car. harrison is now closed at 5th. we want to show you a picture of the off-ramp. that, also, is closed. you cannot exit or take the fifth street exit into the city. we have a shot from our south beach camera. the c.h.p. says the area will be closed for several hours, well into the only commute. they have called for the accident investigation team to come to the seen. they have to assemble the team, get them here, and that will take a while. you need to make alternate lands in the area is part of your commute. are ifs are working to get more details about the pursuit and the accident, what happened, and why. stay with us as we follow the developing story. a veteran oakland firefighter is in the hospital after he was critically injured during a routine training exercise. the 55-year-old mitchell ow, a

28 year department veteran was hurt when the trick flipped loaded with 3,000 pounds of water and foam. >> he is one of our more experienced firefighters at the station. he was wearing his seatbelt. i got an initial report a firefighter unsnapped the seatbelt. >> ow is stationed at ocean land airport for seven years and recovering at highland hospital in oak. firefighters turned out throughout the day if a show of support. >> oakland police are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead and a man injured. it happened before 7:00 last night near douglas and eads avenue in east oak. the woman was in her 20's and a 31-year-old was shot in the foot. officers gathered evidence at the scene.

they have fought said if they knew each other. >> neighbors in union city are waking up with heavy hearts after an elderly man died in a house fire yesterday. investigators know where in the house the fire started but trying to figure out, why? >> my god. >> the house on san carlos way went up an instant, huge plumes of black smoke exploded into the sky. >> we saw smoke coming but the flames were big. >> people rubbed to the single-story house to help. they knew an elderly man lived here with his adult son outside on the drive when the fire started. the neighbor is a retired firefighter and could only make it halfway through the side before he had to turn around. >> it was so black and hard to see. our eyes were watering. >> he wanted to save the victim but could not. >> i know the guy. he is a very nice man. kind to everyone.

good family. >> fires tried to reach the man but they were too late. >> went into the front door to the back and though came back and located him in another part of the house. >> he was near the living room close to where the fire originally started. the cause is still under investigation. >> it is now 4:34. an attorney for bryan stow confirmed he suffered a stroke 10 days ago while the civil lawsuit against the dodgers continues. fox news in los angeles reports that his attorney say the client is coming back okay from the stroke and will be speaking with him today. still, he will not be able to attend closing arguments in court tomorrow. he is suing the dodgers for negligence in the 2011 attack outside the stadium that history him with permanent brain injuries. a doctor testifying in the trial says he has reached a lat --

plateau in his treatments and may never improve. >> google developers concert gets underway and 5,000 developers are registered to attend the google event to explore and share new product ideas and interactive experiences. wearable gadgets are some of the they vices to be shown off at conference. demonstrators dressed in tar wars costumes are protesting the negative impact high-tech companies have in the bay area including soaring housing costs and traffic problems. we will have a report from mosconest at the top of the hour. >> governor brown is far ahead of the republican challenger in the upcoming race for governor. he leads neel kashkari by voters with 16 percent still undecided. it is the first major independent and nonpartisan

survey on the governor's race since neel kashkari beat the tea party challenger. brown and neel kashkari face off in november. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton is coming to the bay area speaking at the theater in san francisco to discuss the crisis and challenges she faces during her four years as secretary of state. she will spend the night in the city and sign copies of her book tomorrow morning in the ferry building. >> governing officials for world cup soccer charged the top player inure gay with mighting a player from italy. suarez appeared to bite another player on the shoulder yesterday. uruguay scored the goal and the game's only goal, in fact, to eliminate italy from the world cup. here it is in slow-motion. if he is found guilty there will be a ban of two matches, up to a

max of 24 hours. suarez has been suspended twice for other biting incidents in the last four years. katie marzullo will have what it means forrure -- for uruguay and the world cup. >> nigeria and argentina at 10:00, and bosnia and ecuador and france. >> there no known time when the 5 county street off-ramp will re-open. there is a lot of activity. westbound direction, coming into the city, off of westbound 80, the fifth street 50 ramp shut down because of police activity.

you can see all of the crews out there now. so far, though, the traffic is light and it is still very early in the morning commute but it will be around for some time. amy hollyfield is on the scene and she will have more details coming up in a little bit. it is going to be a busy scene until further notice. follow me on twitter and i will provide the updates as you make your drive into the city. we will now talk to meteorologist mike nicco who has the weather. there is a high wind advisory. >> it will be breezy. in the cartinez strait and delta community we have a high wind watch. yours is put out by c.h.p. i believe, so there is a difference. we will look at the wind. the 13 miles per hour at sfo and 14 miles per hour at oakland and 23 at fairfield. the winds are going to pick up from now through noon and they will be fastest from noon until

9:00 this evening and you can see we will gust around 20 to 25 miles per hour and after the rush of cooler air coming in today and dropping our temperatures compared to yesterday, breezy and drizzle is possible this morning and cloudy. the best chance wide-spread sunshine is from the morning to the noon hour and thicker clouds come in, in the afternoon. for the cost we starting in the mid-50's and end up around 60 at 4:00 and upper 60's at 4:00. mid-to-upper 70's inland, through the noon and 4:00 hour dropping to 70 by 7:00. >> san francisco city leaders consider a new plan to improve pedestrian safety. next, the big impact it could have on traffic across the city. >> a highly prized aerations -- attraction is headed to a city far, far away.

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greenhouse gases. 21 pedestrians died on san francisco's streets and officials are aiming for zero pedestrian fatalities by 2020. >>the senate will vote on whether to repeal a law requiring restaurant employees to wear gloves while handling food. the law has been in affect for six months and restaurant owners and chefs say gloves are as dirty as hands and adding a busy kitchen could go through 200 pair of gloves in a night. if the law passes it allows preparers to go gloveless if they wash their hands often to repeal a law. >> former congresswoman gabrielle giffords and mark kelly are honored for their work to prevent gun violence. the honor happens marking the mass shooting at 101 california street in san francisco. after the tragedy, the law center to prevent gun violence was formed and they will mark 21 years since shootings and honor

oakland group youth alive for ending the cycle of again violence in the bay area. the force is with...chicago now that san francisco has lost out on a bid to house a new museum for george lucas county -- george lucas to house his vast connection of art. what went wrong? george lucas wanted a place to house his star wars memorabelia and his amazing art collection by american officers. he picked san francisco but it didn't happen. chicago's waterfront won the battle to house the collection. it is the hometown of his wife. chicago mayor rahm emanuel was thrilled. >> it is a significant investment decision by george and m." lody. >> the first choice was crissy field but last winter the land

trust turned him down. a frustrated george lucas was told to look elsewhere and the city scrambled for plan "b" and offered this site. for the warriors abandoned the plan for arenas with letters of support and this appeared begging george lucas county to stay. this a statement, the marriaged that a rare opportunity was missed. i am disappointed that san francisco will not benefit from the renowned art collection that would have been enjoyed by our families and children for generations to come. >> tourists were stunned. >> you have to bring the george lucas stuff to san francisco. skip chicago. not chicago. san francisco. >> san francisco seemed like perfect fit for the bay area filmmaker. instead county he picked a galaxy far, far away. >> and as far as medical marijuana, supervisors approve

add ban on new pot dispensaries in unincorporated areas of santa rosa as they try to balance public safety conditions and patient needs to access the drug. this month, san jose leaders approved new rules expected to decrease the number of dispensaries in the city. time to get a check on the weather forecast. we will check traffic, too, because there are problems. >> i saw some drizzle this morning. >> good, a little on the peninsula and the coast and some of our higher elevations. i did not run any to the caldecott tunnel but it was cloudy at the top and the descent into oakland. the clouds are thicker and lower and are dropping drizzle. we have small craft advisory for the bay water into the delta and winds along the coast are blowing from the northwest at 15- to 30-knots until 9:00 this morning.

here is a look at what is going on coming into san francisco, it is mid-50's, and ferry building is 58 and crissy field is 54 and across the golden gate bridge, west portal is cool at 52 and headed to downtown it is 54 degrees. we have money 50's everywhere until you get to pittsburg at 65. tracy is 72 degrees. here is a look from our camera, you can see the unfurled cameras and how diffused the top of the bay bridge hooks because of the lower hanging clouds. less sunshine and cool breezes today. temperatures are not going to make it up to the levels of yesterday. spotty drizzle this morning and tomorrow morning and, possibly, a last push on friday morning before the heat wave develops especially inland, sunday, monday and tuesday. we will look at what is going to happen today: below average temperatures from 72 in milpitas to 77 in san jose and cupertino and mid-80's in los gatos and morning were hill and gilroy.

69 this millbrae and low-to-mid 70's on the peninsula. upper 50's it to low 60's loan -- along the coast. 59 in bodega bay and mid-to-upper 70's through most of the north bay valley and the east bay shore, berkeley and alameda, 68 degrees and low-to-mid 70's and inland we will have temperatures in the upper 70's to mid-80's. what will happen over the next couple of days, we will see the cloud cover roll in tonight and keep us in the mid-50's to increasely 60 degrees. here is the parent low with the curling nature, and it is headed across our border with oregon so a few showers across northern california today and as the weak cold front moves through that is why we will have drizzle this morning, tomorrow morning, and friday morning. the seven-day forecast shows coolest tomorrow, but, then, nearly 10- to 20-degrees warmer by sunday and monday. have a good one. leyla gulen? >> to say we are starting off on an extremely busy note is an unstatement and we are taking you over to the bay bridge where

we have a sig-alert because of police activity. the off-ramp is shut down and we are looking at the slowing of traffic as it passed by and it is spectator slowing. the sig-alert is in affect until further notice and amy hollyfield is on the scene with more details coming up in a little bit. if you are traveling along the eastbound direction we have possibly one or two lanes that are currently open right now and eastbound to the metering lights, the entire area is closed because of construction. >> and a big rig has back wheels on fire and that is causing slowing in the northbound and south direction. further to the south from fremont, as you make the drive to milpitas in the northbound direction along the nimitz, a crash involving an overturned s.u.v. and a motorcycle, two lanes are blocked there and plenty of stuff is happening so stick right here and we will

bring you the details if a little bit. eric and kristen? >> new this morning, the 9-1-1 museum in new york is drawing bigger-than-expected crowds in the first month of operation, more than 300,000 people have visited sip the museum opened on may 21 which is 5 percent higher than initial projections and a vindication for the organizer whose have taken heat for the $ 24 ticket price which is needed to make up for the $63 million annual operating costs. >> speaker boehner is thinking of taking president obama to court. a spokesman for speaker boehner confirms he believes that the president is misusing his constitutional authority when it comes to enforcing the laws passed by congress. speaker boehner says the white house issues executive orders to push through initiatives congress has not passed and to pick and choose which portions of law to enforce, especially when it comes to health care and immigration. >> it was a rough first day for

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about in a couple of minutes and there is trouble on the highways. leyla gulen is tracking that. >> whole foods will pay $800,000 in fines for overcharging customers in california. an investigation found they charged too much at the salad barbie not decreasing the price of containers. stores will face audits and customer whose shelled out teach will not see a dime of the settlement. >> the public won over a battle over the beach at martin's beach, the land commission will be asked to consider using the powers of eminent domain to purchase access to the secluded beach not owner does not provide it voluntarily. the lobbyists for the billionaire lobbied strongly against the miles an hour which -- against the billionaire which

has been approved. >> sir paul came down with a viral infection. at 72, he is feeling great. >> rocking and rolling. feeling great. >> the tour will start again on july 5th in albany but we waiting for august 14 when he will perform at candlestick, part of the farewell to the stick. he will make up the shows that he missed in june because he was sick. >> an air guitar champion, as well, who knew? >> now the weather forecast. mike? >> we start with alameda county fair at pleasanton it will not be so warm as yesterday or as bright but still wear the sun screen. 71 at 11 o'clock, when it opens. 77 at 3:00. 67 at 7:00 and 61 with clouds at 11 o'clock. if you are headed to the game,

skit a day game at 12:45 first pitch and it will be 62. there will be sunshine out there with a lot of cloud cover but you are sitting in the sun three hours you can be burned. showers around eureka and chico at 88 and 97 in fresno and 108 in palm springs. >> a sig-alert and this is the bay bridge westbound with the tail lights headed into san francisco and all of the activity and that is police activity blocking off the fifth street off-ramp. it is causing a squeeze as spectators slow down as they see the activity off to the side but it is all police activity shutting down the off-ramp until further notice and amy hollyfield is there right now. there is certainly a way to avoid this if you are making it into the city and you need to be near the civic center or in the financial district you want to get off the freeway earlier as our morning commute starts to build. right now it is light.

you are safe at this time. however, you can always use the first street off-ramp and we have this big project, eastbound 80, the lower deck from anchorage to the metering lights we have two lanes opened and that will last until 6:00. eric and kristen. >> there could be a new and improved weapon against breast cancer. a new study fines that 3-d mammograms find more breast cancer than regular digital mammograms. researchers say there were fewer false alarms. some doctor say this could three a new standard of care but others caution that it could lead to more treatment not necessarily more lives saved and involved 500,000 scans. there is no such thing as too early weapon it comes to reading to your kids. the american academy of pediatrics announced a new policy that will recommend doctors tell par. s to read to infants from birth. there is a lot brain development in the first three months of

life and the reading will enhance their communication skills. this is the first time the academy has officially weighed in on early literacy education. >> again, pope francis is showing can he is so popular with the catholic faithful. while driving through italy he stopped in the countryside to bless a disabled bed-ridding girl. he blessed her kissed her on the forehead. the family posted on facebook it was the kind of gesture that says much more than any speech. >> we are following breaking news in san francisco where a police pursuit takes a dangerous turn and affecting the bay bridge commute. >> the protests that could take some of the spotlight away from big announcements expected from google today. >> a star player leaves his mark, literally, on the world cup, and the punishment facing

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on wednesday at 5:00. thanks for joining us. boy, leyla gulen has been busy early on this wednesday morning. so has mike. we will start with the big traffic problem on the bay bridge. >> we are looking right now at westbound along 80 the fifth street off-ramp is closed because of police activity in a fiery crash at 5th street and harrison. amy hollyfield is on the soon bringing us the details and how long the sig-alert. be with us. it is certainly going to impact