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not dry rot on the windshield. we will look at live doppler 7 hd and you can see holes in the cloud cover. there is a half moon over me. if i wait three miles to the south i would hit drizzle. if the commute takes you a long way expect the changes to be variable. the green is barely on map from antioch through fremont and down this way headed to the southeast. scattered drizzle through 7:00. we will see increasing sunshine. temperatures are close to yesterday. the only difference is a lot more sunshine. it will be breezy from time to time in the afternoon hours. safe travels. that means when we have slick roads, be careful and watch the speed. slow down. >> we have an issue brewing in fremont. a possible house fire here with traffic control in place at mission boulevard.
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a major thoroughfare. you may find some activity that could slow you down. we will lock outside and see what is happening at the toll plaza you can see it is light conditions away from the maze. as we look from emeryville here is the bay bridge to treasure island with areas of construction that will last in the eastbound direction physical later this afternoon until 2:00. you may see backups away from san francisco. developing news, friend general hospital is, again, reviewing the security procedures after an elderly woman was attack asked badly beaten inside the emergency room. officials say 29-year-old woman was being trusted from the e.r. to the psyche e.r. for evaluation and the man, the parent, jumped off the gurney and attacked the elderly patient the she was not hospitalized although she suffered bruises. amy hollyfield have a report
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from san francisco general next half hour. international voices are urging for calm and an end to blood shed in the ukraine. the death and injury toll jumped as clashes between protesters and the government continue. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that story. >> 25 people are dead and 240 people are injured this morning with protests and police killed in the fighting. we will get to picture now from the ground in kiev with the protests holding their ground, smoke riding up, occasionally we see flames in the background and water cannons still aimed at the protesters and activity fighting seems to have stopped. world leaders are taking action this morning and french president hollande is calling if a quick and targeted yearn union sanctions against the violence and asked the e.u. to decide an the meeting tomorrow and the
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ukraine president is blaming opposition leaders saying he is making attempts to compromise and the opposition leader, a former world champion box are says it is the president would will not listen and the protests are showing no sign of retreat. this is the last chance for us. >> look at last night's violence, a large section of the protest camp in the center of kiev was up in flames. riot police dismantled barricades. demonstrators oppose the strengthening of ties with russia rather than the united states. the fighting erupted when the we president did not try to curb the president's power. >> today, local be a new policy for fighting fires and homes where illegal drugs are made
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after fires like this at an illegal marijuana proceed in pittsburg. chemicals used to make illicit drugs add to hazards the firefighters face. crews can take defensive positions until pg&e can turn off the power. a former contra costa county sheriff deputy convicted of setting up phony drunk driving stings is scheduled to be sentenced this morning. the form jury found the officer guilty of conspiracy and multiple counts of wire fraud and extortion in september and was acquitted of extortion linked to allegation that he accepted cocaine from a private soft gator to set up drink driving busts. the position says the targets were men who were in divorce or custody disputes. >> details of a crash involving an oakland utility crush. the city will pay $2 million in connection with the accident. we six people were hurt when the van ran a red light two years ago sending an s.u.v. into the front of a nail salon.
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one of the victims sued. last height the city council approved a $2 million settlement with a lawsuit by a second victim is pending. berkeley will kill hundreds of squirrels and gophers near the berkeley marina, with the water quality control board saying the rodents are kicking dangerous holes in the park which was converted from landfill in the remainly 1990's when rain water goes into the holes it absorbs toxins from the landfill and carries them to the bay. opponents believe the city should consider other options than storm nation and the city said nothing else has worked. >> they tried to create perches so raptors would hunt the i squirrels and gophers. they could not attract enough that way. they tried owl boxes. that did not work. the city has been trying different things. now it has come to this. >> the city will did a test run of the plan on one of the 90
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acres over the course of three weeks. the f.b.i. is looking for a man called the valentine's day bandit who has robbed two banks on the peninsula. the two photo are from a chase bank in millbrae january ten. the one on the invite from a bang of the west in burlingame on valentine's day. agents say he showed a handgun during both robberies and should be considered armed and dangerous. this a few hours 15-year-old from san jose will perform on olympic ice for the first time in sochi. she is the 12 the of 30 competitors scheduled in the ladies first skating short program and got a big send off from the classmates in san jose where she is a sophomore and at sharks ice where she trains. she burst into the public i didn't when she finished second at the national championships last month. the live talk back with "good morning america" from the sochi olympics is coming up at 6:00.
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>> she may look 15 but when she speaks you could not think of her being that young. >> quite a competitor. >> we will check out our weather with mike nicco. good morning, everyone, going right to live doppler 7 hd we have light rain through the san ramon valley to dublin and to hayward and san leandro. watch out. there could be slick conditions. through the sunol grade to milpitas and 880 you can see radar return on the when side of the dumbarton bridge and from los altos and cupertino up to redwood city we have a few radar runs as the front is kicking up the last push of moisture. you can see a few drops on the spa camera. we will watch that and see if
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there are delays. 45 up north to 54 so quite a temperature spread. if the clouds clear out you will be on the lower end of that at 7:00. by noon we need the sunglasses, and breezy this afternoon, so the temperature will be the same as yesterday it could feel cooler. it will be clear in the evening in low-to-mid 50's and moving forward tomorrow a couple of degrees warmer with high clouds and sunshine and look at the 70 degree temperatures friday and saturday away from the coast and you will be mild, also, with temperatures in the low 60's. some scattered drizzle this morning and mostly in the east bay valleys and moving into the south bay right now, and it is going to clear out in about 7:00 so the morning commute is wet for a few folks and we will find out how it is affecting. >> it is already affecting folks, mike, and when you have that drizzle that means during parts of the freeway you can
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find pooling so pick sure you are careful there and day in the middle lanes if you can. as we take you to east palo alto that is where we have the accident southbound 101 at oregon expressway, it it is a so spinout so it will be slick. that means reduce the speed. as we take you over to the east bay again, this fire has been knocked down at mission boulevard and niles canyon road but we have task in effect and that is a busy intersection so there will be slowing as the morning commute wears on so be prepared for that and try to avoid the area for the next hour or so. we will look at what is happening in the north bay, 101, southbound, the headlights coming toward us looking like a breeze making it into san francisco to san francisco not going to take you more than 15 minutes from 580. >> an important part of morning breakfast will cost you more in america's money report. >> through details in a hot
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pool yesterday. the san antonio fire department shot this. the animal fell support water after it was spotted room -- roaming the neighborhood. the bull and laugh a dozen cows got loose. it took 20 firefighters to get the bull out of water. the bull and the firefighters are doing fine. >> today is the deadline for apple and samsung to hold a periodation session to resolve their ongoing patent dispute but according to reports, apple c.e.o. tim cook met this month and they do not have a agreement. apple want as permanent sales ban and apple claims two dozen of samsung smartphones infringe on patents leading to a loss of sales. a new trial will start march 31 and the 19s are expected to
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argue over newer products such as apple's iphone 4s and samsung galaxy. >> united ails is still recovering this morning from a serious computer glitch. >> and vanilla ice is more cheesy than ever you have seen and that is saying something. here is america's money report. good morning, topping america's money a big apology from united. they say they have solved the computer glitch that shut down computers that checked in passengers and flights should be on track today. the historic drought is raising milk prices across the country and possibly up to 60 cent a gallon spike. >> more on the target target broach with most of the money spent on replacement credit cards.
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only place where you can buy the pistol. it comes in two part, one is a gun and one is a special watch with a chip. the user must wear the watch in order for the gun to fire. the pistol sells for $1,400. the watch is another $400. gun control groups are enthusic but gun rights advocates worry that the electronics could fail when the pistol is needed more. a regular handgun is $500. >> a computer hacking attack was much larger in las vegas than admitted targeting sands corporation which operates in las vegas and other casinos across the united states shutting down the computers for six days and stole employee social security numbers. a video shows dozens of passwords including many used for a slot machine system. >> now, meteorologist, mike
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nicco, on the roof with the forecast. >> windshield wiper were going this morning. >> in the east bay and south bay. we are clearing out in san francisco. the winds are from the north is the front has passed through but it has picked up moisture as it is moving through the heart of the bay into the before mentioned areas. the east and south bay have the slickest commute this morning. we are tracking fog behind the front with sky clearing and still have moisture in the ground and santa rosa, now, is three quarter mile visibility. watch out at 101 and 116 and 12, they could all have human papilloma patchy fog. 48 in los gatos. we have temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's. a mild morning.
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bodega bay is the we exception at 49. in san francisco, it is 54. alameda is 55. in san jose, you can see the lights are reflected 50 of highway there and i believe that is 87 near the shark tank and that is one of the areas that is getting the drizzle to light rain right now. short-lived event. by the end of the commute sunshine is breaking out and there is a breeze with a few clouds from 10- to 15-degrees cooler tonight and we will have warm afternoons, warmest on friday, saturday, and sunday on the weekend. here is the cold front pushing through, notice where the pair of lows is in canada, so when that front moves through there is high pressure building behind it and the singing air will bring us sunshine and the difference in pressure between the cold front and the lies bring us the resolutiony conditions. low-to-mid 60's in in most neighbors and tonight we have middle to upper 30's inland and upper 30's to mid-40's an the bay so ill two be significantly cooler tomorrow morning.
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temperatures warm tomorrow and we touch 70 around the bay and inland friday, saturday, and sunday, and low-to-mid 60's at the coast and a slight cooling trend monday and tuesday and all seven days are dry but late next week we could get more beneficial rain. that is a ways away. >> we start off with breaking news and you can see the pictures of a house fire in fremont. we have traffic criminal in that area because of the fire department blocking the roads. you can see the smoke is billowing from the fire and it looks like it is knocked down the that is what we are hearing from the fire department, that the fire has been knocked down, but, still, we do see smoke coming up and it does not sound like there are injuries involved. this is on mission boulevard. as we go to our maps i want to show you where this is located. if you are headed to work, if you are going to make it to school, this is where it is located and you can picket to
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leader are seven things to know today: san francisco general hospital is reviewing procedures after a woman was attacked and beaten inside the emergency room. her suspected attacker was there for a psychiatric evaluation. amy hollyfield will have the latest from san francisco general in just a few minutes. >> two, new photos that surfaced showing the scene inside a cathay pacific jet liner that hit powerful turbulence. nine were injured when the flight hit turbulence over japan. one passenger said it lasted almost two minutes and felt like a roller coaster. >> weeks of anti-government protests turned deadly in ukraine and 25 people died in clashes between police and protests opposed to the government. ukraine leadership wants to align the country with russia, the opposition movement prefers close are ties with the european union. >> four, a cruise ship employee admitted to raping and
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strangling a passenger before trying to throw the body overboard and told the f.b.i. he did it after the woman slighted him. she was airlifted to a hospital in florida. >> doctors want to make sure the parents leave with a smile on their face, a third of americans are using online review sites like yelp to pick a doctor. they say insurance and convenience are also key factors in the decision. six, we are tracking drizzle and light rain in the east bay valleys into the south bay right now and i do have some very spring-like temperatures in the weekend forecast and i will wrap it you will in the seven-day forecast. >> you can see a few extra cars coming in from the maze into san francisco and not too forbly busy but the moist weather means wet roads and you need to slow down just before you get here, though we have a stalled vehicle on a 80. i will tell you where just ahead. >> two san francisco firefighter
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whose responded to the asiana flight 214 crash have been honored for their actions. e.m.s. captain was given a certificate of merit. the two coordinated the triage response on the tarmac and credit their training and the hard work of other emergency personnel for keeping fatalities to a minimum. we were lucky. we got the critically injured out of there quickly to stanford and san francisco general. >> the rotary club honored other first responders including san francisco police officer who organized all the volunteer officers who helped make batkid's adventure a big success. standardized state testing is getting a high-tech makeover. this video was provided by the state showing how it works with the tests part of a pilot launch
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and will include students in grades 3-8 and grade 11. the system goes online next year. >> the morning news continues at 5:30 with the top story including the results of a late-night vote in oakland over a new security hub dividing the city. >> first, breaking news in oakland a man shot in his car and what police are telling us at this hour.
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get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning at 5:29 on wednesday. thanks for joining us. first up we will check with mike nicco for a look at the forecast. >> thank you. good morning on this wednesday. look what happened over the last
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hour or so. our cold front found some moisture. while it moved through the north bay quietly sit picking up steam and you can see the radar returns from the east bay valley through the sunol grid to the south bay getting more numerous. in fact, can you see from livermore we have drizzle and light rain. it is going to be around until 7:00 and we will see quick clearing and the roadways here in san jose at 87 and wet right now. withing mostly sunny and breezy with temperatures a lot like yesterday low-to-mid 60's inland and around the bay and upper 50's at the coast. here is leyla gulen with the commute. >> it is get busy, and we have more cars on the road but with the moist conditions slow down the speed and you never know with the drizzle that could accumulate in certain areas of the roads. as we look right now at at the maze we have stalled vehicle at southbound 80 so the lanes could
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slow. in palo alto we have a solo vehicle spinout at oregan expressway on the shoulder. 580 right now, westbound, from tracy to dublin is 45 minute commute. we are clear on highway four and 101 in marin county and as we look outside it is walnut creek looking busy with a now extra cars making it in the southbound direction toward highway 24. eric and kristen? 5:31. we have breaking news in the east bay where firefighters are open seen of a two alarm house fire on mission boulevard near the sullivan over pass in fremont. this is a look at the scene with crews responding to reports of flames at the whom about an hour ago. it hooks like like the flames have been knocked down with just a bit smoke. no injuries have been reported. san francisco general hospital is reviewing the procedures after a stunning incident: an early -- elderly
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woman was severely beaten by another paint. >> the hospital says the police and sheriff deputies are routinely stationed here in the emergency room and those were the officers who were able to stop the attack. here is who they accused doing this: 29-year-old is accused of assaulting the elderly woman who was a patient here. officials say he was being trusted from the e.r. to the psychiatric emergency room when he jumped on the elderly woman would was a patient and he started hitting her. officers jumped on him and pulled him off. here is the statement the hospital released saying san francisco general hospital and trauma center is are foundly sorry miss more resolution was -- miss peres was injured in other care. we reviewing our procedures. she suffered some bruises in the attack and the hospital officials will do everything
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they can to make sure she has a full recovery. >> this incident is the latest in a series of problems at san francisco general including the death of a 57-year-old lynne spalding who disappeared from her hospital room and later was found in a stairwell two weeks later deceased. investigators found both the hospital and the sheriff at fault. breaking news in oakland, where police want to find the person who opened fire on a man inside a car a block away from police headquarters. officers discovered the victim lying outside his car at 5 and flood way and the paramedics rushed him to the hospital. no word open his condition. did thives have not released the descriptions of the shooter or the vehicle. >> eight people are still in the hospital after the flight from san francisco to hong kong hit severe turbulence midair at the cathay pacific jet liner flying
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over japan. one person has been released from the hospital. 321 passengers in all took off from sfo before noon yesterday. these photos show the big most left behind. items were tossed all over the cabin and it looks like garbage on the aisle floor. luggage fell open them when the overhead bins opened. one man says the tub lens lasted two hours and felt like a roller coaster ride. the flight continued on until it reached hong kong where plans were waiting for the injured. on tuesday, several people on united flight here into montana were injured when that flight hit severe turbulence. in california, in santa cruz county a foster parent will be arraigned on charges he molested four young victims. steven weissman fostered children for 16 years. he was then to volunteer with
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community youth organizations and at local schools. the molestation may have happened for a decade or longer. the four victims range in age from ten to mid-20's. heards are convinced there are more victims and are encouraging them to step forward to help build a case. he is out on $300,000 by. >> ukraine's president blames opposition lowers this morning for violent clashes that killed 25 people. here is a look at what is lot of the opposition encampment in a ukranian capital. 240 others were hurt during the protests. the president claimed he is trying to compromise but says opposition leaders "crossed the line when they called people to arms." the people sympathize with the protests and accuse the president of abusing powers. >> people try to protest
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peacefully. they want parliament to take action. >> the e.u. called an emergency meeting to decide how to handle the situation. that could include sanctions against the former soviet republic and, still ahead we will hear from bay area residents concerned of the safety of loved ones in the ukraine. katie marzullo will have the latest at the the top of the hour with report conditions on twitter. >> security will occupy one of the top spot on the agenda when president obama meets with the leaders of canada and mexico. president obama will johnny stephen harper and mexican president for the not machine leaders summit near mexico city. other topics include immigration reform in the united states, the key issue for mexican hers and
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canada has voiced frustration with the white house for delaying the decision on the keystone xl pipeline. oakland city council agreed a -- to postpone "spy center." it would include cameras across the city including the port of oakland and the police will run the facility. opponents fear it will be used for surveillance without search warrants. the city council wants to clarify language before moving forward. hundreds city worker in hayward face pay cuts. the city council approved the contract last night that cuts pay and benefits for 300 clerical and maintenance and library and other workers by 5 percent the city needs the concessions to avoid a fiscal crisis. dozens protested out of the city hall before the vote. for now, the workers earned between $50,000 and $78,000 a
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year. the cut is on top of a 12 percent pay in benefits cut agreement to recently. >> if your windshield windshielu are not alone. >> probably not. other than the not bay and the hat of the bay we have wet weather. tracking it is live doppler 7 hd through the altamont pass it will be wet, and if you are on buchanan boulevard, that is wet. coming through the sunol grid to fremont you can see wet weather down warm springs road, 880, 6 quit to milpitas and scattered to light rain law the south bay and to los altos hills, the back edge has new pushed through palo alto so it should push through los altos and mountain view in the next 10 or 15 minutes. the day planner today shows by 7:00 the drizzle is over.
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we have quick sunshine and temperatures near 60 at noon and mid-50's along the coast at 4:00 but low-to-mid 60's for the rest of us and low-to-mid 50's and nothing but stars at 7:00 in the evening. temperatures are close to what we are dealing with, low-to-mid 50's. thursday, high clouds and sunshine and a couple of degrees warmer and spring warm the on friday and saturday and low 60's at the coast. the automatic voices have very interesting pronunciations. we have a couple of problems and we have drizzle over the altamont pass. certainly it is quite slow. look at the red in the westbound direction away from tracy headed into livermore the drive will take you 45 minutes. headed in the eastbound direction you will find a stalled big rig blocking one lane and behind it, there is stop-and-go traffic so it is putting a crimp in the commute if you are headed into the altamont pass out of livermore toward tracy. back to the maze we go, southbound 880 at 580 we have a
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stalled vehicle and that is blocking one lane causing a little bit of slowing. when you get to the bay bridge toll plazas, moving but building and in san francisco, the san francisco skyway, taillights are headed in the westbound direction and you can see they are slowing down just a bit as they head off of the freeway and the eastbound traffic headlights are moving along just fine. eric and kristen? >> police arrest a south bay man on child me last ace charges and police are worried more victims could be out there. >> san francisco's d.a. launches an effort to reform drug laws and see fewer people locked up. >> governor brown is skipping an [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat.
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we have breaking news from the east bay. firefighters are on the scene of a two-alarm house fire in fremont. it looks like the firefighters have this pretty well knocked down and possibly under control. i don't see any flames. i don't see any bit of smoke we saw anymore. what we do know is no energies have been reported. san francisco district attorney is pushing a measure to make drug possession a
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misdemeanor rather than a felony. according to the chronicle, the initiative was cleared for circulation yesterday and still needs more than 500,000 signatures to get on the november ballot and make drug possession a misdemeanor punish build by a year in county jail rather then a physical any -- felony which is three years in prison. it is opposed by the governor and most prosecutors. a south bay man is accused of molesting four, the young of the just three. the 28-year-old michael anthony was arrested at his home last week. he assaulted victims in the neighborhood between 1999 and 2005. investigators say they found child pornography on the computers and there could be more young victims. >> we want to make sure that either we have identified everything we can or find the other pens who were victimized. >> police say the victims started coming forward last
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september and they are all adults now. several neighborhoods say anthony is mentally challenged and went to the chin's -- children's health counsel for treatment at the time the assaults started. bail is $2 million. an oregon woman and her dog are okay after being rescued from a giant sinkhole. the fire officials say the woman was looking for her poodle in the dark and she fell into the 20' sink hole. a neighbor heard her cries for help and called 9-1-1. crewed had to use hope and ladders to pull her and the dog from the hole. officials are amazed neither of them were injured. many are having dreams of striking it reach with the jackpot worth $400 million the 5 the largest if lottery history. the cash value is still $227 million and the eighth biggest lump sum pay intermediate for any american lottery.
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no one has hit the jackpot since the end of december. the odds of winning are 1 and 175 million. less than half of the possible number combinations have now been sold. someone could very well win. >> it could be mike nicco who told me he would share it with all of his co-workers and we would get 51 percent; that right? >> sure, simple majority. i get the other 49 percent. you heard it, folks. >> we will look at what is going on, we have fog forming at santa rosa at three-quarter mile visibility and we have thick fog at 101, 116, no matter where you are traveling we hadding
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area with the rain moving on. it now down around the south bay and moving south. back up north to livermore you can see we are start telling see the rain push out of livermore and headed to the higher mountains or hills that separate us from the central valley and still coming down 680 or through 84 in the sunol grid where you will fine the wet weather. by 7:00 we are out of this and south bay, be prepared, you will see the wet weather. it could be just enough to milk some wet spots on the streets. temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's on the if lens from 50 at woodside and redwood city is 53 and foster city is 55 and belmont is 56. 49 in novato and 44 in santa rosa. from shut to tower, you can see clearing looking to the west
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with plan theyty of sunshine and breezy conditions this afternoon and a few clouds and cooler tenth and our warm of the days are ahead of us, friday, saturday, and sunday. today is upper 50's long the coast and low-to-mid 50's along the bay and inland and tonight the temperatures are 5- to 15-per degrees cooler with a few mid-40's around the bay shore the throughout the seven-day forecast, this only -- this morning is the only wet weather. next week, wednesday, thursday, friday, a better chance of rain. >> slippery when wet. coat that in mind. we have had a couple of solo vehicle spinouts on the freeways and want out for pooling that can happen on the same stretch of freeway but in different areas. right now, eastbound highway 24 we have the construction project that will last until 6:00 this morning extending from highway 13 so through the
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tunnel. san jose northbound along 101 stop-and-go traffic away from 280/680 is red at 32 miles per hour. that is the top speed. it things out closer to the san jose airport. 280 is quiet. highway 85 is clear. from the bay bridge toll plaza, cash-paying lanes are loading up and looking to treasure island it is busy as you get closer to san francisco but eastbound we have one lane taken away until 2:00 this afternoon. >> bart wants it know what you think about the new air bart service to oakland international airport. the $484 million connection project is not finished until the fall but bart says air trains will shuttle passengers between the coliseum station and the oakland airport in eight to 15 minutes. a ticket costs between $4 and $6
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and bart is holding four public outreach events. for a list of types, dates and locations, go to abc7news.com. s. >> a message to send before an oakland a's game. >> a university had to postpone a highly anticipated basketball showdown. >> at 6:00, not one but two ski deaths at lake tahoe area resorts which could be linked to the
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a smash in grab in houston by thirsty thieves, two machine drive through the front of this gas station. you can see the bandits jumping from the car after the cash register, right? wrong. they are after the cooler. that is where the beer is. you can see the driver carrying an 18-pack of bud light across the glass-covered car before they take off. the tradeoff? thousands of dollars in damage to the business all for not even a full case of beer. >> this morning, big ten officials will reschedule the bill between iowa and indiana in bloomington that was supposed to be televised nationally but a beam fell from the ceiling into the seats six hours before tip afternoon. indiana university says preliminary assessments by the university's structural engineers reveal know and ice caused the 50-pound steel plate to pop off. officials say the women's game against michigan will be played because fans cannot be kept out
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of the a-- -- can be kept out of the affected seats. >> it is dry this downtown san francisco but there is some residual moisture on the embarcadero with the traffic moving by and gorgeous sunrises and i put them on twitter but we captured this gorgeous sunset last night. look at the lovely colors as the sun started to set as we look from the east bay hills. absolutely gorgeous. traveling today is going to be breezy until 10:00 and around lake tahoe gusting to 40 miles per hour from the southwest and you are getting a push up the hill and west wind from ma'am not lake to this area here we will have gusts. through the grip vine we will have gusts pushing through at 60 miles per hour. we have a few snow showers around lake tahoe until 10:00 this morning. >> 49 at lake tahoe and 66 in
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san diego and 74 in los angeles. we have a new accident on the peninsula. this is eastbound highway 92. if you are trying to make it to the san mateo bridge, it and blocking the off-ramp. if you are headed to lake tahoe we do not have any word of chain controls in effect so headed up to 50 it will take you three hours and 15 minutes. 88 is three hours and 25 minute commute and highway 80 up to, say, north star it will last about three hours. no chains are requireed. outside, through marin county, southbound 101, that traffic is doubled in the last half hour. no crashes to report there into san rafael. an east bay family is asking the oakland a's to let them throw out the first pitch on opening day to focus attention on the effects of drunk driving.
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marcos and his family are gathering support for the idea on instagram and facebook and their first pitch for san diego campaign is to honor the 25-year-old who was jogging this month when he was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver in pinole. he was a huge a's fan. >> we talk about winning the lottery, my brother and i and i would ask, what would you do if you had a bunch of money. he told me he would follow the a's to wherever they went and go to every game. >> he was such an a's fan the family buried him wearing an athletics jersey. the a's organization is watching the campaign and figuring out how to honor him. >> a 91-year-old man left people in awe during the power lifting competition. "people" magazine posted this video on the web site showing the 91-year-old lifting 300
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pounds equal to at least twice his occupy weight. he is the oldest power lifter in the power federation. >> he we is exhausted. wouldn't we all be after 300 pounds. >> still ahead, breaking news in the south bay, a two-alarm fire had crews working fast to knock it down. we will take you there. >> in the ukraine, the death toll is mounting from violent confrontations between protesters and police. and an announcement from
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. breaking news at 6:00, flames break out in a home overnight and what firefighters think is suspicion. >> developing, a woman is beaten in a local hospital emergency room. we have who is responsible for this. >> happening now, bloody clashes on the streets of the ukraine capital are continuing and people half a world away from the demonstrators are responding locally. >> thank you for joining us at 6:00. first up we will get you a check on the wet forecast and a little mist as you head out the door, especially in the south bay, right, mike? >> absolutely, good morning to you. it is dry right here in san francisco on the rooftop but, yes, we are tracking the light rain and drizzle in the south bay and coming at the sunol grade headed through fremont, milpitas, from los altos hills to san francisco, the best radar returns are starting
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