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it was a great day. so i would come back on the ferry. i would do it. it s very comfortable and scenic and gets you there about as fast as driving. transit authorities have added ferry service on both the larkspur and sausalito routes all weekend. you can download the abc7 news app to deal with the detours. it s available for your smartphone or tablet. you can unable push alerts to get an update as soon as doyle drive reopens. the app is free from your app store. if you would like more details you can get them from abc7 news.com/apps. protesters in the east bay are fighting back against crude oil shipments coming in on trains. yesterday people marched through the streets. they say kendall morgan is putting their lives in danger by sending trains filled with crude oil to the bay area. two years ago a crude oil train derailed in canada and killed people. we allowed them to drive our trains and endanger our communities and also to have power over other decisi ....
next heat wave ends. lonny rivera has been out in the heat all day, but first, let s check in with drew tuma to see if any records were set. today, no records were set. they were safe, but that didn t stop temperatures from soring into the triple digits inland. it was hot. highs today, 108 in fairfield. 103 in gilroy. 106 in choef loverdale. the only place it wasn t hot, the coastline in the 60s. changes are coming. the fog, going t expansive tomorrow morning to help cool us off. by midday tomorrow, only in the 70s and 80s. but our next heat wave is not far behind. that s coming up in the forecast. ama? thank you, drew. lonny rivera continues our live team coverage from walnut creek. reporter: ama, you can really feel the heat out here and you can see it when you look at all the dry brush here. it s one of the reasons officials say during this time of day, avoid any strenuo activity. here you go. reporter: a steady flow of cars and trucks cruised through t ....
today is monday. i didn t prepare at all. a reporter: alana lopez admits se didn t wear sun screen. it s nice to be inside for the air conditioner. reporter: they work in rotations, but the guys that clean the cars are the real troopers around here. i give them props. yo i don t know how they do it. i don t personally do well with the heat. they work so hard. and i want to give them the bigger tip. reporter: some say the heat is more bearable under a shady tree. the breeze out here is so nice, it makes it kind of liveable. it s not just like baking heat. so i find it to be quite nice. reporter: the heat and low humidity have raised the wildfire danger in several east bay communities. we encourage people to be very careful with smoking materials. if you re going to do weed abatement, make sure you re doing it before 10:00 a.m. reporter: working before the hottest time of the day is always smart, as well as drinking a lot of water. and we are just a co ....
under and look for them. as much as he wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. we knew it was going to be a recovery mission. to help shoulder the burden, everyday people are pitching in. these are national guard members taking a break at a houston area mattress store. the owner stepped up to help out in a time of need. laura anthony is in houston, helping shoulder some of the reporting duties. laura is traveling with a convoy of rescue boats. here s what she reported earlier this afternoon. let s take a look in front of us. this is an intersection, a beautiful residential neighborhood. lots of folks still have their cars here. they may be in those houses? yeah. as a matter of fact, for every person we ve gotten out today, we ve had four tell us they didn t want to leave. reporter: we just went by a group of guys on the second floor of an apartment. you were telling them, some of these boats may not be here later. yeah. ea ....
out of texas, despite the horrors faced from harvey. it s broken records and will likely require a long and expensive recovery. thanks for joining us tonight. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. one congresswoman believes it will cost $150 billion, that s the cost of katrina and super storm sandy combined. 50 inches of rain have hit some areas, a record for the united states. the sudden rush of water has left thousands stranded. so far, more than 10,000 have been rescued. 17,000 stayed in shelters last week, but that number will likely rise. the president and first lady arrived in texas today. president trump talked about its historic impact. probably never anything so historic in terms of damage and in terms of ferocity as what we witnessed with harvey. there have been incredible stories of rescue with good samaritans joining the effort. but the storm has claimed eight lives, including a 34-year veteran of the houston police department. while reporting to ....