structures threatened. another brushfire burned seven acres but no damages or injuries in that fire. no word on the in the east bay firefighters are alert following a brushfire that threatened homes and businesses last night starting in a drive grassy area at old orchard road in martinez with flames close to an apartment complex and businesses but firefighters got the fire under control before it did damage. the fire charred an acre. >> a young oklahoma tornado victim will be laid to rest today. it is the first funeral since the storm on monday. the child died at plaza towers elementary school. the twister killed 24 people including ten children. it destroyed up to 13,000 homes, two schools and a hospital. president obama will travel to

moore, oklahoma on sunday. the damage could be $2 billion. >> we have new video showing the deadly twister's formation and the initial moment. this is how it looked as it moved across the field on monday and appeared to be gaining in size and strength. in the next half hour we will go to moore, oklahoma, where the recovery efforts continue three days after the storm. >> this morning, san francisco police are searching for a driver who crashed into a home causing major damage and took off. the impact left a bill hole in the house near moore street in the outer mission district at 7:40. the driver fled the scene. police found the vehicle abandoned to daly city. no sign of the driver, no one in the home was hurt. >> today boy scouts much america are set to vote on the policy to include gay members. 1,400 scout leaders are beating in texas to decide if openly gay

boys can become scouts. the vote comes after an 18-year-old local scout gained nationwide attention when he was denied the rank of eagle scout. yesterday, the president of the boy scouts called on voters to lift the ban. >> there will be findings released in the murder of two police officers in the line of duty in stanford. the two were gunned down february 26 by 35-year-old while investigating the man in an attempted sexual assault place and he ambushed and thought them. he was twice accused of rape while serving in the army but never put on trial. this morning, america's cup officials recommend more than three dozen changes to improve safety during the race. this is two weeks after british sailor andrew simpson died when the catamaran capsized in san

francisco bay. the head of the artemis racing team which was his team will not case in organizers do not make changes to protect sailors. the recommendations include review of the structure of the boats, enhance the sailor safety gear, lowering the wind limit for sailing. the recommendation still need to be approved by the other teams. >> another nurse's strike starting this morning in san jose, registered nurses are set to strike for to days starting 7:00 a.m. with the nurses and hospitals in contract talks fighting over proposed elimination of the pension plan and hospital staffing levels. thousands of health care workers will end a two-day strike and return to work later this morning at ucfs and for our medical centers in california. they walked off the job on tuesday over stalled account talks involving pension contributions. the medical centers post honed

hundreds of elected procedures and therapy. >> construction of the new bay bridge will show us prep work done today to replace broken bolts. this month, the toll bridge program oversight committee announce add plan to install large steel saddles on the new span which would fix the problem of the broken belts. 32 bolts than tightened in march broke and officials say similar bolts that were tightened since then have shown no sign of failure. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield will have more in a live report. >> we will learn who is $2 president richer thanks to a powerball ticket bought here in the bay area. officials say someone has come forward to claim a ticket worth $2.3 million, and it was purchased at a 7/11 on the a expressway in san jose matching

five of the six members on saturday for the largest jackpot in the history. it missed a shot at the record $590 million jackpot which went to someone else. >> indeed. >> we will check the weather with mike nicco. >> thanks, good morning, everyone, live doppler 7 hd shows a cloud or two is across the sky this morning but there is no rain in sight. the air is relatively dry but there is moisture in there and that is why you saw on the golden gate bridge camera, in front of leyla gulen, a little bit of haze, and the temperatures. in san francisco, in the 40's! from forest hills neighborhood of 45 to a lost 49's through the golden gate bridge and to ocean beach. 49 in the financial district and same in palo alto, and richmond, and 47 in american canyon and fairfield and walnut creek and

santa clara, 44 degrees. here is a look at the day planner the next 12 hours, we will be in the 40's through 7:00 and mid-50's to mid-60's at noon and upper 50's to 60's at 4:00. moving forward, we will have temperatures that are going to remain at or below average all the way through the weekend. now a check of the morning commute. leyla gulen? >> good morning, we will head back down to san jose where we have more construction projects. we have the busy caltrain and highway 85 between 280 up to the south bay freeway well have one right lane closed in both directions until about 6:00 a.m. this morning, and we also have a high wind advisory along the dumbarton bridge so if you are traveling there in either direction you are going to be seeing high winds and if you drive anything that is high profile make sure you give yourself plenty of extra time because you do not want to be in anything that is going to blow over. so be careful on the roads.

>> good suggestions from yesterday. san jose firefighters begin another day with the battle this time flaming broke out at a home in south san jose, and abc7 news reporter is on the scene. matt? >> this area is blocked off right around the home that caught fire. the firefighters are still here on the scene making sure there are no hotspots. the call came in at 1:15 and the husband, wife, two sons and a dog were able to get out but they could not put out the flames with their hoses, the garden hoses. when the firefighters arrived the flames spread through the the attic. there is a lost damage from the ceilings being pulled down, the water damage in the house. >> firefighters were able to save a couple of motorcycles parked in the garage but a classic car was damaged,

firefighters were able to keep the flames from moving to any homes. the family has left and they told firefighters they would be staying with friends and family. >> it is 4:38. >> and next, what size protests the blogger lighting up the intent with her photo campaign against abercromie & fitch. >> the big decision on bart today on whether bart bicycle riders will spend more time riding the rails. first, though, america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money, a mixed message from the fed. first, chairman bernanke told congress the economic stimulus will not end any time soon and then minutes away, suggested it could be scaled back next month. general motors is recalling 27,000 cadillacs made this year saying the wheels could fall off. only models with 189" wheels

need immediate repair. sales of existing homes jumped in april to the highest since 2009 and five million homes were sold just last month with sales figures for new homes released later on this morning. that is america's money. have

>> we will know by the end of the day if bicycles are allowed on bart. the board of directors is meeting tonight and scheduled to vote on lifting the ban on bikes during commutes. they tested a week-long pilot program allowing bicycles and the passengers said there was no impact on a decision to ride bart. >> watch where you are going, the san francisco police department is launching a new campaign to educate distracted walkers. the focus is pedestrians who text or talk on the phone rather than paying attention. officers and student volunteers will stop and talk with people

about pedestrian accidents and cell phone robberies. police say robberies are soaring with thieves snatching phones and ipads before a person can look up. >> the highway patrol is asking for anyone who witnessed a fatal accident on 580 between livermore and tracy to come failure. it claimed the life of a young father. the 33-year-old michael cof was impaled and killed by a metal pole that smashed through his windshield. the c.h.p. says he was driving on 580 and sky 7 was over the scene after the accident and the pole was identified as a tie down rod used to hold down truckloads. it probably came off a big rig. the family says he was on the way to a work meeting in the bay area. he leaves behind a wife and three children. >> a visually jarring set of photos surfaced this week challenging a clothing story's refusal to make clothe for larger women called attractive and fat and taken the intent by

storm. >> these photos were posted paired with a guy would looks like he could be a real abercrombie & fitch model because of recent comments made by c.e.o. mike jeffries, implying they cater to the thin and beautiful. the photos were taken on saturday when on her blog on sunday and by monday she was a associate media sensation with what she called "attractive and fat." i caught up with her in the skype interview. >> if you look at media you would see more fat women with not fat women, for example, maybe even a family guy, you would see that more often than you would ever see a fat woman with a conventionally attractive man. >> i want dead show that and see what would happen and it certainly sparked some conversation. >> she is getting 120,000 hit as day and if you google abercromie

& fitch advertising her images pop up among the usual suspects. >> she has not heard directly from abercromie & fitch and the company did not spend to our request to an interview. shoppers in san francisco were aware of the photos. you would like to see these in ads? >> yes. we are not all thin. >> attractive and fat, absolute ly. >> that is the news from san francisco. >> woman facing deportation has been allowed to stay in the united states to take care of her nine-month-old baby. officials from immigration and customs released the woman after two weeks in custody. the mother and child were reunited at a rally outside immigration and customs headquarters in san francisco. officials say they does now not know she was nursing. they are giving her one year to run to her native brazil.

her tone says this has become a common problem in the united states. >> it should not have happened. it is happening every day. this is a clear example of the bigger picture of why we need comprehensive immigration reform. we need something more permanent. >> she has been in the united states for eight years and is studying to be a pastor. >> if you have driven over a president hole and thought, i immediate to tell the city, in vallejo there is now an app. the city has joined "see, click, fix," an app that lets you report nonemergency problems including damaged streetlights or potholes and lets you publicly pinpoint what is wrong on a map so the city can respond >> our meteorologist has the accweather forecast. >> good morning, everyone. dry start this morning on live doppler 7 hd but a little breezy. higher elevations, the peninsula, the coast, san

francisco, here we are at mount tamalpais, sausalito, and san francisco here, and the bay bridge. it is breezy at 2,600' but we don't live up there. sunny today, below average temperatures. the breezes will pick up and spread across the neighborhoods with showers possible monday and tuesday. we talked about that yesterday. now it is looking more formidable. from the roof camera, at the ferry building and the embarcardero center, temperatures are three degrees cooler-than-average in oakland at 66. san francisco is 61. napa is 71. that is six degrees cooler-than-average. san jose is 69. we will only get to 66 in redwood city, ten degrees cooler-than-average. we have the area of low pressure counterclockwise flow with the air coming straight down from

alaska. the winds will start to let up tomorrow but they will be around enough today they could cause problems. we will watch sfo. we had the airport warning yesterday. we will hope they do not get that bad today. bumpy in and out of sfo, and mid-to-upper 60's for the south bay and santa clara and deeper in the santa clara valley and gilroy, temperatures are in the low 70's. deeper in the santa clara valley near gilroy in the 70's, millbrae is 62. 63 in san mateo, to 68 in palo alto, and mid-to-upper 50's along the coast, and 60 in downtown and south san francisco , and 67 in petaluma, 68 in san rafael, and mid-to-upper 60 and a last stop, inland, upper 60's to low 70's. tonight, temperatures are in the 40's to near 50 in richmond and

oakland. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures warm just a little bit tomorrow, saturday, and sunday, and a chance of rain and the coolest weather on monday. leyla >> the coffee is delicious, mike, by the way, i can personally say that. we want to start you off with the great highway which has been closed down again. we will look at it, where we have sand that blew on the roadways and they had gusts up to 50 miles per hour. mike told us about that yesterday. that will be shut down until the sand is mopped up. on the east bay we have construction roth northbound 680 between south mission to north mission boulevard. it is causing slowing in that area but the project will wrap up at 5:00 a.m. and along 580 into dublin you are at 24 minutes and 24 westbound away

from 680 from walnut creek to oakland at 12 minutes and 101 southbound from san rafael to the golden gate bridge and into san francisco that is 14-minute commute. this is san jose along 280 and traffic is barely there. >> the british government's emergency committee will meet today after a brutal deadly attack on a london street. authorities say two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death yesterday before authorities shot the two and took them into custody. the prime minister says there is strong indications it was an act of terrorism. government officials say it may have been muslim extremists and the rim is not identified. authorities say he was a soldier. las vegas police are investigating former a's outfielder for sexual assault and named canseco as a suspect but have not charged him with anything. canseco said on twitter the police came to visit him and he tweeted about the investigation referring to a woman by name and

giving her phone number and told a tv station he has never been proven wrong. he now is playing in the minor leagues. >> the only place in the bay area that is declared "soda free." we will tell you which sunscreen s

>> could marin county become soda free, that is the hope the supervisors declaring it a soda free summer but the proclamation is not a ban but healthy advise from supervisors. in the resolution, the board cite add study that says adult whose drink more than one soda are 27 percent more likely to be overweight. >> the richmond police chief is turning in a huge wad of cash he

found on the street. he was on the avenue and he spotted dollar bills blowing in the wind. he picked up the money along with a wallet and booked it intoest and waiting for the rightful owner. the american would have to confirm their location and other relevant details. police refused to deal the amount of cash. now a check on the weather. mike? >> we will start by taking at look at your cash fund. actually, we are going to talk about the ferry building and also the bay bridge with the flags still unfouled. high tree pollen, and ragweed and grass are low. we have settled into this pattern. the u.v. index is high. across the state, you can see a few clouds to the north, a few radar runs around eureka but headed through the afternoon the

showers are going to dry and we have mid-to-upper 70's through the central valley and 61 at monterey and 72 in los angeles and 67 in san diego and palm spring is down to 92. and now a look at what going to happen in tahoe, we will see sunshine and 55 with a breeze and mostly sunny and mid-60's headed through the weekend. have safe travels. we will talk about traveling around here at home. in san jose we have a couple of projects, caltrain work, northbound, and southbound, 280, to northbound 880, the northbound project is around for a few minutes and the transition will be shut down until 6:00 a.m. and further to the north as we make your greed to cupertino, one lane is closed from 280 to 237. here is a picture of our san

mateo bridge and it looks to be hazy. sob careful and use caution when you drive out of hayward to foster city. we have a high wind advisory on the dumbarton. >> thank you. a kindergartener lost her father, a police officer, in the line of duty and got a special show of support with hundreds of officers showing up for her kindergarten graduation greeting for her and packed the auditorium. her father was one of two officers killed by a hit-and-run driver during a drunk driving stop last week. no arrests have been made. >> new report is showing a big drop in teen mother birth rates, at 25 percent drop if most states. california saw a bigger drop at 29 percent, mountain states did we better with birth rates down by 30 percent or more and arizona, colorado, idaho, nevada and utah. the centers for disease control based the report on birth rates

between 2007 through 2011 focusing on teens age 15 to 19 and experts believe the weak economy contributed to the decline. >> "consumer reports" is out with the topics for sunscreen. top rated is a spray from target if you prefer a lotion, "consumer reports" named one from wal-mart which is "equate," and copper tone water babies got a good rate. >> if you exercise this morning you are part of an exclusive club and if you lift weights more exclusive much the lack of strength training is the most common problem for our health. the centers for disease control says nearly three out of four americans do not lit a dumbbell or do a pushup or participate in pilates. 34 percent of people do no

aerobic exercises. 51 percent in the west get aerobic exercises and people in the south get the least at 18 percent. the report says that only 19 percent of adults meet the federal guidelines for both strength training and aerobics. >> to stay healthy, the secret to a long life? move to the top floor. a study from the university of switzerland find people who live beloathe the 8th floor are 22 percent more likely to die early. specifically, the chances of dying of lung canner are 40 percent greater for people living on the ground floor than those above the eighth floor. less exposure to pollution and health benefits of walking up the stairs. >> but that is only city dwellers what if you live in the rural areas. >> next at 5:00 we following develops news in the east bay where a man barely escaped for

his life. >> caltran shows east work it is doing to fix broken bolts on the bay bridge and questions of the bad bolt may go beyond the bay bridge. >> the two year battle over a new hospital in san francisco comes to a head today. the compromises that may make a

>> this is abc7 news. >> good morning, thursday at 5:00, thanks for starting your day with us, i am kristen sze. >> i am katie marzullo here for eric thomas. we send you over to our meteorologist for a look at the weather. >> come on over, thank