take a look at this house, this is where this all happened and it does not look that bad and it doesn't look like much from the outside but it is what firefighters discovered last night inside that is raising a lot of questions. this happened at 11:30 last night when novato fire district got a call from a neighbor about smoke coming from the abandoned home. they arrived and of course it was abandoned. no one was inside. but what they found was an extensive marijuana growing operation. that is why there will be a much larger investigation later this morning. they are not sure how large the operation is but firefighters do say the fire starts in the basement. how it started, that will be also part of the investigation. >> two-story house but it is terraced so you walk in on the second floor and the fire starts on the basement of the first floor downhill and it has been firing through the walls of the

house. it was quite an operation for firefighters to get through the house. >> if this home was abandoned, the big question is, who was inside? who has been inside? neighbors say the homeowners actually have nod been here and have not lived here in years. a lot of questions to be answered and investigators like we mentioned will be here. we are told when it is daylight they will move in and look at the scene and investigate further into this large marijuana-growing operation that firefighters found here last night. we are live in novato for abc7 news. in three hours the election to select a new leader for catholics around the world will begin in the vatican. our news reporter is live in the newsroom with a close are look at the process. >> the process began long before most of us were aware with 115 cardinals taking part in the

mass. also, the nonvoting cardinals, those over 80 and bishops and deacons and priests and lay people. it was then on a giant screen in st. peter's square. >> this was a long and loud round of applause during the mass after the dean of the college of cardinals offered thanks to pope benedict xvi. the mass now has ended, next is the conclave, at 7:45 the cardinals should be inside the pauline chapel and then they move to the cistene chapel and then the master of ceremonies tells everyone but the voting cardinals it leave and then we wait for the smoke with white smoke meaning a new pope has been selected. >> when the cardinals and the

holy father leave the cistene chapel, the first stop is in the pauline clap el where the holy father can pray alone. >> the cardinals can cast a first vote today. they don't have to. if they do we could see smoke between 10:00 a.m. and noon. it is unlikely there would be white smoke on the first vote. the new pope needs two-thirds majority and the longest conclave in the 20th century lasted five days. >> a special mass is scheduled at st. mary's cathedral at 8:00. the archbishop is asking all to hold services for the start of the papal conclave. catholics attended a 5:30 mass last night in st. dominic's with hopes for the new pontiff. >> someone that draws people into the church because so many have left the church.

>> it could be someone from africa or a pope from latin america. they talking about a pope from the philippines. i would think it would be great to have a pope from america, of course. >> leaders in san francisco believe a new pope will be selected by thursday. stay with abc7 news for the latest news from vatican city. abc7 news will provide extensive coverage of the papal conclave including a special report at 8:30 this morning when the cardinals enter the cistene chapel as we reported. abc7 news will break-in to program when a new pope is elected. >> 5:06, a pre-school is holding a meeting for parents to answer questions about a criminal investigation into a child would was tied up for refusing to fake a nap. the christian pre-school is suspending classes for five days going friday while the staff undergoes intensive training. a complaint filed march 5 with the department of social

services alleges a former teacher bound a two-year old girl's wrists and ankles with tape and made her sit on a cot while she took a photograph because the bill refused to take a nap. no one knew of this incident until months later when the photo was then to other teachers a at social gathering. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield, will have more on the developing story in 30 minutes. >> an oakland man is out prison after serving 14 years for a sexual assault he did not commit. this is the 38-year-old johnny williams leaving a few role office after a judge threw out the conviction on attempted rain charges. new d.n.a. results proved his innocence. he was convicted for 1998 attack on a girl in oakland. her family identified williams, a former neighbor, as a possible suspect. he was later convicted. the northern california innocence project worked on the case for two years. the district attorney says that the victim is understandably

upset. >> this morning, an oakland woman's family is turning to the public for help in finding her. 391-year-old mask layers -- maskaleris was supposed to be on a flight to houston to visit her brother. oakland police are investigating the disappearance of the woman. >> a man speeding away from the scene of a hit-and-run caused a crash that killed three family members. the 28-year-old faces three counts of murder for saturday night's crash in daly city. he is accuses of hitting a car and then a second car with four people inside killing a 14 -year-old boy, his brother, and their mother. there is a street side tribute where the accident happened. >> the sonoma board will director a proposal to give cyclists and pedestrians more protection making it easier to

sue vehicle drivers would intentionally threaten or harass them. the proposal is pushed by bicycling advocates after a series of recent crashes that have injured or killed cyclists. it would afford the same rights to drivers who are threatened by cyclists. >> a nice morning out there if you are one of those folks who can ride to work. >> good luck. here is mike. >> the temperatures are running much warmer than this time yesterday from one degree, not much warmer in san jose, but five degrees warmer in mountain view, and three in concord and seven at half moon bay and three in napa. what are we doing right now? >> hanging out in the 40's to 50 and american canyon and petaluma and palo alto at 41 degrees. financial district right now is 50 followed by richmond at 49 and san leandro and union city at 48 and along with pittsburg and saratoga and santa clara at

45 degrees. as we head through the morning, we will hang out in the low-to-upper 40's from our inland neighborhoods through the coast and to the bay. by noon, the clouds throughout now, the fog is gone and sunshine and a few high clouds from time to time like yesterday but the new temperatures, the outdoor patios the be packed in the favorite restaurants as you head to 4:00, upper 60's around the bay and mid-70's inland and we will settle in the throw upper 60's around the bay and inland during the evening hours and cooler at the coast admit 60's. the warmth will reach the height tomorrow, but tapering on thursday and friday but still above average. >> an update on the accident in oakland, west 24 at telegraph, there are four cars involved and they were all able to move off to the side of the road, change information and they will be on their way so this is west 24 at telegraph in oakland.

otherwise, we do have road work out there, we have north 680 from south mission to north mission in the lanes until 6:00 this morning and in the st. helena area an injury accident, highway 29 at white hall lane we are waiting on further information on that. kristen and eric? >> next, strong reaction to new passenger safety rules, should small knives be allowed on airplane? how the t.s.a. is defending that decision. >> the threat forcing a controversial nfl quaterback to step out of the public spotlight . hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪

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>> san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> this week the head of the transportation security administration plans to defend his decision to allow passengers to now carry small knives on planes again. the new t.s.a. policy would allow small foldable knives with blades up to 2.36" as carry on items. t.s.a. head will testify before a house homeland security committee on thursday laying out how the policy change will affect security lines and how a threat assessment determines small knives could not cause catastrophic damage. this has been criticized by airline employee groups.

>> these will be concealed weapons and there were blades smaller than this that caused the damage on september 11th. >> the new rules are set to take effect later next month. >> a controversial nfl quaterback is calling off a book tour based on what is called credible threats to his safety. the philadelphia eagles signal caller michael vick was to promote his new ought biography in georgia, new jersey, and pennsylvania but there have been threats and to being worries at the stores he would visit. the threats stem from his role in running a dog-fighting ring which sent him to federal prison for 18 months. >> former 49er kicker wants his two super bowl rings back. burglars broke into the las vegas area home on thursday taking the ridges that he earned in 1989 and 1990. he played eight seasons in the nfl and his ex-wife tells the las vegas newspapers they made off with a coin collection and an xbox console but left a

diamond ring. the break incurred while he was bank his son's high school baseball game. >> 12-year-old is prosecuted as a juvenile in los angeles after pulling off a prank on ashton kutcher admitting he made a fake 9-1-1 call that sent emergency crews returning to cupper's hollywood home, the latest case of high profile swatting, a trend where people try to get the swat team to show up at celebrity doors. the 12-year-old reports people with guns inside cup -- kutcher's home. the boy had previously done the same thing to justin bieber and to a bank. that is fun? >> not funny at all. >> now we will check on the weather forecast. >> we will talk about something wider and brighter, good morning, everyone. we are look at live doppler 7 hd and it is not finding any wet

weather. it is dry. this is moisture trapped in the lower legal of the atmosphere but right now you can see downtown san francisco the ferry building to the bay bridge, everything is quiet, temperature at 48 in san francisco, and san bra know and redwood city city and 46 in san mateo and half moon bay is 50 and that is because of the cloud cover. the east bay, oakland is 48, along with union city, and we have 46 in walnut creek and richmond is warm at 49 and pleasanton at 44. in the south bay dress for 46 in san jose, and 47 in cupertino, and 41, and morgan hill is 45 and gilroy is 42 and in the not bay, everyone in the low-to-mid 40's until you get to sausalito, there, at 49 degrees, petaluma and santa rosa are the cool spots at 41. now, what will happen in the forecast cycle, mostly sunny, warmer temperatures this afternoon, and even with the cloud cover, we will be warmer during the afternoon hours with less clouds and still mild temperatures tonight and it will

only be slightly cooler by the weekend. the storm track will stay far to the north away from us and here it is. you can see the high pressure over us moving closer, bringing the warmer air with it and as long as the storm stays to the north, so does the rain and the cooler conditions. we will talk about today's temperatures in the south bay, you have on go way in santa clara valley to find morgan hill and gilroy at 77 and santa cruz, beautiful day on the boardwalk, 74 in santa clara and san jose with low-to-mid 70's on the peninsula and millbrae is cooler at 67 and 59 today at half moon bay and if you are headed to the sunset at 58 but downtown san francisco 71, that is the micro climate showing you in march and 69 in sausalito and mid-70's through the north bay valley and our beaches show upper 50's to low 60's. 70 to 72 on the east bay shore and the east bay valleys are warmer 71 in san ramon, and 78 in pleasanton and livermore for the warm spot and tonight's

temperatures, mainly clear sky, i don't think we will have the cloud cover we had this morning just mainly at the coast at half moon bay at 48 and san mateo and oakland and fremont and san jose at 50 in richmond and 51 in san francisco, and mid-40's in our inland valley. the seven-day outlook shows we will get near 80 tomorrow inland and well hang around in the mid-to-upper 70's through sunday and low 70's around the bay and only 60's at the coast through the end of the weekend. have a great day. >> the east shore commute if you are traveling from the richmond area through berkeley and emeryville past university avenue to the macarthur maze you can see it is moving nicely funneling to the bay bridge with all toll lanes open with a stall eastbound coming out of san francisco on the decline. that is not right lane. otherwise, the westbound normal commute direction is slowing nicely, and this commute from

antioch, you can see speeds are slowing as you make your way from hillcrest toward railroad avenue and it picks up in pittsburg and slow from 2305 and tracy to the altamont pass and it looks good through livermore to dublin/pleasanton. kristen and eric? >> 5:20. >> easter candy maker "hatches" a new product. >> also, bringing a bit of mars to state capital. >> and harvard issues an apology >> and harvard issues an apology to the [ stefan ] with a cold or flu, nighttime nasal congestion can be the worst part. my medicine alone doesn't always give me all the congestion relief i need to sleep. [ female announcer ] adding breathe right nasal strips can make all the difference. it's proven to instantly relieve

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>> welcome back at 5:23. stargazers want to make sure they step out at twilight to catch a comet in the sky in western australia last week. now you can see it for yourself this week in the northern hemisphere without binocularors a telescope. the best shot is at "twilight" looking to the crescent moon. it will be visible in the northern hemisphere for weeks to come. >> we will look for that. the team that helped send nasa to mars is honored at the state capital. five engineers for the laboratory in pasadena helped kickoff california aerospace week in sacramento getting a proclamation from the assembly in recognition of their hard work. today, nasa will display a model of the recovery on the steps of the capitol. scientists are set to reveal the latest discovery from a rock powder sample collected by

curiosity. >> employers may slow down the hiring pace over the next few months. >> here is the bloomberg business report. >> employers will will be less in a hiring mood compared to the first quarter but still higher than a year ago. it is anticipated a considerable increase in hiring in the construction industry in the west and midwest. the dow jones industrial average hit a new record high yesterday, for the fifth day in a rode and the s&p 500 was at an all time record high. >> and marshmellow peeps maker is running the first tv ad in a decade, and "usa today" says 2012 was their best year ever after fresh management introduce ed new products. >> coming up on 5:25 we will

open up the weather window on the golden gate bridge. we have more warm air rushing in and today, one to four degrees warmer than yesterday. if you are traveling around the state, no need to worry about wet weather, have the sunglasses and something proper to wear with upper 70's to low 80's through the central valley and tahoe is at 63 degrees and yosemite is 72 and same in san diego and palm springs have the short sleeves and 89 degrees. our coolest weather is around eureka at 53 with cloud cover, notice the cloud cover along the coast this morning, that is going to pull away as we head into the afternoon hours, and well start to develop an offshore flow so it will be so warm. have safe travels. >> we take a look out there and speaking of which we have heavy fog reported at the coast specifically on highway one, if you are driving along that direction, give yourself some extra time out of the central

valley we seeing a lot of slow traffic up and over the altamont pass, with a stall just reported in the walnut creek area, this is outbound 680 blocking a lane of traffic there as you make your way southbound toward the 5 80 junction with traffic slowing nicely through the san ramon valley. >> listen to this one, harvard is apologizing for snooping. the school admits they conduct add secret search of the e-mail accounts of resident deans, last year as the school tried to find out would leaked information to the media about a cheating scandal. harvard says the search did not involve e-mail content only the subject line and identified a dean who had forwarded a confidential e-mail to two students. the school determined the dean did not intend to create a security breach. >> cardinals celebrate mass inside st. peter's as they get ready to officially start the secret conclave to choose a new leader. what is ahead for the next few crucial hours. >> a stunning reschool

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with report of a stall in the southbound 680 blocking a lane of traffic there, and otherwise traffic is getting by through the san ramon valley just fine. no weather issues there, and north 680 between south mission and north mission for another 30 minutes there, and at st. helena area, reports of an injury accident at highway 29, that is all we know at this time. more details are coming. >> historic day already underway at vatican where a new pope could be chosen soon. the 115 cardinal whose are voting meeting in a top secret session to begin the process and in the end 114 will still be cardinals and one will be the next leaders of the world catholics. abc7 news reporter, marcy gonzalez, is live in rome with the latest. >> the cardinals have spent the morning celebrating mass at st. peter's praying for guidance with the start of the conclave

now just hours away. >> the morning air is thick with anticipation, 115 cardinals preparing to write history as they take pen to paper today casting ballots in the papal election. >> there is always this on the top of your mind, i am going to do something now which will not just affect my life but will affect the life of the world. >> the eyes of so many of the world's 1.2 billion catholics will soon be here on the claim any of the cistene chapel, wait ing for white smoke sick naturals a new pope has been elected. there are no clear front runners , only speculation and favorites among those gathering at st. peter's square. >> i love the priest that comes from boston. >> this is a decision left only to the cardinals who, today, will enter the cistene chapel, write one name on ballot and the ballots will be counseled and

burned, a process repeated up to four time as day until someone gets two-thirds of the vote. the secretive selection of one cardinal enter the conclave today no one he will step out on the balcony as the new leaders of the roman catholic church. >> card nails -- cardinal whose came from america, from brazil, from the philippines if one selected pope, they don't go home. they don't go home and pack up and come back to the vatican. it is done. they are here. >> it will be just one round of voting today. we expect to see the smoke signals a new people, whether a new pope has been elected around 11 a.m. pacific. >> i realize it is like reading tea leaves but any new information at all to suggest when we could have a new pope? >> of course, no one knows for sure but we did just learn that

new york's cardinal dolan believes we could have a new pope by thursday. we will is to wait-and-see situation. >> we will have the latest from vatican city with extensive coverage of the conclave including a special report at 8:30 this morning when the cardinals begin entering the cistene chapel. abc7 news will break it to programming when the new pope selected. >> developing news from pleasanton where police are investigating a bizarre incident at a pre-school, a teacher is accuses of tie up a toddler who refused to take a nap and then showed the coworkers the proof. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield, has details. >> police want to know if anyone else was involved with this. the teacher told the colleagues and the child's mother that she had taped the child at the

wrists and the ankles when the 2-year-old refused to take a nap. she showed the group a picture of the girl bound and sitting on her cot. she told them about it at a social gathering after she had left the school. she no longer works here at center point christian pre-school. leaders here at the school say the girl was not hurt. they are working closely with her family. >> the private family member for them. we want to extend and we continue to extend care and are in dialogue with them. we doing everything we can in that regard. >> school officials say they are horrified this happened and they sent a detailed letter to all parents about what happened and scheduled a meeting with the parents for tuesday night and they plan to close down for five days starting on friday to retrain the staff. church leaders also reported the incident to the department of social services.

>> developing news from novato, now, where crews responding to a house fire discovered something else, a massive marijuana grow. we will look at the scene, live pictures, you can see the damage does not appear extensive from the outside. this is what it looks like when the firefighters arrived. investigators say someone called 9-1-1 around 11:30 to report a fire at abandoned two story home and crews found an extensive marijuana growing operation inside. sue will have a live report in the next half hour. a man was found lying in the street and injured and may have been the victim of a hit and run accident found last night at 1 11:00. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and bliss are hoping that anyone who knows what happened to the map will come forward. >> in santa rosa two men arrested for triple homicide

face arraignment this morning in sonoma county. the 38-year-old and 46-year-old men, both from colorado, are accused of murder and burglary. the father of one is also if custody. three victims were found shot to death inside a home near forest ville. sonoma county sheriff say the suspects and victims were all pot dealers or buyers. >> there are calls from a peninsula congresswoman for hearings into troubling rain cases involving santa cruz cop killer goulet and wants to know why two rape cases were dropped in exchange for accepting a less than onable discharge. he could have been in jail rather than preying on women and killing two santa cruz police detectives. now let ambushed sergeant butch baker and detective elizabeth butler on february 26 before he was killed by swat teams. >> the san jose city council

will tackle the growing homeless problem tonight. there is a renewed focus in finding a long term solution after hundreds were moved from a tent city from a park on friday. city leaders are offering sweeping proposals in a memo they plan to look at more affordable housing options, increased enforcement, and encouraging faith-based groups to stop feeding the homeless and shift their efforts to finding housing instead. >> president obama begins to make the first of three rare trips to capitol hill today to immediate with rank and file lawmakers for a budget deal. the president will speak with senate democrats today and house republicans tomorrow. on thursday, he will be back for meeting with house democrats and senate republicans. house g.o.p. budget chief ryan is unveiling the latest proposal and senate democrats unveil their plan tomorrow. >> you liked yesterday? >> i liked yesterday. >> do you want a repeat, and then some? >> and then some. here is mike.

>> the "and then some" is warmer withth? we can do that. here is a look from mount tamalpais, notice how hard it is to see the lights in san francisco and sausalito, with a lay we of clouds out there with fog >>neil: bay -- and visibility at half moon bay at 4. with fog the visibility is in fractions and larder to see. quarter-mile visibility at most oh and napa. but low clouds are spilling into the bay right now is watch out for varying visibility throughout the morning rush hour if you are traveling around the bayshore. temperatures in the low 40's inland to mid-to-upper 40's around the bay and coast through 7:00, and we are in the low-to-mid 60's at noon away from the coast where we are still mild in the upper 50's but here is where it starts to separate, 75 inland, at 4:00, and 68 around the bay, and 59 at the coast, and we will start to get closer as the sun angle goes down and low-to-upper 60's an

the bay and inland, and the coast is 56 degrees. the three days after this, you can see tomorrow will be the warmest, in the 80's with temperatures thursday and friday away from the coast still above average and in the 70's. injury the weather. >> we are going back to the central valley as you make your way up and over the altamont pass. we have first reports of an accident on the shoulder, westbound 580, i am seeing very slow traffic from 205 out of the central valley to the altamont pass and, also, slogan to the live more area, and this stall in walnut creek may just possibly have turned into an accident with another car of involved and c.h.p. is running to the scene southbound 680, and possible lane blockage there so we will follow that. checking in with mass transit and everyone is off to a great start this tuesday morning, a great alternate for you. >> hackers hit hollywood with high profile targets the victims

of cyber criminal whose claim do have posted all their private information online. >> but, first, construction continues on the new 49ers stadium in santa clara and we now have an address for you. some of the names of the streets will on the team greats

>> novato, oakland, and sunnyvale and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> the city of santa clara will name two streets bordering the new 49er stadium after the luminaryies and will be playing games at the corner of marie and bill walsh way, the mother of the owners and walsh the cope. it will be a popular photo spot for 49er fans. >> the city council will approve a resolution to support a bid to host the super bowl in 2016. that will be super bowl 50. the mayors and business leaders from across the bay area gathered last wednesday inside the shell of the new stadium to promote a super bowl bid. they will compete with miami where lawmakers are scrambling

to get a tax measure on the ballot to upgrade their stadium. the nfl's 32 owners meet on may 21 to select the host site for super bowl 50. ought san francisco board of supervisors is expected to denounce controversial ads being displayed on ten muni buses, which show photos of islamic figures along violent incidents such as the 9/11 attack, and muni says they have to run the ad otherwise they could be sued. the american freedom defense initiative says this calls attention to the greatest threat, bay area muslims say they designed to create fear. muni says the $5,000 it received to run the ads go to a study on the impact of discrimination in the muslim community. >> los angeles police are investigating a hacking attack targeting political leaders and celebrities. hackers targeted famous americans from the first lady to jay-z and a website posted the financial information of at least 11 people including michelle obama, hillary clinton, beyonce, and ashton kutcher.

the information includes service numbers and bang account and credit card numbers. the witness appears to be hosted in russia and the f.b.i. is now investigating. >> and new this morning on the peninsula, filming for an hbo special will get underway in downtown palo alto today, forcing the closure of busy streets. university after between waverly will be closed to traffic between 4:00 and 8:00 and businesses are open with small are side streets closed on a will oning base today. crews are scheduled to film a come by pilot about six programmers trying to make it in the silicon valley. the director of the movie "office space" is behind the effort. >> also behind "king of the hill" is what he is known for. >> a popular dating website will offer big bucks to a town to change the name of a town to

sugardaddy.com for $11 million and a 10-year commitment. this is how the street signs would look, the company picked this community because it is wealthy and therefore has potentially dateable sugar daddies. the representatives will deliver the offer in person at the townhall meeting starting at 7:30. if you have never heard of that company before you sure did after they made the offer. >> did you see that, a doctor go toes on the public library as a parents got to say, not sure about that one. >> mom, i am going to sugar daddy. >> no, you are not. >> time for a check on the weather. >> we will on the weather window. grab a coat this morning, and patience with fog. no rain, it is dry this morning. here is the cloud cover as we look at the golden gate bridge you can seat headlights at us marin county from the north. we will talk about temperatures.

san francisco and oakland are still at 48. san jose is at 46. palo alto and walnut creek are 44 and mill valley is the cool spot at 42 degrees. 280 and 17 and san jose, 280 the headlights are coming toward us and other temperatures around 41 in santa rosa and fairfield and gilroy and napa is 43 and livermore 42 and young city is a warm spot at 49 degrees. here is what i think happens today, mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon, and we will have less cloud cover tonight and, still, our temperatures are mild and that will spring board us to the warmest day tomorrow but, still, it looks like we will be pretty nice headed to the weekend just slightly cooler, not a huge temperature swing, not even back to average but cooler. high pressure now is dominating the weather. there is formidable loads behind it and it is pushed up to the north. seattle and portland are getting all rain and the snow we desperately need. without the storms, we don't get any rain.

they are going to stay to the north. even this weekend it look like they will stay up that way 73 in cupertino, a cool spot and everyone else is 74 to 77 degrees in the santa clara valley. we will start at 73, and los altos and palo alto, down to 76 in millbrae, and daly city is at 58 and 60 but 71 in downtown san francisco. 69 in sausalito. mid-70's to the north bay valley. upper 50's to low 60's at the beeps and low 70's along the east bay shore. check out the mid-to-upper 70's for most of the east bay valley, concord at 74 degrees. tonight, without the cloud cover, we will hang around 50 in richmond, san francisco, mid-to-upper 40's for the rest of us and maybe a few clouds at the coast that is it. i am not sure they will make the trip they are making this morning, with the extra sunshine, mild temperatures you can see we will hid 80 inland and upper 70's around the bay and mid-60's at the coast and

the coast stays cool and the rest of us stay in the 70's through st. patrick's day on sunday. have a good one. sue? >> we are back to the bay bridge with an update to look at the to lazy where it continues to be light as you make your way toward the san francisco area on the upper deck, no problems there. still moving at the limit at this hour. we do have a couple of situations. we will go back to the altamos pass area, with a solid red line from the central valley speeds under 30 miles per hour and about 35 miles per hour beyond the scene of that accident. south 680, right lane accident blocked there. it was a stall and another car slammed into it and we have that issue. there is the 580 commute from the central valley and the east shore freeway into the macarthur maze. kristen and eric? >> ahead how you might be unintentionally revealing privateness on your facebook page. >> the man accused of 9 colorado

theater massacre runs to court. the important steps taking place in the case against james holmes. coming up at 6:00 hour, we are less than six months away from the opening of the new bay bridge span and now a bay area company wants to cash

>> a strike looms at at the san francisco symphony if in deal is

reached. the musicians and managements are set to meet again today following a noon performance in the rotunda of city hall. the orchestra has been without a contract since february 15. they take exception to a proposed wage freeze since their pay comes from $239 million endowment fund. a strike will force the cancellation of the upcoming east coast tour. >> the san francisco board of supervisors is shortening the beach on the booming dog walking industry. supervisors proposed changes to a professional dog walking law passed last year that include limiting the length of leashes for each dog to 8'. the supervisors want them to carry $1 million in liability insurance and be required to dispose of waste. the full board is expecting to approve the changes today. the animal care and welfare commission will hold a may hague on the guidelines before they go into effect. >> prolific facebook useers could be revealing more about

themselves than they think. a new study has found that clicking the "like" gives insight into your personal life, how you vote, and even your sexual orientation. men who "like" "glee" were more likely to be gay. men would liked wrestling were more likely to be straight. those who preferred jennifer lopez had more facebook friends than those would liked iron maiden showing how difficult it can be to protect your privacy online. and something about if you like fries. >> i do like them. >> you are supposed to be more intelligent. leader is mike with the forecast . >> the golden gate bridge with headlines from marin county you can see the clouds and low clouds that will be short-lived

with democrats warmer-than-average from san jose and redwood city to seven degrees warmer and san francisco and oakland and nine and low-to-mid 70's and mid-to-upper 70's around napa and livermore and 11 to 13 degrees above average and it is quiet across the entire state with a lot of sunshine and upper 70's to 80 in the central valley and 63 at failure he and near 90 in palm springs and 80 in los angeles. safe travels. westbound highway 4 is a grind and slow traffic with no stalls or accidents. you can see the solid red line from hillcrest and it picks up from pittsburg to the concord area. that is not too bad at this hour. speaking of which we have an accident southbound 680 in the walnut creek area blocking the right lane, and i am not seeing any significant slow down through the san ramon valley and in the st. helena area we have reports there is a fatal accident highway 29 at white

hall lane, c.h.p. is still on scene investigateing. >> a woman would pleaded get whys to abandoning her daughter during a supermarket rip-off has been sentenced to 60 days in jail. the 38-year-old admitted to leaving her daughter at a safeway in september after the two were spotted shoplifting, and she later blamed a male companion for leaving the ten-year-old girl behind. in addition to jail she must serve three years of probation and complete classes in theft prevention and parenting. >> the suspect in the aurora, colorado, shooting could enter a plea today. he is accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage in july. he is charged with 166 counts including murder and attempted murder. holmes is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. a court document says that holme s was taken from jail to the psychiatric ward of a hospital because he was considered a danger to himself.

>>the latest weapon were weapon -- washington post/abc news poll shows broad support to gun control measures, with 42 percent in favor and 36 percent oppose new legislation. and when they ask who they trust on gun control handling, 46 percent trust the president and 41 percent trust the republicans. >> next at 6, 7 on your side and "consumer reports" get you the best picture on the big screen tv. >> firefighters respond to a home and find flames at the home plus a crime scene. >> the conclave countdown is almost over. ahead, we will break down the timeline for the beginning of today

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> at 6:00, happening now, a parade of red and gold inside st. peter's basilica as

cardinals begin the process to pick the next pope. that is our top story this morning. >> good morning, i am eric thomas at 6:00 a.m. >> thanks for joining us on tuesday. now a look at the weather forecast and our meteorologist. mike? >> a summer start out there with the low clouds and marine layer coming in with fog in the north bay valley but everything is dry on live doppler 7 hd. we will talk temperatures now. we are starting off in the mid-to-upper with clouds around the bay and sunny by noon and 60. we will push 70 in some spots by 4:00. it will be nice during the evening hours with a lot of sunshine and 62 degrees. as we move inland we have fog up north and 43 degrees and it will become sunny by noon and check out where i hang out this afternoon, low-to-mid 70's, well above average. a pleasant evening full of sunshine and 68 degrees. at the coast, it is cloudy this morning and 48, and it will remain fairly cloudy through noon and then you will see breaks in the cloud cover and hang out near 60 during the

afternoon hours but you the cool back to 54 by 7:00. safe travels this morning with the fog and low cloud cover. we will find out if there are any problems. >> there are a couple of problems. the first is an issue with fog at the san mateo bridge, good morning, mike, good morning, everyone, we have a nice drive with a few brake lights as you turn to the high-rise, otherwise, no delays there, we do have a couple of incidents to update the situation in san jose, now, we have a motorcycle down, north 87, the motorcycle in the center divide so we will check on that as we make it through the rest of the morning. we also have a slow ride out of the central valley, bumper to bumper from 205 to the altamont pass and to the livermore area and it picks up in dublin/pleasanton area but it is a crawl of 35 minutes from 205 into the 580 and 680 junction. >> we are waiting for the start of the papal conclave in vatican city to pick