flames. in egypt nut one, two, but three explosions hours apart and the targets, the injuries and the turmoil. waiting for mavericks, two hours away from the start of the competition as the surfers take on monster waves. what a great day if that. >> thank's joining us. >> the storm to the west is bringing the monster waves in and some as tall as a five-story building. >> absolutely. what a rush! >> clouds are on the way from the south so quote have a colorful sunrise with temperatures in the low-to-mid 40's and at noon the clouds will be thicker. the breezes will blow and the fire threat goes around and low-to-mid 60's and enjoy a colorful sunset.

inland, low-to-mid 30 in most areas with high clouds at 7:00 and partly sunny at noon and 62 and the breezes taper and fire threat is offer by 4:00 at 57. 51 this evening as you head out. it is friday. a few low and high clouds working across the neighborhoods today and mid-40's now and low-to-mid 60's in the afternoon with a lighter breeze this afternoon at 52. >> friday morning commute hoping to be like of the. >> it has been light. we have had a couple of problems. one is vallejo and another problem closer to redwood city, we do have another overturned vehicle on highway 92. headed to half moon bay so we have a couple of things going on, southbound 101, we have reported a 55-gallon drum must have fallen off of a pickup truck and c.h.p. may have to do a break to clean it up. if vallejo, westbound 80 at magazine street, lane blocked

because of a solo accident and ahead we have a fire at a mole home park and amy hollyfield is headed out there. firefighters found a large marijuana grow at a home after flames were coming from the radio of the house. when the firefighters when inside they discovered the pot grow and investigators are on the scene trying to determine the cause of the fire. they are checking the home's electrical system to see if it has been tampered with. >> in the north bay we have talked about firefighters in san rafael contained a mar be fire that burned for a couple of hours near interstate 580 with this video showing what drives along westbound 580 saw north of the freeway. the drivers say they could see the flames from the richmond san

rafael bridge with no damage to any of the structures nearby and no cause. we will monitor the story. >> from egypt, three bombs exploded in and around the capital on the eve of the third anniversary of the start of egypt's uprising that toppled mubarak. two of the blasts killed five people and wounded dozens. one blast ripped through the city's maniplies headquarters and wrecked a museum of islamic artifacts. updates on breaking news and twitter following us on twitter@abc7news news bay area. the best big wave surfing are ready to suit up for the most exciting and dangerous events starting in two hours for the first heat. katie marzullo is at the harbor near half moon bay. >> the clock is ticking. two hours away. the first heat is at 8:00 a.m.

and i am nervous, i don't know why. there are nerves in the air but the excitement is building. the swells are building. we will see images like this, video from years' past of the maverick competition with 24 big wave surfers from around the world and include the bay area competing in six heats and the finals will start around 1:30 this afternoon and the waves forecasted to have 40' to 50' face. surfers arrived yesterday and we talked to jamie of hawaii, who is happy to be in the first heated. >> i am in the boat watching. my nerves are more intense and i am more nervous watching. this is a nice way and the winds will be lighter at the start of the morning. >> if we can come out here you will see the surfers headed down

the pier catching the boats and heading into the water when the competition is underway. it is a dangerous competition and can be deadly and dangerous for spectators, as well with the cliffs and beaches closed at 6:00 a.m. and the coast guard will check all boats that head out today in the area of the ma mavericks and if you want to be most safe: watch it on tv, or a jumbo-tron an the festival at the hotel. you will be out of harm's way. in 2010 a dozen people were hurt swept off a cliff by a rogue wave. they take the dangers seriously out hire at maverick. thank you, katie. we will stream the maverick invitational light on our website at abc7 news.com and right there on home page.

>> oakland teen suspected killing his older sister in a fight over laundry is still on the run. the 17-year-old justice toliver was found in the laundry room of the apartment building yesterday afternoon. the family members gathered outsided building in shock. police say justice and her brother, mario, were arguing over the bleaching of his clothes. the father cannot believe it. >> i have been there since they came out of the womb and i never...i don't understand. i don't understand. the devil is working all the time. all the time. her family says justice was the mother of a three-year-old girl. >> today, california health officials will update flu activity in the state with 29 deaths related to the flu in the bay area this season. university students are back in class at bay area schools and officials are doing all they can

to keep from getting the flu. in hair, students who go to the health center are getting a cold and flu care packet with flu clinics and health workers have offered vaccines. uc berkeley is offering flu shots to every student coming back to campus if the spring semester. >> the state health insurance change is promising a better experience for customers. today, "sacramento bee" reports cover california are acknowledging the exchange has upset some customers because of long wait times and sluggish presidentance with the website. in some cases customers have waited on the phone for an hour and in or cases people were disconnected because they waited so long. cover california plans on hiring 350 new customer service agents do speed thing up. 625,000 have enrolled so far in the insurance exchange. >> new concerns in the race for governor in november among the

g.o.p. with republicans now worried that the governor brown may get a subject of support from their party. the "los angeles times" reports g.o.p. activists are afraid republican candidates will not get enough momentum which could have a domino effect on congressional races causing other g.o.p. candidates to lose. the former chairman of the state republican party tells "los angeles times" he is afraid where republicans will give up on the governor's race and throw their support behind brown. talking about mavericks, how will it go? >> the waves are building at 1 in monterey, and 9' in monterey, with breakers from 20' to 50' which would be very impressive. scary, too. still have a system churning over the pacific and it will be

deflected to the north but stirring the season. 23 and up to 30 so we will see the waves increase and peak headed to the later part of the morning and into the afternoon hours. the waves could be bigger in the final session. for half moon bay, a few clouds this morning and 47. we will see the mid-to-upper clouds at 10:00 and 56 and a few low clouds will come in as the breezes increase and a immediate 63 with clouds by 4:00. we will be warmer. calmer. brighter. through monday. mid-to-upper 60's at the coast and low 70's elsewhere. enjoy. >> we had a report of an active involving a pedestrian in santa clara at the intersection of homestead road and the expressway where we have a report of a car that hit a pedestrian with the fire department headed out there right now and we will let you

know the details. southbound 101 at san antonio road a pickup truck has lost a load of insulation and 55 gallon drum rolling around in the roadway is c.h.p. will have to come out there and do a traffic break to clean it up. mass transit, 47 bart trains on time and the corridor train 548 will not run because the bus service is put in place while they do track repairs between sacramento and oakland. >> new this morning, apple celebrates the 30th anniversary of the silicon valley classic. >> first, though, a texas family fights to take a brain dead pregnant woman off the machine keeping her alive and the reason the hospital says it cannot do that. >> planet hillary? a magazine cover featuring the former secretary of state is generating big

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covering dalai lama, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning at 6:14 a look at traffic on 680 through walnut creek, it is getting heavier and we will check with leyla gulen in a moment for the commute. >> happening today in texas attorneys if a ft. worth family ask a judge to allow a pregnant brain dead woman to be removed from the machine keeping her alive. the woman has been brain dead since november the her husband and parents asked the hospital to remove her from a haven't late but the hospital said no because she is new 22 weeks pregnant. officials say their happens are tied by a ten tax law that does not allow life support to be taken away from a pregnant paint^. how, the family says the fetus is an normal, deformed and possibly has a heart problem. she made it known she did not want to kept alive by machine. >> today is the 30th birthday

of the mac computer with a special bash at the computer history museum. this day in 1984 when hate apple co-founder steve jobs unveiled a mac follows the super bowl ad which teased the new computer. we spoke with current apple c.e.o. about the future of the company and the elements employees go to secretly >> employees can not tell their families at home what they are working on. >> you can see the entire interview on "good morning america" after hour newscast at 7:00 a.m. >> house speaker boehner is making it clear he has no intention of running for president. he appeared on the tonight show and asked if he thought of running and he said no because he likes to play golf and cut his own brass and the ohio republican and added he likes to

drink red wine and smoke cigarettes and he is not giving that up to be president of the united states he and president obama get along fine despite their political differences. now the hillary clinton magazine cover causing controversy the new "new york times" magazine has a cover "planet hillary," the disembody head her photoshopped interest billion go -- interestingly into a planet. reaction is mixed, including "bizarre," "confusing," "exciting." or "masterpiece." >> the gravity of the situation strikes me! >> good morning, everyone, at almost 6:17.

traffic is getting busy with a two car crash westbound 580 you can see how traffic is quite slow as you make your way over to vasco it stays slow and then it backs up again closer to the dublin interchange. headed over to santa clara, this is where we have an injury accident, an ambulance is headed out there right now and we could see the intersection blocked for a time with detours in place so try to avoid that area. from our camera, toward the bay bridge, it is looking like the traffic is moving fine but it is building a bit and you will get into the difficult in 12 minutes mike has the weather. >> good morning, we will tack about breezes that are blowing hard in the ocean land hills and mount tamalpais which is why the redding in warning and the high fire danger was extended yesterday to all of our areas above 1,000' through 1:00

o'clock today. that critical fire conditions will taper as we head into the afternoon. haze and humidity and more pollution, a lot morulation than -- a lot more pollution than yesterday so visibility is down to four miles in novato and livermore and eight at sfo. so far, not causing issues. in the south bay, upper 30's in santa theresa and cupertino and low 40's in san jose and santa clara and sunnyvale. mid-40's around alum rock. 49 in los gatos. we have a lot of 40's around the bay shore and alameda is 48. 42 in novato. 50 in san pablo. 35 in danville. now a look from sutro tower it is hard to see beyond downtown san francisco because of the extra haze in the air this morning and we will see an increase in clouds and call it partly cloudy and breezy through

the early afternoon with high fire danger and rough surf condition, warmer, brighter, calmer, and dry. accident in morgan hill, forward, napa, the warm spots and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 60's. the clouds will clear. it will be cool we, lower to upper 30's inland. low-to-mid 40's from san jose to the bay similar to the coast and san francisco is mild at 48. the area of low pressure is backing its way across the bay area and in the money levels with -- in the mid-to-upper levels with no moisture. the clouds are increasing today and the evening. the seven-day forecast shows remain wither weather this weekend, but nothing like tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week when record highs are back in the forecast. have a great day. how about thoughts of winter and

skiing. >> if you are thinking of skipping the mavericks and head to the slopes, squall valley has 17 itch to 20 itch base and alpine meadows, also, 17" to 20" , and to get to all of these areas you are looking at an average of three hours to 3 1/2 hours to get to the skiry sorts along i-80 and highway 50. at ski tahoe 10" to 20" and 3 1/2 hours to get to mount rose. have a great welcome, everyone. kristen sze and eric? >> a face familiar to abc7 news viewers is opening up about her personal struggles. at 6:30, what a news anchor is

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>> good morning at 6:23 on friday. the cars headed into san francisco,ing fine. no problems. we will check with leyla gulen to see if there are other problem spots but, first, we will check with what is on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> good morning, eric, coming up open "good morning america" white out conditions causing a deadly pileup on indiana enter state and 40 vetoes involved in the accident with three people killed and 20 injured. we have the latest on what and where bitter winter weather is headed next on "good morning america" next. >> sfo officials give the media the first look at the through boarding area inside terminal 3. this is an art it's rendering, and tomorrow is community day so the public can explore the area head of the official grand opening. entertainment and activities are planned.

you need a ticket. they are free. for a link to the site go to our website on abc7 news. >> you do not need an airplane tick set what i meant to say. >> super cross comes to the oakland coliseum. riders practiced yesterday. but that is risky. one was tossed off the bicycle during practice. he wasn't hurt. another bicyclist injured his risk when he went over the handle bars and that could keep him out of the race. getting injured is part of the job. >> the seven -- search for a home for an injured puppy found dyed pink and abandoned with a broken leg in palo alto last week but the peninsula s purchase ca got 100 cars for -- 100 calls for a foster home.

they found a home but there are 30 other chihuahuas that need to be adopted. >> there are new detail on the death of a bart police officer as investigators try to determine what went wrong. >> a doubling wide trailer has been destroyed by fire in vallejo at an apartment complex that was threatened. we have the latest in a report. i am leyla gulen with an accident in vallejo on i-80 in the clearing stages. the san mateo bring shows traffic building but we have a problem in santa clara where a car hit a

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news, the big day we have been waiting for, just 90 minutes away from the start of the maverick big wave competition coming at 6:45 with katie marzullo giving a review. we will find out how the forecast looks if everyone going to see the surfers and the surfers, themselves. thanks for joining us at 6:29. mike? >> we will look at what is going on. we on the roof with high clouds coming in from the south and that is the trend through the morning with more humidity and more haze this morning because of the extra air pollution. bodega and monterey are 9' and 10' waves and ending up at 20' to 50' waves. >> only a few low clouds this

morning and high clouds coming in and mid-50's at 10:00 and the afternoon at 1:30 and 1:00 o'clock, breezy and 64 and mild and 63 at 4:00. from emeryville this morning, traffic look looks slow. 34 to 48 this morning with a few clouds and we will be cloudy during the lunch with low 60's and partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening hours and low-to-mid 60's. leyla gulen? >> as we take you to santa clara we have a report of an accident involving a pedestrian. this is at the intersection of the expressway with the fire department headed out there. it sounds like minor injuries are involved and not a major accident. hopefully everyone is okay. westbound 580, we have an accident first reported at vasco

but one lane is still mced with delays. it will take 3 minutes from tracy to dublin so traffic is lighter and heavier on 101 season from san rafael to san francisco. eric and kristen? breaking news from vallejo, firefighters are at the scene of a mobile home fire that threatened an apartment complex. amy hollyfield joins us and just arrived at the scene. >> this was a double-wide trailer and now it is gone, the fire will spread to the trees hype it and look next door, the home next to it also has severe damage. it is still standing but just barely. there were three people living inside the next door home and they get out okay with still pictures of the fire. you can see how huge it was. firefighters were told the double wide was empty for the year but the transients had been seen sleeping here and that is

part of their investigation to see if that is possibly what caused this. they got the call at 5:10 and when to a second alarm because this is an apartment complex behind it and we take our picture with the camera focused on the apartment complex, a big one, and they were worried because the embers were blowing that way and they knocked on the doors and got people aware of what was beginning on and did not evacuate because they got the fire knocked down so no one was hurt. a lost damage was done. however, the woman next door says she is feeling grateful everyone is okay and although her home is damaged she thank them because she was happy her mother's jewelry was sinned and -- saved and not damaged. firefighters are mopping out to trying out the cause of the fire. an update from breaking news from the north bay, a marsh fire

in san rafael showing what drivers along i-580 saw north of freeway at shoreline parkway. drivers could so the names from the bridge with firefighters from san rafael on scene with no structures threatened but it is putting up a lost spoke in the area with no cause determined but we will monitor the story throughout the morning. >> five people have been killed if a string of explosions in cairo as egypt prepares to mark the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted long time leader mubarak. a car bomb targeted police headquarters killed four and injured scores of others. a republican foe separated art museum was badly damaged and another died and eight wounded in a blast targeting police vehicles near a metro station a third blast targeting a police station near the pyramids did not cause any casualty. >> hercules police are asking

for the public help to find the man who hit a 70-year-old while crossing the street. the driver took 50 shortly after and it was all captured on camera. you are look at video from a bus that captured victim walking in the crosswalk on willow avenue before he gets hit by a dark colored s.u.v. the vehicle stopped and moves forward and knock, him out of the frail. >> the driver get out, looked at the victim and a witness said, is he okay and the driver said he is breathing, got in the vehicle, backed up, drove around the victim and drove away. >> the suspect is caucasian man in his 40's at 6' 2" and balding. the elderly man suffered a serious head injury and now released from the hospital. >> new questions in the shooting death of a bart liver -- bart police officer involving cameras the officers wear.

during the bart shooting, they were not wearing their cameras or they did not turn them on. sergeant tom smith was the shooting victim and officer michael maes is identified as the officer who fired the shot while searching for stolen property in dublin on tuesday. yesterday at the board meeting the chief rainey confirmed two officers wearing cameras but the chief did not know if they were recording at the time. an autopsy confirms sergeant smith was killed by one bullet to the cleft and wearing a bullet-proof vest that passed through a gap in the vest. officials have fought revealed whether he fired by mistake or mistook smith for someone else. maes worked with smith on the oscar grant case. his attorney told abc7 news that his client is greening -- grieving and his heart goes out

to the smith family. >> a viewing is at 10:00 a.m. on wednesday at neighborhood church known as the three crosses church in castro valley. both are open to the public. bart has set up the tommy smith memorial fund to benefit his family at the wells fargo branch in san ramon. we have the address and account number posted at abc7 abc7news.. >> a hearing is underway in sacramento following a new report accusing caltran of trying to silence safety critics of the through eastern span of the bay bridge. an engineer and outside consultant say caltran's disregarded warnings a chinese company working on huge sections of the bridge was turning out welds with cracks. they were not not to put the concerns in writing and keep them from the public. caltran disputes the allegations. the state transportation hearing

is under way at 9:00. >> we back to the san mateo coast with a surfer frenzy ahead of the maverick competition. >> first though, the plan in a south bay city to turn surveillance cameras into the eyes for police. >> feast your eyes outside from the sutro tower camera shot of san francisco, a gorgeous morning. do we have more record heat ahead? we will talk to mike nicco and leyla gulen next

good friday morning where it is calmer and not so cold as yesterday 9 with high clouds and red-flag warning from the mexican border to medford, oregon, and the yellow is for blowing dust today. you can see the clouds increasing from the south keeping temperatures mild and low-to-mid upper 70's in son california and mid-60's in monterey and eureka and 57 in yosemite with clouds. lake tahoe shows a last cloud cover today but in snow. temperatures will hit near record levels by tuesday and wednesday in the upper 50's. again, no snow all seven days. we will update the flagging in and the surf that is pounding our coast to a minute but, first, traffic and leg laying. >> speaking of the maverick, we have a report of a hard that hit

a pedestrian on highway one. this area is going to be very busy along highway one or 92, but this is right near where after risk is taking place. there will be a lot of people crossing the road and there will be huge crowds. the lanes are blocked. we have 52 bart trains on time. capital corridor, between sacramento and oakland not operating with a shuttle service because of track work. ace train public three is delayed in tracy by 21 minutes because of a switching problem. 6:41. a proposal by a san jose city council member gives police quick access to private surveillance cameras. the home security camera owners have to volunteer to register in

a san jose police department database but privacy groups say the proposal gives the government too much access to places that were considered "private." next week, the proposal is considered publicly for the first time. >> one of the big of the bands in the world is ready to day because a never before her song. can you believe that? it will happen during the super bowl but not at half time. we explain. >> and a candid interview with the abc news anchor revealing new details about her struggle with alcoholism and what is next. >> we are along the san mateo county coast as surfers count down to the start of the mavericks

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covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. welcome back, the stage is set. the waves are rolling in. the surfers are showing up for the maverick big surf competition. >> an hour to go with all the action, abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the thick of it. katie? >> kristen, you are right, the crowds are here and we are watching so many pedestrians with the surfers, too. we were with a group at end of the pier at harbor as they unloaded the surfboards from the van and walking down the dock to get on the boat taking them to the water. i talked with one of 24 big wave surfers from hawaii that will compete. his take is interesting saying that conditions will be so perfect it will actually make the competition harder. >> for us, the biggest challenge

is the nature of the wave and the fact the wind will be so good there are no excuses. it is almost more challenging when all the conditions are good because it is like, how far do you want to push yourself? >> surfers look at 40' to 50' faces on the wave. it is dangerous if them and for the spectators. no one will be allowed on the beach or the cliff starting at 6:00 this morning. if you are comic here you are encouraged to watch from a safe distance which is on a jumbo-tron at the festival or safest of all, stay home and we provide a live stream to watch it open abc7 news.com which is the best bit. it will be a fun filled morning out here with the big waves. >> thanks, katie. in southern california, a

pasadena police are warping residents to watch out for a bear that made two appearances this a neighborhood this week and was hanging out in the backyard of a home yesterday with officials saying the drought has brought bears into populated area as they hunt for food. on tuesday, a couple visiting from overseas had a close encounter but did not notice it as they were leaving, surveillance video shows the bear sees them, they don't see the bear, and they finale spot the animal when the bear scratched the man's leg and ran away. >> we have a "bear" market with trading underway and the dow is taking a tumble down 122 points. this is all over a global growth concern with china which caused the drop yesterday and we see it again this morning. >> speaking of china, electric carmaker expects sales of tesla to contribute to 30 percent of total growth and will set up stores in a dozen chinese cities

after announcing it will sell the popular models in china if $121,000 that retails for $81,000 in the united states, but the higher costs is unavoidable because of taxes and shipping costs. >> you could perform during half time at the super bowl. i don't mean you, too, but the band, you have to watch the commercial breaks to catch the real show. u2 has a new song during a commercial rather than the half time show and fans can download a limited we edition free and bk of america donate as dollar per download up to $2 million to the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. a candidate interview with news anchor elizabeth vargas after undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction the anchor of 20/20

sat down with george stephanopolis and described how far she went to shield the problem from her family, co-workers and the public. she said it took a while before she came to term with her problem. >> you are an alcoholic? >> i am. i alan alcoholic it took me a long-term to admit that. it took me a long-term to admit it to my family. i am. >> you can see the entire interview on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. after the abc7 news and her return to the anchor desk tonight at 10:00 on use 7. >> we are just a little more than an hour away from the start of mavericks. >> guest: we have waves but they will increase from the current 10' waves. the winds are dominating the hills at 22 miles per hour at

mount tamalpais and 22 in the oakland hills which are the fastest and everyone else is in the mid teens including los gatos at 12 miles per hour. red above a thousand feet and all of the areas under thing in flag with high fire danger until 1:00 o'clock and territory bay mountains and the low clouds along the coast far enough away it is cheer at half moon bay and they are saying seven miles visibility with the clear conditions. it is cool in the east bay valley but it could be cooler, mid-to-upper 30's from 38 in walnut creek and 36 in danville and pleasanton and 39 in dublin and livermore and low-to-mid 40's lafayette and pleasanton and antioch and by bug -- mountain view and carlos, mid-to-upper 40's. from mount tamalpais you can see the clouds marching toward us from the south making the day

partly cloudy and breezy and high fire danger and rough surf but for the weekend it is gone. it will look at brighter and warmer and calmer conditions but no rain. significant in morgan hill, fairfield, napa, the upper reaches of the temperatures and most of us in the mid-to-upper 60's, tonight we are around 48 in san francisco and low-to-mid 40's the bay shore and to the coast and 47 in palo alto and more indicative of temperatures inland with a lot of low-to-mid 30's. the lows responsible for the winds and the clouds as the flow passes to the west bring the clouds up and that will keep us moving through the day with clouds increasing at lunch and thinner in the afternoon and evening hours. partly cloudy. no rain in the forecast. you go seven days through the seven-day forecast and temperatures are jumping up, mid-to-upper 60's at the coast and low 70's through monday and record highs are possible tuesday, wednesday, and thursday with low-to-mid 70's.

have a great weekend. leyla gulen? >> we have been talking about the maverick surf competition at half moon bay and we have a report of a pedestrian accident at 101 with the middle lanes blocked. katie marzullo is on seen -- scene reporting on the situation. she can see the activity on highway one. we have lanes blocked. we do not know the condition of the pedestrian. because of the competition there will be huge clouds and lots of people cross the street to see the competition. you is to be careful along highway one. expect delays. this could impact the commute. we will have more information on that if a little bit but, now, back to kristen and eric. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go.

good morning, a look at san francisco international airport, a few clouds. nothing that should affect travel. we have a warm weekend on tap. we will talk to mike nicco in a moment. >> here are seven things to know before you go: serve such at half moon bay. the maverick big wave surf competition is underway in a an hour with waves possibly up to 50' high. we will stream the moves his sister over a fight over laundry. justice toliver and her brother were arguing over the bleaching of his clothes before he shot

her. >> an apartment building was threatened in vallejo when a double wide trailer went up if flames at 5:00 a.m. that spread causing considerable damage. two people escaped. >> a marsh fire burning in san rafael is under control after burning for several hours north of interstate 580. flames were visible for miles this morning. no structures were damaged but the fire sent up a last smoke. >> today, california health officials will update flu activity in the state with 29 deaths related to the flu in the bay area so far this season. university students are in class at bay area schools and health officials are doing all they can to keep them from getting the flu. high surf is all we have and why the mavericks are going today with 9' to 11' but the breakers will unover 20' and up to 50' with extra pollution and humidity causing a haze with an

increase in clouds this afternoon. low-to-mid 60's at the coast and upper 60's for the rest of us. enjoy. >> through the haze you can see the bay bridge with traffic building into san francisco and the metering lights were returned on 20 to 25 minutes ago and i want to tell you of the accident involving a pedestrian with word from katie marzullo on the surf competition the accident involving a pedestrian is in the clearing stages along highway one. the middle lanes were blocked but all lanes are starting to re-open. >> thank you for joining us for the abc7 news that continues online, twitter and facebook. >> back in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic. see you in 25 minutes.

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