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cooling temperatures. in fact, it'll be pleasant in the city, but right now it is 64. in oakland, 67 in san jose, 63. downtown 59 with that fog, half moon bay and a pretty view here of the city. no fog there. 58 santa rosa with low to mid 60s inland. so we're talking a cool down this morning anywhere from 2 to 7 degrees cooler ramping up anywhere from five degrees this afternoon. and our sea breeze gets going late. so notice the spread. we're in the 70s at the shoreline in the low 80s over in oakland. later on this afternoon and in the 90s for high temperatures. so by 4:00 we begin to feel a little bit better. but still it is going to be slightly muggy and much hotter today. so prepare for that, jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning , everybody. so i want to zoom in to oakland right now because we were looking at this earlier this morning. it was a big rig that was stalled on northbound 880 at broadway, but i didn't bring it up because it wasn't causing a slowdown, but it is

still in the way the chp is estimating that it should be gone in about 15 minutes. but now it's clogging things up and your speeds are down to around 14mph in that spot at the bay bridge toll plaza, you're metering lights flipped on at 533. so you're seeing the backup in that area. and then tracy to dublin, the ride has maintained pretty decent so far. this is tracking about the same as yesterday, but i would say moving faster than normal where it's a little slower than normal, though as antioch to conquer that ride around 28 minutes jobina. >> thank you san francisco mayor london breed is laying out her roadmap toward a downtown line upgrade. she did this months ago and now she's giving us a six month update and she's highlighting what she says are key achievements. painting an optimist stick picture of the city's future. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us this morning with more on what the mayor is saying. gloria >> good morning, reggie. mayor london breed first unveiled her roadmap during her state of the city address back in february three. it's the city's plan to transform downtown into a clean

, safe destination every day at all hours. the six month update on the roadmap to san francisco's future touts the largest new police academy class in three years. a 38% increase in office attendance since last july and more than 5500 new business registration this year. among other milestones signs when it comes to bringing workers back to the downtown area as abc7 news insider phil matier noted, it's not just as simple as having businesses demand that employees return to the office. so it's not enough for just workers to come back because even when they come back they're going to use less space. >> but the mayor has to attract new employees, new people to come in. they're betting a big on artificial intelligence. the mayor has thrown out some big ideas, including converting the westfield mall on market into a sports stadium. >> phil says those ideas could be meant to keep the public occupied with idea that she is

doing something now in the roadmap. mayor brea touts changing laws to fill vacant space, as well as those downtown activation and making the streets cleaner and safer. live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you, gloria. >> we've told you a lot about stores leaving the market street corridor in san francisco. so today the store that we've been talking about for months coming to market street is finally opening ikea, our media partner, sf standard, got a sneak peek inside it looks similar to other ikea stores, but does have a different format geared towards city living spaces. officials told sf standard. you'll notice more plants than a regular ikea store and many larger items will only be available to order for delivery. on the food side of things, there will be ikea's famous meatballs, but no fried food in the cafeteria. that includes french fries. the store opens its doors at 11 a.m. this morning. and happening today, the future of homelessness in san francisco will go before three federal judges. >> the city is appealing an

order temporarily blocking officials from removing encampments on city streets. >> this order is keeping the city from clearing these encampments as long as the number of people experiencing homelessness exceeds the number of available shelter beds. the issue, according to the city, is that many unhoused people are refusing help. >> over half of the folks that they're reaching out to are refusing offers of shelter by the city or actually have shelter elsewhere. but choose to keep a tent on the streets. >> the coalition of homelessness claims the city actually only has enough shelter beds for half of the unhoused population, so they're marking many people down as refusing shelter, even though there's no room for them. meanwhile, residents say they are fed up. >> i've lived here since 1974. i've never seen san francisco this dirty. it's just it's pathetic. my wife and i have to cross the street just to walk up to go to dinner just because all the tents are blocking everything.

>> before today's hearing, city officials are planning a rally with the public outside the court. it's not likely to see a decision today, but it will likely come soon. >> marin county taking a new approach to clear a large rv encampment. we first told you about dozens of vehicles lining binford road in novato in may. now the county is planning to get some of the people into permanent housing. it received more than $1.5 million from the state for what's called an encampment resolution fund. the money will go toward outreach and support for the unhoused, and marin county also must match funding with vouchers for housing and assist people with things like rent and security deposits. >> new this morning, a witness in the classified documents case against donald trump is retracting his prior testimony. the witness is identified as an it employee at mar a lago. prosecutors say he initially testified to a grand jury that he was unaware of any effort to erase security footage recorded at the former president's estate. after getting a new attorney, prosecutors say he retracted his prior testimony

and detailed an alleged effort to tamper with evidence. a trial in the case has been set for may 20th of 2024. trump has pleaded not guilty. we are also expecting rudy giuliani to turn himself in today. he is charged in the georgia case, accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election. this morning, giuliani's attorneys are expected to finalize a bond package with the district attorney's office. giuliani a former president trump and 17 others are charged in this case. >> happening tonight, the first gop debate of the 2024 election cycle happens in milwaukee. eight republican candidates will take the stage together. former president trump won't be there. jobina sources tell abc news trump is planning to counter the debate with his own program saying yes. >> reggie so final preparations are underway in wisconsin right now. the republican national committee's inaugural debate starts at 6 p.m. with out former president donald trump. as you mentioned, he says he won't be there, but instead will be running this prerecorded interview with political commentator tucker carlson.

listen. many have criticized trump's decision not to attend abc news political contributor and former congresswoman barbara comstock is emphasizing the need for candidates to face trump in the debate cycle. >> donald trump is the leader and if you want to be number one, you have to take on the person who is number one. >> the eight candidates in tonight's debate met the committee's polling and campaign donation request payments to participate. now there is something to note here. abc news is partner 538 shows. florida governor ron desantis trailing behind trump's lead in the polls by more than 30, although trump himself will be absent, his campaign has said top advisers will be present there to represent him in the debate spin room. that's the place where candidates can interact with media outlets and journalists after the debate. >> thanks, jobina. coming up, the south bay community trying to solve a teacher shortage by

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fog will be wiped away within the next few hours. 58. santa rosa, 57 in novato. and as we look at the trend today, you'll notice that as the fog goes away, high pressure builds in. we're getting hotter. but then we'll see a return to the low clouds and fog, bringing us a bit of relief as we get into your thursday day. but as for highs today, it is 83. in oakland, 85 on the peninsula with 90 in san jose. kumasi >> thank you, lisa. still to come, the state senator trying to add an amendment to the reparations plan. why he says this change is needed and teacher shortages across the bay area impacting your child's education. a look at some of the solutions. >> kayaking is my thing. running is awesome. but her moderate to severe eczema would make her skin so uncomfortable. i was always so itchy, especially when i was hot. now my skin doesn't make as much. >> now we're staying ahead of her eczema. there's a power

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teachers live near the schools where they work. we've got teachers and other school staff who are commuting hours and hours, and that is time not spent with or for kids. the complex is being built on land owned by the county, but developed by two nonprofits and financed in part by meta, facebook's parent company. a similar project is being planned for the cupertino area. >> the 2023 us gymnastics championship kicks off tomorrow at sap center. some of the best gymnasts in the world are going to be there, including simone biles, the winningest gymnast in us history. nearly 150 men and women gymnasts will compete now together, they have won 12 olympic medals, 50 world championship medals and 46 national titles. the top women and men, gymnasts will win a spot on the us national team. while this is not the olympic roster, there will be an olympics feel. >> i mean, how many basketball fans say they wish you saw michael jordan or how many

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yesterday between the hours of one and 3 p.m. and. absolutely not. >> you didn't have a fan? >> i didn't have a fan. i opened the window. >> why? got muggy and hot. >> it was bad. it was really bad. yeah. all of a sudden, like, after noon, i was like, yes. >> i even went by the ferry building thinking like water, the breeze from the bay. all it did was make my hair puff up. >> yeah, sorry about that. yeah, another one. sort of to start out, but by the afternoon we get a return to the sea breeze because the low clouds and fog have returned to the immediate shoreline. the upwelling, though, not with us. and that initiates a northwesterly flow. or that afternoon sea breeze that's going to take another 48 hours. so it's just shallow here and on top of that, we have high pressure building in which is going to push down on the atmosphere that compressional heating raise our temperatures 5 to 10 degrees. there's a look from our roof camera 63, downtown, 64, oakland mountain view 59, where the fog is at half moon bay and the oakland airport here where temperatures are mild going well into the 80s

today in oakland. so it's going to be a warm day. 58 in santa rosa, 62 in napa with mid 60s and very little wind out there. and when we do get the sea breeze, it's going to be late in the day. so tomorrow offers a little bit relief. but as we look at our forecast headlines, the noticeably cooler temperatures will be from the humidity lacking today. but with the warmer air mass on top of us, it kind of cancels it out and we're going to be a little hot today for sure. and as we get into your thursday, things will improve. well, you see it right there, 90 in san jose. that's a good six degrees warmer than yesterday. how about those upper 80s in cupertino? all the 80s on the peninsula. redwood city 90. so the sea breeze really not with you until late in the day and the sunset. 73 though for an afternoon high 91 santa rosa air quality remains moderate so it was a little hazy yesterday, but the sea breeze late in the day will help us out somewhat along the coast. 85 san leandro, upper 90s inland and

the accuweather seven day forecast. we're hot inland the next few days a relief comes friday and then it's our typical summertime pattern into the weekend and next week. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, lisa. thank you. hi everybody. we have a couple of issues to get to. we're going to start in oakland where the stalled big rig is really slowing you down on northbound 880 right at broadway. your speeds around 22mph, moving over to nevada where we have a new crash reported right now on southbound 101 at roland boulevard. and there's at least two lanes blocked in that section. an look at our golden gate bridge camera completely fogged in. right now, the chp has issued an advisory. so be aware of low visibility as you travel in and out of the north bay and this spot. and then we'll end with a clear look in walnut creek showing you 680 crossing. thank you, jobina. >> now we're turning to somara theodore filling in for ginger with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning, somara. >> good morning, reggie and kamasi. >> it's so great to be with both of you. now coming up, we have a

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are gone. the tropical clouds, the look to it, but the feel to the moisture is still out there. we were hot yesterday. and look at our hazy conditions right now . moderate air quality today from our sutro tower camera. it looks like it's going to be a warm one. it is with mid 70s downtown later on 60 right now. but we do have fog at the coast. look at that, 59 half moon bay, 64 mountain view and you can see the golden gate bridge socked in. but this all clears away for rapid warming today. upper 50s santa rosa, nevada, with mid 60s. so still not quite back to where we should be because the marine layer is going to disappear. it needs to reform and we need to get that sea breeze and we won't do that until we get a better northwesterly flow. 5 to 7 degrees cooler this morning. so 9:00, check it out, mid 70s, inland, mid 60s, downtown, full sunshine, better air quality later on, but still moderate. we'll get rid of that humidity. it'll be replaced with much warmer temperatures today mid to upper 90s there with upper 70s

across parts of san francisco, the eastern side and mid 80s. oakland, jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. so we are going to start in novato because that issue we were following in oakland on northbound 880 has cleared. now the backup has gotten worse. unfortunately in novato we have two lanes blocked here due to a crash on southbound 101 at roland boulevard. bringing you a live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza now because traffic is through the maze at this point and you can tell how busy it is even on emeryville or in emeryville, i should say, on i-80, because look at all those headlights off to the left hand side. that's the westbound traffic. and if you are traveling towards the toll plaza, the metering lights came on at 533. >> thank you. jobina developing news this morning on the future of downtown san francisco. mayor london breed highlighting key achievements during her six month update on her roadmap toward a downtown upgrade. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez live this morning with the details on the mayor's plan. hi, gloria.

>> good morning. kumasi mayor london breed first unveiled her road mark plan during her state of the city address back in february. and yesterday she gave a six month update to the san francisco chamber of commerce. the roadmap to san francisco's future is a city's plan to transform downtown into a clean, safe, welcoming destination at all hours, every day. the six month update highlights the largest new police academy class in three years. a 38% increase in office attendance since last july and more than 5500 new business registrations this year, among other milestone signs, the mayor's thrown out some big ideas, including converting the westfield mall on market into a sports stadium. abc7 news insider phil matier weighs in. >> you've got a problem. you try to fix the problem but in the meantime you try to throw some things out there to keep the public occupied with the ideas that you're doing something now she's proposed a soccer stadium and sports arena for where nordstrom's in the westfield

mall is right now. is that practical? i don't know. but she's commissioned somebody that's going to put up a drawing and we're going to watch that and we're going to talk about it. she's talking about bringing university of california campuses to the downtown in. okay. is that realistic? is it going to take time? yes, absolutely. but she is also in politics here. you have to understand, she is getting gearing up to run for reelection. and it could be a very tough reelection because the public is not happy. roadmap. >> mayor breed towards changing laws to fill vacant space, reforming taxes, launching downtown activations and making the streets cleaner and safer. and the mayor's six month update lays out strong urges to achieve those goals. you can find that road mark on the city's website live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you, gloria. >> oakland mayor shengtao was addressing the city's rise in certain crimes. she's telling abc seven her team is working to increase public safety while

dealing with a historic budget deficit. abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo live in the newsroom with the latest on this. amanda carmassi breaking down the numbers using data obtained by the abc seven news i-team year to date there's been a 27% increase in robberies and a 19% spike in carjackings from . 2022 to 2023. >> oakland mayor shane tao acknowledging the uptick in crime, but emphasized it is not unique to oakland. she addressed issues yesterday after returning from a trade mission to vietnam. tao making a point to mention oakland has the highest number of police officers in uniform now compared to the past three years. however one key vacancy remains chief of police. the mayor fired chief laurent armstrong in february for allegedly failing to discipline officers for misconduct and she says the process to hire a new chief begins with the police commission. in meantime, mayor tao says the city is working on ways to increase the police department's capabilities to investigate all of this happening as oakland faces a

historic deficit. >> we're talking about how do we free up our officers, you know, whether it's civilians losing some positions, you know, so that we can get more officers doing more investigative work, arguably, i would say that crimes would be even higher than it is today. if i were to have cut in my budget the programs for our after school programing, for our summer programing. >> she's calling this a quote, hard moment in time. the mayor also reminding residents the city did not cut funds to violence prevention and it received a $1.2 million from the state, i should say, to fund technology upgrades. while tao also highlighted homicide rates are down, the local chapter of the naacp is called for the city to declare a state of emergency. however the mayor says the chp has already been deployed to work in areas along the freeways and some high crime areas. after her direct request to governor newsom. i'm live in the newsroom this morning. i'm anna

delcastillo, abc seven news. >> amanda, thank you. new developments in the fight to protect pedestrians in san francisco. so exactly one week after a four year old girl was hit and killed near oracle park, a rally was held in her honor at the intersection where that happened. advocates say the crash is just another example of how deadly city streets can be. they're calling on the city to make changes. >> the urgency isn't there, right? we have the basic infrastructure for 900 intersections that haven't been done yet. why. pienta 2022, 39 people were killed in traffic related deaths. >> that's the highest number in 15 years. at fourth in king, where last week's deadly crash happened, the city has announced changes the number of turn lanes will be reduced from 2 to 1. and they're going to make a yellow turn arrow replace the current green light. officials say they also want the state to pass a law so they can install more speeding cameras. >> the hotel facility in san francisco's mission district is

under investigation after allegations of animal mistreatment and neglect. a wag spokesperson, spokesperson told the chronicle animal control officers visited the 14th street location last week and that visit came a day after the chronicle reported on claims that this pet decor business endangered pets last summer. multiple tiktokers accused the san francisco facility of mistreating their dogs. a wag spokesperson denied those allegations, saying most clients are happy with their experiences on the peninsula. >> officials are warning about aggressive shark behavior just south of pescadero, the san mateo county sheriff's office said in a tweet. a kayaker had a close encounter with a shark, but was not hurt. the incident happened at pebble beach, which is a part of bean hollow state beach, a defense attorneys for the founder of failed cryptocurrency company ftx says he can't prepare for his upcoming fraud trial because he's not getting his adhd medication or a vegan diet. >> yesterday, sam bankman-fried

pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of his company back in november. a judge says she would contact jail officials in response to those claims. bankman-fried has been under house arrest or had been at his parents home in palo alto until his bail was revoked a few weeks back for violating the conditions of his release. he will stay in custody until his trial, which starts in october. >> now it's your voice, your vote. we've just learned that president candidate and current north dakota governor doug bergman was treated at a hospital overnight. his office says he was hurt while playing basketball with with his staff. it's unclear if he's going to be able to stand during tonight's gop debate. he is one of eight candidates set to attend tonight's debate at former president donald trump confirmed that he is skipping the event in milwaukee. instead, he's going to air a prerecorded interview with political commentator tucker carlson. with trump absent, florida governor ron desantis will take center stage

as the highest polling candidate. we got the first debate in this whole shebang. >> we're going to be able to do it. should be a lot of fun. >> the debate is also leaving behind two candidates who didn't qualify, including california republican larry elder. he's now threatening to sue the republican national committee for rejecting his bid. elder claims that he met all the requirements and there are multiple watch parties happening in san francisco tonight. you can watch the debate with local democrats at manny's cafe in the mission 50% of ticket sales will be donated to the sf democratic party. you can also watch what the city's republican party at the kezar pub in the haight. >> the second tropical storm to hit the us mainland in three days is now weakening. but it is still causing some trouble in texas as harold made landfall as a tropical storm on padre island yesterday with sustained winds of 50 miles an hour, gusts as high as 67. the national weather service downgraded the storm to a tropical depression, but it

could still cause flooding with half a foot of rain expected to fall in some places, as harold is the first storm to come ashore as part of the 2023 atlanta hurricane season. and while you were asleep, tropical storm franklin made landfall over the dominican republic and haiti in the caribbean. it's expected to dump up to ten inches of rain with as much as 15in in some areas. it's bringing winds of about 50 miles an hour. while harold is still churning, there were three named storms in the caribbean at the same time. >> parts of southern california still cleaning up from tropical storm hilary. places like cathedral city in riverside county continue to be a muddy mess. so far, no us deaths are being attributed to the storm. state officials are crediting advance emergence, planning and staging. in better news, it is officially the summer of the mega shows we already had taylor swift. we just had drake dead and company were just here. cross country concerts are gaining massive attention and

bringing even bigger profits to our local economy. so here's a look at the major acts that are coming soon to the bay area. sam smith will be performing at the oakland arena on sunday and then they'll cross the bay to perform at chase center on monday. and it is queen bee herself finally coming to levi's stadium. beyonce taking over the south bay a week from today. her renaissance world tour is expected to be quite the spectacle. in fact, santa clara city leaders have pushed the stadium's curfew time back one hour from the usual 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. coming up, how to get rid of that bad breath right now . >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we are up right now by about 55 points or another update on the markets next. >> and days after a toll hike is paused, lawmakers brainstorm new ways to keep funding public transit in the bay area. stick with us on the abc7 bay area streaming app at 7 a.m. for abc seven at seven. we are live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. download the app now and you can

stream us. >> all right. good morning to you. wednesday morning, the marine layer coming back into play for half moon bay. the haze with us in the north bay 60 downtown 64 in oakland with upper 60 de san jose, 57 in the fog. half moon bay. you can see the haze, the moderate air quality, the exploratorium camera 58 in santa rosa, 57 in novato. so that's where you're feeling the influence of the cooler start and just a degree or two cooler inland but we're making up the difference this afternoon as high pressure builds in. it's going to be a hot day out there. how about 90in san jose? 87 in sunnyvale, you're 82. millbrae, mid 80s on the peninsula. sea breeze late in the day here, but 76 downtown. so that's a warm one in the north bay. even hotter, less humidity, but more heat out there. mid 90s santa rosa, 89. castro valley, 97 in concord and the accuweather seven day forecast, we're looking pretty hot today and in fact the hottest day of the week is today. then we cool off a little bit tomorrow and then the much

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carrying seven children and one adult. it was dangling by only one wire and the whole thing lasted more than 15 hours. jobina getting claustrophobic just thinking about it. >> oh, my goodness, reggie. the situation was terrifying yesterday and the gut wrenching, gut wrenching rescue operation was broadcasted live on tv for more than 15 hours. so that's unbelievable. the group of eight were on their way across the ravine when their cable car got stuck. now they call it a cable car. many of us here would likely refer to it as a gondola. it's used every day to get kids to school on the other side of the ravine, a line snapped, leaving them stranded and dangling 600ft in the air from a single cable. at first, a helicopter rescued one child hoisting them up in the air by a safety line. but then crews found a different strategy. they built a makeshift zip line and rescued the seven others on board. late into the night, there are regular complaints

that the cable car system there is not regularly maintained. normally, the kids would have a two hour ride to school, but the cable car cuts that time down to roughly four minutes. kumasi thank you. >> jobina a meeting of the minds on bart yesterday to brainstorm ideas to fund public transit. bart's general manager and state senator scott wiener, took a ride together. it came after wiener announced he was pausing a controversial funding bill that would have temporarily raised bridge tolls to shore up funding. scott wiener says we have to find a way to provide adequate funding for our transit systems. >> this is not optional. if our transit system start to unravel , all we will see dramatically increased congestion on our freeways and roads. low income workers will not be able to get to work. >> senate bill 532 would have hiked bridge tolls by one and a half dollars to help raise money for the bay area transit. and now bart says it is switching

its strategy to run fewer ten car trains as an alternative. >> it'll save us $12 million and that is real money and that's real savings. and it's to signal to our stakeholders that we are willing to find savings without cutting service. >> bart debuts a new schedule on september 11th with more focus on nights and weekends to attract more riders and to help its bottom line have bad breath , brush your teeth. >> i know you already knew that. but now, dr. karen khan is going to remind you she's with the cleveland clinic. she explains that bad breath is caused by bacteria in your mouth. >> this bacteria then metabolizes the sugar and carbohydrates. it's the beginning of digestion in the mouth and the byproducts of the bacteria can produce a sulfur smelling odor. >> uh huh. >> dr. khan says the best way to

get rid of that bacteria is to brush your teeth twice a day and floss regularly the same goes for brushing your tongue. it can also harbor bacteria. some other culprits behind bad breath include being a smoker, having a dry mouth, tooth decay, oral infection, even certain medical conditions like diabetes or acid reflux. brush your teeth. also bathe. what else are we going to tell people to do today? >> every day. >> every day. now for your morning money report. applications are now open for the biden administration's new student loan solution. in the new plan called save for short, we'll offer more affordable monthly payments to low and moderate income borrowers. people on this plan will have their debt erased after making payments for 20 to 25 years earlier this summer, the supreme court shot down the biden administration's full student loan forgiveness program. interest on federal student loans start accruing again in september, and now we take a

live look at the new york stock exchange. you can see that we're up about 77 points. if you are out of creamer for your coffee, maybe you want to try mayo. >> that's what one titans football player does as on camera. well, levi's levis, sorry to this man. y'all knew that. >> no, i don't know who he is. >> all right. so we'll. sorry if i see levi. >> i'm going to say levi. >> i thought it was ken jennings for a minute. >> don't do it's giving ken jennings. >> it's giving a young, slightly more athletic ken jennings. okay. >> it's giving my stomach hurts, right. >> so will went viral for a clip of him stirring mayo into his morning coffee. and then he got a lifetime endorsement deal with hellmann's. he tweeted he's excited about the lifetime supply that he is going to get. >> what is this about the banana, though?

>> it's a banana with a peel on it. he eats the whole peel >> anyway, i am ready to move on to weather. >> yeah, me. too >> hi everyone. wednesday morning shaping up to be pretty mild in our inland valleys. the return of low clouds and fog at the immediate coast have some of you in the cooler zone. it is 62 here in santa cruz in the mid 80s today. so a warm day on the way warmer than yesterday. less humid. 60 downtown, 64 in oakland, mid 60s in mountain view with 67. in san jose, 57 quarter mile visibility still half moon bay and from mount tam hazy moderate air quality high pressure building today so not expected to get that much better in terms of our air quality all the fires up to the north. but there is a little upper level smoke above 25,000ft. so that creating some of the haze, 58 santa rosa, 57 novato low 60s napa mid 60s concord and

livermore. so we're looking at the fog along the shoreline. it's not dense. well, it is dense. the golden gate bridge is going to peel back quickly, though and looking at a warmer day today. a cool down on friday as high pressure builds the northerly winds really get going in this pushes more weight down on the atmosphere here and that's going to allow for a quick warm up. so the fog is there temporarily. and then by 11:00, it is certainly wiped out. it comes back into play to allow for maybe a 3 to 5 degree cooldown. as we get into your thursday afternoon. so livermore today, upper 90s ten degrees above yesterday's high and the average highs still pretty warm on thursday. but then friday and saturday look to be your cooler days. 76 downtown 83 in oakland. look at that 86 palo alto, 90in napa and san jose. and then you notice as we get towards the weekend and it looks like summer feels like summer around here back the way we do it with that microclimates all in play jobina . >> thank you, lisa. good

morning, everybody. we are zooming into the bay bridge right now because it cleared quickly, but you're still facing residual delays. a crash on eastbound 80 before treasure island. those speeds around 12mph. if you are going in the counter commute direction, trying to get into oakland or somewhere further into the east bay. so just a heads up to you. you might want to give yourself some extra time. and also, if you're traveling towards the richmond-san rafael bridge and the westbound direction, you can see there completely stacked at the toll plaza. different story, though, in san rafael as we show you 101. nice and clear for you, reggie. >> you know, see this very often. someone loses their phone at the golden gate bridge. i mean, that happens, but you don't usually see it recovered. so take a look at this as it happened over the weekend, someone crossing the span dropped their phone and it landed on a ledge of the bridge . bridge patrol rraa rushed to the rescue. an officer got there with one of those claw grabbers and are they going to make it? >> is it going to do it? if it

does nothing? yeah. that was such a low key enthusiasm. >> oh, look at her. i know she is happy. i know she is happy. >> great girl. >> they deserve more than that because they did not have to do this at all. anyway got the phone back. hold on to that phone tight. and don't forget to brush your teeth and floss regularly. i'm never going to let go of that and put mayo in your coffee and eat a banana with a peel on it. >> all the things up next. the seventh thing 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 we head to break, let's take a live look outside right now. >> look at this man. >> we got new friends out here just enjoying life, walking in the sunshine by the water. >> yep. and wearing a bright color.

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been successful along freeways and some high crime areas, but admits that much more work needs to be done. you can see more of that interview right now at abc7 news.com number three tonight is the first gop presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. >> eight republicans will be taking the stage. donald trump, the front runner, will not be there as he refused to participate. >> number four today, ikea will open its long anticipated store on market street in san francisco. it will offer items geared toward city living spaces. it has a swedish deli. the store opens at 11 a.m. >> number five fog at the coast . it won't last long. mid 70s, downtown low 80s in oakland with upper 90s inland number six. >> if you rely on ace train number five, it is going to be delayed for about 30 minutes to an hour. it's being held at the stockton train station due to a freight train derailing there in stockton and blocking all of the tracks. this will impact people that are commuting to alameda county and also locatnsn santa clara county.

>> number seven, starbucks says its famous pumpkin spice latte is ret to stores tomorrow. it is august. still it'll be august 24th. and thee latte is b this marks the 20th anniversary of the seasonal drink. and we know a lot of people are excited about this. and we support you in that excitement. >> whoever did pr for pumpkins a few years ago. >> oh, they won. >> they won right along with the barbie people. >> the barbie people and the pumpkin people. >> and maybe we can gratulate you maybe like brussels sprouts people. >> yeah. they turn out. >> i mean, that is popular because we weren't thinking about it. >> and then it got on every single menu. >> hello in every form. so thank you for that. >> and also, you're wearing the color of psl. >> so am i. what are you telling support? >> let me change. >> hurry up and go back