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i'm eric thomas. mike has date off lisa argen is here. good morning we are looking at low clouds and fog in the north bay otherwise pulled away from the coast we are starting out with a cool number along the shoreline. 46 half moon bay, low 50s throughout the morning hours. noontime will warm through the upper 50s, sunshine with numbers near 60 at the coast. around the bay more like mid 50s. by noontime, more sunshine, near 70. by the afternoon upper 70s 4:00, when you get your high, inland valleys, low to mid 50s now with mid and upper 70s noon, near 90 4:00, beautiful day today, is it going to last all weekend a.m. i'll let you know. couple areas problem westbound 580 accident clearied to the shoulder slow past the scene there. 20 minutes from the altamont to 680.

peninsula 101 northbound at university stall blocking left lane there, in san jose northbound 87 at taylor first reports of an accident don't show significant slowing past the scene there. here's a quick look at drive times if you are heading out at this hour. 6:02. developing news from vallejo, police in that city are investigating a murder that claimed the lives of two people. live picture from the scene you can still see police on the scene this morning. officers got a 911 call reporting gun shoot -- gunshots 59 last night officers found two people had been shot to death in a home. police say a 31-year-old man and 28-year-old woman were killed. a toddler was found inside the home. amy hollyfield is at the scene gathering more information. she will have a live report in our next half hour. more developing news, search on for the man who apparently abducted his own

children. police say he may be headed out of the country on a sailboat. terry mcsweeney joins us live from south san francisco. >> reporter: south san francisco police are looking for the man who barged into his estranged wife's house, grabbed the two children and took off on a stolen sailboat. he may be going to monterey or mexico, maybe even asia. look at the man that police and others are looking for this is 43-year-old christopher maffei, you see his two children, 3-year-old and 2-year-old, maffei is the father he and his wife are separated. look at video we have of the house where the children lived with their mother this is where maffei went tuesday, grabbed the children, their grandmother gave chase, it was a bit of a struggle, she was somewhat injured but he managed to get away. police believe he and the children are onboard a stolen sailboat we have a picture of that, this is unleashed out of

alameda. they are not sure where he's going but he did mention he was interested in going to monterey, maybe mexico, maybe even thailand, he used to live there the mother said she had a lot of trouble getting police to give her help. >> they took a report but said, well they wouldn't consider it parental abduction because he was seeing the kids and they felt he had parental rights. out of everything that was the most frustrating. >> reporter: maffei had seen the children monday. the mother says she was in the process of getting a restraining order against maffei -- wednesday about 6 p.m. -- >> our apologies about the sound problems with terry's story. hear him say the police and coast guard are involved in

the search. this morning a memorial continues to grow in honor of a fallen officer. 37-year-old kenyon youngstrom was critically wounded on i-680 tuesday taken off life support wednesday. he's an organ and tissue donor and doctors say the fallen officer has the potential to safe more than 50 lives. community members are leaving flowers cards and balloons at the office where he worked. for those who want to make a contribution to the officer's family, wells fargo bank confirmed you can visit any of their branches and ask that funds be contributed. we've received thousands of condolences for his family, friends and colleagues on our facebook page. go to facebook.com/abc7news. in less than an hour, president obama is expected to depart charlotte,

north carolina after accepting his party's nails for president last night. -- party's nomination for president last night >> the president: america, i never said this journey would be easy and i won't promise that now. yes, our path is harder but it leads to a better place. yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together. we don't turn back. we leave no one behind. >> stay with the abc7 morning news we'll have a complete wrap up of the dnc in our next half hour including the speaker that had one of the night's prominent speakers in tears. 6:06. what kind of weekend do we have ahead? >> it is going to be nice by the fact that it is a weekend. how about the weather company >> we've been listening to lisa argen. >> you guys got it all covered. it is really going to be simple out there, with low clouds and fog limited to the shoreline in the morning hours and plenty of sunshine. with our live doppler 7 hd

clouds marin, napa and sonoma. we look for earlier sunshine, with drier air, longer nights, look at the numbers drop into the 40s around half moon bay, 46 there, 49 napa, mid 50s in oakland. where the air is coolest is where we have it draining into valleys, we will look for another cool day at the coast at least it will be nice, bright and sunny with return to our sea breeze you will need the jacket or sweatshirt if you are spending any time at ocean beach or half moon bay today. finally, stable pattern returns with without a lot of low clouds and fog, we'll look for a drier day today, that means full sunshine, quick warm-up 72 oakland, 88 fairfield, 82 san jose mid 60s this city, 76 in santa cruz, 88 in gilroy, towards 90 in morgan hill the next couple of days not much in the way of change. hopefully, you like that good morning.

happy friday. checking on the roadway for your commute getting underway now san rafael, a little more crowded southbound from the terra linda area into central san rafael, southern marin good, golden gate bridge smooth sailing. beautiful sky as you head into the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights off, if you are paying cash a bit of a delay right hand lanes fastrak commuter lanes moving fine, a little delay up the incline no problems heading into san francisco. off the waldo grade, beautiful golden gate bridge today, traffic beginning to get a little heavy coming into san francisco no delays at the toll. peninsula 101 southbound university a stall northbound 17 in san jose at taylor accident still blocking the left lane there. 6:08. celebrities turn out not for the latest movie premiere but for the democratic national convention. the push from two high profile

actresses supporting president obama's reelection. first, space heaters are convenient, one model can be dangerous. michael finney is ahead with a new consumer

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mustang in europe start in 2015 this is not the first international sale, ford dealers in a few asian markets carry a small number of the muscle cars, including vietnam and philippines >> with fall almost here and later winter, sales of portable space heaters will start taking off. but they can be dangerous. michael finney has more on the latest safety tests. >> reporter: good morning. heaters cause around 1700 house fires a year. and 70 deaths many consumer reports has an important state alert on one widely sold heater. 19 portable electric heaters just tested. peter checked to make sure they have adequate safeguards this test assesses whether the overheat sensor shuts the heater off before it poses a few risk. with this the sensor did not activate in time the test fabric caught fire in minutes.

the heater also failed a second test, in this one, a folded cloth that simulates a drape was placed on it, it carries a warning, risk of fire, keep combustible materials such as furniture, paper, clothes and curtains at least three feet away. >> drapes and fabrics can easily contact any heater. in one was the only electric heater to ignite the fabric in our at the time. >> reporter: because of the potential risk of fire consumer reports judges this heater a don't buy safety risk. it is the model h 5210. consumer reports also uses an infrared sensor to measure surface temperatures. the bar on this heater gets hot enough that it could burn you, if you grab it. it is the sun deem's space heater model sqh 310. other tests measure performance in a chamber outfitted with sensors.

testers measure how quickly each heater can warm a room. consumer reports named this $40 holmes portable a best buy, model hfh 436 it passed all safety tests and can quickly heat up a room. consumer reports contacted optimus and test results company provided show a potential safety problem with the heater spokesperson says the company has fixed models manufactured in 2012. the heaters consumer reports tested 2011 models, purchased earlier this summer. consumer report is asking the consumer product safety commission to recall the h-5210, urges anyone who owns heater to stop using it and ask the retailer for a refund. :15. good advice you probably won't need your space heat they are weekend. i thought were you going

to ask me that we are down to 45 and 46 in some areas that's cool we'll show you that in a moment. right now, beautiful shot from our roof camera, 6:45 official sunrise. with longer nights and somewhat drier air pushing into the bay, doppler 7 hd shows limit low cloudiness up in the north bay, from marin to napa and sonoma, but san francisco, half moon bay, the clouds have pulled westward and we are noticing clear start we have clouds around santa rosa, hayward and san jose this morning. 45° at half moon bay, 49 santa rosa, chilly 49 in napa, dell the cooler air in parts of our north bay valleys, shoreline, elsewhere mid 50s out there not too bad grab the jacket as you head out yesterday we've cooled -- since yesterday we've cooled significantly nine degrees cooler on the coast elsewhere a degree or two cooler.

by the afternoon today, nice and mild again, hold the forecast through tomorrow, sunday the entire weekend, it is still summer like out there officially about two weeks away from the beginning of fall that's when we get our warmest weather. warmer days next week not looking at a lot of change fog has been limited and we are going to look at plenty of sunshine today with that spread 60s at our coast, 70s around the bay, 80s inland valleys, all due to a southwesterly flow that is bringing that drier air into the bay today and it going to stick around for a while, 81 santa clara, 80 sunnyvale on the peninsula numbers from the mid 70s to the upper 70s from palo alto to mountain view, 59 in pacifica, even though we'll have sunshine, it will be cool daly city 59 there, 83 calistoga, 80 san rafael, near east bay 70, berkeley 75 union city as you head inland nice

day like yesterday maybe a degree or two warmer there with 90 in morgan hill, 65 in monterey without cloud cover a little northwest wind chilly night, 60 at at&t park for the dodgers. more mild afternoon through the weekend, couple degrees of cooler into early next week. good morning. live shot now taking you outside, 6:18 this friday morning from pleasant hill towards walnut creek towards 24 traffic at the limit, a little slowing, a few brake lights into the 24 junction and drive into san ramon valley good to the 680/580 skwrupbls. live shot from vollmer camera highway 24 headlights headed west towards the caldecott tunnel getting crowded i don't see significant slowing a little probably in the 50 mail an hour range starting to slow

80 into the macarthur maze retearing lights off at the bay bridge toll, at&t park expect lots of traffic off 280 the embarcadero and king street anywhere around a and. park friday get away as well that traffic to go along with it. drive times heading out 80 westbound, 4 out of antioch and highway 24 drive to the caldecott tunnel about 10 minutes. 6:19. celebrities make the case for president obama's reelection. after her cheating scandal and break up with twilight co-star, actress kristen stewart makes her first public [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts!

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[ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. with 43% daily value of fiber for you. crunchy nutty clusters and real almond slices for your taste buds. >> good morning. gorgeous shot from our camera on mount tam live look we are seeing mostly clear skies a few clouds in the way, what will that mean for our temperatures today and your weekend forecast? all that coming up from lisa argen. final night at the democratic national convention brought out high profile celebrities, act stress scarlet johansson addressed delegates she talked about her memories of accompanying her mom to vote when she was a little girl. eva longoria also talked to delegates she said she doesn't

need any tax breaks. >> actress kristen stewart remerging into the spotlight following her summer scandal she appeared in toronto last night for the premiere of her new film. it was her first public appearance her co-star with her, since apologizing for cheating on her boyfriend with a married director. i should say ex-boyfriend she did talk to reporters when asked how she was doing stewart only said she is doing fine. >> the rumor mill had been working overtime with rumors that stewart might make a surprise appearance at vma's despite her no-show it was still a big night for many. the video goes to rihanna. ♪ ♪ >> i do speak that language, so it was rihanna he was saying. however, it wasn't all about rihanna.

british band one direction took over winning three wards the most. best pop video, best new artist and most share worthy video chris brown won bet choreography and best male, nicki ma knowledge won best female video. -- investors get ready to act to the -- what had joe biden wiping away tears in front of a national audience. ongoing search taking place for a bay area man missing along the sacramento river. vallejo police are trying to solve a double murder a man and woman were killed inside their home and neighbors say a toddler was inside. the story coming up. good morning many starting out with no airport delays locally. the nation's mid section around chicago midway and o'hare, big thunderstorms. perhaps some delays there.

not much in the way of low clouds here. in fact, we are talking about partly cloudy, nice day nationwiñcús

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-- [ inaudible ] labor department says the nation added 90 six,000 jobs last month the rate fell to 8.1% because more people gave up looking for work so it is considered a weak performance and could affect president obama. how will it affect stocks company jane king will bring a live report. good morning i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. first the numbers weather-wise for the weekend. good morning. it is starting out to be a beautiful day here's a look from mount tam clouds, marine layer defused compressed and we have higher level clouds, another 15 minutes until

everyone sees the sun clouds north, otherwise along the coast chilly mid 40s to low fives you warm through the 50s by noontime, 60 today should do it, nice and bright at the coast around the bay, mid 50s then 60s to near 70 by noontime, upper 70s for your highs this afternoon. in our inland valleys, we will be looking at mid50s near 80 noontime, 90 inland valleys. a nice looking forecast not only today the weekend not looking too shabby either. >> >> good morning. live shot 80 as you head towards the macarthur maze, you are moving slowly but you are moving in a lot of company reports eastbound pinole valley road of a car stuck in the center divide somebody in that car stuck in the car we just saw a couple of chp cruisers with lights heading eastbound. elsewhere, accident westbound highway 4 at lone tree

typically slow out of antioch at this hour. we have another report northbound 880 in san jose at taylor pardon me northbound 87 at taylor with an accident still blocking the left lane there. 6:32. we start with developing news we first brought you 4:30 this morning. two people are dead in vallejo after a late night shooting. amy hollyfield joins us live from atherton street in vallejo. >> reporter: man and woman killed inside their home. neighbors say they believe the woman was pregnant and they say there was a toddler in the house. you can see police are still here at the scene. still going over the case, trying to find any evidence that could lead them to the killers. they say it is unusual to have a double murder and these people were gunned down inside their home. neighbors say there was one other person in the home, a toddler. a man who lives on the block ran in and grabbed the child and got the child to safety.

the child is okay. that same man may have seen the killers. he says he saw two men. >> they fled on foot, two male blacks wearing black hooded sweatshirts. they fled in a southbound direction on atherton street. >> very, very surprised, i just moved here three months okay, i thought it was an okay neighborhood this is the second shooting in a week. i'm worried about my kids. i got a baby and a 5-year-old. >> reporter: that man lives two doors down from where the murders happened. we asked police about the victims, officers didn't want to say much they are still trying to reach out to all family members they did tell us a 28-year-old woman and 31-year-old man we asked if they are involve gangs, any drug activity, police paused and said they didn't want give out any information that could

identify them. it doesn't look like anyone forced tear way in and they can't tell if anything was stolen this happened 9:18 last night. they did have some grieving family members at the scene there was a man who kept screaming, they killed my sister and she was pregnant. and there was a woman here so distraught she fainted and had to be treated by paramedics. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. more developing news, ongoing search for a man who apparently abducted his own children in south san francisco taking them away in a stolen sail bet from alameda many police and u.s. coast guard are looking for 43-year-old christopher maffei who took off in a rental car tuesday afternoon with 3-year-old and 2-year-old. the father shares custody with the mother they were taken from their home on james court tuesday afternoon police say he took the children who

alameda where he stole a 40 foot boat and sail weighed with them. the vessel was last seen near mare island. >> this morning a memorial outside highway patrol martinez office continues to grow in honor of a fallen officer. 37-year-old kenyon youngstrom was critically wounded on i-680 tuesday and taken off life support wednesday. he's an organ and tissue donor doctors say the fallen officer has the potential to save more than 50 lives. community members are leaving flowers, cards and balloons at the field office where youngstrom worked. >> this officer was injured and killed in a senseless act many we just wanted to bring these balloons to show our support. >> there is also a facebook campaign to dedicate a stretch of i-680 in memory of youngstrom as of this morning there are 16,000 likes on that

facebook page. to become an organ dough contact the california transplant donors network at the number on your screen: or through a link on our website, abc7news.com. look under see it on tv. deputies are considering their next move in the search for bay area man missing along the sacramento river. 20-year-old brett olson of lafayette vanished sunday. his friends last saw him near a spot on the river. specialized search dogs sniffed along the river bank yesterday for any signs of olson his family and friends have joined the search led by deputies. missing person fliers appeared on the campus of the high school where he graduated from. a film maker has turned tragedy into a documentary

crown -- the 30 minute documentary includes interviews with residents of the neighborhood where the explosion happened as well as first responders, witnesses and city officials. survivors of the blast attended a screening of that film yesterday. >> it was very edgy, thank goodness i had my family with he to talk through, i've had a really hard time just recovering from this. >> the documentary is available at the san mateo county history museum it can be checked out at the research library. a small earthquake shook some out of their beds in southern california. the seismograph from kabc shows the quake hitting 12:03 morning the 3.4 quake was centered near beverly hills no reports of damage, the fire department sent helicopters in the air to check, just in case. busy there with earthquakes. >> they've had quite a 6:37.

we've had quite a few pleasant days in a row here. good morning. we are going to warm up in a couple of areas today. south bay back up into the 80s live doppler 7 hd shows cloud cover in the north bay, the real -- there isn't much of at this time that's why you are enjoying official sunrise 6:45 temperature due to drier air mass and clear sky dropped, hour if i five half moon bay, napa 49 santa rosa with 55 in oakland, -- clouds around mountain view and fremont, 55 in san jose. temperatures have been a little shy of average this morning, waking up to numbers cooler than we were yesterday, especially here half moon bay. we are going to recover nicely because when we have the drier air, we warm up quickly so we are looking at more dry air into the bay giving us a nice temperature spread from 65 in the city, 72 in oakland,

yesterday you were 78 in san jose today 82 and 90 in livermore valley, morgan hill 85 hollister next couple of days if you are planning your weekend, very much the same. good morning sue. good morning lee happy friday to everyone. pretty good -- pretty good looking traffic through walnut creek southbound 680 towards highway 24 everything moving up the limit continuing san ramon valley to the 680 dublin interchange, a little heavy is 80 westbound towards the macarthur maze er -- farther east pinole valley road, now they are saying westbound pinole valley road you will find delays. once you funnel into the bay bridge toll, metering lights on, traffic bagging up to the over cross, a little tough to see, you do have a bit of a

back-up westbound into san francisco. highway 4 accident blocking a lane at lone tree typically slow out of antioch, once you get to hillcrest and pittsburg not too bad into the concord commute area. 6:40. >> august jobs report out, investors are responding. we have a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. right now the dow still flat up five points. first, president obama's case for reelection. we have reaction to last night's dnc speech and the tears from the vice president caught on camera.

>> announcer: kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. hello, good morning, 6:44. you know the democratic national convention is over, it ended with thunderous applause for the president in charlotte, north carolina last night. the president will be back on the campaign trail today hoping to keep up the momentum following last night's big speech. >> the president: madame chairwoman, delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ cheering and applause ]

>> in address the president finished by telling americans they are the hope and the change in this election. he will be back on the campaign trail today last night's speech characterized the republican plan to rollback regulations and to cut taxes -- he cautioned some in his party to not depend on government to solve every problem and republicans who blame government as the major cause for the country's troubles. >> the president: we draw strength from our victories and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our eye fixed on that distant horizon knowing providence is and that we are blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on earth! [ cheering and applause ] >> democrats hope the president's message will resonate with voters knowing they most likely will not get much of a convention bounce in

the tight race especially after the jobs numbers this morning. he gave us a lot of hope that it is we the people who have brought us this far. >> he was the president of the united states speaking with the passion from his heart. >> the vice president also accepted his party's nomination last night. >> that moment brought vice president joe biden to tears, you see his son placed his name into nomination and called his father his hero. vice president biden could be seen wiping away his tears. the vice president then spoke to delegates and the country and called president obama the defender of the average american. >> after the president, nobody received more applause than gabrielle giffords. the hall shook with thunderous cheers and more than a few tears as she took the podium to lead the plea advance.

>> i pledge of allegiance to the flag, of the -- of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation -- >> giffords was critically wounded by a gunman in tucson in january of 2011. she left congress a year later. mitt romney will also be campaigning in iowa and new hampshire today and backed by a major television ad across eight states this is a new campaign he announced last night shortly after president obama's speech. the commercial suggests americans are not better off, after nearly four years of mr. obama's . romney's campaign says it will run 15 ads across eight states that include iowa and new hampshire. >> romney's camp may try to highlight the weaker than expected august jobs report that came out this morning. >> more on that and word of apple radio.

that's an interesting one. let's talk jobs first. weaker than expected for august unemployment rate declined to 8.5% so many fewer americans said -- to 8.1%, so many fewer americans said they were out looking for work. some industries reluctant to expand because of economic as well as political uncertainy. monster.com saying online employment ads more than 6% last month, is one of the cities where online help wanteds increased. you think with the weak jobs report we would be much lower a lot of what we are seeing in terms of holding steady is because investors banking on the fed to add more stimulus weakness in the bloomberg index big part of that has to do with santa clara based intel indicating the future is not going to be as rosey as thought, slash third quarter sales forecast citing weak

demand for personal computers. it is worse tan everyone expected and their consumer pc business getting backed as well shares down 3%. how does apple radio sound? apple in talk with companies for an online radio service similar to pandora, "wall street journal" says it would work on. phones, ipads and mac not work on phones running google's android system. pandora is getting whacked shares down 18%. we have a nice start to our day, seeing any airport delays. no, if you can look out check out that sunrise, gorgeous. mainly clear around the bay, a few clouds around hayward,

mountain view, santa cruz. the coast is clear but cool, also cool numbers north bay valleys. doppler 7 hd showing the low cloudiness concentrated in marin and napa, for the coast, not right now, we will see a quicker burn off today, cooler temperatures to start in most areas, nice finish, 53 -- 54 fremont, longer nights, drier air, 45 half moon bay, 55 livermore and san jose, a few degrees cooler except at our coast nine degrees of cooler here we will have sea breeze, going to get a little breezy along the shoreline, after that, we'll have mild pattern take over today, tomorrow into sunday and we will have a couple of temperatures near 90°, not only this weekend, but into next week that will buy us up to the warm side in our inland valleys, higher pressure building in from the south that trough that brought

the unstable weather and the subtropical moisture has headed east with dry air over the bay area we are enjoying temperatures warmer today, 78 yesterday in san jose, 82 today, upper 70s on the peninsula, 77 redwood city, right around average today, downtown 65°, still cool in daly and south city plenty of sun, 60s stinson beach, low 90s clear lake, 72 oakland, mid 70s castro valley nice afternoon here mid 80s from dublin also around concord upper 80s towards pittsburg not much of a delta breeze going, withy warm there, 88 gilroy, 90 morgan hill, following going to stay away a little while today headed into the city, game time 7:15, 60 then dropping through the 50s very little change, a little dip sunday and the numbers warm up a little again middle of next weeks. -- situation developing

with major accident in pinole valley road area, live look on 80 thinning out now it is really backed up to the east. let's look at our waze app, you can see from before highway 4 with this overturn accident at pinole valley road, traffic spotters are reporting on this free app about in major accident very slow from before highway 4 coming add towards the scene of the overturn at pinole valley road. major delays on 80 westbound at this hour and we'll be continuing to follow that for the rest of the morning. as you head southbound 101 through marin good drive, friday light through southern marin into the golden gate bridge no delays there. issue still with lane blocked in san jose northbound 87 at taylor also eastbound dumbarton bridge reports of a stall still blocking the left

lane there. we want to pass on information we just go regarding an earthquake in california. there's been a 4.1 earthquake that happened a few minutes ago and this is located about 50 miles south of fresno in the central valley area. again, 4.1 earthquake just in, no word at this point of any damage. we also want to tell you about stunning new research may have some women rethinking getting mammograms. european researchers found x-rays could raise the chance for breast cancer for women under 30, the study found they mostly affect women with a certain gene mutation common in eastern european jewish populations. the study suggest mri's are safer to screen those women. tonight you can watch the stand up to cancer telethon here on abc7 it starts at 8:00 and will feature some of your favorite abc stars since 2008 stand up to cancer has raised more than 180 million dollars

for research and awareness. another programming reminder, abc7's all new afternoon starts monday soap fans can see general hospital an hour earlier at 1 p.m., then full hour of games first who wants to be a millionaire then jeopardy. at 3:00, don't miss katie's all new daytime talk show, katie couric. then breaking news as it happens join us for abc7 news at 4:00. >> katie will be on the stand up to cancer telethon tonight as we get ready to hand off to "good morning america" five things to know before you go. vallejo police combing over the scene of a double murder. officers received a call reporting gunshots. a 31-year-old man and 28-year-old woman were found shot to death in the home. >> number two, south san francisco police and u.s. coast guard are looking for 43-year-old christopher maffei who abducted his two children from their mother who shares

custody with him. he stole a sailboat and took the 3-year-old and 2-year-old with him, possibly to monterey or mexico. >> number three, memorial outside the california highway patrol's martinez office continues to grow in honor of kenyon youngstrom, he was taken off life support wednesday, after being shot during a traffic stop on i-680 the day before here's an organ donor doctors say the fallen officer has the potential to save more than 50 lives. >> number four, new jobs numbers show weaker than expected employment figures labor department reports y six,000 new jobs were created -- 96,000 new jobs were created in august. >> number five, chance of beat l.a. -- the chants of beat l.a. tonight --. [ unintelligible ]

good morning. if you head out not much in the way of cloud cover, temperatures cool at our coast, 45 there, 55 oakland as well as livermore upper 40s napa with cloud cover confined to the north bay the official sunshine 10 minutes ago should be a nice afternoon with temperatures climbing through the 50s around the bay today, 60s to the upper 70s inland valleys look for upper 70s to near 90 today, pretty seasonal, looks like through the weekend. looking at the waze -- actually the toll plaza now major accident 80 westbound in the pinole valley road area there's our waze app showing very slow traffic overturn at pinole valley road traffic

backing into rodeo complete standstill there that is your hot spot this morning we will be following that. >> that's it for this edition of the abc7 morning news. >> don't forget to download your new abc7 alarm clock app. your new abc7 alarm clock app. have a great day. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.