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it is 6:00. now at 6, a 7-month-old baby is taken to the san francisco hospital where doctors pronounce the child dead. what we're learning now about the early-morning investigation. and new details this morning in the crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo. what pilots are now saying went wrong moments before the plane missed the runway. and developing news. a car rolls off a hill at a san francisco landmark and catches fire. now police are trying to figure out if anyone was inside. a busy tuesday morning. thanks a lot for joining us. i'm kristin zee. >> i'm eric thomas. here's leyla guland. we can feel the cooler temperatures. it was a little bit the same as yesterday but we are going to be seeing even cooler temperatures come tomorrow with the chance of rain. look at our live doppler
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satellite not seeing any returns there. as we take a look, well we do have some snow expected in the sierras. that's where we're seeing a winter advisory and we'll get to that in just a little bit. right now from our kgo roof camera you can see beautiful clear conditions out there. towards the pay bridge. for the most part it will be on the chilly side to get you going this morning. here's a look at traffic where we have a couple of problems. the first one is at the caldicott tunnel. we have emergency crews who are headed out there now. most likely in the eastbound direction to get to this accident. you'll see activity in both directions, both east and westbound. we have a couple of crashes reported out here in san jose. northbound 101 at 280.
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a solo vehicle spinout. the 280, 680 split. as you continue we'll see some slow and go traffic there. a report of a three-car crash at story. then it all opens up as you get closer to the san jose airport. we'll have more of that coming up but for now chris and eric over to you. developing news in san francisco where police are investigating the suspicious death of a 7-month-old baby. amy holifield is live where investigators have been going in and out all morning. amy. >> reporter: eric, investigators are still here. if you take a look at the home while we're on the air, you might see an officer or two pop out, take some pictures, walk back in. we've seen them in different rooms. they've been here for a while at least a couple of hours. we are here on montery at acadia. you might be seeing this man come out from upstairs. that is a different unit. so he is -- does not live in the home where police are investigating. you can see that female officer, she is investigating where they think the baby died which is in
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this bottom unit. what happened was at about 12:30 this morning a woman showed up at san francisco general hospital with her baby her infant, and we're told that that baby did die. the medical examiner then got involved and declared that the death looked suspicious and so called in police. police are still conducting their investigation. they are working on it right now. at this point they say it is too early to say what they think happened but they are here trying to figure it out. live in san francisco amy holifield, abc 7 news. developing news right now in san francisco where police are looking for whoever was in a car when it rolled into the twin peaks reservoir and caught fire. authorities say the car was on twin peaks boulevard and rolled down the hillside to christmas tree point road at the reservoir around 4:00 this morning. no sign of a driver or any passengers so police and fire crews are now bringing in extra equipment to light up the hillside to see if they can find
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anyone who may have been thrown from the vehicle. new this morning, authorities are investigating a fire in the aptof hills area of santa cruz county overnight. it broke out before 1:15 this morning on redwood drive. at least two homes and an outbuilding were destroyed. another home was damaged along with some grass. the union did not issue a 72 hour strike. the unknown is still making people a little anxious. they left the negotiating table
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last night at 9:00 with the promise to be back. 60 day cooling off period ends at midnight friday morning while publicly expressing optimism. that includes chartering 200 buses to carry riders from the east bay. it will double the use in july. one rider we spoke with wants to see a deal but is still making it. >> i would like to see them set zbll is there anxiety from not knowing what's happening? >> yeah. yeah. because i'm going to stay at my friend's house if they do this. i don't have to get over to hayward or whatever. >> reporter: the bay area council is preparing for the worst. the four day strike cost $73 million a day in lost productivity. if the strike does take place, the bay area council is encouraging businesses to let employees work from home use
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flex time or take vacations. negotiations are scheduled to resume this morning. reporting live in fremont matt keller, abc 7 news. stay with abc 7 news for the latest on the b.a.r.t. talks. we have a range of resources for a abc 7 news. you'll also find a list of park and ride lots and real time traffic maps on our site and follow us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area for breaking news updates. it's 6:06. new details to tell you about in a crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo. the pilots are now saying mechanical failure is to blame. according to the wall street journal the pilots told the ntsb that the auto controls disconnected without warning before the plane hit a seawall near the runway. the boeing 777 crashed at san francisco international on july 6th leading to the deaths of three teenage girls. tai with the abc 7 morning news.
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coming up at 6:30, katie marzulo will bring us up to date. five months after chief howard jordan abruptly quit. dudley brooks sent out a letter looking for a nationwide search expecting to take seven months. it will be managed with a professional recruitment team. shaun went has served as interim chief since last may. the federal government shutdown now in day eight and while some workers are still being furloughed, some are already getting the call back to their jobs. the federal afviation administration is recalling several employees. more than 15,000 faa workers were taken off the job because of the shutdown. the nuclear regulatory commission says it expects to furlough some 3900 employees by thursday if no deal is struck
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between the president and congress. former president jimmy carter will be in san jose today working up a sweat for one of his favorite causes. he and wife rosalyn will be working at a habitat for humanity site. they will have star power with garth brooks and trisha yearwood pitching in. they are hoping to build 12 habitat homes. the carters have worked with habitat for almost 30 years. after they leave the south bay they'll head for proj nekts denver, new york and new jersey. on the peninsula, a new step for helping america's veterans will be held today. they will celebrate the opening of the defender's lodge. the $17 million facility is a state-of-the-art hotel constructed exclusively for veterans receiving medical care at the va hospital. the 34,000 square foot facility will feature 52 first class private rooms with 104 beds. major funding comes from the penn fed foundation a nonprofit working to meet the needs of
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service members and their families. 6:08. can you taste it this morning? leyla, taste of fall. >> that's right. i was going to say, it's no longer swimsuit weather unless your swimsuit is made out of tweed. as you take a look at the live doppler radar satellite we don't see any moisture in the area just yet. actually, very dry but that will come later tomorrow evening as a matter of fact. a look from our tower camera towards the bay bridge and the rest of san francisco, just gorgeous, clear conditions. and a few wispy high clouds today. that will be replaced by patchier clouds overnight. that's where the moisture is going to be coming from as we head into wednesday. well current conditions, we're going to be topping out in the upper 40s in los gados, half moon bay marin. that's where we see chilly temperatures to get us out the door. pretty much resting in the mid to lower 50s in much of the bay area. highs for today, we can see everything is under 80 degrees.
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69 degrees in antioch. that's going to be one of our warmest areas as we take a look at napa. along the coast. 65 degrees along the peninsula. 72 will be your high for today. here's a look from our exploratorium camera. you can expect a cooldown. by saturday and sunday that's when you're seeing an uptick in our temperatures. let's take a look at the traffic where there will be an uptick in cumulative commute times. this is a pretty nasty crash. this is involving a big rig blocking one lane. bumper to bumper traffic as you come away from hillcrest. san jose, northbound at 280. quick live look at the bay bridge tolls. the meetering lights have been turned on since 10 before 6:00. pretty heavy conditions. it looks like some of the other lanes are moving along just fine. kristin and eric. leyla, thank you. 6:10. a california county that
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>> announcer: covering walnut create berlin gate and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. a view from twin peaks down towards the city of san francisco and the bay bridge. going to be a nice day. a change in the weather ahead. leyla will tell you more. happening today in southern california. riverside county is considering an ordinance that would require pet owners to spay or neuter their pit bulls. the public will have a chance to weigh in on the issue. if approved the law would require pit bulls to be spayed in riverside county. trading gets underway on
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wall street in less than 30 minutes. fears of a possible default by the u.s. government are raising investor anxiety. the dow dropped 136 points to close at 14936. as we've been reporting, lawmakers have until october 17th to reach a deal on increasing the nation's debt ceiling. stay with abc 7 morning news. coming up at 6:45 we'll check it in with bloomberg's jane king live at the new york stock exchange to see how the dow is doing this morning. new this morning palo alto based hul let ewlett-packard wants to require employees to work in the office. it's unclear how many hp employees will be impacted. right now as many as 80,000 employees work from home because hp doesn't have enough desk
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space. ceo meg whitman is expected to discuss the change in san francisco tomorrow. the new $100 bill goes into circulation today. bank customers could start seeing it by this afternoon. video from the federal reserve shows the new c note is more colorful than previous currency. it features raised printing and a number of security features. the $100 bill is the second most common bill in circulation. if you didn't know that, i didn't, the buck is the most common. the $20 bill is third. brittain's prince george is not even three months old and already he's getting his own coin. the british royal mint is issuing commemorative coins for george's christening. it will have the image of his great-grandmother, queen elizabeth ii on the front and two cherubs on the back. he doesn't appear. it will have a face value of 8 u.s. dollars. there will be uncirculated version, one of them a gold one, valued at $80,000. we know the niners stadium
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will host the super bowl in 2016. houston will get a chance in 2017. now six cities are vying for the privilege in 2018. among them, miami new orleans dallas minneapolis, indianapolis and tampa. nfl owners are expected to whittle that list down to two finalists this week. a final decision won't be made until next may. minneapolis and indianapolis are considered strong contenders. minneapolis, because it will have a new stadium by 2018 and indianapolis because of the positive impression the city made the last time it hosted the super bowl. 6:17 now. time for a look at our forecast and maybe tomorrow we'll need that umbrella. >> you just might. in the later hours of the evening though. it's going to be cooler that's for sure. we saw some temperatures stay pretty much the same between sunday and monday in some parts of the bay area but definitely by today you should feel the chill on your skin. certainly if you are in the northern part of the bay area,
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such as nevada petaluma, waking up into temperatures in the 40s, and certainly in the south bay as well. we also have a chance of some rain visiting us late on wednesday, but really the real story, it's going to be in the sierra where we have a winter storm advisory. first taking a look at our live doppler radar, clear conditions. no cloud cover just some patchy coastal fog. but really a trough of low pressure bringing in this cool air mass that's going to be visiting us for the next couple of days and as we focus in you can see how that's going to cause some cooler breezes and certainly cooler temperatures. this is what's going to happen in the sierra. we can expect to see 2 to 5 inches of snow. very gusty conditions. 50-mile-per-hour winds. that will last between tomorrow morning and thursday morning for 24 hours. around the bay, our highs going to top out just under 80 degrees. 79 degrees in fairfield and antioch. if you're going to be in the
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south bay in san jose, 74 degrees will be your high. 72 in san mateo along the peninsula. 68 degrees will be your high. 78 in napa. 75 in santa rosa. our overnight lows, chilly and that's also going to be bringing us some patchy cloud cover. so that is going to cool things down just a little bit. lower 50s for the most part to mid 50s, say, in richmond at 55 degrees. certainly chilly in the north bay. here's a look at my accuweather seven day forecast. rain on wednesday. as we head into thursday temperatures go up a little bit. slight dip on friday but by saturday and sunday it should be a pretty lovely weekend. let's talk about traffic where we have a couple of problems. the first one is in the caldicott. chp is reporting possibly two separate accidents. we're not 100% sure what's going on. we will try to get to the bottom of this. if you are going to be traveling through the caldicott tunnel, we had earlier heavy delays. looks like that has dissipated a bit. now we're getting a report of an
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accident possibly involving an overturned vehicle northbound along 13 right at 24. the rest of your drive as you continue towards oakland you're going to be in the clear. as we head over to san francisco, this southbound side of 101 at 80 that is blocking one lane. little slow and go traffic there. i can tell you that the bay bridge is starting to load up. live look outside and here's going to be a picture of -- i believe going to be your drive into central san rafael. leyla, thank you. 6:20. south bay authorities make a huge drug bust. coming up at 6:30 the million dollar find made in one santa klara county home and where it's believed all the drugs may have come from. healthy and tasty. "consumer reports" put air pop chips to the test. here's tonight's primetime lineup on abc 7. "marvels" airs at 8:00. at 9:00 "the goldbergs,"
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you've probably seen them at the grocery store. pop chips. how healthy are they? >> how good do they taste. "consumer reports" has the taste test. >> here's michael. hey, good morning, everyone. a trip down the snack aisle can be pretty predictable. chips, pretzels popcorn. there's another snack that's becoming quite trendy thanks to hollywood and some music super stars. they are popped chips, and testers of "consumer reports" wanted to know what all the fanfare was about. >> they are ate the latest popular snack craze. chips that are being popped. they're being pitched by stars like katy perry. ♪ >> and bruno mars. ♪ >> the pop snacks are made of corn, rice, potato, chick peas or a mix of those. then, rather than fried, most are heated and pressurized until they pop. >> the clear message is that
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these pop snacks are more healthful. we wonder if they are. >> after crunching nutritional data consumer reports found it's a mixed bag. most are less than 130 calories and 4 grams of fat per serving but that's actually more than some healthier crunchy snacks like lays baked original potato chips which have about the same number of calories but half the fat. it's also more than quaker's salt free rice cakes which have no fat and only 35 calories each. >> but the skinny on fat is it's all relative. popped chips have less than half the fat of several other snacks we looked at including cheese puffs, doritoss, regular lays potato chips and buttered popcorn. >> they have tried a humus popped snack. you'll get a bit more fiber. three grams per serving. so if you're looking to join pop stars and their crunchy snack quest, pop chips might be your
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ticket. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. "consumer reports" says as far as taste goes, it's mostly about the seasoning. they all deliver a satisfying crunch. also, remember as with most chips, the amount of sodium can be high. be sure to read the label before you dig in especially if you're controlling your sodium intake if that's a big concern for you. but the fat they fry them in, that puts you at risk. 6:30 the news continues with developing news. san francisco police respond to a glen park home overnight after a 7-month-old baby dies. coming up, what we're learning about the investigation. i'm katie marzulo live from the newsroom about the deadly asiana crash at sfo. there could be a discrepancy between what the pilots are saying and what investigators have uncovered in the plane. speaking of crispy there's a little bit of a crisp in the air. definitely cooler temperatures today and into tomorrow. clear out there and dry areas.
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ancisco. you see the bay the bay bridge there. change in the way they're coming. in fact we can't wait for that information. you're getting kids dressed. wondering about tomorrow. let's check in with leyla right now. >> it is a plan. you will definitely need a sweater when you head out the door. it is walk to school week. look both directions. live doppler radar, 7 hd site. clouds coming in over the pacific northwest. that will arrive later tonight and into tomorrow. it's all due to a trough of low pressure bringing in a cool air mass towards the middle. week. so as we get a little bit closer into wednesday and thursday, temperatures will continue to ramp down. and that will bring us a possibility of some showers on wednesday night. a look from our mount tam cam. the beautiful sky. electric blue as the sun just starts to come over the horizon. for the next three days you can
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see that temperatures will cool down a bit. by saturday and sunday though it should all start to warm up wince again. let's talk about some traffic where we do have a crash on the nimis. that is clear to the shoulder. we have a problem on 13 as well. starting with this one southbound along 880. industrial parkway is involving a couple of vehicles. everything has been pushed over to the shoulder. we're still left with volume when you continue onto the southbound direction of hayward into pedis. piedmont. overturned, took out a light pole. you have emergency crews arriving on the scene. anything that was in the area has dissipated. as we take a live look outside here is a picture of your walnut creek commute. it is slow and sluggish as you make the push for highway 24. >> thank you. we have breaking news out of texas. you're looking at live pictures of the aftermath of an oil well explosion. this is near san antonio. this is in cairns county there.
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there was an explosion and fire. one person apparently was injured, air lifted to a local hospital according to cnn. seven miles of highway 80 in that area has been shut down. so breaking news. oil well explosion near san antonio. one person injured. we'll keep our eye on the situation. and back here in san francisco we have developing news. police are investigating the mysterious death of a seven month old baby. abc 7 news reporter amy holifield joins us live from the glen park neighborhood with the investigation and what we know about the baby. >> reporter: kristin, police are in the baby's home. you can see an officer standing there in the front. they have been here for a couple of hours. they are trying to figure out what happened and why this baby died. this home is on monterey at acadia here in san francisco, but there are also officers investigating at san francisco general hospital. that's where the mother showed up about 12:30 this morning with her baby. that's where the baby died. the medical examiner took a look and said that this death looked
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suspicious so he called in police. officers are conducting an investigation right now but they say it is too early to say what they think happened. they're still trying to figure this all out. live in san francisco amy holifield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. new this morning, a driver who apparently fell asleep at the wheel gave one san jose neighborhood a rude wake-up call this morning. police say the driver hit several parked cars on camden avenue. you can see the tire marks right there he left on the grass. he sheered off a fire high drand before slamming hard into the side of an apartment building. tenants say this is not the first time parked cars have been hit on the street. crews were able to quickly cap off the gas meter that was hit by the gas truck. we're learning new details on the july crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo. the pilots are claiming mechanical problems led to the deadly crash. abc 7 nuts reporter katie
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marzulo joins us from the newsroom. >> reporter: there's a problem with what the pilot says. "the wall street journal" is citing people familiar with the investigation is reporting ntsb investigators have not found any mechanical nor electrical problems with the twin engine jet prior to impact. the same sources have told investigators they believe the automated speed control system called the auto throttle disconnected on its own allegedly without any warning and supporting that pilot account asiana 777 maintenance logs show a number of uncommanded auto throttle disconnects. asiana officials reported to bring that up to the ntsb in person when they visit the board in the coming months. three girls were killed, a 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds. they were students from the same middle school in china. nearly 200 other passengers were injured in the crash. the ntsb has planned a meeting. it's scheduled for early next year. the crash investigation is on
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hold during the government shutdown. we don't know at this point if that will delay the hearing. live in the newsroom, katie marzulo, abc news. if you buy foster farms chicken, watch out. a salmonella outbreak has made its way to the bay area. chicken products prepared at three foster farms facilities. food inspectors have now zeroed in on one particular product that's why they haven't issued a specific recall. the u.s.d.a. has issued a public health alert saying the products may have sickened nearly 300 people in 18 states. packages with the following serial numbers may be the cause, p-6137 p-6137a and p-7362. if you missed those numbers we put them on our website, abc 7 news.com. the u.s. department of agriculture is open during this shutdown but working with a much smaller staff you a routine fire call in the south bay led to possible illegal activity.
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san jose firefighters responded to the home on north 7th street before 9:00. they saw flames and smoke pouring out of the basement. firefighters had a tough time getting to the flames because the windows were covered with bars and plywood. a fire captain said the basement has illegal electrical wiring and was used for unspecified illegal activity. authorities in santa klara county are asking for the public's health. investigators are trying to track down 22-year-old jose jiminez olmo. authorities seized large amounts of cash and drugs from his home in east san jose. the raid took place in a neighborhood where houses are valued at $1 million. they found meth, heroin and coke with an estimated value of $1.5 million as well as $825,000 in cash. they believe a mexican drug cartel may have supplied jiminez-omos with the drugs. taking you back to cairns
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county texas back near san antonio where an oil well explosion and fire occurred this morning. you can see fire crews spraying foam on these huge tanks that hold crude oil. we are told that a man was severely injured and part of highway 80 is shut down because of this. it happened about 4:45 this morning when some saltwater tanks and diesel tanks exploded. they're still trying to cool things down there as you can see from the foam spray. we will of course bring you more information as it becomes available. 6:37. a pressing situation of course here in the bay area. everyone wants to know will we see a b.a. are.r.t. strike at the end of the week? coming up first nobel week continues. ahead, the new winners this morning and the research leading to the prestigious honor. here's a live look outside in what promises to be a cooler day. we have our mount tam camera looking at what will be a gorgeous sunrise
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isn't it? live doppler radar, pretty uneventful. wispy clouds visiting us. a mount tam cam, another gorgeous view. we do have cooler temperatures in our forecast. also, snow in the sierra and we do have possibility of some showers come wednesday. so those patchy clouds will visit us tonight and cooler as well and then i'll have your full accuweather seven day forecast coming up in a bit. right now what we do have are a couple of problems on our roads. in san francisco, it sounds like we have conflicting reports. it appears it is a crash involving two vehicles southbound along 101 at market street. early report of a crash at 80. it could be one and the same so we're trying to get some more information from chp. b.a.r.t., ace, train all running on time. the s market line has a medical emergency on muni. leyla, thank you. new this morning, the second nobel prize of the year has just been announced in sweden.
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francois engel jeret and peter higgs won the nobel prize in physics this morning for their discovery of the higgs bosen. it gives mass to the universe. also known as the god particle. bay area professors from stanford along with a professor from yale picked up a nobel prize in medicine yesterday. >> it's called the higgs bosen after peter higgs. >> that's right. a car goes off a hillside. coming up the search underway right now. here's a live look at the big board. the dow is down 37 points. it's slierding. it remains under 15,000. ahead we'll go live to jane king at the new york exchange. coming up, three days before
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>> announcer: this is abc 7 news. 6:45. developing news right now in san francisco. police and fire crews are combing the area around twin peaks reservoir for a missing driver. officials say a car rolled from 20th boulevard down the hillside to the reservoir around 4:00 this morning and caught fire. so far they haven't seen any sign of a driver or any passengers. crews brought in extra equipment to light up the area to see if they can find anyone who may have been thrown from that car. the threat of a b.a.r.t.
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strike is still on the table but it may not start friday after all. >> the unions have not given the 72 hour notice before they walk off the job. matt killer is live from the fremont b.a.r.t. station matt. >> riders are feeling a little bit of relief but they're still anxious because there's no deal done. they have this threat of a strike hanging over their heads. the unions did not issue that 72 hour strike notice last night as the 60-day cooling off period comes to an end at midnight friday morning. some see this as a sign that progress is being made in the negotiations. meanwhile, the bay area council, the public policy organization is encouraging businesses to let employees work from home but for many people they have to be on the job site to work. no, it's definitely not a possibility for me. my job requires me to be there every day to do my job. >> what do you do? >> i work at tesla motors, actually. >> okay. so you can't do that remotely? >> not in any way possible. >> reporter: the bay area
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council says the four-day strike in july cost the bay area $73 million a day in lost productivity and a strike now could be even more costly because school is back in session unless people are on vacation. the unions and b.a.r.t. management are scheduled to negotiate again starting at 10:00 this morning. matt keller abc 7 news. >> stay with abc 7 news with the latest on the bart talks. we have abc 7 news.com in case of a strike. how are they planning to accommodate extra passengers. you'll find a list of park and ride lots and real time traffic maps on our site. follow us on twitter at abc 7 bay news area for updates. >> turning to business news starbucks is out with a new breakfast treat. >> the government shutdown may cause problems in the housing market. bloomberg's jane king joins us now. good morning, jane. >> hi, eric and kristin. good morning. right now banks are going ahead
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and approving new mortgages and delivering them to borrowers. lauren eunice says banks can't sell the loans to fannie mae and freddie mac like they usually do because they are unable to get the irs income verification that fannie and freddie require. the banks are holding the mortgages for themselves. when they have enough for their own portfolios, they may stop lending. it's hurting real estate deals in rural areas. the special zero% loans for those areas are completely shut down blocking thousands of deals from closing. let's see how the markets are doing so far this morning. we're down again, not by much, but a little bit lower here across the board. the bloomberg silicon valley index is trading a slight bit higher here. we're watching oracle shares and ceo larry ellison and other executives are overpaid relative to their peers especially given oracle's inferior stock performance. they're urging investors to vote
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against the pay packages for oracle's other chief execs. look at the duffin. it's part donut and part muffin. it's filled with raspberry jam and coated with sugar. starbucks is rolling out baked goods. so far no sign of a duffin in the u.s. it's been added to the permanent menu in the u.k. live at the new york stock exchange. 6:49 now. we have a reminder for you. there are some companies that will be at a job affair that will be at the job journal for hire today. clean water action and simmons bedding company. altogether there are 500 jobs available. tell your friends. hiring events will take place at the hilton garden event between noon and 4:00. 6:49 now. the weather today you can get
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away with wearing sleeveless. how about tomorrow? >> i was going to say that? it's totally advised that you wear sleeves. i defy that rule. >> every day. >> you're a warm person. >> yeah. thank you so much. well we do have cooler temperatures in our forecast certainly so you may want to don the sleeves indeed. a look from our live doppler radar satellite pretty uneventful now. we have clouds coming into the bay area over the next couple of days. here, take a look at the green on this map. that indicates some moisture coming in from the pacific northwest. that's being replaced by a ridge of high pressure that's going to be coming in bringing us more sunshine by the end of the week. dry, gusty conditions. now what this means for the sierra is a winter weather advisory starting tomorrow morning through thursday morning. for 24 hours at the higher elevations, about 2 to 5 inches of snow is expected. very gusty conditions. 55 miles per hour in some of the higher elevations as well.
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so if you are planning on taking a few days off heading out there, be very careful when you do head out. mountainous roads can be rather treacherous. the high topping out. >> now it's 78 degrees. >> overnight definitely chilly in the north bay. you can see the clouds coming back to cover us and then we'll have some more clouds during the day tomorrow and rain possibly by wednesday evening. here's a look at my accuweather
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seven day forecast. we do have rain on wednesday night into thursday morning but that all clears up. that dry air mass coming back and warming us up for the weekend. all right. now let's take a look at traffic where we do have a couple of problems that could be causing a crimp in your commute as we take you into san jose. certainly as you're traveling along northbound 87 at taylor street we have a multiple vehicle crash. slow and go as you approach it. blocking two lanes. the rest of the drive uses up 101 very busy as you make it from the 280-680 split. slow going. our drive time traffic 680 southbound side from walnut creek to dublin. 101 from santa rosa to san francisco, more than an hour. 24 minutes through the mountains. a quick look outside. take a look at that drive. san jose it is completely stopped there along 87 due to that crash right at julian. we'll have more information on that coming up in a little bit. kristin and eric over to you.
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6:54 on this tuesday morning. a live look at the bay bridge eastern span. with traffic moving along just fine right there. some patchy fog in some places. we'll check in with leyla one final time and get your forecast coming up. as we get ready to hand things off to good morning america, here are seven things to know before you go. number one, developing news. san francisco police are koemping through a home on monterey boulevard investigating the the suspicious death of a seven-month-old baby. the baby's mother walked into san francisco general with the baby this morning and the baby was pronounced dead there. number two, b.a. rmp t.r.t. negotiations resume this morning. they said they will not issue a 72 hour strike notice for friday morning. there are three days left before
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a 60-day cooling off period ends. number three, new details in the deadly asiana airlines crash at sfo. they tell "the wall street journal" that automatic controls malfunctioned during the crash. so far federal investigators have not found any mechanical problems with the plane. >> number four, former president jimmy carter will be in san jose working at a habitat for humanities site. he and his wife and garth brooks and trisha yearwood worked there. the carters have worked with habitat for almost 30 years now. number five the oakland a's can advance to the american league championship series with another win in detroit this afternoon. the a's beat the tigers 6-3 yesterday to take a commanding two games to one lead in their best of five division playoff series. and number six, here's a look from our hand cam. the man tam cam. gorgeous sunrise indeed. beautiful morning to wake us up as we talk about our day planner
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for the next 12 hours. it is going to be on the cooler side today. want to pack a sweater. it is walk to school week as well. you'll need that to shield yourself from the cooler erer breezes. here's a look at the bay bridge plaza. all of that traffic is due to a crash on 87 at taylor and balding. a few vehicles there blocking two lanes. packed conditions through san jose. also looking at heavy conditions on the nimit. leyla, thank you very much. 6:56. abc 7 news continues now online on twitter, facebook and all your mobile devices. >> we'll be back here in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during good morning america. thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> have a great day. see ya later. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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