Good morning on this thursday, august 15th. Already sweating a little bit. Youre never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. Meteorologist mike nicco, we blame you. But i also thank you because you got our air conditioning back on in the studio. Thank you. I tried. Who doesnt have their air conditioninger on the they have one today . Moderate to high heat. Theres parts around brentwood and livermore, very high. The highest category of heat illness risk, 95 to 107, except for the bayshore. Parts of the bayshore will be mid to upper 90s. Not sure why the National Weather service kept the bayshore out of this heat advisory. It should be in there, also. Weve got lake county and Solano County hotter, 100plus until 10 00 tomorrow. Records will fall once again. Sue . Looking at your roadways on this thursday morning. Not too shabby if youre out and about at 5 01. Here is a look at the Golden Gate Bridge. You already have four lanes in the southbound direction, two in the northbound and very light conditions this morning. Weve got slow and go over the Altamont Pass, not typical. We have lanes now reopened, those speeds are slightly off at this point because they just picked up the road work. It had been very, very slow. The transition down there, 238 to 880 is looking very slow as well. Here is a look at your drive time. 41 minutes out of tracy. If youre making your way from antioch to concord, about 15 minutes. 101 into San Francisco from san rafael, under 20 minutes across the golden gate. This video has shaken so many people in the bay area this isnt it. The one we want to show you is a man attacking a woman trying to get into her condo building. This morning that homeless suspect is back on the street after a judge saw the video and decided to release him. Abc 7 News Reporter jobina fortson is in San Francisco at the police department. Reporter good morning, reggie and natasha. Paneez kosarian says she started crying when she got the call from the District Attorney saying the man who attacked her had been released. Here is a photo of the man. Police identified him as austin james vincent. Hes believed to be homeless. Surveillance video shows him grabbing kosarian and pulling her away from the door and to the ground outside her apartment building. Kosarian was finally able to crawl inside. Vincent was arrested and charged with battery, false imprisonment and Second Degree robbery. He appeared in court for the first time on tuesday. The judge has seen the video and ordered vincent to enroll in a program with assertive Case Management and to stay away from the victim. A criminal was released. Hes free. Im not. Im imprisoned in my own house. Reporter vincent is scheduled to be back in court on september 12th for a pretrial hearing. All parties are hoping he shows up. Life from sfpd headquarters, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. A lot of us struggling with that judges decision this morning, thank you. Is homelessness a medical condition and is housing a Health Care Issue . Hawaii declared a state of emergency because of a homeless crisis there. Its been suggested california should do the same. Abc 7 news was at a Commonwealth Club event yesterday in San Francisco. Thats where a Panel Discussed ways to find permanent housing. Darrell steinberg is a cochair of governor knew somes homelessness commission. As much good work as were doing in california, as many people are being helped, the numbers are growing. Until we commit as a matter of Public Policy to bringing people indoors first and then providing them the services they need and permanent housing, the problem is going to get worse. Xpts s for every one person housed, three more people will fall into homelessness. San Francisco Mayor london breed and oakland mayor libby schaaf withdrew from that Commonwealth Club event because of a keiser employee protest outside. Aint no power like the power of the people. Health care workers were at the Commonwealth Club to push for a renegotiation of their contract with keiser. Union workers want higher wages and say they oppose kaisers recent spending policies. 23 people were hurt when this plane made an Emergency Landing outside of moscow. This is new video from the scene. The plane apparently collided with a clock of birds while taking off. Officials say the engine malfunctioned and the plane had to land in a field about a half mile away. There were more than 200 people on board. Were told at least one person suffered serious injuries. And autopsy will be performed on a man whoho tacontt. He told people he had not eaten all day in preparation for that event. He said he was diabetic and had a couple of beers. He was leading the competition when he suddenly stopped eating. Paramedics tried to clear food out of his airways. He died less than 30 minutes later. The grizzlies have canceled the professional taco eating championship scheduled for tomorrow. Hundreds of people from across the country expected to attend a funeral for a woman killed in the el paso shooting. The funeral director says they are expected more than 1,000 people to show up. He shared that with me. I didnt think people really cared about me, about her, about anybody. He said im just overwhelmed with all the support, so overwhelmed with all of the wellwishers. El pasos mayor and other elected Officials Say theyre attending. Strangers as far away as california are said theyre coming. Fo congressman beto orourke is returning to the campaign trail after taking a break to support victims of the mass shooting. Campaign Officials Say in todays speech, it will outline a path forward for the countrys future. Former krochlt Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to drop out of the president ial race he is expected to make the announcement this morning. This comes as democrats encourage him to run for the senate against rerepublican incumbent cory gardner. 16 teachers for the Forestville Union district began striking on monday. Yesterday the principal sent a letter to parents. She says the district is prepared to hold classes today. All classrooms they say will be covered with qualified administrators and substitute teachers. Lets take a look at these temperatures. Just starting to cool off along the east bay shore, from 61 in richmond to el sobrante. Its 66. Thats your spread. Orinda, still 71 degrees. You can see all the yellow in the higher elevations. Were in the 70s and 80s above 1,000 feet. Thankfully most of us live below that. Were in the 60s, even 50s in napa, santa rosa and pacifica. You are the exception. Congratulations. 61 right now in San Francisco. Look at that. The flags are not moving on the ferry building. That means stagnant air once again. Walking your dog, dont do it during the day. Do it early in the morning or after the sun sets or if you can find grass, walk them there. Out and about, unhealthy air is possible today. 57 degrees is the water temperature around the bay and the ocean. Peninsula, 6 at 7 00, 86 at 0. Through at least 5 00. Five hours of mid to upper 90s. For the south bay were going to be 90 at noon. Upper 90s to near 1 00 to about 6 00. For the east bay valleys, wow. Youre already near 100 at 1 00. Youll be there from 2 00, 3 00, 4 00, 5 00 and possibly 6 00. Air conditioning, if you have it, man, keep it running. Here is a look at the traffic with sue. Thanks, mike. Good morning everyone. We take a look at emeryville. The freeway, south shore, east shore. Take your pick, 101 and 880 looking great. Theres 80 headed towards emeryville and not a delay at all at the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic is flowing nicely without metering lights. Well check back on that in a couple minutes. As mike has been saying, its a sparetheair day. You may want to take mass transit. No delays with your golden gate transit. Up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. A new public restroom is coming to one area in wine good morning. 7 things you need to know before you go. Just not positive spin is not good. 18 to 23 degrees warmer than average. Record high temperatures. As hot as yesterday if not a couple of degrees warmer this afternoon. Be careful. Number two, the man taken into custody after a terrifying incident in San Francisco is back on the streets. Surveillance video shows a woman trying to get through the front door of her condo building when she got attacked. Thankfully she is okay. Number three, Six Philadelphia Police officers are at home after being injured in a shootout that turned into a long standoff. 34yearold maurice hill surrendered after refusing to come out for eight hours. Number four, investors are closely watching wall street after the dow plunged 800 points. The stock market will open in less than 90 minutes. Number five. Day nine of the ghost ship deliberations will take place today. The defense blooechselieves a v could be announced as early as this afternoon. Yesterday the jury was read testimony from two prosecution witnesses, but not defendant derick almena. Pretty typical out there this morning. Red over the Altamont Pass. Here is a look at drive times if youre heading out across the bridges. Number seven, Google Doodle is honoring the man who gave us nachos. Check it out. Ignacio an nya garcia created the tasty dish. Hes being portrayed in a like hey arnold. Super flattering light. Abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. Part of that is looking for solutions to homelessness. To hs were learning the big question isnt how, but rather where. Two locations are on the table right now, Fremont City Hall and a lot along da koto road. As abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo tells us, its clear that community is divided. Hundreds met for the first of three Community Workshops. The citys goal, get the facility up and running by mid 2020 as the Homeless Population continues to grow. We never had homelessness in the suburbs. Its increasing and increased 27 in the past two years. Reporter two locations are being considered, this lot at Fremont City Hall and unleased property on dakota road. Hundreds spoke openly about their opposition or support during the comment period. Colors made it clear where residents stand. Those in red say no to city hall. Those in blue say no to dramatic growth on their growth, their later life. Thats the concern. Reporter regardless of location, they say the 608 Homeless People in fremont need comprehensive services nearby. Da koto, city hall, they need resources. I dont care where they are, as long as theyre here. Reporter those 18 years and older will be able to stay on site for six months get job training, Behavioral Health support and have access to hygiene resources. The city has to decide on where it will go. We want everybody to be taken care of. Reporter Site Selection is expect bld by september of this year. The next Community Workshops are scheduled for august 24th and 26th. We have those details on abc7news. Com. Just click on the story. In fremont, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. Didnt expect to be saying this, but im about to. You may not be alone the next time you use the restroom in saint helena. The restroom will feature a welcoming voice and soothing music. It will automatic flush, activate sinks, soap dispensers and hand dryers. If youre there too long, youll get a warning. After ten minutes the talking toilet will remind you that time is passing, life is short. And then the door will soon slide open. The restroom will be installed in the Public Parking lot near money way. Um the after ten minutes. Regardless of what is happening. She goes, thanks for coming regina reginald, the door will be opening now. Get out. Mike, its 2019 and were living in wild times. I didnt know we had toilet traffic congestion. I need to tell you about this. I you love the iconic sitcom friends, listen up. A company is offering to pay one super fan 1,000 to watch 25 hours of the show. Just 1,000 . Youll also be required to live tweet your experience. Its to commemorate the 25th anniversary this year. Frontier communications is offering that 1,000 prize along with some swag, like a towel. I dont know if this is worth it to you. But okay. After you drink that coffee, the toilet door automatic opens. Mike, theres so much happening today. Thats going to be the most bizarre story i think thats going to get a lot of clicks on social media. Congratulations. Oh, my goodness. 5 18. Look at the temperature on top of mt. Tam. 82 degrees right now. We can almost see all the way down to the san mateo bridge. Its going to be quite hazy this afternoon with poor air quality and record heat again today. Now, the heat risk will start to taper tomorrow, and for all of us its gone this weekend. Look at sunday, temperatures below average. Talk about a pendulum swing there. Lets go down. Everywhere you see an asterisk, thats a record high. Gilroy and san jose, two official reporting stations in the south bay. Both have record highs today. Same thing for redwood city. I put millbrae as a record high. Its sfo where it would be a record high at 93. Youre pretty close. Mid 70s along the coast today. 87 is the record high in San Francisco. Youre going to be two degrees short. There will be parts of San Francisco that will definitely hit 87, just not officially. Napa and santa rosa record highs. San rafael, the record high is 98, 97. Oakland 94, hayward 96. All record high temperatures. Same thing with the 106 in concord and livermore. Notice tonight, though, some 50s out there. The marine layer is going to establish itself tonight. Its going to cool parts of the bay and definitely the coast tomorrow. Inland by saturday. There you go, sunday below average. Look how hot it gets, near 100 again next week. Sue . Going to walnut creek with a look at southbound 680. Youre moving nicely all the way from concord to 24, looking at about an eightminute drive. Over towards the san mateo bridge, 15 minutes is the key time to get from 880 towards 101. Across on 92, not bad at all. Slowing up and over the Altamont Pass for about a 40minute drive. Here is a look at some of your other drive times. Your 80 corridor from highway 4 into San Francisco, just about 31 minutes. If youre traveling to sfo, just a hair slow with about a 12minute drive once you get to San Francisco. In todays gma first look, were hearing from disney actor am ron boyce. Talking forst time following his death last month. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, an emotional abc news exclusive. Cameron boyces parents opening up to robin roberts. What kind of child was he growing up . What kind of kid was cameron . He was amazing. He was always extremely wise, extremely thoughtful, incredibly athletic. A dancer from the minute he was born and just the kindest, sweetest human you could possibly meet ever. He used to say to me, share your wisdom, mom. Share your wisdom with me. Who says that . Who says that as a kid. I would and he would listen. Reporter coming up at 7 00 a. M. , they open up about their sons epilepsy and the legacy hed want to leave behind. With your gma first look, janai norman, abc news new york. So sorry for them. Horrible. The u. S. Womens soccer team isnt giving up their fight for equal pay. Amazon hatches a new plan these type of temperatures, the fan wont drink plenty of fluids before youre thirsty. Seek air conditioning if you can and shade. Weve gone over these tips, we go over them quite frequently. Just to remind yourself, if your body starts going, i dont feel right today, thats the heat getting to you. Remember, weve already lost more than 30 kids due to heat in cars where theyve been accidentally left. So look before you lock today. You. Rts o ano point naval shipyard. A watch dog tells the chronicle the u. S. Navy is simply covering up the radioactive soil with new dirt instead of removing the waste. Its been a year and a half since the navy admitted its contractor falsified data shows the site was clean. That scandal delayed the Housing Project at the shipyard. Plastic contamination is a real problem around the world. Now Scientists Say its even raining plastic. U. S. Department of interior and u. S. Geological survey took a good look at rain unfortunately and jien tifts used a binocular microscope to examine the rain samples. They found plastic in 90 of them. Scientists say its still not clear where exactly the plastic came from or what the Health Effects of living with all the plastic will be. The National Park service is looking for a new partner to lease the cliff house in San Francisco. The current lease with the cliff house restaurant and lands end cafe was extended but it will soon expire. That means the restaurants may get new names and menus. The new lease will last 20 years. Submissions by applicants must be received by october 16th with the new lessee selected by next summer. Amazon planning to give away unsold merchandise instead of throwing it away. The company is rolling out a Company Called fulfillment by amazon donations. Theyll have the option to dona