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good wednesday morning many thanks for join us, i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. redwood city fire has forced residents out of their homes. two cars caught fire in a carport after midnight the flames spread quickly to the eight unit complex. the fire destroyed two apartments and smoke damaged most of the other units. the red cross is helping eight people. amy hollyfield is at the scene and will bring a live report coming up. new, berkeley moving forward with having voters decide whether to ban sitting on sidewalks as a way of moving homeless off streets. opponents made their feelings known during a meeting that stretched past midnight. terry mcsweeney is live in berkeley with the results. >> reporter: by 6-3 the city council has decided to let voters decide in november whether this city needs a no

sit ordinance between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. in commercial areas like telegraph avenue to go with its no lie ordinance already on the books. take a look at the meeting. early this morning they made the decision it got heated at times overnight. in the early hours they passed it. stand up for the right to sit, the rallying cry outside that meeting. the mayor says now people lying on the sidewalks are approached by city ambassadors who are there to offer assistance. and they i go them a ticket, if necessary. usually they start out with a warning. as soon as someone who is lying down sits up they are no longer breaking the law and no longer city influence. the sitting on sidewalks intergearing with businesses and foot -- interfering with businesses and foot traffic. >> they invite the person into the city attorney's office and they say let's make a deal. we agree with you we waive

citations if you go into services. >> reporter: opponents say it is illegal, unneeded and only going to be bad news for the homeless going to lead to harassment of those who can least handle harassment and can't afford the fines. in a city where strong debate is a way of life, there's going to be a lot of that leading up to this know's election whether the city of berkeley wants to have a law against sitting on the sidewalk. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 4:3 . this morning, 4500 nurses at 11 sutter health hospitals are staging a one-day strike. the latest walk-out by workers. sutter health nurses have been working without a contract for a year. they are fighting a proposed hike in health benefit co-pay and end to health care for

retirees. sutter says it cannot afford the costs. the hospital will use replacement nurses today. san jose police interviewing witnesses to the fatal shooting of a teen-year-old boy in front of an elementary school -- witnesses say the teenager was shot several times by someone in a passing car. he died at the scene becoming the city's 19th homicide victim this year. police believe a handgun was used. they are hoping to get tips. this morning pg&e and the san francisco fire department are investigating how a natural gasline ignited and fooled a fire in the portola district late yesterday afternoon the flames spread quickly after a construction worker hired to renovate one of the buildings tried to hook-up a gasline. crews contained the fire to a dental office and three-story building. it took pg&e more than two

hours to shut off the gasline which has many residents troubled. >> the whole block could go up. i'm a lot concerned. >> pg&e insists they followed protocol and couldn't shut off the gas immediately because the fire was on top of the main cut off point. crews had to use a secondary valve. the construction worker was badly burned and being treated for life-threatening injuries. pg&e spent much of yesterday and most of the night dealing with another problem, downed now we are blocking a highway. a car hit a pole on highway 4 near hercules. the car burst into flames and the pole and power lines fell across the road the driver escaped unharmed the hotlines kept crews away for several minutes.

they didn't open lanes until 2:30 this morning. pg&e worked late into the night to refor -- restore power. the wife of ross mirkarimi is expected to ask the court for permission to extend her stay in venezuela. this is last month when dan noyes interviewed eliana lopez. chronicle reports she will seek another two month extension before her current extension expires saturday. the ethics commission is scheduled to begin its hearing next tuesday over mayor lee's attempt to remove mirkarimi from office. a man involved in a shootout with federal agents will remain behind bars. appeals court reversed a judge's accident granting bail to the man on the condition he write a series of book reports. investigators say mobley tried to sell a grenade launcher to an agent in march. during the deal gun erupted.

a judge granted him $150,000 bail if he promised to read and write for 90 minutes a day. prosecutors appealed and the 9th circuit ruled in their favor yesterday. the board of supervisors of san francisco decided to fast track negotiations with the warriors to build a new arena near at&t park. warriors want to build new arena by 2017 at piers 30 and 32 south of the bay bridge. the board passed a resolution that waives competitive bidding and gives warriors exclusive rights to develop the property. it will begin working with the team on a detailed description of the project and report back to the board in september. as we were leaving the station last night after doing the primetime newscast, it wasn't drizzley now it is. >> we couldn't get away from each other, here we are again.

absolutely. tweeted a picture of before and after when i went to bed at 11:30 when i got up at 2. a little drizzle possible everybody else quiet live doppler showing rain-free morning so far. let's see where the fog is thickest many limited visibility then you look at half moon bay 3/4, definitely heavier, thicker there i should say we could have drizzle along the san mateo coast through 7:00, 50s slightly cooler than it was this time yesterday. as we head towards noon clouds back to the coast mid to upper 50s half moon bay and san francisco, 60s around the bay, 70s showing up mid to upper 70s inland. as we head towards 4:00 in the afternoon, sun developing along the coast except for san mateo county coast, 50s there into san francisco, 60s and 70 around the bay mid he 70s to mid 80s inland.

7:00 60s and 70s, 50s and 60s around the bay, mid 50s along the coast. breezy and probably cooler inland tomorrow coolest afternoon jump up four degrees friday. check out the heat, mid 90s inland, mid 80s around the bay, low 70s at the coast. here's frances. good morning. the roadwork i showed you earlier has already been cleared on i-80 as you head through berkeley, eastbound lane all open now many it was scheduled until 5:00, they picked it up a little earlier. westbound flowing well towards the maze. traffic is light at this time. 680 in contra costa county, looks great, southbound here towards highway 24, no major problems. roadwork heading out of pittsburg, concord, westbound 4 to northbound 680. not many folks taking this connection ramp at this time.

it is scheduled to be closed until 5:00. detours are in place. heads-up, there's a high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge. also, roadwork on 101 in both directions between marsh and university, blocking lanes now about three lanes in both directions. putting a lid on violence. the bay area gang task force launches a summer crackdown. an exclusive ride-along to see how it is working. police chase almost ends in tragedy what happened instead will leave you amazed. the more products we touch around the sink,

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san francisco you can tell there are clouds out there summer pattern is back with us that is going to mean cooling for those of you inland. mike checks out the forecast and the temperatures in your neighborhood, coming up. the san mateo county gang task for has launched its summer crackdown and gave abc7 news a look at the operation. members of the task force fanned out across the peninsula in redwood city they are checking on gang members on parole and probation. some had outstanding warrants. they checked tattoos to see what group they belonged to. numerous traffic stops on suspicious cars with vehicle violations. one stop they found a trove of drugs in the car, crack, melt, ecstasy and heroin. they also -- meth, ecstasy and heroin and a young runaway in the car. >> she is 15 missing out of three counties, obviously

loved. >> the sheriff's office gang task force consists of officers from all the departments on the peninsula, 100 to 120 officers and deputies have been train . incredible but frightening video out of lubbock, texas from a police -- camera in hot pursuit of an suv the truck iqñ gets tossed out. amazingly, the child gets up, you can see that, there he is wearing orange or red looks like he's walk weighing trying to get back into the truck when someone runs over and grabbed him to protect him. some teenaged purse snatching suspects were arrested and charged with injury to a child, among other crimes. >> that is something to see >> new poll row leased minutes ago on the me is giving the white house reason to worry. -- on the economy is giving the white house reason to worry. the misinformation that

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check out the temperatures yesterday 90s inland mid to upper 80s today. low to mid 70s around the bay mid to upper 60s san francisco and is -- and san mateo, half moon bay 58°. hot through salt lake and denver near 90. 80s and 90s until you get up along the canadian border, 60s

and 70s from seattle to denver i should say boston laguardia has flight departure delays everybody else on time that includes our three airports for now. with the clouds delays will probably develop. abc7news.com at the bottom. 4:48. this morning a fremont company is at the center of a criminal probe involving a carpenter buried alive at a construction site. cal osha is investing the company, it has already issued 14 citations tolding nearly $159,000 in fines in connection with the death of the man. the carter died in january in a trench collapse at a site in milpitas that site remains shutdown. the company is accused of ignoring safety regulations. new twist in the florida trayvon martin case. now the wife of the defendant

george zimmerman is facing perjury. she is accused of lying to a judge about the couple's finances as her husband was being released on $150,000, it carries a sentence of up to five years and $5,000 fine. she has posted her own bail but the judge revoked her husband's bail. george zimmerman is awaited trial from a jail cell. in arizona voters are sending democrat ron barber to washington to finish the term of former representative gabby giffords. he won yesterday's special election over republican jesse kelly. giffords resigned a year after she was shot in the head to focus on recovery. barber was also injured in the shooting rampage that killed six, giffords stayed out of the campaign for the most part but barber got a hand from give forces and her husband this past weekend. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you.

>> that you very much. >> thank you very much. life takes unexpected turns and here we are! >> barber will be running again in november's general election for a full term. new poll just released within the hour shows president obama's popularity dropping. fewer than half voters surveyed think wale of his handling of the economy in the latest -- poll, only 43% of voters expressed favor able opinions about the president's -- economic agenda 40% say the same about mitt romney. among independent swing voters 54% see mr. obama's plans in a negative light. 47% rate romney's plan as negative. >> firefighters in colorado have made some progress battling that massive wildfire near fort collins. they've managed to get 10% containment of a fire that has burned 43,000 acres hundreds

of families evacuated wondering if there will be anything left. authorities say more than 100 homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed. it is too early to give numbers. one resident has died. 4:51. time for our weather to -- forecast. hello mr. nicco. >> good morning. back in our comfort zone. >> it was fun wasn't it? >> it was great, i hope everybody enjoyed it as much as we did. good morning everybody. 4:51. we are looking at some of the clouds that are starting to infiltrate east bay valleys, you can see from vollmer peak towards the east mount diablo sticking up the sunrise comes up in another 45 minutes or so. worried about drizzle this morning?

right now everything is clear it could be extremely localized around the san mateo county coast like half moon bay or some of the farm along the coast like strawberries are starting to come up, that might be an area getting some of. winds were gusting up to 40 miles per hour to 45 last night now 24 at sfo, 25 at concord everybody else below 10 miles per hour the winds not a big factor if they are they are humid so it won't aid in heightened fire danger. warm in antioch 67, the rest of us 50s when you step out same around monterey bay low to mid 50s. cloud cover most of our neighborhoods by 7:00, sun starts eating away at it from east to west by noon back to the coast breezes kick in from north to south you can see clearing except for san mateo

county coast, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, we have microclimates this morning. mid to upper 80s east bay valleys. low to mid 70s east bay shore. south bay, no more air conditioning, 75 milpitas, 80 saratoga and los gatos. low mid to upper 50s along the coast. mid 60s downtown and south san francisco. north bay mid to -- just mid 80s, 80 sonoma. 60 none ray, low to mid 70s around the rest -- if you are heading to the u.s. open cloudy, humid at 7:00 when the practice round begins 52, breezy with sun around noon and 4:00 then cloudy again temperatures go from low to maybe mid 50s you will need a jacket. tomorrow the breezes continue and it brings coolest afternoon because the breezes stop, sunshine and warmer friday, especially over the

weekend, mid 90s inland, mid 80s around the bay, low 70s at the coast hopefully you have something outdoors for dad to do on father's day like relax. nice live shot bay bridge toll delay-free now. check out the ride across the golden gate bridge, we have low clouds, even bridge crews changing the lane configuration. i found a little drizzle on my car this morning as i drove through san francisco or mist, i should say. south bay headlights northbound 280, everything looking good. we are mainly accident-free right now around the bay area on freeways. there was an earlier crash westbound 80 at -- not causing problems. roadwork as well as you head through the mountain view area, the connection ramp from eastbound 237 to northbound 85 is blocked until 6:00 this morning. you can see the sensors on 101,

not finding any delays at this point. 4:54. the announcement by "good morning america" anchor robin roberts that she has been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is sparking a huge increase in people signing up to be bone marrow donors. she announced monday she is suffering from mds, it will require a bone marrow transplant. bone marrow sign-ups have shot up more than 1,000 percent. 70% don't have matching donors in their families. luckily in robin's case her sister is nearly an identical match. we have a link to the donor website on abc7news.com. the american red cross is putting out an urgent call for blood donations. the group says blood supplies in the bay area have dropped to critically low levels. top red cross officials say summer is usually slow for

donations but this summer, supplies are so low they have a one day supply. they are looking for donors we'll tell you how you can donate. in november, california voters will decide whether genetically engineered food should be given especially bells. the second father of state has verified more than -- the secretary of state has verified more than half a million signatures. modified ingredients have been on shelves since 1994. they are found in 80% of the processed foods we buy now. fda says engineered crops pose no greater threat. 4th of july fireworks are returning to redwood city. the fireworks had been the victim of budget cuts since 2009. they are being made for with public funds and private donations. this year's burning man will be bigger.

attendance is set at 60,900, 10,000 more than last year. a company san francisco company stages the event held annually in the nevada desert. it has been surging in popularity in the recent years and sold out the last two years. appear,000 tickets have been sold already for this year's august 27th, event. next, the big announcement expected this morning that the family of a missing morgan hill teenager will help bring her home. we are following breaking news, firefighters battle to prevent an apartment fire in turning into a disaster. the ceo of j.p.more began chase guess before -- jpmorgan chase goes before congress this morning. the san jose city council wastes no time putting a controversial pension reform plan into action. m@