>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. we are continuing to follow developing news from santa cruz county, late night tanker fire shutdown traffic on highway 17 for several hours. southbound lanes only reopened in the last 20 minutes, -- how is traffic flowing now? that coming up. [ inaudible ] good morning 6:00, thanks for join us. i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. and that's mike nicco over there with a look at our

forecast. a few radar returns to the south and off to the east where they are going to stay today. i think we are going to see temperatures warmer due to the extra sunshine and the lack of thunderstorms in the forecast, while you were sleeping the red flag warning high fire danger was dropped because of the lack of storms coast 56 to 60 partly sunny. upper 70s to upper 80s inland. good morning. commute getting underway with good news in the santa cruz mountains southbound 17 was closed most of it at night northbound lanes too all reopen in the santa cruz mountains both northbound and southbound smoothly this is the macarthur maze lane closure reopened traffic is flowing smoothly through there. bay bridge toll very light minor delay for cash paying folks. we are continuing to follow developing news out of

santa cruz county where a tanker fire shutdown highway 17 overnight in the last 20 minutes highway patrol reopened lanes. terry mcsweeney joins us live from there. >> reporter: if you -- southbound 17 absolutely wide open, chp gone, caltrans gone, everything flowing smoothly southbound and northbound a few minutes ago i saw the truck that was involved in that fire towed, southbound rather northbound towards san jose that caused a slow -- a bit of delay as chp escorted that burned tanker truck out of the santa cruz mountains. take a look from sky 7 hd pictures from last night 10:00 this is what it looked like. you can see that semi engulfed in flames it started in the engine went to the cab nobody injured as a result of what you are looking at there and not only did the cab burn but

also it started a grass fire that burned a half acre calfire quickly on the scene and got that knocked down. calfire spokesman telling us what it was in that big rig. >> actually had to pull ladders to be able to climb up it, [ inaudible ] it did spread quickly at first, we slowed it down. >> reporter: talking the grass fire that burned and they were fortunate to get that knocked down. there was liquid nitrogen in that truck they say it is built in such a way that the chance of a fire spreading from the engine to that volatile material was slim and when they got there, they started working on it, it became next to impossible for that fire to spread they got it all knocked down again 5:45 this morning, they got the

southbound lanes reopened and looking out there now you would have no idea that there was any problem here at all. some truck drivers were stuck in their big rigs for a little over seven hours here as they dealt with the situation and figured a way to get that big rig off of the southbound lanes and they did that a short time ago. everything back to normal. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. memorial services are being planned for a highway patrol officer who died last night after being taken off life support. officer kenyon youngstrom was pronounced dead last night after 6 p.m. on life support for a day and a half, after being shot in the head tuesday. the shooter identified as 36-year-old christopher lacy who youngstrom tried to pull

over for having an obstructive license plate. he was remembered as a dedicated father of four who loved his job. more in the next half hour. you can join us in expresses your condolences to the officer's family and fellow officers on our facebook page. we have a special page in his honor go to facebook.com/abc7news. in palo alto groundbreaking set this morning for the expansion project at children's hospital. the expansion will double the hospital's existing size. it will feature 150 new beds, space for advanced diagnostic and treatment, officials from the hospital, palo alto and several silicon valley companies, including helmand province -- including hewlett-packard chief will be speaking.

the democratic national convention wraps up tonight in north carolina with a speech from president obama. katie marzullo joins us. >> reporter: president obama will make his case for reelection tonight but you are going to hear this morning on "good morning america" the white house senior adviser saying he does not anticipate a big bounce in the polls following the convention that the race will remain tight until election day. the last night former president clinton made his own case for president obama's reelection. president clinton fired up the delegates and got a hug from president obama after his speech. bill clinton validated the current president's plan and said no president could fully repair the damage in four years. democratic lawmakers from california and here in the bay area are gushing over his performance. senator boxer said she was "over the moon." >> bill clinton is such a great teacher, he laid it out. >> that was the very best. i think the quintessential

speech. >> it was clintonesque. >> reporter: before president obama takes to the stage tonight delegates will hear from vice president biden. a long time biden confidant says to look forbidden's conviction, character and values. there is a change of venue for all of the speeches they've been moved to the fine,000 seat convention hall because of the weather. president obama will accept his party's nomination and give his speech shortly after 7:00 tonight. later this hour we go live to charlotte, north carolina. driving in we saw clouds. lead to significant delays at sfo. low clouds and every once in a while trying to drop a little rain you can see there's radar there and the radar was showing a little shower activity between

morgan hill and san jose that has moved off to the north and east you notice upstream which happens to be southwest it is getting drier, best chance of showers will be through the morning and around the monterey bay then into the afternoon we'll see a lot more sunshine than yesterday and the threat of thunderstorms really just about over that's why there is no more high fire danger or red flag warning. this morning thick clouds and temperatures in the 50s by noon, near 70 around the bay, near 80 inland sunshine first there, we stay in the 50s along the coast for the better part of today, warm inland at 4:00, 85° make sure you have the glasses, 75 around the bay, 7:00, mid 70s inland, mid 60s bay mid 50s coast. close to average friday partly cloudy to mostly sunny saturday, sunday temperatures don't change much the next couple of days. good morning.

happy thursday. traffic getting off to a fairly good start at this hour, clear sailing eastbound 580 at macarthur earlier police activity that off-ramp is now open, west macarthur boulevard is now open as well. northbound 880 past maori accident just moved to the shoulder little slow there southbound 880 at thornton accident clearing from the right lane. live look at walnut creek, southbound 680 towards highway 24 junction moving well, live look at the san mateo bridge, in some company westbound a few brake lights towards the highrise to foster city. :09. we are following breaking news, bomb threat forces a plane to turn around that is happening now. international diplomacy turns tense the meeting in china where secretary of state clinton didn't hold back on harsh criticism.

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>> announcer: nation nation starts right now with live breaking news. :13. these are live pictures of a us air ways flight ordered back to the airport because of a threat onboard. wpvi reporting that someone call the airline saying a

passenger had an explosive liquid with him and made it past security on to us air ways flight 1267 headed ford dallas. the flight was ordered back to philadelphia where it sits on the tarmac right now. you can see the emergency vehicles all lined up behind it. obviously, authorities will want to check that plane and took to whoever onboard was involved in that. we'll keep you updated. new from china, secretary of state clinton held a tension-filled meeting with the chinese premier she and -- they met today and the two discussed the ongoing conflict in syria. during a joint news conference clinton said it is no secret the u.s. is disappointed in how china is reacting to the crisis. amazon set to unveil a new kindle expected to compete with growing number of 7 inch

tablets beginning to flood the market starting a week from saturday california residents will begin paying local sales tax on internet purchases expected to add 320 million dollars a year to california revenues, 83 million from amazon alone. new index finds americans growing more pessimistic about their financial situation. michael finney has the surprising group of americans now feel this economic pinch. -- now feeling this economic pinch. >> reporter: good morning it is not just low income families feeling financially stressed. consumer reports show even those earning $1,000 a year or -- earning $100,000 a year or more are feeling pinched too. it is now well below 50 meaning more people think their financial prospects are getting worse rather than better.

each month consumer reports asks a cross section of americans about specific financial troubles they faced in the past thirty days. those are on the rise even among the more affluent. the index calls it the trouble tracker it increased dramatically in the past month. the biggest problems are lost or reduced health care. inability to pay for medications and medical care and missed payments on major bills. data shows more people are losing jobs than are gaining jobs. that needs to turn around for americans to feel more secure and get the economy moving again. >> the consumer reports index says with affluent americans feeling more insecure they are curtailing spending that has a ripple down effect slowing the economy overall. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. we turn over to mike with your forecast. thunderstorms in the

sierra now we are watching a cell over saratoga we'll get that to you in just a second. first some of the virga falling over the east bay hills from vollmer peak towards the east bay valleys, i should say mount diablo little kind of a mistiness on the right of your screen. here's a look at los gatos, back towards bear creek road where our best radar returns are now. this is moving northeast, across campbell, santa clara, san jose, alum rock then up into the diablo range where it could clip the altamont pass and tracy over the next hour or so. 50s most of us dry this morning under a mostly cloudy sky more sun into the afternoon less storm any -- storminess no more red flag warnings. coast and bay partly cloudy inland cooler than this morning, really easy weather to contend with this weekend. today three degrees warmer in san francisco, eight in

concord. lack of clouds, and also not having that evaporating rain in the air will make it cooler today. marine layer this morning not very stout by noon back to the coast by 2:00 the afternoon, a lot of sun there, 50s and 60s for you the rest of us in the 70s and 80s. temperatures maybe one to two degrees cooler tomorrow will hold steady through sunday with a lot of sun even out to the coast pockets of sunshine may see a warming trend monday temperatures drop back to average tuesday and wednesday. hope you have a great day. happy thursday. problems in the thornton pardon me fremont area highway 880 a couple of accidents in the same area southbound 880 thornton another highway 84 that cleared, slow traffic on that side between fremont and newark area southbound 880

another look at your drive times this morning traveling 80 from the carquinez to the maze under 20 minutes, highway 4 grind out of antioch. 580 not bad altamont pass into livermore slow traffic out of the storm valley. macarthur maze traffic flowing smoothly to points beyond bay bridge toll, 580, 880 all looking good. live look at the bay bridge toll, traffic backed up beyond the west grand overcrossing metering lights on and you will find sluggish traffic incline section into san francisco through ti and on the upper deck. you think you have to be big to wear a 49ers uniform? >> no, tiny new teammate on that team. special appearance former congresswoman gabriel giffords making tonight at the democratic national convention. ñ!ñkñcús

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mike will tell you more coming up. special guest will attend the final night of the democratic national convention in charlotte. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in charlotte and she is expected to lead the pledge of allegiance tonight. give forces was badly wounded in a shooting in san last january. she announced -- announced last month she is moving back to tucson with her retired astronaut husband mark kelly. >> newest members of the 49ers made the team without being scouted. head coach harbaugh has introduced this new team member, his wife sarah and he welcomed their son jack, jr. into the world tuesday. jack is named for harbaugh's father. he arrived 10 days early. his dad might have a future offensive lineman. jack, jr. tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 8 ounces. he joins five older siblings.

maybe linebacker. >> he's already discussing the position. >> that's harbaugh, he never sleeps. still ahead, we are still following developing news from the santa cruz mountains where a tanker fire created a dangerous situation and a traffic nightmare overnight san francisco fire leaving two dozen people out of their homes the investigation now underway. deadly violence near major oakland intersection. the man found shot and what police are saying about the crime. >> reporter: chp officer kenyon youngstrom died last night after being shot tuesday. next, the final salute chp officers gave him at the hospital. around the bay today, a lot of sun, more than yesterday, the threat of thunderstorms will diminish during the afternoon, 50s at the coast, 60 san francisco, 70s bay, 80s inland especially east bay valleys, 70s seattle, boston fargo 65 great falls

everybody else 80s, 90s, phoenix and dallas 102. newark still has flight departure delays everybody else is okay until you get to the bay area san francisco, 66 minute flight arrival delays. the accident in the santa cruz mountains clear, great news for your commute. live shot of southbound 680 through walnut creek moving well. we'll come back with a

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>> announcer: abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. breaking news from philadelphia this is a live picture of a us air ways flight ordered back to the airport because of a threat onboard. our sister station is reporting that somebody called the airline saying a passenger on this flight had an kphres liquid with him and somehow made it past security on to us airways flight 1267 headed for dallas ft. worth that flight turned around ordered back to philadelphia international where on the field with officials on the they are searching that entire flight. they are taking luggage off. see on the right there's an airport bus. our sister station reporting passengers are being put on to those airport buses now 74 people onboard, 69 passengers and five crewmembers everybody

is fine. we just got word in a person of interest has been taken into police custody. an identified male is what we have now. again, everybody is safe and officials are searching that flight at philadelphia international airport. good morning 6:31 i'm cs. and i'm eric thomas. -- first our weather. that storm in saratoga moved into the heart of san jose it is a thunderstorm two bolts of lightning came out of this storm a few minutes ago. on the southwest expressway to through park avenue west taylor street heading up to the northeast watch out in milpitas, alum rock and it moves into the diablo range and may even come out around altamont or tracy in the next hour if it holds together. today we are going to see less in the way of cloud cover and thunderstorms, we'll just go by 4:00 at the coast, partly sunny, 56 up to 60° around the bay today, best chance of

thunderstorms this morning warmer temperatures upper 60s to upper increasing sun inland best chance of thunderstorms now as we head that the afternoon we'll hit upper 70s to upper 80s. hot spot now 880 through union city fremont newark couple accidents earlier one at highway 84 and now one in the right lane at thornton very slow through the scene there live look at southbound 101 through marin moving well, i wanted to show you 880 southbound the waze app showing very slow traffic back from union city. we continue to cover highway 17 developing news we first brought you last night at 11, highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains back open now all lanes open after a huge tanker fire. terry mcsweeney joins us live. >> reporter: everything flowing smoothly now for 7 1/2 hours overnight that was not

the case southbound 17 was closed at bear creek road. take a look at a reason for that. this is a big rig fire captured by sky 7 hd it burned south of redwood estate there is was a two to three mile back-up all night long. it started in the engine of a semi and then burned into the cab, a half acre fire as well that calfire knocked down. calfire spokesman talked about the concerns about what that truck was carrying. cryogenic nitrogen so it is refrigerated liquid those tanks are well insulated we took cooling measures to make sure there wouldn't be a chance of a rupture. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: no reports of any injuries as a result of the fire. short time ago i saw that semi

being towed out of the santa cruz mountains everything back open and going smoothly again, it was a reoning that got pushed back two, three times at 5:40 everything all clear. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 6:34. san francisco firefighters are still on the scene watching for hot spots after a two alarm fire in the mission district overnight. flames engulfed the top two floors of a victorian top floors rather of a victorian on delores and 22nd streets 1:00 this morning. it quickly grew to two alarms firefighters put the fire out within an hour the red cross has been called to help 26 displaced residents, a cause has not been determined. san jose firefighters successfully rescued a man who fell and wedged himself between cinder block walls between two buildings and a strip mall near east capital

expressway before 4:00 this morning. the fire department had to call out urban search-and-rescue team to pull the man to safety. no word on how he got himself wedged in. new this morning, oakland police are investigating a drive-by shooting that left a man dead. investigators still on the scene at west macarthur and san pablo avenue right now. police say they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound lying in the street. they think he was the victim of a drive-by. no arrests have been may. chp faces the grim task of planning a memorial for the officer who died last night after tuesday's highway shootout on i-680. amy hollyfield is live at chp headquarters. >> reporter: no doubt the officers here will be able to rely on the support of the community. take a look at what they've left on the door step. these flowers continue to arrive that plant in the front

just got here seconds ago. a man just dropped it off on his way to work this morning. letting officers know that people do care. the chp announced last night that officer kenyon youngstrom died at 6:05. he's survived by his wife, four kids, his parents, his four brothers and a sister. his family will also be receiving support from their community. there was a vigil last night in cordelia. youngstrom lived in fairfield. there were a lot of kids many of them go to school with youngstrom's children. one boy says he has also lost his father so he wanted to deliver a message to his classmates. >> i would like to tell 'em i feel so bad for you, i know the situation and if you ever need to talk to someone, i'm here for you. >> reporter: the chp offered a final salute, via helicopter

last night over john muir medical center in walnut week where officer youngstrom has been on life support since he was shot tuesday. the chp says this has shaken the department to its core. chp spokesman says that youngstrom's family is strong, united and courageous but is asking for privacy during this time. but wanted to let everyone know they are grateful for the public's support. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. if you would like to donate to officer youngstrom's family, visit any wells fargo branch mention his name to the teller and you could ask that funds be contribute today the trust account in his name. waking up to a cloudy morning. are those thunderstorms out of the region? >> still surprising to hear the word in early september, mike. >> yeah, it is. maybe a little surprise down in san jose, we've been

tracking this thunderstorm as it moved through the santa cruz mountains came out around los gatos continues northeast across the santa clara valley the strongest radar returns are moving to the east of downtown san jose towards alum rock about to head into the diablo range. best return now around berryessa road, east brokaw and sierra road where we should be getting steady rain and where we had two bolts of lightning. storms moving northeast this is where they are going to stay for the better part of today. the further south and east the best chance you have of seeing thunderstorms this morning into the afternoon the entire system moves east and the threat wanes. a lot of sun by 4:00, mid 70s bay, 60 at the coast. next three days doesn't get more normal mid 80s inland mid 70s bay mid 50s coast with a lot of sunshine in the afternoon. time for traffic and sue.

good morning. back to southbound 880 where several problems near the fremont and union city area, the waze app shows what is going on. by the way a free app for to you download, simple and you get in line with a bunch of the traffic spotters. very slow with several accidents thornton avenue they wanted -- one is still blocking lanes others to the right hand shoulder traffic slow from before hayward southbound towards highway 84. let's look at drive times if you will southbound 101 through marin, 680 now 24 to 580 here's that drive from 288 to highway 84, 15 minutes if you are traveling southbound 880 in that direction. live look at the bay bridge toll, metering lights on, traffic jammed bumper-to-bumper back into the macarthur maze slow and go upper deck to san francisco.

6:39. are you looking for a job? the company with more openings than any other in the country. trading underway on wall street. the dow is really up rallying this morning so far up 159 points. first, former president clinton makes the case for current president obama's reelection. we are live with a look at last night's speech and preview of tonight's vents. does this look like a movie trailer? sounds like a movie but it is a real bank heist. the so c

>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. welcome back.wu7 6:44 temperatures from 50s along the coast 80s returning into the east bay valleys a lot of 70s around the bay. best chance of storms in the high country san jose thunderstorm moving through the eastern parts of the santa clara valley now. by the afternoon hours thunderstorms will stay in the sierra, 75 tahoe, low to mid 90s through the central valley. heading up to tahoe this weekend upper 70s with a lot of sun yosemite a lot of sun also temperatures in the upper 70s.

one last stop l.a. a lot of sunshine temperatures hanging out in the 80s during the afternoon. [ inaudible ] democratic national convention wraps up in charlotte with an address from president obama. brandy hit joins us live with a -- brandi hit joins us live a preview. >> reporter: they haven't always had the best relationship, once again bill clinton stood next to president obama on the stage and details why he believes america still needs him as president. president obama joined bill clinton on stage after one of the most loved democrats delivered his resounding endorsements. >> we are going to keep president obama on the job! >> reporter: president clinton who led the country during a strong economy validated the current president's economic plan and said no president could fully repair the damage

in four years. >> the republican argument against the president reelection was actually simple, pretty snappy. it went something like this: we left him a total mess. he hadn't cleaned it up fast enough so fire him and puts back in. >> reporter: he the light dismantling mitt romney's attacks. >> as another president once said, there they go again. >> reporter: and said democrats created more private sector jobs than republicans in the last 50 years. >> where we where we want to be today? no. is the president satisfied? of course not. but are we better off than we were when he took office? >> ohio madame secretary cast all 188 votes to the president and the next president of the united states barack obama! >> reporter: now the democrats have officially nominated the

president for a second term, tonight he must sell voters on his plan for the next four years. he won't do it at the open air bank of america stadium. the obama camp is moving his speech indoors to this smaller venue because of possible thunderstorms. the obama campaign insists that the change of venue to this location is not due to a lack of enthusiasm. they've had to turn away tens of thousands for tonight's speech. brandi hitt, abc7 news. we are curious about the response from the other camp what are the romney people saying about president clinton's speech last night >> reporter: interesting there romney camp complemented president clinton and gave him -- come pheufpbted president clinton's speech. they say clinton reached an cross the aisle and balanced the budget and they believe

president obama has done none of those things. >> brandi, thank four the report. mark matthews will report from charlotte today beginning at 4 p.m.. get instant updates from mark. mark is also tweeting as well as live convention coverage right here on abc 7. a los angeles bank manager is okay after a terrifying and bizarre heist two masked robbers abducted her from her home and held her overnight yesterday morning they strapped what they said was a bomb to her stomach and demanded she go to her branch and place money outside for the two to retrieve she did that. good morning a will have more coming up right after our

newscast. 6:48. if you were addicted to farmville zynga is hoping the sequel will have you planting crops again. >> good morning. that jobs situation is getting a little better employment website simply hired says job openings increased slight fully august compared to july still lower than a year ago. two appear cans for every opening better than the national average which is three to one mcdonald's has the most openings in the u.s.. as for the job situation attention here on wall street, weekly numbers out came in better than expected and the payroll company reporting more jobs created last month than expected will get the government -- we'll get the government numbers tomorrow. europe talking about more specifics trying to deal with

its debt crisis helping. bloomberg index another green arrow. were you ever addicted to the online game phenomena farmville? zynga wants your imagination to grow wild again with farmville 2 it just launched it uses 3-d animation hundreds of millions played the orange and zynga can use a hit -- and played the original and zynga can use a hit the stock is down 70% this year. 6 -- >> for anyone wondering if they should be washing their cars. a few sprinkles made my car dirtier yesterday. there's rain out there you can see the sunrise between the multi-layers of clouds from vollmer peak across the east bay hills and valleys to mount diablo doppler centered on

milpitas you can see the storm once a thunderstorm had a couple of bolts dropout moving over san francisco. that storm is to the east of milpitas now moving into the hills around calaveras road and sierra road that will continue moving northeast could hit tracy in the next half hour or so, maybe the extreme southern valleys around livermore. all of news the 50s now. coast and bay will see clouds tonight mainly clear inland if you like the weather to be a nonfactor in your weekend got it for you, quiet starting tomorrow through the weekend. let's take a look at lower clouds marine layer is out

there, up in the north bay and around the bay that's why we have flight arrival delays into sfo, around 66 minutes. by the afternoon, we have sunshine along the coast, 50s and 60s there, the rest of us in the 70s and 80s. upper 70s to mid 80s across the south bay in between cupertino and san jose 80. low to mid 70s peninsula, redwood city 75, half moon bay 59, daly city 57 sunset could be warmer 60, 65 downtown, 67 south san francisco mid to upper 70s north bay valleys upper 50s to near 60 at your beaches 68 berkeley low to mid 70s, castro valley and fremont 78 warmest east bay valleys mid to upper 80s. 74 santa cruz, 63 monterey. tonight 50s, most of the clouds around the bay to the coast. couple degrees cooler tomorrow,

mid 80s through the weekend inland mid 70s around the bay mid 50s coast. have a great day. back to the union city fremont area i think our waze app shows the story the best. southbound 880 very, very slow out of hayward we had several accidents in the area near thornton traffic spotter showing minor accident there, that has caused a lot of slow traffic towards highway eight four on your drive southbound 880 -- 84 on your drive southbound 880. first reports of a stall in the santa cruz mountains, slow traffic now northbound at the summit with a big rig in one lane. drive times here 101 through santa rosa to marin highway 4 and there's your 580 off the altamont pass into the dublin pleasanton area. there's your bay bridge back-up with a stalled truck on the right shoulder past the metering lights into san francisco, very, very slow

there. 6:53. a central valley dairy recalling raw milk for the third time in less than a year. today's fresno bee reports organic pasteurs dairy in fresno county is recalling raw whole milk, skim milk and cream because of bacteria concerns. all products have a code date of september 13th. no illnesses reported last november the products were recalled after five children across the state fell ill with e. coli. here are five things to know before you go: number one, highway 17 open at this hour following this fiery accident last night in the santa cruz mountains. the chp says fire broke out in the engine of a truck hauling liquid nitrogen 10:00 last night. >> number two, memorial services being planned for a

california highway patrol officer who died last night after being taken off life support. officer kenyon youngstrom was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. he been shot in the head during a traffic stop on i-680 tuesday. the shooter was killed by youngstrom's partner. >> number three, president obama preparing for his big speech at the democratic national convention tonight following an impressive appearance by president clinton. he said no president could have repaired all the economic damage in four years that president obama inherited. >> number four, one passenger detained by authorities after a threat was called in on a us airways flight from philadelphia to dallas this morning. you are looking at a live picture from the philadelphia airport. that plane was ordered back to the airport after someone called saying there were possible explosives onboard. a sweep of the plane is complete and the all-clear has

been given. the airport is open. number five, oakland a's pitcher mccarthy is in the hospital for observation after being hit empty head yesterday, hard to watch. it happened in the 4th inning. the ball hit him above his right ear. he was able to walk off the field. final check on weather and traffic. showers moving to the east of milpitas now -- going to continue moving through the hills and mountains to the east of the santa clara valleys. could make it up towards patterson pass in the income half hour. maybe some of the southern valleys around livermore, tesla road, could also see a little wet weather over the next half hour. more sunshine and temperatures warmer by the afternoon. recap, traffic hot spot coming up right now in the

union city fremont area waze app showing very slow traffic out of hayward towards highway 84 due to several accidents in that area. >> we've had several tough spots thank you. that's it for this edition of the news that abc7 morning news. don't forget to down -- down load our alarm clock app for your iphone. have a great day.xñxññ!ñcús