ride a bart train. they will have until august 4 when this extension will expire. reporting in oakland for abc7 news. >> 4:30. negotiators complain of a lack of involvement from the general manager of bart who was at the bargaining session and spoke after and thanked the state mediators for hammering out this resolution. early in the day the leaders held a rally to demand she become more active in the negotiations. the signs in the background with her picture read "where's grace." >> many people have today off but if you don't here is information on getting around until the bart trains run at 3:00 this afternoon. a.c. transit will rate on a regular weekly schedule. extra buses on some express routes. san francisco bay ferry is on a regular week-day schedule and so is muni, caltrain, and extra

service during the commute hours on the sausalito ferries with detailed information on getting around until bart resumes normal service at the website at abc7news.com. stay with abc7 news as bart gories up to resume service this afternoon. we will have updates on air and online at abc7news.com. you can follow us on twitter, as well, for the newest information. >> it is chaining all the time as is traffic and weather. we have leyla and then mike. >> good morning, everyone, happy friday. the bart strike is over. for now. we do not have ace train today. if you are taking it to the road, it is windy. mike will tell us about that in a legal bit. we have c.h.p. issued high wind advisory on the san mateo bridge. if you are traveling from hayward to foster city, anyone

with a high-profile vehicle, be very careful. the bay bridge toll plaza shows a clear drive from emeryville to san francisco. only a few cars making the drive into san francisco. good morning, mike nicco. >> live doppler 7 hd shows how quiet it is this morning. we will talk about the winds up to 44 miles per hour at sfo and 28 in fairfield. the sea breeze is back. it's over! after seven days of 100 degree temperatures and excessive heat, gone. we may not make it to 90 in some areas. low-to-upper 80's inland. 67 in san francisco. 74 in oakland. clouds are gathering along the coast. another brisk day at 59 to 64 at

the coast. >> happening today, oakland city workers return to the bargaining tame after holding a strike this week. more than 5,000 workers took part in the day-long strike on monday. union representatives say city workers face a 10 percent pay cut and picketed over unfair labor practices related to bad-faith bargaining. city services returned to normal on tuesday morning. negotiations, again, resume today. >> despite the strike many still ventured out for the fireworks display in san francisco. many were hard pressed to find a good spot. >> this is the largest crowd. it is interesting it is larger with the bart strike going on. the east bay people did not come so the san francisco people did come. >> the people who did drive in from the east bay say the

commute was easy with very little traffic. >> long after the organized fireworks showed ended you could hear illegal fireworks in oakland. we got a video above east oakland where extra streets were on the patrols and they were looking for people who fired guns in the air. shot spotter technology can identify the location of a gunshot in seconds and alower the northbound by officers. >> investigators are looking into the cause of a malfunction at a fireworks show that injured dozens. >> high god. my god. whoa, whoa, whoa. >> a number of fire work shows slowedded near or on the ground two minutes into the show with shrapnel firing and people scattering and 20 people went to the hospital and eight suffered minor cuts and bruises.

the bomb squad deactivated the remaining fireworks. >> crews knocked down a two acre fire on mount tamalpais this morning. the flames were spotted at 9:30 near indian fire road on the east side of mount tamalpais with a lot of potential fire fuel. firefighters are watching the scene to make sure nothing reignites and an investigation is underway to determine the cause. >> firefighters are urging contra costa county officials to reconsider the closing of a pittsburg fire station. the station 87 will close on monday. the district says a budget deficit and declining property taxes are to blame. now, firefighters are asking the county supervisors to take a second look at the budget. monday it was announced property values in most contra costa county cities rose by almost $5 billion over last year. >> the ceremony and parade of

america's cup boats today is the final countdown of the competition welcoming guests yesterday at noon during opening day celebrations with restaurants and plenty of activities for families, people are calling the venue accessible and inclusive. >> that is what makes this venue so fantastic, the public has a chance to see most of the race. >> they welcome everyone into sailing with a lot of people answering questions and they have boats on display. they have done a great job. >> the america's cup races start on sunday and will go on all summer with finals set for the first two weeks in september. >> time for a check on weather and mike i will be glad to be out of triple digits. >> me, too, seven days in a row of running the air conditioning. it will hurt when you get the electric girl in a couple of weeks the check out the 24-hour temperature change. we are anywhere from two degrees cooler at half moon bay to 14

degrees cooler in live. more. fairfield is at 63 degrees. only 67 in san ramon. you can see the clouds along the coast creeping across san francisco. we will have limited clouds an the bay. it will be clear inland. temperatures will remain in the 50's through 60's. for the next 12 hours, 58 at coast to 78 at noon. the heat is missing this afternoon, 60 at the coast and 84 inland and 60 at the coast and 76 inland and comfortable in the afternoon hours. the weekend forecast shows temperatures are cooler tomorrow. a slight rebound for sunday into monday. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone. the bart strike is over for now. we have wind out there. that could hamper the commute.

for anyone whost nut have the day off, you may want to get an early start if the roadways heat up. the altamont pass is moving along well at 60 miles per hour over the altamont pass to livermore and top speed over to dublin/pleasanton. the drive along highway four is locking clear through antioch to concord. not much traffic, not yet, anyway. the san mateo has a high wind advisory issued by c.h.p. from hayward to foster city it is a short 12-minute commute. eastbound side is looking clear and moving along at top speed. >> next, the latest on the investigation into the deadly tree crash in a summer camp near yosemite and who the sheriff says was involved involved in monitoring the tree. >> and we look at "jeopardy"

challenge and take on the toughest contestant but, first, america's money report. >> work day for wall street. traders have been nervous about the june jobs report with the jobs number critical to wall street because the fell reserve will phase out the economic stimulus plan as the unemployment rate lowers. airlines continue to add new fees on items that used to be free. by the year 2020 the amount from the fees is expected to double. an expert things the next fees will be on checked bags on international flights or to reserve a seat in coach and another would not be shocked if they adopt fees for carry on luggage. mustard has been around since romans time but more popular than ever the fastest growing condiment in the

>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, 4:42 on the abc7 news morning with the embarcadero almost deserted. we are watching the commute, the last day without bart for a while. the last morning, anyway. more on that coming up. >> the labor department will release the monthly jobs report in less than half an hour. the economists predict the employers added 165,000 jobs in june. that is fewer than in may and far short of the number of new jobs needed to push the unemployment rate down significantly from where it currently sits at 7 can 6 percent. >> the mother of a bay area survivor is speaking out two daze after a tree fell and killed her daughter's co-worker, a falling on a group of people

at camp tawonga and for other adults remain hurt. no children were harmed. one of the injured is 18-year-old lizzie moore who broke five ribs and her elbow when it landed on her. she will likely be released from the hospital today. >> she has been very positive. anyone who knows her would not be surprised. a lot of humor. >> the sheriff says that pg&e was responsible for checking the tree because it was legged near power lines and peck peg said -- pg&e calls the tragedy a "freak accident." >> a broken water main forced the closure of several streets in danville. from prospect avenue to railroad avenue is still closed as is diabolo from front street. side streets are also off limits with water stopping with maintenance crews on the scene trying to clear away the deisund

to avoid the downtown area. >> the department is paying for facebook "likes," after an inspector general report found they spent $630,000 on campaigns to increase the department's facebook fans. report says the advertising campaign worked with the department's english payments alone increasing from 100,000 fans to two million in two years. some employees said the department was "buying" fans. >> if you want to be on jeopardy here is your chance but you have to go up against a new exhibit at computer history museum and taught jonathan he is not as chart as he thought. >> you can take your place on the set of "jeopardy" to show the world how smart you are. but then this guy shows up. ready in watson is the ibm

supercomputer that pummeled the two great of the "jeopardy "champions. now the set is on display at the computer history museum. you can try against watson himself. >> maytag and kitchen aid appliances, what is whirl pool? >> you start off just computer, no big deal, and then you realize that the questions are hard and you do not know the agencies. you realize watson does know the answers. >> the ibm research officer teamed up. >> history and geography got ugly. >> we held our own at business and technical. >> he got it wrong. in the end, watson beat us by more than double, and the museum

curator says you do not feel cheated but outsmarted. >> people forgot that watson was a computer and treated it as another contestant. >> watson's ultimate purpose is to help people by digging up information they may not have thought to look for themselves. >> give it a question, in english, and you get an answer. >> watson is used in medicine before soon he will be in customer service, with tech support asking watson a question rather than putting you on hold. >> the learning reserve is shorter because you have this great helper and that is where we see watson going. it will be a great helper in a lot of domains. >> a soggy fourth of july for san francisco residents after a water main break that came into

the homes. this video shows water roughing from a neighbor's house, down the hill, into his backyard. the water department says it was caused by a rupture in an 8" pipe. >> several cities held fourth of july parades yesterday. alameda's parade was the first to kickoff in the east bay. officials call it the second longest independence day parade in the nation, second longest running. 170 floats traveled 3.5 mile route. fremont had abc7 news reporter as grand marshall. >> she looks great. mike nicco looks great, as well, welcome back. bring in the "big chill." >> i like that, absolutely. can you feel it? >> you can, actually, when you step outside. the big chill with temperatures dropping around 6 to 16 degrees today. live doppler 7 hd shows it is

rather quiet. you can see the clouds, they are developing along the coast with visibility at four miles at half moon bay and most of us are cloud-free but san francisco is starting to see the clouds try to spill across from west to east right now. here is a look at the golden gate bridge and it is looking quiet. the forecast shows it is over. highs dropped dramatically today. breezy and cloudy if you are headed to the weekend beaches, they have been sunny and mild. not anymore, back to 50 and brick wind. near average temperatures not only today but pretty much through the rest of the forecast. from the camera this morning, you can see what is left of the moon, not much, but it is a fairly new moon and six degrees cooler in oakland at 72. eight in san francisco at 67. 12 to 16 degrees cooler in san francisco or san jose and santa rosa and fremont and concord. no more 100's and not even 90, but 86 is as warm as it gets. the clouds develop along the

coast and push through san francisco and touch oakland. the fog could hang around the golden gate bridge for the afternoon if you are headed there or the marin headlands for beautiful pictures. it could be up to 20 degrees cooler in some spots but the five- to ten-degrees covers moments of our neighborhood with 20 being the extreme. 82 in gilroy today. remember when we were around 104 a couple of days? 78 in san jose. check out how comfortable and maybe cool on the peninsula today from 70 at millbrae to up to palo alto at 76 and los altos at 77. brisk day in pacifica. everyone else around 60 to 62 degrees as in daly city and upper 60's in downtown and south friend and sausalito at 70 but we will be in the low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valley today. at the beaches, 20 degrees cooler. the east bay shore, berkeley with the finger fog and breeze

at 70. 72 in oakland and hayward. everyone else in the mid-to-upper 70's and the east bay, low-to-mid 80's and the warm spot is brentwood at 87 degrees. on the windows open this morning and enjoy. temperatures tonight are back in the 50's. everyone will be cloudy but the east bay valley and the south bay. we will drop two to four degrees tomorrow and gain it back on sunday which will be like today. temperatures will hold near average with clouds at the coast and afternoon sunshine through the rest of the forecast. have a great day. leyla gulen has the commute. >> a nice weekend ahead of us. at 4:50 we are tracking the traffic with not too much to speak of. we are going to take you over to the richmond-san rafael richmonl bridge with top speeds from the east bay to marin county, and 101 headed through san rafael and through the tunnel to get over the golden gate bridge it is clear.

the bay bridge is moving swiftly at 53 miles per hour approaching treasure island. the rest of the drive is good headed into san francisco and we have c.h.p.-issued high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge that could slow you down. 80 is 13 minutes from highway four to the maze and 101 san francisco to sfo is 12 minutes. 580 from tracy to castro valley is 33 minutes. san jose, 101, away from 880, just 12 minutes from 85 to the san jose airport. katie marzullo and eric? >> we have a new abc7 news smartphone app to help you keep track of the weather and traffic and you can watch breaking news. it is easy to download at abc7news.com/app. remember, if you have our current app you need to download the new one because the old one is going away.

>> coming up, a barbie make year. an artist has created a different investigation of the popular toy. >> disruptions of a volcano that

>> ever wonder what barbie would look like with a more realistic figure? the first is the classic doll and the second is an artist recreation with the average measurements of a 19-year-old american female. critics have complained the thinner barbie represents an unrealistic body imaverage and others say it's just a doll. >> the san jose native with an iron stomach is in the record books again, joey chestnut devoured 9 hotdogs in ten minutes during the fourth of july coney island hotdog eating

contest in new york beating the record by one hotdog. second praise did not come close at 51 hotdogs. >> my girlfriend was here yelling at me and not letting in slow down and she was -- i would have been lazy but she saved me on that one. >> he goes home with the mustard yellow champion belt and $10,000 in prize money. he says it is not the cash, but it is the prestige. i could say... >> i am sure the family and friends are very proud. >> they never look comfortable after that. >> try to smile in the parade -- ouch. >> now we will talk about what is going on, a big series, somewhere around the bay today and it is 7:15 first pitch at at&t park and 64.

59 as we entertain the dodgers. around the state it is becoming quiet with a few storms in the desert to the southeast, palm springs is 108 and temperatures are 89 in sacramento and up to tahoe for the weekend, the heat and the storms are gone. you are going to have temperatures in the let to mid-80's and low is in the 40's. enjoy it. >> we have a couple of dens to get to, just in the last couple of minutes, and the first accident is in fremont on northbound 880 involving a couple of cars and blocking one lane. a couple of miles from there is eastbound 84 away from the tolls with one lane blocked that is starting to build a little bit in the westbound direction making it to the toll plaza. >> woman who lost her foot after it was crushed under a car found a new way of getting around. christina followed through on could workers joke she make a leg from legg ons and she did,

putting together a toy leg using the colorful plastic briggs. it is comfortable, not entirely racket california, she uploaded this youtube video showing off the invention and it picked up 500,000 views. >> pretty cool. >> next on abc7 news at 5:00 a.m. a welcome sight for computers: bart service will resume today. we will have a live report. >> major new honor for the lake john paul ii.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i am delighted to report the parties have agreed to accept the recommendations of the mediators and myself to return to work and continue the bargaining process. >> that is the best news you have probably heard all week, the bay bridge toll plaza is clear. later today, bart trains will be back on track after bart management and unions agree to extend two union contracts for 30 days. >> good morning, everyone, i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. it is 5:00 a.m. and we will get a check of the forecast. it is different today. >> it is cooler. more comfortable. maybe cheaper. >> you can turn off the air conditioning and on the windows save money and get rid of the heat. it is over after seven days.