at western drive, a couple lanes blocked due to paving work. we are moving along for the most part but a slight tap on the brake because of that project. let s go to the bay bridge toll plaza. it s gorgeous as you come away from oakland and into san francisco. kristen? leyla, thank you so much. developing news out of walnut creek. a man was attacked inside his home. the early-morning attack happened around midnight on oak and jones roads. that man was taken to the hospital. now police are trying to find out who attacked this man and find the person. we ll have more from abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield at the top of the hour. and kidnap alert. pacifica police are looking for a man who tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl in broad daylight. police say the man approached the girl at santa rosa avenue yesterday afternoon. he tried to grab her but she punched him and got away. the man was last seen on santa rosa avenue. here s a sketch of what he looks like. described as a
ball. it was of serious concern. if that vapor cloud would have ignited sooner it obviously would have been a much more serious incident with very at the very least potentially serious bushes and possibly fatality. reporter: u.s. chemical safety board which investigates industrial accidents released this video of inspectors getting about 10 feet away from the damaged pipe. they are looking into whether chevron workers removed insulation when the leak started and whether that had any impact. some information that we have that insulation was removed in the process of investigating the source of the leak. but the insulation is to retain obviously retain heat and some degree fire protectio protection. reporter: chemical safety board confirmed that she have respect replace add 12 inch pipe during regular maintenance last november but not the 8 inch line which failed last week. this line was not replaced and we are very much interested in understanding the decision about wh
eric thomas. and i m kristen sze. high temperatures, antioch and live more where we could reach 100 again ukiah and 90s around cloverdale, clear lake, fairfield all east bay valleys 80s fremont palo alto into south bay 70s oakland and san mateo and 60s around san francisco and out towards half moon bay. temperatures are going to run one to six degrees cooler than yesterday. east bay will have the poorest air quality. everybody else should be okay. but everybody is under the spare the air umbrella again today. novato crash eastbound 37 at marsh, big rig drove off the freeway there s guardrail damage in the westbound direction, westbound 37 to 101 connection ramp closed due to roadwork. detours in place. we will check out the ride for you on 680 walnut creek. traffic light in contra costa county, no problems southbound still fog across the golden gate bridge and there was a fog advisory issued for highway 1 and 35 pacifica daly city that has been cancelled. breaking new
admit they left something on the stove and went back to bed this morning. they have good reason to believe the fire star in the kitchen. it has reached through the home in the attic and roof out of roof. the people who were in the home are four adults, young adults in their 20s two live there two are friends. the fire captain says he believes they did have to order evacuations of the homes on either side of the house. that s just standard protocol. he has no indication yet of exactly how much damage has been done except to say major damage has been and i should say is being done because again this fire still burning inside this home in san jose we ll bring you an update in half an hour. katie marzullo, abc7 news. we ll check back in sooner if developments warrant. with temperatures soaring today we check in with mike to talk about the winds and any possible high fire danger. good thing is we have the heat, we have the dryness but we do not have the winds. right now we do
kristen sze. i m eric thomas. it is going to be calm normally what we have under high pressure stagnant air is the reason why it gets so hot and why we have the poor air quality that s at least one good aspect of what is happening today the other well two out of three are poor. wealth of 90s north bay valleys, fremont palo alto into the santa clara valley. 80 oakland, 85 san mateo, 72 san francisco comfortable you want to escape the heat head to the coast 65 half moon bay. poorest air quality inland of the east bay and also the santa clara valleys where we will have the poor air quality even though all of us under a spare the air today. here s your traffic. to help spare the air, mass transit system good way to go, all reporting no delays very quiet this morning, good start no delays right now at the bay bridge toll. roadwork in my next report. east bay fire district says budget cuts moon it can no longer send unlimited help to the smaller departments next door so the