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. >>> crews starting to grip on a major fire in sierra foot hills.ced to take refuge inside a pg&e firehouse. >>> foggy and cool the last couple days. that will completely change when we dive into the week's forecast. >>> oil prices have dropped to their lowest level in months. when will that trickle down to drivers? we ask the experts. >>> thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. let's look at this morning's top stories. authorities say the suspect who killed seven people in highland park, illinois, drove to madison, wisconsin after the shooting and thought about firing on an event there. robert crimo iii made his first appearance in court facing seven murder charges and a potential life sentence. police say he confessed to opening fire at the independence day parade in illinois. they also say after the shooting crimo fled to wisconsin and contemplated using a second firearm. le had to commit another shooting but decided against it. the judge ordered crimo to be held without bail. >>> a tragic

i know the sierra foothills, lots of hills and canyons, rivers and lakes and reservoirs and popular spotf year for people to go out there go camping and fishing in all of that. is that causing problem for firefighters to get in and out access >> just talk about the congestion and people trying to get around up there. >> well, we were driving around earlier. we did see a lot sheriff's deputies telling people to evacuate from their neighborhoods. we did speak with a public information officer for one of the fire departments out here. and he was also having a hard time accessing some of the flames and trying to get a good vantage point. so, yeah, it has been pretty difficult, even difficult for our crew to to drive around a lot of these roads are one lane roads and dirt road. so, yeah, it has been a difficult firefight. jeannie nguyen reporting live for amador county. thank you tonight for that update. >> meantime, here at home in the east bay contra costa county firefighters say that illegal fireworks led to the burning and destruction of a home in pittsburgh. >> last night crews responded

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one thing that has not been mentioned he was responsible for having a monument the sierra foot hills for railroad workers. he has not been shy about carving new territory. works with different areas of interest with different parties and built consensus work nothing a different jurisdiction he got through their law and work with the local community in getting that monum built. in terms of funds raising and working with the art's community. and so i hope that you will give a positive strong positive recommendation for him and this he will be able to continue to serve the city in the great capacity with the port commission. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. hello chairman peskin. supervisor mandelman and chan. i'm steve. transparency i'm the vice president of san francisco fire commission but i'm making these comments as a public citizen and residents of the city of san francisco. i'm here this morning to endorse to support mr. steven lee. to the addition of the port commission. i've known him for 45 years in terms of a capacity he mentioned he was a student a

w. respond stefan z months is in the sierra nevada mountains where firefighters are still harder, work. driving through the hills and into the mountains surrounding small town. mariposa on the southwest corner of yosemite park feels almost like entering a different world to fire fighters. we accompany liking it often to wear lunar landscape. some fire crews are swarming the chart grounds. the oak fire left behind their mopping up as they say, reoccurring hotspots, attending, smouldering tree trunks. others are assigned to check on, establish so called lines or to expend them. jo amador a fire captain from san diego and the press inflammation officer assigned to us explains what they're trying to do. they're trying to build a parameter around this burn here to keep it from spreading. and that's what this protection line is doing. so they leave that here, they leave that here in case this come the fire, another fire exact come in, they come in there, connect, they go up there and they can find and i all ready, ready to go is we're making our way deeper into the mountains and to what's the front line, where the oak

one thing that has not been mentioned he was responsible for having a monument the sierra foot hills for railroad workers. he has not been shy about carving new territory. works with different areas of interest with different parties and built consensus work nothing a different jurisdiction he got through their law and work with the local community in getting that monum built. in terms of funds raising and working with the art's community. and so i hope that you will give a positive strong positive recommendation for him and this he will be able to continue to serve the city in the great capacity with the port commission. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. hello chairman peskin. supervisor mandelman and chan. i'm steve. transparency i'm the vice president of san francisco fire commission but i'm making these comments as a public citizen and residents of the city of san francisco. i'm here this morning to endorse to support mr. steven lee. to the addition of the port commission. i've known him for 45 years in terms of a capacity he mentioned he was a student a

sierra river lou . the book about watching onto there was a hill run. the reminder of our top stories, 7 straight isn't relying carol refusing to end protests against the government and over countries talk to need to step down thousands of gathered at the offices of prime minister and deal with them. a single ease he has taken was acting president after they got the by the japan fled the country joe, by dr. israel on his 1st visit, the middle east, the us president, i promise to advance. israel regional integration will also meet palestinian leaders in the occupied west bank. and the united nation says progress has been made on a deal to secure the export of ukrainian reign. it could go a long way to addressing the global food crisis. the agreement was made during talks, missed on bull, and evolve, only a coordination center to ensure the safety of supply room a video from inside the texas school, where a mass shooting took place in may, has been released. it appears to show a slow police response and a sponsor anger amongst the victims families. now su

hills. there's your smoke sitting up in the sierra nevada. still a big impact from that smoke, especially around amir, oppose the and then up in the 70 national park. you're looking at deeper areas of smoke up in lake and mendocino counties, but also some haze right above the east bay, too. so, yes, if you have respiratory sensitivities, this is something you're likely going to want to avoid more and more today, high pressure ridge continues to be built up across the west coast and for our neighbors up north. this is resulting in continued a record shattering temperatures. areas like reading in medford, oregon, on up above 110 degrees both today and tomorrow. getting close to that. a little further northward in pendleton in kennewick areas. we've been talking about being so hot as well. make serious like death valley in reno that are also in the triple digits. but not that hot seem comparatively cool and certainly makes our 80's in very low 90's that are very warmest. not all that bad either. in comparison. sunshine later on today. unless you

can see it's more over areas of the central valley and over towards the sierra, but for us looks to approach the south bay morgan hill eight o'clock or so, and that's really about it. there's a look at tomorrow morning. mostly cloudy skies, maybe a little bit of patchy drizzle partly cloudy inside the bay temperature wise will start 54 degrees in san francisco. 54 in the north bay of napa. it will be a mile start for you and toxics t five expected with the sunrise at 602, where we should be and where we will be for tuesday around the bay very much where we should be our inland cities a little above average 88 expected for santa rosa 95 in livermore and a better look at some of these afternoon highs upper seventies for san mateo will go 84 in napa, and the extended forecasts their temperatures will be very much the same, moving forward. just subtle changes tuesday. a wednesday thursday tag but of cooling into the weekend. we're still going to be in the upper eighties for inland cities seventies around the base slightly cooler on sunday. back to you looks good, rosemary. celebrity couple. jennifer lopez and ben affleck

sierra nevada still sitting aloft across the bay. so most of us aren't really detecting it just yet east bay hills, where you're seeing the most of itonce you're heading into those higher elevations, got this low pressure area to the west of us. that high pressure ridge to the east. and as we're right in the middle, that's the interaction there that's causing thunderstorms this morning for parts of the central valley and parts of the eastern very eastern portions of the bay area. temperatures still remain really hot, crippling hot for much of the midsection of the country and then especially so for the pacific northwest kennewick washington there in central portions of washington, up to 107 both today and tomorrow pendleton, oregon, medford, oregon, also at one, 0, 5, or above reading right here in california. also tapping into some of those above triple digit temperatures. so we are definitely looking at a hot forecast for some of our neighbors, especially to the north here in the bay area, though we're hardly going to leave the 80's today. only one, 90 on the map. most of us in the upper 80's inland. 60's and 70's sticking around

sierra the next 48 hours. >> thank you very much mike. on capitol hill today lawmakers question gun manufacturers about how they market their weapons in the wake of nonviolence epidemic in -- in america. >> how many more american children need to die before your company will stop selling assault weapons to civilians? >> what are you going to do? to make sure that your products do not get into the hands of -- and have a mass shooter ever again. >> these acts are committed by murderers. and murderers are responsible. >> democrats on the committee shared bearer work which found that major assault weapon makers have made over $1 billion in revenue over the past 10 years. >> a show of support safety and community today on the strength of east oakland. the off this is district seven councilmember -- hosted its first community safety task force day of action. >> i want to welcome today locks we believe with this collective support -- this ongoing support that we are launching today that we will see this corridor transform. as we see this corridor transformed. w

hills camera. good air quality expected at the surface. we are still expecting impacts. they are quality advisory on through today. you see the sierra thunderstorms. some showers. but some cloud cover spilling over into our area, which is why you may have seen tropical clouds. taking a look at temperatures, 50's to the 90's well inland. tomorrow morning, nice cooling. some drizzle. cloudy start, 50's, 60's. tomorrow afternoon, clouds lingering your coast. 60's to 90's. accuweather 7 day forecast. sunshine and breezy tomorrow. slightly higher temperatures. we are monitoring the monsoon moisture, we could have a possibility of thunderstorm or showers. stay tuned. >> the san jose sharks patrick marleau will be the first player to be retired in franchise history. he will retire his number 12 jersey in 2023. he was drafted by the sharks in 1997 at 17 years of age, making him the youngest player to debut in the nhl since 1945. he has played the most games in nhl history and holds a number of franchise records, including 552 goals and 100,111 points. i can't think of anyone better to retire a jersey. >> what an honor. >> world news is next

we're talking about loomis and cattleman city button willow lost hills all up to about 110 degree. res. could be 104, the lower sierraonight, double night. let's talk about a cool down into the fifties and sixties. tomorrow's daytime highs up to about 96 degrees and then notice gradual cooling. each day. julie mike. alright roberta. thank you coming up in sports. the giants like to head into the all star break with a three game winning streak. joe fonzi is here with the highlights and the rest of sports and then on the 11 o'clock news, santa clara locals show us the best places to eat in their city. ♪ at usaa we've been called too exclusive because we only serve those who've honorably served. all ranks. all branches. and their eligible family members. yep, that is exclusive. and we're fine with that. my tribe has lived on this land for 12,000 years. we call it oleyumi. you call it california. our land, our culture, our people once expansive, now whittled down to a small community. only one proposition supports california tribes like ours. while providing hundreds of millions in yearly funding to finally address homel

hill, gilroy in santa cruz. here is the smart forecast. if you're heading up to the sierra, especially south of tahoe towards the tioga pass, that is where the thick of the smoke will be. it will settle into the valley each night, same thing down south and as you head into the afternoon, it is going to blow off to the south east, down the salinas valley. but up in high country it is going to blow off to the northwest and fill in parts of tahoe, carson city, and the tioga pass. right now, no watches or warnings for that smoke. most of it will be elevated and will roam over top of you, if you're heading up to the high country. >> thank you. bart is teaming up with the scooter program to make it easier to get around berkeley. officials say it will be a new link electric scooter outside some of its stations. riders can use it to plan their trips out of berkeley, using the trip planner on the website or app. covid concerns. cases climb. the danger with these new variants. cooling down the red-hot housing market, not so hot anymore, especially parts in the bay area and starting o

sierra nevada. this is a visible satellite picture. we're seeing some of that his from our east bay hills camera, which is why an air quality warning is in effect through wednesday. overall good to moderate air quality the next three days but if you are sensitive to smoke, watch out, stay ideas. -- inside. good air quality locally. owes night -- yosemite is have been unhealthy. even some sense active, poor for sense active groups. the highest concentration of the smoke will remain over thecier i-nevada but aloft in the upper parts of the at fierce we will smell smoke into the higher elevations but if you live in the hills or going for a walk, stay indoors, keep your doors and windows closed and put your a.c. on recirculate. >> abc 7 news found for this crew, this fight is personal. >> the weather conditions, hot and dry. the ground ablaze. that's the few of -- view of the oak fire for the captain and his strike team. >> anytime you see a column has an ice-cappage formed on top of the smoke column, it means we have a significant fire. >> he's the strike leader of the 25 men and five engine

chance of a stray shower maybe around the north bay hill early on tuesday morning and i do thk we will see a better chance of showers out to the sierra. we will see if that has positive impacts around the air fire burning. for now hot and dry out to the sierra. next weekend 70s. hottest temperatures in the seven-day forecast could be approaching next weekend. >> i see that. thanks so much. >>> we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." the giants are feeling blue. yes, i said it. another loss to the dodgers. how l.a. stopped the late gamcomeback. e here's why tribal leaders urge you to vote yes on prop 27. the act provides hundreds of millions every year for permanent solutions to homelessness, mental health and addiction in california. prop 27 suorts financially disadvantaged tribes that don't own big casinos. by taxing and regulating online sports betting for adults1 and over, we can protect tribal sovereignty and finally do something about homelessness in california. vote yes on prop 27. >>> who says dodger and giants fans can't get along. l.a. up 4-0 with two outs. the orange and black with a comeback. rbi single to left. nex

hills you may smell it. obviously want to avoid exposure if you're sensitive to it. fog along the coastline on live doppler seven. and once again, monsoon moisture bringing the sierraunderstorms right now. live look from our golden state bridge camera, 62 in the city, 68 in oakland, 76 san jose, 59 in half moon bay and a drizzly start for parts. bay area this morning. but that marine layer is beginning to compress. as seen from our emeryville camera. 77 in santa rosa, 66 in petaluma, upper 80's around concord, livermore, most inland spots were in the 80's as opposed to the 90's unless you're out tele2 brentwood -- out toward brentwood. haze-year skies lingering tomorrow. fog, clouds and patchy morning drizzle again and we're looking at a seasonal pattern into next week. so the thunderstorms wiln east ofl rai us.em but some of that monsoon flow in the form of mid and high level clouds across our region a little bit of spotty drizzle not out of the question tomorrow. and then you will notice those thunderstorms once again firing up in the afternoon and evening. morning temperatures in the 50's, 60's, starting off with the fog, the krysal, tomorrow afternoon, it's goi

today in the east bay hills as well as up across the north bay where we have been able to a tap into some of that. unfortunately, that smoke from the oak fire burning up in the sierra nevada. what we do have this morning is a cool morning in a pretty misty morning to you will be turning the windshield wipers on a time or 2. visibility is being affected out towards the coast and right along the bay. so be mindful of those lower visibility spots were in the 50's for almost all the bay area right now. my jacket kind of stuff as we get this morning started later today. it's right back to the 80's for inland areas. 70's along the bay 60's at the coast. really not a lot of change from where we have been so far this week. more in your forecast is still ahead back to rain on the eve of that. all right, the row snow delays. 10 minute ride based that pretty much tx across the bay bridge. >> san mateo bridge about 13 minutes. a 80 to one. 0 one. let's go and check on the richmond. sandra fell commute about a 9 minute ride. lot of richmond heading across or sandra fell and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 20 minutes for you on this thursday morning. over on the pe

hill, san francisco 0.1. the monsoon moisture continues to ride up and over the sierras now moved northward. and also points up near the northern sacramento valley sixties seventies eighties nineties, mainly eighties, though inland, but coast and bay are dealing with a lot of low clouds and fog travis 31 mile per hour gusts they were up to 37 mph 57, walnut creek, 57. oakland san francisco, berkeley, so the lows have come up because the water temps came up makes a huge difference on the coast and around the bay and in san francisco, tropical clouds over the mountains us. not really much changing at all that high is giving the pacific northwest record heat couple lows are keeping us on the cool side, not only tropical moisture but also maybe some rain as we go into early august up north, it will continue to be a lot of drizzle here on the coast as we end july and go into august, especially san francisco 60 seventies eighties on the temps here, little change, maybe some tropical clouds on the weekend, you guys alrighty. thank you. time is 5 51 cheese not ready to retire yet. we're about to int

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sierra for the weekend. if you're staying home today, temperature wise, 60 pacifica 82 in santa rosa and in morgan hill 83.in gilroy, also in fairfield. and when you look at that temperature 78 degrees in livermore, also unpleasant in dublin and san ramon. encompassing the tri valley that temperatures at least 10 and 11 degrees below average 69 degrees in oakland is spot on for this time of year and mid seventies at the peninsula drop into the mid fifties tonight with the overcast skies that blanket of cloudiness pushing back on shore again, but the clouds do retreat to the coast and thin out each and every day a hint of some sunshine today. earlier clearing on friday and check out that big bump in the temperature by sunday, meanwhile, have a terrific day, everyone, pam thank you, roberta, a world leader is stepping down up next , the political pressure from inside his own government that may have forced uk prime minister boris johnson to step down. monkeypox cases are on the rise in san francisco. now one health advocacy group wants the city to better prepare for more infections. and more signs that bay a

sierra and gives us some partly cloudy skies. drizzle is the big story or the drizzle fester. san bruno mountain point oh, four bodega bay point. oh, three point race point. oh, one, oakland, berkeley hills. 10.1. san francisco also the point on one travis coming down a little bit. they were 36 mph earlier 25 20 little bit of an onshore breeze. for most, though, so another pattern where it just isn't changing. morning fog. drizzle breezy, blustery, mostly sunny, few high clouds, especially south and also east. little changed up still fifties on most attempts couple of sixties in there, but let's show up in lower lake that it's pretty hot brentwood, the only 63 follow up to 60 san jose 60. except for the fog and low clouds that highest parked over the northern sacramento valley and also towards oregon, where it's hot portland's york 100 today reading will be about 1 12 1 13 . but these loans keep marching in. not only that it looks like an increase in the tropical moisture starting probably sunday monday in the tuesday and that might impact our weather with a lot more cloud cover for sure up in tahoe. is the way it's looking to and truck. they're starting to see a lot more cloud cover, bu

sierras dealing with some activity and maybe even northern california. san bruno mountain point. oh, four bodega bay point , oh, three point. reyes 3.0.1 in the oakland berkeley hills southwest 20 for gus 29 been up to 36 at travis napa oakland as an onshore breeze from sfor deliver more more of a more of a zephyr but still a little bit of a breeze. onshore morning fog. drizzle breezy, blustery, mostly sunny. very little change here fifties on the temps 16 san jose 62, brentwood, lower legs hot, but like county again, they'll be in the nineties dinner. 100 just can't change that. but for anybody else closer to the coast in bay, very little change at all the highest giving northern sacramento valley especially up towards shasta dam, writing really hot temps around 1 10 1 12 up to portland 100 degrees. but we keep these laws going in a robust onshore breeze as well . some tropical clouds continue to kind of flirt with us. the monsoon or the tropical clouds look to be on the increase, but not until late sunday into monday, but take a look at eureka that is not tropical. that is from the north. that's from below that's going to come in early august, and we'll see more

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