this morning. >> not so much to me. is it spotty, mike? >> the closer you are to the coast or the higher elevations you are running into the drizzle falling from the clouds. i had a few sprinkles or drizzle on top crossing the bay bridge but not enough to turn the windshield wiper on. there is no organized area of wet weather this morning. as we head into the afternoon hours, downtown san francisco, we will have 68 to 72 with clouds inland and less sunshine along the bay, 62 to sunday and clouds at 9 coast. temperatures are cooler than yesterday. the morning commute, leyla gulen? >> drive so far in san francisco. we are looking at a picture of our san mateo-hayward bridge with the drive from hayward to foster city we have clear

conditions. we do have pavement work on the golden gate bridge. it started yesterday. they have laid down some new asphalt coming off as drivers ride over it. we have lanes blocked in both directions until 5:00 am so we have half an hour until it is cleared. in burlingame an overturned big rig at bay shore boulevard. it is being uprighted. >> caltran is expected to announce a new eastern span of the bay bridge if it will open labor day weekend. officials are expected to reveal why steel bolts snapped and how they will fix them and the cost. in march, engineers discovered three dozen cracked bolts on the pan. state and local authorities and bay area lawmakers are pushing for an independent review of any fixes. cornell bernard will have more next half hour.

>> tomorrow officials will consider a toll increase on the bay bridge for the next fiscal year. the bridge spokesman said the toll could go up by 45 to 55 cents. no word on when toll hike goes into affect. the bridge has not raised tolls since 2008 when fares increased by a dollar. >> police are investigating a fatal shooting in east oakland where 20 to 30 rounds were fired just before 9:00 last night near 50th avenue. the victim was driven to a local hospital and pronounced dead. police and crimestoppers are offering $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the gunman. >> a fire station two blocks away from the shooting was hit by bullets. firefighters stationed at engine company 18 on 50th tweeted these pictures around 9:45 showing a bullet home in the

front window of the fire station's door. police have not said if the bullets are related to the fatal shooting. >> richmond has postpone add decision whether to take chevron to court after being scheduled to decide whether to hire a high powered law firm to sue chevron for the fire. no workers were killed in the fire but after a cloud of black smoke covered the east bay, 15,000 people went to local hospitals complaining of problems. the city council worked until 1:00 o'clock this morning, 1:30 this morning and never took up the issue of whether or not to hire the law firm. the city council voted to increase safety standards in their industrial safety standards law. >> chevron is not and has not been a good neighbor over this last period with documented

important safety decisions to be made and chevron ignored them and moved on to keep the profits flowing. >> the richmond city council is now scheduled to decide whether to hire the law firm in a potential suit against chevron on may 21. >> a peninsula legislature will introduce a bill to make limousines safer following the deadly fire after the limousine burst in flames carrying nine passengers, one more than the limo was allowed to carry. those with fewer than eight people are not required to have fire extinguishers. san mateo state senator wants to change that. >> we will introduce a bill in the next week to require fire extinguishers at least at a minimum to start out in looking at the industry to require a fire extinguisher in the passenger compartment of every limousine in the state. >> he says he is looking at lack of safety inspections for limos carrying fewer than ten

passengers. stay with abc7 news if developing updates in the limousine fire investigation with complete coverage at abc7news.com and breaking news by following us on twitter@abcnewsbayarea. >> developing news from cleveland, a judge has given police more time to file charges against the brothers accused kidnapping and holding these women captive for a decade. the castro brothers are in custody and investigators will question them today. we are learning more of the women allegedly held in the case. amanda berry who escaped and called 9-1-1 says the six-year-old boy is her daughter they are out of the hospital and in a secure location with their families. the third worm, michelle knight is still in the hospital. the f.b.i. says they are not due to injuries and should be released today. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will have more at 5:00

including reports of other pregnantties. >> there will be an update on the investigation of a murder of an 8-year-old girl. her family laid her to rest yesterday. she was stabbed to death 12 days ago inside her family home in the small town of valley springs in calaveras county. the sheriff dive team resumed the seven of two ponds. f.b.i. ats could be first indicated several items from the home including a large tv with no word on why. >> the city of oakland is now the robbery capital of america. that is according to our media party, the oakland tribune analyzing f.b.i. statistics and found more than 4,300 robberies, the most since 1993 or an average of 12 robberies a day. oakland's robbery rate was 36 percent higher than cleveland because of cell phones.

>> sutter health says hospitals will remain open when nurses are on strike, a one week strike against half a dozen east bay hospitals affiliated with sutter health. it is scheduled to start may 17 and end on may 24. that includes in burley and oakland and san lore republican dough, the ninth strike since 2011 over wages, benefits, and patient care issues. >> workers at ten health centers could be going on strikes as well. union representing 13,000 uc hospital workers announced members authorized a strike over stalled contract talks. the employees which you surgical technicians, and patient care assistants and nurses have been working without a contract since last october. officials say the strike tote is an attempt to divert attention from the union refusal to sign

on to the pension reforms that other unions have already agreed to. >> there is a frenzy after the shark friends finished a first ever playoff sweep at the tank beating vancouver canucks 4-3 in overtime, after a power play goal they will get a break before going the second round of the stanley cup layoffs and it is not determined who they will play. the last three teams to knock out canucks have all gone on to win the stanley cup. a good sign, maybe. >> think if you are the canucks, everyone who beats you goes on to win the stanley cup. >> now the weather forecast. this is gridlock? >> few and far between, very spotty, but if you are on the peninsula, maybe along the coast driving the higher elevationsant east bay hills you will run into the drizzle and we are one

degree to six degrees cooler than we were at this time yesterday. when you step outside for temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's until you get to antioch, at 58, and san jose and mountain view at 57, and san francisco is 52, the same thing at half moon bay and napa, that is veteran, also, in oakland, and 56 in hayward and fremont and concord and livermore is 53. today, little drizzle and starting out gray in the 50's, slow sunshine, and east bay valley, santa clara valley, the first to see the sunshine with temperatures in the mid-60's away from the coast and mid-50's and in the mid-to-upper 60's if our bay and inland neighborhood at 4:00, with slowly increasing sunshine, and by 7:00, clouds will come back. grab a coat and temperatures are in the 50's and 60's. slow sunshine tomorrow with temperatures the same as today and warming train take as few baby steps on friday, two- or three-degrees warmer and mother's day week, 80's inland and mid 50's at the bay and 60

at the coast. >> it looks like mother's day is being treated right by the weather. here is the bay bridge toll plaza from oakland, and over toward the lazy, nice, clear traffic, no issues or construction out there, and we do have some construction on the eastbound richmond san rafael bridge, one lane is blocked until 5:00 a.m. insteaded from san quentin to the richmond side, and we head back to the golden gate bridge we have as fault that is coming up again so until action, we have one lane that gets you by if both directions and a bit to the south, by candlestick park a stalled big rig northbound 101 by candlestick. >> popular north bay festival a month away is in financial trouble. >> police are called in to keep the peace at a gay pride meeting, and organizers of san francisco's pride parade are

covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all bay area. >> in italy a half dozen people are missing after a cargo ship slapped into a control tower with four people killed in the crash. the ship was leaving court and the motors jammed making it uncontrollable. authorities fear that there are people tranned inside the elevator of the control tower which now is submerged. the crash happened during a shift change making the accounting of people more difficult. >> pedestrian is in the hospital in critical condition this morning after being hit by a car in berkeley. police say the accident happened around 8:30 last night in a across walk at university avenue and 10th. a block of university was closed for more >>jonathan: hour while police investigated the accident. the driver is cooperating with

the investigators. >> a popular north valley art festival is facing a financial crisis that could force the speaker event to be canceled. the marin art festival is a lawn party for the arts and is considered one of the most beautiful outdoor festivals in the country and has been going on for 16 years. the independent journal reports that the festival producers are short $50,000 to put it on this year. money that would go to tents and security and other production costs and organizers cannot raise the cash the june festival could be a no go. >> agoers -- organizers want an army private accused of releasing classified documents and wants him re-instated. tempers flared during a meeting over bradley manning last night. police had to be called in. manning faces criminal charges in connection with the wikileaks case, and a release of classified documents. the pride parade rescinded his

election as one of the grand marshals. the releaser of the pentagon papers supports manning. >> just before the meeting they put out a statement on facebook saying they had made their decision but that the idea this is an open meeting to reconsider is clearly a mistaken notion they made and was false. >> parade agoers finally decided to reschedule the meeting when they find a larger venue. >> backers have abandoned a plan to rename san francisco international airport after former supervisor harvey milk. the supervisor says he has given up the idea of putting the name change on the ballot. instead he is going to being look into naming a terminal after milk. renaming sfo who is cost more than $4 million. milk was the first openly gay supervisor and assassinated in 1978. >> delaware is now the 11th state to allow same-sex marriage, and the governor this

sign add gay marriage bill into law to the cheers of supporters. the first marriages are performed after july 1. under the bill existing civil unions will be converted to marriages over the next year. >> some of the applause must be for mike's forecast? >> maybe, maybe for the drizzle? we have not seen it in a while. >> cause you any issues? >> no, did not even turn on the wind shield wipers. >> there is a frizz in the air, maybe some extra hair spray. good morning, everyone. live doppler 7 hd, hope you are waking up in a good mood as we seem to be, showing no organized areas of wet weather right now and as we zoom out you can see

the moisture backing its way toward us and that is keeping us in the cloud cover, the fog, and the moisture that could come out in the form of patchy drizzle this morning. now, what will happen today? >> low sunshine with the marine layers hanging and san francisco and the coast allowing all of us to be cooler because it is over all of the neighborhoods cloudy and cool tomorrow and warm mother's day weekend. peninsula shows san francisco at 53, and san brew me and san mateo and redwood city at 54 and same at half moon bay and palo alto at 53, and under cloud cover, you have the east bay hills from the bay bridge toll plaza you can see plenty of cloud cover with oakland at 52. pleasanton and correct crack -- walnut creek at 54. union city is vacation. the south bay looks at 87 or

h.p. pavilion, and san jose at 57. milpitas 53 and gilroy at 51. the north bay at 51 and petaluma is 50 and upper 40's in this area here. the we low pressure is spinning off and it will wrap the moisture back but it will be lifted by the sierra and dropped on the sierra and into the central valley. well just be in the stubborn cloud cover. temperatures inland are in the upper 60's to low 70's, and around the bay the middle 60's to 70 and at the coast, stuck if the low 50's. we will see sunshine faster tomorrow but the warming begins on friday and look at saturday, sunday, and monday, mid-80's inland, and mid-to-upper 70's around the pay and low 60's at the coast. have a great day. are there hotspots for the cork mute? >> not too many but we have construction which could get some people hot under the collar as we look at san jose, the

drive on 87 as you come past the julian off-ramp is clear into downtown san jose by help pavilion, we have some heavy fog so we want to slow down the speed, and along highway one we have pavement work out here and this is between moss beach and we have one-way traffic control in affect and in brisbane we have an overturned big rig at bay shore boulevard which is off the freeway. a look into the east bay, the highway patrol is moving along at top speed and the drive over the altamont pass alongside 80 does not have any issues out this. kristen and eric? >> a study finds gun crime has plummeted in two decades but most americans believe the opposite is true. an analysis of f.b.i. statistics finds that the rate of violent gun crimes has plunged 75 percent in two decades.

however, 56 percent of americans surveyed thought gun crime has jumped, and 26 percent of machines believe it has stayed the same and only 12 percent of americans think crimes with tire arms have declined the past two decades. researchers are not sure why the misperception but the shootings in colorado and newtown are the stories most chosely followed by americans. >> the f.b.i. is asking the white house for more authority to wiretap e-mails and other intent communications because criminals are turning away from the telephone and increasingly toward e-mail and social media. mueller wants silicon valley giants to build an access points to the systems to make it easier for agents to tap in when they have authorization to bug. companies that don't comply could face fines of $25,000 a day and the white house must still sign off. >> voters are giving a second chance to the former governor, mark sanford is going to

congress. the republican won a special election today against democrat elizabeth busch, the sister of political satirist colbert. sanford. vanished for five days four years ago going to argentina to see his mistress. he resigned under pressure. >> we know who gets most of the million dollar reward for accused cop killer discovery's, the former officer the target of a massive mass hunt in southern california in february after killing four people including two cops. a big bear couple will get $800,000 for the capture, after breaking into their condo, tied them up and stole the car. they broke free and called police the remaining money is spent between two others who came across dorner. he was in a rampage after the firing from the lapd. >> coming up, the red carpet is will woulded out for two

hollywood powerhouses, the event that brought together george lucas and harrison ford. >> medical breakthrough for men, a test that comes out that could save thousands from unnecessary treatment for a common type

>> some of the biggest stars in hollywood are in san francisco. harrison ford and george lucas were on hand for the 56th san francisco international policemen festival. each was honored for changing film making forever with "star wars." ford stars in 42, received the top award for excellence in act ing. >> those guys have made a couple of successful movies, do you think? >> that is safe bet. >> now mike has the forecast. >> good morning, everyone, game three with phillies, a day game,

partly sunny, and sun is the big issue until later in the game when it starts to open up and the clouds will let it through. temperature at 58 first pitch and warming to 62. the best chance of wet weather and snow is moving through the sierra and spilling into the central valley around fresno and toward bakersfield with a few showers in los angeles and san diego and mid-to-upper 60's and near 80 in the central valley and 57 in tahoe. >> as we look at the drive through walnut creek along 680 in the southbound direction the tail lights are out and the good drive and you get up to highway 24, things start to get busy but if you continue the drive to danville and around san san ramon, no problems. golden gate bridge now has all lanes re-opened and we had asphalt repair on both sides of the bridge and that has cleared.

>> a search is underway in san jose for a man caught on camera after robbing a shoe store at gunpoint. here are two videos of the man, he walked into the dsw few shore last month and identified himself as a subcontractor, and he walked to the back office, pulled out a gun demanded the manager open a safe. the robber got away with a bag of cash and last seen driving to car, police believe it is a white toyota prius. >> a strong housing market, rising home values and steady job growth help homeowners stay on top of north payments. the number of north holders at least two months behind on payments fell 21 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to a year ago, the biggest quarterly drop on record for the company with data going back to 1992. in all, the mortgage delinquency rate was 4.5 percent in the

first quarter. >> a new test will help men with prostate cancer decide how quickly they need treatment. the test analyzes genes in samples and gives the score for the cancer's aggressiveness and could curve overtreatment. prostate tumors grow slowly and do not threaten the man's life but doctors have a lard time telling those from the lethal ones. the test could show which patients do fine with just monitoring, rather than surgery, radiation, or hormone blockers. >> finally, answers. at 5:00 a.m., commuters will find out in a few hours in the new span of the bay bridge will open as scheduled and the price tag for fixing some bad bolts. >> keeping hope alive, the warriors are gear up for game two of the playoff showdown with the

>> abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> we follow breaking news in the east bay. >> cruise on the scene of a pirate a landmark. abc7 news amy hollyfield has the latest in oakland on the fire. >> right now, firefighters are watching it very carefully. they pulling stuff from their there could possibly spark another fire, anything that caught their attention, watching for hotspots and watching the merritt bakery. this icon did not bun and is still standing and caught fire at 2:45. firefighters got here and