. >>> new at noon san francisco city attorney is sueing to keep san francisco city college from being shut down. >> improper evaluation processes the commission's action constitute illegal business practices. >> last month the commission ruledfast would lose accreditation next year. he calls it retaliation. fall class began last week. officials say enrollment declined 10%. >>> to our developing news on the wildfire raging out of control in yosemite. the rim fire burned more than 53,000 acres and firefighters lost containment over night. at the command post with the latest. >> reporter: wednesday's firestorm is one even veteran firefighters will remember for long time. >> it is not common that someone would see a day that big. it is definitely in the top three. >> the fire tripled in size in one day. winds, terrain and unstable air mass contributed to towering clouds over the fire that lead to a massive burn. >> today i told the crews we will see more of what we saw yesterday. >> reporter: the fire is so large it creates its own weather. plumes seen here on a radar -- >> this reached 2

the item determined to be safe and evacuation lifted just before noon all returned to normal. >> san francisco cityollege got a boost from city attorney dennis herera filing two legal motions. carolyn? >> city attorney wants to the decision rescinded and wants the state to take more responsibility. the city attorney filed suit today in superior court and accjc to try to rescind their sanctions against san francisco city college. >> to join private acredit tores from closing a cherished institution a corner stone of economic opportunity and educational promise for generations of san franciscoins. >> the attorney claims accjc's move amounts to pay back for an ongoing political disagreement over the mission of the state community colleges. other target is the board of governors which oversees all 112 community colleges in california. saying the board has abandon oned it's responsibilities. and today's legal action comes a day after lawmakers voted to audit accjc and after student protests including one in front of the san francisco mayor's office. is please city attorney is taking action. >> to deal w

the item determined to be safe and evacuation lifted just before noon all returned to normal. >> san francisco cityollege got a boost from city attorney dennis herera filing two legal motions. carolyn? >> city attorney wants to the decision rescinded and wants the state to take more responsibility. the city attorney filed suit today in superior court and accjc to try to rescind their sanctions against san francisco city college. >> to join private acredit tores from closing a cherished institution a corner stone of economic opportunity and educational promise for generations of san franciscoins. >> the attorney claims accjc's move amounts to pay back for an ongoing political disagreement over the mission of the state community colleges. other target is the board of governors which oversees all 112 community colleges in california. saying the board has abandon oned it's responsibilities. and today's legal action comes a day after lawmakers voted to audit accjc and after student protests including one in front of the san francisco mayor's office. is please city attorney is taking action. >> to deal w

around san francisco and oakland and santa rosa and those clouds back to coast for the afternoon but still a lot of fog for the coast after noon hours. look for 70s of the south bay tomorrow. redwood cityf a high of 73 degrees. warmest place mid-80s into pittsburgh and antioch fair 82 degree. livermore mainly 60s by bay. 63 in san francisco upper 60s in oakland and 70s north bay so looking at the 7 days around the bay, you will notice the inland temperatures in the 80s. as the fog continues to thicken and relatively cool by the bay and a little warmer into the weekend. vicki. >>> bart negotiations are off. governor jerry brown stepping il called for a seven day bart inquiry, bart trains will be running on time tomorrow morning. we'll be right back. >>> some days you just cannot win for the giants. it is just one of tam baa bay rays. >> >>> no joy in oakland as the tech beats the a's. rangers on the other hand have n 6 of 7. they play the reds on tuesday. >>> everybody can sleep easy and the bart strike is averted for now, good night everybody. uh-oh! guess what day it is?? guess what day it is! huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike

honorees for our distinguished service a word for the city and county of san francisco and the first person we will recognize tonight is vera noon tear if you can please u.s.a. plast she is the social director at the arab culture and community center and she helps hundreds of families in trans by providing social work service and is i know how important that work is and how difficult that work is and i can't thank you enough to ensure that all of our communities are cared for and ensure that all of our competency ask ins san francisco serve the arab and arab community know what to do when people walk through their doors so thank you so much vera. (applause). . >> thank you so much for your support san francisco we really appreciated it the arab community really appreciates it and tomorrow is a huge day for the community it's the beginning of the big holiday, so happy new year, (arab) thank you. you. >>> thank you vera. >> (applause). vera i do say with ask you to stay with us up here for a moment. hard work is never done alone and the best work is done in collaboration among very very strong key members in any organization. and

noon clearing --. and not quite as wide spread equally as last night. temperatures? warming up. and concord, pleasanton low 60s for redwood city. and downtown san francisco. with 70's and 80's. putting the clock into motion. for those of you going out this evening temperatures are gradually cool off. 50s, 60s, and even residual '70s but not as cool as last night. taking a look at the afternoon highs. 80s through cupertino. the three degrees through evergreen with mid upper 80s in the delta and livermore section. 80s in walnut creek. downtown san francisco a bit more mild. more 80s in the north bay. 82 degrees expected for napa. as we take a look your kron 4 7 day around the bay that warm-up will be continuing. temperatures getting into the '90s! 60s along the coast. >> it is been very busy politically. michael yaki and let us talk about the white house press conference. and this took place on a friday. >> yes. >> studio guest: it is frequently, the way that he wants to do something by limiting the exposure. take out the trash " day choosing friday. he wanted more transparency, and accountability in government. and how he wants to look at a program specific

san francisco. i'm map pi to report that just like yesterday we'll see the sun break through the clouds by about noon. it's going to be nice in the cityly with the sea breeze. area of low pros sure moving inland. creating shower activity over lake tahoe. as we head throughout the day today, lit continue to move to the east. last day of the 70s. we won't bump your numbers up all that much. even as we get into the week and upcoming weekend, only 80 difficult friday, 82 for saturday. finally summer returns next week. still not talking about any big heat potentially until we get into the end of next week and the week after that kids go back to school. that's looking like when we get our next heat wave. >> authorities expanded an amber alert to inclooun collude oregon this morning. the nissan versa driven by the man accused of killing 16-year-old hannah anderson and killing her mother and possibly her brother was reportedly spotted in kra california near the oregon border. police say he's trying to get to canada. the body of anderson's mother was found in dimaggio's burned house on sunday night. a child's body was found in that same home a

san francisco. at noon, rounding out the day at 70 degrees. a beautiful day shaping up in the city in redwood city. 75 santa cruz. 90 in gilroy. that's ac weather. we'll let's you know when triple digit heat comes into the picture. check that drive. it's a big day. >> yes, looking at wednesday with a big backup at bay bridge toll plaza. traffic will bump up around the bay. different schedules as schools back in session. east bay, not yet for the schools. we'll look at maps. look at map on the approach and the maze is showing nice flow. ashby avenue past cal berkeley will see more traffic as students arrive into town. they don't start until the 24th, 25th. tri-valley smooth. bump for 84 through livermore. 580 good flow but because folks are held up westbound here. jammed approaching vasco because of the crash on the eastbound side. crash involves motor cycle and bike in the center divide. may need a medical chopper to the area. i'm waiting for chp. live look at san jose, shows you the volume. how that affects your commute coming up. >>> 5:40 now. coming to a close, trial of accused

cities will be in the upper 70s to low 80s at noon. rounding out the day in the upper 80s. 84 in concord. temperatures nice and comfortable even in san francisco, not too cool, not too hot at 63 degrees. i'll have your full forecast and show you those weekend numbers in just a few moments. first i want to look at your drive with mike inouye. >> looking to oakland right now. the coliseum past o.co looks just fine. you see the taillights, just a few of them, very light traffic through the nimitz. farther north on the maps you see it coming toward the coliseum out of downtown, we have the construction zone, every morning between 4:30 and 5:00 as they start to move crews around, we'll see the speeds slow down as they merge back into traffic and clear those lanes. it is late slow there. on the peninsula side, we have no slowing on the sensors, but southbound 101 approaching sierra point parkway heading toward candlestick. reports of a couple cars going 100 miles per hour and a crash off the roadway. they're investigating because some folks were seen walking along the shoulder. they may have actually walked away from the crash. there's maybe another

meanwhile, 64 in san francisco with sunshine coming in, between about noon and 5:00 p.m., you'll see mostly sunny conditions in the citynight, better viewing for the perseid meteor shower. 70-plus meteors per hour. i know laura and mike told me they saw quite a few of the shooting stars on their way to work. summer returns as we head through tuesday, finally hitting the seasonal averages, wednesday into thursday, we keep the heat going and it really cranks by saturday into sunday. mike, you said you saw a couple of the perseids? >> not coming into work this morning, but i have seen the postings and some of the pictures. good stuff. right now i'm just cure yours about the 98. ail things forgiven, christina. south 880 and 17 as traffic builds. no surprise for folks heading through this area. i want to take you both over the issue as we're looking at west 580. the volume builds towards the altamont pass. that is an issue as folks head toward the merge as folks are getion out of the dublin area and toward the caltrans camera. i'll show you over here as you slow down toward livermore, we have a slower drive. traffic flow ov

san francisco city target store. the job fair runs from 11:00 to 5:00 today, tomorrow, and saturday from noon to 3:00.ore information is under abc7news.com. >> google has a new voice powered search function being rolled out the next few days and the data comes mostly from your gmail account and your california -- calendar and uses thousands of google computers to process the wores anded that what they mean, and the feature gives instant response on any device if you are logged in. >> does it work like this? use your voice app? >> we have a weather app for that, so you can hear my voice if there are wants or warnings. we are looking from emeryville we have low clouds and possibly some mist. our highs will be with in a degree of yesterday, and oakland is three degreer warmer than average. the best chance of storms is to the north and to the east in arizona and the monsoon moisture staying that way. as far as the forecast, where are you going? central valley, mid-90's to 103 in fresno and 82 and sunshine if tahoe and 68 and a lot of cloud cover for the better part of the day and in los angeles, 84 and 10

san francisco. it will be out there. about noon. 65 degrees on the way to the city by the bay. 75 in fremont, 76 in san jose. south bay overall good but 101 still drags. 237 we'll have big backups, jon. back to you. >> thank you, michael. >>> another local update coming up for you in 1/2 hour. we hope to see you at 11:00. ♪ >>> we're back with more of "today" and a special show for anyone hoping to raise responsible and inspired children. we're about to meet one young lady who is both of these. maddie lee has been belting out songs since she first learned to talk. >> now at the ripe old age of 13, she's a bona fide internet sensation with tens of thousands of dedicated fans who can't get enough of her music. check it out. ♪ i want to fight i think i could understand ♪ >> her youtube videos have been viewed nearly 7 million times. she covers popular songs from taylor swift, justin timberlake. she's here with her mother. congratulations. >> you've been singing ever since you can remember, right? >> yeah. >> i was reading where your brother would cry and you'd have maddie sing and what would happen? >> he would

noon. let's take a look at current conditions here. a live view from our camera looking at blue skies over the bay bridge. readings here 61 degrees in san francisco. 65 oakland. 73 redwood city a live view you can see clouds near the coast and around ocean beach. it's 80 degrees in santa rosa. 77, mid 80s in fairfield and concord. and one more live view at golden gate bridge showing low clouds there. this is a forecast we'll see low clouds and fog becoming wide spread. partly to mostly sunny skies into afternoon and mild inland but cool at the coast. >> spencer, thank you. following breaking news out of southern california. the mayor of san diego resign add mid allegations of sexual harassment against 18 women. bob filner said he will step down at the end of the month offering an apology but maintained his innocence stating he never harassed anyone. he says he's the victim of a political lynch mob. we'll bring you some of what he had to say coming up at 4:30. >> there is information in the disappearance of 20-month-old daphne webb. the toddler reported missing by her father july 10th. nick smith joins with us more. >> they've been tight lipped about what that new information

noon. we'll have mostly sunny -- there will be a little fog. 60s 70s, and 80s. 64, san jose. livermore, 64. santa rosa, 59. san rafael, san francisco, 60. same for redwood city, concord, antioch. back-to-school forecast, alameda going back. starting off cloudy skies, 62. we'll go 65, then a high today of 70 degrees under mostly sunny skies. a lot of tropical clouds giving tremendous amounts of rain in southern california and las vegas. will it make it to the rim fire? we'll talk about that in 15 minutes. a little cooler today, mild, muggy. clouds, then sun. the morning drizzle will give way to cloudy skies and then some sun. sal has an update on some of the wet roads. that's right. things are getting belter, steve, as we get later into the morning. but at the toll plaza, in san francisco, in some plaxes we still have some -- places, we still have slick roads, deally city, the peninsula on highway 1. you might see some wet roads there. please give yourself extra time. the morning commute is slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up for about a 15 to 20-minute delay as you drive through there. no major problems, by the way, at the bay bridge toll pla

city, i guess. but not good for the neighborhood. >> reporter: here's a look at what will be a very busy day in san francisco. outside lands music festival begins at noonndlestick park at noon. then the giants are at home playing the orioles with a 1:00 first pitch at at&t park. and don't forget about america's cup. big crowds along the embarcadero. they have a race that gets underway on the bay at 1:00 p.m. if you are heading into the city expect some serious traffic. you probably want to leave early today. today's lineup at outside lands music festival includes bands like phoenix and nine inch nails, the headliner tonight. the gates open it the public here in golden gate park 11:00 a.m. back to you. . >> as you just heard, the america's cup race is today. little rosa could advance to the finals against new zealand. yesterday italy's skipper criticized oracle team u.s.a. after a body pllder found lead pellets hidden in the boats oracle used in the america's cup world series. oracle forfeited its trophies and may be penalized by an international jury. >>> a tv show based on wine country is in the works. the show featuring wine, food, arts and celebriti