sandy patele here with the sunshine. >> basking in the sun. it's drier air mass here. it's not feeling as sticky as it was yesterday. behind me, low clouds stacked up. live doppler 7 hd, breezy but feels good. marine layer is back along the coastline. watching active weather in the sierra nevada. so far, almost 1900 lightning strikes, strong thunderstorms moving across the tahoe area, you can see all of the lightning there. if you have plans to travel, there's a flash flood watch until saturday at 9:00 p.m. take a look at live picture from our lake tahoe camera. it's been raining and they've seen thunderstorms there, recently. so they're looking at more active weather. 67 in san francisco. cooler, oakland 72. 77 in san jose. cloudy view, 71 in santa rosa. nice looking day. golden gate bridge, low cloudiness. this even, low 60s to 70s. mild tomorrow morning, cloudy, patchy drizzle for the commute. we are looking at a mostly sunny, warmer day tomorrow to end the work week. mid-60s to mid-80s. i'll be back with a detailed look on humidity here in the bay area in a few min

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sandhya patel has more on our record highs with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> we had four record high temperatures today. let me show you live doppler 7hd and i can tell you how warm or hot it got. patchy fog along the coastline otherwise skies are clear. look at the records for today. san francisco a new record at 85 degrees. the previous record for san francisco was 82 setback in 1973. moffett field broke its record, 95 today. a tie in richmond at 87. it was cooking in san rafael. 99 degrees. the previous record was set in 1975. antioch and livermore and concord up to 98 in napa and 94 in san jose. 89 degrees in oakland and half moon bay was a good place to be. it has cooled off noisily in half moon bay where the fog has developed. most other areas are seeing mild to warm conditions. we are going to get some relief from this heat this upcoming weekend, but not everyone will feel it. a look at the details in a few minutes. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> the park will remain open this weekend, but there will be no barbecues or open flames allowed tomorrow. >>> to the middle east, cri

. >>> spencer christian is away, but sandhya patel has an accuweather update. >> cheryl and larry, the good thing is we have seen a few drops around the bay area. as larry mentioned, it's not terribly hot outside. as a matter of fact we only have low 80s in our warmest spots. right now partly sunny. we'll talk about what's been happening. definitely seeing some clouds on different levels, keeping us a little muggy. the southerly wind flow in mid and high level clouds. ukiah had a light shower that only amounted to a trace amount earlier this afternoon and we did have some drizzle that measured 0.02 in pacifica, 0.01 in san francisco. 69 in san francisco, 73 oakland, 76 san jose. it's mild in half moon pay, 66. 70s santa rosa, novato, concord, livermore. if you're stepping outside to run some errands, there are some low clouds looking at sfo. here's a look at your first forecast. this evening low and high clouds, a little on the breezy side, low 60s to low 70s. staying humid through tomorrow. mild, mostly cloudy and drizzly tomorrow morning. low to mid-60s. tomorrow afternoon it's going

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meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking an unsettled system with live doppler 7hd. sandhya, interesting. >> very interesting. i went from watching the sun going down to the potential for thunderstorms. let's check out live doppler 7hd and i will show you why the right ingredients may come together as we head into the overnight hours. a lot of cloud cover and subtropical moisture continues to move in. as you look carefully here, we are watching some moisture intensifying around the point reyes area toward jenner. there is definitely a subtropical moisture trough coming from the south. there is a disturbance off the northern california coast and the combination of the two may create enough instability for dry lightning. best chance for the thunderstorm possibility is north of the golden gate. and with the dry fields, there is a fire danger. coming up, we will look at when things will quiet down. >>> pg&e faces additional charges in connection with the san bruno pipeline explosion. a federal indictment accuses pg&e officials of obstructing the federal investigation. it

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abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here watching live doppler 7hd. sandhya, any repeats coming? >> no, dan, we are not expecting a repeat. no reruns tomorrow morning. looking at live doppler 7hd we have a much more stable air mass in place. as we take you back in time it was not the case. this morning you may have been woken up by the clap of thunder and the lightning strikes developed. and we did see some measurable rain across parts of the bay area. we are going to see drops tomorrow morning, but of a different variety. it is going to be spotty drizzle. i will be back with a look at that and some heat that is coming our way. we will lose the humidity. all of the details straight ahead. dan? >>> because of the on going drought, santa clara county is hiring water enforcers and water cops to help encourage less water use. the santa clara valley water district hired 10 people to patrol the district. they are not going to hand out fines. instead they are going to visit homes or businesses of offenders and use more of an educational approach, friendly pe

sandhya patel has more on our record highs with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> we had four record high temperatures today. let me show you live doppler 7hd and i can tell you how warm or hot it got. patchy fog along the coastline otherwise skies are clear. look at the records for today. san francisco a new record at 85 degrees. the previous record for san francisco was 82 setback in 1973. moffett field broke its record, 95 today. a tie in richmond at 87. it was cooking in san rafael. 99 degrees. the previous record was set in 1975. antioch and livermore and concord up to 98 in napa and 94 in san jose. 89 degrees in oakland and half moon bay was a good place to be. it has cooled off noisily in half moon bay where the fog has developed. most other areas are seeing mild to warm conditions. we are going to get some relief from this heat this upcoming weekend, but not everyone will feel it. a look at the details in a few minutes. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> the park will remain open this weekend, but there will be no barbecues or open flames allowed tomorrow. >>> to the middle east, cri

. >> i am sandhya patel. gray skies tonight and slick streets for the morning commute with drizzle. i will let you know of changes coming for the weekend. first, shear jimmy kimmle. >> -- here is jimmy kimmle. >> this is the official world cup soccer ball. the l.a. galaxy sent this to me. do you want to play, guillermo? >> [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. that's why, coming soon, xfinity will double the internet speed on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. double the speed. [ heart beats ] (birds chirping softly in background.) double the speed. (loud engine sounds!) what! how's it going? heard you need a ride to school. oh, that's pretty cool! big day at school? i know just the thing to help you get going. power up with new cheerios protein. crisis tonight after a young mother suddenly collapsed from an aneurism. heidi crouch has a husband and two children and all was going well until july 4th.

abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here watching live doppler 7hd. sandhya, any repeats coming? >> no, dan, we are not expecting a repeat. no reruns tomorrow morning. looking at live doppler 7hd we have a much more stable air mass in place. as we take you back in time it was not the case. this morning you may have been woken up by the clap of thunder and the lightning strikes developed. and we did see some measurable rain across parts of the bay area. we are going to see drops tomorrow morning, but of a different variety. it is going to be spotty drizzle. i will be back with a look at that and some heat that is coming our way. we will lose the humidity. all of the details straight ahead. dan? >>> because of the on going drought, santa clara county is hiring water enforcers and water cops to help encourage less water use. the santa clara valley water district hired 10 people to patrol the district. they are not going to hand out fines. instead they are going to visit homes or businesses of offenders and use more of an educational approach, friendly pe

meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking an unsettled system with live doppler 7hd. sandhya, interesting. >> very interesting. i went from watching the sun going down to the potential for thunderstorms. let's check out live doppler 7hd and i will show you why the right ingredients may come together as we head into the overnight hours. a lot of cloud cover and subtropical moisture continues to move in. as you look carefully here, we are watching some moisture intensifying around the point reyes area toward jenner. there is definitely a subtropical moisture trough coming from the south. there is a disturbance off the northern california coast and the combination of the two may create enough instability for dry lightning. best chance for the thunderstorm possibility is north of the golden gate. and with the dry fields, there is a fire danger. coming up, we will look at when things will quiet down. >>> pg&e faces additional charges in connection with the san bruno pipeline explosion. a federal indictment accuses pg&e officials of obstructing the federal investigation. it

meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking an unsettled system with live doppler 7hd. sandhya, interesting. >> very interesting. i went from watching the sun going down to the potential for thunderstorms. let's check out live doppler 7hd and i will show you why the right ingredients may come together as we head into the overnight hours. a lot of cloud cover and subtropical moisture continues to move in. as you look carefully here, we are watching some moisture intensifying around the point reyes area toward jenner. there is definitely a subtropical moisture trough coming from the south. there is a disturbance off the northern california coast and the combination of the two may create enough instability for dry lightning. best chance for the thunderstorm possibility is north of the golden gate. and with the dry fields, there is a fire danger. coming up, we will look at when things will quiet down. >>> pg&e faces additional charges in connection with the san bruno pipeline explosion. a federal indictment accuses pg&e officials of obstructing the federal investigation. it

not if two groups get their way. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel.d out about the weekend weather, coming up. >>> announcer: this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. warm out there today. getting relief from the heat as temperatures break records today in the bay area. kids splashed around amid the near 90 degree heat in san jose. >> hotter further away. this sighs 93 degrees. the temperatures kept climbing, reaching 98. >> no jacket required in san francisco, either. tourists and locals out and about as the city sets a new record. toasty in the city as well. >> the beach is still a popular choice. >> let's get the latest from abc 7 news meteologist, sandhya patel. >> i'm still waiting for the sea breeze. come on, it's warm out here. oh, my gosh. it's starting to blow, but not strong enough, yet. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. the skies are clear across the bay area. as you look at the highs so far, we have records to talk about. 85 in san francisco. that is a new record for today. the p

sandhya patel has more on our record highs with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> we had four record high temperatures today. let me show you live doppler 7hd and i can tell you how warm or hot it got. patchy fog along the coastline otherwise skies are clear. look at the records for today. san francisco a new record at 85 degrees. the previous record for san francisco was 82 setback in 1973. moffett field broke its record, 95 today. a tie in richmond at 87. it was cooking in san rafael. 99 degrees. the previous record was set in 1975. antioch and livermore and concord up to 98 in napa and 94 in san jose. 89 degrees in oakland and half moon bay was a good place to be. it has cooled off noisily in half moon bay where the fog has developed. most other areas are seeing mild to warm conditions. we are going to get some relief from this heat this upcoming weekend, but not everyone will feel it. a look at the details in a few minutes. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> the park will remain open this weekend, but there will be no barbecues or open flames allowed tomorrow. >>> to the middle east, cri

. >> and i am meteorologist sandhya patel. low clouds are back like clockwork, but the summer heat will be returning soon. details on your weekend forecast. first, here is jimmy kimmle. >> here is a look at at the nonsense we have for you. >> you threw out the first pitch at the dodgers game. i can't tell if you have great form or surveillance cameras capture a fender bender in india. a parking attendant lost control of a lamborghini outside the main entrance in nu deli. >> and what is worse is the driver barrowed the car from a friend. it is worth a half million dollars and the damages total about $330,000. tough break. >> certainly is. >>> and coming up in two minutes, why this 20-year-old picture from the set of "jurassic park users helped a joke go viral. this some steven spielberg next to a tricer atops from "juror rase sick park." this week a man posted it with a caption asking people to share this photo with a hunter next to a triceratops he slaughtered. many said it was animal cruelty. alas, it died out 65 million year

. >> i am sandhya patel. gray skies tonight and slick streets for the morning commute with drizzle. i will let you know of changes coming for the weekend. first, shear jimmy kimmle. >> -- here is jimmy kimmle. >> this is the official world cup soccer ball. the l.a. galaxy sent this to me. do you want to play, 73 ♪ 737. right there? you guessed it. how do we save on operational costs? with the world's largest fleet of boeing 737's. one of the many ways we bring you $69 airfares. limited time sale fares starting as low as $69 one-way. if it matters to you, it matters to us. book now at southwest.com. ♪ [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. that's why, coming soon, xfinity will double the internet speed on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. double the speed. [ heart beats ] crisis tonight after a young mother suddenly collapsed from an aneurism. heidi crouch has a husband and two children and all was going well until ju

sandia patel is here. >> it's really pleasant. looking at blue skies, a nice breed coming through the bay area. this is back to our usual july weather. as we look at doppler 7 hd, i'll show you from that perspective. we have some low clouds hanging on, but it's blue skies, this is my view, just spectacular. temperatures right now 68 in san francisco, the 70s, oakland, san jose, 66 half moon bay. sfo dealing with low clouds. temperatures 78 in santa rosa, it's currently 85 in fairfield, and one other live pictures looking toward treasure island breezy this evening. tomorrow morning starts out pretty mild with limited low cloudyness look at the mid 90s. when you go from the mid 80s, trust me, you'll feel there heat. i'll beck back with the forecast in a few minutes. amma? larry? >> see you then. >>> it was a day of mourning in the nedderlands and a touching tribute. cars stopped as a procession of hearses drove by. thousands honored the men, women and children killed last week. 40 coffins were carried on those hearses, escorted by m

. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures and humidity down today but both going back up as we head towards the weekend. details coming up. >>> also ahead -- why hewlett-packard belongs to meg whitman now. >>> 7 on your side michael finney, what's worth buying at costco, what's better left on the shelves? >>> covering all of the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >>> a bay area business executive arrested at san francisco international airport. charged with being drunk in public. but investigators are looking into whether he groped women while allegedly posing as an imposter tsa agent. abc 7 reporter vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> reporter: well, released from san mateo county jail today on the charge of public drunkenness but investigators believed he did pat down two female travelers. they left on flights before police could interview them but the investigation continues. now, sources also tell us that they believe that the two were from asia and that they did not understand what the tsa policy is on pat-do

. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. live doppler 7hd has been watching the light showers and sprinkles rotating westward. i will let you know how long the sticky summer pattern will last. first, here is jimmy kimmle. >> here is a snippet of what we are up to tonight. >> let's do this. >> three, two, one. 73 ♪ 737. right there? you guessed it. how do we save on operational costs? with the world's largest fleet of boeing 737's. one of the many ways we bring you $69 airfares. limited time sale fares starting as low as $69 one-way. if it matters to you, it matters to us. book now at southwest.com. ♪ center is packed with orphaned bear cubs right now, the most they have ever had this early in the summer. the cubs are getting great care, but nobody knows exactly why there are so many orphans. here is cheryl jennings. >> there are nine orphan bear cubs at lake tahoe wildlife care tonight. this is the only place in california licensed to care for wild cubs. they just keep coming. >> it has been nonsopa the last month. -- nonsto

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abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here watching live doppler 7hd. sandhya, any repeats coming? >> no, dan, we are not expecting a repeat. no reruns tomorrow morning. looking at live doppler 7hd we have a much more stable air mass in place. as we take you back in time it was not the case. this morning you may have been woken up by the clap of thunder and the lightning strikes developed. and we did see some measurable rain across parts of the bay area. we are going to see drops tomorrow morning, but of a different variety. it is going to be spotty drizzle. i will be back with a look at that and some heat that is coming our way. we will lose the humidity. all of the details straight ahead. dan? >>> because of the on going drought, santa clara county is hiring water enforcers and water cops to help encourage less water use. the santa clara valley water district hired 10 people to patrol the district. they are not going to hand out fines. instead they are going to visit homes or businesses of offenders and use more of an educational approach, friendly pe

and abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel is outside san francisco with more on that. >> there's good reason why fire is a concern in northern california. let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. thunderstorms have been developing in nevada, the sierra, and the thunderstorms have been pushing to the west a little bit. as you take a look, some of the moisture rotating northward could mean dry lightning and the potential for some fire. red-flag warning until 11:00 p.m. tonight. mt. shasta, alturra, but some areas are getting very heavy rain, drenching rain in reno and as a matter of fact, a flood advisory has been posted until 6:30 this evening. of course, that's what we need, is the drenching rain, but with the dry fuels and the dry lightning potential, northern california remains under high fire danger. i'll be back with a look at our local weather in a few minutes. >> thank you so much. >> you can blame the drought for making your lunch just a little more expensive. prices are going up at the in-and-out, chipotle, and other eateries because of a lack of water. according to the governm

. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures and humidity down today but both going back up as we head towards the weekend. details coming up. >>> also ahead -- why hewlett-packard belongs to meg whitman now. >>> 7 on your side michael finney, what's worth buying at costco, what's better left on the shelves? >>> covering all of the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >>> a bay area business executive arrested at san francisco international airport. charged with being drunk in public. but investigators are looking into whether he groped women while allegedly posing as an imposter tsa agent. abc 7 reporter vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> reporter: well, released from san mateo county jail today on the charge of public drunkenness but investigators believed he did pat down two female travelers. they left on flights before police could interview them but the investigation continues. now, sources also tell us that they believe that the two were from asia and that they did not understand what the tsa policy is on pat-do

meteorologist sandhya patel looking ahead to the weekend. >> weekend always on our mind.et me show you the live doppler 7 hd and what's ahead for your friday. fog at the coast and typical pattern. looking at the national highs for friday. low 11s from dc to new york to boston and certainly the possibility of thunderstorms there. st. louis there and if you're traveling to seattle 86 degrees and cooking in phoenix. 106 degrees. statewide there will be some triple digits, from chico to sacramento, yosemite and look at fresno, 108 degrees and same thing for the desert and palm springs, 105 in las vegas. morning fog and mild to warm temperatures for san diego and los angeles. 67 up towards eureka, and here in the bay area 74 tomorrow afternoon and san francisco. 81 in oakland and 92 santa rosa and triple digits, 92 in san jose so warmer to hotter for your friday and if you're going to the a's game tomorrow evening at odot co-co coliseum. fireworks right after the game, and it's looking like spectacular weather for the fireworks. we do have some changes coming for the upcoming

right now we head outside and sandhya patel looks nice. >> strong wind gusts will create more unfavorableconditions. favorable here in the bay area. if you like clear skies here is the view. just a nice, sunny view. here are the temperatures. 73 in san francisco. beautiful view. kgo roof camera, breezes going. close to 100 degrees in fairfield and concord. so you're cooking out there. and air quality is suffering. spare the air alert is up. and in effect now cooler at the coast and around the bay. we're going to see clouds sunday. that will bring in a little bit of stickiness going into monday hot air mass, it's not going anywhere. this weekend heat hangs on inland you'll notice some subtle changes around the bay and more noticeable along the coastline. fog pulls away to a breezier day temperatures falling along the coastline up to a 10-degree drop. around the bay, cooler. mild tomorrow morning low to mid-60s here, temperatures 50s around the coast andÑi parts of the bay. afternoon heats up quickly. saturday includes 97 degree day in gilroy. 95 morgan hill. los gatos, 9487 degrees in redw

right now we head outside and sandhya patel looks nice. >> strong wind gusts will create more unfavorablenditions. favorable here in the bay area. if you like clear skies here is the view. just a nice, sunny view. here are the temperatures. 73 in san francisco. beautiful view. kgo roof camera, breezes going. close to 100 degrees in fairfield and concord. so you're cooking out there. and air quality is suffering. spare the air alert is up. and in effect now cooler at the coast and around the bay. we're going to see clouds sunday. that will bring in a little bit of stickiness going into monday hot air mass, it's not going anywhere. this weekend heat hangs on inland you'll notice some subtle changes around the bay and more noticeable along the coastline. fog pulls away to a breezier day temperatures falling along the coastline up to a 10-degree drop. around the bay, cooler. mild tomorrow morning low to mid-60s here, temperatures 50s around the coast andÑi parts of the bay. afternoon heats up quickly. saturday includes 97 degree day in gilroy. 95 morgan hill. los gatos, 9487 degrees in redwoo

. >> sandhya patel is here to talk about the rain in late july. >> it's just crazy weather.this morning, thunderstorms, rain, july typically is one of our driest months here. but in the summer, around this time of the year we get these subtropical moisture traps there is a disturbance that fired up thunderstorms. right now watching clouds that are just gathering. a lot of moisture around. i do want to show you this disturbance pulling up some of the moisture into the northern california area in nevada and thunderstorms have been developing there. that will be lifting northward out of the picture. we'll go with a stable air mass heading into wednesday. right now, winds are gusting on shore, 37 miles per hour in fairfield. so we're going to continue to see the drier, cooler air mass. exploratorium camera showing you clouds over the bay bridge there. 68 san francisco low 70s san carlos. 66 half moon bay. highs today into low 70s at the coast into mid-80s inland. here is our view. we're just low clouds lingering. seeing blue skies there. 70s now in santa rosa. fairfield, 76. i l

. >> sandhya patel is here to talk about the rain in late july. >> it's just crazy weather. this morning, thunderstorms, rain, july typically is one of our driest months here. but in the summer, around this time of the year we get these subtropical moisture traps there is a disturbance that fired up thunderstorms. right now watching clouds that are just gathering. a lot of moisture around. i do want to show you this disturbance pulling up some of the moisture into the northern california area in nevada and thunderstorms have been developing there. that will be lifting northward out of the picture. we'll go with a stable air mass heading into wednesday. right now, winds are gusting on shore, 37 miles per hour in fairfield. so we're going to continue to see the drier, cooler air mass. exploratorium camera showing you clouds over the bay bridge there. 68 san francisco low 70s san carlos. 66 half moon bay. highs today into low 70s at the coast into mid-80s inland. here is our view. we're just low clouds lingering. seeing blue skies there. 70s now in santa rosa. fairfield, 76. i

slightly warmer in livermore 67 they're patel be a warm spot this afternoon. 85 in sunnyvale will of the sun sun shines afternoon in temperatures continued cool was ahead to thursday in. river accident and health or >>: with check-in accident in the south bay of one 01 in the 280 unchanged. in the past four months the neighbors have cameras set all three cars stolen were older found and returned. made in the investigation. some high end retail stores will re-open today in san francisco's union square. after a water main the stores were flooded. and merchandise destroyed. shoppers stepped over hoses basements of the high-end stores on geary street. 2-feet of water flooded the even neiman marcus was impacted. lacoste remained closed monday because of the damage. leaving shoppers in a lurch. thursday because there is no power bvlgari..was also closed.. sacramento with her friends to buy her favorite perfume from watermain. and water poured out sot john riker / arthur beren on so every person is vital so needless to say it was tough su justine waldman crews cleani

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>> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel. today. are ahead. >>> live, from the kgo tv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. >>> hearing all the sirens coming. we turned around and looked at the blue car, chp ran in front of him. jumped out with his gun, smashed the window and started to drag the guy out. >> a wild and intense struggle at the end of a chp chase in oakland. an east bay man is in custody tonight. thank you for joining us, i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm dan ashley. this whole thing happened just this morning on interstate 880 near 23rd avenue, just south of downtown oakland. >>> officers began the chase after receiving reports of a reckless driver hitting several cars. >>> abc 7 news reporter nick smith is live in oakland with the story. >> reporter: dan, cheryl, good afternoon. new information we now know from chp that that suspect will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. 23 calls to 911, at least five cars were hit turning parts of 880 into a virtual bumper cars. our cameras were there. in video you will see only from

right now spencer christian is in for sandhya patel.a at your weekend holiday forecast. hi, spencer. >> hi, ama. as you know we have had fog around the bay and the city of san francisco. live doppler hd is showing lots of fog and a lot of of it moving into ma -- marin county and sonoma county. our warm up will continue and here is why. the big hot air mass we have been showing you continues to spread westward. as it does, we will heat up big time over the weekend with temperatures approaching the 100 degree mark before this hot spell is over. complete details in a few minutes. >> looking forward to that. thank you, spencer. new details on a home invasion and sexual assault in san jose. police arrested a second suspect in the attack that happened on tuesday. the boy arrested today is 16 years old. police arrested his 15-year-old accomplice on tuesday. detectives say either one or both of the boys sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman after breaking into her and her husband's house. police say the two then stole the couple's suv. one te

right now spencer christian is in for sandhya patel. here is a look a at your weekend holiday forecast. hi, spencer. >> hi, ama. as you know we have had fog around the bay and the city of san francisco. live doppler hd is showing lots of fog and a lot of of it moving into ma -- marin county and sonoma county. our warm up will continue and here is why. the big hot air mass we have been showing you continues to spread westward. as it does, we will heat up big time over the weekend with temperatures approaching the 100 degree mark before this hot spell is over. complete details in a few minutes. >> looking forward to that. thank you, spencer. new details on a home invasion and sexual assault in san jose. police arrested a second suspect in the attack that happened on tuesday. the boy arrested today is 16 years old. police arrested his 15-year-old accomplice on tuesday. detectives say either one or both of the boys sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman after breaking into her and her husband's house. police say the two then stole the coup

sandhya patel is tracking the wind. >> it's definitely not helping the fire. let me show you current conditions. right now it's pretty warm. the high has been 94. relative humidity is 26%. it is gradually coming up. the wind southwesterly to 6. gusting to 13 miles an hour. it has been stronger, up to 17 miles an hour at 2:00 p.m. and the winds will continue. the smoke plume detected by live doppler 7 hd. you can see how dramatic the shot is. of course, people reporting the smoke from around the area. you can see the wind in the vicinity gusting to 28 miles an hour. the napa county airport, 29 in fairfield. we expect the winds to remain up through the evening hours, which will not help the firefighters, but hopefully the humidity will increase as marine air starts to move in later on tonight. >> dan, they need all the breaks they can get. let's go back to sky 7 hd. look at the picture. it looks horrible. live picture now from a big fire in the pope valley area. we know it's grown to 800 acres. it started at 12:00 this afternoon. it is advancing towards nearly 2

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. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. mild and moist. i will let you know when the mugginess will disappear. >> here is a quick preview of what we have tonight. >> three prime time shows, the bob new hart show, new hart and bob. you are an?? >>> this was shear terror at 30,000 feet. we are hearing from passengers on board a south african airways flight that was slammed by severe turbulence. at least 20 people were injured and tonight so many are asking, what about the seatbelts on this plane? abc news reporter matt gutman has the story. >> turbulence, the kind that can rock a plane like this rocked last night's flight so violently that these are images of the overhead compartments, cracked by passengers catapulted into the air. look closely at this hole. punched in by a passenger's head. in all, 20 injured as the south africa airways flight crossed the equator from johannesburg in route to hong kong. some passengers evacuated in cervical collars. >> hit their head on top of the roof. >> turbulence can form in even the calmest condition

joining us in that conversation are erik baxter, kavita patel. and ira lupo, . erik baxter, let me start with you. you went to court. you argued the case, and did you get everything that you were looking for. >> what a great decision. what a great day for the hawn family. you don't give up when you're trying to provide for your family. that's the the significant decision by the supreme court. >> they accepted the arguments that we argued. they acknowledge when you force someone who is running their business, threating them with millions a day in fines that is a substantial burden. that's what we argued. and if there was a need to provide these drugs to women for free they could do it directly noting the most straightforward way for the government to meet it's compelling interest is to deliver the drugs directly. >> ira, does this extend the notion of person hood in r ifra. to individuals? >> i think it takes us some place new neither the first amendment's had not been interpreted this way. this was an open question, and so the court decided that open question in

right now spencer christian is in for sandhya patel. here is a look a at your weekend holiday forecast. hi, spencer. >> hi, ama. as you know we have had fog around the bay and the city of san francisco. live doppler hd is showing lots of fog and a lot of of it moving into ma -- marin county and sonoma county. our warm up will continue and here is why. the big hot air mass we have been showing you continues to spread westward. as it does, we will heat up big time over the weekend with temperatures approaching the 100 degree mark before this hot spell is over. complete details in a few minutes. >> looking forward to that. thank you, spencer. new details on a home invasion and sexual assault in san jose. police arrested a second suspect in the attack that happened on tuesday. the boy arrested today is 16 years old. police arrested his 15-year-old accomplice on tuesday. detectives say either one or both of the boys sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman after breaking into her and her husband's house. police say the two then stole the coup

. >> let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel. nice to see the rain. >> it was definitely nice to see it, dan and cheryl, especially in the middle of a detroit. right now skies are half and half. clouds and sun. i do want to talk about the rain that fell and how much we got. a few clouds right now but a very quiet picture. most of that rain arrived as you were sleeping. thunderstorms developed along the coast and then moved towards marin. look at the lightning bolts. during the commute. still thunderstorms and we did measure rainfall. .2 in half-moon bay. livermoor 0.1 inch. we are going to see a big switchup in our pattern. i'll be back with those details in just a few minutes. dan? >> okay, we'll see you soon. in november, san francisco will vote on a measure to tax sugary drinks. that's after the board of supervisors decided to place it on the ballot. the hope is to make people, especially teenagers think twice about what they drink. leann is live at city hall today. the beverage association is certainly going to put up a fight

sandy patel is not in red. >> and neither of us are wearing red. >> i noticed. >> outside here, brighterclouds around this morning along with the measurable drizzle along the coast, all kind of fading away. believe it or not the marine layer deepened. now breaking apart. so definitely a brighter afternoon and evening. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. we'll talk about your weekend including warmer weather. most of the bay area enjoying sunshine. there is some low clouds hanging onto parts of the coastline, san mateo county. most of you enjoying the sunshine, the area of low pressure pulling up the monsoon moisture in the sierra nevada? we're seeing the thunderstorms develop in northern california, watching the development there, dry fuels combined with the potential for lightning means the fire danger is higher at st. shasta. the red flag warning remains in effect until 6:00 p.m. tonight. it is windy out here, no doubt about it. breezy size, around sfo. 26 in livermore. 32 at fairfield. beautiful view from the san jose camera where the sun is shining, the high temperature today, 76 degr

sandhya patel. >> it is nice. but we have a bit of a breeze. >> yes, the breeze is finally coming in. i have had i think five bottles of water. stay hydrates, of course. along here, a lot of excited giants fans walking here. people out in shorts, short sleeves, enjoying the warm weather. it has been hot inland. richmond tied the record today officially coming in at 87 degrees. let's check the live doppler 7 hd and talk about other records that we mentioned earlier in the broadcast. the field went up a bit so 95. a new record for today. san francisco, 85, also a new record today. clear skies on live doppler 7 hd. golden gate bridge basking in the sun. 74 in san francisco. 82 in oakland. 92 in san jose. 66 comfortable in half-moon bay. sunshining, 94 degrees. we got up to 102 in livermore and fairfield, officially. 100 degrees in concord. here are the hot spots now. 96 santa rosa. triple digits in fair field, con ford and livermore. at least you have the ac out there. looking out toward the bay there, a gorgeous vie

woods for the comprehensive staff report and i'd like to thank the members of the project team, d pack patel and his staff member bruce berge and architects from sternburg david ball and david sternburg who you have just seen in the case before. the building in question as was said, it was originally at 1954 building called the c captain motel and it was notorious for its illegal activities. d-pack's family took it over and changed it to what you see here today. the building was built in the 50s when the use of cars exploded and the interstate transportation system was being complete and for that reason, you see a lot of motels up and down lumbar street. however, with the decline of the motels, both physically and in other ways, what we haven't seen is the expected change of changing motels into hotels. several attempts were made in the past 3 years to do that. i worked on one. in both of them, the hotels were approved. in 1 case, unanimously by your commission but cut down by the board of supervisors to such an extent they were not economic feasible and they didn't get built and that of cou