Center, this is is abc news good morning, everyone. Im Carolyn Tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, august 16th. Let start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. Hi, carolyn, good morning, everyone. We have very smoggy conditions. Lingering smoke from a fire in the north bay. A spare the air alert, a heat advisory and high clouds all over the bay area. Heres where the heat advisory is in effect. Everywhere except monterey and the coastal north bay. Temperatures this morning a 20degree spread from the low 50s Half Moon Bay to upper 70s in the Higher Elevations. Fremont 67. In san jose cooling in the north bay. The east bay the winds are flat and we are looking at poor air quality. The south bay, and really everywhere today. A repeat performance of the hazy, gray, smoky skies. 70s and 80s at the coast. 80s and 90s around the bay. Warmer inland. We will look for a bit of a sea breeze at the coast today, more so tomorrow. We will talk about the cooling trend and better air quality in a few minutes. Carolyn. Lisa, thank you. Breaking news. This is a live shot from our east bay hills camera. Theres quite a fire thats been burning. We have called dispatchers from almeda county and from berkeley and oakland trying to get more details. You may have been able to see a fire truck with his lights there in the distance. According to kgo radio, this fire is on grizzly peek road or grizzly peek boulevard in oakland. Its a grass fire. As we get more details we will certainly bring them to you. Our extremely hot and dry weather certainly cannot be helping in this situation. More as it becomes available. Break news out of antioch. The chp said a woman is dead after being hit while walking on highway 4. It happened just after 1 00 this morning on the eastbound lanes near eighth street. The driver of the car that hit the woman stopped and cooperated with police. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected. Officers are not speculating why that woman was on the freeway. In developing news, Sunnyvale Police are searching for a suspect in connection with the fatal officerinvolved shooting. One man is dead, the other still at large. Abc7 News ReporterMelanie Woodrow has the story. Heavilyarmed officers from multiple agencies provided assistance in sunnyvale following an officerinvolved shooting. Around 4 15 Someone Called Police to report suspicious activity near this motel 6. They said had officers approached the vehicles, two suspects began running. An 18year veteran with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety shot one suspect who was shot dead on the scene, despite lifesaving measures. During the investigation we found a firearm next to hit body and an i additional firearm in the backpack he was wearing. The captain said one was a loaded highcapacity magazine. Other a handgun. We dont know if he fired at the officer or not. That would be part of our investigation. The officers do not have body cameras, according to the captain. He said the officers involved were not hurt. I was scared. The motel 6 guest, andrea, said she was startled. I heard gunshots and i looked out and saw a lot of police out there. Witnesses reported seeing the second armed suspect running toward a home. Thats why we were taking it very seriously. The search continued from the air and on ground with officers and k9s going door to door. After that extensive search they said they no longer believe the suspect is here in this area, but they are continuing to search for him. Reporting live in sunnyvale, Melanie Woodrow, abc7 news. It was a busy night for police in the bay area. This is video you will see only on abc7 news. Mountain view officers arrested an assault suspect after an intensive search in the citys downtown area. Police asked residents to stay inside with their doors and windows looked during the search. The arrest was made on castro street late last night near a restaurant. No officers were injured in the search. A man is in the hospital after being shot in berkeley around 6 30 last night. Several people calling 911 after hearing gunshots on russell street near san pablo park. Police spent the evening looking for evidence and trying to find witnesses. Detectives have not said what led to the shooting. They want to hear from anyone who knows about the crime. Water service is scheduled to be restored for nearly half of the city of vallejo at any minute now. About 30,000 homes either lost water or had low water pressure because of a water main break. The 20inch main broke saturday morning near serrano drive. If your water is on its safe to drink. But the reduced pressure is a big concern for the fire department. We really dont have enough water to fight waters ordeal with anything on the west side of town. Once the water is turned back on, we are told it might taste funny, it might look cloudy and there could be some piece of sediment in it for about 48 hours, but it is safe to drink. You are being told not to wash clothes in it until the color goes away. San Francisco Police hope you might recognize a vandal who wrote a hateful message. The person wrote a racist message on a garage door. The homeowner said hes the only person of asian descent on his block. He fears it might be a hate crime. Its not something that is particularly great to wake up to. I think my fiancee is a little more squared that it was really targeted at us. Its very unsettling to wake up to on your home, you know. He describes his block as peaceful. Police will look at his surveillance footage. A computer problem at the air Traffic Center in virginia caused huge headaches for travelers yesterday. The system is responsible for processing flight data essential to airtraffic controllers. The faa cancelled hundreds of flights, delayed 2,000 with major east coast hubs hit the hardest. Officials assured passengers the problem was not the result of a hack attack. The agency is working to figure out exactly what went wrong. New this morning, fireworks were launched this morning at pearl harbor, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii in the pacific. The fireworks display was provided by the japanese city which is a partner city of honolulu. Its the hometown of the late japanese admiral who was the architect of the attack on pearl harbor that launched the u. S. Into the war back in 1941. U. S. Planes bombed the city during the last weeks of the war, killing nearly 2,000 people. The war ended when japan surrendered august 15, 1945. A special honor was given to japaneseamerican soldiers responsible for one of the bravest rescues during world war ii. Yesterday we were at the Hornet Museum in almeda where members of the combat team shared their story. That group orchestrated the rescue of another group of soldiers from the germans. Two previous rescues of the socalled lost battalion failed. I dont know how we did it. But somehow we persevered. Its a great story. I think to hear it live from a person who went through it is really a special opportunity. The 442nd became one of the most wellrespected and most decorated fighting units. Do you smell it . Smokey air spread all over the bay area yesterday. Today a spare the air alert has been issued due to concerns about the smog. This is what it looked like from our sutro camera. Drifting smoke from wildfires in lake county caused that appearance. Chekas the skies over 680 in walnut creek. People with respiratory problems were asked to stay indoors. Abc7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley went to the east bay to see for herself. Mt. Diablo looked like a mirage, hazy and even invisible much of the day because of the smoke. It smelled like a campfire and the air was really smoky. We werent sure what was going on. We heard about fires that were far away from here, but it was still causing a lot of smoke by our house in concord. We thought there might have been a fire locally until we went went john and noticed it was just winds blowing in from the other areas. Hundreds and thousands of residents across the east bay thought they might be in danger. Emergency officials were swamped by calls from antioch and liver more. We tweeted out that unless you actually saw flames, call 911, otherwise dont call 911. The heavy haze hung over the north bay, the east bay, the city, and along the peninsula. We are getting summertime ozone due to warm temperatures and very low winds, and then we are also seeing some of the smoke in wildfires in Northern California find its way into the bay area. We are having elevated soot levels. Sunday will be a sparetheair day. In walnut creek, im Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. Seventeen wildfires continue to burn throughout california. More than 13,000 firefighters are trying to get control. Crews were able to fully contain the fire in lake county on friday. The rocky fire has burned nearly 70,000 acres. And nearby the more than 25,000acre jerusalem fire is 80 contained with full containment expected tomorrow. Cal fire is still urging people to be careful during outdoor activities. Sparks can ignite a wildfire. And breaking news. We dont know what caused this fire, but this is the fire weve been following this morning. You can see from our east bay hills camera. Berkeley, oakland and cal fire are now on the scene. This is a grass fire at grizzly peak and south park drive. We now understand the blaze broke out at 5 30. You can see theres now the white smoke in the air, which tells us that they have been able to start putting some water to douse the flames. It seemed to really be burning earlier this morning. But now again, all these fire crews are on the scene trying to knock it down. Grizzly peak road in oakland. Lisa here now. This is the kind of thing that we fear with this heat advisory and spare the air. Exactly. And the air is very thick out there and smoky already. You take a look outside from our roof camera, you see how still it is out there. Poor air quality across the entire bay area. Very little wind. In the afternoon we will get a puff of a sea breeze, but once again, 80s, 90s and 100s for most. We will pinpoint your weather today and talk about the cooler temperatures in the bay area in the days ahead. Thank you. May the force be with you. If you ever wanted to pilot the star wars falcon, you will soon get a chance. And hightech hacking at the gas pump. Breaking news out of oakland. Weve been following this grass fire thats burning at the grizzly peak road and south park drive in oakland. In berkeley, rather. We have berkeley, oakland and cal fire on the scene there. You can see just a little bit of flame now and more smoke from what it was 45 minutes ago when we first began covering this. Again, this is a grass fire. Grizzly peak and south park drive in berkeley. But crews are there now on the scene and seem to be getting a handle on it. We will bring you more information as it becomes available. Developing news out of japan where evacuations are taking place this morning because of the danger of a volcano erupting near a nuclear reactor. The government has raised the alert for the mountain to the second highest level. Nearby residents are being ferried to an evacuation center. The volcano is just 31 miles from a nuclear plant. That plant just restarted its reactor on tuesday under new Safety Standards from the fukushima disaster back in march, 2011. Disney has announced plans disney has announced plans for two new attractions. Its a star wars planet. Reporter amy powell from our sister station in l. A. Has more from anaheim. Disney is bringing a galaxy far, far away downtoearth. The artist renderings offer the first look at the 14acre star wars themed land that will come to disney in anaheim and disney resorts in orlando. A brilliant idea. Ive been wanting it to happen for a long time. Im excited to see it when i come. A jawdropping new world that represents our largestsinglethemed land expansion of. Disney chairman and ceo made the announcement in front of thousands of fans at the d23 expo in anaheim. It will include popular characters and themes from the lucrative franchise. Plus a ride that will allow visitors to take control of the millennium falcon, the space ship from George Lucass original 1977 film. Nailed it by having that experience because as much as we can name a bunch of places we would like to go and see, the falcon is more of the life saver, maybe the most iconic piece of hardware in the star wars universe. Fans of the new film are also excited. Im so honored to be part of it. To be part of this thing thats part of america and Popular Culture for over 30 years. Well, that was amy powell reporting. Disney said it will be the largest themed expansion ever. 14 acres at disneyland and 14 acres at disney world. Disney is the Parent Company of abc7 news. Happening today, fun going on in San Francisco. Its sunday streets. Today in the excelsior district on Mission Street between theresa and geneva. This is video from previous sunday streets. Mission will be transformed into a save place for families to gather and neighbors to play and to socialize. There will be plenty of music and arts and the fun runs from eleven to four. If its anything like yesterday, lisa, it will be hot. Yesterday wassed 2 in San Francisco. We broke a record. And today we are expecting a bit of a breeze, just a little bit. We are looking at more 90s. And the spare the air because of the thick, smoky air. It will linger throughout the bay area area. 101 in santa cruz, 95 Mountain View, 93 oakland. Those were all records. There was over half a dozen records. More are expected today and we also have a few high clouds. So it looks like we will have the heat with us another day and a half. The heat advisory until 9 00 tonight for everywhere except the coastal north bay. Heres a look at the hazy east bay where the air quality is at its worst and the inland east bay. Poor air quality in the inland valley and its the second alert of the summer season. Lake tahoe, look for another warm day there. Boy, sounds pretty good compared to our 90s and 100s. In the 80s there. 67 in Mountain View and san jose. Numbers have stayed up all night long, especially in the Higher Elevations. 3 Half Moon Bay. 58 napa, now the worst air quality happens right around sunrise. Theres no mixing, theres no wind at all. So it will still be poor today, but we will have a north wind shift to a west wind throughout the afternoon. That should help out some folks right along the coast. 61 by the delta b a 2 Miles Per Hour southwest wind there. 64 concord, 6 67 in livermore. Hotter and hazier conditions today. In fact, it was about 100 in concord. It could be even a few degrees warmer than that. We saw 99 in gilroy. That why we have the heat advisory and the spare the air alert today. So the marine layer returns for everyone on tuesday. Just pieces of the marine air from here until then. High pressure sitting to the east of us. The clockwise flow around it bringing us high clouds, shunting any bit of marine air into our area. So as a result, this is pressing down on the atmosphere and it continues to warm things as we get a little bit of sunshine here and there. Very stagnate air mass. We will be looking for temperatures today similar to yesterday in the south bay. 98 in san jose and morgan hill. 100 gilroy. 93 in sunnyvale on the peninsula look for low to mid90s. 8 los gatos. Already in the upper 70s there. Starting out cool, then getting to the mid80s half moon way and then dropping with the sea breeze. 9 at pacifica. 84 in San Francisco. Hazy for you. In the north bay, its going to be a scorcher and very poor air quality with 98 in santa rosa. Look at stinson. 9 napa. 94 fremont. And you head inland, its hazy and hot with 100 pittsburgh and walnut creek. The accuweather sevenday forecast, changes come with the puff of a west wind late today. Otherwise we will see the san mateo coast and get some fog overnight tonight into monday and then it spreads into the east bay around the bay on tuesday. Thats the general cool down and the trend will continue into the week ahead. You can see whats showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime with the abc7 news weather app. Its free. More information at abc7 news. Com apps. Considering we are in a fouryear drought, it could have been much, much worse this summer. Its bad, i know, but this is probably the worst weve seen it so far this summer. Any more records shattered to . Yeah, definitely we could see that. Thank you, lisa. Up next, a black bear out to find a snack finds himself in a curious hush my darling. Dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] hush my darling. [snoring. ] dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Bears have become a frequent uninvited guests at an idaho mans home. He found this when he came over the other night. The curious animal got his head stuck through a cat door. He said he wasnt scared. He knew the layer was too large to get through. 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