live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. new anger over the buses that schultz technical workers teen san francisco and the silicon valley. you think it is tough fining parking now? just wait. >> good morning, i am eric thomas. >> there is a heated hearing on whether to remove parking spaces in san francisco to make room for the shultz buses that take workers from san francisco to the silicon valley. we are joined by nick. this was a hearing held by the muni transportation agency. >> absolutely. they are getting an earful. muni wants do hear from riders before a final proposal moves to the board for final approval.

they say the goal is to improve efficiency cross the system but a plan they have to remove some packing spaces is already hitting speed bumps. >> it is not just google, but don says in the last year the number of schultz buses picking up employees has more than tripled and now, muni is considering removing some parking spots to make way for larger shuttle buses meaning fewer places for don to work. >> it is getting worse. between 24th and 23rd never used to be metered. now it is. >> this is a pilot we need to monitor. if there are chains to make we will make them. >> the 18 program starts in august. muni is look at ways do reduce the impact of shuttles. >> this is one step. >> the network works like this: starting august 1, sfmta extends

the size of some commuters stops to accommodate the larger shuttles that need a permit to use the stops. each time they use a stop the fee of a dollar, the maximum the agency is allowed to charge by law, will go back into the system. just how much money are we talking? >> at the end of the year about $1.6 million. they say that will cover the operating costs and reduce congestion for the agency's 700,000 daily commuters. >> before we get there, we want to hear what the residents and the companies have to say. >> the agency intends to continue the engagement with the community and they will have a few more community meetings before the august launch date. a 24-year-old man is in critical condition and another booked on federally charges after this crash in berkeley. the car went out-of-control in

the eastbound lane of tunnel before 2:30 this morning. police say the passenger suffered major injuries and the driver ran away from the scene. he was caught a short time later and arrested for felony hit-and-run and driving under the influence. thousands of nascar fans are headed to sonoma raceway so that means a slow drive for lots of cars, trucks and rvs. >> it is lud. it is very fast. they are practicing right new making lots of noise, but all of this speed will be inside. outside, get ready to go slow if you are moving at all. >> these fans know what they need to get through a week of nascar with backpacks, coolers, baby carriers and an escape plan. >> traffic is brutal. >> the sprint car series is expected to attract 100,000 people to the sonoma raceway

which can hold all the people. the two-lane highway leading into it cannot. fans have experienced the gridlock or heard about it. >> one year i had to park on or side and it took three hours to get to highway 80. >> three-hour delay. >> they have a strategy on sunday. >> i get here early. i leave with 30 happens to go and i beat the traffic going back. >> one family plan is to catch here rather than going to petaluma. >> we we din want go back can forth. >> another family camps but decided to check the handicap pass. >> we will get out quicker because of our handy -- handicap. >> you can help with the issues even if you are not coming. >> the big problem is the folks wore not. coming to the raceway so we want

forks to know there is a big event on sunday if you coming to wine country, we want you to come but we want you to look at the map and stay away from highway 121 and highway 378. >> fan say the vase so exciting that it and worth dealing with the traffic. >> a little inconvenience, this will be it. >> you can watch them practicing. tomorrow, will be the qualifying race and sunday is the big final race doing 110 laps so there will be plenty of see throughout the weekend if you are interested. if not, avoid the area. thanks so much. >> summer is right around the corner. it is here tomorrow. there is a lot more than nascar taking place. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco for more on recent festivities. mike? >> good morning, everyone, from the top of the broadcast center

where you can see behind me the i woulds have calmed again and it look like we will have a warm day on our hands. we will take a look at the maps and go right up to sonoma and look at the 350 raceway. dal. -- dale was talking how the heat can be a problem. the high is 82 on sunday with lows in the 50's. sonoma fair will be breezy at 4:00, and 70's at 8:00, but at midnight it will be 57. the alameda county fair continues in pleasanton and 80 with sunshine right new and topping out in the upper 80's and breezes kicking in at 77 at 7:00 and at 11:00 it will be 63 degrees, not so cold as in petaluma, but, still, chilly. grab a coat. we will talk baseball and the first couple of days of summer in the forecast.

the national weather service says drought conditions in california have worsened over the past week and the entire state was already in a severe drought but now more areas have fallen into what is considered an exceptional drought level in central california and northern california and it is growing to 33 percent of the state up from 25 percent. a year ago, no part of california was in the exceptional category. >> new this morning, governor brown signed california's new budget in san diego. the $156 billion budget is in effect july 1 with $108 billion of that in the scene fund including a surplus can that is because of increasing tax revenue and subjects in the stock market including more money for the rainy day fund and deals with the shot fall in teacher pension contributions. for the four the career in a row the lap was passed on time. prior to that the budget was late 23 out of 24 years.

in oakland, area deliberations resume in the shooting death of a toddler that happened he years ago. the prosecution says that reputed gang members will shooting at rival gang members. witnesses say three-year-old carlos was riding in a toy car on a trip to the grocery store with his mom when he was caught in the cross fire on international boulevard near 64th avenue in august of 2011. he died outside at a pizzaria. >> a convicted felon picked up in a stingation is now known all identify the world because she a sole media sensation not because of the criminal background but because of the way he looks. here is mug shot madness. some people say he looks good. but, of course, that is subjective. maybe not everyone is into face and neck tattoos and they are not all over looking that he is

in big trouble with the law. he is making headlines and, in fact, he is the top story on google news. >> from mug shot to model? images like this are dominating the internet suggesting that he strike a pose for calvin klein or hugo boss when he gets out of jail. >> i visited my wife and she said i blew up all over facebook. >> the police put the meeks mug shot on facebook when arresting him and three others as part of operation cease-fire a police bust but they created a high from file inmates with tens of thousands have "liked "i-patients on facebook and there are plenty of comments. some gushing, others more diplomatic. one writes "he is picture perfect, bad give, though." another, you all need to get a grip. he isn't a convicted felon with bail set at $900,000 for no

reason. he has a new fan page that reached 30,000 "likes" before lunch. on twitter hes inspired #freejeremymeets. another tweet offers advice, remember, kids, just look hot in your mug shot and the intent does the rest. the con is playing coy. >> i just want you to know...this and really not me, i'm not some kingpin. police call meets the most violent criminals in the area. as of a few minutes ago the mug shot had more than 67,000 "likes on on on -- "likes,"

>> what firefighter -- fighter jets doing right now over iraq. >> and edward snowden we has an ad campaign for something else. >> pope says we should say no, to what? we will let

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now the crisis in iraq. secretary of state john kerry will travel to baghdad this weekend to talk with senior iraqi leaders. right now fighter jets are monitoring militants and sending real-time images to united states intelligence. additional american help will arrive in days. president obama is sending 300 military advisors to help the iraqi army. a propaganda video by isis is trying for recruit foreign fights including american muslims which shows several british and australia firefighters encouraging others to join the fight in iraq to create a hard live islamist state. this morning, pope francis announced opposition to legalizing recreational drugs such as marijuana commenting during a drug enforcement conference in rome. francis has railed against what he calls the evil of drug addiction. last month, uruguay approved

selling marijuana cigarettes and recreational use is legal in colorado and washington. >> a polish vodka brand is using edward snowden's situation as a way to sell their alcohol. ads like this have been popping up across the united states. the billboards from the company read "why edward snowden wishes he sought asylum in poland." a man in son california saw it and tweeted this photo, russia granted edward snowden ai let after being charged with espionage in the united states for leaking thousands of classified documents. the ads are part of a multimillion dollar marketing campaign. meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. summer is starting tomorrow. >> beautiful. >> and starbucks, heats up the meets against. how much more will you now be paying for your favorite drinks? >> plus, a doggy dog prize up

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covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> starbucks is raising prices original some drinks, start next week increasing prices on some by five cents to 0 cents. you can expect to pay dollar more for packaged coffee in super markets saying many factors go into the division including competitive dynamics and the cost structure. they raised prices last year on

some of the drinks. and now competitive dynamics here is the world cup lineup on espn. switzerland and france play at noon and honduras takes on ecuador at noon and italy and coast iraqi have met and costa rica won. italy's loss did naughty -- did check out ureport@kgo-tv.com. tallians are very proud people. >> you are talking about meteorologist mike nicco, right? >> specificallies sure. >> i love the picture of you and leyla gulen and the soccer ball. the selfie. >> we did that last week. it is on the commercial now. >> made the big time. >> when i am with you i make the big time.

>> awww. >> not payday so, here is a look at the drought. there is 25 percent last week. that is contra costa and santa clara, and santa cruz, san mateo and san francisco counties and now you can see up north where we have added the extreme drought or exceptional drought, the worst legal of drought so 33 percent of state, now, are covered in that and this time of the year, there is no rain and nothing will stop that. notice the wind at 12 miles per hour, faster than the six miles per hour wind at fairfield and we have a northern gradient to the wind and look what it does, it takes away the fog so golden gate is cleaner, you can see a long way. you can maybe see the fairmont.

a possibility. >> there will be breezes this afternoon and a few high clouds are possible, summer starts tomorrow and it will be seasonal through the extended forecast. here are the high clouds from early today. here is the northern gradient keeping the clouds away from the coast. temperatures are going to respond and be warmer today, 80 at hill speed and 92 in gilroy so a spread through the santa clara valley, and 78 in santa cruz with sun, and 82 in los altos and down to 72 in millbrae and breezy along the coast with sunshine and mid-to-upper 60's and in the low 70's downtown, sausalito and mid-60's in bodega bay and 82 in san rafael and the cool spots in the north bay and mid-to-upper 80's elsewhere. as far as the east bay shoreline , 77 in hayward and newark and more to the east the temperatures warm up away from the cold, castro valley is 81 and hercules is 86, and knee --

93 now in brentwood. you may need the umbrella today. lake merritt hooks great from the east bay hills and now, the game: red sox taking on r.a., game two of four. dropping down to 62 at end end f the game with high clouds and a few low clouds along the coast and the lake tahoe camera is gorgeous with the water bluer than the sky and temperatures are above average with high fire danger and that will taper over the weekend. here is the seven-day forecast, two to four degrees cooler tomorrow and we will have low clouds along the coast and mostly sunny elsewhere through next thursday and well have more clouds and cooler weather by then. thank you. >> happening today, the ugliest dog contest at petaluma fair grounds and here are the top contends, peanut on the left, and it is not science fiction,

he is smiling. quasimodo is number two and then sweepy rambo leading the pack in on-line voting for fun, only, with the official winner not announced until later today and each pooch is evaluated by judges at the sonoma fair starting at 5:30 tonight and top prize including $1,400 and a 4' trophy. we don't know how you can qualify to judge ugly dogs but there it is. >> our very own handsome perfect pet. >> he knows how to enough things out. it is

now we have today's perfect pet. we have sherlock. >> you are friendly. tell me about to lovely guy. >> as you said, he is a cattle dog fix, just a fabulous bread. he is three. he wants to go home, obviously, and we have had a lost dogs and cats and we are having our

annual adopt-a-thon open until midnight. if you bring a blanket no adoption fee for any pets but the kit kittens or puppies. call 650-350-7422. >> adorable. >> we will get that on our website. back to you guys. >> he was living mike's tie, too. good taste. ought game is afoot.

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