Giving a positive update on the tourism industry, that was hit hard during the pandemic. Mama mia here i go again my, my, how can i resist you . Kumasi are you feeling like dancing queens . Tonight in San Francisco, you can because there is an event that is sure to bring a big crowd to them sing musical mama mia. Sue every time i flipped through it, i stop and watch. So good. Spencer those songs are so catchy. Jobina we have sue and spencer here with us on friday, august 18. Kumasi we are excited and looking forward to the weekend. Spencer going to be a fabulous friday. After a good start. You can see on live doppler 7, we have the scattered patches of drizzle. They were more widespread earlier. Good to know that they are still out there in case you are driving somewhere you may encounter damp spots on the roadway. Temperatures mild and a uniform range, low to mid60s across the region. Morning low clouds, patchy drizzle giving way to some your afternoons. Mild at the coast and turning warmer over the weekend. Today, mild to warm. No big jumping temperatures. Mid60s at the coast. Mid to upper 70s along the bay shoreline. Highs in the inland east bay upper 80s to near 90, but warmer weather comes later. Heres a look at traffic with sue. Sue we are popping to san jose. 101, taillights headed southbound, underneath 880, you can see 101 and 880 moving nicely. We have a problem on 101 with the sig alert. Lets head towards gilroy with two left lanes blocked and an accident here. If your commute takes you north on 101 to san jose, san martin, that is where the accident is near leaves lee. You can see a backup. We will head over to westbound 80 where we have an accident. It is a tesla that has gotten into an accident, partially blocking the lane of traffic. Traffic is stacked up through richmond, westbound on 80, as well. Kumasi breaking news in the east bay. We are following a Large Police Presence in martinez this morning. Officers are in the area of pacheco boulevard and Sunrise Drive, close to highway four, interstate 60, the interchange. Amanda del castillo is live at the same with more. Amanda county sheriffs crime scene investigators just pulled onto the scene a few moments ago. We know that Pleasant Hill police, that apartment also on scene, providing usual aid. They are taking care of security. All of the still developing at the hour. A lot of the attention has been focused on a large area around the velvet cannabis dispensary on Sunrise Drive in martinez. In the last hour, Contra Costa County sheriffs deputies pushed us back about 50 feet and we are working to confirm what happened here overnight. We are told officers responded to a possible burglary at the dispensary, working to confirm whether shots were exchanged between officers, suspect. Details on whether anyone was injured, how the suspects were involved, how any officers were involved and responded, all of that is still unclear. The suspect vehicle apparently crashed, which in their distance from where we are standing, we can see a car halfway onto the sidewalk was plenty of damage. It is still pretty difficult to see anything from where we are standing because they pushed us so far away. We did approach the same from the opposite end, and all of the activity is happening on an incline where the dispensary is located. A lot of people who work in the area in construction zones and neighboring businesses, as well, they are all coming onto the scene, asking questions about what is going on. We are trying to figure that out as this is just a Large Police Presence here along Sunrise Drive in martinez. Amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. Kumasi developing news on the standing fbi raid on officers tied to the antioch and Pittsburgh Police departments. The indictment, available by federal investigators yesterday, alleges Excessive Force and fraud between 10 lawenforcement officers. Seven of the officers are no longer with the departments, and three are on leave. The fbi raided the homes of the officers involved in an 18 month long investigation on a wide range of charges, including civilrights violations, wire fraud, and conspiracy to distribute it also exposed the racist text messaging scandal at the Antioch Police department. These four indictments describe a group of officers as though they were above the law. I do not see the feds making a splash this big unless they had Something Big to prosecute. Like i said, to me, the wire fraud charge, charges, are very interesting because that means there are transactions that happen here. And those are provable. Kumasi more than 100 fbi agents were involved in the arrests that have happened in texas, hawaii and california the last few days. Eight of the officers already had first appearances in court. The crimes have maximum sentences of 10 years to 20 years in jail if convicted. An update from the abc 7 news iteam, oakland wrapped up the formal review of a Ransomware Attack that crippled its data systems earlier this year. Hackers infiltrated oaklands networks in january. Since then, the ransom group has dumped home addresses, drivers licenses, Social Security numbers, and more on the dark web. Yesterday, oakland announced no more data has been released since april. The city has secured 10 william dollars in funding to strengthen its Information Systems going forward. Jobina the 44yearold man accused of shooting an officer is expected in court today. The officer is in critical but stable condition. It happened wednesday morning when Police Responded to a report of a fatal disturbance. A caller said her husband was drunk and tried to hit her. The two officers responding were ambushed already i can seconds after responding to the complex. Abc 7 spoke with one man who says he lives a couple doors down from the home that will be surrounded during a four hour standoff with the suspect. Upstairs, knocked on our house and was like, hey, we have to escort you out. My fiance and i, they sandwiched between two Police Officers and we were told to leave. Jobina the San Jose Police chief says the Police Officer was shot in the upper body outside of her vest. He added it was a f response from her partner and that is what led to her survival. Hurricane hilary is on its way to the west coast and expected to weaken once it gets close. Heavy rain and flooding is likely in parts of Southern California early next week. Once hillary makes landfall, it would make it the first Tropical Storm to hit the state in more than 80 years. Tillery intensified to a category 4 storm overnight as it spiraled toward the baja mexico peninsula. In Southern California, people are preparing in orange county. Public works crews built blockades on the beach to protect buildings from potential flooding. Governor newsom says the states Emergency Response teams are ready. You can track hillarys movements online, we are monitoring the current path, and you can find that on abc7news. Com. Kumasi new images out of lahaina this morning show the level of destruction the wildfire had on the historic town. This morning, hundreds are unaccounted for in the death toll that is 111. Jobina Services Director resigned after facing scrutiny over not deploying alert sirens during last weeks deadly fires. The administrator said yesterday that he does not regret his decision to not deploy the system as a warning. He said he feared the sirens could have led to people going toward the mountains or inland towards the fra cla the flames. If that was a case, they couldve gone into the fire. Jobina in a statement, the mayor says, given the gravity of the crisis we are facing, my team and i place someone in this key position as quickly as possible. Mauis governor is expected to give an update on searchandrescue efforts tonight. A lot of people would like to know how to help. You can go to abc7news. Com where you will find a list of fundraisers, charities, and verified nonprofits that are helping the people of hawaii recover from the wildfires. Kumasi multimillion dollar lawsuit. Why activists are suing uc berkeley over peoples park. Jobina tourism trends. An update on how San Francisco is ferrying as events are coming into the city fairing as events are coming into the city. Spencer a low pressure was already coming on shore for eves deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Spencer we are starting this friday on a milder note with temperatures in a fairly comfortable range of low to mid60s across the region. Winning clouds are beginning to thin out a little bit. Lots of patchy drizzle this morning. As we get to the mid morning hours, sunnier and sunnier and drier and drier. As the drizzle lens, a sunny afternoon. During this sunday, friday afternoon, expect ties in the midto upper 60s on the coast. We to upper the bay shoreline. Number 70s to low 80s. The inland east bay with upper 80s to near 90. Looking ahead to the weekend, quite a warm up with highs into the mid90s tomorrow and sunday, but monday, the remnants of hurricane hillary move into the area and we see big changes. More details a little bit later. Kumasi thank you. Controversial closure. By south advocacy groups are calling a cement plants shutdown and environmental win. Saying no to the super bowl. Why ed shereen says he will not perform alone on the stage. A now, theres skyrizi. Things are looking up ive got symptom relief control of my crohns means everything to me. Control is everything to me. Feel significant symptom relief with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements at 4 weeks. Skyrizi is the first and only il23 inhibitor for crohns that can deliver both clinical remission and endoscopic improvement. The majority of people on skyrizi achieved long lasting remission at 1 year. Serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. Liver problems may occur in crohns disease. Ask your gastroenterologist how you can take control of your crohns with skyrizi. Control is everything to me. Learn how abbvie could help you save. Kumasi activist groups are suing uc berkeley because of alleged damage done to peoples park last year. They are accusing the university of destroying and apparently and irreparably damaging trees and more. The peoples Front Council and the peoples park project are sticking 4. 5 million in destruction of what they view as their property. The lawsuit was filed on Alameda County superior court this week. Jobina the Salvation Army wants to create a Rehabilitation Center for one of their buildings for people recovering from drug addiction, according to partners at the San Francisco standard. The charity would demolish its property at 850 harrison st. The potential highrise would serve up to 220 people who would be required to complete the first step of drug treatments. Kumasi good news for San Francisco, encouraging signs tourists are coming back to the city. We came to see a giant skate, so the golden gate bridge, and chinatown. Kumasi the fog. Jobina yeah. [laughter] kumasi the city held its first visitors summit yesterday at the fairmont hotel. The numbers are well below prepandemic, but there is a recovery happening. Sf travel says the demand for hotel rooms is up 15 from this time last year. Much of our events have been canceled but event sizes are smaller. Our economy is very strong with an Unemployment Rate of 3 , its better than national average. Kumasi events like taylor swift and deadend company concerts gave a boost. The apex on it is november and that is expected to pump more money into the local economy. Jobina new developments in the southbay. A massive 30 acre query that has been around decades is owing to shut down due to environmental challenges. Santa clara county supervisors agreed an agreement to close the Lehigh Cement plant in the hills near cupertino, where they say the plant saw over 2000 violations over two year period because of an environmental issue. Nonprofits green foothills says it was the worst source of air pollution in the country. The quarry was also a source of pollution for the creek. It was discharging selenium into the creek, which is a toxin that causes birth defects in wildlife. Jobina for decades, they supplied the bay area with more than half of the cement to use to and buildings. Kumasi musical fans are coming together in San Francisco tonight to sing along to mama mia, the citys latest sundown cinema screening. Their free outdoor summer music series kicks off at 6 00 at dolores park with preshow entertainment, food trucks, and the movie starts around 8 00. If you would like to know more, we are speaking with the organizers at 7 00 on abc 7 at 7 00. This morning, we are hearing from ed sheereen, talking forming at the super bowl, saying he would never do it alone. Jobina he says he has no plans to take the stage currently, but if you were to be invited to perform, he says he would only do it if it was joining somebody else. The 32yearold talked about this on andy cohens podcast, that he does not think anybody would want to see him do the super bowl because he does not have pizzazz. He says other halftime stars like lady gaga, rihanna, and beyonce are amazing performers, but he cannot picture himself with dancers on stage and fireworks like katy perry. He says that is not his style. I, as a thin, would agree, but i said last year, i think miley cyrus kumasi or tay tay or. Jobina she is still going to be on tour. Put him with the two of them. Spencer he would do it. Jobina that would be cool. Sue he has enough pizzazz. Yeah, no dance or sparkle but his songs are captivating. Spencer it looks like a lot of people expect a big jobina yeah. Spencer extravaganza. Jobina you need to drop from the sky. Spencer there you go. That is why i have decided to never perform at halftime. Not doing it. Kumasi reconsider. Spencer let me think about it while i do the weather. Jobina you have been in a music video, so you are not that far off. Spencer i was in a music video with busta rhymes in bounty hunter, a long time ago. Jobina the secrets of spencer. Spencer we will show it later. [laughter] let me show you what is happening with our weather right now. Live view from the exploratorium camera. Clouds lingering out of the bay will get sunnier in the morning hours. We have temperature readingsat a uniform range, low to mid60s to upper 70s mid to upper 60s. It is clearing over in the east bay at emeryville, 61 north of santa rosa. Mid60s novato. Low 60s fairfield and livermore. Highs today will range from mid60s at the coast. Maybe upper 60s. Some coastal locations will be mild. Midto upper 70s around the bay. Upper 80s inland. Let me show you why it has been so humid, continue to be. Upper level low offshore with a counterclockwise situation has been cooling subtropical moisture into the bay area for several days, giving us humid feelings. It will become more humid because of hurricane hilary, which is well to the south. Category four hurricane south of cabo san lucas. As it moves northward and continues to weaken into a Tropical Storm and depression, it will enter interior Southern California and bring moisture with it. That will produce widespread rainfall for much of the state. Not much of that is likely to move into the bay area. Just a little bit maybe early next week. Heres a look at the accuweather forecast. Weather coming our way over the weekend with highs in the mid90s, upper 70s to around 80 near the bayshore line. Monday we start to feel the heavier effects of the remnants of hurricane hilary, more humid, cloudier, and a chance of showers. Much cooler. As that passes, muggy air becomes drier later in the week and a warm up late next week. Sue with traffic. Sue thank you. We are taking a look at a couple of problem spots. First, the gilroy area. North 101 with a special traffic alert, blocking a couple of ladies there, traffic is stacking up heading out of gilroy couple of traffic is stacking up heading out of gilroy. An accident on westbound 80 in el cerrito, a tesla got into an accident. Traffic is backed up toward san pablo. We go back now to fremont, north 680 near scott creek. A second accident reported near mission boulevard south. The reason for a slow traffic north on 680 this morning. Kumasi we are checking in with ginger zee, live with what is coming up on gma. Jobina good morning. Ginger good morning morning, great to be with everybody. Coming up on gma, we are talking about hurricane hilary. I heard spencer going through the impacts. Really, palm springs could end up seeing close to a years worth of rain in 24 hours. That is where the danger comes. It is relatively rare to see a path like that. It has not happened since nora in 1997. Another headline i know you have followed, this one from the head of the Emergency Management agency suddenly resigning after coming under fire for his decision to not sound the sirens. Plus, which johnson has an incredible story of survival you do not want to miss, a moment were a dad who thought he lost his son and the fire was united with him. What new Court Documents are telling us about Britney Spear di