. >> announcer: abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. breaking news from the north bay. a haz-mat team is on the san of what may be a chemical spill. they are ready to go into the bidding containing chemicals. >> reporter: -- police are sick of healthy people parking in handicap spaces. today they plan to do something about it. first day back for students forced out by a broken water main. not everyone is getting the green light. >> [ inaudible ] going to be a warm day

little repeat of yesterday as everybody heads back to work and school. >> maybe a little turn in the weather. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze developing news alameda county. deputies on the scene investigating a deadly drive-by shooting last night. a 20-year-old from hayward was found dead at the scene. no word on victim's identity. following breaking news in the north bay. haz-mat team on the scene at a cotati pool service business to deal with a chemical spill. video just in. west of highway 101 alarm at north bay pool service sounded after 1:30 this morning. police arrived and call the fire department. fire officials tell us they've had trouble contacting the

owner. we'll have a reporter live on that scene shortly. break the law and break the bank. drivers who get busted in one city could be facing staggering fines. amy hollyfield is live in berkeley with more. >> reporter: certainly temptation to use a handicap placard if it is not yours it can be tough to find parking. police are going to give you a reason to be honest. starting today a crackdown on handicap placard abuse if you have a pass police will ask to see your identification and proof the pass was issued to you. after witnessing abuse of these tags many are happy to hear about this. >> i've known people who have had placards and taken

advantage. i think it is terrific they are cracking down. >> reporter: the police department's parking enforcement officers now have the authority to ask people about the handicap passes in the past only police officers could do it. now they are going to have extra officers focused on this area. they hope this will open up spots for people who legitimately need the handicap spots. that ticket is going to cost about $1,000. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. 4:33. san francisco school that was flooded by a water main break one week ago will resume classes this morning. our lady of the visitacion school brought in a company that specializes in water cleanup. the school is safe to reopen. the news not so good for the convent next door which suffered most of the damage that could stay closed for weeks.

the water main is part of a city upgrade project completed eight months ago. if you take the dumbarton bridge it is open. the reopening happened ahead of schedule. the span shutdown over the weekend for seismic rest tremendous fitting. crews got the work done early traffic started flowing last night before 7:30. caltrans replaced a joint to make it more flexible for a cake. joint replaced on the westside over the memorial day weekend. democrats kickoff their convention in charlotte, north carolina today the party will adopt a platform that includes calling for higher taxes on wealthier americans along with backing same-sex marriage and abortion rights. the first lady will address the convention during primetime tonight. the california delegate -- delegations led by nancy pelosi and john burton

have gone on the attack against the republicans. more from mark matthews. >> doing nothing is their philosophy. doing nothing, they do not believe in a public roam. >> reporter: a message we are hearing a lot. >> they work against anything and everything, including a lot of stuff they initially supported. >> when i remind people the republican congress continues to obstruct any job initiative, they realize that the president is doing everything he can and the economy is turning around. >> reporter: this in response to mitt romney's speech. >> this president cannot tell us that you are better off today than when he took office. >> all his friends are better off >> reporter: burton says romney is better off and the message to the delegates, so is the country. >> absolutely it is better off today. >> reporter: back stage pelosi explained. >> this is not about are you

better off now. are you better off than you would have been if a republican had been elected. >> reporter: is that a tough sell? >> i don't think so people have to know the facts. >> reporter: pelosi says republicans are playing fast and loose. >> republicans don't care about the truth because they think enough money will create its own reality and they have endless money. >> reporter: she told reporters deception and big money is a deadly combination she just out raised john boehner. >> i think what the republicans raise is transactional what i have are people who are idealistic about their country most coming from small donors. >> mark will be reporting live from the convention all week. get instant updates by following him on our facebook page. mark is also tweeting@matthewsabc7 news. california plays a big role in the party and that

influence is reflected in the primetime slot given to kamala harris. the former san francisco district attorney is scheduled to speak tomorrow night during the 6:00 hour the primetime slot indicates the party considers her a rising star. in 2004 a little known senator from illinois spoke during that time period, senator barack obama turned that national exposure into a white house run four years later. firefighters battling a 4100 acre fire in southern california hope to have it contained with a -- within a week. this morning it is just 5% contained. firefighters say it is burning from neighborhoods deeper into the wilderness that makes it tougher to fight. evacuation center set up at a nearby high school. closer to home, fires watching for flare-ups from a grass fire in contra costa county. flames burned 150 acres in the

hills between pittsburg and concord last night. crews contained the fire quickly with the help of three air tankers and two helicopters. the fire never threatened structures. let's check in with mike and see what the weather is like for fire danger in the bay area and elsewhere. nothing out of ordinary, just hot and dry, because it is that time of the season. good morning. temperatures one to four degrees cooler than yesterday except livermore, three, half moon bay four degrees warmer. as we head through the day we'll keep an eye on this dry air sitting on top of us driest air orange most moisture laden air to our south, tomorrow's forecast. today we have thicker clouds even fog, we'll have issues probably flight arrival delays

into sfo this morning. coast remains cloudy throughout the day. by 4:00, 92 inland, 80 bay, 60 coast. clouds return 82 inland, 70 around the bay, 57 at the coast. tomorrow a slight chance of thunderstorms tropical moisture rolling over our heads, that chance will fade thursday temperatures drop a couple more degrees thursday and friday coolest days. time for traffic. good morning. pretty light conditions so far as we head back to work on this tuesday morning or back-to-school. san mateo bridge which is your alternate was over the long weekend for your dumbarton bridge closure, dumbarton open nearly 10 hours ahead of schedule last night 7:20 or so that bridge is open and

working this morning. san mateo bridge flowing smoothly taillights towards the highrise towards foster city westbound. headlights headed to hayward, no problems. traveling from the macarthur maze, highway 80, 580 or 880 towards the bay bridge toll light, no problems, metering lights off heading into san francisco on upper deck of the bay bridge smooth sailing. 4:40. next, new fallout for yosemite national park following a hantavirus scare. >> the nasty threat that could impact our water supply. we'll tell you who is threatening to contaminate our drinking water >> the worst commutes in the nation three are here in the bay area. the new color changing candle from air wick,

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good morning. you're looking live in our rooftop camera toward san francisco low clouds there mike is going to tell us more. sue is tracking your traffic. both coming up in a couple of minutes. concerns over sometimes deadly hantavirus kept many away from yosemite this weekend. operators say there was a 20% cancellation rate for lodging in the park it is typically sold out labor day weekend. most cancellations were for curry village where officials say up to 10,000 could have been exposed to the rodent-born virus this summer. six cases have been -- have been links to that area. two people have died. marijuana farms are threatening the purity of the reservoir that supplies san francisco and san mateo counties with drinking water. authorities say they recently pulled 7,000 pounds of trash from the hills around the

crystal springs investigation -- res most came from illegal pot grows and included car batteries and banned chemicals. runoff from the trash could pollute the pristine reservoir testing hasn't turned up ed water so far. the narcotics task force says in the past five years it has seized 170 million dollars worth of pot from reservoir grows. you know driving around the bay area can be slow. money magazine is out with a new survey showing how hard it can be. the survey is part of the report detailing the best and worst places to live. three bay area cities in on the top 25 five list of slowest. antioch the third longest commute nationally, 36 minutes. pittsburg number 14, 31 minutes to get to work. if you are driving from novato it take as average of over half an hour.

>> antioch and pittsburg are along the same route you figure both would be affected. >> yeah. >> 4:45. it could be happening in your neighborhood, next the new party trend involving teens and that empty house on the block. >> the call of the wild in san francisco's most popular park the four-legged critter parkgoers are being warned to steer clear of. before you head to the supermarket, is organic better? what a new study reveals. [ fingers tapping ]

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valleys. as far as what is going on across the country, a little cooler around boston, seattle mid 70s, 80s, 90s until you get to phoenix and dallas. flight arrival delays into laguardia, departure delays out of philadelphia severe weather possible around minneapolis and chicago today. use our flight tracker abc7news.com. 4:48. the controversial back about the raid that killed osama bin laden written by a commando who was there goes on sale today the author matt bissonnette was member of the seal team, in the book he says bin laden was shot in the head as he peeked out his bedroom door. he said he and another seal entered the room and finished him off with shots to the chest that differs from the official count that weather weather -- that bin laden was reaching for a weapon. bay area teens are taking advantage of the foreclosure crisis using social media to

turn vacant homes into party houses big plans posted for a concord home over the weekend. how police intervened just in time. >> reporter: this vacant five bedroom home in concord was about to become party central. >> when i came home the front door of the house was open. >> reporter: the neighbor says the police showed up just as a carload of teens began cruising by the house the party was a bust but he saw what could have been. >> all night until 2:00 in the morning it was just cars, probably more than 30, 40 coming through, full of kids. >> reporter: a search on a website shows several text messages and tweets telling everyone about a party in concord it was supposed to start at 9:30, byob. he says the police told him it is a possible trend where vacant homes are turned into party hopes for profit. >> they will charge $5 to $10

per head for kids to party kids come from all over the area, antioch, pittsburg, all over and crash the house, destroy the house. >> they kicked the sign down. >> reporter: the for -- the realtor is trying to sell the house set to close in one week a major party could have cost the deal. >> buyer wouldn't have wanted to close the bank wouldn't pay for anything. number three, the shelter anticipating a short sale would have had to get a foreclosure on her record. >> reporter: some neighbors say they saw a few teens scatter when the list showed up no arrests were made. this is a problem almost -- happening across the nation fueled by the housing meltdown. little melting for some of you inland yesterday, right mike? >> it was warm. >> doing a -- made doing yard

work interesting. maybe you can put it off. a chance of thunderstorms in the forecast. good morning some of the fog hanging around san francisco this morning, flags there pier 5 moving to the east wind blowing from the ocean that's pier 9 excuse me that's why we are going to have cooler weather at the coast and flight arrival delays into sfo. clouds are thick out there, you will have some mist around the coast also around the bay shoreline this morning. right now 48 napa, santa rosa clear fog starting to form 61 antioch, 60 livermore. monterey bay temperatures in the 50s. warm conditions again today and then it is going to drop as we head into tomorrow

because of that chance of thunderstorms. here's a look at highs today in the south bay close to average if not a little more mid to upper 80s mid 70s to mid 80s peninsula mid 60s downtown into sausalito 72 mid 80s to near 90 north bay valleys low to upper 70s most of the east bay shore fremont 84 low to mid 90s east bay valleys 65 monterey mid 70s rest of the bay. tonight 50s with a lot of cloud cover, a little drizzle possible along the coast. dry air on top of this marine layer, once it micks out we'll get a lot of sunshine. as -- tomorrow a couple of areas of tropical moisture from the remnants of eliana and john low pressure developing to our west going to pull it up towards us check

out what happens as we head into tuesday, this afternoon everything okay, clouds near the coast tomorrow afternoon into thursday that's when you can see some of the showers start to develop and temperatures will drop everywhere that will be the bigger story besides isolated showers. good morning. so far, so good, couple of areas of construction eastbound 4 loveridge all lanes shutdown detour in place get on and right back -- that should be picked up between 5 and 5:30. 80 westbound between san pablo dam and mcbride should be picked up in the next few minutes. santa cruz mountains boulder creek area wires down central

avenue highway 236, you want to avoid that area. drive times carquinez to the maze, still a good ride under 20 minutes. highway 4 tough commute, one of the toughest in the nation we just learned, it is slow beginning to bunch up out of antioch westbound then picks up. out of the central valley highway 580 westbound moving well to the dublin interchange less than 15 minutes. hollywood and movie fans are mourning the death of actor michael clarke duncan you remember him for his hit film "the green mile." >> take my hand boss, this is for yourself. >> duncan earned an academy award nomination for his portrayal of the inmate. the film also started tom hanks. the 6'5 duncan died yesterday two months after suffering a heart attack, michael clarke

duncan was 54 years old. positive news about a san jose firefighter who had a heart attack battling a church fire. frank ryan has begun to move recovering in intensive care he's not speaking yet but they are taking it within date a time. many of his co-workers have been by his side since he collapsed last thursday. firefighters have raised money so his brothers and sisters could be with him. golden gate park reporting more coyote sightings. signs have been put up along john f. kennedy dive and chain of la lake -- drive and chain of lakes drive. visitors say they've seen them but don't feel threatened. >> as long as they leave people alone and people leave them alone, what's the

problem? >> golden gate park is not looking to get rid of the coyotes, visitors are being told to stay away interest remote areas where they may have their dens. new study finds little evidence that organic food is healthier than conventionally grown food. can lower exposure to pesticides but minimal organic food is no more nutritious than nonorganic. today is the day kelly ripa will reveal her new co-host who will make his official debut this morning on "live" right here at 9:00. the smart money is on michael strahan. he's guest hosted quite a bit. we'll report on who won that seat 6:00 this morning when "live" hits the air on the east coast, a little over an hour. in washington state,

another labrador is using his nose to sniff out sick whales. tucker is able to sniff out what is left after whales do their business. biologists collect the stuff and can determine the health of or cast. this is not -- of orcas this is not cruelty, orca business doesn't smell that bad. another kind of orca business is used in perfumes we mentioned last week. i'll take your word for that. we continue to follow breaking news in sonoma county, haz-mat situation under way. we'll have the latest. drivers who try to beat the system could pay big time. countdown on for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. could be

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