You can see all of Solano County and the Higher Elevations of marin, sonoma, napa, lake and mendocino counties. 11 00 thi m7 00his he winds gustg t t24 bouncing around. Its warm this morning. Upper 50s to upper 60s. Warmer than average at 80 to 90 at noon. A new crash in dublin, westbound 580 at 680 is slowing things down. Its blocking a lane as well. Traffic is heavy on westbound 580 making your way towards dublin, towards the dublin interchange. Well keep an eye on this for you. Westbound 580 always slows out of tracy with an earlier crash near 205. Thats been cleared. You can see very slow, 11 Miles Per Hour on westbound 205, slow into the altamont pass. The drive time as we keep track of that, tracy to dublin is 46 minutes right now. Westbound 4 antioch to concord, still green at 15 minutes. Thank you. Breaking news, a wildfire is burning in vallejo on maher island. Heres what we know. This fire broke out about two hours ago. Thats when firefighters got reports of smoke in that area. Right now about 20 firefighters are on the scene. It broke out at the south end of mare island, a former u. S. Navy base used for other purposes now. Well keep you updated as we get more information about this fire. Happening right now, nearly 50,000 pg e customers across Northern California are waking up without power because of the high fire danger. The latest round of shutoffs happened this morning around 2 30. Check out the map. Pg e decided against large shutdowns because of improving weather conditions, but at 4 30, 708 customers lost power near calistoga, napa and the northern end of lake berryessa. And 700 customers are affected in santa rosa. There will be cooling centers open again today because of hot temperatures. Yesterday Business Owners and residents waited to find out from pg e to see if they would be affected by the possible power shutoff. A Power Generator company has seen a 200 increase in business in the last two years since the north bay wildfires and especially this week. Residents have been planning how to deal with emergency shutoffs for months. You know, if you havent planned, youre a little late in the game honestly. You dont just plug in a generator. Other residents topped off fuel tanks and bought what they needed for three possible days without electricity. Safari west in santa rosa is in the power outage zone. The executive director of the wildlife preserve says it has generators that can run the entire facility and they can get everything online with 30 minutes notice. They will be open for business even if there is an outage. You can find out about dangerous weather conditions through the abc 7 news app. You can customize the app for the topics and places youre most interested in. Were tracking more breaking news. The ceo of Vaping Company juul is stepping down. The move comes as Health Experts issue an urgent warning telling people to stop vaping immediately. Abc 7 News Reporter jobina fortson is tracking these developments in santa clara. Good morning. Good morning. You can see that juul sign over my shoulder here. This is major breaking news for the company. Kevin burns is out as their ceo. And k. C. Crosthwaite is their new ceo. This comes as the cdc and the California PublicHealth Officer are telling consumers to stop vaping immediately until an investigation as to why so many people are being hospitalized is finished. Weve learned some new information from juul as well this morning. Juul labs announced the company is suspending all broadcast, print and Digital Product advertising in the united states. And also refraining from lobbying the administration on draft guidance and committed to fully support and comply with the final policy when effective. The last few months hundreds of people have been hospitalized across the country with serious lung conditions that are suspected to be linked to vaping. The Los Angeles Times says in california there have been two deaths due to the illnesses as well as 90 people who have been hospitalized according to Health Officials as of friday there have been 530 cases of lung injury nationwide as well as seven deaths. Massachusetts governor called on a fourmonth ban of all products in the state yesterday. And Santa Clara County approved a ban on the sale of ecigarettes to anyone under the age of 21. You can see the signage here, back out here live, it does say you have to be 21 years old to enter the building. Also another note here in Santa Clara County, there was a survey taken recently where 3 out of or excuse me, 1 out of 3 teens say they tried vaping. Thats here in Santa Clara County. Reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. Thank you for that update. Developing news out of washington now this morning where the Trump Administration is set to release a transcript of the president s call with the president of ukraine. That call took place in july is at the center of an impeachment inquiry announced yesterday by nancy pelosi. President trump acknowledged he asked ukraines president to investigate joe biden and his son, hunter before that call President Trump froze nearly 0 400 million in aid to ukraine. He denies it had anything do with his call to investigate the bidens. Now that an preechlt impeac inquiry is under way, now the question is what are the next steps . Reporter impeachment is a threestep process starting with what House Speaker nancy pelosi did starting with an opening of a formal investigation. There are six committees trying to figure out if there are grounds for impeachment. Now, from there, everything is on the table. Here is usf law professor bill. The whole mueller investigation, anything else, an impeachment inquiry is not limited to one particular topic. Reporter from there heres what will happen. The committees have to decide if there are grounds. If there are and if there is evidence of wrongdoing, it then goes to the full house. If there is a vote to impeach, then it goes to the senate for a trial. The likely judge will be chief justice john roberts. If twothirds of the senate vote to convict, the president is removed from office. Now, remember, congress has never successfully impeached a sitting president. There have only been two impeachment trials in u. S. History. President Andrew Johnson and bill clinton. Both were acquitted. To reach more on the impeachment process, go to our website, abc7news. Com. Happening today, a San FranciscoReal Estate Developer is set to file a proposed initiative to expand the California Consumer privacy act. More than 620,000 verified signatures would have to be collec get this issue on the ballot. In the proposal californians would have more control over the collection of their health and Financial Data it would also increase penalties for companies that wrongly share and sell data about children. All right. Heres a look at your activity planner for today. What youre looking at are just hot conditions. Something you dont want to mess with as you head out during the afternoon hours. If you have stuff to do, make sure you do them early this morning if you can at least before noon. Look at the temperatures, just about everywhere but the north bay are warmer. One of our warmest mornings this week. I would like to say its our warmest. Tomorrow some of us will hold on to these warm temperatures. Still 80 in pittsburg. 79 in antioch. Brentwood, 73. Interior neighborhoods, mid to upper 60s. Were all over the place, upper 50s in the north bay. 68 in San Francisco. 70 in san carlos. Upper 60s in mountain view. 66 in hayward. Well go from warm to hot possibly San Francisco, we will touch 90 in many neighborhoods for a couple hours this afternoon. These are the hourly temperatures. At 3 00, 89, starting off at 69 this morning. East bay, 67. High clouds and sunshine through about 11 00. Then the temperatures take off under that full on sunshine. Near 90 at noon through 6 00. Heres the north bay, high clouds and sunshine through 10 00. Well be well into the mid 90s at noon. Near 100 from about 3 00 to 5 00. Be careful. Frances . All right, mike. Luckily for traffic were tracking one hot spot, its in dublin, westbound 580 approaching 680, the dublin interchange. The number 3 lane is blocked. Traffic is backing up on westbound 580 through dublin. Its been slow out of tracy, so the drive time right now is 47 minutes. Southbound 680 making your way from dublin down to mission boulevard south is green at 15 minutes. Well check out the 680 ride in walnut creek, that is southbound traffic on the righthand side moving well past treat where we had some earlier debris and its looking good through highway 24 as you make your way down to the bay bridge toll plaza. In the south bay, no problems at all, headlights are northbound 101 thats 880 moving well across your screen. Its delay free in the south bay, its also looking good on the peninsula and no major problems in marin county. Thank you. Coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. And putting boulders on the sidewalk so Homeless People cant camp out. Is this helpful or harmful . We dig into it as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. And the surprising reason its been reported that theres a cyberattack on business every 39 seconds. Ouch. I dont even want to think about it. Comcast business has a solution. 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Look at this, about 18 to 22 degrees above average. A heat advisory today. We have poor air quality and we still have high fire danger. Number two, hundreds of pg e customers are in the north bay without power because of the high fire 708 customers lost power near calistoga, napa. Pg e decided against large shutoffs because of better conditions. Number three, there are questions about whether the president number four, the ceo of juul labs is stepping down. The federal government is investing a spike in people getting sick from vaping. Number five, people who are living in rvs will soon face limits on where they can park in mountain view. City Council Members voted last night to ban rv parking on many streets. Number six, a new crash just reported near the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see with this live shot, things are just backing up beyond the end of the parking lot. Number seven, b. A. R. T. s extension into san jose may be delayed until 2030. Thats according to a report in the mercury news. B. A. R. T. And vta say its just a preliminary effort. Building a better area means shining a light on issues impacting people across our region. The housing crisis led to more Homeless People on the street now people in one San Francisco neighborhood are taking mat near their oter in t hands. They are blocking people from sleeping on the streets with boulders. Luz pena has that story you are looking at a turf war one night where everybody was done. Reporter this was the Tipping Point toer this neighbor who wants her voice to be heard but her identity protected. Through a neighborhood facebook group, dozens on this block raised 2,000 for a solution to a problem they say got worse with time. Drug dealers. They are out on clinton park regularly. Reporter Rachel Gordon with the San Francisco public works confirmed her department did respond to multiple requests from neighbors at clinton park. These neighbors said they also attended multiple city meetings in search for answers and help. In one of those meetings someone advised these neighborers erne boulders, here they are, 24 of them. Its not a tripping hazard. Theyre not getting in the way if someone is getting in and out of cars. Theres no parking there. Reporter for now the city is not planning to fine the neighbors. In the past the neighborhoods put barriers and planters. Eric mill says he is coming back tonight to sleep. Someone tonight will tell you to move closer to the road. He will only comes around once. Once he turns the corner right back to where you are. Reporter now others in the area are considering boulders for their streets. Im hoping we wont see boulders all over. Luz pena, abc 7 news. We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. You can share them by joining our building a better Bay Area Group on facebook. We learned about a new battle between the bay area and the Trump Administration over salt ponds. Specifically the ones tucked near the redwood city side of the san mateo bridge. Youre seeing sky 7 video over the saltworks site. Environmental group say the ponds act as vital wetland habitat for wildlife. They are asking a judge to overturn an epa decision that would remove protection for the ponds. Saltworks says nothing has been proposed for the site. A Fremont Police officer suffered a little range anxiety on the job last friday. He was chasing a felony suspect in the departments tesla when the battery showed it was down on juice. Im down to six miles in battery on the tesla. If someone is able to, can they move into the number one spot. After that call, Police Called off the the the the the t an reasons. Apparently the last person who used the car failed to put it on the charger. Fall started this week, but its so warm out there. I know. Its causing issues, especially people in the north bay, thinking about them with no power. Hopefully it will cool down soon, mike . Tomorrow a little bit. Theyll have to wait until friday in places like the north bay to get the comfortable weather. Can you imagine 100 degrees this afternoon and no air conditioning, not being able to breathe clean air because you have to open up the windows and let that unhealthy air in just to keep it cool as you can . So 5 19, heres sfo, its clear and 67 degrees. No changes today. All right. Maybe a degree or two warmer. The only thing well notice are high clouds roaming through the sky. Last poor night for slping. En aoo night and mor sea breeze 70s for highs. Thats what were dealing with this morning. Lows this morning will be our highs this weekend. Mid to upper 90s in the south bay. San jose, morgan hill at 97. 97 in los altos and redwood city. Mid to upper 9 peninsula. Today we will get to 92 in San Francisco. Up in the north bay, widespread upper 90s to low100s. Upper 70s at the beaches. At the east bayshore, a degree or two warmer than yesterday, 92 to 96 degrees. Hot again in the east bay valleys. 99 in san ramon. Everyone else 100 to 102 degrees. Some 60s and 70s around antioch tonight. Some of the yellows and oranges, those are still the 70s and 80s in the mills and mountains. Heres tomorrow. We wake up clear. But were going to watch that southerly surge. Watch this at noon. It starts to hit the monterey bay. As we head into the afternoon and evening hours, it lines up along the coast. Look at thursday afternoon. It drops us about 10 degrees across the board. 60s, 70s, 80s friday. 60s and 70s sunday, monday and tuesday. A new injury crash in livermore. Thats a bad spot, but in the eastbound direction, to reverse commute. Eastbound 580 at greenville, its causing a bit of slowing in the westbound direction, especially once emergency crews get there. Traffic has been slow westbound 580, a crawl out of tracy, it picks up through the altamont pass. Slow making your way through dublin because of another accident near the dublin interchange, westbound 580 at 680, theyre trying to clear from one of the lanes. There was an earlier accident at the bay bridge toll plaza, which has already been pulled off to the righthand side. And traffic is now backing up almost towards westbound overcrossing. Metering lights will probably be turned on shortly. Live shot of the san mateo bridge. And spare the air day, consider mass transit. In todays gma first look, a california executive has been sentenced in the College Admissions cheating scandal. The 250,000 bribe will get him some time in prison. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, more prison time in the varsity blues scandal. Four months behind bars for devon sloan, the sinema w p guilty to paying 250,000 bribe to get his son accepted to the university of souther california as a water polo documents. 53yearold father of four purchased water polo gear on amazon, posed his son in the backyard and had Graphic Designer doctor the picture t sloan is the second parent embroiled in the varsity blues College Admissions scandal to be sentenced. What could this sentence mean for other parents . Well have much more coming up at 7 00 a. M. With uruguyour gma first look lindsay davis. Those are extreme lengths. Yeah. Thats a lot. Yeah. It is 5 22. If this weather is a bit too w