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take a look at live doppler 7 hd. there is a system offshore that is going to bring us cloudier conditions, cooler weather and even the possibility of a few rain drops around here. i will be back with a detailed look at your weekend coming up. >>> school lunches are undergoing a big change. one school might be making food history. it says it is the first to have all organic lunches. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler has the story. >> this is school lunch as a fine dining experience. fresh flowers on each table. the chef sitting down to explain the menu. >> we are having italian herb roasted chicken breast. >> everything is nongenetically modified. the school district is said to be the first in the nation to offer that. >> it is literally the best we can get. that's the starting point. that's how we can begin to start making bodies healthy and minds healthy. >> reporter: judy is the director of turning green, a nonprofit that launched the conscious kitchen at martin luther king academy and this year added a second site

sky 7 hd live over the scene of a fire near reed avenue. the chp says it started with an explosion at a liquor store shortly before 4 p.m. flames spread to two other buildings. no word if there are injuries or if anyone was inside at the time of the fire and explosion. traffic in the surrounding area has been diverted as you can imagine as you look at the scene from sky 7 hd live. there is a problem in that area for anyone trying to move in and around that spot. breaking news continues on our website, abc7news.com and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >>> what was supposed to be a quick ride in san francisco with uber turned out to be a terrifying experience for a south bay woman. the woman's terrifying ordeal. >> reporter: experience that she says left her fearing for her life. she says she will never use the car sharing service again. for south bay resident an eye opening ride for all of the wrong reasons. >> it's a very traumatic thing to be trapped in a space with somebody you are feeling uncomfortable with. >> reporter: requested an u

off small and then balloonedover night is causing headaches for the entire neighborhood, chopper 6 hd was over the area at tulip and huntington streets, it started with a water main break yesterday afternoon, residents thought it was not a big deal at first but -- >> in the middle of the day it was the size of a tennis ball hole and water was shooting out and my family went down for a nap and we heard everybody yelling outside and by the time we woke up the whole street was caved in it was crazy. >> crews from philadelphia gas works and the water department stayed on the scene working on the site overnight. there was no disruptions to water or gas service. >>> a cargo ship that ran aground on the delaware river was taken to salem, new jersey, to be inspected. the bermuda islander travels between bermuda and salem county. a dozen people were on board at the time and no one was hurt and there was no reports of pollution. >>> accuweather now and we have another beautiful day on tap, so go out and enjoy it, sky 6 hd live at the ben franklin bridge, how about that picture, humidity is not

chopper 6 hd is live over a plane crash in allentown. officials say that the single engine plane went down in the little lehigh river, are you looking live at the wreckage just west of the i-78 overpass, the pilot was rescued from the water and taken to the hospital, no word on what caused this crash, the ntsb will take over the investigation and this is live in allentown from chopper 6 hd, stay with the breaking news on this story on 6 abc and online at 6abc.com. >>> our other big story is another potential heat wave in the forecast, we are enjoying a beautiful, sunny friday as we look live at the sky 6 hd skyline in center city. karen rogers is here with more. >> reporter: it's beautiful out there, we have nothing but clear skies, some clouds and showers up to the northwest, and that is not our problem. taking a look at the temperatures, 81 in martins creek season 80 in kroetsville, and the dew points are not bad today, 83 in saint davids and 75 in center city and 81 in browns mills and 81 now in dover, delaware, if are you going to th

chopper 6 hd is live over the accidents causing delays in bucks county coming up next.date on the people attending a concert in central jersey. next. >>> we are back with breaking news, chopper 6 hd is live over the after imagine of a collision on the pennsylvania turnpike that happened on the eastbound lanes near mile marker 340 in bucks county. there was a collision between a trick or treat and a vehicle. all lanes are blocked at the scene, between willow grove and the route one interchange. the rear portion of the tractor trailer is on fire and smoke is coming out of the back of that tractor trailer since the collision happened. firefighters are on the scene trying to extinguish it. quite a book up here eastbound on the pennsylvania turnpike, in southhampton township, buck county, traffic is backed up for miles. we'll continue to update this situation on the air and online at 6abc.com. >>> and now to the eagles, it is day three of training camp in south philadelphia, and for the first time the practice is open to the fans, chad pradelli joins us live from lincoln fin

sky 7 hd has arrived at this brush fire in livermore. flames have already charred 100 acres and the fire has split. it is burning on both sides of tesla road just south of the altmont pass. abc 7 news is told fire crews are responding. cal fire has 90 firefighters on the scene and requested ten more engines. so far no homes are threatened. now that sky 7 hd is there we can see the flames coming up through the smoke as it was approaching. we saw the smoke going high up into the air. fortunately it isn't as hot as it has been the past few days. as the story continues to unfold we will continue to follow the latest here on abc 7 news at 4:00 and 5:00. >> there are no homes in the immediate vicinity that are threatened. those flames are a concern. we will bring in spencer christian. what is the weather like in livermore? >> it's about 84 degrees. it is warm. that's maybe not a contributing factor but winds are pretty gusty. it's about 15, 16, 18 miles per hour right now out of the northwest. the breezy conditions will make it a little more c

sky 7 hd overhead.rescue effort was underway in minutes with two people seriously injured. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. two people hurt. when you hear what happened it is incredible that nobody was killed instantly. let's show you the scene east of brentwood near the county line. the train was heading from bakersfield to oakland. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is there live tonight. walk us through it. >> reporter: i'm standing on the edge of this water way. let's show you what is going on. this is a tow truck pulling what remains really of the pickup truck out of the water way. this all unfolded at 2:45 this afternoon. let's show you what it looked like from sky 7 hd a short time ago. this is what witnesses and the chp are telling us is that this pickup truck which had a trailer with a jet ski on it was parked on the nearby railroad tracks here trying to perhaps overload the jet ski and the train approached heading towards oakland and started honking its horn. the driver tried to move

bond. >> all right david thank you. >>> it is day four of the fourth heat wave of the season, sky 6 hd taking a live look now at center city, conditions still very hot and quite humid out there. meteorologist, david murphy, tracking it all for us and he joins us from the big board from accuweather. first any precipitation we told you this morning it would be very, very sparse and so far nothing showing after a few scattered sprinkles out there across the region, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that there is a lot of precipitation to the west but most of this will have the tendency to pinwheel to the west and not make it here, a slight chance of a pop-up shower, because of a cold front well out to the west, that is so slow in pushing to the east it can't make it this far east not today any way. temperatures we are roaring again, 86 in philadelphia and 83 in millville and 79 in sea isle city, and the dew points for the second straight day are impressive. a lot of them up to 70 and maybe even a little bit above that. anything over 70 is considering oppressive humidity. as we loo

. >>> chopper 6 hd over breaking news from the manayunk section of the city where this large crane has toppled over, it happened within of the last 30 minutes on cotton street in manayunk, medics are on the scene and we know from a police source that the crane operator has suffered minor injuries, just facial abrasions, it's unclear where exactly the crane is located. it looks like construction was going on here near railroad tracks, but a large crane here has tipped over here in the manayunk section of the city, this is 1 cotton street, we are just gathering the details, it looks like the canal is over there on your screen and yes it's the schuylkill river, there is construction here in the manayunk section of the city, again we are told only minor injuries to the crane operator, but a very large crane overturning, not far from main street there, we'll continue to monitor the situation in manayunk and bring you the information on air and online at 6abc.com. >>> accuweather is tracking another steamy and stormy afternoon. sky 6 hd looking at your center city skyline, meteorologist, dav

chopper 6 hd was over this scene on route 130 in burlington this morning, the car smashed into a pole and split in two, the driver died and another person was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries. >>> a woman is accused of stealing $50,000 from an elderly patient, the department says that dawn farillo is said to have stolen money from a man in her care and using his credit cards for years, she voluntarily turned herself in and is facing forgery and fraud charges. >>> lets take a break, we have a dry period. sky 6 hd looking live at philadelphia international airport, it is bright and sunny, meteorologist, karen rogers joins us from the accuweather update. >> it's nice to take a break and walk outside and feel good out there. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are cloud free over our immediate area and clouds filling in from the west but they will not effect us, they will dissipate across the mountains, 75 degrees right now in fleetwood and 77 in kennett scare and 82 right now in center city. warmed up a bit in the last half hour. in browns mill and 78 in glassboro

. >>> and a bizarre crash landing with two vehicles at a home in philadelphia, chopper 6 hd was over the scene on bloomfield avenue in the bustleton section, a suv landed on a van and ended up naext books next to a home here. >> reporter: well rick, despite massive damage to one family's car, they say they feel lucky, the suv drove up on to the lawn, can you see the damage into the grass there and jump over the hedge and landed in the driveway narrowly missing the home with a family inside. michaela chuckle says that she thought a ton of bricks dropped in front of her house. >> i look out the window and there say car in my driveway on top of my car. >> reporter: chopper 6 hd flew over the neighborhood where a chevy trailblazer landed on top of her santa fe. i believe they came around the corner too fast and hit my neighbor's driveway which is on an incline and soared through the trees and flipped my car and landed on the undercarriage of my vehicle. a 34-year-old man likely suffered a medical emergency just before he lost control of the vehicle, sending it soaring through michael cor

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live doppler 7 hd showing high clouds. as we look at the forecast here scattered showers and thunderstorms expected initially dry thunderstorms thursday evening prompting a fire weather watch to the sierra nevada and that dry lightning could spark more fires. i will be back with the detailed look and possibility of wet weather and thunder here, as well. >>> in the meantime cal fire says because of the drought it is now sending some air tankers farther to a deeper water source and using retardants instead of water on the flames. >>> agreed to pay $4 million settlement for violations at martinez refinery after a seven year investigation from quality management district released today found fluids were periodically drained into the on site sewer and water treatment system allowing propane and butane to eevaporate into the air. >>> san jose is planning a memorial to fallen officers. the effort comes five months after veteran officer was killed by an armed suspect. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live at city hall where step

sky 7 hd was over the scene shortly after the accident. caltrans says the pipe was likely part of the bridge's lighting system. the worker was wearing safety gear and should be okay. >>> we have new details in a fatal crash in east san jose that brought the morning commute to a standstill. the chp says a 44-year-old fremont woman is facing dui and vehicular charges. it happened shortly before 3:00 this morning. the victim, a woman in her 20s, was in that blue toyota scion. her identity hasn't been released. the driver and three passengers why treated for minor injuries. all lanes reopened at 6:15. >>> the latest scandal involving republican presidential candidate donald trump is apparently not hurting his popularity. a new reuters poll found he has a 12% lead in the gop race. things may not be so positive within his campaign as abc news reporter stephanie ramos tells us that campaign is regrouping after an internal shake-up. >> reporter: republic unanimous presidential candidate donald trump still out front in the poll and he's not backing

live doppler 7 hd, quiet night out there. we'll go outside earlier from the camera.-- [ laughter ] >> sun going down at 7:52. i can't stop. the clouds are moving in from the ocean. the marine layer is thickening once again and will greet students as they head off to school tomorrow morning across most locations. temperature-wise right now at 62 in downtown san francisco, 66 in concord this evening. right now 6 in san ramon and san jose, currently 65. live doppler 7 hd with satellite, we'll show you an area of low pressure off the coast helping keep the marine layer in place along the coast of california but it's also bringing us high clouds, southerly surge of moisture. we're watching high pressure to the east. this will be the game changer in the forecast in the next couple days. over new mexico it's going to slide back to the west. what it will do to compress the marine layer and bring us warmer temperatures through the next couple days, future weather shows you tomorrow morning the marine layer in tact so to speak and fog around the bay and by the afternoon typica

." >>> a child is among three people shot in philadelphia's park side section and chopper 6 hd was on poplar streets at 12:30 this afternoon and three adulted were shot and taken to the hospital and medics took a '01-year-old girl to the childrens hospital of philadelphia with a graze wound on her arm, she is in stable condition and police are investigating exactly what happened. in montgomery county more than 30 people are looking for a new place to live, this is video of a fire that tore through the abrams run apartments overnight. you can see from chopper 6 hd it's units were destroyed and investigators say that the fire started accidentally on balcony and spread to gas lines that fueled the flames. >>> a local comedian is using his talent of laughter to help families that are struggling with drug addiction. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, has the story of a man on a personal mission to save his execution. >> jimmy graham of pitman is used to taking on tough challenges, his mission now is fighting heroin and other drugs that have killed 12 of his former students. >> you kn

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sky 7 hd was over the flames a few minutes ago.ast wednesday and is still only 12% contained now. almost 3,000 fire personnel are fighting this massive blaze. we have team coverage today on the rocky fire. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is in lake county and he said 17 shopchoppers and crews have been flying in and out. sergio quintana says they watch as it triggers more evacuations and sergio will have a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> another fire residents of a large apartment complex in hayward had to run from their homes early this morning to escape a fire believed to have been set intentionally, 125 people were forced out. lyanne melendez with the story. >> reporter: much of the damage to that apartment complex happened towards the back of the building. that's why you can't see it from here. but residents say it could have been much worse had it not been for the very quick response of hayward firefighters. residents of the court yard apartment complex were assisted by the red cross after crews battled three small fires

person was hurt in this crash involving an suv and a van in philadelphia's bustleton section, chopper 6 hd was over the scene of reed road and bloomfield avenue, the aftermath of the crash ended up in the driveway of a home with the van flipped over and the suv on top of it. >> "action news" reporter, trish hartman is on the scene and has a live update on "action news" at 12:30. this just in to "action news" now, philadelphia police have issued an arrest warrant for this man, 22-year-old miguel cologne. police say that cologne hit josephine rivera and her 2-year-old son david, as they were getting out of a car, rivera survived and her son did not. philadelphia police are offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to cologne's arrest. >>> and an emergency as tropical storm erika heads towards the u.s., it has already hit several places killing four people. is expected to be a tropical storm when it hits landfall, but if it was a hurricane it will would be the first to hit in a decade. >>> and it should be another picture perfect day but the heat and humidity is making a come back

sky hd was over the scene just west of 280. crews put it out before it damaged any buildings. >>> now to sky 7 hd. live pictures of the jerusalem fire that's burning in lake county. it's exploded in size to 12,000 acres. doubling in size from last night. the fire broke out sunday afternoon. right now it's 0% contained. >> 50 structures are threatened by the fire. mandatory evacuation orders remain in jerusalem value. it could merge with the nearby rocky fountain and create one giant fire. we're joined by daniel burrland from cal fire. thanks for joining us. what is the latest situation there? obviously this would be awful if those two fires merge. >> it's important to note the rocky fire is pretty much contained. 88% containment. most of the fire activity we're seeing is within that perimeter. it's not like these are going to become one giant fire. however the jerusalem fire is growing at the same rapid rate that we saw the rocky fire burn the first couple of days. this fire has become very active and continuing to burn. >> dan

live doppler 7 hd. not really one of those people who like the hot weather, you may not be so happy this weekend. for now you can enjoy this. live doppler 7 hd showing you a few patches of clouds along the coastline. here's a look at the lake county fire. on radar return, some of that smoke drifting northward. the last couple of hours, an interesting view. looking at pretty blue skies. clouds down below. drizzle. measured in pacifica, 0.05 inch. could see a little more tomorrow morning. lovely view from the south beach camera toward the bay. it is 66 in san francisco. 71 in oakland. san jose 77. half moon bay 69. highs in the mid-60s to mid-80s. nothing but clear skies right now. temperatures in the upper svens from santa rosa to napa. here's what you'll see more of from our mt. tam cam. the low clouds starting to advance across the bay. mostly sunny and mild for wednesday and thursday. warmer days beginning friday. triple-digit heat inland this upcoming weekend. here's a look at the satellite and radar

call now. >>> lets get you back to breaking news in new jersey chopper 6 hd over the scene right now you can see first responders there it all started with a gas leak, a contractor striking a gas pipe in the area, causing a leak in cherry hill. you are taking a look at the scene, as a result the new jersey turnpike is currently shut down in both directions at interchange 3 and 4 in cherry hill, no traffic getting by meteorologist, karen rogers, taking a peek at the traffic cameras telling us there say backup for miles as a result of that. and only expected to grow, you see the stretch of the turnpike there, and that is the area shut down beyond that, anyone that is trying to go that way evidently stuck in the major delays, and only continue to grow as folks try to get where they are going and a nice shore weekend, that will only continue to cause the backups, karen suggesting 295 as an alternate. the new jersey turnpike and local roads as well closed in cherry hill as a result of a gas leak in the area, a young boy in schuylkill pennsylvania is helping one duck at a time. he was upse

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. >>> now to accuweather and the near perfect day outside as we look live at sky 6 hd, at is the center city skyline, perfect day with low humidity and average temperatures and lots of sun, it could be arguably one of the nicest days we have had all summer. >> i have the option of being inside for this report and we have a mix of sun with some fair weather cumulous clouds and the sun is going in and out here on the terrace, you won't see a whole lot here, the fair weather cumulous stuff is too small and scattered and doesn't show up on the satellite imagery. you see the pronounced cloud cover and it fall as part as it heads into high pressure in our neck of the woods, if you plan a trip to the pool and beach, or if you have to be out and about, it's great and remember the sunscreen as the uv index is running on the high side, temperatures looking good, and 78 in philadelphia and 80 in new york city and 81 in washington and dew points are low, and good the rest of the way, by 3:00 a high of 83 degrees today and 4:00 back to 82 and 80 by 6:00 and the evening looks gorgeous, we have the bi

>>> the power is back on now at sesame place and the surrounding area here in langhorne, chopper 6 hd flew over the scene the outage happened putting customers in the dark and the power was restored less than an hour later, the heat wave is over and get ready for drenching showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two, sky 6 hd is looking live at philadelphia international airport and a mixture of sun and clouds this afternoon with muggy conditions but later tonight you may need the rain gear, lets get the rain gear. warm and humid out here right now under mainly sunny skies, hazy spine, look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are starting to see that predicting and pretty predictable pattern, every now and then you get a shower developing and some of these will probably grow into thunderstorms, over the next half our to hour. they are moving slowly across the ground, and there is rain, the vast majority of the region seeing rain but if you do that could produce poor drainage area flooding, be careful driving around if you happen to hit these showers, right now newcastle and chester co

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let's turn to live doppler 7 hd. spencer? >> here is live doppler 7 hd.we've got sunny skies, let's drive north to the area of two fires. it's dry and winds gusting to 20 miles per hour now. relative humidity 25%. it's 81 degrees, the temperature, green area represents smoke that continues to blow from the fires and going northeast, as you may have heard cornell's report there. we expect winds to diminish a little bit overnight. check out this time-lapse view this afternoon. notice the heavy plume of smoke rising from the fires and blowing northeast ward. let's check out the wind gust forecast over the next 24 hours. it will remain strong over the next few hours, dropping off sharply during the overnight hours. ama? >> spencer, thank you so much. >>> a million dollar fire that levelled a supermarket is being investigated as a possible case of arson. david louie has the latest. >> reporter: this is a pile of rubble created today by demolition crews at what was once marina supermarket. the work of fire investigators is just starting. they're focusing on the

hd was above the fire in lake county. the fire has now burned 16,500 acres and is just 6% contained. at least 50 structures are threatened. the fire appears to be crossing east into napa county now. firefighters say more homes will be in danger if it shifts west. >>> the san francisco police department's crackdown on cyclists is over for people who don't make complete stops at stop signs. they conceded to bike riders demands last night and promised to come up with a better solution to increase traffic safety. cyclists criticized them for not ticketing dangerous drivers. the petition had 16,000 signatures for them to change. >>> and in a new twist on e-mailgate. what hillary clinton has decided to do today in connection with the fbi. >>> also a dog running for his life on an east bay freeway this morning and how commuters responded. >>> also a live look outside right what do a nasca comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and

sky 7 hd was above the scene. one of the men, however, was not -- we'll have more on this in a moment. we're going to take a quick a new sea chance to tryew look. something different. this summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. ♪ the 2015 cadillac srx. lease this from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is "abc 7 news." >> all right. the computer is rebooted. here we go. good afternoon. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. a tourist was shot during a robbery in san francisco. and the two suspects then drove all the way to oakland. here you see sky 7 hd showing the scene. one of the men wasn't done yet. during his getaway, he tried to take a young chhild from his mother. >> this started with that robbery and shooting at lombard streets in russian hill. it ended at 60th and idaho streets. wayne friedman live in oakland with a wild chain of evoents. this this wasn't just a car chase but an odyssey. it was a touri

now, live doppler hd is showing the central valley. you could see stockton and modesto, showerses losing that are edge. but to the high country and fresno that is where the thunderstorms are. that is where they going to continue to rotate from southwest to northeast, putting it right into the foothills and into the high country as we head throughout the morning into the afternoon hours. here is the low that is responsible as it was knock on the door last night. you could feel the humidity in the area, the warmth and stuffiness and low came in and lifted the moisture and created thunderstorms. how they have been pulling away and the light show sending but on the web site you can watch the lake tahoe camera and it is dark. possibly in the next couple of hours you can see the lightning. 79 in milpitas. low 80s for rest of the santa clara valley and los gatos and gilroy mid-80s. 82 in san jose. that is close to average. 79 in redwood city, and average is 83. we will be below average that. 8 to in lotion altos and 80 in mountain view, and 6

and that was call hd map, another high-definition system. but there were two, there were fatal flaws in both the european and japanese effort. they were both based on analog high-definition technologies. and out of the blue here in san diego we announced the world's first digital high-definition television system, and it was really a technical shot heard around the world in terms of its impact on government and corporations, and to this day 25 years later, on media worldwide. >> host: what is a digital tv and how is it different from analog? >> guest: digital tv is really the intersection of computers with tv insurance of the core technologies. and it means that the entire chain of digital tv, production and distribution is converted into the zeros and ones of the computer world, such that zeros and ones are representing all the visual and sound information. of course, on the receive side when the consumer is viewing the picture it has to be converted back to analog so that the human visual system can perceive the signal. but that's really i

sky6 live hd looking live at the jersey shore. and i believe this is cape may. a lot of folks on the beach right there as they should be temperatures are climbing another day where we'll see another day of 90-degree heat as the heat wave continues. let's head outside the studios and get the latest from david murphy. >> reporter: it definitely feels toasty and more humid on the terrace if you're standing in the sun, rick. satellite and radar showing a little bit of cloud cover coming in from the west as we take a look at satellite. most of the thunderstorms that are out to the west are falling off the map. we might see a refiring of that later tonight. but most neighborhoods are dry. we have a delay at the airport at this hour. i checked it is not weather related. it is a 30 minute delay because there's a lot of aircraft trying to get in and out of philadelphia international. traffic management issue has developed. you might want to check with the airline. nothing to do with the weather the weather is warm and for the most part tranquil. 85 degrees in philadelphi

let's check out live doppler 7 hd. you will see that we are watching those clouds. so far not expecting moisture just yet but that is going to change. in the sierra nevada we are looking at red flag warning beginning at 2:00 a.m. running until noon. if you are heading to tahoe expected to be about 85 miles per hour. they are facing critical fire conditions. the system that is expected to bring us a few showers will kick up the wind there. look at dew points. 63 in mountain view. 60 in napa. when you are between 60 and 69 it feels humid. while it is not sticky everywhere some areas are experiencing that. if you are you are not imagining things. a beautiful view of clouds stacked up. 67 in san francisco. 80 in oakland. low to mid 90s from san jose to morgan hill. half moon bay at 63 degrees. and our golden gate bridge camera shows you what we are facing. tomorrow fog is in the bridge there. drive carefully. upper 80s in santa rosa. napa 86. beautiful view if you are stepping out from our east bay hills. a good indication it is sharply cooler this weekend. slight chanc

sky 7 hd flew above the fire near tesla load this afternoon. you can see some hot spots remain south of the altamont pass. very few people live in the area. one resident shared her gratitude when firefighters gathered for a briefing this morning. >> thank you for saving my house and saving other houses because there's other people that live out here. and for doing this because i know there's so many fires going around. >> the flames have destroyed one unoccupied home. so far it's burned 2500 acres since breaking out yet. it's 45% contained. cal fire has had with fewer crews because of all the wildfires burning across california. >>> more and more pilots of commercial jets and like aircraft are reporting close calls with drones. two incidents have occurred near minimum minimum -- san jose airport. >> reporter: the faa says 137 pilots reported sightings of drones at altitudes up to 10,000 feet in july. 138 pilots did so in june. that's approaching two miles high, which raises serious issues. >> serious issues. sooner or later, somebody is going t

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this was digital hd-tv. and then our competitors were going into those labs next to test, and they also were following us and developing digital systems. but we wanted to make a big pr splash. and so don rumsfeld lined up a situation where our engineers would do an over-the-air broadcast in d.c. to the u.s. capitol building where there were quite a few senators and congress and fcc commissioners all waiting there to see if this would really work and what it meant for the country. it was a very patriotic moment, actually. >> host: and how did that test go? >> guest: it went flawlessly. it -- they flipped the switch, and it went from standard definition to high definition, and there was an american flagawaying in the brilliant colors -- waving in the brilliant colors and high resolution of hd-tv. i wasn't in the room at the time, i was back this san diego, and from what i heard, a lot of jaws dropped, and they felt that one of the biggest technology breakthroughs in decades had just been proven. >> host: in te

let me show you live doppler 7 hd for inland spots where it is still steamy this afternoon. live doppler 7 hd showing you the fog is right near the coast and will advance towards the bay as we head towards tomorrow. that means relief will start to push towards other areas. it is cooler no doubt about it. you will notice down 12 degrees in oakland. 18 degrees cooler in napa. 5 degrees in livermore. 8 in san jose. here is what is going to help us out. the fog is here and has dropped temperatures in some spots. san francisco 67. oakland at 73. 87 in san jose. 90 in morgan hill. live look from our emeryville camera a little hazy and you know there is a spare the air alert. 87 in santa rosa. napa 81. triple digits fairfield, concord, livermore. this is what many of you probably are wishing would reach your area. golden gate bridge foggy along the coast and the air quality will improve. when you take a look at this from our east bay hills camera air quality is obviously running poor today. it is moderate tomorrow and you look at the forecast here we go good to moderate. thursday,

chopper 6 hd once again over farmland in our northern suburbs and beautiful pictures but down on the's a warm, humid one and it will wind up being hot this afternoon as well. right now sitting on 87 degrees at philadelphia international airport, 64 is your dew point anything over 60 indicates humid air and some of you are like why don't you do humidity anymore, it's not as good of a reference after this, anything over 60 is humid. 14 miles per hour wind right now out of the southwest future tracker 6 with the heat and humidity, and also what might happen in the unstable air. by 4:00 this afternoon we have a front coming through and out ahead of it we'll pop some thunderstorms and future tracker 6 has a good idea with about how it will look, it won't be everywhere but you'll be looking at drench can downpours, by 5:00 most of this action is beginning to push over south jersey and delaware and maybe a little bit left in the i-95 corridor and late this evening it push ofz the coast and mainly to the south of the city, there are several issues with this though the first is the potential

downpours and storms popping up this afternoon, looking live at the ben franklin bridge from sky 6 hd, can you feel the humidity the moment you step outside. "action news" david murphy over at the big board. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan the wide view showing you several areas of precipitation, this stuff is fairly scattered and moving away from us, maybe a sprinkle in south jersey, you can see how this is featuring fairly good cells and a little thunder in here, but this is what we are looking at later in the day or tonight. a cold front to the west is forcing this to the east. i would not be surprised to see a batch of rain similar to that in our area later today or tonight. a closer view of what is going on in delaware, a couple of sprinkles and showers in new jersey, this is more pronounced, you have one, two, three of these cells coming up into newcastle, delaware and chester county will pick up for of this and lightning is starting to form. so drernlging showers from thunderstorms is in the forecast. there will be increasing downpours through this period. that would mean po

. >> reporter: now, let's take a live look from sky 7 hd. you can see this tow truck pulling what remains of the pickup truck out of the water way. miraculously there were only two people hurt and as far as we know from the chp post officers they were both conscious when taken away, one by air flight. let's come back live here on the ground. we can show you the picture of the jet ski as it sits on the side of the railroad track here apparently did not have that video but again a freak accident fortunately two people hurt but doesn't appear they are life threatening injuries. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. >>> some residents expressed relief after firefighters saved their homes in livermore. cal fire reporting crews made progress against the tesla fire. containment at 25%. sky 7 hd checked out remaining hot spots a little more than two hours ago. flames charred 2,500 acres of dry brush. >> my backyard, my front yard, my house is seriously -- >> they were able to save it. came right up to the house. they at one point had to take refuge i

sky6 live hd looking live at cape may. got to be, near some water or a bottle of water in your hand because we're returning to the 90s and the humidity is coming with it, as well. meteorologist chris sowers is over at the big board. the it's too hot to be outside. >> reporter: it's not that bad. it's hot, yeah, but it is august and we're used to 90s by now. 81 degrees in philadelphia. upper 70s north and west. millville, 79. trenton, 80 degrees. wilmington sitting at 80 on the boards in atlantic city checking in at 80 degrees. not only will it be hot and slightly more humid it's an ozone-action day, meaning if you're someone who suffers from respiratory problems you want to be indoors. we have a huge area of high pressure sittingite -- sitting right here over the ohio and tennessee valleys. it's deflecting the cool air. the later this week the jet stream will sit here, cooler conditions to the north that will be the storm track where all the storms travel. we won't see any wet weather other than in the form of a spotty lat

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you can see the view from chopper 6 hd black smoke pouring from the roof. no one was hurt.n both of the breaking stories are available on 6abc.com. >> now to the latest on the news crew, ambushed and killed live on tv. the woman being interviewed, vicky gardner sought of the medically induced coma and in good condition. >> meantime the memorials for allison parker and adam ward continue to grow and questions about what happened to the shooter, vester flannigan after he was fired as a reporter at the station two years ago. the staff stood outside wearing a ribbon in memory of allison and adam. the news director talked about how difficult it has been t

. >> in other news one person is killed in a crash in chester county, chopper 6 hd overhead at fairview road and little conestoga road, this is glen more, the person killed is not yet identified and taken to paoli hospital it's not clear exactly what caused the accident. a driver lost control and crash nood a building along lincoln drive, this happened at 6:30 this morning at at interests section at gypsy lane, no word if the injuries were bad. official says the roads were wet and morning commuters were able to get by the scene. >>> and oxford circle -- >> we are having difficulty hearing sharrie's microphone. >> a suspect entered a store here almost heedly demanding money from a cashier and the employee picked up the phone and refused to give the suspect money and then ran off. if you recognize the man in the video you are urged to call philadelphia police. >>> meantime a south jersey man is talking about a story of survival after falling off his fishing boat and treading water for four hours. damion sexton was rescued off the coast of cape may. john rawlins joins us live now from pomo

sky6 live hd looking live over center city.ouds, little fluffy clouds out there. let's head outside to chris sowers. fluffy. what are those clouds called? >> reporter: they are cumulus. you typically see those with the heating of the day, they are fair weather clouds and don't turn threatening. heat wave

let me show you live doppler 7 hd right now. we'll take a look at what's going on now and what happened several hours ago. so, those clouds are showing up on live doppler 7 hd. and we also had a few light showers down in the south bay. this was earlier this afternoon. those light showers didn't amount to a whole lot. san jose reported a trace. the dew points yeah when they're between 60 and 69 degrees, it is humid. palo alto mid-60s and half moon bay a 60 degree dew point. if it feels sticky to you, there is a reason for it. temperatures are down compared to 24 hours ago. 2 to 11 degrees cooler compared to half moon bay. just absolutely gorgeous from our south beach camera. this will make for a lovely sunset tonight, if you get a chance to see it and there aren't enough. there aren't too many low clouds. 63 in san francisco and 70 in oakland and 76 san jose. currently 67 in half moon bay. a lovely view from lake tahoe cam, as well. you can see the monsoonal moisture. if you're going up this weekend, scattered storms and thunders