high clouds but not so thick as yesterday. 67 in the afternoon hours. a very nice evening with temperatures holding around 60 through 7:00. inland neighborhoods are starting off with clouds at 45. we will be in the mid-60's with high clouds and sunshine at noon and low-to-mid 70's, warm again, inland. pleasant in the evening at low-to-mid 60's. to our beaches we are mostly cloudy through the better part today and 43 at 7:00, and mid-50's from noon to 4:00, and low-to-mid 50's for the evening. have a good one. sue? >> we are going to san mateo bridge with a look as you make your way westbound tail lights to san mateo it is a go ride, clear, no fog, and a 15 minute drive from hayward to the peninsula. to the bay bridge, minor delays for character-paying folks and no metering lights with an early issue with wood debris on the

incline with several cars with flat tires. if you are just waking up, all morning long, since 4:00 this morning we have had a big rig with an early fire now out and the big rig is still there and a mechanic is working on it eastbound, a sig-alert, and it is the reverse commute direction and you will find slow traffic westbound from address toward livermore on the altamont pass. >> the future of california's largest college hangs in the balance this morning. today, city college of san francisco turns accreditation report, the school needs a passing grade to stay open. katie marzullo joins us live from the newsroom with a college divided. >> everyone wants city college to stay open. 90,000 students are counting on it and faculty and staff want to keep their jobs. the groups cannot agree on how to keep the doors open. that is the administration versus the students and the staff on the the deadline they

protested and chanted and shouted. the commission for community and junior colleges put city college on notice back in judgment saying they had too many problems with leadership and fiscal plans. the college has been making changes ever since and a spokesman says they have stream laned the administration and added more financial accountability. >> the accreditation reform process is unwinding many, many years of behavior that just absolutely needed to be changed or could not be afforded. >> the situation and all about equity. >> students and staff say this were alternates to the cutbacks including $16 million city college get from san francisco's proposition (a). they wanted the money to alleviate the cuts but the school put it in a reserve fund. the commission will make the decision on city college in june

. >> the archdiocese of san francisco will hold a prayer service for a daly city mother and her two sons killed in an horrific crash. the prosecution says the suspect had blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when he hit and killed them on saturday night. this is video from court on tuesday. the 28-year-old sobbed during an appearance yesterday in san mateo county superior court but he did not enter a plea. the judge ordered him to return to court next tuesday. a memorial fund has been set up to help the family cover funeral costs. >> tomorrow marks one year since morgan hill teenager went missing at 15 at the time of the disappearance the she was talking and walking to a bus stop when they she disappeared. a suspect has been charged but the body has never been charged. two events have been set up including one at 9:00 a.m. and a

fundraiser at fremont at 1:00 o'clock p.m. at the address on your screen. you can fine the address and the details on our website as abc7news.com. >> a map responsible for keeping our borders safe is championed with internet child porn. you can see it only on abc7 news he is a homeland security agent. an investigation into suspicions that he was sharing child porn began two years ago and the investigators want to his home and fund 85 images and videos on a sophisticated computer system. >> i was at the and now he had a closet downstairs like his own independent server. he had several computers. several hard drives. electronic storage devices. >> he was arrested last week while working at the security check point for passengers from overseas flights. he is held on $150,000 bail. >> new this morning a prominent

republican has a change of heart when it comes to same-sex marriage. >> first, the new senate phone that wants to take a bite out of apple. what makes samsung's gadget so different. >> we can see the bay, the bay bridge, from the high definite camera and traffic and weather together next as the abc7 news continues. (woman) 3 days of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful (woman) why walk 60 miles in the boldest breast cancer event in history? because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing breast cancer every year. visit the3day.org to register or to request more information today. it was 3 days of pure joy. ♪ and it's beautiful

>> we are back and looking at rainfall deficits for the year

starting july 1st of last year and helps june 30th and we are pushing five inches and the deficit in san francisco, oakland and santa rosa and san brew flow and 3" to 4 itch -- 4 itch at livermore. mid-60's and around 70 if the bay and partly sunny at the coast and upper 50's. it will be cooler county but, city, warmer-than-average through the next three days but the coast will be in the 50's. i will have the rain in the seven-day outlook. sue? >> updates, livermore, big rig, sig-alert. it is finally cleared. that is good news. it was in the reverse commute direction, that is good news but now it is clear and you can see from the sensors the traffic is slow over the altamont pass to livermore, you are looking at 26 or 27 minutes from tracy to dublin/pleasanton area.

northbound 880, the entire freeway will the shutdown for new bart tracks with the detour in place on sunday morning. >> in tech news, cupertino's apple has new competition in the hot spat moan -- hot smartphone market. the new galaxy is lighter and slimmer than previous ones with that is called a cutting edge camera. it makes apple's inphone look like yesterday's hot smartphone and they wonder how apple is going to respond. >> running of the bulls. we are not talking about spain, we are talking wall street. the winning streak for stocks is ahead. >> he was on the short list to be mitt romney's running mate, ohio's

>> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> this is a look at our temperatures so you know how to dress. in pittsburg it is 55. tracy is at 51. everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 50's and petaluma is at 41. walnut creek and belmont at 47 and richmond at 48. senator that clear is 43 and saratoga is 44. today we will have high clouds and sunshine but not so thick as yesterday. temperatures are the same if not warmer from mid-50's along the coast to upper 60's along the bay and mid-70's inland. >> the bulls are back on wall street. trading is underway in 15 minutes and everyone wants it

know if the dow and the s&p 500 can continue their new winning streak. the dow rose 83 points to close at 14,539. that is ten straight days of gains, the longest winning streak since 1996. analysts point to signs the economic recovery is getting stronger. the unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent and that is the lowest since 2008. >> a federal assault weapons ban will now face a vote before the entire senate after it cleared the senate judiciary committee, senators voting for the bill along party line yesterday, 10- 10-4. democrats hold the majority if the senate and rejected several attempts by republicans to excel certain people from the law. the ban is expected to face a tough fight on the senate floor >> new details on the heated exchange sparked between california senator feinstein and texas senator cruz as a result of the assault weapons ban bill. feinstein is now speaking out.

>> i felt patronized he was arrogant about it. when you have come from where i have come from and what you is seen and when you found a dead body and you put your finger in bullet holes, you realize the impact of weapons. >> feinstein made the comments after the exchange with cruz yesterday. here is what they said. >> it seems to me all us should begin as our foundational document with the constitution. the second amendment in the bill of rights provides that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed >> i am not a 6th grader, i have been on the committee for 20 years and a mayor for nine years, i walk flood and saw people shot. i have looked at bodies that have been shot with the weapons. i have seen the bullets. >> she was referring to the assassination of mayor george mascone and the supervisor harvey milk. >> new this morning, the man on the short list to the be running

mate in 2012 presidential election is now coming out in support of same-sex marriage. ohio republican senator portman is making the revelation to cnn saying he had a change of heart after his now 21-year-old son revealed he is gay. >> i had a personal experience which is my son came to my wife and i and told us he was gay and that it was not a choice and that he, that is part of would he was and he was that way since he remembered. >> portman wants his son to enjoy the sail -- same eye and stability his own 26 year marriage has brought him. >> on friday, we will see how the weather will be for the week. >> it will be nice. a lot of sunshine. not so warm as it has been but temperatures are above average away from the coast. we are still watching for rain. that is coming in next week. right now, live doppler 7 hd showing how dry it is outside. here is how clear the air is

from our roof camera, as we look back to treasure island, all the way back toward the east bay hills, you can see it is clear this morning. san francisco is at 48. walnut creek and oakland is warmer at 49, and 47 in san jose, and palo alto at 43 and mill valley is 42 degrees. the port of oakland, from mount tamalpais this morning, you can see santa rosa is 43 and napa at 44, and along with los gatos and 48 in fairfield and hayward and livermore right now is at 46. here is how it looks in tahoe, no snow there. they set record highs wednesday and thursday. in tahoe it was 69 and then 68 and today will fall short. we will have extra sunshine so it will be eight degrees warmer in san francisco and two in oakland, and fremont the be at 68 which is four degrees cooler than yesterday.

santa clara and milpitas are at 70 in the santa clara valley, and mid-70's for a lot of other foes like gilroy and morgan hill and los gatos and mid-to-upper 60's if the peninsula and menlo park at 71, and half moon bay at 59 and you head toward daly city, the same, mid-60's in downtown and south san francisco, and north bay beaches right around 60 degrees and more should cover here, more sunshine inland and low-to-mid 70's. 70 today in oakland and berkeley and low do mid-70's no most of the east bay valley and pleasanton the 73 degrees. tonight the temperatures are like this morning, and we will have clouds and mid-to-upper 40's and 50 in san francisco, and more cloud cover along the coast and a few clouds will spill into the bay. at 8:00, tuesday o -- morning we have light rain by 7:00, in the north bay and through wednesday morning we will have rain and

the rain will slide to the south by wednesday evening. right now, it hooks like wendesday's morning commute is wet and until then we have temperatures above average through st. patrick's day and monday we hold steady above average and temperatures with the extra clouds are near average on tuesday and most of us in the 50's and 60's and with the rain on wednesday, most of us are in the 50's, good 10 or 15 degrees cooler than today. >> if you are going out of concord to southbound 680 you have a nice ride this morning, friday lite so far. 24 is looking good and 580 all the way -- rather, 680 do 580 looking good. a stall on dumbarton bridge westbound on the highway rise and i see a little bit slow traffic as you leave the east bay and the newark area, you get beyond the stall, it is smooth all the way toward menlo park and we do have a slight ace train delay, train one this morning running at 10 minutes

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>> good morning, at 6:24. and the embarcardero in san francisco, traffic is looking good and the weather is looking good. you do not have the same fog that affected visibility the last couple of days. mike nicco, our meteorologist, has the weekend forecast. >> solar power industry had a record year in 2012 with a new report from the industry association says that more than 3.3giga watts was installed enough to power 500,000 homes and a 76 percent increase from 2011 because of tax incentives.

>> a college fraternity is a million dollars richer because of the late american bandstand legend dick collar giving -- dick clark. he was a member of the fraternity in syracuse university. he died after decades of hosting shows including the annual new year's eve elaboration -- celebration. >> and jeremy lin had a special event last night at castro center. there were crowds with guests including his parents and his high school, college, and shooting coaches. and the director of the film. it debuted at the sundance film festival showing his sudden rise to fame last year and making a quick cameo in the film is our very own abc7 news sports

director. >> new york city dog is recovering after eating more than a dollar worth of pennys. unbelievable but the 13-year-old tear area was sick after he swallowed 100 pennys last week, more than half a pound of pennys jack was rushed to emergency surgery where it took two hours to remove all of the pennys, five at a time, from his belly. sink can -- zinc can be lethal. he knocked a bagel to the floor along with a box of pennys and ate them all. no, no, no, you gout do get the cream cheese. >> maybe some lox but not the coins. >> what the pope francis is doing and how he may approach the new position as leader of the faithful. >> first a young man is injured in the head and goes missing, with a search taking place near santa cruz. >> a stole were car suspect in

custody this morning after reportedly stealing a taxicab and ramming a police car. cornell bernard for you, with a live report coming up from san francisco. >> and clear sky over san jose this morning. the temperature trend shows headed through the weekend we will have temperatures bouncing up-and-down and dip with the rain on wednesday. look how short-lived it is, with warmer weather coming as you on

>> abc7 news starts right no with breaking news. >> good morning, 6:29. we have breaking news from san francisco. a man crash add stolen taxicab into a police patrol car. abc7 news reporter, cornell bernard, joins us.

shots were fired? >> we can say the situation is still unfolding in presidio heights at jackson and spruce, the intersection is closed where a patrol car was rammed by a suspect driving a stolen taxicab police responded after getting reports a man was vandalizing a taxi not far from here standing on the roof of the cab. when the cab driver con con fronted the man the suspect stole the taxi. the cab was located here and the suspect rammed the patrol car. police fired shots at the suspect. we do have some new video in the abc7 news newsroom we want to show you. there was a short chase but police later found the taxi and found the suspect. the suspect was arrested near for the mason at the intersection here at bay streets

it appears the suspect was not injureed from the gunfire. as far as a motive, we have no idea. police are still here on the scene and a very large police presence is here at jackson and spruce trying to put together the details of what happened here this morning. we are live in san francisco this morning for abc7 news. >> before you get to work a check of the weather forecast. mike? >> live doppler 7 hd is dry this morning, doesn't umbrella -- keep the umbrella away until tuesday. we have fewer clouds around the bay with high clouds today. 61 at noon. mid-to-upper 60's at late afternoon, and inland, we have a few high clouds so partly cloudy and 43 with high clouds, with

sunshine at noon it will be 66. warmer-than-average again, and a delightful evening at 66 degrees sun will set at 7:17 this evening. at 7:00, we have clouds at the coast and mid-40's with limited sunshine, less than yesterday. temperatures will hold in the mid-to-upper 50's for the afternoon into the usually evening and fall in the low-to-mid 50's. energy the day. >> the upper deck of the bay bridge coming into san francisco, the incline section is moving nicely. sluggish but moving with a nice drive into san francisco. we will hook at our metering lights and back to the first overcrossing, a five to seven -minute delay to pay the tolls coming into san francisco. not quite friday light but not too bad. the stall on the couple barton -- dumbarton bridge, just minor slowing moving toward the menlo park area. kristen and eric? >> we are following developing news in the east bay, police

investigating the shooting death of a map during rush hour at the richmond bart station. we were over the scene as officers searched the area for evidence. it happened outside on the top of the staircase commuters use at the station. witnesses say they saw to membership take off running after the shooting. >> more video showing a gas leak if san francisco's mission district. this happened last night and forced evacuation of five homes near 25th and alabama street. a backhoe sliced a 2" plastic gas line at 7:00 and department of public works crew performed two holes in the pavement to get to the like. they shut it off after an hour. evacuees were allowed back in. >> more developing news. >> santa clara crews are joining the search for a missing man, 20-year-old last seen by his parents on wednesday at scotts valley home. searchers will comb the area

between the home and the state park where he used to go mountain biking the he got a severe concussion after falling 50' over the weekend. >> he said how he slipped in and out of knowing what he is doing. >> mostly just because of the head injury they are concerned there could be something wrong. i will be better than ever. i will be fine. i promise i will see you guy again. >> abraham posted that video on wednesday but he left home for some up known reason without his phone or wallet and did not make it to class. his friend and family are passing out missing person flyers. >> teacher arrested on child pornography has been hospital ized after attempting suicide 56 an overdose. he was arrested at the school he

taught. a thousand video and photographs were found of children appear under the age of ten. he worked in san jose as a substitute teacher from 2008 until a few weeks ago. the school district has notified parents at schools where he worked. >> the last big part of the new downtown traffic loop begins tonight and through the weekend. this is provided by the city of hayward showing how the loop works at foothill and mission and jackson designed to ease congestion and make downtown access easy part of the 238 corridor improvement project. construction wraps up in time for the monday commute with the final towns complete by june. >> today could were the first quiet day for pope francis. he is meeting with all the cardinals today. new video in the abc7 news newsroom shows francis greeting them at the vatican three hours ago. they include the cardinal whose took part in the conclave that elected him and those over 80

who were not eligible to take part. the installation if francis is going to take place on tuesday. >> trouble for carnival cruise line, a ship is stuck in port and a second is having trouble getting home. the legend is the second ship crippled in the caribbean in two days and is having mechanical problems and will skip a stop and head to florida. >> passengers stranded in st. st. martin will be flown home after problems with an emergency generator. >> everyone gave me a hard time when i booked the cruise saying i cannot believe you are going on carnival after what happened. >> the last month, a fire tripled a ship leaving 4,000 stranded for five days without working toilets or power. >> city college will turn over a 1,000 page report and how that is critical to the school's survival.

>> new police officers will hit the streets in the largest city in the bay area. how many, and the spike in crime they will be fighting. >> that is the bay bridge with the traffic moving fine with traffic and weather n

>> on this friday well start with a beautiful picture of the high clouds out there. you can see a lack of low clouds and fog. temperatures are warmer than yesterday except for san jose at 70 and fremont is four degrees cooler than yesterday afternoon. highs today the be coolest at coast where the clouds are stubborn. mid-60's to 70 around the bay and low-to-mid 70's inland. through the weekend, temperatures will get cooler on saturday and sunday and breezy both of those days. temperatures will level out monday before the big rain comes in on tuesday and wednesday.

i have that and the seven-day outlook. sue? >> it is friday lite but we have a couple of trouble spots. dumbarton bridge is a stall westbound high-rise blocking the right lane, and that is slowing things as you move from the newark area toward menlo park. we have an ace train delay running at seven minutes behind, and train three is just about a minute late so we will say that is pretty much on time for the commute. no other mass transit issues this morning. kristen and eric? >> happening right new hundreds waste management workers are on strike in the east bay this morning, and this is a live look from the picket line with workers walking off the job in oakland and san leandro and laird and the livermore and altamont pass over what they claim are abuse of employee rights. we spoke with the company headquarters in texas and they had no comment for us. you can see, certainly, people

appear to be on strike at the entrance this. also, another location is the recycling facility in san leandro and the company's landfill facility but though word if it will affect garbage pickup. we got a call great a driver saying they will honor the pickup line. that means there could be fewer drives. that could potentially affect trash pickup in the east bay. we will keep a close eye on the story for you on abc7 news. >> more officers will hit the street if san jose at a time of rise willing property crime. this afternoon, 43 recruits graduate from the san jose police academy, the first academy graduation for the police department since 2009. recently there were 28,000 property crimes in the city last year, a 30 percent increase from 2011. the ceremony takes place at parkside hall in downtown san jose. >> ahead, president obama is

ready to return to the bay area. we will tell you when and why. >> trading is underway on wall street. the big board shows the dow is off about 40 points. ahead we will go live to jane king at the new york stock exchange. >> first, students and staff protest at a bay area college and california's largest college as the school face as deadline to prove they are

>> benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it is 6:44. this is a make-or-break day for city college of san francisco. the cool must submit a plan by today for fixing financial and management problems or face a ripple effect that could result in the closing.

abc7 news reporter, katie marzullo; covering this live from the newsroom. >> city college sends the report today and if they fail, the state's largest college of 90,000 students could be forced to shut down. with the deadline looming, students and teachers marched to city hall yesterday from campus. students do not want classes or services cut. teachers do not want to lose their job. in july the commission for community and junior colleges put city college on notice saying they had serious problems with leadership and up. the college has been making changes. >> more accountability. more israeli lined administration. closer look at how we manage our facilities. closer look at how we track student success. >> no one has been disappointed in the level and quality of the education they get here. it has been mostly a financial management thing. >> one sticking point is the $16 million city college got from

san francisco's proposition (a) with students and staff wanting the money to go to alleviate the cuts but the school put it in a reserve fund. the commission will make their decision on city college in june. there is a second legal deadline, the school has to pass out pink slips to employees, today, who might be laid off in the coming months. >> katie, thank you. president obama is coming to the bay area to help raise money for fellow democrats. the white house says he will headline fundraisers in san francisco on april 3 and 4 with the money earmarked for next year's mid-term congressional elections. president obama was last here in october on fundraising trip for his re-election campaign. democrats are focused on retaining control of the senate and trying to regain control of the house of representatives. >> the list is out of the top 50 c.e.o.'s in america and the bay area has 20 percent of them.

zuckerberg is top, and google is at 11 and apple is at number 18, a fall from top last year and oracle c.e.o. is number 46. the report releaseed is based on employee improve ratings and gap and intel is also on the list. that is on our website at abc7news.com on "see it on tv." facebook shares could be struggling but the employees working there are happy with zuckerberg. >> now, more news, business news, baseballen fares, don't move. there is opening day right around. >> there will be a way to upgrade seats mid-game. >> we will talk sports, jane king. >> good morning to you. we cover it all here. we will start with the c.e.o. wells fargo and the

compensation, getting 8 percent boost in pay to a total of more than $19 million in compensation. that makes him 2012 second highest paid among the major lenders behind goldman sachs. after ten straight days of gains we have a lower open here this morning. we will see how we close. the silicon valley index is trading still slightly higher. st. patrick's is this week, more americans are drinking irish whiskey according to the council, the sales are up 400 percent since 2002. be careful on the road, the alcohol monitoring service warns when st. patrick's falls on the weekend the illegal drinking violations for offenders ordered to stay away from alcohol, double. in baseball, atlanta based technical company is rolling out apps for the droid that will let fans use smartphones to upgrade seats during game and will start opening game at four stadiums

including oakland and expand to another 12 clubs. prices range from $5 to $55 last year when they tested the app. >> have a great weekend. >> good stuff for the a's, that is why i am wearing the green as well as for st. patrick's day. >> that is why you should be wearing the green, really. >> luck of the irish. >> we will have a lot of luck staying away from the rain which is not coming until middle of next week so the festivities in san francisco and dublin will go off without a hitch. live doppler 7 hd shows how dry it is, if you are going to the coast, start this afternoon, at 2:40 through monday at 3:40 a.m., small craft advisory and winds will be around 15 to 25 knots from the northwest. in emeryville, it is beautiful this morning with the bay bridge and how easy you can see it. 49 in san francisco and oakland.

san jose is 47. palo alto and mill valley at 42. beautiful picture of the impending sunrise of mount tamalpais. santa rosa at 42. los gatos is 43. napa is 44. 46 at livermore. here is what will happen with the high temperatures today. we will be in the upper 60's to mid-70's from north to south through the santa clara valley with a triangle of 70's in milpitas and santa clara and san jose. up the peninsula we will start in the upper 60's and drop to the mid-60's by millbrae with upper 50's to near 60 along the coast with more cloud cover and mid-60's around downtown and south san francisco and sausalito at 67 and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay and 10- to 15-degrees cooler at the beaches and upper 60's to near 70 on the east bay shore and low-to-mid 70's for everyone. high clouds and sunshine and clouds will not be so thick. mid-40's to around 50 tonight with cloud cover on the coast and a little bit of that spill

into the bay in the morning hours tomorrow. big st. pat tick's day parade if san francisco, and all the way down market street and it heads over to city hall this, the civic center, and 60 at 11:00 but mid-60's with sunshine and breezy for the better part of the afternoon. now what will happen through the weekend, temperatures are slightly cooler with the extra breezes and tuesday, you can see the cloud cover and temperatures back to average and much cooler with the much needed rain on wednesday. have a great day the sue? >> a nice drive on the san mateo bridge between the peninsula and hayward, and everything is looking good and clear sky and in fog and a few brake lights at north main if you travel south at 680 and sluggish to 24 but not a bad drive through the san ramon valley. we have a situation in san francisco, southbound, 280 a postal truck is on fire on the

right hand shoulder so you will have slow traffic southbound and we have an accident at southbound 680, a fiber glass bathtub was struck by a car. everyone is off to the right shoulder but there is going to minor slowing in that area. >> the clean up will take a while. >> five things to know before you go. you go. >> the of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade.

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rights. they hope employees, including the drivers, will show up for their shift at 7:00 and go do work and go on their routes. we will watch it closely. >> san francisco police are investigating a taxicab carjack ing early this morning in presidio heights neighborhood. officers fired at the suspect after he rammed a police car and a chase ensued. officers located the man near tort mason and arrested him. >> police are investigating a deadly shooting at a bay area busiest bart stations. a man was shot to death outside a richmond bart station dug the evening commute last night, and witnesses say they saw two men running from the scene. service this morning is running as urge. >> the search for a missing scotts valley man will resume with researcher -- searchers searching for the 20-year-old who is recovering from a severe concussion after falling 50' last weekend. >> more officers hit the street in san jose at a time of rising property crime. this afternoon, 43 recruits

graduate from the san jose police academy. it will be the first graduation from the police department since 2009. >> final check on the forecast. >> i said sunday for the parade but i meant saturday. the graphic says saturday. it starts tomorrow at 11:30 at 2nd and market street. so be sure you head there on saturday although st. patrick's day is sunday. our forecast for today, we will have high clouds and sunshine and it will be brighter and warmer than average away from the coast and you will be stuck in the upper 50's and low-to-mid 70's inland and upper 60's at the bay. >> bay bridge is light, metering lights are on and a pretty sky in the east and sluggish traffic on the incline moving into san francisco. if san francisco itself, southbound 280, we have a postal truck not on fire and c.h.p. is on the scene saying it is just overheated and everyone is on the shoulder. we have a new report of an

accident a big rig versus a car southbound 101 at lucky drive and that is on the shoulder, as well. >> thank you, the abc7 morning news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather, and traffic during "good morning america" which is next.

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