>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good thursday morning. our time is 5:00, thanks for waking up early and joining us. >> first a check on the weather. >> thank you very much. we start off by opening the weather window and looking at the clouds from the roof toward the bay bridge and toward the port of oak. -- oakland. nothing from the falls but drizzle from the higher elevation, and up to 3,000' and possible drizzle at the coast but no reports yet. unfortunately, we need some rain, but just not going do have any although it will be cooler today. we the be partly cloudy an the bay with temperatures 59 in san francisco and 68 in fremont as we head to the coast mid-50's today and from 62 around

petaluma to 74 in brentwood. leyla gulen? >> we have construction on the maps in the south bay if you are traveling along 237 eastbound and westbound connection to southbound 880 will be closed and that is until 6:00 a.m. caltran is out there working to repair the connection at this hour. as we take you to the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a report of an accident, a solo accident near the toll plaza at five or six, so to the center left area and that is where we will be seeing some delays from oakland to san francisco. kristen and eric? >> happening now, a big step this morning for the long planned san francisco central subway connecting the south of market to china town. the first tunnel boring machines arrived on site and abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is there. >> the first parts of the giant

tunnel boring machine arrived here shipped over from china in the last couple of weeks. a construction worker told me there is nothing "boring" about it. more pieces will arrive later. when it is assembled it will be 300' long and now comes the hard part, lowering them into a hole at the starting point for the excavation, the launch box. two of the tunnel boring machines will dig their way 1.5 miles to north beach to create the central subway project. the project could take six years to complete. >> this is an earth pressure balance machine and they have a rotating cutterhead for soft ground and we anticipate drilling into soft ground. >> working, when you work on a major construction project you

have to remember you are working with your neighbors so that is always a challenge each day. >> the part of the boring device that does all the work is called the cutterhead and when it is all up and running it can dig 40' a day, we are told that is very impressive, at least that is what a construction worker told me. total cost for the project, not cheap, $1.6 billion. >> 5:03. there are major new clues as investigators try to put together evidence in the boston marathon case. agents found a stash of fireworks not far from the shootout. now over to abc7 news reporter in washington, dc. >> good morning, authorities are now confident the suspected bomber did not have any other planned attacks but officials say they may have had plans to party in new york city.

>> the surviving suspected boston bomber this morning has gone silent. officials say dzhokhar tsarnaev agencied 16 hours of questioning but stopped talk after being charged in boston. in russia his father will travel to the united states today. his mother still refusing to accept her son's guilt. >> no, i don't. i won't. never. >> the dramatic new photos show the brothers in a gun battle with police, a shootout that left the older son, tamerlan tsarnaev, dead in the street. officials say he was on two terrorist watch lists and the system had insufficient information to raise alarms. >> we contacted the russians on three different occasions to ask for more information and nothing was forthcoming. in boston, more signs the city is trying to move obligate crowds visited memorials at the bomb site and local businesses repaired scars. 34 wounded victims are still

recovering. across town knows mourn add hero who did not survive, a vainly collier. vice president biden had choice words. >> if the purpose of terrorism is to instill fear, you saw none of it here in boston. boston, you sent a powerful message to the world. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev who could face the death penalty will have an all-star legal defense team. his top lawyer will be a public defender also represented the shoe bomber, richard reid, in 2001. eric? >> developing news in oakland where we expect to learn more this morning about a series of raids in east bay by oakland police wrapping up at 7:00 this only with 16 warrants served.

we saw f.b.i. agents in gear outside the city tower apartment building at 7th, and oakland police officers were also on the scene. witnesses say they raided two other apartment buildings in the complex and evacuated residents. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield will are an update from oakland the next half hour. >> this morning, oakland police and crime stepers are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting death of a young mother. officers arrived at 54th around 8:45 to find the woman in her 20's dead and her toddler near. investigators say it is not clear if the child saw her mother get shot. her identity has not been released. police say they do have information about the suspect. this is oak's 31st homicide. >> investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a home in the east bay. the fire broke out near the yacht club before 7:00 last night and it spread to a second home as file fighters got to the

scene. there was video of firefighters working on the home and everyone inside the two burned g h out. authorities in santa cruz county arrested a man accused of exposing himself to female high school students. the sheriff deputies said he exposed himself at the high school east of santa cruz on monday and tuesday morning. authorities say the man was hiding in bushes near the school and exposed himself to girls on their way to class. he is being held in the santa cruz county jail in lieu of $50,000. san jose police will launch a new high-tech type of neighborhood watch later this morning, and the program is virtual launch through a neighborhood social networking site called next door and it will allow police to alert specific neighborhoods about crime friends or ways to protect themselves. the department will have four next door pages one citywide and one for each the three pa trillion stations. >> we saw patchy clouds but did

you see the noon? >> i felt a chill but i did not see the moon. mike? >> thank you very much. it is cool. the clouds have kept it pretty cool and look at this, that is not a mistake. everyone is looking at tv saying, why is it dark? that is how it looks from our camera this morning because the clouds are so thick. that is how it looks from mount tamalpais this morning. we will talk about what is going on as far as live doppler 7 hd and it is dry. unfortunately, we do have the cloud cover but we don't have anything in the form of rain. you can see the bay is dry and you can see how today pans out, temperatures in the 40's, we have temperatures at 55 to 73, and that is where we will stay through the afternoon as we get the continuation of winds off the ocean, and we will start to break out the clouds, and as you can see they are dark and it is

thick, and the clouds as we head into the afternoon. we will see more sunshine tomorrow, and saturday and sunday, look at that summer armth by the end of the weekend we are in the upper 80's inland and 60 at the coast. enough of the darkness, let's see some light from leyla gulen. >> what an introduction. good morning, everyone, at 5:09 we will take a check of the marin county drive along 101 where we have construction along the northbound side between atherton avenue to county line we are going to see cones picked up at 6:00 a.m. and we are looking at a slow down as you make your drive north of novato. as we head over to the richmond and san rafael bridge eastbound, you will notice one lane open out there between the toll lazy and canal boulevard, the cones will be picked up at 6:00 a.m., on northbound highway nine the crash is leaving a lane blocked and we are seeing some delays in that area. >> 5:09. brace yourself for more airline

fee hikes. the bloomberg business report is next. >> we are just under three hours away from a gathering of all five living presidents, an event bringing them together today is ahead. >> how much would you pay for a coffee date with a c.e.o. of apple? he is auctioning himself

>> we have breaking news from bangladesh, the number of people killed in a building collapse is

close to 200, jumping overnight to 194. authorities say many are still trapped and rescuers are working around-the-clock to reach them and police ordered the building to be evacuated the day before the collapse because of huge cracks that formed in the walls. that order was ignored. officials say 2,000 people were ordered to keep working. >> people living in a small next it is town will gather to honor 14 victims of the devastating fertilizer plant explosion that leveled the community. president obama and governor perry are scheduled to speak at service at baylor university this morning. the explosion wiped out most of the town of west, texas, and killed several firefighters and first responders. flags at federal building in texas were order half staff. they planned to be in texas for the dedication of former president george w. bush's presidential library. >> the dedication marks the younger president bush's

unofficial return to the public eye four years after the end of his deeply polarizing presidency. all five living american presidents will gather in dallas today for the dedication of the george w. bush presidential library. in the first exclusive interview with abc7 news, the 43rd president described the library and looks back on his life and career including the times from 9/11 to hurricane katrina and the wars in afghanistan and iraq where the museum points out there were no weapons of mass destruction. >> the debate is over. i did what i did. historians the judge those decisions. >> there will be more on the library in the interview with former president bush on "good morning america" following our newscast at 7:00a.m. >> believe it or not, some parents spend more on high school proms than on books, a year of college.

>> and jane king is at the new york stock exchange, and airline fees climbing again in the bloomberg business report. >> if you plan on flying, check the dates first, us airway is hiking a fee to change domestic reservations to $200. on top of that, you pay more the ticket if the same fare is not available anymore. united announcing a similar hike. twitter will beef up security with a two-step process to make it harder to gain unauthorized use after hackers gained access to associated press account and faked an attack on the white house. the economy is improving if prom spending is any indication with the spending up 5 percent this year compared to last year with an average outlay of $1,139. visa plugging a new smart 15 app to help parents stick to the budget. mixed close yesterday with

investors closely watching for results from amazon and starbucks. >> how much would you pay to have coffee with apple c.e.o. tim cook? there is a one-on-one meeting with him at cupertino headquarters to benefit the robert f. kennedy center for justice and the highest bid right now is $150,000. the auction ended may 14th. lunch with copollo at his winery is being auctioned and the bid now is $4,000 and a chance to meet with robert deniro is $1,500. >> deniro and copollo, how are their stocks?

mike? >> we have been following the apple stock but we will reverse that and their stock headed in the weekend. if you enjoy the heat, it is not that far away. we will talk about what is going on now at 5:17, live doppler 7 hd showing it is dry this morning. if you drive into the clouds, you may get some mist but that is it. now, the temperatures all across san francisco from 50 in forest hills to the mission district at 54 and same around the ferry building and presidio and san francisco, downtown, and the glen park and the temperature is 52 in ocean beach. it is 49 in palo alto and saratoga. downtown san jose is right here but we will talk about clouds which will linger longer so it will be cooler weather today. it will be cloudy and cool tonight and the clouds will

start to become less and less overnight with marine layer fading and that will on the door to the summer warmth sunday and next week. clouds are still filling in most our neighborhood through at least 9:00. by lunch the east bay valley and the santa clara valley cleared out and everyone else has clouds with flight arrival delays and by 2:00 or 3:00 we get rid of most of the clouds around the bay and the north bay and we will call it partly cloudy but the coast is cloudy so you will be the coolest. in the south bay, upper 60's if most neighborhoods and to 70 in los gatos and morgan hill and 66 in milpitas. 62 in millbrae and mid-50's along the coast and upper 50's in downtown and south san francisco and get ready for the breeze like yesterday, sausalito is 60 and petaluma is 62 and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 60's and north bay valley with mid-50's at your beach and low-to-mid 50's along the east bay shore from 60 at

berkeley and 59 at richmond, the cool spot jumping to 68 in fremont for the warm spot, and low do mid-70's around the east bay valley of the tonight, you can see the cloud cover coming back in and temperatures in the mid-40's to around 50 again, we will get the sunshine and an hour or two quicker tomorrow so that means two to six degrees warming and we will have morning clouds on saturday but it will not last that long with temperatures near 80 inland and around 80 for the bay on sunday and near 90 inland and 60 at the coast and we will stay steady through next week. >> thanks. i will tell you about the travel times looking at cheer conditions on the freeway if we do not see crashes and not too much congestion, headed along 101 away from 380 to redwood city, coming out of san bruno at 13 minutes and 280 to san francisco, northbound, that is a quick drive and 12 minutes along 880 to go northbound from 238 to

down oakland so you are in good shape. now in san jose the 87 freeway coming away from the julian off-ramp, traffic is moving smoothly. >> it is 5:20. oakland is ready to party, the birthday the city is celebrating. >> police make an arrest on the kate middleton topless photo scandal. >> the fire that looks more like a volcanoer reduction, the trouble firefighters are having

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>> in maryland fire crews are battling a mulch fire that is used to cover plants and enrich soil with lots of fuel for flames shooting as high as 50' in the air using bulldozers to smother the flames with no structures in danger but shifting winds are making the job miserable if firefighters. >> royal news this morning, two people are facing charges for publishing topless photos kate middleton. the images which the palace called a grotesque broach -- breach of privacy were snapped when they vacationed in southern france and appeared in a magazine and now the publisher and a photographer are facing criminal charges for invasion of privacy. abc7 news reporter is in london with the details coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. that is a crime in some places. >> especially when it pertains to the royals.

>> okay, 5:23, and now mike has the forecast. >> we will talk baseball, how about it, the a's or back in town at the coast taking on the baltimore orioles and dress warmly at 59, the 7:05 first pitch temperature dropping down to 54 and it will be breezy with increases clouds and around the state, it is quiet right now, and a stray shower or two possible in the sierra and 66 in tahoe and 74 in yosemite and low do mid-80's around chico and fresno and up to tahoe a last sunshine and temperatures that will be running in the low 70's. >> as we look at the san francisco drive we still have the construction project still in affect if you are headed along southbound 101 to eastbound 80 the connection ramp will be closed until 6:00 a.m., and we will take a quick jump to the central valley if you are coming up over the altamont pass, look at this, lots of red, those are brake lights moving from the westbound direction and you are down to 30 miles per hour and when you head into

livermore the speeds pick up at 58 miles per hour and then the top speed moving into pleasanton and dublin and a look up to four as you make the drive through antioch 24 miles per hour but it will be clear out of pittsburg to concord. >> 5:25. bill gates stirred up a lot of controversy in south korea when he shook the hand of the country's president when they met on monday. here is how jimmy kimmel saw it. >> he had one hand in the pocket which is considered both a sign disrespect and a very popular song. this was front page news all over the country. that seems strange, their whacky neighbor to the north is a missed call from dennis rodman away from launching a nuclear missile and they are focused on this. >> he airs weeknights at 11:35 right here following abc7 news

at eleven and then "nightline." >> a party is planned in the east bay for the 40th anniversary of the re-opening of one of the grand examples of art deco, money was raised in 1973 to restore oakland's payment these december and closed for three years and now is home to the oakland east bay symphony and classic movies once a month. the art deck coe society of california is celebrating the preservation by holding a ball there on saturday. >> this is the most spectacular art deco structure in the world. others are quite grand but most people that have seen the paramount think this is the ultimate in art deco arture. >> for details about the preservation ball go do our website at abc7news.com. >> a teen driver in the south bay losses control of a car. ahead at 5:30 the more and child caught in the aftermath and what police believe led to the crash.

>> first, developing news f.b.i. agents armed with assault rifles remain somewhatted secretary east bay

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> on this thursday, good morning, thanks for joining us. >> i am eric thomas. mike, what is going on weather-wise? >> great weather. good morning, everyone, the clouds, remember we talked about it? they will cover all of the neighborhoods. you can see them encroach on the financial district in downtown san francisco. the winds are coming in through concord and livermore.

and now what will happen this morning, you can see the clouds lingering as we look at downtown oakland, 59 to 68. around the coast, it will be clouds with mid-50's and sunshine inland and 74 in the east bay valley. >> if you are thinking of saving your gas we do have mass transit updates and we do not see delays. if you are hopping on bart, muni or caltrain, no delays and good conditions between the east bay to san francisco so you are in good shape. as we hook at 101 in central san rafael, we have a few extra tail lights toward 580. northbound, we do have a construction project through novato and northbound 101 from atherton to the sonoma county line. we will learn more about dramatic raids carried out by the f.b.i. and police with armored vehicles and s.w.a.t.

officers. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at oakland headquarters. >> police worked into the early morning hours and did not wrap up until 1:00 o'clock this morning and released new details . members of the f.b.i. and swat tomb served 16 narcotics and weapons-related search warrants described add high risk. one location was the city tower apartment building in oakland, and resolution democrats say they heard we grenades going off and saw several officers. they say it was confusing and chaotic. >> when i got to the lobby, there were so many police in the lobby they put me up against the wall and asked if i had guns. guns? guns? i was looking for my kid. they never told us what was going on. >> police say everyone was okay, no one was hurt in the operation and they did make several

arrests and confiscated drugs and weapons. they did not just tick to oakland they served warrants in hair, san leandro and antioch so how could crime in antioch tie together with crime in oakland? police promised they will release more information today. developing news here as investigators wrap up a light night in san jose after a car plowed into a house sending a mother and her daughter to the hospital. two teen drivers were street racing and one crashed and slammed through the front door of a home injuring the 40-year-old woman and her nine-year-old daughter inside. neighbored rushed in to help. >> she was lodged between the living room and kitchen with a small hole 2.5' in dam they are.

she got in. >> it is a miracle it was a perfect spot for her body in between the cabinets and a wall. the front portion of the car, the bumper three people in one car were injured with no charges filed. >> a major turn of events for investigator whose have been questioning the surviving suspect in his hospital bed. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that. >> during questioning so far we understand dzhokhar tsarnaev has admitted to investigators he played a role in the bombing. specifically, he told them his older brother had only recently recruited him to take part in the bombing. that was before he was read the rights. the associated press reporting that zach -- dzhokhar tsarnaev stopped talking on monday, after a judge came to the hospital and read dzhokhar tsarnaev the

rights. right now, the parents are talking to the media in russia. the father says he is traveling to the united states today but he doesn't have a plane ticket and it does not appear the mother is coming. she is still denying her son's involvement in the bombing. >> i do not want to believe this was my sons. i don't believe. i don't believe. >> overnight law enforcement discovered what could be more evidence of how the bombs were built, a stash of fireworks that was emptied of the gun powder was discovered in a used clothing bin in watertown and officials believe the older brother bought fireworks that may have been used to help make the bomb. also, we hear from russian president putin this morning that he says the boston bombing proves that the west was wrong this supporting militants in chechnya. the senate will be briefed dead on the bombing.

>> bart officials will review safety protocol to better protect passengers. the "san francisco examiner" reports they will talk about new communication strategies, training programs and improving relationships with other agencies. bart is concerned about the increasing number of people who camp out in the stations as well as a lack police officers. >> there is an arrest in the vallejo shooting that ended a little league season. investigators say the 24 -year-old was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder. he and another were attending a t ballgame last wednesday and they got in an argument. police say he followed the man into the parking lot and fired at him. some bullets hit the man's car but no one was injured. parents and employers are asking the city leaders to provide police protection for the games. >> man is custody in santa clara after a tense stand off with

police in a residential neighborhood. this is video from sky 7 the scene last night. police tell abc7 news they were called out around 7:00 after shots were fired. no one was hurt. investigators say they don't know what led to the shooting. the suspect surrenders peacefully before 10:00 last night. >> in the east bay hercules is the latest bay area city to see a rash of home burglaries. the police department says 11 residential burglaries have been reported this month compared to two in april last year. they are concerned because five happened on monday between 1 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. usually burglars knock to see if anyone is home. in no one answers they go in. police think the same suspects are behind all of the burglaries focused primarily in east and southeast hercules. >> a 78-year-old woman is being treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters rescued her from her burning home.

the woman was trapped on the 10th floor balcony. cell phone video shows smoke pouring from the unit of the city towers market building after 6:00 yesterday. the woman screamed for help from the balcony and firefighters quickly put a ladder to the balcony to carry her down nine flights of stairs to safety. >> south bay woman is recovering after her son jumped into action and saved her from a house fire. according to our media partner, the fire broke out last night in south san jose in the bedroom of the house. the woman was smoking in bed when the fire started. she could not get up on her own. her son heard the smoke alarm and came to her rescue. >> happening now, the first part of the new tunnel boring machines for the central subway construction project are being lowered into place below 4th street this morning. the two tunnel boring machines

will be assembled piece by piece and they will take aim at this wall and excavate their way 1.5 miles beyond china town for the new subway. the municipal trash photo show the machines with a cutting head 20' in diameter. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will have more next half hour on the drills. >> the weather has been a roller coaster ride. >> and it will be a slow, click, click, click, roller coaster ride to the top. >> we will hang to the top early next week well above average but today we are down at bottom. we have done, or we have descended into the depth of this cooling trend today. it is not that foggy but cloudy. clouds are up to 3,000' and it

will be hard to get rid of the clouds and they will be stubborn because of the thickness of the marine layer. off to a great start, mid-40's to upper 40's at 7:00 and we will stay in the 50's at the coast, no getting out of it, in the low-to-mid 60's by noon with increasing sunshine by 4:00 and the clouds will thicken as we head toward 7:00. if you are planning your day around 4:00 we will have the most sunshine and mid-60's to mid-70's. the weekend shows baby steps tomorrow and saturday but upper 80's if sunday, near 80 around the bay and 60 at the coast. >> the san francisco drive coming from daly city along 280, looking at speeds out there, a little bit of a slow down headed in the southbound direction and if you are headed along 101, that drive is nice and clear as you make it into the city as we take a jump down to san jose we

do have some construction that will wrap up at 6:00 a.m., along eastbound and westbound 237 connection to the southbound 880 and that is going to be until 6:00 a.m. and as we look at your highway 9 we have a report of a crash there, as well, in the clear stages, at sanborn, and it is causing slowing there, northbound side, along highway 9. and here is a picture your san mateo bridge and it looks like traffic is building a little bit on the flat portion but itees up headed further to the high-rise. >> talk about your speed dating, how about 500 miles per hour at 30,000' in the sky, finding a mate in the bay area-based airline adding matchmaking to its flights. >> caught on camera, what led to the huge barge explosion in alabama and the dramatic change in the situation unfolding just in the past few

>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> at 5:43 we have a picture from dallas, texas, of the bush presidential from there about to open, the opening ceremony coming up at 8:00 this morning our time. you can see some people are already arriving.

all four ex-presidents and president obama, all five, will be there this morning for the opening. >> new developments in a volatile situation unfolding in alabama this morning after a string of dangerous barge explosions. look at this, one explosion on mobile bay was caught on camera. we just learned in the past few minutes firefighters have put out a huge fire triggered by the explosions almost 11 hours ago, and at least three people are in critical condition this morning, and the barges were said to be empty when the first exploded. investigators are saying little but it now appears to be some sort of accident. ships are still not being let in the area and a no-fly zone remains in affect. >> frightening video from china that plays out driver's worst fears. this truck bears down on a freeway tollbooth and it looks as though the driver does not try to stop or swerve and the passenger in the drunk was severely injured. the driver was just bruised. the tollbooth was crushed.

no one was in it. no word on why the driver did not slow down. >> major effort to clean up bay area highways will get underway. c.h.p. is joining forces for clean up and enforcement day. starting at 9:00, the crews will pick up trash on 101 in san francisco, 280 in san jose, and highway 92 in hayward to name a few. the c.h.p. will look for drivers who toss liter from the cars. during the event last year crews collected the equivalent of 10,000 garbage trucks of trash. >> love is in the air. virgin america airlines hopes the new inflight love connection will be taking off. virgin america airlines founder branson is promoting the idea, providing photos of how it is supposed to work. passengers can use the screen in front of them to find a seat number of a love interest.

they can send that person a drink. right now it is getting mixed reviews. >> clever. no one has bought me a drink so i don't know how i feel about it but i would now object. >> hmmmm probably nut something i would want, have someone send a drink because you are onlied to talk to that person or you feel so and you are stuck in a bus in the sky. >> the airline has to wait to see if the idea will take off. >> she is right. you are trapped in a steel tube at 30,000 feet. >> what if he is on the on side you have to look at it. >> clever and creepy. >> you going do hop the seats to. >> long trip locked in the bathroom. >> do you expect airport delays snowed. >> i think so, we will have flight arrival delays at sfo. >> you can only stay in the bathroom so long.

can i get service in the bathroom? i would like a drink. far -- okay, flight arrival delays at sfo, a few yesterday but hopefully not any long. sfo will let us know any minute. 51 is in the in the bay with novato at 49. richmond district, san mateo, and redwood city toward newark and milpitas, along with san ramon and lafayette and fairfield low-to-mid 50's and to half moon bay, and cupertino is a cooler spot, also, at 49. here is what i am thinking, you can see the main layer of clouds lingering throughout the bay so a slow reveal of sun shine and the coolest day in the forecast. cloudy the next couple of nights and the afternoon will slowly get warmer and we are rid of the clouds which is sunday morning we will see our biggest push of temperatures back up the scale

to not near record temperatures but almost as warm as we had monday. the cloud cover, notice it is subjecting even deeper inland and will reach the climax at 9:00 and you can see by noon the east bay reality is is clearing out and the bay and north bay are cloudy until 2:00 or 5:00 and the clouds are near the coast and you are in the 50's. we will have temperatures in the mid- to upper-60's and a 70 possible around los gatos and up the peninsula, dropping down to 62 in millbrae and mid-50's along the coast and upper 50's downtown and south san francisco and 50 in sausalito to 68 in napa and the east bay sure, 58 in richmond to 68 in fremont and east bay valley is accident in san ramon, pleasanton and 74 in brentwood, and lastly, what will happen over at the coliseum, baltimore orioles and a's, in the mid-to-upper 50's and 10 to 20 degrees warmer by sunday and

that will hang around monday, tuesday, and wednesday. >> good morning, we are starting with an accident along westbound 80 in the east bay if you are coming down toward the richmond san rafael bridge, westbound 80 at san pablo avenue we have an accident and right now down to 535 miles per hour, slower there from east richmond and that is blocking one lane. we jump to oakland at 23rd avenue hampered by a stalled car c.h.p. is on the way to move it out, but we are looking at we minutished speed. the drive time traffic shows 4 is 23 minutes out of antioch to concord and 580 is half an hour from tracy to dublin and 80 from highway 4 to the maze a quick 15-minute drive. >> california will for longer get psychiatric parents without escorts from neighboring nevada. any mentally ill paint --

patient discharged from never state facilities have a chap kaela chapdelaine -- chaperone was buying tickets to los angeles or san francisco for discharged patients. >> the following parks will be open fewer days in the summer, eugene o'neal national historic site and the john muir national historic site in martinez are impacted because of sequestration and the would would home front national memorial park in richmond and port chicago naval magazine national memorial in concord. the parks will not be able to hire seasonal help. >> caltran says it will be two weekend before they decide how to reinforce the broken steel rods in the span of the bay bridge. engineers can reinforce with

steel collar or saddle. the rods that broke cannot be taken out because they are embedded in concrete. the repairs may not leave enough time to might the target opening date which now is still labor day week. >> up next, the big box retailer setting up shop in a bay area city and the new jobs you will want to check out. >> a new discovery that could help doctors catch autism earlier than ever before. >> at 6:00 hour, the popular tech trend former president clinton is now part of and the celebrity responsible for getting him

>> good morning, at 5:54. a new wal-mart is opening in vallejo and 100 jobs are up for grabs. according to our media partner, the new store is under construction on know may boulevard with plans to open this summer. a temporary hiring center is open across the street. wal-mart needs to fill 95 part time and fill time positions so if you are interested, you are encouraged to apply online. we post add link on our website at abc7news.com. >> weather-wise we have a cooling down trend but it will reverse. >> soon, as in sunday with a big surge of warmth in the forecast, yesterday is the coolest day so we will see slightly warmer weather tomorrow and saturday. the game at the coliseum,

baltimore orioles are in town to take on the a's dress warmly at 59 and dropping down to 54 and increasing clouds and it will be breezy. the let of the state is very quiet as far as radar is concerned, check out our temperatures, we run from 79 in sacramento to 66 in tahoe and 74 at yosemite and upper 60's around san diego and los angeles and palm spring at 89. if you are headed up to the sierra this weekend, a lot of sunshine around tahoe with temperatures in the upper 60's to low 70's. >> right now we will be taking a check of the drive in the east bay where we have an accident coming out of saab back low bergoglio -- san back low to richmond, a two mile backup 27 miles per hour are the top speed^. this accident is blocking two, possibly one lane, but it looks like it is a nasty crash. to the south in oakland, a stalled car is waiting there for c.h.p. to arrive northbound along 880 at 23rd avenue, and

356 miles per hour so the speeds are diminished and as we take you to the highway 4, it is along 680 northbound side, a big rig is stuck and leaking fuel. kristen and eric? >> leyla gulen, a new study suggests autism could be detected or hinted at in the early stages of a child's life. yale rexers say it is in the placenta of a newborn and they can identify if someone and the sibling of an autistic child and nine times more likely to develop the condition. there is no way to know for sure until the infant is a-year-older. cases have skyrocketed in the united states to one in 50 kids today. the study is in the journal of biological psychiatry. >> researcher could have a clever way do help you lose weight rather than seeing how many calories a food item have some folks make better choices when they see how much exercise

is needed to burn off the california rays. researchers in texas printed numbers with the number of minutes of brisk walking to take to burn off the burger you had but the people who ordered from the menus ordered less food than those would saw menus that displayed only the calorie content. >> developing news, at 6:00, the overnight operation bringing together the f.b.i. and bay area police departments. >> major progress in san francisco the central subway project the key piece of equipment that will give worker as green light to move forward. >> later, former president george w. bush steps back in the spot light today in two hours at an

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surround several east bay neighborhoods and we are learning what sparks the rated. >> in massachusetts a surprise discovery in a donation bin now in the hands of the f.b.i. could it be tied to the boston marathon bombings? >> the central subway project of san francisco marking another milestone as major equipment needed for the project arrives. >> and now, good morning, the crews will not get too sweaty working outside. >> it is a little cool. if you are a runner it is nice. >> it is cloudy out there, and mild, and the humidity is up because of the extra moisture that is creating the clouds but unfortunately, no rain following from the live doppler 7 hd showing how dry it is. we will plan out the day around the bay at 48 degrees at 7:00, with clouds and pockets of sunshine developing south by noon and 61 and partly cloudy by 4:00 and 65 with the