. the oil slick has been cleared lanes should be roped shortly. live look -- live look at doppler. a few clouds near the coast otherwise dry. big time cooling trend in time for the holiday weekend. 5:00 on this wednesday thanks for starting your day with us, i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. hurricane isaac moving inland over southeast lieu will you with sustained winds of 80

miles an hour. the cat 1 hurricane came ashore last night near the mississippi river and remained stationary for several hours. >> authorities say a storm surge is going over a levee in plaquemines parish south of new orleans. the water was running over an 18 mile stretch of the levee flooding some homes. >> reporter: hurricane isaac is battering the gulf. the category 1 hurricane came ashore tuesday night with 80 mile per hour winds and heavy rain that is drenching the region. >> affects that we thought would come from a major storm are in fact taking place. >> reporter: winds are so strong, they rimmed the roof off the home of a louisiana parish -- they ripped the roof off the home of a louisiana parish president. trees are falling hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. >> this is a dangerous storm with the waters rising loss of life is a real possibility.

>> reporter: shelters are filling up throughout louisiana and mississippi, residents are on edge. >> feeling a little anxious ready to get it over with >> reporter: seven years ago today hurricane katrina hit the region. louisiana's new 14 billion dollar levee system and pumping stations are being put to the test. >> hopefully the levees will take care of us. time for mike to take a look at isaac and tell us what is going on. >> where is it now mike? >> 50 miles south of new orleans that means new orleans is getting into that northeast quadrant where you find the most damage from the winds and rain. winds 80 miles an hour, we expect this to be a temporary slowing, looks impressive, didn't look this impressive until a couple hours ago feeder bands and numerous amount that are pushing on land right now. over the next 24 hours it is

going to accelerate up i-49 from near lake charles up to shreveport and head up the western side of arkansas where they need rain through friday they don't need this much rain, possibly 7 to 14 inches of rain on areas that have already had 5 to 6 inches that's why 10 to 18 inches total that's why freshwater flooding still one of the bigger problems. pleasanton police warning women to be very careful. there's a man impersonating officers and sexually assaulting his victims. amy hollyfield is live at the police department with details. >> reporter: police got a late start on this. the victim was so squared she didn't report it for flee weeks. here's -- was so scared, she didn't report it for flee weeks they say he's six feet

tall, white man, 185 pounds, he was wearing what looked like a police-style hat and a fake badge. investigators say he was driving a dark colored sedan and flashed a light behind this woman and let out the quick chirp of siren that you heard before so she pulled over he handcuffed her put her empty back of his car, drove her to a secluded area and raped her and left her there. residents say they were stunned to hear this. >> pretty shocking. i've lived here a long time and haven't heard of any violent crime here. >> scary, i don't know how i would react in a situation like that. >> reporter: police say always look for a solid, steady, front facing red light if you are being pulled over. they say police officers are required to have that. they also suggest that you pull over in a well lit

populated area put your blinker on so the officer knows you are aware he's back there. get to a safe spot they say if you are worried, call 911 within ask the dispatcher if this is a legitimate stop that is happening. this woman was pulled over on valley avenue in pleasanton this is at 3:00 in the morning. police say, she is physically going to be okay. she didn't suffer any life-threatening injuries. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. in san pablo police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect armed with a semi-automatic handgun who robbed a convenience store monday night. security cameras the -- at the market captured video of the man. the suspect got away with a drawer full of cash. investigators think drugs or alcohol might have played a role because the suspect didn't bother to wear a mask or cover his face. anyone with information is asked to contact the west

contra costa crimestoppers. oakland police are warning buyers to be careful when buying a car using craigslist after a couple became the latest to be robbed at gunpoint during a transaction on a freeway yesterday. the tribune reports the couple met the so-called seller at the lake merritt bart to buy a mercedes yesterday morning and were robbed during a test drive-by to men. investigators say they stole several thousand dollars before they forced the people from the car on i-580 near fruitvale avenue. police have several tips for buying a car safely on craigslist, meet in a public place, using a cashier's check or money order and make sure the vehicle has license plates. san jose firefighters remain at the scene of a huge fire that burned down a commercial nursery overnight the nursery erupted shortly before midnight. crews who got to the scene were concerned about pesticides, fertilizer and other toxic material.

they let the fire burn out the chemicals as well for a while to prevent them from mixing into the ground water when they hosed down the structure. about $400,000 worth of products were lost in the blaze. the cause is under investigation. terry mcsweeney is at the scene and will have a live update in the next half hour. tonight the east contra costa fire district will formally accept a much needed multi-million dollar federal grant which will allow it to reopen three fire stations and rehire 15 firefighters. it will get 7.8 million dollars from fema and the department of homeland security weeks after closing half its stations and laying off the firefighters. the cuts were made july 1st, after voters rejected a tax measure that would have raised more money to maintain staffing levels. neighborhood 7-eleven might look different to

customers this morning. the driver of an suv crashed into this 711 in sausalito last night at 9:00. you can see the ford explorer plowed through the front window. no word on what caused the driver to ram into the store, no one was hurt. we checked before we went on air the store is open for business. still open? >> still open 7-eleven always open. >> that's right, good for them. hopefully everybody is driving safely this morning, a lot of kids going back-to-school. what kind of weather are they going to be facing? jacket in the morning, shortsleeves during the afternoon. visibility, a few clouds along the coast, half moon bay five miles visibility everybody else doing well maybe a continuing of haze in the air. clear sky, area of high pressure holding off low to our north, minimal effect on temperatures today. we'll wake up to 50s through

7:00, as we jump up to noon warmest temperatures this low 80s inland, low 70s bay, 60 coast. by 4:00, near 90 inland upper 70s bay, mid 60s at the coast. 80 at 7:00 inland, 70 bay, near 60 coast. a few clouds develop along the coast during the afternoon hours. tomorrow temperatures drop two to four degrees significant drop friday two to six, well below average everywhere friday and saturday, we are going to round out summer on a cool note this weekend. time for traffic. actually, fewer problems than what we saw in the 4:00 hour, southbound 101 east washington petaluma hit-and-run on narrow shoulder chp at the scene shouldn't be too much trouble at this point, traffic moving close to 60 miles per hour closer to 70 as you head to novato this accident not causing delays southbound 101 through san rafael light to the

golden gate bridge where earlier problems cleared. contra costa county, starting to slow westbound 4 in antioch, normal delays. as you continue the ride southbound 680 towards highway 24, flowing well down through the san ramon valley and sunol grade. south bay, no other major problems reported this is northbound 280 heading up towards cupertino this is highway 17 out of santa cruz mountains. 5:10. it is nature vs. public safety. next, the fight to save dozens of trees from the chopping block in one east bay city. new developments this morning. tight squeeze or room to out? we'll tell you which cars have the roomiest backseats. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain.

you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ? find characters, access wait times for the park you're in, and enjoy premium features when you download disney mobile magic, powered by verizon.

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. good morning, 55 miles a gallon the fuel efficiency automakers must reach in 13 years currently it is half of that this means automakers must do a better job of selling us on electric cars. new york state reportedly investigating claims made about energy drinks sales looming with makers emphasizing the exotic ingredients critics say the stimulation comes from caffeine. whatever else the u.s. accomplished in iraq is leaving the legacy of fast

food, they are crazy about burgers, fried chicken and pizza and opening restaurants like this one in baghdad. i'm rob nelson. 5:14. good morning this morning neighbors battling to save a grove of trees in san ramon are celebrating a victory. the city council reversed course last night and veted to keep dozens of trees in place along bollinger canyon road. activists urged the leaders to spare the trees they accuse the council of secretly voted in june to take out the trees to make room for wider lanes. the council is looking at other options. this morning 200,000 are waiting for the state to resolve a computer glitch that has held up unemployment and other benefit checks the problem surfaced monday it affects debit cards that are linked to bank of america accounts. this means people are not

getting their unemployment, disability and family leave payments. state officials say they hope to have the glitch picked by the end of the week. audit shows the metropolitan transportation commission using -- is using bridge toll funds to pay for relocating from oakland to san francisco and doing that is within the law. they voted last year to move from oakland to a former post office building at 390 mine street in san francisco and they used 1 -- main street in san francisco and they used 180 million dollars of bridge toll money to buy the building. they say the money will be replaced by renting out office space at the site. here's something you don't hear often people being asked to pay lower bills that is happening to thousands of aaa customers in northern california. the insurance carrier says december 1st, it will cut rates on homeowners' policies by 9.3%.

cuts attributed to prop 103 which allows the state to evaluate rates and have them adjusted. aaa says it is because of fewer catastrophes. the move affects more than 400,000 customers who will see an average savings of around $100. if you have complained about the back of -- about the lack of leg room in the back of a car, listen up. among the best the 2013 ford flex, 2012 -- -- . cars.com says these are the vehicles to avoid if leg room is important to you:

leg room not a big issue here. >> always ride shotgun if you can. >> or when you are driving you get all the leg room you want. >> and drive carefully, especially around the school zones. >> right now 5:17 looking down from emeryville at emeryville to san francisco from our vollmer peak cam. lack of clouds leading to a live doppler 7 hd that is dry this morning, no need for the wet weather gear today. let's talk about what's going on as far as temperatures, 50 santa rosa and napa, 60 antioch, 52 los gatos those are your extremes most of us in the mid to upper 50s low to

mid 50s monterey bay inland. sunny and seasonal again today with temperatures close to average. coastal clouds a little more tonight than this morning, comfortable everywhere. summer ends on a cooler than average note this weekend. temperatures compared to average, livermore three degrees warmer as is oakland san jose 83. san francisco will top out at 68, two degrees cooler than average. it doesn't get more average or normal than today. a few clouds along the coast especially san francisco -- especially san mateo county coast. they may sis pate a little into the afternoon leading -- they may dissipate a little in the afternoon. 90s still holding east bay valleys in maybe the last day for those. 80 milpitas, to 86 los gatos south bay peninsula 81 redwood city 72 millbrae low to mid 60s coast this afternoon to

near 70 downtown south san francisco and over towards sausalito low to mid 80s most of the north bay valleys low to mid 60s sun at beaches mid 70s to low 80s east bay shore. mid 80s to 90s around antioch, brentwood, livermore and fairfield, monterey bay, monterey, carmel more sunshine today mid 60s for you, low to mid 60s the rest of the bay mid to upper 80s inland. 50s tonight, more clouds along the coast than is the sea breeze that is going to kick in tomorrow and start dropping temperatures two to four degrees, more significant cooling friday into saturday two to six degrees temperatures barely making it to 80 inland, 70 around the bay and upper 50s at the coast. have a great one. here's frances.vz3oñ we head to the pittsburg/ antioch area eastbound 4 loveridge all lanes blocked for overnight roadwork should be cleared in the next 10 minutes. slow on westbound 4 lone tree out towards loveridge, 35

miles an hour. bay bridge toll no delays right now looking great heading into san francisco. if you are heading across the san mateo bridge westbound more crowded eastbound there was a cone reported in the left lane, at this point, it looks like cars are getting by and having no issues with the cone. we are finding delays as you head through tracy with the waze traffic app, 29 miles an hour, westbound 205 towards 11th street. it stays close to 30 miles an hour into the altamont pass, heavy traffic reported eight minutes ago by a traffic spotter into livermore. 5:20. baseball coming up, a's try to shut out -- to shut out cleveland for a second straight night.

sports is next. . >> the out of this world release of a new song from

good morning wednesday, live shot from our camera atop sutro tower looking down at san francisco and the bay bridge, no problems here. kids are back-to-school today so on the roads be careful. update with tan says, weather with mike in a few. in sports, zito starts for giants in houston in the

second game of the six game road trip giants trailing last night 2-1 in the 9th, clutch pinch double down left field line, scored from first base sanchez blooped a pinch hit single to give the giants a 3-2 victory. now the giants lead the nl west by three after the dodgers lost last night in colorado. a's won fourth straight last night in cleveland moss put the a's up 4-0 towering homerun to center field into the trees a's shut out indians winning 7-0. two teams play again this evening. oakland remains tide with baltimore for the wild card lead. nasa getting fresh hd pictures of the martian landscape from the rover, many show its eventual destination.

the mountain's exposed layers appear to form minerals in the presence of water. if everything goes as planned curiosity will dig down to determine chemistry and whether the red planet has ever harbored life. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the rover can also boast a musical accomplishment, you just heard the first time a piece of music beamed to earth from another planet. the new song by will.i.am is called "reap for the stars" he's a big enthusiast of space exploration. yesterday will.i.am gave a shout out to mohawk nasa engineer of oakland for inspiring and motivating the kids. >> you gotta wonder what would

happen to that hair in a low gravity environment. >> yeah, you would. >> [ unintelligible ] flooding, pounding waves and power outages everywhere. folks from mississippi to louisiana get a one-two punch from hurricane isaac. coming up, katie marzullo is live with the latest as isaac surges across the gulf coast. muddy aftermath left by a massive water main break what is happening to neighbors. the man accused of murdering a south bay teenager returns to court. the big development expected today. sunshine seasonal highs mid to upper 60s coast into san francisco, 70s and low 80s around the bay, 80s to 90s inland especially east bay valleys. the rest of the country is pretty warm, 80s and 90s until you get to boston, new york, seattle and portland, 60s and

70s there 106 phoenix. all airports except midway on time. if you are going through midway, make sure you use our flight tracker

good wednesday morning, thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. san jose firefighters at a commercial nursery that burned overnight after purposefully not putting water on the blaze. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene near the almaden expressway. they had environmental concerns? >> reporter: right the nursery 10,000 square feet of retail space firefighters knew they had pesticides and fertilizer and other toxic chemicals and so they backed off and let it burn. if we take a look at the

water in the parking lot they did put water on it, not a lot, they let it burn. this water is sitting here because the danes have been capped here in the -- the drains have been capped here in the parking lot this water is going to have to be tested for pesticides and fertilizer. take a look at what firefighters found when they pulled up at the scene here at almaden and branham the summer winds nursery there are 12 of these nurseries in this area this one was fully involved. three alarm fire, firefighters letting it burn. the regional manager for the nursery got the call around midnight,#óyk erased out to the scene, parked across the street, -- he race add out to the scene, packed across the street and all he could do is watch. emotional as he described the thoughts he had this morning many >> i don't know what thoughts, memories, 50 years of doing

business, a lot of the good people that worked here. it is kind of tough to see it go. >> reporter: he says the store is going to be back probably in a temporary way in the parking lot then it going to come back all the way, he's certain of that they've got to rebuild a 10,000 square foot retail space he thinks they lost maybe $400,000 worth of plants in this fire. san jose firefighters still on the scene. haz-mat team was called at one point. again, the water in the parking lot here has been prevented from draining away to keep from it going into the river and it is going to be tested. as far as the cause of the fire under investigation not considered suspicious. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 5:32 now. authorities are going door-to-door evacuating hopes in a parish south of new orleans because a levee there is lose the battle with hurricane isaac this is all taking place on the anniversary of another

powerful hurricane that hit the region. katie marzullo live in the breaking news center with an update. >> reporter: that's right today marks seven years since hurricane katrina hit. although isaac is a weaker storm the president of plaquemines parish, louisiana says he's surprised and seeing similar damage. this is new video from gulfport, mississippi, us 90 the main beach road, billboard has torn lose and waters foot deep in some areas, knee deep in other places. officials say they were prepared for the system's arrival but caution residents should not take the wind and storm surge lightly. >> that storm surge is relentless, folks need to day in while the storm comes through. we have resources ready to g although the -- until the winds come down we are asking if you are not somewhere dangerous stay where you are at unless you are told to

evacuate. >> plaquemines parish is a hot spot storm surge event by isaac has pushed water over-the-top of an 18 mile stretch of levees. homes are flooded, hundreds of thousands without power, deputies are going door-to-door looking for people who did not follow the evacuation order and are now trapped. strong winds are hampering the rescue efforts to get those people to safety. since katrina, fema has updated the levy system in new orleans to the tune of 10 billion dollars, the levee that the water is pouring over in plaquemines parish was not included in that project. for more on what hurricane isaac is doing now we go to mike. isaac still category 1, 80 miles per hour, it slowed out of the northwest at six technically covering the coast, on land, but you are still getting a tremendous amount of moisture and heat from the ocean rotating around in a counterclockwise fashion. radar over the last three

hours fingers of feeder bands feeding into the system and bringing squally weather with heavy rain and strong winds to the northeast quadrant of the storm where you see the tornado watch now. thursday moving through louisiana friday moving through arkansas up to 14 more inches of rain is possible. inland flooding still a big concern. 5:third . it will be paul ryan's turn to take center stage at the republican national convention tonight. dell gils -- delegates got to work last night officially nominating romney as the nominee. t.j. winick with highlights of last night's i -- event. >> reporter: one of the major goals of this week is to humanize mitt romney even at this late date, many american voters say they don't though

that much about him. last night, we heard from the one person who knows mitt romney better than anyone. ann romney was in the spotlight tuesday night, may go the case for her husband of 43 years. this is the man america needs. this is the man who will wake up everyday with the determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved. to fix what others say is beyond repair. >> reporter: the appearance brought tears to the eyes of her sons. republicans hope it will convince women voters considered key to the election to vote for the gop ticket. >> a storybook marriage?l," nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage! >> people just felt a very human connection to him through her. >> she was absolutely awesome. she is going to blow it away. she has heart. >> reporter: the speech comes at a critical time for the romney campaign.

new poll found that romney has the lowest personal popularity at the time of the convention of any major party nominee dating back to 1984. while ann romney made the personal pitch, the keynote speaker new jersey governor christie made the political one. >> we ended an era of absentee leadership without principle or purpose in new jersey. i'm here to tell you tonight, it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house, america needs mitt romney and paul ryan, right now! >> reporter: also during yesterday's session the convention quickly approved a conservative platform that calls for tax cuts, not government spending to stimulate the economy. t.j. winick, abc7 news. remind , mark matthews reporting live from -- reminder mark matthews reporting live from tampa all this week. you can follow mark on twitter

for instant updates or go to the abc7 news facebook page. we'll be streaming live coverage of today's convention events on abc7news.com and that begins at 4 p.m.. president obama is traveling to charlottesville, virginia today the last stop on his two-day trip to counter the gop convention message and appeal to younger voters in college towns. he held a rally with students yesterday the event had shades of president's last campaign. many of the students in this crowd were not old enough to vote in 2008, as he did back then, president obama wove a theme of change into his speech. man accused of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is due back in court today. antolin garcia-torres was arrested in may and is being held without bail. he was supposed to enter a plea july 31st, that hearing was postponed. police say they have dna evidence linking him to the

15-year-old many she disappeared march 16th. her body has not been found despite numerous searches. several san francisco families are still waiting for word on when they can go back home of an a mass water main break late yesterday morning in visitacion valley. crews have been working to restore water to 14 homes, gas and electricity turned off to those homes as a precaution. the church next to our lady of visitacion school was flooded and classes there cancelled and won't resume for two weeks. no word on what caused that water main to break. pretty mild the past few days however you want to define that, -- good morning, thank you gang. looking at a minimal marine layer 500 feet that's why we are seeing clouds along the coast.

winds are less than five miles an hour to calm just about everywhere around the bay area. area of low pressure will have more of an influence on our forecast tomorrow and through the weekend, high pressure barely holding on to today, expect temperatures to be close to average typical late august day, 40s through 7:00 north bay valleys 50s the rest of us clouds along the san mateo county coast through at least the lunch hour keeping you around 60, mid 60s, san francisco and oakland, 70s the rest of the bay 80s inland during the lunch hour, afternoon hour clouds are gone. near 80 fremont to near 90 inland by 7:00, back in the 70s and 80s in most areas, upper 50s to mid 60s along the coast into san francisco, two to four degrees cooler tomorrow, that low comes in sea breeze rolls in and it becomes breezy friday into saturday, temperatures well below average, warmest temperatures near 80 inland, 70 bay, upper 50s at the coast. just got off the phone with chp there could be a big

problem in the oakland area macarthur boulevard on-ramp to westbound 580 closed for an investigation turns out there might be a fatal accident we'll buy you more information as we get it. -- we'll bring you more information as we get it it is fatal the on-ramp will be blocked for sometime. westbound 580 lanes are open here through the maze. no lanes blocked on the freeway just the on-ramp to westbound 580 blocked. as an alternate you may want to consider powell to get to eastbound 80 or west grand heading over towards the bay bridge. i'll show÷a÷ you live shot of te oakland maze, traffic light on the freeways now, this is westbound 80 coming out of emeryville this is actually westbound 580 heading towards the bay bridge as well. we'll check out the san mateo bridge and here you are good to go in both directions drive time 14 minutes westbound from 880 to 101 for taillights leaving the toll plaza.

5:41. next, dangerous outbreak in a northern california hospital. the highly infectious bacteria doctors think is making newborns sick. dazed and confused, but alive how this tiny bobcat survived a raging wildfire and what is going to happen to him now.or

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld.

we have breaking news. dutch media reporting a passenger plane has possibly been hijacked in spain to amsterdam's main airport the plane was escorted wednesday by two f-16 fighter jets. the report cited the defense ministry and reports say the plane is -- airport authorities do not immediately return calls we'll try to get more information. two newborns are undergoing treatment after they were infected with a strain of the mrsa bacteria at a sacramento hospital. the outbreak began last week inside the neonatal unit at sutter memorial both infants are expected to recover 20 other newborns were exposed but haven't shown signs of infection mrsa is a highly infectious staph germ that can cause fever and chills in its most serious form it can cause

serious health complications in the very young the staff is investigating whether poor hygiene is to blame. firefighters battling the 74,000 acre chips fire have a new mascot. the baby bobcat was found dazed and confused yesterday, she is said to be the size of a domestic kitten and has been nicknamed chips, after the fire. volunteers say she hasek degree burns on all four paws and eye infection -- it doing well, considering and cuddling. chips was taken to a while life rescue center in lake tahoe and is expected to be released back into the wild next spring. surge of people dumping samsung smartphones. bloomberg business report, next. frustrated and stranded for hours what created gridlock and the tarmac for united airlines what it is saying. >> new book by former navy seal contradicts the

60s coast to san francisco 70s 80s bay 80s 90s inland sunshine off to the coast doppler last three hours dry over the state a few thunderstorms possible around yosemite at 95, 100 fresno,

108 palm springs, 75 tahoe. 5:49. united airlines says its computer systems are operating normally this morning following failure that delayed hundreds of flights. the passenger reservation system and website stopped working 2 1/2 hours yesterday that forced the airline to ground flights across the country. united is still trying to figure out what caused the glitch. united says it wouldn't charge extra fees if customers had to change their flights. governor brown has signed a new law that will help law enforcement nab dui offenders suspected of drug use by requiring a blood test instead of a urine sample. doctors say dug be diluted as they pass through kidneys. blood test would be more accurate pinpointing the amount and type of drug.

driving in this morning, didn't see any mist, drizzle, clouds. >> i didn't see anything interesting on the way in. mike has been telling us we wouldn't. >> unless you count the moon. let's check in with mike. clear sky just a few clouds along the coast near the san mateo county coast, otherwise it is clear as we look from sutro tower into san francisco over towards berkeley. live doppler 7 hd is dry this morning off to a good start for the commute, for the kids going back-to-school. as far as temperatures, dress them for the 50s everywhere 50 santa rosa, napa, 52 los gatos most of us mid to upper 50s, 60 antioch. monterey bay inland 52 watsonville to 57 in salinas. sunshine and seasonal warmth everywhere today more clouds at the coast tonight comfortable for us. today, we are three degrees warmer in fremont than

yesterday everybody else one to four degrees cooler still close to average summer spread from 62 pacifica with sunshine this afternoon over to a sunny sky for oakland and 77 and a warm to hot east bay valleys with 91 in brentwood most neighbors will be in the mid 80s to near 90, 90 around brentwood today and also places like livermore. low to mid 80s in the south bay, low 70s to low 80s on the peninsula, low to mid 60s coast, near 70 downtown south san francisco and sausalito, north bay valleys, low to mid 80s, 20° cooler at beeps. east bay shore mid 70s -- at beaches. east bay valleys, fairfield, antioch, brentwood and livermore around 90. mid to upper 80s inland around the monterey bay, 66 monterey, 75 santa cruz temperatures drop nearly four to 10 degrees

by friday and hold cooler than average throughout the holiday weekend. >> looks like a fatal crash in the oakland area on the macarthur west macarthur boulevard on-ramp to westbound 580 this is south of ikea and target stores. on the on-ramp westbound 580 not blocked you won be able to see from it the freeway traffic flowing well on westbound 580 if you take that on-ramp you may want to consider powell as an it in -- as an alternate we'll keep you posted on the accident. bay bridge toll minor back-up for some of the cash paying lanes quiet across the span. 680 walnut creek traffic starting to pick up, meaning slow down i should say brake lights southbound towards 24 heavy traffic westbound 4 out of antioch and westbound 580 through the altamont pass. a lot of the normal delays as we check out the south bay, north 280 good now through

san jose up towards cupertino headlights and this is 17 out of santa cruz mountains. no other major problems reported in the south bay, peninsula or north bay at this point. 5:54. where should college grads look for jobs? >> here's jane king with the bloomberg business report. good morning. are you in a rush to dump samsung ahead of next month's release of apple's next iphone? more than 50% uptick in the number of people selling old sam suns after the victory over -- --

. a controversial new book foye a former navy seal is raising questions about the way osama bin laden died. former -- he took part in the raid that killed the al-qaeda chief. in his book he says bin laden was shot in the head as he looked out his bedroom door that appears to contradict official accounts that say bin laden was killed after ducking back into his room and possibly reaching for a weapon. the white house will not comment on the assertions in the book which goes on sale next week. gay marriage supporters expect a big step forward in their cause in new zealand lawmakers to cast first vote

supporting same-sex marriage bill. new zealand would become the 12th country to recognize same-sex marriage. 2/3 of new zealanders support it. the queen will attend the opening ceremonies of the par lympics which begin late -- paralympics which begin later on today. tonight's opening sermon which begins in london 12:30 this afternoon, our time will include more than 3,000 adult volunteers, 100 children and a high-wire act. the competition will feature nearly 4300 disabled athletes representing 166 countries. organizers hope it will be the most successful paralympics in history. next, we are continuing to track hurricane isaac. hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. water is overflowing a key levee. we'll have live team coverage. pleasanton police warning women to be careful. the fake cop at the center of

a sexual assault investigation.