no word on where he will be buried. in an interview with abc7 news in russia the mother says she and her husband plan to come to the united states. no date has been set. the united states is going to help them. an interesting complication for her, if she travels here she could face trouble with an outstanding warrant for her arrest accused of stealing $1,600 in clothing from a massachusetts department store. >> thank you. >> new this morning more bad news for caltran and the eastern span of the bay bridge. a respected expert says he knows why key bolts on the span snapped and what the agency needs to do. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has more. >> it will not be cheap. it is getting worse. more bolt could snap until they identify the problem now. retireed metal engineers did an analysis and submitted it to bay area transportation leaders this

week. he criticized caltran for what he called inadequate testing of 288 high strength steel rods including 32 that broke in early march because they were too brittle. caltran figures how to fix the damaged bolts, the engineer who specialized in high strength steel is recommending the state replace all bolts which could be suspect and come up with new testing requirements for steel used on all public bridges. caltran will give an update on the fix with a big repair job that could cost millions. the new span is scheduled to open later day weekend but if the repair of the bolts is not complete the day will be pushed become. >> this morning, teachers of a middle school are holding a demonstration saying the campus is unsafe for themselves and students. teachers at the academy on 98th will hold a call to action in front of the school at 7:00 this morning. teachers blame a lack of leadership for growing safety

problems on campus saying several recent incidents have rattled students and their nerves. one situation included a car circling the campus on friday by two men identified as possible gang members. >> vallejo little league officials are leading for police protection during games after gun violence forced them to briefly suspend the season. a shooting between two parents almost prompted cancellation of the season. over the weekend, league officials decided to resume games. players have returned to the field but now parents want police to patrol north vallejo little league games. >> it is a dangerous community. these are the faces that get on the field out there. don't let tragedy happen. >> our officers are stretched pretty thin in the sense we have to go from one priority call to the other. >> the cash-strapped city should have about 160 sworn officers on

duty but they have only 85. the best they can do is drive by the park when they are not overwhelmed with priority calls. >> california is on track to collecting $4 billion more than governor brown expected in personal income tax this year. the legislative analyst says the state has been posting strong tax collection after the april 15 filing deadline. the governor says were of the extra money will likely go to public schools and community colleges under proposition 98. the state education funding formula was approved in 1998. >> lot of the numbers are going up but our temperatures are coming down. >> i imagine more ac's will be turned on today. mike? >> good morning, at 4:36 on this end. our visibility is not too bad, the clouds are just starting to develop and there are more low clouds than fog. we are seeing a change in the temperatures today to be so

drastic as much as they were yesterday. waking up in the 40's with clouds increasing. it will become sunny by noon and the spread of 55 at the coast and 66 around the bay and 73 inland. if you plan for 4:00 outing there will be sunshine. cloudy at the coast at 52. temperatures this evening, you need a coast, 50 at the coast and 60 around the bay and 63 inland. the next three days show tomorrow will be the coolest day dropping another five- to ten-degrees and you can see a gradual warming trend with temperatures above average away from the coast as we head into saturday. >> at 4:37 we are looking at san mateo bridge where traffic is light right now. if you are headed along in the westbound direction from hayward no problems. we have a long closure that will slow traffic down because they

are installing automatic tollbooths. watch out for delays in that area. as we talked about construction we are taking it into fremont and it looks like northbound 680 eastbound and westbound walk boulevard on-ramp is shut down until 6:00 a.m. with a quick look at the drive time track, everything is running at top speed in the westbound detection 80 coming down from highway 4 to the maze looking at a clear condition there. >> a city in the area imposes mandatory restrictions on water usage and what thousands are being asked to document. >> yosemite is one of the largest national parks coming up the plan to give visitors more

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>> good morning. 4:40. what a gorgeous picture with the moon over the bay. pretty clear. good viewing for you. as far as the weather, you will notice a change in the air. our meteorologist will have more on that in a moment. >> a long time bay area baseball coach pleaded not guilty to child molestation charges in superior court. the 52-year-old turned himself in but was later freed on bail. he is accused of molesting two children after news of the arrest, a third victim came forward claiming he was molested in the 1980's. investigators are still looking to see if there are more victims. he held several youth-based coping jobs and owns batting cages in san leandro and scheduled back in court may 23. >> the city of los angeles has agreed to pay $4 million to two women who were hurt when police opened fire on them during a manhunt for fugitive ex-cop.

a woman and her mother were delivering newspapers and the lapd officers fired more than 100 rounds. they received $40,000 for a new truck. the murderous crime spree ended at big bear with authorities. >> investigators cleared a wild animal park of any wrongdoing stemming from an intern's death. a lion mauled the 24-year-old woman to death last month. a probe found they did not violate animal we cat policies, the lion attacked her while cleaning the pen. it attack her after going through a door that was accidentally left unlocked. a deputy sheriff shot and killed the lion. >> after one of the driest winters on record the city of santa cruz is taking drastic action. officials will restrict some of the ways residents can use

water. abc7 news reporter has more. >> the water level is extremely low here. normally this time of year the rocky river floor would be covered. the. >> officials took the worries to the santa cruz city council. they asked they go chair a water shortage alert. >> starting in may, no gardens or lawns can be watered between 10:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. with spraying downed paveed service or decks is banned. all hoses must have a shut off nozzle. >> you cannot wash your car or hose off the gas can and it gets dirty. it is dirty when it is dry. >> santa cruz is forced to balance the needs of the residents with environmental requirements. for the first time, state and federal fishery ages are putting water level mandates on city. >> we are under additional

regulatory scrutiny to leave the streams in for endangered species. >> by increasing river levels the water department cannot store the water for human use later. some residents admit water rationing is getting tedious. the water district will be in charge of making sure people follow the orders. anyone who doesn't could be fined $100 to $500. in santa cruz, for abc7 news. >> attorneys for apple and samsung return to federal court in san jose today. last month the judge struck nearly half of the $1 billion damage awared to apple in the patent lawsuit against samsung and struck it down agreeing with samsung that the jury made some errors in calculating the products where samsung infringed and calling for a new trial to set revised damage amounts. apple contends the judge was in

error and wants $85 million of the damages to be re-instated. >> on friday night, oracle will rock after the warriors stunned the nuggets to even the best of seven at a game each. the warriors shot just under 65 percent from the floor a new franchise playoff record. golden state beat the nuggets 131-117 snapping the 23-game winning streak of denver. 131 is like the old stores from the 70's. that was great. >> a great game. >> little bit cooler? >> cooler, absolutely. i will show you what is going on. 4:45. we are looking at live doppler 7 hd which is quiet this morning although we have the clouds rolling in and a beautiful

picture from emeryville with the sun hiding behind the clouds getting more wide-spread by the moment around the bay. did i say the sun, sorry, the noon, you know what i meant. snow. we will talk about what will happen today, we will see afternoon sunshine. but for the coast where the clouds are going to be more stubborn. cloudy tonight and cool, just like this morning with a brighter and warmer weekend on the way stretching out all the way to the coast. a better perspective from the east bay hills looking back at the full moon, san francisco is 48, oakland is 49, and mountain view is 54 and san jose is 50 and half moon bay is 46 and santa cruz dress for 53. the cloud cast shows it is filling in right now and some of the east bay valleys will be an area that does not get much cloud cover. by 9:00 we reached the height and by 12 the clouds are at the coast and they will remain there

in the 60's and 70's and 80's if the rest of us. we are in the low-to-mid 70's in the south bay with san jose at 73 degrees and start around were 1 in palo alto and drop to 65 in millbrae and upper 50's along the coast today with let to mid-60's in downtown south san francisco and sausalito and upper 60's and low 70's through the north bay valley and up 101 but sonoma and napa could meet the mid-70's. mid-60's to 70 degrees along the east bay shore and still warm inland upper 70's to low 80's as you go out highway four where we will see the warmest weather in antioch and brentwood. day game and everything is back to normal at at&t park and breezy and increasing sunshine and temperatures are around 59 to 62 degrees. the seven-day outlook, after clouds tomorrow, that will lead to our coolest afternoon, 50's at the coast and upper 60's to low 70's for the rest of us and the temperatures are warm friday, saturday, and sunday with a lot of sunshine above

average away from the coast. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> good morning, at 4:47. dark and early this morning, san jose showing the drive away from 17 you are looking at clear conditions and no issues and no construction projects. we have construction through mountain view and this is along southbound 101 headed away from embarcardero road to shoreline boulevard a couple of lanes are blocked and that is until 5:00 a.m. so far, so good, with no delays. here is mass transit, bart, muni, caltrain, everything is running on time at this hour. >> this morning, the red cross is helping dozens of women and children forced out of a women's shelter because of a fire that started yesterday evening at the envision shelter on south 11th street in san jose, sky 7 showing firefighters attacking the fire from the roof but they are not sure how it started. no one was injured. >> a bill that would extend last

call for california bars is dead with the measure killed that would have let cities and counties petition the state to move the current 2:00 a.m. closing back to hours saying it would boost tourism and local revenues but critics warn it could increase drunk driving and crime. >> a group trying to save the theater in pleasant hill is demanding a demolition permit be rescinded that is scheduled to be torn down and replaced with a sporting good store as a major shopping center upgrade. an attorney representing the group trying to save the dome says the california environmental quality act that says a permit cannot be issued while an election to develop the site is pending. as it stands, the theater could be torn down may 3. there is an appeal hearing for may 6. senator dianne feinstein is pushing a bill to expand yosemite national park adding 1,500 acres to the park in an area known as yosemite west.

she hopes to protect the area from development which she says would raise the threat of fire, spoil wildlife habitat and ruin creeks that flow into the park. yosemite's originally champion, john muir wanted it to be included in the park originally and said the land would be acquired from willing sellers only and that eminent domain would not be used. >> congratulations it is tax-freedom day in california, although you may not feel like celebrating after filing your return the day most of us made enough money to cover our federal, state, and local taxes for the year. the tax foundation crunched the numbers and found that tax freedom day arrived for the rest of the country april 18 but california had to work physical april 24, four days longer than last year. only six other states have to work longer to reach tax freedom day than the golden state. >> it reports your every move on mass transit and stores it for

years. now the new plan to change how long your personal data is kept. >> the mystery at at&t park, who took the plaque dedicated to the most

good morning, everyone, on wednesday, halfway there. a look to the city, a gorgeous day and a gorgeous forecast. you may have fewer privacy worries in the future if you use a clipper card because there is a street reduce the length of time your travel data can be stored 679 the universal transit payment system keeps the information for up to seven years. the plan is to reduce it to 4 1/2 years, the same as fast track data. a bill has been introduced to cut data prevention time to six

months. >> toddlers are so addicted to ipads they require therapy when they cannot play which behavior is on the rise. a four-year-old girl was using her ipad four hours a day and she threw tantrums when the parents took it away. the youngsters experience the same withdrawal systems from technology as alcoholics or heroin addicts from drinking and drugs. that could be taking it a bit together. >> show would never get it again is what i would do. >> mommy advise from kristen sze. now the weather advise from mike nicco. >> it is harsh, the cold is out there waiting for you, stunning when you step outside with some areas 20 to 25 degrees cooler. no stars from the camera, the marine layer clouds are back. the sea breeze that brought them

is bringing cooler weather, seven degrees cooler in concord and fremont to eight in san jose and nine in oakland and 11 in san francisco, and down to 62, and santa rosa drops from 86 to 72. around the state, there is a chance of a few showers near los angeles and san diego and otherwise cloud cover will dominate to the afternoon hours keeping them at 68. 90 through the central valley and 63 with sunshine and tahoe. leyla gulen? >> at 4:5, we take a look at the drive and we still have construction projects but we also have the brand new crash if you are coming over the altamont pass to livermore, westbound 580, at greenville road two cars collided and they are in the have divide with no lanes blocked. look at the yellow we are seeing a buildup as you make it out of the central valley. we have a construction roth along morning and southbound 82 northbound 262 until 5:00 a.m.

>> a big birthday bash is taking place this morning at pier 39 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the port of san francisco. sky 7 shows us san francisco's unmistakable waterfront with the port created when abraham lincoln was president! this will be a a day-long day of festivities. >> a solar powered plane is being called a big success in a test. the solar impulse flew over the golden gate bridge and bay bridge yesterday with 12,000 solar cells on the 208' wing span. the metro detroit is in preparation for a nonstop cross country trip planned for may 1. the goal is to fly around the world on nothing but fewer solar power. >> officials at at&t park in san francisco plan to review surveillance video to try to figure out who made off with the

huge plaque honoring bay bonds, the 6' black was bolted and glued beyond right field. officials say they noticed it was missing last week but the only thing left behind is the glue residue near where the record-setting 756th home run landed and another memorial honoring bonds 500 home runs is still there. >> this morning, crews will try again to fog key areas of contra costa county for mosquitoes, the fogging operation will begin 5:00 a.m. at the holland track and on bethel island prime mosquito breeding grounds with screws spraying for an hour and a half. high winds forced them to postpone the fogging yesterday. >> a manpower shortage is facing overtime at the san francisco fire department. the eye opening numbers of how much the city is paying some firefighters to stay on the job. >> fighting childhood obesity at

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news on this wednesday morning at 5:00. >> it looks like there is a gulf moon. it looks like it. we can see how the weather is looking. mike? >> good question. we are watching the cloud cover and looking at the maze. we had a beautiful shot of that full moon dancing through the clouds. we will talk traffic in a minute

with leyla gulen. we will talk about our 24 hour temperature change. we talked about it will be so much cooler than yesterday inland. look at that. from 16 in novato to 21 in napa. temperatures are in the 40's and 50's. as we head into the afternoon hours it will be cool at the coast with temperatures in the 50's and clouds. still, it will be warm inland with temperatures in the 70's to near 80 and low 60's to low 70's, mild temperatures an the bay. leyla gulen? >> we are tracking this crash that occurred right owe near the central valley coming over the altamont pass. this is happened westbound 580 at greenville road and it sounds like the cars collided and in the center divider but we are looking at slower speeds from tracy and it starts to pick up when the pass the crash and head into policeantton and dublin. through berkeley westbound 80 at university boulevard we had a stalled car out there and it was blocking a lane and it could have been pushed to the shoulder and finally here is a look from

the drive into the central san rafael and it looks like southbound 101 is moving swiftly. >> 5:01. new this morning, after burning through the overtime budget for the year, the san francisco fire department is asking for millions more from supervisors and it is clear why when you look at the fat paychecks some firefighters pulled down for extra shifts. our reporter is live in san francisco. the numbers are shocking. >> they will surprise you. we are here at headquarters where the chief has looked at the numbers and has reviewed film and ordered changes. according to the "san francisco chronicle", there is a lieutenant in the fire department who made $221,000 in overtime bringing the paycheck to $363,000. in second place, a paramedic firefighter made $