Evacuees showing up at hotels only to find there are no more rooms. If this hotel would just give us a room. I think they have Convention People coming in with reservations. Reporter and people preying on abandoned homes and businesses. One shop homer asking for help, showing looters going unpunished. This is houstons main evacuation center. There are already thousands of people here. We know that they set up 2,000 cots earlier in the day, and those quickly ran out. And still, people just continue to come as the rain will continue to fall. Reporting from houston, abc 7 news. Now, the historic flooding in texas is causing massive flight delays, of course, cancellations all across the country. Matt keller has a story from mineta san jose airport. Reporter today was supposed to be a celebration at Mineta San Jose International airport. Southwest airlines was expanding service. But as fate would have it, one of the new nonstop destinations is houstons hobby airport. We did count down the celebration here today. Because honestly, it didnt feel right. Reporter this is a before picture of a runway at houstons hobby airport. This is after harvey rolled through. 500 southwest employees and customers were stuck inside the terminal. Last night the faa gave us permission to operate five rescue flights out of houston hobby. So we were able to evacuate those last customers and employees to dallas. Reporter speaking of rescues, help is on the way to houston from the bay area. Firefighters from several different departments, including san jose, palo alto and South San Francisco packed up five vehicles and ten boats and trailers at the menlo park Fire District headquarters. By 8 00 this morning, they had driven to flagstaff, arizona, covering some 800 miles overnight. The 14person team specializes in water rescues, and are loaded up with equipment to last them a couple of weeks. Success is really measured by going out there and saving people. And thats what theyre looking forward to doing. Reporter the Team Continues to drive to texas as we speak. The teams expected to arrive in austin by 2 00 a. M. And thats where theyll receive their assignment. Matt keller, abc 7 news. Sky 7 was above moffit field as support planes left for texas. The 129th rescue wing will deploy 90 members to assist in search and rescue efforts. They will operate out of an airfield in texas. The 129th also assisted after hurricanes rita, ike and ten texas refineries were shut down. Prices were already inching up this month. A big hike is not expected. Several drivers gassing up today told abc 7 news that theyre suspicious about any rise in prices. Prices might go up because of the hurricane. Of course. I think that when the they first announced the hurricane was coming, i was ready for this. I think its all predicted and calculated. Yeah, they can make more money off the prices, if they shut the refinery down, so lets shut the refinery down and make more money at gas prices. Rising prices, name brand stations with a 40cent per gallon price difference today. Some of the most heartwrenching and really heartwarming moments have been shared on social media. Kristen sze is here with a look at the images that captured both the desperation and also, kristen, the decency of people in the flood zone. I want to start with some of the videos of the latest rescues. Customs and Border Protection just tweeted this video showing its helicopter crew today rescuing survivor after survivor trapped on rooftops. Look at this one. A houston Traffic Camera captured a Good Samaritan in a boat, spotting a car nearly submerged. So he pulls the driver into his boat and out of danger. Abc news also tweeted this one, with little kids, family, you can see them there floating on an air mattress. Relief and big smiles as they were rescued by one of the many volunteer boats out there. Fourlegged friends, they also need rescuing. Check out this puppy. He was brought to safety in a plastic bin that served as a makeshift boat. And this one. A giant rubber ducky inflatable used to rescue a woman. Even she recognizes how unusual the situation is. Appears to be taking a selfie there. We see a roller coaster of emotions. This is a devastating picture, a man crying with his dog after Hurricane Harvey destroyed their home but spared their lives. A young houston woman counting her blessings and snapping this selfie with a National Guard member who rescued her family. Dan and ama, just some of the many images today. The victims of Hurricane Harvey need your help. They need our help badley. Cash donations are the best way to do that. One easy way to donate is text the word harvey to 90999, that will add a 10 donation to the red cross on your cell phone bill. That simple. Call the red cross to donate, 1800help now. And join us here on wednesday when we host a phone bank in the show of bay area support. Here in San Francisco you probably noticed the heat today. It was really brutal in a lot of spots. Drew tuma has a look at what were experiencing. The heat wave continues for a third day away from the coast. Look at these numbers, 108 the current number in fairfield. 106 in san ramon. South bay, low 90s from san jose to gilroy. 95 the current number in novato. Half moon bay at 61 degrees. Heat advisories continue through 9 00 tonight. The areas shaded in orange, excessive heat warning still continues to the areas in the tripledigit heat away from the coast. That lasting until 9 00 as well. Youll want relief, this is what you want to see. Live look, fog is already making a comeback. And thats going to help to bring relief from the heat in the next 24 hours. Hour by hour we go, later on tonight, 11 00, we see widespread 50s and 60s around the immediate bay waters. What youll notice tomorrow morning, the fog is more widespread. Thats going to help to cool us off especially inland tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, by lunchtime hour were in the 70s and 80s. This relief is going to be brief. Well talk about a comeback of another heat wave and the allimportant Labor Day Holiday weekend forecast coming up. Thank you, drew. Some people in the east bay are dealing with tripledigit temperatures for a Third Straight day. Emergency Service Officials are offering advice. Abc 7 News ReporterLonnie Rivera is in walnut creek with a look at how people are coping. Lonnie . Reporter hi, ama. Fall is just around the corner. The days of summer are numbered. But you wouldnt know it. Last check, it was 98 degrees here in walnut creek. And firefighters say we are in the heart of wildfire season with two active fires burning as we speak. A steady flow of cars and trucks cruise through walnut creek car wash. Monday means finding a shady spot while the staff handles business. I didnt prepare at all. Reporter she admits she didnt wear sunscreen. She works outside while her coworker is inside. Its nice to be inside, yes. Thank god for the air conditioner. Reporter they work in rotation. But the guys who actually clean the cars, they are the real troopers around here. I give them props. I dont know how they do it. I dont personally do well with the heat. But they work their buns off. Theyre working so hard. I want to give them a bigger tip. Thats what happens to them. Reporter some say the heat is more bearable under a shady tree. The breeze out here, its so nice. It makes it kind of livable. Whereas its not just baking heat. 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 youre going to do weed abatement, please make sure youre doing it before 10 00 a. M. Reporter working before the hottest part of the day is always smart as well as drinking a ton of water. Theres lots of overgrown brush here along iron horse trail in walnut creek. Firefighters say this is the type of brush that can cause all right. Lonnie, the heat must have got you, we lost your signal there. Developing news about north korea. Within the last few hours, that nation launched a missile that flew over japan. Heres a tweet from a man in hokkaido, japans northernmost island. He shared the alert that warned people a missile could possibly hit island cities. The missile landed 730 miles off the hokkaido coast. Both the pentagon and south korean officials confirm the launch took place. U. S. Officials say the missile did not pose a threat to north america. A ride share driver was arrested in oakland after the chp said officers found him using drugs in his car. The oakland chp Office Posted this picture on twitter. It shows an illegal stimulant. Officers spotted the man using his phone while driving on friday. After pulling him over, officers asked the man what he was chewing on. He said it was salad. Officers found it was cot. The driver was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Very busy monday. A lot more coming up here on abc 7 news at 4 00. A voice is steady and our voice is clear. We demand peace in our community. Activists in berkeley make their message heard. What theyre saying about a weekend rally that drew thousands into the streets. Also, starting today, prices are going way down at whole foods. Whats behind the move, and what it could mean for the industry. And later, rats. Theres a big problem in the south bay. A booming rodent population is keeping exterminators really busy. Michael finney is taking your questions. Post your questions happening now, activists are holding a News Conference in berkeley following yesterdays march against a planned rightwing rally. Heres a live look in front of old city hall. A group called refuse fascism said thousands of people stood up against fascism and White Supremacy. They say accusations of leftwing violence are false. Berkeley police made 13 arrests, facing a variety of charges, resisting arrest and public intoxication among those charges. Amy hollyfield has more. Were just here to claim a victory against forces of White Supremacy, altright, neonazis, and all of their sympathizers. Reporter a group of activists proudly announced today that their resistance yesterday worked. That those who came to berkeley for an antimarxist rally were successfully were run out of town. We will not tolerate and not normalize White Supremacy in this city. We made it very clear we will do that collectively. Reporter the group takes issues issue with the media showing video of fights that broke out. Calling most of the day peaceful. Police say six people were hurt. Two of those were taken to the hospital. They arrested 13 people. It seems to me that the news media is very interested in portraying to people who were not physically here. That there were only agents of skirmishes which there is no clarity about who started the skirmishes w. H. O. Were even involved. Reporter they also think the ma thank antifa for protecting them. We want every organization that stood up yesterday and defended us. Reporter there were demonstrators here from the right who say they are tired of being labeled. Just because they have a different viewpoint. We keep getting called white supremists. The lady throwing this event is a trans woman. Reporter we asked the group about people like him. There shouldnt be one white supremacist, one fascist, one nazi in berkeley, period. Reporter some groups included surge, showing up for racial justice, and they say theyll plan another march for september 23rd. In berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Officials in San Francisco say they handled the weegds protests as well as they could have. But one question is, who will pay for the overtime. The city wants the federal government to chip in. Abc 7 News Reporter leeann melendez will have that story coming up later on in the hour. Whole foods. The retail giant wasted no time in making changes. Prices were slashed significantly today. What does this mean for consumers and other retailers. Janine . Reporter dan, we noticed price slashes on basic items. You know, for example, gala apples, they used to be 2. 99 a pound, but now theyre 1. 99 a pound. It really depended on what you buy. Strolling down the aisle in whole foods today, we did see sales signs. These bananas used to cost 99 cents a pound, now theyre 69 cents a pound. Did you notice . No, i didnt notice. The watermelon was still 4. 99 a pound. I didnt notice any difference. So hopefully there will be. Reporter throughout the store, price cuts could be seen on certain items, which is welcomed by consumers. How was it that the store known as whole paycheck can do this . Santa clara universitys director Retail Management said amazon is not focused on shortterm profit, theyre looking long term. Theyre getting involved in whole foods, betting that the future of food is the kind of food that whole foods sells. But if you can make that affordable, to a large population, then that is the right way to go. Reporter he said whole foods will now attract what it calls fringe shoppers, those who shop at stores like trader joes and safeway, but only occasionally buy at whole foods. If they can slash their prices, thats great. Competition makes people work a little harder at what they do. Reporter amazon is turning to brick and Mortar Stores because it can now market food items online. Now they can take all of those products and sell them on amazon prime, amazon fresh and all these other places that whole foods was never able to sell. Reporter when will prices creep back up . The professor that we spoke to said he believes that amazon will keep their prices on certain items low, to keep shoppers happy. Reporting live from san jose, abc 7 news. Keep us happy. Thanks, janine. Is it fall yet . Not even close. You know this time of the year, we turn to september, we get the little spike in the heat. We do. One last little shot. Well get that again over the Holiday Weekend. If youre in the intense heat right now inland, the numbers are going to come down in the next 24 to 48 hours, good news there. Live doppler 7, thick cloud cover along the coast. That marine layer strengthening at this hour. Thats going to help to bring relief. Outside we go, a live look, cloud cover beginning the traditional trek inland. And this will help to eliminate a lot of the heat were Still Holding on to right now. Its comfortable along the coast. Youre in the 60s. You move about 20 miles inland this time of year and youre well into the triple digits. 106 in livermore. Even san jose were now warm at 90 degrees. Gilroy 95. And oakland, a little bit cooler, but still mild today, you were in the 70s. Right now at a current temperature of 72 degrees. We continue to not only have a heat advisory in effect along the immediate bay waters, excessive heat warning continues for many of us inland. This lasting until 9 00 tonight. Overnight tonight, the marine layer is going to help to cool us off. Mid50s to mid60s. Mainly overnight temperatures, first thing out the door tomorrow morning. Highs on your tuesday, you can slash about five to perhaps ten degrees off of our temperatures today, and thats where youll land tomorrow afternoon. 86 in san jose. 92 the high in morgan hill. Along the peninsula, 81 menlo park. About 83 for mountain view. Foggy. Pacifica holding in the low 60s. Downtown San Francisco afternoon sunshine, about 66 degrees. Daily city, were holding about 63. Into the north bay we go, about 90 in calistoga. 85 the afternoon high in san rafael. 87 in napa. In the east bay, a lot of 70s. 79 the number in hercules. Tomorrow inland, back out of the triple digits into the mid to low 90s. 94 in walnut creek. 92 the high in pleasanton. As we get into midweek on wednesday, this is going to be the coolest day relatively speaking. We have all week. Inland topping out in the 90s. A lot of 60s and 70s around the bay waters. Watch as we get into thursday afternoon. The numbers will jump inland, back in the tripledigit heat. 80s and 90s around the bay. On friday its widespread heat. Not only inland are we hot, even along the coast were nearing 80 degrees. 80s and 90s around the immediate bay waters. Not only as we look into this week and next week, hot lalong the western half of the u. S. The sevenday forecast, we have relief around here tuesday. Wednesday we call it a temporary cooldown. The numbers just rapidly rise thursday. Friday, downright hot everywhere. A little bit of a decline saturday into the Holiday Weekend. But it looks like the heats going to hang on sunday and even into labor day on monday. All right. Thanks, drew. Well, next at 4 00, traveling at more than 200 miles an hour in a tube. The big winner of elon musks hyperloop challenge. Mark zuckerberg is sharing one of his happiest moments. What he well, heres what traveling 201 miles an hour through a tube looks like. This is video of the winner in the Second AnnualSpacex Hyperloop pod design competition. Students from Technical University of munich, germany, made up the winning team, easily defeating two other test tracks in southern california. The competition is the brain child of spacex founder elon musk who has proposed building a hyperloop system between los angeles and San Francisco for underllion. A trip between the two cities would take just 36 minutes. Looks like were just two weeks away from seeing what apple has to offer. Apple scheduled a Product Launch september 12th. The event is expected to include the new iphone 8 as well as two other iphone models, and a new cellular apple watch, and 4k apple tv. Its scheduled to happen a week after samsung begins selling the new galaxy note 8. Mark zuckerberg made the announcement of the birth of his second daughter. He shared this photo with his wife, dr. Priscilla chan. The babys name is august. Zuckerberg posted a letter to his newborn saying she should enjoy childhood and not spend time worrying about the future. Well do every