>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning at 5:00. >> no strike. no deal. that is facing bart riders for a third straight day. negotiators took a break at 1:00 o'clock a.m. but will resume in a few hours. abc7 news reporter matt keller is in oakland. matt, is there reason for optimism?

>> they are still talking. it appears that everyone is frustrated by the negotiations. especially bart riders trying to plan if they have to find another way to work in the morning. the trains are running today. now, this it could be the presence of the federal mediator keeping the nexts going. the only statement was comments from cohen announcing progress was made and trains will run all day. the unions have been more vocal about what is going on behind closed doors saying they were encouraged. >> bargaining still. coming back tomorrow. we are still there. that is an indication we are bargaining. >> the unions commented on the frustration for workers and riders because of the late notice of the potential strike. the president said she shares the same frustration they have not yet reached an agreement. talks ended at 1:00 o'clock a.m.

and they a expected to be back here, both sides, at 10:00 this morning. >> thank you, to add to the headaches for commuters, the transit workers could go on strike tomorrow waiting to see if governor brown will issue a cooling-off period in their talks now stalled over employee contributions for insurance. if there is a bart strike, bart plans to run 200 buses from nine stations: el cerrito, concord, lafayette, walnut creek, west oakland, dublin/pleasanton, san leandro, hayward and fremont. you need a round trip ticket in advance and car pool lanes on interstate 80, 880, 680 are extended from 5:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and the chop says officers will not write tickets outside of regular car pool hours unless there is a strike. san francisco bay ferry will have 12 boats rather than the eight and will help reduce congestion.

>> you can find out if there is a bart strike or settlement by downloading our abc7 news app and allow for push notifications to receive breaking news alerts when the news happens. we have resources for you at abc7news.com. you can download the app to get around. you can follow breaking developments on twitter, as well. >> is getting around fairly easy? leyla gulen has the traffic. >> we have clear conditions across the bay area. not a problem. we have areas of construction. we take you over to fremont if you are making the drive in the northbound direction. northbound 680, to mission boulevard, we have lanes blocked until 6:00 a.m. and a look at the drive time traffic across the golden gate bridge you are nine minutes to head from sausalito into san francisco and westbound loan the bay bridge you are at eight minutes and we have construction in the eastbound direction and that will last until 6:00 a.m. and

the san mateo bridge is quiet and outside we go a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where we are wide open and a few more cars funneling in than a few minutes ago and we have eastbound construction but so far, so good, and it sounds like a top down kind of a day right new. warmer weather? >> you need the sunscreen. especially at the beaches taking advantage of the warm sunshine there. live doppler 7 hd shows no worries. no rain. no fog. no clouds. nothing as far as any adversity weather-wise getting an. this is how it looks from mount tamalpais. not so breezy as yesterday. sausalito is right here and san francisco. there is the bay bridge. we use this to talk about our first forecast including high clouds. the system moves to the east and as warm as yesterday: 78 to 81 inland. around the bay from 74 to 80. from 66 at bodega bay to 74 in half moon bay along the coast.

kristen? eric? >> breaking news. a family is safe in pleasanton hill after escaping explosions and a massive fire at their home. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is at dove court. >> we are closer to the home now so you can see how bad the damage is. if you look on the drive you can see the cars and a lost drama associated with the cars. firefighters are working hard. look at video. there were explosions. the chief says that is because of the steering column that pops and exploded and water makes it worse so they have to take their time and cool it down and let it do its time and act like fireworks to get the fire under control. i believe the fire started after 1:00 o'clock this morning in the sideyard and it burns into the garage and into the at tick and the drive. the mom, dad and daughter will

lucky to get out. there was more going on than they thought. it melted a gas main so there was a gas leak. the fire also brought down a power behind which firefighters say was the worse -- worst part. >> some crews were holding back because it was creating standing water. we let the car fires burned because necessity were not exposed to anything else but we did not want water on the ground where the power lines were that would energize the area. >> the firefighters were working the entire time with a downed line but pg&e was able to turn the power off to that house. you can see they pulled you'll of the insulation from from the attic and they will be here for hours because it will rekindle. they have to make sure there is no fire danger. the red cross is on the scene and neighbors helping them out

in the wily morning hours. >> than you, a these-year-old and one-year-old are home safe this morning after being kidnapped by someone who stole their family's s.u.v. in san francisco. the thief drove the children a few miles from 20th in the mission to sweeney in portola neighborhood. a neighbor discovered the car blocking his driveway and spotted the two kids alone in the car trapped into their child car seats and the engine was still running. >> i called 1991 and -- i called 9-1-1 and they said don't touch anything. >> it is horrifying. i have a six and three-year-old, so to imagine someone would take my child and deposit them somewhere else. >> the father was with them when the car was stolen and the kids were reunit flighted after being checked out at san francisco general. >> the cupertino city couple has naply approved apple's plan to build a new space shipshaped

headquarters. the 2.8 square million foot campus fulfills a landmark for silicon valley the dream of steve jobs. it will house 14,000 workers. a vote to approve the building is november 15th. apple will demonthish the existing buildings by the end of this year. >> today on the peninsula, pg&e will vent natural gas in the neighborhood devastated by a deadly explosion that claimed eight lives. crews have been working at the intersection of estate drive in the crest more neighborhood and there could be a gas odor during the process. crews expect to start at 10:00 a.m. and finish around 1:00 o'clock p.m. and pg&e says this is normal upkeep and notified residents of the scheduled work. pg&e is headed back to court offer the natural gas pipeline

over safety concerns. the utility will argue that a line is safe that has been shut down and give the utilities commission updated safety certification to try to prove it is safe. a court order to close the line came after an internal pg&e memo expressed concerns that the pipeline could explode like the one in sap -- san bruno. >> bart trains are running. how do the roads look? >> we have areas of construction. this is going to last until 6:00 a.m. and it could cause a problem with the commute. northbound and southbound long 880 between forest avenue and 280 we have lanes blocks off and detours in place, as well, if you need to get around it should not be a problem. mass transit, running on time and we hope it stays that way and muni all looking clear and ace train running on time without delays and we have a buildup of traffic over the altamont pass and i have more on that in a little bit.

here is a picture -- look at that! >> we look at the temperatures over san francisco. from 56 downtown to 55 in portrero hill for the cool spot. to the mission district, 58. ocean beach is 59. we have 50's from richmond. 52 in san lenadro. belmont is 56. union city is 51. 33burg is 55. in the 40's at santa clara and 45 in pleasanton and walnut creek and 45, as well. contract east bay hills, the bay looks like glass because of light wind. our day planner, a lot of sunshine, and at 7:00, 39 in the north bay to 57 in san francisco and that is our spread, the microclimate is bigger in the morning in the fall than in the afternoon.

by noon we will be 70 to 72 with high clouds. up to 80 by 4:00. my forecast the next three days will dip into the weekend and michaelor cooling we feel today will continue tomorrow and we will gain the temperatures back for friday and saturday with a lot of sunshine even to the coast. >> thank you. mcdonald's could be having trouble taking flight. the bloomberg business report is coming up. >> police nba the person would plant ed dry ice bombs

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start somewhere fresh. >> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> federal health officials are alerting doctors to the recall of injectable antibiotic because of a concern over floating particles found in vials of the drug including metal and hair. experts say injecting the antibiotic could result in blood clots causing stroke, heart attack and other catastrophic problems. it was distributed to hospitals, pharmacies and medical suppliers across the nation. >> the fremont city council has postponed a vote on whether to install surveillance video

around the city. according to our media partner the counsel decided to wait because of unease over funding the cameras with federal housing grants intended to help the pore. last night, police asked the city council to install up to 20 cameras in low-to-mid income areas, miss say it is in response to a spike in home burglaries and not intended to target a specific group of people. the council will spend a too months gathering more information. a worker at los angeles international airport is under arrest in connection with dry ice explosions. the suspect has been identified at 28 years old who worked as a ramp supervisor at lax. the lapd says bennett took dry ice from a plane and placed it in a both that exploded on sunday night and monday night at lax. a colleague tells use that bennett was nervous about an upcoming merger and he spoke of possibly starting his own airline company.

>> san jose mayor has joined leaders from other california cities to get a pension reform initiative on the ballot next year filing papers for state-wide constitutional measure with mayors from pacific grove, anaheim, san bernardino and santa ana yesterday allowing local governments to trim pension benefits for the workers remaining years on the job. the mayor says cities cannot afford the benefits anymore and union leaders say the measure is an attempt to rob police and teacher and public employees of the promise of retirement security. >> investors are holding home for washington, dc, take, action on the debt ceiling. here is jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> investers holding out hope senate negotiations will result in a deal to extend the debt limit and end the government shut down. fitch yesterday said it was considering downgrading debt because of the lack of timely progress. mcdonald's pay have trouble

taking off their mighty wings because they cannot compete with the other dollar products or the 25 cent a wing that part had -- sports bars charge. nestle is launching a new bar on store shelves next year. what is your favorite holiday? the most popular national celebration is halloween. they feel pressure by other more family oriented holidays. that is the news from the new york stock exchange. >> washington, dc, and wall street, looking at 9 debt ceiling. we have other stories coming up. tonight, right here on abc7 news, you can see the first ever toy story film made just for television. toy story of terror is half hour special just in time for

halloween with the gang taking a road trip and keep getting interrupted by a series scary events the sequel of sorts to toy story 3 with artists at the studio in emeryville spend thousands of hours fine tuning the 3-d film. it airs tone at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc7 news with pixar and abc7 news both owned by the disney company. >> leyla gulen? >> the freeways are not too scary. we have a bit of congestion out of tracy over the a pass into dublin at 10 miles worth of backup. we have at least 33-minute commute in the westbound direction and it clears up when you get into livermore to the dublin interchange at 63 miles per hour. it is not too bad. here is highway 4, if you are travel from antioch it is busy and in pittsburg it eases up toward baypoint and into concord

you are going to be in the clear at 17 minutes in the westbound direction. this is going to be your drive across the san mateo bridge from hayward to we we to foster city, not a problem. >> did you know some of us lived through history yesterday? check out the lows, 24 hours ago, 3 in santa rosa, 45 at the airport, in oakland, both tying record lows of 37 yesterday in napa and novato and everyone else in the 40's and 50's and we will be close to those temperatures throughout the morning because we are around the same air mass. you can see how dry it is. no radar returns. in clouds. hardly a breeze. the bay water is looking like grass. today is different. we will have a storm system

slide through the sierra that will bring us a few high clouds and chip away our high temperatures not only today but also tomorrow and then we will get warmer again by a few degrees sunshine and it will be dry through the weekend. here is a look at what will happen as far as our temperatures, a few minutes ago talking how today would be one to five degrees cooler than yesterday and you have an idea of how warm it was yesterday with the drop of temperatures we will be two to nine degrees warmer-than-average and half moon bay at 65 and 74 today, san rafael, normally 73, and 78. we will look at why that is happening, high pressure is dominating our weather and the inside slider will push the high far enough away that the offshore flow weakens and that is why with drop our temperatures. we will see the numbers in our neighborhood down in the south bay, 76 in sunnyvale and 82 in gilroy and from 74 in milbrae to 80 in los altos, morning and southbound on the peninsula and low-to-mid 70's along the coast

and into downtown south san francisco and sausalito we will flirt with the mid-70's and 78 in petaluma, and san rafael, and near 80 for the rest of the north bay valley and mid-to-upper 60's along the north bay coast and 70's 75 in richmond and 78 in oakland and 8 on in castro valley and east bay will be in the upper 70's for near 80. tonight, a lot like this morning with a few 30's possible in the mortage bay valley and a lot of upper 50's h -- upper 40's to mid-50's. cooler tomorrow and a bump up on friday and saturday. more cooling for sunday, monday, and tuesday. kristen and eric? >> seven things to know as you start your day. >> they have become a huge hit. how the bay bridge's twinkleing light show will pull an all-night we. all-night we. >> a new book is a

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the bay bridge toll plaza is not too bad. three, 1,600 act >> pleasanton hill home and two cars were destroyed in a fire with flames growing quickly setting off explosions and bringing down power lines on dove court. crews are still on the scene right now. five, congress is running out of time to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling or risk a treasury default. both the house of representatives and senate adjourned without a deal to avoid default. there is optimism this a temporary senate plan could be approved. >> police arrested a worker at lax in connection with dry ice explosions, a 2-year-old supervisor at the airport. our colleague tells us that the

suspect was nervous about a merger. >> seven, our above average warmth is tempered a little bit today. i will tell you how long it will last in the seven-day outlook. >> there is a new steve jobs biography coming out that presents the leader in a different light authored by his first gill and -- girlfriend and mother of his first child with an unflattering look. she says that "i experienced what it was like to have him turn against me," and it was at this time i began to perceive that awesome and awful could be a hair's breath apart. they did nut part on good terms he abandon her after learn she was pregnant and denied he was the father. >> as we are into fall the nights are longer and so are the hours for the bay lights. november 1, the ever chaining

light show on the bay bridge on the western span will be from sunset until such rise. try now it ends at 2:00 a.m. and the $8 million project debuted in march and will continue through march of 2015. >> the morning news continues at 5:30 with the top stories. a preschool teacher is accused of inappropriately touching a girl and the action the school says it took to protect other youngsters. >> covered california, the state insurance exchange day butted to strong interest two weeks ago and we tell you if it

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"groundhog day." for three days you have gone to bet with the threat and woke up to no strike but, also, in deal. abc7 news reporter matt keller, begins coverage in oakland where talks will resume. matt? >> another day. same situation. the federal mediator says progress is being made. still there is no deal. the good news for riders, the trains are running today. the federal mediator announced there would be no strike at 10:20. the unions both commented on the frustration for workers and rider because of the late notice. negotiators are also facing long days at the bargaining table. talks did not end until 1:00 o'clock a.m. after negotiations lasted until 5:30 in the morning the day before. >> it is late. people have to have fresh minds to go over the proposals. >> trains are running. we will keep at it.

>> bart's only statement was comments from cohen. the unions are more vocal. the negotiator said they were "encouraged" by the progress. talks are scheduled to resume this morning. starting at 10:00 a.m. they will resume. >> thank you, matt. no bart strike. we will see how the traffic is moving. leyla gulen? >> no bart strike. we have 40 trains running on time. we do have a brand new problem trafficking along outbound 101 we have a solo vehicle spinout on the shoulder. the app looks like it is possibly not blocking any lanes. that is good news from south santa rosa it will not take too long about 50 minutes from santa rosa into san francisco. we will go outside and look at the walnut creek commute headed in the southbound direction from pleasanton hill toward highway

24 we can see where it bunches up at the junction and that is looking like a slower drive northbound has construction from monument to highway 242 and that will last for another 30 minutes . mike nicco? >> live doppler 7 hd shows no radar returns and temperatures in the 40's and 50's. a big spread today. high clouds and sunshine and the william passes to the east chipping away at our temperatures but well above average. san mateo and richmond, upper 60's for san rafael, concord, fremont, palo alto, san jose, and 80's today in santa rosa, napa, fairfield, antioch and livermore. enjoy. >> thank you very much. breaking news from the east bay, fire crews are on the scene of a large blaze that set off explosions in a pleasanton hill neighborhood growing fast

engulfing a home and triggering explosions. neighbors heard several loud "booms." the homes and cars are destroyed on dove court. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is gathering information and joins for a report at the top of the hour. >> trains are running but commuters did not fine out until last night. some did not find out until this morning. frustrations are growing. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield, continues. >> the timing was better, after 10:00 last night which is better than 1:00 o'clock a.m. announcement the day before. but, still, rider are frustrated and are leasing sleep keeping up with the negotiations. they are pretty stressed out. this is the fourth weekday they had to worry about whether they will have trains to get them to work and they do have trains

this morning, bart is running but riders are still frustrated. >> obnoxious not knowing what i am going to be doing in the morning and whether i drive in or wake up earlily to drive in or take bart. >> i help they don't strike and i help bart gets everything straightened out. there are a lot of people that don't have rides. it makes it tough if everyone. >> we have met many people who do not have any other option than bart and they do not know how they would get to work. bart has buses on stand by to shuttle people from the east bay to the city if there is a strike but for those who travel around in the east bay there are not many options, they do not have butts for those people. the hope is there will not be a strike but although it does keep getting postponed, we are not finding a lost confidence among riders. a woman told us she still thinks that there will be a strike but maybe not until next week.

>> thank you, amy. we have a list of resources at abc7 news.com and you can down slowed the waze traffic app to navigate the traffic. follow breaking news developments on twitter, as well. >> more transit trouble, the governor is considering a request by a.c. transit officials to impose a 60-day cooling-off period. by midnight tonight, 1,huff -- 1,600 bus drivers could walk off without a deal. the governor has been asked to delay the strike because there could be a simultaneous bart strike possible. transit workers voted down two contract office over pay and health care costs. >> commuters who would be particularly hard hit if a transit worker strike are those where gas abilities. the independent living resource center of san francisco will hold a rally at the transbay

terminal to highlight how much people with disabilities rely open bart and a.c. transit. an employee says the bart strike in july was devastating for many people who are disabled. >> state authorities confirm a pre-school teacher in fremont inappropriately touched a child and the state has cited the preschool. this happened on mission boulevard in august. a male staff member touched a child inappropriately during nap time. the child services said he admitted to rubbing her stomach and moving his hand too far down her body. parents gathered last night to ask questions of the incident. a spokesperson said this the school immediately took action when they received the complaint. >> we reached out to the lengthing. we immediately reloved the teacher from the situation. that teacher was terminated. the police department was brought in to conduct an investigation and it was con in

a timely manner. >> the preschool will inform parents of the report for the next 12 more and the employee was not charged. >> a san francisco man who was called the poster boy of crime in the city has been implicated in an august killing. the 36-year-old wilson is charged with killing after a shooting in the sunnyvale housing complex august 23. police did not release the details of what led to the arrest. in 2004 ill son was a suspect in a 1999 killing of a 2-year-old man in the bayview but there wasn't enoughest for the d.a. to file charges. wilson is scheduled to be arraigned for the murder later on today. >> new numbers released by the new online health insurance exchange show the program is getting a lot of consumer attention. last week, the website logged more than 600,000 visits more than 45,000 called into the service centers. it allows you to compare map by

coverage and see if you are eligible for subsidies. 934,000 applications have been started by consumers looking to buy in. if you would like to check it out, we posted a link on our website. >> if you are just joining, no bart strike. trains are rolling. how is traffic? >> we have 50 trains that are running on time. we do have construction. it is slowing things down. as we look at northbound 680 we have lanes blocked to mission boulevard. mission boulevard there is a bunching up of traffic at 23 miles per hour as folks try to get back over to 680. it is looking clear on 680. as we take it over to berkeley i-80, it is wide open and 1 miles per hour with the traffic coming away from albany and into the maze it hasn't build up.

as you start to get toward the toll plaza you could see extra cars but it is everyonely. here is a picture of your san rafael commute, southbound 101 and it is building a little bit and an early crash southbound 101, that has cleared. >> good morning, everyone, we will look at the temperatures, quite a bit of microclimates at 43 at palo alto and 47 in foster city. san mateo is 51, and hills around belmont at 59. at half moon bay, crossing to the coat, most of the cool weather in the north bay you would expect low-to-mid 40's and 49 in los gatos and the rest of us in the 50's and that is how it will be through 7:00. next 12 hours, we have high clouds rolling in as the system rolls to the east, and we will be near 70. at 4:00, it will be 80 and 76 around the bay and stars will be

seep tonight and the skies are clear. the next three days the minimum cooling will continue tomorrow but they will gain it right back for friday and saturday with temperatures well would average and dry start to the weekend and we will look at the seven-day forecast and see how of locker -- longer that will last. >> tragic story coming up, a florida sheriff takes on cyberbullying after a 12-year-old girl commits suicide. ly message for parents. >> pg&e will work in the neighborhood devastated by a deadly explosion with a warning to neighbors. first, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can drive. that is an option. you can cross the bay by bart trains. continuing coverage

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>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, it is 5:43 on this end morning with a look at the eastern span of the bay bridge where traffic is starting to build headed into the city. the good news this morning is there is no bart strike threat

or no strike, but the threat is there as there is no deal. negotiators will resume talking at 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> we have been asking you to tell us how you feel about the bart gas. shear a video posted on instagram. >> dear bart, i am a local resident and uc berkeley student and commuter. if bart shuts i will miss my first day of internship if san francisco. the bay area urges you to meese come to an agreement as soon as possible. thank you. >> you, too, can post videos on twitter by using the hashtag "dear bart." or to facebook page. >> in philippines, the death toll from the 7.2 earthquake has risen to 144. officials say 300 others are injured. the central island which is a popular tourist area was hardest hit with widespread damage to

houses and historic churches. all towns impacted have been reached but landslides and damaged bridges are slowing down road travel. >> a florida sheriff is talking tough and taking a tough stand on teen bullying after a 12-year-old girl took her own life. the polk county sheriff is chargeing a 14 and 12-year-old for felony aggravated stalking. the germs charged as juveniles terrorized the 12-year-old rebecca who committed suicide with relentless abuse poured in, in person and online and the sheriff says he is shocked that no parent stepped in to put a stop to it. >> you do not discipline your children and if it rises to the level of a violation of law, don't worry, we will discipline them for you. >> the family of one of the accused girls says they believe she is innocent of the charges and her facebook profile used

to send the messages was hacked. >> officials in connecticut have laid out a plan to prevent anyone from exploiting the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school. 20 children and six adults were killed in the fall by armed gunman. the buildings are demolished next week and officials say all materials must be pull veryized and all metal melted. contractors must sign confidentiality agreements and hire guards to prevent looting. >> a social's gesture brought warriors to tears and now the photo is viral. a wounded army ranger salutes from his hospital bed moments after he came out of surgery. he is a corporal and was wound when a suicide bomber targeted his unit in afghanistan. four other rangers were killed. he saluted when the commander awards him the purple heart. a doctor tried to get him to resolutionly bandaged arm but it

was a losing battle because he is a ranger. >> pg&e says they will vent natural gas in the same neighborhood devastated by a deadly explosion that claimed eight lives three years ago. crews will, would on a gas pipeline in the city's crest mo neighborhood. pg&e is warning there could be a gas odor during the venting process. crews expect to start at 10:00 a.m. and finish around 1:00 o'clock p.m. >> a look at the roads. leyla gulen? >> happy hump day. as we take a look we have a couple of problems out there and one is a solo vehicle spinout and that has been taken off the freeway and now we have a stalled pickup truck northbound 880 up to the maze and that is blocking one lane. so far it does not appear to be causing delays and now we see a little bit of volume building westbound along 80 as we go over

to the bay bridge. speaking of which, we will look if the toll plaza where the cash-paying lanes are starting to load up as you are traveling and moving at top speeds. from emeryville you can see the traffic is building as you make it over to the i'll and it is still moving, with no slow downs expected into san francisco. there is a warm-up in our forecast, a top down kind of a day. do you have the convertible out? >> you have one? >> no, i don't. >> one can dream. >> my wife has wanted one for decades the when the kids move out. finally. another decade. here we go, wins are light this morning on live doppler 7 hd. three miles at fairfield and oakland and hayward. everyone else, it is calm. high pressure is dominating. it will lose its grip a little

today but here is downtown san francisco to the lights of the east bay hills. high clouds and sunshine. high pressure loses its grip with a storm system that will slide through the sierra and chip away at the warmth and bring the high clouds. minimal cooling. sunshine and warp and dry weather will return for the weekend. we are not talking about a big drop only one to five degrees temperatures above average. here is the short wave, a very small fast moving system with limited moisture and most of the moisture is in montana headed to the southeast and it will stay away from us and it is pushing the low pressure far enough away that the offshore flow relaxes today and that is why temperatures drop a little bit and mid-to-upper 70's for most of the south bay and deeper in los gatos and gilroy and 88 and 81 temperatures with 74 in millbrae and up to 80 in los gatos and low-to-mid 70's along the coast and daly city and

colma at 72, mid-70's downtown and sausalito around 74 or 75 degrees. san rafael and petaluma at 78 and everyone else around 80 in our north bay valley and 6 at bodega bay the cool spot, and mid-to-upper 70's along the east bay shore and upper 70's in richmond is the only one at 75, and castro valley is near 80. tonight, look at this, almost the same as this morning. chilly inland with low-to-mid 40's in our deepest valleys and the rest of us in the 40's the to mid-50's. the seven-day outlook shows a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow, as the system moves to the east and you can see warmer weather coming in for friday, saturday, and sunday. and another cooling trend monday and tuesday but dry. >> thank you, mike. >> the rope america's love affair with diet soda could be over. >> a northern california mother

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at a new exhibit opening soon at technical museum of inknow vacation in san jose. darth vader is ready to greet visitors at the new exhibit star wars where science meets the imagination. >> the films produced the traveling display featuring 70 costumes and props and other items used in the star wars films. the exhibit is designed to get kids excited about science. it opens saturday and republicans until -- runs until february. >> may the force be with commuters. >> we have clear conditions. one problem is the oakland maze up to i-80 with a stalled pickup blocking one lane but there is plenty of greenen at nimitz so it is not a problem. getting to the bay bridge toll plaza that is where traffic is loaded up. in the cash-paying lanes, and other than that, not too bad. not too great on 580, headed

westbound from tracy to dublin is 4 minutes. highway 4, is 24 minutes to make the drive in the westbound direction from antioch to concord and 101 is clear, southbound, and 280, away from 17, and san jose, a few extra cars and it looks like everyone is moving decently and we have 45 bart trains running on time. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will talk about what is going on looking how clean the air is over san francisco and the bay, 24 our temperature change talking about minor cooling and one to five degrees cooler and we are still in the 70's to near 80 degrees so you have an idea of how warm it was yesterday. around the state, you can see the next system coming in right new where high clouds headed to crescent city and eureka, those are the high clouds i talked about. 64 in tahoe, 73 in yosemite national park and low-to-mid 80's sacramento, fresno, los angeles, 87 in palm springs, and

around carmel and monterey, enjoy the sunshine and 74. >> america's love affair with diet soda could be over with the biggest soft drink companies reporting a drop if sales. in a conference call with financial analysts year, coca-cola officials say sales of diet coke fell 3 percent last year. diet pepsi sells drop dropped 6 percent over the worries of health effects of artificial sweetner but, still, diet coke is the second most popular soda in the country. >> sacramento mom is defending herself for being fit after facebook photo created an uproar. she posted this foe to in a sports bra and workout shirts with her three young sons "what's your excuse," is the caption receiving 15,000 comments many claiming they is trying to shame overweight

mothers. show says her intention is to inspire others and says she works full time, has no nanny and manages to exercise five to six hours a week. the same photo has gotten 180,000 "likes." >> no bat strike. still no tell. what is next for the two sides as the commuters await an agreement. >> car explosions and a hour fire and downtowned power lines. we are on the scene at the normally quiet community. >> looking to the bay bridge, things are moving along okay and not much trouble this morning. bart trains

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continues. the major players in the contract talks leave negotiations after another marathon session. trains are running but there is still no deal. good morning, thanks positive joining us. >> basketball unions announced after 10:00 that the trains would be running this morning. negotiations lasted until 1:00 o'clock a.m. and will resume in a few hours. abc7 news matt keller is in oakland. is there reason for optimism? >> they are still talking. a lot of people are feeling deja vu. negotiations are still ongoing but no strike as negotiations ended overnight. they are promising to come back to the table later today. birth's only statement was comments from federal mediator george cohen announcing progress was being made and trains will run today. the unions have been more vocal