>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, welcome at 5:00 a.m., i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> we will get you a check on the forecast. mike? >> good news. it is clear outside this morning. we have fog along the coast. we watching to see if any develops in the north bay valley over the next couple of hours. as far as our forecast, from mount tamalpais you can see sausalito and san francisco all the way down to the san mateo

bridge. we will throw the forecast up there and you can see how bright and warm it is from 82 in petaluma to 91 in brentwood and around 70 for south san francisco to 81 in san jose and along the coast we will go 62 at bodega bay to 68 in downtown san francisco. leyla gulen? >> it is quiet. we have a couple of projects lingering out there with construction crews trying to make it better in the northbound direction before the benicia bridge. at arthur road you will find three lanes blocked off and slow-and-go traffic over to the bridge and it picks up from there and highway 4 in the westbound direction we have spots of heavy bumper-to-bumper traffic and down to 38 miles per hour. and hillcrest animal it picks up to 62 miles per hour and it eases up outside and the drive into central san rafael southbound the headlights are

coming toward you and it is althoughing clear. >> coming up with developing news from the east bay, one teen is dead and two injured after a solo vehicle crash. police are trying to figure out what caused it. we are in danville with more. kira? >> just as you said, teens will wake up for the first day of school to find out that three of their classmates will not be there today and one them is dead and the other two are being treated in the hospital if broken ribs and a broken leg. look at the crash scene. this is where the so low vehicle accident happened before 9:00 last night. the car hit the tree and just blued through the fence here. we are across from crow canyon country club. this video is when the they were in the car north on the road and the driver lost control hit the

tree, hit the fences and the passenger died at the hospital and his friend, the driver, and another passenger, are in the hospital. listen to what the police chief told us last night. >> the people in the car were under age, local students that should have been starting school. >> police tell us there were no witnesses to the crash, they were out here investigating if seven hours as eric said. they do not know the cause. they say that it does not appear that alcohol or drugs were factors. they are, however, not ruling out whether speed was the cause. >> governor brown says the state is prepared to deploy additional resources to battle a raging fear. the fire is 20 percent contained and firefighters are optimistic about the new containment number although the wildfire has now grown to more than 160,000

acres. 23 structures have been destroyed and more than 4,000 remain threatened. >> the black oakland casino resort in stay away. deer usually spend their winter in the area but most of the deer heard will be safe. some western turtles were forced out and they were found huddled in a puddle of water and committee are oaking on known eagle nests in the area. >> our coverage of the fire continues on-line and we are posting the latest video on our website at abc7 news cop and on our site how to get ready for a major fire posting advise advise and keeping our twitter followers updated with the latest information on the fire

at abc7 news bay area. >> the clock is ticking toward tomorrow night's closure of the bay bridge and looking outside at the new eat eastern span where crews are debting it to the existing bridge as drivers race to find new routes to get from one side of the bay to the other. we are on treasure island with the details. matt? >> we are less than 40 hours away from the old eastern span of the bay bridge closing down forever and that means the new span will be opening up to traffic a week from ted. caltran says that the defective bolt issue has been resolved for the new eastern span, metal plates or shims were whenned -- wedged into place and the saddles are the to reinforce the defective bolts that almost delayed the opening. >> the shims are steel wedges, like if you have a wobbly table.

we have done that on westbound and eastbound deck. the chain-cutting ceremony is at 3:00 p.m. labor day and the governor says he will not be there but anything is possible. when the original bay bridge opened in 1936, the governor shut the chain with a blow torch. after the new bridge opens, demolition of the old bridge will take a few years. >> family members of murder victims in oakland will meet with city officials today to demand better strategies to crackdown on cream. the families say city officials are not doing enough to protect the public. they plan to hold a press conference following the meeting at the lazy at 1:00 o'clock. oakland has had 131 homicides last year, the highest rate since twin -- 2006. the new compliance director for

the oakland police department earned over $300,000 a year. city officials have resolved a five-month dispute over pay and benefits. the judge appointed frazier in march and worked at san jose's police department for 27 years and served as baltimore's police commissioner. >> apple's proposed new union square story in san francisco is getting reviseed design and presented city officials with a new plan for the store that saves the fountain designed by the late artist who has died. apple revealed new plans for the store in the busy shopping area did not include the fountain and under the revised plan the found table will be moved slightly to the north and be closer to the sidewalk. >> a memorial service for the artist takes place today much the 87-year-old passed away this month. in addition to the nontable --

the fountain at union scare she designed several month. the memorial service is underway at 11:00 this morning at the band shell on music concourse drive into golden gate park. >> officials in san mateo say this is enough money to expand the workforce even without touching the measure a tax increase passed by the voters. the economy is improved and recommending a budget to help pay for seismic improvements. they can also bring further subsidies for avoidance of service cuts and the mercury news reports the county has enough money to hire more than 100 people to help implement the federal affordable health care act and to work in the new county jail being built in redwood city. >> now the weather forecast. mike? >> temperatures are clear in san

francisco from 55 in forest hills to 60 in the ferry building, and 58 right now at the field. in tracy it is 60 and pleasanton is 55 and through the altamont pass, the temperatures are 70 degrees. if you go up in elevation you are going to run into some warmer weather. the warm spot is pittsburg at 64 degrees and everyone else is in the 50's from 50 at petaluma and union difficult at 58, and 57 in the financial district and walnut creek is 56 and santa clara at 53 and palo alto. this is how it looks from the roof camera, quiet on the embarcadero this morning. not so gray this morning and hardly any clouds. in flight arrival delays into sfo and that 49 is going to be in santa rosa at 7:00, and the rest of us in upper 50's to near 60. it will be brighter at noon, and even to the coast at 64 and it will be warmer even the coast at 64 today, to 88 at 4:00, and 60 to 8:00, very quiet weather in

the evening. the three day forecast, temperatures are dropping a little bit, hardly noticeable wednesday and thursday and friday is a lot like today and in a few minutes i will have the cooler holiday weekend forecast. stick around if that. >> good morning, everyone, at 5:10 the congestion is building over the altamont pass, good news, we can have an early stalled vehicle at grant line road pushed to the shoulder and we have this bumper-to-bumper traffic in the westbound direction from tracy. as you make it over the altamont pass, into livermore, that is where you will see speeds picking up and right at vasco road you are looking at clear conditions. highway 84, the drive coming down through pleasanton, or, rather, livermore to 680 is looking clear. 680 through pleasanton is not a bad drive. and outside we go to the golden gate bridge and traffic is

moving smooth from sausalito into san francisco with no construction crews out there. >> coming up on 5:11. if you want to beat the odds of getting in an accident there is one city you want to stay away from. the bloomberg business report is next. >> the star power arriving in washington, dc, to help bright a major milestone. >> it sounds like science fiction but an entrepreneur could be the real ironman

>> covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it is 5:14, a look from our camera looking to the west and you can see off to the right the light, the span of the bay bridge. tomorrow night the existing bridge will be closed to attach that. more on that ahead. >> oprah and jamie foxx are among the celebrities would will join in celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. the trio join president obama and former presidents bill clinton and majority at the tribute at the lincoln memorial. the "let freedom ring" remembers dr. martin luther king jr. "i have a dream" speech and musicians are scheduled to perform, as well.

>> attorneys for george zimmerman will ask the state of florida to cover some of the $300,000 in george zimmerman legal expenses. he told a newspaper yesterday that the law requires the state to pay legal costs because george zimmermans with acquitted. after a five-week trial he was acquitted of all charges in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin. >> happening today on the peninsula the palo alto parks and recreation commission will consider an ordinance to make it illegal to feed wildlife and ferrell animals. our media partner reports places like the duck pond and palo alto nature preserve are off limits. officials say feeding wild live does more harm than good causing health problems, overcrowding, and impacting water quality. asan francisco public library is cracking down on bathroom conditions after an increase in complains of dirty and broken toilets.

the "san francisco examiner" reports that the main branch will clean restrooms more often and may hire more custodians. the library is working with police and a social worker to handle troubled patrons. according to the library officials previous crackdown efforts reduced bad behavior including drug use. >> watch out if you get a zero percent balance transfer offers in the mail. >> here is the bloomberg business report. >> good morning, stick to the subway if you are in the capitol because drives in washington, dc, get into collisions about once every five years, more than any other city in the nation. baltimore drivers are also extremely accident-prone. the safest is for the collins, colorado, where there are only accidents once every 14 years. >> invest arors looking at the report on home prices and on wall street yesterday, it was a lower close for stocks on riding tension between the united states and syria. be careful if you get one of the

zero percent balance transfer offers, the "wall street journal" says beens are flooding consumers with offers of cheap rates for up to two years in an effort to pick up new customers but banks charge a fee to transfer the debt from another card and unless you pay it off you could be stuck with a higher interest rate when the offer expires. that is the news from the new york stock exchange. >> abdul-aleem is taking a fictional invention from the ironman movies and made it real and moves his hands in frond of a panel to design an armored suit and the founder of tesla motors and spacex has found a way to design rocket parts using the same techniques sending the design to a 3-d printer which make the parts for him. he will unavailing the invention on thursday but he says he has no plans to make an ironman

suit. yet. >> maybe next year. >> he is always coming up with something new, maybe something weather-wise to help us forecast better. >> you can do that, irreason man by yourself. no special suit required. >> here we go, radar showing live doppler 7 hd shows it is quiet. now, in oakland, looking brighter this morning, and warmer weather this afternoon. it is going to be mild, and close to seasonal all way through friday. the weekend, i think, will be cooler but not so cool as year. that is the great thing with so many days out. question modify that forecast. we will push into the mid-to-upper 80's in los gatos

and gilroy and most of the santa clara valley in the upper 70's to low 80's and cupertino and 78 with sunshine in santa cruz and topping out at 80 in redwood city and los altos and mid-to-upper 70's for the rest of the peninsula and millbrae is cooler as usual at 72. half moon bay is the warm spot at 67. daly city and colma at 64 and upper 60's to near 70 for downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. low-to-mid 60's along the north bay coast and inland we are in the low-to-mid 80's. sausalito is at 70 and same in richmond, and hercules is 80, those are the extremes along the east bay shore from 74 in oakland to 79 in castro valley and fremont and the east bay valleys, making it uncomfortable around antioch and brentwood with 90 and 91 and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 80's. tonight, the temperatures are in the mid-50's and near 60 and cooler in napa at 52 with a few more clouds tonight than this

morning. tomorrow will be cooler. a couple areas of high pressure keeping the storm track to our northwest the high is winning out so we will have a warm push of weather and the high will be clipped tomorrow with the morning clouds and temperatures are just a couple of degrees cooler for wednesday holding steady with a pattern through thursday and one last stand on friday with warmer weather and the low comes back and the temperatures could be from four to ten degrees cooler by none. >> let's look at walnut creek where we can see the traffic is moving pretty well coming down along 680 and it will take you nine minutes to head away from highway four to highway 24 and you can see a little bit of slowing in the northbound direction but other than that, everyone is moving at continue speeds so on highway 24, into lafayette or orinda, we have clear conditions and a slow down at 51 miles per hour approaching

highway 13 and the rest of the drive through piedmont and oakland, you are not locking too shabby and we have a bit of traffic residual making the drive in the northbound and southbound direction along the nimitz because of early traffic. along highway 4, that is where we have traffic building at 40 minutes from antioch to hercules and 80 westbound from highway four to the maze and 85 to the san jose airport top speed. >> 5:21. ahead, seven things to know as you start your day. >> if you trouble if caltran with the four-lane freeway project north of the bay area. >> the disorder a bay area war veteran is using the medal of honor he received to [ mom ] with my little girl, every food is finger food. so i can't afford to have germy surfaces. but after one day's use,

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>> whether you are just joining us or headed out the door, seven things to know, a teen in the east bay has been killed and two injured after the car crashed in a tree in danville. we will get more from abc7 news reporter in a few minutes. >> abc7 news begins with breakings news. a fire broke out in a two-story house on 50th avenue with flames seen shooting from the roof of the home. no one was hurt in the fire and investigators are trying to figure out what started it. >> fire officials say they are finally gaping ground on a raging wildfire near yosemite national park. officials say the fire continues to grow in size but it is now 20 percent contained. the fire has burned more than

160,000 acres. >> family members are murder victims in oakland plan to meet with city officials today to demand better strategies do crackdown on crime. the families say city leaders are not doing enough to protect the public. oakland had 131 homicides last year the highest number since 2006. >> the countdown is on with less than 39 hours to go before the bay bridge shuts down for five days. pavement and connection work is done over the labor day weekend and commuters should be driving over the new eastern span by this time next week. >> sis, check out the lack of clouds this morning, it is cool, up to ten degrees in some areas when you step outside but warmer weather is on the way in the seven-day forecast. >> a look at the bay bridge toll plaza we see traffic is pouring from the macarthur maze to the toll plaza and moving smoothly. it is a quiet start to the commute this morning with no crashes to report but we do have a brand new stall. >> the antioch native and war hero who received the highest

military award is using the attention to help fellow soldiers. ty carter has presented a medal of honor yesterday at risking his life to save an injured shoulder. he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and has this message for the country. >> please, take the time to learn about the invisible wounds of war. know a soldier or veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress is one of the most passionate and dedicated men or women you will never meet. >> rebound says he displayed the essence of true horror im. -- heroism. he risked his life for others while fighting the taliban. >> a project supposedly is violating environmental

requirement in a freeway bypass in mendocino county. the project will impact up to 80 acres of sensitive wetlands and caltran is installing drains to somebody up the drying process and packing fill dirt on top as shown in the photos. environmental groups filed suit claiming the county did not do the required environmental review of the site where the dirt is being excavated and opponents requested a temporary restraining order to stop work. a hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. >> abc7 morning news continues at 5:30 with the top story including the bay area city that could place new restrictions on some food containers today. >> three years after the san bruno disaster there is a new plan that could end up in higher pg&e bills for customers across the

>> abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> the breaking news is from oakland. firefighters are mopping up after a fire at a home on 50th avenue near international boulevard. the flames could be seen shooting from the roof. firefighters vented the home. crews put out the fire in half an hour. no one was hurt. no word if anyone was inside. >> scary. >> good morning, everyone, i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> first up a check on the weather forecast. >> mike? >>guest: nice seeing both of you this morning. maybe you will like this, too, live doppler 7 hd the commute is uneventful as it is clear. that will lead to some quick warming as we head into the afternoon hours although it is cooler this morning, it will be warmer this afternoon and 82 in

petaluma and 91 in brentwood. around the bay it will be breezy this afternoon if 70 in south san francisco and berkeley to 81 in san jose and along the coast we go from 62 in bodega bay into san francisco to 68 downtown. temperatures are close to average for this time of the year. are there any other troubles to watch out for? >> minor troubles if you travel along eastbound 580 from dublin toward pleasanton this is where you find a stalled vehicle. we are seeing a buildup of traffic westbound at the dublin/pleasanton interchange and it eases up and you have clear conditions to castro valley. northbound 101 university off-ramp you will find a large tire blocking the lanes. you may run into a bit of a slow down. 101 northbound away from sfo into the city we can see a buildup as we come to the

central freeway and traffic is building a bit eastbound direction over the bay bridge. katie and eric? >> developing news from danville. police are investigating a late-night car crash that killed a teen and sent two teens to the hospital. it will make for a difficult back to school for students in that area. kira? >> a tough day, indeed, for the friends and classmates returning to high school. this is where the car crashed in a tree and plowed straight through the fence. we are across from crow canyon country club. the crash happened before 9:00 as the teens were going not. a passenger died at the hospital and the driver and the other passenger are in the hospital this morning. one is being treated if broken ribs and the other, a broken leg. police tell us there were no witnesses to the crash. they are investigating for seven

hours and they do not know the cause of the accident but say it does not appear alcohol and drugs were factors. they are investigating whether speed was the cause. >> thank you very much. new developments in the massive wide fire burning near yosemite national park. fire officials say they are finally gaining ground on the place. officials say the rim fire continues to grow in size but containment numbers are up. the fire has burned 160,000 acres since it broke out and is 20 percent contained. more than 3,700 firefighters are battling the flames that destroyed 23 structures. governor brown visited the firelines and says the state will do whatever it takes to control the fire. >> we will be ready. whatever it takes, i will make sure the resources are deployed. >> governor brown says he spoke with president obama who committed federal dollars to

battling the fire and says he could be asking the feds for additional help. >> so far so good for the water coming from the hetchy reservoir to the bay area. engineers are scrambling to pull more water from the reservoir before ash from the fire contaminates it. it has not affected water quality. the months testing the water three time as day and officials say if the quality is affected, they can get water from local reservoirs. >> hundreds gathered in berkeley to remember a city-owned camp destroyed by the rim fire. the vigil was an outlet for people to sing songs and share memories of tuolumne camp overrun by flames over the weekend. many who have been going to the catch to decades feel the loss. they will push in to rebuild. >> place full of memories. those will be with us but it is gone. >> i am going this to help. i will do everything i can.

>> berkeley tuolumne camp was in operation since 1922. >> caltran says the problem with defective bolts on the new bay bridge has been resolved as they prepare to close the bridge tomorrow night. crews showed the steel shims they placed on giant bearings under the bridge which have been wedged in place to prevent the span from rocking and will be removed in december when the new saddles are installed. the bridge is closed tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. for five days and will re-open tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. at the latest. abc7 news reporter matt keller will have more on the closure at top of the hour. check out the options you will have in getting an the give closing including the extra service bart, a.c. transit and san francisco bay ferry brings and explore abc7 news real time traffic maps to see where the worst gridlock is during closing and check out caltran's live construction camera to see how

close the bridge is to opening. you can follow us at abc7 news bay area. >> san jose could become the biggest city in the state to ban styrofoam food containers. the city council will vote on a ban today that takes affect january 1 of next year. the san jose mercury news quotes city officials as saying there is no market for recycling plastic foam and most of what is collected ends up if landfills. the restaurant association says a ban would harm small businesses more than it helps the environment. the city has been providing information to restaurant owners about alternative food containers. >> in san francisco, police supervisors will soon wear video cameras during property searches to make sure they are following the law. the pilot project comes following questionable drug raids as residential hotels in 2011. the prosecution dropped dozens of cases after footage from

hotel security video prompted allegations officers lie about the circumstances of drug searches and arrests. police were accused of stealing from suspects. the cameras the be warn on their chest. >> a nanny is accused of driving drunk picking up two young children on the first day of school yesterday. a witness told the c.h.p. the driver of the vehicle was repeatedly backing into a sign and staggering in the street. police arrested the 48-year-old nanny after she failed a field test. >> police are searching for the robbers who stole the casino winnings of a couple in pleasanton yesterday afternoon. the robbers barged in as a victim was closing her garage door and they pointed a gun at her husband and demanded "the money." he gave up the cash. the couple says the robbers wore hoodies and covered their faces. pg&e has a plan to raise rates to cover costs of the deadly

pipeline explosion. they want to charge customers up to 4 percent more if the borrowing costs go up, if state regulators impose $4 billion in fines and penalties. in a filing with the utilities commission they claim the fine makes it hard to raise capital making the company less attractive making it more costly to borrow money. there has been no response to the chairman. >> now a check on the weather. you want a warm up? a cool down? or both? >> both depending on time of day. we are cooler this morning by one degree at failed and oakland and not impressive, but four degrees at san but me and six degrees cooler in san jose, and nine this napa and novato and eight in santa rosa. so the deeper valleys with the cheer sky this i'm of the year and the longer nights, it will cool off more than everyone else^. 51 in santa rosa and 52 in napa and 61 in con record and antioch

and 59 in san carlos and livermore and san ramon 53 and los gatos at 54 degrees. the day planner, not is gray this morning, temperatures running in the 50's to near 60 through 7:00 and this will be in the mid-60's along the coast the better part of the afternoon and upper 60's to upper 70's at noon and mid-70's to nearly 90 around the bay and inland by 4:00. we will fall back into the 60's most areas by 7:00 and 8:00 inland, not so comfortable at last night. temperatures drop tomorrow and hold teddy -- >> the altamont pass and highway 4 out of antioch are slow and into concord but clear conditions along 238 over to the nimitz. 580 through castro valley is not

too bad. along the nimitz, the area looks clear into fremont and you can see traffic is running smoothly, and a little pocket of slowing northbound 47 miles per hour, and 680 northbound headed over to the sunol grade you have a good drive there. to the south, through san jose, you are in good shape but along highway 85 at blossom hill we have a report of a stalled vehicle and that is blocking one lane. >> thank you. next, punishment versus rehabilitation. the confrontation in sacramento over the governor's plan to keep more inmates in prison. >> the photos that police in the east bay hope will lead them to a grew of jewelry thieves.

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>> coring novato, owe, sunnyvale, and all the bay area, abc7 news. >> 5:43. check out this sight in phoenix, the dust firm, with a brown cloud over city. power outages were reported in the city because of lightning

and pounding rain and arizona monsoon season is from mid-june to the end of september and produced massive dust storms recently. >> new this morning in connecticut, back to school for students at sandy hook elementary school at a new location, chalk hill middle school in monroe. that school was renamed sandy hook after the original campus was closed following the deadly december massacre. 20-year-old atlanta shot -- lanza shot and killed students and teachers. >> there will be a rally in sacramento calling on the legislature to stop the governor's plan to expand the state prison system. rally organizers want lawmakers to reject the plan to spend up to $1 billion on private and out of state prisons and develop safe communities instead. the governor has to comply with a court order to cut the prison

population by 10,000. brown asked the supreme court to overturn that ruling contending that violent felons will have to be set free in the order is followed. >> walnut creek police have released new security photos of a borrowing later -- a burglary at a tiffany jewelry store. the suspects removed the license plate of a blazer used in the get away and used a stolen truck to smash the doors at the broadway plaza. they abandoned it at the scene. his have identified two other vehicles, a newer black cadillac and a dark mid-2000 chevrolet tahoe. if you recognize the suspect or vehicles call the walnut creek police. >> berkeley police hope residents can keep an eye out for copper thieves. someone climbs a utility pole and story 30' of cable last thursday that knocked out phone and cable tv service to the

hopes. this is a chronic problem because copper prices are rising. at&t claims that some thieves dress like utility workers when they steal the copper. they better hope the police catch them first because if you knock out cable tv during football season... >> you will have angry residents. >> there will be street justice. >> speaking of justice, it is back to school, justice for parents. >> speaking out of turn? >> you are right. absolutely. >> it is called "the most wonderful time of the year." absolutely looking at the wide view and zoom to the peninsula, good morning to the fine folks in burlingame, your school district is headed back today and you are going to start off mostly sunny this morning with late arriving clouds by 7:30 and 53 degrees. total sunshine and 71 degrees by

the time 3:30 rolls around. have fun, parents and all. here is a look at your bay breezes, they will pick up this afternoon and from 2:00 until 8:00 this evening, well have a wind at 15- to 25-knots in san francisco bay and san pablo to the delta. right now our winds are very light, less than eight miles per hour in most neighborhoods and if you do not see a wind, there is not one. we have 13 miles per hour in fairfield, a very light sea breeze. that is why we are just now seeing the clouds trying to push across san francisco as we look from sutro tower back toward the east. we will use that if a back drop. brighter morning, reading to warmer temperatures this afternoon, and the sun will spend more time heating the ground rather than heating the air and getting rid of the cloud cover. it will be mild. all the way through friday. and it will be cooler this holiday weekend but not so cool as we thought yesterday.

81 in san jose and cupertino. 80 in santa clara and upper 70's for sunnyvale and mid-to-upper 80's around los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy. for the peninsula, we will flirt with 80 in los altos and half moon bay is a warm spot along the coast at 67 degrees. downtown, san francisco, 68, 70's in south san francisco, and sausalito. low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valley and 20 degrees cooler at the beaches and mid-to-upper 70's in most east bay shoreline neighborhoods. 72 at berkeley and 70 in richmond and 80 in hercules and mid-to-upper 80's and antioch and brentwood at 90 degrees. the seven-day forecast cooler, wednesday and thursday, and friday is going to be a lot like today and you can see temperatures anywhere from four to ten degrees cooler through the holiday week.

>> we have a report of a stalled vehicle in san jose if you travel long northbound side of highway 85 before you get to 87, we have a big rig that is blocking one lane. so far so good and not causing any delays away from 101 and head in the northbound direction. as we go to the altamont pass we have a report of a roll of insulation if the lanes. bumper-to-bumper traffic at 27 miles per hour for a top speed. it will take you 45 minutes from tracy to dublin. drive time traffic 101 over the golden gate bridge is eight minutes from sausalito across the bay bridge at 10 minutes. 5:49. new information this morning on n.s.a. leaker edward snowden's journey to asylum. a respected russian newspaper

says edward snowden spent two days in the russian consulate in hong kong before trying to get to latin america. he flew to now in june with plans to go on to cue because and bolivia. snowden never boarded the plight to cuba. if the report is true it suggests greater russian involvement in hissests to escape justice in america than the russian government acknowledged. >> ahead, the dole apple could be about to dangle in your face to get you to by a new iphone. >> president's testimony release ed, ford talking about the woman who tried to assassinate him. >> what is leading to the supersizing of american homes and a community that is part of

>> attention iphone users, apple could pay you for your old phone. a website quotes sources as saying the company will launch a trade in program allowing owners of older iphones to upgrade to newer models at a discount. you have to be eligible for an upgrade but you can get up to $250 for a new phone. the site reports that the program is already available and has been for weeks at some stores. >> you have everything you need when you are away from the tv. at yosemite national park this morning it is quiet.

as we head into the noon hour you can see the clouds advancing ahead of the thunderstorms that will dot the sierra headed to the afternoon and early evening. a fire threat heightened because of that and the holly gusty wind. isolated storms, west wind, around 15 miles per hour in the valley at 93. the high country tops ought the 72. flash flood warnings to the south and tahoe smoke is a big temperature, temperature is 78 in tahoe and 85 if los angeles. leyla gulen? >> we have a report of a delay on muni inbound less than 47 and 49, due to an emergency vehicle blocking the interaction at van ness and we will expect delays out this and bart and ace train and caltrain and everything else is running on time and we will go out to san jose and check out 101 away from 880 and we do see a buildup of traffic and sun is rising. we are going to be seeing a few extra cars but, so far, no

delays. katie and eric? >> video just released shows former president ford giving a first-hand account of the day he was nearly assassinated in sacramento. in 1975 man son follower squeaky from tried to kill ford. she fouled a gun but it did not fire. the newly released recording is from the testimony. >> i stepped because i had the impression she wanted to...speak to me or shake my hand. as i moved to either shake hands or speak to her, i noticed the gun. it was if her hand 2' from me. the federal government allowed the release after the historical society requested to preserve it. >> popularity of greek yogurt has been soaring and now it is

getting attention from the air force. the ingrowed ends of the popular blueberry includes hemp seed and that is not allowed by the air force so airmen are urged to stay clear but yogurt without the hemp is fine. >> there is still low numbers if youngsters sales rate of tobacco is just under 9 percent, up from 8.5 percent the year before but with the increase the numbers are still the second lowest numbers on report. >> for news could be on the way for beer lovers with a bill to make it easier for craft beer fans to shop around. currently if you buy a half gallon container of beer at a microbuyerry you can only refill

it at the same store. the new law lets you refill at the place of your choice. >> we are following developing news. students in the east bay return to school hours after the death of one their own. we are on the scene. >> apple's new union square store get as redesign of a famed mountain. >> new packaging innovations are promising to make your live

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> at 6:00, the first day of school in the east bay marred by a late night fatal crash. what we are learning about the three teens. >> a wildfire near yosemite

national park burns out of control. there is some progress, though. >> a day until the bay bridge shuts down and we learning new details of the problem that threatened the entire opening of the span in the first place. >> good morning to you all. how is the weather forecast, mike? >> good morning to you. we have clouds along the coast and mist, and everyone else is dry this morning. the day planner the next 12 hours, it will be dry with mostly sunny conditions and 59 through 7:00, and pushing 70 with brighter conditions and a warm mid-70's for the 4:00 hour dropping into the cool mid-60's. the day planner the next 12 hours, it will be bright and 60. by noon we are pushing 80 and by 4:00, our warmest ars