good. that's what's making news in >> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> reporter: good morning i'm amy hollyfield. live on the shoulder of the highway never a good sign i'll tell but a situation going on you will need to know if you are about to leave the house stay with us. that story coming up. good morning i'm sue hall, a couple of major big rig accidents live shot of 280 in san jose. we'll be back with the information on the traffic impact. also, the man accused of murdering 15-year-old sierra lamar is expected back in court today to enter a plea. mitt romney is waking up in the bay area this morning after collecting more than -- rather millions at a peninsula fundraiser. check out live doppler no clouds this morning that means a big time warming trend is on the way i'll show you how warm

it gets. good morning. thursday, just about 4:31 a.m. thanks for joining us. you may not want to thank us after you hear the traffic news. i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. two issues. one in cupertino and one in oakland. we start with the cupertino one. >> that's where terry mcsweeney is. 280/85 connector ramp cement truck is overturned. >> reporter: he was coming down southbound 280 took the 85 connector that is how it ended up. hard to see from this distance. we have good video. take a look at pictures of what this truck like. it was a trailer pulling two loads of dry concrete you have seen them in the mixers the wet concrete it looks very same but it is dry concrete, good news. also good news that it doesn't seem to have compromised the concrete. the powder does not seem to be

coming out of this week. the only thing coming out of this vehicle eight to nine gallons of engine oil. there's crews on the scene throwing sand, throwing chemicals on top of that to try to absorb the oil as it comes down the off-ramp. talking to the ch about how long this is going to be closed. they are -- saying hour maybe two but don't quote me. right now it looks good because the contain there's came off the back of this semi don't seem to have broken open. they haven't gotten it righted, but they think they will have this open in an hour or two. again quote me on that is what the chp officer says. they have to take a better look. nobody injured the driver says he wasn't speeding. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. we've got another big problem, breaking news in oakland. firefighters trying to get

spilled diesel cleaned up after a postal service big rig crashed on i-880 overnight. amy hollyfield is at high street with the latest. >> reporter: we are northbound i-880 at high street. there's the truck behind me. they've uprighted it. they are getting close to hauling it out. look at the highway, one lane is still shutdown. traffic is moving okay. it is not causing major problems. it is still early, they are hoping to get it cleared before it will cause any big problems. this accident happened at 1:30 this morning. first they did close two lanes for half an hour then they were able to get one lane open. this truck is not on the highway he's on the shoulder this is an area that has been under construction refurbishing this shoulder. it is hard to see -- understand what happened whether he got confused he did go over the concrete barrier

wall here to protect the construction zone. chp officers are still trying to figure out what happened. they are looking into the possibility that maybe some other cars were involved. >> as far as we can tell, it was a single vehicle collision into the wall. because we haven't been able to contact witnesses that phoned in, we can't rule anything out. >> reporter: here's a shot of the driver. you can see he is okay. his wife came here to pick him up. he didn't want to comment on what happened. the scene right now, they are mopping up all of the kitty litter they put out to absorb the fuel. they don't know how much fuel spilled they say it wasn't too much. they are hoping to get that lane on the highway open within the hour. it looks like they are close. looks like they are about to get the big rig out. stay with us we'll keep you

posted. right now they are hoping to open the lien within the hour to help you navigate around all of these -- problems i turn you over to sue hall. right now, the traffic going past the scene 880 oakland is moving. the three major left lanes are open only blocking one right lane at this point. it should be cleared out within the hour that's the good news on the traffic impact there. san jose or cupertino i should say 85 on-ramp to southbound 280 shutdown alternate route around that if you need get through that area at this hour, would be 280 to foothill boulevard to see vons creek to get on to highway -- to vons creek to get on to highway 85. we will check back in with amy and terry. developing news out of the south bay. san jose elementary schoolteacher in jail facing

child pornography charges. police arrested 50-year-old johnny urias yesterday. he faces charges of possessing and manufacturing child pornography. he taught first and second grade students at will rogers elementary. he was placed on leave last august after police launched their investigation. school officials say investigators told them there is no indication any students in the district were victims. the 21-year-old man accused of killing sierra lamar is expected to enter a plea. antolin garcia-torres first appeared before a judge a week ago. investigators believe garcia-torres took the 15-year-old girl from near her morgan hill home on march 16th. they say lamar's dna was found in his car and his dna was on her clothing found in a discarded backpack. crews were out again yesterday looking for her. prosecutors filed murder charges against garcia-torres despite the fact that her body has not been found.

preliminary hearing continues for the two men accused in the savage beating of brian stow on opening day at dodger stadium last year. yesterday one woman testified that louie sanchez appeared ready to fight at the game he cursed at giants' fans near him, threw peanuts and spray soda on another couple. prosecutors played what they called a confession by the second suspect videotaped while police were investigating marvin norwood he was allowed to call his mother on a detective's phone. >> i got arrested for that dodger stadium thing. not much i can say over the phone. i was involved. >> defense attorneys argue that norwood and co-defendant sanchez might have been involved in an incident after the game but not necessarily the attack on stow. stow remains in rehab recover from a traumatic brain injury. mitt romney is waking up in the south bay this morning

after spending the night fundraising in hillsborough. he attended a dinner at the sprawling carolyn chateau hosted by3

forecast because the stock price will continue to fluctuate. this morning san francisco mayor lee will unveil a two year budget plan including money to hire more than 300 new police officers. the mayor also wants to hire more than 250 new firefighters over the next six years. lee wants to increase loans to small businesses and create new business corridors. the proposal will reveal how he plans to close the projected 170 million dollar budget gap. the board of supervisors will take up the budget next month. privately owned dragon spacecraft is detached from the international space station and preparing for a ride back to earth. the it delivered half a ton of cargo to the space station seven days ago the first private mission ever to the station. spacex is headed by elon musk chairman of tesla. the reusable dragon capsule is expected to splash down in the

pacific before 9:00 this morning, pacific time. very little clouds you know we are ready for that warm-up mike tell us more. looks like it going to be a significant warm-up for a lot of us. good morning. let's talk about how it feels when you step out 60 antioch, 47 half moon bay, 48 santa rosa, rest of us low to mid 50s from san francisco 51, oakland 54 same around san jose. look at the wealth of 90s from cloverdale, clear lake, fairfield, east bay val is, morgan hill, mid to upper 80s around fremont, palo alto, san jose, vallejo napa, san rafael, santa rosa, mid to upper 70s oakland, san mateo and richmond mid to upper 60s half moon bay into san francisco. that's where you need to go to get free air conditioning. tree and grass high amounts. mold and ragweed moderate. let's see how long this warming trend or heatwave if you will, lasts.

at least through tomorrow inland mid 90s 80 around bait low 60s at the coast cooling starts to hit the coast tomorrow mid to upper 50s over the weekend low to mid 70s around the bay and upper 80s i should say upper 70s to mid 80s temperatures saturday and sunday drop breezy also. let's get a check on traffic. good morning. live shot of 280 san jose at 17 junction light a couple of headlights coming through. other direction of 280 in cupertino we've got a serious problem that in a minute. we have our reporters on scene. back to oakland now, 880, one lane blocked at high street. there's a big rig on the shoulder and crews on that right lane. traffic getting by okay. amy hollyfield is there. traffic impact on 880 in oakland now not so bad.

if you are trying to get to highway 85 from 280 southbound you cannot right now there is a cement truck that has tipped over. terry mcsweeney is on the scene here. your alternate around would be let's look at our waze app, from 280 to fit hill boulevard to stevens creek to get back to highway 85. terry is reporting it will be a couple hours once the commute gets underway we'll be following this all morning. we'll keep our fingers crossed about that, thank you sue. a fire guts a san jose home. why firefighters say city budget cuts hurt their response to this blaze. the donation that is giving oakland police helicopters a new lift.3q lysol knows the soft places we love

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camera. we have a couple of problems out there we are keeping track of both situations we'll tell you how it will affect your compute in a couple of minutes. cuts to the san jose fire department are being blamed for hampering the battle against a ferocious fire that destroyed one home and damaged another in the berryessa neighborhood. video shows flames and heavy smoke from the roof of this two story house yesterday afternoon. sky 7 was on the scene as firefighters had to get off the roof because it was about to collapse. flames spread to a neighboring home and caused some roof damage. fire officials say staffing for a second engine at the station that serves the neighborhood was not available because of cost cutting brown-outs. the arriving crew had to set up its own water supply which is usually handled by a second engine. no one was injured thanks to the heroic actions of a neighbor who an lefted the person in the house. new this morning, it --

appears the san rafael and larkburg fire departments are heading for a merger. the managers have signed a contract calling for fire chiefs of both dreamts to work together to create a shared fire service area both cities had to cut funding over the past few years because of shrinking tax dollars. big donation putting oakland's police helicopter back in service. the chopper flew over a tense standoff with a probably suspect. the chopper held officers watch for any signs the man was trying to escape. police arrested him. the department hasn't used the helicopter fulltime since 2009 because of budget cuts. now it has received a $10,000 donation from a non-profit consumer alliance. that will buy enough fuel for 80 hours of flight time. americans are kidnapped in egypt. that story is next. move to save state parks from closure gets a big boost

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breaking news out of oakland. big rig accident blocking right lane that has been cleared off to the shoulder. amy hollyfield is on the scene and she will have an update in a couple of minutes. good morning. 4:49. breaking news from overseas. two american tourists have been kidnapped in egypt. security officials say the two were taken at gunpoint while they were traveling by car to@7t

a resort in the sinai peninsula they are described as two men in their early 30s. u.s. ambassador susan wright says the situation in syria won't improve any time soon and likely kofi annan's peace plan will fail. army shelling close to the town where 10 days ago over hunt one were executed, including more than -- over one00ñ÷;#z -- 100 were executed including 32 children. new study finds tougher traffic laws in licensing standards for teenaged drivers could save more than 500 lives and prevent nearly 10 thousand accidents each year. the insurance institute for highway safety says states need to implement five basic parts of the strongest laws for young drivers that are used in some states to see the best results.

those laws are: minimum license age of 17. minimum permit age of 16. at least 65 supervised practice hours. night driving restruck shun starts at!jh5ñ 8 p.m. and -- and ban on teen passengers. but that would create new funding sources for parks is headed to the senate. the bill passed on aúkdl unanims 74-0 vote. it requires the state parks department to modernize its fee collection process. also allow california krahns to donate to parks by purchasing special license plates the -- the measure is one of several moving through the legislature aimed at selfing are -- at saving 70 parks slated to close because of the budget crisis. long stretch of below average temperatures things are reversing. warm today, head to the coast if you want comfort from the heat in the 60s there >> turn -- i'm story talk over

you. turn on the ac today? >> especially east bay valleys mid 90's maybe extreme north bay, might be a good idea to do that. here's some of the patchy fog trying to develop over san francisco and out to the coast otherwise quiet this morning 4:52 let's look at those temperatures upper 40s around half moon bay and santa rosa, low to mid 50s until you get to antioch 60 monterey bay, inland salinas low 50s everybody else gilroy, watsonville, santa cruz or

49. low to mid 60s along the coast today to upper 60s in downtown south san francisco head over to sausalito, 75 mid to upper eight these through the north bay valleys, temperatures in the low to mid 60s, 30° cooler at your beaches. 74 watsonville gilroy 20° warmer 94. near 100 throughout the central valley, 112 today in palm springs. makes you melt, doesn't it? tomorrow coastal cooling a couple degrees everybody else warm. then we drop four to eight degrees saturday, about another two to eight sunday another four degrees monday nearly 10 to 20° cooler by monday time for an update on your traffic. good morning. we've been very busy early this morning, good news 880 in oakland northbound at high earlier "sig alert" big rig

accident now cleared out of lanes and on to the shoulder traffic is getting by without further delay. different situation in cupertino, 85 on-ramp to southbound 280 remains closed, cement truck flipped at that on-ramp lanes are blocked there. they are this process of cleaning that up, it would be at least another hour or two. alternate if you have to get to 80, 280 to fit hill to stevens creek back on to -- highway 85. quick look at alternate foothill stevens creek on to 85 in cupertino. here is a first look at your bay bridge toll, no metering heights yet, traffic flowing smoothly upper deck to san francisco. listen to this, facebook responding to a photo controversy, 40-year-old british breast cancer patient joanne jackson posted photos

showing her recovery from a mastectomy me. facebook says they violate the company's policy on nudity now they say it was a mistake. they say mastectomy photos do not violate content standards and are permitted. facebook is looking into what happened. cute little chicks that get shipped through the mail are linked to salmonella poisoning, more than 300 cases in the past seven years most victims were children. no one has died. now health officials are warning of a bacterial threat on the feet, feathers, beaks and eggs with estimated 50 million live poultry sold through the mail each year in the u.s.. this story i love. i think you need to start it. >> you will find out why. how germ intestified is your workplace? the answer may be tied to how

many men work there versus women. >> san diego state researchers analyzed 450 dna swabs from offices in u.s. cities across the country, they found offices full of men have far more bacteria than those filled with women. >> they say men tend to wash hands and brush teeth less frequently. plus, they sweat more ouch! that attracts bacteria. chairs and tefrls had the highest concentration of bugs. i looked at some offices around here and it seems even to me. >> they did the swabs so there you go surprising keyboards don't have more bacteria than phones. >> because people eat over them a lot. we are following two breaking news stories traffic accidents that could impact you one in the east bay the other in the south bay we are left at the scene of both with the latest. jewelry store owner who turned the tables on a group

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