jessica castro is tracking that story. >> i got an update.nited states treasury released a statement saying that this demand by the young yawn regulators could undermine foreign investment. if you are wake up with us, antitrust regulators finish add three year investigation interest apple and ordered the company to pay $14.5 billion if back taxes to ireland. it is behind -- the highest fine ever issued. they think ireland was giving the company a tax break and the finance minister of ireland has fired back saying they will likely appeal decision and several apple say that apple follows the law and pays all taxes we owe, when we rate, we will appeal and we are confident the decision will be overturned. >> i will for the latest on the story as it develops through the morning but that is the newest now in the live desk. >> the white house is responding to kaepernick's profit of the national anthem. the white house press secretary said he is confident that president obama is aware of kaepernick's actions although the two have not discussed it. >>

jessica castro has the latest. >> we have followed the story all morning. we want to update a different story, first, where an interview with hock lock that is coming up on "good morning america" because this is just coming in to our desk. the swimmer is say he made a mistake. i will get to the new video we have of the interview, look at the team behind "dancing with the stars" which is ryan lochte preparing, he announced he will be part of the show they say the decision to include him in the show came before the controversy in rio de janeiro and the interview on "good morning america" said that he was hell at gun point and he is saying he lied about that part of the story and he said he wants to manufacture failure, he made a mistake and he denies damaging a gas station bathroom. take a listen. >> there was no damage to the bathroom. >> you never entered the bathroom. >> i never endeavored the bathroom. i was locked. so we could not go in. at all. the store about me vandalizing the bathroom is absurd. >> that goes against some witness accounts. ryan lochte

jessica castro will have more on this next half hour.he warming trend we talked about yesterday for the holiday weekend you may have to push it back a couple of days. you've had a good long run. but your time is over. it's time for something new. something simple. grown right here in california with absolutely no antibiotics ever. food we're comfortable eating. making. serving. this is the new comfort food. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. let's get comfortable with our food again. good morning, south bay, let's get going. >> it is 6:29. you have 30 seconds. i am reggie aqui on wednesday, august 23rd. we get you going. i am natasha zouves. we have jessica castro here, alexis smith and it is looking good. mike nicco, a beautiful place to live. >> avenuen with my 30 second snooze alarm. >> that is all you get. >> good morning, everyone. hopefully you are having a good morning on hump day. the last three hours show the marine layer coming back and drizzle trying to develop. ch

jessica castro is here with alexis smith monitoring the roads there is an issue and mike nicco has the weather first. we have a big issue with the traffic in the central valley. if you are trying to get out of tracy headed to dublin it is okay. look at this drive time, we are all the way off to one hour and 30 minutes for westbound 580 drivers because of an early crash. at north flynn road. we had something in the same spot yesterday. it does not take much to slow had down. ten minutes ago we got in touch with c.h.p. and they said this is fully opened. we have some of that emergency response on the shoulder at about 40 minutes more than what it usually takes. we will look at how it is thinning out on the traffic map in less than ten. right now, we will get over to mike nicco and the weather center. here is a look at live doppler hd, no measurable precipitation but this is spotty mist and drizzle on the golden gate bridge as you can see from the recover camera. and now, a touch colder than yesterday, mid-to-upper 50, a coat or southwest will do unless you have more than one. noon temper

jessica castro is at the live deck. most of these were cell phone snatchings? >> bring a book and keep the cell phone in your pocket or purse. three cell phone thefts happen this week at montgomery and 19th bart. in san francisco, and in oakland, there have been 13 incidents in the last two weeks and the thieves have take were the phone out of the happens of the victims and in most cases the victim was on the train and the thief dashed out the door to the platform. >> i live my in my pocket. it is unfortunate that people take them. you have to be more aware your surroundings and the people around you. >> since yesterday bart tweet add message to always be aware of your surroundings. that is a good way to prevent electronic theft but they say it is fought because of a spike. there are 13 cases in the last two weeks may seem alarming but a spokesman said the trend now is down compared to several years ago. regardless, here are some tips from bart: set up antitheft or tracking technology and secure your phone near the doors of the train. that is the news from the

jessica castro is at the live desk with more. jessica? >> let me tell you what i am seeing, european union antitrust regulators are basically saying that the country of ireland gave apple huge and illegal tax benefits to the tune of $13 billion euros. if we do the mat that is roughly $14.5 billion. they want the country to get the money back. apple sent out minutes ago, releasing a statement saying that they will appeal the e.u. decision and it followed the law and pays all taxes it owes where it operates. bill for apple which is based in cupertino is a long time coming the culmination of a three year investigation into the technical giant's tax arrangements in ireland. this morning the regulatorred said apple's unpaid irish taxes could be cut down in other countries including the united states ordered company to pay more taxes. ireland's finance minister has fired back saying they will appeal the decision to defend the integrity of their tax system. we will follow the story with developments coming in, the united states treasury is speak

abc7 news jessica castro is tracking this for us. >> the back and forth on this one does not seem to be dying down, with new demands this morning for an apology from trump but the republican nominee hasn't backtracked. the fight is growing between donald trump and the muslim parents of a fallen u.s. soldier. u.s. army captain uma can was killed in a car bomb in iraq. his parents were thrust into the spotlight after they gave a speech at the democratic convention which attacked donald trump. the republican nominee then said this to abc's george stephanopoulos on sunday. >> his wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> reporter: she plater explained she was emotional and couldn't speak. but trump's observation didn't sit well with the khkhans or many others. >> i really want to maintain mine and my family's dignity. there was no need to comment the way he commented. >> reporter: this morning 17 gold star military families wrote a letter to trump demanding he apologize. the letter post

jessica castro is tracking latest from the desk.m overnight to at least 38 people killed in the earthquake the latest number we have. images have been coming to our deck all morning. i want to show you video from the center. a small town in central italy, this is a live video taken after the earthquake struck, this earthquake was so strong it could be felt as far as rome which is 100 mil away. if you have been to italy and know there are many ancient buildings and part of the charm is what has made the earthquake so destructive: the buildings have crumbled. there have been strong after shocks, the strongest are 5.5 magnitude. this video of a woman being rescued and you can see rescuers finding her dog trapped in the rubble, carrying the animal out. the mayor of this town where the epicenter struck has said it is "no more." >> the search continues at this hour for survivors. we will bring you updates when we get new information. >> thank you, jessica. we have new information moment by moment on the story so stay with us for continuin

jessica castro is tracking this. >> hurricane madeleine will hit first and then lester.people travel from the bay area to san francisco. i have not seen any flight delays from eitheror oakland but the hawaiian airlines wednesday shows the blue tag running all way across the top is an update tab on madeleine. they are actually offering this morning the option for folks to change their flight. at the center of of the screen you can see an advisory in affect and you can change your flight if you travel today or tomorrow. you have to change it for a flight before september 5th. i want to show you the new video we have this morning and we have been seeing, people preparing in hawaii this morning, and they are boarding up windows and doors to get everything ready. the president value to be on high alert because he is scheduled to go to hawaii after the stop in lake tahoe and he will address thousands of foreign dignitaries at the woman conservation congress hosted by the united states nor the first time. the president was scheduled to go to hawaii and i will keep an cry on our

we have jessica castro and alexis smith with traffic and mike nicco with weather. >> worried about shower and drizzle of yesterday? it is dry on live doppler hd. what is tracking fog around petaluma and the visibility was down to two miles. through the day planner, starting in the mid-50s to increasely 60, we will stay in the 50s at the coast from noon to 4:00, 67 to 74 and quicker sunshine around the bay, and at 76 to 85 from anyone to hurricane inland and warmer than year, but nothing too taxing. we will look at the bus stop forecast, kids going back to school today. alexis? >> you will see officers value on the roads and you want to slow down in the school zone. we are looking at plenty of traffic, southbound 680, condition considered to walnut creek, no collisions in that stretch but a couple of problems getting out of the central valley. westbound 423 and southbound we from marin san rafael to san francisco will take 20 minutes. and a smoldering semi in pleasanton area coming up. >> developing news in the east bay, parents are pulling kids out of two charter school by the hundreds, f

i am jessica castro. i am here for natasha zouves. >> i am regular.m in a good mood because i have all of you here. >> come on! >> seriously. >> mike nicco will have the forecast in a second but, alexis has the problem. >> it is on the emeryville and berkeley line. back to our camera you can see our emeryville camera is pointing to berkeley. the flashing lights are bringing this calls to c.h.p. over a large brushfire with grass and then trees that caught fire. westbound 80, the off-ramp is closed for the fire response that is now under control. the update is just ahead but use the frontage road. next traffic update in ten minutes. mike nicco has the forecast. how is the weekend looking? >> nice. if you like cool and comfortable weather. now, the day planner is most and drizzle. from the exploritorium. at pier 15 you can see a solid deck of clouds through 7:00, temperatures are warming in the mid-50s to low 60s and stay in the low 60s, 69 to 72 around the bay and 73 to 82 inland. grab a jacket this evening, 50 to 70 and everyone in the 50s to 60s by 9:

. >> i am jessica castro here for natasha zouves with alexis with traffic and mike nicco. happy monday. >> so far. >> so far so good. it has only been half an hour, mike. >> we hope it only gets better. >> in need for the umbrella, mostly cloudy, but, no wet weather on live doppler hd. here is a look from the off, it is -- from the roof, it is cloudy. planning out the day the next 12 hours at 55 to 62. if you head out, 5959 coast and comfortable accident inland and 62 to 80 breezy in the afternoon, and that is going to be the mainstay in the forecast. it will be breezy the next couple of days and cooler-than-average. that is next. alexis? >> looking at our traffic maps, we potentially have a problem in the east bay, southbound 580 at the 13 split, right around seminary, we are getting reports of a fire under 580 and we called c.h.p. and they said they have not confirmed that. and what is burning whether it is a brush file or vehicle. in other blocking incidents. the bay bridge is looking good and the lower deck looks like it is with respected up. the drive times are coming

>> i am jessica castro. along with meteorologist mike nicco and traffic reporter alexis smith. >> looking nice. all the doom and gloom... >> we have had a real stretch of below agency temperatures and that will continue. i have a going we will pay for this later in september. and october. en with the offshore breezes develop. can you see live doppler hd is convey it this morning and how it looks from mount tam with the marine layer giving way to high clouds. 62 to 80 and breezy at 4:00 everywhere. grab a coat this evening, 60 at coast and 70 inland. how is the commute, alexis? >> gloom and doom. in southbound 680, it is a mess today. two separate crashes in the sunol area, and the first near sunol boulevard, and that is clear, and beyond that, we still have a crash blocking at least the far left lane and possibly two lanes, backups back up to 580 and we will talk about the alternates in ten minutes. >> from san francisco, firefighters have just knocked down a two-alarm fire at a building in sonoma that break

i'm jessica castro, have a great weekend. >> if you think weekends are the best days for weddings, thinkin. a growing number of couples are s saying, i do on thursdays mostly because it helps cut down on the costs. the average wedding is almost 33,0 $33,000. 6% couples got married on thursday last year up 3.4%. >> 33,0$33,000. >> thursday, in the middle of the night. >> spencer christian is here. >> hi. weather is looking pretty good as we approach for the weekend. we have mainly sunny skies over the inland areas and usual fog at the coast. statewide conditions tomorrow look like this, mainly sunny skies and high conditions on the coast. 91 in sacramento, 103 in fresno. mild 77 in los angeles and san diego and 109 in palm springs. in this bay area, after a foggy start and possibly spotty drizzle a mainly sunny day inland and bayside areas, highs range from 70s to upper 90s and inland along the coast and highs in upper 60s to 50s and not much change over the weekend. looking good. >> sounds like it. thanks so much. >>> still ahead, the gap between hillary clinton and donald trump is narro

i am natasha zouves. >> i am jessica castro here for reggie aqui.fany is in san jose with the story. good morning. you are want to explain to our viewers where the problem is happening. you can see the crews are on the tracks right here behind me and this is very close to the children's discovery museum. this outage on the v.t.a. started at 1:00 and this was a problem with the overhead wires and they say it could be because of the age of the wires. however are they are still looking into the cause of the outage. emergency crews arrived here immediately and they are still here but do not expect the track and the behind to be repaired until some point this afternoon. i want to show you the video we shot a couple of

peninsula this morning, a popular school bus driver was shot and skilled in a random attack, and jessica castro is tracking that story. jessica? >> good morning, friends say her death is a huge loss for the entire redwood city community not just those close to her, and by all accounts the 30 year old teqnika moultrie loved being a driver for the sequoia union district and the best around. the boss spoke with us and had a small memorial sharing her passion for the job the she participated in state school bus rodeos where drivers are asked to compete in parallel parking and student loading. show was killed while visiting her fiance's family in austin, texas and hanging out in a popular entertainment district. someone randomly opened fire and killed teqnika moultrie and injured four others. she would have been married in the fall. >> yes, yes, teqnika was petite but a huge, big heart. big heart. she will be missed. truly missed. she was our superstar. >> her brother wouldlies in las vegas spoke with abc and the two were extreme close. he said show loved her family. temperature trillion went to woo

jessica castro is here. what is the newest information? ago, is there are still people trapped inside the bus right now. we take you to the scene. an image from the area near live stop, halfway between fresno and sacramento, as you mentioned, five people are dead. at least five others have been airlifted to nearby hops and the number people injured in this is still unknown, and they are trying to figure that out. people are still trapped inside of the bus. the charter bus hit a freeway sign at 3:30 this morning. these are images from moments ago carrying 30 passengers, a pole from the sign want through the front windshield on the passenger side of the bus through the middle of the bus. now, northbound 99, highway 99, shut down, southbound lanes, also, are closed. several agencies are on the scene including cal fire. >> we have no concerns on fuel leaks. emergency personnel are attempting to attend to the living. >> a very fluid situation. the bus was heading from southern california to sacramento. the ntsb is aware of the accident. they ha

we have jessica castro, and alexis smith but we start with mike nicco. >> good morning, guys, if you are headed outside it is more dry than yesterday. look at live doppler hd, no showers, in thunderstorms like we had this time yesterday. partly cloudy at sfo and 58 degrees right new. i will let you know in there are delays. you can see by the the day planner that is a little bit warmer today. alexis? >>> good morning, we are looking busy here on the bay bridge toll plaza camera, and now it is slow. looking like they do not have as many open with car pool lanes okay and fast track is filling in, so far, no metering lights and a look at the drive time, we are busy out of the central valley, westbound 580, tracy to dublin in the yellow, 48 minutes and southbound 101 from the north bay looking okay, we will look at our traffic maps in a few. >> from the south bay this morning, a former santa clara county deputy who used to guard the jail is now facing possible jail time himself. he is the latest in a string of guards accused of use excessive force against inmates. matt keller is in san j

jessica castro is watching the story for us from the live desk. any survivors? >> yes. we are getting stories of survivors but in the last few minute we are hearing another large after shock may have hit the area and our colleagues are getting the information. we are still at 7,000 -- at 24 dead but we expect it to go up. the search is continuing this morning. they are finding some survivors. that is the good news. i want to show you new pieces of video in the live desk where you see survivors being pulled from the rubble and this video came in, the lat five minutes and you are seeing the ground c.i.a.s hard -- crews hard at work some personnel there for more than 24 hours. they are finding the victims still alive and it is keeping they will going. new video from italy not too far from where the epicenter hit. this is another hard hit town we have been talking about an trace, italy but this is to the cot line and you can see animals being found but you can see the buildings in ruin. i machine for some of the information and any word whether americans are among the dead

jessica castro has the details. jessica? >> good morning, authorities confirm that a man found in front of a library in baton rouge accidentally drowned. this is an image from baton rouge this morning. the man was found by a volunteer patrolling the area. they had volunteers out there trying to monitor what is happening with the rising floodwaters. this is the situation. i want to show you new video in the newsroom showing devastating and historic flooding across the state. the shots were taken by a drone. more than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes. floodwaters continue to rise. >> the end of your life, under of your world having to start over. we worked so hard for it. >> louisiana governor calmed the rescue efforts "tremendous challenge." also, said he is proud of their state and this morning, there are still 11,000 people in shelters. as the waters keep rising there could be more evacuations in store. >> unbelievable pictures. >> a san francisco airbnb is activating disaster response page to help flooding

jessica castro is tracking the developments. jessica? >> good morning. right now, jack conger and gunnar bentz are still in brazil and cannot leave until they testify pulled off the flight and held at the rio de janeiro airport for hours and finally let go. look at the screen, they made their way through a crowd of reporters finally get into a car outside. at issue is whether the two and ryan lochte were really robbed at gunpoint on sunday after a night of partying. they told police their cab was pulled over by person wearing police uniforms and flashing badges and they were robbed. >> the guy pulled the gun, put it for my forehead and i put my hands up, like, whatever. authority are not buying it. a judge ordered the passports of all four men eased but look lock is back in the united states. another is in brazil and said he will cooperate with the police. investigators say there are holes in the stories and their timeline does not match stamps on surveillance video as they returned to the olympic village. so for police have not been able to find their t

jessica castro has more information on how many bay area workers could be affected. >> it could be up to 14,000 employees which is roughly 20% of the cisco workforce. we expect the announcement of lay offs to happen soon. the company is set to release the earnings report later today if you are not familiar with this, they design and manufacture and sell networking equipment but they are making a transition to more software-based products and crowd-based tools for data centers. the company has offered retirement package plans to employees in light of the news. laying off a fifth of the employees would be staggering but the large of the cut to the workforce in cisco's history. the company has been around for 32 years. >> the chancellor cal step down over controversies of the campus sex assaults and questions over budget decisions. he offered his resolution i nation saying and i quote, "i have come to the personal decision that the time is right for me to step aside and allow someone else to take effect of form and institutional challenges ahead of us." he will trend on the job until a n

i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. >> we have jessica castro and meteorologyist, mike nicco, andsmith. owe newest member over here. >> how does it look? >> nice. we have cloud cover. a little bit of fog around petaluma. you can see on live doppler hd it is dry. the marine layer is gorgeous picture this morning from our east bay hills camera. use this to talk about day that is unfolding with should cover and 55 to 61 at 7:00. sunshine inland around the bay and not at cost at noon, 76 inland, and average this afternoon at 59 at the coast to 86 inland and heading out this evening, 76. >> here is alexis. >> westbound bay bridge toll plaza when you are through the toll plaza, it will take a while as you can see we are back up into the maze this morning, but there is a minor collision on right happen

. >> i am jessica castro here for natasha zouves but, first, the fire that is burning in lake county. thousands are evacuated, thousands of acres have burned. now, to amy hollyfield. she is in downtown lower lake this morning. you can see the destruction is massive. amy? >> yes, look behind me at this rubble. this is where a two story office building sued on main street the can you see the stairs are still standing but nothing else. this is next to the habitat for humanity office building which was also destroyed. here is a look at the fire burning yesterday that tore through the town of lower lake and it burned cars and businesses and homes. firefighters have not assessed how many or specifically which buildings. they say that will take them some time. 4,000 people have been evacuated, people here say that it was amaze telling see this huge fire invade their town. ait is something else to see this in person and be here and see a fire kick up from a grass fire and jump down interest a building and leap over buildings and catch another building on fire. >> fires say that 3,000 acres ha

jessica castro says it's purrfect. >> we did go a little nuts over the idea of bringing furry felineno ordinary yoga, acro yoga with cats but pets are not required. grab mr. whiskers and head to lafayette park this weekend. >> she's my roommate, best friend, goes everywhere with me. i love to encourage people to take their cats outside even -- especially if they are indoor cats because i think that you know, they love to be outside. it's a great bonding experience. >> at the park, gathering across from the tennis courts, they meet first saturday of every month, careful not to get scratches and bring water and maybe milk to for your pet. the 43rd annual street fair in japantown is this weekend. organized by volunteers and starts saturday at 11:00 and runs through sunday evening. it hopes to inspire asian-american youth and leadership. for information on these events and others, head to abc 7 news.com. >> i can't get over that cat. >> amazing. >> taking care of kittens in other way to getting them a forever family. >> find >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00. there is hope for a farmer

jessica castro is at the live desk with that story. >> i want to show you more of the images we havebeen seeing coming into our desk and i start with the rescues we saw through the morning. women being taken out of the rubble on a stretcher and you can see how they had to get her out. so many people carrying and trying to get through the rubble the devastation and the destruction of the buildings. this other video showing a man on the very last of the scene all in white. he is able to limp out of the rubble. a woman being helped out here of the destruction and, also, you look in the middle of the scene can you see a pet dog being carried out of the destruction. a last pets were being fund this morning through the devastation. good news for the owners and this new drone video from people by the first name. they know the people. it has been an emotional morning. >> thank you, jessica. a powerful 6.8 earthquake shook central myammar killing at least three people in the former capital, shaking felt several hundred miles away in the capital of thailand, bangkok with a depth of 52 miles an

in the newsroom, jessica castro, abc 7 news. >>> you are look at horrifying moments captured by a dasham near los angeles. a driver pulled out a handgun and fired at an suv in santa clarita on monday. they missed a mother and her teenage son but it punctured a tire. the man was mad at her because -- you won't believe this, she used her windshield wipers and water landed on his new car. >> you have to be kidding me. >> l.a. county sheriff's deputies are still looking for the shooter. >>> a former colorado college student is making headlines for a rape conviction that advocacy groups say is too lenient. this is on the heels after a stanford student got six months for a sexual assault conviction. we have thetory. >> reporter: this boulder student convicted of rape and his sentence this week drawing some criticism for what it does not include -- prison time. >> it is a big deal. and it matters. and it matters to survivors. >> reporter: that former cu student also a rape survivor giving the judge in the case a searing indictment in a huffington post column, writing your sentence tells young

abc 7 jessica castro has the newest details. >> 10-year-old caleb schwab was killed while riding the tallest waterslide. caleb was the son of kansas stit representative scott schwab. he died at the schlitterbahn kansas city water park yesterday afternoon during a family trip. he was riding this slide. it's named the verruckt. 17 stories tall and known for reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour. and there were concerns it went too fast before the slide opened to the public. engineers had to slow it down. >> brought tears to my eyes that someone else lost their child that's my child's age. that i'm sure they felt was safe. >> reporter: height requirement on the slide of 54 inches. it's unclear if there was an age requirement. and also unclear if the boy met all of those. meanwhile, the water park has not said what went wrong. both the park and law enforcement are investigating. his family has released a statement saying caleb, quote, brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with. family say they are taking comfort in their faith and support from family an

jessica castro is here with more. >> reporter: he's evan mcmullen, a 40-year-old former cia counterterrorperative who worked as an investment banker in san francisco. a new man with ties to the bay area is putting his name into the presidential race and hoping to take down donald trump. evan mcmullen, who has never held any public office, lived in the bay area when he worked for gold mman sachs. he says, it's never too late to do the right thing and america deserves much better than either donald trump or hillary clinton can offer us. i humbly offer myself as a leader who can give millions of disaffected americans a conservative choice for president. but mcmullen is a long shot. according to the group backing him called better for america, he would be a third party conservative for republicans who don't want to vote for donald trump. >> we now begin a great national conversation about economic renewal for america. >> reporter: meanwhile, this morning in detroit donald trump gave a speech about his economic plan. >> this is what i want to do for our country. i want to jump-start america an

jessica castro is at the hisd with the preparation -- at the live desk with the preparations. >> now at this hour the video from north carolina waves are enormous, a tropical depress off the east coast is threatening rain up to new york and there is video from tampa, where they are bracing and they are getting sandbags ready this morning for a different tropical depression, headed to the southeast gulf of mexico. they expecting heavy rains in florida and the president will have to police for severe weather this week when he make as trip to the hawaiian islands in the crosshairs of two hurricanes, with video from nastia liuin, hurricane madeleine could get in the way of the opening ceremony for the world conservation congress which is happening on thursday. up to 8,000 dignitaries from around the world are expected to attend. as we watch the images, this is another quick view of lester. people are happy about this because there are a last surfers in hawaii and the swells could be as high as 20' this evening. hawaii is very popular place to travel to during the summer months for folks

i am jessica castro. >> no plans this weekend? no problem.oming up, the family friendly event you may want to check out. >> a beautiful picture looks hazy. i will show you why, we have a heat wave developing. extremes today from 97 in brentwood, and poor air quality is hanging around and it will be worse. >> are you in the mood for music? big festival >> novato, oakland, sunnyvale, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. if you like the heat, mike nicco has good news. >> bring it on. it will be broad and come in two waves one worse than other. what is the second in the back half of the seven-day forecast. good morning, here is how it looks from sutro tower with the marine layer has been around, moisture out of that, this morning, and we had mist and drizzle but it is gone. more sunshine and warmth today and the air quality is suffering this afternoon as we are on our 15th summer "spare the air" alert and cooler on sunday but hotter next week. from san jose we have air quality that is moderate, inland east bay and the south industrial bay and

jessica castro has the story. >> that's right. take a look at this new video from this morning. mark zuckerberg and his visited with the pope at the vatican, but it wasn't all just for show. they talked about ways to help people all over the world through tech being developed here in the bay area. of course, facebook had a -- an accord tog a statement from the vatican press service, they talked with the pontiff about how communication tonl could help in fighting poverty. he gave the pope a model of a aircraft that facebook hopes will expand internet access. check out his post. suk ser berg writes that they admire the pope's message of mercy and tenderness and then at the end, he also says that it's a meeting he'll never forget. you can see feel the wormt and kindness and how deeply the pope cares about helping people. that's the model of ocala, right here. no word on when it will be in global use, but the aircraft was tested last month. >> in all of your skills, thank you. very nice. >> i'm sure it helps a lot. >>> the can't miss moments. up next, we recap music's big night. zpl

abc 7's jessica castro is here with more on that. >> a new memo written by the richmond police chief says his officers violated policy when dealing with an underage prostitute that is according to our media partners at the mercury news. that memo was made public yesterday also claims the violations likely did not break any criminal laws. as you may know, this all stems from allegations by a woman named celeste guap. the daughter of a police dispatcher who claims to have had sex with more than 30 law enforcement officers including some in oakland, richmond, livermore, and the alameda and contra costaer is he's office us. guap said she was unden age for some of those relationships. guap has implicated five officers in the richmond police department. guap has said those officers were off duty during their relationships and it was after she turned 18. guap is also a richmond resident. the entire sex scandal started in oakland with an officer committing suicide last year after guap told one of the supervisors about -- or a superior at least about that relationship. reporting from the news

jessica castro is here with alexis smith monitoring the roads there is an issue and mike nicco has theeather first. we have a big issue with the traffic in the central valley. if you are trying to get out of tracy headed to dublin it is

jessica castro joins us with this. >> both indemocrats trend under investigation and the for list wheel accident has prompted the county fair in tennessee to shut down all of the rides until they are deemed "safe." >> i have 30 kids that -- three kids that fell from the ferris wheel. all the cabin was caught on a cart underneath, and it tipped 90 degrees, and sent the girls fewing from 30-45'. >> those little kids...they screamed and then they hit the ground and laying there. >> two children were alert and answering questions. i cannot tell you in the third was but the third child was, does have a head injury. >> in kansas, still shock over the death of a popular water park. water slides are among the most addition attractions at amusement parks according to the consumer products safety commission. there were 7,200 water slide injuries last career alone. >> -- last area alone. i knew that somebody mad fallen off the raft. >> police confirmed the ten -year-old son of a kansas lawmakers, died from a income injury when tossed from the raft at the end of what is known as the tallest water s

jessica castro is tracking this. >> right now there are five to seven residents missing and they are searching with dogs to try to find the people. at least 30 have been hospitalized with minor injuries. three firefighters were hurt after battling the massive flames in montgomery county, maryland, a three-alarm fire shooting out of the apartment complex after an explosion. some were forced to go out of their windows to get to safety trying to climb on to the fire truck ladders. there was a massive response, 160 fire and rescue workers. >> there was a fire that woke me up and i thought it was a power outage. she went to check. there was fire and big flames from the roof. all the images from the air show how the debris scattered to 100' away. 90 people are displaced. natural gas is shut off to the building. firefighters are trying to figure out what caused the explosion. >> scary. >> the man accused of fatally shooting kate steinle on pier 14 will be in court for a pre-trial hearing. juan francisco lopez sanchez plead not guilty to second-degree murder charges in her death. kate steinl

. >> i am jessica castro here for natasha zouves but, first, the fire that is burning in lake county. evacuated, thousa

jessica castro has new video and information. >> the good news is that no one was killed. the dozen injuries recorded are only minor across two hardest hit states, indiana and ohio. the social media video shows incredible that no one was killed in light of this video we are seeing, from coke me, indiana the hardest hit towns with winds from 136 to 165 miles per hour, with widespread destruction from the air you can see there are hundreds without hems. 220 people are in temporary shelters and that number could increase because of the power situation and people are still without power. the governor of indiana, g.o.p. have the candidate, mike pence, toured the damage area a few moments ago and saw hoes destroyed and, also, visited this starbucks leveled in the storms. you can see the destruction of the coffee shop. from the ground it look pretty bad, as well. i want to show you video of the need of the star public. watch closely. you can see through the window the heavy wins and suddenly it goes dark. that power is out for so many this midday n2013, kokomo was hit by a tornad

jessica castro has more on the visit south of the border. >> it is a last minute trip. recently, trump has been accused of flip-flopping on a stand to deport illegal immigrants and said this does not machine he is getting softer and he will not back down on the land to build a wonderful. >> we are also going to secure our border and stop the drugs from pouring in and destroying our country. >> immigration has been a controversial centerpiece of donald trump's campaign. he has you haved repeatedly he will build a wall long the united states and mexican boarder. his running mate, mike penc. said that will not change despite a meet between donald trump and president nieto. >> i am confident that my running mate will be clear with president nieto about our priority of securing the border, building a wall and making it clear that we are going to have a new administration. >> donald trump may not be welcome south of the border, this morning, former mexican president fox said this to cnn. >> he is not welcome to mexico. by 130 million people, we don't like him, we don't want h

jessica castro is tracking that information this morning. jessica?tes ago we learned it turned deadly. a suspect died but no police officers were injured. shooting happened around 10:30 last night after police got reports of a man with a gun. this is new video in the newsroom. our abc affiliate is on the scene gathering more information. we know limit right now. there was a large police presence andthe sacramento sheriff department responded. we will have an update when we get a better idea of what happened. >> thank you be jessica. the red lines in the make designated for muni buses could see changes. the red bus only lanes on mission street between 14h and 30th are causing a area hawk for drivers and businesses. two forced right turns are reversed, one at 26th and one at 22nd. business from the

jessica castro has the tens of thousands of evacuations. >> the blue cut fire has exploded in size since yesterday. firefighters overnight tried to get a handle on it. the weather conditions are not helping. dry brush and wind are hampering the effort. the wild four burned 18,000 acres. that would be half of the size of the city of san francisco. it is burning near the 15 freeway, the main highway connecting los angeles to las vegas. more than 82,000 people have been forced from their homes. >> last time i heard, they were being evacuated and have not heard from them since. all the fire is moving fast. governor brown has declareed san bernadino county in a state of message. already, whoms and businesses are destroyed including a historic diner and church. resources are sent down there. it was 30% containment -- it was at zero percent containment last check. a firefight is still ahead the we will have updates through the morning as we get new information. >> we are tracking both of the fires if you download the free app we will send you breaking information by enabling push alerts to get

jessica castro has new video. all the rod hit three people in the stands. are several videos on youtube of what happened. we will go straight to them. we obtained these overnight. you can see metal shoot out of a derby vehicle and fly into the stands. during the demolition derby in utah, an hour east of salt lake city you can see ail of the people stand up, stunned, in the stands. trying to figure out what happened. a piece of metal at 50 pounds, a dry rod, and it credibly the injuries are not life threatening. two people were hurt in the leg and the third is hospitalized. city officials of the derby say it come plays with the state regulators and could not have anticipated what would happen. something really out of the ordinary. officials are calling it "unfortunate accident," but some are still hospitalized this morning. >> a driver in florida is hospitalized where head trauma this morning surviving a terrible rollover crash. we will go straight to the video to see it. the car rollover eight times before resting upside down. it looks like a movie with deb

. >> i am jessica castro with mike nicco and alexis smith. >> happy friday and happy weekend especially you are tired of the warm weather we have chilly conditions near the coast. live doppler hd is showing you we have spotty mist and drizzle but no organized areas of wet weather, 55 to 62 at 7:00, we will be dry by noon with clouds around the bay and

. >> jessica castro and mike nicco and alexis smith is here with traffic. mike? >> a little wet. out live doppler hd. you do not need the umbrella. the exploritorium shows the marine layer is lower. 52 to 58 through 7:00. at noon, 57 to 75. cool to comfortable with a few lingering clouds and 59 at the cost to 85 inland the clouds are remaining at the coast. the rest of us need the sunglasses. >> we have a me tell problem, westbound 580 at the altamont pass. often the traffic map you can see the red. this is the same spot we had a stall at this time yesterday at north flynn road. it sounds like a experts car was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control causing a traffic collision with another vehicle. trying to confirm in this is off to the shoulder. another update in a few. >> in san francisco, the search is on right now for a man seen on camera punching a woman in the face. >> over and over. he attack the stranger for no reason. amy hollyfield is here with the story. amy? >> some residents in pacific heights are talking of the need for security after this attack. it wa

i am reggie aqui with jessica castro and meteorologist, mike nicco and traffic reporter, alexis smith have a bit of a treat. live doppler hd is showing showers we had yesterday are showing up and ukiah but not reaching the ground. outside, it is not so cloudy and the marine layer is not out there and temperatures are running warmer. we are in the upper 50s to low 60s through 7:00. mid-60s at the coast. low-to-mid 70s from noon to 4:00 around the bay and upper 70s to mid-80's. it will be breezy this afternoon. hold on to the steering wheel. alexis? >> we start off in the south bay with an overturned vehicle in southern part of san jose. if you are traveling on northbound 85, around the young avenue ramp we have the far right lane blocked for the tow truck to get into position and it sounds like minor injuries, and breathing a sigh of relief, two lanes on the bay bridge inside the tunnel and the crash has cleared and all lanes are open. we will look at the east bay in a few. in oakland police are investigating the case of a man in his late 80s beat up by a team burglars. amy hollyfield

in the newsroom, jessica castro, abc 7 news. >>> we are learning more this morning about the 18-year-oldho was killed in a skydiving accident in the central valley. friends and family gathered last night to remember tyler turner. he just graduated from high school in loss ban nos two months ago. this was his first jump. he was jumping with an instructor but their chute did not deploy. turner's mom talked about their final conversation. >> and he turned around and he gave me a hug. tightest hug,0ñ i ever had. i love you, mom. i love you, son. squeezed him. he got on the plane. >> the owner of the parachute center said the instructor was with veteran who had about 700 other jumps. >>> new details in the sex investigation involving a young woman and several bay area police departments in a letter to city leaders richmond police chief alan brown says several officers likely violated department policy but they don't seem to have broken any laws. they're accuse of having sex with a woman known as celeste guap. in june she told abc 7 news i-team she had sex with more than 30 officers in the bay

jessica castro is here for natasha zouves. >> i am regular. it is 4:28.know yes are up, but if you are, good morning. alexis is with us along with mike nicco. >> time to get going and get the coffee parking and tea if you are like me. do not need the umbrella today. the marine layer is having a hard time to get established because of breezy conditions and dry air rolling in. today, we are look, at mid-to-upper 50s. through 7:00. 50s and 60 at the coast. 67 to 71 at the bay. up to 80 inland with high clouds and sun. how is the traffic, alexis? >> in the south bay we had a crash. it is okay on the camera at 101 and 880. on the traffic map, at 10 minutes ago, we had a crash involving a jaguar and pickup. the jaguar spun out and facing the wrong way. they got both pushed to the shoulder. that southbound 880 is before 101. >> we will look at san francisco area in a few. >> taking a stand by sitting, 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is not assured the top spot and by protesting the national anthem he is guaranteed he is on everyone's mind this morning. >> mat

. >> i am jessica castro here for natasha zouves. >> it is affecting lower lake and clear lake and headinge has destroyed ten homes. anyone who has seen the area knows the number is much higher likely. >> amy hollyfield is in downtown with the latest. we are on main street, in lower lake. this used to be a two-story office building, a real estate overseas that now is gone completely the you can still see embers burning here and off in the distance we can see them, different little buildings or cars still burning. firefighters are here and watching but they are not spraying water. they say at this point they are conserving water. at this point, in it will not make a difference they are going to let it burn. here is video of the fire we saw yesterday that destroyed homes in lower lake. 4,000 people have been evacuated. firefighters are saying ten structures have been destroyed. we lock around we suspect that number will climb. firefighters still are needing to assess what has burned and how much. here is what the post master said about the time. >> they saved the post office almost is a fire

." >> i am reggie aqui with jessica castro and meteorologist mike nicco and traffic reporter, alexist to talk about. >> pretty quiet here. we will get to the hurricane moving in on hawaii. but, the day planner for us, on live doppler hd it is clear, with no marine layer or clouds and you can see how quiet it is. waking up at 55 to 61. headed to noon we will have 62 at coast and clouds will gather at coast during the 4:00 hour. 63 to 80. grab a jacket at 7:00. how is the commute? >> quiet to start. we hope we can keep it that way. at the bay bridge beyond the mid-span the last couple of mornings we have had construction it looks like it is wrapped up. no problems headed interest san francisco. a lot of green on the traffic >> there is a triple shooting that left one dead at wright avenue close to interstate 580 near the richmond police department. what looks like a bullet hole in the back of the car. amy hollyfield is at the scene gathering details. she will have a report coming up. >> developing news in the south bay, 16 bus passengers headed to the casino or okay after the bus caugh

. >> i am jessica castro here for reggie aqui. it is friday, august 19. is off to a left start. a deadly crash, alexis? >> yes at 2:00 this morning. this is a fatal incident in the vallejo area. someone left the road and the vehicle went into the water. that person is deceased. they got the vehicle and the victim out of water. the investigation is ongoing. we are making calls and trying to see how much, if anything, is blocked on the road. another update in a few minutes. we will check withdrew and at look at friday forecast. drew? >>> happy friday. a look from the exploritorium camera showing a lot of low cloud over san francisco. we are starting the day with fog and low clouds. look at the three day forecast. it is setting up to be a gorgeous week. friday, fog to sunshine and friday and saturday a wide arraign but a nice cooling friend headed our way. >> thank you. we start at 4:30 with breaking news from new jersey. at least one person is dead. and at least 19 others are injured after two buses collided in downtown newark. this is right near penn stati