live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, at 5:00, thanks for joining us. >> you celebrate the first monday of summer with cupcakes. >> the summer cupcakes! of course. >> is that a new tradition? >> yes, anything for cupcakes. >> kristen nose about the cupcakes. >> eight miles per hour novato and santa rosa and clouds are thicker or higher in the atmosphere so they will cover more this morning. there is a warmer air mass as you can see around mount tamalpais so look from the east bay hills and that means temperatures are a bit warmer than yesterday, at 78 to 87, with total sunshine this afternoon and clouds along the coast into san francisco and 59 to 66 and around the bay we have sunshine and breezy from time to

time and closer you are to the bay shoreline and 67 to 77. now the monday morning commute? >> good morning, mike, good news if you traveling from the central valley on 580 westbound the road work not livermore is lake getting picked up and it has been picked up, but, slow traffic begins all the way out from address up and over to the a pass, with speeds of 35 to 40 miles per hour, so it is a pained. we have word this closure, week 580 to east 80 has been picked up, as well, and traffic is slowing through the macarthur maze nicely. san rafael is beautiful, no fog, the tail lights are headed beyond the civic center and traffic is flowing at the limit and you will find fog up andest up and over the waldo grade. >> a fatal accident is being investigated on light rail tracks in san jose. the victim was trying to save a

beloved pet. matt? yes, this is a tragedy vest girlfriends say the man was going across the tracks here, chasing after his dog and he was hit by the train. it happened after 9:00 last night with 25 people on the train at the time. though were unharmed and traps parted to another location. the man killed was in his 50's. >> everything was operating properly. the gates were drawn. bells were ringing. the traffic investigation teen was called to the scene. standard procedure in a case like this means the operator is tested for drugs and alcohol and the train impounded. the area was blocked off for several hours. now it is open so light rail service should be able to operate normally. this is the second train accident at this intersection this year. there is a memorial here for 14-year-old who was killed by a

train back in january. she was riding her bicycle to high school. >> developing news in san francisco where police are investigating a series of suspicious fires. we are learning that newspaper racks in two separate locations were set on fire at 11 o'clock, only six hours ago, and the fires followed two other fires set yesterday. one on mission, and another near 2nd and howard. the fire on mission near st. patrick's church happened in broad daylight in a busy area with a lot of pedestrians and sparked after another fire at a construction site at 2nd and howard there was no major damage at either scene and it is not clear if they are connected. they follow a series of fires the last few weeks and amy hollyfield will have more details in 30 minutes. the san mateo bridge is open again after an injury accident involving two cars and a viewer tweeted a photo of the accident

after 7:00 last night, two lanes are the span were blocked for several hours while c.h.p. investigated with all lanes open by 9:00. no word on the extent or number of the injuries. >> a 15 year-year-old boy is dead after a shooting in windsor at a party. another teen and two adults were wounded. >> they are, the wounded individuals, are expected to drive. >> investigators have not released information on a possible motive. >> backers of a san francisco ballot measure to restrict the home sharing service are reaching into their own pockets to try to make the bed line for november. campaign figures show the group has raised up to $50,000. the measure is designed to blunt airbnb rentals that are make the

tight housing market worse requiring those renting out homes to register with the city, get permission from landlords and agree to collect all pertinent taxes. >> dogs will get off leash access starting today under a new pilot program, dogs can roam the up fenced areas at six parks in response to a community survey that found residents wanted more places in mountain view where they can take the pets. >> and property owners can be find if they block access to public beaches responsible for protecting the state coastline. the powers come over a local fight over environmentalists and a silicon valley billionaire in san mateo county and martin's beach. secretary of state john

kerry arrived in baghdad to meet with leaders across the political spectrum to discuss the crisis in iraq. we joined in washington with that story from our reporter. >> the secretary arrived to find a mess. the militants control much of iraq's western problem fear and the iraqi military is out gunned >> secretary of state, john kerry, arrived in baghdad for talks with iraqi prime minister maliki and other leaders. the united states is desperately hoping the iraqi government can unite the country's religious and ethnic factions and end the bloody violence. >> this is a critical moment and we must urge iraq leaders to rise above sectarian motivations. >> isis firefighters are gaining ground. the group captured four new towns over the weekend and they closing in along another town on the jordan border and they could

damage iraq's electricity grid. the iraqi military is fighting back with thousands of young iraqis lining up but the forces are out of missiles and isis has dozens of tanks. the iraqi foreign ministers wants united states airstrikes. >> we have an agreement that when we are trapped, america is ready to help. >> many republicans want america to order an assault. >> we should cut off isis access in to syria and that involves air power. >> in the united states, california to rhode island, miles per hours are rallying against further united states involvement in iraq. >> this is just a slippery slope back into a messy situation in iraq and we are very opposed. >> there are concerns that the conflict could disrupt the flow of oil. secretary of state john kerry

will discuss that in the middle east. 5:08. world cup fever continues to build as the team plays the next match on thursday to try to advance to the next round after a disappointing tie. 5,000 clearing fans jammed into the civic center yesterday to watch the game on a jumbo-tron between the united states and portugal and the united states had an early deficit and took the lead but portugal scored near the end and tide it up. danville nature made the first world cup appearance yesterday at the game, the 32-year-old was a late, 87th minute substitute for dempsey and was the top scorer in major

league soccer in 2012. a win or draw for the united states on thursday with germany means they move on. a loss? they need a draw from ghana and portugal to advance. after that, the better goal differential settles it. australia faces spain on espn at 9:00 and netherlands and chile at espn at 2:00, and then croatia and mexico on espn and cameron and brazil on espn2. >> the only question, whether to do your viewing indoors or outdoors? >> outdoors, absolutely. cooler as we get to that. i could not believe what i just saw when they scored with 25 seconds left. so much elation and wild and pride and ... awww. we are still in it. that is good news.

20 miles per hour wind at fairfield and faster than along the cost so the clouds are marching to the east and they are deeper this morning. that is why they are going to cover more neighborhoods. as the breezes pick up, the clouds will fade along the coast we will see a lot of sunshine with temperatures slightly warmer than yesterday with a breeze headed into the afternoon. leader is how it looks from the exploritorium the top of the clouds on the top of the tower with temperatures around 47 to 56. and dry with no drizzle from the clouds. if you see any drizzle let me know. >> at 11:00 o'clock we are 58 at the coast and increase in sunshine and at 4:00, 68. have a good monday. >> fairfield, west 80 at north texas a mini cooper was carrying a bicycle on the back and it

fell off and both are stopped in the lanes, west 80 at north texas so there will be slow traffic. this is highway 4, westbound, looking good from antioch with a few slow cars and slow traffic according to the yellow sensors but not bad from pittsburg to concord and mass transit is looking good, and bart has 33 trains all on time and ace train one from the central valley is running on time and we will go outside, now, and look at the bay bridge toll plaza with no problems, no delays, light getting into san francisco on the upper deck. >> get ready to dig deeper for the latte at starbucks, the america's money report is next. >> the bay area community on the brink of turning a former rock quarry into a field of green energy. >> the answers finally expected to come today in a molestation investigation involving former

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covering benicia, san ramon and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. pennsylvania attorney general is ready to release a report with if you details on how police and the prosecution handled the sandusky child molestation investigation. the report will address the conduct of former attorney general when allegations against

sandusky came to light. it took the prosecution three years to charge the 14 penn state assistant coach would was convicted in twine of sexually abusing ten boys. >> the morning starbucks pick me up is about to get more pricey. >> here is america's money report. topping america's money a price increase at starbucks, some drains will cost more starting tomorrow at some locations, including the packages at the super markets costing a dollar more. another big automobile recall involving nissan and honda with two million vehicles recalled to repair flaws in airbags. in all, they were installed in 13 models between 2000 and 2005. >> a vice in a survey of airline travelers 60 percent claim they would not paying more in fees if it meant shorter lines. >> daughters are less expensive

than sons after grown. after 18, 40 percent of men need financial help from parents compared to 30 percent of women. daughters remain less likely to move back home. that is america's money. heavy rains are responsible for tearing apart rail tracks in north texas, check out scene yesterday from the town where the rains caused significant flooding, swelling creeks and rivers throughout, and raging waters left just the rails behind at the train tracks. 18 people were evacuated. >> officials in marin will take up a proposal for a solar facility that will power more than 500 homes. according to our media partner, the proposed facility will be located on the site of a former rock quarry outside novato. the $6 million project would more than 4,000 solo panels generating under two megawatts of electricity which is then delivered to marin clean energy

from the nearby power lines. >> we have plenty of sunshine. >> we will look identified and show you what is going on. >> have you actually seen the pleater running backyard? >> it is digital, so, yes. it is pretty cool. >> good morning, everyone, shear a look at what is going on. clouds along the coast and spilling into the bay and trying to spill inland but with the sun coming up shortly they will not make a march to the east. if you are headed out to bart, temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's and our exception is 59 in pittsburg and headed through oakland, 56, and through san francisco at 53 and same in fremont and, also, union city and dublin and pleasanton. in san jose, the clouds are rolling in over 87 near the shark tank and we will have slower sunshine but the air mass is warmer right above the marine

layer and midweek is cooling, unfortunately we will miss out on the rain. we will be back to average by the weekend if not warmer-than-average by sunday. here is today: mid-to-upper 70's and most of the south bay and deeper into the santa clara valley, mid-80's, and going to santa cruz, sunshine and 72. we will have mid-to-upper 70's for the peninsula and 69 and breezy in millbrae and low-to-mid 60's along the coast and mainly low 60's and mid-60's in downtown and south san francisco and 71 in sausalito and mid-60's at the north bay coast with upper 70's to low 80's and napa is 83 degrees and upper 60's berkeley, hayward, alameda, san leandro, richmond, and everyone low-to-mid 70's and oakland is 70, and 79 in santa rope and low-to-mid 80's and brentwood and fairfield is 78 degrees. temperatures fall into the

low-to-upper 50's and the cloud cover will not be so expensive as least not inland. here is the cold front that will bring in the cooler trend before we have sightly were warmer weather today and all of the wet weather will stay up in northern california, oregon, and washington. here is the cooling, tomorrow, more so on wednesday and thursday, and when the cold front passes through on friday and saturday each day is warmer. have a good one. sue? >> good morning, everyone, for folks in pacifica, starting tonight and through the summer, highway one through pacifica there will be a detour in place and they are doing ongoing road work along project there so that begins overnight tonight. in fairly, we have an early mini cooper that last a bicycle off of the car in the fast lane and they have cleared out and traffic is getting through through nicely. from the central valley it is a real grind with very slow from

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set up if san francisco to investigate a series of suspicious fires. the latest happened yesterday, one on mission and another near 2nd and howard. they follow a series fires the last few weeks. amy hollyfield will have details coming up in a few minutes. >> two, san jose police are investigating a fatal accident a man was hit and killed by a light rail train at southwest press way. he was running after his dog when he was struck. we will have a report coming up at the top of the hour. >> three, secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad amid threats of an all-out civil war in iraq urging iraq's prime minister and his shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before sunni insurgency sweeps away hope for a lasting peace. >> honda and toyota and nissan are recalling millions of cars for a defective airbag that

could explode. half of the two million recalls are in north america and nissan recalled 700,000. >> world cup fever is gripping the bay area. team u.s.a. plays the next match against germany on thursday to try to advance to the next round after a tie against portugal yesterday. the united states had a lead and had only 30 seconds last to seal the win but portugal scored to tie the game at 2-all. >> the wet will not disappoint as much as the tie although it was a tie. here is the cloud cover. you would think cooler wet is on the way but not necessarily today. i will show you a cold front will bring us the weather and the possibility of rain. >> this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with early morning light commute for monday headed into san francisco with no major stalls or accidents.

we will physical and hopefullity stay that what. >> "good morning america" is celebrating big after winning an emmy for best morning program. kathy griffin hosted the awards in beverly hill and the award for best talk show host was between katie couric and dr. oz and other top honors include, "young and restless," and the executive producer of the soap opera ran through a long list of thank you's before kathy griffin cut her off. >> pride of ownership is unfair letted. >> jesus christ. >> for god's sake with your pride of ownership. wrap it up, lady, wrap it up. >> i gather, you are "young and roastless." you won. >> you want us to go? >> go!

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fairfield is dominating the northern wind but as we head through the afternoon this is going to reverse. we will see plenty of sunshine along the coast, even, this afternoon, with partly cloudy into san francisco, and breezy at 59 to 66, and inland will be the warmest total sunshine at 78 to 87 and mild arm the bay and breezy near the bay shore and 67 to 77 degrees. sue has the commute. >> we have a solo spinout in daly city, north 280 off to the right hand shoulder and folks could be slowing to take a look until they get that cleared. from the central valley it is very slow from tracy and you can get 50 minutes from tracy to dublin/pleasanton. the drive times show 50 minutes, highway 4, not a bad drive into concord and a look at san

rafael, it is beautiful, tail lights are headed beyond the civic center and north san pedro and everyone is at the limit. developing news here, a series of suspicious fires in san francisco continue to baffle police with the fires usually small and appear to target construction sites and other developments in the city. amy hollyfield is in san francisco with more. eric, this building is under construction at howard and 2nd and was targeted and last night it appears the arsonist struck again. there remain two fires 10 minutes of each other around 11 o'clock, one at 1st and mission and police say two newspaper stamps were set on fire. this was not too far from where police responded yesterday morning at 2nd and howard and someone heard a loud bang and saw a can flying. no damage was done.

no one was hurt. also, yesterday, another fire near st. patrick's church on mission and these are part of a string of fires that have been happening the last couple of weeks, a dozen, in the sonoma area. police do not know why someone is doing this but they formed a special arson task force to look into the fires. they do think they are an son. they have evidence from different surveillace cameras they are setting these in the area and some of the fires were set at construction sites and those sites have hired security guards to protect their sites. everyone is on high alert, all hoping and waiting and watching to make sure it will not happen again and police are on high alert. >> residents evacuated from a subdivision and become at let this morning after 100 acre wildfire forced them out for seven hours.

the fire break out at 12:30 yesterday afternoon in wooded terrain and it destroyed one outbuilding and a couple of vehicles. they have contained 60 percent of the fire. the fire was accidentally started by someone using mechanical weather if dry grass. >> a brushfire has burned 160 acres. it is burning in the hills above glendale. no structures are threatened and no evacuates are ordered. firefighters from several agencies are battling the flames from the ground and the air. officials say three hikers were air lifted and two more were helped out on foot. >> a man was hit by a light rail train in the south bay in southwest expressway at stokes street after 9:00 in san jose. authorities say the man was chasing his dog weapon he --

when he was hit. 25 people were on the train at time and the lights and gates were working. >> pilot who died has been identified when his small plane crashed. considerry packer lightly jumped from the experimental aircraft when it caught fire seconds after taking off from the livermore airport. the plane crashed in a field just north of interstate 580 and his body was found 300 yards from the plane. sparks started a brushfire but that was contained after burning 1.5 acre. parker was a pilot and an aircraft mechanic. today, the f.b.i. will release details on a crackdown on human trafficking. the separation included arrests in the bay area. we were embedded with f.b.i. and local police on a raid.

we will have full coverage of what happened tonight. secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad amid threats of a civil war in iraq. he flew to baghdad to meet with iraqi prime minister maliki and personally averaged the sight-led government to give more power to political opponents before a sunni insurgency speaks away hope force peace. the militants tightened their grip on western iraq moving closer to the capital and announced they have withdrawn from three towns in am bar province with the latest coming up at the top of the hour. happening today, the fight over ownership of the l.a. clippers is headed to court. donald sterling is fighting his estranged wife and the $2 billion deal she made so sell the franchise to former microsoft chief c.e.o. after donald sterling was banned

because of a latest rant. the preliminary hearing is 1:30 this afternoon in los angeles superior court. >> world cup fever is only getting hotter as team u.s.a. plays the next crucial match on thursday to try to advance to the next round after a disappointing tie. 5,000 clearing fans jammed for san francisco civic center plaza to watch the game on a jumbo-tron. team u.s.a. came back from an early deficit to take 2-1 lead and they only needed to hang on for 30 seconds to seal a victory. portugal scored and tied the game. >> what is next? >> the game-tying goal in the 95 the minute prevented the americans from advancing out of the group stage to the knock out team so team u.s.a. takes on germany thursday morning with the need of a tie or a win to advance. if the united states hases, well, you can still advance if the game between ghana and

portion manager comes to a draw. world cup action continues with australia taking on spain and you can catch the game on espn, also, at 9:00, the netherlands and chile on espn2 and croatia and mexico at 1:00 o'clock and cameroon and brazil on espn2. >> you can look at the weather forecast for the first week of summer. >> it will not be so hot and humid as during the game. at home, look at the visibility, eight miles per hour if santa rosa and nine in novato with the fog pushing in. it is trying to move from the coast and not too bad at half moon bay, and we will see if there are flight arrival delays. 46 at woodside, and low 50's in palo alto and belmont and foster city and san mateo looking good low-to-mid 50's and 54 in san jose. mid-50's in concord and live

more and 58 in antioch and 48 and 49 in larkspur. today, we will have deeper clouds and by noon they are again. at least they back to the coast with a few high clouds and 58 at the coast and 64 away the bay and 78 inland and by 4:00 the coast is starting to see sunshine and 64 and 86 inland and all of us are ten degrees cooler by 7:00. sue? >> we do have the solo spinout in daly city and on 280, off the shoulder and north 280 expect a few delays as folks rubber neck beyond the scene and eastbound 580 we have a car with a trailer off to the shoulder and that is smoking so big delays there and near san mateo, southbound, 280, car versus a deer and c.h.p. is en route to clear. everyone is running on time and

a great way to go is with bart. this is san jose highway 87, beyond the sap center and it is very light with for delays. so far, so good. >> thank you, sue, next, the critical new clue in the search for a southern california firefighter who disappeared during a backpacking trip nine days ago. >> another dramatic rescue in the pacific ocean with a race keeping the coast guard busy. >> what are the critical factors in the deadly crash of asiana flight 214? we will hear from a woman who led the federal investigation into the crash.

covering santa rosa, berkeley, and san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is the first monday of summer. mike says the sun will come out. later. don't have to wait until tomorrow. the complete forecast is ahead. >> thank you. new details, a dog belonging to a california firefighter who disappeared during a backpacking trip has been rescued after nine days. his owner is still missing. the firefighter and a friend were backpacking in the national forest 15 days ago when his dog ran off. he chased after duke barefoot and wearing only shorts.

duke was found in the lot where the firefighter we parked his car. the search is being scaled back after 50 square miles remain scoured on foot, horseback and air. >> five rowers are fine this morning after being rescued by the coast guard during a rate to hawaii from california. the coast guard made two separate rescues. the latest happened yesterday morning at 52 miles west of morrow bay. the rescued rower called for help when the boat capsized several times. on saturday there was a similar rescue when four rowers were in trouble, all are okay. they all taking part in the great pacific race from monterey to honolulu. >> hardest part is seeing with 15' seas it is hard to see anything let alone a small vessel. he had the emergency positioning device and that helped pinpoint a position. organizers describe the 2,400 mile race as the biggest

and baddest human endurance challenge on the planet. >> tomorrow, the national transportation safety board will issue a final finding into what caused the crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo last summer. three teens from china were killed and more than 180 people injured when the plane hit a seawall coming in for a landing. the former heads of the national transportation board talked to necessity an exclusive about what to expect from the meeting tomorrow. >> they could issue recommendations to the aircraft manufacturer about information that might be in their manuals for training a pilot or make recommendations specifically to the airline, they could make recommendations to training centers. a lot of the training is contracted out to third parties. finally, they could make recommendations to the regulator there has been more trouble for asiana recently, this month, the south korean government suspended asiana flights to

japan for a week after pilot took off despite discovering an engine problem beforehand. our reporter will be in washington, dc, for the ntsb hague, and will provide coverage right here. san francisco water officials will update city residents on conservation efforts today. the public utility commissions asked customers to cut their because usage by 10 percent or face mandatory rationing. the agency is expected to announce people are conserving enough water to avoid rationing for now. they will give an update on supply levels in the water system that serves 2.5 million bay area residents. >> the average cot of gasoline has gone up by two cents the last two weeks. the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.71. prices could increase because of concerns over iraqi oil production as violence flows.

tucson, arizona, has the lowest price at $3.37 and chicago has the highest at $4.15. >> a pilot program to close one of the most popular tourist spots in san francisco is off to a smooth start. lombard seat, the cooked the street in the world closed down from noon to 6:00 for vehicle traffic offer the next four weekends to ease traffic. for the first weekend all went smoother than expected with height traffic and no backup and the road did become packed with people who decided to walk the road and take pictures. >> mike seems to be getting a good picture of the beautiful morning from the roof this morning. >> how is it up there? [ inaudible ] >> can feel the humidity in the air and the honor laser back and the flags are not blowing teach but but into the afternoon,

there will be a northwest wind so we will see sunshine breaking out along the coast in the afternoon. over the bay and into the delta, it will be a wind at 15- to 25-knots and over the ocean and the coast, it will be wind at 15- to 30-knots and that will last until 3:00 on wednesday morning. compared to yesterday... [ inaudible ] >> there is a cascade of clouds. middle of the week, we will have a cooling trend and back to average by the week. today, notice the clouds are push off to the east, and by the time we get to 9:00 they are fading and by 11 o'clock they are by the coast and the north wind is kicking in and that will bring us the sunshine. sue has traffic. we go to the richmond area now, westbound 580 we a catcher

and truck off to the side and that was smoking and causing a visual hazard. it is on the shoulder, east 580 headed to daly city, north 280 we have a solo spinout and rubberneckers are slowing but it is out of the lanes. south 280 near 92 car versus a deer and c.h.p. is on the scene so you may find slow traffic. outside to the bay bridge where it looks like the metering lights have been turned on and we have a big backup toward the macarthur maze and as usual the car pool lanes are whizzing by so,s a great way to go if you can. thank you, at 5:48. a young girl thought dad was putting in too manhours -- too many hours at work at google. >> she sent this letter to her father's employer in crayon,

saying her dad only gets one day off and she asked if he could have a wednesday off we which is his birthday. the response from google looked more official, her dad's boss gave him that wednesday but an entire week off in july. he agrees with katie that 9 birthday with dad is pretty important and i know you are looking closely. >> it says on the occasion his birthday and recognizing the response of taking some wednesdays off during the summer, we giving him the whole first week of july as a vacation time. >> nice! >> i bet a lost kids are getting crayons out. >> coming up, paying a heave price for the golden tan with long term danger to your health of indoor planning beds. >> and a positive side to the california drought: saving hundreds of oak trees.

>> journalists accused of masterminding a terror lot overseas in a closely watch

the ongoing drought could be protecting the state's signature tree. the drought could be helping oak trees by slowing down the spread of sudden oak death. scientists say the dry conditions are responsible for reduce the number of contagious spores that have killed thousands of trees. this is significant because of predictions that sudden oak death would kill 90 percent of the state oak trees in 20 years. >> summer begins here on

saturday, or began on saturday so now it is winter in antarctica. researchers celebrated by taking a mid--winter dip. the scientists at the station had to saw through a yard of ice and they jumped right in. the water is said to be around two degrees but that is balmy considering that the air temperature is an minus 30. s with elas there? >> the last couple of guys eased themselves into the water. >> can you ease your way on to the freeway? >> so far, so good, we have an early solo spinout with no tow truck on the scene. the good news, it is off to the shoulder and out of the lanes north 280 and c.h.p. is spending to a car versus a deer in san mateo and it is an area of woods 280 south near 92 and it could be blocking a lane. we checked the drive time as you head out this monday morning and

from the central valley a big rig lost a tire this morning and it is now out of the lanes and highway 4 is not bad, antioch to concord and looking good from san rafael to san francisco, as well. the united states military is looking into allowing all of the veterans who served honorably to shop online at military exchanges that sell discounted goods. usually only veterans who served 20 years or more are allowed and the director proposes giving access to all veterans for appreciation. to offset the loss of revenue as there were few alternatives but to shop at military retail. 20 million develops are affected. >> the cigarettes are more addictive and dangerous than ever. the campaign for tobacco-free

kids finds overtime cigarettes have been manipulated to allow them to deliver more of a nicotine punch so they more addictive. added ammonia has increased nicotine to the brain and they are improving the passage of smoke deeper into the lungs which are meant to hook younger customers. >> young people who use tanning bodies could be at increased risk of developing certain types of skin cancer early if life. if you are younger than 20, indoor tanning can double your risk of basal cell this underscores the response of counseling teens of indoor tans. >> strangers from across the country coming to the aid of a three-year-old girl in

mississippi, after being asked to leave a kentucky fried chicken restaurant this month because of her facial scars. she is recovering from a pit bull attack. her story want viral and this week, frank style, a las vegas plastic surgeon who specializes in minimizing scars, blew to meet victoria and her family and offered his services. for free. >> i saw victoria's story on the news and on social media and i was very affected by it. >> i cannot thank him or the staff enough. >> another plastic surgeon in florida has offered a prosthetic eye and kfc enjoy wants to donate $50,000 for victory why's bills. >> a man is hit and killed by a train in the south area. investigators reveal why he came into the path of the car. >> what do pamela harris, and

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news >> a developing at 6:00. two new suspicious fires over night as investigators try to track down a possible arsonist. we have a new target and what we know about fires. a man was lit and killed by a train and what he was doing just before the accident. >> secretary of state john kerry arrived in baghdad as militants

gain ground in the country. the plea being made. back to work traffic. how does it look? sue? >> not too bad. we take you back to south san francisco -- no, daly city, north 280, we had a solo spinout off to the shoulder and still waiting for a tow truck but the good news is it is out of the lanes. southbound 280 near 92 a car and a deer on the san mateo side of things, and it is rough up there with vegetation and so forth, so that is not too inbound for deer in the road work. all mass transit is on time and great way on go with 50 trains. all on time. developing news from the south by, where the valley transportation authority is investigating a fatal accident on light rail tracks in san jose and a