>> announcer: abc7 news begins breaking news. two major problems right now on i-80. i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. the first issue lower deck of the bay bridge some eastbound lanes are closed. terry mcsweeney is live on why about island. >> reporter: just got off the phone with chp two incidents -- both major but separate the first 2, 2:30 this morning eastbound going away from san francisco towards oakland. it began as a high speed chase on the bay bridge. chp saw a car speeding and gave pursuit. pictures on the s-curve of the bay bridge you are going to see a number of cars to the

side they are chp cars and a lot of flares three lanes blocked heading eastbound. at some point you are going to get to this car off to the side, crashed. that is the vehicle that was being chased. it was involved in a crash of the chp got out of car shots were fired however, i'm told by the chp spokesperson that nobody was hit by the bullets. that the person who was driving the car that crashed was injured slightly as a result of the car crash. an hour after that incident, he was transported to the hospital, minor injuries, an hour after that, there was a high speed chase that started in oakland went into san francisco then back towards the east bay. that was a separate high speed chase. all that going on while this was going on off to the side. three lanes blocked eastbound now. not much traffic no impact right now on the vehicles i'm

looking down here i see chp blocking off a few more lanes down there. we will keep you posted be back here in half an hour, at the most. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. i am trying to keep track of the traffic head together lower deck of the bay bridge. two major incidents right now. not seeing a delay out of san francisco towards the east here's a live shot of the incline section. westbound heading into san francisco unaffected. we normally see some eastbound traffic athlete a few cars. i'll be staying -- at least a few cars. i'll be staying in touch to find out if any additional lanes are blocked. we'll keep you posted on this. we didn't see any cars heading eastbound normally we would see a couple. just quickly, another big trouble spot i-80 both directions blocked due to

police activity we'll keep you posted on that we have developing news from east contra costa county, firefighters are keeping an eye on a neighborhood in oakley after a grass fire was ignited by illegal fireworks. the fire started last night a field behind homes. the fire district had to call in for help to contain that blaze. budget cuts reduced the number of fire stations in the district from six to three we'll have a live report from amy hollyfield in the next half hour. in oakland, no major fires were sparked bythons of illegal fireworks last night. we -- by thousands of illegal fireworks last night. we should find out later if arrests were made. >> commercial grade fireworks were launched. accompanied by explosions of m after 80s, cherry bombs and bottle rockets.

the police department was on the lookout for illegal gunshots. this year they used their spot shotter that can tell the difference between fireworks and gunshots. police say catching people who new jerseyly fire guns was a priority. -- who neglect skwrpbtsly fire guns was a priority. 12:30 this morning officials say paramedics got there the man was unconscious and having trouble breathing. taken to the hospital. his condition not released. 41-year-old man scheduled to make first court appearance in a fatal hit-and-run crash of a teen. investigators say his white pick-up truck crashed into the 17-year-old's pick-up monday. they say harmon left the scene and turned himself in 10 hours later. harmon claim the victim is to

blame. investigators say his story doesn't match the evidence. this morning the family of an armed domestic violence suspect shot and killed by vallejo police is asking if more could have been done to save his life. investigators say 44-year-old marshal tobin reached for a gun after getting out of a vehicle yesterday morning. police responded to reports of a man with a weapon. police ordered him to put the gun down even tased him but say he refused. it is the fourth officer involved shooting in have a know six weeks. san francisco medical examiner identified a body recovered from the bay as that of victor murillo. police believe he fell into the water off pier 30. a passerby spotted his body off the embarcadero yesterday north of the bay bridge. murillo worked as a prison guard in vacaville. police are treating his death as an accident.

this morning fish and game officials continue to search for a mountain lion which attacked a 63-year-old man. crews searched the area near the attack site. the man was attacked by the lion early sunday morning. the attack lasted two minutes while the man was asleep in a sleeping bag. he was treated and released for puncture and scratch wounds. officials will use especially trained dogs and motion sensor cameras. more than 200,000 people were treated to an amazing fireworks display over the waterfront in san francisco last night. there was some fog but not enough to totally obscure the show. there was two identical displays going off at the same time. the fireworks were launched from a barge off pier 39 and the municipal pier at aquatic park. the show was a crowd pleaser.

it was amazing so many lights and yeah, amazing. >> the critics like it traffic clogged along the embarcadero before and after the show at one point it took more than an hour to get from at&t park to bay street. >> i think it was amazing. do you think it was amazing? >> the show? >> yes. >> i saw one down at the peninsula, amazing. redwood city people glad it came back after two years. >> absolutely. as mike told us depended on where you were what you were going to see. clouds back for most of us sea breeze stronger today the coolest afternoon summer heat back in the forecast for the weekend. doppler, no rain to speak of, temperatures from 52 santa rosa to 55 vallejo, 53 walnut creek, pleasanton, belmont, 55 san francisco, 567 in san jose. area of low pressure this curl

in the atmosphere is coming closer to us today notice how it is drawing in many so of the air from over the ocean that's why we have the clouds this morning mainly in the 50s through 7:00. clouds slower to return to the coast today that's the key to the forecast itch it will get back by noon -- it will get back by noon. temperatures in the 50s and 60s berkeley, 70s inland by noon. 4:00, 60s around most of the bay even 50s at the coast clouds most stubborn and 70s inland. quickly drop into the 50s and 60s everywhere by 7:00 with the surge of clouds across the bay during that time. we head into friday, a couple degrees warmer, notice absence of the clouds saturday and sunday, 90s inland, 80 around the bay and mid 60s at the coast. another check of traffic with frances. good morning. starting off with two major

problems october on i-80. one as you heard from terry -- police activity, a couple chases lower deck of the bay bridge and crashes and lanes are blocked out of san francisco into oakland. right now traffic maps not picking up slowing. i was concerned because with our live shot of the incline section even though we can see westbound flowing haven't seen too many cars eastbound i was expecting a few cars. just trying to check on that to make sure nothing else is happening. also, dixon area we have a major problem there, police activity as well. i-80 closed if both directions at pit school road. heavy traffic in both directions even an hour ago traffic has been reported complete standstill as you can see traffic spotter sent in a picture. we also have a traffic spotter stuck in the back-up in one

direction moving at less than 10 miles an hour. we'll keep you posted on this. with the freeway closure in effect traffic detoured. you can use the waze traffic app to help you navigate around the closure. 4:40. next, a down -- a done deal. what a new survey finds about renting a place to live in san francisco.

good morning. day after the 4th of july. you are looking at the bay bridge from the east bay. as you may be able to tell on the lower deck you don't see a lot of headlights because there were two separate police chases that ended up blocking lanes on the bridge.

we have terry mcsweeney out there. france says dinglasan is keeping track of traffic. they will both have a report shortly fireworks were not the only things rumbling last night. small quake shook the berkeley area. probably a few people felt it. the 2.5 quake was centered two miles east of the city it hit at 8:40, no damage. this morning new poll shows there may be trouble ahead for governor brown's november tax initiative. more than 20% of voters who support the plan to raise taxes say they are less likely to support the measure if state lawmakers approve a plan to build high speed rail. tomorrow legislature scheduled to vote on the 68 billion dollar bullet train. the final funding proposal includes more than 700 million dollars that will be needed to electrify the existing caltrain line between san jose and san francisco. the cost of renting an

apartment in san francisco is skyrocketing. it may be cheaper to buy rather than rent. some renters in the city are paying 15% more than last year compared with national increase of over 5%. demand for rentals and apartments is up because of the number of people displaced by foreclosures. when demand rises, so does price. real estate experts expect that trend to continue. on the surface, does this make sense? lifeguard fired for saving a life. what he did that his bosses say crossed the line. honoring bay area soldier who lost his life in afghanistan. a mother's gift. battleship that spent years rusting becomes

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coast 50s and 60s clouds more stubborn today. across the country warm, hundreds east into d.c. today, chicago, st. louis, phoenix northwest warm 76 seattle, 80 portland. all major airports across the lower 48 on time. big swath of yellow from the ohio river valley through the great lakes into the high plains where severe weather is possible. clouds around the bay area could be flight delays into sfo when they develop, we'll have them, go to flight tracker abc7news.com. frances will have more on the eastbound lane closures lower deck of the bay bridge coming up in just a few minutes. you want to stay tuned for that outrage in florida this morning after a lifeguard lost his job for saving a man from drowning. tommy lopez was fired for helping the swimmer because the man was outside the don't that lopez's company was hired to watch.

the 21-year-old says the man was drowning 1500 feet from his assigned lifeguard post. >> someone drowning, i'm looking, i don't see anyone. they are way down there. i started running. i was worried about the guy not anything else because he was blue. >> the company lopez worked for is defending its action in a statement it says: we have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area. at least seven other lifeguards have quit in protest. they say they would rather save lives instead of their jobs. hear more about the story on "good morning america" beginning at 7:00. to a really big cat. take a look at this. that's an 800 pound short fin moko shark 15 miles off the coast of southern california. group lured the shark, hooked it and hauled it aboard. it took four men to weigh the shark. but it was too heavy for the

scales which can only handle 750 pounds. >> in martinez new beaver spotted with a family of beefers that made the alhambra creek its home. it has built and rebuilt dams for the past few years. the founder of the local advocacy group called worth a dam says the group with got a report about the baby beaver a month ago confirmed sunday when it was spotted again. total family to five and it is possible there are others that have not been seen. third animal story, a good one. newest member of the santa clara police department is in training but not a person he's a police dog. the k-9 s been added to the force because of the dream of a fallen soldier. >> reporter: they make up the k-9 corp for santa clara police and the newest addition will be this dog added to the pack thanks in part to a gift

from the k-9 memorial foundation. i talked with the president of the foundation by phone. >> my son sean, his dream was to be a k-9 cop. >> reporter: he was killed inafter 5 last november. he was a military policeman with the national guard outfit out of san jose. before his military service, officer bell met sean when he was an explorer. >> he was inquisitive about the dogs and made it clear his plan was to be a k-9 handler. >> reporter: he died at age 22. his mom says what she will not let die is his dream. last tuesday during a city council session she gave a $10,000 donation to the city of santa clara, the donation allows for a replacement k-9 forever the police and sean's legacy to continue a dog was retired last month his replacement hits the streets this summer.

>> we met the dog through his handler. what a perfect team. what a perfect team to honor my son's memory. >> reporter: at a time when police departments are seeing tight budgets the hope for the foundation is to continue helping local departments with the costs associated with keeping their k-9 units. sergio quintana, abc7 news. we'll have more on the bay bridge lower deck some of the lanes closed now in a moment with frances. right now how about that weather last night, got to see the fireworks. it was definitely nice. slept through it all. let's look outside -- [ talking over each other ] if you go to bed about 8:00, you sleep most of the it. here's a look down at some of the clouds still hanging around as we look from vollmer peak this morning. let's move on and take a look at live doppler, good news

even though we have thicker clouds and more widespread clouds this morning, it is dry. let's talk about what going on temperature-wise. 48 now in santa rosa, 60 in antioch. everybody else in the 50s. monterey bay homogenized, 53 to 57°. this afternoon stronger sea breeze, cooler conditions, that sea breeze will keep clouds around longer today and bring in cooler air off the ocean. mostly cloudy, patchy drizzle possible tonight, warming trend for all of us this weekend. you can head to the coast for free ac, definitely going to be warmer around the bay to hot inland. today we drop i agree in san francisco, two -- drop a degree in san francisco, concord one of the biggest drops down to 79 don't think you will need air conditioning this afternoon. big dome of high pressure continues over most of the country. we are on the back side it,

area of low pressure going to push some of this cooler weather inland today. 80 los gatos mid to upper 70s most of the south bay. mid 60s downtown south san francisco upper 50s to low 60s along the coast 70s north bay valleys upper 60s to low 70's most of the east bay valleys east bay shore i should say upper 70s to low 80s east bay valleys 60s around the monterey bay and 70s inland. around the state today cooler weather pushing into the central valley. tahoe sun and 75. the storms have moved east palm springs 101 today with sunshine. as far as temperatures, 50s again tonight maybe a 49 up in santa rosa. two to four degrees warmer tomorrow, another two to four saturday couple more degrees

sunday, temperatures hang out in the 90s inland saturday through next week 80s around the bay and mid 60s at the coast. have a great day. here's a live shot everyone of traffic heading to the lower deck or through the lower deck of the bay bridge from terry mcsweeney and his cameraman. earlier we didn't see traffic flowing, so they did have all lanes shutdown temporarily eastbound out of san francisco towards oakland. lanes have been reopened and it is a complete jam on the lower deck of the bay bridge. terry will bring a live report once again this is the hot spot, because of two earlier police chases. we'll find out if lanes are still blocked. camera now panning right and up there it looks like lanes are still blocked. expect delays heading into the east bay. live shot we now see first headlights making their way out of san francisco. if you are heading westbound

bay bridge toll unaffected by this major problem on the lower deck of the bay bridge. also, the other problem is in dixon. freeway shutdown in both directions of i-80 at pitt school road. with the waze traffic app you see it is jammed in both directions for several miles. you can use the waze app to help you around that closure. 4:55. new field poll out this morning shows california voters overwhelmingly oppose the automatic spending cuts that would fall on education if governor brown's tax initiative fails in november. public schools in grades k-12 and community colleges stan to lose nearly 5 1/2 billion dollars of the six -- in state funding cut if voters reject the plan to raise sales tax and tax on high income enders. the poll shows 72% of all voters opposed triggered

spending cuts, only 26% of californians believe the state is headed in the right direction. 64% say it is on the wrong track. election officials in mexico recounting more than half of the ballot boxes used in sunday's presidential election after finding inconsistencies in the tallies. recount could be finished by today. ballots are recounted when a polling place shows irregularities. nieto of the pri party declared victory earlier the party had been in power for 71 years before it was aufted in 2000. >> this morning a world war ii battleship is now open as a museum in los angeles. members of the navy and veterans lined the rails of the uss iowa as it became the only battleship museum on the west coast yesterday. retired from active duty in

1990, the navy moved it, the ship underwent repairs before being towed to l.a. the museum is expected to be a huge attraction. we are still following breaking news on the bay bridge. major chase and shooting closed lanes on the lower deck, just reopened, major back-up now. terry mcsweeney is live with the latest on the investigation. frances will be back with the firefighters watching for flare-ups from an overnight grass fire. budget cuts may the job of firefighters harder. in oaklandrpes