These guys are considered the best at what they do. Bay area residents are also pulling together to help. A time of crisis and people really are jumping in. Melanie has that story tonight. Dan and kristen, we spoke with several people today that have family and friends in houston, and even those who dont say they want to help any way they can. This thursday, Chronicle Books on Second Street will be transformed into a bake shop from 11 30 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. Since 2010, weve been throwing bake sales to raise money for natural disasters. Reporter employees expect to raise up to 2,000, which Chronicle Books will then match dollar for dollar. Its part of our culture here at Chronicle Books to try and reach out and help those in need. Reporter especially when so many people here in the bay area have friends and family in houston. Its harder being out here knowing what theyre going through. Reporter monica has been texting and talking to her family nonstop. Theyre all okay, but she cant escape the images of others suffering. She wants to transform the helplessness. Its hard. Its definitely hard. Reporter hunt is president of the university of texas at austin, texas axis, San Francisco chapter. Were in the process of figuring out where to focus our attention. Its heartbreaking. Reporter especially for chef hugo ortega. We want to help each other. Reporter ortega owns four restaurants in houston and recently partnered with a test kitchen while his Houston Family and restaurants are all okay. Hes eager to get back as quickly as possible. Its a situation that you have to go through, you know. And endure. And be part of it. Reporter houston has no shortage of support from those here in the bay area. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. A lot of pets are being rescued in the flood zone. The Marin Humane Society is on standby to help. Theyre in contact with various shelters discussing how to fly animals to california. The Marin Humane Society did the same thing during Hurricane Katrina several years ago. Theres a lot of concern that gas prices may rise in the wake of hurricane harvey. But as abc 7 News ReporterCarolyn Tyler tells us, the increase may not be as severe in california. Reporter is there a connection between the misery in texas and prices at your local gas station . Sams, who lives in contra costa county, said he saw a huge spike overnight. I know theres a disaster. But the refineries are in california. I dont know why gas went up that high in less than 24 hours. Reporter a jump at the pump could be likely anywhere from a nickel to 25 cents a gallon or more nationwide. But not here in california. According to uc berkeleys school of business, he points out california has a unique state mandated cleaner burning gasoline that is not tied to texas, or the rest of the country. Usually thats bad news, because we have higher prices and get in trouble when california refineries go offline. But in this case its good news because were less likely to be affected by the outages in the texas refineries. Reporter obviously any pain at the pump is nothing compared to the suffering in texas. The western States Petroleum association is helping colleagues in the lone star state. Hopefully were able to bring these facilities back online and supplies will begin flowing. But that being said, again, were a very diverse industry and well be looking to other locations to make sure we can source those needs. Reporter right now, about 19 of oil produced in the gulf has been shut down. Carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Astronauts aboard the International Space station tweeted this picture of harvey. You can see how strong the storm still is. Abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it. You will notice that the bands of heavy rain continue to feed into texas, and louisiana as well. This moisture is coming out of the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. Associated with this Tropical Storm. It is in no hurry to leave the area, which is part of the problem. Tornado warnings are up for parts of texas and louisiana. I do want to show you how much more additional rain theyre expecting. So far, parts of texas have been drenched with close to 40 inches of rain for the wettest spots. Additional 10 to 20 inches of rain expected for texas and louisiana, with storm totals of 50 inches possible in texas. This storm is a slow mover. 45mileanhour maximum sustained winds. It is going to meander along the coast, make a third landfall. It made two lafls in texas, two landfalls in louisiana, and then just stall there before moving northward. Thats why theyre going to continue to see lifethreatening flooding in that area. Kristen . Thanks, so much, sandhya. The flooding impact in houston, look at that. A shot of downtown area before the storm hit. And now look at the yar afterwards. The area is just completely submerged. Such a shame. You can text the word harvey to 90999, that will add a 10 donation to the red cross on your cell phone bill. You can also call the red cross at 1800help now. Lets move on to other matters. A look back at yesterdays big protest in berkeley. What went right and what went wrong. And what berkeley says they will do again at the next protest that is likely in just a few weeks. 13 people arrested sunday. Today these 11 were charged. Abc 7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley has more where a News Conference just ended. Reporter it just wrapped up u activists refuse fascism called yesterdays march and protest a beautiful show of diversity for the city. And theyre calling for more protests. Yesterday was beautiful. We saw streams of people in thousands in different walks of life, from parents to students, every political ideology was represented from democrats to communists. The youth were out. The antifa, together with clergy. Reporter the mayor says the instigators of the violence were outoftowners. He condemned them saying we dont fight hate with hate. The sunday protest in berkeley was deemed to be overall a success by both the city and many of the protesters. Thousands marched. There were six injured, two hospitalized, but it never evolved into another charlottesville as some feared it could. There were 13 arrests, 11 of them were booked as seen here in these photos. Only three are from berkeley. The rest were from out of town or out of state. The people who were the aggressors were not the police, they were the antifa who went after rightwing protesters and the police. I know a lot of people in the community are upset by their presence at the protests, and the fact that they committed violence. Because it really cheapens the message. Our experience on the streets was that we were defended by people who came as antifascists. Reporter some Community Groups who marched in the protest said today they are upset with the media for showing video of the skirmishes, including an altright organizer being chased and pepper sprayed. Our position is, that the bay area, california stood up yesterday against nazis, white supremacists. Reporter and some of these organizers are upset at Berkeley Police for what they say were tactics that supported white supremacists. That their intent was to criminalize those who were here to defend communities in berkeley. Reporter police enforced new city rules and arrested people for wearing masks. They put up barriers and searched people for weapons before they could enter the park. Tactics the mayor says worked well, and they will use again. They are now looking for video of the clashes, and say there could be more arrests. In berkeley, im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. Stay with us. The price war at the grocery store. We call it whole tech. A big push toward lower prices could translate into more customers at whole foods. Raising taxes in your city. Todays bombshell ruling from the state supreme court. A new warning as kids head back to school. The state attorney general has a message for parents. And Mark Zuckerberg adds to his family. The baby girl with a youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. You got next . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Amazon now owns whole foods. Some prices are slashed significantly. Abc 7 news report shows us what it means to the consumers and other retailers. Janine . Reporter kristen, competition is heating up between supermarkets. Take, for example, at whole foods. This organic avocado. Yesterday it was 2. 79 a pound. Today, its 1. 99 a pound. Strolling down the aisle in whole foods today, the changes were subtle. Orange sale signs with the amazon logo on it announcing price cuts. One shopper didnt notice until the cashier mentioned it to her. She said some prices will come down. Oh, nothing i bought i guess. She said, no, your avocados. Yea reporter bananas used to be 79 cents a pound. Now 49 cents. Fuji apples, now 1. 99 a pound. Santa Clara University director of Retail Management said amazon is able to slash prices because its investing in the longterm and not focusing on shortterm profit. What amazon is betting is 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 he calls fringe shoppers, those who shop at stores like trader joes and safeway, but only occasionally buy at whole foods. Now they can take all of those products and start selling them on amazon prime, amazon fresh, and all of these other places that whole foods was never able to sell. Reporter the professor we spoke to said he believes amazon will keep its lower prices to keep shoppers happy. In san jose, janine de la vega, abc 7 news. The group trying to recall judge aaron percentki can resume collecting signatures in santa clara county. He argued that the california secretary of state not the county registrar should have decided whether the recall effort should proceed. They want him removed after he sentenced brock turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. More than 58,000 signatures are needed to put the measure on the june ballot. The California Supreme Court issued a ruling today that could make it dramatically easier to raise taxes. Today the justices upheld a Lower Court Ruling that these tax initiatives put on the ballot by citizens require only a simple majority to pass. Not twothirds as the law states now. Analysts say the case could open the floodgates for Interest Groups to pursue tax increases for their specific projects. The twothirds threshold will still apply to local and state government. A lot of us worry about identity theft. But californias attorney general wants to make sure we parents protect our children from identity theft. A new state law allows parents to freeze their childrens credit if theyre under the age of 16. The attorney general says identity thieves may target children because the crime can go undetected for years. How many kids check their Credit Scores on an annual basis to make sure that their identity is still secure . Or that their Credit Rating is still high . How many parents think about doing that for their kids . We should, i guess. The credit freeze will remain in place until its removed by the parent when the child is 16 or older. Relief efforts have really ramped up. So have the efforts of scam artists trying to take advantage of peoples generosity. Unfortunately always in these situations. Michael finney is here with more on this warning. Youre right about this. After every disaster. After every disaster, the bad guys come out in droves. Those at the disaster site get offers of fake government help and shoddy construction services. The rest of us, we get bogus emails. Because of that, you should be careful when handling any emails with subject lines, or attachments related to the storm. Even if it appears to be from a trusted source. Fraudulent emails often have links or attachments that are linked to phishing or malware affected websites. Many will be complete scams. In storm hit areas still without power, cash is king today. It takes cold hard cash to buy food, medical supplies, and other necessities, becaus credit cards cant be accepted. No electricity, no acceptance of credit cards. Many banks will set up mobile branches so flood victims can use their atm card. Their hours might be unpredictable. You can learn from this, having even a small amount of cash hidden in your home for emergencies can really help. If you dont have money, just lying around, move quickly once it is safe after a disaster. Disaster areas, cash is always a good thing. A new scam targeting those with iphones and those who actually remember their apple i. D. S. Scamsters are sending a text message telling consumers theres a problem with their home i. D. And asking them to logon to their apple account. You may have already spotted the ruse. Theres no such thing as an iphone i. D. Dont fall for it. Never respond to a text or email asking for personal information. Thats right. Good advice. So many scammers come out. Theres always more good people than bad. Youre right. Thanks, michael. Hi, everyone. Theres been a definite divide between the coast where its nice and comfortable and inland areas where its scorning. The highs so far, 108 degrees right now. If we can go to the graphics, you can see the temperatures. Fairfield 108. 107 in livermore. Pretty hot. San rafael 91. 96 santa rosa. Around San Francisco, half moon bay, in the 60s. San jose, 91. Oakland, 79 degrees. We do have excessive heat warnings there still in effect in the areas shaded in pink. Advisories, heat advisories for the areas shaded in orange. Inland areas and hilltops under the excessive heat warning and bay shoreline for heat advisory until 9 00 p. M. Tonight. You definitely will have to take it easy out there. And remember, stay hydrated. Look at the hourbyhour temperature trend for livermore. 96 degrees. 98 degrees, excuse me, at 6 00 tonight. The temperature will slowly fall. At least by morning it will be nice and comfortable. Thats because the marine layer is beginning to ramp up. Its about 1,400 feet deep now. It is socked in, right along the coastline where were keeping you in the comfort zone. If youre not comfortable, inland areas youll get a break tomorrow. A live look, youre looking at that layer of fog that will be rushing onshore. 64 in San Francisco. Oakland currently 70 degrees. San jose 87. 66 in half moon bay. Youre looking at 80 from the emoryville camera. 92 in santa rosa. Tripledigit heat fairfield. A live look from the east bay hills camera, how many of you would like to see this come towards you. Its not going to make it into the inland valleys, but the sea breeze will bring some relief tomorrow. Temperatures will soar again on thursday and friday. It is going to be hot inland through labor day weekend. Heres a look at your temperatures first thing in the morning. Mid50s to the upper 60s. Natural ac near the coast where the fog will be sitting. Afternoon, temperatures in the south bay, warm side, morgan hill 92 degrees. 86 in san jose. Peninsula, temperatures in the low 80s from menlo park to palo alto. 62 in pacifica. The fog is going to hang around well into the afternoon. Same thing for daly city. As you look at the north bay, temperatures upper 80s. Napa, santa rosa. I got off the phone with the National Weather service. So far, no records to report for today. That may be changing. 73 in oakland. Head inland and youre out of the triple digits. It will be closer to average instead of being in the extreme heat. 93 degrees in livermore. And in concord. Heres a look at your temperature trend as we head towards wednesday. The brief break from the heat will continue. 60s to 90s. Thursday, a rapid warmup. Look at these numbers. 104, 105 degrees. We go into friday, even hotter inland with 108 in antioch, 107 in fairfield. The sevenday forecast, temps moderate the next couple of days. Low 60s coast. Only to start baking again. Thursday, on. Well see the hottest day on friday, with 108 inland. Even some 70s at the coastline. And then we head into saturday and temperatures will begin to moderate. We continue the heat wave into sunday. And labor day. Well definitely have the triple digits around. The coast is where you want to go if you do not like this hot weather between thursday and monday. And kristen and dan, download the accuweather app and you can keep track of the temperatures. Side note, vac eville today, 110 degrees. You just feel disgusting, sticky. Im going to the coast of alaska. I dont blame you. A dog lost in Tropical Storm harvey finds his way home, with a big thanks to twitter. At 6 00, the only place in california that Hillary Clinton has listed on her book tour is within driving distance of the bay area. Well have that story and a lot more at 6 00. Kristen and i will continue after this. The chp is looking for the driver in a hitandrun accident that killed uc berkeleys top attorney. Christopher patty was killed yesterday while riding his bike near guerneville in sonoma county. The chp said the driver of a bmw lost control on a curve, slid across the road and hit patty stopped on the shoulder looking at his cell phone. The driver took off, but chp officers found a license plate at the scene. Patty is survived by his wife and two sons. Scores of people will probably think twice now before preordering an item from any crowd funding company. Scores of customers of San Francisco based startup kanoa are out 150 or more for hightech wireless ear phones they preordered and never received. They ran out of funds and shut down last week after two years. Customers got word in an email which linked them to this letter posted on kanoas website. The startup ceo wrote this wasnt the end that they had anticipat