>> we are learning more about the man behind the washington navy yard shootings and the voices he heard, victims, and who president obama says shared part of the blame. >> coffee and guns, starbucks make as new request to gun advocates who show up armed to the stores. >> thanks for joining us today. >> mike nicco is back with a look at the forecast. >> good morning, thanks. good morning, to you, everyone is clear this morning, no drizzle out there and hardly a cloud to be found. day planner for our bay area neighborhoods, 57 degrees and cooler this morning with sunshine and warmer by noon and not so breezy as yesterday and upper 60's by 7:00 get close to jacket weather. 7:00 a.m., inland, 56, a few 40's in the north bay and 77 at noon and 85 at 4:00, close to average, and a existable 76 at 7:00, with a few clouds this morning and upper 40's along the

coast breezy and mid-60's as the afternoon unfolds. >> we have a crash on highway 24, in westbound direction at orinda avenue involving three vehicles blocking orinda avenue off-ramp as well so you may start to see slowing out this, and you will when you reach the tunnel locking slow-and-go track but right now, we can see the track is building out there, so you can see the string of headlights coming toward us in the westbound direction and you going to be on the brakes but walnut creek out of pleasanton hill is not too bad on 680. >> we start with new details on the navy yard shooting in washington, dc, and a better picture is emerging of aaron alexis and the mental health issues he faceed. >> good morning from the washington navy yard. we are seeing people arrive. we were told the workers would be allowed to go in today to

retrieve their possessions. many people just had to scramble and leave their things behind on monday dug the shooting. now, the investigation continues we learning about the disturbing warning signs that were missed. >> law enforcement authorities tell use that the washington navy yard shooter was a ticking time bomb on a final decent interest madness but no one connected the dots. on august 7, aaron alexis called the police in rhode island with a bizarre story documented in a police report obtained by abc7 news describing a confrontation with annan identify person would sent three people to follow him and keep him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations to his body. he recently sought help from v.a. hospitals in rhode island and washington, dc, if insomnia but officials will not discuss his mental state. >> two days before the navy yard rampage, aaron alexis visited a

gun store and firing range in virginia and eyewitnesses to shooting are describing a determined killer. a man watched the suspect murder six of his freeways. >> i popped my head up and i saw him pointing his gun at my friend. and he shot her. ♪ and the home ♪ of the brave >> after the shooting, washington, dc, paused to remember the 12 people who died. one of the victims, was 52-year-old veteran of the iraq war. >> he love the the ravens. >> president obama said that united states is vulnerable to these types of shoot evening because there is not tough enough become ground check on gun purchases. >> thank you. a victim was a 61-year-old woman

whose brother lives in livermore. mary knight was work as a contractor at the navy yesterday on the 4th near of the building when aaron alexis started shooting. her brother cannot believe what happened and says the oldest daughter just got married. the family plans to travel to to the east coast for a memorial. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the shooting. you can get the latest information at abc7news.com. we are tweeting the latest vice president minutes at abc7 news bay area. >> if san francisco, a brushfire break out near 101 and spread to a bush and tree southbound 101 at 1:30 this morning. emergency crews battling the flames had to block several lanes of traffic triggering a sig-alert. all the lanes are open again. abc7 news reporter is at the scene with the latest on the

investigation. >> the c.e.o. of coffee giant starbucks has a new request to gun advocates. the leave the weapons at home. abc7 news reporter matt keller has the reason behind the new call. matt? >> starbucks is a lightning rod in the gun control debate. the company c.e.o. is asking this discussion be taken elsewhere. advocates have held starbucks appreciation day in the bay area and across the country in support of the coffee store policy of allowing customers to publicly show their unloaded gun in states where it is allowed. the c.e.o. says he doesn't want the events if his stores say it is upsetting and unsettling and says gun control advocates have played a role in ratcheting up the rhetoric and con fronting customers. he wrote an open letter and posted it on the starbucks website requesting customers no longer bring firearms into starbucks or the outdoor seating area.

he said that for those who were oppose open carry, we believe the legislative and policy making process is a proper area for this debate, not our stores. if you champion open carry, please respect that starbuck stores are places where everyone should feel relaxed and comfortable. this is a request, not a policies, because he doesn't want to put his workers in the position of having to confront potentially harmed customers. >> so. what do you thing of starbucks' you can share your thoughts on that story. >> new fallout this morning from the decision to fly the chinese flag over southland dough city hall, the move was designed to attract new asian-american business but it endorsed a brutal government. critics have accused the government of oppression including the exile of the daily daily -- the

>> we want to show we welcome them in san lenadro and we want them to live here if they are not already here. we want to open up the businesses to them. >> san lenadro is reinflation the city flag on october 1 the date the people's run of china was formed in 1949. if protest, the school board voted to cancel their regularly scheduled meeting. >> the prosecution says there are two more victims of a suspected child molester who worked at the morgan hill ymca. the 20-year-old is accused of molesting five girls between three and seven and was arrested in july after a girl said he tried to force her to have sex. the prosecution have amended the charges to include the two new cases. the victims were found when investigators contacted the

parents of children he supervised. team new zealand could close out team usa. dangerously high winds on san francisco bay forced the canlation of both of the races yesterday and lighter wins expected for races at 11 and 12:00 this afternoon. team new zealand needs two winds to clinch the cup. it is the oldest trophy to international sports. >> a group of kiwis showing off pulling off a prank yesterday morning at one of the oracle owner's homes, decorating part of his san francisco home with a dozen new zealand flags which were pulled off after by his son according to the video posted online by kiwi new zealand.

they came up with the idea while drinking better with friends, all in good fun. >> great! >> great idea. >> pulled it off. >> mike nicco, for the race conditions what do you think? >> it will not be so breezy as yesterday. today we do not is a small craft advisory over the bay but we do over the ocean. 49 in alum rock is all. everyone else in the low-to-mid fists san jose at 5. cupertino and saratoga at 52. 51 in san ramon and san francisco is at 53, and lafayette at 56, and novato at 5 2. we will breakdown what will happen today, these to 11 degrees warmer than yesterday and a lot of 70's and 80's and 60's combined mainly to the coast. the next throw days, quite a change in the forecast, tomorrow

the warmest day in the forecast and 10- to 15-degrees cooler friday and saturday and slight chance of wet weather friday night into saturday. leyla gulen? >> daly city southbound at 280, blocking one lane, we also have a report of an accident on westbound 24, but, first, headed into 280 along the peninsula, if you are traveling southbound out of daly city, this is where you will find the problem with no delays just yet. in the east bay, westbound highway 24, c.h.p. is saying this accident is showing one lane blocked. so it is a normal buildup of traffic in the morning commute. >> ahead, the seven real estate project set to make pricey history. >> walgreens changing the way it provides benefits to the

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>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, example and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, 6:14 from our mount tamalpais camera, a look at the bay and busy activities in san francisco. weather and traffic are coming up. >> the luxury market in san francisco will reach a new level of luxury, with san francisco business time reporting a 33 units could get a total of $100 million including a penthouse that will go for $10 million with each 33 sold as a tenancy in common with each buying a percentage of the property and the group becoming co-owners making it the most expensive building in city history. realtors say the level of interest is tremendous. >> former san diego mayor filner is in the spotlight for something he did before leave office over sexual harassment

scandal. he gave seven of the staffers large pay raises in the weeks before he resigned. in all, the pay bumped totals $896,000 with the large of the going to his former resolution secretary. her salary was $82,000 in july and $115,000 in august. that is a 40 percent pay boost. san diego's new interim mayor has rescinded the raises. >> a list is ranking the 50 states plus the district of columbia on which ones are best for health care for low income americans. the new list comes from the common wealth fund and at number 1 is hawaii, two, is wisconsin, and vermont is number three, and minnesota and california at 20. at bottom are the southern states including arkansas, alabama, louisiana, oklahoma, and mississippi. among the factors in the list are health care access, affordability and how healthy

people are in a state. >> new this morning, the largest drugstore chains is making a big change for health care for the employees. the "wall street journal" reports walgreens will announce they will to longer provide health insurance for the workers. instead, the company plans on giving employees payment to buy insurance on their own. this will affect roughly 160,000 walgreen employees. the reasons include rising health care costs and the implementation of president obama's new health care law. >> the new iphone app goes on sale tomorrow tight online at midnight and this morning the first reviews are coming in. apple unveiled the new features which are improved processor and a fingerprint scanner and it lacks the features but comes in a rainbow palate of color options. here are some samples of the reviews, including the iphone

516789 is not required upgrade but the fastest and most advanced apple smartphone. another review are says it looks and feels familiar but it is still a good phone and an improvement over the 5 but 9 improvements evolutionary, not rove evolutionary. >> if you win the powerball tonight you can boy. >> the iphones you want tomorrow. >> yes, $400 million for the winner. >> i will split some of it. >> you mean like a cup of coffee >> everyone gets coffee if i in. we will look and show you what is going on, outside. you can dream how you would help others, yourself, your family. small craft advisory, mother nature is helping us by slowing the wind down but the coast has wins at 15- to 25-knots from

noon to 9:00. from sutro tower, mt. diablo is looking impressive in the distance waiting for the sun to come up and get this clean air started. it will be warmer today, sunny, and calmer but the coast, clear tonight, cool again, maybe not in the 40's hike this morning but a lot of low 50's and a weak system for friday and saturday, friday night and saturday morning still slated to roll through the bay area. temperatures today are in the mid-70's around milpitas and everyone else is looking good, too, and mid-80's in gilroy, and los altos and redwood city and inelse on the peninsula, mid-to-upper 70's and 68 when the sun is setting, and 73 in south san francisco and sausalito is 74. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's at your coastline and 20 degrees warmer inland with 86 in novato and napa, the warmer

areas. 76 in become with oakland at 78, and up to 82 in castro valley and hercules not far behind, and fremont is at 81 and mid-to-upper 80's in the east bay valleys from 85 in pleasanton to antioch and fairfield and 88. tonight the temperature are in the 50's to near 60 and a few patches of cloud along the coast but a clear night again, a great night to see stars. now, upstairs while we sleep, the high pressure rolled in and the bring us the warm-up today and thursday and hold off the next system. when it comes through, notice the high pressure steers it to the north, typical this time of the year when we get a first front, friday evening, drizzle is developing along the coast and light rain in the north bay and the rest of us have sprinkles headed to saturday morning and weapon we felt to saturday afternoon: gone. anything measurable beyond .1" is a bonus. a moisture-starved system.

on saturday the temperatures are 10- to 15-degrees cooler and we will warm to average, sunday sunday, monday, and tuesday. >> we have a serious crash in south san francisco if you are traveling along northbound 101 you cannot miss it causing quite the backup their -- problem so if you need to make it away from sfo and the city you will see that northbound 680, a big-rig fire out there, not causing any delays. we will keep our eye on that. >> ahead, breakfast in bed is what a crocodile might have been thing, a 300-point giant was found and then removed. finally. >> lot of jokes. about nothing. about nothing. jerry seinfeld appears in theat]

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>> welcome back, the giants face the mets in new york with both teams with no chance of making the playoffs but jerry seinfeld added humor by joining the broadcasters in the broadcast boost. >> thank you. thank you. this is one of the most exciting moments of my life.

if only that were true. >> i got a phone scale from the agent, do you want to do a show and i thought, what is the seinfeld show? what is that? i said we can get hernandez. i said, who is that? >> hernandez on the left, a bay area native and former all stars first baseman with the mets and the cardinals. he was twice in the seinfeld classic sitcom and the giants held off the mets. >> and angel, and roberto, no less, and josh elliott, speaking of new york. what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00? >> go, giants! go giants! >> do my ears deceive me, awesome. >> that is what it sounds like come out of my mouth. there is a first time for everything. from los angeles, but i love

you, and we have a lot to get to here on the program including an update now, on the carnage in washington, dc two days ago. hundreds of federal agents, now, seeking a motive for the massacre and what they are finding is there not just a warning sign but a string of missed warning signs with new details about aaron alexis. we have all the heroes that emerged two oranges afternoon i- two morningings ago in the capitol. today is our guess who coming to breakfast series, so it is robin's turn. if you are a fan, please stick around. and we will talk about a new film about to premiere. >> josh, thank you very much.

>> we are continuing to follow developing news from san francisco, next, with flames breaking out along highway 101 and investigators want to know if someone set the fire on purpose. >> i am katie marzullo with new develops on the washington, dc, navy yard shooter. there is vital information on the decline of aaron alexis' mental state before the massacre. >> we have sunshine and above average temperatures the next few days with an update on the rain, the chance on friday night and saturday in the seven-day forecast. >> i am leyla gulen from the traffic center and behind me is the toll plaza now 16 minutes to get you from the maze into san francisco with a couple of problems causing slowing away from sfo. all the days on that are coming up when abc7 news

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. 6:29. thank you for joining us. >> a look at it today, calmer but not the case yesterday with strong winds shutting down part of the great highway along san

francisco's ocean beach. >> windblown sand covering the southbound lanes with highway between lincoln and sloate. you can see why it is shut down. but calmer today. >> we have small craft advisory over the coast today. not away the bay and into the delta where the wins will be slower because of high pressure. right now the fattest winds are from the north at san francisco at 12 to 13 miles per hour. fairfield is six so there is an indication that there is hardly a sea breeze today so it will be warmer this afternoon. 57 an the bay, the day planner the next 12 hours is 7:00 temperature, and 4:00 is 75 and calmer ones and 68 so close to jacket weather at 7:00 p.m., inland we are at 56 in the east bay valley but a few 40's popped up in the north bay so dress warmly and 77 at noon and average 86 degrees at 4:00 and falling into the low-to-mid 70's by 7:00. at the coast, total sunshine and

starting off in the 40's with mid-60's through the afternoon and the breezes keeping the temperatures down cooler than everyone else. now the traffic with leyla gulen. >> we have a few problems in san francisco and south san francisco, as well. the first problem is in south san francisco where it is causing the pest slowing with all the red because of this involving multiple vehicle crash blocking at least two lanes with the speed down to 37 miles per hour, into the single digits as you are closer to the accident. to the north, around the embarcadero, eastbound side we have a report of a crash there be as well, blocking a lane involving possible three vehicle s and taking a look from emeryville camera to the bay bridge approaching treasure island we have another crash involving two vehicles blocking one lane. very busy. >> very busy. developing news from san francisco where traffic is moving on highway 101 after an overnight fire shut down self

lanes. we are along highway 101 with more on this late night fire. >> there is so much traffic at this hour, can you imagine seeing this during your morning commute, a grass fire on southbound 101. check out this video, right before this area here, firefighters had to shut down a couple of lanes. when they arrived it was spread into the bushes and the trees along the highway and they got it out in 15 minutes. no one was hurt. there are some belongings here in the area and it looked like possibly there was a hopeless camp set up here that people may have been living here. authorities are still investigating what was going on and how this started. at one point, after the fire, they stopped someone in the city and brought in the arson investigator and questioned that opinion but they let that person go. they don't think he or she had

anything to do with it. at this point, the session continues. in san francisco for abc7 news. >> thank you. from the south bay, an elderly woman was taken to the hospital after an over night fire in san jose. it break out in the front room of her home, firefighters are crediting smoke detectors with saving the 83-year-old. she woke to the noise and got out safely. the woman suffered smock -- smoke inhalation. >> the f.b.i. senators -- searches for a motive in the washington, dc navy yard shooting. abc7 news katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> the big question: did someone miss something? we know that police in rhode island say they encountered aaron alexis in usually august. he told them voices were harassing him and following him. in the following weeks honor airplane moved to washington, dc for work and given security clear an.

law enforcement told abc that he sought help from v.a. hospitals in both washington, dc, and rhode island. it was for inmom nea not mental illness. president obama says background checks need to be better and is asking for security standards for government contractors and employees across the federal agencies. >> i get concerned that this becomes a ritual we go through every three or four months where we have the horrific mass shootings yet we are not willing to take some basic actions. >> the f.b.i. behavioral analysis unit is working to determine his motive. authorities are combing through his laptop. so for they have now found any writings suggesting a political or religious motivation. the navy toward is still closed but for essential personnel. in the last half hour, people have been allowed to go on to the base to retrieve their cars

from parking garages. the heavy toward is an -- the navy yard is an active crime scene. >> we will have continuing coverage of the shooting with the latestness online at abc7news.com and we tweeting the latest developments at abc7 news bay area. >> new this morning, auditors made startling discoveries when they conduct add discovery requested by muni into the hiring and training programs. this one instance, auditors boarded a training bus and found the instructor napping and the rookie driver navigated heavy traffic. another trip they found the instructor chatting with passengers. the audit found training classes canceled because instructers were absent. muni is short 100 driver because they did not hire enough recruits even though it is in the budget with an average of 38 runs a day to be canceled and $4 million in overtime for fill in

drivers. >> bart negotiations aimed at averting another strike will resume at 9:00 this morning for the third straight day. there is in sign of any progress toward reaching a deal of at talks. both sides still widely disagree on how much east of the proposals would cost. time is running out, after today's session, there is only one schedule for all of next week and three days of talks scheduled for each of the following two weeks before the 60-day cooling-off period comes to an end on october 10. >> the oakland a's are smelling like a rose on the field but you cannot say the same about their dug out because yesterday for the second time this summer, with raw sewage issues backing up into the falls in the coliseum, with clog pipes flooding the locker room requiring a major clean up and new carpeting. on tuesday, something similar happened in the dugout during the team's game with the angels. but we still beat the angels

2-1. the maintenance is looking for the cause. >> almost 6:37. starbucks brews a new request to customer whose show up armed at their stores. >> call it a monster under the bed, a frightening discovery a man made in his bid room. >> look outside you can see the new eastern span of the golden gate bridge with traffic heavy headed into the city. leyla gulen is here checking traffic and m

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a bit of traffic coming into the city off the bay bridge. that is all due to a report of a three to four car crash westbound along 80 passing embarcadero causing a heavy backup. our exploritorium camera, the slow traffic coming into the city the accident is just out of our view. eastbound it is not too bad but that is not the only problem on the westbound span we have another accident before treasure island and that is blocking one lane. >> listen to this: a man in africa could not believe his eyes after waking up to find the maid screaming and an 8' crocodile under his bed. this is a picture of the 330 pound crocodile at a lodge. the crocodile managed to stay hidden for more than eight hours as crewed dragged him out from under the bed. staff of the lodge say the animal was not hurt and has been

released back into the wild. >> maybe dreaming of breakfast in bed? trading is underway on wall street and here is a look at big board, the dow is off 25 points and we will check with jane king at the new york stock exchange. >> coffee and guns, the request the coffee giant is making to gun advocates who are

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>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning at 6:45. starbucks wants to get away from the down control debate. >> abc7 news reporter matt keller joints us with a personal request from the c.e.o. >> we spoke with people here at starbucks who are split on the open carry policy. the c.e.o. makes a request, not a demand, to keep begins out of the stores. advocates get together at different starbucks in the bay area and across the country publicly showing their unloaded guns in support of open-carry laws. the starbucks policy regard this has been to follow the law permitting it in states where it is allowed and there have been starbucks appreciation day in

support of policy but the debate is uncivil and threatening on both sides and requesting cuss tops if longer bring fire aways into the seating area unless they are law enforcement personnel. >> i don't know how the psychology...if there is mental...i would feel unsafe. they could have a bad day and whip it out and cause harm around tomorrow. >> do you feel less safe or more safe? >> i feel totally safe with a firearm. >> to an open letter, he says this is a request and not a ban because we want to give responsible gun owners the chance to request the request and enforcing a ban would require our partners to confront armed customers and some other restaurants banning people with

firearms from entering their businesses. >> it is now 6:47, and breaking news from scan da, a passenger train and a transit bus have crashed on a crossing in canada's capital city of ottawa. there are multiple fatalities and a number of people on the bus are injured. the front end of the bus was ripped off by the impact. there were no injuries on the train. the accident happened in the middle of the morning commute. >> now to business news, higher mortgage rates and a showdown in housing market are grabbing investor attention. >> now to the new york stock exchange, jane king? >> good morning, the fed wraps up a two day meeting and economists think there will be plans to taper the bond-buying program which has been the big stimulus program keeping borrowing costs like mortgages low, and help the economy, especially real estate. speaking of housing market, august housing starts and

building permits coming in weak we than expected and real estate company says that buyer interest and office with weaker than what is usual for august so this is putting the fed meeting today and the risk of higher mortgage rates into sharp focus this morning. the markets are quiet and we could see fireworks later when we hear what the feds will do. the silicon valley index at the moment trading higher. >> it is 6:48. driving this morning i noticed we almost have a full moon. >> harvest noon, maybe? >>guest: pretty cool. there will not be clouds tonight. you can see a few clouds but otherwise we we have high pressure rolling in while we were sleeping and it will calm the water over the bay and the delta below small craft advisory is the thinking right now but over the ocean in the beaches, still, wind at 15- to 25-knots and that starts at noon through 9:00 this evening, so, small craft advisory.

there are a few high clouds rolling through, beautiful as they are, and the sun is about to come up the when it does, we will have a lot sunshine and warmer and calmer conditions and cool overnight and maybe not the 40's we felt this morning but back in the 50's in most of the neighbors with a weak system for friday night into saturday morning. wet weather maker of the season for some of us. from sutro this morning, we will tack about our 24 hour temperature change, three degrees warmer in santa rosa, and nine in concord and 11 in fremont. those are the big jumps in temperature today. because of the high pressure and the calm conditions. mid-to-upper 70's for sunnyvale and milpitas and santa clara and everyone else in the low-to-mid 80's in the santa clara valley and mid-to-upper 70's for the peninsula and redwood city and los altos make it to 80 and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast with half moon bay and the sunset at 68, and low-to-mid 70's downtown and source san francisco and sausalito and mid-80's through the north bay valley and 20 degrees cooler at

the coast and we will have upper 70's to low 80's through the east bay shore and 76 in berkeley is the exception and castro valley and hercules is the warm spot at 82 and mid-to-upper 80's in the east bay valley. 50's to near 60 tonight with a few clouds loan the coast and rest of us are going to be mainly clear tonight. now a look at what happened while you were sleep, high pressure moving into our business, and it hangs around today and tomorrow and here is a look at the cold front that will trail this high pressure, the bulk of it moves to the north which is typical. we get the tail end it so friday evening, some spring els in the north by did drizzle along the coast and most us have sprinkles overnight through saturday morning and by friday afternoon it is gone and we could get measurable rain in the north bay and up to .1" and the rest of us, hardly a chance of measurable, and on saturday, 10- to 15-degrees cooler than today and tomorrow. have a great day. >> couple of problems coming into the city, and that is all due to a couple crashes,

actually, and we will head over to the bay bridge if you are traveling into san francisco at the embarcadero, we have a multiple vehicle your here and i just saw some emergency crews making their drive across the bridge and over to this point so we have bourne bumper-to-bumperc with one or two lanes blocked. you can see the extent of the traffic is solid coming away from the maze and it is causing backup westbound i-80 through berkeley. another crash westbound i-80 at treasure island is causing slowing. from our emeryville camera to treasure island you can see the track is sludge as it moves to the island. owe bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic is standing still and not going anywhere and now it will take you at least 30 minutes arm from the maze and interest san francisco so consider taking san mateo bridge, instead. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go. >> the morning news runs after

>> good mornings we will look at the bay bridge which is slow this morning but the good thing, it is a beautiful picture with a few clouds and we will check with leyla gulen and mike in a moment. >> as we hand things off to "good morning america", seven things to know before you go: developing news in san francisco where an investigation is underway into an early morning brushfire along the highway 101. the fire spread to northbound by bushes and a tree before firefighters knocked it down. a sig-alert was called but all lanes are open now. >> investigators say washington navy yard shooter aaron alexis suffered from serious mental health problems prior to monday's deadly attack. we have learned that he came to washington, dc, in late august, days after a paranoid episode. >> the c.e.o. starbucks is now requesting customers no long are bring firearms into the stores

and outdoor seating areas unless they are law enforcement personnel, a request and not an outright ban because enforcing a ban in open carry states could require employees to confront armed customers. >> a new fallout over russian -- southland dough's decision to fly the chinese flag over city hall in honor of the people's republic of china being forced 64 year ago. >> imagine striking it rich tonight. the powerball jackpot is isted -- is estimated at $400 million. the odds of winning are 1 in 175 million. >> sis, off to a cool spot and danville is at 50 degrees, in the 40's in the east bay valleys and around napa at 49, and 46 at half moon bay, and everyone else is in the 50's. owe first forecast as we look at

the sunrise from mount tamalpais is going to be warm inland and mid-to-upper 80's in the bay, in the mid-70's to near 80 and the coast will be in the mid-60's to low 70's into san francisco. >> from emeryville you can see traffic is at a standstill and we have heavy backup away from the maze at 30 minutes to get into the city. this is because of an accident that happened westbound 80 at the maps beyond the embarcadero and it looks like the accident has been taken off the freeway and at fremont street but we are left with the nasty backups that plead into berkeley. >> thank you very much. abc7 news continues online and on twitter and facebook and all mobile devices. see you this 25 minutes.

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