Buildings. Sgoift to 60, even cooler than yesterday. In fact, our coolest morning moving forward. 59 to 81 is our spread at noon with 72 around the bay. 62 at 4 00 at the coast. 77 around the bay to 90 inland. Just a touch of warmth there. Then 59 at 7 00 around the coast, the bay 70 and still 81 at 7 00. Well take a look at our last mild day coming up next. Heres sue. All right, were going outside to see our traffic maps and green is good. Obviously, were early out there. We have slow traffic coming out of tracy into the livermore area, up and over the Altamont Pass with speeds about 30 miles per hour, then things pick up once you reach into livermore. Roadwork out there and a car fire. This one is on the peninsula, 101 at the willow offramp, and apparently, the fire crews and emergency crews are on the scene there or will be shortly. So its not affecting your 101 drive, but well check back on this in a few minutes. Back now to the monumental flooding and humanitarian disaster in houston. Some areas have received over 51 inches of rain. That is a record in the continental u. S. Official rescue teams are overwhelmed which means civilian groups are stepping in to help where they can. And abc News Reporter maggie is live in houston in the flood zone. Good morning, maggie. Reporter jessica, good morning. The weather here in houston is starting to clear up, but harvey has been such a devastating and slow moving storm that the flood waters here remain at catastrophic levels. Americas fourth largest city is at a standstill. Reeling from the 100 trillion gallons of water harvey left behind. First responders and volunteers alike are racing against rising flood waters. What can i do for my neighbor . Everything else goes out the window. Its about helping your neighbor. More than 13,000 people have been rescued so far. Many plucked from their roofs, desperately clinging to coast guard baskets. But the calls for help just keep coming in. I hate to think that there are people in these houses. At least 1,000 people are still in urgent need of help. Dont give up on us. Seek the higher ground. Well get to you. Linda was caught in her car on the highway for two days. There are angels out here. Those rescued are often left with only the damp clothes on their back and anything they could grab. Shelters are beyond capacity. The Houston Convention center with 10,000 taking shelter inside, nearly double their limit. Now, the nrg center will open its doors to thousands more. With harvey moving on, theres the fear of whats left to find once the water begins to recede. Authorities confirm harvey has taken the lives of at least 11 people with many more unaccounted for. Its been a nightmare just waiting. The communities now relying on each other, and the kindness of thousands of strangers who have kept the donations pouring in. Houstons mayor says the focus today will remain on rescues and safety. He did put a mandatory curfew in place from midnight to 5 00 a. M. That he says will go on indefinitely. Jessica. Ill take it, thank you so much. Search and rescue teams from the bay area are putting their skills to the test, saving lives in texas. This photo tweeted out by oakland firefighters showing task force 4 deploying boats in the town of katy yesterday. They drove from california to texas. A team of firefighters from peninsula and south bay Fire Departments is in san antonio. One way to help victims of Hurricane Harvey is to give through abcs day of giving that happens tomorrow. Pour abc stations across the country will be fundraising on air and online all day long with money going to neighbors most impacted by the storm. Our efforts begin right here on abc7 mornings tomorrow. New developments now in contra costa county. Overnight, the board of education decided not to approve the plan to create a new school district. Members said the proposal to break up the mt. Diablo Unified School District and form a new one didnt meet the criteria. Supporters say it would meet the needs of students. Opponents say it would be made up of mostly white, wealthy students. The state board of education will make the final decision. Newark police are asking for your help in catching two suspects involved in an Armed Robbery and kidnapping. Investigators releasing a sketch of one of the suspects. The victim said two men approached him while he was stopped at a red light monday afternoon. One of the men pointed a gun at his head. The two suspects got in the back of his car and ordered him to drive. They demanded the victim give him all of his cash. They ordered him to stop a couple miles later and got out of the car. This morning, Highway Patrol and golden gate officials are monitoring a threat by a group to stop traffic into San Francisco. Heres a look, so far so good. An anticommunist group is calling on supporters to march to the bridge at 9 00 a. M. The group claims it will not allow traffic into the city until it classified antifa as a terrorist organization. The bridge district says no one has applied for a permit. No os i ineerested or going to attend, and the facebook it is running only has 12 followers. From our live desk, want to show you this new video we just got of a 1,000acre burning wildfire in butte county. The ponderosa fire is what its called, is burning near lake oroville. Started yesterday afternoon. Residents are under an Evacuation Order on lunken road from forbes town to the community of feather falls. At least nine homes have been destroyed, and calfire tells us its still at zero percent containment this morning and still no word on a cause. As soon as we get updates, ill let you know. Thank you. Wildfire evacuations are also in place for two towns in the Sierra National forest just outside yosemite. The pier fire is threatening 100 homes. It also shut down highway 41 into yosemite. No word yet on containment. Investigators in oakland are still examining the ghostship warehouse that caught fire in september. They were back at the scene using a specialized drone thats equipped with a laser scanner that can map the building while capturing images. The Drone Company storm bee signed a nondisclosure agreement with the sheriffs office. They spoke to us about how their unique drone can help authorities. Just do laser scanning, youre missing the birdseye view our Technology Allows it to do also from above and the process to generate the data is extremely fast. Within 10 to 15 minutes after the flight, we have a full 3d model of the building and thats something that wasnt possible before. This is the first time the company is using the drone in the u. S. Decembers warehouse fire killed 36 people attending a music event. San franciscobased uber may be under investigation for violation of u. S. Foreign bribery laws. The wall street journal reports the Justice Department is looking into whether the company violated a law that makes it legal for individuals and organizations to pay Foreign Government officials in order to obtain or retain business. Its not clear what incidents or countries the department is now looking into. Lets take a quick look at whats going on with harvey. You can see it came ashore, and its heading into the Southwest Corner of louisiana, right near lake charles, moving into the beaumont, port arthur neighborhood. Its going to rain heavily on the southwestern part of louisiana. You can see some of the feeder bands heading up into the gulf of mobile, alabama. And also towards pensacola, florida. And alabama is going to be one of those areas, the southern half, that really gets heavy rain. Then you can see louisiana, at least the northern half up the Mississippi River valley and into the ohio river valley over the next three days that we could get 4 to 8 inches of rain. Well have localized flooding there. At home, 49 right now in sebastopol. Low to mid 50s in the north bay. The Golden Gate Bridge, some misty spots, especially around the Golden Gate Bridge and the coast. Mild to warm if youre taking mass transit. Light breezes on the bay. Guess whats coming. Excessive heat. Starts thursday and lasts through monday. More on that next. Heres sue hall with the morning commute. How is it going . So far, pretty light. Going back to the Golden Gate Bridge to take a look at what we see is two lanes in the northbound, four lanes in the southbound direction. That zipper truck has gotten your morning commute lane configuration under way. So far so good. A lot less fog than yesterday. Farther to the north, the richmondsan rafael bridge, and traffic is light here as well. Once you get to the other side in marin county, you will find road work on the sir Francis Drake overpass, 580. Check that out. Make sure that you are, you know, speeds down just a little low. They call it slow for the cone zone. So thats what we propose here, and well be back with other roadwork in a few. Okay, heres at the live desk, watching things from around the world for you, and the Southern States in the u. S. Not the only ones dealing with catastrophic flooding. Im going to take you around the world to a very eerily similar scene. A typhoon has devastated parts of asia. Also, a reversal from washington gives a terminally ill south bay woman her last final wish. Whos sorry now . Not Kathy Griffin for this controversial trump photo. A programming note, tonight, a special edition of 20 20 will have a look at the will have a look at the situation in texas after food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. Welcome back. From our live desk, more than 1200 people have been killed in south asia in what International Groups there are calling the worst flooding there in decades. The flooding typical for the june to september monsoon season in northern india, southern nep nepal, and northern bangladesh. The United Nations says torrential rains there have leveled tens of thousands of buildings and millions of people have been displaced. The u. N. Says bangladesh also at risk of devastating hunger. Thats because those floods have destroyed many of the countrys crops, but really eerie to sethis in light of everything happening in texas and louisiana. There are International Crises going on as well. Thanks. Flood prevention is the goal of a new project in contra costa county. We were in rich mngd where crews began clipping, pruning, and pulling invasive plants. That vegetation can restrict water flow. The county also plans to raise the creek levees a foot and a half over a twomile strench. That could provide the difference between a house property being flooded or not. Thats a huge impact on the lives of people who live here. The local nonprofit urban tilt is going to hire young people for the project. Secretary of defense is putting a freeze on president trumps transgender military ban for the time being. Jim mattis says transgender troops will continue serving in the military while a panel of experts study the issue. Once thats done, he will give her recommendation to the president. On friday, mr. Trump announced the u. S. Would not accept or allow transgender individuals to sench in the military. The white house said mattis had the authority to decide what to do with those already serving. The transgender ban is one of the reasons Kathy Griffin is taking back her apology for the photoof her holding up a pic of trumps severed head. Griffin criticized the pardon of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the president s statements on the violence in charlottesville. Griffin lost work and even got Death Threats when the photo came out in june. A quarter to 5 00, and a wish is coming true for a terminally ill san jose woman. She will get to see her mother one last time after a change of heart from the state department. We told her about the dilemma last night. She has lung cancer and wants her mom to visit from vietnam before she passed. The state department turned down her moms visa application several times. A petition drive on change. Org collected 15,000 signatures in two weeks and zo l let toor the president. They reversed course and approved the visa meaning her mom will be able to come to the u. S. You. A bit of a cooldown, but get ready for the heat to ramp up again. Hi, mike. Hi, everybody. Its really nice outside this morning. It will be this afternoon for most of us. Looking at san jose right now, becoming mostly cloudy and about 59 degrees there, 280 at 17. Heres my accuweather highlights. Last mild day followed by our last cool night. Big heat wave begins tomorrow. And it will bring some higher fire concerns as we head through this weekend. Now, as far as whats going on, lets take a look at what our highs are going to be. 79 in milpitas. Sunnyvale, 80. 83 at san jose. Lets move up the peninsula. Well have mainly mid to upper 70s. But we have about 70 in millbrae. 61 to 64 along the coast. 67 in downtown, south San Francisco, 69. Look at these mid to upper 80s through the north bay. Until you get to places like cloverdale, 95. Look at lakeport, 101. 73 in berkeley and oakland. We have fremont and hercules and Castro Valley at 79. The warm spots. And then inland, we have near 90 in san ramon and pleasanton. The rest of us about 90 to 98 degrees in brentwood. Tonight, look at this. Mainly 50s and a few 60s out there. But that is going to change drastically starting tomorrow. Look at those temperatures. 60s at the coast, 80s, 90s, and 100s around the bay. One of our warmest days will be friday, saturday, and sunday. The possibility we could see real warm weather along the coast. Were going to have to keep an eye on that. Those are also the days under excessive heat warning more than likely. It will turn from a watch to a warning. Still some 100s on monday and tuesday, 80s around the bay and 60s return to the coast. Now, overnight, temperatures going to be mainly in the 60s and 70s, even some 80s in our hills the next couple nights. 112 inland . Yeah. Oh. Hottest temperatures i have seen in more than a decade. Sounds like palm springs. Desert weather. We have a car fire. We call it a carbque. Taking a look at our maps now. We have slow traffic coming out of tracy. Thats pretty typical for this time of morning, the early commuters getting off and running. Heres the carbque. On the off ramp northbound 101, you cannot get off at willow road. You want to take university to get around that. They have a tow truck coming, but right now, 101 looks good. You just cant exit at willow road. Take a look at some of your drive times if youre heading out this early wednesday morning. I think thats where we are, right . Wednesday. Tracy to dublin, 32 minutes. Antioch to concord, westbound 4 00ing good, and san rafael into San Francisco, youre fog free and under 20 minutes. Guys. Thanks so much, sue. Pressure mounting on state lawmakers to lower californias voting age from the current 18 to 17. In the united states, voting is saprivilege and a responsibility. We trust 16 and 17yearolds to drive cars. We should trust them to vote as well. Supporters rallied at the State Capitol yesterday. They want the legislature to approve a measure amending the state constitution to give 17yearolds the right to vote. The bill needs a super majority approval and the state senate and then it would be up to voters to divide. We have new details on Hillary Clintons california bick toor. She is coming to San Francisco. The former secretary of state and president ial nominee will speak Near Civic Center on october 6th. Her book is titled what happens. It provides her perspective on what happened last year. Parking always a challenge in San Francisco. Now, google maps has a way to help. Double double versus triple double. The name game pitting two burger giants against one another. The warriors kevin durant is out with sweet new shoes. How the name is dissing his critics. First, this mornings tech bietsz. In todays tech bites, donation overload. You can text 10 donations to the red cross, but now theres a report that so many people have tried it at the system has become overloaded. Its taking longer than usual to issue confirmations, but Officials Say be case. The conations are going through. Uber officially has a new ceo. Dara khosrowshahi has taken the helm. He takes over at a time whenuber has been hit with a number of scandals. Travis kalanick remains on ubers board. And tinder has rolled out a new feature that promises 60 more matches than its free version. The like you option is bundled with several other features for 4. 99 a month. Born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most dont know theyre infected . People can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause Serious Health problems. If you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. So talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. It could save your life. Know more. For years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to small businesses. But for many businesses, its out of reach. Why promise something you cant deliver . Comcast business is different. We deliver superfast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. We do business where you do business. Google has updated its map so its easier to find parking when driving to San Francisco and two dozen other cities. It builds on the icons for parking difficulty. The maps now find parking garages near your destination and automatically add them to trips. The info includes walking time to your ultimate destination. You know the question, wheres the beef . Its between two burger chain rivals. Innout filing a lawsuit against smash burger. They have introduced what theyre calling a tripledoubling. Innout says it infringes on its trademark. Their ads justify the name because it has triple the cheese, double the beef. One burger fan says a judge in the case should just skip the legalities and dig in. I would have him sample the burgers and see what he thinks. Thats the best way to judge it . Dont cut the baby in half, cut the burger in half. Smash burger ce oh said the burger is generating doubledigit sales and its not comparable to any innout offerings. Weather, mike nicco. What about a filet of fish. Give me that at 4 55 in the morning. Usually, that sounds appetizing, but knowing its going to get so hot, im not going to feel like eating a lot. Lets talk about poor air quality. Friday, its going to begin. Another spare the air likely. Saturday, and possibly sunday, our inland east bay and the Santa Clara Valley like were looking at san jose, 101 and 880. What i was working on is something that should make your jaw drop. This is for livermore, and this is the next seven days. 92 today. 106 tomorrow. 110 friday. 108 saturday. 104 sunday. Still 101 monday, and 99 tuesday. Not in the 100s. Same thing in san jose. About three or four days of 100s, sue. Yikes. That is just too hot. Thats not why we move to the bay area, right . Here we go with a long stretch of headlights. Thats the east shore freeway. Actually moving pretty well, but its getting busy as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza, and traffic is considerably light at this hour for 4 56. No metering lights. Thats about a half hour away. The earlier blocking the willow off ramp has been cleared to the shoulder so you can now take the willow off ramp. Thank you. Warriors star kevin durant and nike have released a sneak peek of kds new kicks. This is interesting. The durant shoe will be called red velvet because you may remember Oklahoma City fans bombarded him with chants and the cupcake signs when he returned to okc for the first time with the warriors. Russell west book and okc fans gave him the cupcake moniker claiming he was soft for leaving to join the warriors. Mike shumann was the first to alert about the cupcake preference after the game in february. Are you glad this is over . Most definitely. You have a favorite kind of cupcake . I like red velvet. Make sure they have a few for me. Wow, the kdx red velvet will be available on friday. He keeps receipts. Next at 5 00 a. M. , two attempted carjackings caught on camera. Video you have to see to believe. And 100 paid family leave. How does that sound . The east bay city toying with the idea and how you can voice your opinion. And of course, we continue to monitor harvey and all the effects its having including stores that are now getting looted. Ill show you inside next. Ill show you inside next. And helping harveys wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. 5 00 a. M. Were halfway through the week. Welcome to wednesday, august 30th. Were glad youre here with us. Plenty to talk about. Man, mike. I knew that it was going to be hot this weekend. But i didnt quite realize how high it was going to get. Even for usually cool San Francisco. Its going to be warm. Mid 80s possible. Absolutely. There could be three days in a row, friday, saturday, and sunday, of record high temperatures. Not ready for that. A look at your face. Yeah, a little bit of a look of
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