the priest at this church. >> i'm sandhya patel tracking an atmospheric river. find out how this storm will impact you. abc7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> good evening, everyone. i'm abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. you need the umbrellas and a little extra time for the commute. take a look at rht w.this srm ig pacific. the thing is it's still a level 1 with an atmospheric river that is going to move through pretty rapidly. the rain is going to begin bright and early for the morning commute. you will notice some pockets of moderate showers, and that is going to slow down your ride. this is just the beginning of what's to come. the rest of your hour by hour time line is coming right up. dan and alma? >> thank you, sandhya. a disturbing discovery in the east bay. a body found burned in an alameda park. 0 of certificates responded after reports of a fire this afternoon. >> that's when they found the charred remains. abc7 news reporter lisa amin is live with the latest on this. lisa? >> reporter: dan and alma, it all ha

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sandhya patel. >> get ready for a major change in our weather. right now live doppler 7 tracking just clouds overhead. but as we head into the workweek, we'll be seeing more than clouds. look at this stunning view from east bay camera. sunset sky really pretty. but certainly air quality not so pretty. spare the air alert in effect today. air quality from good to moderate. we will have cleaner air, better air quality towards the end of the week. look at our rain chances. level 1 system wednesday going into thursday. a stronger storm. it's a level 2 for friday. and then 1s through the weekend and into monday. i'm tracking that rainy pattern for you. i'll be back with the details on that coming up, ama. >> thank you, sandhya. >>> with the shutdown over, the state of the union is back on. house speaker nancy pelosi sent this short letter to president trump today, inviting him to deliver this year's address next tuesday, february 5th. it points out the two talked before she sent the letter and agreed on the date. >>> in the east bay, many federal workers were back on the job for the first

storm. meteorologist sandhya patel is in the studio with us and our crews are fanned out across the bay area. >> we begin in the north bay where a mudslide trapped a couple south of monte rio. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman spoke with them. wayne? >> reporter: that mudslide happened a little more than two hours ago in the hills behind me named monte rio. what a mudslide it was, came out of nowhere, captured drivers in cars. they were lucky, literally to walk we spoke with barbara tipton. >> we saw red woods coming down. >> reporter: she has a new perspective on life after surviving this mudslide on bohemian in monte rio. she was heading to a hotel for the night. >> the trees came down and i looked over my shoulder and it was there, you know, a big tree like this with no limb on it. and then i turned my head and it was there. >> reporter: they're the most famous escapees today, but not the only ones. at maribel campground, residents have been leaving and packing for two days. >>> what do you expect here? >> 45 feet, lots and lots of water. >> reporter: where we're standing? >> lot

thursday. >> sandhya patel joins us with what's next. sandhya. >> the weather will be elevated. the north bay, east bay and santa cruz mountainsin tomorrow afternoon running till thursday afternoon. those gusts out of the north, northeast will be anywhere between 30 to 60 miles an hour. you combine that with low humidity and extreme fire behavior is possible. take a look at the winds hour by hour tomorrow night. they begin to pickup in the north bay. as we head into 8:00 p.m., 35, 36 mile an hour winds ramping up close to 40 miles an hour. you will notice in that same general vicinity. 32 miles an hour fairfield. gusty winds continue into the morning. with is that in mind, look at the humidity values going down as we head towards midnht 9% in fairfield, 11% in napa, which is why fire danger wil running high. dan? >> okay, sandhya, thank you. we're cleekeeping a close eye o pg&e's actions. we'll let you know the plans through the abc7 news app. enable push alerts. find out how to prepare for a shut off at abc7news.com. >> a fire innocent transbay tube during rush hour caused headaches for

. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. you're going to notice a difference tomorrow. how much cooler, coming up. >>> i'm cornell bernard. the latest candidate to enter the presidential race makes his first appearance in san francisco tonight. abc7 news starts right now. >> now, news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> nobody in their first 2 1/2 years has done anywhere close to what we, not me, what we've all done. >> tonight as president trump tries to rally voters, his son is campaigning on his behalf here in san francisco. >> just a couple of miles away, a duelling campaign event as democrat tom steyer makes his first hometown visit since announcing his candidacy. >> stier eyer is the latest to r the race and tonight was his first campaign appearance. >> cornell bernard was there and is in the newsroom with the details. >> for months the bay area's tom steyer said he wouldn't run for president. now the billionaire philanthropist is in the race, and had harsh words for president trump and his supporters tonight. >> we're going give the bulk of our money away during our lifetim

asking the key question -- when will dorian hit? meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it very closely tonight. sandhya? >> yeah, this storm as you take a look, hurricane dorian has picked up steam. sit a category 4 storm, expected to become a category 4 storm. as you take a closer look at this monster storm as it developed over the warm waters of the atlantic. winds of 105 miles per hour, expected to intense fie mo eed . saturday, a 4 as it approaches the bahamas and the florida coastline going into monday. the major issues with this storm is rainfall. isolated for bahamas, up to seven inches. for the southeast u.s., up to 15 inches with strong, gusty winds and dangerous storm surge. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> a san francisco police sergeant now faces a criminal charge for disrupting a meeting on homelessness at a police station in another city. dan noyes has the latest. >> reporter: the san mateo county coastline has a problem with the possibly homeless. i found ten rvs here in pacifica. >> homelessness presents our community with a wide range of problems. >> reporter: t

vallejo. >> let's turn our attention to the weekend forecast. >> sandhya patel is here with the scoop. sandhya. >> it's going to feature wet weather and dry weather: all eyes are oracle park as the giants home opener takes place tomorrow. i want to show you the forecast for or cal park when 9 giants take on the tampa bay rays. we are looking at 57 the widespread rain is going to push out of here just in time for the game. if you're going there earlier, make sure you have your poncho with you because it is going to be wet and i think they're going to have to put the tarps down. live doppler 7 is showing plenty of clouds. we are tracking sierra snow showers. very light stuff now. if you're traveling up there expect some wet snow untila.m. advisory above 6000 feet. 4 to 8 inches of snow, up to 14 inches on the peaks. take a look at your temperatures locally. they're being held up by the clouds. we look at the shark tank and we have clouds overhead. rainy and windy tomorrow. a few showers saturday morning and dryer and milder weather is ahead for your sunday. let's take a look at your mor

. >> let's get over to meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7. >> take a look at live doppler 7 right now. i'm going to get you into street level radar. first in the north bay, right around south santaro, petaluma street, steady rain. it has picked up in intensity. as we look at the east bay, san pablo road, it is coming down hard across 680, walnut creek, danville boulevard, concord. in the south bay, spottier showers, but steady from san jose to coyote, heading into the santa cruz mountains. this is just the beginning of what's to come. this storm is a vigorous storm. it's going pick up more moisture off the coastline here and impact the entire state. look at this moisture train. atmospheric river is what it's tapping into. it's a strong level three on our exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. tonight, tomorrow, heavy rain, urban flooding, one to two inches in the valleys, three to four in the hills. winds are gusting about 33 miles an hour in fairfield. we've seen 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the hills. a high wind warning until 10:00 a.m. could take down more trees and powerl

the past few days. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> the weather looks fantastic for tonight. live doppler 7 showing you fog along the coast. i want to show you what we are tracking for the upcoming weekend. this is why you're not going to feel any heat this weekend. there's an area of low pressure spinning off the coast. that's going to bring about a drop in the temperatures and an increase in the winds. so, windy tomorrow afternoon, a sampling of those temperatures. 64 in half moon bay. san francisco, 66 degrees. 73, breezy in oakland. walnut creek, 79 degrees. below average for this time of year. and 82 degrees in antioch. well let you know how that second half of your weekend is shaping up. it will be different than saturday. >>> in south bay, san jose police are investigating a fatal shooting in a grocery store parking lot. it happened outside the food max store on meridian avenue. police found a man with a gunshot wound. he died at the hospital. there's still a heavy police presence in the area. this is san jose's 25th home side of the year. >>> as coroners work

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basketball. pool. carnival. choose fun. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. fire is moving out fire danger moving in. hour by hour forecast is coming up. >> we spoke with man who fought the suspect during the manhunt. >> in san francisco's, the city's problem is getting worse. what the mayor plans to do about it ahead of the holiday season. abc 7 news starts right now. >>> the sound of relief tonight in the north bay. healdsburg is one of several spots that sees some rain. so let's first with meteorologist sandhya patel. i've been tracking showers that move through the north bay and now we're starting see some of this around the peninsula. street level radar getting you into where it is raining right now. and as we pan over to the south bay, i do want to show you what is heading in their direction. tracking this into milpitas at 11:73. that see era snow, the moisture there is wrapping around and it's a level 1, light accumulation, slippery roads in the morning. winds are beginning to pick up in the hills. mt. diablo gusting to 37 miles an hour. we do have a red flagst cld beb miles

on the way. meteorologist sandhya patel with more. >> watch out for this. live picture right now. notice how thick the fog is at this hour as we head through walnut creek area, 680, heavy dense fog advisory for interior valleys. watch out. visibility down to three miles in concord and livermore. fog in oakland and half moon bay, down to seven miles. tracking a storm with live doppler 7, this splits in two. part of the energy goes north and part south. left with a level one for tomorrow through several saturday, tenth of inch to half inch for most of you, higher in the hills. could gust as high as 40 miles an hour, be back to let you know how the weekend and beyond is shaping up. storm impact scale every single day. >>> fog diverted aeromexico flight from sfo to oakland. stuck for hours, some called 911 saying they were held against their will. others fainting from the heat. katie utehs is live. >> reporter: dan. those passengers arrested by alameda county sheriffs office and turned over to fbi. once interviewed, released. many of the passengers vouched for them, said simply speak

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law and encouraging the clearing of the. meteorologist sandhya patel will have your local. >>> a police sergeant is under investigation for pulling a false fire alarm at a police department in another city. i-team reporter dan noyes has exclusive details on this case. >> reporter: the pacifica police department put out this wanted alert on facebook earlier this month asking for help identifying the bottom who unlawfully pulled the fire alarm in their lobby. they've identified her as 46-year-old maria donati, a police sergeant who runs the traffic window at the hall of justice where i caught up to her. i'm dan noyes from channel 7. i need to talk to you about the fire alarm. can you tell me what happened? >> no. no. i'm not talking. thank you. >> why not? >> it's clear. >> reporter: people there at the time tell me donati, a pacifica resident, was not happy that the meeting of a citizens task force on homelessness was closed to the public, so she pulled the fire alarm. but donati wouldn't give me her side of the story. >> it's clear? >> clearly why i'm not talking. >> reporter: sa

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. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel tracking higher fire danger this week. red flag warnings coming up. >>> holiday lights going you up, could be going off. pg&e could cut the power in just days. >>> dear fremont, we're living. amanda del castillo, city leaders talk building a better bay area in fremont. >>> no, i'm not ready for another round. i'd like to take a vacation. >> just in tonight, pg&e has added three more counties, santa clara, santa cruz and san mateo that could be affected by power outages. >> nine counties could lose electricity. only san francisco is not expected to lose power. >> more than 303,000303,000303,0 could be affected. we have team coverage tonight. >> cornell barnard. >> but first sandhya patel. >> critical fire weather conditions. we have a very dry bay area, drought monitor here. combined with area of low pressure dropping into california, be winds behind the low out of the north-northeast and dry out the air mass even more. red flag warning wednesday to thursday morning. north bay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range. over possibility of over 60

response. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, how long showers are in the forecast. >>> round one of the storms left mark on the north bay. folks getting ready for round two. abc7 news starts right now. >>> news to build a better bay area. from abc7. >> rain, then a brief break, right back at it. >> scattered showers continue to fall around the bay area but race is on in the north bay for next round of wet weather. live look at golden gate bridge. some sprinkles on the lens. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it. >> live doppler 7, we have a few showers that just developed past hour. as we get you into san francisco, street level radar around jackson street. wet. slippery in tiburon, richmond parkway. it's headed to novato and napa. light showers from the south. all in association with the stalled out storm system, this area of low pressure continues to send moisture up from the south. level one storm tonight. tomorrow morning, scattered showers less than half an inch and breezy in spots. i'll time it out and let you know when next rain is ariding, widespread and even wind, c

. >> after a day long shutoff by pg&e the move has lots of critics. >>> i'm sandhya patel meteorologist with updates. >>> starts right now. >>> now, news to build a better bay area. from abc7. >>> soaring temperatures and falling records. good news, bay area, we are co heat look from ak from that our kgo roof camera tonight. right away let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel and see where records were broken. >> yeah, let's take a look, san francisco 94 barely passed the record of 93. sfo, oakland, all records mid to upper 90s even places like half moon bay 92 degrees. three degrees above 96 set in 2016. take a look at some of the other highs for today. 105 santa rosa airport. 94 in fremont. 99 in concord. 102 degrees in zbgilroy. we'll go from hot to not. how much cooler? i'll let you know. >> thanks. >> happening right now? sonoma and napa counties the lights are back on after power shutoffs. but many customers are asking was it worth it? jining us live in calistoga is cornell. >> reporter: as you can see the liets lights are back on. pg&e has been restored to all 1400 customers in n

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latest now on when the waters could fall below flood stage, let's go to meteorologist sandhya patel. >> yeah, kristen. that flood stage is still well above flood stage. flood stage is 32 feet. major floodwaters 41.47 feet. it crested last night. it's expected to continue to remain in the moderate category. tonight at 6:00 p.m. and at mitt nied, it will be 39.4 feet. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, near flood stage. by 10:00 a.m., it's looking good. an improvement. flood warnings still going until tomorrow afternoon. it's a dicey situation as wayne mentioned. the problems are still not over. flood warning until 7:45 tonight as the creeks and streams are still running high due to the runoff. i'll be back to tell you the detailed look at the hour by hour timeline. >> sandhya, thanks very much. >>> another storm expected to hit the sierra with heavy snow in the mountains south of lake tahoe. that's after more than six feet fell in 48 hours in the highest elevations. i-80 was closed because of avalanche dangers. crews are clearing out the snow from roads and walkways and say it's been a real challenge. >> it

meteorologist sandhya patel. >> that humidity will be coming from remnants of once tropical storm ivo. you can see that moisture already starting to stream into the south bay, which is why we've been noticing the dew point starting to come up. as you take a look at future radar and satellite, we will see plenty of clouds here. right now the showers and thunderstorms remaining off the coast, but worth monitoring. here's what you can expect. higher humidity tomorrow, an increase in the high clouds filtering the sunshine. dry lightning offshore, but if this does get a little bit closer, we could be looking at isolated thunder in the north bay tomorrow night. stay tuned. >> sandhya, thanks very much. >>> new at 11:00, trying to make amends. san francisco's police chief offered a formal to the lgbtq community for years of mistreatment by the san francisco police department. abc7 news reporter liz kreutz has the story. >> we, the members of the san francisco police department, are here tonight to reflect and to apologize. >> reporter: it was an apology more than 50 years in the making. san

creek and livermore. let's get the numbers now from abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. pretty steamy once again, sandhya. >> inland areas are baking in the upper 90s to low 100s, dan. these are the highs so far. 103 in fairfield. 99 in concord. 68, though, in san francisco. so really you're looking at a 31 degree spread between concord and half moon bay. if you want to go wider, half moon bay to fairfield is a large spread. 81 in oakland, 91 in san jose, 92 in santa rosa. not everyone feeling the effects of the heat. we still have the fog and the sea breeze to keep you comfortable at the coast. keeping it live with doppler 7 on the remnants of once tropical storm ivo, this moisture is going to be heading in our direction. and as it does, do expect the humidity to go up. right now a closer look. we still have the fog right near the beaches. find out exactly what you can expect for the rest of the workweek besides the higher humidity coming right up. kristen and dan? >> sandhya, thanks. still ahead, we'll go inside the chase center to tour the warriors' new home. and we get a on

team coverage across the bay area tonight. >> start with meteorologist sandhya patel, tracking the storm. >> slow to arrive but better late than never. live doppler 7, becoming active now, especially in north bay, seeing downpours. street level raid ar, around healdsburg, there's heavy-year returns there. and zoomg around other parts of the bay 80, highway, about half inch an hour. san rafael to larkz spur, steady light rain. brisbane, daly city, minor floodings not out of the question. watch for dangerous surf. gusting to 41 in half moon bay, 25 in san mt. diablo. winds could topple trees. wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. watch out for blowing debris. whipping up 23-foot waves in bodega and half moon bay. breakers could exceed 24 feet. hour by hour look at time line and morning commute coming up. >>> the storm is threatening to cause major problems in the north bay. rain caused raw sewage to flow into a neighborhood on sunday. >> lot of cleanup. cornell bernard is live in petaluma. >> reporter: yeah, windshield wipers on, rain is back. started falling in petaluma about 40 minutes ag

roads. live team coverage. >> begin with abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. >> brace yourselves for a cold night ahead. down to freezing in danville, 32 degrees, nearing that in fairfield, santa rosa and livermore. biggest threat is black ice. will be in patches across the bay area. show you what's going on. earlier today the snow melted in the hills, temperatures in the 40s. tonight we're expecting 20s. anything wet becomes ice. if you're driving across that could be very dangerous. take that seriously as you prepare for your morning commute. i'll be back to let you know how low the temperatures will go. >> thank you sandhya. >>> with all the rain so far, increased danger of real hazards like black ice. >> cornell barnard is live. >> reporter: they are on standby tonight and it is plenty cold tonight. in a few hours county cruise will leave this maintenance yard to try to de-ice dangerous roads out there. sand trucks were on the move in sonoma county, creating better traction for drivers through fresh snow and ice on guysers road. >> it's going to breeze. >> said black ice is f

the weekend. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> does include rain but not a washout, sure you wanted to hear that. getting complaints about too much rain, soggy grounds, going to change up the weather forecast a little bit, starting tomorrow. live doppler 7, street level radar, moderate showers on the pen peninsula, mountain view, palo alto. sunnyvale, santa clara, in the hills it's a mix of showers and snow, same over mt. hamilton. all the storms have helped the reservoir and water capacity go up. san luis is now at 99% of capacity. but notice many of the other reservoirs are still below, can hold more. don pedro, 84%, folsom lake, 64%. we have more rain in the forecast but right now talk about what is in store at this hour. chill. you can feel it you've stepped outside. temperatures are dropping. many in 40s, oakland is 50 but rest feeling the chill. morning, need the heavy coats and jackets. camera looking at shark tank, see clouds overhead. in the sierra, snow keeps falling. winter weatherdvy youe going out of town, tahoe, keep it in mind. stunning view from emeryville

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slick streets already. >> yeah, go to meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at time line for the storms. >> look at live doppler 7, what is happening at this hour, then time line. street level radar, west college afternoon in santa rosa, we're seeing pockets of moderate rain. rainfall along the marin county coast is heading towards beach, tracking that with street level radar. san francisco, mission street, down the peninsula, lighter rain from san carlos to redwood lightened up, santa cruz mountains seeing lighter rain. triggering thunderstorms, lightning strikes off the coast here. level one, light chance of thunder, light wind. 2:00 a.m., could be a clap or two of thunder. 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., brief downpours. back with the rest of the time line and other storm coming up. >>> you c c and check weather where you live with the abc7 news app, enable the push alerts to get news as it happens. >>> midwest, cold weather gripping parts of the country, dangerous, even deadly. chicago river has been iced over entire day. at least eight people have died across the country. 18-year-ol

out at dark and broken skies. let's go to sandhya patel. sandhya, there is a winter weather advisory tonight for the entire bay area. >> dan, it is for the higher terrain. and the reason why is we're seeing that wintry scene. let me show you live doppler 7 and we'll talk about where it is snowing right now. we get you into street level as we move across mt. hamilton, graveyard road. the snow will continue to accumulate above 4,000 feet. snow showers over mt. diablo. as we take a look at the lower elevations, see iing rain showe around danville boulevard. let's track this moisture. it is going to be heading towards the east and it will be moving towards the east. definitely expect some brief downpours around our mount saint helena area a mix of rain and snow. it is a mixed precip over mount tamalpais. the snow has been falling. this is where the impacts could be obviously felt. a winter weather advisory until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet. possibility of snowflakes down to sea level in the north bay. we also have a winter storm warning until 7:00 a.m. tom

ashley, and i'm ama daetz. downpours are possible with possible power outages. >> sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7. >> let's take a look at live doppler. no rain on our radar right now, but that will be changing quickly. just hours away, back-to-back storms for the weekend. the first one comes in tomorrow morning. the second one sunday night. on our storm impact scale, both are level 2 storms, moderate strength storms from 3/4 on the 1.5 inch of rain expected. wettest spots 1 to 3 inches. gusts to 45 miles per hour and over the peaks even higher winds means the potential is there for power outages. there is even the possibility of thunderstorms. 5:30, that rain is moving in. the winds are kicking up. 8:00 a.m. right across the heart of the bay. and as we head into the latter part of the morning, the rainfall intensity could be briefly heavy, leading to potential minor flooding on the roadways. mount tam gusting to 47 miles per hour. the winds are increasing in the hills. wind advisory covering all of the by area as the southerly winds ramp up tomorrow. there is that potent

moment ago. put another way, we've seen rain 16 of 25 days so far. let's get to abc 7 news sandhya patel for what's happening now on live doppler 7. sandhya? >> since we're on the roll of keeping it wet, wet, wet, we're going to continue. live doppler 7, like you mentioned, it is enough to mess up the afternoon/evening commute. let's get you into street level radar. seeing moderate rain around hayward,s he spe s he speegoing valley. be careful out there. san ramon, it's going to be heading in your direction at 5:18. blackhawk 5:28 and into antioch at 5:27. our regular doppler 7 tracking light to moderate showers. steady from san carlos, heading into redwood city. south bay, very spotty, very light. santa cruz mountains you will see it as steady rain. and in the north bay, street level radar around american canyon, napa, old sonoma road, it is wet. let you know how long you need to hang on to the umbrellas. hour-by-hour timeline coming right up. dan? >> sandhya, thanks very much. >>> a still unknown hacker tried to gain access to contra costa election office internet system last week, and now

news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more on the winds expected this week. sandhya? >> ama, those are dry, gusty offshore winds that will be raising the fire danger. take a look at how dry it is around the bay area. this is our drop monitor, and pretty much everyone dry. what is going to happen is an area of low pressure is going to drop down into california on wednesday. winds are going to pick up behind it out of the north-northeast. and when that happens, it will dry out the atmosphere even more. red flag warning going up 4:00 a.m. wednesday to 7:00 a.m. thursday. wind gusts for the north bay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range between 35 to 45 miles per hour. possibly over 60 for isolated areas. and that means any fires that do develop will spread quickly. so fire danger rising as we head towards midweek. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. and to get the latest news sent to you, download the abc7 news app. we'll send out push alerts as pg&e updates the process so you'll know if the lights are going to go out where you live. >>> meanwhile, top executives at pg&e are faci

sandhya patel. another hot fall day coming your way. find out when you'll get a break coming up. >> i'm amanda dell ka still stil owe in mountain view where the future remains unclear for those living in trailers and rvs as city leaders consider an arvi ban. abc7 news begins right now. >> announcer: now from abc7, live breaking news. >> that breaking news, pg&e plans to shut off power to more than 48,000 customers across northern california in just a few hours. the shut off starts at 2:30 a.m. in butte, nevada, placer, and yuba counties. >> in the north bay, pg&e decided against large shutdowns because of improving weather conditions, but at 4:30 a.m., 708 customers are due to lose power near calistoga, napa and the northern end of lake berryessa. in sonoma county, 71 # 1 customers near sosa long porter creek road will be affected. >> abc7 news reporter kate larson is live in santa rosa with details. kate. >> reporter: well, ama, larry, we are on mark west springs road and just about five miles up the road towards calistoga is where pg&e will begin their planned power shut off.

meteorologist sandhya patel. bringing the heat this weekend. i'll show you how hot it's going to get. >> i'm liz kreutz in mill valley. teaching kids new techniques to play football safely. this as california passes a law restricting how long they can play. abc7 news starts now. >> i know, news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> today marks one week since the gilroy garlic festival opened, and tonight more stories of heroism are emerging from the tragic shooting that happened just days later on sunday. >> three people were killed in the shooting. more than a dozen others were hurt. and in a news conference today, the police chief determined the gunman, 19-year-old santino legan died from a self-inflicted gunshot. a change from earlier accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. >> tonight we spoke with john perales, a gilroy resident who was flagged down by multiple shooting victims. he drove them to the hospital, luz spoke to him and has his story. z? >> ama, john perales arrived to the garlic festival to pick up his daughter. when he got there, she called to say he was safe and en route

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surprise. >> keep your hands up. >> i'm abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. june gloom in july, but we have a pattern change coming that will bring brighter and warmer conditions. accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> and getting a second chance one meal at a >>> we're working very closely in california with the various representatives and we're making a lot of progress. it was something that was a long time, lot of shock, lot of shake, and we are helping out. >> president trump has spoken with governor newsome about the earthquakes that struck southern california over the 4th of july weekend. newsome says the president is committed to helping support rebuilding efforts. >> friday, 7.1 magnitude quake created a massive crack in the earth, big enough to be visible in satellite images. a lot of people are looking at these pictures on abc7news.com of the before and after photos on the desert floor. planet lodge generated these pictures. it's an earth imaging company based in san francisco. >> the u.s. geological survey estimates that the economic loss from the damage is $1 billi

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good day to hit the beach. i'm abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll let you know when rain is returning this week, coming up. >>> and three blind mice. see how they regain their sight when abc 7 news at 5:00 >>> today the team announced a big reveal. >> it's a good-looking stadium or arena. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in the mission bay neighborhood with the story. wayne? >> well, dan, i know you like rock music. do you also like symphony music? because this is what we're going to get. it's going to be a combination of the both. it's a question who is going to play first in this arena. and it's not basketball. first, the venue. to hear the warriors tell it. >> maybe peter guber and i like to talk about it along with rick and the rest of our staff. maybe the hardest thing we have all individually or collectively ever done. >> and now the nonbasketball showstopping starter. >> today we're here to answer the question we have probably been asked more than any other over the past few months. >> it's a question other than the one asked by larry beil after the game sat

reports of injuries or buildings burned. here's meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at the current conditions. sandhya? >> let me show you why that smoke may have been drifting southward. it's the winds in the upper layers of the atmosphere coming in from the north. that may have been pushing the smell of that smoke into the sonoma county area. temperature right now, 67 degrees, so it is cooler. humidity has come up and the winds are not an issue. hopefully firefighters can get a handle on this. but the heat will be building over the next couple of days with triple digits going into wednesday and thursday. on thetriple digits, you'll feel the heat tomorrow. 99 in concord tomorrow. 94 in gilroy and santa rosa. find out when this hot spell is going to break coming up. >> hopefully soon. thanks, sandhya. download the "abc7 news" app to get alerts about the dangerously hot weather where you live. our app lets you customize the forecast and allow push alerts for weather and news updates. >>> new details tonight. baseball star and sports announcer alex rodriguez is the latest car break-i

sandhya patel is here. sandhya. >> yeah, dan, you're going to have to pick and choose wisely as to whether the weather will coperate or not. let's look at an exploratorium live shot right now. looking at san francisco, and tonight that fog is really patchy. as we fast forward to the 4th of july, fireworks forecast looks like this. there will be fog near san francisco the entire coast line. a little bit around the east bay as you will notice. but inland areas will be nice and clear. here's a look at the temperatures. anywhere from the mid to upper 50s at 9:30 when those fireworks go off, so it's a good idea to grab a sweater or jacket. as we get closer, we'll fine tune in case the fog changes its mind. dan? >> we'll see. sandhya, thanks so much. president trump says tonight unless major changes are made in american border policy, massive deportation raids will begin this weekend. abc7 news reporter trevor ault has the story. >> reporter: president trump renewing his threat saying after the 4th of july, immigrations and customs enforcement agents will begin deporting thousands of und