The smoke is a bummer. Its hard to exercise outside. She was feeling allergies. Its hitting some people. Police and Fire Departments were fielding calls all around about the smoky air suggesting anyone with breathing problems stay indoors. Today was a spare the air day as well and tomorrow be also be one. For obvious reasons. Abc 7 news meteorologist is here with the haze. The heat kind of a combination we really dont need. Its really intense out there. I want o show you where that smoke is coming from. Smoke from those wildfires. Take a look at the wildfires in oregon and also along the Northern California coast. The north, northeasterly wind is driving the smoke down. As you take a look, the smoke is vizsible on our satellite picture. Air quality is suffering from our east bay hills cameras. Air quality unhealthy. Spare the air alert for your friday. Both are red. From the air district says the last time we had this was june 28th, 2009. Its rarity here. We do have heat advisories for the valleys through tonight and excessive heat warnings for the hill tops. Take it easy in this hot weather. Excessive heat warning for most of the bay area friday through monday. 105 to 115 degrees. The coastline if San Francisco will go under a heat advisory. 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. On saturday. Your holiday forecast coming up. You can track the conditions where you live with the abc 7 news basaccuweather app. Download it instantly to be notified. The government is ordering the russian consulate in San Francisco to close its doors in two days. We have what this means for people here. Reporter people are typically buzzed in through these gates to obtain their visas and passports. In 2016, they estimate there were 16,000 tourists visas issued to american citizens here. Today theres definitely a sense of urgency as the doors behind us are about to close for good. There are two days to pack things up and move out. Many are frustrated. Stecitizens of america. Were also citizens of russia. If they need to renew their passport, how are they going to do that now . Reporter he feels blind sided by the u. S. Decision to close down the San Francisco consulate. The People Living in our own country, how can you treat them like this. Reporter the move comes after they ordered to cut the number of diplomats working there by twothirds. We believe its another unfriendly step of the u. S. Authorities which first of all were hit hard on russian citizens residing in the consular district as well as on american citizens. I think it affects so many common people. Reporter once this location closes both the u. S. And russia will have three remaining consulates open in each others countries. Investigators say the deputies facilitated and allowed an inmate to throw bodily fluids onto other inmates housed in maximum security you thunit last summer. All four face assault. Lin and mcdor motte are accused of trying to intimidate a witness. Expect the evening commute to be slowernormal. A big rig overturned. This happened before 3 00 this afternoon. Both directions of mission are closed between 680 and driscoll road. The driver was injured. Its been a tough day for truck drivers. This rig tipped over and dump d dum dumped this load of dirt after 7 00 this morning. Well, now to the recovery effort getting under way after hurricane harvey. Thousands remain in shelters tonight as the extent of the devastation is becoming clearer. At least 31 people have died from the storm and 100,000 homes have been damaged. Large parts of houston and towns oth east remain completely under water tonight. Mike pence visited rockport this afternoon. There he helped comfort flood victims and clear debris tr around homes. He also announced President Trump will visit houston on saturday. Theres also a lot of effort to rescue animals left stranded when owners had to flee the rising water. Laura anthony continues to report and for our sister station in houston. Reporter this is one of those suburbs where theres still a lot of water. Check this out. This has gone down maybe a foot in the last couple of days. These are folks going in and out to get their belongings. We have seen rescue crews going in to get animals that may have been stranded. The shelter in houston is making room for them. Okay. Go in there and get it. Reporter it was moving day at the houston spca with these little guys doing their part to help out in the wake of Tropical Storm harvey. You want it . Okay. You can have it in there. Reporter volunteers from austin, dallas and as far as away as oregon arrived crates in hand to move out more than 100 animals from the spcas main shelter near downtown. To make space for all the rescued animals expected to arrive in next few days. The Austin Humane Society is among the groups here to help out. Theres already been a lot of grass roots efforts here on the ground saving animals. We want to make sure they have a good place to go where their owners can find them. Were moving animals already in the shelter to atlanta. Reporter these dogs and cats were here before harvey arrived. Now theyll take a drive to atlanta where they hopefully will be adopted by families there. The goal now in houston gets stranded animals back with their owners quickly. The water has gone down. Now is the time for us to go out and do a search and rescue on companion animals. I know theres, unfortunately, some situations where people had to leave in an emergency. Some of those animals are left behind. Reporter this has become way of life for these folks. This neighborhood because its fed by one of those reservoirs this danger of overflowing that they will likely see water in this neighborhood for up to a month. Laura anthony, abc 7 neez. Thank you so much. The Oakland Fire Department is helping rescued animals. This one of the dogs they helped save yesterday. The department sent 22 firefighters to the region to assist in the rescue effort. They could be there to a week. Oakland heads up one of eight federal task forces dedicated to urban search and rescue. Firefighters are also part of that group. Some of the first flights from houston are arriving at San Francisco international airport. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is there and caught up with some people who really got out of the flood zone. Reporter they did indeed. There were six flights on the board from houston to sfo today, united flight. Two are cancelled. The other four did come in. What we can tell you is folks were desperately trying to get out of the flood water themselves. They were, the folks we talked to dreaded what they would see when they got back the houston. Some passengers were planning to come to the bay area any way. Others booked the first thing taking offer. They spoke of interstates that looked lie sea water, impassable down streets and hearing from frepd friends who had been chased up to their attics. Water kept rising and dipping. I had to have been this my car. I found it and it still works. Theres a lot of people whose cars and homes are totally devastated. How house, it just seeped in, which is nothing. There were people houses it was rushing in. Major thoroughfares into downtown were submerged into what looked like a lake. Reporter rising like a river, looking like a lake. All of that spells bad news for folks who own businesses and homes in low lying areas of houston. The folks we talked to here at sfo didnt lose much today in the way of property or they havent lost much over the past few days in the way of property. Piece of mind, that is an entirely different story. Eric thomas, abc 7 news. Thats going to take more time. Plucked from the floods. Helicopter rescues this texas continue. So does the need by people who live there. How you can help. Kids show up to play at a San Francisco park and find a disgusting surprise. It was so bad one parent says she wants to move out of the city. New clothe, new credit card . Michael finney on whether you should sign up for that new charge card at the check out line. Stay with us. Abc 7 news continues right after this. Thank you to everyone who is lending their support to the people affected by hurricane harvey. If you would like to be a part of disneys day of giving, please donate by texting, please donate by texting, ca 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. Some parents in San Francisco are hopping mad. They took their kids to a park and found something really disgusting and potentially dangerous too. Reporter a fun day at the playground quickly turned sour for kids and parents. We showed up this morning and there was a human feces under the play structure. Reporter mary was there with 12 kids from her day care. She covered the mess with baby wipes and did her best to shoo children away. She call eed 311 to report the problem. I was expecting it would be cleaned up since it was a health hazard. Reporter hours later it was still there. Some children stepped in it. Parents were disgusted. Now we have to go home and take a bath. Reporter tracy is fed up with dirty parks in the city. She wants a safe place for her son to play. Its sad. Were looking to move out of the city because theres not opportunities for him to play and run around in the grass without being scared theres needles or human feces. Reporter acalled and emailed the city to ask about the sluggish response but did not get an answer. Theres an easy solution. We need to have public bathrooms. Reporter jennifer with the coalition on homelessness blames a bathroom shortage. She says theres nowhere for the homeless to go at night and the person who decided to use the playground instead could have been suffering from mental illness. We have seen some incredible rescues this texas this recent days but nothing like this one. Come on, baby. Thats a member of the selfentitled Red Neck Army using his monster truck to pull a u. S. Army vehicle out of flood water. A large crowd gathered around to watch the spectacle. A second truck had to be brought in to pull the army vehicle the final few feet. One easy way to help the flooding victims is through abcs day of giving. Today abc stations nation wide are fund raising on air and online all day with money going to neighbors most impacted by harvey. Reporter we have converted our 7 on your side offices and phone bank on this disney day of giving. You can see dan is one of the volunteers. Hes been talking to folks calling in and making donations trying to help people. So far here at abc 7, we have raised more than 40,000 dollar. Thats huge. Nationally we are approaching 11 million in donations. We have one of our grat volunteers here taking calls. Served 9 11 in Mental Health. Hes done other hurricanes plus hes my service dog. Hes amazing and you are too. Talk about the calls you have been making and people wanting to give back. Its amazing. The generosity of the people wanting to help harvey. A lot of them overwhelmed with whats happening there. Some have family and concerned about the family, havent heard from them. Really distressing. My Mental Health background helps with talking to them. Thats perfect. We thank you so much for giving your time. Thank you so much with your little bow tie. Its so easy to donate. Were going to put up the number for you if youd like to call and make a donation. Its 4159547625. You can go to redcross. Org abc. I cant believe its up to 11 million. That jumped in an hour so quickly. Were doing really well. From giving money to saving money. Consumer news about back to school shop and using credit cards to do it. That time of year. Michael finney is here with the story. The more you save, the more you can donate. You do not want to waste money. School shopping take a huge bite out of most of our budget. When stores offer a deep discount for opening a new credit card, it may be hard to resist but should you . Lets take a look. This time of year finds her shopping with a son in grade school and a daughter entering kindergarten, her list is long and pricey. Per kid, i would say its 130 to 200. Reporter when a salesperson asks if she wants to save 20 by opening up a store credit card, she thinks about it. Its very tempting when youre at the register and you are going to be spending a lot of money that you already feel a little uncomfortable about and they tell you theres a chance to get a deep discount. Reporter however, store credit cards rarely rise to the head of the class. For one thing sthe interest rat is much higher. Applying for any new card with temporarily lower your credit score. It hurs ts it a little bit. Reporter if you do open an account, dont shut it down immediately because that has a negative impact on your credit score as well. The best thing to do is put the credit card away and not use it. Reporter if youre looking to build your credit, store cards that can be easier to get approved could be a good way to get your foot this the door. Having the card could unlock special discounts or earned points. Remember, with the high Interest Rate its especially important to pay your bill in full. If you dont, its going to undermine the whole purpose of getting the card in the first pla place. If you decide to get a card, you need to make sure you pay on time. Im only giving you the basic advice. When you only use a card once or twice a year, its easy to forget the due date. Adjust those thermostats tomorrow. Thats the message from California Power officials. Statewide flex alert is in affect between 1 00 and 10 00 p. M. Hot temperatures grip the bay area and other parts of california. Peek demand is expected in the afternoon when airconditioners are typically in use. Its going to be hot. Just how hot . Blistering heat over the next two days. Lets take a look at highs so far. We have two records to show you. 95 in san jose. That ties the old record. San rafael has reached 96. Thats breaking a previous record. Triple digits. 102 in concord. This is quite comfortable. Oakland, 90. 86, San Francisco. Its going to get uncomfortable over the coming days. Were still retaining some of the warm San Francisco right now. 80 degrees. Oakland hasnt dropped much. Youll notice 95 san jose. Triple digits the gilroy. Santa rosa cooking at 95. You will see the skies are beginning to clear even in places where we had the fog. I want to show you live doppler 7. Watch that fog just peel away. Thats a north, northeast wind thats blowing the fog away. Thats going to allow the temperatures to continue to rise in the coming days. Really poor air quality which is why a spare the air alert is up for your friday. Intense heat wave through labor day. Were looking at dangerous heat. Temperatures first thing in the morning will be in the upper 50s the low 70s. Really warm conditions inland. Pretty mild as well. When you get going to be aware of the fact that this heat is going to intensify. Here is how hot its going to get for your friday. 108 degrees this gilroy. 102 in san jose. Find some shade. Go inside where theres an ac even if you have to go to actual location like a starbucks or a library or something to keep you cool. On the peninsula, 100 in mountain view. 99 in redwood city. 82 degrees in pacifica. North bay, plenty of triple sdwr digits. Getting up to 107 in novato. 101 in hayward. Head inland and its going to sb simmering inland. 113 degrees livermore. 114 walnut creek. 110 in fairfield. Download the accuweather app. You can check out the temperatures hour by hour, minute by minute to stay safe, school and hi cool and hydrated. 114 along the hot spots. Sunday you will get some relief along the coastline. Youre not going to feel it inland. Temperatures will be in the triple digits. Much more comfortable at the beaches. The beaches and the pool best place to go. If youre going to the scottish highland games, in pleasanton its going to be hot. Youll need the sunscreen going from 80 to upper 90s to 107 degrees by the afternoon. Quick look at whats left of harvey. Its a depression and will continue to spread rainfall across the tn and ohio valleys over the next couple of days. The flooding will continue through this region and the accuweather sevenday forecast will show you the hot conditions. 114 friday, saturday. 80s coast side temperatures do drop. Its still pretty hot. Mid70s sunday at the coast. Upper 60s on labor day and the numbers will continue to drop down to the 90s mid week. Be nice when this week is over. Zeroing in on cancer. The nano machines that can kill cells this minutes. That story next. Make your generosity count. 7 on your side Michael Finney looks into how scientists have come up with way to kill cancer cells. Tiny machines called nano machines attach to the surface of the diseased cell and ultraviolet light is shined on it and drills holes in the cancerous cell that strodestroy. The process takes 60 seconds. Theres a story to tell in eastern spain. A bull walked into a pop up bar and its not the start of a joke. Workers jumped over the counter to escape. The bull conveniently left. No one was hurt. Our phone lines are open. Abcs day of giving phone bank is up and waiting. Call the number on your hi leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. A personalized Financial Strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. Hi guys aw yeah see how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. I want to thank everyone lending support. If you want to be a part of disney day of giving to give to those in need in houston, donate by texting, calling or going to the website on your screen. Thank you. Hollywood involved in the effort as well. Weve been telling you all day long about our phone bank thats under way as part of abcs day of giving. Lets check in abc 7 news anchor to see how its going. Its going strong here in the 7 on your side office. You can see all of our volunteers taking the call, getting the donations. We have had so much money come pouring in. More than 40,000 donated locally. Almost 11 million nationally has been raised. So easy to donate. Back to you. Great. Thanks so much. Keep it coming. World news tonight is next. Thanks so much for being here. The next newscast is 6 00. Connect 24 7 at abc7news. Com. Tonight, breaking news. Hurricane harveys brutal aftermath. A massive area still underwater. Dramatic rescues from the sky. Our matt gutman right there. First responders breaking through rooftops, hospitals evacuated, firefighters battling a blaze in the flood zone. The door to door search for survivors here in houston, as tens of thousands return home to find properties in ruin. Also, the new explosions threat at a chemical plant. The fires erupting. Fears of toxic fumes. Homes nearby evacuated. More than a dozen officers treated. Surveying the damage. The Vice President in texas, comforting victims and helping pick up the pieces. Jon karl with the oneonone exclusive. And the day of giving, as the hardhit gulf coast begins