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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 14, 2024

Thursday, september 5th. Im consumekumasi. Im reggie aqui. Meteorologist mike nicco is standing by. Theres a lone thunderstorm to the east of stockton. That will move north away from us. Weve got the marine layer in. Weve got mist coming out of that. Its kind of a humid morning out there as we deal with the increase in the marine layer. The fact that its going to bring us slightly cooler weather as we head into the afternoon hours. In fact, 60s, 70s and 80s will be a more dominant feature of our forecast than the 90s weve been seeing inland for the last couple days. Enjoy the break. Well have a couple more days of cooler weather. Ill show you warmer weather coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. We have a Traffic Alert for westbound 80 at the San Pablo Dam road. All lanes blocked because of the overturned big rig carrying chickens. Traffic is being detoured at San Pablo Dam road, paerntly right at the offramp. You can get right back on. Its causing massive delays, at least half an hour if youre heading through that area. You may want to consider a few alternates, richmond parkway to 580 or get around the whole thing and take 680 to highway 24. We got word of a crash westbound across the san mateo bridge. Well keep you posted on the delays and the sig alert. Abc 7 reporter Amy Hollyfield live at the scene. Amy. Reporter frances, they are right now rescuing live chickens out of this big rig. Thats what the driver was hauling. Youre watching chp officers carrying chickens. Its quite a site. Ill tweet it out in a second. Check my twitter page. Right now i want to show you this accident scene. This is whats left of the big rig that caught fire here. Its almost hard to know what youre looking at. You can see the tires on the road. Its really just a frame thats left of the axel and the truck. It burned all the way down to the frame. You can see on this overpass. This is what the trick hit and then flipped over and then caught fire. They dont know why yet. They dont know what happened. They got the call about 3 45 this morning. And since then all westbound lanes in san pablo on interstate 80 have been closed. This is right at San Pablo Dam road, the exit, just past it. It took us about 30 minutes to get through it from one onramp to the exit. Of course, that backup is just building as we speak. Youll want to avoid the area if you can. The driver of the big rig was taken to the hospital with some cuts but is expected to be okay. They do not have an estimated time of opening up this all these lanes. Its a huge mess that they have to clean up. Not only the wreckage. But they also keep talking about all the oil on the ground. They keep telling us to be careful so we dont slip or get it on us. Right now theyre just saying its going to be a while. Live in san pablo, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Thanks, amy. Developing news in Southern California, the search is continuing for the final victim of that boat fire that killed 34 people. The ntsb says teams are documenting the wreckage thats currently submerged and inverted. That documentation is occurring with sidescan sonar so theyre mapping the wreckage before it is moved. The ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the fire. Investigators say the conception, the name of the boat, did not have sprinklers on board, but thats also not required. This morning were learning more about the victims including several from the bay area. Carrie mclaughlin and christian takvam were on board the conception. You can see right here. Neighbors say mclaughlins parents have gone to Santa Barbara to help with the identification problem. They were cowoerks at brilliant, a San Franciscobased company focused on s. T. E. M. Mclaughlin was a Senior Software engineer. Takvam was an they brought immense passion, talent, leadership and warmth. They will be dearly missed. Even though i didnt know for sure they were dead, i was already sorry for what happened to them. Neighbors are clearly still processing the news. Mclaughlin glue up in palo alto and was most recently a resident of oakland. Live in the studio, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. Developing news on Hurricane Dorian, its strengthened to a category 3 heading towards South Carolina. Meanwhile, officials in the bahamas say there have been 20 hurricanerelated deaths. That number is expected to rise. Megan tevrizian is in charleston, South Carolina. Reporter the biggest concern here is storm surge. Officials now asking everyone to shelterinplace. Dorian restrengthened to a category 3 hurricane overnight and might make landfall as it inches closer. Boarded up and packed. Im on my way. Reporter a hurricane warning is in effect for the entire South Carolina and North Carolina coastline which is set to face the brunt of the storm and a dangerous storm surge of up to eight feet. South carolinas governor asking anyone who lives in the evacuation zone to get out. It is the water that kills people. It is the water that is the real danger. Reporter fema setting up operations at ft. Bragg and the coast guard moving operation inland. Dorian passing through florida, but the Sunshine State for the most part was spared. In the bahamas, new video this morning of dorians utter devastation. Homes and buildings ripped apart, left in pieces. The death toll, now 20, but expected to rise with more than 200 people reported missing. 70000 people in dire need of clean water and food after surviving a nightmare. In South Carolina theyre already experiencing high tide. With the additional rain and potential storm surge, we could see several feet of flooding before dorian passes through. Megan tevrizian, abc news, charleston, South Carolina. Hi, sloid. Here is the latest statistics. Gusts up to 140. Right now its starting to make a jog to the northeast. It is going to hug the coast. It could, some of the little areas that stick out around wilmington get hit by the eyeball. Charleston gusting 60 to 65 Miles Per Hour which is faster than a severe thunderstorm. In fact, right now, right by the coast, possibility of 74mileperhour winds. So our first hurricane speeds making landfall in the u. S. Is possible right now. Look at the rainfall. All the way up the east coast and into canada with the heaviest amounts from charleston, up to a foot there, to even the low lands of North Carolina, up to a foot there. Not only do we have the surge coming in, weve got nearly a foot of rain falling on top of that. Frances . Ill take it from here, mike. President trump is standing strong on his claim that Hurricane Dorian threatened alabama. Critics questioned whether he knew geography. Alabama could be in for at least some very strong winds. Yesterday the president wanted to prove he was correct. He held up the map showing the original projected impact. When you look at it closely, it appears to have a handdrawn line to include part of alabama. That map looked like it almost had a sharpie. I dont know. I dont know. I dont know. Its a federal crime to knowingly publish a false forecast. Fema and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declined to comment on that map. Happening right now, yahoo is working to fix an outage. Yahoo mail users are having issues with their email. The website down detector recorded more than 5,000 reports of issues. The Customer Care account tweeted engineers identified the issue but they dont know how long it will take to resolve it. Happening today, fog heads will be tuning in for the final hours of k fog. The ledge tear mugendary music it will be from dave moreys ten at ten. Last week it was announced the station willkn fm, a simulcast of the am sports radio station. Kfog began its rest in 1942. R. I. P. K fog. Sad to see things like that change. Lets talk about whats going on temperaturewise. Antioch and brentwood a little warmer, 67 and 70. In fact, you are the warmest. We have 60s from fairfield, vallejo, oakland, Mountain View, san jose and los gatos. A look at sfo, expecting delays this morning. Heavy cloud cover over top. Misty through the morning. Well have sunshine away from the coast. Small craft advisory for the entire bay, not just north of the bay bridge. Its the entire bay. Even south. Here is a look at the north bay. 57 at 7 00. 60s at 9 00, 70s at 11 00. Near 80 during the afternoon hours. A few low 80s around 3 00. As far as the east bay goes, in the 60s through 11 00. Breaking out sunshine then. Well hang out in the mid 70s in the afternoon hours. Our last stop will be San Francisco where sunshine will be at a premium early. Well get a little more in the afternoon hours with mid to upper 60s. Pretty gnarly accident out there. Lets get to frances. A sig alert, Traffic Alert issued for an overturned big rig carrying live chickens on westbound 80. A full freeway closure in place. This is westbound 80 at San Pablo Dam road. Traffic detoured off the freewa and right back on because its right now the on and offramp. Traffic is heavily backing up. You can see its a crawl approaching the scene, causing 20 to 30minute delays. They dont know when this is going to he open. This will be the hot spot all morning. For folks heading through the area, you may want to consider richmond parkway and saab pand pablo avenue. You may want to consider 680 to highway 24 depending how long this is out there. Headlights move westbound through berkeley. There its fine. Expect major delays through richmond and san pablo. The earlier accident on the san mateo bridge has been cleared. Coming up next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. New details on the crash of kevin hart. Its 5 15. Seven things to know this morning. Number one, a major traffic problem on westbound 80. An overturned big rig carrying chickens. No word on when this will reopen. Number two, weather shouldnt be an issue with that. Even though we have mist hanging in the air and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Thats your biggest concern during the morning. Number three, the ntsb says it could take up to two years to determine what caused the boat fire that killed 34 people. Coast guard officials recovered 33 bodies. One person is still missing. Number four, in Riverside County firefighters are battling a nearly 1,000 acre brush fire. They have zero containment. Mandatory evacuations are ordered for the la Cresta Community near murrieta. Hurricane dorian regained strength and is a category 3 again. Yahoo mail users having problems with their accounts this morning. Engineers have figuredout whats caused an outage but they dont know when it will be fixed. Number seven, if you live in santa clara or santa clara countys you can get into the zoo flee today. Today is the first of four Good Neighbor free days. Every bay area county will have a free day, all in celebration of the zoos 90th anniversary. In todays gma first look, were hearing the 911 call i ke. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, new details on the dramatic moments following kevin harts car accident. Hes not coherent at all. He cant move. Reporter this morning the chilling calls coming from kevin harts home released after he was taken to the hospital following that frightening car wreck from sunday. Theres something on on his back is pulling out on his spine. Reporter the 40yearold actor and comedian now requiring extensive physical therapy after suffering a major back injury when his vehicle careened off a road in calabasas, california, crushing the roof of the classic car. Authorities now investigating where speeding was a potential factor in the crash. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well tell you what Law Enforcement officials are saying about the crash and whats next for harts recovery. With your gma first look, im adrian ban kefrt, abc news, los angeles. The Trump Administration rolling back Energy Standards for household light bulbs. The new standards were included in Energy Legislation implemented under president george w. Bush, finalized under the obama administration. Critics of the change say it will mean Higher Energy bills and more pollution. The affected bulbs account for half of all conventional bulbs used in the u. S. Senator Kamala Harris unveiled a plan at cnns president ial town hall along with nine other president ial candidates. Many candidates called for rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and investing in renewable energy. Her other initiatives include going Carbon Neutral and phasing out gaspowered cars. It is national boy is this specific cheese pizza day. Get this. Americans eat about 3 billion pizzas every year which accounts for about onethird of global pizza consumption. Thats a lot. Pizza chains including papa johns and girdanos are offering special deals today. It is my favorite food. Ill eat any kind of pizza. I dont care how bad it is. No . I still will slightly enjoy it. Greasy, you take the napkins and soak it up. Or throw on Parmesan Cheese and let it soak it up and eat it all. I like when the pepperonis curl up, a little pool of grease on there. I dont do it often. One of my dark secrets. A look at whats going on in san jose. Cloudy, 61 degrees. Weve got breezy conditions. Youll need the sunglasses later today. It many will misty, mostly cloudy again tonight. In the weekend, temperatures will tank and then rebound sunday. Lets take a look at the cloud cover. Notice clouds hanging around the bay. Pretty stubborn along the coast where well see a spot or two or sunshine. By 7 00 you can see the clouds starting to roll back. Lets talk about whats going to happen in the south bay. 78 in milpitas, 85 in los gatos, 90s in morgan hill and gilroy. Not as big on the peninsula. Mid to upper 70s and breezy conditions. Mid 60s, 63 to 65 along the coast, only a twodegree spread. 71 in south San Francisco. Sausalito 72. Low to mid 80s as you head into breezy valleys in the north bay. Breezy along the east bayshore. Some of the breezes will touch parts of the east bay keeping most of us in the mid to upper 80s. Tonight were looking at temperatures and feeling cooler weather with mid 50s to low 60s. Extensive cloud cover and mist in the air. A couple degrees keerl. Its saturday thats going to have a touch of fall with 60s and 70s, our fastest breezes. Get ready for mid 60s to mid 70s to mid 80s coast, bay and inland next week. Lets get back to frances. That looks terrible, frances. We have live pictures of the sig alert, a Traffic Alert issued for westbound 80 at San Pablo Dam road. Amy hollyfield is live at the scene and will bring us another report in nine minutes. Check this out. You see emergency crews trying to clear the situation, even carrying chickens to the other truck. An overturned big rig carrying chickens that caught on fire. Traffic is fully stopped at San Pablo Dam road right at the on and offramp. Its going to be out there a while. No word yet as to when they can expect to reopen any lanes of westbound 80. Traffic is jammed right now. I hate to take you away from the live shot because its fascinating to see them carrying the chickens away. But this is westbound 80 San Pablo Dam road, traffic is jammed. 30 minute delays backing up through richmond. Thats the spot to avoid. You may want to get off at the richmond parkway and take san pablo avenue as an alternate. Traffic is already backing up there. If you want to avoid the whole mess, consider taking even 680 to highway 24. So far this is looking green right now. That is one of the wildest live shots ive ever seen, frances. Im still trying to process it and get over it. Where are they going . Where are they going . Im not sure. We have a lot of questions. A new routine for princess charlotte. Shes officially in school. Well show you the 4yearolds first day. A box office so that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. As we were sleeping, dorian decided to get stronger. 115mileperhour sustained winds, gusts to 140. Back to a category 3. Its skirting the coast of South Carolina right now just off the coast of chafrl stop where weve had gusts reach 60 to 70 Miles Per Hour. Look at the heavy rain on top of the storm surge of up to seven feet. The low lands are going to get buried, not only by rain, but also the storm surge. That will also continue up the carolina coast tomorrow. John travoltas latest movie the fanatic, its a flop. It didnt work out. It didnt work out. According to the Hollywood Reporter, it is the actors worst opening in his whole career. It only made 3,000 on opening day, 3,000 on friday. This was even despite the fact that it was labor day. It only made 15,000 over the long weekend. The Hollywood Reporter says this is travoltas fourth bomb in a row. It received a 17 on Rotten Tomatoes and a one star thats just mean. A onestar review. He was here promot

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