>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. we thank you for joining us at this early hour. >> an endless night for emergency workers and search team combing the rubble of homes, schools, and a hospital in oklahoma city suburb looking for more survivors of the devastating tornado. the official death toll is 51 but a spokesman for the oklahoma city medical examiner says that in uncould -- that number could climb to 91. president obama will address the nation at 7:00 our time and now money will flow to the victims

after being called a disaster zone. >> rescue workers are searching through the rubble as we speak. three search-and-rescue teams have been activateed. from moore, oklahoma, this is the scene with the sun up this morning, a community of 41,000 people outside of oklahoma city. this is one example, entire neighborhoods have been flattened. two elementary schools were also destroyed. a plaza towers elementary school, workers are still searching through the debris. we have not confirmed that the children who died attended that school. the other school, all students there are accounted for so that is great news. you can see parents and kids searching for each other and many emotional reunions like this caught on tape. another mom says that her son's teacher saved his life. >> i have now doubt that god was

there. they lifted a wall off several kids. he only has a scratch. >> look at this cell phone video a man captured this in newcastle, 20 miles south of oklahoma city, the national weather service confirms it was an ef4 tornado with winds up to 200 miles per hour. the number of dead and injured is changing and survivors are being treated and released and transferred to other hospital and some have died. we do expect updated numbers from the medical examiner in another hour. that area is known as tornado alley and has taken a pounding. what is in store today? >> hopefully not the same weather conditions? >> when you get a system like that it is hard to repeat it a second day in a row after you have had so much energy in the atmosphere getting the tornadoes to that side.

newcastle, behind my name, and here is and the radar for oklahoma city. you can see it is quieting considerably. down to the south and east we expect severe weather today and the squall line is slowly marching forward and you can see yesterday's storm system moving across northern arkansas with a bow echo and probably straight line winds in the mountains of arkansas this morning headed to memphis. this is going to slide to the south and as you can see coming up the oklahoma turnpike could be another round of severe weather but the back side of the squall line it gets choked from the system down to the south of it and that takes the energy so i don't think we will see a repeat, mainly hail today and gusty winds. eric in. >> the tragedy comes as we approach the anniversary of one of the deadliest tornadoes in recent years, tomorrow is two years since the twist are wiped

out joplin, missouri, may 22, 2011 an f5 tornado hit the town claiming 158 lives, 64 years before that there was a deadlier tornado in 1947, again in oklahoma, and in 1936, back-to-back tornadoes hit georgia and mississippi and each claimed more than 200 lives. the deadliest on record, 1925 tri-state tornado that want through missouri, illinois, and indiana killing almost 700 people. this twister lasted 3 1/2 hours. >> the salvation army and red cross have set up disaster relief centers and volunteers in the bay area have been told to be on stand by to fly out when they get the call. >> in the bay area we have 4,000 volume -- volunteers in different areas including

technology, financial, logistics. an operation like this is a huge effort and takes a lot of different skills. >> if you want to help the victims in oklahoma, you can give to the red cross by texting "red cross" to 90999 to donate $10. if you want to donate more call 1-800-red-cross. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the deadly oklahoma tornadoes on air and online at abc7news.com where we are sending out updated information on twitter@abcnewsbayarea. >> check on our forecast. much different. >> it is calm and cool. >> calm right now. cool right now. going to remain cool in the afternoon hours but not going to stay calm with live doppler 7 hd very quiet while you were sleeping the past three hours and we have clouds out there,

the cold front and transition to the cooler weather in the afternoon, most of us in the low-to-mid 70's with a few 40's in the north bay valley and breezes kick in, at noon, and we will see increasing sunshine. by 4:00 we are only in the low 70's inland well into the 90's at 4:00 yesterday, though. 66 around bait and 56 at the coast. by 7:00, clouds gone and the temperatures are dropping rapidly into the 50's to mid-60's and you will need a coat. it look like it will last through the traditional work week with temperatures at or below average, breezy wednesday and thursday and the breezes taper on friday and we will see warming trend that moves into the weekend. but, first, are this hotspots? >> we have a brand new one in san jose southbound along 101 on blossom hill road a car slammed

into the back of the big rig and spun out. we are looking at a delay southbound, and northbound traffic is not affected and we will look outside at walnut creek commute headed southbound along 680 you are in good shape, northbound, also, does not appear to be affected and the crash we had northbound along 680 approaching highway 24, that now has been cleared it appears. >> in a few hours searchers will comb the ocean beach area of san francisco for signs of a plan who want missing after the sunday bay to breakers race with abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield on the search. >> friends are not giving up and meeting to look for him at 9:00. the 27-year-old disappeared on sunday during the bay to breakers race where the belongings found along ocean believe, his clothes, hat, cell

phone, and passport. lifeguards and the coast guard and his friends have looked. his co-workers have stopped working so they could put up flyers and search hoping for a miracle. it is hope. i want to be able to yell at bo. i hope he makes it. >> rasmussen lives in emeryville and last seen around noon on sunday. his friends say he was probably drinking during the race by they will not say that was a factor in the disappearance. rasmussen's family is expected to join in the search today that is scheduled for later this morning. reporting live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> a lot of people are keeping their fingers crossed this and nfl team owners vote today on which city will host the 2015

super bowl. the owners are choosing between the 49ers new home and family which suffered a major blow when they lost public funding to re-do the stadium and the winner hosts super bowl 50 with the vote between 10:30 this morning and 12:30 p.m. so probably it will be on the later side of that when it is decided. abc7 news will bring you live coverage of the announcement on air and online at abc7news.com. you can get all the latest updates from us following us on twitter@abcnews bay area. >> apple c.e.o. tim cook will go on the offensive testifying before congress on the company's tax bills. a senate subcommittee claims that apple avoided paying taxes on $44 billion held in offshore accounts. apple defies that saying they pay their fair share and pays the most of any company and will tell congress how he would reform the corporate tax code

saying his plan costs apple more money but the company would be happy to pay. >> east bay school district has place add principal and teacher of an elementary school on leave while they investigate allegations of student abuse. the alleged incident happened on a playground of the elementary in brentwood. the principal and an unidentified special ed teacher were placed on leave after a parent claimed the teacher kicked a special needs student down a slide. the police say they investigated it and found no basis for the claim but the officials state move to place the pair on leave is standard procedure and is not indication of any wrongdoing by the principal or the teacher. >> the berkeley popular services will get more expensive with the city council raising fees even doubling some, dog adoption fees go up from $100 to $125, registration fees for tattoo artists double to $85. annual fees for permits, registration and inspection

range from $1 isn't to $425. the increases aim to offset $5 million deficit over the next couple of years this would take effect july 1. >> the giants pitcher will undergo surgery on his broken pitching hand. the right hander broke two bones in the little finger and dislocated a knuckle when he hit a foul ball last night against the nationals struck by the pitch. he specifics to miss four to six weeks of the season. the official all star was winless in six starts before he left the game to a standing ovation with a 6-0 lead. the giants won 8-0. it is such a shape. such bad time. he was having his best start after struggling so much. you could be surprised what it costs to take a greyhound bus

over the memorial day weekend. >> also, yahoo c.e.o. marissa mayer defends her deal with tumblr. we follow developing news in oklahoma following the devastating tornadoes including the town of moore with searchers looking hard for

>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> more machines can pat themselves on the bay for being better about paying credit cards on time. in the first three months of this year, the rate really late payments, more than three months overdue, dropped 19 percent from last year. it was .85 percent and now it is just .69 percent still higher than low of .6 percent two years ago. >> the terrible storm system that hit oklahoma could be the worst natural disaster this year. >> here is jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> good morning, nearly 64 million people in a broad strip of the midwest are bracing for a third dave tornadoes with powerful storms and damaging hail from the same storm system

that spun the twister in oklahoma including tornadoes that caused $27 billion in economic losses last year second only to hurricanes and tropical storms. by the time it winds down this week it could be the costliest natural disaster this year in the united states. improvements in housing build profits at home depot the largest home improvement retailer boosting earnings this year. and higher ticket prices on certain days if you travel on greyhound doing away with flat pricing and charging more for travels on high demand days like the airlines starting a legality rewards program and promising to upgrade buses nationwide. that is the bloomberg business report. >> the tornado is classified at

ef4. >> that is 166 miles per hour to 200 miles per hour, the second strongest tornado can you have, up to ef5 there is nothing left of houses and even the concrete can be sucked from the ground. that is why the walls are caved in. when we do a tornado drill you go to the hall way because you thought you would be safe but it was not safe in that case. >> it was huge, right, a lot of area? >> two miles wide and that is unheard of to have that kind of a spin in that wide area. you think of a figure skater they bring their arms in so the center of gravity is smaller and they can spin faster but the bigger it is, the harder to spit. that was very impressive. also, in oak," they sit on rock and do not have basements to hair -- their homes. >> a look at what is going on here, we have made everyone

hopefully understand what is going on for the people and why they have to deal with the issues they have, we will talk about what is going on here. live doppler 7 hd and it is quiet out there and we will keep it rolling but i don't think the cold front will give us any form of precipitation. what it is doing, the forest hill neighborhood is 48 degrees in san francisco and we have around 50 to 52 degrees everywhere else from the ferry building downtown to mission district and same thing in richmond and palo alto and pleasanton and walnut creek at 54 along with union city, and some of the warm spots, the further east, tracy at 60, and pittsburg at 63 and half moon bay at 52 and petaluma is 48. now, what is happening today, as we look at a beautiful picture from san francisco exploritorium, increasing sunshine, and breezes today on the back side of the cold front that is moving through with the cloud cover, you can see cool breezes, not only today, tomorrow, but thursday so it will be around for a good 72

hours and calmer weather and slow warming trend through the weekend but i don't think it will be so warm as i thought yesterday. i will show you that in a second but first, the cold front came right down to our neighborhood and we are funneling a straight shot right between the high and the low coming straight from the arctic circle to our neighborhood and that is why temperatures will be below average. how far? today, a couple of degrees, 71 in san jose and upper 60's in milpitas and sunnyvale and mid-to-upper 60's on the peninsula and headed to the coast, upper 50's to sick, and low-to-mid 60's in downtown and south seas latte and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay. it would not be so bad if not for the breeze feeling more cooler. we will have mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shore and low-to-mid 70's in the east bay valley. seven-day forecast shows temperatures dropping a couple more degrees tomorrow, thursday, we will rebound a little bit on friday and drop on saturday, and sunday and monday you will

notice the warming trend as it hits our neighbor. have a great day. >> starting in vallejo we have a report of rocks in the roadway and several vehicles have pull over to the shoulder with not tires, westbound 80 at columbus parkway we do not see delays and everyone is off to the shoulder and not blocking lanes but there are rocks and it is causing damage to people's car. so at 5:20 you could 51 -- you could run into a delay. and sand is on the road in this area and it will be shut down until further notice. in san jose the crash is still in place on the shoulder southbound 101 at blossom hill road, a look at the golden gate bridge and you have early construction in the northbound lane and all the cones have been picked up. southbound side is looking clear. >> time is 5:20. five things to know as you start your day. >> a big day for video game

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>> whether you are just joining us or headed out, five things to know: one, crews search the rubble in moore, oklahoma, after the suburb was flattened by a deadly tornado. right now the official death toll stands at 51 with 20 children but that number is expected to climb. the medical examiner will hold a news conference shortly. we will have the latest on the efforts and what is happening now. >> in a few hours searchers will

be back in ocean beach to look for a man who disappeared after the bay to breakers race. he was last seen at noon on sunday after running the race. coming up next half hour we will go to abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield for the latest on the search. >> thousands of health care workers are on strike at uc san francisco and four other uc medical centers, the strike involves x-ray technicians, radiation therapists and pharmacists. they canceled hundreds of elective surgeries and therapy. >> the bay area is pitching the nfl owners in boston in the battle to host the future super bowl. san francisco is vying against miami for the 2015 or 2016 super bowl. it will challenge for the 2017 if they do not win that. we will have more from santa clara coming up at 5:30. >> the san jose sharks take on the defending stanley cup champions in game four of their playoff series winning game

three but still trail best of seven at 7:30 at shark tank. >> now the forecast? >> it will be cool. mike? >> absolutely. temperatures are back in the 60's at help pavilion. i will show you what it looks like from sutro tower with the mid-to-upper level clouds and the u.v. index is high because the clouds will not hang around because the clouds will roll out and this afternoon it will be breezy and sunny. through the central valley, temperatures are in the 80's today, until you get to fresno and 91. and 63 and windy in tahoe. but 80 in los angeles and 101 in patrol -- palm springs. >> the commute is busy over the altamont pass with slow speed from the westbound direction as we go to 580, coming from tracy, 34 miles per hour is the top speed and it picks up when you

head into livermore. at 57 firm we -- at 57 miles per hour we have construction projects and eastbound and westbound 237 transition to northbound 880 is shut down until 6:00 a.m. and until 7:00 a.m. this construction project northbound 880 between great mall parkway we have heavy delays 14 miles per hour the northbound direction so bumper to bumper traffic until 7:00 a.m. with the traffic moving slowly on the toll plaza with construction until 2:00 p.m. this afternoon eastbound direction on the bay bridge. >> the san francisco transportation agency board is expected to vote on the central sun way contract. these are artist drawings of the project including the construction of three underground stations that are built beneath the moscone city and china town. the san francisco examiner reports that the $840 million contract is up for approval

today. >> gameers are watching microsoft today as they unveil the next generation xbox video console. it will be faster, offer more graphics but it is expected to move further to being your main entertainment center. last year people spent more time watching tv and movies on xbox than playing games. the xbox has been the top selling console in the united states for the past 28 months. >> the abc7 morning news continues at 5:30 with the top stories. >> including a fatal car crash under investigation in the south bay. what police are saying did not happen in this case. >> we are continuing to follow the deadly tornado in oklahoma and ahead what president obama and the white house are doing to help the

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news, good morning, thanks for joining us. >> the sun is up. oklahoma is getting a better view of the devastation in the wake of the powerful tornado that leveled parts of suburban oklahoma city more than 50 people dead. the death toll is expected to rise. katiekatie marzullo is here with more. >> it is believed up to 91 are dead including 20 children. more than 200 people were taken to the hospitals but the nones are expected to change this morning. maybe in the hour. from moore oak oh, entire neighborhoods flattened and two schools, rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and three urban search-and-rescue teams have been activated to help.

>> this is video in the newsroom, the national guard helping, 204 national guardman helping using special equipment in the dark and the elementary school where children could be trapped and with thermal imaging so we can see warm bodies, people, in the dark, and night vision equipment we can see in the dark. >> this video is was captured by cell phone 20 miles south of observation southeast, and the national weather service confirmed it was ef4 tornado with winds up to 200 miles per hour. president obama sign add major disaster declaration that starts the money flowing to individual victims, federal assets were already deployed to the state and we expect to hear from the president at 7:00 a.m. and we

will streak the remarks live on abc7news.com. >> it is about 5:32. mike nicco meteorologist, do they face more problems? >> here is newcastle, and moore, and oklahoma city, and norman to the south where the national severe storm laboratory is, and the university of oklahoma with radar, you can see it is quiet. as we broaden the view we will show you what happened yesterday, all the storms headed off to the east. now, with that said, there were more overnight that brought us rain and that boundary now is sliding to the south. we are looking at an area of oklahoma, arkansas, texas and louisiana, so that is the area that is under the gun for severe weather as the storm system

drives to the south. they are going to get a break. >> yesterday's tornado. f4, around 166 to 200-mile-per-hour winds, that is preliminary, sending out people right now to assess the damage. we will get a final count on that later today. >> president obama will speak at 7:00 this morning our time and abc7 news will bring you a special report when that happens and, again, we will stream the president's address online at abc7news.com. there are numerous cell phone videos of the tornadoes online and going viral on youtube. the images were captured as people tried to escape the path of destruction and storm chasers drover directly into the storm. the search-and-rescue member from the east bay a fremont firefighter is headed to oklahoma and command several

teams of rescuers in oklahoma and help coming in other forms, los angeles dodgers tweeted this pledge after hitting a home run against the brewers "i am giving $1,000 for the home run and every home run until the all-star break for the victims of my hometown, rare for oklahoma." you can help the tornado victims by donating to the red cross from your cell phone by texting red cross to 90999 for automatic $10 donation and you can donate more by calling 1-800-red-cross. stay with abc7 news for coverage all morning of the deadly oklahoma tornado. you can follow the latest developments on air and online at abc7news.com and we are sending frequent updates on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >> we have clouds and we have

one amazing-looking picture back here. you can see the sun and it looks like a silver cloud but it is a break and the sun is pushing through. we have cloud cover, and, also, as expected, mid-and-upper level clouds do not have much moisture and not falling to the ground and no rain from the transition to cooler weather headed in the afternoon. here is the planner, cloudy start with. toes mild and low-to-mid 50's and a few upper 40's in the north bay valley and breezes begin at noon and the cloud starts to break up, and we will see increasing sunshine and breezes but the temperatures are running about 10 to 20 degrees cooler by 4:00 and only low 70's inland and mid-60's at the bay and 56 at the coast and 12 hours ahead with the day planner, 65 inland in the evening, and 60

around the bay and 55 and it will be breezy and you will need a coat. all three of the next three days are below average with breezes continuing wednesday and thursday and calmer open friday and a warming trend this weekend. first an update from leyla gulen. >> if you are traveling along highway 4 westbound from antioch to concord you are at 32 minutes and an early start to heavy traffic and 88 from highway 4 to the maze through berkeley at 13 minutes. over to the waze yap and what is happening an accident blocking one lane a car slammed into a big rig in san jose and it is a major accident so emergency crews just arrived on the scene with one lane blocked. not too man delays but a 14-minute compute from hayward to foster city.

the san mateo bridge looks hazy and traffic is moving smoothly up to the high-rise. kristen and eric? >> today is the gay in a few hours the bay area will find out whether our region hosts the super bowl in 2016. the new 49er stadium under construction in santa clara is where it would be played. do you like our chances? >> everyone seems to like our chances here in santa clara. they hope that the owners will grand the bid to the santa clara san francisco area. we are here at the stadium and you can see the stadium behind me getting ready for the 2014 season. and a selling point is technology which is a shing point for nfl owners who will decide today in boston whether the bay area or miami hosts super bowl 50. some believe the santa clara bid has an advantage because miami did not secure funding to re-do the stadium. and the bid was high-tech with

miami using traditional binders and san francisco bid arrived on ipad minis. leaders are optimistic the bay area will host the big game in 2016. >> i have a very good feeling, like we are on the five-yard line and ready to go. i'm excited because we put together a fabulous bid. we were serious about it. we took nothing for granted. >> the owners are scheduled to vote after the presentations this morning. the loser of super bowl 50 will immediately go head to head against houston for super bowl 51 in 2017. we are expecting the announcement around noon today and several parties will take place around the bay area and we will be live on abc7 news with details on whether we have landed a super bowl. >> that vote is expected between 10:30 this morning and 12:30

p.m. and we will bring you live coverage on air and online at abc7news.com with all latest develops by following us on twit ter. >> a person is dead after being struck by a car in san jose last night. it happened around 9:30 near white road. police say it was not a hit-and-run accident, no word yet on the identity of the victim. early in the day, a 16-year-old bicyclists was hit and killed by a pickup truck headed to high school in east san jose. >> this morning, searchers are back in san francisco's ocean beach to look for a man who disappeared after the bay to breakers race. the 27-year-old bo rasmussen was last seen at noon on sunday after running the race. his friends believe he may have gone for a swim because clothes, cell phone and i.d. were found on the beach. searchers fanned the beach and the park yesterday and life guards searched the waters and coast guard brought in a

helicopter. we will go live to abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield for the latest. >> thousands of health care workers went on strike at uc san francisco and for or medical centers. the strike involved x-ray technicians, and ratedation therapists and pharmacists. officials say the work stoppage could cost up to $20 million in lost productivity. hundreds of elective surgeries and other procedures have been postponed. a judge ruled yesterday that 100 workers doing critical tasks could not join the strike. contract negotiations have stalled over pension contributions. >> today, the richmond city council could decide whether to hire a high-powered law firm to sue chevron over the massive refinery fire. lawsuit would seek compensation for the ongoing economic and environmental damage stemming from the august 6 fire with 15,000 people going to local

hospitals complaining of breathing problems. no dollar figure has been attached to the proposed claim. >> names race through a home in vallejo next, the dramatic action by firefighters and neighbors to save a man's life. >> governor brown changes his tune on the safety concerns on the new eastern span of the bay bridge.

>> yahoo's acquisition of tumblr is seen as a huge coup for the start-up and a great move by yahoo c.e.o. marissa mayer. the leaders behind the partnership are sitting down together on "good morning america" this morning. as we reported yesterday here on the abc7 news marissa mayer promised "not to screw this up." on "good morning america" she explained what she meant. >> i want to make sure they recognize that tumblr will be map vision it has had and we are setting up tumblr to do that.

>> if you want to hear more they are on "good morning america" at 7:00 right here on abc7 news. >> vallejo firefighter is recovering from burns to his hands this morning but he may feel better knowing that a man's life was saved. a disoriented man in his 60's was trapped on a balcony as flames tore through the one-bedroom apartment. neighbors and firefighters sprang into action and put up a ladder and the firefighter climbed into the billowing smoke and flames. >> he was grabbing on to something and i got his hand free but i needed help with someone on the ladder to pass him off to. >> three neighbors steadied a leader so firefighters could carry the victim down. he is treated for second- and third-degree burns and 20 residents are out of their homes because of the fire which still is under investigation. >> governor brown says he is no longer certain the new eastern span of the bay bridge will open on labor day weekend as scheduled. the governor says the bridge will not open unless it is ready.

the governor previously dismissed concerns of the structural integrity. in addition to safety questions regarding cracking bolts used to build the span the sacramento bee reports that thousands of steel tendons to strengthen the bridge were exposed to rainfall. caltran says there is no significant corrosion but outside engineers tell the paper that the tests caltran did were "inadequate." >> the sharks take on the defending stanley cup champions, the kings, tonight in game four of the playoff series right here. the sharks won game three but trail the best of seven series 2-1, and yesterday they held practice. the mercury news reports that the sharks consider this a must-win because only 9 percent of the nhl teams that fall behind 3-1 come back to win and game time is 7:30 at home at the shark tank. today is warrior day in san francisco and this morning at 11 :30, the san francisco mayor will give a key to the city to

warriors point guard steph curry setting the record for three-pointers and the warriors had a season beyond what anyone expected. san francisco is in the process of approving a new waterfront home for the team. >> if everyone was healthy...we may is seen them in the finals. >> could have been. a young time. try again next year. after the celebration today we will move into the 49ers announcement with the vote today for 2016 for the super bowl. >> the weather forecast? >> cooler than yesterday. a touch of spring back in the forecast. a cold front is coming straight from alaska and cloud cover is out there when you step outside off to a silver gray start but no rain is falling on live doppler 7 hd. it will be a dry transition. winds are starting to pickup just a little bit and we are in

the 20 miles per hour at sfo and oakland and fairfield and 15 miles per hour in concord and half moon bay and everyone else is below ten miles per hour but we can be around 30 to 40 miles per hour in the afternoon. the higher you climb in the hills and mountain the faster the winds will be, just below threshhold level for advisories, watches or warnings so we don't have any right now. temperatures in the south bay, low-to-mid 50's and the cool spot is los altos at 50 and saratoga and santa clara and los gatos at 51, and alum rock at 52 and san jose at 54 and sunnyvale at 56. you can see a lost 50's but bodega bay in the upper 40's and calistoga at 71. pittsburg at 62. beautiful picture from mount sutro this morning to mount diabolo with increasing sunshine with the breezes today and cooler breezes through thursday and in the weekend it will be

calmer and we will see a warming trend. how much of a drop will we have? the golden gate bridge and the clouds are breaking up at 14 to 18 degrees cooler than yesterday. you will notice that along with the breezes. the cold front is moving fast and you can see the bars, the constant pressure and through this high pressure with the clockwise flow and it will be cool today through about friday. temperatures along the coast today in the mid-to-upper 50's and around the bay we will hit the mid-60's to near 70 and inland low-to-upper 70's dropping another four to five degrees by thursday and hang steady through saturday and a low warming trend on sunday and monday. a brand new accident in hayward on the nimitz with a couple of cars with injuries reported and

down to 34 miles per hour backup from fremont boulevard. stop-and-go traffic approaching this accident and we will keep our eye on that as the morning continues as we head down to san jose taking a look at eastbound and westbound 237, the transition to northbound 880, cones are being picked up at this hour because of caltran work that is wrapping up at 6:00 a.m., and this project will last until 7:00, northbound 880 at the great mall parkway between great mall parkway and highway 237, where we will see at least three lanes blocked and to the south, here is this crash, southbound 101 approaching blossom hill road a car versus a big rig and the drive time traffic, 580, coming from tracy to public lynn is in 40 minutes 280 northbound away from highway 84 to daly city at 21 minutes 101 headed out of san francisco to sfo it will take 12 minutes. >> we have a disturbing trend in san francisco, animal control officers are seeing an increase in dog abuse crimes. this is a picture of a

ten-month-old pug mix that was brought to an emergency pet hospital with severe trauma according to the "san francisco chronicle", the female puppy was if a state of shock beaten to point of blindness. animal care and control officers are searching for whoever beat the dog but say this case is just the latest in a string of dog abuse. >> it is 5:51. get ready for big changes at sfo, the new design plan unveiled. >> san jose has a solution to increase city services. >> continuing coverage of the disaster in oklahoma, pictures of the moore, oklahoma area, where the tornado passed through, the outpouring of support coming to the areas hit

>> coming up on 5:55 on tuesday with a game forecaster, nationals and giants, a last night taking them on today at 59 and dropping to 54. breezy, but more so today. no radar return with wet weather staying around use rather and into oregon and 62 to 63 in

tahoe and 80 in los angeles and 101 in palm springs. leyla gulen? >> we have an accident in hayward blocking a lane and causing heavy tieups, and northbound 880 at the parkway we are down to 34 miles per hour in that area. as we take it over to our bay bridge toll plaza the cash-paying lanes are loaded up as you come out of oak and over to the treasure island area, but it is eastbound that we do have construction that is going to be until 2:00 p.m. so expect delays with paving work out there. >> thanks, san jose city council will vote today on whether to increase taxes on pot dispensaries, the marijuana tax would jump from 7 percent to 10 percent and would bring in an additional $1.5 million in revenue. the proceeds would help pay for staff to oversee city services such as first response, street maintenance, and youth and senior programs. >> the san francisco airport commission is expected to vote

on a major expansion of sfo and the mayor revealed the airport's ten year master plan including a 400 room luxury hotel located next to the international terminal and also calls for a complete makeover of terminal one and improvements already underway to the concourse and security checkpoints at terminal three. the project is expected to generate 5,000 -- 35,000 jobs the next decade. >> the oakland city council will vote on providing loans do small businesses and promote economic development a partnership with a non-property that rays money to fund small businesses in different countries, mostly developing countries. under the proposal, oakland would become the first u.s. city to partner with the company. the loans are 30 percent increase and up to $10,000 each. >> next, at 6:00, we are just a few hours away from learning whether the bay area will play host to the super bowl. what the mayor is revealing of

the game day decision. >> continuing coverage of the disaster in oklahoma and what medical examiners are saying about death toll and the response from president obama which is expected in an hour. >> later, "consumer reports" and 7 on your side fire up the grill to find out which grill is best for your summer cookout.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> at 6:00, disaster in oklahoma less than a day after a devastate tornado crews find dozens more bodies. the search continues for

survivors. >> at home, friends and family members of a man who disappeared after the bay to breakers race will resume their search efforts and what they say he may have done before he vanished. >> if a few hours, we expect to find out if the bay area will host the super bowl for the first time since 1985. a big day with exciting stuff. thanks for starting your day with us, but, first, the weather forecast. >> considerably cooler today? >> up to 20 degrees cooler, a sharp cold front coming through. good morning, everyone, not sharp enough that it has moisture in the form of much needed rain. live doppler 7 hd showing it is dry. but we are off to a cloudy start with temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's as we look at the day planner and the next 12 hours the breezes will pick up and so will the sunshine. although we are starting with clouds now by noon we are seeing pretty much sunny conditions and near 70 inland, so we are off to a good start and warming at