expired at 2:00. the fastest wind is 28 in santa rosa and gusting to 18 in novato. it will be another sunny and breezy day. we will is bay area temperatures around 61 to 70. inland, 69 to 72. 56 to only 58 at the coast. leyla gulen? >> we did have high wind advisory issued bit c.h.p. along the bay bridge, and car tip necessary and san mateo bridge but all those have now canceled and you want to be cautious when you are driving, if anything is high profile. construction on the bay bridge westbound with volume building in the westbound direction and we have lanes that will be blocked until 5:00 a.m. in the westbound direction and eastbound we have paving work in affect as we take it to san jose here is a look at the 280 away

from 17 and that is quiet at this our. >> it was a bumpy ride across the bay bridge because of high winds. what are the conditions like now? abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more from the bridge. >> it is very windy. i heard the wind advisory was canceled and it is still windy. it is not going to be a good hairdo. just give up. when you drive across the bridge i think it is a two hands on the wheel morning. pay very good attention and sit up straight. you could be knocked around and not only the bridges. check out this video from across the bay area of wind-driven problems. we have trees down in millbrae at 9:20 last night a tree came down on a windshield and shattered it.

not just happening in millbrae but headed up north wind toppled a tree in mill valley at the same time at 9:10 and it fell on some power lines on northern avenue near highway one. no one was hurt in the incidents just a big hassle. the high wind advisory was in affect for all of the bridges and the advice was campers and trailers should avoid the bridges because it was too windy. they have been lifted the last couple of minutes. it is still very windy and cold. from oklahoma we have new numbers on the devastating impact of the monster tornado. a stunning number of hopes damaged and the financial cost is mindboggling. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has the latest.

>> 10,000 people impacted, 2,400 homes gone and possibly $2 billion in damages. the national weather service calling the tornado ef-5 as big as they get. this is new amateur video of the twister traveling 17 miles and more than a mile wide at some points. according to tornado history project, there have only been 58 over5's since 1950. moore, oklahoma, is the other city to be hit by one twice. officials do not think they will find anymore victims and they believe everyone is accounted for. that means the tornado killed 24 people including nine children. no one was killed at the elementary school but a teacher suffered a serious injury. her leg was impaled as she protected her students and her two daughters among the students. >> i asked my daughter if she could see, if it was something

that could be lifted off my leg and she realized and screamed it was in my leg. i could not go into hysterics in front of the students and children. i had to be calm for them. classes are canceled for the rest of the school yard in moore. graduation ceremonies will be held. 300 people are waking up in american red cross shelters this morning. >> the 24 people who were killed have been identified but only one name has been made public. the father of a nine-year-old girl is speaking out about his loss. >> people in the bay area are pitching in to help the oklahoma tornado victims. this is the seen last night outside the h.p. pavilion in san jose where the shark foundation collected cash donation from fans at the playoffs against los angeles kings. the foundation collected $6,800. if you want to make an automatic

$so donation text "red cross" to 90999 and you will be billed through your carrier. >> the countdown is on for thousands of local businesses as they are ready to host the world for super bowl 50 in the bay area in 2016. tens of thousands of out of town visiters will pack levi stadium but they will stay in local hotels, eat in neighborhood restaurants, and the bay area plans to stretch events over two weeks to take advantage of the game. >> this super bowl is going to see visiters beyond the four-day average, we will see people planning vacations after the super bowl, before the super bowl. >> every hotel space will be filled and all of the shops and restaurants will be filled and all businesses will have cash registers flowing.

>> they used the game plan of indianapolis, including a record nine days of celebration and a have been village. >> more local football excitement, san jose state received the green light to renovate spartan stadium signing off on plans for a new athletic complex named after coaching legend bill walsh costing $38.5 million that comes from private donations. the new facility will feature premium seating and new locker rooms and training facilities. construction will start this year. the stadium will open in 2015. >> shark fans have plenty to cheer about after the rejuvenated sharks even playoff series with los angeles. buns ignited san jose's attack last night in the 2-1 win over the kings marking the second in a row at home over the stanley cup champions and the best of

seven semi finals are at 2-2. they will face off tonight night in los angeles. >> that is exciting and the giants, too, a two-run homer in the 10th by pablo. >> and we could see more heroics today during the game but, first, the weather. >> afternoon games, you will need the sunscreen. it will be sunny, breezy and feel warmer than the temperature if you are not in the breezes which is around 60 to low 60's. live doppler 7 hd shows we are dry again this morning and we will talk temperatures in san francisco and look at the forest hills district at 46 degrees, 47 in upper market and glen park and sunny side at 48 and mission district and portrero hills at 49 and everyone else is 50 degrees coming through the ferry building that is what it is. in the financial district, same thing, richmond is 50, and saratoga is 50 and union city is 50, and 51 if san leandro and

everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 40's until tracy at 52. the next 12 hours we are going to hold in the 40's and 50's and clear sky and cooler start. in the mid-60's away from the coast and mid-50's at noon and headed to 4:00, 70 inland and 66 around the bay and 55 at the cost. tomorrow and will friday, about the same, a few morning clouds along the coast on friday and well start the slow warming trend on saturday. now an update on the commute. >> afternoon, everyone, as we head to walnut creek we have construction and pretty light. as you travel along southbound 680 between main street and highway 24 we will have three lanes blocked off for caltran work that will last until 6 a.m. this morning and as we take it to oakland traveling northbound 880 between 66 and embarcardero, we have a few lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m. southbound side if you come down this direction

three lanes are blocked until 5:00 a.m. this is san mateo bridge we had an early highway wind advisory issued by the chop and it is canceled but the click it or ticket sign is still moving. >> honoring a bay area hero, the event to mark and remember the south bay man who stood up to terrorists on 9/11. >> you may think a mental disorder could hold you back in business but that is the type of person a major software company is looking to hire but first america's money. >> apple c.e.o. is on the hotseat, tim cook told lawmakers apple does not use irish subsidiaries to avoid billions in taxes. >> a vote of confidence for the chairman and c.e.o. of j.p. morgan chase, shareholders voted to allow him to keep both of the titles, with the reputation

tarnished by investigations. >> there is an app if customer loyalty cards allowing customs to download coupons and keep track of rewards and see the weekly ads. paypal is going after the shopper with a new smartphone app that lets you order and pay no longer necessary. by end of year they hope to have two million merchants accepting the new payment system. that is

>> covering berkeley, and san jose and all bay area. >> if you are flying anywhere this memorial day week heads up, you may be able to carry small knives on board starting this week. the transportation security administration tabled its policy to allow small knives on planes after strong opposition from the airline industry. the san francisco examiner

reports that industry observers say it could be implemented in time for the holiday week. opponents promise to take legal action if the flight policy goes through. >> a key person in the i.r.s. controversy will take the 5th after reveal the improper targeting of conservative groups two weeks ago. she heads the tax-exempt organization division and the lawyer says she has not commit mid crime but has no choice but to invoke her constitutional right not to testify. >> the german software company which owned the dublin based company is redefining diversity in hiring. they have a if you plan to actively recruit people with autism. we explain. >> trying to find a mistake in the software program takes a special skill and that is why a global software company wants to hire hundreds of people with

autism. a motivational speaker with a form of autism who helps other people understand his world. >> if one semi colon is out of place, the whole thing crashes. so they very good at detecting minor details. >> it is an opportunity for us to work with a different group of people and use those particular skill they is to make our organization stronger so it is a win-win all around. >> but fell with autism are susceptible to meltdowns which start at an early able. adults can have short tempers and a hard time taking social cues. but she says the pro's outweigh the consequences. >> an example, steve jobs had a lot of qualities like this. sometimes poor hygiene, temper tantrums and he was difficult to work with, obviously, but he created some of our modern

devices. >> it is already testing the waters with pilot programs in india and ireland. >> we will take the learnings from the communities and whatever pros and cons there were and apply them global. >> chance to utilized an untapped human resource follows the company's belief that innovation comes from the knowledges -- edges. >> far-reaching legislation to grant a path to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants cleared a major hurdle overnight, the senate judiciary committee approved the bill in 13-5 vote and now heads to the full senate after the panel chairman decided not to push a vote on an amendment to extend immigration rights to same-sex marriage couples. >> an antigay group is urging california children to stay home over commemoration of harvey milk's birthday with a reception. public schools are encouraged to teach students of the first

openly gay lawmaker, who was assassinated at city hall in 1978. a family values group is urging par. s to keep their children home from school. >> people belong to their parents, not the government so if they are sexually indoctrinating children it is up to the par. s to protect their children, and protest and tell these schools don't do it. >> the boycott puts schools in a tough position. they lose funding when children are absent and today would have been the 83rd birthday. there are several events for his birthday. >> today would have been the 43th birthday the hero of the united flight 93, who fought the terrorists who hijacked the flight after it took off from newark bound for san francisco on 9/11.

the rugby player tells the story from playing the game at los gatos and later for cal bears and focuses on his decision to come out as being gay in the final moments of his life. >> i thought how important it is for america to know that a gay man can stand and fight along straight guys and the issue of sexual orientation was on no one's mind on that morning. >> the rugby accomplish premieres tonight in san francisco at 6:30. abc7news.com has more details. >> our entire community has so much respect for mark bingham. >> now, the winds are driving? >> you went through it, this morning. >> still gusty, but has not met criteria for the bridges that c.h.p. maybe doesn't meet their

criteria. we do have some advisories as far as small craft advisory for the bay area and the coast because of the winds and the choppy waves they are developing but you can see it is dry out there and we are in the heart of the air mass and the winds are gusting from six miles per hour at concord to 13 at sfo, sustained winds and 189 at half moon bay and in santa rosa so, still breezy in some areas. a high to our west and a funnel of cold air coming down and it is so cold, look at these clouds, they look like frequent -- freckles and the ocean is not very warm, with freeze warnings to the north in mendocino county and further north. now, this afternoon, we are starting off in the 40's to near 50 by 2:00, though, it will be extent in san jose and cupertino

and low-to-mid 70's around los gatos and upper 60's around sunnyvale and on the peninsula, we have temperatures around 6 and menlo park is 69 and palo alto down to 63 in millbrae and mid-to-upper 50's and another brisk day on the coast with the sunshine and low 60's downtown and south san francisco. we will have mid-to-upper 50's along the coast for calistoga and mid-60's to upper 60's along the another bay shore from hayward to 66 to castro valley and america close at 69 and inland we have 69 with a breeze coming up crow canyon to keep you cooler than the other neighbors in the east bay valley 8:00 be in the low-to-mid 70's. headed to the game, it is a day game with sunscreen needed and it will be total sunshine and breezy and 58 at 12:45 and our temperatures tonight will be from 44 in santa rosa to 51 in

oakland. the seven-day forecast shows dropping a degree or two away from the coast for thursday and held steady on friday and finally the wins will subside and the marine layer comes back and the morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine and a slow warming trend in the weekend and next week. leyla gulen? >> good morning, question, c.h.p. has canceled their high wind advisories and they just basically deem a high wind advisory of anything enough to blow something high profile over or something that shakes a high profile vehicle. winds are calm enough but it is not a threat. in san jose we have construction that can be shaking things up traveling southbound along 880 between highway 237 to brokaw road until 7:00 a.m. this morning so plan ahead if you are in that area. right now, the great highway is still closed because of sand blowing out on the roadway and the golden gate bridge shows two lanes shut down until 5:00.

>> new this morning, san mateo county will hire 25 people to help implement president obama's affordable health care act taking affect in january. our media partner, the san jose mercury news reports that the county will recruit workers this month. it will be their job to help process the expected flood of new applications for new benefits. the board of supervisors authorized the hiring cost $3.6 million to hire everyone but the federal government will reimburse the county for half the amount. >> tomorrow, the bart board will vote on issue of allowing bicycles on trains during rush hour. the "contra costa times" reports the agency is ready to relax the bicycle restrictions after a survey found few rider complaints during a one-week test of relaxed rules in march. however, two bart directors say they still want some restrictions and will decide in several months whether to make the change permanent. if approved, it would go in affect on july 1.

>> another super sunday for 49ers coach participating in the sunday's endifficult -- indy

the city of los angeles has elected the next mayor, winning the race over fellow female democrat. he got nearly 54 percent of the vote making him the first elected jewish mayor. opponent received 46 percent of the vote and called him to concede 90 minutes ago. she would have been the first female their. he will succeed the mayor who is leaving office after terming out. >> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh is in the spotlight in a different sport. harbaugh will drive the pace car at the indy 500.

he co-owns a racing team based in indianapolis and played four seasons with the colts and will drive a corvette saying he had a dream about winning the race. he probably dreams about winning everything? >> he is a competitor. >> you can watch the indy 500 this sunday at 8:00 a.m. right here on abc7 news. >> they may have to force that pace car off the track because he may want to race. >> wonder how fast it will go? >> mike, how fast have the winds been blowing? >> i think the new stingray is about 140 miles a minute. a beautiful car. talk about the wins, a look at the flags, you can see on the ferry building, unfurled because of the presses out there this morning. air quality is going to be good but if trees and the u.v. index is high. watch out. quick bun -- burn factor.

inland, concord, and oakland and santa rosa will see a big drop in temperatures at three to four degrees. traveling an the state it will be sunny at 55 in tahoe and 70 into los angeles. >> in walnut creek we have construction that will last for another hour at least, southbound 680 define main street and highway 24, three lanes will be blocked and you may want to plan ahead because that could cause traffic in the area. as we take a look at the drive time traffic, 580, still clear, under half an hour, to get you out of tracy to dublin and 280 coming away from highway 84 to daly city, and 21 minutes 101, from san francisco to sfo it is 12 minutes and the bay bridge toll plaza a few lanes are blocked westbound for another few minutes. in the westbound direction we have paving work that will last until 2:00 p.m. this afternoon.

>> america's teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media but doing it on twitter to avoid their parents. 24 percent of teens are using twitter more than double the amount last year. the number of teens with a facebook profile remains about static at 70 percent of teens "friends" with their parents on facebook. teams prefer twitter rather than facebook which can be a burden. >> next at 5:00 a.m., new this morning, the united states identifies several suspects in last year's attack in benghazi, libya. why they cannot talk them into custody just yet. >> the family grieves all over again after an incident at a bay area cemetery.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning at 5:00. thank you for starting your day with us. >> it is gusting out there. the warnings on the bridges and the advisories have been lifted. mike? >> still gusty. but there are different criteria from c.h.p. and what the national weather service uses so we have small craft advisory at the cost for choppy seas and gusty wind. fat of the winds are up to 28 in santa rosa and oakland is 25 and half moon bay is 22 and novato is 18. everyone else is less than ten miles per hour. the first forecast today, we will start inland where it will be breezy with another temperature drop today. 69 to 72 degrees