Today is just the start of a heat wave that dominates the sevenday forecast. The haze that is blanketing the bay area and the smell of smoke. Its everywhere. We have live team coverage. Lets start with spencer christian. Some of that haze is because of smoke from the north and much is because of unclean air. Its just that simple. Sunny skies and hot conditions. Even at this hour, temperatures at or above 100 degrees. San ramon and concord and upper 90s in many other locations. Its going to get worse. The 24hour temperature change shows most bay area locations from 13 degrees to 22 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. On we go to the heat advisory for much of the day area through tonight. Some of the areas outlined in red is excessive heat warning. Speaking of that, we have a warning for all of the bay area except the coast from thursday through monday. Hottest spots see temperatures between 105 and 115. There will be a heat advisory for the coast from 11 00 to 9 00 p. M. High fire danger with red flag warnings from 8 00 tonight to 8 00 saturday morning over the higher elevations. We will give you a closer look at how bad it will be in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. Live in the east bay where schools are adjustings schedules and pg e is gearing up for outages. Most noticeable things today is the haze in the hills in central contra costa county. Leslie . Dan, you can see mount diab low for the first Time Starting to emerge from a heavy haze. It is obscured all afternoon long. Almost invisible from every angle. Because of that haze coming from a distant fire. Things here are just starting to warm up. As it heats up on the outside, it gets even hotter on the ideas of this dry cleaners in walnut creek. With just a light breeze, workers are surrounded by hot steamers. We have the staff come in early in the morning and begin all of their pressing and the cleaning process. What are time early . Normally we start at 6 00 a. M. Today being a hot day we start at 3 00 and 4 00 a. M. That are helps in surviving the extreme heat and potentially record setting heat. Temperatures expected to top 112 degrees. People have been calling in to local Police Departments in the east bay concerns about the smokey haze obscuring the normally vivid golden green hills. Lafayette Police Issued an alert to let residents know you dont need to call in. Its not a local fire. Its actually smoke drifting in from 160 miles away in sierras. Pg e plans to open Emergency Operations centers as they brace for outages. Transformers overheat during the day and if they dont cool overnight, they could fail. The most likely problem spots some. We are looking at the north bay and area of contra costa like concord and Alameda County like livermore where we expect the unseasonably high temperatures. The heat at a spare the air alert with ground level ozone pollution prompted schools to take action. A. M. Dor Valley High School cancelled a tennis match and the jv Football Game moving to a later start time to beat the heat. The San Ramon Valley canceled all athletic events and practices. Tennis, band, and cheerleading practices because of the heat from now to monday. The Union High School down the street from me, they are cancelling many of the practices as well and hoping to pull off the high school Football Game, but with a start time like pleasanton of 8 00 instead of 7 00 hoping that mitigates the heat. Abc 7 news. Thank you. You can find all cancellations on the abc 7 news app. Will be the first to know when things change. Harvey finally moved out of texas, but the devastation is going to take weeks, months, or nears to clean up. At least 31 people died from the storm. Vice president mike pence visited the disaster zone and helping to clear debris at home and meeting with storm survivors. Is it worse than you thought it would be . I think the scope is truly breathtaking. As the president said, we will be here today and tomorrow and until its done. The Vice President said President Trump will visit houston on saturday. The president s press secretary announced he plans to donate 1 million of his own money to the relief and recovery effort. The National Gas Price average hit the highest point of the year. 2. 45 per gallon. Harvey has forced some to shut down. The gas prices jumped the most to 19 cents since friday when harvey made landfall. Gas prices are not affected because they use a cleaner gas. A fundraiser for Harvey Victims. He started on sunday with a 200,000 goal. The current goal is 15 million. Right now the total is 12. 7. They seta a record as the Fastest Growing fundraiser in the 10year history. The School Superintendent is in charge of the Houston School district. More than 200,000 students need clothing and School Supplies before the start of school. Two weeks late on september 11th. There was a location where you can bring supplies. Look for more information on our website. Abc stations nationwide are fundraising on air and online with money going to neighbors most impacted by har veechlt. We have two rooms waiting to take your call manning the phone bank for the day of giving sandy is taking a call and getting a pledge form and we have so many of these that came in the last two hours. We raised 13,000 in the last hours and that brings the total here to 47,000. Abc stations have raised 11 million and we want to let you know how you can get in on that. Call 415, 9547625. You just got off a call. I did. I just have to say i spoke with lily. Lily just made a donation of 50. I asked her why you decided to do this. It was so nice, she said my heart goes out to all of the people and she tries to help ou we thank lily. I just spoke with larry and larry is from gilroy and he said i donate to a lot of churches and people are in need in texas. Indeed. Once again the number call now and you might get sandy. Back to you. Thanks very much. You can donate by calling 4159547625. Our volunteers can help you or text harvey to 90999 to make a 10 donation that appears on your cell phone bill. Happening now in oakland, advocates are holding a rally to defend daca to get rid of the program. The announcement may come as soon as tomorrow. The proposal to let immigrants known as dreamers stay in the u. S. Until their work permit runs out. They announced a measure that would slow down the process to make it tougher for tens of thousands to obtain permanent residences. Some san franciscans dashed to the consulate because the government ordered it to close within 48 hours. Its the latest move in what some are killing tit for tat behavior. Lonnie rivera joins us live with the story. Lonnie . Reporter this building is set to be one of the oldest russian consulates in the country. One realtor said he believes its net sales can be be from 55 to 75 million if its turned into a smaller Apartment Unit which is what he believes will happen. The news came as a shock to many who defend on the place for visas and passports. There are just two days left to pack things up and move out. Thats the situation at the russian consulate in San Franciscos Pacific Heights neighborhood. They cant accommodate today. Many are frustrated. Citizens of america and russia, in any case, if they need to renew, how are they going to do that . Daniel feels blind sided by the decision to close down a consulate. It is move comes after russia ordered the u. S. To cut the diplomats working there by two thirds. Its a lieutenant chris high level contest. The consulate general said that we believe the decision to close the consulate general in San Francisco is another unfriendly step of the u. S. Authorities. That first of all will hit hard on russian citizens residing in the district as well as on american citizens. I was renewing my russian passport. Once this location closes, both the u. S. And russia will have three remaining consulates open in each others countries. Lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. We are live with the Program Giving people a clean start in san jose. Not just suspects, but victims too. Charities are taking harvey charities are taking harvey donations, but are they at at t, we believe in access. Charities are taking harvey donations, but are they 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. There is a new tool being used to help victims of human trasksing. Its a laser remover device. While doctors have focused on gang members, a new addition will allow them to expand now. David louis is live with the story. David . Many victims of the sex trade are forced to get tattoos. A way of branding them to convey ownership. Santa clara county continues to crack down on trafficking. It helps women to recover from their ordeal. Its a newer faster laser device for removing tattoos. San jose and Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center have three of them. A program called clean slate targeted former gang members for a fresh start. Now victims of Human Trafficking will be offered. Receive yell runs the company and he said it brands them against their will to exert ownership. They will put names on their faces or wrist or wrists and to be able to remove that marker i think exponentially speeds up the transformation and recovery. They offered to test the device to remove a wrist tattoo. Its a confidence. I was not proud to show it off. To get rid of it will be a fresh start. The first treatment showed results and she said it didnt hurt much. This woman got tattooed at age 15 and now that she is about to get a degree, she wanted to get it removed. I wanted to get one myself because i thought it was cool. What i thought had a significant meaning to me and it doesnt anymore. For Human Trafficking victims, cindy chavez believes the program will accelerate healing. They are trying to transform themselves and having that removed can be life changing. Abc 7 news. New at 6 00, a federal judge had an activist and 200,000 after videos the judge barred from a release on the website. David is the leader of a group called the center for medical progress and faces 15 felony counts in connection with the release of secretly recorded videos he claims show planned parenthood employees selling fetal tissue for profit. He is charged in contempt of the latest video release. Back to the latest forecast. Its hot and getting worse. Spencer has whats coming our way. I want to give you a look at whats left. The center of the northwestern mississippi. Although its weakening, the most important of which is rain potential. Tomorrow will be moving up through western tennessee into southern ohio and still has potentialo produce flooding, but its weakening. Lets move along and take a look at whats happening here. Lets notice the haze over the area as viewed from the tower. Air quality is declining and smoke from the fire well to the north. An intense heat wave through labor day. Dangerously hot weather expected tomorrow and saturday and record high temperatures are possible the next two or perhaps three days. Live doppler 7 and sunny skies across the bay area. Its hot in some spots and temperatures in the uppers. San ramon and 101 in concord. Low 90s in fremont. 80 in San Francisco. Still really warm out there. Overnight low temperatures under clear skies from upper 50s at the coast and north bay to 60s. Lake port up north and ukiah. The expected high is 100 in fremont and 98 in oakland. 88 here in San Francisco. And tomorrow is going to be another spare the air day with poor air quality across the region and unhealthful air is expected in the inland east bay. What can you do in heat like this to cope . Its advisable to stay indoors and limit your outdoor activity. Drink lots of water and look for cool shady spots and do not leave kids or pets in cars. Thats a dangerous thing to do. We will go to the continuing heat wave saturday and numerous locations above the 100 degree mark and above 110 degrees. 114 the expected high in concord. 111 in fairfield, antioch and livermore. The heat is not easing up until sunday and numerous locations with highs above 100, but we dont expect highs above 110. On monday, labor day, temperatures start to normalize a little bit. Highs inland will be in the mid to upper 90s and still warm, but not so intense. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Some locations on sunday and monday that will top out at or above 100 degrees and nothing like the intense heat tomorrow. Finally on wednesday, the heat eases up across the board and we can expect cooler weather on thursday. We have several days to suffer in the heat before things get better. Thank you, spencer. Up next, why our spent bill may not be getting a new face. Stay with us. You know a day of giving phone bank is going crazy getting calls from you, the generous viewers of the bay area. Those affected by harvey and the volunteer annie here is one of e many red cross volunteers with elaine on the line. Elaine wanted to share with us want she wanted to help. This is kristin we have with abc 7. You can hear me . You can tell us why you felt compelled to help out today . I would like to help them in any way i can. Im not able to go to the houston area and i dont think they want more people there. This is an awful situation they are in and i want to do my part. Thank you so much. Its because of people like her that were hitting new levels of donation. 47,000. And i want to share the Great Stories for why they want to be a part of the helping out. Kathy said i want to help them. Edgar said im sorry about whats happening. If you want to contribute, we have folks ready to take your call. Thanks, kristin. You can donate by calling and make a donation that will appear on your phonebill. So many easy ways to help. We may not see a new face on the 20 bill. After the Obama Administration the decision was made to replace it with harriet tubman. Steven mnuchin said its interesting to consider, but there are a lot more important issues to focus on. Why farmers and ranchers are fighting the cagefree campaign. Plus now we need to go home and take a skbath hopefully thats all. A disgusting discovery in a playground and one mother said is another reason to move out o the who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. A symbol of resilience. His piano was partially under water. The water is gone in many spots and the process of rebuilding begins. Firefighters and First Responders and residents went back into the neighborhood in houston today. Its just im speechless. Its devastating. There is such an effort to recover and we will not stay here. We will move to a different area of town. Officials estimate 100,000 homes are damaged. President trump will visit houston on saturday. Houston o rifed in the day area and the rain stop and floodwaters are recedinreceding. They are amazed by the devastation they saw. Hell came to houston. The rain came down so hard. You can fall asleep and wake up and your feet are wet. Two flights were canceled and southwest canceled all flights from saturday. The houston airport hopes to be back to fullservice by this weekend. And this is our abc day of giving to help the victims of hurricane harvey. You can donate by calling. You can also text harvey to make a 10 donation that will appear on your cell phone bill. Now it a story that could make you think twice. A mother found something downright gross at a childrens playground that took six hours, but the city has cleaned up. Kids at the park didnt find a Treasure Chest aboard the pirate ship. Some of them did step in something else. We showed up this morning and there was a humongous pile of human feces under the play structure. She was there with 12 kids and covered the mess with baby wipes and did her best i will expect as its a health and thats what the lady said on the phone. Hours later, it was still there. Go home and take a bath and hopefully many parents are fed up with dirty parks in the city. Parents had all sorts of problems with the sand boxes and city parks. I would never in a million years let him near the sand box in the city. The and Parks Department is considering phasing them out. With the coalition on homelessness, they insist there is a solution to the problems. More public bathrooms. There is a severe bathroom shortage in San Francisco especially at night. There is virtually nowhere for people to use the restroom. The person who decided to use the playground instead might be suffering for mental illness. Abc 7 news. Wells fargo is admitting the fake could antal was worse than stated. They uncovered up to 1. 4 million more fake accounts. A year ago they reported that more than two million accounts were opened without customerss permission. The latest admission further erodes Customer Trust with the banking giant. Banks depend on customers to deposit our money, but when they do things like this, they undermine the trust and what happens as a rsult that was is you and i start taking our business somewhere else. They found that some 528,000 customers were signed up for bill pay when they didnt ask for it. They announced that the bank will pay out 3 million in refunds. Farmers are fighting an effort to require all pigs, calves and egglaying hens in california to go cagefree. Video from the mercy for animals and Humane Society of the United States shows the conditions that they disagree with. Under a proposed ballot, all pigs and calves would have to be kept in nonrestrictive crates. The hens would go cagefree. Some say animals used for food deserve humane treatment. Opponents say cost of food would go up. The decisions should be made by experts. The veterinarians. The instead is being made by voters at the ballot box. They need to collect 365,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. If passed, farmers would have until 2021 to comply. In 2008, voters approved a proposition to keep hens and calves for space large enough to extend their limbs. Warning people about mountain lions after adults and babies were spotted in a residential neighborhood in schools. Police patrolled the area to make sure children got home safely. A man called police this morning saying dogs had chased two big cats into a redwood tree. They were gone. Police, Animal Services and park rangers looked for the mountain lions and so far, no luck finding them. An ethis morning was felt in the bay area and measured 3. 5 and was not big and centered near calistoga. People felt light shaking around 9 00 this morning. There are no reports of damage or certainly no injuries in the quake that size. Apple leads the bay Area Business watch for the event on september 12th. It will be the first to happen at the steve jobs theater. They will have an update for smart watch. Lyft Just Announced a milestone. The Ride Share Company covers 40 states. The other 10 states only select cities are cod. It is available in 94 of the u. S. , the largest of any Ride Share Service in america. Coming up next, a look at th. Every picture is a selfie. Taking a live look at the hazy view, spencer will show us just how hot the bay will get in 10 minutes. Grocery outlet is the home of wow savings. Wow means you save 50 or more. There are three stages of wow. Denial. Is this price right . Acceptance. And boooyah wait for it. Boooyah has three os. Grocery outlet bargain market announcer this week all assorted pepsi brand 12 packs are just 2. 66 each. At at t, we believe in access. 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. If youve got a life, you gotta swiffer baby girl alert. These are the number of squirrel babies coming into the care center. About 100 right now. Many fell out of trees after a few months of rest and rehab, the squirrels will be returned to the wild. Cute. If you are the type of person who takes pictures of everything, a new camera takes pictures of literally everything. The cameras are allaround us. Jonathan ploom has a look at one released just today. At a press conference, ricko introduced the latest gadget. The perfect form of 360 camera. The fate looks like the older camera. Two lenses, one on each side. You can look around the images by tilling your phone. The camera shoots in 4 k, normal low a luxury, but for 360, a luxury. This is the ideal way to watch video that wraps around you, putting you in the middle. Your Favorite Group or factory. Where the video shines is in a situation where you really need to be immersed. Say snowboarding or jetskiing. Lexi said thats why go pro and other action camera makers all have 360 products in the works. It is difficult to choose. This new breed comes with a steep learning curve because it captures everything all the time. You could be looking up there, you could be looking down at whatever they are sitting on. That brings up another good point. There is no such thing as behind the camera. Every shot is a selfie. The viewer has control to look anywhere. Instead of watching the interview, you could look out the window. I just hired you to be the camera person. Exactly. This is spatial audio that helps you know where to look. You can look up and hear it more prominently. When you hear the guy singing off key, you can point at me. Good thing i have a day job. Jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. Coming up next, how to make sure your charitable donations go to the peopl who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea heres pepto bismol ah. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea i. Prilosec otc 7 years ago,my doctor recommended. 5 years ago, last week. Just 1 pill each morning, 24 hours and zero heartburn. Its been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10. 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Bad guys come out of the woodwork claiming they are collecting for victims, but the money stays in their pocket. There are ways to be sure a charity is real with a few taps on your computer. Heard wrenching scenes from texas to louisiana have millions of americans digging into their pockets to help. Is the money really going to the right place . Unfortunately scammers really do try to take advantage of peoples generosity in times after a disaster when people are really trying to help and trying to act quickly. Rebecca from the Better Business bureau say they may call or email claiming to be a charity. You type in give. Org. You can type it on give. Org. It brings up two dozen factors for trustworthiness. How much of the money is going to the charity. . To assure whatever you are donating is going to where you want it to go. Cynthia shaw of the red cross said be wary of crowd funding campaigns. It may be somebody who is not impacting and looking for an opportunity to make some money. 14,300. Were found more than 14,000 campaigns for Harvey Victims on the website alone. Those you have to do wrch. Do you know the people involved should. She said fraudsters may be using these pictures to fabricate a Fundraising Campaign when they really intend to keep the money. Both rebecca and sengtia recommend donating if you know them personally and they really are connected to the victims. You are probably going to hear from someone so if they want you to donate, check out the names like charity navigator. Com where you go to the b about, b website called give. Org. I posted that information on my facebook page. You can call us up and we will look it up for you. Kristin is in the bank of phone calls coming in with the day of giving. You know whats exciting is we got a pledge of 1,000. The first pledge for the night. That pushes our total over 50,000 for abc 7 and across the country. A about, c stations raised a lot. You are here working so hard and tell us why with flooding in particular the need lasts for so long. Floods are a lot different than other disasters because there are immediate needs such as maybe medicine or eyeglasses and then longterm needs like their house cleaned out or rebuilt. The need is great and extensive. The recovery will take a lot of time and they will need the money. The number to call is 4159547625. All the volunteers will be here. Lets pick uphe phone right now. Thanks, kristin. Once again, heres how you can donate. Our volunteers here at the station can help you. Or text harvey to 90999 to make a 10 donation to the red cross that appears on your cell phone bill. We top the update ow the heat. Tripledigits coming your way. Sunny skies and still warm to hot across the bay area at this hour. Highs will reach above 110 degrees in locations way up north. Nearly 100 around the bay and saturday wont be any different. Same range of temperatures from 80s on the coast to nearly 100 around the bay to 110 inland. Less hot on sunday. By the way, getting into labor day, temperatures are moderating. You can check out the scottish highland games. It will be warm there and you might want to wear your kilt. Summer kilt. It will be a lot of fun. Heres the sevenday forecast. Hot all the way through labor day. Temperatures wont moderate until the middle of next week. This heat, does it fly as far . Depends on the energy you have. Tharks. Its not exactly football weather. Anthony is here with sports. The games do not count, but its a big game in the nfl. They are hitting it tonight and who said the final game of the preseason is not important. This is why he knows this weekend, the raiders quarterback der carr is going back to school. He became the all time leading passer when leading the bulldogs to back to back titles. The raiders playing the final preseason game against the seahawks. Many say the game is not important. Carr disagrees. He threw three touchdown passes three years ago against the hawks and that opened the raiderss highs and solidified his job with the season opener. I know that feeling. They gave me a chance to start the rookie game and there was going to be a lot totalled based on how i played. I just encouraged the guys to make the most of it and study their tails off and go out and have fun. You cant control a lot of things, but you can control having fun and your effort. The 49ers are playing the final game against the chargers in santa clara. This game gives some players the last chance to impress the Coaching Staff and they are 12 after a dramatic loss in minnesota despite the final score. The offense looked good against the vikings on the defensive side. The niners are gaining confidence in the ability to put pressuquarterback. We feel like we have three to four good edge rushers and inside rushers. To try to mix and match and make sure they are in the greatest position they can be in to showcase skills. You never want to put someone somewhere for that sake. Its the best spot to show tas their ability and the hard part is getting them all on the field at the same time. The lakers have to shell out big bucks. How about a half million. The lakers are being fined 500,000 bite nba for violating the antitampering rule. They found the laker had contact with paul georges agent. The league had warned the lakers about campering after Magic Johnson talked to him about the jimmy kimmel show. He planned to opt out next year and sign with the lakers and he was traded to the thunder in july. Baseball news and the angels at the power as they made the push. Jason upton was in exchange for grayson long and a player to be named later or cast considerations. The power hitting upton is bat batting 279 and 94 rbis. The angels are one game out of the wild card spot. Tennis, anyone . Number one in the world taking on former Stanford Cardinal nicole gibbs taking the first set in a breeze. 62. She was the backhand winner. He would rally in the second going to the open. Number one player in the world would take the final set and wins the match. She advances to the third round. Over on the mens side of the draw, Roger Federer in the first set. Down 400. If it worked once, why not do it again. Three times in the game. He would win the first set and the match would take all five sets and he hits high into the air and said thank you very much. The game set and match. 62 in the fifth. They are also in action and playing host to the cardinals and thats on the news at 9 00 and 11 00. Thats a lock at sports. Join us tonight on cable channel 13. Sheriffs investigating one accident are caught in the middle of a second crash in the same spot. We are hearing from the victims at 9 00. Shattered glass for drivers. The new Action Police are taking tonight to stem the surge in car breakins across the city. Hire is tonights primetime lineup. Battle of the Network Stars followed by the gong show at 10 00 and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11 00. 11 30 is Jimmy Kimmel Live with ray romano and paula patton. Look for breaking news on twitter and the bay area. We appreciate your time. From all of us here, thank you for joining us. One last time, this is the day of giving. Now is the time to call. Operators are literally standing by. Be sure to give on this disney day of giving. All going to help the victims of hurricane harvey. See you at 9 00 and 11 00. Last man standing is recorded in front of a live studio audience. Nothing like a cozy nightcap by the fire, huh . What happened to actual nightcaps . People just dont dress for bed anymore. Well. [ chuckles ] [ sneezes ] ooh. Oh. [ sniffles ] you coming down with something . Mnhmnh. Can i get you anything, like a. Motel room . No. [ chuckles ]