Lefthand lanes. Havent seen updates and it does not look like its slowing down the carpool lanes. Hopefully it means its all clear. Not all clear if youre trying to get out of tracy. Westbound 580 into dublin, 54 minutes. No delay, southbound 680, and northbound 85, you still look good at 15 minutes. Ill update that crash we have in san jose in less than ten. Okay, here at the live desk, we continue tracking Hurricane Irma. The storm cutting a path of destruction across the caribbean. At least ten people are now dead. The tiny island of barbuda is the worst hit so far. This is an aerial view of the destruction. Officials say 95 of the buildings are damaged. Also want to show you the storm right now. This is a live picture of the Dominican Republic. We have been watching this all night and all morning, and if you can believe it, this is actually much less windy than it was just a few hours ago. Evacuations under way in florida ahead of the storm. Officials there saying this morning key west will be totally shut down, all hospitals there will be closed, and if People Choose to stay, they will be on their own. Right now. Matt. All right, thank you, jess. Looking closely at the screen shot from flight tracking website flightradar24. Delta flight was the last to leave san juans airport before it shut down. Flying between bands of the devastating hurricane. Delta said the flight was completely safe, with the pilots working in tandem to flight the chart plan. This shot of Hurricane Irma, nasa taking this video from the International Space station this week. It shows irma swirling above the atlantic, just so you can see the size of it. Irma has maximum sustained winds of 185 Miles Per Hour. Those Hurricane Force winds extend up to 50 miles from the center of the storm. Now, mike, you have been tracking irma all week. Whats the latest now . A good question because it continues to be one of the strongest storms and longest lasting of those strongest storms ever. Go back 24 hours and you can see it by puerto rico, heading across the Dominican Republic and over towards haiti as a category 5 storm with 180mileperhour winds. Thats not touching the island yet. It will, though, as it gets towards the turks and caicos tomorrow night. Lets look at that, 165mileperhour winds, but a 20foot storm surge and 20 inches of rain will bury some of those islands and also some of the southern bahamas before it starts to take that turn towards miami monday morning as a category 4 with 150mileperhour winds. Rakes the florida peninsula as a category 3 and heads into the carolinas as a category 1 where flooding will be a big issue in the midatlantic next week. Back to you. Thank you. We do want to remind you, you can download the abc7 news app. Enable push alerts and well send you up to the minute information on Hurricane Irma. Grief counsellors will be at a pacifica middle school after a popular teacher was killed in a freak accident on campus. So sad. News reporter Tiffany Wilson joins us live at ingrid b. Lacy middle school. A makeshift memorial here in the parking lot honors the man whose legacy will live on through many students. Jerry downs was struck by his own vehicle in this parking lot yesterday morning. Pacifica police say it somehow rolled away before it hit and killed him. Downs held the position of band director both here at ing rnd b. Lacy middle school and ocean shore elementary for the past 15 years. Students, parents, and fellow teachers say he was a beloved member of the faculty who truly made a difference in his students lives. He was so involved. And he was so active. And just his love of music. I believe the kids were influenced by that. At least i know my son was. Downs was known for throwing annual barbecues at his house, and aunch he helped students pay for instruments or band uniforms out of his own pocket. The students will be formally told about the sudden death during homeroom this morning and grief counselors will be on hand. Live in pacifica, Tiffany Wilson, abc7 news. Thank you, tiffany. The recent record setting hot weather in San Francisco is being blamed for three deaths now. Medical Examiners Office says the victims were all in their 80s and 90s and were found alone in their homes. They made no calls to 911 asking for help. San francisco hit 106 degrees last friday. That was an alltime record high. Developing news. A bill to protect immigrant tenants is moving through the state legislature. The protection act sponsored by david chu passed the state senate yesterday. It would prevent landlords from using immigration status for the purpose of retaliation, harassment, or to influence a tenant to vacate the home. The bill now returns to the assembly for a second vote. Santa rosa police are warning neighbors about a Mountain Lion that may be in the area and may be hurt. Around 2 30 yesterday morning, officers received a report of a Mountain Lion in the area of channing road. Seven hours later, they got another report from a person who hit a Mountain Lion with their car. That was about a mile and a half away in montecito meadows. Police say to call them if you see a Mountain Lion and do not go near it for any reason. New details on the reopening of phifer canyon bridge near big sur. Right now, crews are in the process of rebuilding the bridge after it was badly damaged derwinter storms. According to the chronicle, caltrans hopes to open the new bridge by next month. Hopefully some time in midoctober. The old concrete bridge was fractured by a landslide in february and had to be demolished. Caltrans has been working on the replacement for the past several months. Get ready for more implosions like this one. Next saturday, the 16th, caltrans will continue the demolition of the remaining 13 foundations that supported the eastern section of the old bay bridge. Demolition will happen between 10 10 and 11 10 in the morning. B. A. R. T. Will stop trains in the transbay tube. Passengers can expect a 15minute delay. Theres a new phone scam hitting the bay area. The warning coming from police. The warriors were supposed to pay oakland last month for the pay oakland last month for the team hi leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. A personalized Financial Strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. Hi guys aw yeah see how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. That breaking news coming in right now on the jobs front. The number of people filing for Unemployment Benefits soared last week. The most in nearly five years. And all because of hurricane harveys impact on texas and louisiana. Labor Department Released numbers only just a short time ago. I have them here on my computer saying that applications jumped by nearly 62,000 last week, and 51,000 of those were from texas. I do have a little bit of good news. Labor Department Says apart from the storm and the Recovery Efforts there, the job market is healthy. But boy, harvey really having an impact even on our jobs. Lets check in with mike. A lot of people dont think of that far reaching effects. It comes to everybodys neighborhood. Hi, everyone. Heres a look at one of our last warm mornings. Temperatures are warmer this morning, up to 6 degrees, but its still going to be cooler this afternoon. Were not going to warm up a whole lot because of cloud cover and a chance of showers. Right now, low to mid 60s in the north bay. 67 in napa. Same temperature in lafayette, san ramon, to near 70 in san jose and 68 in alameda. Around the state, thunderstorms in tahoe, redding, eureka, sacramento. Clearer and 84 in l. A. You can see a warmer trend is on the way as we thhead into the weekend. Ill let you know what our chances are of rain in your neighborhood today. I want to take you down to the south bay and an earlier crash that we had on 880. It was reported northbound. We had a backup southbound, so im still thinking it was on the southbound side. No matter what direction it was in, its pushed off on the shoulder and were not seeing residble delays. Taking you down further south, if youre traveling between gilroy and morgan hill, typical delays and northbound 101, we had reports of a gravel truck that was actually spilling gravel all over the roadway. That has cleared from the chp board. But just be on the lookout. We could have loose gravel on that stretch of 101 this morning. Well look at drive times at 6 20. All right, thanks. 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New details on a proposal for civilian oversight of Santa Clara County jails after the death of a mentally ill inmate two years ago. The muercury news says the boar of supervisors will talk over a plan. The proposal is in line with the key recommendation from the Blue Ribbon Commission on improving custody operations. It convened after three guards beat Michael Tyree to death in 2015. The Marin County Sheriffs Office is warning about a phone scam. This is how it works. Parents receive a call on their cell phone claiming their child has been kidnapped and the caller demands a ransom. In one case, a mom said she could hear a childs voice saying mommy help me. They found her daughter safe on an afterschool bus. Investigators say similar calls have been reported in vacaville and fairfield. Nuthis morning, amazon is looking to expand big time with the Second Headquarters and is ready to adas many as 50,000 jobs. 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Warriors insiders will get a chance this afternoon. Tickets will be available to the general public tomorrow at 2 00 p. M. Opening night, by the way, is tuesday, oc17th, against the rockets. Happening today, the nfl season officially kicks off with the defending super bowl champions taking on the chiefs in foxborough, massachusetts. The patriots will unfurl their fifth super bowl banner prior to the game. Kickoff is at 5 30 p. M. The raiders open on the road in tennessee on sunday morning. While the niners, they host the panthers at levis stadium sunday afternoon. Starting to feel like football weather a little bit around here. A little bit. Its been a roller coaster of a weather experience. Our time of the year to get wild swings because the nights are longer but we also have the fact that tropical storms can influence us like the heat wave over the weekend. Thas amazing. Heres a look at the exploratorium, look how calm the bay water is this morning. Not very breezy, and those clouds every once in a while letting go of a few sprinkles and light showers. The clouds keeping us warmer this morning will keep us cooler than average this afternoon. The slight chance of lightning and thunder to the north and east of us, and lower humidity but warmer weather this weekend. Heres a look at the cloud deck. You see a solid shield of gray on top of us as i have over laid the clouds on live doppler 7. Lets show you whats going to happen as we head through the next couple hours. Moisture comes ashore in the form of some sprinkles. Notice no yellows, no oranges, no reds. By the time we get to noon, very isolated, and during the afternoon hours, it kind of evaporates. So do some of the clouds. Look for some sunshine this afternoon through the evening hours. Youll wand to have the sunglasses. Temperatures today wilt still hit the 80s, low 80s in the inland east bay neighborhoods. Upper 70s in the south bay. 72 to 76 around the bay. 73 to 75 in the north bay. And about 66 to 68 along the coast into San Francisco. Already feeling the effects of the cooler and drier air tonight with temperatures from 57 to about 64 degrees. Heres my accuweather sevenday forecast. Yes, it is going to get hot. Really hot sunday and monday inland, with upper 90s. Mid 80s around the bay. Low 70s at the coast, and another chance of wet weather and cooler weather is brewing for tuesday and wednesday. Hey, alexis. Good morning. And we started off pretty busy this morning with several issues on the roads. Now, we really dont have too much. Were seeing some slow spots, in those typical areas filling in. Southbound 8 yith between san lorenzo and south of the san mateo bridge, 22 Miles Per Hour, 32 Miles Per Hour, and nothing blocking, just the typical slowdown. Mike just saw this camera and said whoa, whats going on in walnut creek . Nothing out of the ordinary. 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