Those hot temperatures could set records. Lets go to meteorologist drew tooma. Were looking at possibly the longest heat wave and the hottest heat wave we have seen the entire year. Its pretty comfortable in the lot of spots. 61 in oakland. About 65. 72 in concord. 66 in livermore and half moon bay. But you look at much of the southwest today. The highs, we were certain lae baking to our south and to our east. 107 in vegas. 108 in phoenix and this is the air mass thats going to migrate our way and were going to begin to feel its effects tomorrow afternoon and first a heat advisory in effect foraded in o hottest spots on thursday well see an excessive heat warning go into effect and on friday watch what happens, the heat warnings get expanded area wide. We have not seen a map this wide and this bright. You can see excessive heat youre looking at for some of the hottest spots getting as high as 110 degrees. This is likely the longest heat wave so far this year and its not just an inland event. Everyone is going to feel this, even the coast as we head into the weekend and increases the risk of fire danger. Well take a much closer look at the heat wave and how long its going to last. Theyre preparing themselves for this dangerous heat thats going to be more extreme than many of them have ever experienced. More from concord. I dont like it. It frustrates me. It gets me mad. Reporter people in concord are used to hot summers. With temperatures set to sore to 110 degrees has everyone looking to cool off. Morris says her baby has the hardest time with the heat. She has to give her several cool baths a day to keep her body temperature down. I guess she gets frustrated too so she kept crying and crying. Reporter the city of venetia plans to use its library as a cooling center. Its very unusual for venetia to hit temperatures over 100. Reporter they say lot of homes dont have air conditioning. The library will stay open late through Labor Day Weekend. Weve taken steps to have a back up in case we lose it because last weekend you might be aware we suffered power outages. Reporter but contra costra fire marshal says on superhot days they tend to see more drownings and heat related illnesses. We had a lot of people suffering from heat related emergencies, frustration, things like that. Reporter his best advice, stay inside and drink plenty of water. Valerie has lived in the bay area more than 50 years. This weekend. Im leaving town, going to bedagau bay. I feel sorry for everyone staying in town. Reporter this includes canceling outdoor pe classes and keeping extra water on hand. All classrooms are air conditioned, but some multiuse rooms are not. Abc 7 news. And pg e says it will have crews on alert. Theyre asking its companies to prepare for potential outages. You can track the temperatures where you live with the abc 7 news accuweather app. Download it to be instantly notified of heat alerts. Tropical storm harvey delivered a second punch along the gulf today. Port arthur texas is a city under water. Residents of a 91sting home were rescued from the flooded out building and other victims are lifted to safety on a blackhawk helicopter. A ceo reportedly says he expects chemicals will catch fire or explode in six days, prompting even more evacuations. At least 19 people have died in the storms. That number sadly is likely to climb. Marcy gonzales with more. Reporter relentless down pours as harvey moves northeast. Now burying areas along the texas louisiana border under fast moving flood waters. Pulled to safety by First Responders and selfless strangers. Saving lives. Theyll just keep bringing boat loads of people out and load them up and well get them out of the area. Reporter and still more rescues back in hard hit houston. The sky is clear but water is inunidating homes. An estimated 30 of the county, 1700 square miles now flooded. People calling out, people that have been stranded for days. Reporter and the water reseeding in some places, the death toll is climbing. Police finding the six family members who died when their van was swept away. Today evacuations in port arthur texas at this nursing home where Officials Say patients waited in the water for 24 hours. And at this shelter. Water is coming in from every angle. Coming in from the bathroom, its coming in from the back door, the front door. Reporter more than 32,000 people are now living in shelters in texas. From this over crowded Convention Center to churches and mosques, some are reaching capacity. There is still room at this shelter where theyre not calling the people staying here evacuees, inhstead referring to them as neighbors to make them feel as comfortable as possible. So many people are showing up to help, theyve had to turn volunteers away. Abc news, houston. And back here now abc 7 News Reporter vic lee has a look at how the bay area. Reporter fire captain heads the citys training short a program that stemmed from the loma prieta earthquake. People were doing everything from helping with traffic lights to actually help carry the hose. Reporter in february flooding prompted the evac yaushz of 13,000 residts and caused 100 million in damage. Hundreds volunteered to clean up the mud and degree and get beam back in their homes pap disaster zone can spur every day folk into action. They train neighbors to help neighbors by learning basics. First to take care of them svls, then others. San Francisco Fire Department wants this network and every part of the city before the next big disaster. If you live in an area you have access to know whos there and whos not supposed to be there. Reporter so they teach people how to search structures. Once thats done, then the professionals coming behind are not going to search the same building over and over again. They can augment a 911 system thats overwhelmed. Theyre trained to provide Damage Assessment in a very specific and organized way. Reporter they can also learn how to render basic first aid to treat people not seriously injured. Vic lee, abc 7 news. Now one easy way to give is to help through abcs day of giving tomorrow. Abc stations nation wide will do a fund raiser on air and online all day with money going to neighbors most impacted by harvey. You can also donate to the red cross at any time by texting harvey to 909 and we will have a comprehensive look at the situation in texas on the special edition of 2020. Abcs 2020 city under water airs tonight at 10 00 on channel 7 00. But stay with us. A lot more to bring you now. A gang is all but dismantled. This gang was vicious and their victims random. Their only motive was to inflict violence. Also a woman says her pet was killed by two dogs living next door. Only abc 7 news follows her frustrations in a quest for justice. And were about to see serious heat in the bay new details from sacramento county. A sheriffs deputy has died. It happened at a rumodacapitol. A man with an Assault Rifle showed up to check out a room. Police shot the gunman whos in the hospital. The fallen deputy is this man, 52 yoeltd robert french. French served for 21 years with the sheriffs department. The streets are safer tonight, according to officers involved in an 18month investigation that ended in the arrest of violent gang members in richmond for dozens of crimes including murder. Heres abc 7 News Reporter, melanie woodrow. Reporter Richmond Police say theyve identified the young men in this Youtube Video as violent street gang members. At least eight individuals who were proven dangerous, deadly gun toting gang members are out of commission. Theyre accused of three richmond murders, including martinez. As well as 14 attempted murders. Two car jackings, one Home Invasion robby, six robberies spanning 12 cities. Their only motive was to inflict violence and inflict fear across several communities. Reporter this Surveillance Video of a fremont Home Invasion was one of the first pieces in the puzzle. The safe Streets Task Force linked eight members of the swerve team, several that were already in custody to all of these additional crimes now charged. The contra costra Sheriffs Office used a data base with shell casings to connect the remaining puzzle pieces. If we can link the people involved and prevent the next shooting, then weve really truly done our job. One of the suspects was a member of the program that pays members a stipend in part to turn their lives around. The fact it didnt work for that person is a reality of life. Reporter Richmond Police say theyre hopeful swerve team member will turn himself into police. Melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Meantime Palo Alto Police have released pictures of a man suspected in a strong arm robbery that involved a rear end collision. Police believe he and another man waited in this car for a store employee who was going to make bank deposit. The suspects rear ended the employees car as she drove towards the bank. When the woman got out to take a picture of the damage, they grabbed her bank deposit and drove away. Reporter a dog was malled to death in its own yard and the dogs responsible are still on the loose. It was all caught on security cameras. The deadly attack happened nearly a week ago and animal control has gotten involved. Here with this exclusive story. Reporter she was right here. She was in the dirt. She didnt make it on to the cement. Reporter it it was a horrifying discovery that jen adams will never forget. She found her beloved dog daisy dead and near death. She was standing up, leaning over and her insides were spilling out. Reporter daisy had had been brutally attacked. Surveillance video shows two dogs break through a fence and grab her by the neck. Daisys body is torn apart by the german shepherds. The mallings last six minutes. She was on the side and her inhadicides were behind her. So i got the towel over her and was holding her while she was still alive. I mean she survived it. Reporter her injuries were so severe she had had to be put asleep. Animal control returned again. The dogs were gone and the owner would not reveal where the dogs were. We also knocked and got no reply. The location where the dogs are at, are they going to be able to do the same thing . Escape . Reporter they say the case is strong with video evidence. And if the dogs are deemed dangerous, the owner must follow certain guidelines which includes muzzles, harnesses and behavior training. Im concerned my other neighbor wont come outside. Is it possible theyll attack an abefore they get taken . Thats not okay. Reporter abc 7 news. Well, a wild fire burning in butte county has destroyed 10 homes and threatened 500 other structures tonight. 1500 people were given immediate evacuation orders. They arrested a man who they say recklessly started an illegal camp fire that lead to this big blaze. The fire started yesterday afternoon near oroville. Here with more on the forecast. Obviously when the heat rises the fire danger also increases but the heat were forecasting, we havent seen numbers like this. In fact its been several years. Live doppler 7 along with satellite. Its a really Crystal Clear picture. Limited if any fog out there. Its well off the coast. So well take you outside. Nothing but stars above San Francisco tonight and you know when you see clear skies over San Francisco at the end of august, nearly beginning of september its going to be a warm day tomorrow. So the accuweather highlights are upon the intense heat wave will begin tomorrow. The extreme heat were forecasting is going to peek friday into saturday and the hottest temps will be inland and everyones going to feel this warm air into the weekend. As the heat wave will last into early parts of next week. Temperature wise, its really comfortable. Its going to be about a week before we see temperatures like this at this time of the night. 61 in oakland. 69 that current number in gilroy and fair field checking in with a temperature of 67. Overnight nothing but stars out there. Not only inland but right along the coast. That marine layers getting wiped away. Temperatures will be in the 50s and theyre going to quickly rise so we dont have that fog to slow the heat down in the morning. A heat advisory in effect for the areas closer to the coast and lower elevations. Once you get higher ielevation, hotter tomorrow. So an excessive heat warning is in Effect Tomorrow afternoon. Were going back to the triple digits. 104 the high in antioch. 104 in livermore. But its still going to feel warm around the bay compared to today. 84 in oakland. 92 in san jose. 100 in morgan hill. And along with the rising temperatures, our air quality is going to decline. A spare the air day has been called. Especially inland and the Santa Clara Valley as to respuatory issues are a concern. Excessive heat warning is a majority of the region. You see shaded in the pink color, our hottest spots are going to sore above the century mark. Future tracker temperatures by friday this is dangerous heat no matter where you live. It has been quite some time since its been that hot. 103 in san jose and 84 that high in San Francisco. Well likely do it again on saturday. So the accuweather sevenday forecast take it easy inland. Everybody especially both friday and saturday, that heat is going to be very intense for all of us. It continues on sunday. It technically will ease on monday but its all relative because were still well above normel for this time of year. So five days. Thanks, drew. Coming up next how harvey is about to effect the price you pay at the pump. No. Devastation is causing an instant spike in gas prices. The largest refinery in the u. S. Is shutting down. Thateans customers will pay more for gas. Reporter tonight with much of the countrys Energy Complex under water, the Ripple Effect from coast to coast, gasoline prices rising and set to spike further. Predicting the National Average now 2. 43 will increase another 15 to 25 cents in coming weeks. The storm shutting down nearly a quarter of u. S. Refining capacity. This plant inundated. 15 gulf coast refineries, including the largest in the country now shutter. Prices at the pump are already 20 cents higher than they were this time last year and the price spike is expected to last another two to three weeks across the country. Abc news new york. Up next a show of American Force off the coast of hawaii all because of whats happening thousands of miles to the west. And the government approves a break through treatment for a form of child hood cancer. Form of child hood cancer. And mountain 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. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. 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. Live where you live this is abc 7 news. Good evening once again. Well begin this half hour with President Trump who started his day with a tweet on north korea. After its latest missile launch, the president tweeted that talking is not the answer but within hours the secretary of defense came to contradict him. Heres abcs chief global affairs. Reporter the defensive missile is test launched from a u. S. War ship. Successfully intercepting a medium range ballistic missile. A long planned test that could not have come at a more perfect time. North korea today bosting of its own missile test. Launched just days ago crossing over japanese territory before falling into the sea. Kim jongun calling it a meaningfmeaning ful prelewd to maintaining guam today President Trump appeared to double down on a military option, tweeting that talking is not the answer. But when his secretary of defense was asked if that means were out of diplomatic options, he quickly said no. Were never out of diplomatic solutions. Reporter this is not the first time the administration is seemingly sending mixed messages but in the end north koreas lead leader a ban on socalled sanctuary cities today. The judges ruling was only temporary but prevents it from taking effect to friday. So far the judge has temporarily blocked to communities that limit the cooperation of local police and jails with immigration agents. This really isnt about immigration, this really isnt about any particular policy. This is really about whether local communities can make local decisions about how they want to utaliz their own resources. The Trump Administration has argued sanctuary cities can be havens for crime. The Trump Administration launched its push for tax reform today with rallies to vote a senator out of office if she doesnt go along. He said over hauling the nations tax system will be at the center of his economic agenda. Issued this threat to those who dont play ball. Your senator, claire mchaskellal, she must do this for you and if she doesnt do it for you, you have to vote her out of office. So today Vice President pence will stand with the democratic West Virginia senator in an effort to secure his vote for tax reform. Senator john mccain will be back in washington d. C. He vealed he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. He flew back to d. C. To cast a deciding vote against the skinny repeal for the Affordable Care act. A new gene therapy treatment for child hood leukemia geinatically engineers patients own blood cells to seek and destroy leukemia. Reporter tonight a new frontier in the fight against cancer. Fr the first time the fda approving a genetically improving therapy. It works by taking a patients own immune cells, reprogramming them and sending them back in the body to destroy cancer. Most of them remain years later and that makes us think maybe thats a potential cure for some of our kids. Reporter 12yearold Emily Whitehead was the first to ever receive the treatment developed by the university of pennsylvania. At the time her parents were told there was no hope. We were out of options and not ready to quit fighting. Reporter in may emilys doctors declaring her it five years cancer free. Congratulations. I think its really exciting because the treatment that i got other kids will be able to have the same treatment and have the same outcome. Reporter there are serious side effects but the hope is one day this therapy can be used to treat other cancers. It costs almost half a Million Dollars but theyre looking for ways to make sure those patients who need it get it. Abc news, new york. 35 years ago today a High School Student registered a copyright for a Computer Program called email and since then its become an part of our lives. A look at the problem its become for many of us and the bay area entrepreneurs trying to fix it. Reporter a teen age boy from new jersey got this copyright for a little known code called email. It was simple and fast but in 35 years a lot can happen. Email is one of the big problems of the modern age. We have too much of it, we dont know how to handle it, we can barely read it all. Reporter and sillicon valley is struggling to solve it. Computer programs might be able to get smart enoof filter our email for us but it hasnt happened yet. Reporter hes seen apps come and go. And almost always ive gone with the standard one that comes with my computer. Reporter this one uses Artificial Intelligence to find the important stuff. Everything in a folder. Reporter they condukted a survey to see how overwhelmed we are. One of the top places people see their emails is bed. Reporter 41 said they read email in bed and 39 said they do it while eating and then theres the 24 who admit they check their emails in the bathroom. There is no going back to where we got five or 10 emails saday maybe in 1999. Reporter so another app geronimo aims to giv you a birds eye view. We put it on a horizontal timeline. Hasnt been done before. Reporter it first launched two years ago but suffered the same fate as an app calledpopul. Drop box killed off the mail box app but geronimo and edison live on. Im convinced were not going to be slaves to email much longer. Instagram suffered a potentially serious data breach. They sent out alerts today saying intruders got contacts information for a number of high profile users. Its warning all verified users out of an abundance of caution. Today in richmond, Little Caesars showed up in richmond. They served up free pizzas to those in the mission and the homeless. They want to make a difference in the lives of the communitys most vulnerable citizens and it was time let the homeless know someone cares about them. Mountain view police need your help to identify a special photo album. Contains world war ii era photographs. The images appear to be those of a navy sailer and his significant other at various bay area beaches and parks. One photo may have even been taken in monterey. If you recognize the couple, please contact Mountain View police. Great pictures. Well, no cars, no boats, no bike. A total shut down this weekend during the implosion of the remaining bay bridge piers. And this is this is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Going to be a busy weekend for cal transz. Bikes and voters may have headaches too because they plan to begin blasting away whats left of the bay bridge. Reporter cal transsays no cars will be allowed on the bridge during the blasting period saturday morning. A rolling closure on interstate 80. Reporter no boats allowed within 1500 feet of the piers during that time and environmental experts will be on the bay to post pone the demolition if threatened wildlife wanders into the area. The people likely to be most effected are those who use the bike and pedestrian path. It will be closed until a couple of hours after its over. Reporter this saturday well start out with two piers next to each other. And those will be imploded just mill seconds apart. Reporter barges are in place right now so crews can place the explosives in just the right spots. Were shaving off the concrete off the enforcing steel, then were letting gravity do what gravity does. Reporter doing it this time of year means less time for wildlife and saves the state 10 million. But bart passengers may see delays, especially those under transbay tube. Reporter they decided they would pause the traffic in bart and i believe that was for an abundance of safety. Reporter the demolition work starts this saturday with two or three piers being demolished every weekend until november 11th. There will be no holiday for over 450 bart workers who will spend Labor Day Weekend on the tracks in oakland. Theyre installing 3100 feet of rail, pads and new insulators to keep electricity from being wasted and a bit of a make over with new signs but it will be closed due to all of that work. We have details on the closure and bus bridge bart will run at abc 7 news. Com. Well, meteorologist drew tooma is standing by with a really hot forecast. Low fat verses low carb. What may be the new answer in the debate over diets. I no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. Wondering, what if . I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. And is proven to cure up to 99 of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if youve ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. Tell your doctor if youve ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with harvoni can cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects of harvoni include tiredness, headache and weakness. Ready to let go of hep c . Ask your hep c specialist about harvoni. A new study is turning upside down the notion that a low fat diet is healthier than a higher fat one. David louie looks at the study. Reporter eating a salad is a badge of honor for those following a low fat diet but canadian researchers say eating more red meat, cheese and butter may be the healthier alternative. They studied adults and found they had shorter lives. Eating saturated fat chef, at the Ferry Building points out the benefits of omega fatty acids. Because theyre helpful in so far as they boost your immune system and theyve been shown in lots of studies to lower cholesterol, to help with brain function, heart function. Have a great day. Ab solutely. And im cheating today. My doctor said to stay off the gluten and the dairy and im cheating on both counts. Others just eat what they enjoy. Reporter no. Im on a sea food diet. I see food and i eat it. Reporter in a city fill would footies and great options, temptation often wins. Theres a little inside of everyone that is like you know you want that ice cream, the whole pint. Reporter ultimately its up to each individual to decide what kind of ditoot follow and how that diet makes you feel. In san francio, david louie, abc 7 news. Lets talk about the really dangerous heat. Drew. Feel it warmer tomorrow but the heat is going to intensify friday afternoon and going into saturday as well. Heres the call. Its pretty comfortable in terms of our air temperature. Plenty of stars out there. And thats going to create a day of quick warming temperatures. Heat advisory in effect for the areas shaded in orange. Away from the coast you note this is pink color. Thats an excessive heat warning where temperatures will get very warm. Along with that we have high fire danger. Hot temperatures low humidity. 92 in concord, 84 oakland, 74 San Francisco and 96 in santa rosa. The accuweather 7day forecast, the numbers rapidly rise into friday. And this is likely lasting through monday with little relief coming tuesday. Never say never. Thanks, drew. Youre welcome. Had to come up with a new color its so hot. All right, guys. Maria sharapova is moving on to round three. To round three. And the at at t, we believe in access. To round three. And the the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Abc 7 sports brought to you by your local toyota dealer. The latest version of the as are fun to watch. Theyre having fun and winning games in the process. An eightrun fourth inning kicked into action. The l. A. Angels play. 32 angels in the fourth. 31 shot to left. 11th of the year and the as are on a roll. Still no outs. Bruce maxwell launches one to right field. Tworun shot. A hfs are now up 73. Hits a ball that ricochets off the back at first. Most run as have scored all season and right now they lead 85 in the seventh. Giants 40 giems back of the dodgers. Bottom of the third, facing pitcher. Solo shot to left field. Same score in the sixth. The ball jumps off the bat of carlos. Span is there to make the sliding catch. Excellent range from span. Jose is going to hit it where span cant catch it it. Ball lands in the second deck of the western metal supply building. The loss guarantees their first losing season since 2013. Well, the u. S. Open was busy pap day after rain delayed most of the action. 87 singles matches scheduled for today. We serve them up with Maria Sharapova. Maria in the second round and her 59th ranked player from h g hungary in the tie breaker. 12 aces, took the second set with consistent strokes. Marias conditioning kicked in. And Maria Sharapova moved into round three with a threeset victory. For the men, nick cure yoes couldnt undergeshoulder problems and one of the most talented players, arguing with umps and his level of a competition. American sam query and izner also advance today. Former 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernicks hope of landing on another team fads away, aaron said i think he should be on a roster right now and i think because of his protest hes not. Its a pretty strong endorsement from one of the games best. And a twoyear extension until 20 naep. He was an undrafted free agent via tallahassee, florida. 70 catches, 877 yards and 10 touchdowns. See seth in silver and plaque for a few more years. Houston players will get back to town and be with their families. Everybody here is obviously most concerned with their families, friends, the city of houstonb back home. So i think its extremely important we get home as quick as we possibly can. I know weir excited to see our people but also helping. Stepping up and raising over 7 million so far. Everythings bigger in texas. So im raising the goal to 10 million. Please keep sharing, keep donating. I cant thank you enough. Just because the storm is reseeding doesnt mean we can stop raising money. Reporter mcman posted this video of Klay Thompson working out looks like air bud there. We all know klay loves dogs, especially his own bull dog, rocko, whos got to be jealous here. Hes at the lakers facility. Abc 7 sports report brought to you by toyota. Plenty of rumors hes been trade bait but hes under contract for the next few years. Im not trying to start anything. Klay will be with the a warriors for a next few years. Maybe just stir. Thanks. Coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 11 00, contribution controversy. A santa cruz Restaurant Owner is controversy. And a potentially record setting heat later this week. Be sure to join us over on channel 7. Finally here, the messiest food fight. 22,000 people hurled tomatoes at each other in spain. Around 165 tons of tomatoes were thrown, squished and splattered in about an hour of fun. Many were left completely covered in kind of a tomatoey goo. This was the 72nd anniversary of that messy fiesta. Think how much pasta sauce you can make with all those tomatoes. Thank you so much for spending time with us tonight. For all of us here, we appreciate your time. Well see you in one hour. Announcer this program contains material that may be disturbing to some audience members. Viewer discretion is advised. Today, a charismatic fortunetelling preacher with a devoted flock and a loving wife, who also happens to be a con man, casanova, and murderer
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