Take mass transit. We also want to show you a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Only a few cars there. Looking pretty nice and clear. Okay, for some of you, the commute, though, is changing forever starting today. It has been nearly six decades since the north bay has seen regular passenger train service. But that all ends now. The long awaited smart train finally gets rolling on its regular schedule. Amy hollyfield is live in santa rosa this morning. Hi, amy. Hi, good morning, jessica. Were finding theres a little confusion. We have seen a couple commuters show up thinking the trains were going to start running this morning. That is not the case. Today is the Ribbon Cutting ceremony. Today is all about celebrating. You can count on those trains for the monday morning commute. Theyll start the celebration this morning at 9 00, and they have waited a while for this. The smart trains were supposed to start running last fall. But a problem with the Diesel Engine caused a delay. This 43milelong stretch will go from san rafael to santa rosa, all the way to the airport. We met a commuter who lives in santa rosa but works at marin general. Hes so ready for this train. He showed up this morning to catch a ride. Oh, it says trains will be running august 25th. And the schedule says, you know, 5 30. But i gotta go. The first train will run today, but not until 12 49. So not for the morning commute. Its going to launch out of the santa rosa airport. All the rides today will be free. And all next week, theyll be discounted by 50 cents. Theres more to come. They have a larkspur extension planned. Thats scheduled to open next year. Reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. I dont blame him for being confused. It simes like they would have started in the morning commute. I get it. Thank you. If you plan on riding a smart train today, just go to abc7news. Com or our abc7 news app. Youll find a video explaining seven things to know before catching a ride. The bay area is bracing for whats expected to be a weekend of protests. A rightwing rally is planned for tomorrow at San Franciscos crissy fiel from 2 00 to 5 00 p. M. Mayor ed lees office handed out signs to businesses in the marina that read unite against hate. Some owners tell abc7 news they may not open tomorrow because of possible violence that may ensue at the rally. Several counterprotests are scheduled for tomorrow throughout the city. San Francisco City leaders are preparing for the rally. Several muni bus lines will not make stops in the area around crissy field. All three cable car lines will be shut down and replaced by buses. San francisco General Hospital says its prepared in case the Event Results in serious injuries. And the Public Defenders Office is reminding people to know their rights. To not touch officers, and to truthfully identify themselves if they are detained. The counter protest against todays rally will begin today on the steps of san Francisco City hall. Mayor ed lee, members of the board of supervisors and others will gather for the unite against hate rally at noon. Tonight, two vigils in San Francisco that organizers call a stand against hate. The first starts at 5 30 at congregation emanuel on lake street. Another at 6 30 at the Chinese Culture center on kearney street. Now to the reason so many are concerned, of course, what happened in charlottesville. New details about the suspect accused of ramming his car into a crowd of people in virginia. 20yearold james fields jr. Was scheduled to appear in court today, but a judge has agreed to a request from prosecutors to continue that case until december 14th. Fields will have a prelim hearing then. Hes charged with Second Degree murder in the death of heather heyer, 19 other people got hurt. Now, to the other big rally this weekend that was scheduled to take place sunday in berkeley. The permit for the antimarxist event at Civic Center Plaza got denied, but that isnt expected to stop people from going there. The city cited lack of security arrangements. The chief of police is asking the public to stay away from the area on sunday. Extra officers will be on duty around the event and will try to separate protesters and counter protesters if the rally turns violent. Separation is very important when two groups come to fight. Its something we have worked on in the previous demonstrations and well continue to work on. We have to take a stand against it. We have to show that berkeley is not about hate, but is about tolerance but not allowing hate speech. The city printed 20,000 signs that read berkeley stands united against hate, hoping their spark peace and not violence. Counter protests in berkeley are scheduled to begin at 10 30 a. M. On sunday at cals crescent lawn, and at 11 00 at the ahlone park. The rally against markest i should say ohlone park. Its scheduled from 1 00 to 5 00 p. M. At civic center park. Police will be out in force at both events. An old ship building is one step closer to being transformed to a new neighborhood. Heres a look at what pier 70 will look like if everything goes according to plan. The developer for the city provided the renderings. The chronicle says the Planning Commission likes what it sees. It unanimously approved the proposal to revitalize the waterfront site. Its located in petrero hill and the dog patch area. Finding the silver lining. The reason San Jose Police are calling this horrific crash miraculous. Man, does that look bad. Plus, the way aetna mistakenly revealed the hiv mistakenly revealed the hiv status mistakenly revealed the hiv status its twith the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. Plus free home delivery. Ends saturday kind of a chilly start in places like san ramon, dublin, and pleasanton. 53 degrees there. 57 in walnut creek. 60 in antioch right now. Livermore at 55. Oakland and san carlos, 57. Check out santa rosa, 48 degrees. A look at your commute planner. Calmer on the bay today. Roads are dry. Mass transit cool to warm. Heres a look at whats going on with harvey. Very impressive. Its almost a major category 3. You ever wonder what the hurricane hubters do when they fly through . They have a bit of a pattern as they check out every quadrant. Thats what youre seeing there, the Hurricane Hunter flying through now. We should have another update coming up soon. Yeah, very concerned about how that is going to affect the coast. All right, thank you, mike. And heres a look at traffic this morning. Were concerned about how slow it is going from the altamont pass. Now just down to 17 Miles Per Hour. Leaving the tracy area. Now lets take a look at how the commute is looking if youre coming over the bay bridge. A live look from our emeryville camera. Traffic is actually moving okay this morning. Again, the meter lights turned on at 5 35. Tomorrow, facebook is taking the fun offline with what theyre calling the facebook county fair. If you ever wanted to visit their headquarters, heres your chance. Its going to be open in menlo park to the public from noonan till 7 00 p. M. Theyre going to have live music, carnival rides, and games. Even a petting zoo. Admission and parking, totally free. All proceeds they make from the rides will be donated to a local nonprofit. Interesting. Certainly a lot of people interested in seeing that campus. Cool. A funny obituary. Have you heard of such a thing . Coming up, the heartwarming way a group of friends fulfilled the wish of a die hard eagles fan. Plus, why the aclu is suing the entire state of california. And as we head to break, we leave you with abc 7 news now. Look at that beautiful sunrise. Looking at mt. Diablo. Were helping you have a better were helping you have a better day with live wea come on. You can do it were helping you have a better day with live wea dogs just nt quit. Neither does frontline. Thats why theres frontline gold. With its easy applicator frontline gold delivers powerful protection that doesnt quit for a full 30 days. Its triple action formula is relentless at killing fleaand ticks. Frontline gold. The latest innovation from the maker of frontline plus. For persistent protection you can trust. Good boy go for the gold. Frontline gold. Available at your vet. From the live desk, we are tracking a horrific crash in the south bay. A car plowing into a couple official trees in san jose. This is on mcdaniel avenue. Incredibly, the driver walked away with only minor injuries. Officers say when they got there, they found the driver sitting on curb talking to people. He was transported to the hospital for some minor injuries just to be checked. But its miraculous. I dont use that word lightly. I think its miraculous he walked away from this accident. Calling it a miracle. We just got that interview for you from the live desk. Police talking to the driver now to find out the cause of the crash. Theyre also trying to determine if alcohol may have been a factor. This morning, more than 30 people are displaced after a fire ripped through an Apartment Building in santa rosa. The Fire Department posted this video of the twoalarm fire on social media. You can see the flames rising from the back yard. The fire began on apple creek lane near West Third Street yesterday afternoon. Fire Officials Say four units were damaged. All 15 occupied units were evacuated. Fire investigators are now looking into the cause. An oakland man is getting 40 years to life for his role in a gun battle that killed a 30yearold innocent bystander. It comes two months after a jury convicted 27yearold alex davis of Second Degree murder in the death of shamiel pierce. She was a mother of three. Prosecutors say davis fired the shot that killed pierce. She was a bystander during a wild gun battle that played out in the streets of west oakland in march of 2015. Two other men convicted along with davis will be sentenced next month. The aclu is suing the state of california for throwing out 45,000 ballots in last years president ial election. Local Election Officials rejected those vote by mail ballots due to doubts about the signatures. The aclu claims Election Officials have no expertise when it comes to analyzing handwriting. Meanwhile, californias secretary of state says fewer ballots have been rejected in every election since 2008 and california leads the nation in empowering voters. Three, two, one. Liftoff. Elon musks spacex has reached a new milestone with its 12th mission of the year. Yesterday, a falcon 9 rocket carried into space the first satellite designed and built in taiwan. It will help evaluate natural disasters and monitor the environment. After carrying the satellite into space, the rocket landed successfully back on a drone ship. Spacex has now launched the most missions in a single year. One more than russia. If a judge signs off, the World Surf League will be taking over maverick. It was last held in january 2016. It was cancelled when Cartel Management declared bankruptcy. They look forward to working with the san maeo county harbor district and the local community. They just need Court Approval to assume the permit for the big wave event. That would be great to have it resurrect here in the bay area because its been missed. Yes, and such an important event for the bay area. So many people travel up here to see it, to be a part of it. Absolutely. Felt a little empty without it last year. Lets get that back. Lets talk about whats going on. Well include the beaches with sunshine. Not waves like that. Not this time of the year. We do have some patchy fog through the north bay. And our sensors, the lowest visibility is in santa rosa, three miles. Its got to be floating around somewhere. You can see how compressed the marine layer is. As we head to diablo in the distance, brighter and the warming begins for all of us today. Tonight, comfy. Partly cloudy. The extended, above average warmth all seven days. Today, lets go warm to cool. 88 in gilroy, morgan hill, san jose, 82. To milpitas at 77. We have 80 on the peninsula down to about 70 in millbrae. 66 at half moon bay. Everybody else around 63 to 65 degrees along the peninsula coast. 70 today, Downtown South San Francisco. Near that in sausalito. Mid 60s at the north bay coast. Youll have low to mid 80s through the north bay valleys to 90s around cloverdale and lakeport. Along the east bay shore, 78 in fremont, the warm spot. Look at castro valley. Oakland at 73 degrees. Inland, 87 in san ramon to everybody else around 90 to 95 degrees. Good news, well fall back to the 50s and low 60s tonight. A few 70s up in our hills where it will be warmest. And that will springboard us to 100s tomorrow all the way through monday. Look at that, mid to upper 80s around the bay. Even some 70s reaching the coast. Going to be a warm one this weekend. Thanks for the warning. And i dont have too many warnings to give you if youre about to hit the roads because it looks like on this friday so far, and im probably about to jinx it, were looking good. As you can see, mass transit, totally in the clear. No delays at all. Were not seeing major issues on the roads. Heres a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Everyone is going by smoothly. No stress, so blessed. Thats nice. There are new details in the search for those missing navy sailors whose ship crashed into an oil tanker near singapore. Today, the court confirmed divers identified the remains of one man found late last night. The 26yearold is from connecticut. These guys are so young. Earlier in the day, divers recovered the remains of 22yearold Kenneth Aaron smith from new jersey. Eight sailors are still missing. Five others were injured in mondays crash. And that ship is now in the port in singapore. Now to a stunning new development in whats being called the trial of the century in south korea. Today, the man sentenced to five years in prison. Hes accused of paying 36 million in bribes for political favors. A court found him guilty on multiple counts of corruption. Hes expected to appeal the ruling. Lee became the acting head of samsung back in the year 2014. This is a major mistake. This morning, the health care companiate gnaw is reviewing its calls to customers revealing their hiv status. A large clear window showed confidential information. The letters were sent to patients currently taking medication for hiv in several states including california. Attorneys say they received at least 23 complaints. They say they are weighing their Legal Options right now. Happening today, the sentencing for a former volkswagen engineer linked to the companys cheating scandal. James robert liang is scheduled to appear in a detroit courthouse. He pled guilty for his role to defraud regulators and customers by implementing software cheated tests. All the money will go to the air resources board. Alameda county is set to decide the fate of the exercise. It may get the urban boot today. And spacex sends another satellite into orbit. The record this launch has set. As you get up, get your day into gear, well, heres a live look at walnut creek as you head out the door. We have weather and traffic on your screen throughout the commercial break with abc7 news now. Well be right back. The Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . 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. Its time to ask finney. About fraudulent checks. He spoke to us at our ask finney popup in corte madera. Michael finney has his answer. I received a check in the mail. It was unsolicited check, and it was about a secret shopper check. The first thing i noticed is that the routing number on the check only had seven numbers. I know banks have nine numbers for routing numbers. So i called the bank immediately. How should i report this . What should i do with this check . Hi, guy. These things are everywhere. And a lot of people fall for it. You can see why. It all looks so legit. Now, if you want to report a fraud, file a complaint with the federal trade commission. They want to hear about all of them. You might want to also speak to our state attorney general. Now, ill post the links you need. Check them out on abc7news. Com. Guy, thanks for your question. And if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your phone and share it on social using askfinney. You can go to our website, too, and send it there. A devoted Philadelphia Eagles fan took one last parting shot at the team he rooted for. Jeffrey regal died of cancer. But he used his sense of humor to help get his friends and family through the difficult time. Regal was frustrated the eagles never won a super bowl in his lifetime. His last wish spelled out in his obituary said 8 Philadelphia Eagles as pallbearers so the eagles can let him down one last time. Eight of regals fans wore eagles jerseys and carried his casket in his menry. Thats what he wanted and what he got. All aboard, the day has finally come. The north bay smart train pushes off in a few hours. What you need to know. And a noose dangling from a san leandro mans truck seen here. What police did when they caught up with him. And as we take a look outside from our roof camera, you can see a few clouds out there, but i promise more 9 and the warming trend begins today. 70s and 80s today. As you get your day into gear at 6 26, a live look outside as we take a look at the bay bridge. Bridge. Still moving hi, good morning, everyone. Its friday, august 25th. Alexis and natasha are off. Were certainly having fun since its friday. And we hope you are too. Welcome to the party that is the end of the week. And mike nicco is serving up for you a few reasons why youre going to have to pump up the ac or find someone who has it. Going back to school, and it feels like summer for a lot of the kids. Theyll be happy to get outside this weekend and enjoy maybe a couple more days at the pool, head to the beach. A lot of sunshine there also. Just remember, sun is still very strong this time of year. Winds, theyre nonexistent in many areas until you get around the altamont pass. The rest of us, less than ten Miles Per Hour. The sea breeze is not there to bring us the cool air conditioning today. And especially inland neighborhoods as were looking a the east bay hills and valleys. 7 00, 55 to 58. Lunch, 61 at the coast, 78 to 89 around the bay and inland at 4 00, and then 70 and 80 at 7 00. Real nice evening coming at you. Well look at the hot temperatures coming up. Lets get a check of traffic. Thank you. Lets talk about the dumbarton bridge toll plaza. We have heard of a minor issue there. Twovehicle accident. It has moved to the center divide, but you still want to be cautious if youre driving through the area. Doesnt seem to be causing a backup. You can see green still on the maps. We want to show you the san mateo bridge. Luckily, there are no issues there. Cars moving along just fine. Developing news now. Preparations going on right now for the protest at crissy field this weekend. Barricades are up, and Law Enforcement bracing for a very busy weekend. Reporter matt keller is live at crissy field. Matt. Reporter good morning, jessica and reggie. Yeah, everything is normal right now at crissy field. A lot of runners out here, cyclists going by. But things are going to be changing tonight into tomorrow. You can go around and see all of these barricades that are lined up. Theyre ready to be put up in preparation for the big rallies and protests this weekend. But getting here is going to be really, really tough. Thats because theres going to be a lot of changes to public transportation. Unite against hate signs are put up at businesses, but the owner of monkey on chestnut will be closed for a different reason. Because the 30 stockston and 22 fillmore wont come through the marina saturday afternoon. Sf mta is stopping service through parts of town because of the crissy field rally. Sf mta will switch out all historic street cars with regular buses to cover the routes. This is really based on the recommendation of Safety Experts at events like this and what we have seen around the country, that these events can turn into a violent situation. We want to make sure were keeping everyone safe. Fishermans wharf, pier 39, all of it is right here, and thats how you get around the city. It does put a damper on everyones experience for the day. Be prepared for the possibility of road closures anywhere. San Francisco Police could close streets in the city if they feel there is a safety issue. B. A. R. T. Service, though, will not be affected. Reporting live at crissy field, matt keller, abc7 news. All right, matt, thank you. You certainly want to plan ahead for this weekends events. Meanwhile, tomorrow, counter protest events will start at noon at San Franciscos civic center, and at harvey milk plaza. At crissy field, similar demonstrations are set to begin at 1 00 p. M. The Patriot Prayer rally is planned from 2 00 to 5 00 p. M. Turn to abc7news. Com and the abc7 news app to find out more weekends Patriot Prayer rally. Dan has a closer look at joey gibson and what he is trying to do. Again, thats at ab abc7news. Com. Berkeley city leaders have denied a permit for an antimarxist rally. Organizers plan to show up anyway. To prepare, the postal surface is removing mailboxes from the front of berkeleys Main Post Office and several downtown locations as a precaution. Berkeley police plan to separate groups with a barrier, check backpacks and confiscate items that could be used as weapon. The aim is to head off violent confrontations like the ones we saw earlier this year. You can get breaking details on the proesatize, enable push alerts to get the latestni niges it happens. At the live desk, were tracking Hurricane Harvey as it nears the gulf coast. It strengthened to a category 2 storm overnight. Winds gusting at 110 Miles Per Hour. I want to show you a live acthe calm before the storm in galveston, texas. Officials are telling people in lowlying areas to evacuate now. Harvey is expected to make landfall near Corpus Christi tonight or some time early tomorrow morning. Parts of the state expect up to 35 inches of rain. Flood waters could reach 12 feet above the ground level along the coastline areas. A meeting that could change whether or not the iconic Golden Gate Bridge is used for special events like the San Francisco marathon. The Golden Gate Bridge board of directors is going to consider a new policy that would ban bridge closures for these events and keep it open to traffic. Bridge officials making their recommendations say this is a Public Safety issue. They want to avoid a possible terror attack. Only on abc7 news, a new development in the east bay sex scandal. The iteam learned attorneys for the woman at the center of it have filed a new federal lawsuit against contra conta s an officer. The complaint says perez started having sex with abuslin when she was just 17 years old and the sheriff failed to train the workers. The lawsuit says perez was one of 20 Law Enforcement officers from six agencies who had sexual encounters with abuslin. Shes also suing the city of richmond. Oakland settled a claim with her for almost 1 million. New video shows an overturned big rig finally going back upright after causing major traffic delays. A truck carrying 41,000 pounds of empty wine bottles rolled over around 4 30 yesterday afternoon on 580 just east of livermore. Crews worked overnight to remove all the broken glass. The driver wasnt hurt. He says he lost his brakes. It appears uber is backing off plans for a big expansion in oakland. The San Francisco Business Times reports the ride hailing business is looking to sell the former Sears Department store it had been renovate trg the past two years. The property is at 20th and broadway. The green lining institute pushed to keep uber out to prevent what it calls more city gentrification. Initially, uber planned to have at least 2,000 employees work at the new office, and earlier this year, it scaled back to a few hundred. A driver has apologized after being spotted driving around san leandro with a noose hanging from his pickup. Take a look here at this photo that went viral after being posted on facebook. Police found the driver and gave him some, quote, social education. The man told officers he meant no harm by displaying the symbol associated with the lynching of africanamericans. Authorities say he does not live or work in san leandro. Happening today, Alameda County decides if theyll continue participating in training for disaster and mass shootings. The controversy is over what some see as a militarization of police. Now, in the past, groups have been against the urban shield task force program, saying that its really highly militarized war games. The stop urban shield coalition plans to attend and speak against the plan to keep the training. The task force meets at 9 00 this morning in oakland. Ive got live doppler 7 dialed down on what continues to be a very grave concern for us down in texas. Lets take a look at harvey. You can some of the outer bands, Tropical Storm force winds, even rotation within some of these thunderstorms, which means tornadoes are going to become more likely as this gets closer to the shore, to 95 miles, the eyewall is, from making land in Corpus Christi. Thats going to put it some time in the evening to early overnight hours as a category 3 storm with a storm surge of 12 feet. Plus, theres a possibility that it gets into land and it just stalls and rains all weekend. We could get up to three feet of rain with nowhere for it to go. And thats going to mean catastrophic lifethreatening flooding in nearly 300,000 people could lose power. Back here at home, things a little quieter. Temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s down in the south bay. Were pretty much in the mid to upper 60s everywhere. Novato, 59 degrees. Mt. Tam, that puts a smile on your face. The bay, lighter breezes. And outdoors, a warmer afternoon on the way. The weekend forecast coming up next. Jessica, reggie. Mike, thank you. Lets check traffic. And we do have a disabled vehicle being reported westbound on the bay bridge. The vehicle is in the right lane. So there is some backup forming because of that. I want to show you a view from the bridge, of the bridge from emeryville. And you can see there is a little bit of slowdown heading westbound, so a headsup if thats part of your commute. 6 39. Happening today, a former oakland a and Baseball Hall of famer is honored at tonights game. The d gate will now be the ultimate closer. The team will name the gate after Dennis Eckersley. The sixtime all star closed out the 1989 world series for the as. Theyll also give away a Dennis Eckersley bobblehead to the first 15,000 fans before tomorrow nights game. On a related note, this weekend, all 30 Major League Baseball teams will take part in the inaugural players weekend to give fans a chance to let them get to know them a little better. The weekend celebrates each players creativity, all clubs will wear nontraditional alternate uniforms and players get to choose a nickname. So here they are for the giants. Brandon crawfords will say b. Craw on the back. Mad bum for madison bumgarner, and buster for buster posey. Game worn jerseys will be auctioned off to benefit the mlb Youth Development foundation. A change for fans when the Spartan Football Team opens their season. Theyll be able to buy beer and wine for the first time in five years. In june, cal state officials dropped a ban on alcohol sales at home sporting events. San jose state hosts south florida tomorrow night. And speaking of beer, petaluma based lagunitas is out with a new beer that is brewed with cannabis extracts. Right now, Super Critical ipa is only available in select locations in california, including more than 40 bars and stores around the bay area. Heads up, it does not contain thc, which is the compound that causes a marijuana related high. If you are looking for a party on sunday, we have an idea for you. Its to celebrate something known as big mike. Yes. And hes big. There he is. You can see him for yourself. He stands at 20 feet tall. And hes turning the big 50. If youre from the east bay, you might recognize that somewhat menacing stare that he has. Because he one of many urban Roadside Attractions popular a long time ago. He stood vigil outside a car wash and tire shop on mission boulevard in hayward for decades. Just a couple blocks away from the doggy diner. Theyre happy to have him back here. Im not sure they want him on downtown hayward anymore. I dont think they ever wanted him in downtown hayward. But theyre perfectly happy to have him in an Industrial Park where nobody sees him. Big mikes birthday bash is set for sunday from 10 00 to 5 00 at bell plastics. Thats that santa claus who has been scaring me all morning long. Everyone is welcome for cake and a factory tour. Bell plastics is near the hayward airport. And i swear that if you stare at him long enough in the eyes, they move. Just me . If they move, maybe he would be less creepy. Oh, look, theres a big boy. Did you see that . Join the fun there this weekend. Also, coming up, policing with pride. The new effort to recruit more lgbt officers in the bay areas largest city. And the day swifties have been waiting for. And the rest of you who dont like her have also been waiting like her have also been waiting for. For years, men have enjoyed their man caves without guilt. Now, its mamas turn. Welcome to my she shed. Ive got my favorite outfit on. My literature. My armando and these are my treats im just gonna have one if thats okay. Of course its okay. This is my world. Fiber one 90 calorie brownies. Allll mine. Hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Well find them in our subaru outback. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get 0 apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 outbacks. Ends august 31. Happening today, the wait finally over for so many of you who have been wondering when the smart train was finally going to begin full service in the north bay. Amy hollyfield is in santa rosa where a big celebration will get under way today. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, jessica. Yeah, look behind me on the platform. You dont see commuters. You see a podium. Thats where theyre going to be giving speeches at this mornings Ribbon Cutting ceremony. Some commuters were hoping to be up there this morning. We saw a couple people arrive, hoping to catch smart trains. They arent running yet. That comes later this afternoon. This is a north bay train that connects the santa rosa airport to san rafael. One commuter we met lives in santarosis ozand wants to take it to his job at marin general. We asked a spokesperson this morning about the confusion. This poor guy was flustered as he was trying to figure out how he was now going to get to work. Said trains will be running august 25th. The schedule says 5 30. I gotta go. The schedule shows that the trains leave at 4 19, but for the purposes of our grand opening, we wanted to have a big celebration and a Community Party here, so thats the issue. And we invite everybody to come on out. The first train will run at 12 49 today. It will leave from the santa rosa airport. All of the trains today will be free, and next week, theyre going to be half price. So you can plan on using your train for your monday morning commute. But today is all about the party. Reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. If you plan on riding a smart train today, just go to abc7news. Com or abc7 news app. Youll find a video explaining seven things to know before catching a ride. The San Jose Police department is launching a new very Bold Campaign to recruit officers from the lgbt community. There are three commercials that all show a San Jose Police officer getting ready for work. Each video has a different ending showing them with their samesex partners. The board president of the Lgbtq Community center says lgbt officers are better equipped to handle issues like the higher suicide rate in the community. They understand what the lgbt Mental Health issues are, theres greater compassion and understanding of how to deal with that. If you never actually show lgbt families that are officers, young people may not consider that as a career. Police chief eddie garcia will be in this weekends Silicon Valley pride parade. The state assembly is set to hold hearings on a measure to establish universal health care in california. That bill would replace Insurance Companies entirely with a governmentrun Health System for all californians. The Senate Passed the measure earlier this year. In the assembly, a different story. Speaker Anthony Rendon has been under fire for refusing to bring it to the floor. He says it still needs key details like how the system is going to work and how it will be paid for. The Tracy Unified School District says its alarmed by the rising trend in marijuana edibles showing up on high school campuses. The edibles are in the form of candy bars, cereal, or other treat. So far, the district has come across ten cases of edibles since spring. Administrators say they started appearing after the passage of prop 64 to legalize Recreational Marijuana in california that kicks off on january 1st. Whats even more concerning to the district are the high levels of the young person was sick because maybe they ate too much. As they were in the sick and were in the office, we started to talk to them. We found out what was going on. The district wants to get the issue out in the open. It has scheduled a siri of seminars next month at high schools for parents and students. Well, you no longer have to go online to buy a book from amazon. Abc7 news was in san jose as the Company Opened its first brick and mortar store in the bay area. The opening was yesterday on santana row. The store has more than 35,000 titles chosen based on the highest online ratings. And then the reviews that you often get on amazon, those will be displayed underneath. Local book sellers arent happy about amazons move. They say they can offer more titles and a more diverse selection. Come in to explore worlds that they havent encountered b before. When they go into an Amazon Retail space, theyre exploring worlds that have been well trodden and familiar. Amazon is expanding into physical spaces as it tries to become the leading retailer of everything in the world. You know what makes me happy, though, is folks are actually reading physical books again. I love hanging out in book stores. Im sure they dont love me hanging out there and not buying things. Me, too. But i love handling the physical book. I love the library as well, which is a great option. It might not be the weekend to stay inside. Its going to be nice out. Unless you want free air conditioning or you want to feel smarter. Thats why i go to the book stores and read. Makes me feel smarter. The east bay hills, you can see the sunshine. Cloudy at sfo, one hour and five minutes, the arrival delays right now. More sunshine and warmth today. Partly cloudy, comfortable tonight, and an extended period every day with above average high temperatures. Today, here comes the heat inland from 87 in san ramon to antioch at 92. Up in the north bay, a little warm, 85 in santa rosa. San rafael, 80. Vallejo at 78. Napa, 82. In the south bay, close to average for now. Its going to get warmer this weekend. 82 in san jose. Milpitas at 77 degrees. As far as the peninsula goes, well have low to upper 70s, like 75 at san mateo. On the coast side, about 66 in half moon bay. Oakland, 73. Still comfortable here in fremont at 78. And as we look at downtown San Francisco, about 70. 63 in daly city. Richmond at 66. Sunset, 65. Tonights temperatures about 55 to 61 degrees. But a few 70s up in our hills. A little warmer there. Check out the mid 90s to 100s starting tomorrow through next thursday inland. Even some upper 80s sunday and 70s, one of the warmest days is sunday at the coast. If youre inland, maybe hit the library for some of the free ac. If youre in San Francisco or oakland, go outside. Thanks wroorb. An accident in the central valley. 205 westbound at Mountain House parkway. Things are slowing down there. Youll see some red as well as the red going through the altamont pass, which has been a problem throughout the morning. Only 17 Miles Per Hour in that area, by the way. A live look here at 101 in san rafael. Traffic looking good there. An austrian tourist recovering after being struck by lightning in the sierra. Happened while he was hiking with two other people tuesday west of truckee. This is video of the area from highway patrol. The man sustained major burns throughout his entire body. This is a picture of his shoes. And it really is telling. You can see the damage. A chp helicopter took him to the Uc Davis Burn Institute for treatment. He is expected to survive. Well, its what everyone has been waiting for, if youre a music fan. If youre a taylor swift fan, because she has released a new song, and its out this morning. Or even if youre not a fan, because people love to hate. Taylor swift is trending right now. She released her single overnight, its called look what you made me do. Gma got an exclusive clip of gma got an exclusive clip of here it is. Oh look what you made me do look what you made me do. All right, okay. Yeah. The full video will be shown at the mtv Video Music Awards on sunday. The album is called reputation. Its coming out in november. Do you think taylor swift is like heart . Are you ragging on taylor . Come on. I like it. You know, i dont usually like songs on the first hearing of it. It. But i on this friday, 6 55. If youre heading out the door, heres the seven things you need to know before you go. Number one, sfmta has changed some bus routes this weekend ahead of planned protests at crissy field. Buses will replace all cable car lines to make sure tourists say staf. Number two, in berkeley, people are warned to avoid the Civic Center Plaza area on sunday where there is another big rally planned. The city denied organizers a permit, but police say that isnt expected to stop people from showing up. Number three, paying attention to Hurricane Harvey. It is picking up speed. The category two storm has winds up to 110 Miles Per Hour. Harvey is expected to make landfall in texas tonight or early tomorrow morning. Yeah, storm surge 12 feet, up to three feet of fresh water, rain, tornadoes. Just going to be a mess. Absolutely. Back here at home, were looking at summer. Coming back to your forecast today. A touch of it inland with near 90 by 4 00. Near 80 around the bay, and 60s at the coast. Number five, a slight backup on the bay bridge. But a disabled vehicle has been moved off. Things are clearing up there. Number six, all aboard the smart train. Full Passenger Service begins today in the north bay. The grand opening happens this morning in santa rosa. Everyone is invited. Number seven, the National Parks celebrate 101. The National Park Service Offering free admission today to all of its sites. Get out there, chick it out, maybe take a water bottle and sunscreen, right . Absolutely. A good idea. Thats what you have to watch out, because its going to get progressively hotter and even into monday. Each day, your body will get a little more tired. A quick note. Lots of rallies happening this weekend. Please be safe out there, everybody. Everybody. The Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . 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. Have a great good morning, america. Happening right now. State of emergency. A massive hurricane is barreling toward texas. Winds already topping 100 miles an hour. The biggest storm to hit the u. S. In more than a decade. Heavy rain, lightning already moving in. Harvey gaining strength and threatening millions in its path. Mandatory evacuations in effect. The mad scramble to get out this morning. As they say, get out of dodge. People panicking over food and water and hours long lines for gas. Absolute insanity over this hurricane. Babies airlifted out of hospitals to safety. We are live in the storm zone as millions brace for the major hurricane. Powerball dream. The hospital worker and mother of two now the luckiest person in america striking it rich on that massive jackpot. Shes already said goodbye to her job. I called and told them i will not be coming back
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