74 to 86 by 4 00. Then 69 to 7 at 7 00. It strengthened overnight, category 3 major hurricane. 115mileperhour winds. Look at the rain totals possible. Eight to 12 inches of rain along the South Carolina coast to the North Carolina coast. A storm surge up to seven feet on top of that rain. Flooding will be a major issue the next 24 to 48 hours. A Traffic Alert westbound 80 at San Pablo Dam road. We have a full freeway closure because of an overturned big rig carrying live chickens. Traffic is absolutely jammed on westbound 80. You can see its a crawl for miles. It is causing at least 45minute delay through that westbound 80 stretch. You may want to consider the richmond parkway to san pablo avenue. Thats also going to slow you down. You may also want to consider 680 to highway 4 if youre coming out of solano county. You can see that is slow as well. Theres a crash 680 as well, northbound at mckee. Here is a live shot of an alternate route. Southbound 680 through walnut creek. It is slow here but still better than that coocoo situation on westbound 80. Amy hollyfield is live at the scene. Reporter hi, frances. Officers are still trying to catch chickens that are Walking Around on the freeway. Here is a sample of some of the survivors that they have been able to rescue and contain. They are very chill after their horrific experience. The big rig that was carrying them flipped over and caught fire. That big rig is still here on interstate 80. Its on its side. Its burned, just a shell of itself. Some of its wheels are 100 yards away from it under this overpass. A huge mess for the chp to clean up out here. We are on westbound interstate 80 in san pablo right at the San Pablo Dam road exit. All lanes are blocked. This call came in about 3 45 this morning for officers. Theyve been out here ever since. Theyve been dealing with the huge mess and also the chickens which has been quite a challenge for them. We have live chickens in the roadway. Some still in the lanes. We have animal control to assist us. Were assisting them. Some did get away . Some did escape the area, yes. Here is video of the chp officers carrying live chickens. Not a scene you see every day. In this job they have to be ready for everything. As far as the crash, theyre not sure why it happened. The big rig ran into the overpass. They dont know why. He was taken to the hospital. Hes going to be okay. Just a few cuts they wanted to get checked out. They say theyre going to be here a while cleaning up this mess. They have oil on the freeway theyve got to clean up. Theyve got wreckage, chickens they want to catch. They also want to check the integrity of this overpass since the big rig hit it. A lot of work left to be done here if you can of void the area. Live in san pablo, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Developing news in Southern California. The search continues for the final victim of the boat fire that killed 34 people. Ntsb says teams are documenting the wreckage thats currently submerged and inverted 65 feet down in the ocean. That documentation is occurring with side scan sew far so theyre actually mapping the wreckage before it is moved. The ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the fire. Investigators also say the conception, that boat, it didnt have any sprinklers on board. But thats not required. Also this morning were learning more about the victims including several from the bay area. Abc 7 reporter jobina fortson has the details. Good morning. Good morning. Carrie mclaughlin and christiane takvan were on board the boat. His parents have gone down to Santa Barbara to help with the identification process. Mclaughlin and takvan were coworkers at a company folk cussesed on s. T. E. M. In a statement, the ceo said, quote, carrie and kristian were incredible friends and colleague who brought immense passion, talent, leadership and warmth and they will be missed dearly. Even though i didnt know for sure they were dead, i was already sorry for what happened to them. That was one of mclaughlins neighbors talking to us on camera. Everyone around them is trying to process the information. Mclaughlin grew up in palo alto and was most recently a resident of oakland. Live in the studio, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. Well keep you updated as new information is released about the fire and the victims. Go to abc7news. Com to see what we know so far and download our abc 7 news app for instant updates. On the peninsula, the Episcopal Church wants whoever is stealing the rainbow flag to just stop. The Church Posted on facebook saying they will continue to fly the gay pride flag. Developing news on Hurricane Dorian. Its strengthened once again to a category 3. Now the storm is headed towards South Carolina. Officials in the bahamas say there have been 20 hurricane related deaths and the number is expected te rise. Megan tevrizian is in charleston, South Carolina. Reporter dorian restrengthening the a category 3 hurricane overnight and might make landfall as it inches closer to georgia and the carolinas. Boarded up and packed. So im on my way. Reporter a hurricane warning is in effect for the entire South Carolina and North Carolina coastline which is set to face the brunt of the storm and a dangerous storm surge up to eight feet. South carolinas governor asking anyone who lives in the evacuation zone to get out. It is the water that kills people. It is the water that is the real danger. Fema setting up operations at ft. Bragg, collecting more than 250 trailers filled with food and water. The coast guard moving operations inland, ready for potential rescues once the storm passes. The preparedness part is pretty much over. Were in the wait and see what kind of complexity were going to be dealing with. Reporter dorian passing through florida, toppling trees at its peak, knocking out power to some. But the Sunshine State forethe most part was spared. In the bahamas new video this morning of dorians utter devastation. Homes and buildings ripped apart, left in pieces. The death toll, now 20, but expected to rise, with more than 200 people reported missing. 70,000 people in dire need of clean water and food after surviving a nightmare. I got on top of the kitchen counter and watched my whole house come ap past. Were experiencing pretty strong wind gusts. Not too long ago we saw a satellite dish fly off a fourfoot building right next to us. We just learned that over 200,000 customers in South Carolina are without power. If youve ever been to charleston, it tends to be a tourist destination, a lot of people Walking Around. But the last couple days its been a ghost town, also dealing with the high tide, so this added rain and potential storm surge could cause flooding several feet throughout the city. Megan tef individualsian reporting live from charleston, South Carolina, abc 7 news. Megan, thank you. Charleston is such a wonderful city. Hopefully dorian will be kind in the end. Senator Kamala Harris has a 10 trillion plan to fight Climate Change and it involves straws. The sequel to crazy rich asians in the middle of a major controversy. One of the writers has quit. Its all over demand for equal pay. Here is a look at the breezes today, especially over water out of the west. Gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour. Thats going to keep our well well well, what have we here . A magical place. Thats lookin to get scared with bats. And ghouls. And cars in disguise. Ive cast quite a spell now. You wont believe your eyes the spell is cast. Halloween time is back with spooktacular experiences in disneyland and disney california Adventure Parks . Right now we can see from one side of the Golden Gate Bridge to the other side, but expect that to be taken away by fog as we head through the morning commute. In fact, its kind of misty out there. Lots of gray at the beaches and on the bay, the Small Craft Advisory we talked about. For the north bay, 57 at 7 00. In the sunshine by 11 00. Low to mid 80s this afternoon. As far as the east bay, well start to climb out of the clouds at 11 00. Mid 70s this afternoon. And for San Francisco, well climb out of the 59degree range to the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. Partly sunny. We have a live picture of the Traffic Alert. Westbound 80 shut down. This is westbound 80 at San Pablo Dam road. Traffic is being detoured off the freeway right back on, no word yet as to when they expect to reopen lanes. As you can see from this live picture, its not going to happen any time soon. Traffic is jammed for miles on westbound 80, heavy through richmond. You may want to consider the richmond parkway and sanabavuen 680 and highway 24. Thats slow as well. New crash reported southbound 101 at embarcadero. Well have sleep number 360 smart bed. St sale of the year on a can it help keep us asleep . Yes, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Save 40 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 24months on all beds. Ends sunday. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Accusations against Placido Domingo of Sexual Harassment. 11 women have shared stories about encounters with domingo. Last month the a. P. Uncovered multiple allegations of Sexual Harassment against the opera superstar. The San Francisco opera canceled the october concert. In a statement the spokesperson called the accusations riddled with inconsistencies but provided no specifics. The Trump Administration is rolling back Energy Standards for household light bulbs. The new standards were included in Energy Legislation implemented under president george w. Bush. They were finalized under the obama administration. Critics say it will mean Higher Energy bills and more pollution. The affected bulbs account for half of all conventional bulbs in the u. S. Senator Kamala Harris rolled out a trillion dollar plan on Climate Change. He unveiled the plan at cnns town hall yesterday. Many calling for rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and investing in any knuble energy. The other initiatives include Carbon Neutral and phasing out gaspowered cars. Time is 6 17 this morning. Mike is standing by with a look at the forecast today. Thank you, kumasi. Hi everybody. Look at this. Colorful sunrise commencing right from our east bay hills camera where its 53 degrees. A time lapse running on this. Breezy, slower sunshine today. Misty and mostly cloudy again tonight. Our weekend temps that take a dive. Temporarily saturday tanking below average. Here is a look at the cloud cover today. Notice by noon, we have clouds hanging around the east bay shoreline and pushing across the golden gate. A few hours of sunshine without them during the afternoon hours. They start to make the eastward push about 7 00 this evening. Down in the south bay, widespread temperatures from 76 and afternoon sunshine. 78 in milpitas. 80 to 82 as you head towards san jose. Near 90 at morgan hill and gilroy. Mudd 70s and a breezy peninsula. 74 to 78. 63 to 65, cloud cover keeping us in a very narrow range on the coast. Downtown, south San Francisco and sausalito, more sunshine, 68 to low 70s. North bay coast it will be breezy today. Breezes coming off the bay that will keep us in the low to mid 80s through the north bay valleys. Along the east bayshore, the breezes keep us around 73 in richmond. 82 in the east bay hills, but mid 80s to near 90 in the valleys. Tonight, there you go. Nice sleeping weather again. Mid 50s to low 60s. About the same as this morning. My accuweather 7day forecast, a couple degrees cooler tomorrow. You can see temperatures tanking, 60s and 70s, quite breezy saturday. Well rebound back to average sunday. Back to frances. Traffic alert still on westbound 80 and San Pablo Dam road. We have a live picture at the scene. Overturned big rig carrying live chickens that caught on fire. Westbound 80, all lanes shut down. Traffic detoured off San Pablo Dam road and then back on again. A slow crawl. You may want to consider getting off at the richmond parkway and taking san pablo avenue as an alternate. If youre coming from solano county, avoid the area altogether. You may want to head to 680 and highway 24. That is slow as well, under 30 miles an hour. A new crash southbound 101 at the oregon expressway has just been cleared. Another one northbound 680 at mckee has been cleared. The bay bridge toll plaza backed up into the maze right now. Such a mess this morning. Good morning america coming up at 7 00 on abc 7. Ginger zee is in myrtle beach, South Carolina with a look at whats ahead. Reporter reggie and kumasi, great to be with you this morning. Im obviously no longer in florida. Got ahead of the storm in myrtle beach, South Carolina, where were under a tornado watch. Weve already had a probable tornado, damage to our northeast. We have the bands coming onshore. We are well ahead of the storm. Charleston, South Carolina, the video youre seeing there, already feeling that push of water with the storm still some 80 miles away from the coastline. Its moving north. It will get closer. The closer that eye gets to us, the more impacts we will end up seeing, not just here along the coastline of South Carolina, but as it moves up to North Carolina, wilmington, over to the outer tanks, we could end up seeing a landfall. A strong hurricane still, hanging out on the southeast coast of the united states. We even have Tropical Storm watches that extend as far north as nantucket for when this things becomes subtropical. Ill detail all of it. Back to you. Ginger always on top of whats happening with the big storms. Up next, the major outage for yahoo aewith Medicare Advantage plans designed for the whole you body, mind and spirit. That means aetna is helping you get ready to be the best grandmother the world has ever known. We simplify medicare by connecting you to the right coverage, resources and care. So you can be ready for what matters most. Aetna medicare solutions. Quick update on dorian. You can see the red. Thats Hurricane Force winds. Storm surge of seven feet. Theyve already received about seven inches of rain. You move up to the north, even faster locally. Dangerous winds with a tornado watch that goes until at least 7 00 this evening. Were piling on now. Thanks, mike. Happening right now, yahoo is working to fix an outage. Yahoo mail users are having issues with their email. The website down detector recorded more than 5,000 reports of problems. Yahoo s Customer Care account tweeted this morning engineers have identified the issue but dont know how long it might take to resolve. The trade war with china is about to hit your bank account. Amazon and wayfair will be forced to raise prices. Amazon nearly 2. 1 . Way fair may have to raise prices by 4. 5 . Trade war negotiations are set to resume next month. Another hit for sears. The company is announcing its laying off 250 people from its illinois headquarters. This is all a part of cost cutting for the struggling company. It was once americas largest retailer. New at 6 00, a controversy surrounding the popular big screen series crazy rich asians. Two sequels to the hit movie are in the works. The screenwriter has quit over a wage disparity. According to the Hollywood Reporter warners brothers offered adele lim a little more than 110,000 to series. He cowriter offered nearly a million dollars. He offered to split the fee with her. She says she should not be dependent on a generosity of a white male writer. Crazy rich asians made headlines as the first major studio movie in 25 years to feature a predominantly asian cast. So much is dependent on the comedy, the writing, the chemistry of all of that. So i dont know how that is going to continue. That is a huge gap. Huge gap. Lets hope she doesnt find out . What in the world. A big day for the royal family. Princess charlotte, her first day of school. Here she is earlier today. I wont let you let her ruin her moment. Shes hiding behind her mom. This is her day. Prince william and duchess kate and george. The family walked to School Together to meet the schools staff because this is charlottes day and she is a princess today and this is her day. I know its her day. I just think Prince George is stealing the spotlight. As i say, hocus pocus, pull focus. Hes learning at an early age. 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Were gonna be rich it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Right now at 6 30, a big rig hauling a bunch of live chickens crashes and catches fire overnight. Team coverage of the big impact on your commute. Crews recover all but one of the victims of the diving boat fire. Investigators say it may take years to figure out what happened. Dream big and be bold. Steph currys inspiring message that these young women. Boy, was that a surprise . They didnt know they were going to be having a workout with steph curry. Good morning. Its thursday, september 5th. We have so much going on. Especially the chicken story. Its like what . Full freeway closure, live chickens. Its been a coocoo situation. Traffic is fowl. First well start with mike nicco. Sip that tea. Plucked it straight out of the headlines. Thats the safest one i could come up with. I want to talk about serious weather. A look at charleston, a tower cam from one of our sister abc stations, gusting at least 52 miles per hour. Ive seen gusts up to hurricaneforce so far which would be 74 miles per hour. Dorian increased overnight, 115mileperhour category 3 major hurricane. Tracking north to northeast at eight miles per hour. Look at the rain and the potential for tornadoes. Look at the rainfall. Nearly 14 inches the last 24 hours over the ocean. You get closer in. Up five, six, even seven inches on top of the flood. A surge of stormpushed water that could reach nearly seven feet. Not much of charleston, its not going to flood today. For us it will be a little cooler with breezy conditions and slow sunshine. 60s, 70s and 80s, coast, bay and inland. Back to the traffic with frances. A Traffic Alert for a full freeway closure westbound 80 at San Pablo Dam road. Traffic is being detoured right at San Pablo Dam road and then right back on again. Here is what it looks like now. The backup actually not horrible. Its been about the same the past couple hours. It is backed up several hours towards the richmond parkway. But causing hourlong delays at this point. You may want to get off at richmond parkway and take san pablo avenue or take 680 and highway 24 which is still slow, but better. A new crash ba bascom. Headlights moving westbound through emeryville. The bay bridge toll plaza backed up into the maze. Wll go to Amy Hollyfield who is live at the scene of that freeway closure on westbound 80. Hi, amy. Reporter still a huge mess out here. This truck was hauling 1,000 chickens. Some of them have been rescued. There are some survivors. Some did die. They are still trying to catch some that are wandering around the freeway. So this is just a huge mess. The big rig crashed and flipped over and caught fire. It was around 3 45 this morning. This is in san pablo on westbound 80. All lanes at the San Pablo Dam road exit have been closed for about three hours now and will be for a while. They have a huge mess to deal with here. The vehicle is still very hot. We still have to get a tow truck. We have live chickens in the roadway, also with the deceased ones. We have to deal with that. Theres some oil. Just the way the vehicle struck we would like to open as soon as possible, we have to obviously make it safe for folks to traverse. Reporter officers have been busy catching and rescuing chickens all morning. Some did escape. They got on out of here. If you see any wandering the streets today around san pablo, you know what happened. As for the crash, they arent sure why the truck hit the overpass. The driver is okay, was taken to the hospital with some cuts, expected to be fine. Now they need to check out the bridge he hit to make sure it is safe. They need to clean this up. Theyve got to get the big rig out of here and the click ens out of here. All these lanes will be closed for a while. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. It is wild. Thank you. This morning the ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the boat fire off Southern California that killed 34 people. Officials have recovered 33 bodies. One person is still missing. Officials are interviewing the five surviving crew members and other witnesses. Ntsb says divers are using sonar equipment to document the area. The boat is sitting upside down in about 65 feet of water. Investigators also say the conception, the boat, didnt have sprinklers but wasnt required to. Again, one person is still missing. We have learned a lot about the other people who were on board. Were going to get more information now from jobina fortson who is live in the studio. Theres a couple from right here in berkeley. Yes, good kumasi. Daniel gar zee yeah and his partner yulia krashennaya. Friends confirm the couple did not survive. Friends say garcia was a Software Engineer and primary developer behind Lighting Technology called fast l. Echlt d. The lights in garcias yard were the envy of many on his berkeley street. Neighbors tell us theyre beautiful. The couple wuz loved by their community and many were too distraught to appear on camera to talk with us. The tragedy is unspeakable, just horrible. I feel like i lost a part of my family. Friends of the couple posted on social media that garcia loved scuba diving and he and his partner julia lived their lives to the fullest. Live in the studio this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. Well keep you into dated as new information is released about the fire and the victims. Go to abc7news. Com and see what we know so far and download the abc 7 news app for instant updates. Developing news in Riverside County this morning. Mandatory Evacuations Ordered for residents of the la Cresta Community because of a fast moving brush fire there. Yesterday afternoon flames quickly spread to nearly 1,000 acres over rugged hilly terrain. Theres no containment of the tenaja fire. The cause is under investigation. Lightning strikes were seen in the area. So far there have been no reports of any injuries. In the east bay firefighters are guarding against flareups from this condo fire in pleasant hill. Flames were shooting out of the window as fire crews got there. Its at the complex along gregory lane. It happened last night. You can see how huge those flames were. The firefighters were battling to keep the fire from spreading to other condos. Investigators are working to find out what started the fire. Scarlett johansson defending director woody allen after being accused of sexual abuse. What she said in a new interview. Youre looking live at the big board at the New York Stock Exchange, starting up this morning. Another update on how the markets are doing coming up next. First youre never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. Here is meteorologist mike nicco. This is a tower cam from frying pan bay. Its just about 40 miles south of southampton south of wilmington. Its out over the ocean. You can see how devastating the winds are and the waves are where theres absolutely no friction to slow it down. That is incredible there. Charleston, 56, myrtle beach 31. Not too breezy there yet. Look at the rainfall totals possible. Eight inches to 12 inches. Not only do we have the half foot storm surge. We have a half foot to a foot of rain on top of that. There will be devastating damage. Were just getting into the worst of the storm here in the u. S. Back at home, mist mid 50s to low 60s about everywhere. Lets jump into whats going on as far as the east bay valleys. Well jump up to the low to mid 80s this afternoon. Once we get rid of the cloud cover by about 9 00. As far as the peninsula goes, cloud cover through 9 00. 69 and sunny at 11 00. Mid 70s with mostly sunny conditions this afternoon. South bay in the 60s through 9 00. Well flirt with 80 host of that time under a mostly sunny sky. A crazy commute if youre just joining us. Frances here to tell us about an overturned truck with special cargo in it. We have some chickens. Some didnt make it. Quite a few were rescued by emergency crews. Live camera show the at the scene. Westbound 80 at San Pablo Dam road has been closed since 3 45 this morning. Its going to take extra time to clear this up because they need to clear the roadway and the chickens and the big rig as well. The backup has not actually gotten worse, but it is still pretty bad. About an hour backup on within 80 jammed from the richmond parkway. It seems like a lot of people are getting word of this and taking alternate routes. You may want to take the richmond parkway, san pablo avenue or highway 24. There were a few earlier problems in the south bay. Luckily they have cleared. You will find the usual slowing in some of the spots like here northbound 280 near highway 17. Avoid the westbound 80 stretch through richmond, still hourlong delays. Guys . Reporter do you know how a free trial can end up costing you a small fortune . Im michael finney. This is a 7 on your side quick tip. Many companies that offer free trials sneak in language that says, when the free trial ends, they can start charging you. So how do you protect yourself . Well, the little box you have to click in order to get the free trial, right next to it there will be writing. In there it will say theyre going to start charging you how much and when. If it still seems like a deal you want in on, go ahead and click it. On your cal defer, write down the date that the free trial ends. That way, if you no longer want lets talk about the kids getting ready for school. A little frizzy today, mist in the air. Make sure they have the coat when they come home, 72 to 84 away from the coast at 3 00. You can probably still use the coat at the coast. There well be 63. Weve got red flag warning. High fire danger up across the border with oregon because of the thunderstorms. Well have thunderstorms in the sierra and around l. A. And san diego. Look at those, 83, 91, 106 in those neighborhoods. 90 in sacramento. Tahoe, 77 average friday with no more threats of thunderstorms. Look at this, 35 and 36 for lows followed by highs in the mid 70s to low 70s. Getting cooler this weekend. President trump is Standing Firm on his claim that Hurricane Dorian at one point threatened alabama even after the National Weather service said it was not threatening that state. Here is the comment he made on sunday. Alabama could even be in for at least some very strong winds. Yesterday the president wanted to prove he was right. He held up a map showing dorians projected impact. As you can see, it appears someone handdrew a line to include alabama. That map that you showed today looked like it almost had a sharpie. I dont know. I dont know. I dont know. Its a federal crime to knowingly publish a false forecast. Fema and the national oergs antic and Atmospheric Association have declined do comment on the map. Happening now, the search is on for a man involved in a shooting in merced county. Chp has issued a blue alert for Guadalupe Herrera lopez. Authorities say they got into a shooting match with the 51yearold man and they believe hes armed and dangerous. Herrera lopez drives a 2013 gmc white sierra, like the one you see in this picture with california license plates 25599h1. You are urged to call 911 if you see Herrera Lopez or this vehicle. Scarlett johansson is back in the headlines, not for a role. But for defending director woody allen. Allens daughter dylan pharaoh has accused him of sexual abuse. Johansson tells the hood reporter shes talked to him about the abuse claims quite a bit. She says he maintains his innocence and she believes hes telling the truth. She said she would work with allen any time. Now to your Morning Money report, petalumas amys drive through is planning a bigger expansion. The company is in the beginning stages of finding locations in sacramento and in Southern California. Amys already has locations in rohnert park and sfo. Theyre also building a drivethrough and have a proposal for a restaurant in walnut creek, thats before the citys planning commission. Tartine bakery will open a new location inside the graduate, one block south of cals campus. The chronicle reports tartine hasnt given an opening day in berkeley. It will serve bread, pastries and sandwiches. This is the fifth bay area location. Right now were taking a live look at the New York Stock Exchange as trading gets under way this morning. It looks like were up this morning almost 400 points. Steph curry is helping to build a better bay area. He surprised a group of young women at the chase center to encourage physical fitness and financial health. [ cheers and applause ]. Those 250 young people had no idea the splash brother would be making an appearance yesterday. He tried to inspire them to be their best. You dont need a man or somebody in authority to tell you its okay for you to go after and what its okay for you to do. You can do it on your own by being bold, courageous, having a vision, having a plan of attack, how youre going to do it. I think it was amazing how he wants to empower as many people as possible and be as inclusive as you want. Be a boss at it as steph curry said. As you can see, he led them through drills and a workout. Good times. He makes it look so easy. Just do this, yall. Its no big deal. Right. Looked like a lot of fun. It did, didnt it . Can we talk about how theic ch ens are all over the roadway . Im not over it. Every time you go to this live shot, i know the traffic is backed up and people are okay, but there are chickens on the roadway. Live chickens, dead chickens. Not a great situation. Its been a mess on westbound 80 through richmond and san pablo. But being carried so gently and nicely. That makes me happy. That was nice, too. Emergency crews are out there carrying chickens safely. What happens to the chickens now, mom and dad . Im sure well find out. Lets talk about the weather as we look into that and more. 53 in the east bay hills. You can see a gorgeous sunrise developing. Misty morning with a breezy afternoon. Coolest afternoon this weekend and nearing normal again this week. A little bit of a roller coaster. Cloud cover hanging around parts of the bay. From the richmondsan rafael bridge all the way down to the dumbarton bridge. Wont be a solid deck of clouds but definitely notable, not as solid as the coast is goingo happen. 7 00 already pushing back into the bay for a return appearance tonight. 78 in milpitas, 82 in san jose. 91 at gilroy. 76 in santa cruz. All over the map in the south bay. 74 to 78, breezy in the peninsula. 63 to 65 on the coastal side. 71 in south San Francisco to 72 in sausalito. Breezy, cloudy, mid 60s along the east bay coast. As you head into the valleys, breezy and low to mid 80s. Along the east bay shore, mid to upper 70s, 73 to 78. Upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Tonight well drop back into the mid 50s to low 60s. Want to show you, to add insult to injury, not only do we have hurricaneforce wijds, but tornadoes will cause more damage in the carolinas as dorian may make landfall later tonight in North Carolina. My accuweather 7day forecast, coolest and breezy is saturday with mainly 60s and 70s for highs. Frances. Mike, i have a brand new problem, a Traffic Alert for caltrain. Apparently there might have been a trespasser hit near the 22nd street station in San Francisco. So caltrain trains are being held at this point. I want to take you to this Traffic Alert, this problem westbound 80, all lanes shut down at San Pablo Dam road because of this overturned big rig carrying chickens. Westbound 80 will be shut down for a while. Traffic detoured at San Pablo Dam road right back on again. Hourlong delays. You may want to avoid this mess. A lot of folks heading to the richmond parkway and san pablo avenue which is also slow or taking appian way and getting around the mess. 680 and 24 also an alternate as well. Its very slow through walnut creek and 24 to the caldecott tunnel. The bay bridge toll plaza right now is backed up into the maze. Again, well keep you updated on that caltrain alert. Right now trains are being held in San Francisco and also at bayshore because of a possible trespasser strike near the 22nd street station. So much going on this morning trafficwise. Thanks so much. A new study out of texas shows vaping with or without nicotine can cause serious lung damage. This is 21yearold ricky of rose ville, in a medically induced coma, battling acute respiratory failure doctors believe from vaping. The vapor itself damages the lungs of mice tested in the study. Dr. Jennifer ashton talked about the results in good morning america. This has nothingo do there were differences in these lung cells just with an e sig device. More on the dangers of vaping coming up on gma in ten minutes right here on abc 7. Well, theres a new security headache for facebook. Phone numbers of more than 400 million facebook users turned up in an unprotected online database. Up until april of 2018, people could enter someone elses phone number to find them. Facebook shut down the feature in the wake of the cambridge analytical scandal. The company says the database is old and has been taken down. Facebook says theres no evidence of any accounts being compromised. Up next, the 7 things you need to know before you go. First, something a little funny to start your day. First, this is a dog on a motorized scooter living its best life in vancouver in the parking lot. The video posted to facebook. It got quite a few reactis. If its not already weird enough, people commented theyve seen this same dog riding the scooter before, but it was in a different parking lot, because it needs opndee a to get you though. One day hes going to be driving a car. Let me just tell you, and also opening your door at your by the laughing cow you can dunk, snap, or twirl. So however you snack, snack like you. The laughing cow. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. 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No word yet on when theyll reopen. Major problems on caltrain, a possible trespasser was struck in San Francisco. Trains are stopped in both directions. Number two, weatherwise, misty spots this morning. Temperatures upper 50s to low 60s. Slow sunshine and breezy conditions keep us in the mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s to mid 80s bay and inland. Number three, the ntsb says it could take up to two years to figure out what caused the boat fire that killed 34 people in Santa Barbara county. Officials have recovered 33 bodies. One person is still missing. Number four, in Riverside County a brush fire has grown to 1400 cakers near murrieta. Firefighters have the flames 7 contained. Mandatory evacuations are ordered for residents of the la Cresta Community. Number five, Hurricane Dorian is approaching South Carolina. The storm regained strength and is now a category 3 storm. At least 20 people died in the bahamas. Number six, yahoo says most of its services are back online. A lot of users reported outages overnight. Yahoo s Customer Care fwiter account says engineers fixed a technical issue. Number seven, it is princess charlottes first day of school. This is video of the 4yearold with her parents, Prince William and duchess kate and older brother george. The family walked to the School Together to meet staff with all the style in the world, right . I dont think anything beats the chickens today. I do not look like that dropping my kids off to school. Most parents dont. Hair not flowing gorgeously in your dress and high heels . Why as we join you this thursday morning, Hurricane Dorian hitting the carolinas. Roaring north overnight, dorian gaining strength. Turning back into a major category 3 storm, lashing the carolinas with Tropical Storm force winds. Threats of tornadoes and flooding in the heart of charleston. Now the concerns about lifethreatening storm surge as the death toll climbs in the bahamas. The race to evacuate survivors and relief as families find their loved ones. Our team is right there. Also this morning, President Trump facing new questions over his false hurricane forecast that he tried to defend with an altered map. This as former Vice President joe biden takes on his own gaffes. Are you going nuts . What did he say about michelle obama