It is Holding Together down to Southern California and the southern sierras. Fairfield already at 47. Temps are dropping pretty quick here. Lafayette, upper 40s. Concord pavilion, 49. San ramon at 49. It is a cool one and it will be breezy and windy under mostly sunny skies. In the sierra, watch out for thunderstorms and high elevation snow. For us, temperatures hard pressed to get over 70. 60s and low 70s for most. 7 01. How about that, sal . I do see that the weather is beautiful in my traffic shots, steve. There you go. Nice and clear. Here is the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic will be busy if youre driving on the commute. The bay bridge. You can see the traffic will be a little slow. No major problems on the bridge. Interstate 880 is nice and clear driving into and out of oakland. It slows down a little bit in hayward as you drive south. Highway 4 is very slow coming over the hill to concord. 680 at walnut creek. If you see 880, i told you about that slow traffic in hayward. Slow out of pleasanton. Back to you desk. Thank you, sal. An army of volunteers, soldiers, rescue workers still searching for survivors in the rubble in mexico. Ktvus allie rasmus is live in the news room with the latest on this 7. 1 earthquake and its fallout, allie. More than 245 people have been killed in the earthquake that happened on tuesday. Now the clock is ticking to find and save people who may still be alive, trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Survivors have been pulled out of the wreckage so far. That is giving rescue workers renewed hope. Some of the most striking images we have seen is when rescue crews put their fists up in the air. Signaling to the crowd that they have found signs of life in the complete silence. There is a hush over the crowd when rescuers do that. One of the most intense rescue efforts was at the site of this Elementary School that collapsed in the southern part of the city. Three people may be alive, trapped inside. You see them raising their fists in the air, knowing they have found signs of life. We are reporting that a teenage girl who was seen wiggling her fingers to the rescue crews, she was she let rescuers know she was still alive. You see crews trying to pass her a bottle of water. More than 40 buildings in mexico city collapsed during the quake. Hundreds others severely damaged. Thousands of people are living in shelters right now. In the wake of the tragedy, there has been a wake of civic pride as everyday citizens work along the rescue crews creating Assembly Lines to pass water and food to rescuers. Markets are staying open around the clock to provide food and water as well to rescue workers. Other people are helping to do things like haul away debris in buckets and even shopping carts. People are helping. We are all gathering at the Collection Center and managing the best we can. People are showing a lot of solidarity. The International Community is showing solidarity as well. This crew from salvador is on the ground. There are search and rescue members from japan that deployed yesterday. These are members of i a u. S. Disaster Team Including the l. A. Fire department rescue team. They are on the ground in mexico. They are getting help from each other and people around the world. Back to you guys. Thank you, allie. Many here in the bay area have family and friends in mexico and are worried about them. The lady of guadalupe held a Prayer Service for victims and survivors last night. Hundreds of people came. They say it helped to be with others who are also worrying about loved ones affected by the earthquake. At a time like this, we can only go to god for my consolation and response. We feel powerless. I feel anxious and scared. Because i havent heard from my cousins or aunts. So i dont know what is happening to them. Now, the church is open now. Theyre going to stay open continuously until saturday. If you need a place to pray or feel a sense of community with other people, worrying about the quake victims, youre invited to come to the church. Last night three direct flights from mexico city arrived at sfo, bringing customers that experienced the earthquakes. People who divide their time between the bay area and mexico city say they were haunted by what they saw. Ruined homes, people in shelters on the streets and so many still unaccounted for. I feel extremely privileged and blessed and lucky. Im very sympathetic and feeling sad about all of the people who suffered there now and suffering there now. One passenger said the damage is severe in places but virtually nonexistent in others. More than 8 Million People live in mexico city alone. Our coverage continues on ktvu. Com. You will find the latest information as the search for survivors continues. The time is 7 06. In puerto rico, crews there starting what is expected to be a long cleanup after Hurricane Maria. That storm pounded san juan with 155 Miles Per Hour winds. Hundreds of trees ripped out of their roots, thrown on to roads. Concrete balconies crushed. A lot of buildings you cant even recognize them. There are also landslides and flooding across the puerto rico island. People who spent time in puerto rico but now live hearsay there was nothing they can do but watch and imagine what their family and friends were going through. What i went through with katrina here and this is the United States, i just cant imagine that small island. Now, a curfew will be in place for the next few nights. There is no electricity on puerto rico now. They want to prevent looting and other problems that could be aggravated by the darkness. Hurricane maria is taking high winds and rough waters to the dominican republic. About 4,000 people in the resort area have been moved to hotels in the capital city. The island has closed most of its ports ahead of the storm. Flooding and wind damage are expected. Hurricane maria is expected to hit the turks and Caicos Islands tomorrow. Residents are scrambling to get out as the storm approaches. We see long lines forming at the airport. Those staying are stocking up on fuel and food. Forecasters say turks and caicos will see worsening conditions as winds start to arrive tonight. The time is now 7 08. Republicans in congress are mounting what may be a last ditch effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. A lot of it is happening beneath the radar on capitol hill. There are reports that it may be gaining some traction. Doug luzader has that story from washington. Reporter we may see a vote on this in the senate as early as next week because republicans are rapidly approaching a procedural deadline to get this done without any democratic support. Easy. That is expensive equipment. In the halls of congress, the chase is on for votes. Republican leaders are scrambling to get the holdouts that didnt pass back in july. At the end of a sitdown with the president of egypt, President Trump was asked about the odds. I think it has a very good chance. Obamacare is a disaster. It is failing badly. Reporter it would dismantling a portion of obamacare and return resources and decisions to individual states. One of the plans architects is pushing hard. Were at a point where were going to take the bill up next week. And to my republican colleagues, if youve got a better idea, now is the time to come forth. It is aggravating. Reporter president obama weighed in on his Signature Program. And democrats say all of this is happening too quickly. People are paying attention to hurricanes and earthquakes and daca and this and that and they may be able to sneak this by. Reporter on the other hand, the president says the slow pace of change has been a surprise. I thought i would go to the oval office, sit down at my decembering and there would be a Health Care Bill on my desk to be honest. And it hasnt worked out that way. Reporter but the reality is a lot of these republican senators are facing dual pressures. On the one hant, constituents who dont want to give up on an entitlement. On the other hand voters who have been pushing for the repeal of obamacare for years. Doug luzader, fox news. Our coverage of the earthquake in mexico continues. We will have more on the rescue efforts there and the sacramento firefighter volunteering his time to help crews right now. Late they are morning, a special tribute in oakland to the victims of the ghost ship warehouse fire. We will show you what local artists will unveil today. It is crowded in contra costa county. We will give you that wrapup coming up. Well, a little brisk out there this morning. Temperatures in the 40s. The last full day of summer is not feeling like summer. It is feeling very fall like. We will see what is in store for the high temps. This is the new comfort food. 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The effort is underway to free her. At least 245 people have been killed in the massive 7. 1 earthquake that hit 75 miles away from mexico city. Here we are about 36 hours after the earthquake hit and the painstaking meticulous and desperate task of finding people trapped continues. A live report from mexico city throughout this morning. Meanwhile here at home a new exhibit at the Oakland Museum of california is honoring the victims of the ghost ship warehouse fire. Artists are creating an installation for the day of the dead exhibit. It features a ships mast with cards hanging from it where people can share memories of those who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire back in december. New information about plans for free speech week at uc berkeley beginning sunday. The schools chancellor says five speakers are confirmed for the event. Among them, Milo Yiannopoulos and david horowitz. Many other speakers including steve bannon are expected but theyre not confirmed. All are set to speak either on upper or lower plaza. I want to first ex press my deep regrets about the stress this is causing for many members of our Campus Community and the burden it is placing on people to continue their regular routines in the midst of what may cause a disruption here. She says uc police are committed to safety and security. The time is 7 15. Lets help get you out the door. Sal castaneda doing that on a thursday morning. I want to let you know, there is a crash on the peninsula. If youre in Mountain View or palo alto, this will affect you. Maybe even sunnyvale. We have a sig alert now. The three left lanes are blocked with an injury crash. Traffic is quickly backing up. This will affect the Silicon Valley commute. We always have slow traffic here. Now it will be slower. 237 will also get into the act because of the commute here. It is going to be tough on westbound 237 getting out to sunnyvale. Please give yourself extra time. On the other side of the bay from hayward down to fremont, we have mostly stop and go traffic. 680 through pleasanton south is slow as well. The south bay, you have 85 and 280 getting slow. And 101. So you do have you can see it here. Northbound 280 through down ton continues to be slow. San mateo bridge heavy out to the peninsula. If youre driving to westbound 24, it has been slow as well. Were getting to the peak of the commute. Someone pointed out to me that even the carpool lanes are slow this morning. There was a stalled vehicle on the upper deck. They had to slow traffic down. You can see the toll plaza is very crowded. 7 16. Lets go back to the desk. Sal. Lets go back to steve. We have snow up at king vail and i80. My goodness. It is not sticking on the road but on the side. Is this the beginning of ski season. I think so. Ill give you my two cents here. We have a very cool forecast. This will be the coolest day for a while. We will rebound on the temps. It is still summer technically. Meteorological fall started september 1st. It starts officially tomorrow 1 01 in the afternoon. Usually this time of year the 49er home game is hot. Not this time. 70. A northwest breeze. 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. That temperature will drop quick tonight. Take maybe layers. 79 yesterday in napa. 75 concord. 73 livermore. 76 san jose. Today, 72, 71, 71, 71. Cooling off. Jim ryan says santa cruz is 49 degrees at 30 00 in at 6 30 in the morning. Thats his observation. 51 boulder creek. 54 santa clara. They dip today 53 briefly. The coolest weather has been to the north and east. Clouds to the west wont affect us. Up in the sierra, yes, a Winter Weather advisory was issued in sacramento. I tweeted them and i said when is the last time that you issued a Winter Weather advisory before the first day of fall. I havent heard back from them. It is not that we cant get snow but a Winter Weather advisory is unusual. It goes until 11 00 p. M. Already snow up there. Snow up to truckee so far. The amounts will be light. Around 6,000, 6500foot level. And then above 7,000, you could get isolated three to six inch amounts. You can see why. The system is dropping out of the gulf of alaska, pacific northwest. It is rotating and in and wont bottom out until the noon hour. That is setting the stage for a nice day visibilitywise but cool and breezy. This goes all the way down to Southern California. Light snow at yosemite. Temperatures to the east, 46 blackhawk. 47 lafayette. 48 moraga. 48 he48 el sobrante. It is not very warm as the system carves itself out. 70s or upper 60s. Well above average. The only reason that is santa rosa is a north wind. If they didnt have that, i would say cooler than that. Gradual warming into the weekend. Look at the weekend. A 5yearold boy from modesto suspended for making terroristic threats what he told his teachers and what his parents have to say about it. How much have you spent on air travel . Not just tickets. All of the extra airline fees. We will tell you what is behind a recent spike. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is now 7 22. Now were getting a firsthand look at the quake damage in mexico city. Gigi is live in mexico city where a rescue attempt is happening. Gigi. Gigi. Reporter this is a very crucial moment because i hope you can hear me. They have asked for silence because they are trying to detect any sign of life from the person they are searching for. We are in the this is a very popular area with tourists and visitors from the United States. Restaurant row. It is here that they are searching for eric garnica. He worked at the laboratory. He was in his office when the quake hit. Now, they have managed to make a tunnel to his office where they were able to insert a camera. They believe he is in that general area. They have not heard from him in several hours. Now, you may be able to make out a firefighter with a black helmet. That is roberta padillo from the sacramento fire department. He is volunteering on his own time. He created a gofundme account to pay for the ticket here. Some of his family was missing. They have since been found. He will be volunteering here. He is a search and rescue specialist. You can see him up there. The building has already collapsed and in further of further collapse. What you are looking at live is extremely dangerous. Inside the rubble, there are rescuers underneath the piles of mangled metal and concrete right now. So this is a life or death situation. Not only for the man who is trapped inside, but also for the rescuers. Now, you are looking live at all of the volunteers walking there has been a huge response coming. And youve got were looking around. There is an ambulance off to the left, waiting on stand by, hoping to be able to transporter i can alive and well to the hospital. Everyone of course praying for this. His family is here. Okay. They have released it. We can speak a little longer. They are continuing to work on the pile. It hasnt been 48 hours since the earthquake. The cutoff is 72 hours. Thats how long they believe someone could survive being buried alive. You can imagine, this is very tense, very emotional and dangerous. Hard to watch knowing that there is somebody buried alive under there. Everyone is praying that he is still alive. Okay. Theyre asking for silence again. In mexico, because there are so many rescuers from other countries, including california, china, switzerland, japan that they use the international symbol. They raise their arms in the air and make a fist. That means silence. When they put that fist up, nobody is supposed to talk or move, except a rescuer so they can detect the sign of life. That is the latest from mexico city. This is one of many areas. I believe you may have my interview with roberto from sacramento. I spoke with him before he went up there. I plan to be here for four or five days. We work long hours back in the states as a firefighter. I can work two or three days, 24 hours a day. Thats what we do. So this is im used to this kind of work. This is different. This is home. Reporter and i can tell you that roberto was fighting back tears when i spoke with him. He was fighting back tears. Of course he has seen his share of disaster and de struck. But this his hometown. You are looking at him live working on the pile. Dangerous work. He was fighting back tears. I asked him what brought you here . What made you want to use your Vacation Time to be here . And he said this is my hometown. And the tears welled up in his eyes. He and said you got the best of me. It was emotional for him. It was more emo