wearing the masks. she's turning into a beautiful young won. >> with a lot closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good monday morning. thank you for joining us i'm

eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze the high fire danger continuing this morning. >> meteorologist mike nicco who got the blue shirt yellow tie memo just as i did joins us with an update. good morning. serious nature. the lower levels the winds are calm. not up to 10 miles per hour up in the hills we need to be concerned. areas in red north bay mountains east bay hills and diablo range on the eastside of the santa clara fire. humidity levels are low and winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour until 8:00 tomorrow morning. -- this morning. >> this morning. gotcha mike, thank you. northern california firefighters say extra resources for red flag conditions are paying off. firefighters were able to contain this fire to less than an acre it broke out yesterday.

gusty winds and dry conditions kept crews on scene to make sure it didn't flare-up again. they had nine engines helicopter and bulldozer available. no injuries were reported. the conditions sparked a number of wildfires across the stay. firefighters are battling a stubborn fire in san bernardino county 20 acres have burned near apple valley 50% contained. a smaller fire burned 15 acres before it was contained. so far this year calfire has battled 1600 fires twice as many as this time last year. other states are challenged with fires. in colorado a fast growing forest fire forcing new evacuations. residents have been told to get out. the high park fire has burned 20,000 acres since saturday morning when a lightning

strike is believe to have set it off. 250 firefighters are working on the fire lines. drivers may find themselves in the rough this week in san francisco as u.s. open golf kicks off today with tiger woods and many big names in town fans are expected in droves. katie marzullo is live at the olympic club with the traffic warning. >> reporter: good morning. we are along skyline boulevard. the olympic club is down the road a little bit. if you come near this spot you are going to see a lot of warning signs and a lot of no parking signs all leading up to the u.s. open. practice begins this morning around:30 we think. guess who everyone wants to see? it is this guy tiger woods. this was him in ohio earlier this month just coming off a win there. phil mickelson will be out here. last time the u.s. open was health here was in 1998.

a lot of fans excited to have it back. 230,000 people are expected to come to the u.s. open. all of those people have to get here some way and park somewhere. the catch s don't drive and don't expect to park. there is no parking. organizers are asking you to bark at can department stick park and take shuttles here. -- at candlestick park and take shuttles here. we are told they are nice shuttles. bart there will be shuttles waiting for you. muni will be running so you can hop on muni to lake merced boulevard. a lot of options may or may not sound inconvenient but will be more convenient than trying to get out here there is no parking around the olympic club. practice starts this morning. tiger known to get up early and get rounds in actual play

thursday friday saturday. katie marzullo abc7 news. 4:30 four. good samaritans made a dramatic rescue of a wash -- of a woman inside a sinking car in the oakland estuary. this all happened yesterday off doolittle drive. the woman managed to make it safely to shore appeared uninjured. not clear why the car plunged into the water. the same thing happened two weeks ago to another driver this woman was okay. police think she took a turn too fast then overcorrected. southern california authorities say u.s. come commerce secretary john bryson has been cited for felony hit-and-run following two accidents. officials say he's being treated at a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries following the crashes saturday police say bryson was driving home saturday in san gabriel

when he allegedly hit another car on son the -- -- bryson stopped to speak with the driver of the car then left the scene. he caused a second collision minutes later. officers found him alone and unconscious. they don't believe alcohol or drugs played a in the crashes. -- played a role in the crashes. sacramento police think shooting deaths of four people in a home was a gang attack. family and friends waited outside the home where crime investigators worked inside. police believe the couple who lived there was targeted but won't say why. two houseguests staying with them were also shot. one survived. another man got into a shootout with the suspect killing him. friends say they were targeted the couple targeted performed expert wall healing rituals.

this morning -- a murder investigation. 31-year-old stephen martin died over the weekend. witnesses say he was punched and hit his head on the curb when he fell during an argument. he was wearing a green wig on race day. police released this video from may 20th showing sharon meadow at the east end of golden gate park where martin was beaten. investigators think digital pictures might help them find a us is spepblg. witnesses say martin argued with some men wearing 49er jerseys before he was punched. suspected gang member is expected to be sentenced to life in prison for the murders of three members of a san francisco family. a jury convicted 25-year-old edwin ramos in the shooting deaths of a man and two of his sons. prosecutors accused ramos of firing the fatal shots after mistaking one of the sons for

a rival gang member in an interview ramos told abc7 news that another man pull the trigger. ramos admits being in the car. today is the last day for anyone interested in becoming an oakland police officer to apply the department has been operating with more than 100 fewer officers than the number needed. oakland police have secured funding for two police academies. they are expected to graduate more than 100 new officers. applicants need to be 21-years-old with a high school diploma or g.e.d.. san jose residents have one last chance to give their opinion about a hike in water rates. the water company wants to raise rates 43% over three years. water conservation has cut into their earnings so they need to raise rates to keep up with expenses. the final public hearing begins 10 a.m. at meeting room in san francisco. the commission won't make a

final decision until the fall. how did you beat the heat over the weekend? ac went on? >> instantly. let's talk about the fire danger. high fire danger for the higher elevations around the bay area north bay mountains. until 8:00 this morning low humidity a lot of brown grass out there fuel if you will winds gusty higher elevations. doppler quiet. when you step out temperatures all over the place. 46 half moon bay, 50 napa, mid to upper 50s santa rosa san francisco and redwood city low to mid 60s everywhere he will antioch 67°. these temperatures through 7:00. we could dip to 49 at napa. lunch toasty inland hitting the upper 80s to near 90.

throw upper 70s san francisco and oakland. mid to upper 80s everywhere else except the coast mid 60s. upper 60s at the coast mid 70s san francisco, 4:00 80s throughout the bay and 90s inland temperatures pull back 80s inland. low 60s along the coast into san francisco. it will start cooling tomorrow at the coast. 90s inland. 10° cooler by the time we get to thursday. major roadwork through the san ramon valley towards walnut creek. northbound 680 closed at highway 24 and three left lanes blocked as you head towards highway 24. keep that in mind. we'll let you know when they clear it. southbound still flowing well. good news this morning on the capital corridor they are serving free coffee for the

commuters and tea. they reached 20 million riders great news bart ace caltrain muni, no delays. 680 this is just past the closure at highway 24 for headlights moving northbound. they did say lanes are scheduled to be blocked towards geary it looks like this stretch is open southbound flowing well towards highway 24. other spot construction going on this connection ramp closed in the oakland maze this is westbound 80 for taillights. right now the eastbound 580 connector ramp is blocked scheduled until 5:30 this morning. 4:41. the big repair job engineers are working on next. why caltrans is demanding a northern california newspaper retract a story on the safety of the new eastern span of the bay bridge.

good morning. 4:44. live look beautiful look from our sutro camera towards san francisco and the bay bridge. no traffic problems. frances is keeping track of things. caltrans claims there are no problems with the new span and wants the sacramento bee to retract a story that says otherwise. the bee reported a defect. caltrans calls the story ridiculous. the agency says the foundation has passed numerous mandatory tests. in a letter caltrans claims information con firring the foundation's integrity was given to the paper's reporter but ignored. bart fixing unusually

large number of broken escalators at strain stations. a special person tells abc7 news only 16 were out of service last weekend nine located at busy downtown stations. last week 29 escalators were broken. the agency says they hope repairs will be finished sometime this week. new lends support for the governor's initiative to raise income and sales tax. 52% say they would approve raising taxes to prevent deep cuts to education and public safety. 35% are opposed. the governor's proposal would raise income tax for seven years on households that make more than $250,000 a year also a quarter cent sales tax increase that everybody would pay. volunteer coaches are about to undergo more scrutiny. new rules they will be forced to follow, starting tomorrow. the hunt for the gunman who turned a pool party near a

major u.s. university into a murder scene. why a study says you don't have to worry about gull body screenings at airports. -- about full body screenings at airports. >> the morning news is going primetime tomorrow night. we'll be on the regular morning newscast then return at night for a live newscast after game one of the nba finals. get the news traffic weather and a behind the scenes look at the

70 at half moon bay to 78 san francisco mid to upper 80s around the bay shore low to mid 90s inland. lower 48váv pretty warm except fargo 68. 70s around boston new york minneapolis, great falls seattle and portland. 80s and 90s everywhere else phoenix 107. here's all major airports dry

conditions along the northeast. as you head into the ohio river valley and midwest wet whether could cause delays. all is quiet here in california. flight tracker any time you need it abc7news.com at the bottom. 4:49. in alabama, the search continues for a gunman suspected of killing three people and wounding three at a weekend pool party near auburn university. two victims killed were former players for the school's football program. authorities are searching for a 22-year-old accused of opening fire saturday night at an apartment complex after getting into a fight with some of the victims over a woman. police say the suspect is a montgomery resident. opening statements begin this morning in the sexual abuse trial of former football coach jerry sandusky. he faces 52 charges of sexually abuseing 10 boys over 15 years. he denies having done anything

inappropriate. the -- the scandal forced the resignation of joe paterno. country's largest volunteer amateur sports organization set to announce new background checks for coaches and staff. the athletic union has scheduled a news conference for today to announce the plan. at associated press reports the screening will be mandatory for all adult coaches volunteers and staff. new regulations to protect young athletes from inappropriate contact with adults. also expected to release results of an investigation into decades old abuse allegations involving a former president. heavy rains are expected to continue in the southeast adding to flood waters that have damaged homes closed roads and caused power outages. rains left residents along the florida panhandle and parts of alabama dealing with record rainfall nine inches

accumulated since friday. some say they haven't seen flooding like this since hurricane katrina. >> i don't know how bad the damages are. the water rose high. my sister and our kids are together. >> the water kept getting higher and higher and got up to the window level of the door. >> the flooding caused the escambia jail near pensacola to lose power. we are still in the midst of high fire danger here in the bay area for a few more hours. >> until 8:00 when the red flag warning ends hopefully it won't get reissued. looking from mount tamalpais camera bouncing around 4600 feet one of the reasons why we have low humidity and gusty winds beautiful clean air san francisco down san mateo bridge.

shaded areas on live doppler kind of a burnt red orange that is where we have the red flag warning. north bay mountains east bay hills and diablo range until 8:00 this morning. let's talk about what is going on as far as winds lower elevations no need to worry about the winds up above 1000 feet where we are getting the gustiest winds. very mild this morning if not warm in antioch 67 half moon bay 46. a lot of 50s and 60s. one of the warmest mornings we've had in a long time. we are in the low to mid 50s around the monterey bay. let's talk about what is going to happen sunny today everywhere it going to be warm. east bay valleys low to mid 90s again need the air conditioner. head to the east bay shoreline pretty much mid to upper 80s richmond cooler 80. fremont 88°.

upper 80s sunnyvale and milpitas. low to mid 90s the rest of the south bay. mid to upper 80s most of the peninsula like the east bay shore. millbrae 80. upper 60s to near 70, pacifica half moon bay, daly city sunset 72. downtown san francisco 78. 82 sausalito. 20° cooler at beaches. 71 monterey. 85 santa cruz. mid to upper 90s through the central valley. 81 big sur with sun. 75 tahoe. 105 in palm springs. back home tonight mainly in the 50s, a few 60s a few clouds may gather along the coast coast clears six degrees cooler six december tomorrow rest of us warm to hot. four to eight degrees cooler

wednesday. the warmth returns father's day weekend. good morning. we have better news now as you head through 680 all lanes reopened northbound at highway 24. traffic is flowing well this traffic is very light northbound for headlights southbound also good for most commuters towards highway 24 the roadwork is gone there. but, we are still keeping an eye on it through the oakland maze. it is blocking the westbound 80 connection ramp to eastbound 580. you are forced on to 880 at this point this is scheduled until 5:30 this morning. if you are heading towards the bay bridge toll to the right a nice light commute so far no problems heading into san francisco but, if you are heading to the open as katie marzullo mentioned you can bart no delays. get off at the colma station

not daly city station if you are driving park at candlestick free coffee on amtrak's capital corridor this morning. new study will have travelers breathing a sigh of relief over tsa full body scanners. researchers say they pose little risk. radiation for the scanner reaches through the skin into organs but the levels are lower than those of other x-ray procedures like mammograms this is the first independent review of those controversial scanners. the study will be in the next issue of medical physics with muni officials secured four million dollars towards a plan to provide free rides for the city's youth. muni officials have approved a pilot program that will provide 40,000 low income youths into the city with free rides. the plan was contingent on getting five million dollars in recently tall -- regional transportation money. they will try to determine how

to raise the remaining one million dollars needed. this week a judge will decide if dozens of suspended seniors in brentwood will will be allowed to make up finals. the senior class graduated saturday in a ceremony on heritage high's football field, missing was 67 seniors who were suspended after a prank that school officials say was vandalism. they attended a party hosted by parents. administrators called officers to the graduation ceremony in case of trouble. but there was no trouble. this morning workers will begin installing new addition to the los angeles harbor courtesy of the bay area. the uss eye an -- the uss iowa arrived over the weekend. the retired balance ship was part of the moth ball fleet it served in world war ii and korea it is being converted into a floating museum. following developing news in the east bay, firefighters

are trying to determine the cause of an overnight apartment fire. latest on the investigation coming up. ahead, a look at what could be some big products unveiled. why future cal-state and uc students could have fewer degrees to choose from. the first test mayor reed's budget faces today.

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