firefighters found flames and smoke in the at tick. firefighters are working on that. they knocked down the films in -- flames in 15 minutes. the owner was up and heard a noise and caused 9-1-1. pg&e is dealing with the power issues. firefighters called in the red cross but the farmer will not be kept out of the home for long, maybe only a day. firefighters are on the scene and expected to be here for a little while longer in san jose . >> a new development in bart contract talks, the unions say they are waiting for a response from the transit agency on the new counter proposal to bart's offer. the union negotiators say they sent the proposal to bart last might and are staying tightlipped over what the proposal contains and are threatening to strike by next

friday after the 60 day cooling-off period ends. project sides will be back at bargaining table this morning. >> this morning, we expect to learn the results of a contract vote by a.c. transit worker would have been work without a contract since june 30. they voted yesterday on a proppal offering 9.5 percent pay raise over three years and reject add similar pay raise in august but this offers lower employee contributions to health care. >> day two of the government shut down and the budget battle shows no sign of easing. both sides are suggesting the partial federal shut down could last works. house republicans try to find some of the more popular items, including national parks and proceedings for veterans. the shutdown was sparked by fights over trying to kill the obama health scare law. the white house said the president is postponing an

economic trip to asia. he was set to leave saturday. >> the shutdown has wide-reaching impact. the silicon valley can feel the shockwaves originating from washington. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> it is not a get up and go to work for many federal workers in the south bay including scientists in menlo park, the parking lots of empty. the representatives say earthquake and thunderstorm measuring equipment is still operating. they say if there is an emergency specialists will be called in. geologist was told to come back in from the field and he is in shock. >> sad to see everything shut down and everyone gone because it is a collegial atmosphere. >> san jose's federal building those working in "nonessential departments," were told to go home yesterday around noon. courts are still open but judges

are holding hearings will not have any support staff to help them out. nasa has been hit hard so the agency is down to skeptical staff. 9 twitter account reads "sorry but we are not tweeting/responding dug the government shut down. be become as soon as possible." that is the news from the newsroom. >> you mentioned nasa, the biggest employees in the bay area forced to furlough workers. there are other places. here is what the tourists at the golden gate bridge see trying to go to the historic federally owned site, gates are blocking east access at the golden gate bridge. the pedestrian gate is closed and so are the bathrooms. the company that rates tours of alcatraz says those who booked ahead time get their money back. the tour is popular with people from out-of-state and out of the

country who often pay in advance. 5,000 tourists visit alcatraz afternoon day. stay with abc for the latest developments on the shutdown on air and online at abc7 news abc7news.com. you can get breaking news umm dates by following us on >> and a website was shut down to fix glitches. five million people visited the website yesterday at ca.com to sign up for the health care under the affordable health care act. officials say new call centers throughout the state fielded 17,000 calls from people with questions or who wanted to sign up. some ran into busy signals or long wait times. if you would like more information we post add link on our website at abc7news.com. >> the mother of the bay area girl who disappeared 25 years ago said she grateful police are

re-opening her daughter's case. the police will look at evidence in the 1988 abduction of a 15-year-old girl. the case was closed in 2009 after a serial killer confessed that he kidnapped and murdered amber. he claimed he left her body in arizona but it was never found. he died a month after making the confession. the family is not convinced of his v because there is in physical evidence linking him to amber. >> i am totally excited and feel like maybe my days of running into brick walls are over. >> police say there are new techniques to reexamine the evidence. >> family and friends gather to mark the 25th and was of the kidnapping of polly klaas from her petaluma home. richard davis broke into a slumber party and abducted her. he assaulted and killed her and is still on death row awaiting

execution. >> the man accused in the shooting death of a san francisco state student is due in court to answer charges. the 30-year-old is being held without bail for murder and two other gun-related felonies. he shot and killed 20-year-old justin valdez as he got off a streetcar a week and a half ago. early that evening he threatened another man with a gun. a senator of his home turned up several guns including an illegal assault weapon. >> the case of a young the fire department will be reexamined. the 16-year-old was one of the three who died as a result of crash at san francisco airport on july 6. autopsy findings presentd to her family this week say she suffered fatal injuries to her head and pelvis.

she was hit by a fire truck after being covered with fire-fighting folk. >> classes at cal resume after an explosion and power outage that forced the campus-wide evacuation. an electrical vault sledded and injured five. corpser -- copper thieved were blamed. backup generators have been connected and three administration endings are still in the dark. none will be connected to the electrical grid until at the investigation is complete. >> we will check with meteorologist, mike nicco. >> the forth bay is warmer but everyone else is the same or slightly cooler. san ramon is 50 and los gatos is a cooler spot with napa at 48. novato is warmer at 55. same in san francisco and oakland at 57. 55 in san jose. hayward and fremont and conquer

at 53. today we will have a lot of high clouds and sunshine and twirl make for a colorful sunrise maybe not so colorful sunset because the pollution mixes out during the day and that brings beautiful colors in the morning. as we head through the morning and get closer to the sunrise at 7:00 high clouds and temperatures in the secretary but inland we are in the 70's and by 4:00 you are still in the mid-60's and you fall into the 50's and everyone need as jacket in the evening as we fall into the mid-to-upper 60's. moving forward tomorrow about the same as today and it could be breezy which hit the hills on friday and we will keep that in mind for high fire danger and warm on saturday upper 80's and mid-80's around the bay and the coast. saturday could be busy at the beaches. >> we had an accident on northbound 680 at sunol boulevard a single car crash has been moved to the shoulder that

was blocking one lane for a time. we have quiet conditions and plenty construction. in oakland, this is where we have construction crews on southbound 880 between embarcadero to high street lanes will be blocked until 5:00 this morning and traffic is slow in the northbound direction with projects there, as well, and that is wrapping up so some of the congestion is flowing. 280 from dallas city along the 280 extension into san francisco over to at&t park at king street you are at nine minutes and not a problem to get to san francisco. outside we have a picture of the san rafael drive coming southbound along 101 into central san rafael with a few headlights and early risers, but, so far, so good, with top speeds. >> two bay area dogs killed and their beds burned and it was all legal. but was it justified?

>> a boost to the community, the money chevron will spend to show richmond it is a good neighbor. >> the a's send to the post-season and talk of new places to play with deep pockets

>> covering berkeley, santa rosa and all bay area this is abc7 news. a look from the roof camera looking at embarcadero in downtown san francisco. it is going to be a warmer start but our temperatures will warm up later a brentwood man will not face charges for burning and burying pit bulls that broke from the backyard on saturday and attack add neighbor's

livestock killing 40 chickens and turkeys. the man killed thing do using a shovel and bound their bodies and buried them. the father says his son was just trying to protect his birds. >> thing do's charged himmed. the dogs are murders for destroying all the birds. >> what happened to them was wrong and they didn't deserve it. for this man to have done something like this ... it is unconscionable. >> police say the owner will not face charges because in california it is legal to kill a dog if it attacks livestock. >> chevron hold as series of townhall meetings to decide how to spend $15.5 million on contra costa schools and businesses. $10 million will be pumped into business investment and job training in the poor of the neighborhoods including unincorporated north richmond and the iron triangle. chevron will also spend $5.5

million on school programs in math, science and technology. the money is on top of chevron's annual community investment of $5 million. >> a southern california real estate firm is teaching up with overseas investors to propose a massive sports and entertainment complex in oakland stretching from the coliseum to the estuary we have the latest on the lands for the massive sports entertainment complex. >> the oakland a pores are in -- a's are in the playoffs again. >> we pulled in a major investor the automaker says a team with deep pockets want to both life into coliseum city which many is considered a "pipe dream." >> no way, oakland and the a's go well together because people try to count us out every time and every time we surprise them.

the owner of the a's has not changed his mind about leaving oakland for silicon valley. this project would entice him to say. the loyal a's fans things he wants more. >> one advantage is coliseum city is laid out on several acres of shoreline property owned by the city. >> it will generate thousands of new jobs and a lot more cash not city. >> the fans feel like they hit a home run, the third largest privately held investment firm and the other investor is wealthy financier from dubai. the next meeting is october 8. >> you can share this bench with your friends and family on facebook to show your pride,

let everyone know you are clearing for oakland by getting the badge on our facebook page. send us your photos. we will share them with you. we will show the photos on the air as the a's make their way through the post-season. >> trying to get the badge right now. i will wait for the weather. >> it might help. >> how about the weekend? >> beautiful. beautiful. just beautiful. for football, too. the 49ers are playing, too aren't they? radar satellite shows the bulk of the storm is to the north with showers rolling through vancouver and in portland staying to the north. you can see the clouds are just

down to the south. from the east bay hills camera, clear air across the bay bridge and into san francisco. this is the back drop for the forecast, high clouds and mild sunshine today with temperatures short of average, cool and calm tomorrow morning but the wins start to pick up through saturday and we will have above-average temperatures and a higher fire danger so it will look in the south bay to be mid-to-upper 70's and a run at 80 in gilroy and los gatos and 75 in san jose and cupertino. the peninsula is low-to-mid 70's and to the coast, mid-to-upper 60's and 67 today at half moon bay and 64 in daly city and colma and near 70 in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and mid-to-upper 70's through the north bay valley and ten degrees cooler at the coastline and low-to-mid 70's throughout the east bay shoreline and 72 in oakland

topping out at 80 in fairly and antioch and walnut creek and everyone else close in the mid-to-upper 70's in the east bay valley. the temperatures are like this morning, inland in the 40's the rest of us in the low-to-mid 50's and not so many high clouds as this morning so tomorrow the sunrise may not be so color will. a couple areas of low pressure and a broad trough to our north with the area of high pressure showing the jet stream squirting through bringing the high clouds and breezy pattern for today. the week shows high pressure developing to the north and winds are developing over our hills and why we have a heightened fire danger starting tomorrow through saturday. notice the temperatures mid-to-upper 80's friday, saturday, sunday. low-to-mid 80's around the bay and low-to-mid 70's at the coast. enjoy it.

good morning, everyone, we are light in the accident department as we look behind me with plenty of green on this map so mostly you are at top speeds seeing a buildup of some congestion in certain areas. as we take you to san jose this is where we have a construction project blocking the lanes until 6:00 northbound and southbound 880 to 280. you can see a wider view of san jose and everyone else is running at top speed: 101, 280, 85 looking clear. over the altamont pass we have slow-and-go traffic from tracy to dublin. we are still under 30 minutes to get you there. here is a picture of the drive at golden gate bridge from sausalito to san francisco. that drive is only going to take seven minutes. >> jacksonville international airport is back open after authorities removed what they call a destructive device. the airport in florida was shut

down for five hours after authorities found two suspicious packages, one in a parking garage and the other inside a terminal. one of the devices was "rendered safe." authorities have not said what it was. it started when a man said he had a bomb and he was taken into custody. >> the first sudden acceleration lawsuit filed against toyota could go to a los angeles jury. the 66-year-old man died four years ago when the camera crashed in a pole at 100 miles per hour because of unintended action sellation and blame toyota for not installing a brake override system. toyota said she stepped on the gas thinning she was stepping on the brake. >> coming up, bart closes a loophole that some people are using to cheat the system.

>> 49ers fan, time to pick the seat at 49 efforts new same in santa clara, the first of 45,000 seats to be installed in the lower bowl of the stadium yesterday, the red seats made in hayward and it will take 17,000 manhours to install all of the seats. when done the stadium will have the largest lower bowl in the nfl. officials are getting rid of a loophole that allows some to cheat on their fares. previously, people could purchase a clipper card with cash for as little as $5 and use the card until it was in the tellingive by up to $10 and people would throw the card away costing the system $25,000 a month. starting saturday bart does not allow users to exit with a negative balance. >> there is an odd smell around

newark with maintenance work being done on an oil refinery at smith avenue. the work started yesterday and will continue tomorrow. crews are cleaning the refinery equipment. there are homes near and the company will do its "best" to reduce the smell. >> if you thought you saw a lot sunshine today, what about today? >> the same amount. maybe the clouds are thicker. that lends itself to seeing the circle rainbows on either side of the sun so look for that tonight. you can see how calm it is at mount tamalpais. the breezes will pick up and temperatures are three degrees cooler in santa rosa and the rest of us are one to three degrees warmer. you can see the secret stream over the to which us and the high clouds it is creating. 64 today in tahoe and mid-80's around sacramento and a few clouds in los angeles and not so

warm as yesterday at 74. >> speaking of the sun, we have an accident at sunol boulevard that is cleared. at dublin interchange we have a construction project clearing as we speak within the next five minutes. westbound 580, that is where we will see clear conditions but just in time for the commute. northbound 680 at sunol boulevard this was an early accident. they are pushed to the shoulder and c.h.p. is on the scene and everything is at top speed. here is a look at the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster citywide open. eric and kristen? >> pacifica police have found the online prankster who spooked hikers with a chilling video that was posted showing a work hiking and suddenly the camera pans to a man wearing a dark mask and the video producer calls it "i made a friend on the

hour table." police found and interviewed the producer who denies harming or making contact with the women in the video. the police department say it was designed to get a reaction from the public and posted something like this is not against the law. >> a 21-year-old livermore woman killed by a drunk driver saved the lives of three people through organ donations. she was a student, nursing student at chico state and was riding her bicycle from school library when a car hit her. police say a 19-year-old drunk driver was at fault. her mother says two babies in the bay area were given parts of her liver and a family trend received one of her kidneys. >> if you have high cholesterol a new class of drugs could be on the way that blocks the routine that helps the bad cholesterol remain in the bloodstream and lowers close troll -- cholesterol levels. it does not change the good cholesterol in some study. it could help patients who find

statins not fully effective. more studies are needed and it could be years before the drug is available. >> a study finds women who suffer from mid-life stress could have a higher risk of difficult men too. divorce, job loss and mental illness in the family were among the 18 stress factors that lead to a 2 percent higher risk of alzheimer's disease and 16 percent higher risk of any dementia and the higher the number of stressors the women pensed the greater their risk. >> a fight, a beating, and a robbery at 5:00, san francisco police try to unravel a case that had them in hot pursuit of a taxicab. >> day two of the government shut down. we are in washington with the latest developments in the show down between republicans and democrats and congress and the

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