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The National Weather service has issued a dense fog advisory for another hour from the golden gate bridge. The peninsula. And there is a cold front on the way that will certainly continue our cooldown. What a gorgeous view from our exploratorium camera 58. Downtown. It is 62 in oakland with 66 Mountain View. Look at that, 70 in san jose and the look from vollmer peak shows how that marine layer is compressed. High pressure still in control, but it is fading away. Upper 50s santa rosa low 70 by the delta. Were still going to have some warm numbers inland, but look at the cooldown already 3 to 11 degrees cooler compared to this time yesterday. So the fog is quite dense. Its going to be with us throughout the day, but it is hanging along the coast. Itll be developing an awfully close to the bay as we get into the late afternoon. So hopefully not impacting the blue angels, but in the meantime, 70s and 80s around the bay. Upper 80s inland. Well talk about the rain, the timing for monday and tuesday coming up. Zach, well check in with you shortly. Lisa now we want to turn to that developing news from israel. Israels security cabinet officially declaring that israel is at war. It comes as Officials Say the attacks near the gaza border have killed at least 600. Israeli is at least 370 palestinians have been killed, according to authorities. Thousands more on both sides are injured. The Israeli Government says at least 100 Israeli Citizens and soldiers are being held hostage by hamas fighters. At the same time, Israeli Strategic Affairs minister has said america is are among the hostages being held. They have declined to estimate the number of americans, but that news just now coming in after they previously declined to say how Many Americans were being held hostage. Now, Israeli Defense force Officials Say they will do anything to free and return hostages taken into gaza. They also say this is the most devastating attack to hit the state of israel since it was created 75 years ago. This all began with a surprise attack by hamas militants. They fired thousands of rockets from gaza into israel saturday. They also sent gunmen into southern israeli cities. Some even entered via paragliders. The attack is drawing worldwide condemnation. President joe biden reaffirming us support for israel yesterday from the white house and the United States stands with the people of israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. This is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks, to seek advantage. The world is watching and white house Officials Say its too early to know if iran had any involvement with the attacks in israel. The fbi and the department of Homeland Security have issued a Public Safety notification to Law Enforcement across the us, urging them to stay vigilant during the ongoing situation and back in the bay area, were getting local response to the conflict as well as a better understanding of whats behind it. Abc7 News ReporterTara Campbell spoke with a variety of experts on the conflict in the middle east. The sights and sounds of chaos in the middle east. A palestinian attack and israeli response. I think this is one of the most significant moments of Palestinian Resistance that we have ever seen. George bisharat is an emeritus professor at uc San Francisco and an expert on the middle east. Certainly the most significant military act of resistance ever against israel by the palestinians. And he says the palestinian attack has likely been long in the making for hamas to be able to pull this off in a surprise way like this is an incredible feat right now. You know, whatever you make of it as a as a matter of a military operation, pretty incredible. As a jew and i know i speak for my jewish colleagues in the legislature, we are all both horrified and terrified about whats happening in israel state senator scott wiener is a member of the california legislative jewish caucus. Israel is not perfect by any stretch. I have my own very public criticisms. But what happened today crosses a red line. Nothing justifies the terrorist attacks that we saw today. This is a horrific day. The violence that were seeing today is disturbing to everyone who cares about peace and justice. Edward ackman. Mitchell leads the council on americanislamic relations until the occupation ends here, were going to keep seeing this cycle of violence repeat itself for years. And years to come. And as for what comes next, the professor says it could go several ways. The fact of the number of hostages provides the palestine with a significant lever against the israeli state power and may cause a quicker end to this than and less violent end to this than we might otherwise see. Or he says israel could respond as it has in the past. Another scenario is that israel will mass go ahead and do as it has done in the past. And possibly even worse. Thats Tara Campbell reporting. Now to afghanistan, where entire villages were razed by two powerful earthquakes in the northwestern part of the country. The taliban says 800 people have died. They say earlier reports that place the number of dead at 2000 was inaccurate. That that it included deaths and injuries. The two tremors both had a 6. 3 magnitude. They hit in Herat Province along the border with iran. Now, Officials Say people were trapped in the rubble of damaged buildings and there were at least seven aftershocks as officials in maui are urging the governor of hawaii to delay the reopening of the western side of the island to tourists. Its plan to reopen in phases starting today, of course, wildfires devastated the town of lahaina back in august. Yesterday, maui county officials voted unanimously on a resolution to postpone the reopening, claiming residents need more time to heal and rebuild. The maui wildfires claimed 97 lives and left more than 30 people missing, making the fires the deadliest in us history. Saw another dazzling aerial display from the blue angels as the stars of fleet week soared over San Francisco this weekend. Todays the last day. You can check them out. And saturday was a perfect fog free day for flying. But of course, it was hot. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard has a look at how people kept cool while enjoying the spectacular show. All eyes in the sky. Nobody on the marina green missing a second of the navys blue angels. Doing what they do best over San Francisco bay. Spectators know youve got to see it to believe it. The roar and rumble of the jets at speeds of 700mph. Clayton earl from San Francisco never misses the show. It doesnt get old. It just gets loud for our old ears. Oh, theyre spectacular. Theyre i love them. The fleet week air show even impressing the likes of retired top gun Navy Commander jerry gallop. You know, as a former top gun guy, i try not to say anything great about the blue angels. You know, it was pretty its a little bit of a rivalry between those two groups. But man, can they fly and los angeles azules. Thats blue angels in spanish. Earlier, the navys leapfrogs parachute team started the show, followed by a flyover by the patriots jet team, which performed a missing woman formation to honor late senator dianne feinstein. It was a perfect fog free day for flying. The only downside it was hot. You Better Believe a lot of families came prepared for the heat with water, sunscreen, umbrellas, us and a lot of pop up tents, too. Manny guerrero from sunnyvale had a cool idea. Well, we brought a lot of cool drinks. We brought our tent and were just going to try to ration ourselves and not eat, i guess run or walk too much. Others using fans to cool off. But there were few complain when this was the payoff. The blue angels rocketing over the bay in San Francisco. Cornell bernard, abc seven news. It was a hot day, but just a Beautiful Day with great visibility to see all of the great fleet week activities that have been going on all weekend. Lisa yeah, and big changes today. Zach were nice and sunny right now, 58 degrees. San francisco, but that fog not going anywhere at the coast. We will be as much as 15 to 18 degrees cooler in San Francisco, oakland, even about 5 to 7 degrees of cooling. Inland and ill have the full details. And were tracking rain coming up. Sounds good, lisa. 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Well, gina, they should call because we have live agents available for you right now. If someones been injured in an accident that was not your fault. Give us a call right now and find out how much your case is potentially worth. Welcome back. A neighborhood in suisun city was evacuated on saturday as a wildfire threatened their homes. He cause is still unknown, but homene say the flame wylie lane came dangerously close to their homes. Abc7 News Reporter unser hassan has their story. Late saturday evening, fire crews continued to monitor the aftermath of a wildfire that burned more than 30 acres in suisun city, threatening nearby homes and businesses. How close was the fire to your facility . I would have to say literally in our backyard. And it would have came in if the fence wasnt there. Jasmine peete is the sales supervisor at pick and pull an auto dismantling shop which sells car parts. The damage along the entire back fence line shows how the fire was kept out. That likely prevented another problem, says peete. Given the potentially toxic material at the facility. We deal with a lot of chemical oils, fluids like gas, oil, oil, freon, sometimes we even deal with hazardous waste. We did have a response from cal fire and they did do an air drop for us, which helped contain the blaze as well. Captain maddy scott with suisun Fire Protection district, was the first on scene. He says the fire broke out around 12 noon and quickly spread as the winds began to pick up speed. Despite the wet winter, the grass is dry, which is always a concern for this time of year, says captain maddy, especially here in solano county. This is still fire season. Yeah, october. Even into november, we always get a warm spell for this time of year. In october. So this is can be expected in this part of the state. The fire also prompted an Evacuation Order for the nearby neighborhood. All of a sudden we just see a bunch of smoke blow into our backyard. Got dark. There was ash just immediately blown into our faces and it was orange and super scary. The mussey family was evacuated for four hours. When they got home, they found parts of their backyard damaged by the fire, burnt fence and plants. Ashes everywhere. But no reports of injuries. And the family is just thankful to be safe. Yeah, im so happy. We see so happy to see my all neighbors are good. Theyre all safe. The cause of the fire is still unknown in solano county. Ansar hassan, abc seven news. And as the threat of wildfires increases, were learning that what your house is made of and small changes to your property can have a big impact on how vulnerable you and your home are. Abcs matt gutman has more on the latest fire safety research. Were at a one of a kind Test Facility where researchers study the science of wildfires, something ive spent much of my career covering for abc news in california. Wow. The intensity of that is absolutely enormous. The heat is overwhelming. Its almost nothing they could do with that wind. This is a firestorm. Were going to the other side of the car here at the Insurance Institute for business and home safety or ebay, is that powerful wind is simulated by this towering wall of more than 100 and dustrial strength fans blasting those red hot embers toward structures. And this helps scientists learn what kinds of Building Materials will burn and what can withstand the hot fury of mother nature. Experts say its those scorching embers, though tiny, that can turn small fires into town, destroying events. It was those wind driven embers in maui in august that experts say helped the historic and deadly inferno to spread so fast, killing at least 97 people and engulfing more than 2000 structures, most of them homes, but not this one featured in the Honolulu Civil Beat virtually unscathed. Some called it a miracle, but researchers at ibhs point to two factors that likely saved the structure. A commercial grade steel roof and river stones surrounding the home. The home owners telling the civil beat they replaced their traditional landscaping with the stones not to protect their home from fire, but from water and termite damage. Little did they know that one of the key tactics vhs teaches is creating a minimum of a five foot fire resistant buffer zone around your home using hardscapes and noncombustible fencing. Think of it like your moat. You are keeping wild fire and embers away from your structure. This time lapse video shows a fire ignited along a fence between two structures. Watch as the fire never reaches the home on the right because it cant pass through that metal fence. The wooden fence on the left, however, acts like a wick of a candle, bringing the fire directly to the house and now theyve built a home just for us. You can see there are two distinct sides here. One has this wooden mulch outside. Do you see a wooden deck or wooden siding . The other side is a wildfire prepared wood home. These are fire resistant sidings. You can see the metal in the deck that fence, the part that actually touches the house that is also made out of metal and you can see this hardscaping all around it. So under the supervise of the richburg Fire Department, we fired up those ember generators and they allow me to step right in their path. And in just minutes, these embers are coming in fast and just now, this is the start of a fire right underneath this bush here, right next to the deck. This could be the thing that ignites this whole house here, this deck, the one made out of steel, nothing. And this deck right now is catching fire. That thing is going to blow up. This deck is now completely engulfed in flames. Its going to take this out in less than two minutes later. It did exactly that. All the while, the right side remained seemingly untouched. This house is virtually gone. You can hear you can feel the heat from those flames right now. It is absolutely massive. And you can see how quickly that wooden side of this house was engulfed in flames. Its in the eaves right now, which also means its going through those vents. Those vents were covered in steel protective mesh, but they were the wrong size. The hole is so big they let the embers through. The rule of thumb here is that you