>> announcer: right now breaking news. we continue to follow two major traffic disruptions this morning on i-80. i'm kristen sze. and i'm eric thomas. breaking news in the bay area, chp working to clear several lanes on the lower deck blocked by vehicles involved in a couple of police chases. ironic they happened roughly at the same time. terry mcsweeney is live on yerba buena island with the story. >> reporter: right here we have eastbound traffic on the bay bridge, this is coming out of the tunnel, s-curve here you don't usually see traffic jams eastbound at this time, but you do this morning because of an accident sometime around 2:00 this morning. right now the chp still investigating. they have two or three lanes blocked quarter of a mile up from where i am.

you've got five lanes going into two causing this back-up in an uncommon direction. what happened according to the chp, sometimes around 2:00, there was a high speed chase, chp officer started going after someone who was going at a high rate of speed they got to the s-curve, i don't know if the s-curve played a role in this but there was a crash. the officer got out of his vehicle and did we are told by an officer did fire his weapon did not hit the person who was in that other vehicle the person in the vehicle sustained injuries from the crash. he was transported for minor injuries. now, an hour after that, according to the chp, there was another chase that went to the east bay into the city and headed back in way two incidents an hour apart, one involved chp firing his weapon,

nobody hit one person slightly injured right now out here massive traffic jam heading eastbound on the bay bridge right at the s of curve. don't know -- at the s-curve, don't know how long it is going to be. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. with his live shot you can see traffic still just jammed eastbound. still a huge mess, thank you terry for the shot heading out of san francisco into oakland with lanes still blocked as you can see a big traffic jam there. for a lot of folks heading westbound i wanted to show you this live shot. eastbound traffic trickling in towards oakland westbound completely fine, no trouble at the bay bridge toll. there's another major problem you need to be aware of, especially for the holidays people traveling to and from

sacramento, i-80 shutdown in both directions in dixon with waze traffic app you can see the back-up extents in both directions, seven miles per hour -- extends in both directions, seven miles per hour reported as a major crash by a traffic spotter an hour ago thumbs up for drivers in the area, four miles westbound and eastbound slow from dixon avenue and waze traffic app will help you get around the closures will give you alternates you can download it by going to abc7news.com/waze. we'll be checking back with you in a few minutes. east contra costa firefighters blame 4th of july fireworks for sparringing a grass fire that put homes in danger. they say voters' recent actions made their battle tougher. amy hollyfield is live in oakley. >> reporter: voters turned down a parcel tax out here so they've had to make major cuts in the east contra costa fire district.

they did have to rely on help from the contra costa county fire district last night. this fire started at about 10:30 they blame it on firefighters. witnesses saw people shooting off firework in the area. this fire threatened 12 homes. it too an hour to put the fire out it burned 2 1/2 acres. no one was hurt. but, this district did just do some major cutting to its staff, half of the district's six stations closed because of budget problems. the grass fire was near homes. it could have gotten out of hand, exactly what firefighters feel nervous about. >> because of our station closures, and only having three engine companies, we have to rely more heavily on ijju in order to put a fire out like this. >> reporter: the fire chief was worried about what these cuts would do to the response times. in 2001 the average response time out here was about 6 1/2

minutes. the first engine to get to last night's fire got there in 10 minutes. not a huge increase, but the one thing this fire had going for it, it was in oakley. this station is still open. they closed stations on bethel island knightson and brentwood voters rejected that parcel tax so they to make cuts. they are so concerned, they are asking people to step up and become volunteer firefighters. they said last night being the 4th of july was a busy night and frustrated to hear that fireworks caused them to have to react to this fire and pull help from nearby agencies. they are relieved that everyone is okay and they got the fire out. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. we'll find out later today if oakland police made any arrests after thousands of illegal fireworks were set off last night. this didn't cause any major

fires but we did see several commercial grade fireworks launched over the skies of west oakland accompanied by explosions of m after at this timeties, cherry bombs and -- m m-80s, cherry bombs and bottle rockets. they used software that can tell the difference between fireworks and gunshots. police say it was a priority. fireworks may be to blame for two small fires in the bay area. in milpitas firefighters were on the roof of a strip mall. the fire broke out on the roof of a fast food restaurant before 8:00. according to police there were reports of fireworks in that area. firefighters keeping watch on a brushfire in san francisco. no homes were threatened. the fire generated smoke. fires are looking at illegal

fireworks as one possibility. back to work this morning for president obama and the man who wants to replace him in the white house. the president starts a campaign bus tour while mitt romney refines his message about the supreme court ruling on obamacare. katie marzullo with more. >> reporter: president obama is campaigning in two states starting today, mitt romney has two republican governors possible vp con tenders hot on the president's trail. president obama will be on the bus two days several spots in ohio and pennsylvania defending his economic policies and auto industry bailout. not far behind the bus two high profile republicans. louisiana governor jindal and former minnesota governor pawlenty. they will be offering voters in some of those same towns as the president, a rebuttal to the president's message. mitt romney seems to have taken a stand on the new health care law been debate over whether the insurance

mandate amounts to a penalty or a tax. democrats say romney has flip-flopped. >> supreme court has the final word, right? they said it was a tax, so it is a tax, of course. >> i think that people see the president as being a strong leader standing up for his principles and moving forward we'll let mitt romney argue with himself. >> reporter: jobs also major issue. new associated press survey of economists shows national unemployment rate will likely stay above 6% for at least four more years. and the presidential election will not be a miracle cure, no matter who wins. the unemployment rate now is 8.2% and the june jobs report comes out tomorrow. new poll shows governor brown's job approval rating is slipping. the poll shows brown's approval rating dropping to 44% down four points from a year ago. 42% of voters disapprove of

the job he's doing. up from 31% a year ago. the governor's handling of the budget woes appear to be the reason. the poll surveyed 997 registered voters by phone. occupy protesters used the 4th of july to stage a demonstration that ended with arrests. one person appeared to burn a flag while protesters marched towards city hall 8:30 last night. oakland police tell us there was some vandalism and officers made some arrests they've not disclosed how many were takenvk into custody. for those of you commuting from solano county frances just got better news, that in a minute. the lower deck of the bay bridge still bad. right now a look at the forecast. >> not so bad there no worries here as far as wet weather causing traffic problems, doppler showing clear sky as far as precipitation goes.

cloud cover through the morning 50s, off to a mild start. today cooler than yesterday because of the stronger sea breeze. by noon around 70 inland upper 60s around the bay, mid 50s at the coast stuck in the 50s all day at the coast top out around 4:00 upper 60s around the bay, mid 70s inland then sharply drop during the afternoon hours once we start to lose sun angle mid to upper 60s inland by 7:00 low 60s around the bay mid 50s at the coast. pollen hasn't changed much over the last couple of days we are stuck in the same air mass high amounts of tree, ragweed very high grass and moderate amounts of mold. the weekend, friday two to four degree warming trend same saturday couple more degrees sunday going to feel like summer with 90s inland 80 around the bay, to the coast heat relief, mid 60s for you. better news from terry all lanes just roped lower deck of

the bay bridge. then -- just reopened lower deck of the bay bridge. just got a report of an accident possibly in the middle lane. lanes reopened due to the police chase heading eastbound apparently there's an accident somewhere in this back-up in the middle lanes, chp en route to that you can see how far the back-up extends on the lower deck of the bay bridge where this other live this is traffic towards treasure island backed up at least from one of the towers as you come out of san francisco. then as you head into oakland, you see it is still getting through in the eastbound direction. westbound traffic heading out of oakland into san francisco totally delay-free not affected at all by this problem on the lower deck of the bay bridge. again, here we go, backed up not quite to that first tower at least to this one of the to

you with we ares here into treasure island. that's the latest back-up now. better news in direction on freeway just reopened in both directions following earlier activity at pitt school road. with the traffic app you can see it is jammed in both directions. with the lanes just reopened we should see the traffic pick up and we'll keep you posted on this as well. 5:12. next, the bay area city where homeowners could be forced to get permits to park in their own neighborhoods. >> the deal facebook has cut with a peninsula city to remove a roadblock from the company's expansion plans. are you locking forward to retirement? you may want to hold off a little longer. good morning! wow.

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. this morning the search continues for missing 16-year-old girl who authorities fear may be in jeopardy. her 3-year-old brother remains critical condition, possible victim of child abuse. we told you yesterday morning police were called to a home on 63rd street in oakland monday about the 3-year-old found floating face down in a tub. four siblings were missing. three were found in the central valley town of patterson with a relative. the mom, stepdad and

babysitter are under arrest. police opened the investigation because of the extent of the boy's injuries and evidence of past abuse. investigatorstrying to locate the 16-year-old. -- investigators, still trying to locate the 16-year-old. the marin independent journal reports the city council discussed the issue because some neighborhoods are concerned about parking still over from nearby districts. the city would need to charge $40 a year per mit and $35 for each infraction to keep the program afloat if implemented. facebook opening up its checkbook to its neighboring city it will pay atherton $365,000 in examine thing for the town promising not sue -- in exchange for the town promising not to sue when the company expands.

the deal signed monday obligates facebook to spend money on transportation improvements. this may not be what you wanted to hear, plan on working until at least 70 if you want a more comfortable retirement. conclusion of new study at boston college. other findings only 39% of american households can afford to retire at 62. only 49% can retire at 65. 86% of us could retire at 70. the study says the only alternative is to save more. but the expense of raising kids, paying for college, making mortgage and car payments makes that unlikely. fewer people are using alarm clocks these days and using their smartphones instead. check this out. it is the new alarm clock app from abc7 news. you can download it to your

iphone and when it goes off you can hear a wake-up call from our weather team, including mike nicco. own from your music list, whatever, it also displays local headlines, weather and traffic alerts on the front page so you will have all the information you need before you walk outy%vç32÷ the door. completely free and available now at the apple app store. search for abc7 news san francisco alarm. >> just to make it ab absolutely clear that was the rooster you heard not mike nicco. [ laughing ] >> don't you love the interface of that? >> coffee, coffee, coffee, must have coffee. >> you should get royalty, something like that, we'll work on that. >> good morning sunshine. that's sandy you know that voice anywhere. >> this one scares me. if i heard this i would be i'm late for work!

easy to wake up to this morning's weather. >> it was cooler than it was yesterday morning that's going to be the case tonight also we have cooler weather this morning that is going to spill into the afternoon. good morning. hope you like the alarm clock app. couple days ago we had 8,000 downloads, thank you very much impressive and we appreciate it, hope you like all the features, the news, weather, traffic right there when you wake up, one push of the smartphone. beautiful picture of the port of oakland this morning, a little haze, we may have flight arrival delays into sfo because of the cloud cover.

doppler showing a dry sky. no drizzle, no mist to worry about. let's talk about temperatures if you are heading out 48 santa rosa, 60 antioch everybody else in the 50s. monterey bay mid to even upper 50s inland. stronger sea breeze means cooler temperatures this afternoon, below average. mostly cloudy, patchy drizzle possible tonight, big time warming trend for the weekend. today, compared to average, temperatures about three degrees cooler in san francisco, four in oakland about seven in napa and san jose eight livermore and redwood city 11° cooler than average probably won't see the sunrise unless you are one of our mountains i'll show you on facebook probably see the sunset 8:35 everywhere away from the coast. dominant area of high pressure covering the country we are on the outskirts of it, low pressure feeding into that high pressure that's bringing

us mild to warm conditions today. temperatures along the coast in the upper 50s to near 60°, upper 60s to low 70s around the bay, upper 70s to low 80s inland. friday, two to four degrees warmer same saturday by sunday low 90s inland, low 80s around the bay mid 60s at the coast could be warmer next week here's frances. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene of the lower deck of the bay bridge as you head near the treasure island area. still have police activity blocking lanes along that s-curve that's why you see a big jam out of san francisco heading towards the east bay. in this back-up there's supposed to be an accident blocking the middle lane. all lanes were reopened getting to the lower deck of the bay bridge from san francisco. but you can see traffic still heavy because of the lane closures past treasure island

due to earlier police chases still slow getting into the east bay. westbound completely fine, no trouble as you head out of oakland. i'm not seeing any lights heading eastbound. looks like they might have temporarily blocked all lanes once again on the lower deck of the bay bridge. here's one headlight coming through. that's the hot spot this morning. the other one in dixon lanes reopened i-80 both directions pitt school road still seeing leftover slowing in both directions. you can use our waze app to get around the closure. hopefully, save you time around our two big hot spots. next, the fireworks show that left thousands disappointed. power to the bieb! huge twitter following he can boast about this morning.

good morning many a fireworks show in san diego turned out to be a bust. what was supposed to be a 17 minute show was over in 15 seconds or so. somehow the fireworks went off five minutes early and all at once. the company that put on the show blames a technical issue. the a team from the company is trying to figure out what happened. new signs of justin bieber's popularity. the young pop sensation has more than 24 million followers on twitter, a jump of six

million since march. only lady gaga has more. bieber thanked his followers with a tweet, team bieber goes hard. his music video baby is most watched of all time on youtube 750 million views. more than 100 performing pandas descended on trafalgar square in london. the costume performers practiced tai chi to increase panda conservation and protection worldwide. a preservation group organized this unique event and chose the british capital because of massive attention it was already getting as the host city for the summer olympics. >> gma starting a panda party they want you to tweet. sam champion, will he be in a panda suit? >> you need to bring that up. chases and gunfire on the

bay bridge. we are following breaking news on a wild night that turned the commute into a nightmare. live at the scene with the latest frances is following the impact on the compute. night of partying take expected turn -- turn in the north bay a teenager is in the hospital. good morning cooler weather on the way this afternoon from fives at the coast, 60s and 70s around the bay, 70s and a few 80s inland. still-- the city hot with 90s and 100's through most of the country 80s northeast in the northern states like fargo and great falls, 80 in portland, 100 in phoenix. -- let's look at our airports all major ones in the lower 48, all local airports right now on time. with the low clouds i would expect delays at sfo when they do we'll have it and you can too flight

>> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. we continue to follow breaking news. the mess eastbound on the bay bridge. >> right now lanes still blocked on the lower deck result of two major chases. now adding to the problem, new crash in the back-up. terry mcsweeney is live on yerba buena island. >> reporter: yeah this is the back-up. i want to show you a shot of caltrans workers coming out dropping off cones here, making it very official, no doubt about it the two right lanes coming out of tunnel up to the s-curve are blocked off. the -- three lanes closed and they are still working that crash if you look at the bay bridge you can see a flashing

red light that is about the location where the crash occurred and that is where the shooting occurred i should clarify, nobody was hit in this shooting. take a look at pictures from a little while ago this is what is going on up there that is causing this entire . we are told by the chp, -- sometime around 2:00 this morning a chp officer spotted a car going at a high rate of speed eastbound about gave pursuit got through the s-curve there was a crash up there, chp officer did fire his weapon did not hit the suspect, the suspect was injured in the car crash that he got in. he was transported to a hospital with what we are told are minor injuries. an hour after that, maybe 3:00 or so, there's another high speed chase here on the bay bridge going from the east bay in and coming back out absolutely crazy morning here on the bay bridge. as you can see now, three lanes blocked off, all the

lanes all the traffic going eastbound on those two lanes over there and again as you mentioned reports of another crash in the middle lane and we keep hearing these loud i guess it is back-fire on the cars given the fact it was gunfire out here earlier gives you pause to think. keep hearing some explosions out here, some pops. right now two lanes open now on the bay bridge eastbound and it is quite a back-up out here. we'll keep you posted. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. whatever those pops are, be careful out there. 5:32. in oakland no major fires were set from the thousands of illegal fireworks set off last night. we should find out later today if anyone was arrested. we saw a flurry of commercial grade fireworks launched over

the skies of west oakland accompanied by explosions of m-80s, cherry bombs and bottle rockets. the police was on the lookout for illegal again shots this year they used their high-tech shot spotter with software that can tell the difference between fireworks and gunshots. police say catching people who neglect gently fired gun was a priority -- 19-year-old man in the hospital after falling from a elementary school roof. it happened 12:30 this morning at sonoma mountie elementary school. when paramedics arrived the man was unconscious and having trouble breathing. he was taken to a hospital. his condition is not being released. police investigating an apparent hit-and-run in oakland it happened around 9:30 last night on international boulevard near 81st avenue this was the scene from sky 7 hd. firefighters found the body of a pedestrian on the street then handed the case over to police no word on the identity

of the victim or description of the vehicle that was involved. this afternoon, a 41-year-old man is scheduled to make his first court appearance in a fatal hit-and-run crash of a napa county teen. investigators say michael harmon's white pick-up truck crashed into the teen's red pick-up after midnight monday on lakeview highway in petaluma. they say harmon left the scene and turned himself in 10 hours later harmon claims the victim is the one to blame for the crash. investigators say his story does not match the evidence from the scene. this morning family of armed domestic violence suspect shot and killed by vallejo police are asking if more could have been done to save his life? investigators say 44-year-old marshal tobin reached for a again after getting out of a vehicle yesterday. police responded to reports of a man with a weapon in a grocery store parking lot police ordered him to put the gun down, tased him, but he

refused. this is the fourth officer involved shooting in vallejo in six weeks. san francisco medical examiner has identified a body recovered from the bay as that o'as of that a missing man. a friend last saw 27-year-old victor murillo after a giants game. police believe he fell into the water. a passerby spotted his body off the embarcadero north of the bay bridge yesterday morning. murillo worked as a prison garr. police are treating his death as an accident. this morning fish and game officials continue to search for a mountain lion that attacked a 63-year-old marin county man. yesterday crews searched the area near the site. the man was attacked by the mountain lion early sunday morning it lasted two minutes while he was sleepin in a sleeping bag. he was treated and released for puncture and scratch wounds to his scalp and arms. officials will use dogs and motion sensor cameras in their

search. sewer district officials say water is being retested in a creek following a 1,000 gallon sewage spill tuesday afternoon. the ross valley sanitary district believes 200 gallons went into a drain that drains into a creek in april the sue age -- the sewage district agreed to settle a complain because of three dozen overflows between 2008 and 2011 two large spills in 2010 caused more than three million gallons of sewage to spill into the creeks. more than 200,000 treated to amazing fireworks display over the waterfront in san francisco last night. there was some fog but not enough to lieu win the show. there was two identical -- to ruin the show. there was two identical displays going off at the same time. the 20 minute show was

definitely a crowd pleaser. >> it was amazing! so many lights and yeah, it was sparkley, amazing! >> traffic was 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 where traffic was diverted. there were a lot of great shows. the thing i love about the san francisco shows it looks like the grand finale begins -- [ unintelligible ] mike forecast what was going to happen. how about today? >> right mike we are lucky the fog came back in later. >> it was a little higher too. you can see some of the fog that was there towards the end of the fireworks. good newthere, good news here, clouds that we have, nothing falling out of them. doppler is dry. area of low pressure diving an a little farther south, we've been watching the storm track

wobble which has had a profound -- if you go up around five, six thousand feet warm mid to upper 60s the warm air going to make it down into our neighborhoods modify by saturday and sunk day, 50s right now -- and sunday, 50s right now. one finger of fog oakland 50s and 60s noon cooler than yesterday by 4:00 50s along the coast, 60s bay shore, 70s inland 7:00 clouds return to the bay, 50s and 60s there, 60s and possibly a 70 inland at 7:00. light jacket weather once the sun starts to go down. warming friday through sunday, two to four degrees warmer each day with less clouds and more sun. good morning. if you are just joining us

major problems lower deck of the bay bridge because of two earlier police chases this is a live shot from terry mcsweeney's camera. eastbound traffic jammed out of san francisco to the s-curve heading to the east bay with lane closures still in the right lane in fact, from our roof camera, we can see traffic here on the lower deck heading towards treasure island backed up into san francisco right now westbound traffic upper deck, flowing well. eastbound traffic we've been watching. the lane closures still in effect. you might want to consider the san mateo bridge a possible alternate. westbound traffic on the right, eastbound light, no problems on 101 on the peninsula getting there. wanted to show you the waze traffic app. you can see with this application how backed up traffic is. in fact, extends out towards san francisco it seems like it is picking up. we'll keep you posted. in dixon all lanes open i-80 following earlier police

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. welcome back. i'm frances dinglasan. you are looking at a live picture of traffic jammed on the lower deck of the bay bridge. this is due to two earlier police chases. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene. traffic is backed up into san francisco. we're talking 20 minute delays. i'll have alternates coming up in my next report. >> folks may want to use them, thanks frances. this morning a new poll shows there may be trouble ahead for governor brown's november tax initiative. more than 20% of likely voters who support the plan to raise taxes say they are less likely to support the measure if state lawmakers prove a plan to start building high speed rail many tomorrow legislature scheduled to vote on the 68 billion dollar bullet train

project. the final funding proposal includes more than 7 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 than rent. some renters in the city are paying 15% more than last year compared with national increase of over 5%. demand for rental hopes and apartments is up because of the number of people displaced by foreclosure. when demand rises, so does the price. experts expect that trend to continue. next, we just got the latest unemployment report and it may be good news to job seekers. plus, you may be surprised to hear how much women spend on clothes or maybe no >> i don't want to hear, i don't want to know. bloomberg business report is next. lifeguard is fired for saving a life. what he did that his bosses say crossed the line. plus, honoring a bay area

soldier who lost his life in afghanistan. a mother's gift that has a special meaning. legendary battleship that spent years rusting becomes a hot new tourist attraction.

cooler conditions today, 60s and 70s around the bay, 70s and 80s as you head inland. live doppler across the state, it is quieter than yesterday. monsoonal moisture has moved east palm springs 101 today. sacramento 587, low to mid 90s chico to fresno. sierra 75 -- in tahoe 80s over the weekend, warmer weather low to mid 90s through yosemite. 5:48 now. there is outrage in florida this morning after a lifeguard lost his job for saving a man from drowning. tommy lopez was fired for helping a swimmer because the man was outside the zone that lopez's company was hired to watch. the 21-year-old says the man was drowning in unprotected waters 1500 feet from his assigned lifeguard post. >> someone drowning, i'm looking like i don't see anyone way down over there. i started running.

i was worried about the guy. 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 last seven other lifeguards quit in protest they say they would rather save lives instead of their jobs. hear more on "good morning america" at 7 a.m.. >> the santa clara police department will soon have a new k-9 addition to its force as part of an effort by a fallen soldier's mother to honor her son's memory. walsh was killed in action last november he was a military policeman with a national guard outfit out of san jose. his mother says it was his dream to become a k-9 cop. before his military service he was an explorer with the santa clara police department. last tuesday during a city council session his mother gave a $10,000 donation to the city for a police dog to replace a k-9 that retired

last month. >> we met argo through his handler. what a perfect team what a perfect team to honor my son's memory. >> he was inquisitive about the dogs and made it clear his plan was to be a k-9 handler. >> argo is in training now and should be ready to hit the streets later this summer. you can be a hero to bay area foster kids with a click of your mouse. abc7 news is proud to be teaming up with sleep train for the dream campaign. for every new like we get on the abc7 news facebook page this summer, one dollar will help bay area foster kids in need. all you have to do is go to facebook.com/abc7news. your like could change a life. if you already like us, get your friends, relatives to like us and the money will go to the program. >> it is easy to do. meteorologist mike nicco is here, big hero because the fog did not obscure the

san francisco fireworks. >> it was out there they to get the fireworks going off. >> do we have to get you a costume now with an "m" on it for meteorologist since you are a hero. >> i like that why don't you just get a tattoo instead. [ laughing ] >> so >> good morning. looking down at clouds from mount tamalpais thicker, more widespread and going to be more stubborn that's why cooler weather is on the way. worried about any rain this morning? dry. live doppler showing how clear it is going to be for your commute as far as wet weather goes. 48 santa rosa most in the low to mid 50s until you get to antioch at 59. monterey bay cloud cover and mid to upper 50s. here's what i think is going to happen today, stronger sea breeze that means cooler everywhere probably the biggest drop will be inland.

cloudy, patchy drizzle possible tonight, warming trend for the weekend. as far as our temperature change only one degree cooler in san francisco, two in fremont into oakland, santa rosa, san jose four concord dropped seven degrees from 86 yesterday to 79 this afternoon. you can see cloud cover filling in until 9:00, slowly pull out of the inland valley, hang around the golden gate bridge through 11:00 and we may see it start to dissipate a little during the afternoon pretty stout in most areas along the coast compared to yesterday. east bay valleys, upper 70s to low 80s, except for dublin 76 and brentwood around 83°. mix of upper 60s and low 70s east bay shore, south bay mid to upper 70s peninsula low to mid 70s millbrae 68 upper 50s to near 60 coast mid 60s

downtown and south san francisco north bay valleys mid to upper 70s, santa rosa 80. 62 monterey, 69 with sun santa cruz and mid to upper 70s inland. pleasanton alameda county fair continues today, it going to be breezy 82 during the 4:00 hour. temptation are playing here tonight at 7:00, 71°. -- couple degrees warmer everyday through sunday, low to mid 90s starting sunday inland low to mid 80s around the bay fair air conditioning at the coast mid 60s. good morning. we are keeping track of the major delays heading through the lower deck of the bay bridge because of two earlier police chases. we have this live shot showing you how it is jammed out of san francisco. we still have the three right lanes blocked. only two lanes open now as you head through the s-curve. terry mcsweeney is at the scene he was showing us how

cal -- caltrans was putting cons down. there's normally roadwork scheduled on the lower deck from 7:00 this morning until 1:45 in the afternoon. with this big jam, you can see this other live shot, we could see delays for quite sometime out of san francisco. you see traffic almost not moving out of san francisco westbound completely fine totally unaffected by this problem. here's a live shot, headlights moving in the eastbound direction. not much traffic getting through. we are talking 40 minute delays now that's the latest, especially when they stop all lanes temporarily sometimes cars are delayed an hour. you can consider the san mateo bridge as an alternate this is eastbound for headlights 101 is fine along the peninsula. you may want to consider bart, they are reporting no delays. you can also use abc7's waze traffic app to help you get around the delays. you can download it for free by going to abc7news.com/waze.

5:55. we just got the latest jobs report. labor department says last week the number of people getting unemployment fell to the lowest level in six weeks that's a sign that lay-offs are easing. >> here's jane king with the business headlines in the bloomberg business report. good morning. lawmakers singing please mr. postman, look and see if there is a letter in your bag for free. according to data house members intent on dictate tating how the postal service needs to slash billions to survive spent more than 45 million dollars worth of mail, free. the house report shows countrywide made hundreds of discount loans to buy influence with members of congress as well as other top government officials and executives of mortgage giant fannie mae it clouds chairman chris dodd.

countrywide you may remember is the lender whose subprime loans helped ignite the foreclosure crisis. >> women do shop until they drop. the average woman spends nearly $131,000 on clothes in a lifetime. 60% confess to still having nothing to wear. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. 5:56. this morning a nuclear reactor in western japan generating electricity again for the first time since the nationwide shutdown caused by last year's tsunami. the government ordered reactors taken off-line for safety checks after the meltdown at the fukushima daiichi plant north of tokyo. report blames the disaster on mismanagement and bungled response to the damage caused by the tsunami. there's strong public on to restarting the reactors the government says the country needs them to avoid power

outages this summer. this morning a world war ii battleship that has been moth balled in the bay area is opened as a museum in los angeles. members of the navy and vets lined the rails of the uss iowa, the only balance ship museum on the west coast yesterday. the navy moved it to the moth ball fleet in sassoon bay the ship underwent repairs in richmond before being towed to l.a. this spring. the iowa museum is expected to be a huge attraction. next, breaking news coverage continues from the bay bridge lanes on the lower deck are still intermittently closed. huge jam now after two police pursuits overnight we are live with the impact on your morning commute. planning a summer getaway? michael finney will

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