the bicycle path discovered a year ago that this problem happened. caltran officials say it has been repaired. they plan to she us. they will take the media on a tour to show us the repair. still, it is unsettling to hear about a bolt problem given that belts on the actual bridge are not working. some of them are cracked and need $5 million to $10 million repair so this raises the question of the management of this project. another question, will the bridge open on time as scheduled on labor day weekend as the plan calls for? officials at this point do not know. >> the driver whose crash killed three people in colma will be arraigned on charges of felony hit and run and vehicular

manslaughter. paul diaz was intoxicated and speeding when he rear ended a honda before hitting a retaining wall. all three passengers were killed. a family member says a victim, 23-year-old rosa was engaged to diaz. >> i loved her. i miss her. i don't know what i will do without her. diaz walked away but turned himself in hours later. he is held in san mateo county jail on $750,000 bail. >> prosecutors are considering criminal charges against a father who lost two daughters in a crash and investigators are recommending manslaughter charges against the father who was driving on highway 101 in palo alto and he fell asleep at wheel and crashed the s.u.v. the two daughters were thrown from the vehicle and killed. he also hit a c.h.p. officer who suffered minor injuries. investigators say he drove

despite getting just three hours of sleep in the previous 24 hours. >> a boy accused of stabbing his young are sister to death and blaming it on an intruder is expected to enter a plea in the case today. the 12-year-old brother of the 8-year-old leyla leyla foul we s with charged. we are not showing his face because he is a minor. defense attorneys are pushing to get him released to custody of the family and expected to ask the judge to close future corporate proceedings to the public. >> city council man will hold a community meeting to discuss growing crime in the bay area's biggest city following the death of three young men killed hours apart over the holiday week. two teens were shot on sunday behind the kohl's department story. a few hours later action 20-year-old justin watkins was

killed near oak grove high school for 19 homicides, ready to beat last year's number of 46 homicides much the city is held at the library at 6:30. we will have more on the challenges the city is facing from abc7 news reporter next half hour. >> santa clara supervise is considering a proposal to wage the minimum wage on the heels of san jose's overwhelming approval last fall to raise the minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10 an hour does what the supervisor wants he does not know how many businesses or workers are affected if the board could enact such a measure on its own or if it would require voter approval. the "san jose mercury news" reports that county staff are due to report back to the committee in august with more information related to the proposal. >> this morning the postal service is asking for your help in finding the person who robbed one of their mail trucks. surveillance video from an

oakland business shows the burglary near the intersection of market and 36th street. watch the top of the screen. you can see it happen, the thief hops in the back of an unmarked postal truck with mail, goes through the contents and runs off. postal inexpecters are offering $10,000 reward. >> the silicon valley education foundation and santa clara supervisor are headed to sacramento to push for more education funding. this week, lawmakers are trying to reach a budget deal including how to spend $3 billion revenue surplus. the governor brown wanted to spend cautiously and the proposal did not include the protect ever surplus but k through 12 would receive more money than in the 2011-2012 year giving addict grants to districts with nor disadvantaged -- more disadvantaged.

>> the bay area is now a seller's housing market. the bay area doubles up to 22 percent if value. only phoenix saw a greater increase. we not expected to reach the historic highs of 2005 but increasing rapidly. antioch saw 28 percent rise in home prices over the last year, and union city, 34 percent. in east oakland, home prices jumped 51 percent. >> we are getting a new cheerer idea of the damage caused by 5.7 earthquake in northern california. officials say that last thursday's earthquake damaged 50 homes in the area, and causeed more than $1 million in losses and centered in greenville, 150 whiles northeast of sacramento. some folks felt it all the way here especially in the north bay. there were dozens of after shocks. >> cruise are making progress against a wildfire north of santa barbara which blackened 2,000 acres, roughly three

square miles. they are taking advantage of a lull in the high winds and it is now 65 percent contained. people who were evacuated on monday were allowed to return home last night, and so far the fire has damaged only one structure. >> as far as we are concerned, mike, what is going on? i thought it was windy driving in. most spots are calmer and not so wet as yesterday. so, yes, it can change a little bit especially depending where you travel today. good morning, here is a look at our temperatures and everyone is in the mid-to-upper 50's and mostly cloudy sky and we have air mass right now is pulled together. you can seat wind on the sutro tower camera. not so wet but a few sprinkles this morning. by noon, it will be brighter and 55 at the coast and 69 inland.

by 4:00, we are close to average with mid-50's at the coast and mid-70's inland and quiet and jacket weather with 53 at the coast and 65 inland. from the roof camera, you can see on the san francisco exploritorium the flags are unfurled because of the breezes at the sure line with a jump in temperatures tomorrow and again on friday. we will be in the 90's friday and start and 70's at the coast. the heat will reach its height on saturday for the weekend plans. but, first, traffic with leyla gulen. >> it is calm. we have construction projects that are back on track now the weekend and the memorial day holiday are over. in the east bay over to antioch, eastbound side of highway four to a street we will have a couple of lanes blocked shut down until 6:00 a.m. this morning. in the altamont pass right now, 80 coming out of tracy top

speeds at 60 from tracy to livermore and still looking cheer as you continue the drive westbound direction. now, the san mateo bridge looks beautiful with not too much traffic. headlights are moving eastbound. eric and kristen? >> next, too close for comfort, the bay area neighborhood watching future a mountain lion this morning. >> thieves leave disabled bay area boaters on shore with barely a paddle and you can help them get back in the water the. >> the newest apple store is making unwanted waves with san francisco history that the company wants to take down but first america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money, big news from the housing market propelling the dow to a fresh new high opening at 15409 after gaining 10 6 points today the day to make money on wall street was

tuesday, the 20th tuesday if a row it called higher, with the best trading day of the week. >> kelloggs agreed to $4 million settlement in class-action suit over false advertising and claims the frosted mini wheats improve children's memory. that is america's money, make

>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 4:41 on this wednesday morning, a look from the sutro tower toward san francisco, you can see it bobbing because it is breezy. you can see clear conditions. mike will tell us more of what is going on weather-wise. >> new pictures show the damage done when the 60' tree crashed down and trapped a homeowner. here is a picture taken by our media partner, "contra costa

times". he was garden and a tall pine tree crashed into the yard on monday, trapping him in the branches. neighbors came running to help and he says he is feeling okay but look at the damage to the back of the home. he and his wife had just put it up for sale, the couple says they spoke to a tree specialist who said it was rotted. >> and thieves stole motors from rescue boats and caused thousands of dollars in damage. it is a story you will see only on abc7 news. the bay area association of disabled sailors used specially equipped sailboats to help sailors with disabilities navigate the waters. the stolen motors were on five inflightable boats used in rescues if they get into trouble. the thieves caused extensive damage when they put through the looks and cords and cables that secured the motors. if you would like to help them there is information on our website at abc7news.com under

"see it on tv." >> residents are nervous in the east bay after a mountain lion was spotted in a backyard if lafayette if a tree. residents are now being warned to keep a close eye on their kids and animals. >> it is common to see wildlife driving up the hills of lafayette but neighbors are not used to the type of animal that turned up, a photo making the rounds, a mountain lion perched in an oak tree. >> i was like, high god, this is crazy. >> a 14-year-old took the picture on saturday afternoon at 4:30 in the backyard of his aunt's home. he thought it he was photographing a squirrel and did not notice the cat until the next day. >> he is like, you can't go out there, i just looked at the picture i took from the "squirrel" and it was a mountain lion in the background. i was freaked out. >> the photos of e-mail and

included a woman who keeps three chickens in the backyard. >> i heard rustling in the oaks and i wasn't going to turn my back. >> she wonders if her dog sensed the mountain lion a few days ago. >> on saturday night she went nuts and she doesn't usually, she is use used to dee and turkey. >> they rarely attack and if you do encounter one stand tall and slowly back away. around this area some neighbors are keeping their pets inside and not letting their children walk alone throughed woulded areas. in lafayette for abc7 news. >> in half an hour the first onstage round of this year's national spelling bee is underway in maryland. who area girls are among the contestants, one from cupertino, and an 8th grader from san ramon. for the first time the

contestants need to know how to spell a word but they will need to know what the word means. can you catch the action online starting at 5:00 in 15 minutes from now on espn 3 with a link on our website. >> as much as i love wanting the kids i love to watch the parents even more. >> like seeing the sweat on their forehead. >> they are so nervous and so proud. >> they have a right to be very proud. >> my parents would say that when i was swimming. now my wife is like, i was swinging with you. now i understand what they meant. >> i was getting hit by the pitch with you, son. >> speaking of pitches, the a's played again. >> now they switch to at&t park so the breeze is back and the cooler weather. the forecast is coming up. it will be typical day at at&t park other than the fact that

a's are coming over. live doppler 7 hd shows the best shower activity is south sacramento headed to stockton and to modesto and that area and right now we have a little drizzle out there from time to time and the winds are fast on the peninsula and up around napa and otherwise everyone else is below ten miles per hour. we will look at what is going on at the golden gate bridge we can see the clouds not hanging nearly as low as they were yesterday. because of that, we will have sunshine and quicker today and temperatures are the same area as yesterday with just a few sprinkles. all the streets that were wet yesterday will not the case today. the weekend we will have mini heat wave touching the coast and the temperatures will taper next week and come back in line where they should be. we are in the low-to-mid 70's if the south bay and deeper in the santa clara valley, morgan hill and gilroy, mid-to-upper 70's and santa cruz 74, redwood city

and south, throw mid-70's and san mateo and millbrae, mid-to-upper 60's. at the coast we will see sunshine and upper 50's to lower 60's so a few degrees warmer and low-to-mid 70's in downtown and south san francisco and still breezy in the afternoon. throw mid-70's through the north bay, and near 60 at the beaches and 66 at berkeley and everyone else in the upper 60's to low 70's. in the east bay valley, very delightful day and sunny and mid-to-upper 70's. tonight the temperatures are cooler and more wide-spread in the north bay valley and along the coast because there will not be so many clouds. here is the last weathers maker, a really weak weather maker with the radar run not that impressive and neither is the cloud cover. we will see the sun break out quickly today, and we are at 7:00 to 9:00, you can see the sunshine pushing and by noon it is still hanging on to the peninsula coast and by 1:00 o'clock or 2:00, it is gone. we will look at the seven-day

forecast, check out the temperatures, jumping nearly 10- to 15-degrees between tomorrow and friday the heat peeks on saturday and cooling hits the coast and inland by tuesday. >> we do have some construction to get to headed over to oakland, a shutdown, with a few lanes until 5:00 a.m., northbound and southbound at 66 and high avenue. there is volume building on the road and that is going to wrap up very shortly. as we take a look at the drive time traffic, the 80 coming westbound, from highway 4 to the toll plaza, 15 minutes gets you there and southbound along 280 from woodside looking at 20 minutes. and 101 headed away from highway 8 a in the northbound direction to the san jose airport, that is a short 13-minute commute. now, speaking of san jose, this is the 280 headed away from 17, and it is dark but that is where

17 is, it takes you seven minutes to head into cupertino. >> apple could be headed if a showdown over the design of the proposed flag ship store on san francisco's union square. they will begin work to transform the levi's building into a rectangular store which does not include presbyterianing the 40-year-old fountain near the hyatt hotel and preservationists are raising concern saying the fountain created by a renown artist is popular for depiction of local sites. we tried to contact apple but have not received a response. >> facebook is promising to crackdown on people would post hate speech encouraging violence against women. the announcement came after a group of protesters convinced more than a dozen advertisers to boycott the social giant, women, action and the media, complained of posts that encourage or condone rape and beatings. facebook says it will

reevaluate the way they handle face speech and improve trading for moderators. >> more moms are bringing home more of the bacon these days. a record number of american women are now the primary breadwinners in the family. according to the pew research center, more than 40 percent of households with children rely on the mom as the chief or only source of income. in 1960 that number was 1 percent. most of the families are headed by single moms and a growing number of married moms making more than their husband and more earn degrees and enter industries such construction and manufacturing that have usually been male-dominated. >> coming up, why a consumer group is wanting customs about the meat sold as a popular market chain. >> the showdown in san francisco over who can give students their

>> new this morning, tea party favorite mitchell bachmann will not seek a 5th term in congress. the minnesota republican announced this in a youtube posting this morning. she says her decision was not influenced by fears of losing re-election or any ethics inquiries and did not say what she will do after leave congress but that she is not ruling out a few run for office. >> police are trying to find the person behind a small explosion inside disneyland. someone put dry ice in a plastic bottle and dropped it in a garbage can. witnesses say it sounded like a gunshot when the bottle exploded. no one was hurt. people were evacuatessed for a short time. police are not sure if it was an accident or done on purpose. disney is the parent company of abc7 news. >> mike nicco, is it so cold this morning? >> about the same, temperatures in the 50's. but not as wet as it was

yesterday. now the bay bridge moving over to at&t park, with first pitch at 70 and then drop down to 55 degrees. most of the wet weather will dry no matter where you going. right now, it extends from tracy and mendocino toward tahoe and yosemite and maybe a stray shower in the high country but mostly we see increasing sunshine and 53 in tahoe and mid-to-upper 80's around sacramento and fresno and 100 in palm springs. that heat is coming our way. how about leyla gulen and the traffic? >> right on time, as we take a look at the golden gate bridge and you can see the drive in the northbound direction the flashing lights and they pick up cones and the project is wrapping up. also, we will get the center divider that will be installed and the project should be finished by 2015 so that will make the drive along the golden gate bridge safer.

now, the maps show we have construction project were wrapping up in fairfield westbound highway 12 to eastbound 80. as we look at our toll plaza the bay bridge, it looks empty in the westbound direction from oakland, not too bad so far. kristen and eric? >> a consumer group's ad slammed trader gentleman's for selling meat from animals giving antibiotic, and calling on trader's to stop warning that too much meat with antibiotics, makes them less helpful on humans. other supermarkets like whole foods now sell only antibiotic free-meat. >> the supreme court will hear arguments whether someone not a nurse or doctor can give injections to school students. a nurse's union is challenging a proposal made by the state

department of education when tightths call for eliminating nurses. law requires measures to add minute sister insulin or other medication. however, the department of education has allowed staffers to give shots since 2007. the president of the nurse's union says that jeopardizes safety. >> the medication can be fatal if given wrong. it is a hormone. too much insulin can cause fatality and quickly. >> the american diabetes association says insulin shots can be administered safely by nonmedical staff with proper training. >> more and more americans are getting eyelid lifts but who is picking up the tab? medicare. according to a report by the center for public integrity the number of eyelid lits paid for by medicare more than quadrupled recently. the cost to taxpayers for the simple surgery rose to $80 million in 2011, up from $20 million in 2001.

medicare pays where the eyelids hinder their vision and it pays to have them lifted and the jump leaves some to question whether some surgeries were really necessary or cosmetic. >> three new astronauts have joined the crews of the international space station. >> three, two, one. lift off. this is a six-hour right to the international space station. >> the lift offer asked an american, russian, and an italian, the second tip to use new meeting techniques so it takes six hours where it used to take a day. the astronauts docked with the station last night and you can see the new crew welcoming those already on board. nasa senate female is tweeting a greeting and expects to defeat more during the stay.

>> next at 5:00, preventing head on crashes on the most popular bridges. the major golden gate bridge upgrade that leyla gulen referred to could help drivers feel safer. >> another round of tornadod stampedes through midwest

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is wednesday. already at the middle of the week. it is 5:00. >> what is the weather looking like today? is there a change? >> a little bit of a change. you will notice it already outside. good morning to you.