection. they say it's a spot with a dangerous past. abc7 news reporter amanda de castella tracking that from the newsroom this morning. amanda, the city is promising changes but we don't know exactly when it will happen. >> reggie and part of this evening's demonstration includes demands like redesigning all similar intersections near freeway entrances deemed dangerous by the group walk san francisco and publishing a plan within 60 days, explaining how the sfmta will follow through in its commitment to fix hundreds of designated high injury

intersections by the end of next year. organizers and supporters of walk san francisco, which focused on pedestrian safety across the city, are behind the event, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. today. the timing is significant as it marks exactly one week after the deadly crash that killed a four year old girl who was being pushed in a stroller at the time of impact. she and her parents were visiting from out of the country when a driver struck her near the caltrain station in oracle park during the evening commute today say drivers will notice a memorial of the message is never again. and a number of parents standing together pushing strollers as part of the demonstration, demanding action expected in tonight's crowds. representatives with kidsafe sf the san francisco bicycle coalition, the sfmta super kaiser, matt dorsey and members of the san francisco bay area families for safe street community. people who have loved ones who have been hurt or killed in traffic crashes or a

crash survivor themselves. >> we are hoping for hundreds of people here frustrated and rallying for the city to make some changes. >> do we need thousands of people to be killed across our entire city to fix all of our streets in a statement, mayor london breed's office said sfmta will improve the safety of the intersection with two main changes first, by removing one of the southbound right turn lanes from fourth onto king street, and second by changing the traffic signal for drivers, making a right turn going from a green light to a yellow arrow. >> these are measures some feel are simply just not enough. i'm in the newsroom this morning. amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. thank you, amanda. >> state leaders are heading back to the drawing board trying to figure out another way to find critical funding for local transit agencies. yesterday, state senator scott wiener of san francisco put his idea on hold to increase bridge tolls by $1.50. the strategy would have added an estimated 100 and. $180

million for bay area public transit without any additional funding. sfmta expects service cuts to begin near the end of next year. bart expects cuts sometime in 2025. >> we're learning more about a big change for driverless car company cruise. we told you yesterday cruise has pulled 50% of their fleet from the streets of san francisco at the request of the dmv. this is following safety concerns, as cruise now says, 150 cars will drive at night and 50 will be on the street during the day. the company says it will work with the dmv to make improvements to its fleet. meanwhile, cities like atlanta are joining the list of robotaxi test places. the company started test driving cars there earlier this month. they gave us the impression that they were going to do the rollout pretty steadily and slowly and not all at once. >> so i wouldn't expect to see a big wave of them. the dmv says the 50% reduction in san francisco will remain until an investigation into, quote,

concerning incidents ends and crews improve. >> road safety crews told us that they believe robotaxis positively impact overall road safety. >> president biden says federal help for the people of maui will continue as long as it's needed . he made that promise yesterday while visiting the island with the first lady. the couple toured the burned area by helicopter and then walked the streets of lahaina before attending a community meeting with dozens of survivors. fema says nearly 6000 survivors have already registered for federal assistance today. more help is on the way from the bay area. members of the san francisco fire department are traveling there to help support the community there taking off from oakland international airport. that's where we find abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez this morning. hi, gloria. >> good morning, kumasi. those firefighters will be leaving from oakland international airport at about 830 this morning and i've been in touch with the organizer. we will be touching base with them before they leave and talking to them.

so definitely stay tuned to us throughout the morning. members from the san francisco fire department will be traveling to maui to help the community after the devastating wildfires fires the team of 11 firefighters will be assisting at a community distribution site at the lahaina gateway center, distributing goods to the community and working with the fire department. there it is one of the only structures in town left standing after the fire. the asian firefighters association president stanley lee spearheaded the campaign and recruited members of the rfa to help with relief efforts on the ground in maui. >> there's actually 11 of us, nine active duty firefighter, one retired and one first responder. we're willing to do whatever the people of lahaina, maui need us to do when we're there, you know, because we just couldn't sit back and not do anything. we just we just couldn't do that. we just needed to help. >> osaki creative group in honolulu helped organize the

trip, and lee says they represent aapi firefighters of san francisco and that many of their members have close ties to the people of hawaii. and these firefighters are volunteering their own time for a week to help out there in maui. and again, we will be touching base with them this morning live at oakland international airport. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> okay. thank you, gloria. if you'd like to help with the maui wildlife relief efforts, you can make a $10 donation right now by texting red cross to 90999. you can also call one 800 red cross or go to the website you see on your screen. red cross.org/abc. and we thank you for your donation. the archdiocese of san francisco files for bankruptcy as it deals with hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits. chapter 11 bankruptcy allows the roman catholic archdiocese to keep operating while it addresses the lawsuits collectively instead of individually. in a statement, the archdiocese said that it has

paid more than $70 million to sex abuse survivors as the bankruptcy filing does not affect parochial schools or the ada parishes operating under the archdiocese. by the way, the archdiocese of oakland filed for bankruptcy in may. >> the latino community in san francisco came together yesterday looking for answers after a young leader was gunned down in a community center last week. yesterday, friends and family of damian gonzalez prayed outside of the mission recreation center on harrison street on friday, gonzalez was playing basketball at the rec center with his friends. witness say a man wearing a black ski mask went inside and then shot and killed gonzales says the 18 year old victim volunteered with the latino task force and had a t shirt business. his mom said damian was excited to become a father this summer. >> he was a great kid. >> he was about to be a dad. >> he was so excited. and next week it was was going to be his

baby shower. for so far, n arrests have been made in this case. >> the mission recreation center is closed until further notice. >> new data obtained by the abc7 news i-team shows an increase in robberies and carjackings in oakland. it comes after another weekend of crime and violence in the city. bruce wong is the owner of 11 different businesses in oakland. he says each of them gets robbed nearly every week, including his body shop at the corner of 16th and international. his tow truck was stolen last week. wong says the suspect destroyed the tracking system, but his phone was still inside, so he was able to get the location, then have to chase him for at least 45 minutes from oakland, west oakland to east oakland, east oakland to berkeley, berkeley to come back. >> we finally stopped him at at telegraph and 30th to get a tow truck back with the tow truck.

he got so much damage to it. >> oakland police confirm to the i-team just this past weekend alone, there were 15 different robberies and two carjackings across the city. we tried to talk with the police about that, but they said they were unavailable to meet with us. still ahead, the latest push to keep people safe in the car. the rules we could see for backseat passengers. >> and a look live right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange. down right now by about 11 points. another update on the markets next. >> and set to surrender. the former president says he'll be booked and arrested thursday. stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at 7 a.m. for abc seven at seven. we're live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. download the app now wherever you stream. >> good morning to you. tuesday morning live doppler seven there. it's really quieting down in much of california, but the cleanup continues as all the mud yesterday and parts of southern california back home, we're starting up mostly cloudy, but a few breaks out there. pretty muggy. you want to get you up to date on tropical storm harold,

which is lashing the texas coast here. the good news is they have not had rain in a long time. so any rain, they do get will be beneficial. but there could be some flash flooding. tornado outbreak here in the short term. but overall, they really do need the rain. winds, a 45 miles an hour, moving to the west northwest at 18. so this thing will quickly move out of here. but three weeks ahead of schedule for the tropic in the atlantic. so very active there. we'll see more storms developing in the week ahead, perhaps affecting the eastern seaboard, 68, mountain view, 65. san francisco, so muggy, cloudy, low clouds and high clouds right now. san francisco in the 60s, 63, santa rosa. so as we get through the afternoon, soon we get into better mixing. we'll hold on to the humidity for the first part of the day, as well as the cloud cover. the haze lifts. we'll get into more sunshine, but there could be an isolated shower in the highest elevations. mount diablo, maybe the santa cruz mountains. otherwise, it's high pressure building in and taking over in the next several days for your wednesday and thursday. today, a

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24 over seven. >> welcome back, everyone. new developments in the 2020 georgia election interference case. one of the 18 co-defendants charged alongside former president donald trump has turned himself in. scott graham hall is a georgia bail bondsman and is accused of conspiring to commit election fraud. yesterday, trump said he will surrender. on thursday, jobina is at the live desk with the details on this jobina. >> thank you. attorneys for trump struck a deal with the fulton county prosecutor. he will surrender at the county jail thursday for fingerprinting and his mugshot. photo. the agreement calls for trump to be released on a $200,000 bond and with clear cut conditions, trump can make no direct or indirect threat toward any potential witnesses, including his 18 alleged coconspirators. that provision also includes posts on social media or posts of posts, and that would be reposts of posts made by another individual

, trump's lawyers. a judge at and prosecutor fani willis signed off on the terms. meanwhile sources tell abc news trump pre-taped an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson to run head to head against tomorrow's first 2024 republican debate in milwaukee. trump posted on social media saying he is not attending. >> he's a coward. >> if i had his record, i'd be nervous about showing up to a new des moines register. >> media.com poll finds 42% of likely iowa caucus attendees backed trump as their first choice for president. florida governor ron desantis follows at 19. and seven more candidates hold single digit support. with that same poll. >> reggie, thanks to jobina, an alert for parents this morning about scream time and your kids just released study has found that 1 to 2 hours of screen time a day at age one is linked to a higher risk of developmental

delays in children. researchers say by age two, children were three times more likely to experience, communicate delays and lack problem solving skills. so what is the right amount of screen time? >> perfect world under the age of two. screen time would be kept at an absolute minimum and then above the age of two, about 2 to 5. we try to keep it to about an hour a day. zoom is totally okay if you're zooming with grandma or grandpa, you're still practicing speech researchers say there are better options than screens to occupy your kids, including books calling them materials and toys. >> if you must rely on screens, research teachers are suggesting educational videos in an effort to prevent car injuries and deaths. >> new rules are being proposed to encourage people to wear a seatbelt. it would include a visual and audio warning for the right front passenger seat. there would also be a notice for back seat passengers that last at least a minute if the

seatbelt is not buckled. current rules require these warnings only for the driver's seat, but not for other positions. officials will take public comment for the proposed rules in the coming months. now your morning money report subway could soon be owned by the same company that owns arby's. >> according to the wall street journal, the roark capital is closing on a deal to buy the sandwich chain for about $9.6 billion. subway has been owned by its two founding families for more than five decades. the wall street journal says a deal to sell subway could be finalized this week, although a higher offer could still prevail. and taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway today. we are slightly up this morning by one whole point. >> so i know you remember when thousands of people got stranded in the bahamas in 2017 for the fyre festival? well it might be happening again. the festival? >> hopefully not the boy. >> we don't want anybody to be stranded with those sandwiches. festival promoter billy mcfarland posted on tiktok this week that tickets for the fyre

festival two were on sale and then then less than an hour and a half ago, he posted that the first drop of tickets was sold out. the event is, quote, targeted for the end of 2024. there is no lineup or performers yet. see i know mcfarland spent almost four and a half years in prison for fraud for that first festival. he still owes investors millions of dollars in restitution. >> i guess let's just what again, he is saying that the first drop of tickets sold out and a first drop of tickets could be five, it could be five, it could be two. >> you know what i'm saying? fool me. once fool me twice. >> i know who's gonna a couple of new jersey is proving love is never too late. >> they're getting ready to say i do. 64 years after they first met, 93 year old joe is getting married for the first time. the bride to be 83 year old mary.

the couple first met in 1959 when mary was the maid of honor and joe was the best man at his sister's wedding. oh. joe went on to join the army. mary became a ballerina at radio city music hall. >> i was always very close with the family and he was always there. >> my family, they didn't expect it when i told them, they almost they opened him up. >> i say this unashamedly. >> i fell in love with her and she tells me she fell in love with me. what else do you want >> what else do you want? >> you want. okay. all right. you want to cry, joe? >> we want to cry. >> yeah. give us a moment. >> their families are now getting ready for mary and joe's wedding. what's which will happen in october. oh. >> oh, that's nice. nice. this is nice. this is nice. >> a connection. it just makes me even more excited for the golden bachelor. >> oh, the golden bachelor. did you end up talking to somebody

from the golden bachelor? no. >> i'm ready to talk to jerry, though. >> okay. >> and all his daughters. and find out about all the drama that's going to be on that show. >> i hope. >> drama. we think the older folks. >> yes, i want drama. >> me, too. >> and i cannot wait. >> i want to see a fight. >> i just want to know what kind of drama i want to see people climbing over walls. >> i believe even with a knee replacement. >> oh, i want. >> show me what bionics can do. >> wow. okay, now, modern medicine, hip replacement. yeah. >> oh, no. we don't need anybody to fall. >> no, i don't want anyone to fall. >> i want people to be resilient it. >> but bring it right? yeah please. all right. good morning, everybody. things are quieting down in california. thank goodness. it was a wild day yesterday in southern california. a lot of clean up and humidity and lingers here in the bay area. we picked up about 3/100 of an inch of rain from the airport parts of the north bay and also all the way down to big sur. but a drier air mass is

working into the bay area. here's a look at san francisco. we can see all the cloud cover here, 65 downtown at 66 in oakland with 68 mountain view, san jose, 60 one half moon bay. and from vollmer peak. yeah, a lot of cloud cover. this is going to clear out though high pressure is off the coast. it is going to work to bring us much warmer weather tomorrow and thursday. today initiating that warming and drying trend. it is 62 santa rosa with mid 60s concord and livermore. so as we get through the morning hours, it's cloudy. the air quality is going to be moderate again today . you may have noticed that haze yesterday, but throughout the afternoon we will clear out even by the mid-morning hours. it's getting sunny in the east bay. here we are by noontime. not only is it sunny, we still have the chance of a lingering shower. maybe over the upper elevations. the diablo range, the santa cruz mountains. so still slightly unstable. but overall, while we're getting into a typical weather pattern that we like to enjoy here, at late august 84th, san jose, 81

in sunnyvale today on the peninsula, mid to upper 70s, a few low 80s from redwood city, los altos warming to about 80 degrees, 72 downtown getting into more sun and up in the north bay moderate to good air quality here 85 in novato and near east bay. upper 70s you head inland and we're warm through the upper 80s jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. we're starting in san jose showing you a live picture from 280. and good morning to this man that's working on our camera down there at the bottom right now. everything looks good for the most part. he is up early. we appreciate him. emeryville here looking live at 80. you see all of those headlights on the left hand side of the scree it's crowded for people traveling westbound towards the maze and the toll plaza and our drive times for highway four have since efficiently increased antioch to concord is 40 minutes now, so it's creeping on the drive time for tracy to dublin. >> reggie jobina i need you to look at the screen on what's

happening for this video because what's about to happen, the reaction i'm going to steal a line from you. okay? okay. so this is a little magic trick that someone was trying to do in columbia at a zoo with a baboon . so watch this. see he has a little donut. his donut around his finger, and then the donut disappears. us and the baboon. well, i don't know where the donut. how come we're not showing the donut part? do you see the donut? >> and then you see the donut. >> oh, there it is. okay. and the baboon doesn't like that. but in my mind, the baboon is saying. oh, don't play in my face, which is my favorite expression from jobina of late. >> do not play in my face. >> he's playing right in his face and you can see it. i think he's just mad because he wants that donut, right? and he's like, what did you do with it? >> why are you over here bothering me? >> yeah. don't come up to this window and bother me. the sign says, do not tap on glass and also don't play in my face. you can really see how irritated

look. >> yeah. >> irritated irritation. >> very mad. don't do that to these animals. don't they already probably got separated at birth from their parents through a lot. they were just having a good time in the jungle. and then now they're in this zoo. >> are you playing games in their face with the donut? up next is seven things you need to know today. >> you know, they can smell that donut being made all day long. you know, when they make those fresh mini donuts. and you can smell it all the way across the zoo. and so they're upset. right. and i would be upset, too. >> that is rude. >> oh, here's a beautiful look at this lighthouse. >> the abc7 news accuweather forecast is sponsored by ahsoka. >> original series streaming tuesdays only on disney plus.

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california for days as rainwater is washing down mountainsides. death valley saw 2.2in of rain on sunday. that's the wettest day ever. >> number two, changes are coming to dangerous intersections across san francisco. so that includes eliminating one turn lane at fourth and king streets, where four year old was killed earlier this month. >> number three, donald trump says he will turn himself into authorities in georgia on thursday after he was indicted for election interference. one of his alleged co conspirators turned himself in this morning. trump maintains that he is innocent. >> number four, a dispute over a vacant school board seat in oakland appears to be resolved. two candidates who submitted signatures to run for the district five seat that use incorrect district lines will be allowed to remain on the ballot. that election will be held in november. number five, it is cloudy. >> it is muggy out there. maybe even a few sprinkles this morning. our inland valleys later on today, maybe a shower in the higher elevations, but slightly warmer. >> and number six, looking live

at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is busy here in metering. lights came on at 538 and essentially you're facing residual delays from an earlier crash on the bridge that cleared not too long after 6 a.m. and then the richmond-san rafael bridge has a wind advisory that's been issued by the chp and number seven today is the disney plus premiere of ahsoka the highly anticipated live action series stars rosario dawson. >> star wars fans have been talking about this ever since the announcement. you can start streaming ahsoka at 6 p.m. of course, disney is the parent company of abc seven. >> ahsoka asuka. >> asuka. >> i mispronounced that. >> that's all right. >> there's one other thing happening today. it's my mom's birthday. oh yeah. >> happy birthday, mama. >> birthday. >> is she celebrating today? >> she is. and i hope she gets my thing that i sent her. she will. >> we'll speak that for you. >> crossing fingers. got it. okay