to the duty manager at sfo. it is not just air traffic affected by the weather. the highway patrol issued a fog advisory for highway one leading to pacifica. >> today, people on both sides of the gay rights issue resume the monday morning ritual watching the supreme court for word of a decision on same-sex marriage ban in california. a ruling could come today or this week. cornell bernard has more from city hall. >> the waiting is almost over from shasta to san diego, county clerks are bracing for the ruling on proposition eight, especially in san francisco at city hall where the gay pride flag is flying this morning. joy and matt have been engaged in two months but have no wedding plans waiting for the supreme court ruling on proposition 8 which could come

this morning. several things could happen. justices could uphold the proposition, the same-sex marriage ban. they could also strike it down. employees at city hall will be glued to their computers. the rueing is the culmination of a ten-year legal battle. >> we want to get married here with our friends and connections here but we cannot if it is not legal. >> i am optimistic but if we lose i am optimistic california voters are ready to go back to the ballot and take it out. >> if the supreme court rules on proposition 8 the decision would be posted online at 7:00 a.m. pacific. if that happens san francisco city attorney will come out and make comments. if it is struck down, bodyings could start happening here in san francisco in 25 days. >> stay with abc7 news for

coverage of the supreme court decisions on air and on-line when they happen on twitter, facebook, and our news app and right here on abc7 news. authorities in the north bay are looking for four men who tried to kidnap a 15-year-old girl on saturday night near a taco bell. the 15-year-old sold police a green lexus pulled up next to her as she walked home from a park and four men got out, called her "cute" and asked her to get in a car and grabbed her arm. she got away and ran back to her family at the park. she described the suspect as black man in his mid-20's at 5' 10" with short hair. the sheriff has no description for the other men. >> equipment failure is blamed for a massive power outage along the central coast that left 145,000 customers in the dark.

it happened after 9:00 and affected santa barbara and santa maria 150 miles north of los angeles. power was restored to 90,000 customers at midnight. >> former national security agency contractor wanted by the u.s. government has failed to show up this morning for flight from russia to cuba. edward snowden did not board a flight from now to havana as expected. his whereabouts are unknown. he was in now after fleeing hong kong yesterday. he will head to ecuador with the help of wikileaks. the foreign minister of ecuador is considering the request for asylum. he has been running since revealingness on the n.s.a.'s highly classified communications spying program. >> developing news from south africa where the government says everything possible is being done to ensure nelson mandela's

comfort. the 94-year-old is in critical condition and his health is deteriorating. he is being treated for recurring lung infection. he became the first black president after the end of apartheid in 1994. he was hospitalized june 8. >> commuters in the south bay could shave time off the drive with new car pool lanes on 880 in san jose will open in half an hour at 5:00 a.m. the northbound and southbound lanes between highway 237 in milpitas and highway 101 in san jose have a new car pool lane and will be operational weekdays between 5:00 and 9:00 in the morning and 3:00 and 7:00 in the afternoon. >> there is going to be anagrammed for redwood city to take over fire services at san carlos. the "san jose mercury news"

reports san carlos taxpayers pay the salaries of the firefighters who would get an average of 13 percent pay hike to match the redwood city colleagues. two years ago san carlos pulled from a joint fire protection agreement with belmont complaining it costs too much. >> today alameda will mark the transfer of the former naval air station to the city. the city is holding a ceremony to mark phase one of the land transfer which includes more than 500 acres of prime real estate. the navy closed the base in -- 20 years ago taking away 14,000 jobs but agreed to turn the land over to the city for free. over land will be turned over when the environmental clean up is finished. the city hopes to attract 9,000 corporate research and development jobs. >> the postal service is holding a job fair to fill hundreds of positions particularly for those looking to work in the south bay. they are hiring 500 new hail --

mail carriers, half based in san jose and all of the jobs are temporary. the job fair runs from 9:00 a.m. today until 4:00 p.m. this afternoon at the san jose mail processing and distribution center. we have more information at abc7news.com. >> and it could possibly be wet at the job fair. lisa? >> good morning, everyone. the radar shows a lost rain and sprinkles and light rain because the atmosphere is dry but look in the north bay, most of the returns from point reyes to santa rosa, highway 101 in the east bay, shows fog, wet payment, and light rain showers through petaluma to antioch and concord. 680 is wet, too. on the san mateo coast from san

francisco and south, be careful. we will see light rain showers through the morning. in the afternoon, clouds and upper 60's to lower 70's and maybe a few bits of sun but in the evening, a better chance of rain and the next round comes in which will be bringing better amounts of rain. the best chance to see rain is in the south, the peninsula and the north bay. look how much we clear on wednesday and thursday, in the 80's and 90's. sue hall is here with a look at the only commute. >> we have one accident. it is cleared. this is in daly city. it is off 280 at john daly boulevard. otherwise, winds are high over the altamont pass, and that is breezy into livermore. road work, southbound 680, 237,

you can see the new h.o.v. lane on 880, between 237 and the san jose interchange in 101. bay bridge toll plaza is looking good. you can see light traffic headed into the city. kristen? eric? >> sue is here for leyla gulen. >> brazen home robbery shakes a neighborhood and neighbors are taking action to protect themselves. >> devastating fires burn out of control in colorado. >> the on the state of new jersey is paying to a late actor^. >> topping america's money, starbucks is hiking prices on the drinks tomorrow with less than a third of the beverages will increase by 1 percent that will vary by region. >> twinkies are back after disappearing last year when hostess went bankrupt. they have new management and the

company says twinkies are back july 15, in just three weeks. and disney debuted in the top spot at $82 million. brad pitt was in

>> welcome back. authorities have released the name of the woman who died in san francisco bay. investigators say the 60-year-old was in a minivan that plunged in the bay in san francisco on friday. divers pulled her from the vehicle on sunday morning. they are trying to figure out why the van went in the water. >> two men are under arrest for assault on a taxi driver in santa rosa and taken into custody yesterday morning. police say the men were riding with a woman in a cab and they started arguing with the driver. the driver told them to get out

they attacked the driver. the driver drove to the jail to get help but they jumped out in the drive. police arrested the men and released the woman. the driver suffered substantial injuries to his face and head. >> an oakland community is shaken up after a brazen home invasion robbery the latest in a rash of robberies in the upper diamond neighborhood. residents in the community are responding. >> two men use add crowbar to breakthrough the door while a woman and her grandson were asleep inside. >> came back in the bedroom and asked where the money and jewelry was. i told them. they cleared out whatever else they could from my belongings and took jewelry off of me. >> police are checking surveillance video at a gas station where the woman's credit card was used 20 minutes later. neighbors say break-ins are picking up lately. while we were here police answered a call at a home where they found the front door was

forced wide open. >> the last two years it has been were more intense, lots of cars broken into and lots of cars stolen and houses broken into and violent action. >> we starting in two weeks with our own private patrol. this is her neighborhood and yet we need to hire our own private patrol starting in two weeks. >> neighbors will pay between $500 and $800 a year to have private security do what they feel the city of oakland 90 doing because of the home invasion. security and safety are back in the forefront. >> opening statements are set to begin in florida in the george zimmerman murder trial. he is the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. george zimmerman claims he shot martin in self-defense but the prosecution says the black teenagers did nothing to threaten him and george zimmerman engaged in racial

profiling. the females have been sequestered and are cut off from news coverage and can only make calls to appeal and friends once a day. >> heavy rain and high winds are creating disastrous conditions in the middle of the country. a major storm system is soaking parts of minnesota south to nebraska. the summer storm has toppled trees and caused flooding. flash flooding in southwest wisconsin ruined 600 homes and businesses. there have been 177 severe weather reports since saturday. in colorado a massive wildfire burning in the southern part of the state keeps growing and it now has burned 108 square miles of forest. wind is making the firefighting difficult. the fire is burning in a very remote and dry part of the state and the first break in the winds does not come until tomorrow. officials fear that several resort towns in the path are doomed. >> mike is off but lisa is here. we have the rain in the forecast but is it enough to cause

difficulty for the commute? >> definitely. it will be here for several hours before we get a break. here is h.d. and the north bay is looking wet. we have light amounts with not all of it reaching the ground. santa rosa and highway one and mt. st. helena and from petaluma and northwest with light returns through san francisco and millbrae and even to half moon bay and redwood city. look at the fog on the golden gate bridge, perhaps more airport delays and temperatures are mild in the upper 60's to low 60's. high dew points. it is very muggy. we have morning showers. this afternoon, clouds with a chance of rain tonight. better chance of rain with accumulation anywhere from .1"

to .5" open tuesday morning. the second system is here and another shot tonight into tomorrow. as we go through the morning hours, at 8:00, we are surrounded by light rain. here is the break. the evening commute is dry. by 9:00 tonight the north bay is wet. 2:00 a.m., heavy rain in santa rosa. at 9:00, the heavy of the rain in the north bay. by 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon on tuesday, we still have light rain showers into 4:00. can we be done with it? later on wednesday, we will be done. in terms of the east bay valley, south bay, may .1" and the central bay up to .5" to 1.5". we have a wide range of values and temperatures are 60's with the clouds and sun later on today but the best chance of rain is this morning and overnight into tuesday. by wednesday, we are looking at

remain warmer weather. the heat is on into next weekend. sue? >> good morning, everyone. in daly city we have an accident southbound 280 which has been cleared with no worries. it is east roadway. we have fog out there and the green on the map here is a visual impairment on highway one toward the coast, 280 is reporting the fog advisory and extra caution this morning. still road work out there at 280, rather, 680 southbound, to 287 with all bart, muni, and caltran on time with an extra ferry because they are working on the docking so the boat is 7:30, a new boat, all week. look at the bay bridge -- rather, the san mateo bridge moving smoothly. >> flags are at half staff in new jersey in honor of the actor james gandolfini, the body of the 51-year-old actor arrived in

newark from italy last night. the star will be buried on thursday in a public service in manhattan. gandolfini died of a heart attack on wednesday. the actor was headed to sicily to appear at a film festival which paid tribute to him this week. >> more fallout after an admission by paula deen admission she used racially filled words. qvc will not renew her contract. she admitted in a late that she used the "n" word and made racist votes. >> rebound is expected to unveil a plan the white house describes as proposing for the impact of climate change. the white house will not give further details on the proposal but aides say it will include more support for renewable energy sources. the president could call for strengthening the authority at the environmental protection agency. >> rising from the ashes, the

big day for bay area restaurant that changed the way a lot of us dine. >> using your own cells to treat your

>> it is 4:51 as you look at bay bridge and the incline section leading up to it with no problems to report. sue is here for leyla gulen and is tracking the traffic with more coming up in a couple of minutes. >> starbucks will post calorie information on the menu board starting tomorrow. customers will know exactly how many calories are in each drink and pastry at all 11,000-plus locations in the united states. the seattle-based giant will increase prices this week with the cost of some beverages going up by an average of 1 percent. >> a world renowned restaurant in berkeley is ready to re-open. chez panisse will serve diners at 1 a.m., three months of a

devastating fire. we are told chez panisse is sold out for dinner all this week. in march, the front of the famous restaurant was damaged by a fire from an electrical short forcing it to close down. the entire front portion was rebuild. chez panisse is already taking reservations for next month. >> you can follow the re-opening of chez panisse with the new smartphone app giving the latest breaking news and weather and traffic. the app is free and easy to download. go to abc7news.com/app. >> you can get your mary weather now from our meteorologist, here for mike nicco. >> good morning to you. we are starting out with light rain and it is not only in the north bay and east bay and the peninsula, but it will continue for the morning commute. give yourself extra time the roads are slick.

highway 180 and 680 from berkeley to walnut creek, a little bit of wet weather from san francisco down 280 along pacifica and half moon bay. state-wide, soggy from the sacramento valley. we have another wave of rain headed our way bringing measurable rain from the north bay as the focus. we have summer-time heat coming back with temperatures well above normal and we could talk triple digits by the upcoming work weekend. between now and then it is muggy, cloudy. improve the umbrella. >> we not seeing any delays as far as rain on the roads or slick streets. we will follow that for you. we have high wind over the altamont pass.

take extra care you can see speeds are slowing from the central valley and moving well on the way to livermore and pleasanton with road work southbound 80 to 237 until 6:00 this morning. a new h.o.v. lane opened this weekend. there is a new lane between 237 and 101 interchange in san jose. it is looking good. this is walnut creek, 680, southbound, making your way to the 24 interchange and through the san ramon valley. kristen and eric? >> officials in sonoma county will aprove $2.5 million in start-up financing for the sonoma clone power authority. cities and county have until july 9 to participate. the agency hopes to replace pg&e as the dominant electricity supplier by providing cleaner

energy planning to serve homes and businesses january 1. >> america's cup officials have not reached an agreement yet with racing teams on implementing new safety recommendations after four days of mediation with the four racing teams, the cup officials say both sides agree on a majority of the measures but not on a final resolution. the changes follow the deadly cap tieing of a yacht in the bay including lowering the race wind limits and additional safety quip. officials say they will still include all the measure on the racing permit application submitted to the coast guard. >> researchers say a new medical procedure is showing promises in using your own stem cells to relieve pain caused by injuries fluid is taking from the bone marrow of your pelvis and spun to separate blood from the stem cells that are injected into the joint. >> stem cells are strong

anti-inflammatory. in two days, the pain is gone. >> the patient has a torn rotator cup. doctors are using the treatment on ripped ligaments in the knee. this is concern of a possible side effect, doctors say there is a chance some stem cells can develop into tumors. >> watching tv will not rot your brain. researchers at the university of london found kids with watched three or more hours of tv were more advanced than those who watched less than an hour a day. the study found that parenting skills were more important than social background determining how well children do in school in the "journal of sociology." >> a new food fact for you: a coffee maker claims adding butter to your coffee can give you extra zip and help you lose weight. the creator of bullet roof quality says butter adds healthy fat that keeps your energy level

up. the rends is gaining steam but most experts say drinking coffee with butter rather than cream will only promote weight gain. >> hope that is unsalted butter ... >> may just give it a try on the taste. >> we are waking up to something we have not seen for a while. the rain. summer storms are moving in the area. >> another big test today for immigration reform, the vote that could change america's border with mexico. >> major support george lucas is picking up to build a museum fo

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning on monday at 5:00. >> yes, we may have some rain out there. lisa is here for mike. >> a rain party. >> good morning. not unusual to see rain in june but the amount will add up tonight into tomorrow. this morning, they are called nuisance showers with wet weather from the north. be careful out there. the rain is light. it is breezy. from highway 101 to 80 to the east bay, 680, the san ramon corridor around the peninsula from san francisco, down through san mateo and redwood city, so we are talking muggy conditions this morning, and the best chance of rain in the