good wednesday morning. i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. >> everything is quiet now. let me put you at ease for the morning commute. maybe a scattered sprinkle or two during the morning commute, that's it. you can see moisture come in the form of increasing clouds,

not much of it falling and reaching the ground. 56 fairfield, mid to upper 50s inland until you get to livermore 60. low 60s bay shore into the south bay and out to the coast. here's sue hall with the first look at traffic. good morning. quiet out there, live shot of the san mateo bridge headlights westbound no problems highrise foster city. golden gate bridge smooth sailing into san francisco we will talk about the doyle drive closure in a bit. this is san rafael southbound towards the civic center into central san rafael, no problems into the city. we have one stall to report 80 eastbound on the skyway, the central freeway, stall blocking the left lane. 4:31. our top story: fallout from a case of mad cow

disease discovered at a dairy farm here in california. despite assurances that golden state beef is safe, one country has stopped imports. >> reporter: we are learning that south korea is halting u.s. beef imports and two retailers there have stopped selling it. the food supply is safe. it was a dairy cow found at a processing plant outside of fresno so its meat was never headed to market. also you cannot get mad cow disease from milk. and the cow did not get the disease from contaminated feed the animal had a random mutation. >> our laboratory confirmed the findings and also indicated it was an atypical form of bse which is a rare form. >> usda has not completed their investigation. we'll watch carefully to see

what they find. if it turns out we have tainted feed, we will have a larger problem. >> reporter: this is the first case of mad cow in the u.s. since 2006. and the fourth case ever. the disease is fatal in cattle and can cause a rare but deadly brain condition in humans. on our website we posted a list of questions and answers if you would like to read in more detail about mad cow disease you can do so at abc7news.com. katie marzullo, abc7 news. new this morning, right now san francisco police are investigating a shooting that left a man clinging to life. it happened in the ocean view neighborhood at 8:45 last night. police say a 47-year-old man was shot near plymouth and fair lawn he was taken to the hospital. no word on his identity or suspects. anyone with information should call the san francisco police

department. major development in that fatal crash between a bicyclist and pedestrian that has gripped san francisco. there's word serious criminal charges may be filed any moment in light of new evidence. amy hollyfield is live at the accident scene at castro and market. >> reporter: this is big news on two fronts: one, that the district attorney has made a decision. secondly, that it looks like it is going to be a felony case not a misdemeanor. people have been waiting to hear something about this case. this happened last month on march 29th, there had been complaints people felt like it was taking too long. some have been calling for a severe charge of the it appears they are going to get it. the district attorney is preparing to file a felony vehicular manslaughter charge. 35-year-old riding his bike through the intersection of

castro and market when he hit a 71-year-old pedestrian in the crosswalk. a source inside the district attorney's office tells the newspaper that the evidence is strong that they have a motorist who saw him flying through several red lights and stop signs before the collision. they have a tracker on his bike that shows he was riding faster than 35 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone and they have video they say shows him hunched over and speeding and making no attempt to stop. what they won't be using is an internet posting that he made after the wreck. he admits he plowed through the intersection, a crowded crosswalk. police tell the paper it would be tough to prove that he wrote the posting. if someone is convicted it is punishable by up to 16 months in jail. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. what could be a life or

death struggle to save a gray whale gets underway this morning off the coast of monterey county. we've been following the plight of this whale more than a week. he's tangled in a fishing net. first spotted off laguna beach in orange county, rescuers were able to partially disentangle the net but couldn't find him when they went to finish the job. members of a whale management team plan to launch two boats to try to free that whale once and for all. san bruno school officials are meeting with parents tonight to consider closing two schools budget cuts and declining enrollment are the factors in the decision. crestmoor is located near the site of the deadly september 2010 pipeline explosion and fire. the superintendent says the 213 students there would be relocated to other neighborhood schools. parents say the closures will

hurt a community still trying to recover from that disaster. the residents living in that san bruno neighborhood will have to wait longer to find out what is going to happen to the pipeline under their city. several thousand feet of line remain unused underground. last night city staff recommended digging up some and filling the rest with concrete. many residents spoke out against the digging which would cause months of road closures. >> it will never be used again. we have those assurances it won't be filled with concrete. i just want to get it done. >> council decided to survey residents closest to the line before making a final decision. pg&e says it will pay for whatever the city decides to do. a few hours from now the u.s. supreme court is set to hear oral arguments on arizona controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants.

the law requires authorities to check immigration status of anyone arrested, stopped or detained if they suspect that person may be an illegal immigrant. the obama administration challenged the law soon after arizona governor brewer approved it in 2010 arguing states have a limited role in immigration policy. the supreme court will explore whether lower courts were right to block key provisions of the law five other states passed similar measures also on hold/> what about your afternoon. here's live doppler some of those sprinkles that could be around during the morning very isolated, blue usually means it is not reaching the ground. sweetwater, springs road, coleman valley road, occidental road are some areas that could be getting a few

sprinkles this morning as the system is still to our south pumping up a lot of moisture into our neighborhoods. as far as our winds and visibilities you can see the visibility is unlimited everywhere which means we don't have any heavy rain. as we look at winds they are light southwest wind at six fairfield north wind three novato southeast seven at san jose. winds not a factor. mostly cloudy through 8:00, scattered sprinkles, mid to upper 50s. noon a few breaks in the clouds, stray shower possible for the most part dry during the lunch hour mid to upper 50s along the coast san francisco, san rafael, santa rosa low to mid 60s for the rest of us. 4:00 more showers and thunderstorms develop, mid to upper 60s. the best chance of showers and thunderstorms will be in the south bay and east bay during

the afternoon and evening. all of us could get a stray shower. second round of showers moves in tomorrow. temperatures above average starting saturday through tuesday next week. good morning. live look at the bay bridge heading into san francisco traffic light on the upper deck, no metering lights on no problems through treasure island into san francisco pretty shot this is san jose 280 snaking a little from san jose towards cupertino. no significant problems overcrossing 17 out of the santa cruz mountains, no reports of issues there. mass transit everybody getting off to a fresh and good start, everything is on schedule. we've got this one stall eastbound 80 left lane in san francisco just now cleared off the central freeway over the bay bridge eastbound. big doyle drive closure this weekend. i checked with golden gate they are providing extra ferry

service pretty much every hour all weekend long during the doyle drive closure that begins 8:00 friday night until 5 a.m.. we'll give you a website if you need more information on that. >> keep reminding us, thank you. he calls it the most frightening 15 minutes of his life. one of the survivors of a deadly sailing accident reveals for the first time the terrifying moments as the vessel is swamped by a huge wave. why the owners of that container ship that hit the bay bridge, say a popular bay area drugstore is partly to blame.3q lysol knows the soft places we love could be home to thousands of bacteria.

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a crew member who survived that deadly sailboat racing accident off the farallon islands is revealing new details. this morning the vessel is at an undisclosed location. a crew move the low speed chase from half moon bay airport yesterday. the boat overturned in rough seas during a race a week and a half ago. brian chong was a guest crewmember. he described the terror he felt as he saw a huge wave. he says the last thing i see is the boat tipping toward vertical, a single thought races through my head this is going to be bad. he was thrown from the vessel when the wave hit. he was able to swim to the island. two others survived. five were killed. big pharmacy chain is being drawn into the legal battle over the huge 2007 cosco busan oil spill into san francisco bay. the owners of the ship are suing the store for dispensing

drugs to the marine pilot at the helm. 53,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay. the suit says the pills clouded the captain's judgment, dulled his responses and directly led to the collision. the suit doesn't say what the drugs were or what he was being treated for. longs drugs now owned by cvs has not commented. more bravado talk or something more serious? the new threat that north korea is making against the u.s.. mitt romney puts more primary victories under his belt. ouch! a teenager in china proves the danger of distracted walking. another reason to eat pizza the simple herb that could turn out to be a huge cancer-fighter. 3q lysol knows the soft places we love

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welcome back. 95 phoenix, near 90 dallas. cool on both coasts 55 boston to 60 in new york. 58 seattle, 63 portland. all major airports on time. severe weather possible today around chicago, st. louis, nashville. rain in southern california which could cause delays at our regional airports. use our flight tracker at abc7news.com at the bottom. less than two hours from now on capitol hill, homeland security secretary napolitano is expected to face tough questions before a senate committee over the secret service prostitution scandal. we are learning the current scandal may not be the first time agents behaved badly. an agent not linked to the scandal tells the

"washington post" this has happened before. other personnel may be ready to go public with information. nine secret service employees have resigned or fired after accusations surfaced they partied with prostitutes in colombia ahead of a summit involving president obama investigators say who are heads may roll. this morning mitt romney is claiming the mantle of republican nominee after completing a five state sweep of primaries overnight he won in new york, pennsylvania, connecticut, rhode island and delaware. the primaries are the first since santorum suspended his campaign two weeks ago. >> i can say with confidence and gratitude, that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility. and together we are going to win on november 6th. >> santorum specials to endorse romney and plans to meet with some of his staff today and with romney

personally in the next week or two romney is still 400 delegates short of the number he needs to formally get the nomination. senior north korean army official says his country is armed with powerful mobile weapons capable of striking america. he says the weapon which he did not give any details about, would defeat the u.s. at a single . north korea, which has talked tough in the -- past is thought to have nuclear weapons but not the technology to put them on long range missiles. check out this video that has again viral. a woman walking on the sidewalk, talking on her cell phone when a sinkhole suddenly opens up and she falls right in. it happened in china. a cab driver tried to rescue her but he got stuck in the narrow 18 foot deep hole. both had to be rescued by firefighters. a security camera captured it

all. the girl was a little shaken but otherwise okay. that could happen anywhere. >> could have walked into that in new york city or any place else. scary. let's look at the forecast see when the rain is coming. scattered sprinkle this morning otherwise your commute is uneventful weather-wise. during the afternoon and evening better chance of rain. good morning. looking down from vollmer peak to san francisco. you can see how quiet, clouds out there, temperatures are running mainly in the mid 50s to low 60s, mid 50s inland low 60s around the bay upper 50s for santa cruz, watsonville, low to mid 60s, gilroy, salinas, monterey. afternoon and evening showers we are more concerned with.

another round tomorrow then highlights talking about a warm and dry weekend. today san francisco 66, santa rosa same. oakland will drop down one degree to 69. fremont will drop four degrees to 70. 71 in san , six degrees cooler than yesterday. -- fremont, san jose, livermore, antioch, concord and fairfield, 70, 71 the rest of us mid to upper 60s partly sunny to mostly cloudy. you don't see much in the way of showers this is 2:00, 3:00, in the afternoon most still to the south you can see them starting to develop around salinas and monterey. with the southerly wind they start pushing north and east. until that time, it looks like it is going to be quiet. low 70s morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. good chance of showers along the sierra.

snow level 9,000 feet today dropping to about 6,000 feet with the next system tomorrow. best chance of rain around santa barbara to san diego, temperatures around 70 there. you can see light rain lingering temperatures upper 40s in cloverdale, santa rosa, santa cruz, low to mid 50s cooler tomorrow but still mild with that rain overnight. low sinking farther to the south and it is slowing that's why we'll have light showers late today with the best chance of the rain in southern california. next system thursday has a better chance of pushing through the bay area and bringing showers and a chance of a thunderstorm. as far as timing, 7:00 this morning, few sprinkles, mostly cloudy, waves of clouds rolling in stray shower or two around the lunch hour through 4:00. better chance of the showers, especially south bay and east bay by 6:00 this evening hanging around through

midnight. overnight light rain hanging all the way through the bay area some areas may not get the showers may get light rain overnight like north bay and down the coast of santa cruz. the cold front sweeps through that is going to bring increasing showers for thursday's morning commute through the heart of the bay by noon out of bay by 5:00, 6:00. rainfall amounts dropping a little. tomorrow is the coolest day with mid 50s at the coast low to mid 60s bay and inland warming trend back to average friday above average away from the coast saturday to tuesday. have a great day. good morning. traffic flowing smoothly southbound 680 between pleasant hill and concord into walnut creek past north main on to the 24 junction life

shot if you are headed out no problems towards the caldecott tunnel. bay bridge toll, light as you come through the macarthur maze no metering lights. incline section a little slow not too bad up to the tunnel everything is flowing nicely into san francisco san francisco during the doyle drive closure that happens at 8:00 friday night until 5 a.m. monday morning. they will have golden gate bridge will remain open, 19th remains open, authorities asking that you avoid the area. richmond san rafael, bay bridge are your alternates. 4:55. san francisco unified school district officials voted unanimously on a new superintendent for the next three years. he will take over as the next superintendent in july. he has been the district's deputy superintendent the past three years. he will replace car lowe's

garcia who is retiring. he will earn $245,000 a year. pg&e says customers who choose the green option will pay on average $6 more a month the money wouldn't buy electricity directly but would help fund wind farms, solar power. renewable energy accounts for 20% of the electricity the utility generates that will rise to 33% by 2020 an herb may be a powerful weapon against prostate cancer. researchers studied primary chemical in or regular grow when -- in oregano. the chemical triggered -- scientists aren't -- [ unintelligible ] eating pizza may cut the risk for developing some cancers. that effect is mostly attributed to lycopenes which you find in tomato sauce.

the president got into a sticky situation in colorado. take a listen. a young woman apologized after accidentally spilling yogurt on the president's pants as he mingled with students. mr. obama took it in stride he told her, now you've got a story to tell. later the president spoke to students at the university of colorado on a proposal to delay a planned jump in interest rates on student loans. surprised the secret service didn't take her down for that >> not a terrorist act, we determined that. oakland mayor quan's crime fighting plan suffers a set back. gunfire that forced dozens of east bay students to huddle in place on a football field. the vote today that could save dozens of post offices

across the country from closing.