Volatile organic compounds in it, you dont want that to be loose today either. Today temperatures are going to be warm to hot, from near 70 at the coast to near 90 and near 100 at 4 00. Even at noon we are looking at 66 at the coast and 84 around the bay and new inland. We are still in the 80s and 90s at 7 00. The heat is not going to go away quickly today. A new crash in the east bay is on westbound 580, so traffic is already slow out of tracy through the Altamont Pass at this point. This accident just reported so we will see if its causing a backup or blocking lanes. Westbound 580 from tracy to Castro Valley is 30 minutes. Northbound 101 to highway 85 to the san jose airport is 11 minutes. 280 to San Francisco looking good as well. Live shot, bay bridge toll plaza. You can see the metering lights have been turned on and the fast track lanes are backing up as well. So far so good across the san mateo bridge. New overnight a stabbing rampage in sidney, australia, ended with witnesses pinning the suspect to the ground and the Prime Minister is praising those bystanders for their actions. A woman was stabbed to death and a second woman taken to the hospital and witnesses held that man down until Police Arrived to arrest him. We know car breakins are a big problem here in the bay area, and now Alex Rodriguez is a victim. Amy hollyfield is live at San Francisco headquarters with more. Good morning, amy. Reporter before we knew it was Alex Rodriguez, we knew there was Something Different from the response. This is not the typical response that we see for a car breakin for San Francisco, and we talk to victims that say police never came to investigate when their cars were broken into. Now we know from a source that Alex Rodriguez was the victim, and he was in town and half a Million Dollars of items were stolen. San franciscans know not to leave valuables in the car. Probably would never leave half a Million Dollars worth off things in my car. I left my y aoefpaoefpaoefpaoa t was nervous. I am encouraged local Law Enforcement has security footage of the crime and doing all they can to get the items back. Welcome to San Francisco. At this point no arrests have been made. Live in San Francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you so much. Its 5 04. This morning the santa clary county board of supervisors will honor the victims garlic festival. The meeting starts at 9 30 this morning. In oakland tonight, barbara lee will hold a night of healing. This event is in response to gun violence and solidarity by communities impacted cities like gilroy. Prosecutors say a friend of the dayton shooter is in trouble. He specifically indicated he did not use controlled substances when, in fact, he did. According to a probable cause affidavit, he helped the gunman assemble the double drum magazine in the weeks prior to the shooting. He does not stand for potentially participating in the shooting. Gun owners in san jose may need to get new insurance under a proposal the mayor just announced. He wants a law to require guns. The mayor wants a tax on gun and ammunition sales to help fund gun safety glasses and violence prevention programs. This proposal is not about stopping gun violence tomorrow but its to even ensure the public no longer has to pay for the gun violence. Federal authorities are trying to figure out what went wrong at the manhattan jail where a millionaire, jeffrey ebstein, died by suicide. Heres abc news reporter, maggi ruly. Capturing the raid his home, and questions inside his suicide continue to grow. We are learning about serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. U. S. Attorney william barr says he is appalled by the failure of the jail staff. Abc news learning the guards proebg protocol by not checking on him every 30 minutes, and one of the guard was on his fifth over time shift, and ebstein was taken off suicide watch six days after being found unresponsive with marks on his neck. He was facing the rest of his life in prison if convicted. Some of his victims feel cheated. I wanted him to be put in jail or prison. But ebsteins death will not mean the end of his investigation. Let me assure you this case will continue on against anybody that was complicit against ebstein. Any coconspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice and they will get it. Sources say mondays to find evidence. Berkeley, san leandro, union city and fremont, upper 50s. 62 in alameda. Oakland, the warm spot, 64 degrees right now. We have temperatures in the upper 60s in concord and antioch, and brentwood, 65. Livermore, upper 60s there. San francisco, 59. Pacifica, 56. Westsouthwest winds, set up the same as yesterday on the golden gate bridge. If you are going to be out today, if you are walking the dogs, if its too hot to put your hand on the pavement for five or six seconds, you should not be walking your dog on that pavement either. Lets look at the neighborhoods. Peninsula 62 at 7 00 and 80 at noon and mid to upper 80s this afternoon and 78 at 8 00. Sunshine in the south bay. 63 at 7 00, and nearing the mid80s already at noon. Low to mid90s for the better part of the afternoon hours. Our hottest spot will be the east bay valley, 65 this morning, and mid80s at noon and mid to upper 90s from 2 00 all the way through 6 00, and still in the 90s around 7 00. Hotter weather coming up on my accuweather 7day forecast. We are heading over to the north bay, theres a sigalert for a problem that happened yesterday. This is out of healdsburg out of geyserville, the split is blocked for sometime, and you 01 at geyserville instead. If you are headed towards the bay bridge, traffic has been slow on northbound 880. And as youyour way of sanndro traffic is backed up as you make your way out of tracy on 205. The chamber of commerce will try and figure out why businesses are leaving, and more for lease signs are popping up downtown. Many longtime establishments have closed. If its a labor issue, maybe there are things we can help with that. Whatever that might be, you dont know until you Start Connecting the dots. Hoyer says rising rents are likely an issue. Restaurants are paying up to 25,000 a month in walnut creek. Sanford university will introduce new research programs. A couple is lending 35,000 to advance ucsf and stanford will use the money to develop Olive Gardens never ending pasta pass is coming back with to the wait did frowe just winners. Prouders everyone uses their phone differently. Thats why Xfinity Mobile created a different kind of wireless network. With a different way to do data. One designed to save you money. Now you can share data between lines, mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime. Design your own data with Xfinity Mobile. Its wireless reimagined. Simple, easy, awesome. Whether you are just joining us or about to go out the door, here are seven things to know. You are looking live where pg e crews are working on repairs after a fiery crash involving a bus. An suv collided with the bus knocking out power to 5,800 people at one point. Nobody was hurt. A chp officer shot and killed after a gun battle in Riverside County during a traffic stop. Two other officers are seriously hurt. Number three, San FranciscoPolice Looking through Surveillance Video after former baseball star, Alex Rodriguez, was a victim of a car breakin. Number four, the jury in the ghost ship trial fire will deliberate for the seventh day today. Two men are on trial for the 2016 warehouse fire that killed 36 people. Number five, a double whammy today. Spare the air alert, poor air quality and 10 to 16 degrees above almost everybody away from the coast in the 80s and 90s. Number six, our new traffic hot spot is westbound 580 through the Altamont Pass with a motorcycle accident. And we are seeing a lot of the warriors on national tv, and we have the complete schedule at abc7news. Com. In todays gma first look, business is booming on shark attacks. People are paying big money even to see an actual shark. Reporter cashing in on great white sharks. Since june there has been more than 150 shark sightings off the coast of cape cod. The local shark center said they have seen an increase in visitors in recent years, and in town this store sells nearly 50,000 a year with sharkthemed apparel. The shark sightings have been increasing more and more every summer. Nobody seems to get scared but i think thats the waeugs with the shark sightinge think of the shark tourism . We will have the answer live from cape cod coming up at 7 00 a. M. Its 5 16. Olive gardens never ending pasta passes are coming back with a twist. The never ending pasta pass will be available to 100 diners, and the i know what that is. Reggie worked at olive garden. Yes, this is fully triggering me. The upgrade will be 400 if you do the lifetime pass. The passes are good for 30 minutes or until they sell out so you have to get on it fast, it happens at 11 00 a. M. Is that 11 00 our y thank you. Chicken jeer dino was one of the more returned items. What was the reason for the goback . It was hlthy opon the w i m mistake, and i would want the tour of italy yeah, they have it. That was my favorite to bring home. I bet people gave you lots of tips. No. Their tip was do something else. No food was ever brought back to mcdonalds and wendys. Spare the air today, and even warmer than yesterday. Health risks goes from moderate to high tomorrow and thursday. Look at this, a 10 to 20degree swing back the other way starting this weekend. Area of High Pressure has not moved much, and the heat pump is working ov working even pel milpitas in the 90s. If you are trying to find shelter from the heat, find something closer to home if you can. Mid80s around millbrae and low 80s to upper 90s on the peninsula. Near 70 at the coast today and near 80 downtown, south San Francisco and sauls hraet i wis have seen reggies face when i said it was going to be near 90. We have got mid90s to 100 in the east bay valleys. Temperatures tonight, mid50s to near 72 degrees. My accuweather 7day forecast, the two most dangerous days will be wednesday and thursday and to a lesser extent, friday, and then back to avenue rpblg saturd average on saturday and sunday. We have an accident and chp is en route to grant line. Traffic is heavy out of tracy. Tracy to dublin right now is 42 minutes and that could get worse depending on the motorcycle injury crash out there. Westbound 4 still looking good. Antioch to concord is delay free. And a live shot of 680 in walnut creek shows righthand side traffic moving southbound and a new crash reported southbound 680 at 24, so we will keep you posted on that. Bay bridge toll plaza backing up past the parking lot with metering lights on. A new study finds young people that vape are more likely to use marijuana. 20 preexisting studies were sho shown. Vaping with nicotine rewires the developing brain and changes how people respond to addictive substances. If you missed it in theaters, avengers end ga isly this cli features the female superheroes. I so enjoy being able to be a piece of the puzzle that was the head of an army and was the right hand man of the leader, and seeing how that resinated was very humbling and moving. The films directors are on tour to see fans and thank them for supporting the franchise. Marvel is owned by disney, which is the Parent Company of abc 7. Fall is still more than month away, but some of your favorite flavors are coming to coffee shops. When we say exrespond expand on the the air kwauptoday. Tomorrow and thursday are our hottest days but right now the air Quality Management district does not have a spare the air alert, but i am guessing 2 00, 2 30 is when they put the forecast out for the next day, and i am betting thursday and friday will be spare the air alert days also. Both teams fighting for playoff lives. Last year the as took 4 of 6 games from the giants and this year the series starts with two games at oracle park and then playing in oakland next weekend. We know what we got to do. Its always fun to play in front of a nice and big home crowd fun to begin with and the fact that both games will mean lot for both teams is fun. Oakland raiders wide receiver, antonio brown, lost his grievance over his old helmet. The ruling was brown must wear the newer helmets, and he says he doesnt see the ball as well. Meanwhile he is still recovering from frost bitten feet from a cry yo therapy session. Microsoft is changing the way it charges for its program. Instead of making a onetime purchase for office, microsoft is going to charge a yearly fee. Its still august and that is still summer, but dunkin why did i do that . Dunkin is proving its never too early to serve the new featured favorites. Dunkin unveiling new seasonal treats like the sugar and cinnamon pumpkin latte. They will available starting next week, august 21st. And starbucks pumpkin latte will return in two weeks, august 27th. Are you kidding me . Theres something called a pumpkin cinnamon signature latte. And yeah, a munchkin that is edible. The audacity. And work crews are still in san jose this morning after a fiery crash between a bus and suv. I am jobina fortson with the details. Its back to school for a whole lot of students and theres change when it comes to alright, so this is how you are going to say. Youll get the best deal of the year on xfinity tv and internet. And you even get this. 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A special shoutout to aubg lawn tuesday, because i like to say it. Got his erasers and pencil. Make sure your outfit is on point today. It will determine the rest of the year. Oh, right. Especially if you are in ninth grade. I made a wrong choice that morning and it all went downhill. Make it your best day. Lets start by talking about San Ramon Valley encompassing danville and san ramon, and its going to be hot after a 7 00 temperature at 67, and nearing 100 at 3 00. Wonder if they will be suspending any Outdoor Activities in the next couple of days, especially football practice where it could be 20 degrees warmer on the turf. A look from our roof camera, you are looking at a 12hour planner that ends up in the upper 60s to upper 80s to upper 90s for our bay, inland and coastal communities. Spare the air, and well talk more about that coming up, too. Heres francis. We will head to the north bay where if you are heading out of town, theres a problem heading out of healdsburg right now, the onramp to northbound 101 is still blocked due to an overturned rig from yesterday. And we are tracking theat grant is backed up on 205 out of tracy. Ace train, a good way to go. Train number three, no delays and train number one is running five minutes late. Developing news out of southern california, a chp officer shot and killed after a gun battle in Riverside County. A procession escorted the officer to the hospital. The officer was conducting a traffic stop on a pickup truck and called for a tow truck, and then the suspect went into his truck and took out a rifle and open fire. Officers returned fire. It was a long and horrific gun battle. The Riverside PoliceDepartment Air one transported the gravely injured officer to the hospital. The helicopter itself is a crime scene. The suspect was also killed. Two other officers were seriously hurt. Family members identify the officer that died as 33yearold andre moyer jr. He had been with the chp for about four years. Pg e crews wrapping up repairs on a crash involving a vta bus. That crash happened yesterday afternoon, and jobina fortson is live there this morning. Reporter good morning, n natasha and reggie. Crews have been out here all night long working to get this under control. Right now these are at t trucks here on the scene. You can see workmen up at the top of the utility pole and they have been working on that for a while. I did see pg e trucks leave here about an hour ago. At its peak, 5,800 pg e customers were without power. The crash was quick and happened across the street from the fire st and the driver from the suv also escaped. We talked with kent young who has lived on this intersection, king and cunningham his entire life and said he has seen other issues at this spot. I have seen somebody get hit by a car on this intersection here, and i have seen cars turn the corner and, like reporter the aftermath of the crash did pose for firefighters. The crew on duty heard the crash and lost power and had to manually open the doors to the fire station to access the scene. Thank you. Its 5 34. Hong kongs airport cancelled all remaining departing flights for a second taken over theernals suspended demonstrators want it to be formerly withdrawn. And then a wildfire has forced evacuations. The moose fire started at about 6 00 last night. Flames spread to 150 acres within two hours. Cal fire says the moose fire is 25 contained. Smoke has been drifting to the south. People report smelling it in sonoma hoplynn. Cal fire is looking for fires that may be lingering after weekend lightning strikes. The concern is they may flareup as the heat continues to dry out vegetation. Firefighters in Shasta County put out 14 lightning fires since friday. The Trump Administration announced the public charge rule that makes it easier to reject green card applicants. Applicants can be denied if they are eligible for benefits whether they plan to use public assistance or not. Critics say the rule targets low income immigrants. The white house says it will help promote self reliance. This does not make america any greater as well. Its simply going to make us, poorer, hungrier and sicker. Asylum seekers and refugees are exempt from that rule. A group plans to file a legal challenge against it. San franciscos mayor also vowed to challenge the rule saying its not bad policy but also immoral and we will do everything in our power to fight it. Gavin newsom said its a reckless policy that targets the communities of color. In the east bay the jury in the coast ship trial fire will deliberate for a seventh day. There has been no indication how long the jury could take to reach a for the defendant said he has seen no indications of a hung jury. If the jury finds the defendants guilty of all 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, each faces up to 39 years in prison. We are sending out alerts of the ghost ship fire case and install it so you will find out right away when the jury reach as verdict. And then neighbors in the oakland hills, San Leandro Hills and Castro Valley area will see pg e trucks and workers. The utility will have a helicopter in the air patrolling the lines and different scenarios will be set up so employees can be tested in several ways. Importantly, power will not be interrupted during that drill. In gilroy, back to school wont be just about books and classes. The emotional support every il have tomorrow. Also, an Early Warning from bart that getting to and from the east bay could be a big challenge this weekend. Its 5 38. Heres a live look at the embarcadero this morning. Lets take a look at neighborhood temperatures. We will start in the south bay where morgan hill is the coolest at 54. We have 63 in napa, lafayette and fairfield, some of the warmer spots at 64. San pablo, 61. 59 in San Francisco. Now a debate on or pablo . Its a spare the air day and its going to be cool to hot from this morning to this afternoon. San francisco getting in on the warmth. We are in the 60s through 10 00. Upper 70s this afternoon, still 70 at 7 00. Average high, 67 today. The east bay will be near 70 already at 9 00, and near 80 at noon and upper 80s this afternoon, down to 78 and sunshine. 7 00 in the north bay, one of the biggest jumps in temperatures, all day sunshine and 57 this morning. Low 80s at noon and low 90s from 2 00 to 5 00, and dropping off to 82. Still warm at 7 00 with sunshine. We will see 100s today, tomorrow and even thursday. Our hottest days are still ahead of us, and well show you that coming up. We will bring francis in, and thank you for being here today. Thank you for having me. What are you seeing out there . A crash in the south bay, 101 and san martin as you make your way past madison avenue. Three lanes are blocked so traffic is backing up on northbound 101 out of gilroy, and you may want to consider cal train that leaves in the next hour. Traffic is slow on 101 through morgan hill. And then with all the hot weather mike has been talking about, we could see more motorcycle accidents on the roads the next couple of days. On grant line, the left lane blocked. There was an earlier crash at highway 24, but that one has been cleared to the righthand side. We are seeing the usual crowds pick up right now heading to the bay bridge toll this is abc7 mornings. Remember, do not leave children in the backseat or dogs. Look before you lock because a child will heat up three to five times faster than adults, and 80 of a total temperature rise in a car occurs in the first ten minutes. Lets talk about what i on, excessive heat watch,nd thal continue through at least saturday, and 79 with sunshine on sunday in tahoe. New developments. Five Oakland Police officers involved in a deadly shooting. The officers filed a lawsuit to keep their jobs. The Oakland PoliceCommission Recommended the city fire the officers after the march 18th shooting. But six investigations said their use of force was they are seeking official exoneration and compensation for attorney fees. Every new School Year Comes with a lot of change but this year students may notice a change to their i. D. Cards, an effort to strip the sigma away from Mental Health issues. Suicide hot lines will be printed on i. D. Cards. I can help teens with depression. Its not talked about and they think its a bad thing, and they think having it on a card and having it available is helpful. I think somebody to have an opportunity to have a number to call out, to reach out to and be available, i think its fantastic. According to the journal of the medical died from suicide in 2017. Counsellors will be on hand when classes resume in gilroy tomorrow. Three people, including a 6yearold boy and 13yearold girl died in the july 20th rampage. The district said two additional counsellors will be on hand at all 15 schools tomorrow. Theres going to be questions. Theres going to be tears. Theres going to be a lot of expression of sorrow and we are preparing our staff as much as we can for dealing at students while at the same time dealing with their own emotions. Hundreds of people have taken advantage of Counseling Services offered to the community. Those counsellors will be available throughout the week. In the east bay, bart is alerting riders about major track work that could impact you this weekend. The track between the laurinda and lafayette stations will be shutdown. Free buses will be there instead of trains so you could have delays of 40 minutes or more. The two left lanes near 24 will also be closed. The track work will continue for five more weekends through october. A set of First Addition pokemon cards just sold for should have kept my binder full. Mama, you did me wrong. The First Addition pokemon cards in english were printed in 1999. The set is in mint condition. You know, my mama said it was a racket, and this is probably the only time she has been wrong. She was wrong, and i expect a full apology later. Yeah. You are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather 7day forecast. I still have a few of those digging through my kids desk the other day. If i did that, they would say, those are mine. Where did you get the money to buy those . Well, theres no cooling above us, and that means when the air starts to turn over its going to get warmer today. Its going to get stagnant. A 10 to 20degree drop as we head into the weekend. High pressure dominating us right now but we are keeping our eyes on this area of pressure. This cool pressure will bring us back to where we should be, but not until saturday or sunday. Until then, 79 in santa cruz. Temperatures on the peninsula, range from 86 in millbrae to low to mid90s throughout our northbound valleys. Along the east bay shore, 84 in richmond to fremont at 91, right in the middle of oakland at 87. 96 in pleasanton. Trip triple digits in fairfield. Everybody in the east bay will be in triple digits tomorrow. Quite a spread tonight from san rafael to antioch, those are our lows and highs. Hottest day of the week, hot on friday and then cooler by saturday and sunday. Our newest injury crash is in the north bay and napa, reported near highway 12 and highway 29, and also we are seeing traffic slowing in the area, and somebody trapped in their car. We have a big problem in the south bay northbound 101. All lanes blocked because of an injury crash so traffic is backed up out of gilroy. Theres a motorcycle crash at grant line. We are seeing brake lights approaching highway 24, and a live look as well, interstate 80, also slowing a little bit right now as you make your way, just crowded, towards the bay bridge toll plaza, backed up towards the foot of the maze. Thank you. The nba is out for the schedule for next season and it looks like we will see the warriors on national tv quite a bit. They will open the season in San Francisco october 24th against the l. A. Clippers. It will be the first of 30 televised warriors games. Five of them will channel 7. We have the complete schedule on our website, abc7news. Com. The latest staff member the cauontra costa districts office. He responds to more than 40 commands. He already learned several in spanish as well. He will serve as a therapy dog to help victims of crime during all aspects of criminal cases. New at 6 00, a Digital Detox for your kids. How to get them off their devices before they go back to class. First, committing to self care. The major benefits and why it may be easier to do than you think. Why some are pulling the plug on building hybrid vehicles family is all togetherect. And we switched to geico; saved money on our boat insurance. How could it get any better than this . Dad, i just caught a goldfish theres no goldfish in this lake. Whoa its pure gold. Were gonna be rich. Were gonna be rich it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Bay bridge series tonight over at oracle park. A quick twogame set. A night game followed by a day game tomorrow. 73 in San Francisco, dropping down to 64 degrees. Lets look at the next couple of days. Heres tomorrow. Look at the 70s, 80s and 90s around the bay. More 100s, and not much of a change thursday and then you can see by friday we start to see relief developing at the coast and spreading its way at least through the bay. Not quite inland, that will start over the weekend. If you are working outdoors, a couple questions you need to ask yourself, do you have enough water . Is there shade available outside . Do you know the symptoms of heat illness versus heat stroke . Have all those questions answered the next few days before you head out to work outside. You will be glad you did. Theres a sigalert in the napa area, and the crash will be blocking lanes on northbound 29 at 221. Traffic is slow in the area in the northbound direction on 29. Its backed up from highway 12. A serious accident in the south bay, north 101 and san martin, all lanes temporarily blocked and traffic jammed out of gilroy. The southbound 580 drive almost an hour now, but all lanes have been reopened following the er earlier motorcycle crash. Some automakers will be investing in making all electric vehicles, and gm plans to produce 20 electric vehicles in the next four years. The San Francisco based company that owns is buying tuplbler. The ceo says he is not going to change any of the sites functionality or character. Sometimes taking care of yourself seems like another thing on the to do list but it can bring real results. Practicing self care is not selfish and its not about spending a lot of money and its not just for women, but its talking about take the time of what makes you happy and brings you joy in your life. Think of this on the spectrum of Preventive Medicine or think about it like taking your car in for maintenance before it breaks down, and its not just about yourself. It might involve giving or philanthropy. You can watch a full report on self care coming up on gma at 7 00 after a trash can blocked a door to the outside, and you can see what happened, a bear clawed its way through a wall to get out. The homeowner said the bear ripped an outlet off the wall and dug out the insulation and dug through the wood to get out. Crews are working to restore power after a huge tree fell overnight. New details emerging in a car breakin in San Francisco that targeted arod. The baseball star losing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items. News to build a better bay area. This is abc7 mornings. Right now at 6 00, a huge tree falls in oakland overnight causing a big mess. We are live with the effort to clean it up right now. Good morning on this tuesday, august 13th. First, get ready to sweat. I feel like theres a song in there but couldnt get to it. Lets get physical. Tripledigit temperatures for many of us today, and meteorologist is tracking these conditions. Oh, mike, you told us it was coming, but yikes. Yeah, and the beginning of school for a few folks and hopefully they have clothes that will help them get through the day. 60 in palo alto. Palo alto unified district going back today at 7 00. 81 at noon and a hot 90 at 3 00. Heres the planner for the rest of us, 56 to 64 with a little fog along the coast this morning. We will be in the mid to upper 60s from noon to 4 00 along the coast. 88 to 84 around the bay. 92 to 98 inland. Still, look at 80s and 90s at 7 00. The potential for unhealthy air, not only for today but tomorrow and thursday. More on that coming up. Heres francis. A new crash in