>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> at 6:00, a huge explosion at a chemical plant forces people from their homes. new details on what firefighters are facing. >> new security measures in place at the coliseum at the a's are ready for the playoffs. >> the golden gate bridge is businessing for a for -- bracina shutdown. thats for joining us on this thursday. >> we will check the forecast on this thursday morning. here is mike. >> thank you very much. good morning, live doppler 7 hd shows hardly a cloud to be found away from the coast. even there, they are pew and far between. now, the bay, it is cooler this morning. sunshine is at 56 at 7:00. we are already up to 70 degrees

at noon so summer warmth is coming our way. we will be around 80 by 4:00 and 66 by 7:00. cooler in the north bay but mostly in the 50's inland. above average and 88 at 4:00, and slightly warm evening in the mid-to-upper 70's and the coast, we go great 48 this morning, to near 70 by 4:00. enjoy. san mateo county shows a crash to talk about southbound 280 before 32 a solo crash with glass debris in the slow lane. bay bridge toll plaza is slow this morning. and the oakland maze, traffic is moving fine there and we will get another check in a little bit. right now we are following breaking news in oklahoma where a fire and explosion at a

chemical laboratory is forcing evacuations. the fire broke out at 9:45 and is still burning right now an hour west of oklahoma city. firefighters have it contained to the building and are going to let it burn itself out. that could take several hours. officials say no employees were at the plant. the cause is not known. >> today is the final day, possibly, for the america's cup. we have a preview. matt? >> there are signs of team new zealand and team usa. you can see the team new zealand right here. at the bottom it says this is no second. that may not be true. if team new zealand wins one race they win the cup and team usa will be second. new zealand won yesterday, new zealand finished 15 seconds

ahead of team oracle. new zealand could have won yesterday but the second race was postponed because of high win. >> we will stick by the limits. that is how it is. >> two more races scheduled for today. if new zealand wins either, a trophy sermon takes place a few hours after the final race. the weather should be similar to yesterday. the judges will not hesitate to cancel a race. the first race, if it goes off, is scheduled to start at 1:15. >> at the coliseum tonight, fans will face new security measures including gone through metal detectors and empty out your keys and cell phones and other items. the extra security is after a new major league baseball mandate similar to security in place at nfl and nba games.

fans should allow extra time to enter the stadium. the a's play the twins at 7:05. >> golden gate bridge officials will decide the next two days whether to spend $26 million on a movable median barrier to prevent head-on collisions. here is what the median looks like if approved. the managers have to shut down the entire bridge in october or november of next year for a weekend to install. amy hollyfield will join us next half hour with more. >> man is in custody after four hour stand off that started while being evicted from a gated neighborhood in san ramon. at ashbourne circle investigators say two sheriff deputies and a locksmith were in the process of foreclosure when someone fired through the door. the property manage was hit if the leg but is expected to recover. neighbors were evacuated and an emergency call went to 40 to 50

homes telling them all to "shelter in place." when negotiations went nowhere the swat team fired gas inside the door. the suspect surrendered and treated for gas exposure and taken in by police. >> we are learning more of the damage from the rim fire that burned for weeks in the sierra. the devastation is larger than any other fire in the sierra in centuries. the fire burned 400 square miles with part of the burn so intensely that everything in a 60 square mile area is dead. in total, nearly 40 percent of the entire burned area looks like a noon scrape and -- moon scrape. >> workers are returning to the walk navy yard after the shooting spree that killed friends and colleagues while the navy tries to figure out how warning signs were missed about aaron alexis.

>> good morning. workers are back at the navy yard and security is tight. we learned of a disturb message the killer left open his gun. the navy yard re-opened but questions still remain of the shooter who killed 12. >> there were a lot of red flags. can they didn't get picked up, those are all legitimate questions that we will be dealing with. >> police in rhode island alerted the naval station that aaron alexis told them a bizarre story of hearing voices and microwave machines keeping him up but the navy said the information was not passed up the chain of command and aaron alexis kept his job with the navy as a contractor. >> if someone is to a position with access to information and facilities because of their clearance a mental health issue or problem can be extremely serious. >> abc7 news has learned aaron

alexis carved "better off this way," on the stock of his shotgun. investigators are companyening the meaning of the phrase. his mother who asked not to be shown on camera apologized for her son's actions. >> i am so, so, very sorry this has happened. my heartbroken. >> a few blocks from the navy yard on capitol hill relatives of victims of previous mass shootings leaded for new gun legislation. >> can want another family on go through what i am going through. >> we will not give up. we will not go away. we here forever. >> as a result of shooting the secretary of defense has ordered a review of military security and employee screening. >> thank you. time for a check on weather and traffic. mike? >> we will start with live doppler 7 hd and what we are

going to see are very quiet conditions out there right now. we will get something to talk about with live doppler 7 hd headed to friday night in the north bay. saturday for the rest of us, but, until then, leader is the east bay hills camera and how clear it is this original. the 24 hour temperature change shows the heat peaks today: 80 in oakland, same as yesterday, and san jose and santa rosa, one degree warmer. fremont is five degrees warmer than year. we are looking at warmest afternoon with temperatures reaching 80 degrees around the bay and inland and as we head to the afternoon hours, how about 70's at the coast? a lot sunshine there. it changes dramatically as we look at the three day forecast. the increasing clouds, increasing breeze 5- to 10-degrees cooler tomorrow and sprinkles in the north bay in the evening, a better chance for all of us to see light rain

saturday morning into the afternoon and temperatures, again, another four to six degrees cooler. now kristen and eric with the traffic. >> thank you very much, mike. the traffic shows the early accident southbound 680 has been cleared from the roadway. however, the speeds are still bunched up and you can see the red line down to about 12 miles per hour, it will be slow. >> a look at mass transit, bart and muni and ace all run on time this morning with no delays, and a look outside walnut creek and the track southbound on 680, the volume has picked up and the speeds have slowed down southbound and it is still moving. we are checking traffic for you. >> new this morning, ranking the youngest and brightest business minds, the bay area tech

c.e.o.'s making fortune 40 under 40 list. >> another california community is on alert after a dog eats meatballs laced with poison. >> an outhouse with scoreboards is what espn is calling the oakland coliseum and who he is

>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> on this thursday morning, here is a nice way to start things off. the city of san francisco, and the view is gorgeous. we are checking traffic and weather with the updates in a couple minutes. >> first, the bay area, now southern california meatball laced with poison are putting pet owners in a los angeles area community on alert. a man says his dog nearly died last month after eating meatballs thrown on to his property. the meatballs were found to be laced with the dangerous pesticide. police are calling this an isolated incident but the dog owners say they not worried to let their dogs go out for walks.

this summer, in san francisco, tainted meatballs were found in the twin peaks neighbor, and were also laced with poison. one dog actually died. no word this morning if police believe the two cases are related. >> interest rates for homes, cars and credit cars are likely to stay low because of the decision to keep the interest rates low. and the s&p subjected to all-time highs after the decision. the dow jumped 147 points to close at 15,676. the s&p surged 21 points to close at 1725. asian stock markets jumped. at 6:45 we will go to jane king at the new york stock exchange to see how the investors are reacting. >> two of the fresh and easy stores will shut their doors for

good going this afternoon after the chain was sold off this month. everything on the shelf is being sold half off to get rid of the inventory. workers found out they were losing their jobs during a conference call last week, 17 stores in the bay area will still remain open for now. >> this morning in the last 90 minutes, fortune magazine unveiled 40 under 40 list ranking the youngest and brightest business mines and this year, three bay area tech c.e.o.'s are at the top copping in at number one, yahoo's marissa mayer at 38, is the first woman to land at number one spot. at second is 36-year-old jack dorsey headed up mobile team scare and facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is number three. >> the c.e.o. of panera announced plans to live off $4.50 food budget to call attention to proposed cuts in

the firm food stamp program. now he admits it is fought going so well. he tells the "wall street journal" that living off the strict budget is tougher than he thought. he says he cannot go into panera because he blows the daily budget so it is carbs with hunch and dinner soup, at $4.50 is the average daily benefit provided by food stamps. >> the city of oakland, alameda county, and stalk management that operate the oakland coliseum have a new title, not one to be proud of. last night espn2 named them the worst persons in the sports world. it was in reference to the sewage leak in the dug out. >> a first place team, they will win back-to-back titles on no money and anyone but me and bob thought they were better than average, and they are playing

in...an outhouse with major scoreboards. >> he as wheat nights on espn2 at 8:00 p.m. our sister network. harsh? >>guest: what a shame, they deserve better. >> still playing great, right? >> that is why we support them. they have another game tonightst. >> about 68 degrees, fought like the game yesterday but the outcome could be better and they will win this. they are playing well. good morning, everyone, our wins on live doppler 7 hd show everyone at seven miles per hour to nonexistent, if you do not is a win it is calm indicative of high pressure. the grip will loosen at noon and the winds are fairly light. at 2:00 they pick up offer the

ocean and they start to blow through the golden gate bridge and we are up to 10 or 15 miles per hour over the bay by 3:00 and we get even faster up to around 15- to 20-miles per hour at 4:00. so the folks at america's cup will look at the wind and wave pattern to try to get the races in today. sutro tower, a beautiful picture, san francisco toward berkeley, sunny and remain warmest day this afternoon. light rain if the north bay tomorrow and the rest of us get measurable rain saturday morning and tapering into the afternoon. today, near 90 in morgan hill and gilroy and los gatos and low-to-mid 80's for the santa clara valley and slow and cupertino at 84. san mateo is 79 and half moon bay is 73, and we will make a run into the upper 60's in pacifica and 72 in the sunset and money 70's downtown, south san francisco, and sausalito and mid-to-upper 80's, and napa is

at 87 degrees. bodega is 68 degrees. berkeley is shy of 80 at 79 and berkeley at 80 and everyone else 80 to 85 on the shoreline. back in the 50's, and we will not see so many 40's with the clouds creeping toward the coast tonight. here are two areas of high pressure holding the system at bay, building the warmth. the last couple of computer models runs the system is bringing the wet weather slow in two areas: first is what we call overrunning, warm air moving over the north bay tomorrow evening ahead of the cold front and it actually comes in and saturday morning, a better chance of measurable rain, but the rain shield tapers significantly as we head into the east bay valley and the south bay. we will get nothing to a fifth of an inch or, rather, .05", and

.1" in 9 -- the north bay. everyone will get 10- to 15-degrees of cooling on saturday. >> leyla gulen is off and the traffic shows walnut creek southbound 680 at north main street we have a two-vehicle accident and the two pickups have been mid to the right hand shoulder and traffic is flowing southbound 680 but watch out for slow downs. if livermore, westbound 580, we have a hit-and-run situation as a result a car is blocking the fast rain is watch out for that and speeds are down to 17 miles per hour, the commute direction so it could cause problems if it takes a while to clear. highway 87, traffic is light and moving fine. are you a big winner this morning? we have the powerball numbers and where the winning tickets

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>> looking forward to seeing it. >> the morning news continues at 6:30 with breaking news. >> flames ripped through an oklahoma chemical plant and people are forced if their homes. coming up, what investigators are revealing about the firefight this morning. >> big changes coming to the golden gate bridge, i will tell you about it next, including a possible shut down. >> we are off to a cool start, 40's and 50's but it looks hot from sutro tower with the prominent mt. diablo in the background. we will talk about the temperatures and the rain on the way for

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> welcome back. more and more drivers are using smartphones to get the driving directions. looking at your smartphone while driving can be dangerous. >> we are talking how a cell phone mount can help. "7 on your side" and consumer reports have partnered to reveal the best mounts. here is michael finney. >> good morning.

g.p.s. sales are tanking as more and more of us use our cell knowns for driving directions. if you considering making the switch to cell phone navigating you need a phone mount for the car. "consumer reports" took a look at 11 of them. >> using your smartphone for directions is a growing trend. >> i use my iphone. >> my phone. i use that. >> like the g.p.s. you want to see the phone screens. "consumer reports" checked out smartphone holders, 11 in all. they cost from $9 to $25. some mount on the dash. or windshield. others mount on lighters, and one attaches to the sun viser. >> being on the sunviser means you have to take your eyes off the road. >> those in the cup holder have the same disadvantage you is to

look down and you cannot use your cup holder. "consumer reports" evacuated how easy each is to use and how well they hold up, and to check for stability they made quick turns to see if the phones stayed in place. the lighter socket mounts were unstable and shake while you were driving and those that mounted on the vent were flimsy. we liked the onces bet that attached to the dash or windshield holding the phone securely and keep it where you can see it. the favorite is the $20 that holds different phone models in place is easy to use and keeps your eyes in front of you. while using your cell phone is convenient consumer reports says that there are advantages to using a dedicated g.m. unit. the sound quality is getter, and g.p.s. reception is reliable. if you look to buy one, consumer reports named one from garmin a

best buy for $160 model 2455lt. i am michael finney for "7 on your side" today. >> i knew there would be an app for that. >> now the weather forecast. >> it is fairly cloud-free because i saw the moon coming in. >> harvest moon. it was bright. live doppler 7 hd shows it is dry. but 48 hours from now, not so were as rain is on the way. fall front coming our way and not today. enjoy the warm weather. so far, we are cool and a lost low-to-mid 50's around the bay and 70 at noon and 80 at 4:00 and 7:00 we are back to 66 so the next 12 hours are a roller coaster ride in temperatures with the day planner. inland the next 12 hours we are starting off in the mid-50's and a few low 50's and warming at 80

by noon, and upper 80's, warmer-than-average at 4:00 and 78, still, at 7:00 as we head to the coast and this is more impressive, at 48, 42 degrees in some areas along the coast and 66 by noon and 70 by 4:00, the warmest day this week. a breezy 60 by 7:00. how is the traffic? >> leyla gulen is off so we are doing traffic, westbound 80 in richmond, the off-ramp, we have a four help vehicle accident the slow lane is blocked. milpitas northbound 880 before the express way, there is metal debris in number two lane slowing things down. northbound interstate 80 in berkeley, we see it is heavy in terms of volume we but it is moving. >> we are following breaking news a fire and explosion at a

chemical plant in oklahoma led to evacuations overnight and massive firefight. our reporter, katie marzullo, is monitoring the situation from the newsroom. >> it is moving in the right direction, the custer county emergency manager says the evacuation order has been lifted, and 12 people from four or five homes were forced to leave when the fire erupted and the laboratory is outside of the town of thomas in custer county an hour west of oklahoma city. firefighters have the fire contained and they are going to let it burn itself out but that could take hours. it is burning for ten hours and police say this were explosions a young man who lives near said it was awful. >> it is scary. i didn't enjoy what to do. i didn't know if we would have to leave town. my dad is not here we would not be able to do much. scary the no one was at laboratory and the remain

employees are accounted for with no injuries reported. officials do not know the cause of the fire or explosion. another construction project could force the closure of a bay area bridge the golden gate bridge. we are on the scene with amy hollyfield. >> the bridge will be closing for a full weekend next year but officials say it is for a good cause: look at what we will be getting a new barrier as the center divider on the golden gate bridge and cars going in different directions are only separated by plastic cones leaving little room for error. a boat on this barrier is expected -- a vote on this barrier is expected. >> building and operating committee is prepared to move forward.

we are ready to authorize and purchase the movable barrier which has been specially designed for the golden gate bridge, a foot wide. we looked at 2' wide barrier and it was not feasible so it has taken a couple of decades to get here. >> the aftermath of one of the collisions: this happened in 200811 -- 2008 when 11 people were hurt. it will cost $26 million. it will take a year to put in place. there will be a week enclosing if late october or early november. that will be next year. they have been talking about since the 80's so this is a significant step in the process. we are expecting that vote to come before noon. thank you. >> negotiations between bart and the unions are done for this week without were progress the union members tell abc7 news that bart walked out of negotiations last night and will

only meet on a five the remaining 22 daze before the end of the cooling off per. bart officials say they ready to meet at any time the mediator calls temperature to the table according to bart, the unions most recent offer costs $150 million next four years and the union is asking for 13.5 percent increase over a three year contract. negotiating sessions are scheduled monday and wednesday with both unions and next tuesday with one of the unions with talks scheduled monday and wednesday of the following week and monday and tuesday the week after that only one union can meet with bart october 9, the day before the 60 day cooling-off period ends and bart workers could go back on strike again. regulators are poised to step into the taxi industry and online ride sharing services. there will be a vote whether drivers for lit and sidecar have to have background checks and have driver training and car

insurance. the start-up companies use apps to summon private vehicles to transport customers. cab drivers say they are already regulated and that puts them at a disadvantage. >> the f.b.i. and alameda county sheriff are investigating an explosion that leveled a restroom in a park near livermore. look what sheriff deputies found at state park. restroom was made of 6" steel reinforced concrete but debris was tossed up to 100 yards away. officers discovered an explosive device filled with several pounds of gunpowder compressed and sealed. the explosion could is killed someone. >> ticket prepared in south carolina is the only ticket to map all six numbers in the powerball draw for the massive $400 million jackpot. here are the winning numbers: the ticket was sold in lexington, and the cash value was a lunch sum of $223 million,

the 5th largest jackpot if lottery history. the winning numbers: 7, 10, 22, 32, 35 and powerball number is 19. several pickets matched all but the power because. the clothest was in southern california. >> today could be the final day of america's cup racing. we have a preview ahead. >> minutes ago the bay area's newest resort and casino revealed their opening date when you can get your game on next. >> look outside a beautiful shot of the bay with skies mostly clear.

>> we have a forecast for the amendment's taking on the twins at the coliseum. 68 at 7:05 and dropping to 62. it will be cool during the game. unlike yesterday with so much warm sunshine. notice, the storm is hunging the coast and throwing moisture into the hills creating all of the flooding with gusts up to 90 miles per hour and then it will

fall apart and right now the remark is keeping it away from cabo although it will be breezy in mexico. around the state, low-to-mid 90's through the central valley and 80 in los angeles with sun. >> traffic right now shows an issue on northbound 238 at the northbound 880 connection and this is in san lorenzo a two car accident. it is politicking two lanes at the moment. westbound 80 this is an accident that has been cleared but there is residual backup and the speeds are slow. remark backed to 11 miles per hour and this is, of course, westbound in the commute direction is watch out for delays there. finally, a look outside at the san mateo bridge, headlights are going east into the hayward area and tail lights are headed to foster city getting heavy but no

accidents. all is moving fine. >> we know when the bay area's newest casino opens announce that it will open november 5th, the 320,000 square foot property is off highway 101 and it will be the largest indian casino in the bay area. opponents fought the casino opening claiming it would cause traffic jams and overburden the local water system. >> trading is underway on wall street and a look at the big board shows the dow is not. up 1.25 points. we will check with bloomberg business report and jane king at the new york stock exchange. >> the america's couple was stopped early yesterday and what will happen i search for the perfect blue... bi share as soon as i find it.

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>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the pay area this is abc7 news. >> team new zealand could be a race away from taking the america's cup from team oracle. it could happen today after to days of wind delays. matt keller has details from the village. matt? >> the first race is scheduled at 1:15 and it could be the last race of the america's cup. that is because if team new zealand wins one more race they

take the cup. they won a race yesterday before high winds forked the cancellation of the second race 30 seconds with it would start. many new zealand fans eager for a championship in the delight home while team usa fans are hoping for a miracle. >> i am smelling victory. i want to get the cup straight on a plane and go back to new zealand. >> we survived today only to race tomorrow. go team usa! >> today's conditions are expected to be similar to yesterday and the judges will not hesitate to cancel the races. if new zealand wins a trophy ceremony will take place a few hours after the race. a sign this is ending is san francisco at mc's cup park store, the official merchandise is on sale and most items are 50 percent off. >> thank you, matt at 6:46.

we have breaking business news, one of the largest bangs will pay a multimultimillion dollar penalty. we have the details. jane? >> yes, good morning. we are talking about j.p. morgan chase trying to put the trading troubles behind it. they will pay $920 million to settle claims that lax internal controls head the bank to provide inaccurate information about the record trading loss known as the london whale loss of $6 billion. the settlement does notary solve all of the liability of the bank. as. >> mortgage rates are higher fewer are refinancing so wells fargo is doing away with 1,800 more jobs. this is in addition to 3,000 job cuts at the san francisco-based bank. wells fargo said they could see 30 percent drop in home loan origination because of refinancing drop.

jobless claims are out and they rose a little bit here. computer system change over in california and nevada largely responsible for that. we saw it down last week but the markets are barely moving after hitting record highs for the s&p 500 and dow yesterday. the silicon valley index is trading slightly higher. do not expect a big pay raise unless you are a top executive. the average pay raise for 2014 will be about 3 percent. executive bonuses will remain flat with bonuses at 42 percent of management paycheck. >> thank you, jane. >> are you ready? are you ready for warm weather? >> i thought you were talking football. >> are you ready for some football? what do you think? >> warmer weather is on the way. i will show you what is going

on. winds are very light but i want to talk about what will happen this afternoon for all the america's cup fans. winds are light through noon although you can see we getting up around 12 miles per hour in san rafael and the winds are faster other the open body of water because of the lack of friction. as we head to 2:00, they stay the same and maybe drop a little bit but as we head to 3:00 and 4:00 the winds start to get up in the 15- to 20-miles per hour range. they will get gusty from 4:00 to 6:00 faster. that is what will happen today with the winds. as far as our picture, golden gate bridge how clear it is, with haze in the air. sunshine and warm this afternoon and we have it, today, light rain in the north bay, the rest of us get a chance of light measurable rain saturday and saturday is the cool of the day in the forecast at ten to 15 degrees cooler than today where

temperatures are from four degrees above average to seven degrees above average from redwood city and san jose to livermore. sun will set on this warm day. 84 in san jose and cupertino and low-to-mid 80's around the floor of santa clara valley and to los gatos deeper south, morgan hill and gilroy upper 80's to near 90. mid-to-upper 70's millbrae and san mateo and low-to-mid 80's for the rest the peninsula and 73 at half moon bay to 72 in the sunset and mid-to-upper 70's downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and mid-80's through the north bay valley but 79 at berkeley and low-to-mid 80's along the east bay shore. the possibility of dealing with warm weather there. the seven-day forecast shows sprinkles in the north by during the evening hours. a chance of measurable light

rain saturday morning into the early afternoon hours in the north bay. possibly .1" and the rest of us guess less than .05" out of the system. temperatures are coolest on saturday and warming trend sunday through the rest of the week. westbound 580, a crash involving a big rig and a car is on the right shoulder but you can see the effect right there 19 miles per hour so be prepared. south bay, san jose, northbound 101 beyond the capitol expressway a two-vehicle crash blocks the middle lane. walnut creek in the east bay, we see southbound 680 on the right of the screen, the tail lights and it is slowing amid a big and busy commute. more on delays coming up. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go.

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>> good morning, everyone, at 6:53 on this thursday morning from the sutro tower and the golden gate bridge. >> before you go, the bay bridge now is a possible closure in the works for next year at the golden gate bridge as crews install a new barrier to prevent head-on collisions. officials the vote today and tomorrow whether to buy the system that has been chosen. >> man is custody after a stand off in san ramon, a suspect shot a man in the legg as he and several others tried to evervict him. the s.w.a.t. team broke through the front door and fired gas inside. the suspect surrendered. >> after a fire and explosion people are allowed to return to their home near a chemical plant

in west oakland. firefighters have it contained but they are letting the fire bun itself out. no word on the cause. >> the washington navy yard is open again these daze after a mass shooting there, and the gates were open to cars and workers this morning with 12 people killed on monday by former navy reservist aaron alexis who then was slot and killed by police. >> fans going to the coliseum will want to have extra time facing new security measures that include going through a metal detector. the a's say the extra security is a new mandate from major league baseball. raiders and warrior fans go through similar measures. >> the warmest day of the forecast, 84 to 92 inland and 76 to 84 around the bay and the coast is up to 73. tomorrow evening, this is when the light rain moves into the north bay through the 10:00 hour and most of us have sprinkles but the better chance of measurable rain, saturday morning, in the north bay, and tapering to the south saturday

afternoon. >> a quick check on traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza a camera showing a backup headed to the toll with the metering lights on. and the dublin accident, westbound 580, a big rig verifies a scar on the right shoulder and speeds up to 24 to 28 miles per hour. the bridge drive time, take a look, golden gate bridge is nine minutes and bay bridge westbound 19 minutes and westbound san mateo bridge is 15 minutes. >> the abc7 news continues online on twitter, facebook and all mobile devices. we will be back here in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america" with the possible end to the america cup races ending today.

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