good afternoon, everyone. >> an unusual sight in late june. rain across the bay. record rainfall totals today in several cities including san rafael. >> the east bay got a good soaking it made streets slick because this is the first significant rain since early august. calls for help increased by 40% because of the weather. >> and a parade of umbrellas today in downtown san francisco.

this band of showers reduced the risk of wildfire autos you can see green drops right tlon the lens. now, more on the rain records that were set today. >> yes. confined mainly to the north bay as was the bulk of the rainfall. you can see rain winding down most of the bay area south of the golden gate no precipitation at all. it winds down what is left is still mainly in the north bay. let's show you what is going on there. pockets of scattered showers and drizzle. we still have wet spots that pattern continues into the evening and overnight hours before it all ends. this is the pattern as we animate radar for you. you can see moisture and mild air, take a look at totals in

the north bay quite a drenching. nearly an inch at santa rosa. these are numbers with asterisks represent new rainfall records for the date. notice the sharp contrast at the peninsula. only trace amounts have fallen so this has been a north event. records have been set. we do have a warming trend coming our way. >> our gloomy weather causing major delays at sfo. some flights arriving more than three hours late. the airport closed one of four runways for a safety check continuing for the next few days.

to get the latest information be sthour check out our flight tracker. >> a driver lost control of a tractor trailer around 7:00 this morning on river road in forestville. no one was hurt here but traffic was slowed in part as crews cleaned up diesel fuel. >> just wild weather. and you can get conditions and -- from multiple location was the new smart phone app. >> it's easy to down load. and if you have our current one you need to down load this new one. >> it's strike vote day for bart employees. >> polls opened this morning and workers will continue voting late into the evening. >> we're live where workers are voting now in oakland.

the contract expires sunday is that right? >> right. no negotiations going on because of the vote. the union hall is too small and they vai button, one says i voted to strike and another says i voted to strike. of course, vote could go either way. >> fdiu has 1500 members voting today giving authority to call a strike if they see fit but does not mean a strike is inevitable and points out leadership could call a strike can you bu keep talking and avoid a strike if a resolution is reached in time. a similar scene is unfolding at atu hall.

also, two sides are far part on wages, medical and pension benefits. both sides agree a strike would not be good for anyone. >> the vote giving authorization we're going to be at the table until the last minute. we're, -- working towards getting an agreement. point blank that. is what our members want. our members do not want to go on strike. >> the mtc is looking at keeping trains rubbing. we want to do negotiations and we feel there is a deal to be had. so our focus now is on keeping negotiations going. >> the union will be beginning tonight. they'll let us know results this morning. >> thank you. >> and information web site 511.org has a new page listing information including

cancelled carpooling and biking to work. we'll keep you updated on the possible strike on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. tomorrow is decision day on the fate of smerj in california. >> the u.s. court says it will rule on proposition 8. >> we have not been able to sleep for a week. >> jenny chang and lisa desalle had a wedding ceremony but are hoping they'll be able to follow up with a legal marriage it puts our relationship on an equal place to any other relationship. >> but critics say if the supreme court rules against prop 8, traditional marriages will be marginalized as wot will of the voter as proving the ban on same-sex marriages back in 2008. >> having the vote of the

people is going to wreak havoc on our process in california. >> the justices could uphold prop 8 or strike it down with a broad ruling aplying across the country or a narrow one impacts only the california one. he has been involved in litigation from the start. and was at the supreme court when arguments remained back in march. >> it was clear that there are not five votes in that chambers soy feel confident we'll see marriage equality returning here to california. >> whatever happens tomorrow this couple will be at city hall ready to celebrate or protest. >> as soon as the supreme court rules abc 7 news will have live coverage on the air and online. look for breaking news on twitter, facebook and be sure

to down load our new news app. >> justice dz issue a controversial ruling today striking down a portion of the voting rights act and a 5-4 vote the court put an end to a portion of the law determining which states must get washington's approval for proposed election changes. the obama administration and civil ranks leaders say the rule sag blow for democracy. >> i think with what the supreme court did was put a dagger in the heart of the voting rights afkt 1965. this liberates a nation. >> saying the numbers don't reflect racial progress in the united states. congress reauthorized the act in 2006 and can reinstate the portion struck down by updating the law using new data. >> russian president vladimir

putin rejected a request to extra did it eric snowden and send him back to the u.s.. he revealed a top secret surveillance program in the u.s.. putin says he will not because the us us and russia zronlt a formal extradition treaty and because snow des den is in an airport transit area, which he says is technically not in russia. >> back here, sunnyvale police are investigating the death of a woman found inside of a burned home as a homicide. >> liz beth block was found inside of this home a week ago. investigators say it appears the fire was intentionally set. the house was engulfed when crews arrived. >> the america's cup team is threatening to go to court over proposed rule changes to the race. a member of the swedish team died last month when the catamaran cap sized. the change italians don't like

affects the rudder elevator. they argue it will not affect safety, just performance. a jury will review this dispute. the first race scheduled for july 7th. >> still ahaetd 4:00 a big boom for the bay area housing market. >> men's warehouse fires back at the former boss. why they say they kicked out their founder. >> special message to a newlywed that isn't sitting well with local beach goers. >> taking a look outside you're looking at 680 at walnut creek area at the split. traffic moving along fairly well. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues in jus

home prices surging despite rising rates. prices rose nearly 12% nationwide in the past year and double that in one bay area city. sheer abc 7 news reporter laura anthony. >> according to the kate shiler index san francisco experienced the biggest price jump with home price goesing up nearly 24% from april of last year to this year. >> houses selling quickly with multiple offers and often well above asking price. >> last two right after thising -- listings one sold

121,000 over asking price. yes. >> and one had 29 offers. >> a 4,000 home in walnut creek went on the market for $1,400,000. offers will be accepted monday. the seller's market being driven by a lack of inventory. >> interest rates are excellent. >> as far as home buyers i don't think these rates are are going to affect a slow down. in the purchase market. the rates are still great. there is not a huge difference in monthly payment. >> if rates do go up, realtors think that may temporarily slow the rapid rise in prices.

>> men's warehouse had more to say as to why it fired founder george skimmer. the company says it was because of a power struggle on the board of directers claiming skimmer wanted to take the company pry vilt. a move the board rejected. the 64-year-old lives in piedmont and was the face of the company for decades with the trademark look you're going to like the way you look. i guarantee it bids coming in for a rare piece of apple history. take a look this, apple one is now up for sale. only 200 were built and this was built in a los altos garage of steve jobs parents. this one owned by a man who kept it stashed in a box in his home. >> it's the right airplane. the first thing out there.

>> this is one of the first computers you can just buy. and make run. >> bidding opened yesterday at $300,000 it could bring in twice that. another brought in $671,000. that is not bad for a computer that sold for $666.66. the auction is open until july 9th. >> well, oracle follows a rivalry and emily chang is here with this afternoon's after the bell report. hi, emily. >> good afternoon mending fence was not one, but two rivals a day after announcing a partnership with microsoft, another rival announcing a nine-year deal with sales force.com barns and noble

posting a loss that was twice as big as estimated. the company said it would stop manufacturing tab blets instead it owe would be co-branded. microsoft combining programs into a new unit that will provide start up was seed funding and tech guidance and more. more than 114 start ups have graduate frtd program. and stocks rebounding after reports came in better than expected. your bloomberg silicon valley index also rising today and pan dora says it has two and a half listeners in cars. >> from bloomberg studios i'm emily chang, carol, dan, back to you. >> thank you. >> we made jokes about june

gloom weather but we need rain. >> maybe we'll see a little bit of it. >> there is a drenching up there. much of the bay area received no measurable rainfall. here is a look. we'll show you what's happening at this moment. ab sechbs rainfall. north bay a little weather tonight exactly wet weather into afternoon foremost of the bay area could be up in the north bay where it's still wet as you can see, up in mount tam it's still wet up there. from this system. right now, 71 degrees in san

francisco. 78 mountain view. 63 half moon bay. 66 santa cruz. a great view from our camera looking at western skies. beautiful picture there. 64 degrees in napa, fairfield, 80 in livermore, union city, 75 now a live view of the sky above downtown. clouds parting there. these are the features we'll see areas of fog, drizzle overnight tonight with partial clearing tomorrow, mainly sunny skies by afternoon. we'll have warm to hot weather by the end of the week. a warm front brought us conditions we have now. with this mild air mass working through parts of the bay area which is why we a chance of more wet weather.

along the coastline, areas of fog, drizzle for early morning commute but skies will be mostly sunny and we'll have a little bit of a warm up tomorrow. here is a look at our high temperatures trend for livermore for the week ahead. by thursday, friday, saturday, high temperatures into upper 90s friday, saturday, sunday. by monday a high of 103 degrees. and that is the trend we can expect. heating up and tapering off a little bit tuesday. overnight, mild, areas of drizzle, fog. low temperatures into upper 50s to low 60s, then, tomorrow, beginning to warm up a bit. low to mid-80s in the south bay.

70 degrees downtown. over in the east bay up to about 76 in oakland. here is the accu-weather forecast. look at the heat build in on friday, saturday upper 90s inland. and tapering off just upper 90s tuesday. >> you're not kidding. >> we're going to see humidity tomorrow. looks like. >> well, by afternoon should be drying out. but early morning hours, yes. mugginess. >> yes. >> up next singer chris brown's legal troubles got a lot more serious today following a minor traffic accident and new... >> disabled people are not useless. >> you're going to meet another top scholar how he's making a dwimpbs classmates. >> and taking a look at the

skyway, it's backed up and heading towards berkeley and beyond. better for drivers heading south towards 101. stay with us.

in los angeles authorities charged chris brown with misdemeanor hit and run and driving with out a valid

license. charges against brown sfrem a minor accident on may 21 in the san fernando valley f convicted he faces up to a year in jail. no word yet how it will affect his felony probation for the assault on singer rihanna. >> there is a special tribute to michael jackson on the anniversary of his death. jimmy kimmel explains how he got a black eye he got a real shiner. >> last night, it appears someone had enough. jimmy opened his life show sporting a black eye. he quickly explained the shiner with a reenactment saying he was having lunch with his fiancee. he went to feed the meter he hit himself in the eye with the car door. >> i learned an important lesson that. is car doors open outwards. >> he needed 11 stitches but

admits he finished lunch before head together hospital. today marks the 4th anniversary of the death of michael jackson. actor army hammer hard at work surprising liberal heroes in a special screening in new york. disney provided these pictures from one of 15 fan screenings celebrating people and organizations that stand for justice in their communities. another refuses to promote his movie. >> all right. still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 video of a mother being beaten in front of her young child. next. >> an emotional plea to track down a killer, what a mother

is doing to get justice. >> president obama's plan to come bite climate change. what he says about the controversial

a family is asking for help tonight as they continue to mourn the loss of a loved one murdered of a minor traffic accident. >> the 22-year-old was shot in north oakland june 12th after getting into an altercation with two men who had rear ended his car. >> tomorrow marks two weeks since he was shot and killed in this neighborhood. investigators say that he did everything you're supposed to do when you're in an accident. pull over to the side of the road get out of the car checking to see if anyone is hurt, or injured. ining doing thark he was shot and killed and investigators are hoping someone will come forward provide a break they need. family and friends gathered and are asking for help increasing reward to generate greater interest, hoping someone saw, or heard something on the night of june

12th. surrounded by family and friend, the victim's mother talked about how difficulty weeks have been for her, her family and those who lived him. >> just waiting to walk through that door asking me what is for dinner. i really miss -- i miss him. beyond words. >> police say they have received tips but they liken the investigation to a duzenel saying additional clues can help them identify those responsible, hopefully bring them to justice. the family printed 800 flyers like these.

we have posted information on our web site hoping that the run raiser can help increase the award being offered for information. >> this next individual joe disturbing. police searching for a home invait vaidor beating a new jersey mother in front of her child. this woman and her 3-year-old daughter were in the living room when the man broke through the door, punching and kicking the woman. she says she decided not to fight back for the same of her -- sake of her little girl. >> i knew if i started to scream my daughter would, too. i was afraid he would -- she would get hurt. i took it. i didn't cry. >> the robber got away with jewelry. she went to the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery. the family installed an alert

system. >> in florida a neighbor that witnessed some of the struggle between george zimmerman and trayvon martin says she heard shouts of "no" but did not see it. zimmerman admits to shooting the unarmed teen in february but says it was in self-defense. >> a manhunt is on the way to find a gunman who ambushed two police officers. the gunman opened fire ton ontwo under cover burglary officers they fired back. the shooter took off. officers saw the face but did not rise him. both officers suffered minor injuries and have now in fact joined the man hunt president ob yaum ahes comment on the

controversial key stone pipeline today. in a speech today the president said the pipeline should only be approved if it doesn't put added strain on the environment. it would bring oil to refunry as long the gulf coast. >> who a.louing to be built requires finding doing so would be in our nation's tr. our national interest will be served if it doesn't exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. >> they claim ill witness not have a negative impact. environmentalists believe it will be reject td because the president link add proveal to its affect on pollution. abc news has nor now on the

plan. >> as a president, as a father and as an american, i am here to say we need to act. >> power plants can dump unlimited amounts of pollution into the air it and needs to stop. >> before. >> this is crazy. why would you want to increase the cost of energy and bill more american job ootz president urged congressional republicans to take a leadership role. >> we know the cost of the events can be measured. >> the president spoke of

global warming in 90 degree heat there was a moment of levity. >> you should take off your jackets. i'm going to do the same. >> it's not that sexy. >> the president had been criticized after campaigning for clean coal. today, al gore called the best address by any president, ever. a tense labor standoff taking flais an american owned medical supply factory in china the executive who runs special supplies has been confined to his office five days saying workers are refusing to let him leave. 140 workers blocked exists claiming they have not been paid in two months they are demanding receiverance pack yajz. he denies the plant is about to close. these standoffs are not that

unusual in china but they usually don't involve american bosses. >> a florida supermarket manager took matters into his hands saying about the rash of shoplifters when he ran after a man he believed had stolen items just two days before stuffing them into his panlts. sheer what crews did bit. >> follow me. you were in the store the other day. >> no. no. you're running. you're going on the floor. call the police. >> this wasn't the first time crews took down a shoplifting expect. cameras were rolling when cameras chased after this suspected meat thief. another time cruz put a suspected crook in a null nelson. the first man served five days in jail for shoplifting. >> looks like it's raining or something. >> getting used to it, huh? >> still ahead weight loss can

help diabetics but may not be so good for your heart. >> how much can a gorilla take? a group of children tease him? apparently not too much. we'll show you the reaction up next. >> looking at western sky, clouds looking dark and threatening but rain is flowing is rather light. >> let's take you outside again to take a look at traffic. you're looking at 880. and 101 in front of you

children got a scare when they decided to taunt a gorilla. >> several children started mocking the gorilla and calling it ugly. the ape gave kids a dirty look. >> one of the kids pointed the gorilla thrust his face to the glass. >> and what is the lesson there? leave gorilla as lone. >> not nice to taunt. >> it's not. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> spencer christian is back with that. >> through the bay area right now it's not experiencing

rainfall. we have some showers and drizzle here and perhaps beyond north bay and most of the moisture appears to be headed into that direction as has been the case throughout the day. taking a look at our weather picture, showery conditions, warm, but showery. in the interior west and southwest will be hot tomorrow. denver, 99 down in dallas 107 in phoenix. near california tomorrow, heating up as well. 87 in sacramento. 97 moving south ward and 107 in palm springs. and here in the bay area tomorrow, we'll see sunny skies and starting to warm up after treery weather we've had. looking for highs inland into

mid-80s, low to mid-80s. and mid-60s on the coast. we can expect a significant warm up bit end of the week. high temperatures upper 90s going into sunday and monday. i'll give you a look at that in the accu-weather forecast. >> it is summer. >> how a simple wedding message can lead to bigger problems in a the santa cruz beach. >> why you'll save money on energy bill this summer z details on apple's family

a tribute to a newlywed couple has been in santa cruz feeling anything but love. take a look. here is the deal. someone in the wedding party carved the names of the bride and groom into a fragile cliff that can be seen from the break below opal cliff drive. the letters are about a foot tall.

the santa cruz sentinel reports that it will promote erosion along the cliff. the paper reports the couple did not have permission to marry at the beach. >> checking healthy living news a study suggests losing wait waet may not be enough on its own to prevent heart tacks for people in type two diabetes. saying there is little difference between dieters and a control group but those likely to be taking stattents have d.have a los yes -- lower risk of cardio vag cue lar issues. the study published in new england journal of medicine. a study finds men with low risk prostate cancering choosing to treat witness high risk treatments and found the number of men getting targeted radio therapy and surgery increased from 32% to 44% from 2004 until 2009.

those treatments have a high rate of hideside affects a school bus monitor inspired an outpouring of support after a viral bid vido showed her getting bullied she's decided what to coo do with donations she received. the 69-year-old got more than $700,000 after this video sur fasd of her being bully bid four boys she says she will use 100,000ses today establish an antibullying foundation and plans to yifts of the money for her retirement and to help family and friends. >> that was disturbing. >> that was bad. something good came of it. >> yes here is local news, you can expect to save money on utility bills this summer. >> when did you hear that? >> summer power bills should be cheapest in four years. here the bill is predicted to

total $279 this summer miltder temperatures are predicted for the summer. parents who have an iphone or ipad or family that's share them should listen up. you may be eligible for refundses for any unauthorized purchases you can get i tune credits starting at 5s skpdz up to the amount of the unauthorized purchases. cash refunds will be given to anyone who no longer has an active i tune as kt. apple expected to shell out is $100 million in.com. >> your you can get a credit

card but a survey from consumer federation found four out of 10 people know little about their credit scores admit not knowing their score actually determines their credit approval. 25% say i they didn't know they're entitled to get the score when they apply for a lone, they are. >> consumer reports teamed up to rate wireless speakers. you don't have to plug anymore. >> a lot of option autos but there are. >> this top scholar hasn't let anything stop him. >> he is helping others that. is just the start. >> coming up at 5:00 the family cause that brought

halle barry to plead for help. >> san jose city officials dig in for a ground breaking

here is a look at tonight's prime time line up for you. oh, let me tell you about this instead. it's a stunt that has people in london scratching their hands how did a man seem to levitate next to a double decker bugs is in the magician floated know. a bus hanging on with apparently just his hand. the bus toured around the tourist attractions part of a pepsi max campaign. he will not reveal how he does it but reminds people of the fact dmot try this at home. and we're honoring seven bay

area top scholar we're bringing the stories over the next few days. >> hi this, fall i will be heading to uc berkeley and public health and premed. >> when he first got to high school he was place in a special education class. he had to fight to get out. >> to be in regular classes like other students. despite the disability. >> michael says teachers helped him get into regular classes. by june he was doing well. he faced a challenge with many fellow students. >> you've been teased a lot. what ask d.that do to you? it would discourage people.

>> i use to it prove to people wrong that i can do anything disabled people are not useless. >> michael became president of the best buddies club promoting friendship between disabled and able bodied students. >> it's amazing to see they have a friend they can relie on, talk to. and not have to worry about there isn't a club he hasn't joined nortd to benefit the community as well as fellow students. one of his role is student representative for vallejo school board. >> so much energy. the board loves him. he gives updates about what is going on not only at the school but for him, personally as one of our best and brightest ambassador autos he survived six major surgeries, he's one of seven children.

>> i just want to make them proud. >> he's doing that with the ant yacht club. students do all kinds of commute service from toy drives to trash pick up. he is president and had a big impact he's like a spochblgt he wants to find out ways to do possible things. >> the at the last meeting he said goodbye to huge volunteer team. >> my philosophy is having fun and it feels good to be able to give back. >> and conclad laigss to being named one of the abc 7 top scholars. he hopes to become a orthopedic surgeon.

but thanks for joining us at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. another day of wet weather in the bay area causes some to change plans and sets up conditions on local road autos i'm spencer christian. it's time to say goodbye to wet weather saying hell twro triple digit heat. >> spencer, thank you. >> the start of something big in the south bay. one city hopes if they build it people will come. steady rain this morning. this scene shows that it was more than just a dreary drizzle. >> umbrellas out everywhere you looked. a rare summer sighting. >> and this picture shows the gray clouds never gave way.

they're sticking around. >> we've got rain aconsiders the bay bridge. take a look at this, is a video shot coming into work today. you can see it's fog gee rainy. >> this fog and drizzle along the north bay right now. we'll see only region of the bay area receiving rainfall is the north bay. as rain tapers off, it's confined to the north bay. we have light scattered showers throughout parts of the county moving into napa county into lake county. this has been the pattern. moving from the southwest up to the northeast. notice how dry remainder of the bay area is now. speaking of how dry remainder

of the bay area is look at the north bay. over an inch and a quarter. so we have several new records for this date up in the north bay but it's winding down now giving way to an approaching heat wave. >> delays and cancellations at sfo. it's not just weather related. so far, 120 flights have been cancelled others facing delays up to two, maybe two and a half hours. officials say storms on the east coast are expecting flights. there are no reported delays in