>> we have areas with drizzle and light rain reported that could affect the commute in the east by. over the altamont pass as you head along the eastbound direction we have a construction project blocking three haynes which will last until 9:00 a.m. this morning for drain average work. eastbound 580 to flynn road is where we see the area shaded in blue and green. blue indicates harder rain, maybe drizzle and the green is lighter so slow down the speed because the conditions could be lick. now it looks to be dry and traffic is slowing. >> thank you. the celebration continues in london and around the world this morning after 9 birth of will and kate's baby and now we get word when we will get our look at the boy who could be king. now, from london, top of the morning. >> good morning, that is right

the champagne corks are still popping here in london with lots of joy and anticipation. we spenting the duke and duchess to leave the hospital today, possibly tomorrow morning which is when we could catch the first look of the royal heir the imtabloids are trumpeting the arrival of the future king, the son which, today, has renamed itself "son" for "the sun," and the celebration will continue today. >> welcome spokesman. >> the news the country and the world have been waiting for, the royal baby has arrived and it's a boy. this morning, the world waits for the first look of the future king weighing in at eight pounds and six ounces. at celebrations at palace it was announced at the fountains running blue and niagara falls. >> bursting the bubbles.

i heard the news. so excited. we have been celebrating all evening and out in the pub having champagne. >> in a nod to protocol, the baby announcement was posted outside the palace. but in keeping with the times, a statement was first released to the press by e-mail. >> a wonderful moment for a warm and loving couple with a brand new baby boy. >> prince william was with his wife through the entire birth and release add short statement saying "we could not be happier." he will now have two weeks of leave before returning to work as a royal air force rescue pilot. now all eyes you on the hospital where the family could emerge at any time reenacting the fame out scene when william himself was presented to the world 31 years ago. they are expected to bring their new bundle of joy home to the palace where later this week, he

will meet his great grandmother, the queen. >> we are also expecting to find out the baby's name. the bookies leading candidate are traditional names like james, george, henry and many hoping for something a bit more modern, alexander is in the mix which, of course, is a personal favorite. >> more of the name, alex. historically, how long did it take to get a prince's name? >> right, exactly, well for prince harry it came right away. for prince william it took a week. for prince charles it took a month. so we are expecting that name to come today. there could be other names that have been discussed such as albert or philip but probably just like many other parents, waiting to meet their child. we are told they did not know the sex of the child before it

was been so we assumed they have been spending 12 hour getting do know their son and in due course will name him. >> what is he like in personality? thank you, alex. the things that every parent things about. we will have a special 20/20 hosted by barbara walters on the baby heir. >> there are less than two weeks to go before another possible bart strike. no progress has been made on agreement if a new contract. the two sides met with a mediator yesterday but they are meeting with neat with each other. they are slow to respond to each other and little time at the table. bart is accusing the unions of not focusing discussions on salaries, pens and benefit. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield will have more in a report in the next half hour. >> developing news, the f.a.a. is looking to the cause of the small plane crash that killed a

man from palo alto. the accident happened around 11:00 yesterday morning. authorities say the plane had just taken off from south lake tahoe airport. 67-year-old man a pilot of 20 years and his wife were the only two on board. he was killed on impact. his wife was pinned under the plane but survived. she is involving at a hospital. the couple was running to palo alto after spending a weekend in tahoe with their family. >> new developments in the rough landing of a southwest airline jets at new york's that guardia. airport officials just reopened the runway 30 minutes ago. new video surfaced of the accident and you can see the sparks flying off the 737 when the landing gear collapsed. there were 150 people on the flight from nashville. six were taken to the hospital. crews cleared the plane last night but this morning, almost 100 flights have been canceled and the f.a.a. and ntsb are investigating. >> investigators are looking

into the deadly limousine fire on the bridge and have questioned the driver's estranged wife about their phone calls that night. we reported in june that air springs ruptured leading to the fire that killed five women. part of the investigation also focused on driver and his actions. his estranged wife said they had a heated fight and were arguing on the phone and she claims he was on his phone while victims were were trapped inside the limousine. >> i am sure he could have saved them, you know? he was too busy on the phone. and i know he was videotaping. >> we contacted brown for a response and he did not comment but his brother says that brown is looking forward to the official findings of the investigation. >> police in cam well are searching if the driver who rammed a car into a group of san jose bicyclists injuring one,

the bicycle party is a tradition that attracts town 5,000 riders and this is video from the ride posted on youtube. our media participate, the mercury news, report add character colored honda ran into the group on saturday morning on west campbell avenue near the expressway. the driver then sped away. a female bicyclist suffered a fractured skull and hip. >> a $15,000 reward is offered for information leading to the driver involved in a fail hit-and-run crash in berkeley. the 46-year-old man's body john patrick miller was found july 15. this are no sidewalksen at overpass, and authorities say it appears miller was lit by a car and anyone with information on a possible vehicle or driver should contact berkeley police. >> now a check on the forecast on this tuesday morning. >> here is a look at live doppler 7 hd, way down in the south bay you can see along 85

toward santa theresa, we have better radar run so some of the light rain is falling and stretching through san jose up toward sunnyvale and milpitas we may have a few sprinkles on the dumbarton and san mateo bridge to san francisco and the bay bridge. you can see how it is moving backwards. usually our weather moves from west to east and now it is moving west to east. you best radar returns are headed to the peninsula and the peninsula coast. we have more developing out around tracy and moving through the altamont pass, so it looks like the east bay valley you may get a few sprinkles the next 45 minutes or so and you can see the sprinkles moving away from santa rosa headed to the northwest condition of sonoma county. as far as what is happening our temperatures are in the 50's to mid-60 so it is definitely

warmer than this time yesterday by two to eight degrees. now, moving forward the next 12 hours we will keep a chance of sprinkles or a shower in the forecast in the middle-to-upper 80's and low-to-mid 70's in the bay and low-to-mid 60's at the coast by 4:00. is this affecting your commute? leyla gulen? >> go have a sig-alert in the north bay and that is affecting the transition from northbound 29 to highway 37 and this is all involving a big rig that hit another truck and they are off loading the gravel is we have a transition shut down until further notice. in the east bay southbound 880 from embark day to 23rd avenue we will have a couple of lanes blocked and that is going do last until 6:00 a.m. this morning with volume there as we make the drive through oakland to alameda and the maze. now, we will look that is happening out here, the walnut creek commute as we make the drive in the southbound direction along 680 everyone is

moving at top speed and we are not seeing slow downs and no crashes. >> it is 4:40, the study for months to get head in college and now they have to do it over again, the answers dozens of parents and students on the peninsula are demanding. >> the unmistakable message top democrats are sending to president obama over the crackdown on medical marijuana. >> the big challenge in china as

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four afghan soldiers and civilians were injured. no confirmation on the nationality of the coalition troops. 98 members have been killed this year and 70 have been identified as americans. >> in china, rescuers with some develops and dogs chipped away am collapsed hillsides as the death toll rose to 94 from an earthquake. a thousand were injured in the 6.6 earthquake on sunday. only one person remains missing this morning. officials say 2,000 homes were destroyed and 22 damaged. more than 31,000 people have been forced into shelters. heavy rains are expected the next few days raising the need for shelter and increasing the chance of further land lieds. >> investigators will make new school bus safety recommendations after two were killed in separate accidents last year. the national transportation safety board is meet at 6:30 to consider a report on the 2012 crash in new jersey involving a

school and a dutch truck. an 11-year-old girl was killed. the board will look, also, at 2012 crash in florida where a nine-year-old boy died in a school bus crash. >> students, parents and the administrators of mills high school in milbrae are threatening to sue to get hundreds of test scores re-instated which were then out because of irregularities during the testing. our reporter has that story. >> the college-bound students thought high school was behind them. 224 students and graduates of mills high school in milbrae have been told they have to retake their advanced placement exam, something they say it is completely unfair. >> i need to study again everything and although i did nut forget everything it will not be as fresh in my mind. >> testing service invalidated the exam taken in may after finding out there were irregularities. when passed they give students college credit and many were

taken in the library where the students may have sat too close together or sat facing one another a clear violation but something that had been standard operating procedure at the school if years. >> i regret having to be in this position and take responsibility for what transpired. >> the officials and their attorneys have pleaded to re-instate the scores to know avail and could make a decision whether to sue by tuesday. many parents support the idea. >> there has been no cheating involved it is a matter of seating irregularities. we have a level of excellence and a right to continue. >> how the seating surfaces, this was a tip from the student who, like everyone else, will have to take the exam again next month. in milbrae for abc7 news. >> california democratic party is on record in asking the obama administration to leave the state's marijuana dispensaries alone and the executive board approved several resolutions over the weekend of the one

asked the justice department to stop raiding and interfering with states with marijuana lays and asked them to keep off the states of washington and colorado as they have new legalization laws. >> some showers yesterday and it was so muggy, it does not feel live the bay area. >> no, like the midwest. why do we want that? here is mike with the forecast. >> you move here to escape the heat and humidity and it was muggy yesterday although the temperatures were in the 70's and 80's we had a feel of the heat index and the temperature felt warmer than the temperature which was very unusual for us. we are seeing yellows show up at sunset across the park and near bayview and this is sliding to the west with yellows means we are going to get this to reach the ground if you are coming in 101 up from the a, theres you may run into it.

if you travel from marin across the golden gate bridge and headed through the park you may encounter wet weather there. away from san bruno and on 280 you can see monterey bay and to the south of pacifica we have a better chance of light rain. on the san mateo we have a few sprinkles falling over at foster city. more developing not south and this is across the south bay and monterey bay the best areas for sprinkles to light rain during the commute with scattered ones in the north by. the heavy storms are in the high country so we have a flash flood warnings through yosemite and at tahoe. the clouds are hacking around and it is partly sunny and humid and isolated sprinkle or shore is possible. this moves away tonight and

tomorrow and through the weekend it will be brighter and remain warmer. 79 in milpitas, and that is the low point in the south bay. we will go from the low-to-mid 80's and up to 87 in morgan hill. san jose will be 82. the peninsula has mid-70's around millbrae and 80's elsewhere. the coast is low do mid-60's with pockets of sunshine and near 70 in sausalito and south san francisco and mid-70's in the north bay valley and low-to-mid 60's over at the shore and low-to-upper 70's along the east bay sure from richmond at 70 to 78 in richmond and the east bay valley it will be muggy and you may want to turn on the air conditioning, mid-80's to near 90 with humidity feeling one or two degrees warmers. the threat is over after today. the air will dry and seasonal temperatures come back with 90's inland and mid-to-upper 70's around the bay and low-to-mid 60's at the coast. be careful. leyla gulen?

>> we are finding areas where this could be drizzle affecting the drive especially if you look at this map you can see areas covered in green. that indicates where drizzle may have hit the pavement and you need to slow the speed because it could be slick. as we take you to construction along the peninsula northbound 280 from county line, san mateo county, to highway 84 we will have one lane blocked and that will last until 8:00 a.m. with several projects along 280 in this area with installation and pavement work and things of that nature. as we look at our drive time traffic from tracy to dublin 26 minutes gets you there. from antioch to concord, that is 18 minutes. 101, san rafael to san francisco is only 16 minutes. in san jose, 280 away from 17 is quiet. now too many cars. three vehicles only in the

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francisco bay making adjustments to the catamaran and artemis has been out of action since the crew member and olympian andrew simpson died to may on a practice run. the team expects to race again next month. >> coming up, a flash flood produces an amazing sight in utah after something washed over the desert floor. >> you can do it for airline tickets and hotels, an

>> it is hailing. >> it looks like december rather than july, right? at big bear in southern california, the region has experienced scattered thunderstorms popping up for the past couple of days, like we are getting but it looks different. in utah, flash flooding caused a strange phenomenon, water and debris mixing together in a blob moving slowly because the debris

is so heavy. this video was shot a few hours after 3" of rain fell on thursday. >> time for a look at our forecast. >> the flash flooding could happen here in california in the sierra. live doppler 7 hd shows how the hours are moving from east to north of west and this is the best chance we have of anything measurable today or enough to coat the ground to make the morning commute interesting so be careful out there. leyla gulen is watching it for you. as far as the game tonight, stray shower is possible and mostly dry and partly sunny and you can see this stretches back to the sierra and that is why i think the best chance of thunderstorms are as we head in the afternoon hours with a stray chance and they have a better chance at 95 in yosemite to 83 with storms in tahoe and 76 and dry in los angeles. leyla gulen? >> so far, we do not have any

accidents as a result of this sprinkle as mike wanted toject me, it is news drizzle but sprinkles. we have a sig-alert in the north bay. along north highway 29 to west highway 77 you cannot use the transition for another hour and a half and this is because of an accident involving a gravel truck and a car. they offloaded the gravel to keep the road open. santa rosa to san francisco is 51 minutes. outside right now to the san mateo, it is hazy but 12 minutes from hayward to foster city. eric and kristen? >>guest: a 19-year-old man is alive this morning because of a marin county search-and-rescue team that posted these pictures on facebook. the volunteers were in yosemite this weekend training and hikers

said a man had fallen and was clinging to a rock 300' up. the team assisted the rangers as they pulled the man to safety and carried him down the main town. according to the marin independent journal he suffered a severe injury to his head, a possible broken eye socket and hypothermia but will survive. >> san francisco board of supervisors committee approved legislation to provide incentives to stores that sell healthy foods where markets usually offer processed foods and tobacco and alcohol. they offer free help and priority consideration for businesses that agree to devote 35 percent of their space to produce, grains, and dairy and protein with less than 20 percent to alcohol and tobacco products. >> a website that has aloud us to compare airline tickets for years and other prices compare car prices and now a site is doing the same with grocery

store items. they compare prices from eight leading stores and ships then to your door in a week. for online shoppers it is a gray what to price shop but you could find better deals or closeouts at the local stores. >> officials are showing off the library of the future, rather than candy in a machine it has rows and rows of books, patrons scan a special card, punch in the number of the book and they grab it from the slot. the machines have been placed at the alameda county family justice center and the department of child support services. you need a special card to use the pop-up book machine. >> we have breaking news in san jose after the death of a baby. we have what police have learned so far. >> the highway patrol will have a major crackdown on interstate 80 that will extend

>> abc7 news starts now with breaking news. >> good morning at 5:00 a.m. >> the breaking news is if san jose where police are converged on a home where a baby has died under puzzling circumstances. matt keller is on the scene. >> the san jose police department have confirmed a seven-month-old baby boy was found dead at this condo complex. you can see a patrol car is here and a few officers. the homicide unit is here investigating the case. according to the child theft protocol, the 9-1-1 call came in at 1:00 o'clock a.m. and police responded to makati