with a few clouds rolling in and cooler temperatures this morning. this afternoon, we are going to see increasing clouds with temperatures close to average. it will be drive 68 to 54. that is inland the around the bay it is the same 57 to 63. we will talk about when the rain arrives and how many chances we will get from the system. here is the news. >> thank you, mike. happening right now the bay area's first ever monday morning commute with a brand new bore in the caldecott tunnel opening to traffic over the weekend after three years construction work. amy hollyfield is near the tunnel with the story. amy? the people are coming from the new tunnel at full speed headed

to san francisco. on the right side, the people headed into the east bay, those drivers will be very happy this morning with two bores rather than the usual one. here is video from the moment over the weekend, the fourth bore opened saturday morning. first expansion from the caldecott tunnel since 1964. many drivers would say it is overdue. the 160,000 cars that travel through the tunnel each day are happy. they have been switching which bores were open for which direction of traffic in response to the demand but now on they have two bores on in both directions. this is a $417 million traffic project. today, the commute will test it out for the first time.

the bart board will meet over what bart call as mistake in the new labor contract. the board says the error gives union members more paid family leave than negotiated. the union members have voted to approve the deal that ended a bitter strike last month. officials originally rejected the provision which gives union members more paid medical leave by somehow it ended up in the final contract signed by both sides. the union says bart should honor the contract. >> happening now the search continues for victims missing after a string of tornadoes pounded the midwest. six people are dead and the hardest hit states are trying to get a handle on the damage. the storms now are headed for the mid-atlantic states. >> severe storms caused havoc in the midwest killing six people and injured dozens. the fast-moving system delivering severe door made --

severe tornadoes and rain and down power lines. illinois took the brunt of the storm. entire towns were decimated by tornadoes. a man looking at the twitter barreling through him recites the lord's prayer. >> in illinois these storm chasers witnessed the destruction as it happened. in town after town, residents say the we storms struck at lightning speed. >> it was gone in three or four minutes. you can see what it has done. everything is demolished. >> we went straight to the creek. we ran as fast as we could the tornado was behind us. we ran to the creek. >> in chicagoan unbelievable sight 60,000 fans rushing to the concourse on soldier's field as a dangerous storm surrounded the stadium. >> the game will be temporarily

suspended. >> parts of indiana took a direct hit. there are reports of storm damage in at at least 12 counties and the storm town of lebanon this starbucks was destroyed. >> all we could hear was glass shattering. we came out, the building was gone. >> the stormed slammed through the upper midwest making its way into the mid-atlantic states. >> this image of a cloud in central illinois was posted on twitter with the storm hitting a town of pekin where it is confirmed a tornado touched down. several homes were leveled bit twister. tornado watches were posted in seven states. >> aair travel is back to normal after flights were delayed by the storms. at sfo passengers gathered luggage after a united flight from chicago arrived seven hours late. the original plane was damaged in the storm. mechanics tried to fix it but the airline brought in another

plane. >> they came in and calmly said there was damage to the rudder. it did not break off but they said there was damage to the rudder. >> the rudder? >> flights arriving from chicago were delayed most of the day and were back on schedule last night. >> overseas, in parts of the philippines hit by typhoon haiyan markets and gas stations are slowly re-opening as aid flows in. at the airport, part of the hardest hit areas, water and rice is ready for distribution. teams are loading debris on the strucks from around the world with teams arriving to help. >> you can make donations to the red cross relief fund through a live hotline starting at 1:00 o'clock this morning and ends at 11:35 this evening. we hope you can contribute. we will have details when the

fundraiser begins. >> violent weekend in san jose with three fatal shootings since friday including one involving an officer. neighbors say though heard yelling followed by gunshots on sunday morning from a house on golden lane drive. a man was shot once and pronounced dead. friday night a man was found shot in the head in a pickup truck at a strip mall parking lot. santa clara county sheriff say a deputy shot and killed a woman wielding a knife. san francisco police are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead and another critically injured. it happened early yesterday morning near 6th street. police say it started with a fight and this was a large crowd of people leashing a nightclub. >> the university of california has reached a tentative contract agreement with the union nurses,

a four year deal with annual pay raises of 4 percent. the contract still has to be approved by the 13,000 nurses who belong to the california nurses association. we because of the deal the nurses have agreed not to participate in a one day walk out scheduled for wednesday. however, patient care workers and custodians still plan to protest over what they call "unsafe staffing levels." >> it was a warm and sunny weekend. mike? >> get ready for rain but it will not get much cooler with the system from the west. only this morning is it going to be cool. you can see met of us from two to 11 degrees cooler than yesterday. when you step outside here is what to dress for headed into san francisco. 46 in forest hill and 49 downtown and portrero hill is 53 and everyone else is 50 to 51. it is cooler elsewhere, santa clara is 41 degrees and 412 in

saratoga. palo alto is 40. pleasanton is 53 and american canyon is coolest at 37. 38 in petaluma. here is what will happen. we will see an increase in clouds. reasonable the brightest time of the day is around sunrise and the high clouds increase and they get thicker and lower in the afternoon. because the winds will be from a mile, we will hit the upper 50 to lower 60's in many areas. tonight, after midnight, rains will move into the north bay and spread south across the rest of the neighborhood and tomorrow morning many of us could be driving on slick streets in the seven-day forecast. >> we are looking at video shot early this morning a fatality, a fatal crash that occurred in oakland southbound 880 at 5th. this is a mangled mess. two people lost their lives in the accident and it is going to

be causing certainly some slowing for the commute. i will show you the impact from ten minutes before 1:00 o'clock. it is still blocking all but one lane. if you need to make your drive through oakland in the southbound direction, it is going to be slow. you can use embarcadero or 7th street instead but nine miles per hour is the top speed and we have backups away from 980 so northbound traffic is not going to be affected. as we take you over to the altamont pass we have construction and that will be blocking lanes until 9:00 and eastbound 580 between north flynn and greenville, a look outside at walnut creek away from highway 4 to the 24 junction it is quiet and traffic is running smoothly. >> 4:39. nasa will launch another mission to mars and engineers will cheer. >> they are marketed as a safe way to kick the habit but

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covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all bay area. visitors in italy are getting quite the show with mount etna shooting fire and ash into the night sky over sicily. several villages are in the area but evacuations are not ordered yet. >> engineers and scientists at uc berkeley are excited for the start of nasa's latest mission to mars. the spacecraft will be launched from florida with the window opening at 10:30 our time. more than half of the instruments were built at the space science laboratory at cal.

it will hope figure out why mars lost its atmosphere. they believe the planet may have had oceans, rivers and an atmosphere similar to earth. the information could give us clues about our planet's future. >> tonight, the palo alto city council will take the first step next expanding the outdoor smoking ban. four members of the city council want to extend the ban to downtown and california and university new business districts. the proposal eliminates pockets where smoking is permits under an ordinance that took affect october 9 and make the existing ban easier to enforce. the city council meets tone at 6:30 to introduce the measure. >> electronic cigarettes could be the latest tool to help smokers kick the habit, but is it safe? the sale is largely unregulated but as we explain, that could change. >> dorothy described her sell as a part time smoker, but that is not a tobacco cigarette it is an

electronic cigarette. you get a nicotine buzz from a vapor without the tobacco found in traditional cigarettes. it is the latest in nicotine replacement products joining the patch and gum. but they are much cheaper because they are unregulated and can be sold and advertised anywhere. >> lastee, americans spent $500 million on e cigarettes, a small fraction of what they spent on traditional tobacco cigarettes but analysts say the number will triple this year at $1.7 billion in sales. dorothy says she and her success did extensive research. >> we think the harm is less than with a traditional cigarette. however, obviously, there is still risk. >> doctors say the risk could be unknown chemicals in the unregulated products. antifreeze turned up in one test. the f.d.a. will issue regulations soon and if they classify e cigarettes in the same category as tobacco it could mean users will pay significantly higher taxes.

there is little second hand risk. >> by the time it is in someone's lungs and come out it will be vapor and the amount you inhale next to someone is minimal. >> doctors say until e cigarettes are regulated go with the product that is sold behind the counter at a pharmacy, not on the counter at a convenience store. >> in over twelve hours from now someone could loss nearly 500,000, five months ago someone bought a winning powerball ticket in los angeles but no one has claimed the rise and it expires at 5:00 p.m. this evening. if no one comes forward the $46 $465,000 goes to a fund for california schools. the clock is ticking. >> time to look at the traffic. the bad situation is the fatal on 880. >> jarring images taken early

this morning, a scene of a faith accident on 880. two people died when a car speeding hit and careened into a big rig. it hit another vehicle head on. two people died. there are major delays in our traffic. we will go to our map and show you what is happening. this is right around fifth street southbound 880 we have all but one lane shut down and that is causing delays coming away from 980 and the red is indicating bumper-to-bumper truck. elsewhere in the bay it is looking clear, tracy from dublin, over the altamont pass, 26 minutes gets you there and from antioch to conquer, it is 15 minutes. 101 southbound out of san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes. we have the possibility of fog

in santa rosa so if you are traveling 101 you may want to use the low beams and not the high beams. it will be treacherous through oklahoma because of the early accident. northbound is not causing any delays. the golden gate bridge shows in sausalito and toward san francisco it is wide open and clear. we are not seeing fog. good morning, mike. can you tell us about the fog. >> the fog is developing around santa rosa and napa dropping to. visibility. we will have a mild flow so we will be the same as yesterday at 59 in milpitas and 63 in los gatos the warm spot and in the

santa clara valley 64 in gilroy and increasing clouds along the peninsula from 60 at los gatos. upper 50's along the coast and daly city is 56. we will flirt with 60 downtown and south san francisco and 58 in petaluma and a lost near 60 degree temperatures in the north bay with mid-to-upper 50's at the beaches and low-to-mid 60's into the another bay valley. tonight the temperatures are very mild compared to this morning with a lot of mid-40's to mid-50's and starting to see green and yellow show up in the overnight hours in the north bay and you will get the wet weather. the system is coming in, in two pieces. we will have a good chance of significant rain. the rain arrives in the north bay tonight. here you go, 3:00 this afternoon it is cloudy with the high clouds and rain coming into the north bay at 1:00 o'clock in the morning and best chance of rain

from san francisco and oakland north through 7:00 tomorrow morning and well fine the slickest streets and the rest of us could have drizzle. it will not take into the better part of the afternoon hours and you can see 1:00 o'clock the steady and heavy rain in the north bay and in the evening that is when the steady heavy rain takes over the entire bay area and hacks around wednesday and showers by wednesday afternoon. thursday, a small chance of a shower in the only and you can see it gets warm again with plenty of sunshine next weekend but tuesday and wednesday is going to fun days to get around because we have not had rain since september 21. >> a special nfl investigator looking into the harassment case involving jonathan martin and incognito will meet with members today. >> the visit by the nfl attorney is after martin spent seven

hours talking about the claims of harassment. there will be several days of questioning of the dolphins of the case that led to the stanford graduate leaving the team and the suspension of incognito. >> the toronto city council will strip the mayor of his remaining powers tonight after an admission to crack cocaine use and repeated erratic behavior have fueled controversy. the city council cannot remove him from office unless he is convicted of a crime. ford says he is not resigning and plans to seek re-election. >> coming up, protecting wildlife in the bay area. an effort to learn more about mountain lions in the east bay by getting up close and personal. >> if you think one person cannot make a difference, a

heavier traffic than usual is expected in san francisco today because of a major tech conference. look at this video of the 18 hour inflation of the tent at the mascone center. 120,000 people are expected to attend the technology convention. other events include a concert on tuesday and a fundraiser for children's hospital oakland with dream force wrapping up on thursday. >> a little boy in the south bay who wanted to help typhoon victims came up with a sweet idea organizing two neighborhood bake seals with money raised going to help typhoon haiyan victims with treats donated by neighbors bringing in $900 and the parents matched the amount with a total of $1,815 going to the international rescue committee.

>> we will see how nice the weather will be. >> we will show you the clouds increasing, with clouds north of los angeles and san diego and palm strings where we will fine the most sunshine. 71 in fresno. and low-to-mid 60's from monterey, sacramento, chico, increasing clouds and temperatures where they should be in tahoe and 53 degrees. the system is bringing us rain and we will bring them high elevations, with snow coming in from the west with not a lot of cold air. we will give you an idea how much to expect the next hour or so when we get around to that forecast. leyla gulen? how is the traffic? >> we have a fatal accident in oakland and that is going to be a sig-alert until further notice, southbound 880 between 5 the avenue and 10th we are expensing heavy delays and with have backups away from 980 overnight and it was involving

two people who died because of the accident. as we pull out in the nobody direction we have top speeds and from castro valley over to 238 and you have to grab the nimitz, it is not a problem, 680 southbound from walnut creek to dublin, 15 minutes and 101 is clear into san francisco and northbound 17 is not a problem but southbound at the summit we have a report of one lane taken away due to a hazard. kristen and eric? >> thank you very much, at 4:55. oaklandly teens, some as young as 13 are recovering from alcohol poisoning. the police say a group of five girls ages 13 to 15 drank a bottle of vodka at a local part and returned to a girl's home but the parents were not there. a teen passed out and the others called an adult. they took three girls to a local hospital. they will be okay and police are now looking into how the children got the vodka.

>> kaiser permanente's pediatric inpatient facility is now closed phonily. young patients will now have to go to oakland medical center. the hayward medical offices will remain open but it did not make economic sense to keep the pediatric facility open. >> in the east bay there is a plan to co-exist with mountain lions involving cashing them. dozens of people attended a meeting in livermore to learn more of the plan. this week, scientists will attempt to track the cats, take d.n.a. samples and tag them to see how they relate to each other and items. sightings have been rare. [ inaudible ] >> if we have a sighting we are incredibly fortune. the cat is elusive. >> researchers hope to tag a dozen mountain lion next 12

months. >> sales of play station 4 are roof to a record start. sony sold a million units in the first 24 hours after they launched in the united states and canada. that is the strong of the launch ever for a gaming console. the launch has not been trouble free. a number of consoles have been dead on arrival with online reviewers calling the balloon ring of death and sony is not sure what is causing the problem but they have a troubleshooting guide to fix the problem or you can contact tech support on the web site with the link on our website at abc7news.com under "see it two." >> another tech giants plans are sparking controversy in the south bay community. we are live with the battle over netflix and their public to expand. >> tornadoes we tear across the midwest clearing six people and devastation neighbors in town after town are coping with this morning. >> the hearing today that could society the same for tighter state regulations over pg&e and

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abc7 news starts now with breaking news. >>the c.h.p. is on the scene of a double fatal crash in oakland. >> southbound interstate 880 near the high street exit is backed up and only the slow lane is on the c.h.p. says the driver of a bmw was speeding on northbound 880 before 1:00 o'clock and he hit a semi truck and went over the center divide and hit a monday s.u.v. head on. no word on the two that were killed were in the c