>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, it is thursday, the fourth of july, and hope you are home enjoying the start of the holiday. >> thank you for being here. we do have great news, but unfortunately, this is the fourth day of the bart strike along with the fourth of july. >> still no deal with bart. amy hollyfield is at the bart

station in oakland. >> it is 5:00 on a holiday but the pickets are here and could be here for a while. the bart general manager says the negotiations are going to take some time. she also talked about her workers, general manager says that and i quote, "i have great employees and they are doing a great job. they care about the traveling public. at the same time, it hasn't sunk in with them that the bay area has suffered considerably over this period of time." we asked the strike captain about the comments. >> we are out as although as it takes, okay? she is going home to sleep. we are out here as long as it takes. that is the difference between us and her. >> workers say they don't know how the negotiations are going, and they do not get briefed out here on the picket line but they say they are glad to see that both sides are still talking. they have been at the table a

lot. all afternoon, year, and late into the night, they will meet. bart board closed a closed door session at 11:00 and the workers will hold a rally at the bart station. that is will at 11:00. it will be a busy morning. >> 5:02. now a check with leyla gulen and the traffic. it is very quiet out there. we were hit hard this week with the bart strike and folks trying to make their way to work. well start out in the altamont pass, so if you are traveling out of tracy to dublin/pleasanton it is a nice drive with top speeds into dublin/pleasanton and a 24-minute commute which is is excellent.

there is volume building into in area so watch out for that. it looks like mass transit is running on a holiday schedule and we will see added buses, though, on a.c. transit. you need to help with that. a look at walnut creek shows we are going to talk about weather. we will do that. as you look at the live doppler 7 hd radar we have thunderstorms to the north. it is starting to move in toward the northwest portion of sonoma county. we will see the thunderstorm activity until later this morning and it should start to clear out. from the roof camera, look at that gorgeous view over the embarcadero looking toward the bay bridge. it is clear, there are scattered clouds but we will be seeing a gorgeous day if san francisco. hour, it will be scorching in the inland areas today and it will be the last day for the high temperatures for the day planner the next 12 hours.

7:00 a.m. we are starting off cool. we move to a high of 104 inland, and 90 at bay and 70 along the coast. katie and kristen? >> bart trains may not be running but bart will provide bus service to and from san francisco today. abc7 news reporter is at the walnut creek bart station. >> good morning, on the fourth of july. this is still a work day for many who are trying to get to work in san francisco. in walnut creek the shuttles will pick you up on california street in the white zone next to the taxicab zone and good news for folks trying to make their way to san francisco. bart is providing three buts from several east bay stations to san francisco starting at 6:00 a.m. today. each bus has a 50-person capacity. it may depart early if they are

filled before 8:00 this morning. the chatter buses pick up riders at several east bay stations, in fact, five of them. we have a map for you. el cerrito, walnut creek, west oakland, dublin/pleasanton, and fremont. the shuttles will be direct to san francisco. they will not stop anywhere in between. for the afternoon commute, three buses depart transbay terminal starting at 4:00 a.m. with the last departure at 6:00 p.m. if you are headed into san francisco if fire works or an a's game, those shuttles will not be there from the east bay to those locations. if you are commuting this morning, do not see too many people lined up. in fact, we do not see anyone. this will be shuttles available to get to san francisco this morning. >> we will give it time people are sleeping n because of the bart strike, a.c. transit is adding extra service to get

across the bay if san francisco. a.c. transit is increasing the holiday service adding 11 extra buses with twice the frequency all day long. the n.l. line from oakland to the transbay terminal and from berkeley to the transbay terminal each have four extra buses and the two lanes will run every 15 minutes rather than every 30 minutes. we will have complete coverage of the bart strike and you can find the latest develop the months on our website at abc7news.com. we have the latest on nobses, up-to-the-minute traffic maps and commute options. you can download our exclusive abc7 news waze app to navigate the freeway. >> in other news this morning, uc berkeley police are watching for a man who impersonated a campus safety expert, walked the student home and proposition on her. show refused and he left this is a sketch of the suspect,

described as 6', 200 pounds with a blond goatee and we have a picture of an official uniform. yellow or blue. escorts have a university-issued i.d. badge with a link to the photos at abc7 news.com. >> the i-team has learned a napa restaurant is in big trouble for continuing to senator foie gras. the restaurant said they were serving the food as a protest against the ban but a superior court judge ruled the illegal sale is not protected under freedom of speech. a series of abc7 news reports in 2003 exposed how ducks force-fed for foie gras leading to the passage of the bill banning the food. >> two big name attorneys will be battling in the lawsuit san

jose has filed against major league baseball. the san jose mercury news reports we the prosecutor in the iran contra scandal will defend the leg. hose is accusing baseball and the commissioner of a conspiracy to keep the a's from moving to the south bay. hose is represented by a high profile local attorney who made his name suing on behalf of investors bilked in the scandal of the savings and loans. >> president obama is urging americans by securing liberty and opportunity for their own children as well as if the future generations. the president thanked the troops in the fourth of july investigation of his weekly radio address. >> people in scattered conditions of the world are living peace today, free to write their futures, because of you. we are grateful for your service. and your sacrifice. especially those still serving in harm's way and your families

at home. >> the president says today's white house celebrations will include members of the military and their families. >> it is a day for parade and barbecues and fireworks. leyla gulen, how is the weather if. >> it will be nice. but very hot inland. you will be more comfortable closer to the bay area. our clouds anding for show it is rolling out and we are not seeing too much in the way of cloud cover and that is how it will be for the day. it will heat up tremendously and today will be the last day of the scorching temperatures. that is all due to the areas of low pressure that are coming in and they are blowing in some marine air, some cooler marine air. morning showers are specificked in some areas and certainly by monday or tuesday in the afternoon we could see a possibility of more drizzle in some areas. that is going to bring our temperatures down to a

comfortable temperature. as we look right now at the three-day forecast, today 104 is expected inland and 90 by the bay and 70 at the coast. tomorrow we cool down so you will see 10 to 15 degree drop and 84 is the high. 76 by the bay and 60 along the coast and 80 degrees on sunday and 74 by the bay and 60 degrees along the coast with cloud cover for good measure. now the traffic and see what is happening on the roads. i can tell you now, not much is happening on the roads as we look at our map, you can see lots of green top speed is in all areas so a huge change from the last couple of days when we were seeing packed conditions way before this. in antioch, westboundy along highway four you are at top speed and in pittsburg to concord and a look at mass transit, a couple of buts are being add but we will expense

holiday or sunday schedule. check before you head out the door. kristen and katie? >> thank you, leyla gulen, it is 5:10. feeding your friends friends any for the fourth of july will not break the bank with bloomberg business report coming un. >> egypt celebrates the ouster of its president and what it could mean for the up. >> talk about a scary detour, a woman. caught in a huge sinkhole

>> a constitutional crisis is unfolding in egypt this morning. tens of thousands of ordinary citizens are celebrating the military overthrow of the president. now there are fears of a looming civil war. abc7 news reporter is in washington, dc, with the latest on the leaderless country in chaos. >> the situation you just mentioned has the obama administration walking a fine line being careful not to appear supportive of a military coup but they also want to be supportive of the egyptian people. >> if the streets of cairo overnight celebration of independence. thousands of protesters cheering the ouster of the first democratically elected president, morsi, a year after he took office in a revolution. >> this time it is our revolution. this was the second revolution that played out with breathtaking speed as the world

watched on t tens of thousands rallied against morsi in tahrir square. the military chief announced morsi was out, and now under house arrest. a top constitutional judge was sworn in this morning to lead the country until new elections are held. while some celebration, morsi supporters are defy absent calling it a military coup and vowing to fight. whoever planned this wants to spill the blood of the egyptian people morsi said in video the. >> this coup is opposed violently by some factions, particularly the muslim brotherhood and that could lead egypt down the road of civil violence which would be terrible. >> the white house and president obama is monitoring the situation closely but not taking sides. egypt is one of america's closest allies in the middle east, receiving $1.6 billion in aid each year. that is second only to israel.

>> president obama said the aid is under review and he is deeply concern about the situation in egypt. >> thank you. >> a dramatic rescue in ohio. look at this video. a sinkhole in toledo swallowed a car trapping a driver 10' below. firefighters dropped a ladder down the hole and helped the woman out. she wasn't seriously injured and they used a crane to pull the car up, and police say the sink hole may have been caused by a water main break. >> unlucky day when you drive if a sinkhole. more americans are proudly celebrating the birthday of america as the economy picks up. >> now the bloomberg business report this morning. >> with the economy recovering, more americans are feeling patriotic or at least in a partying mood. 164 million americans will

celebrate if some way, whether it is seeing the bombs bursting in air or a backyard cook out or a parade. the record of the category say the price of gas will not impact the july 4 spending with gas prices down from last week the you do not have to break the bank to feed a party of ten. retail food prices have risen but the american farm bureau federation found the average cost for a summer picnic is $57.20. a menu including items like hotdogs and lemonade and potato salad set you back less than $6 a person. guests at marriott can check in with a swipe from the smartphone at 325 hotels in north america and hyatt trying to entice families now has a so-called v.i.p. children's service including a revamped kids' menu as travel picks up and hotels try to keep up with competition.

>> we need to know weather, traffic, holiday weekend, sports . >> it will be very hot dead and it will be the last day of the conning heat inland. very comfortable around the bay. and the seven-day forecast is coming up but now we will look at the live doppler 7 hd radar satellite where we are showing thunderstorms to the north right above sonoma county right now and you may see lightning strikes for the next hour or two but the rest of the bay area we are looking at clear conditions and this is high scattered clouds and the forecast for today will be the last day of high heat, warm and sunny for the afternoon and the patchy fog returns cooling things down and we will see a drop of temperatures between ten and 15 degrees overnight. here is a look at our bay area

highs, 71 at half moon bay and 91 in palo alto. as we move toward the thought bay you will see 92 degrees in san rafael and moving inland, 103 in fairfield, 104 in antioch and 105 temperature in brentwood. very hot. we have a game today a's taking on the cubs against and it is going to be a premiere game. if you want to get your hair cut you can do it during the 7th inning with game at 1:05 start. you may want to have layers but bring plenty of sunscreen. the lows tonight show the cloud cover coming back in and the fog pulling things down and you will be in the upper 50's to the mid-and lower 60's. here is the seven-day forecast, today, it will be hot. tomorrow we will cool down significantly. and saturday it will be comfortable and the temperatures ramp up again for sunday,

monday, and tuesday. there will be another drop on wednesday. we will talk about traffic and see what is happening on the roads right now the it is such a change from yesterday and the day before and the day before that. we need the calm right now on our roadways and so far that is what we have, lots of green on the map and pretty were all places including the dumbarton bridge and bay bridge and everything is moving along at top speed. along the peninsula, 280 headed between 101 -- excuse me on 91 between 101 and 280, 280 is looking clear northbound and southbound. traveling week along 80 from the maze to san francisco ten minutes gets you there at 101 and 20 minutes in the southbound direction and westbound 580 from tracy to dublin is a short 20-minute drive. 87 beyond the julian off-ramp

you can see a couple of headlights and it is quiet on the roads. >> after the past few days the drive times are beautiful. seven things to know as you start the day. and a special invitation from the white house for george lucas. >> it is munch time at coney island and whatr. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> good morning, at 5:23 on this

fourth of july, here are seven things to know today. number one, the bart strike is now in its 4th day after the union members januaryed up talks with bart last night. they scheduled to resume talking at 11:00 this morning and abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the late nest a few minutes. a.c. transit is increasing the holiday service to help riders get across the bay for the fourth of july adding 11 extra buses and the line that goes from oakland to san francisco and the line that goes from berkeley to the transbay terminal will run every 15 minutes. >> three, the open ceremony for the america's cup will be held today on san francisco's waterfront but the start of the race is in question. an international jury will meet on monday to decide whether to uphold safety recommendations made by the america's cup regatta director. >> four, president obama thanks the troops for their service and

sacrifice in the fourth of july version of his weekly radio address. the president said that service men and women played a vital role in the story our nation. >> five, scent's chief justice has been sworn in as interim president. he praised the mass protest that demanded the military out step of morsi saying that they have united egyptians. mansur will be the leader until a new president is elected. >> number six, a look from the kgo camera to the bay bridge on what will be an extremely hot day. the temperatures will cool down starting tomorrow. >> seven, as we look right now at the bay bridge toll plaza, look at this: no traffic, really, to spoke of into san francisco. i will have the full traffic report coming up. there is not much to say. that is what we want to hears

right? >> that is good, good news. the man who made star wars is receiving an award from president obama. in a ceremony next wednesday the president will present george lucas with the national medal of art creating some of the most beloved films of all time, recently unveiling statues of yoda and indiana jones at the park he donated to the town. >> on fourth of july the most serious hotdog heating contest begins well before you fire up your grill of the the nathan's hotdog eating contest is underway and the competitors have to weigh in on the left with bay area native joey chestnut holds the record downing 68 hotdogs, and buns. for the women, the black widow has 45 hotdogs and buns.

can you win seven in a row? >> if i do well i should be able to blow away the competition. i just have to find my rhythm early. >> sounds like any other sport. >> if the former champ from japan he will skip nathan's and compete in a rival contest, they had a falling out. we looked forward to the head to head between joey and the competitor. >> we continue at 5:30 with the top story including fans who are attending the a's game should expect traffic-wise with bart services remaining halted.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. coming up on 5:30. i am katie marzullo here for eric thomas. >> i am katie marzullo. we have to watch out for the heat on this fourth of july and for fireworks and people coming to the city, bart, so for both of those we have leyla gulen. >> traffic and weather. leyla gulen? >> that is right. in fact, what i have, though; good news, because despite the bart strategic, it is a holiday. we are not seeing a lot of traffic on the roads but just a few souls moving across the freeways. our drive time traffic at 101 moving smoothly with top speeds and 18 minutes to get you from san francisco to san francisco and only 12 minutes to get to sfo. and westbound to half moon bay and belmont it is 16 minutes. slower this remain on because of coastalling for. you could be slowed down because

of the fog. it is easy breezy this morning. now what is happening on the roads as we look at the caltran camera, san mateo is at top speeds. now we will talk about the weather with beautiful shots taken early this morning and last night. they are lightning strikes off the coast looking to the west across the pacific ocean. we still have some of the thunderstorms that are moving across the state especially right above sonoma county. you can see where we are finding activity up there and as we continue down the coast we saw a little bit of light cloud layer and fog on the coast and that will burn off by later today. the high scattered clouds are

gorgeous, a beautiful and hot day. for the next 12 hours as we start off this morning you may want to grab a light sweater at 70 degrees to get you going inland around the bay and 68 along the coast and 58. by noon the temperatures will ranch up a little bit so, 92 degrees inland and 78 an the bay and 64 degrees along the coast but watch out for this, as we head into the afternoon hours, triple digits inland and 90 by the degrees and 70 along the coast and then it cools off ever-so-slightly and a cooling period going tomorrow so we have hope on the horizon. this fourth of july brings the fourth day the bart strike with talks on break after another marathon session that ended just before midnight. and abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is in oakland with the latest. >> they are still on strike this

morning for the holiday. the picket line is alive this morning. they could be here for a while. bart general manager says that if a new interview with the "san francisco chronicle", the negotiations are going to take some time. negotiators were busy yesterday spending the afternoon and the night at the table and are scheduled to talk again at 11:00 this morning although it is the fourth of july. they will not say how negotiations are going with in specifics released, and the workers say they have been kept in the dark but they thing it looks positive. they are working on it and have not walked out. we are hopeful they will get something going tomorrow or the next day. or some time in the near future. the general manager says "i think my workers came to the negotiation thinking they were going to make up for the last negotiations not thinking the

last four years remain what they were. we need to look forward." she also is mindful when she offers something riders and taxpayers are paying for it. negotiations will resume at 11:00. >> if you are headed to friend to celebrate the fourth of july bart says it will run limited charter bus service between the east bay and the city. however, it is geared for commuter would have to work. the transit agency will provide direct service to san francisco from five bart stations, el cerrito, walnut creek, west oakland, dublin/pleasanton and fremont. three buses at each of the five locations will be available going at 6:00 a.m. and depart when they are full or by 8:00 a.m. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will have more in a report next half hour. >> oakland a's fans cannot use

bart to get to the stadium, last night a sellout crowd of 35,000 packed the stadium. grid hock was avoided although fans had to drive to the coliseum in rush hour traffic. from castro valley it was better than i thought. >> i thought highway 24 would be backed up but it was pretty good. >> unfortunately, the a's lost the game and earlier traffic getting out san francisco and on to the bay bridge was extremely slow. look at this, a driver's view of the traffic from around 6:00 p.m. it took 30 miles per hours to go four blocks to the bay bridge much the backup was not so bad for people would last early but you can see the embarcardero is slow, too. complete coverage of the bart strike is at abc7 news and the latest at abc7news.com with up-to-the-minute traffic maps.

we can hear the fire alarm going on in the background, but we will check that out. we will be able to be followed on twitter for instant updates on the bart talks. >> the alarm has stopped. hopefully. >> the opening ceremony featuring all four teams entered in the america's cup will be held this afternoon at the pavilion on san francisco's waterfront. the start of the quest for the oldest trophy is in question. an international jury will meet on monday on the recommendations requiring heavier wings after an accident that killed an artemis sailor. team new zealand and prada's team are protesting the changes saying if the jury rules against them it is up to the coast guard

to decide to permit the racing. the challenger series will begin on sunday. >> the san francisco police department is warning dog owners to be looking out for poisonous meatballs after someone left them on the street. year, police say a dog got really sick and had to be taken to the vet after eating a tainted meatball. thing do owners found more in the area of burnett streets which are now being tested. >> bay area legislators are the first to know on monday if the new bay bridge will open as planned on september 3 or if there will be a delay because of the fought united nations bolts. the oversite committee will brief the lawmaker on the status of the bridge in sacramento on monday morning and release the recommendations to the public by noon. the opening date time will depend on to factors. if work to retrofit two stabilizers with 32 anchor bolts

snapped will be completed in time and, also, if the tests reassure the engineers and bridge officials that the span's other 2,200 steel bolts are sound. >> a discarded cigarette is blamed for a fire that pumped people out of a campbell apartment building. you can see people making a mad cash from the burning come politic and this is video from campbell police, the cigarette was in an ashtray on the balcony and set a partition fire. a barefoot man suffered buns to his feet as he tried to put the fire out. the restaurant is helping to men who lived in the fire damaged participate. >> richmond police will respond quickly to people illegally firing guns in the city to celebrate the fourth of july. the city will be using the shot spotter audio system to pinpoint the location of any shooting. the audio sensors are calibrated to recognize the difference between gunshots and fire works.

officers will arrest anyone caught discharges a firearm in public. >> you can tell how it looks, it could be like yesterday with heat and haze and fog in the morning. we will experience some of the hottest temperatures today but it will cool off going tomorrow. that is because of the areas of low pressure pushing off the coast and that is what is bringing the thunderstorms to our north which are now hovering above sonoma county so you may still expect to see thunder strikes and lightning strikes but morning showers are expected in certain pockets, make along the coast there as we push to the santa cruz mountains and by monday or tuesday we could have areas of light drizzle, as well. so the cooler air mass beginning to be coming in bringing our

temperatures down over the next few days. but fought before it reaches triple digits again, today. here is looking to our exploritorium, the bay bridge out there is gorgeous cloud formation and it is going to be a hot one today. if you are seeing a fireworks along the waterfront, maybe expect to see some fog and low clouds, as well, so that could impede your visibility. right now temperatures are comfortable in the 60's san francisco and in the upper 60's around mountain view and san jose with the full seven-day forecast coming up in a little bit. >> as we look at our traffic, we do have light conditions which is very thankful and as we look at our east bay drive 580 and 880 everything is moving along at top speed and along the peninsula, 101 and 280 not seeing delays and back into san jose we have this accident northbound 101 at fulton road,

but it is not causing any problem out there so you are in good shape. we have mass transit running on a holiday schedule but a.c. transit and muni are going to add some buses and they will beef up their service a little bit but bart, of course, still has no service. it appears everything is at top speed at the maze at 580 and not seeing any slowing out there. >> challenges ahead in egypt. >> freak accident in the sharias kills a camp counselor from the bay area. we will hear

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> a freak accident in the sierra has devastate add family and friends of an east bay woman. the 21-year-old annais rittenberg was killed when a true fell at a camp where she worked as a counselor yesterday morning at camp tawonga outside

yosemite national park. four other staff members were injured when the tree fell outside the dining hall. no campers were hurt. they were eating breakfast weapon it happened. >> her mother is trying to make sense of the death the. >> this child is a life force and the most tell tragedy like, why didn't the damn tree fall on saturday when no one was going to be at the camp? >> investigators believe the tree may have fallen because it was weak from disease. >> officials with city college of san francisco say they will appeal a decision to strip the school of its accreditation. angry students protests at check yesterday afternoon when they lend offed decision by the acrowed sitting commission of schools and colleges. the commission says that the champion has failed to address problems it identified last year. the appeals process could take months when the school leaders will work to make changes afternoon ago. >> it is a wonderful set people

here and i feel like they are still here to help me and i will wait it out. >> they downsized the college and demintished the mission statement. they some cut the money our programs, our services and sending an appeal to the college accreditation ends in july and the administration says that classes will continue next year and students will still get college credit at least through july. >> with the high temperatures this week, leyla gulen has been telling us about this, we are reminded that fireworks are banned in many cities but you can still catch them in san francisco at pier 39 and san jose at the stadium, and oakland at jack london square. berkeley marina, too, and concord at the park in livermore , and pleasanton hill at college park high. in richmond, at crane way pavilion with a list of fourth of july events on abc7news.com. in the east bay, a spectacular

kickoff to the fourth of july with the fireworks in richmond from across the bay. it was part their independence eve celebration at the pavilion but you have to leave the fireworks to the experts. the professionals. >> and they it will might keep you up if you go to bed early. >> speaking of fireworks, a twitter follower is saying they have fourth of july fireworks early because of thunderstorms in santa rosa in the northern part of the state. our live doppler 7 hd shows what is happening right now, as we can see this is activity out here and this is above santa rosa through cloverdale and it is skimming the northern part of snow may county so we still will see activity out there and for the dry areas, be careful, because of the lightning strikes and you can see the fires popping up. right now, everything is calm and beautiful in lake tahoe. look at that from the camera.

a couple of scattered clouds and everything was lovely and it will be hot out there, today as well. but, today is going to be the last day of the triple digit heat that we have been experiencing the last couple of days. right now at half moon bay we are at 71 and 87 this san mateo, and 91 degrees in palo alto and as we lock along the east bay, 83 degrees will be the high for oakland, and 78 in san francisco and 104 to cloverdale and moving inland, 104 in antioch, so, very hot conditions, stay hydrated and drink plenty of water. right now we have a game today that is the a's versus the cubs and that game starts at 1:05 and we will see mostly sunshine. bring the sunshine. it will be a scorcher again. our lows are in the upper 50's to lower 60's with light cloud layer and fog along the coast. here is a look at the seven-day

forecast: hot today. it cools off tomorrow. 10 to 15 degree drop. again on saturday, with the coastal clouds. temperatures are ramping up, though, sunday, monday, and tuesday. it looks like wednesday we have a slightly as -- a slight shift as temperatures drop again. >> it is quiet compared to the last few days on the roads which is welcome. at the altamont pass, a drive tracy to dublin, we are seeing a slight dip of miles per hour at 57 miles per hour into livermore, but the speeds do jump up a little bit as we continue the westbound direction. for mass transit, everything is on time and we are on a holiday or sunday schedule and a.c. transit and muni are adding buses to benefit up the transit, but, other than that, we will look at fewer stops. at the san mateo bridge it is a

hazy view but as you make the drive from hayward to foster city everything is at top speeds. >> berkeley is trying to stop the federal government from closing the oldest and largest medical marijuana disresponse -- dispenseary. the city argues that closing the pot club deprives berkeley of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars and the justice department sees it differently accusing the landlord of breaking federal drug laws and wants to seize the property. >> a legal victory for the city of oakland and their battle to keep a medical marijuana dispensary open. a federal judge in san francisco has put a temporary hold on the government's attempt to seize the health center located along the waterfront the biggest dissensory in the state. the judge granted the order.

>> the roller coaster re-opens in time for the fourth of july and ahead the addition that is music to the ears of neighbors. >> a swaying tower that threatens to spoil the fourth of july for thousands are visitors to coney island. >> ferry boats are taking visitors to liberty island in new york, the statue of liberty is re-opening after work to repair damage done by super storm

>> a popular roller coaster in santa clara is open for business this morning after construction to make it quieter. crews built the tunnel across part of the coaster to enough fell the sound of the coaster and the screams of the riders. it was shut down on monday after neighbors complains. it debuted this year. great america says it is the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the nation. great america also has a water park which should be very popular today. >> now a check with leyla gulen for weather and traffic. >> we will look at the gorgeous view, the sun is rising, and a view from mount tamalpais camera with the red sun moving above the horizon and looking simply beautiful. we have a just a few clouds in the sky and that is the calm for

the day but we will have high temperatures and we are looking at a drop if certain places in the bay area, concord, walnut creek, oakland, san jose is one degree higher today and we will keep our eye on that and as we look at the highs for the rest of the state we can see thunderstorms to the northern part of the state and in the triple digits for were of the area, 112 in palm springs and 78 to los angeles. now the seven-day forecast is ahead but, first, traffic. on highway four as we take you out of the pittsburg to bay point and concord, 41 miles per hour is the top speed as you approach 680 and 60 miles per hour through bay point and right now we have construction running along, eastbound 580 at western drive and causing a slit bit of slowing but not too bad moving across the richmond-san rafael bridge and outside this is 87

beyond the julian off-ramp in san jose a couple of people moving on to the roads and not too bad. katie and kristen? >> parts of new york's coney island could be closed today as crews diagnosis mantle portions of the astro tower, the 275' tower has been swaying and officials are concerned about the structural stability and the park was evacuated yesterday. officials closed the roller coaster, ferris wheel and other attractions. the beach and nathan's home of the fourth of july hotdog eating contest will remain open today across the street. the tower has been closed to visitors since 2007. >> something nice to see is the statue of liberty re-opened her aways to the public for the first time since super storm sandy swamped the island the

first boat arriving a few minutes ago with a large crowd expected for the ribbon-cutting ceremony on liberty island. officials and the new york mayor are slated to attend and some repairs to bridge walkways and dogs are still under way but much of the work has been completeed. there is a marathon negotiation session that ended last night and when bart and the unions will resume their talks. lightning lights up the bay area and ahead the fire danger that comes with this impressive light show. >> later, forget these, "7 on your side" and "consumer reports" grill up bison burgers.

>> this is abc7 news, day four of bart strike on the fourth of

july. ahead what negotiators revealed to abc7 news following another late-nightmare no one session at the bargaining table. >> look at the bay bridge toll plaza. something we have not seen in days. a morning commute that is not back up for miles. everyone is slowing right to the toll gates all because of the fourth of july holiday. >> that looks good. fireworks are still on for san francisco's waterfront despite the strike, ahead, the help that transit is helping for those coming into the city. >> good morning, everyone, at 6:00 a.m. >> happy fourth of july. >> you were talking about the lightning strikes and weapon talking about that with the weather conditions we have to watch out and check with leyla gulen for mike this morning with weather and traffic. >> thanks, ladies, we are going to experience a bit of an early fourth of july celebration, certainly santa rosa and sonoma county did, with