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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> 5:00 on tuesday morning. thats for joining us. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> mike nicco, our meteorologist, how is it looking? >> a lot more sunshine than yesterday. hardly any clouds when you get away from the coast. no wet weather to speak of even at the coast. we will talk about what will happen this afternoon to downtown san jose. that is where we will get to 78 degrees a warm spot. the cool spot is 65 in san francisco. it will be breezy again like it was yesterday. we will see more sunshine at the coast with temperatures leveling off at 61 degrees and the dry air inland neighborhoods will hit the mid-to-upper 80's.
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leyla gulen? >> it looks like our construction projecting wrapping up. we are taking you out to san jose along 280 northbound with head lights moving away from 17 and traffic is clear. we had early reports of possible hit-and-run accident on 101 north of 880. it was a bag of clothing so that is good. we have construction wrapping up in san francisco causing a bit of slowing on northbound 101 between 80 and mission street so we have one lane blocked but it is clearing. >> developing news from san francisco where the four teams vying for america's cup will meet with race officials today to decide the next step after a fatal sailing accident involving one of competitors. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has more from san francisco. >> at 2:00 today, race teaches and organizers will meet here at pier 23 to talk about the progress of the investigation and where, exactly, the
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america's cup event goes from here in the wake of last week's tragedy. at this point, canceling the event seems very unlikely. the 72' catamaran belonging to team artemis broke apart and killed an olympian. sports marketing experts and many others believe the tragedy is raising a lot of public awareness of sailing and could bring bigger crowds to watch similar to watching nascar racing. >> that draws people in because, wow, this is amazing. i cannot believe there was a car accident, or whatever, they are dramatic and it attracts people. >> most agree that building a new class of america's cup yachts can be done but for some the risk is too great and the german youth team announcing they will not be competing in
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the america's cup regatta because of the crash raising too many questions whether the team would be safe. >> we are live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> the seven for missing san francisco girl with severe autism will expand and resume if lake county. the nine-year-old was reported miss from her family vacation home in clear lake on sunday afternoon with more than 100 volunteers and law enforcement officials searching the area yesterday. teams combed the waters near the home. authorities say she does not speak and has the mental development of a one-year-old. police found her clothes in the yard and say she enjoys going in the water but cannot swim. >> funeral services are held for two of the five women killed in a limousine fire on the san mateo bridge. the bride, neriza fojas, and michelle estrera are being laid to rest, both nurses.
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they and seven others were in a limousine celebrating breed breed' wed -- celebrating neriza fojas wedding. five escaped. >> the parents of murdered 8-year-old leila fowler have called off plans to make a public statement today now that their 12-year-old son has been arrested. their father says that he considers his son innocent until authorities show him the evidence to prove otherwise. the calvalry county sheriff deputies arrested him on saturday. two books ago he said he saw an intruder in the home before finding the dying sister and now he is held at a juvenile facility in el dorado county. >> this morning, police are trying to determine if a former math teacher charged with molesting a girl was involved with other students. investigators say the 50-year-old robert william
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lincoln had an ongoing relationship with a student he met at a school. >> that school is in hollister. >> woman was found dead in a swimming pool of their napa home on saturday night and an autopsy performed yesterday determined that the woman drowned and investigators are waiting for toxicology reports before ruling on the cause of death but they do not suspect foul play. >> this will be tough questions from lawmakers on the bolt failures on the bay bridge. there is a committee hearing and the federal highway administration agreed to look into the problem of bolt cracking yesterday and caltran requested the review to determine whether the bridge can still open on labor day. a state investigation blame as manufacturing error for making
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the bolts brittle. >> the fight by north bay oyster company to stay open heads back to court today after being ready to close in march after the federal government ordered it to shut down the the interior department says the farm must go and the area should be returned to wilderness. the national park service alleged the oyster boats haveha. marine experts accuse the park service offings acknowledge rating and say the farm does not disturb marine life. >> drivers in the south bay could have a smile this morning after a clean up effort to remove an eyesore that haunted them for years. last night crews removed graffiti coughing a rail crossing on highway 101 at old oakland road. clean up has been a huge group effort and it took a while to get approval to clean it because the tressel is owned by caltran. this is what it looks like now. crews got the work done overnight before the commute and
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they still have more work to do but it looks a lot better. fences are going up to keep tackers out and work will continue tonight and tomorrow evening. >> a stunning bombshell from angelina jolie, the hollywood superstar revealed that she underwent a preventive double mass ticket -- double mastectomy. doctors say she had an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. her mother died from the disease. she started the process in february and undergone reconstructive surgery and does not feel any less a woman and her partner, brad pitt, has supported her fully. coming up in the next half hour, abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has much more from her and advice to other women. so she had an 87 percent chance of getting the cancer. >> after the surgery less than 5 percent chance. good luck to her and her family.
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>> we will check with meteorologist, mike nicco, looking at the weather. >> do not have the cloud cover but for the coastal communities of the north bay. without the cloud cover it is cooler headed to downtown san francisco or just headed outside in this area, sunny side is 48 and 49 in forest hills and upper market to elsewhere, we are at 50 to 52 until ocean beach at 53 the ferry building is 52 and same for downtown. 54 in richmond and belmont and palo alto and 48 in petaluma and 61 in tracy. santa clara and saratoga at 52. headed through today, the breezes pick up and the clouds at 7:00 at noon are along the coast and everyone is sunny by 4:00, and our warmest spot is mid-60's around the bay and
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mid-50's at the coast. and 70 around the bay and 60 at the coast. moving forward we will see temperatures drop a lot. we are talking nearly 10 to 20 degrees by thursday and a spray shower is possible in the north bay that will hold on to cooler temperatures from friday with a warming trend in the seven-day forecast. >> good morning, everyone, at 5:09, this is 101 away from 880 in the northbound direction so if you are headed away from 85, over to the san jose airport you are looking at a 10-minute commute with an early report of a hit-and-run accident but it is just a bag of clothes. the golden gate bridge from sausalito, pretty quiet. we have a couple of construction projects, including the tunnel, with one more open in each direction but the cones are being picked up. bart and muni and caltrain, all
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moving along. >> thank you. "star trek" fans have a new resource to speak clingon. the bloomberg business report is next. >> catching a ride on a peninsula, why it could soon be a zip. >> a secret formula to coca-cola could be out from an estate sale. but first, the technical bits. >> it looks like facebook could be out of the smartphone business now no with at&t no longer selling their phone that has been marked down to 99 cents much the wireless plan could revolutionize business, allowing people to pick your own mobile and data plan and service plans are charged but if you use less than what you paid for they give
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>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 5:14. sanford researchers have discovered a killer frog in san francisco that does not harm humans but it is a threat to other amphibians with a deadly infection found at lily pond and the african frog testified for for a pathogen responsible for the decline or extinction of 200 amphibian species. they were first brought to the united states in the 20th century for the purpose of pregnancy testing. >> investigators are trying to determine the cause of a car fire that closed down part of highway four. it was engulfed in flames last night. no one was hurt. crews closed down one lane of traffic on highway 4 to clean up. >> dip car could become to downtown mountain view.
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the city council will consider letting the san francisco-based car sharing service operate up to four vehicles for one year in the downtown area. mountain view nation as parking shortage because of development and commercial activity. transportation consultants say the car sharing service can help reduce the demand for parking in the city. >> you may be getting more than what you bargainedor when you eat a restaurant meal. here is the bloomberg business report from jane king. >> good morning. restaurant food may have more fat and sodium than you think. scientists say the average meal at a chain restaurant contains half the calories, 1.5 times as much sodium and all the fat recommended people consume for the entire day. the report looked at 26 chains but does not mention any by name. how about eating insects to stay healthy? food experts say grass hoppers and ants are low in fat and high in protein and could feed millions of hungry people and reduce greenhouse gas pollution.
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this could keep your brain working, learn clingon and other languages. the latest "star trek" film opens in theater nation-wide open thursday. >> it is now 5:16. if you want to know the answer to the secret of what is in coke, it is going to cost you. a georgia couple claims they have found a copy of the top secret recipe and they put it up for auction on ebay. the couple discovered a 1943 copy of the recipe in a box of old documents they picked up at an technique sale. if you are interested and you have extra cash lying around you can bid on it, on ebay today. extra cab...$5 million! that is the asking price. the auction expires at 3:00
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today. or you can get it at the buy it now price for $15 million enough to make their lives sugar sweet. there is nothing to prove it is real. >> so we don't know if it's "the real thing." >> well done, sir. >> that is how old i am. >> "i would like to buy the world a coke." >> that would make me smile. >> the weather will make you smile, too. >> all right, here we go, looking at radar in satellite, we are seeing quiet weather. some of the clouds are spilling across the golden gate bridge but a late start means an early exit so do not worry about them too much. the embarcardero center shows all the way to the ferry building and what will happen today, sunny and breezy this
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afternoon, cooling trend on wednesday, thursday, and friday, and the stray shower is possible on thursday. yesterday, we thought maybe it would head to the not but now it is dipping close to north bay valleys that could be clipped and from the san francisco exploritorium camera this morning, we lock how calm the bay water is right now, 24 hour temperature change with the extra sunshine, notice it is the bay area that is going to see the biggest jump in temperatures with oakland five degrees warmer and san jose is one degree warmer but santa rosa coming a couple degrees cooler as it infiltrates inland. 75 in milpitas and cupertino, and san jose at 78, and mid-80's for morgan hill, and gilroy, and up the peninsula we start at menlo park and palo alto dropping to 68 and the upper 60's in sausalito.illbrae, upper
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on the east bay shore, 71 at berkeley, that is the cool spot to 75 in castro valley and inland at 82 at san ramon to 90 in brentwood. today, at the cove, sunshine, and starting out at 64 and dropping to 55. yesterday, we had all white clouds. we will be cooler, again, on wednesday, thursday, and friday with have a chance of rain on saturday. look at the big warming trend, but we will be back to 90 inland this week. >> good morning, everyone, a look at the san mateo bridge from hayward. we have a report of a big rig that hit a retaining wall
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possibly spilling some fuel. right now we have a clear condition and you make your way beyond the toll plaza but this is at the toll plaza where we have a big rig versus the retaining wall. at look at the bay bridge toll plaza, that drive is looking nice as you come from oakland and into san francisco, we have a construction project moving along in the eastbound direction so the lower deck will have three lanes blocked until 6:00 a.m. and our travel time in the east bay, 29 minutes from antioch to concord, 580, headed out tracy to dublin, 34 minutes but 80 is clear there, through berkeley. >> ahead, five things to know use start the day. >> after a breaks prince harry resumes the united states tour with a special visit on the east coast this morning. >> the giant guardian warding off evil spirits at one of the most popular museums. >> today, a critically important
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will have much more on the search at 5:30. >> the parents of leila fowler have canceled a news conference today and decided not to make a public statement after their 12-year-old son was arrested in their daughter's death much the children's father said he considers his son innocent until authorities show him convincing evidence. >> governor brown will release the revised state budget plan today after the state collected $4.5 billion more than expected in personal income taxes. lawmakers are urging brown to use restrain in deciding what to do with the extra money. most of it goes do schools. >> the first night of clean up is completed to remove a major eyesore for drivers in san jose. crowes cleaned up graffiti on a railroad crossing along highway 101 overnight and drivers should expect track delays in the area the next two nights. >> the warriors make up in texas playing the spurs in game five. the best of seven playoff series is tied at two games each.
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it is a very important game. they worked out in oakland yesterday. >> just about 5:25 and now the forecast. >> goomorning, mike nicco, we do not have the same clouds and drizzle around san francisco. >> that is correct. it is mainly at the coast at half moon bay and some of it is trying to filter in but it will not make a dent in the forecast. the winds will, and the small craft advisory for the bay at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon to 9:00 p.m. and at the coast a small craft advisory until 9:00 tomorrow evening. northwest wind at least 15 to 25 gnats with gusts up to 30 knots possible. yesterday, pushing through and falling apart and the cloud cover and watch the low clouds as they dissipate as the winds kick up and 61 with increasing sunshine and 74 in tahoe and 86 in yosemite and low-to-upper
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70's in san diego and blisterin palm springs. >> we look at our map right now and this is where we have construction projects in san jose northbound along 880 between 101 and 237 until 6:00 a.m. with one lane taken and we have a report along the san mateo bridge, a toll plaza big rig that has hit a retaining wall and possible spilling fuel. along the coast, between moss beach and gray whale cove we have one way traffic control in affect and that will be picked up at 6:00 this morning. >> prince harry continues the tour this morning with a visit to hurricane sandy ravaged areas and the prince is on a diplomatic visit to america with stops in washington, dc, recently. today, prince harry will in seaside new jersey. governor chris christy will take part. >> two new guards are at post in
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san francisco outside the asian art museum with two huge bronze lion sculptures at one entrance each weighing about 800 pounds. the lions date back to the 19th century and are share to those placed outside of temples in asia and the job is to ward off evil spirits. >> also, the terracotta warriors only there through memorial day weekend. >> the abc7 news continues with back stories including a backlash in albany as they flight a new grocery store development. >> stunning revelation this morning from one of the big of the names in hollywood. what angelina jolie is revealing about a drastic surgery and why she
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>> good tuesday morning, thank you for starting your day with us. >> kind of a change from yesterday morning. >> we will check with meteorologist, mike nicco. >> the clouds are trying to make it through the bay. from the coast, they have been around half moon bay and south and up to point reyes and a look shows the thin clouds trying to push over san francisco from sutro tower you can see how thin they are. we are going to start off with more sunshine today and temperatures are the same as yesterday. it will be in the mid-to-upper 80's inland and breezy compared to yesterday and breezy everywhere with 65 in san francisco to 78 in san jose, and 58 to 61 with center sunshine a touch warmer at the coast.
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how is the morning commute? >> getting busy at 5:30 tracking this accident at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. the bridge is moving well west of the toll plaza and a big rig hit a guard rail and looks like all the cash-paying lanes have been closed and you can see emergency crews in the eastbound direction and the cash paying lanes are shut down adding a few more minutes to the commute. another look at the drive headed into central san rafael along 101 with taillights to 580 and it is all clear. >> thank you, at 5:31. at 7:00 this morning a search for a missing autistic girl resumes in lake county. the nine-year-old disappeared from the weekend home in clear lake on sunday. our abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at her school. >> i spoke with the police, and
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still no sign of the girl the she plan to start the search again at 7:00 this morning. about an hour and a half from now. the nine-year-old autistic girl disappeared on sunday on mother's day. she has the mental capacity of a one-year-old and doesn't speak. hundreds of volunteers and officers searched around the clear lake area for her yesterday. her family lives in san francisco but spends weekends at their lake house. she and her where were playing in the back yesterday of the lake home and her parents were inside the house and she say she wondered away the police is put out a national alert but say there is a good chance she did not go far. >> she is not used to this hour and it is used as a vacation-type home and she has never been outside of the yard unless she is with her parents so it is unusual to wander the. >> she likes waters but she cannot swim. divers have been searching the
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creek and they say the conditions are tough with little visibility and lots of debris so they are working as if they nearly blind. they do believe that she is naked, they found her colleagues in the back yesterday and her medicine often makes her hot and she will take her clothes off. police say the weather has been mild so they are optimistic she still could be okay. >> thank you at 5:33. developing news in the south bay a fire has destroyed a beauty salon in san jose. firefighters tweeted this picture of the fire at the silk day spa and salon on sharon drive. crews responded to the fire at 2:00 this morning but were unable to save the building before the roof collapsed. we will gather facts for you on what happened and bring you more later in the newscast. >> hollywood is praising the courage of actress angelina
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jolie after making a stunning revelation that she got a double mastectomy. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more. >> she wants women to necessity they have openings and she wants all women to have access to the gene testing that can help predict their risk of cancer. in her op-ed in today's "new york times" jolie says because her mother balanced cancer for almost 10 years before she died of ovarian cancer, joely got tested and found out she carries the gene. doctors said she had an 87 percent chance of getting profit cancer and 50 percent chance of getting ovarian cancer. after the procedure the chance of developing breast cancer has dropped to 5 percent. on "good morning america" doctors say the test is a simple plod test and if a woman has the gene it does not automatically mean they should opt for a double mastectomy.
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>> she decided to have preventive surgery which shows likely conveys some survival benefits, as well, and reduce the risk but not every woman chooses surgery. it does increase the rate at which the cancer is detected and for some women medication to lower the risk, also. >> the docket explains that the cost of testing and surgery is on "good morning america" and this is gentlemanly at the end of february when she had already started the treatment a few weeks earlier on february 2. she says she finished her treatment including reconstructive surgery april 27. jolie is happy and can tell her friends they do nut have to fear they will lose her to breast cancer. >> new this morning, an 88-year-old woman is in the hospital after being trapped in her everfunded car for 2 1/2 days. she was riding home from
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petaluma and hit a pole and went off the road west of calistoga road and was stuck in her overturned car until yesterday morning when a trucker noticed her anding inned down -- and flagged down a sheriff deputy. she is in a hospital with several broken bones. >> police are looking for new information if vallejo after a 23-year-old man was shot sitting in his car. the victim was shot in the neck at an intersection if vallejo around 7:30 last night. police say he was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the shots came from another car but they have not released a description of the car. >> the parents murdered 8-year-old leila fowler canceled plans to make a public statement after their 12-year-old son was arrested. her father, says her son is innocent "until they have the proper evidence to show it is my
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son." the boy was arrested on saturday and we are covering his face because he is a minor. he told police 2 1/2 weeks ago an intruder stabbed leila fowler classmates describe the boy as always in trouble but never violent. >> we never thought he would do that to his little sister. it is scary. >> her brother is being held at a juvenile facility waiting for the first court appearance. it will not be on to the public because of his age. >> officials with the america's cup race will discuss their investigation into the death of a british sailor on the bay last week. race organizers plan to update their investigation and discuss what changes, if any, will be made for this year's race if san francisco. the racing yacht capsized near treasure island on tuesday killing two-time british olympian andrew simpson. there is concern the accident could hurt fundraising efforts
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and the mc's cup race is not likely to be canceled. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will have more on that in 30 minutes. >> u.k. -- uc berkeley police are watching land that protesters are noting to leave. >> you are ordered to leave or you could be arrested and prosecuted. >> professors returned to the tract of land last night to replant crops. yesterday morning police arrested pour and use add tractor to remove crops planted over the weekend and are fighting a plan to develop the land the people in favor of the development showed up to protest the protesters. they are tires -- tires of the group occupying the tract. >> there are a few clouds. >> but not much compared to
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yesterday. >> golden gate bridge, we can see all of it. the cloud cover is nonexistent compared to yesterday. high amount of tree pollen. rag wood. mold. low. grass, moderate. no change from yesterday. we are in the low-to-mid 50's with a brighter going. the breeze will develop by noon and mid-60's at the bay and upper 70's inland. well top in the mid-80's by 4:00 and 70 around the bay and 60 at the coast with temperatures falling in the mid-50's and mid-70's for our coast, bay, and inland neighborhood. drop in temperatures the next 24 to 48 hours, we are down to 70 by thursday and friday and inland, mid-sits around the bay and mid-50's at the coast and breezy and a chance, stray chance, or chance of showers, stray showers, mostly thursday.
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>> good morning, everyone. we are starting off with a sig-alert on the san mateo bridge before you reach the toll plaza. we have an accident involving a big rig that hit a guardrail and a retainer we seeing a fuel spill. the rest of the drive is looking clear fromhayward to foster eastbound traffic is not affected. u might want to tack on a few extra minutes. from san jose, this drive is clear away from 85, so if you headed to san jose airport you are in for shape with only ten miles per hours to get there. >> the scandal involving the i.r.s. hits home and next the conservative california grouping as targeted for special scrutiny. >> chilling new details on the cleveland man accused of holding three women hostage for a decade. the complaints involving a child
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>> covering cupertino, concord, and the wine country and all bay area. >> police records are showing more of the cleveland man, ariel castro, who had prior complains of assault. the former school bus driver was charged with abduction and child endangerment when he drove around town with a child on the bus and told the boy to lie down and ate lunch at a nasa food -- at a fast food restaurant while the child was left alone the. >> new photographs show us life at the cleveland him where miss say castro hell the three women he is accused of abducting, with the images showing large piles of debris and rusted chains in the backyard. >> the i.r.s. targeting of conservative groups could be more wide-spread than first thought. it could have happened in california. the "washington post" reports tea party organizers who two
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california cities remain subjected to intense questionnaires when applying for tax-exempt status. the officers are going to get to the bottom it. the tea party leaders say it is worrisome and reminiscent of mccarthyism but the government is monitoring and targeting people based on their political views. the bay area chapter of the tea party has 1,800 members. >> san francisco unveils the long awaited redesign of castro street, the planning department is holding an open house tonight at the market center and you can see laps for the two industrial blocks of castro between market and 19th street. the idea is to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety with wider sidewalks, better lighting, and landscaping. the design is the result of many community meeting, work by going ifen j. >> the warriors are in texas
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preparing if game five of the playoff series with san antonio and the best seven series is tied at two each. before leaving the warriors had a light work out downtown oakland training facility. absent from the group was the guard steph curry who is getting antiinflammation injections for the ankle but he is expected to my. the series returns to oakland on thursday. >> the sharks face the kings in the when conference semi finals, splitting regular season series with two wins each, each team won the home matchup. tonight the kings have home and ice advantage at staple center but the sharks have been resting since tuesday. we with like to see your pride in the bay area teams with the warriors and sharks fan photographs to us and well sure them on the air and online. >> the games will be great but not weather dependent unlike the a's game.
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>> it could be a couple of degrees warmer with the a's and rangeers. the commute at 5:47, we have live doppler 7 hd showing it is dry. a few clouds along the coast. a few of those spilling into the bay. we will start here with the bay bridge toll plaza picture looking to emeryville and berkeley and oakland you can see the best cloud cover, the thickest cloud cover, the most widespread is over that area. it will be sunny and breezy for all of us with considerable cooling trend if wednesday, thursday, and friday and some areas will drop 20 degrees by wednesday and a stray shower is possible on thursday. the exploritorium shows the solar panel right there all the way back to the cloud cover and in san francisco, it is 52. oakland and palo alto at 53 and san jose is warmer at vacation and walnut creek at 535 and the
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cool spot is mill valley and a look from mount tamalpais to san francisco and a few clouds are over the city and santa rosa is 50 and 55 in napa and 57 in forward. gilroy, 54 degrees there. in the santa clara valley, gilroy will be 86, and 78 in san jose, and 76 in sunnyvale and at the coast, upper 50's to low 60's with sunshine and mid-60's around downtown and south san francisco and 68 in sausalito and upper 70's to mid-80's in the north bay valley with low-to-mid 70's along the east bay shore and the low-to-mid 80's in the east bay valley until antioch and brentwood in the upper 80's. tonight, we will have temperatures running around 64 degrees under clear sky and dropping down to 55. jumping ahead, on thursday, here is the cold front moving across northern california, notice how
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the future radar runs dip down during the lunch hour across the north bay and that is the stray sure but look at temperatures on thursday, 20 degrees cooler inland and 70 if a high, and same on friday, and mid-60's at the bay and only mid-50's at the coast and the warm weather returns for the weekend. >> we are starting on the san mateo bridge where we have a sig-alert before you get to the toll plaza. we are looking at wet of the plaza where traffic is thin from foster city. it looks foggy so make sure you use the low beams. before you get to the toll, what happened, the big rig hit a retaining wall and it is spilling fuel so we have a cash-paying lanes that have been shut down and this is westbound 92 coming up on the san mateo bridge. into the east bay, this is the drive over the altamont pass, 29 miles per hour, that is the top
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speed and it dips down as you head into livermore and 4 is quite slow from antioch at 35 miles per hour and picks up headed into concord. >> new this morning, family and friends of quinn boyer the participated killed in oakland last month will be holding a fund razor at 5:00 p.m. a paramedic who did not know him is organizing the event buying discounted amendment's ticket with his own money hoping to raise $9,000. the 34-year-old was off duty and shot point blank in the head on april 2 from another car. six different teaches were arrested. >> the minnesota governor will sign a bill making same-sex marriage legal in that state. the state not passed the bill yesterday to loud cheers of supporters and minnesota joins delaware and rhode island legalizing same-sex marriage in the last ten days. minnesota will be the 12th
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state to allow gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot and the weddings will start august 1. >> ahead, major cell phone rivals team up but it is not for a merge you are. -- a merger. >> a look at the new tiger cub or any animals at the san francisco zoo could soon cost you more and zoo leaders are saying they need to raise the fees. >> and a big problem last night between the nationals and dodgers, the attempted play leading to this scoreboard smashup in southern
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>> trips to the san francisco zoo could be more expensive. on thursday the recreation and park commission will vote on the first admission fee hike since 2008 going up by $2 for everyone. if adult residents the fee increases from $12 to $14. for nonresidents it goes from $15 to $17. seniors pay $9 japan 50 and children pay $7.50. the extra revenue goes to animal wellness, exhibits, and zoo maintenance. >> consider a membership if you go a lot. >> i know it is only tuesday but i know that people picnic on tuesday. or maybe that is wishfu thinks.
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>> stop and smell the be they are blming, -- blooming. the winds are fast at the shore. from east bay victims back to the sunrise, the temperatures today are in the areas with so much cloud cover, we will see the biggest jump in temperature from oakland at five degrees warmer at 74. and one degree warmer in san jose. inland, maybe a degree or two cooler because of the cool front. when the cloud cover evaporates from the sure line, 61 in monterey and low-to-mid 90's through through the valley. >> we have a sig-alert so you may want to take the dumbarton causing traffic problem at the toll with a big rig that hit the retaining wall causing a two
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mile backup. the cash-paying lanes are down to one or two causing a pain as you make the drive over to the bay bridge. we have this shut down until further not so dumbarton is the alternate. this is the drive along the maze through berkeley we have clear conditions but more traffic there westbound along 80, about 14 minutes from highway four to 580. >> 5:56. america's four biggest cell phone companies are teaming up to combat texting while driving. verizon, sprint and t mobile will join at&t spending millions on tv and radio ads to remind drivers that texting behind the wheel can be deadly. the displays will be on the blimp and inside the cell phone stores. at&t says texting while driving makes you 23 more times likely
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to have an accident. >> major set back for facebook, launching a new phone that came preloaded with mobile facebook apps and a million people have downloaded the apps but only 15,000 have bought the phone. it is being mark down to 99 cents from the original $99. at&t will discontinue the phone. >> next at 6:00, a critical day ahead for the america's cup race with a possible change facing the race after the deadly accident last week that left a man dead. >> new video showing flames ripping thank you car in the east bay and the late night impact on traffic. >> "consumer reports" will shop for sporting goods and we reveal which stores customers are happier at, mom-and-pop
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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we are a few hours arm from learning month of the catamaran accident that left an olympian dead and the impact on the american's cup race. >> the search continues for the nine-year-old san francisco girl who disappeared while visiting her family's vacation home in clear lake. this morning, police are updating us on the investigation. >> angelina jolie is the talk of the movie industry and of the country this morning after she reveals she had secret surgery to stay cancer-free. good morning, on this tuesday at 6:00 a.m. >> it is not as cloudy and overcast as yesterday. off to a sunny start? >> mike? >> we are. that means warmer weather around the bay and to the coast compared to yesterday. inland we will be the same with cud cover showing up on live doppler 7 hd from half moon bay south, and to point reyes and look on the eastern section of san pablo and the san francisco bay, that is where
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