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Widespread damage here downtown. One Business Owner told me he thinks that downtown napa will be up and running pretty much like normal very soon. But for those who own buildings like this one behind me, with the bright red tags, there are now 103 of them in town, its going to take a lot longer. Moved about two feet forward and eight inches to the left. Reporter gary pierce is trying to figure out how to rebuild, or whether he can. After his late 19th century home was knocked completely off its foundation. Ive got some friends that are in real estate that have people that work for them that they graciously have consented to come out and tell me if we can lift this thing up, put it back on its foundation or build a new foundation under it, or whether its just like the end. Reporter in the meantime, he has to move out. And because the home is red tagged, pg e came and removed all the gas and electric meters, including the ones that serve this cottage in the back, which wasnt damaged at all. The city didnt red tag that, but the meter was on the same board with the rest of it. So they took that too. Which leaves me with no place to live. Reporter while pierce figures out where to live shortterm, he also has to worry about what will happen to his house longterm. Among those taking a look into it, a company that specializes in earthquake retro fitting and does research on how to keep buildings from doing this in future quakes. Be a 18 to 20 inches. Depending on the condition of the structure, it might be possible to jack it back into place. Reporter bottom line, if the historic home cant be repaired, it will have to be destroyed and rebuilt from the ground up. In napa, abc 7 news. Public works crews are still fixing those 120 water main breaks in the city of napa. And its going to take a few more days before service is fully restored to everyone. For more on that today, we go to Alyssa Herrington live at city hall. We just learned that 640 people are still without water, meaning they cant shower at their own homes. And we are seeing the number of water main breaks increasing. Reason the reason is because oftentimes when they fix one pipe, they find additional problems. And at this point, they are doing their best to just keep up. Andrew hall picks up free water from the red cross Emergency Shelter at Crosswalk Community church. His family has been without Running Water since sunday mornings earthquake. Its been rough. Just personal hygiene, and, you know, for cooking and cleaning and drinking. Just the things that everyday use you take for granted. Reporter the city of napa hopes to restore all leaky pipes in the next couple of days. Utility crews are working around the clock. What were doing is where we see the break going out, isolating, shutting off the water, working on it, and then moving to the next. The problem is, were adding more as we fix more. Reporter so far, the city has identified 120 leaks, including this one on laurel street. Heres another on homewood avenue. No utility crews in sight. And on foothill boulevard, more water pools also from a leaky pipe i know its a waste of water. And its sad because we are in a drought. From our house to here, which is less than about three miles, we counted five leaks. Reporter more than 600 residents are still without Running Water. Alyssa herrington, abc 7 news. Sundays napa quake did not damage any dams near the wine country, including the Coyote Valley dam and the Warm Springs Dam at lake sonoma. The dams were inspected and no damage were found. Other dams near stockton were also given the thumbs up. More inspections are continuing along the napa river. Members of a catholic religious order will be cleaning up for some time after the earthquake that caused extensive damage. Walls at the historic mansion cracked, plaster crumbled, participatings and statues toppled over. And in the chapel, candlesticks snapped. A statue fell from the wall, and a crucifix crashed down on the altar. The father Gerald Lerner says he is thankful no one was hurt. I think its important to look at it positively and look for the goodness thats there, the blessing thats there, and to seize that opportunity. The caramelites are waiting for an engineer to inspector the property, which was built in the 1920s, before visitors will be allowed back inside. There was quite a bit of earthquake damage in vallejo. Inspectors inspected this Church Bell Tower to see if more demolition is needed. Today a state of emergency was declared primarily because of all the damage in vallejo. Nick smith has more. Reporter good afternoon. The owner of north bay cabinets here has lost their store front windows. You can see that they are gone, and its been boarded up. It will cost about 10,000 to repair that damage. But they are having fun with it. They voted themselves best boarded up show room for 2014. And this has been the scene throughout vallejo. People finding a way to find humor in it all, pick themselves up, and keep right on moving. The 6. 0 quake damage to areas in vallejo. The problem wasnt noticed until vallejo fire crews responded to a call forcing them to work around the issue. They were able to handle the water main break, plus divert water pressure to this hydrant grid. Reporter today the city moved forward with a proclamation giving the city manager permission to seek aid from neighboring communities or government agents. The Property Damage in vallejo is close to 1 million, while the damage to private property is still being assessed. The owners of north bay cabinets did not have earthquake insurance. The cost to replace these windows will be at least 10,000. We dont usually see this. Reporter still, the town and its people remain strong, undefeated. But there are challenges. The forced closure of First Baptist church in vallejo has impacted more than just the building. Whatever they say, they will go with what they tell us to do. Reporter its forced pastor mike brown to take directions someone other than his higher power. Once we know tonight what the inspectors say, if they dont get to us or if we have more work to do, the Salvation Army will be out tomorrow. Reporter inspectors red tagged the church because of cracks in the bell tower, forcing crews to remove the parts deemed unstable. The church, built in the 1920s and retro fitted in the 90s, is more than a place of worship. Its also an Emergency Shelter and soup kitchen. Today they fed more than 150, busted bell tower and all. Now the big push to have the doors open in time for sunday. I dont know where well have it but ive had five offers from churches to have it. But well have a service someplace. Reporter he is certain of that, because he isnt in this recovery and cleanup alone. In vallejo, nick smith, abc 7 news. Along with earthquake damage, vallejo firefighters also dealt with a major blaze this morning that consumed the old commissary building on mare island. The fire destroyed the vac apt structure. Firefighters went into defensive mode really, fighting the big fire from the outside after it just got too dangerous for them to be inside. Todays earthquake or sundays earthquake, pardon me, damaged dozens of water mains throughout vallejo, including on mare island. That forced responding firefighters to make an extra call to local Water Department to see if hydrants were functional near todays fire scene. Breaking news now. Three people were killed this afternoon in benicia when their car ran off the northbound lake harmon northbound ramp off highway 680. We are told that all three in the car were older adults. It is not affecting any other traffic on 680. It is not clear right now why that car ran off the ramp. This is a busy tuesday evening. Coming up, desperate search. A Northern California student goes missing one day before School Starts. Also ahead, San Francisco mayor ed lee tours the damage in napa. His offer to the city. And dumpster diving in napa. We explain why finding a television is so important to this man. There is an allout search for a Northern California College Student who disappeared on his way from idaho to the university of montana. Lucious roby has not been seen in a week. He grew up in quincy. Reporter friends, family, and volunteers are desperately searching this vast mountain wilderness for any sign of 21yearold lucious roby. Its been one week since roby packed his car and set out from horseshoe bend, idaho, heading for missoula, montana, but never showed up. He is not the kind of boy that would miss the first day of school. Roby is a skilled outdoorsman who worked summers as a rafting guide. They said he planned to explore along the way, even bringing look two kayaks. The plan was to drive halfway, maybe camp someplace. Avid kayaker. Reporter overnight, a new clue. Volunteers scouring gas station Surveillance Footage spotting his car just 30 miles from where he started thursday afternoon. About 20 minutes later, his family says his cell phone was picked up near the town of loman. But from there, the trail goes cold. I am desperate to find him, and desperate to know that hes all right. Reporter abc news, denver. Well, in spite of the images of damaged buildings and cracked wine barrels, napa valley vendors want tourists to know they are open for business. So far the quake is scaring away tourists. Even tasting rooms have seen a tropoff in visitors. Last week, this place was packed. There were people hanging out the doors, you know, waiting to get in. And this week, its like a ghost town. So we dont want that to carry through this next weekend. This is high tourist season for napa valley. Labor day weekend just a few days away, and then the harvest season, which usually draws big crowds. Every year, some 3 million tourists visit the napa valley, and they spend 1. 4 billion annually in the valley. They want you to know they are open for business. Tourism is one reason that San Franciscos mayor ed lee morning. T one of the first things he saw was this structure. The fence went up just today. They have to be rebuilt. They have to be torn down. Reporter ed lee takes a tour of the earthquake damage in downtown napa, a jawdropping sight to be sure. I just want to express my support to all the residents and certainly the people that are working around the clock. Reporter beyond that, the mayor is hoping his constituents will pitch in, namely corporate citizens. He says napa and San Francisco are tightly linked by tourism. Im going to ask volunteers for donations, for corporate citizens to be generous in their time and their resources to help people of napa and vallejo and sonoma. Reporter not far from downtown when the earthquake happened, it was kind of more raised. But it was denting a little bit. And then i think yesterday around 5 30, it started there was a big hole, like caved in completely. Reporter a broken water main not only creating the sink hole in the middle of the street, but leaving neighbors and high and dry. No water since sunday. Its not too bad since we go camping a lot. Its pretty easy. And we have a pool in our backyard, so we use that to flush the toilets. Reporter neighbors tell me they expect water to be restored by wednesday. Sky 7 hd shows repairs underway. More earthquake impact for 15yearold regina. No School Monday or tuesday so far this week. I asked her about that. She didnt seem to be leaving any sleep over it. But this mornings aftershock did wake her up, and it was scary because she is still pretty shaken from sunday. Well, the amount of damage caused by the earthquake has been staggering. Napa residents have been dumping mountains of garbage and debris at several dropoff sites around town, including this one. Sky 7 hd flew over the Napa High School parking lot this morning. Cle Collection Sites at Public Schools are closed now because School Starts tomorrow, but there are other places for people to bring their debris. So what government help is available to those who have suffered losses . So far, government help has been pretty sparse. However, that could change. Heres how. And how you should document any of your losses. Debris that was scattered across napa is now being hauled to temporary dumps. Homeowners insurance doesnt cover earthquake losses. Thats what antonio vara just found out. I already spoke with him. He says that the insurance wont cover that. I dont have earthquake insurance. Reporter few carry earthquake insurance. And even those who do, often have deductibles of 50,000 to 100,000, so theres little help there. The governor has declared a state of emergency, but that doesnt trigger any direct aid to citizens. Direct aid doesnt come until the president declares a disaster. If its a national disaster, then funds can come in that will cover about 75 of the states expenses. And homeowners that are affected with uncovered losses can actually get grants, low interest disaster loans, and they can get temporary housing. The president can declare a disaster now, weeks from now, or never. Fema will consult with the governor and other state officials and make a recommendation about whether they think it should be a national disaster. But its ultimately strictly the president s call. Anybody who can put pressure on the president to make that judgment would be in your interest, if you were one of the affected parties. So if youre in cleanup mode, its a good idea to keep track of all your losses. This guy is trying to put the genie back into the bottle. Last night i dropped some stuff off for my childs mother, and, you know, their whole house was destroyed on the inside. Everything. And she called me today and asked me to bring some of the stuff back because the Insurance Company needs to see it. And she never took any pictures. Reporter there is one chance he can document the items. My son took a video and posted it on facebook, so maybe theyll see that. Reporter and even if your house wasnt hurt, it is a good idea to document what you have now by walking through your home with a smartphone rolling video. Open up a few drawers, your closets. It only takes a few minutes. That way if something bad happens, you have proof. Also put it up on the cloud. Its so easy with your iphone now. It is. But its hard. Its an emotional time, hard to think clearly sometimes. Lets go outside. Nice and mild around the bay area today. Sandy is out there enjoying the beautiful weather. Its just gorgeous out here. Right now, blue skies all around me. Theres no indication that the fog is coming back any time soon. Temperatures are up. Let me show you the doppler. Well continue with the warming trend. As a matter of fact, its going to get hot inland later on this week. Clear skies. You can see the fog, low clouds nowhere to be found right now. Temperatures compared to 4 hours ago, were in the positives by 11 degrees in concord. 10 Degrees Higher in napa. Santa rosa, up nine, four Degrees Higher in san jose. And here is a beautiful view of downtown oakland. The sun is shining. The temperature in oakland today, got up to 74 degrees. It is 67 in San Francisco. 73 in oakland. 76 in san jose. 66 in half moon bay. Sunshine in lake tahoe. If youre going there, well repeat it again. 79 tomorrow afternoon after a morning low of 40. 80 in santa rosa right now. 81 in napa. Mid 80s in concord, livermore, and a lovely view from the south beach camera looking towards the bay there. Its clear. Patchy fog tomorrow. Warmer thursday and friday. And a mix of sun and cloud with slightly cooler weather for your Holiday Weekend. No big deals in terms of major temperature changes as we hit the weekend. The clouds clear away. Sunny in all areas today. As we take a look in the pacific, we are still watching a category 2 hurricane marie. Now it has weakened, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, but it is sending up some strong southerly flow. So a High Surf Advisory is in effect for Southern California beaches, including los angeles and ventura counties until 6 00 p. M. Friday. So if youre getting away for the Holiday Weekend, watch out. Its going to be dangerous, especially with wave sets of 1015 feet. They may see minor coastal flooding. In the bay area, you need to watch out. Sonoma and santa cruz county, southerly swells expected to bring possible rip currents and long shore currents. Watch out. Those swells not something to mess around with. Tomorrow morning as youre heading out, its back to school time, temperatures will start out in the mid 50s to low 60s. Only patchy fog out there. So the kids might need a sweatshirt or a jacket. But for the afternoon, theyll be able to wear their shortsleeved shirts. 81 in the south bay. 84 in san jose. A warmer day than today tomorrow. 92 morgan hill. 82 redwood city. 67 in pacifica. 70 degrees in downtown San Francisco. North bay, a few patches of fog hanging tough near the coast. Otherwise, 88 in napa. Berkeley, low 70s. 74 in oakland. 79 in fremont. 88 concord. If youve been waiting for hot summer weather, here you have it on thursday. We have beach weather coming. Friday, saturday, low 70s on the coastline. But temperatures bay and inland go down for your weekend. And youll eventually the second half of your weekend see the temperatures falling off. Upper 60s to mid 80s on sunday. Labor day is looking fantastic. Those extra high clouds you see there over the long Holiday Weekend are mid and high clouds from hurricane marie. So doesnt look like were going to get any rain. But at least for outdoor activities, its looking good. Thanks. It does look good. And just ahead, trapped by a train. Coming up, the dramatic moment a school girl was caught and how she was freed. And then new at 6 00, were going to examine the role drones can play in responding to a natural disaster. And were going to talk with a man who sent this one into the sky over napa and got these spectacular pictures. Thats at 6 00. Breaking news just in. There is no bart service right now between the walnut creek and concord stations because of some kind of equipment problem. Were not sure exactly what that equipment problem is, but some sort of equipment malfunction near the Pleasant Hills station. This is affecting the pittsburgh bay point line. Here we are in the middle of evening commute, so bart service between walnut week and pittsburgh bay point. This time people power saved a girl trapped by a cable car, and that moment was captured on video. The girls leg became steg betwe stuck. Video posted on facebook shows commuters rushing to the rescue, banding together, moving that tram just enough to free the girl. Isnt that something . And she only suffered minor injuries. Shes going to be ok. Wow. That happened a few weeks ago with a man on the tracks in another part of the world where he got his leg caught. Amazing. Drivers, beware. A big freeway closure in just two days. The northbound lanes of interstate 280 between the highway 101 junction and king street will be closed in San Francisco. At 2 00 p. M. On thursday. It will not reopen until 5 00 a. M. Tuesday. The fourday closure will allow them to replace two bridge hinges near the cesar chavez street overcrossing as part of a seismic safety retro fit project. Two similar closures happened earlier this year. Well, not a blade of grass inside the levis stadium in santa clara. Crews primarily focusing on the dirt this afternoon. The 49ers tore up the field for the second time in less than a week yesterday after more complaints about the sod. Our Media Partners at the San Jose Mercury news say the team will take the next few days to decide whether to use the same sod or other kinds of grass commonly used at other nfl stadiums. It should be ready for the home opener against the bears september back to our breaking news. A problem with bart service. Bart service has stopped between walnut creek and pittsburgh. Its all because of an equipment problem on the track. Now this is near the Pleasant Hills station. So this is going to be a problem because this is the height of the afternoon commute. Well continue to follow this for you on twitter and on abc 7 news coming up at 6 00. Also coming up at 6 00, for the first time youll hear from the napa teenager injured when the fireplace in his house fell right on top of him during sundays quake. Also, getting your home retrofitted. And also, we want to tell you about santa claras desperate water situation. The measures that people are taking to take conservation seriously. Those and much more at 6 00. In the meantime, a Bay Area Team the youngest person to win a u. S. Open match in history. Today the teenager shocked the world with a threeset upset over the number three seed 15 years old. Can you believe that . Thats incredible. That will do it for us. Welcome to world news. Tonight, another American Fighting for and dying for the terror group isis. What is drawing american men to join their ruthless army . And its happening as an American Woman is now held hostage by the group. Our brian ross on the growing threat. Double trouble. Hurricanes off both coasts set to bring big waves and rip currents to the beach. Burger king backlash. Is the american giant moving to canada to save money on taxes . Two women who found a small thing to tell every child they matter. Its america strong tonight. A good evening to you on this tuesday night. As we come on the air we are learning new details about the American Connection inside the

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