went on air. this is for people with respiratory issues in the martinez area. sharon is live this morning. >> reporter: take a look. we haven't seen any emergency vehicles here. we are told there was a unit upset. they say people with respiratory renstiveties might be effected. there is a chance people could smell odors and eye, skin or throat irritation may be

possible. people should go inside and rens any irritated areas with water. it is in contact with county health and monitoring this situation. so back here live you can see no emergency vehicles outside but they are definitely looking at this situation, monitoring it. they say there was a flare up earlier and a unit upset. that's all we have so far. all right. thank you very much. we are watching the wind speeds. >> a lot of times where we are downwindfects how you feel or if there is anything in the air that could effect people. we look at the wind direction so we know which areas may be effected. these arrows show you the direction of the wind as we go through the day coming in from

the west. it will be picking up going through the afternoon. as of now wind speeds at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. we'll continue to monitor that. download our bay area apps. we want to get in with a look at what we can expect traffic wise and what it's looking like this morning. we have done pretty good yet again. we have time to go. i can show you our speed sensors. they are very green. we are not seeing any slow spots, nothing in the east bay, nothing in the south bay.

back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. now to the latest developments out of thailand this morning. time is really running out for a soccer team stuck in that cave in thailand. he is sending a team of engineers and his company to see what they can do if they can offer any expertise.

>> reporter: she suggesting they insert a 3 food wide tube throughout the length of the tunnel, inflate that like a bouncey house. this animation on your tv screen gives you an idea of the boy's predicament. it is to the right side of your screen. the tunnel goes up and down through water.

it is in case they must swim out. it is a former guide doing just that. other complications could be running out of air. rescuers trying to fig your out how to pump in oxygen and heavy rains would complicate efforts to pump water out of that cave. today in the bay. >> all right. thank you very much. it is so hard to know they are in there and just waiting. >> absolutely. another story to tell you about. the secretary of state landed in north korea overnight. it is pompeo's first troip the country since last month. the goal the get the country to give up nuclear weapons.

another shakeup to tell you about siting unrelenting attacks. the administrator resigned. scott pruitt is the target. new details on who president trump might pick for the supreme court. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning. on wednesday scott pruitt was enjoying a 4th of july picnic. today he is out of the administration. scott pruitt is out. he resigned amidst more than a dozen investigations. president trump continued to offer praise writing scott has done an outstanding job. >> the tipping point came in the same week schoolteacher

confronted. >> it is one of a barrage that scott pruitt really built hips. >> it was aggressively rolling back environmental protections but increasing focus on the taxpayer's dime made him expendable. >> there was crack beginning because they saw a bigger picture. >> with pruitt out president trump turns his focus to the supreme court. >> there is knew vacancy on the supreme court. if you turn in monday at 9:00 i think you'll be extremely happy. >> the president narrowed his list to three finalists. >> and she the fourth original member to lead the administration. the current in a former coal

industry lobbyist takes over as interim director. her mother refuse today remove her from live support.

investigators say their investigation is over and no criminal charges will be filed. 5:08 on the follow up. police stepping up traffic enforcement. this is in the wake of a frightening hit-and-run where a driver was critically injured. a car speeding away from the scene. the driver has not been found. according to the examiner the traffic enforcement is only partly tied. we are starting to get a sense of how many people set off illegal fireworks in certain cities. police say they got more than 600 reports on the 4th of july. the department issued 18 criminal citations and 44 administrative citations which usually means a fine. those are both up from last year. right now at 5:09. we start out with cloudy skies and warm temperatures. normally we are in the mid-50s.

we are at least 10 to 14 degrees warmer than normal. as we take a look outside it is 65 degrees, mostly cloudy and humid. it is 57 in the north bay. if you're on your way out the door it is going to stay mostly cloudy. temperatures in the low 60s at 7:00 a.m. and at noon we are at 71 degrees. the sun starts to peek out. a look at high temperatures. southbound 17 has been cleared out. it hasn't given us any updates as far as earlier reports.

we are inside getting a sniff of all of the donuts. we'll show you what's in store before the grand opening. >> looks like we are first in line in fact. the trade war is officially underway. i will help you know your trade war coming up. a mother risks everything to save her kids. coming up, hear from the mom who sprang into action after someone tried to take off with her car and her kids inside.

vianey traffic tease happy friday. clouds will clear throughout the day and it will feel warmer. we'll talk about a hot weekend ahead and help you make weekend plans. an update on what's happening across the tropics coming up in less than five minutes. and take ago look we don't have any metering lights on just

yet. as folks get ready for the weekend we want to see more cars out there. ville another update coming up. and good morning everyone. we'll get to that in a minute. huge problem for investors. we started slapping tariffs on chinese goods. companies that have little to no business may be the place to park your money today. let's talk about tariffs. there are many different tariff wars going on. it could be hard to keep them straight. as of today we are in a tariff world with china. we said we would charge more for canadian steel and even though they made by american companies like general motors. that's not all there's a trade

war withdrewing with the european union. they responded by putting things on harley-davidson motorcycles. we are entering a strad war with all of them -- trade were with all of them. last month was block buster good. nobody in the public is supposed to know before 5:30 california time. you may remember president trump tweeted ahead of last month's job numbers. he said something to the effect of really looking to seeing them. his critics wondered if it was signaling they would be good which would be unethical. he has not tweeted yet today which kind of puts him in a bit of a pickle. if they are bad today and he didn't tweet ahead of time it is kind of a signal isn't it? >> right. >> if they are good today it

turns out he shouldn't have tweeted the first time. we'll just see because i don't get to find out. >> i'm sure he will have an explanation for all of this. the they held signs saying we shall overcome democrats and democrats ejecting patrons like the clan bass. now despite the criticism the restaurant says that they are fully booked for the evening. happening now a highly new anticipated breakfast option in the south bay, nothing like a

donut. >> if you're new to the bay area we don't have any here. new this morning a store opens in south san jose and it looks like they are all stocked and ready for business. >> i know. >> there is only a couple. i can only think of one. >> and they have drive-thrus. >> yes. >> welcome dunkin donuts. >> yes. nice new place to get your coffee this morning.

it is already starting to warm up. look at this amazing shot looking over san francisco. it is such a gorgeous start to this friday. the seven day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen. we take a little bit of light in the sky we are about 30 minutes away from sunrise over the south bay and as we go to sunnyvale we'll see mostly cloudy skies. temperatures from the mid-60s to mid-80s by 3:00 today. we'll be warmer than yesterday. if you're making beach plans it will be really nice at the beach. don't expect a lot of sunshine until later this afternoon. it will be very warm there looking at upper 70s by 1:00 as we head up to 86 degrees there. it will be 84 in san jose. it is 91 in concord and low to mid-80s for parts of the north bay. if you're going to the alameda county fair i had such a good time there. today it will be hotter. we will get a little bit of shade at least for the first

part of the afternoon. highs in the low 90s today. it will feel humid. you might want to get something nice and cool to drink. i want to show you what's happening out here in the pacific. if we look at this this storm is getting sheered apart. it will continue to weaken. wind speeds at about 40 miles per hour. over the next couple of days this is going to feed moisture into the bay area. we are already seeing the clouds but it will also turn up higher waves and so if you have going to our beaches especially the south facing beaches the waves will be at 7 to 12 feet. it will be dangerous to get out there in the water and over the next couple of days. that will continue. as we look at the atlantic this is our first hurricane of the atlantic season and here it is swirling right there. category 1. it is expected to weaken. that is good news there.

it reaches some of those islands. here highs in the mid-90s. it is going to stay hot until the first part of next week. san francisco muggy and cloudy today. much nicer with a high of 72. you have been track the morning commutes. we have seen a lot of green sensors this week. >> a lot of green. i bet they don't mind it either. on the way over here to this report this popped up right out here along 580. anything that happens here starts with traffic. the rest of the bay area looking pretty good out there. it could explain the slow down on these drive times. we are looking at about 26 minutes. judging by the icon it could be a fender bender. of course southbound 680 about 11 minutes and westbound 84 about 11 minutes.

ta taking a live look outside it has been very lonely. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you. coming up here on today in the bay tragedy in mexico, what could be to blame after a series of deadly explosions. don't forget to follow us on social media. we post serious nude andews and little bit of fun. i think i might be partied out with midweek 4th of july. i will look like that tomorrow.

developing this morning: the death toll of a massive fireworks explosion near mexico city - stands at 24. dozens more are hurt. you probably saw this video... 4 explosions at pyrotechnics 5:25 right now. the death toll from fireworks, four explosions yesterday the town is the site of similar deadly explosions in the past. a bold burglary at a school. it happened sunday. police say the woman seen in this surveillance video on your screen broke waind aa window. we don't yet know what they took but police are still looking for them. a texas mother is talking about taking things into her own hands after she was faced with a

parent night mare. she used a gun to shoot the man who police say tried to carjack her suv with her two young children still in the back eat. it started with a mom who does not want to be identified. went inside a dallas gas station. the suspect jurped into her car. she went back, ordered him to pull over. it didn't work. she grabbed the gun from her glove box and fired. >> you know, i will do what i need to do to protect them by any means necessary. >> the suspect was shot in the head. she expected to survive. police released his mug shot from a previous arrest. the mom and her kids, they are fine. coming up next here on today in the bay breaking news in the east bay. a health alert stemming from the martinez refinery, what you need to know before heading outside today. it is challenging, zero

visibility. >> a daring rescue takes a deadly turn, the danger crews are facing as they try to reach a youth soccer team still trapped in the cave in thailand. i )m marcus washington.

and i )m kris sanchez in for laura garcia we continue following breaking news out of the east bay right now.. a health alert for communities in martinez and pachecho.. and this is all because of the shell refinery there.. >> good friday morning to you. there is a health alert.

this is a area on your map here. it is because of a shell refinery issue happening while we speak. today we continue to track what's going ochbn. i know you said you could smell and taste something in the air. what's it like now? >> it is not so much the case. i don't really take that metallic taste in my mouth but you can see the refinery is still functioning. there is steam coming out of it. we have not heard any along-terma -- alarms necessarily. it looks like normal day here. let's take a look at video from earlier this morning. people with respiratory sensitivities might be effected due to a unit upset. it's not clear what that means exactly. they say it's an incident. no details on that. eye, skin, nose or throat

irritation. people experience any irritation. they could go inside and rens any irritated area with water. on the facebook page it says it's in contact with county health and monitoring the situation. we have seen cars drive by. there are several businesses in this area. cars driving by, buses driving by. pretty much business as usual. this is a stage 2 alert we are told. >> thank you is much for that update. we want to turn with a closer look at the wind speeds. we know it could play a factor. >> it also carries the odors in different directions. right now coming in from the northwest as we look at that area. as we go through the day the winds will be picking up. right now we are starting out with wind speeds at around 5 to 10 miles per hour. into techbihe evening if it cons

we could have wind speeds 10 to 15 miles per hour. looking for updates for people living in the updates as well as into our news room. how are the roads moving around the bay area? >> it has ban smooth friday morning for your commute with the exception of a couple of funder benders. remember, earlier the traffic collision, chp is reporting what appears to be a fender bender. this is along westbound 580 at airway boulevard. it is very normal for this to be a hot spot. the good news is that it looks like that accident is already off to the right hand shoulder. as vehicles start to pass by they will slow down. don't be that guy or you could be getting into an accident. i did notice slowing along 84. it looks like it might be a typical morning commute.

overnight we learned that a former to former thai navy seal died in the rescue. it is one of several set backs for crews. things are about to get even more complicated in today's show. >> reporter: good morning. it's the risks that were underlined by the deaths of an experienced thai navy diver. he was delivering oxygen when he ran out of oxygen himself.

>> the oxygen supplies inside their own cave are being depleted. they have run oxygen lines to try to help the boys. the commanders here are becoming increasingly convinced that as the rains approach this weekend they need to risk an emergency rescue. american divers are not in the thick of everything part of the team of 30 americans, part of a global rescue attempt. the boys are not in the best of health. doctors are monitoring them. they should get a boost when they able to speak to their parents on a special tell known cable and for their parents it is really an agonizing wait as the risk to their children seem to be growing by the day. back to you. >> so close and so far away.

>> all right. 5:34 right now. he is send wing engineers to rye to help with the rescue. there are probably many complexities. we'll have a live report for us coming up for us at 6:00. stay with us from the latest that has the world's attention. our twitter page is really a great resource for the updates. >> it is 5:35 now. a bike battle brewing in the bay area. today you can share your thoughts at a public hearing. people in the glenn park neighborhood do not want a docking station there. it would go up at randall. the city supervisor agrees and says there is also too much congestion in part because of

the elementary school. if you have an issue or maybe if you support the idea you can go to the idea. it is at 10:00 today at city hall. starting today a big clahan is coming. driving down the street is about to get a little different for you. there will be no more left turns for you. this is part of a project for bus only lanes. it is along with making the corridor safer for pedestrians. they say left turns is the reason many people get hurt. the only two intersections will be on broadway and lumbard. it is 5:36 in the morning. since we have been on air the streets have remained fairly quiet.

the highways are quiet. the we are seeing this little issue. this is coming in along westbound 580 at airway boulevard. there was a minor fender bender. the speed sensors aren't picking up any slowing. vehicles have been moved off to the right hand shoulder. typical morning slow spots at 580 to 680. you're looking at about 24 minutes. only about 10 minutes and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. yesterday at some point they did end up having to turn those on after a few people end up heading back to work. as far as the san mateo bridge it looks busier than the bay bridge. we'll see how it goes within the next half an hour or so. the volume starts to pick up out on the roads. the weekend is officially

here far lot of us. friday, lots of people making plans. >> and you'll feel the humidity too. it will be the thing that's a little different for us in the bay area. if you're going out for us today we are heading up to 91 degrees. either go early or later in the day and then you'll have much more comfortable conditions. inland valleys reaching up to 95 degrees. a nice comfortable 72 degrees for the coast on sunday. more of the same. not too many changes. we'll get a lot more sunshine and hot weather. if you're on your way for the weekend by today we are up to 80 dl degrees. very warm there and for the weekend in napa valley. it is 87 on sunday. nice and warm but not unbearable. if you're planning to go to the

beach, heads up once again. we will have waves in santa cruz even though water will be tempting you have to be very careful out there. by sunday conditions will be better but it will be 75 degrees. heads up if you're going to la this weekend. an excessive heat warning all the way to the coast. inland areas will be reaching well over 100 degrees and then heads into early next week it is going to be very hot. we will talk about our temperature trend for today in the south bay coming up in about three minutes. all right. coming up next, fire concerns as the heat is moving in. the new threat fire crews are facing as they battled several wild fires here in northern california. the president has a long list of people he is calling names. that's when today in the bay continues. it's time for the 'lowest prices of the season'

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san mateo bridge. drive times are moving along. we are seeing a couple of slow spots. i'll have more details on that coming up. and developing right now in thailand not anything to do with the cave rescue, another tragedy. at least 33 people confirmed dead in a tour boat tragedy. 23 more people are still missing and rescuers are putting the search on hold until tomorrow. a boat filled with tourists sank. it is happening several hundred miles south from where the boy's soccer team was trapd. there is one up south of the oregon border. the fire started around 1:00 p.m. winds quickly spread. the flames took 5,000 acres. we do know homes are also

burning there. i-5 is closed in both directions. travelers are packing the rest stops right now. this is video from overnight. people who live around that area to containment so far. firefighters battling the county fire are concerned about this weekend's heat. additional evacuation orders are being issues. happening today water crews will put in a new water main in a neighborhood. it could mean no water for just a little bit. here is the work area. if you live in this neighborhood then san jose water probably put a notice up on your door. the water company tells us about

53 customers may have spotty outages. >> it's called heads up. it is not included. you may just want to stick to us for your details. just in, the latest monthly jobs numbers are out and there is a nice spike in jobs but also a jump in the unemployment rate. the economy added 200,000 jobs in june. unemployment rose 2 percentage points. it is the highest number since march. more people are entering the job

market. and we are waiting to hear what the president thinks about the numbers. >> he might be a little gun shy about talking about it. >> yes. you're not supposed to do that. nothing wrong with commenting after the official release but so far nothing as we learn that the unemployment rate rose. the president wasn't shy about commenting about all kinds of things last night. he made fun of john mccain. we made fun of one of his favorite targts, senator elizabeth warren. >> i will get one of those little kids and in the middle of the debate when she pro claims she of indian heritage because her mother said she had high cheekbones, we will take that

little kit and say -- but we have to do it gently because we are in the me too generation. we have to be very gentle. and we will very gently take that kit and slowly toss it hoping it doesn't hit her and injure her arm even though it only weighs probably 2 ounces. >> the president also made fun of maxine waters calling her mildly retarded. those are the president's words, not my words. scott pruitt stepped down after a laundry list of misbehavior. the big question now is what does washington do from here? what about the staffers who were fired or left? one was fire affidavit she refused pruitt's orders.

should the epa keep investigating pompeo, we are weight to get ved of the meeting. i will post it to twitter the minute it comes in. >> all right. crazy news video into this this morning. it shut down freeways last night. temperatures in the area reach up to 114 degrees. the wind gust average about 30 miles per hour. so there were some stronger than that. we should mention it is the anniversary week of the highly memorable wall of dust that put the word haboob on the map. it refers to a violent dust or sand storm. >> yeah. >> can you imagine how terrifying it will be to come

towards you? >> yeah. not that size but the dust storms are very frequent also. she lived there as well. man, i got caught completely off guard and i'm the weather person. can you believe that? >> they are not very common, right? >> yeah. >> as we wake up this morning we start out this holiday weekend for some and as we take a look at the sunrise this looks amazing. you can see that little sliver of light and the red hughes in the night. it is 69 in san francisco it is

66 in san jose. this is 4 to 16 dries. no need for a jacket today. let's go to walnut creek where it is going to be mostly cloudy. upper 60s at 9:00 and upper 80s today. we do have higher humidity. the seven day forecast we are heading up to l 2 degrees. it is 71 in san francisco. concord up to 91 and 84 in san jose. as you're getting dressed it's time to break out the summer gear. it will be a warm weekend. let's talk about that high humidity. this will be the case for quite a while as we are tapping into tropical moisture. here is tropical storm fabio

down here. it is 1,400 miles away. all of that will make it feel a little bit more humid. it will also kick up higher waves today. waves at 7 to 12 feet. it will be dangerous especially for the south facing beaches like santa cruz where it will be dangerous as temperatures inland heat up. we'll be in the mid-90s tomorrow, 95 degrees, still hot on sunday. for san francisco nice and cool. cloudy today and clearing out tomorrow. you have been tracking the roads. the only issue is on 580, right? >> yes. you can see the only one that still remains up there but believe it or not it's not a big deal because it has been moved off to the shoulder. the roads are clear. i want to show you a quick look right now. the lights are still off. it is about to be the 6:00 a.m. hour.

we'll see how long it will last there. a quick check of your bridge drive times along westbound 580. this is a little busier out there. back to you. >> thank you. coming up here at 5:52, one of football's most recognizable faces could partner up with something that could give fans all access. first happening now singer chris brown arrested again. deputies took him into custody at the end of a concert last night. he fatss charges for allegedly punching a photographer in 2017. plus the world famous running of the bulls is going ochblt more than a million tourists are there. in 2016 a young woman was raped by five men after attending that

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a special 8:00 newscast right after this. right now at 6:00 breaking news in east bay. we are live with a health warning going up this morning. plus breaking overnight, how he is getting involved in the cave rescue efforts in thailand. >> and fire fears. today in the bay continues right now. >> we'll have a look at your traffic in just a moment. we are live and we want to head to kari hall. you have been telling us about this heat up we are going to experience too.

>>. >> yes. >> and bart station will be cloudy in oakland. it will feel like up to 91 in concord. it gets hotter and we'll track the humidity. we have a look at the morning commute. so far things fairly clear. >> definitely. now even at the top of the 6:00 hour chp not reporting any accidents. only a couple of fender benders. let's get to the bay bridge toll