>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news at 5:00 on monday morning starting a new week after a warm weekend. >> it was. and a warm start to the week. >> thanks for joining us. that is mike nicco with the forecast. >> the summer-like forecast. we will start with how dry it is with live doppler 7 hd not a radar return to be found. we will talk temperatures this afternoon. we are starting in the 50's but we will end up with above average. at the coast it is mild to almost warm by your standards and 68 degrees.

inland we will be around 83 to 92. we have quite a string of 90-degree highs. it is the end of april, early may but it will be warm. be prepared. temperatures will run nearly 20 degrees above average. hail law? >> as we look at the maze westbound along 80 to 580 it is clear and quiet but we have a buildup of traffic to the bay bridge. the toll plaza is quiet, and you can see a few scant cars in the westbound direction so not too bad. headed over to the map i will tell you about a report of a crash on westbound 84 it could block a lane but it could have been pushed to the shoulder already. top speeds along westbound highway four. >> developing news where investigators are hoping to zero in on whoever brutally killed an

8-year-old girl 30 miles east of stock stop. the girl was found stabbed to death inside her home on saturday which prompted a lockdown of the town as authorities launched a manhunt for the killer. investigators served a search warrant at her home and they collected fingerprints and d.n.a. spread -- evidence at the scene. an autopsy is scheduled today. schools are open today. a memorial is set up in honor of her outside the school. >> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the search for the killer with another update and to valley springs for a report and updates at abc7news.com. >> retired coast guard members in petaluma mount up for 4,000 mile trip to raise money and awareness for the wounded warrior project but the

transport means it will be long and slow journey. >> good morning to you. it will be a long, slow month long journey that starts at 8:00. the off duty coast guard members hot into a golf cart and ride across the country. look at map we have of their journey crossing 13 states and go 4,000 miles from petaluma all the way to virginia and they will go slowly, 25 miles per hour. we have the video of the golf carton a test drive and it is donated and it will take the active due and retired members of the coast guard chief petty officers association on the journey. they are donating their time during their journey and will stop at veterans of foreign war posts and disabled veterans chapter and veterans hospital but they need their hope. their goal is to raise $50,000

for the wounded warrior project. if you would like to follow them across the 13 states or if you would like to donate that is certainly welcome. go to abc7news.com and click on "see it two." we will get their departure later this morning. >> two weeks after the boston marathon bombings lingering questions drive the investigation. lawmakers in the house of representatives intelligence committee say the brothers must have had some outside help to build the bombs which were too sophisticated to come from the internet recipes alone. some say putin's government is not telling everything it enjoys about the suspects after lending the russians secretly recorded family phone conversations. the mystery man known as misha could be a rhode island resident. the man denies brain washing them or having anything to do with the bombings.

our abc7 news reporter will join us from washington, dc, in a few minutes. >> martinez residents rally around the bay area boy injured in the bombings and raised money for the aaron hern family. the boy suffered shrapnel wounds and had two surgeries and released from the hospital on wednesday. his friends are looking forward to welcoming him home. >> it was really hard. i almost cried. it was terrible. losing almost your best friend, terrible, horrible. >> he turns 12 on wednesday. last week, he returned to the blast site the first visit to boylston street since the explosion. >> community leaders will hold a meeting to prevent community shootings, with a gather bringing together police, mental health workerrers and politicians discussing working together to prevent another

attack. the summit will include research from an expert would will show how warning signs were being missed and the shooters were not loaners and their plans were not secret to everyone. >> this morning, san francisco police are looking for whoever ran over an officer's leg during a traffic stop. it happened yesterday morning in the bayview district on hudson avenue. the driver took off and dragged the officer down hudson. the officer was hospitalized, treated, and released. >>the company that handles 9-1-1 calls is on the verge of losing the contract for santa clara county. the "san jose mercury news" reports they have repeatedly violated the contract by responding too slowly to emergencies. they have paid more than $4.7 million in fines and faces the first paramedic strike in memory in the past year and a half. the executive says he warned arizona based metro ambulance means one more violation could be the end of the agreement.

they say they have not been out of compliance since being notified in january. >> bart and police will release details on upcoming enforcement of a law that allows bart to issue a ban against trouble-making passengers. the law lets transportation agencies seek prohibition orders against those who urinate in public, destroy bart property or attack agents and could be banned from stations from 30 days to an entire year. bart crackdown takes effect may 6 and abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more next half hour. >> could we hit 90's again today? >> you might, right? especially further inland. >> could i hit 90's again today? that is the question. in the east bay? >> probably 98.6 is what you will hit. >> thank you very much! the air around you about 90 or 91. >> thank you doctor. >> bad joke monday. air quality and then the nearly

oppressive temperatures. no triple digits but 90's and could be a few records. trees and grass is what you need to be concerned with today, they will be high. from sutro tower at downtown san francisco, if you are planning the day, 45 to 55 from the coast inland so we are off to a comfort sunshine and 62 at the coast and 80 inland and by 4:00 to 7:00 we could have a few high clouds and it will be sunny and mild to warm and 6159 the coast and 88 at 4:00 and 79 at 7:00. looking from the east bay hills to san francisco, tomorrow, maybe a few degrees cooler and we snapped the string of 90's but they come back to the forecast and warmer inland if wednesday and thursday and mid-80's around the bay and low 70's at the coast. that is the forecast for now. leyla gulen? >> it is a brick drive headed southbound along 101 to central

san rafael. this is our drive as you make it southbound, northbound, are the headlights and no construction projects and no problems or accidents as you make it down to the 580 freeway and toward waldo tunnel. as you head back to the drive, out of antioch we have report of a crash westbound highway 4, it is a car that flipped over and it is possibly on the shoulder. it was trying to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting a ladder is what c.h.p. is telling us. we are looking at a backup coming away from the accident so very slow going moving westbound but hopefully chop will be there to clean it up soon. >> it is 5:09. the latest fashion trend means big business for a medical group. >> a sky high stunter, a man banned from a vacation flight over a medical condition although the airline was warned

in advance. >> help wanted pizza makers and the jobs are going begging. >> a warning from the popular website living social, there was a recent security propose affect -- breach that affect odd million users. and a new video game is the most highly anticipated but does it live up to the hype? our reporter things so. >> if it didn't have anything to do with temporary track it would be just okay but when you add "star trek" stuff it is interesting. >> "star trek" is available for xbox 380

>> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> the last monday of april at 5:13. a beautiful picture from our exploritorium camera looking to downtown san francisco. mike has the forecast coming up. >> monterey county spca is helping for donations to help four dozen cats and dogs rescued from a home with eye and dental infections and malnutrition.

the person kept 17 cats, 24 dogs and seven puppies in unsanitary conditions and the house has been declared uninhabitable. you can donate by check out abc7news.com. >> relief is ahead if workers in berkeley. the city council will discuss raising the minimum wage to $10.55 tomorrow. if approved berkeley joins san francisco at the cities with the highest minimum wage in the united states. >> new numbers out indicate the job market is holding up in spite of government cuts. now the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. looks like government cut backs have not damaged the job market yet. economists estimate hiring probably picked up in april compared to march and they say the economy added 150,000 workers last month up from 88,000 last month. labor department reports on april jobs number on friday.

>> if you have not changed your living social password, do that, because there was hacking of what could have been more than 50 million customer accounts. compromise data include names, e-mail address, dates of birth and passwords. >> are you outgoing at work or shy? a study by professionals say that extroverts make a good first impression but are often poor listeners and weak family players and it is actually quiet introverted employee whose make the best employees. the first lady and jennifer an continue inspire women to strong-arm their way to being attractive with upper arm lifts have jumped more than 4,000 percent in 13 years with more than 15,000 women undergoing the procedure in 2012. >> after people's worldwide developer conference is set for

june ten through june 14 but unlike previous years, the cupertino company is not expected to introduce new devices but the c.e.o. will talk about the latest software features and apple will have gone 230 days without a new product. thousands of developers who make applications and software will flood the city in june to hear the latest from apple. >> ellen talked about jobs and italy is facing a shortage of pizza makers. tallians are saying "no" to the job with the hours too long and the pay too little. however, an italian business group says pizza companies are in high demand so the country is bringing in foreign immigrants and egyptians are finding the most success in the pizza business with 80 percent ending up as pizza makers saying they don't mike the hard work.

>> pizza. in the morning! nothing like it! >> a nice cold pizza right now. all thinking about food. >> anything to keep cool this morning so get hydrated and figure out the right clothes so we will show you the temperatures. we have had warm weather this spring but this is a string of warm weather. we have touched 90 here and there but we could do it five days in a row or six days inland neighbourhood putting a tax on the body and on the wallet as you will need the air conditioning. radar shows how live doppler 7 hd is dry so we will look at the temperatures across san francisco from the ferry building at 55 and downtown is 5 and upper market, 63, and forest hills is 61 and the mission

district about 57. we have temperatures that are running mainly in the 50's but tracy at 70 and half moon bay at 45 and santa clara, saratoga, 56 and pleasanton and pittsburg at 56. downtown san francisco or san jose, we will have sunshine and warm temperatures this weekend and to the coast, the good news it will be clear and mild to possibly warm in a few areas at might and a higher fire danger tuesday night into wednesday with a breeze developing. as far as the cold front that will chip away at the temperatures tomorrow. it is warm today, cooling tomorrow and warm again for wednesday, thursday, and friday. by warm we mean 84 in san jose, and leaded to santa cruz, 77 degrees today. temperatures all over the scale on the peninsula from 74 at millbrae to 79 at san mateo and

mid-80's for everyone else and upper 60's along the coast and daly city at 65 and low-to-mid 70's downtown and south san francisco and sausalito is 80 and that starts a string of 80's through the north bay valleys and mid-to-upper 60's at your beaches and mid-70's around richmond and berkeley and low-to-mid 80's for everyone else. the warmest weather is from a cool 87 in san ramon to 92 possible in brentwood. 69 at 7:00 and dropping to 57 at 7:00 with angels in town. we lose two to four degrees tomorrow but still the temperatures are above average and a string of 90's monday through saturday. be careful out there. leyla gulen has a sig-alert. >> it is on highway four. we reported this accident as a rollover.

c.h.p. has issued this sig-alert and we have heavy backup coming away from san marcos so you will tack on few extra minutes to the commute and westbound highway 4 before willow pass road a sig-alert blocking a lane. our travel times from sfo the international airport 13 minutes and 24 away from 680 to the maze is 15-minute drive and 880 away from the 238 to oakland is a short 11 minutes. >> a young man who suffers from tourettes syndrome was forbidden from flying on jetblue because he could not stop saying the word "bomb" but he warned the airline ahead time, he did everything he could to explain his behaviour ahead of time informing officials and providing medical documentation. he had the green light but he arrived to board the flight he said the word "bomb" 100 times

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>> whether you are just joining us or headed out the door here five things to know. >> we continue to follow developing news from calaveras where investigators hope d.n.a. evidence will find whoever brutally killed an 8-year-old girl. leila fowler was found stabbed to death that caused a lockdown of the town as authorities search for her killer in valley springs. >> the investigation in the boston marathon bombings focuses whether the suspected had outside help in making the bombs. house of representatives members say they were too sophisticated to come come from the intent the. >> new focus on the failed bolts on the new span of the bay bridge, caltran admitted 200 bolts need testing in light of 32 that cracked. the state has bought more than 900 boltses that are coated with steel identical to an am lloyd

batched for use on bridges because they can crack. >> officials say the lack of rainfall coupled with low humidity and dry vegetation are the reasons for an open burn ban ahead of the fire season. >> the warriors can advance to the next rounds of the nba playoffs with another win against the nuggets in denver. the warriors beat the nuggets 115-101 last night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best of seven in the series. >> stef has no fear. >> we will check the forecast with mike. >> hopefully no fear of the warm weather on the way. here is a look at how clear the air is downtown san francisco and toward emeryville we will talk about where temperatures will hit 90 in the seven-day outlook. leyla gulen? >> as we look at the drive along

highway four c.h.p. has made quick work of the commute westbound four with all lanes re-opened. we are left with a little bit of backup and the top speed is 29 miles per hour but it picks up headed into concord and the rest of the drive through antioch do pittsburg does not show any problems. the drive headed along 101 through san rafael and to sausalito it look like the drive is moving along at top speed and no issues for the drive if you make it to the golden gate bridge. here is a look at san mateo bridge, the commute is building on the flat portion and it eases up at the high-rise and toward foster city. eric and kristen? >> the founder of twitter is trying to revolutionize the way fast food restaurants do business and is announcing updates to the mobile payment system with tweets that help restaurants improve order accuracy including attaching

customer name to orders and say smaller operators are saveed money. it is used by three million merchants including starbucks and food trucks in the bay area. >> plot twist for two abc7 news soaps "one life to live" and "all my children" new half hours of the episodes debut online through itunes after ending in 2012. "all my children" will continue five years later and "one life to live" picks up a year later with new episodes monday through thursday. >> still a lot of news including breaking news from europe ahead at 5:30 the blast ripping through central prague and what authorities are revealing about a cause. >> first, developing news from calaveras county an 8-year-old is found stabbed to death inside her home and police reveal

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good monday morning. thanks for starting the new week with us. >> we had a warm weekend in the bay area. we will find out what today will be like. mike? >> the same if not a couple of degrees warmer. it will be a warm week for all of us even to the coast with 60's and 70's on the way. it is the dry air and dry ground that warmed so significantly and why we see record high temperatures later this week. if you are headed out four days in novato and 45 at half moon bay and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 50's and napa is 52 and antioch, still, 74 degrees! downtown san jose later today around the bay 74 to 84 and at the coast 65 to 68, and 83 to 92

inland with warm sunshine everywhere. leyla gulen? >> the traffic is building and it did not take long along 680. a sea of tail lights down to 24 so busy conditions with no accidents, though, to report. headed through fremont we have construction project with crews wrapping this up in half an hour and northbound 680 between mission boulevard to highway 238, three lanes remain blocked because of paving work and, also, the southbound 680 eastbound and westbound washington boulevard on-ramp is going to be closed until 6:00. >> we have developing news from calaveras county, investigators have served a search warrant where an 8-year-old girl was found stabbed to death. individual i didn't shows a memorial set up at leila fowler's school in valley

springs east of stockton. she was found stabbed to death in a suspected robbery attempt with an autopsy scheduled today. yesterday, authorities geared fingerprints and d.n.a. evidence after a door-to-door search across the small town turned up nothing. >> doing a house-to-house search and we are searching extensively in at ticks and storage sheds. it is rural and remote and difficult to search. >> the suspect is white or his man man. police patrols are stepped up at schools and bus stops and counselors are on hand as students return to school today. we will have continuing coverage of the search for her killer at 5:45 and we will take you for the latest on the search and follow us on twitter or up-to-the-minute updates at abc7 news. >> breaking news from the check

czech capital of prague, after a blast that was likely caused by a natural blast explosion. windows were shattered for hundreds of yards. police have sealed off a street while they search for more victims. >> new developments this morning in the boston marathon bombings investigation. key lawmakers say the tsarnaev brothers may have not acted entirely alone. abc7 news reporter is in washington, dc, where officials look for evidence of outside training. >> that is right, officials believe that the brothers were lone wolves but clears in the design suggest they may have had help. the suspected boston marathon bombings probably had outside

training and they are certaining for suspects who may have helped. >> they are casting a wide net overseas and in the towns find out where this person is but the experts all agree this is someone who trained the two individuals. >> one clue, recorded phone calls between tamerlan and his mother intercepted by a russian wiretap in 2011, raising russia's concerns but were only provided to u.s. officials last week. >> they talked about jihad. why didn't the russians let us know that earlier in they should have. we are asking, why? >> after the phone calls, tamerlan traveled to russia last year, a key six month visit when officials believe he may have become radicalized. >> there are "persons of interest" in russia, where i think they went, from yes i am ready for jihad and here is how you conduct the violence. >> tamerlan's body is unclaimed

in a boston morgue and the younger brother sits in federal prison medical center. authorities are still searching for what allegedly inspired them to terrorism. over the weekend, wrapping up a search of this landfill for evidence. >> u.s. officials say the mother is one of the "persons of interest" and would likely be detained for questioning if she came to the un. her husband who still is in russia said he planned to come to the united states last week but he still is in russia telling people he is too ill to travel. >> thank you. happening now, bart is ready to announce how they will keep people who cause problems on the transit system in the past out of bart stations and east trains abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at the bart station. how does it work? >> it is very new. sited very different from anything we have seen. we have a variety of reactions,

some say it is what bart needs and some say it goes too far. here is how it works. bart would be able to ban people from the trains and from the stations if they commit crimes on bart. anything from urinating at the station to threatening or beating bart employees. there is some who sympathize with the troublemakers and others who are sick of them. >> i do not necessarily think it is fair. i believe it is better and they learned a lesson the not everyone but why think they should jim nature like -- discriminate. when you going do work and trying to do the nice thing you do not niece the noise and people who do nothing but sleep on the train and put their feet up. ban all of it. i am an advocate. >> the ban could be for a month or all the way up to a year. there is a process for fighting

a decision and you can argue it at a hearing. this is expected to go into affect next week and bart will release details today including a plan to document moments with criminals starting this week, officerers -- officers are recording everything that happens on the beat starting this week. >> this morning be prepared to pay a daily parking fee at the south hayward bart station, the new one dollar fee will include the parking lot and designated on street parking areas with enforcement hours from 4:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. also, certain city streets near the bart station will be designated for residential parking only with the vehicles required to display a special permit or the drivers could get a citation. >> the two tri-valley sisters charged with child abuse at a daycare center will appear in court. the two sisters are expected to

enter a plea to three felony counts of child abuse and misdemeanor counts of neglect. they ran a preschool and they wrapped seven infants so tightly in blankets they had trouble breathing. the sisters happen to be pregnant. >> jury selection is expected to begin in the murder trial of suspected serial killer charged with killing four women in yuba and contra costa and marin between 1997 and 1994 by strangulation. these says all the evidence against him is circumstantial and is representing himself. >> the warriors took a commanding lead 3-1 in the playoff series against the nuggets. the warriors beat the nuggets in game four last night in front of the cheering fans at the arena. stef got fire and scored 22 of 32 points and if the warriors do

not clinch the series tomorrow they play game six in oakland on thursday with tickets on sale at 9:00 on the warriors' website. you can get this badge at facebook.com with 600 of us shareing that badge. >> if you make the playoffs, people have to shut up. mike has the forecast. >> good morning, everyone, coming up on 5:40 and we will talk about warm weather, 45 to 55 and we hit 80 inland by noon and 62 at the coast where you will see total sunshine. at 4:00, headed back home or maybe the kids have outdoor activity, be dressed properly and hydrateed with 90 at 4:00.

nice around the bay in the upper 60's and cool at the coast and mid-50's. zooming in on this area, this is a wind advisory for tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning through wednesday. the winds will be advisory level with gusts up to 40 to 50 miles per hour and we are close enough that tuesday night into wednesday we will see our fire danger go up but we are not under any watch or wanting but we will keep an eye on that. after tomorrow we pull back a couple of degrees and the warmth surges into the forecast with the winds on when and -- on wednesday and into thursday with record highs possible as we welcome may in the forecast. >> at 5:40 we are looking at maze driving along 80 westbound with traffic building out there coming away from 580 and eastbound 80 is in good shape with no slow downs.

on the bay bridge this is where we are and it slows down in the cash-paying lanes, with moorhead lights making -- more of the headlights and 4 and 580, from antioch, look at this, 26 miles per hour and it eases up in pittsburg and a jump to 580 over the altamont pass and down to 29 miles per hour as you head into livermore. kristen and eric? >> coming up, the e-bay city ready to fix thousands of the potholes. >> the search for a child killer in calaveras

>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is use. >> this morning, the city of oakland will tackle the biggest complaint from residents: potholes. repairs begin this week and then crews go district to district until they fix 3,000 potholes. public works will focus on the

streets near schools and hospital. the blitz will last until late june. oakland residents with the specific pothole they want repaired should contact the department of public works. >> parents of students at a san francisco charter school meet to find out if anything can be done to keep a school from closing down. the san francisco flex academy said they could not afford to pay increased risk and has been unable to find another affordable location. the charter school is police than two blocks from union square and the high school has 150 students. it would be difficult to transfer to other schools because the credit system is so different. parents will gather a few hours before the meeting to discuss ways to help raise the needed money to keep the doors open. >> new details on the damaged bay bridge bolts. caltran admitted more than 200 bolts need to be tested in light of 32 that have cracks. the "san francisco chronicle" says the state bought 900 bolts

in five years that are covered in the steel identical to the steel banned for use on bridges because they can crack. >> wet weather is expected across parts of the united states today after severe storms slammed into an area stretching from north dakota to texas. storms around houston over the weekend dumped several inches of rain leaving thousands without electricity, flash floods swallowed roads and vehicles and 150 drivers had to be rescued. some areas saw golf-ball sized hail and forecasters expect more wet weather across the south as the storm system moves east. we were talking about drought there a couple of years ago. >> there is no middle ground. >> feast or famine. watch the eastern seaboard so watch flights headed that way because there could be delays. outside, now, our dry weather is leading to record high

temperatures. yesterday was an appetizer to what we will deal with the rest of the week. live doppler 7 hd shows it is bone dry. beautiful picture from our roof camera and we will talk temperatures. 55 in san francisco, and 56 in oakland, and san jose at 59 and correct crack at 58 and palo alto at 55 and mill valley 51 and from the east bay hills to the west the high definition picture of temperatures at 54 in santa rosa and napa at 51 and fairfield 56 and concord is 56 and los gatos 51. today is above average. all week is sunny with record high possible. the first fire threat is tuesday night into wednesday. there are no watches, warnings or advisories but the winds will pick up after the cold front passes. because of that we have the fire threat. the cold front will knock a few degrees off the temperatures tomorrow and then another subject of warmth to the highest

levels this year when and thursday. we go from 80 in milpitas and 84 in san jose and low 90's in gilroy and 87 in los altos and 79 in san mateo and mid-to-upper 50's along the coast and low-to-mid 70's in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito is 80 and mid-to-upper 80's for the makes to the north and the beaches have mid-to-upper 60's and low-to-mid 80's for the east bay shore in hayward, berkeley and richmond. you will probably need to turn the air conditioning on, upper 80's to low 90's in the east bay valley. angels will take on the a's and 70 degrees at 7:05 and dropping to 57. temperatures will fall in the 50's and 60's each night under clear sky and you can see tomorrow we drop a couple of degrees. thursday and friday are the warmest with mid-90's inland and

low 70's at the coast. the drive time traffic shows coming from antioch to concord you are at 20 minutes and we had an early sig-alert westbound direction which is cleared causing slowing and it is starting to dissipate. 580 westbound from tracy to dublin at 30 minutes. the 80 westbound away from highway four to the maze is 13 minute drive. in san jose along northbound 280 away from 17 we have a couple of extra cars and top speed into cupertino has no issues and southbound side you have the "all clear." >> diane process and quincy jones and prince are among the stars who could testify in the michael jackson wrongful death lawsuit that begins in los angeles today. his mother and three children

are suing a concert promoter for $40 billion for hiring dr. murray who is serving time if giving jackson a lethal dose of propofol four years ago. the doctor could be released in a few months because of prison overcrowding. the jury has been told the trial is expected to last until september. >> today the tennessee firearms association is thumbing their nose at white house gun control efforts by giving away a semi-automatic rifle. critics call this insensitive after the newtown school shooting with 10,000 vying for the prize. this month, the senate voted down a proposal for extended background checks with the support of 90 percent of americans. >> ahead, the big surprise san francisco voters are in for when they open their mailbox. >> if you are flying this memorial day holiday you will

like the latest prediction on air fares but there is a catch. >> soaring to new heights with a new milestone t

>> this fall, san francisco voting officials will send out an extra thick voting pamphlet that could fill up the mailbox about 500 pages, twice the size of an entire ballot book because

the november 5 ballot contains a referendum on the height of the luxury condo development. this is how it looks. the chronicle reports that the pamphlet includes full transcriptions of hearings by the planning commission and the board of supervisors and mailing the pamphlets to the half million voters will cost $1.7 million. word in from new york, the jets have cut controversial quaterback tim tebow. the team put out a statement. >> they drafted some quaterbacks, right? >> a lot of quaterbacks, maybe 100 or 200. >> so that is breaking nfl news and now baseball tonight. oakland a's hosting the angels. >> absolutely. 70 degrees at 7:05 dropping down to 60. plenty of clear sky. we are watching the flyballs go

out of park. here is a look at mount diabolo from mount sutro and our temperatures compared to average at 91 in average 19 degrees warmer-than-average and oakland is 80 and 13 along with redwood city and we will top out at 84 in san jose and 11 degrees warmer-than-average. the state will be warm with a record high yesterday in tahoe at 74 and 103 in palm springs. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is building. look at this, we have plenty of traffic from oakland as the sunrises, so does everyone else as they try to make the commute to work. we are look at busy conditions into treasure island. we have this report of a crash along westbound 80 coming from hercules to san pablo westbound 80 a crash out there is leaving

a lane blocked with delays to 580. kristen and eric? >> a new report says states are spending less per child for preschool programs than in a decade. the survey by rutgers found half million preschool students are in programmed that do not meet bake standards. in 2011 to 2012 they spent $5.1 billion on preschool down $550 million from the year before. researchers say the decline is because of a drop off in federal stimulus dollars and the recession. >> getting away this memorial day is cheaper according to the air fare site compared to last year with the average price of round-trip domestic flight between may 23 and may 28 is $341 down 2 percent from 2012. the average international ticket is $981, down 1 percent from last year. the lower prices are driven by

lower demand but you have to buy soon to get the lower prices. >> next at 6:00, an update on the top story, the search for a child killer in rural northern california. what we know of the investigation so far. >> imagine riding cross country in a golf cart! 4,000 mile ride kicking off this morning and the cause it is benefiting. >> relationship between a bay area county and the company it contracts with for ambulance service is on life support. the patient accusations that could get the company fires.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> developing news at 6:00, a rural northern california community is waiting for answers days after the heinous murder of the 8-year-old girl.

>> breaking news in europe, an explosion rips through central prague and authorities believe they already know the cause. >> happening today in new york city, construction crews mark a milestone for the new one world trade center tower. >> thanks for joining us on this monday. >> we have a story coming up about a golf cart trip for a great cause, 4,000 miles across the country. mike nicco, how will the weather be? >> pretty nice. >> i tried to drink hot water for my throat but that hasn't worked, excuse me. you can see how quiet and dry the air is. today, 54 and sunny around the bay and 20 degrees warmer by noon and 74, a few high clouds and a lot of sunshine and mid-70's and back in the mild and upper 60's for evening plans. inland