Solutions. This is abc7news. Make no mistake. This is a very dangerous and significant storm. Comes hello current hurricane hilary. It will see its first Tropical Storm since 19 89. You are watching abc seven news at 11 i am going to get right to Spencer Christian who is tracking hilary for us tonight. We have been watching it closely all night. Looking at your graphics, it did week into a category one. Wind intensity has dropped as it goes farther north it is getting a little weaker. In terms of wind intensity. The rainfall potential is still as great as it was. For folks in Southern California. And for the northwestern baja peninsula. Here it is moving up along the western coast of Baja California. It is likely to make landfall in northwestern baja before it hit Southern California around 5 a. M. Tomorrow as a category one hurricane but it will begin quickly as it moves through Southern California during the day tomorrow and into the afternoon hours. It may maintain that strength until it crosses over the state border between california and west central nevada tomorrow afternoon. It will continue dumping huge portions of rain all over a third of the state of california, western arizona, the southern two thirds of nevada. The hardest hit areas five to 7 inches of rain. Three to 5 inches generally in the areas affected. Look at its reach. The rainfall will reach all the way up into Southern Idaho by monday. We will keep tracking this for you and have more on the storm on our local weather in a few minutes. Governor newsom declared a state of emergency earlier today and people are heating the warnings and evacuating. There are a lot of resources ready to respond. Roughly 7500 people from various state agencies ranging from the National Guard to rescue teams have been deployed. Cal fire is on standby as well with hundreds of engines in position already. Besides fighting fires they have teams that do swift water rescues and search urban areas. Most of the rain is expected to arrive sunday and monday and could produce flooding and mudslides particularly in areas with burn scars. Help is already on the way tonight to Southern California, a special task force loaded up this afternoon in the east bay and rolled out. While they are from here many have dealt with the aftermath of hurricanes. Abc seven News ReporterTara Campbell has a closer look at their mission. Loading up their gear and getting ready to head south, urban searchandrescue task force for in the east called on to help respond to hurricane hilary. Tonight we will see what we can do about where we are going to stay. Captain frank nasca leading the way. It collects we got the call around 12 00 this afternoon stating there was a possible deployment. Very quickly after that we got the official word stating there was a deployment. There was immediate need and we needed to go down there as. The swift water rescu is made up of 16 First Responders from across the bay area. Congregating quickly saturday afternoon in oakland. Just checking the motors and boats. Checking all of the equipment to confirm we have everything and nothing is broken. And that we are actually operational. This team knows how to go. It has been deployed to hurricanes throughout the country. Hurricane harvey in texas, irma in florida, and north carolina. We typically have to handle the stuff afterwards. Can low as with contra costa. People stranded inside buildings, high flooding. It collects team is heading in land to Riverside County expecting massive rainfall. Collects flash floods is one of the concerns. Packing up and preparing for whatever may come. As for how l down there that all depends on how hilary plays out. It is all based off of what ends up coming out of the storm. Tara campbell abc7news. California is not taking chances with the storm bearing down. Millions of people are in hurricane hilarys path, some are preparing to write it out and others are evacuating. Cornell barnard looks at how the golden state is getting ready. Hilary nearing landfal mexicos baja peninsula bringing heavy rain, wind and rough seas. The hundreds of miles north humidity communities near lar filling sandbags preparing for hilary which could bring epic rainfall rarely seen in Southern California. Is going to be some rain and usually there is some flooding and landslides. Evacuation warnings have been issued in mountain cap communities. My friend juliet is cutting her families vacation short and driving back to phoenix. But heavy rain was making the drive tough. We cut it short because when they looked at the path of storm we saw it was going to track eastward and being from the desert we know water in the desert are not a good mix. Heavy rain from this storm in 2019 sent water rushing into palm springs. It is why many Coachella Valley neighbors are getting ready with sandbags, something they have never needed before. Everyone is pulling together and helping one another. We think it is going to be a big deal. Some cities are running out of sand so people have been driving into desert open space to fill sandbags. Near san diego some stores have sold out of flashlights. Fema has activated its National Response coordination center. Officials expect flooding, landslides and power outages. We are recognizing and encouraging people to take the time to prepare, with this storm people may not be sure how serious to take it. We are encouraging people to take this very seriously. My flight got canceled, i found out this morning. This bay area native is trying to get back home to san diego. We have a family friend driving to l. A. Tomorrow, i might hop in the car and take a bus to san diego. Emily says she has tickets to the San Diego Padres game on monday but fears it will be rained out. Many public laces in Los Angeles County will be closed sunday and monday from hiking trails to beaches. The big messages be epared. Cornell barnard abc7news. You c track hilary all we can long on abc7news. Com with details about where it is currentl located, it strength and the impact on the bay area. It will also have special coverage on our 20 47 livestream one hilary reaches california starting at 4 p. M. Tomorrow. Now it to the devastating and Deadly Wildfires in hawaii, the death toll to 114 but is expected to go higher as crews go through the rubble. Melissa don is with some of the victim stories. Collects more than 2000 buildings were destroyed on maui, and another 500 damaged as the long road to recovery begins. The governor promising criminal penalties for anyone trying to take advantage of the tragedy. The land in lahaina is reserved for its people as they return and rebuild. Hawaiis first lady overcome with grief at the devastation. Tragically it took less than a single day for us to lose lahaina in the deadliest fire our country has seen in more than a century. Among the victims alfredo who made sure his family, tenants and neighbors escaped the flames but he stayed behind. I know he was trying to fight the fire to save our home. So we could come back to our home. Joy richter seen in this photo clinging to the seawall with her dog and a fatherinlaw describing the terror she endured. The smells, the sounds of the blazing fire. It is something i dont wish on anybody to hear or experience. The sounds i heard will never leave my head. Her fatherinlaw did not survive. 400 70 searchandrescue workers and 40 search dogs are still coming through the debris. 70 of the disaster area has been searched so far yet hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. This process is agonizing the families waiting for word from their loved ones and heartbreaking for those sifting through the debris. President biden and the first lady are scheduled to travel to maui on monday to meet with survivors. Abc news maui. San jose firefighters are pitching in to raise funds to support maui firefighters. The skf s jfd was joined with other departments to raise money. Theyre asking the community to donate to their fill the boot fundraiser. On maui more than 2000 structures into the ground destroying the entire town of lahaina the proceeds raised will support firefighters in maui with their recovery from the devastating wildfires. Some Furry Friends from maui are hoping to make the bay area at their new home. About 40 rescue pets arrived last night and will take refuge at local shelters. Cats, dogs, puppies and kittens who are already in shelters at the time of the fire will now be put up for adoption here. At the effort is to make room for an influx of lost and injured pets on the island in the wake of the devastating wildfires. All adoption fees for the animals will be donated to the maui humane society. A lot of people want to know what they can do to help and you can go to abc7news. Com where you will find a list of fundraisers, charities and verified nonprofits that are all helping the people of hawaii recover from the wildfires. Here we go again, take a look at what happened during drakes concert last night at the chase center. A person in the crowd threw something at him while he was on stage. And stopping crime before it starts a look at a program that is helping to build a bet back in the day, sneaker drops meant getting online to wait in line. Now with Xfinity Mobile. We get the Fastest Mobile Service and can get the freshest kicks asap. I got this. Get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited when you switch to Xfinity Mobile for 30 a line per month. 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New at 11 someone threw an object at drake during his concert last night at the chase center. Drake grabbed the item, it looks like a pamphlet. This is the latest in a series of incidents where fans have thrown things at performers during during shows including cell phones and drinks. In the north bay a small plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing in a vineyard. The cessna was in route to Sonoma County airport when its engine failed. Small plane rolled through about 100 feet of grape before coming to a stop. The pilot walked away without a scratch. He says it with limited time and options the only place to land was in the vineyard. The engine quit when i was approaching to land and i did not have enough altitude to make it to the runway and that became apparent. I thought it would make it to the golf course. I walked away right . It is all good but the airplane is crunched. And some damaged vines. The pilot also says he is a certified Flight Instructor and has been flying since 1982. Autonomous Vehicle Company crews will reduce the number of cars operating in San Francisco at 50 . That is in response to a request by the california dmv which is investigating recent incidents involving them. At the latest was in San Francisco thursday night. It involved a collision between a crews car and a fire truck. A passenger in the robo car was injured. Crews released a statement saying it positively impacts road safety and looks forward to working with the dmv to make improvements. This comes a week after state regulators allowed crews to expand operations. Happening now the eastbound portion of highway 80 is closed between the cities of hercules and crockett. The shutdown started at 9 p. M. And will be ongoing until 4 a. M. When it reopens. The weekend closure is to accommodate major pavement repair work by caltrans. This will be the last weekend for the eastbound section shut down the westbound aside is scheduled to be closed over labor day. Building a better bay area and one of the important issues we are looking at right now is crime and the efforts in some cities to prevent it. A program in oakland is connecting black men as mentors to middle and high school boys. The goal is to teach Critical Thinking and leadership skills and to end of the playground to prison pipeline. Today there was a session for the new mentors who will get to work as the new school year starts. Disciplined they are. Donald was a sergeant in the Sacramento CountySheriffs Office when he noticed a big problem in the black community. I got tired of seeing black men go to jail and become victims of homicide and i looked around for a solution and did not see one. So he started one, he now runs the ok program which recruits and trains black men of all ages and backgrounds to mentor black boys. This is one of the Training Section sessions. Our goal is to have our b develop in academics and social behavior and then they will be successful in society and avoid negative pit walls. I still remember mr. Mckenzie told me i would be a leader some day. This was when i was in high school. I am 46 now. And that stays with you. Seth said he had boy scout leaders at a track coach who guided him when he was growing up so he knows the impact a mentor can have. He is now chief of staff to in oakland city council. He is impressed with the programs commitment to reducing violence. This program really helps develop people into good men. By focusing on the mentors here that come in regularly every saturday to talk to boys and help them become better. The Program Starts with boys and middle school and follows them through high school to teach Critical Thinking and leadership skills. He has been with the program for eight years and now oversees the oakland chapters. Several young men go to college. We have a lot that i like to go to trades. We have a few that have military service. The success of the program has been taken national but there is still work to be done. We are only 6 of the population and account for more than 50 of the homicides each year. If we cannot have something specifically focused on that we are in trouble. In oakland abc7news. San francisco hosted its first ever asian and latino cookout. Abc7news was at that free event at pier 30 which brought two major communities together in a celebration of culture and food. Food trucks, vendors, local artisans and mariachi bands were part of it. The festival also includes a carnival, a low rider car show and an asian night market. The asian and latino cookout is organized and hosted by two local nonprofits. In case you missed and exciting laser and lights show is taking place at the showboat space and Science Center tonight. The queens of pop showcase takes taylor swifts biggest hits and brings them to life in a dazzling laser light spectacular. The next laser night will be held on october 13 and will feature a spooky Stranger Things theme. I love these laser shows they have in San Francisco, oakland. It has been cool to watch. There are lots of fun to watch. A great distraction from what weve been thinking about all day. At the hurricane. You and i have been talking for a while. The bay area is pretty clear. Minimal impact. But just south of us they will see some rain. Basically for Monterey County east and southward. That is where the heavier rain will fall and possibly produce flooding. Lets take a look, it is still a category one hurricane. His moving up along the west coast of the Baja California peninsula. By 5 a. M. Or so it will make landfall in northwestern baja before moving up into the san diego area. By that time it will have weakened into a Tropical Storm. It will have tremendous flooding potential because of the heavy rain that will accompany the storm even up into parts of nevada. The excessive rainfall each of the storm goes well beyond these areas hardest hit like palm springs and las vegas. All the way up into northeastern california in the entire states of nevada, utah and arizona. This is a monster storm in terms of its rainfall potential and flooding potential. In the bay area things are calm right now. Light winds. Here is a view from the exploratorium looking at the cityscape. 60 in the city, close to mid 60s in oakland, mountain view, palo alto. At 68 in san jose and 59 and half moon bay. From emeryville looking toward San Francisco, we see clear skies although some marine layer is likely to form in the overnight. At 60 degrees in santa rosa and novato 63 in napa, 67 airfield and 72 in concord and livermore. Pretty warm for this hour. Looking across the embarcadero. Lets check out the forecast headlines, low clouds, fog and patchy drizzle likely to return overnight. Warm and humid tomorrow with a chance of isolated showers and still human on monday with a chance of more showers through the day. For tonight this is the forecast animation. Spotty showers coming from way down south ahead of the approaching Tropical Storm. We wont get much impact from the storm except some scat