Anthony is in the east bay where temperatures were well over 100 degrees today. Laura . Reporter there are people making their way out here, in shadow creek park. 105 degrees last we checked. Uncomfortable for people, but not for everyone. With temperatures climbing, this is the place to be in pleasanton. Space in the shade is at a premium. Its 105 out here, are you comfortable . Oh, yes. Reporter does it bother you . Does it look like its bothering me . Reporter running sprinklers . Not a good idea during the drought. There is refrigerator was bottled water. If you need to cool off, you can get bottled water or, then, they have the building that you can go, sit in. Any time the weather is 80 degrees or higher, you have to have procedures in place. Water for the guys and a cool down station. And we have a cool down station in the basement. Its almost always 63 degrees. Reporter in oakland, the main way to cool off is closed off thanks to an algae bloom that left swimming off limits. Cant go swimming here. I know. Its too bad. We used to swim around here. Reporter tomorrow is supposed to be maybe a tad warmer. Even better. Reporter laura anthony, abc7 news. Now to millbrae, live, one school let students go home early. How did they find relief . Reporter hikers are reminded of the fire danger around here. But you know this trail is popular with hikers. You just dont see them today. You havent seen them this afternoon. Because as we know, as we move south it got hot. And hotter, hottest. I want to go swimming. Reporter a request brought by a 5yearold. Janice brought her son to the pool only to find out its closed in the afternoons. I guess well try another pool. We have until 3 00 to get back to San Francisco. Well try something else. Reporter with high temperatures, many opted to stay inside instead. At west lawn high, there were lessoned learned. The School District decided to send students home early today. Most classrooms dont have air conditioning. We do have a fan but it makes no difference. I never dressed like this in public. Its just so hot. I have no choice but to wear basketball shorts and a muscle tee today. Reporter with high temperatures and no air conditioning, parents supported the decision. The school thinks its the right thing to do, its probably the right thing. Reporter practices for sports were cancelled. Students were left having time on their hands. Just want to go home, eat food and sleep. And do home work. Yes. Still home work. Sure. Reporter tomorrow is expected to be a repeat of today. In campbell, abc7 news. The heat is making it has did yous for people who suffer from asthma. Its not just because of increased air pollution, thursday has been declared a spare the air day because of the particulate matter. The heat can be a trigger when asthma sufferers go from air conditioning to the hot outdoors. Any changes in humidity or temperature when air is breathed in can trigger wheezing. Doctors say its important for asthma sufferers to recognize the early warnings of an attack. Because of the heat, many cities have opened cooling centers where you can get relief. Some may still be open. For a list of where to go tonight or tomorrow, in this heat go to abc7news. Com. And to see how hot it will be where you live, down load the abc7 weather app for your smart phone for free at the app store or google play. Breaking news south of placerville. A wildfire is spreading quickly. Youre looking at a 100 acre plus fire in jackson. Its been growing so quickly, were expecting the next acre s estimate to be higher. No structures are damaged but Officials Say there are homes that theyre working to save. If you have photos or videos of the fire or the one in the south bay, you can share with us using abc7 news now. A burning truck burned a grass fire between gilroy and loss banos this, is the truck Officials Say likely started the fire in santa clara county. Cal fire has not shut down traffic on 152 yet. One lane is closed. A victory for big oil in california. The governor agreed to change a bill to combat climate change. Facing a holdout, the governor decided to drop a 50 decrease by the year 2030. Despite the confession, he says hes committed to the cause. You are going to see efforts to ratchet up the state commitments to cleaning up our air, reducing carbon solution, and setting an example for the rest of the world to try to save us before its too late. Democratic opponents believe it will cost the price of gas and utilities to soar. A San Francisco man is in Police Custody accused of painting racist graffiti in a predominantly asian neighborhood. Witnesses came forward to help identify the suspect. Reporter the Police Departments special hate crime unit investigated. The no more chinese messages spray painted in orange at six locations in the bay view district. Investigators say this man, 62yearold was motivated by hate. Tips from the public and other evidence led to his arrest. As you know, the Chinese Community as well as the community where it happened are rallying around our Chinese Brothers and sisters. This is a very diverse city. Reporter the graffiti shocked and hurt people who saw it. I dont know what we did to deserve this. Its sad to see kids walked by and saw that. Reporter it is the work of someone who lives in the neighborhood. One message was on the street outside of the suspects home. He has been charged with five felony hate counts and five felony counts of vandalism. One thing to have your opinion, but another to, you know, put it on a wall, you know make other people feel unsafe. Reporter an arrest has been made, but police are looking for more information and any surveillance video. In San Francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. A San Francisco man is suing the Police Department in a federal civil rights lawsuit. 23yearold travis hall says that back in april he was in a car with two friends who were also black when plain clothes officer approached. He says the officers began questioning the men but wont say why. He says he grabbed his phone to call his family, he was yanked out of the car. They forced me to wait hours just to call my family. Hall was never charged with a crime. Both police chief and City Attorney refused to comment on this pending lawsuit. Another investigation into the Safety Culture at pg and e on the anniversary of the san bruno pipeline explosion. Five years ago an aging pipe erupted, bursting into flames and killing eight people, destroying 38 homes. Were live tonight and vic, the neighborhood hasnt recovered. Well, ama, most of the work has been in the underground infrastructure, things you cant see. Things like replacing storm drains, water pipes, that kind of thing. So above ground there is still a lot of work to do. Now, pg and e still having major legal problems including a fine and now, more legal troubles are ahead. Reporter pg and e says its installed valves, decommissioned old pipelines. But it still faces criminal charges for safety violations and obstructing justice. This week, pg and e asked the courts to throw out the charges and regulators are asking if safety is a priority. Lawyer frank petrie represents homeowners and shareholders. Im not sure pg and e learned its lesson. Reporter patrick yus home sits across the street from the epicenter. Its 150 feet from where the 30 inch gas line burst. The explosion awakened him from a nap. My roof, top of the roof falling down. I almost died that day. Reporter he rebuilt his home. This home was safe on the other side of yu. Firefighters took a stand in front of his house. Its been five years, time passes but mcnichols wants to get back to his life. You can still see the scars here in the ravaged neighborhood. Empty lots, construction equipment, half finished homes. It leads to frustration. They say next year well have a new street, new lighting. New sidewalks reporter the family whos sued have settled claims with pg and e for the most part. Still, the mayor says pg and e has yet to accept full responsibility. This was not an accident. In my mind, someone should do jail time for this. Reporter pg and e declined interviews out of respect for the victims. Still to come an update on the rust fire and a refuge for big cats is being evacuated. Abc7 news iteam looks into the politics behind a ban on kangaroo products. And a memorial theyre planning for kate [is the staying awake part. T challeng gun shot your day sleep train has your ticket to a better nights sleep. Because when brands compete, you save. Through sunday, during mattress price wars, save up to 400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get interestfree financing until 2018 on tempurpedic. Plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. But mattress price wars ends sunday at sleep train. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep a nonprofit organizations that offers a haven for lions, tigers and other rescued zoo cats is under a fire investigation. The five consumed 100,000 acres and containment is nowhere in sight. Reporter big cats like this one will soon be moved to a new home as cat haven in done dunlap is closing doors. Well wait until this gets through. Hopefully, well have something to come back to. Reporter the foot hill communities are only under evacuation warnings, that means being prepared to leave at a moments notice. If next week, you didnt have to put those valuables in the car and we laugh about it, great. If you, if the sheriff knocks and says go right now, id know that im ready for that. Reporter fire Information Officer says there is a contingency line west of hume lake. The grand quarry area of King County Park is also under warning. I says how is the fire going . She says its going. Reporter the fire burned 5,000 acres of National Park land, the giant trees are still standing. It would be a challenge to move them and put stress on them, at least the 34 wildcats halfway down the hill will be protected. We have had bad things happen and got through them. So its it kicks you in the teeth for a while, but well get things done. Reporter evacuating now, hoping to return, soon. That was Brian Johnson reporting. The fire is the largest active fire in california. A bill to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives moved closer to passage today, it was a contentious, and at times, emotional debate as the California Assembly voted to amove forward legislation to allow doctors to prescribe medication. The senate is expected to endorse the bill soon. Several dozen turtles are about to get a new home in San Francisco. These western pond turtles were take kwen into protection two years ago by the San Francisco zoo. Young turtles can die quickly because its hard to protect themselves from predators. Theyll move to the presidio. Well monitor them for 5 to 10 years to make sure the population is stable, that there arent predators getting into the eco system and people arent keeping pet turtles. The western pond turtle is the pacific coasts only native fresh water turtle. Cute little guys. Yes. We need fresh water here. Its evaporating. Definitely. The heat is leaving at a turtles pace. Moving like a turtle. We have sunny skies and hot conditions across most of the bay area. Relief is in sight, developing near coast now. We have a shallow layer of fog. Its dropped temperatures today near our coastal areas. But we have a beach hazard alert throughout the evening and large breaks are possible. So here is the view from our camera looking towards west northwest. Good news is that there will be improvement friday so things are looking up. Over San Francisco, warm conditions now. 77 degrees here in San Francisco. Oakland, 82. 99 in santa rosa. 102 in fairfield. And its clear at the golden gate bridge. We have two more days of suzelling weather inland. And cooler this weekend with fresher air. Satellite composite shows a mass of hot air will continue to do so. Here is our forecast animation. A shallow fog layer retreating a little bit tomorrow morning. So again, comfortable conditions near the coast and around the bay tomorrow. But not so much inland. The week ahead will bring us temperatures like this in downtown san jose. Average high is 83 degrees. Friday, 96. Down average over the weekend and below average by mid week next week. That is typical of what the bay area will experience. Overnight, mild, low temperatures low to mid60s. Tomorrow, south bay sizzle once again. 98 in san jose. Mid to upper 90s on the peninsula. Mid to upper 70s in some coastal locations. Upper 90s to napa. East bay, 96 in Castro Valley and fremont. Inland east bay all triple digits again tomorrow, here is the accuweather forecast. After friday, looks like triple digit heat will move out of here. Well have mid90s inland saturday. And down to about 90 inland sunday. Next week, more comfortable and average range of highs. More bearable. Right. Right. Thank you. Coming up next, new ipads, iphones and a pencil. A look inside grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i the future of apple is on display today. Upgraded iphone 6, and a brand new apple tv were the main attractions. Another big thing, youll be able to talk to siri and use the new apple store on the new apple tv. We believe the future of television is apps. Tim cook also introduced the apple pencil. The electronic pencil is an ipad accessory that will let you write or draw on documents and emails. Wall street was apparently not impressed with todays apple updates. Stock fell more than 2 per share. The dow jones lost ground today, down 239 points. Nasdaq lost 55. A closing brand popular with surfers filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Quicksilver, based in Huntington Beach plans to continue with a store closing plan throughout the country. Nfl season gets underway this week. And San Francisco is taking center stage. The Host Committee of super bowl 50 is getting things started with a twoday event called kickoff to 50 celebration. Among those on hand, super bowl mvps jim plunkett and steve young. Im here to look forward to next 150 days but importantly how people see us from around the world. Us in the bay area in a great light. Fans are encouraged to dress up like a raider or 49er like that woman did. You can have your picture taken with a super bowl legend like willie brown or niners standout, ricky waters. But the hall of famers are on display as well. The event wrapped up with a free concert featuring the band train. Just ahead, they call it the Worlds Largest wildlife slaughter. Looking into the ban on kangaroo products. Youre going to hear from the family of kate steinle on the memorial theyre planning at the site where she was killed. When using a credit card, sometimes you sign, sometimes, you what can i make for you . How about our new flavorpacked italian hero . With three authentic italian deli meats; spiced capicola, a cracked pepperseasoned mortadella and spicy genoa salami. Enjoy it while its here subway. Eat fresh. It took leonardo and miriam years to master the toss. But just a few little steps to master depositing checks with the chase mobile® app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. A battle over kangaroos is giving insite into how the legislature works. Abc7 News Reporter dan noyes is here with the investigation. Dan . Reporter its been 45 years since California First banned products made have kangaroo skin. The ban is set to go back into effect by the end of the year. Hes open about where he got the idea about his latest mess sure. The Australian Government has, was, has approached me. Reporter gibson says his constituents enjoyed the items made from kangaroo hide. Not to mention jobs that will be placed in jeopardy. Reporter which jobs . The job that through this particular bill, imports and exports. Reporter import, export . Reporter the Humane Society calls it the Worlds Largest wildlife slaughter and opposes gibsons efforts. I think everything about this stinks. I think its meant to be done in secrecy. Reporter gibson did not follow a normal procedure of introducing early. He took a bill on gambling and gutted it and amended it, turning into the kangaroo bill. He will need a two thirds vote by friday to pass the measure. Very to get a 54 vote in the state assembly and 29 votes, i believe, in the state senate in order for it to pass. Reporter in three days . Three days. Reporter is that a rush . No. Reporter gibson believes hell hold a committee meeting. Sometimes, ten other bills will join them. And it will be a quick hearing. Reporter Sacramento State government studies professor says gut and amend is a california concept. Not seen in other states, or the federal government, that oversight is weakening. There used to be a process where they can review the changes and it had to be at least the same topic. That has gone away. If youre going to do a gut and amend, its disappeared. Reporter there is a complaint saying the Australian Government funneled money through a sacramento lobbyist to influence the debate. A check of political contribution records show 14 lawmakers received money from that lobbyist. Including a thousand dollars to mike gibson. Youre asking me am i carrying this bill for that reason, the answer is no. They continue. We have seen members of the consulate lobbying alongside these paid lobbyists. They should be concerned about a foreign governments influence here not being disclosed to our people or theirs. Reporter the l. A. Times and Sacramento Bee bill says he should drop the bill partly because of his gut and amend tactic. That is interesting. Yes. It is. Six codefendants of chinatown leader Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow pled guilty to money laundering, selling contraband goods and gun possession. The lawyers say there was no plea agreement with prosecutors. Lawyers for chow say hell go on trial and will not consider a guilty plea. He and a dozen others are awaiting trial. A judge today said a Prison Program that reunits mothers with their children should be open to men, too saying it violates the equal protection clause of the constitution. The program was authorized to accept men and women but has opinion restricted to female inmates because of budget concerns. The brother of kate steinle, the woman shot and killed on pier 14 in San Francisco opened up about the suspect accused of killing his sister and memorials to be built in her owner. Chris nguyen has the story only on abc7 news. Reporter for this proud brother, brad steinle doesnt shy away from showing his love for his sister, kate. She had will, drive, and such a free spirit. Reporter 32yearold kate steinle was shot and killed at pier 14. An undocumented immigrant and convicted felon will now stand trial for murder. The steinles say Ross Mirkarimi is to claim. He overstepped his boundaries as sheriff and it resulted in kates death. Reporter the family says theyve filed a lawsuit against the sheriff and federal authorities saying something needs to change. The largest mistake is mirkarimis mem rando not to cooperate with ice and communicate were about to release a felon on to the streets. Reporter he and his parents came to visit the pier where kate was lost. You think of us going to giants games. We love the embark daro its sad to see the place she fell and took her last breath. Reporter the family says the Port Authority has plans to put up a Memorial Bench in honor the kate. On it, one of her favorite quotes. Whatever is good for your soul, do that. No matter what comes across, no matter what tragedy, or obstacles you face in life, that you overcome it and make sure you live and love the best you can. Reporter a family turning their grief and sorry into a call for action. Just ahead tonight, credit Card Transactions to sign or not to sign. Hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. Have you ever gone into a store, used a credit card and have the clerk not ask for a signature . It happens more and more, which begs the question, why . More and more people are asking that question. Most are pretty sure they know why, but arent certain. Reporter here at the Ferry Building everybody we saw using a credit card was asked to sign a receipt. That is not always the case. Often, youll just be handed a receipt nochlt no signature recipe. The speed of the day . Reporter Credit Card Companies put a lot of work over when to get a signature and not. Usually under 25 you dont have to sign. Reporter that is Stephanie Ericson with visa. She says its about not getting ripped off. To that end, visa is keeping an eye on our behavior and actions of the bad guys. Today, we allow all merchants to accept transactions up to 25 without capturing a signature, some merchants can do it up to 50. We dont see a lot of fraud in those values in those stores. Reporter so the merchant is protected, visa feels safe and you should, too. Were still scoring those in the system against our fraud analytics to make sure they continue to remain secure. Consumer is never liable for fraud on their cards. Reporter if you have a question about credit cards or anything else, let me know. Go to abc7news. Com and look for the 7 on your side page. Youll find my past reports there as well. Thank you, michael. Okay. Just ahead here, the war on ebola. Its not over yet. Introducing starbucks® smallbatch cold brew coffee. In stores now. [female announcer] through susave up to 400 on trains beautyrest and posturepedic. Get interestfree financing until 2018 on tempurpedic. Plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. But mattress price wars ends sunday at sleep train. A limo caught fire on 880 southbound. That exit there. You can see the fire. Authorities tell us there was a short in the electrical system and the driver noticed flames and pulled over quickly. They were able to get out safely. Sky 7 is on the way to the scene and well update you as soon as we have new information. You may remember in september, Governor Brown signed a law imposing stricter Safety Standards that came after that accident in august, 2013 when five women were killed. All thousand have to be equipped with fire extinguishers and inspected by the Highway Patrol trail. A bay area doctor will treat ebola survivors still experiencing symptoms after defeating the virus. The effects can be 25 of survivors can have a problem in their eye. Even if there is no evidence of the infection remaining, blood tests and that kind of thing. You still could have some of the remnants of the infection as a chronic disease. That is what im going to study. Last year, the epidemic killed 11,000 people. 15,000 survived. That means 3750 people could still be suffering symptoms from the virus. The president and first lady will welcome pope francis. The white house says the obamas will greet the pope when he touches down september 22nd. The pope will meet with the president , speak in philadelphia and address the United Nations in new york. I will be in washington for the popes first stop. Join me as abc7 news follows the pope on this historic trip. That will be remarkable. Lets update this heat. Yes. Spencer christian is here with the latest. We can see the beginning of the end of the heat wave. Here is live doppler 7 hd. There is shallow fog layer bringing us cooling. In southern california, thunderstorms earlier today. But now, early evening hours, showers tapered off. But still have Tropical Storm linda pulling away from Populated Areas which is good news. As it weakens it moves towards the north, northwest. Its going to kick high clouds into our direction. And statewide, high temperatures inland well above 100 once again. And down south in morgan hill and on the coast, around the bay, well see temperatures beginning to moderate just a bit. Here is the accuweather forecast. Two more days triple digit heat. Temperatures moderate and well have a cool down into next week. Looking forward to that. Thank you. Lots to talk about in sports. Baseball. Yes. Larry beil is here with that. As making news off the field in last place. They seem far from defending. Why is manager bob melvin smiling . Smiling . Sports is mmmm yoplait hello, everybody. Milk cow here with an important announcement about how yoplait original now has 25 less of the sugar. Less sugar . . Yes. But dont worry it still tastes good. Oh that is great news, milk cow. Enjoy i will. Mmmmmmmm it tastes good i know. Yoplait some breaking news in san jose. There is a fire burning. This is happening on oakland road. You can see firefighters trying to put out the fire. Its burning near a Mobile Home Park called river bend family park. Its not known if the park is threatened. You can see its hard to tell that it could be railroad tracks. Its hard to tell. Yes. Well keep you updated on this. Its a serious situation. Well keep you up to date. Follow us on twitter on abc7 news bay area. Good evening, as manager has been given a twoyear contract extension. Given the roster billy bean provided im not sure if we can offer congratulations or condolences on this. The as mired in last place this year. Melvin admitted the mass exodus rattled him but says hes grown uncomfortable with the approach to restocking what is now a bare roster. Any time you have one of 30 jobs youre fortunate that this is one that i take pride in. So well start with that. Its fun to go to cal games and raider games, too. Its being committed to the organization here. And its been that way from day one for me. Billy bean has taken a lot of heat for the trades to turn the as from contenders to bottom feeders. Josh donaldson leaving the blue jays to first place. Bean still will not admit that dealing his stars away was a really bad idea you know my personal feeling is that we had done nothing, wed probably be in the same position we are now. Weve got one guy in the rotation. We project him to be in rotation. So pretty difficult for any time, whether oakland or yankees to lose four guys in a rotation. Just say i screwed it up. I say it daily. It works. Just apologize. Will sundays game with the bengals be the last home opener for the raiders . Just as raiders seem to be on the verge of getting good one. The games are meaningless except there were several moments it seemed clear that carr and cooper were not on the same page. As coaches were concerned. Were naturally worrywarts. You know . But listen. Weve had a really good camp. A productive time and off season. Its time to cut loose and go to the next stage. Were excited to have it be here. The 49ers figure theyd have their hands full monday night. The return of Adrian Peterson with vikings. Peterson has not had much success, but is healthy and angry after being suspended for a year. That would scare any coach. Its a challenger. If he puts on a helmet and a shirt hes a challenge. You know . Brid bridgewater is doing a nice job. Wide receivers, obviously a fast crew, good crew. You know that offense is a turner offense. So put that together, theyre obviously a we have a ton of respect for them. U. S. Open tennis, jimmy falon and justin timberlake. Roger fedderer, third set. Roger from the back line. Will drop it down. Look at that. Look at the touch there. Moved south of the semi finals. Clay thompson became the third warrior to visit jimmy kimmel this summer, there to give a gift to spencer stone, the man who helped stop a train terrorist in paris. Well, its only like 15 feet around there. There we go. Push it, clay. Clay helped give that brand new convertible to spencer stone, also give him a jersey, warriors championship hat and tickets to Opening Night for the up coming season. A big announcement coming tomorrow from warrior draymon green. Its very, very big. Cant wait. Thank you, larry. Join us tonight, a discovery that could lead to an effective treatment for cancer. And a child hit by a car the first day he was allowed to ride his bike to school. Poor little guy. We appreciate your time. Im ama daetz. From the entire abc7 news team, have a great evening. It took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. This is the jeopardy teachers tournament here is our third group of semifinalists a highschool Science Teacher from wyandotte, michigan. A middle and highschool drama teacher from hoffman estates, illinois. And a highschool english teacher from alexandria, virginia. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. Hey, folks. Welcome aboard the last of our semifinal matches. Whoever wins today doesnt get much time to rest, because they come back tomorrow to face adam and jennifer in the twoday finals for 100,000 in the teachers tournament for this year. Colin, mary, cathy, good to see you again, and good luck. Here we go. Lets find out what the categories e. Each correct response will contain two ds and an f. Colin, you start. Tv teachers for 200, please. Cathy. Who is Charlie Brown . Correct. Well go with general science for 200. Cathy. What is the tongue . Tongue is right. General science for 400. Sarah, the clue, please. Im at the simulated lunar operations facility. Nasa reinvented the wheel. A wire wheel with springs molds around rocks and creates better traction with more of this