>> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. that breaking news comes from silver terrace neighborhood, 20 residents out in the cold after an overnight fire spread to several homes. huge flames caught on camera. police have detained a person. we've been following this story since 4:30 this mo.

amy hollyfield joins us live from silver avenue and bay shore boulevard with the latest. >> reporter: i just got an update from the red cross. they tell me that a total of six families lost their homes this morning. take a look at this amazing video when firefighters saw this they were suspicious. this video was taken by a woman who had to run had time to grab her dog and pan -- parents and that was it. it turned out 20 people lost their homes. they believe someone set this fire on purpose. the home that was originally on fire was empty, it was destroyed, a total of four homes on one side of boutwell at bay shore boulevard damaged. the fire crossed the street and caught a deck on fire as well. everyone got out okay. two victims were an 88-year-old man on 92-year-old man. their caregiver rushed here

when she heard about she was to see they had gotten out on their own. >> i'm glad they got out safely, knowing that both of them are ill. and their age, you know so i'm really glad they got out safely and everything is okay. >> reporter: police did make an arrest they took a 61-year-old man into custody. witnesses say they saw him running from the scene carrying a gas can. investigators are focused on that gas can they have it in their position. they are looking into the fact there was a fire here three years ago. again, no one was hurt in this fire. red cross is here to help. bay shore beautiful has been closed all morning cars are now being allowed to go through they've opened it up. there are still some emergency vehicles here, red cross advance, a little crowded, but it is -- red cross vans, but

it is a little crowded. reporting live in san mateo -- live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. i took 101 to the 280 extension it is there in the middle of the v you can see the orange glow when the fire was burning. right now the fire is out could there still be a traffic impact? >> we saw streets blocked off in amy's report. >> they are beginning to let traffic through but that intersection at bay shore boulevard north of silver is crowded as you could see as an amy said shortly that should begin 100 block of pwoutwell is where that congestion is. no significant slowing on the freeway, you can see this, from the freeway both 101 and the 280 extension. we are not seeing any significant slowing there. muni still being rerouted around the scene bay shore and boutwell until further notice

we'll have an update if you want to an individual this congestion for now you can take san bruno avenue past the scene. here's mike with your weather. good morning. look at live doppler you can see showing a quiet morning in fact, clouds are breaking up as we speak, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, cooler than yesterday morning. we'll have clouds along san mateo county coast, 65 half moon bay everybody else sunshine 70s throughout the bay 80s and 90s inland around the monterey bay clouds hanging around monterey and 65, low to mid 70s for the rest of the bay, low to mid 80s inland. we have developing news from oakland, right now police have moved in on protesters camping out at lakeview elementary school. let's give you a live look outside the gates of the campus on grand avenue. right now police making people slowly taking their belongings their tents warning them they could be arrested if they

don't do so. most people leaving willingly although slowly. parents and teachers have been camping out and holding rallies for the past 2 1/2 weeks. oakland police and school district officers moved in 4:00 this morning. at least two people are saying they want to stay and risk arrest, proposeers opposing the plan to close five schools, including lakeview this fall, due to budget cuts. terry mcsweeney will have a live report coming up in our next half hour. happening less than an hour from now, more than 3,000 nurses at seven bay area sutter hospitals will again a one-day walk-out. it will be the fifth strike in eight months in an increasingly bitter contract distribute -- dispute over health care and sick leave. the sutter hospitals in san mateo and alameda counties. san francisco police are looking for a man they say

attacked an 82-year-old woman who was trying to protect the geese in golden gate park. it happened friday morning around 11:00 on the banks of stow lake in the park. the woman saw a child possibly harassing the geese. she told the child to leave the birds alone that's when an unidentified man walked up and shoved her. she fell to the pavement and struck her head, suffering what later turned out to be life-threatening injuries. police are looking for the man they believe is a guardian of the child. jury deliberations get underway in a few hours in the trial of a san francisco man accused of beating a priest who he says molested him as a child. william lynch faces felony charges of salt and elderly abuse against gerald lindner. defense attorneys claim lynch did not intend to attack lindner when he confronted the retired priest two years ago. prosecutors call lynch a vigilante and say he took part in a selfish act of revenge. if convicted, lynch could face up to four years in prison.

san francisco building inspector claims mayor ed lee committed perjury while testifying at the hearing involving sheriff ross mirkarimi. mayor lee told the ethics commission friday he had not consulted with the board of have advisers before charging mirkarimi with misconduct. the examiner reports, during a break in the hearing building commissioner walker said supervisor told her the mayor previously asked whether mirkarimi should be charged. mayor lee began the process of removing mirkarimi from office in march, following his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge in a domestic violence case involving his wife. 6:07. if you look outside, we have clouds and a little damp. kind of starting out similar to yesterday morning. >> let's check in with mike. we'll talk about how things on live doppler are very quiet right now because of the clouds and breaking up already you can see over the last three hours, not much to

do out there, good news, let's talk about what is going to happen as far as visibilities, running well, you can see unlimited except oakland 7 half moon bay six, haven't heard any flight arrival delays about any of our major airports in san jose, oakland or san francisco. today we start with this morning, cooler than it was yesterday morning. many of news the low to mid 50s by 7:00. by noon, we warm rapidly, especially inland already near 80 for lunchtime temperatures 70 bay, 60 at the coast, touch warmer around the bay at 76 getting warm inland at 86, after temperatures will reach the 90s around 2:00, 3:00 inland going to get a little hot inland. then drop down to 80 inland by 7:00, 70 around the bay probably need a jacket at the coast 59°. high amounts of tree, grass, mold back to moderate

yesterday hangs there today ragweed will be high. next three days warmest in the forecast, temperatures near 90 inland, near 80 around the bay, low to mid 60s at the coast. good morning. hello everyone. no metering lights yet. bay bridge toll looking good, minor delay if you are paying cash. otherwise, fastrak and carpool lanes are breezing into the upper deck into san francisco, no problems whatsoever. i check merchandise with all of our mass transit, muni rerouted 9 line around the fire we were mentioning earlier at boutwell and bay shore otherwise no other problems with any mass transit. drive times on the east shore freeway from carquinez bridge to the maze under 20 minutes, 101 from san francisco south to the peninsula, 380 past that fire scene is moving at the limit, no problems 10 minutes to get there. off the altamont pass, a little crowded less than 20

minutes from livermore into the dublin pleasanton area. here's that fire scene again crews at bay shore boulevard are visible from 101 but we are not seeing slow traffic. 6:10. still the fight against drinking and driving goes to the minutes room. the new -- goes to the men's room. the new tool police are using. ,

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6:14. ihop may be known for its pancakes but does it make the best in the business? michael finney is here with the top restaurant pancakes. >> reporter: good morning! just in time 4th of july road trip consumer reports taste tested numerous restaurants to see how i-top pancakes stack up against the competition. favorite way to start the day -- >> i love them every morning they are so good. >> i love pancakes. >> reporter: consumer reports testers went undercover to find who makes great tasting buttermilk pancakes five chains, including i-hop, denny's and cracker barrel. japan cakes should be tender and moist not wet and pasty. when it comes to flavors you want to get hint of the grain. >> reporter: i-hop claims

it pancakes are award winning with authentic country flavor. >> i-hop pancake looked better than they tasted as they cooled they became tough. >> reporter: denny's tasted as if they came a mix so did ones from country kitchen. the best came from cracker barrel and perkins cooked to a nice golden brown and tasted freshly prepared with the best restaurants consumer reports found it is better to order pancakes in the morning. >> when we ordered off the all-day menu we found they picked up the flavors of other foods cooked on the grill. frankly, they weren't as good. >> reporter: as for the syrup, cracker barrel was the only restaurant where it contains real may pull. it wasn't 100 pure, -- cracker barrel does serve it warm. no contest, hands down, real maple syrup tastes best you

don't want to over do it there are 200 calories in a quarter cup compared to 20 in sugar-free syrup. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> sugar-free syrup is that legal in this country? >> talk to vermont and new hampshire about that. >> a little drizzle guess a long way >> if the pancakes are really good like i get at mo's around the corner. blueberry, don't need syrup. >> we gotta stop, stumps are group lidge, as we speak. -- stomachs are grumbling as we speak. we don't have flight arrival delays that we dealt with yesterday, beautiful picture as we look at the hills and the clouds. let's move on and talk about what going on, on live doppler -- i didn't get paid for that endorsement, that is against the rules, hemlo! i see someone smirking at the

news desk. good news, no rain, no mist, nothing like we had yesterday. just updated temperatures santa rosa clear skies 49, 60 antioch, most of the us in the 50s right now. temperatures in the mid 50s around the monterey bay and inland. for today, sunshine quicker marine layers thinner, clouds less numerous that is going to lead to warm afternoons today and for the extended period looks like we'll stay warm we haven't had that in three or four years where we've had a real summer for an extended period of time we usually rollercoaster these temperatures not going to happen. highs today compared to average two degrees warmer in san francisco, four in napa, three in oakland and two in livermore, san jose and redwood city two to four degrees cooler. let's star in the south bay, low to mid eight -- let's start in the south bay, low to mid 80s.

low to mid 60s along the coast daly city 62, near 70 downtown south san francisco 74 sausalito mid to upper 80s through most of the north bay valleys cooler with sunshine at your beaches low to mid 60s east bay shore mid to upper 70s hercules 82 warmer spot mid 80s to mid 90s east bay valleys i hear the air conditioners mid to upper 80s morgan hill, gilroy hollister. heading to san rafael, marin county fair today opens 11:0070, warm at 4:00, sunny 82° steel pulse takes the stage at 7:30 with 74 fireworks 9:30, 66 degrees. a's game, fireworks game 7:05 first pitch clear and 66 dropping to 59 by the time the game is over and fireworks begin. tomorrow independence!

temperatures almost exactly like today, look at thursday through monday, low to mid 60s at the coast upper 70s to 80 around the bay upper 80s to near 90 inland. have a great day. marin county fair, reminder, all roads around the marin civic center after the fireworks jammed usually around 10:00 at night including 101 past the civic center. you are looking at a live shot of 680 heading southbound on the right, up towards the 24 junction, no problems, a little busy, but no significant slow downs. san mateo bridge westbound cars with the taillights headed westbound into the highrise at foster city no delays. also eastbound over towards hayward moving well, no problems. good news in san francisco in the silver terrace neighborhood that intersection that bay shore and boutwell all lanes reopened, crews still on scene but you can get through and muni 9 line now also back on track it wasñ[ç

being rerouted around this four-alarm fire scene it has been out for sometime, bay shore and boutwell you can get through on muni no delays. law enforcement around the country will be out in full force for the 4th of july cracking down on drunk drivers. the one state taking a different approach. >> had a few drinks? maybe a few too many. >> michigan is distributing talking urinal deodorizeer cakes. when men go to the bathroom the talking cakes will remind them not to drink and drive instead call a cab or friend. michigan officials say the cakes are one way it is cracking down on drunk driving. certainly a most interesting way >> you bet. 6:20. the low profile cnn's anderson cooper is keeping following his announcement that he's gay. elaborate ceremony

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the medals are being stored in the tower of london for safe keeping. 4,700 medals are in storm. the tower is where the royal family stores its crown jewels. don't expect cnn anchor anderson cooper to comment publicly in the next few days about the announcement he's gay. "the new york times" reports he's out of the country on assignment for 60 minutes where he also works. cooper announced yesterday he's gay in a letter released online. the 45-year-old says he still considers himself a private person and hopes the announcement doesn't mean an end to the small amount of personal space he has. he is pecked to return to his cnn primetime show thursday. 6:25. we are still following breaking news from san francisco, four alarm fire overnight. the huge flames caught on camera. people left homeless. one person detained. the investigation is underway.

following developing news from oakland police could be getting ready to end the parent protest at a shutdown elementary school. we are live at the scene. warmer afternoon temperatures on the way mid 60s along the coast mid to upper 70s around the bay mid 80s to low 90s inland not as hot as the rest of the country, humidity to go with it. seattle and portland, 62 and 68 for milder spots. all major airports across the lower 48 and our airports here on time.

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right now breaking news. we start with breaking news amy hollyfield joins us from the silver terrace neighborhood. >> amy was this cash was this fire intentionally set? >> reporter: that is the theory. now it is really sad you can see some of the victims are getting a good look at how much damage was done to their homes some people lost everything. look at this amazing video and how huge this fire was. it started before 3:00 this morning on boutwell at bay shore boulevard. it was so big and spread so

quickly firefighters were immediately suspicious. now they do think that someone intentionally set this fire. what was also suspicious, the fact there was a fire here three years ago. the home where the fire started was vacant, it has been empty for a while. it has been plagued with squatters, which has been frustrating to the residents here and very upsetting to the fire victims, especially now they are looking at their destroyed homes. >> it is pretty damaged. if you look in the back, the whole back is gone my whole bedroom is gone, everything i had to is gone, all member rights -- all memories i lost in another fire now these memories are lost, like wiping the slate, ridiculous. really . >> reporter: police took a 61-year-old man into custody. witnesses -- witnesses saw him carrying a gas can

investigators focusing on that can they have it in their custody. they are looking into the fact there was a fire here three years ago. no one was hurt this morning. the red cross is here to help the six families who their homes 19 adults and three children, two adults were elderly an 88-year-old man and 92-year-old who did make it out safely. four homes damaged, the red cross is trying to help those people figure out where they are going to live. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. for a while the local streets there impacted and muni as well. let's check with sue hall. good news is that has been cleared. muni back on its route, the 9 line is back on route and all those streets around the vicinity, bay shore, silver, boutwell, all reopened. traffic on 101 all visible from 101 and 280 all moving

smoothly past the area. carquinez bridge to the maze less than 30 minutes. 101 from san francisco as you head to the peninsula drive past the fire scene still a good ride. a little slow off the altamont pass headed towards the 680 pleasanton junction. alameda county fair traffic around bernal and pleasanton 680 area during fair hours. here's mike. got caught in that sunday backed up to stone ridge, going to be a fun time, let's talk about what is going on now, live doppler, you can see it is dry. mid to upper 50s as far as our high today significant warmer than yesterday especially inland to the east bay where you see 90s fairfield and antioch, 80s there and north bay and south bay mid to upper 70s around the bay shore low to mid 60s along the coast, 70 san francisco, 65 monterey, 73

watsonville to mid and upper 80s inland with sunshine. any clouds mainly along the san mateo county coast. we are following developing news out of oakland where police could be getting ready to end a parent protest at a shutdown school. terry mcsweeney is live at lakeview elementary. >> reporter: we are told that two arrests are either happening right now or they are imminent. two people wanted to be arrested to further make their point that five schools here in the oakland unified school district should not be shutdown. lakeview elementary is being shutdown. you can see the the last few people who are out there these people were not camped out, not occupying the school they were outside in the tents and sleeping bags that you can see looking to the left oakland police department still here and greatly reduced presence. we are told the arrestees are

going to be brought out short look at pictures from earlier police moved in 4:00 this morning they moved on to the campus we are told 15 to 20 people were inside, some children were in there as well. the whole point of this protest is to try to let the oakland unified school district know that these people will not tolerate five schools shutdown especially lakeview elementary the school district says there is nothing they can do the money is just not there to keep all the schools open. here is what a school spokesman said. >> at a certain point we determined that the protesters had ample opportunity to make their statement. their voices were heard. they are trespassing we have a right to the site and to disperse the demonstrators. and we needed to do that now in order to continue with preparations for the 2012-13 school year. >> reporter: in addition to

removing the demonstrators and the occupiers, they also removed the signs from the fences and there were many. they were taken down most of them by protesters and across the street protesters are saying this is not the end of their protest. they say at 5:00 this evening they will be back here having a gathering, rally. they also plan to block the driveway at the oakland unified school district headquarters. the plan for this school is to make this part of the administration and they are saying that well if you want to make this the administration we'll take over and from you getting in to the current administration building. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. new this morning, police in union city right now are looking for three suspects after a woman was shot during a home invasion robbery. police responded to the home on hanford street 10:15 last night the three confronted the 62-year-old woman, forced her in the house at gunpoint the woman was hit by gunfire and

taken to the hospital, she has ungone surgery. her adult son was beaten, his injuries are not considered life-threatening. anyone with information about the shooting should call union city police. san jose fire investigators say illegal fireworks are the likely cause of a one acre fire last night. the blaze in the silver creek district broke out not far from several homes but it was put out quickly. firefighters found these firecrackers at the scene and witnesses report ceiling kids running away when the fire broke -- report seeing kids running away when the fire broke out. in oakland new budget means the city will face the 4th of july with fewer open stations this year. it is called a rotating broken-out that means a total of eight firefighters will sit out for three days. the budget decision will save the city four million dollars over the fiscal year. no stations in the -- amateur fireworks are

banned across the bay area. what about the professional fireworks tomorrow? >> got to be wondering about the viewing for that. mike what do you think? >> great question. anywhere from the coast you will be fine clouds will try to sneak up the coast from the south tomorrow afternoon. try to make that right hand turn through the golden gate bridge i think they will stop short of getting into the bay. yeah, enjoy the fireworks tomorrow, no matter where you are. good morning. live doppler while were you sleeping looking for areas of wet weather, unlike yesterday where we had mist not out there, a few breezes out of the west at sfo 13 out of the south oakland 14 same concord southwest fairfield 13 everybody else calm to about eight miles per hour not a big wind yet breezy during the afternoon. broken cloud cover through the 7:00 hour, temperatures from 49 in santa rosa to 61 antioch. look how quickly clouds disappear back to the san mateo county coast 59

half moon bay at noon, 60s and 70s everywhere 80s santa rosa, napa and fairfield. 80s and 90s inland by 4:00. 70s around the bay, 60s along the coast into san francisco, 7:00, cool back into the 70s and 80s inland 60s and 70s around the bay upper 50s to mid 60s along the coast into san francisco a few low clouds. next three days, warm, summer is here going to hang around for a while. hope you enjoy it. good morning everyone. update, metering lights just turned on at the bay bridge, traffic relatively light. you will find a little slow traffic up the incline on the upper deck into san francisco, so far behind the toll plaza, pretty good. a little traffic east shore freeway lead into macarthur maze, bunching up past golden gate fields, moving steadily, no stalls or accidents you in a lot of

company as you head into the macarthur maze pretty much at the limit. southbound 101 past lucas valley road on to freitas parkway past the civic center traffic around the marin county fair ongoing especially at night after the fireworks and everybody is leaving at the same time usually 10:00 at night. checking in with all mass transit everybody on time, so far so good for this tuesday morning. 6:40. you want free starbucks? >> doesn't everybody? >> details on a special offer next. >> trading underway on wall street, we have a live report from the new york stock exchange, straight head -- straight ahead. dow down three points. just released study on high-tech gadgets prompting a safer commute. are they worth the money? you can join our new dream campaign just like abc7 news on facebook and make a difference to bay area foster kids in need. for every like, every new like

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6:45 on this tuesday warm we are lots of cloud cover today except around half moon bay 65, 70s throughout the bay shore, 80s and 90s inland. looks like summer. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd across the entire state quiet and warm if you are heading through the central valley mid to upper 90s yosemite 91. tahoe today 78, down south clouds lingering around san diego and 69, 77 l.a., 103 in palm springs. safe travels. 6:45. time to check in with amy for what is coming up on "good morning america." good morning new security alert issued nationwide ahead of the july 4th holiday new indications al-qaeda could be planning another attack. plus, swim -- swimming with sharks would you let your 5-year-old do it? we hear from the little girl's parents who did all caught on

tape, next on gma. insurance institute for highway safety has just released latest study this time focusing on the newer high-tech features designed to avoid crashes. before you invest your money which ones work? katie marzullo joins us live with details. >> reporter: we are talking about high-tech systems geared at curbing the number of car crashes. two technologies have proven most helpful in avoiding crashes many one forward collision avoidance. a system that warns you first then brakes if a rear end crash is imminent. owners of mercedes and acuras, reported 14% deposit in ensures -- insurance claims a year. two adaptive headlights twist toward the direction of the turn to see into the dark corners ahead. volvo and mazda owners with it have nine and 10% lower

property damage claim rates. a third technology did not prove helpful, this was lane departure warning systems that alerts you if you are drifting out of your lane folks who have that did not reduce their accident claims. the national highway transportation safety administration has not proposed making these technologies mandatory it plans to gather more information about cost and reliability. right now forward collision avoidance costs around $1200. new this morning, iran launched several missiles overnight that it claims are capable of reaching u.s. warships in the persian gulf. new video shows the country's revolutionary guard launching the missiles from an unknown part of the country it coincides with the united states adding military reinforcements to the persian gulf to keep it open. white house officials say the added military presence is a precaution in case a standoff over the country's disputed

nuclear escalates. a new poll released shows americans divided on last week's u.s. supreme court ruling on the federal health care law. 43% see the affordable law as favorable. 42% see it unfavorably when it comes to president obama's plans for the health care system largely upheld, 45% see it favorably, 48% have an unfavorable view. 30% have a favorable opinion of mitt romney's approach to health care, 47% see it neglect. iphone users about to get an interesting message from samsung. general motors and facebook appear to be socializing again. >> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with more. this is interesting. yes it is. it wasn't that long ago gm said they weren't going to advertise on facebook sources tell bloomberg gm back in talks with facebook about run being ads on the site also

very high level, chief operating officer on the facebook side ceo on the gm side automaker said it decided to stop advertising on facebook after a review. stocks this morning, very quiet, not a lot of fireworks going on today, short trading day because of the independence holiday tomorrow, we close at one instead of four higher but overall quiet trade many bloomberg index is also trading up this morning starbucks has a freebie 4th of july in an open letter posted the ceo says the shops are giving away tree tall coffees tomorrow this is to help spark conversations in the shops among coffee lovers so customers can discuss america's problems like unemployment and debt many if you have your iphone samsung may have your number. samsung planning to message some iphone 4s users offering as much as $300 for people who trade in for a samsung device.

live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. :50. >> we turn over to meteorologist mike nicco. what do we have? a few clouds no flight arrival delays into sfo, san jose or oakland the sun is starting to shine down on the financial district as we look south from our roof cam and downtown san francisco live doppler 7 hd with the lack of clouds it is not picking up any mist or drizzle we dealt with yesterday. the big story, cooler by anywhere from one to 10° compared to yesterday from 49 santa rosa to 60 antioch most of us starting out in the 50s same around the monterey bay. in the around more sunshine, lot quicker that means warmer weather, partly cloudy, comfortable at night no matter how hot it gets in the around because we have an extended period of warm weather, summer

is going to hang around at least the next seven days no wild temperature schwinns today we go up a little bit to more -- temperature swings, today we go up a little bit. 7 in san francisco, con , we are setting the take for that extended period of warm -- weather. clouds hanging around the bay breaking up gone 9:00, 10:00 out to the coast by 11 except san mateo county coast 60s, 70s, 90s for the bay up to inland, mid 80s to mid 90s east bay valleys. hercules 82, low to mid 80s in the south bay today with cupertino around 82 mid to upper 70s on the peninsula to low to mid 60s along the coast downtown south san francisco both reaching for 774 sausalito mid to upper 80s north bay valleys, 20° cooler at beaches mid 60s to mid 70s

monterey to santa cruz to mid to upper 80s inland. heading to the alameda county fair begins 8:00, 62°, mild noon 76 -- 79 warm sun 4:00 8 heartbreaker 77 they take the stage at 7:00 heading to the a's game red sox we won last night 61 fireworks tonight within or lose you are a winner, 66, 7:05, down to 55 by the end of the game. just as warm tomorrow then whoever around upper 80s to near 90 inland upper 70s to near 80 around the bay low to mid 60s at the coast. have a great day! good morning. live shot if your commute takes you from san jose to cupertino football 280 in the smooth sailing good company very light this morning 17 out of santa cruz mountains same thing not getting reports of problems as you head from the summit into san jose. look at the san mateo bridge taillights westbound up and

over the highrise no delays into foster city you can see eastbound headed towards hayward is moving well, no problems. sunrise over the bay bridge toll a little hard to see, metering lights on, no back-up whatsoever. it is a little preholiday light this morning. certainly a pretty picture and the upper deck is moving well into san francisco. one hot spot, accident earlier westbound 580 at vasco cleared out of lanes, traffic slow into the pleasanton livermore pleasanton area about 30 minutes. 6:53. bay area man expected to survive after being mauled by a month continue lion. the 63-year-old hiker was sleeping while camping sunday morning when a mountain lion approached him. the big cat was biting at him through his sleeping bag it stopped, starred at the man and took off. he shredded the sleeping bag

-- the victim was able to drive to the hospital with injuries to his head, arm and hand he has been released from the hospital. 6:54. as we get ready to hand off to "good morning america" here are five things to know before you go. number one, right now in san francisco arson investigators are piecing together clues to an early morning residential fire police detained one person four homes destroyed and 20 residents are looking for new places to stay witnesses saw a man running from the fire scene carrying a gas canister. number two, more than 3,000 nurses are set to begin a juan-day strike at 7 a.m., the fifth in eight months in a bitter contract dispute the sutter hospitals are in san mateo and in alameda. >> number three, oakland police and school district officials moved in around 4:00 this morning to evict protesters camping out at lakeview elementary. most left peacefully.

a few may risk arrest. parents and teachers have been camping out to protest the closure of lakeview and four other schools. >> number four, court battle begins today in sacramento over 30 million dollars in disputed redevelopment founds -- funds originally earmarked for the 49ers new stadium. a judge agreed to freeze the funds after the team filed a restraining order last week. number five, new government study says new accident avoidance technology is working. two most helpful ones are forward collision warning systems which can automatically brake ahead of a rear-end collision and adaptive headlights which can shift direction as the driver turns. final check of your forecast. good morning. live doppler hardly picking up any clouds, no flight arrival delays into sfo, oakland nor san jose mainly in the 50s, clouds at the coast at noon 58

to 79 inland, 90s in some areas, drop back into the mid 80s by 4:00. inland 61 at the coast, a few clouds return to the coast, 57 there at 7:00 to 74 inland. live look at central san rafael southbound on 101 not central san rafael headed towards central san rafael a look past the civic center where the fair is ongoing expect delays especially after the fireworks tonight around 10:00 around the civic center. elsewhere 80 berkeley moving into the macarthur maze you are in company there. no significant slow downs as you head into the toll plaza and points beyond. one hot spot this morning still coming off the altamont pass in livermore area earlier accident at vasco now out of lanes slow traffic towards the livermore pleasanton area. give yourself a little extra time out of the central valley this morning otherwise preholiday light. >> oh yeah, we should remind

folks that meters will be working in san francisco tomorrow. if you are driving into the city, bring change with you. >> yeah for the parking they will be enforcing. >> want to remind you abc7 news has a great new way for you to wake up and get ready for your day new alarm clock app for your iphone wake up to the bay area's latest headlines, weather and traffic on your phone free app is available now on the app store mike take us out with a litt

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