good morning. thank you for joining us on this tuesday. better traffic news in the 6:00 hour. >> let's check in with frances. >> it is in novato north 101

past atherton avenue near the dumps this crash was blocking right lane before 4:00 this morning everything is now on shoulder just confirmed that with chp there was an alternate highway 37 to lakeville highway i don't think you need to take that as we look at the drive times not much of delay on 101 in both directions through petaluma and novato. bay bridge toll just minor back-up now for some of the cash paying lanes. good morning mike. >> good morning frances itch hire everybody, here's a look at -- live doppler, cloudy, drizzle at the coast, right now a lot of mist in the air around the bay area drizzle at the coast through at least 10:00 and then i think we'll see limited sun, mainly in the mid to upper 50s this afternoon. if you are around the bay, mist mid to upper 50s, clouds linger around noon brightest 2 to 4:00 mid 60s to mid 70s inland a few clouds more than

yesterday in the 50s bright by noon and breezy by 4:00 upper 70s to mid 80s. oakland police pinpointed the problem with their radio system that lead to a partial shutdown during a recent visit by president obama. terry mcsweeney joins us live. cell phones are part there to blame? >> reporter: they are. if you don't have any cell phones you don't need cell phone towers if the towers interfering about the police ability to talk to one another which cell phone towers and where? you have probably seen some of these cell phone towers they are everywhere they've been inter fearing with police communications not a new problem, the system had a problem since it was put in a year ago. during president obama's visit to oakland's fox theater last month many of the 100 officers assigned to protect him and handle the protesters outside

reported problems with the radio system. now lots of cell phone towers unsuspicion. oakland public safety systems adviser david cruz spoke with abc7 news. >> we are certainly looking at cell sites that are surrounding oakland emeryville, berkeley all areas that can potentially surgeon us within our geographic area. >> reporter: -- surround us within our geograph fix area. >> reporter: right now it is a matter of man ticks. oakland says 16 towers have been shutdown at&t says it has not shutdown any sites but temporarily suspended operation. 3g and 4g networks are not impacted. oakland looking elsewhere to see where cell phone sites are that are interfering with the police officers' ability to talk to another police officer until they are all identified and the system fixed the investigation continues. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news.

the san francisco board of supervisors is expected to decide as early as next month whether ross mirkarimi will lose or keep his job. mayor ed lee says he's hopeful the supervisors will follow the lead of the city's ethics commission according to the chronicle, lee says the commission reached the right decision last week when it phone mirkarimi engaged in official misconduct. closing arguments set to begin today in the patent trial between apple and samsung both have tried to pain the other as the bad guy in the smartphone and tablet war. apple accused samsung of pirating technology. samsung argued smartphones and tablets are original and part of an industry wide evolution in technology. the jury's verdict could bring a multi-billion dollar penalty. a bill that would keep your boss from asking for your password has cleared a key hurdle. california senate passed the

measure unanimously on a 37-0 vote yesterday, the sponsor introduced the bill based on complains that employers were asking for employee passwords so bosses could check their social media pages for answers to questions that they couldn't ask legally. the bill goes back to the assembly for a vote on minor changes. a bill to let some prisoners appeal life without parole sentences heading to the governor's desk. senator leland ye of san francisco has been pushing for the bill which would apply to those who did not torture anyone or kill a police officer. 300 offenders could be eligible to ask the cores to change their sentence to include the possibility of parole. governor brown has not tan a public position on the bill. troubled san onofre nuclear plant in southern california getting ready to lay-off hundreds of employees. edison runs the plant in san diego county the company says 730 people will lose

their jobs. the decision to make the lay-offs follows two year study that look at similar plants and their operations. san onofre has been closed since january ongoing repairs made to the tubes that carry radioactive water. central valley's slaughterhouse shutting down this morning a video surfaced showing cows getting shocked and shot. animal rights group sent the video of the meat company to the agriculture department. it is a major slaughterhouse south of fresno. the company tells us a newspaper it has not seen the video nor does it know who took the pictures. the slaughterhouse is cooperating with the government's investigation. the world's best sailors will race some of the fastest boats on the globe in san francisco bay starting today, kickoff to the america's cup world series. they were practicing yesterday eight teams taking part with a total of 11 boats. the 45 foot catamarans with 70

foot tall masts will be running the course today, official race tomorrow through sunday katie marzullo will have a live report from the site at the marina green in the next half hour. we are going to want to know what the weather conditions will be for the sailors and spectators. in the meantime, we have big traffic issues. in the north bay let's check in with frances. yeah, better news now novato earlier fatal accident north 101 near the dumps past atherton avenues all on the shoulder. we were using the waze traffic app to let you know how it looks through the area not picking up slowing in the northbound direction. for computers heading southbound, i have good news, -- for computers head southbound, i have good news, moderate traffic still flowing well southbound except, right when you get to the scene just a minute ago, heavy

traffic as you get closer to the scene of this crash. on north 101 and it is on the shoulder, we'll keep you posted. the other slow spot this morning, you can guess what they are, westbound 580 through the pass, 22 miles an hour, highway 4 antioch slowest, 16 miles per hour, lone tree out towards loveridge. good morning. start off by talking about the winds and how fast they are gusting 23 miles per hour concord out of the south and coming out of the west in fairfield gusting up to nearly 40 miles per hour you have a stout sea breeze coming in, temperatures going to be changing for the cooler this afternoon. going to be harder to get rid of that cloud cover this morning. by the afternoon hours sunshine inland, east bay valleys mid 80s, 70s south bay, 70s to near 80 north bay, lingering clouds around san francisco and trying to work towards oakland and berkeley in the afternoon.

cloudy definitely at the coast a few small pockets of sunshine, 50s, 60s and 70s around the bay. monterey bay, cloud covers monterey 62, upper 60s, low 70s, increasing sun for the rest of the bay inland low to mid 80s. coolest weather will be tomorrow and then a slow minimal warming trend temperatures back to average by the time the weekend rolls around. 6:09. new this morning, the lawsuit filed in san francisco accusing major hotels and travel sites of price fixing. tanks, soldiers and rocket attacks not a hollywood movie. the real life military exercise. monsoon monday the familiar site return the desert southwest.

good morning. live look from the embarcadero looking at the bay, which will be a busy place this afternoon as we have more practices i should say the first practices for the america's cup world series event kicking off today exciting stuff. how will the weather be? we'll check in with mike. you can see we are waking up to a cloudy morning and drizzle.

waking up to a tough morning for best buy. second quarter earnings are out this morning in the nation's biggest consumer electronics chain reporting a 90% drop in net income. weak sales and cost of restructuring are being blamed. one day after it named a travel company exec as its new ceo and president. best buy halting stock buy backs for the 2013 fiscal year shares fell almost 10% on the news. the company said it everyoned 12 million dollars or four cents a share in the second quarter compared to 34 cents a share previously. also, we are finding out about a new lawsuit that claims travel websites conspired with hotels to fix room prices and charge customers more. travelers from chicago and iowa file the suit yesterday at federal court in san francisco. the suit claims hotel changes fixed prices with with sites.

the suit is asking for unspecified damages as well as an end to the price fixing. military drill in japan looked like a scene from a hollywood movie. new video into the newsroom overnight soldiers jumping -- rappelling out of military helicopters, tanks -- rappeling this happened near the foot ofmont fuji. japanese officials says the -- [ unintelligible ] powerful storms are once again moving into arizona and bringing along a familiar sight, a wall of blowing dust reduced visibility is cross phoenix yesterday in some areas only down to a quarter mile people in the area are calling it monsoon monday the storm brought heavy rain, hail and wind. our sister station reports the storm ripped off the roof of at least one mobile home. residents are expected to survey the damage this morning.

is that what we call habib or no? -- ha pwaoub or no? >> it is. >> could cause a lot of damage. that dust can get into all sorts of stuff -- some of the clouds into the east bay valleys live doppler you can see fairly quiet not much rain live doppler 7 hd will show that you we have drizzle along the coast

sunny 68 at 11 o'clock breezy but sunny 76 at 3:00, cooler, 72 by 6:00, 60 antioch everybody else in the 50s this morning around the monterey bay and inland mid 50s to gilroy 49. slower sunshine, cooler breeze today clouds, mists, drizzle all again tonight minimal warming by the weekend. everybody is below average one degree in livermore to redwood city nine degrees cooler than average the cloud cover out there, you can see drizzle at the coast until 9:00, 9:30 clouds through the bay until noon then start to pull back to the coast some will still linger around the golden gate bridge for the better part of the afternoon. down south mid 70s to near 80, mid 60s to mid 70s peninsula,

upper 50s coast low to mid 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito, upper 70s to near 80 north bay valleys east bay shore 65 richmond, 75 free month and cast throw valley, mid to upper 80s, -- still warm east bay valleys same morgan hill, gilroy hollister monterey 72. america's cup, gusty, choppy 2:00 to on the bay southwest winds 10 to 20 knots gusts up to 35, mid 50s to around 60 twins and a's at 7:05 first pitch, drop to 57 tomorrow a couple more degrees coolest day in the forecast then hang out in the mid to upper 80s thursday through the weekend inland mid to upper 70s bay, near 60 at the coast. good morning. just getting word of a second "sig alert" in novato on 1 --

on 101 it may have started with the fatal accident. this is footage of this fatal crash where a car hit a power pole knocked the pole but didn't take the wires down pg&e crews at the scene. everything the shoulder, north 101 past atherton avenue near the dumbs, "sig alert" issued because it did block right lane. the newest "sig alert" just came in the last minute or two from chp due to an accident nearby southbound 101 near the dumps, four-car injury crash in the center divide. with the waze traffic app, i told you about how drivers reported heavy traffic approaching the scene and it turns out there is an injury crash just a little down the road by the dumps. we'll keep you posted on this accident. it shows 47 miles an hour, i' noticing that some traffic spotters are getting stuck in the back-up. we will track the drive times

for you. bay bridge toll metering lights on, traffic backed up for fastrak lanes towards west grand, more of the typical delays started yesterday with a lot of folks and kids back in school and folk back to work, san mateo bridge good westbound past the toll, so far no major trouble in the south bay, north 101 headlights under 880. 6:20. she was talking back-to-school we all have our routines. you want to compare yours to the back-to-school routine for first lady michelle obama long lines in the apple one of the biggest names in children's tv gets ready to

it is back-to-school season parents are readjusting their morning schedules, including first lady obama. she is now getting up at 4:30 or 5 a.m. during the week to workout before her kids wake up. the first lady says president obama usually wakes that up early as well. so they can workout together. mrs. obama says the joint workout session allows them to catch-up. sesame street holding open casting for a new character. hundreds lined up in new york city yesterday for the first day of auditions. the show is look for its first

hispanic character since introducing the puppet rosita in 1993. the executive producer says the person should be 18 to 25, male or female, must be fluent in spanish and the ability to sing and a good sense of comic timing helps. still ahead, he's facing growing backlash and calls for him to quit his u.s. senate race after controversial comments on women and rape. the new campaign ad from todd akin just released this morning. what he is saying in it and the deadline he's now facing. first, the pride of petaluma and the entire bay area, national all stars moving ahead in the little league world series the game taking place tonight. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo at marina glean one of the many places where you can see the sails on the catamarans take to the water today for practice rounds in the america's cup world series. i'll have the forecast in

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good morning. august 21st. it is a tuesday look at the sun ride, gorgeous takes my breath away and my articulation apparently as well. thanks for joining us, 6:30 going to be great for america's cup world series practice racing starting this afternoon a lot of people going to be heading into san francisco. >> good morning everyone it is not the -- we'll check in with mike now -- i'm making fun. >> i know. >> we'll check in with mike for the weather. >> not the first new word i've come up with today. >> i like it when you coin new words. on the serious side drizzle coast, cloudy, mist hanging around the bay. organized wet weather we don't have it except for drizzle at coast that will hang around

until 9:35ties throughout the day breezy during the afternoon. misty -- misty around the bay through 7:00, 8:00, lidge gathering clouds at noon in the lower to up -- lidge gathering clouds at noon in the lower to -- more clouds this morning with temperatures in the 50s by noon total sun near 70 to mid 70s by 4:00 upper 70s to mid 80s breezier than it was yesterday. hot spot now southbound 101 out of petaluma to novato. traffic spotter did report heavy traffic even submitted a picture this is what the ride looks like heading southbound. traffic heavy down to the dumps, where there's an injury crash, real-time updated to 20 miles per hour. blocking the left lane near the dus, and there was also a northbound fatal accident in the same spot. i am keeping an eye on the southbound drive times from

highway 12 to highway 37, that is 34 minutes. no northbound delays due to that earlier fatal accident. i'll show you video in my next report. 6:32 now. thousands are expected to crowd into san francisco's marina green for warm-up races in the america's cup world series. katie marzullo joins us with a preview. >> reporter: the action of the america's cup world series gets underway in a couple of hours. we know at 10:00, san francisco mayor ed lee as well as the sailors will make themselves available for comments and then the 45 foot catamarans hit the water 1:00 this morning. we have video to show you of practice rounds in the bay over the weekend. there are 11 teams from eight countries participating. today is official practice but then official racing begins tomorrow. if the past is any indication it is going to be a very

popular event. >> the world series already in season one, 1.3 million spectators on the shoreline west are expecting a good numbers near san francisco. it is their chance to see the best sailors in the world racing the fastest boats in the world. >> reporter: who wouldn't want to see that. if you are going to check it out, viewing here at marina green, chrissy field, tents and bleachers set up, an america's cup village at pier 27 along the 'em. . there's several other -- along the embarcadero. there's several other locations think what you want to do if you want to see fireworks or fleet week maybe a friend of yours has a roof deck. the racing continues officially tomorrow through sunday then next sum her when the real america's cup takes place in san francisco, you ca enjoy 55 days of racing. katie marzullo, abc7 news. we have a link to the

america's cup world series schedule and a map showing the best places to see from it. go to abc7news.com click on see it on tv. gang violence continues to take a big toll in san jose police have two more shootings to investigate, one fatal. six people have been murdered in the past seven days. police were called to this scene around 6:30 last night they found a 24-year-old man woundedded he died at the hospital. 7 lawyer think another scene two mile as 20-year-old man expected to survive that one. police are not sure if the two are connected. federal investigators still keeping an eye on chevron's richmond refinery as hydrocarbons continue to leak following that fire. you can see water still sprayed on the leaking pipe to keep from it igniting again. the chemical safety board and cal-osha won't be able to closely examine the pipe and insulation until it is capped. >> priority right now is to

safely isolate that leak cut off the flow of hydrocarbons and move forward with the scientific investigation. >> investigators reveal series of photos showing white vapor cloud before the fire ignited sending up a column of black smoke taken by a photographer from san francisco. investigators are still trying to determine the chemical composition of that cloud which escaped as workers pull the in way. oakland has pinpointed the cause of its chronic police radio problems. one of the worth outages happened during president obama's recent visit. according to a city investigation, verified by the sec -- by the fcc, at&t cell towers have -- police in

santa rosa blame a blown circuit board for a power outage that knocked out , two-way radios and computer aided dispatching system. 911 calls were forwarded to the sheriff's department. officials say public safety was never compromised. santa clara city council today expected to approve a seven million dollar a year concession agreement for the new 49er stadium contract with the same company that operates at candlestick and at&t parks. they will be hiring 1600 to work a typical nfl game, 68,000 seat stadium expected to open in 2014. petaluma national little league team still in the running at the world series in pennsylvania. yesterday they pulled out a walk-off win in extra innings couldn't get more excited.

beating new jersey 5 - 4. hometown fans were smiling they went wild. today petaluma faces connecticut in another do-or-die game at 5 p.m. on espn 2. 6:37. fire crews making progress with massive forest fire threatening three small towns east of redding the ponderosa fire 30% contained, more than 16,000 acres, seven homes destroyed, thousands threatened, more than 3,000 residents remain evacuated since the lightning-caused fire broke out saturday. fire crews on the fire lines air tank heer from the santa rosa airbase helping. >> they should be getting more favorable weather.

i want to show you the clouds from yesterday at least look at smoke as the sun was starting to set prevalent across the northern parts of the sacramento valley, hopefully that's where it will stay as winds blow it away from us today. as we talk about winds they were faster last hour up around fairfield and concord still gusting 32 to 13 the sea breeze is more stout marine layer thick we are moisture why we are dealing with mist and drizzle. it will take the clouds longer to get back to the coast once there they may not break up for much sunshine 50s, 60s san francisco, oakland, san mateo richmond, santa rosa 80 east bay valleys low to mid 80s. low to mid 80s morgan hill, gilroy hollister, sun by 11:00, sunshine more premium around monterey bay, 60s possibly 72

in santa cruz. worried about the pollen, if it hasn't bothered you lately not going to today. three-day forecast today cooler, tomorrow the coolest day in the forecast lose another couple of degrees especially around the bay and inland a little more sunshine as we need friday temperatures slowly climb back to average into the weekend. here's frances. good morning. two "sig alert"s in novato one northbound 101 past atherton avenue fatal crash on the shoulder. then one southbound 101 approaching the scene. this injury crash in the left lane. here's footage of the fatal accident that happened this morning before 4:00, a car crashed into the pick-up truck, hit this power pole and knocked the power pole off balance but the wires never came down, pg&e at the scene, chp blocking the right lane for sometime didn't cause

slowing. you might still see them to the right. that may have had a visual impact on drivers heading southbound that's where we are following nut injury crash near the dumps blocking left lane causing traffic to back up into petaluma, highway 12 to highway 37, 42 minutes, 15 minute delay with waze traffic app you can see how it is backed up into petaluma right now. it is very slow, 20 miles per hour approaching the scene there's a traffic spotter using lakeville highway as alternate that might be a better bet at 25 miles an hour. this will give you an idea of better alternates to get to work. bay bridge toll right now backed up to the 880 overcrossing. 6:40. new report says bay area home prices are going up. trading underway on wall street. we have a live report from the new york stock exchange. the dow up eight points. first, and new, the rocket

attack at a us air base in afghanistan damaging a plane belonging to the army's chairman of the joint chief of staff. dramatic empty chair featured on cnn after todd akin backed out of an interview at the last minute. and the new campaign ad the candidat

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>> good morning. look at clouds at the coast 50s going to be breezy, raw day even into san francisco 61 more sunshine around richmond, oakland, san mateo mid to upper 60s, low to mid 70s the rest of the bay, 70s, 80s south bay, north bay dominant area of 80s east bay valleys thunderstorms away from california now but will return to the high country l.a., san diego, palm springs possibly have thunderstorms today. we want to thank some people who have become part of the sleep train foster kids dream campaign. thanks to mike m of richmond. shannon b of san jose. gabriel l of los gatos. you too can help like us on the abc7 news facebook page and one dollar donated to help local foster kids. a rocket attack in afghanistan damaged the plane belonging to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. attack happened last night at

bagram airfield outside kabul during his visit to the country he was not near the plane at . he has left the country it is not clear if he left on the same plane that was damaged in the rocket attack. also new, a train hauling coal derailed near baltimore killing two. crews say the two were on the tracks but were not employees. their identities have not been released. one woman in her 20s, 21 cars on the 80 car train flipped around midnight in ellicott city, maryland. the accident spilled tons of coal, unclear what caused the derailment. swimmer diana nyad has been pulled out of the water ending her fourth try. she was on target to become the first person to complete the swim without a shark cage she hoped to reach key west, florida by wednesday, her 63rd

birthday. her crew was on the phone with "good morning america" this morning when they made the decision to stop, they said she had severe sunburn and her lips and tongue were swollen from jellyfish stinks. on a day when his political future might be decided congressman akin running for senate airing new advertisement apologizing again for his comments that women can somehow prevent pregnancy after a legitimate rape. republicans have until this 5 p.m. eastern to convince him to end his senate bid and let somebody else run in his place. hard to find anyone supporting him after his remarks but he's trying to save his campaign with this new ad. i'm todd akin and i approve this message. rape is an evil act i used the wrong words in the wrong way for that i apologize. >> akin won the gop nomination to take on claire mccaskill considered one of the most vulnerable in her party.

republicans had high hopes of defeating her in their bid to take control of the senate. >> congressman akin was for a primetime appearance on cnn but backed out at the last minute. the host explained. good evening, you are looking live at the empty chair that todd akin was supposed to be sitting in for an interview he's the only man anyone in america is talk about tonight. congressman you have an open invitation to join me in that chair whenever you feel up to it. because if you don't keep your promise to be on the show then you are what we >> caller: in britain a gutless little twirp. >> akin's campaign says the congressman cancelled because he was editing a new ad >> president obama set to leave washington this morning and heading for -- for ohio to talk about education. mr. obama will fly to nevada this afternoon. bay area home prices as

well as bay area s headed up. >> -- bay area stocks are headed up. we go to new york good morning linda bell. good morning. one of the big stocks today, apple analysts says when it comes out with the next iphone model koeubt the most impactful product upgrade in apple's history and apple may sell 250 million. in anticipation of the it phone helping to drive sales and shares of apple to an all-time closing high yesterday the stock is higher almost eight bucks a share. growth in tech companies driving hope prices higher. san francisco home prices still on the rise. zillow's index up 1.2% compare june. -- compared to june.

rents in san francisco up almost 9% from a year earlier. markets now gains dow up by almost 14 points, s&p four, nasdaq higher as well as bloomberg index. that is business news i'm linda bell. here's meteorologist mike nicco with a lot to talk about. a lot going on downtown san francisco clouds hanging low, flight arrival delays into sfo nearly 65 minutes use your flight tracker abc7news.com. live doppler 7 hd good news you only need the wet weather gear at the coast where we have drizzle, everybody else dry with mist hanging in the air. lakeside joint school district los gatos 51, 7:00, partly sunny, sun by noon, 73 warmest

around 3:00, 84°. gilroy unified district going back-to-school today, partly sunny, 51 at 7:00, sunny, 73 by 11 warmest around 3:00, 84 dropping back to 77 by 6:00. right now if you are leaving elsewhere 52 napa, san rafael up to 60 antioch monterey bay inland salinas mid 50s gilroy 49°. we'll see slower sunshine today because of the cooler and stronger sea breeze cloudy misty tonight coastal drizzle and a minimal warming trend by the weekend our temperature change, one degree warmer in fremont and san francisco, 75 and 61 oakland the same everybody else one to four degrees cooler than yesterday. summer spread continues to shrink 58 pacifica today only 67 oakland no more 90s in our inland valleys east bay only 87 as warm as it gets in

brentwood most of your neighbors will be in the mid 80s with you in the east bay valleys a sunny sky. east bay shore from 65 richmond to 75 castro valley fremont will tart in the mid 70s south bay up to about 80° in los gatos head up the peninsula mid 70s drop to the mid 60s by millbrae upper 60s coast low to mid 60s downtown south san francisco, sausalito. 62 monterey, 72 -- to santa cruz low to mid 80s inland. brisk day southwest winds up to 10 to 20 knots gusts to 30 knots mid 50s to near 60, breezy at the -- couple degrees cooler tomorrow, coolest day of the forecast then you see we take a one to two degree jump thursday and

friday through the weekend closer to average. big delays for north bay out of petaluma southbound 101 approaching atherton towards novato, four-car injury crash blocking left lane chp issued "sig alert" this going to cause a lot of brake lights southbound. northbound there is a fatal accident off to the shoulder been there for a while not causing delays northbound check out the drive time from highway 12 to highway 37, 51 minutes, 25 minute delays northbound traffic under half an hour as you make your way from highway 37 to highway 12 in santa rosa. look out for fog and low clouds along the coast and you will find some across the golden gate bridge traffic still flowing well westbound 80 slow in pockets from richmond to berkeley bay bridge toll backed up to the 880 overcrossing. south bay seeing just normal

delays develop for northbound 280 out of downtown san jose up towards cupertino pockets of brake light north 101 san jose alum rock to mckey. recent jump in gas prices doesn't appear to be curbing labor day travel plans 33 million americans plan to travel 50 miles or more. vast majority on the road. number of labor day travelers increased almost 3% over last year even though the average price of gasoline is up 14 cents since last year's policy -- hole. -- since last year's holiday. number one, world's best sailors will race some of the fastest boats starting today. the kickoff to the america's cup world series. the official races take place tomorrow through sunday. >> number two, source of oakland's police radio problem

no longer a mystery fcc confirms interference from at&t cell towers have been cutting off the cops. at&t has shutdown 16 towers affect older 2g network. number three, early morning crash killed a driver along highway 101 in novato. driver hit a power pole northbound near the atherton avenue off-ramp and die at the scene. pg&e crews on the scene working to repair the pole. number four, missouri congressman akin released new ad an polling -- apologizing for his legitimate rape comment. number five, san jose federal jury in one of biggest technology disputes in history should hear closing arguments today from lawyers for apple and samsung.

five minutes before 7:00, final check on your forecast. live doppler 7 hd cloudy, mist hanging around the bay, clouds making deeper penetration inland drizzle spotty along the coast, this is causing 66 minute flight arrival delays into sfo. check out our flight tracker abc7news.com. mostly cloudy at the coast upper 50s to near 60, cool around the bay partly cloudy mid 60s to mid 70s sun inland not as warm upper 70s to mid 80s. bay bridge toll a lot of -- not horrible backed up to west grand. hot spot this morning, south 101 out of petaluma back-up begins east washington remains heavy out towards atherton avenue because of an injury crash. we are just hearing from the c hrpbgs p that the lane has been reopened -- from chp that

the lane has been reopened. you might want to consider -- thank you for joining us for the morning news. >> don't forget to download our new alarm clock app for your iphone wake up to headlines, weather and traffic all there on your phone. best all, it is free! best all, it is free! have a great day