Assignment. Investors in china are not getting a break tonight. The index is getting hammered, so far the Shanghai Exchange is off another 4. 5 , but hong kong is up about 1 , and japans nikkei is up is , back here the dow dropped more than a thousand point news the first few minutes of trading and regained in the next couple of hours, in the end, the worst day, down almost 600 points, nbcs david louis said an email from apple came through. Ceo tim cook sent out an email with good news. He told a financial reporter that sales in china because of economy were strong in july and august. That word had an immediate impact. First place it stabilized his stock in the first hour of trading. And that tended to knock about 700 points off the dows loss, at least for a while. By the close, apple business stock was down, 69yearold sarah ward is resetting her retirement goal. Im at the age where im getting close to wanting to retire but with it going down like that, i dont have many more years to catch back up. So i will probably work until im 90. Volatility will continue until the Federal Reserve stabilizes. They have been unrealistically low. But i think you know the fed has been signaling theyre going to raise the rates so i dont know why people all of a sudden get upset they may go up. He is one of several people we interviewed. Most were aware of the nearly 1100 point drop in the dow as the day started but are not b l bailing out of the market. Dont do anything fool ib. And i think anything foolish right now means you would divest, so for the moment i dont plan to do anything. Apple did wind up 2. 5 down today, better than most. Netflix was hit pretty hard, their shares down 7 s tesla motors fell 5 and is now more than 20 off its high. An apology today from the people who run the napa wine train, coming after a womans book club was booted for allegedly being too loud. They triggered their hash tag. In all these years this black womans club has been together they say they have never been asked to leave an establishment. We are a group, we have been respectful. We go to fine dining establishments, which is what some people want to call the napa wine train. She said they were about as loud as any group of 11 people would be if they were having fun on a saturday. So they were shocked to be escorted off the train and be met by police at the st. Helena station. And they were shocked to see this Facebook Page from the wine train now deleted. It read, following verbal abuse towards staff it was necessary to get the police involved. That is absolutely untrue. The Pr Consultant sam singer has been hired as a spokesperson for the napa valley wine train. He said that post was a mistake, saying that the police also were never called to make an arrest. I think the police were called to ensure that if there was liquor consumption they were able to drive home. That was not the case, it was unnecessary to have them there. The managers want to make a personal apology. We want to reach these Book Club Members to apologize in person and set things straight. We want to respect them and want them to enjoy the wine train as well. He said the guest is asked to leave the train at least once a month for being too loud or intoxicated. But this situation could have been handled better. There were frustrated riders on the bart station after a death on the tracks. A man jumped in front of a train early this afternoon at the embarcadero station shut down after more than four hours, passengers had to deal with delays well into the evening. A year ago today, a magnitude 6. 0 quake rocked the napa valley area. Even after a year there is more to be done, there has not been an official damage estimation because fema has yet to estimate what has been done to the historical buildings. Abc 7s dan ashley was there live with more. Here is dan on the quake and the effort to rebuild a year later. Reporter ama, a year ago the napa quake roared through, tossing residents in their beds, shaking their homes and foundations and leaving buildings like the one behind me a crumbling mess. Live in downtown napa. Reporter we were here a year ago in the heart of wine country amid the devastation and destruction of the magnitude 6. 0 earthquake that rattled the city of napa and the entire bay area. By the time it was over, one person was dead, nearly 200 people were injured and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage done. Right away we knew at the time it would take years to recover from this disaster and it surely will. But exactly a year later, enormous progress. As the work continues the community accepts the huge steps to recovery so far. A major milestone, although the memories are still raw. It was absolutely terrified. Can you still almost feel it in your bones when you think about it . My dog lays down by my bed and shakes my bed, im right there, back in a moment. When you think back can you feel what it was like . Exactly, i think its trauma that just stays with you. But i know youre incredibly proud of how the community has done. Very proud of the way the Community Came together. Oh, they are very proud and with very good reason. A lot of work has been done, a lot of people pulled together to make a real difference and get this recovery jump started as fast as possible. However, there is still a lot of work to be done. Im here in downtown napa here in the heart of wine country and the epicenter of the damage that was so reported in national media. But if you go out to some of the neighborhoods there is still a lot of work to be done. And abc 7 reporter Wayne Freedman spoke to neighbors today. Reporter in napa what you see sometimes doesnt always reflect reality. For example, it is not uncommon to find trailers in front of houses, theyre not there for recreation. All of my shoes were in the car, the clothes in my husbands truck, it was a tough week. Reporter it would be the first of many tough weeks in a tough years for families across the region. You know that saying being under water with a house . Elizabeths house turned this quite literal. We were about nine feet under, how many feet under were you . I dont know if i can define that. Reporter it begins with cracks to the pools plaster. A house shaken off the foundation, a new driveway that was just put in last week, and all because of a new fault line discovered by their home. How do you feel about that . I dont feel special. Reporter few people do around browns valley. The quake touched most of them. A year ago today we looked at the spectacle of the collapsed car port in the apartment complex not far away. Michelle kidwell still lives there. She remembers on this day last year how the quake tossed practically everything she owned except for one item. My cross ow that stayed . That stayed, still in the same spot. And yet, the renters may have been some of the lucky ones. He is referring to the new foundation in the historic home once owned by Carol Lombard and clark gable. Jeff has a future here because he is one of the few napa residents who had quake insurance. The huge damage to the property is significantly more than the deductible. Reporter that applies to many places, and if not for the materials used in the 70s, contractor brian jones could never have saved it. It had jumped this way three feet and came down three feet. What was your reaction when you saw all that . Oh, my god. Reporter sound familiar. The 26 seconds literally changed the rest of our lives. Reporter 52 weeks later, Elizabeth Emmett finally is seeing her home get set right, even after 250,000 of help from fema. Now after these seconds, she and her husband will retire later than planned. What if there is another quake . Then this new Foundation Better well stand up. Reporter from napa, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. All right, we turn our attention now to that Massive Wildfire burning in Washington State. The blaze is the biggest in the states history. Several evacuations are under way tonight. Abc News ReporterKendis Gibson has more. Reporter tonight, more Washington State residents are evacuating their homes with flames just step from his their front doors. I didnt think there was any hope. Reporter the fires have hit more than 400 square miles, the largest in state history, the battleweary firefighters are getting help from reinforcements from australia and new zealand. This Southern California ski resort using snow canons to stop the fires from spreading. Smoke from the fires now visible from the map as far south as florida. Here in washington, officials in several communities warning people to stay indoors. The air is so bad around here Health Officials are encouraging people to wear these heavy duty masks or at least one with a filter. Kendis gibson, lake chelan, washington. And a woman who got a stolen item back by merely asking for it on line. And more on the teacher of the year. And ama, temperatures are trending higher today. Ill let you know how much longer it will continue and well talk about changes following along this week. And state lawmakers Oakland Unified School district welcomed its students back to class today. They toured the campus, the district was short 70 teachers last week. Today, it has 12 open positions for educators. Abc 7 News ReporterLeanne Melendez caught up with a new hire who happens to be a teacher of the year. I found a little southern accent, okay. Reporter meet wanda, who was named new jerseys teacher of the year. In may, while considering a move oakland caught her attention. The school, the people, the history here. Oakland is entrenched in africanamerican history, and so many power movements have been made in the community. How can i not love it . Reporter reporter they jumped at the chance to higher reynolds. Last Year Alliance academy faced a harsh reality. Only 9 of students here were able to read at or above grade level. Finding teachers willing to come and invest in alliance has been a challenge. Especially with a Teacher Shortage. Other schools were looking for teachers and what would happen is if there was a school that had a more solid history the teachers were able to make a choice. And so they would choose of course the school that seemed much more secure. Reporter reynolds is seen as a rising star in the school. The Teacher Shortage was due to baby boomers retiring and years of handing out pink slips during the Great Recession also discouraged many from getting into teaching. That is now changing. We just increased pay for our teachers so were competitive in terms of salaries, so often adding the Better Benefits and recruiting early. Reporter oakland says the search for more teachers in key positions continues. In oakland, Leanne Melendez, abc 7 news. New details are emerging about the theft of a gun and badge from a Uc Berkeley Police officers unmarked department. The items belonged to the departments chief, margo bennett. Authorities say somebody broke into her car as she went for a run. Along with the badge and gun they took a laptop, ipad and cell phone, the chief is upset and shows that breakins can happen to anyone. A bay area woman is overjoyed tonight, reunited with the family heirloom she thought was gone forever. Abc 7 News ReporterJonathan Bloom shows how it all happened because of a website started by a Bay Area Police officer. The 10th of february, 1957. Reporter nellie hill still remembers the words on the back of this painting, signed by the artist to her parents on a trip to paris. It was there in the living room and it just drew me into the landscape or into the forest. Reporter back in january, her mom told her she could have it. She shipped it, but like in this video thieves got to it first. This painting has meant so much and my mother was ill, so it was very painful. Reporter she reported it to police, then searched the internet and found stolen 911. Com. Post as much information as possible, tell a story, people want to hear why this item is important. Reporter chp detective mark hench created the site for whatever was stolen, in case whoever took it wants to return it. I put no questions asked. Reporter nellie didnt hear anything back and figured the painting was gone, but then she got a strange phone call from an unknown voice. He said we have your painting. Reporter the caller said he googled the artist and found this. As far as i could see there was no damage. Reporter he counts it as a great victory. I have had videos and vehicles recovered. But artwork, this is the first for us. Reporter nellie had not been sure where to put the painting but now says it earned a prime spot over the fireplace. Jonathan bloom, abc 7. And the weather is pretty nice, breezy. This is pretty typical around this time of year. Ama, you get the warmth building in. Today the highs were in the 60s to 90s, and then well warm it up. And coming up, well talk about what is going to follow. Just wanted to let you know there is a possibility that we may see wet roads around here. Not immediately. I know im getting excited about it. And obviously well watch for the potential for showers. Right now fog on live doppler 7 hd starting to move back to the coast in a few spots. The bridge camera giving us a good view, oakland, currently 67, in san jose, still warm in morgan hill at 70 degrees. From the sfo camera we are watching the development of some of that fog but it i be very limited to the coast and around the bay in a few patches. Low 60s, santa rosa, napa, 71 currently in livermore, and a live picture from the east bay camera. Cooler pattern by weeks end, a slight chance of showers or drizzle as we head to saturday. Here is a look at the satellite and radar, High Pressure shifting a little towards us. Not completely making it. Well keep the hottest weather away from us. The cool air mass will stay away for the time being, so not too hot, not too cold. Right in between the air masses as we head to the end of the work week. Cooler as the trough drops down, bringing cooler air with it. You will notice it especially as we head to the weekend. Here is what well also have. This will be a huge relief to the crews and also for the people who are having to deal with the smoky conditions from the fires in the northwest, Northern California, so the fire conditions are expected to improve as the rain moves in to the Pacific Northwest in Northern California on late friday night going into saturday. Tomorrow morning, its fog that is going to be around. As you take kids off to school you may want to head out. Fog will be following. There could be dense spots there. Tomorrow afternoon, a mix of high clouds and sun in the south bay. 91 in gilroy, 8 is sunnyvale. 67 in pacifica, well keep the clouds around in daily city, some people enjoy that. 66 degrees, downtown San Francisco. The temperatures will primarily be in the 80s and 90s, 60s, coastside. 82 in novato. Its a nice, mild sunny day. Oakland, richmond, berkeley, inland spots, a warm day, 90 degrees in livermore, 87 in san ramon and pleasanton. Temperatures going up a few degrees coast and bay on wednesday. Everybody warms up on thursday, low 70s to mid90s before the temperatures start to fall. They fall in a big way. Over the weekend, they fall below normal. Lowtomid 80s inland. Slight chance, i wouldnt cancel the appointments yet. A slight chance we see a few showers saturday morning. Still to come on the abc 7 news at 9 00. A bay area teen who is not afraid to get his hands dirty wins a big prize for helping to break down racial barriers. Break down racial barriers. And the new it was just an ordinary night. Until he showed upwith a hungry look in his eyes. And then, he made the shot. And when jaws dropped. He had something for that, too. The new spicy nacho chicken sandwich. With two tacos, halfsies, and a drink for 6 bucks. All in a munchie meal. Cupertino, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. A mill valley teen has won 36,000 for his community work. He is one of 15 teens nationwide who were honored in San Francisco by the helen diller family foundation. He used the garden in marin city to break down barriers between the white and black community in marin county. I hope that the project breaks down barriers that exist between communities within marin county and hope to clear up misconceptions around marin city. Other awards regarded Educational Programs for girls in rwanda. With the festival just days away, authorities are promising a crackdown on crime in the desert. The new sheriff said he will not bend any rules for visitors, he says he doesnt have the citations to issue to 7 thousand nation people, but they should not have anything to worry about if they dont give the officers a hard time. And another half hour is coming up next. Coming up, the three sacramento friends who took down a terror suspect are honored in france. Turns out they were not the only heroes who stepped into action. Also, ready to run . New clues tonight that joe biden may be getting ready to take on hillary clinton. And now there is a reward, what Ashley Madison executives are offering for information about the hackers did you know that Good Nutrition is critical for brain health . Brain food, hmmm. Ensure has b vitamins that help support brain health now thats smart nutrition. Sures complete balanced nutrition has 26 vitamins and minerals and 9 grams of protein. Ensure. Take life in. Every Auto Insurance policy has a number. But not every Insurance Company understands the life behind it. Thos