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thank you for waking up with us. tran30 for let's let's quick look at the weather and how hot it's going to be where you live today. lisa, good morning. we were talking about these microclimates. some places hot and some not so much. >> that's right. the cooling influence of the sea breeze yesterday played a role for those on the peninsula that didn't get too hot. the inland valleys were well over 100 degrees. we have falcon low clouds and mist and drizzle and the national weather service keeping up with the heat warning. temperatures around danville, dublin, concord, over 100 degrees once again up into clear lake this is extended until monday. petaluma, napa, san rafael, some 80s today and maybe some 90s. the south roy south bay, we will have widespread 90s. we are looking at temperatures in the 60s and 70s around the bay by 9:00. hot air mass is to the east of us and present allowing for 80s and 90s. by the middle of the afternoon. we will see triple digits inland again. we will have the cooling influence in haywar

us illegal fireworks. e to fire in concorde it has gotten so bad that they're relying on technology. between july 1 and july 7, police received nearly 800 calls. >>> we can check out the quality and win anytime on your tv. the real-time weather tracker that you see the current conditions across the bay area. there live right now on the connected tv app. just search >>> crews working to put out a fire in the restaurant in the east bay. the video shows the flames which broke out just before 3:00. contra costa county fire say that they're going through the hoops. it is not clear what could have started the fire. >>> some google employees heading back to the office for the first time in months. they open the california offices on a voluntary basis. we are joined live at google headquarters in mountain view with more on the return to the office. >> reporter: good morning. it is a big day in mountain view for this large tech company, google, maybe you have heard of it. it has some controversy. some employees fil

>> or you can pay us! >> san jose, it is pretty cloudy this morning, let's talk about what to expect. weather conditions in a holding pattern, through at least saturday and that means it is going to be cool and comfy for all outdoor activities, so get out there and enjoy this extended break, from any summer heat and especially any summer extreme heat. look in the south bay, 80. morgan hill, 82. those are the ones thoughts -- those are the warm spots. for the peninsula, we have a range from 64 in san bernardino. menlo park will be right between that at about 70. temperatures in the upper 50s with stubborn clouds along the coast, only low to mid 60s for downtown, south san francisco. let's go across the golden gate. 60 in sausalito. mid to upper 50s for the north bay coast, at least it won't be as breezy as it has been the last couple of days. you head into vallejo, 70 today with the breeze coming off san pablo bay, 77 in sonoma, cloverdale knowles word, 90, 99 in lakeport. 64 in richmond, 65 in berkeley, 67

>>> >>> it is 5:23 joining us. volunteers are asking for competent hikers to look for 37- year-old phil kreycik . officials say that phil kreycik it is either nonresponsive or not in the area they are searching. >>> today marks seven weeks since the shooting at the light rail in san jose. officials say light rail service may not restart until the fall. last week the agencies said it would resume by the end of this month. >>> wildfires across the state right now that have scored 55,000 acres. the biggest is the backward complex fire near isd 93,000 acres. >>> expanded the drought emergency to include 15 counties, including most of the bay area. everyone is asked to reduce water use by 50%. >>> the temperature will jump 2- 7 degrees and we are still not quite as warm as we should be this time of year. >>> wind advisories this morning . one for the san mateo bridge and the other for the venetian bridge in altamonte pass. >>> and with close-up encounters with animals, some will resume today and others will be delayed.

he is waiting for us. probably may be injured or dehydrated. >> we want to make sure that everybody who has property that is even remotely close to the park boundaries, please search your outbuildings and your barns and your ditches and backyards. wherever you might think a person who was not in his right mind might try to hide. >> authorities say they have thoroughly searched the area several times with hundreds of people and used drones and search dogs. helicopters. they have detectives working this case behind the scenes. they are trying to piece together the timeline of that morning and asking anyone who saw him to give them a call. they do not have a single witness who saw him. they said they want to get the search one more try and will meet at 9:00 this morning to go to the area one more time. amy hollyfield. >>> britney spears fans are celebrating after the popstar's victory in court. a judge allowed britney spears to hire her own attorney. we have more. >> at a court hearing, a judge granted her re

the fog will be with us going into the coast. were bringing the fire danger index it to the second half of the weekend. fire danger will be elevated across the east bay. the upper elevations to the north and east bay hills. moisture and dry lightning could come our way. it is partly cloudy at 9:00 with numbers in the 60s. 60s and upper 70s for the afternoon around noon time. pleasant mid-70s along the peninsula. low 70s in oakland. soquel at the close. breeze through the afternoon. we will talk about that to fire danger threat throughout sunday and monday, in a few minutes. >>> because of the dry lightning threat, cal fire says that it will be increasing staffing this weekend. the fire weather watch goes in effect tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. until monday till 11:00 a.m. the national weather service says that given how dry the fuel is, and he lightning strikes would be problematic for the potential to start wild fires. >>> a wildfire is sending up plumes of smoke visible from lake tahoe right there. it is forcing evacuations. the tamara

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if you are joining us, it is tapering. it was canceled earlier this morning as the threat of thunderstorms being dry has tapered. we have a little bit of the threat of a thunderstorm. we will keep that in the accuweather highlights. the storms will be water, which means that the fire threat has tapered on stchan of thrswi bein th sier. i will say etty active t there, especially to the east and to the south. that is pretty much where it is going to stay as we look at the future it gets active over the sierra later on this afternoon and into the evening hours. that will shift more into the evening hours. we will see increasing sunshine and the high clouds moving away. low clouds stubborn along the coast and during the evening hours, that will come back as the marine layer takes more control over the forecast. that will lower the temperatures just a little bit as we go throughout the traditional work week. 80 to 80 for the south bay. near 90 dear morgan hill. 74 to 80 on the peninsula today. we can see the low to mid 60s alon

look at this, and you're getting a lot of animals today from us. we have new video of a mountain lion spotted in petaluma. this is in the backyard of this man. this is jo jo jo jo jo jo security camera footage. he said he spotted the mountain lion at his home on wednesday. he said he jumped the fence into the backyard and strolled around a little bit. eventually it left. local authorities were searching for the mountain lion. the police alert from wednesday said that it was last spotted in the hills beyond hayes lane. >> the animals, do you know what they are saying? we liked it better when you were in the pandemic and we had free reign. >> okay, dr. dolittle >> thank you for that. >> at least deer wise there coming out of the hills a few months earlier looking for food and water. almost hit one thth it's something i'm usually more cognitive of in august and september. i was driving down a two lane road getting to the highway that was tree-lined, and it just came out of the trees and started jogging up next to me. i like hi, good morning. thankfull

here in the studio with us as well. and, robin, i remember when we were growing up everything stopped when these rockets first went into space. the moon landing 50 years ago, t.j., you weren't even born. >> i wasn't but i was the shuttle kid, right? our era was the shouldles. i remember atlantis, discovery, "challenger." i can still remember the teachers wheeling that television into the room on that cart guiding us to watch it. i've been getting messages talking about how much energy and alive we seem this morning working, it's because it gets you excited. no matter what it taps into this childlike sense of wonder and hope and exploration when talking about space travel. >> another barrier being broken. a lot of experts to break it down. former astronaut cady coleman. dr. akeem olushay and another woman who travelled to space as a civilian. >> let's begin with you, cady. thank you for -- i can only imagine. i can only imagine how you must be feeling right now, cady, you've been on two space shuttle missions, spent six

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they haven't told us why. traffic is moving. >>> first lady jill biden now in tokyo for the olympic games. she is leading the u.s. delegation. she met with japan's prime minister and his wife. >> don't say shark attack. >>> ngma first look. scientists are using >> : e onal language with encou. should shark bites be cold attacks or just encounters? as caught on camera incidents rise and beachgoers witness scenes like these at survivors getting rest to the hospital. wildlife experts are rebranding apex predator, calling them bites, negative encounters or incidents instead of attacks. warning sensational language can be harmful to a species that is dwindling. >> when we paint any wildlife as interested in harming humans, we are reducing opportunity to see them protected and increasing the likelihood that people see them as villains or antagonists. >> some survivors are fighting back. we have the lessons shark bite victims said they have learned and their warnings. i am will brief, abc news. >>> coming up, travel

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they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. . >>> lisa, the weather should be pretty nice, hot, maybe. >> in the 80s. it is always really warm up there and a feel for summer, for sure. right now, mt. tam, a beautiful view and mid-70s at 2,300 feet, relative humidity as low as 18% at this early hour. we are talking low clouds at the coast, increasing relative humidity for the second half of the weekend and your weekend weather, next. >> thank you, lisa. >>> and also, next, chaos in mccovey cove after a splash hit by steven . >>> all right, let's talk sports now. san francisco takes on the pirates at oracle park. first pitch is 8:05 and the mariners are at t-mobile park at first pitch is 7:10. here is abc7 news sport's anchor cristela alonzo with the highlights. >> reporter: good morning, a pandemic shortened season now one year later the giants have 61 wins game against pittsburgh. john

thank you for joining us on july 25. your watching abc7 live on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. i'm liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >>> the marine layer, a little more extensive, not only is the fall get the coast but we have mist and drizzle pushing locally across the bay. with a stronger push of the low cloud deck, it's not going to be as warm and land because it was baking in spots yesterday. here is a look at the cloud cover where we have goodwe have quality to moderate from the coast and central bay into the santa clara valley. with a good on shore push, we are looking at good air quality through the next few days. 60, mountain view. 84, novato. we will call a partly cloudy today is high and mid-level clouds increase through the afternoon. it will be breezy 60s to mid- 70s through noon time. gray at the coast. partly cloudy skies and a chance for thunderstorms. >>> an oakland grocery store is cleaning up after a car slammed through its storefront. it h

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tonight it backs its way towards us. we could have this again in the middle and upper parts of the atmosphere when we wake up tomorrow. there is no spare here but i wanted you to know in case you see that, that it is going to be in an area we can't reach. this is to 80 and 17. low clouds here. avoid the pavement out exercising with your pets. their paws don't have shoes like we have to protect us. hot cars will be an issue later today. this is the day planner today. you can see 50s and 60s this morning and the high clouds surging in. 80s inland. this is the hottest, 60s and 70s, with 80s around the base and 80s and 90s inland by 4:00. let's look at other high temperatures today. this is sponsored by disney's jungle crews in theaters friday. you can order on disney+. things may be different, but at denny's, one thing will always remain the same... our dedication to safely serving guests the food they love. and hey... if you love to feed people too, we want you to join our family. apply at dennys.com today. [hippo groans m

most of the near surface smoke is nowhere near us. let's look at the upper atmosphere where you can see it in the central valley. a lot of the east bay neighborhoods and north bay neighborhoods tomorrow morning. that shifts then to the east. the forecast is for good to moderate air-quality for us. if you are going to be outside, may i suggest swimming. a good way to stay cool and get exercise. out and about? cars will be hard. if you have yardwork, put it off until it gets cooler. low to mid 60s through the inland and east bay neighborhoods. antioch 72. throughout today, we will have low clouds pulled back to the coast. high clouds will be a mainstay but will allow sunshine. 63 at the coast, 73 in the bay. 64 at the coast at noon. 95 inland at 4:00. the heat wave is almost over. i will show you the weekend forecast and give you the comfortable details coming up. >>> here is jobina with the commute. >> a nice start to the commute. no blocking issues to report. things are picking up in emeryville. those headlights are traveling westboun

they showed us how using any type of firework can lead to a full blown emergency with dry conditions in many parts of the bay area a spot fire can become a major wildfire in just a matter of seconds. >> approximately a minute the fire can get out of control to where it's probably leaving your yard, getting in to a neighbor's yard, into open space and putting other structures and people in danger. >> the county has established a fireworks hotline. (833)885-2021. it's at the bottom of the screen and on the website. you can call that number to report seeing illegal fireworks going off or in you know someone who is selling them. >>> the professionals putting on fireworks around the bay area are glad to be back on the job after a year of being sidelined because of coronavirus. they are eager to get on with the show. >>> pat here or pyro pat as colleagues call him said he has the best job on earth. is he happy to be back in action in the field putting on fireworks across the country. he put on last night's fireworks at the oakland coliseum and he is happy for the work after such a tough ye

they need us to show us. our parents need us to come together and say here i am. >> the jewish community hopes it will create solidarity. idar >> poet janet miraconaney has died. she was married to cecil williams. she was the city's poet laurie yacht from 2000 to 2002. she was 80 years old. >>> uber is the latest tech company to requires it employees to be vaccinated before returning back to the office. the company told employees it may even be pushed back again depending on the pandemic. lyft is returning its return february >>> as people are returning from home, they're changing their wardrobes. >> reporter: return keep changing. apparel sales dropped, so wardrobes need refreshing. >> right now the consumer wants to feel comfortable because they isn't a year and half in front of zoom. as they go into the workplace they want to be comfortable but casual cool. >> reporter: the app allows the fashion industry to gauge what they will sell. one thing is clear. during the era of zoom workers put on a few pounds,

they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. >>> welcome back, surging cases, new masking recommendations and vaccine mandates, we know these changes can feel overwhelming especially when it felt like a few weeks ago we were coming out of the pandemic. abc7 news reporter amanda dulka studio spoke to -- about managing pandemic stress. >> not again, please. >> reporter: the overwhelming sentiment across the south bay friday night, people having to navigate the fourth surge of covid-19 fueled by the more transmissible more infectious delta variant. psychologists are saying as difficult as the last 18 months have been we are better prepared. >> we did the quarantine and we were our masks and we did everything we could to stay away from people 6 feet apart when we were out and about and we did all these things and if you survived it and your loved ones survived it then you know you've got wh

there are nine wildfires burning to the north of us right now. among the largest, the level wildfire and just south, the salt fire in shasta county. this is time-lapse video of the salt fire and it has burned 7500 acres and 5% contained. firefighters have been strengthening containment lines alongside interstate 5. the fire has destroyed 41 buildings including 27 homes. evacuation orders remain in place. >>> the level wildfire 36% contained and was sparked by a lightning strike and scorched within 24,000 acres. it is burning on the flanks of mt. shasta. it has forced the evacuation of 3500 people. firefighters are facing extreme conditions with temperatures expected to reach nearly 100 degrees. >>> and the north bay, a mountain lion is becoming a common visitor. police say the animal was seen on the east side of petaluma following a series of sightings this past weekend. if it's the same cat, it is managing to cross highway 101. video shows a cougar prowling around a man's backyard. joe said he spotted it jump over a fence into his backyard befor

making us one of the safest cars in the us. and this year, iihs has awarded a top safety pick+ to all 2021 volvo models. >>> making news at 6:00, fourth of july fireworks galore. the booms and blasts in the streets and overhead across the bay area. firefighters sharing the number of fires they had to put out. >>> foggy fireworks once again in san francisco. although crowds are telling us how much it meant to gather again this year and the touching moment we caught on camera. >>> let's take you outside outs this morning. the summer heat is heading our way. our 100 degrees in some spots. i'm just looking at how it's barely anybody on the road. >> nice. >> i'm not mad at it. >> are you looking at this mind us? isn't this nice? i like this color. i'm into it. a big cloud came right in front of the camera just as we -- i swear to you. a few seconds ago

that's what's bringing us the drizzle. sunshine and cooling >> guess what, cool temperatures and drizzle but that all stops starting about friday when the summer spread brings us the heat wave. let's talk about how wonderful if will be. 74 in san jose. 80 at los gatos. peninsula 70 at san mateo. san bruno around 69. nearly 60 in the 63 to 67 for downtown and south san francisco. 67 also for sausalito. upper 50s around the north bay coast. faster winds. a lot of mid-70s. and then calistoga and sonoma. as you head inland, getting ready that extra savings this weekend. 77 in san ramon. tonight temperatures around 51 santa rosa p51 san francisco, oakland, concord. those splotches of green, those are areas of drizzle. near record high 100 fresno. 113 in palm springs. excessive heat days around 120 degrees. if you're heading down to the lower elevations around reno, it will be hotter 80s around the bay. 60s and 70s for the coast and san francisco. >>> a fire accident killed a hockey player. he is being remembered by his teammate

the rest of us in the 60s and 70s. i will show you how this warmth spreads coming up in the acuvue a seven day forecast. >> tropical storm elsa is bearing down on florida making the search for people who are missing and that condo collapse difficult. here's a live look at the collapsed site this morning. first responders have not detected any new signs of life in this rubble as of late and they continue the desperate search entrenching rains and winds. here is abc news mac reporter. >> strong winds and heavy rain are battering parts of florida and threatening the search and rescue effort at the site of the condo collapse in surfside. rescuers were forced to stop digging through the rubble for two hours tuesday because of lightning. continuing their search amid pummeling rain and wind. >> we have a meteorologist embedded in the team right with them on the mount to provide any weather updates to make sure that they are safe. >> after cruz demolished the remaining part of champlain tower south sunday, officials sounded ho

you can only use sprinklers spr once a week. drip irrigation allowed twice a week. >>> tonight the san francisco unified school district will hold its final town hall to talk about the return to full in-person learning in the fall. stf d stts ar we he pangrk inthe richmond, san rafael bridge both directions. expect minor delays. this is the toll plaza looking good. >>> vaccinated americans no longer need a negative covid-19 test for a hawaiian vacation. the state is dropping the test requirement as of today because of increasing vaccination rates. you need to upload your vaccine card to the travel website ahead of the trip. >>> close call for one family in utah. a hoverboard caught fire in a home last month. a home security camera capture the moment the hoverboard exploded right as that boy was passing by it. you can see his mother trying to put out the flames that you posted this video on facebook adding that the kids chair and kitchen rug also burned. she said the battery cells in the hoverboard shot out like shrapnel starting

neither one of us know what it is but we have it. >> can't use it in a sentence, don't know the origin. those are fun. i like watching that. >>> here's a look at what is going on. here's a little cloud cover hugging the coast. that will evaporate for the most part, bringing in total sunshine today. a lot of danger out there. if you are running air rndz, car could get up to 160 degrees. exercising, taking the pets out, avoid hard surfaces. they could be around 120 to 140 degrees and burn the paws of the pet. on the bay, gorgeous. that's where the coolest of the air will be except over except p ocean. san rafael, it is 64 but 94 this afternoon. the pollen is not an issue but the uv index is. temperatures are warmer inland. 71 in pittsburgh. look at diablo, 85 degrees. the heat is lurking right above where most of us live. when the sun comes up, it heats the ground. they will heat the air and it will turn over. look how quickly we hit the 80s and 90s inland by noon. 90s and 100's by the after afternoon. if you are headed out at 7:00, still going to be toasty. >>> good morning. i think i w