a.m. in the morning. $6 toll charged during the peak hours has little to no impact on easing traffic. a number of peak commuters is growing from 9,000 an hour, the limit on what it can handle. 9,000 more cars a week are using the bay bridge compared to before pricing was implemented in 2010. the goal was to encourage the drivers to cross at nonpeak hours. a spokesman said they do not plan on changing the plan. they want that incentive there to get people to drive at preferred times. >> a mother faces child abuse charges after she allegedly assaulted a boy she believes was bullying her daughter. the sheriff deputies arrested

the woman on saturday. on friday, she went to a charter school and asked her son to point out the boy. the deputies say she grabbed the other boy by the throat and warned him to stop. authorities say the 12-year-old has visible red marks on the neck when the deputies arrived. school administration say she went on the school grounds without checking in with the office and is free on $30,000 bail. >> oakland is seeing a dramatic drop in violent crime this year. much of the credit goes to a change in police tactics. oakland police releases the statistics and shootings are down 35 percent and homicide down 8 percent and robberies down 38 percent. intervention tactics such as warning rival gangs not to retaliate are reducing violence but there are it will shootings. friday night, a nine-year-old girl was shot in the neck and now in critical condition. a 15-year-old boy from antioch is recovering after being shot

in front of an oakland youth center on saturday night. >> police are investigating a shocking discovery in the woods above the uc berkeley campus >> the police officer searched the white honda civic believed belonging to the man who was at the base of this mountain. the hiker realized he was dead. >> there are no ones, we do not know what happened. we are treat it like a crime scene with investigators processing the scene. >> this is the same spot where a man fell to his death in november of 2012. he was in his 20's. around the same age as the man discovered but if this case it is unclear if he fell. if he did, the large rock where the body was found is deceptive. >> you can climb up there and

obviously everyone comes up there for the view but on the other side it drops off about 100' so if someone fell off it would be traumatic injury. >> in word on whether the man was a student at uc berkeley. police have yet to release the identity. >> a man missing from a san ramon construction site has been found safe. the 31-year-old jason adams was found in reno good health. he was missing on friday after heading to a home improvement store. his family tried unsuccessfully to reach hill on the cell phone but, again, he was found safe. new details on a register sex offender that was caught assaulting a woman outside a south bay shopping center. the officers arrested the 59-year-old michael garcia after the attack on saturday. he is a known transient in san jose. officers say they heard a woman screaming behind the home depot

at the plant shopping center on little orchard street on saturday afternoon. they found garcia assaulting the victim in bushes behind the store. he was living in a facility that helps find permanent housing for the homeless. witnesses say the victim stayed in the same facility but checked out on saturday morning. >> officials say 47 homes are been destroyed by wildfires and some are still raging. at least 39 of the homes were in the suburb of san marcos and the other eight in carlsbad 30 miles north of san diego. four fires are still burning, one in san marcos and the other three at camp pendleton. damages have reached $20 million. >> check out this selfie: san marcos firefighter is surrounded by fellow firefighters while they took a much needed break. he took the picture to let his wife foe he was okay but somehow

the photo made it to facebook of a san diego area restaurant where it has received 30,000 "likes." >> the national weather service says this week winds in southern california keep the fire danger high. most of the state is experiencing a drought. the governor claims climate change on "this week" saying the state is in for serious fire season. >> we are in a very serious fire season more serious than we have seen before. we have to watch and be very careful. >> in future years, californians are to be more careful how we live, where we build our homes and what kind of vegetation is allowed to grow. >> the state could step in by today to do something it has never done: order farmers and agencies to stop taking water from the russian river. because of drought, folks are considering redistricting rights to draw water from the river.

the goal is to ensure that there is enough water to protect salmon and steel ahead. farmers and water agencies depend on the water from the russian riff. officials say the move would not affect water already in reservoirs but it could prevent more from being collected. >> we have cooled off significantly over the weekend we will check with meteorologist mike nicco to see what is in store. mike? >> afternoon, everyone, if you head to downtown, low-to-mid 50's. across the golden gate bridge at 53. ferry building is 55. temperatures are running cooler than yesterday with a lot of low-to-mid 50's and one exception is pittsburg at 57 and tracy is 58, santa clara is a cool spot at 50. richmond is 56 and walnut creek and palo alto and union city and tellmont, also, around 56. you can see it is mostly inland where the temperatures are cooler than we were 24 hours ago. here is the day planner this monday. we are off to a cooler start,

with a colorful sunrise and inland. by 4:00, mid-70's at the bay and inland. headed out this evening, grab a light coat, 58 to 60 around the coast. 64 inland. a slight chance of isolated shower. leyla gulen? >> we have an accident in milpitas northbound on 680, involving a couple vehicles blocking lanes, so it is causing slowing as you can see the yellow there behind it but the rest of the drive is moving along fine as you continue into fremont and up sunol grade and nimitz is not a problem down to 237 and over to 101. clear conditions for you there. we do have a high wind advisory for several of our bay bridges and the altamont pass, and the san mateo bridge you can see it is hazy there and it is going to be gusty if you are drive high

from file vehicles make sure you mind your speed and keep both hands on the wheel. eric and kristen? >> first the fund. then the dirty work. major clean up facingty crews at the bay to breakers. >> also, if you have not registered to vote for the june primary election the big deadline is looming. we will tell you what you need to know to sign up. >> a third case of mes -- >> the battle of the wireless carriers is heating up and verizon will announce the xl network providing faster speeds later today and there is in word on which cities will get it first. >> and a role playing game introduce add new social component allowing users to play with friends and strangers for a

new video game, a new aspect to the game. >> you can be on computers next to each other in your own homes, going through the different countries and continents and fight monsters, check treasures. >> there is a new app to spring clean your facebook page that analyzes the list and suggests who to unfriend based on how often you have interacted but you will have to do the "unfriending"

covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. sounds like a gunfight in southern california city of ocean side after flames move through a house yesterday and came in contact with ammunition inside the house. the ammunition cooked off sending shotgun shells flying.

firefighters say there were thousands of bullets stored in the garage. one firefighter was hit in the nose by a bullet casing. there was no one inside the home at the time. >> federal health officials have new concerns of the potentially deadly virus known as mers spreading in the united states to a man who never knew he was infected. could the virus be changing and are others infected without knowing it? here is that report. an illinois businessman believed the first mrs. infection transmitted in the united states. he tested negative but a follow-up showed the bought fighting off the potentially fatal disease. >> it is a spectrum of possibilities. >> investigators are watching friend and family. he probably caught mers during business meetings with a man called patient one, a health

professional who worked in saudi arabia with the mers patients. >> this virus is more easy to transmit than we thought. >> the two only shook hands. >> the illinois man was told to stay home, wear a mask and avoid contact with the family. the virus killed 160 people all in the middle east. there is growing fear mers will spread soon. >> travel season is about to kickoff and we have holidays and ramadan coming up at the end of june. >> everyone who shared a flight with patient number one has been tested. they are working to find passengers in 39 state whose shared flights with patient two who flew from saudi arabia and hospitalized in orlando. no other passengers had symptoms. the centers for disease control is encouraged by the case of the man who test pod without getting sick investigators are cautious. >> until you learn you can get

it and there is no problem you will check every case. >> results will show if illinois man transmitted the virus to anyone else. same-sex marriages could begin in oregon this afternoon. a judge is scheduled to issue a ruling at none. four couples filed suit arguing the voter approved same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. if the judge agrees, same-sex marriages could begin immediately in the state. supporters of gay marriage have collected enough signatures to put the issue on the november ballot just in case the judge does not rule in their favor. >> time is running out for san francisco resolution concerns to register to vote in june 3rd primary election. today is the last day to register or re-register if you have moved or changed your name. in san francisco, registration stations are set up at 24th and mission, castro and market

from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and sign up at san francisco city hall or get registration forms at post offices and libraries or the dmv. >> represent biden coming to the bay area for a fundraiser. he will attend on wednesday an event at a san francisco home of billionaire hedge fund manager tom styer with tickets starting at $500 and go to $10,000 for a face-to-face meeting. the visit is on the heels of president obama's swing through the area two week ago. >> 40,000 runners and 35 arrests mostly for public intoxication. welcome to the 103rd running of the bay to breakers. >> thousands of spectators lined the streets of san francisco to cheer on the runners yesterday and sport some crazy costumes. this year's men's winner was from kenya with the time of 35:10. the first woman to finish was

diane johnson with a time 40:10. those are such fast times! >> crews went right-to-work after the race sweeping the mountain of garbage from beer bottles to costume pieces. >> less urinating. less public intoxication indication but it is a challenge. >> we should cut it off or get everyone to clean up after themselves. >> however, the square was different with what of it fenced off to keep out the drunks leaving the park untouched. >> second gentleman was if -- in >> or lack of costume. >> the weather was nice.

>> the winded kicked in. the sun came out. still cool. but they like it in the 50's to low 60's. live doppler 7 hd shows a sea breeze at 29 miles per hour wind at sfo and 13 at san carlos and 16 at fairfield. all pointing to the east. that has kept the fog from developing. owe lowest visibility is six miles per hour at half moon bay. downtown from the exploritorium this morning, we are going to be dealing with partly sunny conditions, breezy and cooler. today and tomorrow are probably the coolest days in the forecast. tracking the upper-level low will bring us an isolated chance of a storm today, tomorrow and wednesday. when the low moves, above-average temperatures are coming just in time for the week. today we are below average, upper 60's to low 70's through the santa clara rally and los gatos is warmest at 73.

mid-to-upper 60's on the peninsula. 61 at half moon bay. most of the coast is right around the upper 50's to nearly sick. 63 in downtown, south san francisco and sausalito and upper 50's in bodega bay and nearly 70 through the north bay with sonoma and napa at 70 and 71 and mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shoreline into the east bay valleys and upper 60's to low 70's fairfield is the warmest at 73. tonight is cool with upper 40's in napa and santa rosa and cloverdale and morgan hill, low-to-mid 50's. this is the area low pressure: it is sinking down so it will keep us cool. this is an unsettled low with energy and limited moisture. because of that, our rain is going to be more likely not than yes. just a slight chance today,

tomorrow and wednesday and above-average temperatures possibly 90 inland by sunday. >> back to work and back to reality. we are seeing traffic building and use leave address boulevard headed up to 580, the rest of the drive, though, is easy through the altamont pass but for the fact we have c.h.p.-issued high wind advisory so be careful. in the south bay northbound 680, this is where we have a two-car crash blocking a lane that is slow-and-go traffic leaving milpitas and headed up to the parkway. we have this stalled vehicle pushed over to the shoulder and it was blocking two lanes. westbound highway 4 at willow pass road, everything is now clear and we are at top speeds up to 242. the bay bridge toll plaza is moving along well. from emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge, a beautiful shot of the traps america pyramid with a view from our emeryville camera in a few

minutes. eric and kristen? >> it is 4:50. san francisco muni will test a new feeding configuration on light rail to relieve overcrowding. the new seating plan replaces 14 double-wide seats to single-wide seats allowing 28 more passenger s each train. >> coming up, how bet time has been pits could lead to obesity, not for you, but for your children. >> a message is serious in this catchy tune and what is behind it. >> after winning two legs, california chrome faces an unexpected challenge, a decision that could stop the northern

california champion from running in the third and final

less pain at the pump as the average price of gasoline has dropped over three cents in the past two weeks. the 3.5 cent drop is expected to drop. gas prices climbed 43 cents between february and may. albuquerque is the lowest at $3.32 and the highest? right here in the bay area: san francisco drivers paying on average $4.17. "click it or ticket" a tune from c.h.p. is reminding drivers to latch the seatbelt or face a sign. ♪ click it ♪ or ticket ♪ >>colin: >> when you behind the wheel, be safe, do not text or drive to

get home alive. they are joining forces with the national highway safety administration to help with enforcement across the nation. the campaign starts today for "click it or ticket" campaign. ♪ click, click, click >> maybe leyla gulen can choreograph a dance? >> she is smiling. she is up for it. >> she is eager. you can tell. >> good morning, everyone, you can see the mid-to-upper level clouds are hard to see but what is not hard to see is the lack of low clouds, we will be 63 in san francisco but two to nine degrees cooler else where, with showers around san diego but look at the thunderstorms north of 80, that is coming our way. our best chance of a thunderstorm is in the north bay and it is isolated. in sacramento and chico, watch

out. >> i could make something nice out of that. >> in the north bay the drive along 101 is speedy. it is 63 miles per hour. not too bad. to the south through petaluma, still at 54 miles per hour. clear through novato and lucas valley. off the san rafael bridge, just fine. you can see the flashing lights across the bridge, and early morning construction with the picking up of cones. new details with a new app that is taking "social" out of social media called "split organization using face into and twitter and 4 square to scan for those to avoid. if someone you don't want to see is around you are offered an escape route. the creator ran into two ex-es

on same night and came up with the idea. >> trainers will submit a formal request on the triple crud -- crown to wear a strip which is made by a company that makes breathe right strips for humans. new york is the only racing state to ban the strips and california chrome trainer says if the request is denied the owner may not let him run which is tough news for the fans. >> if you are ever a fan of horse racing now you are a fan of the california yom but, also, everyone is a chromey. >> if chrome wins belmont june 7, he will be the first triple crown winner since 1978. >> keeping your child slim starts with a good night sleep. sleep deprivation to age seven is associated with the highest levels of obesity.

it was linked to muching too much tv, lack of exercise, and inconsistent routines. the north bay school is at the center of a bullying controversy this morning. next at 5:00, a mother accused of taking action into her own hands to defend her daughter. >> neighbors claim a popular restaurant on the peninsula is a nuisance and the big deadline facing a hotspot for dim sum. >> in washington, a major cybercrime crackdown, the country about to directly accuse another of attacking the u

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is 5:00. thanks for starting your week with us. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. we are starting off cooler. a real difference. >> temperatures today are 20 degree cooler than friday. we kept calling through the weekend. the winds will be around today. here is the mid-to-upper level clouds on live doppler 7 hd. not enough moisture to cause any concern. from mount tamalpais we are gusting up to 40 miles per hour. when the sun comes up and the atmosphere is turning over the breezes will be back and keep us but low average. sunny today. 68 to 72 inland. ambassador the bay, up to isn't. 58 to 61 at the coast, almost chilly. >> the wind was