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KGO ABC7 News 400PM August 8, 2014

Has the story from abc. The u. S. Military stroke two more isis targets in Northern Iraq near the city of erbil, taking out two mortar positions, a convoy, and extremist fighters. This video shows the impact on the ground after u. S. Fighter jets dropped 500 pound batter bombs on isis artillery on iraq. Artillery were launched by this from the uss george bush, to strike isis targets that the Obama Administration said were threatening american targets. Its actually easier for the u. S. Military to target than it was during the iraq war. A dire humanitarian crisis is developing in Northern Iraq. Thousands of families have fled to the top of a mountain, walking miles to escape the threat of isis militants below. This man said he left everything behind. And theres no food, no water. The u. S. Launches a challenging and dangerous aid mission. Three u. S. Air force cargo jets dropped critical supplies, 5300 gallons of water and 8,000 meals ready to eat. President obama is now the fourth consecutive u. S. President to order military action in iraq. He came into office pledging to end the u. S. Involvement in the war there, and did in 2011. Now he insists he will not let the u. S. To get dragged back in another one. U. S. Troops will not be returning to fight in iraq. White house officials insist any u. S. Military actions would be targeted air strikes, not a counterterrorism mission. The best way to deal with the threat of isis is to let the iraqis deal with it. Right now, people on the big island of hawaii are cleaning up after Tropical Storm iselle hit over night. More than a foot of rain fell in the island overnight. Wind toppled trees, at one point, 25,000 holes were without electricity. Any power restoration support thats necessary, if we have to bring in even equipment from the mainland, we think at the present time, we will not have to do that, but were ready to do it if necessary. Government offices and schools are closed for the day, and now iselle is moving out west into oahu, and the state has to get ready for hurricane jul julio, which is still a couple days out. We have been tracking the path of izel for several days now. Heres how the storm looked when it hit land 2 00 a. M. Local time. Spencer christian joins us now. Spencer, good news is it appea s s julio is taking a more northern path and might miss the island. The island has taken a pounder from izel. Lets get to the satellite image and show you whats going on. We have serious weather conditions in the region. Iselle struck and made lafrl at 2 00 a. M. With Tropical Storm winds gusting up to 85 Miles Per Hour. Sustained winds 60 Miles Per Hour, and up to 14 inches of rainfall has been measured in some parts of the big island. Its moving centered about 25 miles south of honolulu, moving to the west about 15 Miles Per Hour away from the islands and producing heavy winds and rain. Lets zoom in to the big island where we have a Flash Flood Warning until 2 30 hawaiian time, and rain is diminishing across the island, but flash flooding has been a problem. A Tropical Storm warning is in effect diin addition to the flashflood warning. Winds are lashing the islands west of the big island and heavy rainfall continues. Rain is diminishing across the big island. Now lets take a look at hurricane julio, which is a powerful category 2. The sustains winds 105 Miles Per Hour, gusts to 125 Miles Per Hour. It is expected to take a track as larry said to the nort of the islands over the weekend, expected to have a minimal impact if it stays on this track, lets hope it does, but still, those areas already hard hit by iselle have a lot of recovery ahead of them. I want to point out im here at Concordia Park in oak lbd and ill tell you why im here, involved in a Community Service project with my abc 7 colleagues. Youll learn about it later. Thanks much. Well sooee you in a few minute. We had a great time at the kaboom playground bill. The Tropical Storm has let to cancellations of flights to and from the islands. Cutting off or cutting short vacations to the islands. Alicia harrington spoke to some of those directly effected. We were supposed to go to the big island, and we took a detour and came to San Francisco. This family from san ramon is back from their hawaiian vacation two days earl arwrethe dad said the Tropical Storm forced them to cut the storm short. We wanted to be safe and back home. They booked a flight from honolulu to sfo to try to beat the bad weather. The 10yearold admits she wasnt able to do everything she wanted to do. I wanted to go on a helicopter tour in kona, and i wanted to actually swim with dolphins. And because of the Tropical Storm, it scared us because they were predicting the landpfalls and high winds. We didnt want to take a chance. Tropical storm iselle grounded some flights yesterday. Eight flights have been canceled in and out, that includes four arrivals this morning. At one airport, one flight to kauai was canceled and a departure to maui delayed two hours. This man and his sons from lose altos are one of the lucky ones to get on the plane headed to the airport. Rain at the airport. The people at the airport were getting stressed out. Parents were, get out of here. This video shows passengers there, many forced to make lastminute changes. One flight to los angeles actually left five hours ahead of schedule to get travelers out of town before iselle storms in. Several carriers are waiving fees for people who need to make changes or cancellations. Thoet include delta, unielted and american airlines. Emergency crews are on the scene of a deadly accident at a bus repair yard in oakland. Police say a man was found crushed to death. Sky 7 hd shows us the scene just off i80 and coliseum way. Just after noon, coworkers found the mechanic between two buses. Now police are trying to figure out when and how this accident happened. This has been declared one of the worst droughts in california history, yet it appears not everyone is getting their message and doing their part. Laura anthony is live where they say they shouldnt be judged just by the color of their lawn. Laura. Hi. This is one portion, just one portion of this vast uc berkeley campus. Its a grassy area that for the most part looks lush and green. Crast it with this. The front lawn of the State Capitol in sacramento. Its turned from green to brown to barely dirt in many places. Bare dirt. The outgrowth of a decision there to stop watering entirely. Theyre even fine explaining to visitors why the grass looks so bad. Here at uc berkeley, they have stopped watering during the day, but not at night when theyre using water from east bay mud not reclaims or recycles. Still, they say cal is doing its part. Water use overall on campus is down 5 to 9 since the governor declared the drought official at the end of january, which is great. Were working hard to reduce our water use even more. Water use in the residents halls is down 30 in the last six years. The governor asked for 20 , but some of the state institutions havent gone that far. Well, we all need to be doing it, frankly. There is no excuse. This is a drought. Its a severe drought. We need to step up. A spokesman for the uc office of the president told us systemwide, 7 of the 15 campuses have reduced usage per capita of Potable Water by 20 . Here at uc berkeley, there is a plan to further increase conservation over the next few months. Among the items as part of the plan, removing about six of these lawns. At uc berkeley, laura anthony. Thank you. Now to the mend aseeno county where a major wildfire has exploded growing to more than 5400 acres. The lodge fire is burning south of the community of leggatt. Flames jumped across the eel river and are now spreading eastward. Firefighters are preparing to protect the neighborhood thats in danger of being consumed by the fire. Containment now at 30 . In oregon, more than 700 homes are threatened by another Massive Wildfire there. Residents have been told to evacuate a neighborhood fleer the Columbia River goencheorge. Its expected to grow in size, pushed by gusty afternoon winds. The fire started tuesday in dry brush. A New Fellowship launched today will help fight air pollution from the u. S. Pacific coast to asia. The citys Clean Air Partnership was announced today. Its a collaboration between the u. S. Epa, clean air asia, and taiwanese epa. It will offer intensives to encourage people to reduce pollution and train leaders to take those steps. Environmental leaders say this is a landmark partnership. This would be the day where we lost the partnership that actually made a difference to cities across asia in terms of the quality of life for the citizens in the cities and a reduction in air pollution in the cities. The epa blames air pollution for more than 3. 5 Million Deaths in the world each year and said it cost the Global Economy 3. 5 trillion a year. This is really exciting day for us at abc 7 as well as in an east bay community. We teamed up with disney and the nonprofit kaboom to build a new playground and it all went up in a few hours. Youre very dangerous with power tools, by the way. No idea you could do that. You were good with a hammer. The entire abc 7 news team was out there today. And abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is live with a look at how the new playground turns out. Hi, wayne. Gr you know, we did hear about you with the power tools. Next time, well, we hear you did a fine job with the power fo er. See this progress . It did not just come out of thin air. It came out of about six hours of heavy work. Do you hear the squeaks of that wheelbarrow. The bones in more than a few of us may sound just like it tomorrow. Whens the last time you picked up a wrench . Its been a while. But weve heard a lot of that today. Have you really . Hey, but im doing okay. I know what im doing. On the theory that the filled more than a few holes, look at the millsmont neighborhood. Concordia park in the process of a rapid and rising change, thanks to abc 7 and our parent walt Disney Community and Community Volunteers and leaders. This is almost the 50th playground the walt dizzily program has been involved with. All thanks to programs bike kaboom. Theyre designed by kids and the people who will use them. Its important that kids have a safe place to play and equipment thats functional and appealing. We have more than 200 volunteers here today, including more than a few you might recognize. It was a six hour concentration of man and woman power. A byproduct of getting a group of people together like this is well meaning as they may be, many of them are just plain, well, frankly, all thumbs. The question, how to get the rest of the fingers working. You might have something who is all thumbs and somebody else who is all fingers. It works out. It worked out, but what began as an empty space, look at what all the times the hard work, and good intentions brought to life. Its a new look, effectively, a new Concordia Park. And back live, youre looking at the finished project. The almost finished project. They still need to put rubber on the ground to keep the kids from getting hurt. You might wonder, how do they do this in six hours . There was a lot of prep work. Kaboom did months of planning, they prebuilt these pieces, precut the wood. But then you had 200 people working for six hours. If you do the math, thats 1200 man hauers. The equivalent of one hour working 40hour weeks for 30 weeks. A lot of work. Spencer will be along in a few more minutes to tell you more about the massive project. In the meantime, live in oakland, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Wayne, thank you. Wayne was in a suit for most of the day. Yeah, he was. Didnt really do a lot of hammering. Still ahead, the inside scoop on outside lands. Well take you to the Music Festival that is quintessentially San Francisco. Also, why you may want to allow more time if youre heading through one of the bay areas most traveled tunnels. And the violence between israel and hamas begins just seconds after the ceasefire ended. And Michael Finney is taking your questions on facebook and twitter. Nds] the wait is over for even faster internet. Xfinity is now doubling the internet speed. On two of our most popular plans. Xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet. Period. Xfinity internet from comcast, now double the speed. A big weekend for music lovers. Outside lands kicked off today. Its atradition thats San Francisco through and through. Were joined live from Golden Gate Park with all of the festivities. Hey, jonathan. Hi, there. This is the seventh year of outside lands. If you look at the steady stream of people behind me, it might not be surprising this is the fourth year in a row its sold out. This year, it sold out in 24 hours. There are really bigaths here, and also it turns out there are some really devoted fans. Now in its seventh year, outside lands has quickly become a tradition. I have been to every single one. Every single one. My wife has been to the last four three. Three. Did you make her do that . Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Many of the artists are known the world over, the festival itself is undeniably San Francisco. Look at the food. We really set the bar for having restaurants and food that wasnt just your average food. The best cheeseburger. Its the best damn cheeseburger. Its all right. The citys ban on bottled water next to the filling station, it eliminates problems at other festivals. When you buy one bottle, its like 8. Its nice to have free water available all the time. And of course, the weather. All about the layers. Jackets on, jackets off. But the sun just came out. You dont know from minute to minute whats going to happen. Never mind the fog, with the stage lights coming on, its all about the music. Who are you looking forward to see . Look at my shirt. She wants to see kanye. We have our first dilemma. Of course, kanye west is tonights headliner. Tomorrow night will end with tom petty and the heartbreakers and sunday, it closes with the killers. Best of three over 100 bands playing this weekend. Jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. Thank you. You might want to allow a little extra time if youre heading through the caldecott toning in the next two weekends. We see the oakland entrance to the tunnel. Caltrans plans on closing two lanes to the left of your screen. It will be closed overnight on fridays and saturday. Also sunday night from 8 00 until 7 00 on monday morning. Keep in mind, this is the reverse commute direction. Delays could range from 5 to 20 minutes so be prepared. Spencer christian joins us live with his accuweather forecast from a special place. Concordia park in oakland. Spent the day there, had the pleasure of building with the kaboom gang and a lot of volunteers. It was fun. A lot of fun. We have something important accomplished. I want to bring in a guest who has poured her passion and her energy into the project. This is a city manager. Thanks for joining us tonight and sweating with us toodz. My pleasure. How much dpoes the playgroun mean to the community . It means a lot. As you can see the structure behind us, its beautiful. It will bring new life to the park. How long before the playground is ready for use . Hopefully in the next week and a half. We need to put in the rubberized flooring and then were ready to go. I want to thank you for joining us in the effort, making it possible. Without you, it might not have happened. You really pushed for this. Thank you. We really appreciate everything you and the Disney Company did. Lets talk about weather. We have great weather. Well show you whats going on around the bay area. Sunny skies just about everywhere. A few patches of clouds along the coast line, but not much to speak of. A lovely day here. Forecast futures are these. Well have some coastal fog as you along along the rooftop camera. Nights and mornings, mostly sunny afternoons and maybe drizzly spots on sunday morning, but we dont expect that to amount to much. You see a couple swirls out to our west. They may factor into our weather by producing the drizzle were talking about. So this is just a weak load developing for the weekend, and we have a forecast animation here, now starting at 8 00 saturday evening, and well take you up to midnight. You could see the fog pushing a little beyond the coastline, out over the bay, locally. Could be areas of drizzle along the peninsula coastline. And well wrap up the animation around 8 00 a. M. Sunday. Thats about all well get out of it. Overnight lows here in the bay area, under mainly clear conditions. Generally ranging from about 52 at santa rosa up to 61 at antioch which will be our warm spot. And then tomorrow, look for mainly sunny skies all around the bay area, well see a nice mild to warm day, highs of 64 degrees at half moon bay, 66 in San Francisco, 72, oakland, 88 at antioch and fairfield, and way up north, 90s. And heres our accuweather sevenday forecast. You can see its going to be a pretty steady pattern through the sevenday period with the exception of the spotty drizzle on sunday. Partly cloudy skies, left over on monday from the deteriorating low pressure system. But basically, well have sunny afternoons. Of course, fog and low clouds in the overnight periods. Highs during the day will be in the upper 80s to low 90s inland. Mid mid70s to low 80s around the bay and upper 60s on the coast. Seven days of lovely weather ahead and ill be back later with more from the new playground here at Concordia Park in oakland. A lot of fun. We helped carry

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