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the first sign of tropical storm hillary flashes across the sky of san diego. emergency officials say they're now getting reports of flooding in southern california. the sounds i heard, we'll never, ever, ever leave my hand. maui wildfire survivor shares her story as fire crews release an update on their efforts to put out the devastating fires. and a different kind of mentorship program launches in oakland. this one designed to build bridges between the community and police. abc7 news starts now. building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. prepare yourselves. we don't know what this rainstorm is going to do. we're expecting between five plus inches of rain. people in southern california and parts of the southwest are bracing for what forecasters say will be catastrophic and life

threatening flooding. we start with developing news. hurricane hillary is expected to pummel the region as a rare tropical storm. and here's a live look now at the current conditions in cabo san lucas. this is a live camera from cabo villas, a resort in mexico. mexico's government issued a hurricane warning for much of the baja california peninsula. a hurricane watch is also in effect for a portion of the baja, california peninsula's west coast. thank you for joining us. i'm karina nova here with abc7 weather anchor spencer christian tracking hurricane hillary and spencer. what is the latest on the timing of the storm? everybody's thinking about it. yeah, well, southern california certainly needs to be prepared along with many other regions because this is not only a powerful and potentially dangerous storm, but historic in the sense that no tropical storm has made landfall in southern california in 84 years. wow. so this just does not happen here. so i'll show you what's going on and i'll move out of your way so you can map it all out for us. okay? okay. carina. so right now it's a category two

hurricane. hurricane hillary with maximum sustained winds at about 100mph. the storm is centered right now just off the southern coast of baja, california, but it's moving northward rather rapidly now by 11:00 tonight, it's expected to be downgraded to a category one. still a potentially dangerous and devastating storm just losing a little bit of its wind power when intensity, i should say, as it encounters cooler waters. now, by 11:00 tomorrow morning, it's expected to make landfall in southern california right on the edge, southern edge in the san diego area, moving northward as a tropical storm, just under hurricane strength. and then continuing northward by sunday night, 11:00 tomorrow night, it'll be up into the central sierra, producing heavy flooding rainfall from southern california all the way up into the western edge of nevada and beyond. so i'll give you more details on this storm as we get more developments later in the in the newscast karina. all right, spencer, thank you. hillary has triggered

california's first ever tropical storm warning extended from the state's southern border to just north of los angeles. the storm has sped up and is moving faster than expected. and it's currently 640 miles southeast of san diego. significant rain from the storm will arrive in california tomorrow. california has resources on the ready, including two crew members from the alameda county fire department deploying to riverside county will join a swift water rescue team. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard is here with a look at how much the golden state is getting ready. cornell yeah, karina, as spencer just mentioned, no tropical storm has made landfall in southern california since 1939. and because of that, officials urging residents to prepare and stay safe. hillary nearing landfall on mexico's baja peninsula, bringing heavy rain, wind and rough seas, while hundreds of miles north batten down the hatches.

communities near la are filling sandbags, preparing for hillary, which could bring epic rainfall rarely seen in southern california. i mean, it's going to be some rain. so, you know, usually there's some flooding and the landslides and things like that. evacuation warnings have been issued for mountain communities in san bernardino county. i think people are a little bit in denial. my friend juliette is cutting her family. so cal vacation short and driving back home to phenix. but heavy rain was making that drive tough. we cut the vacation short because when we looked at the pathway of the storm, we saw that it was going to track further eastward. and being from the desert, we know water and the desert are not a good mix. heavy rain from this storm back in 2019 sent water rushing into palm springs. it's why many coachella valley neighbors are getting ready with sandbags, something they've never needed before. everybody is pulling together and helping one another because i think we think it's going to be a pretty big deal. fema has activated its national response coordination center. officials expect flooding,

landslides and power outages. so we're recognizing and encouraging people to take the time they can prepare. now, again, with this unpressed in the storm, people may not be sure not how seriously they should take it. we are encouraging people to take this very seriously. my flight got canceled. i found out this morning at 8 a.m. bay area native emily erian is trying to get back home to san diego after spending the weekend in the east bay. we have a family friend who's driving down to la tomorrow. i think i might hop in the car and then maybe take the bus down to san diego. yeah. and emily says she has tickets for the san diego padres game on monday, but she expects the game will be rained out and canceled. residents on catalina island are being urged to evacuate at this hour. and many public places in la county will be closed on sunday and monday. from beaches to playgrounds and hiking trails again, the biggest message from first responders be alert and be prepared in the studio. i'm cornell barnard abc7 news. all right, cornell, thank you.

this afternoon state emergency officials gave an update on how they're preparing for the storm. the cal guard was among the response groups posted on social media that it has strategic positioned resources throughout southern california. we have pre-positioned in 22 high water vehicles to support where the need may arise. in addition, we also have other capabilities soldiers, airmen who are standing by and will be prepared to respond as the need arises. emergency officials said there are already reports of flooding in imperial and riverside counties and you can track hillary all weekend long. the hurricane tracker on abc7 news has details about where it's currently located, its strength and the impact on t bay area. we'll also have special coverage on our4 over seven live stream when hillary reaches california starting at 4 p.m. tomorrow. new details on the maui wildfires now. crews today say fire activity is now limited to isolated hot

spots, with much of the fires now at least 85% contained. the fires are now blamed for 114 deaths. that number continues to climb. abc7 news reporter melissa dawn has stories from survivors and how they're coping. more than 2000 buildings were destroyed on maui. another 500 damaged as the long road to recover 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. hawaii's 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 galeano, who made sure his family, tenants and neighbors escaped the flames. but he stayed behind. i know that he was trying to fight the fire, fight the fire

to save our home so we can come back to our home. joy richter, seen in this photo clinging to the seawall with her dog, bacon, and her father in law, describing the terror she endured, the smells, the sounds, the sound of a blazing fire, something i don't wish on anybody to ever hear or experience. the sounds i heard will never, ever, ever leave my head. her father in law did not survive for hundred and 70 search and rescue workers and 40 search dogs are still combing through the debris. about 78% of the disaster area has been searched so far. yet hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. this process is agonizing for the families waiting for word from their loved ones and heartbreaking for those sifting through the debris melissa gordon, abc news, maui. san jose firefighters are pitching in to raise funds to support maui firefighters. the jfrd along with other departments in santa clara

county, are asking the community to help donate to their fill the boot fundraiser on maui. more than 2000 structures burnt to the ground, destroying the entire town of lahaina. the proceeds raised will support firefighters in maui with their recovery from devastating wildfires. if you'd like to help with the maui wildfire relief efforts, you can make a $10 donation to the red cross by texting red cross to 90999. or you can call one 800 red cross a national program focused on providing mentorship for black youth is expanding in oakland, the okay program held a training session for new mentors today. the program's goal is to pair boys in oakland with men who can serve as role models. they also team with law enforcement in an effort to bridge the gap between black communities and local police, giving the young men an outlet that's not crime. the crime is so high. anywhere you go, there's somebody doing something that they shouldn't be. right. and we want to make sure that we

stop that way before they get to even making those types of decisions in this program really helps develop people into good men. oregon advisors say the program works with about 400 young men in oakland. soon, you may notice fewer cruise robo taxis in san francisco. the reason why the company is cutting the number of cars it has on the road and president biden and his family are spending the weekend at a billionaire's home at lake tahoe y. the white house says it's all on the up and

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roads by 50%. that's in response to a request by the california dmv, which is investigating recent incidents involving robo taxis. the latest was in san francisco thursday night. it involved a collision between a cruise car and a fire truck. a passenger in the robocar was injured. cruz released a statement saying in part, it positively impacts road safety and looks forward to working with the dmv to make improvements. all this comes just a week after state regulators allowed cruise and waymo to expand operations. a few furry friends from maui are hoping to make the bay area their new home. about 40 rescue pets arrived last night and will take refuge at local shelters in the area. cat s dogs, puppies and kittens who were already in shelters at the time of the fire will now be put up for adoption here. 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. president joe biden is set to travel to hawaii on monday to get a firsthand look at the wildfire destruction. this week, he first lady jill biden and son hunter biden are in lake tahoe for vacation. they're renting a house belonging to 2020 presidential candidate and billionaire tom steyer. the white house says mr. biden is paying fair market value to stay there. he flew to tahoe from camp david, where he hosted a summit friday with the leaders of south korea and japan. check out a first of its kind of cookout here in the bay area. it is cultures. get a taste of an event featuring kimchi and cassidy is spencer. i'm spencer christian with a look and live update, as a matter of fact, on hurricane hillary and its possible effect on theay area when we

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ever asian and latino community cookout. the free event brings two major communities together in a celebration of culture and food, food trucks, vendors, local artisans and mariachi bands were part of the celebration. the festival also includes a carnival, a lowrider car show and an asian night market. a lot going on there. the asian and latino cookout is organized and hosted by two local nonprofits asians are strong and cannot. yeah, it looks like a great event. they had great weather here, but we, of course, are looking at what's going on with hillary. the impact in southern california and of course, possibly how it might impact us. yes. well, it's going to have minimal impact on us. but southern california and central interior california will probably be pounded with the

devastating flooding and excessive rainfall here. we might just get a few showers and that's about it. here's a look at the latest. and the storm is still a category two hurricane just off the west coast of baja, california, moving north, of course, by 11:00 tonight, it should be down to a category one hurricane. still a powerful storm, of course, and a major rain producer expected to make landfall tomorrow morning just before noon around the san diego area. but it's going to pound all of southern california and up into the central sierra and over into western nevada as well. we're talking about many of these locations receiving anywhere from 5 to 7in of rainfall in the hardest hit area. so you can see what the rainfall that the rainfall potential is, excessive. and that kind of rain, of course, can produce devastating flooding. meanwhile, back here in the bay area, we're just looking at some breezy conditions, having nothing to do with the hurricane. we've got gusts up to 24mph here in san francisco right now and mainly blue sky, at least looking in this direction from our rooftop camera across the embarcadero, 66 degrees right now in in san francisco, oakland, 68, 73 in mountain

view, 80 in san jose, 75. palo alto, 63 at half moon bay. here's a different view from emeryville. you see the clouds building up along the coast there. that's our deepening marine layer that's going to be pushing inland tonight. 76 degrees right now at santa rosa and napa. we have mid 80s at novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. one more live view from mount tam. you can see those fingers of fog beginning to reach out over the bay and these are our forecast headlines. low clouds, fog and patchy drizzle will return tonight. warm and humid tomorrow with isolated showers possible later in the day and into the evening. still humid on monday with a chance of showers through the day on monday and those showers would be generated by what will then be the remnants of hurricane or tropical depression hillary. here's a look at overnight night conditions. lots of clouds, low clouds, high clouds, drizzle near the coast and bay. low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 60s. so mild and humid overnight and hot and humid inland. tomorrow, high temperatures will reach into the mid to upper 90s in places like fairfield, concord, antioch, with

increasing humidity even around the bay shoreline, we'll see warm conditions low to mid 80s in the warmest spots. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so let me step back and give you a look on monday. as you can see, still increasing humidity chance of showers. it's just going to be a muggy and uncomfortable day, although not as hot as tomorrow will be on tuesday. it gets a little bit less humid and a little bit warmer. and as we get into the latter part of the week, the middle of the week, in fact, it really warms up inland to upper 90s on wednesday, mid upper 90s on thursday and temperatures start to moderate toward the end of the week. okay. so once again for the bay area, the effect of hilary will probably just see some showers, maybe a 10th of an inch of rain. but the other parts of the states of the south and the east will be really hit by by heavy, devastating rain and potentially disastrous flooding. oh, you know, you just feel for them, right? people that aren't used to getting that much rain in that short amount of time. so we're going to hope for the best. spencer, thank you. okay. all right. let's get a check on sports now

with anchor casey pratt. what's going on in the sports department, casey? well, unfortunately, carina, the giants not doing so well. but as their struggles on the road continue, they have a little glimmer of hope today. and we'll introduce you to an amazing ehs rookie that is having a historically great start to his career s

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news he's back on the bump today. giants visiting the braves skipper gabe kapler back in the dugout after serving a one game suspension. giants got what they needed right out of the gate. lamonte wade junior leading off the game with a homer to right that is one way to get off the road schneid right now it's four two giants in the fourth inning and a couple of days ago a's closer trevor made tweeted if you aren't paying attention to what zach gerloff is doing, you should. here's a little context. gloves. eight homers in his first 29 games are the most in athletics history. and that's a lot of history. turns out he's equally as impressive off the field. your mom was an attorney. your dad was an attorney. so what happened? yeah, i don't know. it's. it's not a bad failure story, that's for sure so far. but yeah, growing up, i couldn't really get anything past them, so there was no arguments to be won. but, you know, somehow just ended up on a baseball field, sustained. is that something attorneys say? objection. i don't know. i don't know. i'm not really sure. well, your brother also plays baseball. it's kind of wild, though. you have two attorneys for

parents and then, like somehow in your family, genetics, there's just like incredible baseball skill, right? yeah. i think the biggest thing is just like the work ethic. and they gave us all the tools to pick what we wanted to do and have, you know, passion doing it. and for for whatever reason, i think we just picked baseball and we, you know, went pretty hard at it. and, you know, trying to make a career out of it. we saw your parents in the stands a lot. they were showing them when you're making your debut and your dad was running like the we are here last night for sure. he seems like a cool guy. so, i mean, how amazing has this been just for them to watch you? how cool is this for your family to just kind of come along on this ride you're going on right now? i think it was pretty surreal just being especially in dc, around all my family and friends and for them to get the, you know, like always getting the camera on them. i think it's just pretty cool because it really is. it's because of them, you know, i wouldn't be here without them. and you know, i just love them so much. so baseball is not supposed to be this easy. i know it's not always going to be like this, but i mean, just how comfortable are you?

i don't know if it looks easy. it really does not feel easy at all. i mean, like i go out there and, you know, these are big league pitchers and the stuff. i feel like it's getting nastier every year. but i think the big thing is just like when you have bad days, it's not because you're a skill or like, you know, what kind of player you are, but it's just part of the game. and i think once you accept that, it's pretty easy to move on to the next game and, you know, just try to be your best when you show up. the next day. yeah. so. zach gerloff, it's amazing to see when young guys come up and just play that well. it's just great to watch. karina all right. we'll keep our eye on zach gerloff. all right. now i know that name. so we're good. historically good. historically good. all right. thank you so much, casey. well, it's not a typical culinary trio, but who doesn't like pizza bagels and beer? chicken? definitely. okay. highlights from a festival. first today in san

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fun. today in san francisco's north beach neighborhood. check out the inaugural pizza bagel and beer festival. the event brought together over 45 pizzerias, bake old bakeries and breweries for a celebration of food and community pizza. maestro and restaurateur tony damiani teamed up with the san francisco italian athletic club foundation to hold the event and tickets quickly sold out. looks like a fun event. all right. well, that's all the time we have for abc7 news at five for christian casey and