>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> action on this wednesday awaiting the supreme court decision on same-sex marriage cases. thank you for joining us. and now a look at weather forecast as the weather changes. good morning, we are in a changing pattern. here is a look while you are sleeping, the last six hours of live doppler 7 hd notice no real radar return and that doesn't mean it is completely dry but there is lingering moisture in the form of fog in the north bay valley and the coast and mist and drizzle around for the morning commute. this is how it looks from mount tamalpais at 2,600' up. the clouds are broken.

we will get sunshine in the afternoon even at the coast where it is 62 to 65 with 70 to 82 around bay and low-to-mid 80's inland. afternoon sunshine and muggy. it will be that way. leyla gulen? >> i was showing at the altamont pass there is a little bit of yellow. if you are headed through antioch to concord that is only 15 minutes. we have construction eastbound 580. we have this project that will last until 6:00 a.m. this morning. now at look at what is happening in walnut creek headed from highway four an eight-minute delay to the junction with 24. we are already seeing a few extra tail lights. it is a dry ride. >> we are just two hours away from a supreme court decision that began with a case in

california but will reverberate around the country. gay pride was represented last night ahead of this ruling. we have coverage starting with abc7 news reporter cornell bernard at city hall. cornell? >> good morning. the waiting is almost over. the countdown is on. soon we will know the fate of proposition 8. the supreme court rule expected to endown at 7:00 a.m. our time and many already are on the way to city hall to wait for the news. this is where the battle for marriage equality began nine years ago. emotions are high and same-sex couples are hopeful that the voter imposed ban will be struck down. a major player, former mayor and current lieutenant governor first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples back in 2004

expecting an outcome which will allow marriages to resume in california. >> i think california will begin the process of marriage licenses in the worse case, 30 days and the best case, they can let the state immediately provision marriage applications. >> the supreme court has several options, uphold proposition 8 or strike it down or invalidate it. whatever happens, it will be pivotal and it will be historic. if it is struck down i am told by the city attorney weddings will likely happen in 25 days. right now, clerks in san francisco and all across state of california are devising plans to make that happen if the supreme court allows it. we are in san francisco this morning for abc7 news. >> proposition eight supporters say they are on pins and needles

of the supreme court decision and are expecting the unexpected. >> in the event proposition 8 is struck down which we certainly hope it will not be, our mission will turn to ensuring rights of con conscious for individuals who object gay marriage will be respected and gay rights will not dismiss free speech and free democrat of religion. >> the pacific justice institute has been defending traditional marriage if 15 years and say it should not be considered by the courtness a way that radically re-enters the constitution. >> the battle over same-sex marriage began in san francisco in february of 2004 when the mayor directed the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in vie police of state law. seven months later the supreme court annulled the marriages ruling they conflicted with state law at the time. >> in november of 2008 proposition 8 went before the

voters. a yes vote uphold the state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman and a in vote would have cleared the way for same-sex marriage but it passed with 52 percent in favor and 47 percent against. lawsuit began immediately and it was overturned in federal court. the case made it to the supreme court in march when the justices heard two days of arguments, the first on proposition 8 and the second on the fell -- federal defense of marriage act. >> gay rights groups are planning rallies including one tonight at 6:30 in castro district in san francisco where people are expected to gather. they will wait with anticipation for the court's decision when it is happened down in two hours. then, of course, the rally tonight. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will have more from the castro in the next half hour.

>> same-sex marriage supports will also gather at other locations including in oakland with a celebration planned for 5:30 at 19th and telegraph. in san jose at city hall at 6:00 and in concord, a champagne celebration is held at the rainbow community center at 6:30. other events are planned for mountain view, redwood city, santa cruz, vallejo, and fairfield. >> outside the united states supreme court in washington, dc, you can see people lined up in anticipation of the ruling that the justices will issue their decision on the challenge to the federal defense of marriage act which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman and denies federal benefits to same-sex marriage couples and president clinton signed that if law in 1996 and in 20112012 the obama administration abandoned the defense of that act in court. >> we will have coverage on the air and online as the supreme court rulings are announced with

extended coverage starting at 7:00 a.m. look for breaking news on twit we, facebook, and download our new app so you can get an instant alert. >> another job story on abc7 news bart riders are nervously waiting to find out if the union members have voted to authorize a strike. kira klapper has the latest. >> kristen, at 9:00 this morning the two unions representing bart workers will announce the results of the strike authorization vote. it happened yesterday. thousands of employees came out to voice their opinion on whether or not their union leaders should call a strike. this is after both sides failed to reach an agreement in negotiation over pay and benefit. their contract expires this sunday june 30. bart and the employees are far apart on wages, pentagon, and medical gives. bart employees want bart to

negotiate on safety and security issues. both sides agree that a strike would not be good for anyone. >> the vote today is to give authorization for an agreement. our members do not want to go on strike. >> we are looking at contingency land and looking at keeping the trains running with negotiation. we feel there is a deal to be had. >> if a strike is called it does not mean a strike is inevitable and the union leadership could call a strike if the district and the public is given notice but keep talking and avoid a strike if resolution is reached in time. the bart contract expires on sunday and workers could strike by monday but, again, we final out at 9:00 this morning whether workers even authorize a strike at all.

>> 5:08. a man and a 14-year-old boy are in custody this morning in connection with a murder at a san francisco bus stop. the 19-year-old and a 17-year-old girl were shot in a muni stop on monday. the boy died and the gill lived. two were arrested including a juvenile. they are trying to figure out if anyone else was involved. >> city officials are demanding the release of key documents and e-mails of the public utility commission on the decisionmaking process to propose penalties against pg&e for the 2010 pipeline explosion disaster. top attorneys refused to endorse a recommendation by the head of the commission's safety division they pay more than $2 billion in repairs and improvements to the natural gas system and not pay a fine for the explosion. officials say if they do not get the documents by friday the city

intends to take further legal action. >> it is 5:10 with changes in the weather the. >> today is the transition and it will be hot headed through thursday, friday, saturday, sound, monday, tuesday -- we will pay for the cooler-than-average weather we have had. visibility outside shows fog to deal with. it is spotty. santa rosa is two miles. 1.25 mile at half moon bay which is an improvement. the other reporter stations are saying ten but as low as 500' you will have dense clouds and drizzle and mist. from the camera this only you can see the breaks in the cloud cover which is why we will have a host sunshine this afternoon. air quality shows no need to worry about the ozone but watch out for the u.v. index especially at the day game

today. the next 12 hours, fog and drizzle and it is mild in the low-to-mid 60's and mid-60's through the day at the coast. we will focus more on the 76 inland and noontime, 76 at bay but 82 inland at 4:00, and mild everywhere, 60's at the coast and low-to-upper 70's at the bay and inland neighborhood. enjoy the sunshine and muggy air. >> it is muggy! good morning, everyone, we have lots of construction and a brand new crash. this is by the san jose airport, northbound, along the nimitz at the off-ramp on right-hand side and it is not block any lanes and we are pretty much at top speed. if you are traveling along 87 that drive is moving long. in tracy to dub, it is 31 minutes. and 101 to sfo, 12 minute drive

and there are no flight delays. it is about normal at 15 minutes. 85 away from 101 to cupertino that is 17 minutes. outside on the san mateo bridge, traffic is building and we are still at top speed making it out of hayward to foster city at the high-rise. >> some employers are encouraging drinking on the job in the bloomberg business report next. the landlord accused terrorizing tenants. in texas, quite a night at the statehouse as abortion opponents and supporters square

>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area. >> on wednesday morning, a landlord in san francisco is facing charges involving claims he has been terrorizing the renters, a story only on abc7 news. a tenant recorded the incident that led to the arrest of the landlord on monday. he is accused of breaking into a unit. police arrested the landlord after a struggle that left an officer with an injured knee and a video of what appears to be him attacking a renter. >> get out of my face. >> you struck me.

that is a felony. >> he made life so miserable if people that are struggling to work and pay their rent on time with no peace, no tranquility in their home. >> what is going on? >> three former tenants are suing. miss have received a number of complaints about landlord. he has been accused of failing to provide tenants with heat and water and refused our request for an interview. >> the next it is legislature special session inned in -- ended in chaos and confusion over the vote on a tough abortion restriction bill this morning. >> if i can have order. order. order. >> they beat the midnight deadline but the signing did not as hundreds of cheering protesters stopped the passage of the toughest abortion measure in the country. the chaos prevented him from formally signing the measure before a midnight deadline

passed killing it. >> just about 5:17. be extra careful this morning. jane king has the bloomberg business report next. >> lock the car doors. auto theft could be rising. car thefts rose more than 1 percent in 2012 from the lowest level since 1967. budget cruxes and police layoffs are behind the hike. student loans could be more expensive with interest rates on new government subsidized loans will double july 1 to 6.8 percent unless congress does something. senator harken of iowa says nothing is likely to happen so any agreement would be handled after congress returns from the fourth of july recess. we have heard of employee places including as the work day stretches on for media companies a going number are stocking full

bars and on-site taverns and home butted bother. putting alcohol in the mix unifies employees and encourages people to work longer hours. at the new york stock exchange with the bloomberg business report. >> $1 million in jewelry gone in seconds after smash and grab robberies. a search is underway for these five men with surveillance video showing the thieves entering a store in atlanta in the middle of the day with shoppers around and seconds later they pulled out hammers and smash a case filled with rolex watches. they grabbed about 20 were whats worth $1 million in 30 seconds. boom, they were gone. >> we have something in common with what atlanta usually gets: humidity. >> we will look younger today

because of the humidity of the it keeps your skin looking young. >> the humidity keeps your skin moist. look at the ladies, saying, really, really? >> i lived there for 11 years. didn't you know i am 65 years old? >> part vampire but you look great. >> the winds are light. variable. and high pressure is taking over. that is keeping the moisture in the lower level of cloud cover and fog and drizzle. we have everything for you but the rain. watch out, there are a few slick spots with moisture. san rafael this morning, 101, it is looking good and we will folk to leyla gulen in a second. what will happen today, the clouds give way to sunny skies and humid conditions.

warm to hot days around the bay and inland on thursday through at least tuesday, one of our longest stretches of hot weather this year. it will be mild at the coast. the cloud cover is thickest in the north bay and along the coast. by noon we are seeing the cloud cover removed and the coast will be stuck in the 60's, 70's, and 80's with warmer temperatures today than yesterday. region by region, we have low-to-mid 80's through the south bay and 81 in santa clara and cooler in milpitas and around 81 in los altos and dropping to 79 in menlo park and palo alto. the coast shows sunshine and lack of a real stiff breeze and low-to-mid 60's with low 70's around downtown south san francisco and sausalito and ten degree jump if sausalito to san rafael and 72 to 82 and we stay in the low 80's throughout the

north bay valley. along the east bay shore, a spread from 75 in berkeley to 81 in castro valley and fremont and the mid-80's in the east bay valley. headed to the game the sun will be strong from sunny to mostly sunny and 73 at 12:35 to 77 at the end of the game. the temperatures jump tomorrow and they hover in the 90's inland to near 100 by monday and 80's around the bay to 90's on sunday and monday. the coast is still stuck and the heat wave will pass you by. >> the talk of skin looking younger i thought you were making another compliment to yourself! >> what? >> where did that come from? >> just a little playful. good morning, everyone, you look fabulous, all right, just deal with it. good morning, everyone, we have

construction southbound 680 highway 237 there are lanes blocked lasting until 6:00 a.m. and to the south in the northbound direction along the nimitz we have a fender bender resting on the shoulder on the off-ramp with slowing there in the southbound direction with yellow showing up. the mass transit shows everything running on time and everything is back to normal. you can see a misty drive from sausalito. moisture is on the road so be careful. >> seven things to know as you start the day. >> you could own part of hollywood history, clothing that his taylor wore on a special day going up for auctionat's "ameri make it a great day. i'm john muller. [ male announcer ] let's say you had an accident. and let's say you bought cut rate insurance

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>> blue are just joining us or headed out the door here are seven things to know: in 90 minutes the supreme court will hand down the decision on prop 8. california will find out whether same-sex marriage will be able to take place in the state. more from abc7 news reporter cornell bernard in 20 minutes. aurallies are planned including in san francisco at the cat -- castro district at 6:30 with more from katie marzullo. the unions representing thousands of bart workers will announce the result of a strike

authorization vote after failing to reach an agreement. contracts expired on sunday and the public will get 72 hours notice for a strike. >> it could be a double whammy for commuters with a strike by transit workers coming at the same time at the potential bart strike. their contract expires on sundays as well. >> this morning, warning signs are up in pacifica after a kayaker had a close encounter with a shark while fishing when the shark bit the kayak. the kayaker was not hurt. asix, live doppler 7 hd showing no organized wet weather. we have drizzle and fog but we will talk about extended heat wave in the seven-day forecast. >> we do have a rock slide reported in marin county where we have highway one with more details ahead.

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning at 5:29 on wednesday. >> historic day ahead. we are starting off with a look at the weather with a gray start to the morning. the heat is almost on. >> a muggy start. >> the heat is almost on, good morning, everyone. visibility is two miles in santa rosa. we have lingering moisture the form of low clouds. we are back down to quarter mile at half moon bay. it has been very much fluctuating at half moon bay. everyone else, you have to drive in the clouds. you will find history and drizzle above 500'. at mount tamalpais, it is quiet. afternoon sunshine and muggy. june and muggy in the bay area the let to mid-80's inland and

the bay is 70 to 82 and let to mid-60's at the coast. leyla gulen? >> good morning, mike, we have a couple of rock slides in marin county. along highway one we have a report of rocks that fell on the roadway that is embedding traffic. we will keep our eye on this. be careful if you on highway 101 coming from sausalito and toward the golden gate bridge. speaking of bridges, the toll plaza shows how it is out there, and traffic is building especially for the cash-paying lanes and you can see the clouds in the distance and the traffic is moving smoothly as you make it from oakland to san francisco. >> today is decision day in 1 1/2 hours california will know if same-sex couples can marry in this state with possible ramifications across the country. the supreme court will issue the

ruling on prop 8 and the federal defense of marriage act. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is at city hall where it began nine years ago. >> it has been a long wait but the wait is almost over. the countdown is on. we will know the fate of proposition 8. that supreme court ruling expected to be handed down 7:00 a.m. our time. many will gather here at city hall where the battle for marriage equality me began nine years ago. emotions are running high and lots of same-sex couples of hopeful that the ban on gay marriage will be struck down. a major player is former mayor and current lieutenant governor. he first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004 and is expecting an outcome that allows marriages to resume in california. >> it is an exciting moment in time if those that matter the motor: the people this have not been afforded the ability to say

"i do." >> the supreme court has several options, to up hold the prop 8 or strike it down or invalidate it by saying it has in legal standing over the lower court. it will be pivotal and historic ruling. the lights have been on all might and all morning long in colors of the rainbow pride flag. if it is stuck down weddings could happen in 25 days. part of it is procedural court thing and part of it is giving clerks across california a chance to get ready. we will not know until the supreme court ruling comes down. 7:00 a.m. our time is the expected ruling of. >> san francisco's castro district is the nexus of gay rights activism in the bay area

and where demonstrations will be held after the ruling. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo continues our coverage in the castro. katie? >> i am the the corner of market and castro and the san francisco police department have the barricades stacked up on the sidewalk in place in anticipation and preparation of the rally which is scheduled if 6:30. if the court upholds proposition 8, the rally could turn into a rally pride. right now, they are still hoping it will be a victory celebration. >> it puts our relationship on an equal place to any other relationship. >> having the vote in the california of the people in the referendum is sacred. that is going to have a problem if our proposition process in california. >> that was catholics for the

common good, the other side of the argument that the ban on same-sex marriage was the will of the voters. now we are just a few hours away from a division and sell hours away from a rally. you can see poster, hanging in the windows of businesses here in the castro district. the rally is planned for 6:30 but they did not necessity which day until yesterday and now we know the decision is. coming down today. the rally is at 6:30 so the police department is closing down castro street at 5:30. >> the justices will issue their decision on the federal defense of marriage act which bars gays and lesbians and married couples from receiving same federal benefits as opposite sex couples. a group of republicans took over defense of the law in court after the obama administration refused to do so. the supporters plan several several rallies in addition to the one in the castro.

in oakland, a celebration is planned for 5:30 at 19th and telegraph. in san jose a rally is scheduled at 6:00 at city hall. in conquer, a champagne celebration is held at the rainbow community center on willow pass road at 6:30. other evens are planned for redwood city and santa cruz and vallejo and fairfield. abc7 news will have coverage on the air and online as the supreme court rulings are announced with extended coverage at 7:00 a.m. so we will not go off the air when we usually do and look for breaking news for an instant alert. >> develop news the unions representing thousands of bart workers will announce the results of a strike authorization vote this morning. members of five unions including train operators and maintenance workers are considering the first step in calling a strike after failing to roach an agreement in negotiations over pay and benefits. union members cast votes until

last night and the union contracts with bart will expire on sunday and union leaders say they will give the public 72 hours to prepare if they decide to call a strike. the transit information website has a page lifting the options in case of a bart strike and we will let you me if and when a strike is called. follow us on twitter and kira klapper will have more on the strike threat coming up in half an hour. >> adding to bay area commuter worries, a contract with unions expires on sunday, the bus drivers have authorized a potential strike so they may not be able to absorb the riders stranded by bart. a spokesman is hopeful a new contract be negotiated in time to prevent a strike. the two sides are working with the state mediator. >> developing news the los angeles police department is heightening security at the stations after two separate

ambushes of officers. police are still searching for the two shooters. this is pictures of the scene of the most recent shooting in south los angeles with officers still there on the scene and there is an armored vehicle with forks on the front. police are in a stand off with the gunman who opened fire on officers doing a parole probation search. one officer was shot in the neck and safe and admitted for surgery and in critical condition. a parole officer was also hit in the leg. we don't know if they are planning on going into the house with the armored vehicle. we will let you know. police do not believe the shooting is related to a shoot yesterday afternoon when a gunman oned fire on two officers returning to the station after an undercoverration. both suffered minor injuries. in the south bay, officials are adding four more park rangers to patrol creeks hoping to curb homeless encampments.

the santa clara valley water district approved giving the city of san jose $175,000 last night to pay for two park rangers following the newty budget that will provide funding for two additional park rangers and a total of four. officials hope the presence will discourage homeless people if returning to encampment sites after being cleared. a bay area family is suing the maker of monster energy drink claiming their son died after drinking two cans a day if three years. 19-year-old suffered a fatal cardiac arrest in july of 2012 and the lawsuit accusing monster of negligence saying the company should warn customers the drinks are dangerous to young people. there is in response from monster. >> the thermometer is rising and the humidity, too. >> here is why the humidity is there: record rain from

yesterday. fairfield is .1" and oakland is .2", napa .75", and san rafael setting a record one day rain total for june 25th. the moisture is hanging around and keeping the temperatures up. san francisco is the cool spot at portrero hill at 55. 59 at the ferry building. 58 at ocean beach. everyone else is 60 to 62. a wealth of 60's everywhere even to tracy at 62. walnut creek is at 65 and palo alto at 64 degrees. the next 12 hours we will start with fog and drizzle. look at the mild temperatures. staying in the low-to-mid 60's. by noon we are in the mid 60's throughout the day. we will have increasing sunshine

at the coast. low-to-mid 70's if the bay. mid-70's to low 80's at 4:00. enjoy the evening hours. we will be back in the 70's. leyla gulen will tell you about the commute. >> good morning, everyone, we have traffic backing up headed over the altamont pass. 21 miles per hour is the top speed leaving tracy to livermore with speeds picking up and 42-minute ride headed away from tracy to dublin. to highway 4 this is your drive through antioch to pittsburg and concord and 11 miles per hour is the top speed. the 22-minute commute between antioch and headed into concord. we will check out what is happening with the san rafael commute in the southbound direction, your headlights are looking at lucas valley and traffic is running smoothly and we do not see fog.

roads dry. >> thank you, leyla gulen, at 5:42. >> kayaker draws the unwanted attention of a great white. we will hear about the ten most terrifying seconds of his life. >> we get in the car and my daughter is sobbing and says "mommy, are they going to kill us." >> an actress, heal -- halle berry is fighting back to protect he

>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the antioch city council has voted to hold a special election in november after declaring a fiscal emergency. our media partner reports that voters will be asked to consider half cent sales tax that could bring in an extra $4.7 million. a survey found 68 percent support the hike that will cost antioch $204,000 to put the measure on ballot. >> three new private streets in palo alto are named in the memory of city police officers killed in the line of duty. the new streets are add a new

development at the site of coal -- cole court, and jean court is after an officer killed in a shooting. there is a clifton court which is his last name so they using his first name. and another after a reserve officer shot and killed in 1994. >> warning signs are posted this morning in a popular pacifica beach after a kayaker had a close encounter. he was firsting yesterday when the shark bit his kayak. the police and the kayaker believe it was a juvenile great white and the kayaker was not hurt but he had to hold on to the boat for ten terrifying seconds. it was like the discovery channel with the eyes in the back of the head and the teeth

bared. it lifted the boat and it shook the whole boat and i was just hanging on. >> after the incident, surfers weapon riding the waves because police felt it happened far enough away from the beach. >> they do not deter easily. hard to detear the heat. this morning, a beautiful picture with the clouds hanging over and under the bay bridge. that is what we are going to see throughout the morning commute but in the afternoon, that is when the tran us takes place. that is when we will see the warm sunshine. temperatures off to the races and hanging around and will be warmer-than-average for the longest time this year. that is the big story. today, radar and satellite shows for radar runs, no,ed areas of wet weather. it is dan. you can see thing for here as we

look at the macarthur maze and ing for with an area you need to be careful, and mostly sunny and humid this afternoon, quite a change when it happens. our warm-to-hot days are thursday through tuesday and that is when the seven-day outlook forecast stops but it could stretch into middle of next week. good news if you like mild weather and overnight, out of the hills, it will be calm in the 60's. hills could still be in the 70's and 80's so we will watch that. we will not have the winds, though, and with the rain we had we do not have to worry. and mount tamalpais, hoping to get the first sign of the sun coming up over the cloud cover this morning, and we will have to sit there and watch that and the 24 hour change shows san francisco 72 same as yesterday and everyone else is two degrees warmer in fremont and three in

oakland and san jose, and concord and santa rosa nine to 17 degrees warmer. you will notice that. here is why. we never got the cold front to come law and the air mass never changed with a moist certain warm flow coming at us and it will be muggy by our standards. it will feel the same as the temperature, maybe a bit warmer with a little bit of a heat index. 79 in milpitas and low-to-mid 80's to the rest of the south bay. we will start at 72 in millbrae and hang out in the upper 70's to near 80 and low-to-mid 60's along the coast and near 70 in downtown and south san francisco. low-to-mid 80's through the north bay and sunshine and 20 degrees cooler at the beach and mid-70's to low 80's through the east bay shore and low-to-mid 80's in the east bay valley. the enseven shows in the 90's inland tomorrow and a few hundreds are possible sunday and monday before we are back in the 90's. tuesday, cool back in the 90's,

and mid-80's to near 90 from now through monday and around the bay you can see the 60's still at the coast. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> in the east bay we have report of a dolly in lanes northbound side along 880 at broadway blocking one lane. we have top speeds right now but here we have a report of a rock slide on highway one with the moist weather creating the rock slides. this is an area where we are experiencing that. now, outside, it looks to be dry and this is in walnut creek so if you are headed down 680 away from highway four, traffic is building and some of the taillights are flashing but all in all a 10 minutes drive away from concord to walnut creek. >> academy award winning actress heal heal is -- halle berry is

demanding lawmakers do something to stop aggressive photographers from focusing on children of celebrities saying this is traumatizing her daughter. the actress showed lawmakers photos of an incident at los angeles international airport. >> i yelled "she is a child, leave her alone. we get in the car and my daughter is saying, and says, mommy, are they trying to killous." they would town aggressive press. several media groups say this could impede news gathering. >> the theft of $1.2 million from a new york-bound jetliners appears to be an inside job and investigators plan on tracking down the people responsible. >> coming up next, the news becomes the news, the new lawsuit 22 bay area newspapers

after one accused the other of unfair competition. >> another reason to get a goodnight's sleep, one less thing you have to worry

>> the "san francisco examiner" has filed suit against the chronicle claiming the city's dominant daily newspaper is slashing advertising rates to stop competition after taking over the examiner in 201120, the

former owner of the examiner purchased the chronicle in 2000 and kept advertising rates high but attorneys for the examine are say since the new owners took over the chronicle has lowered the ad rates to target their advertisers they say with offering designed to injure the free paper. the chronicle is not commenting. >> you can see the humidity in the air. the residual mother is on the deck so although it may not be rain we have mist and drizzle on the shoreline and the higher elevation. want out for that. leyla gulen has it covered. the air quality, trees, ragweed, and grass moderate, low amount of mold and ozone and watch out this afternoon, we will go from this to sunshine rather quickly after the lunch hour. that members the u.v. index is high. you can burn quickly.

residual showers around eureka and mount shasta. 97 in fresno. 107 in palm springs. 76 in tahoe. have a good day. leyla gulen? >> we will check the bridges in the pay area and start with the dumbarton. no crashes to report. clear conditions. as you make the drive from east palo alto up to the san mateo bridge it is looking clear from hayward to foster city and to the tunnel this is another area where we see a dip in speeds with yellow showing law and more volume but still at 59 miles per hour and down to 54 but all in ail a decent commute. in show, a few extra cars and a clear drive and accident free.

>> berkeley researchers have given us another reason to get more sleep finding lack of sleep contributes to excessive worry. sleep deprivation fours up brain region associated with emotional processing, the same brain activity that happens in people with anxiety disorders. this suggests that more sleep can help with depression, bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. >> the bay area and the entire nation glued to the supreme court this morning with key decisions on same-sex marriage now over an hour away. >> we will continue our coverage and bring in our legal analysts to make sense of what could and will happen today. >> we are following developing news involving bart and the important announcement a few hours away as the clock kicks to

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. at 6:00, camping out at the supreme court as the bay area and the nation wait for key decisions on proposition 8 and the defense of marriage act. we are now just one hour away. >> happening this morning, we will find out whether bart employees are a step closer to authorizing a strike that could cripple the bay area commute. >> the story from texas drawing face-wide attention, quite a night at the statehouse as abortion an points and supporters square off in a late-night session. >> good morning, at 6:00 a.m. >> we have a couple of days of rain, light rain, mist and drizzle. >> meteorologist mike nicco is check out the conditions. >> live doppler 7 hd shows most of us can put the wet weather gear away and know you will have an easy